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Welcome everyone to the 2026

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Pokemon World Championships.

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We are back here after 10 years,

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bigger and better for this year's

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champion champs. We got Pokemon XP as well. There are so many exciting things so here on your

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countdown show we want to break it all down for what you want to be watching and experiencing this

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entire weekend. Hi everybody I'm Joshua I'm going to be talking about Pokemon Unite. We got Amanda

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talking about Pokemon Go, Ethan talking about the Pokemon trading card game, and Rosemary

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talking about the Pokemon video game. We obviously have so much to talk about the

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The competition is so exciting.

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These halls are already packed with competitors and fans alike.

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But we have a lot of major things to talk about,

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one of which we are sitting on right now.

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This stage is incredible.

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Everyone is already getting a first look at it.

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Rosemary, what's one of the coolest things you've seen

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either here or at the convention so far?

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Well, I gotta agree with you.

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This stage looks amazing, but it isn't just a stage.

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We have so many activations all around San Francisco.

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There's even a Pokemon ghost.

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So you can see some of what San Francisco has to offer.

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It's going to be a possible to do everything this weekend.

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How about you Ethan?

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Yeah, I mean these events year after year continue to grow and expand.

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There's more and more to do each year.

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The competition becomes even more intense as players continue to hone their skills in all of the games.

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It's going to be an incredible weekend.

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That just bounced an awful bet.

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30 years for Pokemon like you said Rosemary.

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10 years now for Pokemon Go.

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It's been absolutely incredible,

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especially as a goal player to see everything

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there has been to do in San Francisco.

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Yeah, I mean, this event, I said bigger and better

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right during the intro. It really is.

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I'm so excited for all the competition

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that's going to happen on this main stage.

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But this convention hall goes for what seems like

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miles in that direction.

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And there is Pokemon everywhere surrounding us.

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I wouldn't have it any other way.

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It is so, so fun.

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But our job is to focus on what's going on

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here on the main stage and

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of the tournament call all weekend long.

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So we want to talk about what you should be looking

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to watch this weekend.

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We're going to start off with some major storylines.

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So, Real Spirit, what is a major storyline

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of the video game that people should be paying attention to?

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Well, the highlight of the weekend

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is that this is the first world championships

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for Pokemon champions.

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And what better way to be able to kick off

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this game's life cycle than to crown a world champion

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who got mega evolution back.

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It's going to be just such a great display for all of our top trainers around the world to show what they've got for Pokemon champions.

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Awesome. How about TCG? It's really around that one big bad Pokemon, Dragapult EX.

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You can't run and you can't hide from them. He is everywhere, especially with top trainers bringing him to the world championship.

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So we're going to see if there's another deck that could be thrown in.

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We had a similar meta game 10 years ago, two very dominant decks,

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very dominant archetypes, and it was actually a rogue deck

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that was able to take the tournament down.

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So who knows, we could see another surprise back

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in San Francisco after 10 years.

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Oh, I love that.

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A look back is so fun.

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I know we have the museum as well here in the venue.

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I'm not sure if that rogue deck is featured.

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I sure hope it is.

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There's a lot of cool moments throughout TCG history.

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But how about Pokemon Go, Amanda?

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What should we be looking forward to watching all weekend

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long?

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So I feel like Go is in this unique position right now.

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We're kind of at the bend diagram middle between the video game and United

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because as the video game has moved on to a new thing,

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this will actually be the last season for Go to have an individual World Champion

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as we are moving to three versus three for the World Championships next season.

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So that's a big accolade that I think a lot of people are really hoping

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that they'll be able to claim.

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Yeah, I mean, you've had a few World Champions already

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and one more to take that solo throne is so exciting.

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Pokemon Unite, we are in a bit of a sweet and sour situation.

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It is the final time for Pokemon Unite at the World Championships.

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However, we could not have picked a bigger stage, bigger venue

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to crown our final World Champion.

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That is going to be the major storyline to watch.

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There is going to be one final team raising that trophy

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at the Chase Center this weekend, by the way.

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We're switching venues and going to one of the biggest

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that San Francisco has to offer for our grand finals.

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That is going to be just incredible.

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I cannot wait to see all the competitions all day long

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on that championship Sunday.

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It's going to be a lot of fun.

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So that is why we think you should be watching.

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But maybe you're asking, who should I be watching?

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Well, that's our next job.

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So Rosemary, what players do we have

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to watch in the video game over the weekend?

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It was so hard to just narrow it down to three

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competitors, because it is the world championships.

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And we've got the top trainers from around the world

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that are going to be competing here this weekend.

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But we've got Wolf Glick, Marco Silva, and Ko Tukide as your players to watch for the video game.

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Wolf Glick needs no introduction. This man won the World Championships 10 years ago,

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and now it could be his time to get a second title.

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He came off the back of the second place at the first regional championships that we had in Pokemon Champions,

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and he's always a meta innovator.

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He thinks about what is going to be strong and how can I beat that,

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And that's why he had Mega Steelix at that regional championships.

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Marco Silva from Italy is going to be our next player to watch.

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He is a three-time international champion,

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only one of few competitors that can say that they've even won twice.

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But he's missing the elusive World Championship title.

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So that's why Izeron came this weekend to see if he can finally claim that.

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Last but certainly not least, Ko Tsukide.

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He is a world champion from the seniors division in 2019,

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but Ko has been on an absolute international tear

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this season, top-cutting both the international championships

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that he attended, as well as the Japan Nationals

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just a couple of months ago.

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So if there's anybody that you should be keeping an eye on

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in Japan, it is Ko.

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Wow, I mean, an absolute line-up there on the BG.

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We had people cheering in the crowd just with a player card.

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It's one player to one.

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So yeah, some huge faces of the community

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here at the World Championships.

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So exciting.

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I know the training card game is no exception, though.

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Ethan, who should we be watching over the weekend?

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Of course, this year, no exception.

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We've got international talent coming from all over the world.

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Our three players to watch are from a mixture

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of different regions.

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Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, a player for many, many years,

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had a great season coming over to regional championships.

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If Houston and taking it down,

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Eyes are definitely on him to see if Japan can win a world

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championship on their 10th anniversary.

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Tour de Reclam, no introduction for this man.

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Did the global circuit the grand slam?

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The only player to win all four international championships

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is also missing that elusive world championship title.

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Got so close in Yokohama.

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He's still looking for that championship win.

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And of course, our defending world champion,

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Riley McKay can't write off the back of Gardevoir this year,

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but he's a very talented player.

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We'll have to see what Deckey decides to bring this year

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to see if he can become a repeat champion.

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Interesting, okay, so maybe even a rogue option

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for Riley McKay, we'll have to see.

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I know you're already talking about Big Bad Dragonbolt.

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Do you think all three of these players to watch

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are bringing the notorious,

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maybe infamous, Dragonbolt this weekend?

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I know I can probably speak for Tornet,

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Tornet has played Dragonbolt to a lot

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of different events,

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but he loves his trade ability on Zoroark.

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He played that to the North American International Championships

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where he made top cut.

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I wouldn't be so shocked to see him come back

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with another innovative Zoroark build

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and try and hit down his tour.

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It is not about the spirit of the World Championships.

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Trainers with their iconic partner, Pokemon.

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I mean, that just fits the bill.

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How about Pokemon Go?

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Any players to watch them, you should never rise up.

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Oh, boy, there are so many talented players.

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And I know that when you say you can go,

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since we've been a little bit relatively more new

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to the scene that we haven't had any repeat world champions.

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But the keyword is yet, because the first person

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we want to look at here is Bills Boy,

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last season's Anaheim world champion.

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He is from India, but he's actually had a chance

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this season to play a couple of times in North America

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and also international championships

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and has top cut during those.

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So he is still really going through this season

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quite grossly.

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Next up, we have nighttime clasher.

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We're going to call him Mr. Worldwide at this point,

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because he's been playing in North America, Europe,

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and Oceania.

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He also got first place at the Latin American

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International Championships.

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He is also leading NA on the leaderboard,

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so definitely a player that wants

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to be able to get this World Championship title.

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And last foot.

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Again, we can't say last but not least.

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We're always saying it, but we have to really say this

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because the Spanish sensation Pato Man

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is arguably the best trainer in Pokemon Go right now.

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I think you could ask 10 trainers

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and probably 10 out of 10 will say

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that he's had the best season.

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He was the champion of the EUIC, two years in a row.

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He was our finalist last season in Anaheim.

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And I think a lot of people are wondering

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if he's gonna take it all the way of this year.

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I love that.

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I mean, the World Championships always has that vibe.

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It's a championship of champions every single time.

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It feels like Pokemon Go really leaning into that this time around.

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Well, I gave everybody else the chance to say three players to watch.

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I'm, of course, going to allow Unite to talk about 15 players to watch,

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and they're going to be sectioned off into three different teams.

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We have some teams coming from all over the world, of course, just like every title.

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And the first one we got to talk about is Fennel from Japan.

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This team is unbelievable.

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To tell you the truth, it doesn't feel like they know how to lose the video game

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At any point in time, every single championship

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that this team has been a part of this year,

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they have won in the R-former World Champions

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in Honolulu just a couple years ago.

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This team is looking on a whole nother level.

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Moving on to the next team though,

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in North America is Root Dignitas.

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Subrug, not a huge fan of Umbria on there.

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I am, I got a pinch for it.

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But Subrug leading the way for Root Dignitas.

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This team is looking amazing this year.

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champions at LAIC and at NAIC this year,

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as well as a really strong performance in the Asian

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Champions League.

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A lot of players on that team hunting

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for a World Championship title, but this

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could be the one to do it.

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Take a look at their group stage later on the United Show,

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though, crazy start for their tournament.

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And after them, we have the reigning World Champions,

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Peru Unites.

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Last year in Anaheim, we were

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able to dominate the competition in the arena.

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They're looking to do so again.

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a strange season for this team ups and downs but they are on the up going into

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the world championships when they won the Latin America regional league taken

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down to Utah and Brazil, Latin America, South and North. So doing an amazing season

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they look always to be a real contender at this tournament. So that is gonna be

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what the major storylines we think you should be watching this weekend. Some

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of the players that you should be watching we also want to give you

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There are even more reasons to be watching the world championships as well as all the broadcasts associated.

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We got drops, we got distros.

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Rosemary, what are we giving away in the video game?

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Well, well, well, we do have an Incineroar that you can drop inside Pokemon Champions for just watching 60 minutes of the stream.

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And alongside of that, you're also giving away some other in-game items so that if you don't want to use Incineroar on your next team,

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You can actually get and recruit it for a new Pokemon and train it up.

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So make sure that you're sticking around watching the stream.

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Now, the recent launch of Champions, a lot of new resources.

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Even if you're a new player, these seem like great drops that you could add to your collection.

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And you get some of those Pokemon recruited onto your team.

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Even I know the trading card game, you got a few of these lined up.

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So what's going on in the world of drops in a trading card game?

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We've got a whole mixture of things.

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Look at all those things you can get within the Pokemon trading card game live

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Of course those exclusive worlds accessories

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Some cosmetics for your avatar. There's a mixed zero or a place at the mega zero or a EX

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It's got two of the special art rare

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So, you know nice way to play out your deck of it as well as a special worlds

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Loot frame get all that from watching the stream. It's gonna be plenty of awesome action this

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Awesome. Yeah, I mean huge show. It's a Ethan by the way at home. I'm sure you can read that just fine on your screen

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But that is some small thought that Ethan was able to read on the monitor that we have in front of us

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So big behind the curtain there of a great work Ethan

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That's in the trading card game for trading card game alive, but how about for Pokemon go?

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What do we got for drops? Ethan's eyesight is impeccable. Look up for go

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There's also some very cool things that you are going to be able to do just by watching and the main thing

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And you can see him raising that trophy there.

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You will be able to get a Tinkitun based off of Beelzeboi's team last year that he was

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able to take that world championship.

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Not only that, you're going to have a little choose your own adventure for watching 30 minutes.

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You can choose between going down a Lickitun, Totodile, or the Rupert hat.

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So I don't know, Dunks, what would you pick if you were playing?

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Oh, I'm going Totodile all the way.

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Please, I love the hat, Pokemon.

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I mean, it wouldn't even be true.

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You're going Rupert?

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Yeah!

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Cloudfire is so good!

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Ethan, what are you picking?

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I agree, Claude Sucker is pretty cool.

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I got a lot of time.

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I have to go, Licky is probably going to be the major Pokemon in our meta, so pay attention to that this weekend.

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But yes, you've got to want to make sure you're watching because you'll get a lead TM as well.

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So you can use that to take away a charged cat on your Pokemon.

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Oh, I love that.

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Prepare for a future competition.

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Steve at the Pokemon Go season, that's a great job.

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It's a great time to do it right now.

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Now, Pokemon Unite, we got some really cool drops

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this time around for the world championships.

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Of course, we got your classics,

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that world championship sticker,

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but we also have license art,

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and then one of my favorite drops that we have ever had.

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If you watch worlds for 45 minutes,

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you actually get a license of Pokemon

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that you can play in game.

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One of the five Pokemon that Peru used to win

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that game-winning match in Anaheim last year.

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Leafeon, Psyduck, Zacian, Italion, and Crustle.

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Those middle two, Zayshun and Side-Up,

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those are gonna be kind of relevant threats this weekend.

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They are gonna be banned, they are gonna be picked.

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We're gonna see a lot of them on the Pokemon Unite broadcast.

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So, we have so many rewards

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that you can be getting for watching any of our games.

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I know in the Pokemon XP broadcast,

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we also have things to be given away,

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so check out so many amazing moments at this year's

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World Championships in 2026, which is,

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well, not exactly a rerun, but a return.

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As 10 years ago, the World Championships was held here in San Francisco.

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Love getting the chance to showcase Pokemon to this incredible city yet again.

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That's got us in the nostalgic mood a little bit.

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So we want to say one of maybe our favorite competitive memories of all Pokemon, Rosemary.

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How about you?

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Well, being in San Francisco, it just makes me remember our time in Japan just a couple of years ago.

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Another way that we could commemorate a huge milestone for the Pokemon franchise.

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And so to see how the city was set up for everyone to enjoy and how San Francisco is now,

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it's just a great time to be a Pokemon fan. Absolutely, Ethan, how about you?

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Got a flashback to 10 years ago. What a tournament it was before in San Francisco.

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The shape inside from a hotel ballroom to now this incredibly expansive convention center,

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really seeing that road back take down the tournament,

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shocking the entire world.

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I'm really curious to see what that is.

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Awesome rapid fire for you, Lunderger.

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I mean, I think at the same point too,

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just being able to be in a stadium last season

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was such a big thing for a goal.

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Going from a stage to a stadium is absolutely incredible,

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and we're gonna get to go ahead and do it again this year.

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I cannot wait.

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I've loved all the world championships

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that we have had in previous years.

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It has been so fun, but like I said,

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we are getting bigger and better.

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for this year's Pokemon, XB and World Championship.

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San Francisco has been home to legendary Pokemon moments

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across so many of our titles,

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but this year is gonna be so fun.

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So let's throw it to our opening ceremonies.

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Here we stand at the start of a new day.

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Looking out on a new adventure.

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No one knows where the road will take us.

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Ready, set, cause now it's time to go.

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Maybe we can finally see who we're meant to be.

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Every step we make goes to the end.

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Every time we go, it's through the door.

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And everybody's on my side with glory

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Together here and now we'll touch the stars

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And then, if you and I love each other again

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Cause even if we lose our way

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We will always stay

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Here we go

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Here we go again

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And even better, we're not a sign that we've known

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We go again

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There is life that I die

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It's a great day to be okay

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With all our plans

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We go again

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We corrupt the million faces

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Of our sonocat in the unknown

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Still drawing the age of the millions

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See you when we're walking, victory note!

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And then, we'll do it all over again

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Cause even if we win the day, we'll always stay

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Here we go!

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Here we go again!

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There is nothing left to hide

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Here we go!

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Here we go again!

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Nothing lasts and I like that!

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We need it to be okay

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We're gonna dance!

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Here we go!

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Here we go!

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Here we go again!

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Hello, Trainers, and good morning.

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To start things off, we are about to take you on a musical journey from the past through

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the present.

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Celebrating 30 years of Pokémon, we'll start today by bringing you the great music of

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Kanto.

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I'm your conductor, Charlie Rosen, and we are the 8-Bit Big Band.

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Thank you so much.

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Please enjoy.

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I

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I

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Thank you.

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Thank you so much.

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Thank you.

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Thank you!

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Thank you so much. Thank you very much.

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Well, that journey through Kanto was actually

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only just the start of our program this morning, Trainers. Now, join me

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as we travel across generations to celebrate

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the amazing 30-year legacy of Pokemon. Thank you so much.

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Thank you very much for your time.

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Hello, hello, hello, and welcome to the 2026 Pokemon World Championships and Pokemon XP.

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Well, Radia, let's give it up one more time for our fabulous dancers and the 8-bit Big

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Band.

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I mean, come on.

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No matter when you first discovered Pokemon, I hope hearing those medleys from our orchestra

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transported you back to some happy and cheerful memories.

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Hi, I'm Gabby Durden.

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I'm your host for this weekend's festivities.

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And just like you, I've loved Pokemon since I was a small child, forming my first score

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memories.

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So I'm beyond honored to be here on this stage, coming to you live from San Francisco, California.

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This weekend is extra special for all of us.

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One part of our event commemorates the hard work of our trainers as they conclude their

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journey to become world champions across four types.

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Pokemon champions, the Pokemon trading card game, Pokemon Go, and Pokemon Unite.

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And, and, and, even more adventure awaits with our first ever Pokemon XP, where we couldn't

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be more excited for you to join us for activities, panels, attractions, and much more throughout

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the weekend.

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All right, two incredible events, one unforgettable weekend, and you better believe we're gonna

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make sure it's one for the record books.

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But I think we should get things started, shall we?

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It is my pleasure to introduce to the stage the president and CEO of the Pokemon Company,

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Mr. Sunekazu Ishihara.

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Hello Trainers and welcome to the 2026 Pokemon World Championships and Pokemon XP.

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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.

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And whether you're here to compete for the title of World Champion or you've come with family and friends to enjoy Pokemon XP, I'm truly delighted that we can all be here together on Pokemon's 30th anniversary.

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And from all the exciting experiences we have waiting for you at Pokemon XP to the World Championship Finals, we're going to have a Chase Center on Sunday.

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This weekend is sure to be a lot of fun, and one that I'm sure you'll enjoy.

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And from all the exciting experiences we have waiting for you at Pokemon XP to the World Championship Finals, we're going to have a Chase Center on Sunday.

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to the World Championship Finals we're gonna have a chase center on Sunday.

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This weekend is sure to be a lot of fun and one that I think trainers will remember for many years to come.

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To all of the competitors who have battled their way here, truly your hard work, passion, and determination inspire future trainers to dream of one day standing on this very stage.

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you truly represent both an aspiration and a source of hope for the next generation.

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Just by being here today, you are helping pass those dreams onto the future.

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Take pride in that.

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Enjoy every moment of the competition as you give it your best to the very end.

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And with that, I wish you all the best of luck in your battle.

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Thank you Ms. Henshihara for setting the stage.

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Oh, so beautiful.

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I can feel the energy in this room.

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I can sense the excitement to compete.

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More than 2,000 trainers have descended upon San Francisco

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to test their skills and fight with all their might

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to become the next Pokemon World Champion.

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Competitors, the time has come.

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Please make your way over to the play tables

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to kick off your matches.

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And before we get into the action,

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our casters are prepped to walk you through everything

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in store this weekend.

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So everybody, let the 2026 Pokemon World Championships begin.

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Welcome in, trainers, to the 2026 Pokemon Go World Championships.

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I'm Speedy's Chief too with the illustrious Amanda Lundberg.

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We cannot wait to get into this.

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All right, it not only is it the 30th anniversary of Pokemon for our game specifically Pokemon Go, this is our 10th anniversary and this is going to be a special show for all of you.

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Absolutely a special moment, but only one champion will be crowned on Sunday.

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But I'll tell you what, a lot of trainers, they might not be as up to date with competitive Pokemon Go, so we've got a quick format video. Let's throw to that.

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Let's dive into the format for Pokemon Go and the 2026 Pokemon World Championships.

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The best trainers from around the globe are here to compete for their share of a $2 million

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prize pool and the coveted title of Pokemon Go World Champion.

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The competition takes place over three days, battling in a double elimination bracket using

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great league format. Only two trainers will remain to compete on Championship Sunday. Matches

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are best of three until the end of the bracket. Winners finals, losers finals and grand finals

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are all played as a best of five series. Each match follows the bring six pick three format,

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where trainers craft a team of six Pokemon, but only bring three into each game. The

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Trainers are bringing their all to the playtables this weekend and we will soon see who will claim the trophy and

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title of Pokemon Go

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World Champion

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Let's get this tournament started

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Every couldn't have said it better let's indeed get this tournament started here in our show six pick three format

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It's kind of an open meta right well

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There's some Pokemon that at the different international championships that regions the meta sort of shifts throughout the year

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However, I think that we're gonna see some very special things you said the year Amanda

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It shifts up to the day in competitive Pokemon go and these trainers have been cooking all season long

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Let's take a look here at what is at stake. These are the prize money rewards at the new world championship's first place takes home

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$20,000 that's a lot of money, but that's not all all the way through

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16th place. You're gonna see up to a thousand dollars for that competitive.

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Not only that, they're getting competitor kits. There's gonna be some

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different prizes throughout the weekend and also for you while watching at home.

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So much at stake and so many reasons to push yourself to your absolute limits

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because this is the world championships. This is it. The last tournament, the

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last event of the entire season and the last chance to cement your name in

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the history books as a competitive Pokemon Go player. But you know what,

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Amanda, San Francisco is a beautiful city from the Golden Gate Bridge all the way downtown.

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There's so much to see, but sometimes you want to play it safe too and bringing a jacket

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down here when the sun starts to go down on the bay is a great choice.

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Let's talk about some safe picks in the metagame right now and we have to talk about Tinkatun

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first.

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Tinkatun is a Pokemon that once it got its attack, Tinkatun Hammer, it became one

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of the most popular Pokemon used and people are either going to be playing it or defending

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against it this weekend.

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Tinketon Hammer is so powerful.

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And when you're at Tinketon, everything looks like a nail.

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Let's take a look at Kanto Ninetales next,

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because this is one of the top picks to counter that Tinketon,

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and keep it in check.

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Kanto Ninetales recently got energy ball as one of its charge attacks,

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making it also not only hit back against those Tinketons,

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but also some of the water type Pokémon that was giving it a lot of trouble before.

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Now players have to opt.

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Do I want to shield up a Pokémon that could potentially get knocked down by that Ninetales?

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definitely going to see an energy ball connected to a coaxire at least once this

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weekend so stay tuned for that but another pick we wanted to highlight is

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Licky Licky a normal type Pokemon with only one weakness and roll out us the

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fast attack with body slam to boot this Pokemon is going to be everywhere in the

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metagame. Yeah we think that this could potentially be the top used Pokemon

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definitely a safe pick a lot of people actually like to use it in that what we

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call safe swap position so if you don't have a good lead immediately

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you're gonna see that Licky Licky come in to try to just soak up some

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damage and put out some damage of its own definitely a safety net and a hefty one

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at that but let's look at some of the Pokemon that are upsetting the apple

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card these are risky picks but winning with your favorites is a key part of

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Pokemon go competitive so stick a look first at the suyan electrode Amanda I

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am really really high on this Pokemon I think this this Pokemon right here

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can core break numerous teams walk me through it well it's an electric and

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grass type Pokemon it's got Thunder Shock as a fast attack which is only

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two turns, very fast energy generation. You get energy ball just like the Ninetales has,

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but you get wild charge as well. So you see so many Pokemon like Mantine and Feraligator,

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wild charge is going to fry them.

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There's other risky picks that some people might be playing, and we know for sure at

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least one person will be bringing this Shadow Giratina. Shadow Giratina is a Pokemon

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that has recently become more Great League viable. It's already won a couple regional

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championships. Could it possibly win worlds? That's a great question. Let's take a look at

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another dragon that made is a little more easy to get than that Shadow Gear Tina altered form.

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This is Turtonator, a dragon fire type Pokemon with access to Ember, Brutal Swinging Dragon Claw,

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Flash Cannon, Overheats. It's got an arsenal at its disposal and this Pokemon can core break a

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lot of these teams that do have the grass or the fire type Pokemon like Ninetales. That's

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absolutely true. These fire type Pokemon are kind of putting a little bit of pressure,

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turning up the heat on the tinkatons that we're going to see on the field but

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it's not just the Pokemon it's definitely the players that you want to

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be keeping your eye on seeing what they're going to bring and pilot in

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this tournament starting with the North America region these are three

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trainers that we think are gonna have a pretty outstanding time we're looking

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at Cy Rhino night-time Clashier and Dunebug 97 those latter two names

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you're probably familiar with but Cy Rhino exploded onto the scene at NAIC

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sweeping that grand finals our leaderboards are set these dreams

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have fought all season long night-time

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classroom fans at top but there are so

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many talented trainers in this top 16.

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And not only just in the top 16 here in

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North America we've got top trainers all

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over the globe. Let's go ahead and take a

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swipe over to the EU region. These are

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players to watch. We talked about them in

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the pre-show. We have Paco Man up first

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the trainer with the most championship

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points of this season. Next up in

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Adequins from the Netherlands and

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Stone Collection from Germany who

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actually won a championship here in

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North America earlier on in the

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season. Amanda, 40. 40 events until Stone Collection took gold. He is absolutely committed

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and these trainers have been committed all season. Talk to Amanda again, leading the pack there,

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but some spice in Europe. Tum Tum Batusa number six and Z Zuelas at number eight. In Europe,

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in particular, Amanda, I know you can vouch for this. Those trainers push themselves very hard

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to win with signature Pokemon. Everyone wants to be the next Alolan Raticate champion,

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the next table champion are even a spicier pick like shadow hydragan you know ee you might play with spice but latam definitely plays with heart and there is some latin american trainers that are absolutely going to be shining this weekend for sure we got some brazilian boy twins here with the cp points there at the bottom there tz steiner and elendias harjeff it's so hard not to talk about latam when you see these trainers so powerful so talented but this is a pleasant surprise for all of our long time pvp years look at number one that's

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already a trainer that burst onto the scene early on took a year off but is

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coming back with a vengeance and so many other talented trainers including

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number seven men in kinslana who just won his first event ever and of course we

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saw marto briefly on that players to watch screen as well marto galday a

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staple name here in pokemon go exactly marto the pride of argentina but let's

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head down to oce we've got jeffy who won two events this season with the

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same team and no that is not an error. We got gone 1001 and they love Jai. Jai is known

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for bringing that Alolan night tales but honestly Amanda I don't know if there's much

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room for it in this meta. We'll have to see with all of those fire type Pokemon. Tinkabun

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might not be the only thing that's a little bit afraid. This is the Oceania leaderboard.

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They're gone actually leading that him you know and he's going back and forth there

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between that first place. He was able to take one himself not a surprise to see

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him at the very top. I do like Gatsuama as well famously winning the grand finals

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in Australia with a guzzlord, all my guzzlord gamers arise up.

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I do think that will be a prominent pick in this meta game.

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We talked about Turtenator and Shadow,

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here it's in altered form, but the guzzlord players know what's up.

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And not only that, we sometimes don't know what's up in the other regions

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because we don't get to see a lot of the regional competitions,

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but these are players to watch from Japan.

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We have, first, we have Happy Boy Q,

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ended up taking the Japanese qualifier,

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and then maybe you've seen the other two trainers

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as they have competed often in Oceania,

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David actually being able to get that first place in Melbourne earlier this season exactly talented trainers and we always look to a pack

01:03:26.560 --> 01:03:31.420
We've got two world champions from a pack and oh my goodness look at production

01:03:31.420 --> 01:03:37.480
We've got them on screen feels the boy and you've Kai are both competing again this weekend as well as master

01:03:37.480 --> 01:03:39.760
Me here everyone when they look at India

01:03:39.760 --> 01:03:43.600
They talk about the Elzebo the master here is such a formidable trainer

01:03:43.600 --> 01:03:47.160
And he would argue that he and feels a boy were neck and neck last year worlds

01:03:47.160 --> 01:03:49.600
being able to top cut in that competition.

01:03:49.600 --> 01:03:51.880
I think that he has something to prove here

01:03:51.880 --> 01:03:54.280
in San Francisco, obviously, if he'll be able to do that.

01:03:54.280 --> 01:03:57.600
There's so many trainers who have come to compete in this event.

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Those are just a few names.

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We just have to pick just the smallest enough.

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Honestly, you could have added a ton more names

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to that list, and I've been like, yes, these are also

01:04:05.120 --> 01:04:06.080
definitely players to watch.

01:04:06.080 --> 01:04:07.880
You're going to want to make sure you're

01:04:07.880 --> 01:04:09.320
watching this whole weekend.

01:04:09.320 --> 01:04:11.280
Players and Pokemon are not the only treats

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for our viewers at home.

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Let's take a look at our drops.

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Starting with the video game, we

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We do have awesome swag items here, a hat and a Pikachu shirt.

01:04:20.400 --> 01:04:23.680
And make sure to type in that code, enjoy worlds 26,

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in order to snag that distro from champions.

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Oh, that's right.

01:04:26.880 --> 01:04:28.400
We have it for the video game.

01:04:28.400 --> 01:04:30.560
And we also have it for the other games

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that are being competed here in the arena.

01:04:32.640 --> 01:04:34.320
We have TCG up next.

01:04:34.320 --> 01:04:36.520
And look how many drops they have.

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If you are a card game player,

01:04:37.680 --> 01:04:40.120
you are probably loving this.

01:04:40.120 --> 01:04:42.120
I mean, this is a vault of goodies, right?

01:04:42.120 --> 01:04:44.680
Make sure to connect your account correctly

01:04:44.680 --> 01:04:46.000
and snag these drops.

01:04:46.000 --> 01:04:48.120
Let's slide on over to the green screen.

01:04:48.120 --> 01:04:50.000
We've got Go coming up as well.

01:04:50.000 --> 01:04:52.360
Not only can you pick one of these three paths

01:04:52.360 --> 01:04:55.200
and get this valuable Pokemon for your own PDP team,

01:04:55.200 --> 01:04:57.240
but we have a very special award, Amanda.

01:04:57.240 --> 01:04:58.760
Tell us about that Tinketun.

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So Tinketun, we talked about earlier,

01:05:01.000 --> 01:05:03.480
but Bealsboy used it to help him win

01:05:03.480 --> 01:05:05.800
in the World Championships in Anaheim last season.

01:05:05.800 --> 01:05:08.920
This is the exact Tinketun that Bealsboy used

01:05:08.920 --> 01:05:10.560
with the exact same spread.

01:05:10.560 --> 01:05:11.640
So this is very cool.

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If you're a player who's thinking,

01:05:13.160 --> 01:05:15.840
oh, maybe I want to get into Pokemon PvP,

01:05:15.840 --> 01:05:17.480
But I don't have a lot of the Pokemon yet.

01:05:17.480 --> 01:05:19.400
This is a great way to get started.

01:05:19.400 --> 01:05:20.960
So you want to make sure that you're watching

01:05:20.960 --> 01:05:22.440
and be able to collect that.

01:05:22.440 --> 01:05:24.880
But, Will, that's not all we have.

01:05:24.880 --> 01:05:26.000
That's definitely not all.

01:05:26.000 --> 01:05:29.120
Use that code, San Francisco 2026,

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to snack this avatar item, a Sage Green Pikachu shirt

01:05:33.760 --> 01:05:35.520
and a little spoiler for everyone at home.

01:05:35.520 --> 01:05:37.080
My tie tomorrow is Sage Green.

01:05:37.080 --> 01:05:38.920
So we're definitely on theme here in San Francisco.

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That's looking prime.

01:05:40.040 --> 01:05:41.600
If you go ahead and put that on,

01:05:41.600 --> 01:05:43.320
make sure if you're going to battle it,

01:05:43.320 --> 01:05:44.920
maybe take a screenshot of it

01:05:44.920 --> 01:05:47.560
and be able to post it on the socials or something

01:05:47.560 --> 01:05:50.160
so we can see that you are watching this stream

01:05:50.160 --> 01:05:52.080
and that you are supporting the champions.

01:05:52.080 --> 01:05:54.760
All of our posters and chatters, let's get active.

01:05:54.760 --> 01:05:56.200
I'm getting word from production.

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We've got usage for day one.

01:05:58.360 --> 01:05:59.200
Okay.

01:05:59.200 --> 01:06:00.640
These trainers have had the lid on the pot.

01:06:00.640 --> 01:06:02.560
They've been cooking for over two months

01:06:02.560 --> 01:06:05.440
and these are the Pokemon of choice.

01:06:05.440 --> 01:06:07.480
We did get the first three right, Amanda,

01:06:07.480 --> 01:06:09.600
but look at the Pokemon below it.

01:06:09.600 --> 01:06:12.040
The safest of the safe there in the top three,

01:06:12.040 --> 01:06:24.400
But I guess not really too big of surprise evil coming in recently taking that seven spot. And then we also have some brown type Pokemon there with that Kanto Merlwack and also the you know, in Stumpfist.

01:06:24.400 --> 01:06:39.760
I want to get our trainers at home involved. Some Pokemon are not on this board annihilate. I thought would be a bit higher. We also do not see the spicier picks like Turtnater, but that's kind of to be expected type in the chat, which Pokemon you think is going to take it off here in San Francisco.

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A big question I think a lot of people will have, but they won't for long because there's open team sheets is is that shadow fortress

01:06:45.640 --> 01:06:52.520
Running a bolt switch as it's facetep or bug bite because we've seen both do quite well throughout this competitive season

01:06:52.520 --> 01:06:56.960
And they're just so different it depends on the team it depends on what these trainers are trying to do

01:06:57.400 --> 01:06:59.640
Scheme wise with their team of six, but you know Amanda

01:06:59.680 --> 01:07:06.280
We put our own two cents in the slot and we said these are the Pokemon that we think are gonna succeed this weekend

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and four picks each.

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I don't know what Shadow Alakazam is doing on this graphic,

01:07:11.080 --> 01:07:13.000
but Shadow Swarm is the truth, right?

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Back me up here, right?

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You know, I played against it.

01:07:15.280 --> 01:07:17.120
It is pretty annoying play against.

01:07:17.120 --> 01:07:19.720
What surprised me to actually see one or two

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in the tournament, of course,

01:07:21.080 --> 01:07:22.800
I think a lot of us ended up going with that Hsu

01:07:22.800 --> 01:07:23.960
and Electro there.

01:07:23.960 --> 01:07:24.800
Yeah.

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It was in that top eight spot of top 12 usage.

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So maybe not that spicy at all.

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One thing I do want to point out,

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I say it every time,

01:07:30.960 --> 01:07:32.840
Saber Lai is my Saber guy.

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And if any meta that it's viable for,

01:07:34.640 --> 01:07:36.360
I definitely want to see it play.

01:07:36.360 --> 01:07:37.960
And it can actually start hitting back now

01:07:37.960 --> 01:07:40.160
against those Licky Lickies, which is in that top spot.

01:07:40.160 --> 01:07:44.400
Two O Butters and Henry are Don Dozzo believers

01:07:44.400 --> 01:07:47.320
in a Hussain Electro meta with an energy ball nine tails.

01:07:47.320 --> 01:07:49.940
I don't know if that Pokemon has done a succeed,

01:07:49.940 --> 01:07:51.440
but these trainers believe in it.

01:07:51.440 --> 01:07:53.800
So again, let us know in the chat,

01:07:53.800 --> 01:07:56.120
which Pokemon you think is gonna take the crown

01:07:56.120 --> 01:07:56.960
this weekend.

01:07:56.960 --> 01:07:59.040
We took a peek at some of the team sheets

01:07:59.040 --> 01:08:00.960
on Arcanine and oh my goodness,

01:08:00.960 --> 01:08:03.160
are we in for some treats this weekend?

01:08:03.160 --> 01:08:06.740
There's been a small meta shake-up since June, you could say.

01:08:06.740 --> 01:08:08.960
The things have been sort of like leveling out.

01:08:08.960 --> 01:08:10.700
You see a lot of different practice tournaments,

01:08:10.700 --> 01:08:11.900
different usage going on.

01:08:11.900 --> 01:08:14.580
So it's really exciting to see that it all boils down

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to this very moment that they'll be playing

01:08:16.740 --> 01:08:17.900
throughout the weekend.

01:08:17.900 --> 01:08:19.580
All the top trainers who have made it here said,

01:08:19.580 --> 01:08:21.900
okay, this is my team of six

01:08:21.900 --> 01:08:23.780
that could potentially make me

01:08:23.780 --> 01:08:26.420
the San Francisco World Champion.

01:08:26.420 --> 01:08:27.260
Exactly.

01:08:27.260 --> 01:08:28.540
These trainers have been cooking.

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But you know what?

01:08:29.380 --> 01:08:31.540
We're here in the venue in San Francisco,

01:08:31.540 --> 01:08:33.300
But this is a world championship,

01:08:33.300 --> 01:08:35.820
and everyone in the world who loves competitive Pokemon

01:08:35.820 --> 01:08:36.660
is part of it.

01:08:36.660 --> 01:08:39.460
You need to get involved following us on socials.

01:08:39.460 --> 01:08:42.220
Remember, use that backslash play Pokemon

01:08:42.220 --> 01:08:44.940
across various channels, and you'll find us there.

01:08:44.940 --> 01:08:48.220
And also, when you post on X, formerly known as Twitter,

01:08:48.220 --> 01:08:49.860
make sure to use that hashtag play Pokemon

01:08:49.860 --> 01:08:50.860
so we can find your posts.

01:08:50.860 --> 01:08:52.380
Yeah, we wanna see those avatar items

01:08:52.380 --> 01:08:54.140
that you're gonna get all the different things.

01:08:54.140 --> 01:08:55.780
Let us know who you think is going

01:08:55.780 --> 01:08:57.660
to be taking home the crown.

01:08:57.660 --> 01:08:59.180
We're gonna get all involved here.

01:08:59.180 --> 01:09:00.780
There's so much to do in San Francisco,

01:09:00.780 --> 01:09:02.540
but there's so much to do for you guys as well

01:09:02.540 --> 01:09:03.980
if you're watching at home.

01:09:03.980 --> 01:09:05.540
Make sure to connect to your Twitch account.

01:09:05.540 --> 01:09:08.140
We will be posting instructions in the chat

01:09:08.140 --> 01:09:09.500
to help you get your account connected

01:09:09.500 --> 01:09:11.340
so you can rack up those watch minutes,

01:09:11.340 --> 01:09:13.660
get those drops, and be happy campers

01:09:13.660 --> 01:09:15.220
while you're enjoying the show this weekend.

01:09:15.220 --> 01:09:17.580
And as a reminder to everyone, this is just day one.

01:09:17.580 --> 01:09:19.020
So you're liking the content.

01:09:19.020 --> 01:09:20.340
If you're excited to see more games,

01:09:20.340 --> 01:09:21.340
hit that follow button.

01:09:21.340 --> 01:09:23.020
We have day two and then Championship Sunday.

01:09:23.020 --> 01:09:25.260
We will be all on the main channel

01:09:25.260 --> 01:09:27.460
for each of our games finals as we move through the day.

01:09:27.460 --> 01:09:29.300
So I know that for 30 minutes

01:09:29.300 --> 01:09:30.660
that you can choose.

01:09:30.660 --> 01:09:32.420
I'm calling it a choose your own adventure here.

01:09:32.420 --> 01:09:34.900
You can choose between a licky tongue path,

01:09:34.900 --> 01:09:37.700
a totodile path, and a patean booper path.

01:09:37.700 --> 01:09:39.900
What path would you choose, Will?

01:09:39.900 --> 01:09:41.540
Ooh, that is a really good question.

01:09:41.540 --> 01:09:42.820
So I've played the community days

01:09:42.820 --> 01:09:44.820
for those Pokemon in the past,

01:09:44.820 --> 01:09:48.580
but I gotta say, Feraligator is so fun and so cool.

01:09:48.580 --> 01:09:50.380
You can only use another Feraligator,

01:09:50.380 --> 01:09:52.780
especially one with a little bit more attack way.

01:09:52.780 --> 01:09:54.060
And now of course, Licky, Licky,

01:09:54.060 --> 01:09:57.300
our top number one Pokemon in this meta.

01:09:57.300 --> 01:09:58.660
You evolve that from a licky tongue.

01:09:58.660 --> 01:10:01.680
So maybe a lot of people will opt to go for that route as well.

01:10:01.680 --> 01:10:06.420
Clotsire is a Pokemon that wouldn't surprise me actually to see a bit in this tournament,

01:10:06.420 --> 01:10:08.720
so definitely don't count out the Paladin Wooper.

01:10:08.720 --> 01:10:13.060
Paladin Wooper is very fun, and Clotsire might be another core breaker that trainers look out for.

01:10:13.060 --> 01:10:17.960
Poison, Sting, Stone Edge, Sludge Bomb, Earthquake, plus more bulk than you can imagine.

01:10:17.960 --> 01:10:23.400
That Pokemon is formidable, and I think one of our casters thinks it'll be top usage on day two as well.

01:10:23.400 --> 01:10:25.620
And I'll tell you what, Amanda, just one more time.

01:10:25.620 --> 01:10:32.620
Let's do a refresher on how to connect your twitch account and claim these rewards for easy steps. You've got this chat, I believe in you.

01:10:32.620 --> 01:10:38.620
Yeah, we know that you can do it. If you do need help, there will be people in the chat to help that out.

01:10:38.620 --> 01:10:43.620
Here's a little tip. Using exclamation point drops is not going to do anything for you.

01:10:43.620 --> 01:10:51.620
So go ahead and make sure you, maybe take a screenshot of this even to make sure that you are going to be able to collect all of the different rewards that we have for you in Pokemon Go.

01:10:51.620 --> 01:10:57.820
pro tip for everyone as well open up the other streams and other tabs and make sure that you're collecting those drops

01:10:57.820 --> 01:11:01.340
You never know. Maybe you'd log into a TCG live occasionally

01:11:01.340 --> 01:11:05.300
You're gonna want those drops and those memories when you revisit the game

01:11:05.300 --> 01:11:10.220
So even if you don't play those primarily it's always good to snack free stuff because this stuff is awesome

01:11:10.220 --> 01:11:13.480
I tell you what we're staring straight across these booths here at the Unite team too

01:11:13.480 --> 01:11:18.540
We didn't really talk about theirs, but there's a licensed Pokemon that you can grab from the uptake. So pretty cool

01:11:18.540 --> 01:11:22.000
That is true all of our Pokemon Unite trainers and honestly man

01:11:22.000 --> 01:11:23.280
We've got a big screen in front of us

01:11:23.280 --> 01:11:26.620
But I feel like I need a magnifying glass to read all of these drops

01:11:26.620 --> 01:11:31.220
So you got to get active and make sure to pick up this exclusive twitch chat

01:11:31.700 --> 01:11:34.640
That's no look at it just just to explain this to everyone

01:11:34.640 --> 01:11:37.580
Maybe if you're just a casual twitch viewer you only come on to watch Pokemon

01:11:37.580 --> 01:11:44.320
This means that next to your name this Pikachu will appear and you can take this wiki to any other channel that you watch

01:11:44.320 --> 01:11:48.720
This is yours to own so make sure to claim that as well very very cool

01:11:48.720 --> 01:11:53.620
We got goodies galore for you here at the world championship and San Francisco

01:11:53.620 --> 01:11:57.840
So definitely make sure that your account is connected and definitely stay tuned throughout the weekend because

01:11:58.200 --> 01:12:05.160
Not only is this going to be the last time an individual person is going to win worlds for Pokemon go

01:12:05.400 --> 01:12:08.120
The tournament field is stacked

01:12:08.720 --> 01:12:12.040
We will talk about that more as the weekend progresses, but you're right

01:12:12.040 --> 01:12:18.280
There's so many updates and in Pokemon. It's really hard to keep track Pokemon go as long as we've known it has been an

01:12:18.560 --> 01:12:24.720
Individual e-sport pursuit, but next year we are shifting to a three versus three team

01:12:25.160 --> 01:12:28.880
Format we don't have details no leaks on the stream for you guys at home

01:12:28.880 --> 01:12:33.000
I'm so sorry, but if we do learn something we'll be the first to tell you absolutely

01:12:33.000 --> 01:12:35.360
But in the meantime, we definitely have to take it

01:12:35.360 --> 01:12:38.880
We saw a little in on nostalgia road there in the opening ceremony

01:12:38.880 --> 01:12:44.860
We really have to soak in the moments here for Pokemon go. There has been a couple champions already deals a boy

01:12:44.860 --> 01:12:48.680
You can I they're both here. They're both ready to be playing for it again

01:12:48.680 --> 01:12:55.600
Do you think that we will have a repeat champion for our very last year of individual go? I want to read what chat says

01:12:56.280 --> 01:13:00.360
Come on chat. Keep it going. Keep it going. All right. I'll make my response

01:13:00.360 --> 01:13:05.000
I firmly believe Amanda that we will never have a repeat champion mark my words

01:13:05.000 --> 01:13:11.000
It's too competitive, it's too fast, and just a single mistake can derail an entire turn and run.

01:13:11.000 --> 01:13:16.000
And also our co-caster, Caleb, made a really good point. He said we do operate in a double elimination format,

01:13:16.000 --> 01:13:22.000
which means a quarter of trainers are going to go 0-2 this event, and then half of them will go 1-2.

01:13:22.000 --> 01:13:27.000
It's brutal out here in competitive Pokemon, Caleb. You have to be at the top of your game,

01:13:27.000 --> 01:13:30.000
and as much as I believe in our trainers, and I want to see them all succeed,

01:13:30.000 --> 01:13:33.000
they can only be one champion, and it's probably going to be a new person on Sunday.

01:13:33.000 --> 01:13:36.800
on Sunday. I mean top of their game. I have to ask you a real quick question.

01:13:36.800 --> 01:13:41.960
Oh, okay. Are you at the top of your dance game? I don't know about dance moves. I mean

01:13:41.960 --> 01:13:45.560
this this mat we're standing on isn't that big. Oh wait, wait, you're talking about this.

01:13:45.560 --> 01:13:49.160
Well, I don't know. Maybe we'll get a chance to see you pull out your EDM moves there

01:13:49.160 --> 01:13:54.280
earlier on because this is something that's very cool. One of them already sold out

01:13:54.280 --> 01:13:59.320
in Los Angeles, but this is Pokemon Night Out. The concert with Marshmallow and

01:13:59.320 --> 01:14:00.480
out some wonderland there.

01:14:00.480 --> 01:14:04.360
Kickets are available for the London one in November.

01:14:04.360 --> 01:14:05.640
That is gonna be so cool.

01:14:05.640 --> 01:14:07.560
I am a big Marshmallow fan to be honest with you

01:14:07.560 --> 01:14:10.160
and we asked if we could wear spacesuit helmets

01:14:10.160 --> 01:14:11.640
this weekend, we were told no.

01:14:11.640 --> 01:14:13.520
But Marshmallow does have a really cool helmet

01:14:13.520 --> 01:14:14.720
that he wears during his sets.

01:14:14.720 --> 01:14:16.200
Maybe we could borrow it and bring it to go.

01:14:16.200 --> 01:14:18.480
We'll have the Pokemon one with the little ears

01:14:18.480 --> 01:14:19.840
on the top of the helmet there.

01:14:19.840 --> 01:14:21.120
We'll bring it to the concert.

01:14:21.120 --> 01:14:23.520
If we wore Marshmallow headsets on the cast

01:14:23.520 --> 01:14:25.280
that would be the coolest thing.

01:14:25.280 --> 01:14:27.960
But we're gonna have a fun time regardless everybody.

01:14:27.960 --> 01:14:29.240
That's gonna be a really great time

01:14:29.240 --> 01:14:31.400
for all of our EDM enjoyers out there.

01:14:31.400 --> 01:14:32.960
And this weekend in San Francisco,

01:14:32.960 --> 01:14:35.000
not only do we have the event,

01:14:35.000 --> 01:14:36.480
we've got Pokemon XP,

01:14:36.480 --> 01:14:38.040
which we haven't talked about at all.

01:14:38.040 --> 01:14:39.560
That's a massive event.

01:14:39.560 --> 01:14:42.160
You and I have been here, what, almost two days?

01:14:42.160 --> 01:14:44.320
And we've not been able to cover all of it yet.

01:14:44.320 --> 01:14:46.680
So if you are a fan and you do have access to it,

01:14:46.680 --> 01:14:48.960
make sure to see as much as you possibly can.

01:14:48.960 --> 01:14:51.560
And then I heard a rumor on a sale

01:14:51.560 --> 01:14:54.560
that there might be some drone shows at night as well.

01:14:54.560 --> 01:14:57.240
Drone shows at the fairy building in San Francisco.

01:14:57.240 --> 01:14:59.960
I always love seeing the Pokemon drone shows.

01:14:59.960 --> 01:15:02.400
There's been so many fun things to do,

01:15:02.400 --> 01:15:04.960
and there's also fun things in the venue,

01:15:04.960 --> 01:15:06.720
and there's fun things for the competitors.

01:15:06.720 --> 01:15:08.200
Obviously, they're all competing

01:15:08.200 --> 01:15:09.800
to be able to beat that world champion.

01:15:09.800 --> 01:15:12.080
But let's go ahead and take a look at the different things.

01:15:12.080 --> 01:15:15.920
The whole time has built up to here in San Francisco.

01:15:15.920 --> 01:15:18.520
This is starting with the North America world map,

01:15:18.520 --> 01:15:20.040
starting in Baltimore.

01:15:20.040 --> 01:15:21.760
I cannot believe that we started

01:15:21.760 --> 01:15:24.280
all the way back there, but my goodness,

01:15:24.280 --> 01:15:27.040
this next season is gonna be so sick, you guys,

01:15:27.040 --> 01:15:29.960
and keep in mind as well that the next season

01:15:29.960 --> 01:15:32.400
will operate on the new battle system.

01:15:32.400 --> 01:15:35.000
So Pokemon like Mimikyu, like Kramarant,

01:15:35.000 --> 01:15:37.480
those are gonna become valuable meta players.

01:15:37.480 --> 01:15:39.360
I think everyone's peeking at the end of the blurry ones,

01:15:39.360 --> 01:15:41.920
being like, TBA, what, where is that one at?

01:15:41.920 --> 01:15:42.760
I'm not quite sure. I was trying to figure it out,

01:15:42.760 --> 01:15:45.800
but I was like, maybe if I squint just hard enough,

01:15:45.800 --> 01:15:48.360
I can actually see the city, but I couldn't get it done.

01:15:48.360 --> 01:15:50.200
There are quite a few regional competitions

01:15:50.200 --> 01:15:52.400
and that is how our players qualify

01:15:52.400 --> 01:15:54.040
for the World Championships there.

01:15:54.040 --> 01:15:56.760
Each competition awards championship points.

01:15:56.760 --> 01:16:00.120
The first place gets a direct invite to the world,

01:16:00.120 --> 01:16:01.920
and then also throughout the season,

01:16:01.920 --> 01:16:03.800
with the ICs, it's the top four people

01:16:03.800 --> 01:16:05.560
who also get placements for Worlds.

01:16:05.560 --> 01:16:07.320
Exactly, the championship points

01:16:07.320 --> 01:16:09.800
are a very important part of competitive Pokemon.

01:16:09.800 --> 01:16:12.600
A lot of trainers, maybe they don't win events outright,

01:16:12.600 --> 01:16:14.000
but if they're consistent enough,

01:16:14.000 --> 01:16:16.480
they can earn their World Championships worth.

01:16:16.480 --> 01:16:17.320
I'll tell you what, everybody,

01:16:17.320 --> 01:16:18.320
we have two trainers on stage.

01:16:18.320 --> 01:16:19.560
I know you're probably asking,

01:16:19.560 --> 01:16:21.680
why are these commentators just gapping all the time?

01:16:21.680 --> 01:16:22.720
We wanna see some games.

01:16:22.720 --> 01:16:23.920
I'm right there with you.

01:16:23.920 --> 01:16:25.280
Our trainers are getting set up.

01:16:25.280 --> 01:16:26.720
It will just be another moment, though.

01:16:26.720 --> 01:16:30.300
actually they're already on stage and it looks like they're getting ready to go.

01:16:30.300 --> 01:16:36.500
Take it to the stage, check out our very first match-ups of the World Championships

01:16:36.500 --> 01:16:41.500
that we're seeing here. We've got DHC United up against Pato Man.

01:16:41.500 --> 01:16:47.500
This is such an electric match-up, starting off the 2026 World Championships with Pato Man.

01:16:47.500 --> 01:16:53.180
The back-to-back EUIC winner is a great way to do it, but DHC United, if everyone remembers,

01:16:53.180 --> 01:16:58.520
back earlier this season DHC conquered I believe it was Toronto with his shadow

01:16:58.520 --> 01:17:01.460
Gyarados against Kelsey K in the Grand Finals.

01:17:01.460 --> 01:17:13.620
Pato Man ended up taking the last tournament for EU in Turin a fairly similar meta so we'll have to see if he's confident that he'll be able to take this game number one both of these trainers so well

01:17:13.620 --> 01:17:20.580
accolated and taking a peek at their teams I don't see a licky-licky anywhere on Pato Man's team.

01:17:20.580 --> 01:17:22.620
Yeah, no safe picks on either side here.

01:17:22.620 --> 01:17:25.060
I just want everyone to take in the stage as well

01:17:25.060 --> 01:17:26.940
while we get these sprites up on screen.

01:17:26.940 --> 01:17:29.740
But look at the background and how awesome this is.

01:17:29.740 --> 01:17:32.800
These trainers are competing for it, for the championship.

01:17:32.800 --> 01:17:36.220
And I think that the venue is so fitting

01:17:36.220 --> 01:17:38.940
for the gravity of what they are trying to achieve.

01:17:38.940 --> 01:17:41.180
But right back to the teams, as you mentioned, Amanda,

01:17:41.180 --> 01:17:43.540
my Lodik on Pond Demand's team,

01:17:43.540 --> 01:17:46.460
and then the Dondozo on DHC United.

01:17:46.460 --> 01:17:48.220
So my Lodik, I've heard a lot of rumors.

01:17:48.220 --> 01:17:51.220
I've heard that Waterfall is likely the fast attack for this one.

01:17:51.220 --> 01:17:53.220
I can see that they definitely get to see

01:17:53.220 --> 01:17:56.380
because they have open team sheets for both of these trainers here,

01:17:56.380 --> 01:17:57.420
checking it out.

01:17:57.420 --> 01:17:59.820
We're just starting up the matches.

01:17:59.820 --> 01:18:02.780
And I have to admit, it looks like Henry and Butters,

01:18:02.780 --> 01:18:04.060
maybe they're onto something there

01:18:04.060 --> 01:18:06.380
because the very first game of this thing,

01:18:06.380 --> 01:18:08.340
we have a Dandoza on the screen.

01:18:08.340 --> 01:18:08.820
Exactly.

01:18:08.820 --> 01:18:11.460
Dandoza, but also hip-hound on a Pokemon

01:18:11.460 --> 01:18:13.940
that I think has a lot of valuable coverage.

01:18:13.940 --> 01:18:16.500
Weatherball, rock, and earth power with sand attack

01:18:16.500 --> 01:18:17.260
as the fast attack.

01:18:17.260 --> 01:18:21.160
That is going to really throw a wrench into any Kanto Night Tale plans.

01:18:21.160 --> 01:18:23.900
But another Pokemon that I'm a little surprised to see on both sides.

01:18:23.900 --> 01:18:27.800
And Anna is the Malamar Malamar in a Tinkerton meta.

01:18:27.800 --> 01:18:29.440
What is going on?

01:18:29.440 --> 01:18:33.840
No Tinkerton to be found, even though it is in the top 12 usage of all of the

01:18:33.840 --> 01:18:36.000
world players of today.

01:18:36.000 --> 01:18:38.080
Looks like both these trainers are getting ready.

01:18:38.080 --> 01:18:39.840
We're getting locked in through the ball.

01:18:39.840 --> 01:18:41.480
We're starting the match.

01:18:41.480 --> 01:18:45.080
Game one of the 2026 World Championships.

01:18:45.080 --> 01:18:49.820
Licky Licky Lee from DHC United into the you know the Sunfist from Auto Man the

01:18:49.820 --> 01:18:54.080
very neutral matchup as you expect I think Sunfist will eventually wear down

01:18:54.080 --> 01:18:58.320
this opponent. Going ahead now just really both of them charging up a ton of

01:18:58.320 --> 01:19:02.800
energy there DHC United wants to be able to throw a shadow ball to do more

01:19:02.800 --> 01:19:05.800
damage on the you know the Sunfist and while the first mud bomb going through

01:19:05.800 --> 01:19:08.640
the you know the Sunfist didn't do too much damage the second one will

01:19:08.640 --> 01:19:11.680
definitely knock the Licky Licky down to the yellow shadow ball coming

01:19:11.680 --> 01:19:15.880
through from the DHC United's Licky Licky does connect lowering that you know

01:19:15.880 --> 01:19:19.180
the stuff is about half health outcomes a bug bite fortress and this is one of the

01:19:19.180 --> 01:19:23.040
main reasons to run that fast attack because this matchup into the Sunfist is

01:19:23.040 --> 01:19:26.560
abysmal with full switch and maybe a good reason pattern and left that

01:19:26.560 --> 01:19:30.680
Malamar on the bench for this game number one incoming force was to just

01:19:30.680 --> 01:19:35.180
soak up all of this damage bug bites not doing nothing here but this rock

01:19:35.180 --> 01:19:39.640
team is gonna make that glaring force look have a tough even less one

01:19:39.640 --> 01:19:45.300
the most important things about playing the one-turn Fast Sack Pokemon like book by fortress is getting your tiny just right

01:19:45.440 --> 01:19:48.920
Tiny knows astonish is getting as much fast attack damage as possible

01:19:48.920 --> 01:19:54.000
He did such a good job of that and he's trying to push for the rock to goes on charge sack priority break all

01:19:54.000 --> 01:19:59.880
One and had growing the sand to fortress is a Pokemon that both of its target text will do something to its opponent

01:19:59.880 --> 01:20:04.240
That rock team is gonna lower the attack and the sand tunes are going to lower the defense here

01:20:04.240 --> 01:20:07.660
So this Horseslaw is mighty low, tons of energy.

01:20:07.660 --> 01:20:11.300
There has to grow here with a 1 HP Fortress left down at those.

01:20:11.300 --> 01:20:14.100
In comes that Likuleging, and me to pivot back into the Novin' Sumfist.

01:20:14.100 --> 01:20:20.840
I really like to swap out there. In comes the Dondozo, and although this Novin' Sumfist will feel a lot of super effective damage to the Dondozo,

01:20:20.840 --> 01:20:27.640
it is bulky as all get-out. It will be able to withstand a discharge here, and those waterfalls are chunking away in the meantime.

01:20:27.640 --> 01:20:31.180
You see that super effective damage, but still way in the dream at this point.

01:20:31.180 --> 01:20:36.980
Potomac great timing here now throws other charge check and getting that first shield off of DHC United's team

01:20:37.180 --> 01:20:43.940
Everyone likes to talk about large attacks and competitive Pokemon go, but fast attack damage is such a critical part and no waterfalls

01:20:43.940 --> 01:20:48.900
Take down the Nova Sutton set is a big KO for DHC. Coming back in now immediately with Corsola

01:20:48.900 --> 01:20:53.820
This is charge attack priority and then the Pokemon with the higher attack will always be able to go first

01:20:53.820 --> 01:20:58.600
Getting that protection off of Potomac's side because he wants to get this down those low here as you can see

01:20:58.600 --> 01:21:03.360
he also throws him some shade too much energy to waste here for possible and this

01:21:03.360 --> 01:21:06.960
night she will connect but the bad news is I don't think it's enough done those

01:21:06.960 --> 01:21:10.880
though hangs on out from the yellow bug like for two some parts of it and now he

01:21:10.880 --> 01:21:15.440
screwed up is that Ricky Ricky has that quality energy shadow ball number one

01:21:15.440 --> 01:21:19.200
going through your only one shield that comes out the months like using it now

01:21:19.200 --> 01:21:22.880
once you keep this fortress nice and healthy because of course look doesn't

01:21:22.880 --> 01:21:25.640
really want to face off against that week he looked especially at such low

01:21:25.640 --> 01:21:29.440
healthier Shadowbolt number two gonna be able to connect. I really like the

01:21:29.440 --> 01:21:32.600
immediate throat here from DHC. He does not want to get hit with a sand tube and

01:21:32.600 --> 01:21:36.800
lose all the energy that he gathered up but the fortress is commanding this

01:21:36.800 --> 01:21:40.400
matchup. There's still potential for DHC. He's got to use it here or he will lose

01:21:40.400 --> 01:21:44.560
his lucky lucky. Go ahead now he puts it up on his very low up lucky lucky. You're

01:21:44.560 --> 01:21:47.600
looking the switch timers are not quite up yet. He's hoping to be able to

01:21:47.600 --> 01:21:51.600
do another attempt not even able to get to the body slam now back in comes

01:21:51.600 --> 01:21:55.600
and is able to take out that bug bite before the SERP is reached.

01:21:55.600 --> 01:21:57.600
What a close match.

01:21:57.600 --> 01:22:01.600
Crucial farm down from the Shadow Bug Bite Fortress there by Potomac.

01:22:01.600 --> 01:22:06.600
Getting the knockout against the Licky Licky and disrupting the body slam was key.

01:22:06.600 --> 01:22:10.600
If he does take the body slam, that waterfall might be enough to bring down the Fortress

01:22:10.600 --> 01:22:12.600
and cause an upset here.

01:22:12.600 --> 01:22:17.600
And I say upset because Potomac is such a talented trainer with so many accolades to his name.

01:22:17.600 --> 01:22:23.080
I mean, did he finish six international in a row in top four?

01:22:23.080 --> 01:22:27.480
Yeah, no one has quite done it like Captain Red this season.

01:22:27.480 --> 01:22:31.520
He's been top cutting not only regional competitions, but international championships,

01:22:31.520 --> 01:22:32.400
just like you were saying.

01:22:32.400 --> 01:22:37.840
He was last year's finalist in Anaheim, and he's got something to prove.

01:22:37.840 --> 01:22:41.040
And he's started off very strongly here in game number one against,

01:22:41.040 --> 01:22:44.400
what would it say, a very strong newcomer to the game?

01:22:44.400 --> 01:22:45.440
I would definitely agree.

01:22:45.440 --> 01:22:47.280
and with a signature pick at that

01:22:47.280 --> 01:22:49.840
we have seen a few of these trainers Pokemon so far.

01:22:49.840 --> 01:22:52.480
You know the Stumpfist fortress on both sides

01:22:52.480 --> 01:22:55.880
as well as DHC United's Don Dozo and Licky Licky.

01:22:55.880 --> 01:22:57.560
The question now becomes,

01:22:57.560 --> 01:23:00.280
what adjustments are made in game number two?

01:23:00.280 --> 01:23:01.560
Again, to remind everyone,

01:23:01.560 --> 01:23:03.360
competitive Pokemon Go is a best

01:23:03.360 --> 01:23:05.800
of three double elimination tournaments.

01:23:05.800 --> 01:23:08.300
So DHC needs to win two more games

01:23:08.300 --> 01:23:11.080
in order to advance through this round on the winner side.

01:23:11.080 --> 01:23:12.800
Yes, winners side of the bracket

01:23:12.800 --> 01:23:14.280
is where I think all the trainers

01:23:14.280 --> 01:23:16.560
but hopefully comfortably want to play

01:23:16.560 --> 01:23:18.840
because that means you have a little bit more wiggle room

01:23:18.840 --> 01:23:20.360
to be able to make mistakes.

01:23:20.360 --> 01:23:23.960
But we've seen trainers being able to take very early losses

01:23:23.960 --> 01:23:27.240
go through the loser's bracket and be able to come out on top.

01:23:27.240 --> 01:23:30.880
So just because you're down does not mean that you are out.

01:23:30.880 --> 01:23:31.600
And guess what?

01:23:31.600 --> 01:23:34.000
We are just getting started.

01:23:34.000 --> 01:23:36.760
We started out game number one with the neutral matchup.

01:23:36.760 --> 01:23:38.680
Licky Licky versus the Yenovin Sunfish.

01:23:38.680 --> 01:23:40.680
But there are some disaster scenarios

01:23:40.680 --> 01:23:41.760
that could play out here.

01:23:41.760 --> 01:23:46.760
I'm looking at a man team on D.S. United's team and the, you know, the Stumpfist on Octoman.

01:23:46.760 --> 01:23:51.960
So whenever you look at a show six pick three format, you want to keep those hard matchups in mind,

01:23:51.960 --> 01:23:56.360
try to avoid those disaster situations and play to your link additions.

01:23:56.360 --> 01:24:00.060
And let's see what they're going to do as we're hopping into game number two.

01:24:00.060 --> 01:24:05.060
Now we have that shallow fortress on the side of Octoman up against the Licky Licky on D.C. United.

01:24:05.060 --> 01:24:07.660
Just starting both of these two and staying in the matchup.

01:24:07.660 --> 01:24:13.260
You could see how much damage already those fast attacks alone are doing to that Licky Licky.

01:24:13.260 --> 01:24:16.940
Now throwing a Pittsburgh Shadow Ball and getting that first protection off of Pac-Man.

01:24:16.940 --> 01:24:19.980
Because Shadow Fortress does have those debuffing charge attacks,

01:24:19.980 --> 01:24:23.260
it's very wise for Pac-Man to shield up a Full Strength Shadow Ball,

01:24:23.260 --> 01:24:25.820
look for a Rock Tomb debuff potentially.

01:24:25.820 --> 01:24:29.420
But in comes the swap, DHC tries to catch a Rock Tomb on the Dotto,

01:24:29.420 --> 01:24:32.140
so Pac-Man says, you know what? I'll keep it to you anyway.

01:24:32.140 --> 01:24:35.820
He says, okay, well I see what you're doing there, I am going to debuff you.

01:24:35.820 --> 01:24:40.760
Potemman has a choice now. He's immediately gonna swap out and look at this coming in with his own

01:24:41.020 --> 01:24:46.280
Water type Pokemon. These waterfalls are doing very little damage to each other there

01:24:46.280 --> 01:24:50.500
It's gonna be this charge attack going through on the Dunbils that's gonna start making it hurt

01:24:50.500 --> 01:24:54.900
I gotta be honest my logic is such a unique pick in this competitive meta for worlds

01:24:54.900 --> 01:24:57.580
But if there's any trainer who's gonna be scary with it

01:24:57.580 --> 01:25:01.880
It's Potemman because he did play it at the UIC in his victory there

01:25:01.880 --> 01:25:06.820
So I think that he's got the slight edge, but the outrage connects big damage to my loaded

01:25:06.880 --> 01:25:12.420
Not as big as I think that the DC United were hoping but that rock team ended up doing a lot more than we thought

01:25:12.420 --> 01:25:15.200
But look at this absolutely huge

01:25:15.200 --> 01:25:20.760
Here after my passive throw because he recognized that he was at another attack didn't want to put up this other shield here and down

01:25:20.760 --> 01:25:25.640
Goes the Dundos are with another outrage going still two shields on the side of DC United

01:25:25.640 --> 01:25:30.160
But he might have to use one here as far as it's next attack. Even when you use a protect shield

01:25:30.160 --> 01:25:34.000
still one damage comes through regardless and DHT United had the

01:25:34.000 --> 01:25:37.160
outbreaks but he was forced to no steal because he might lose his

01:25:37.160 --> 01:25:41.200
condos or anyway now we're in a shadow fortress near matchup and it looks like

01:25:41.200 --> 01:25:44.920
Pachamen it's just slightly ahead but that's all that he needs. Coming out with

01:25:44.920 --> 01:25:47.760
just a little bit of energy before he swapped out ends up putting him right

01:25:47.760 --> 01:25:51.560
ahead here for big sand tomb number one this is rolling the fences and DCs is

01:25:51.560 --> 01:25:55.300
you know what right back at your pal sand team coming through here on the

01:25:55.300 --> 01:25:59.320
side of Pachamen and he's gonna end up shielding this here where the pivot

01:25:59.320 --> 01:26:03.160
out and he has no chance to run it at this moment. Exactly. Oh, after the debuff,

01:26:03.160 --> 01:26:06.720
Licky Licky combo plays with the shadow ball. I gotta be honest, I think this is

01:26:06.720 --> 01:26:10.640
enough to pick up the KO and the key Pokemon for Pops Man again. Number one

01:26:10.640 --> 01:26:15.360
goes down here. Licky Licky sticking out its tongue as a competitor there as

01:26:15.360 --> 01:26:19.440
fortress goes down and Melody comes back in sort of forcing Licky Licky

01:26:19.440 --> 01:26:22.920
to maybe have to throw. Melody's gonna get their first DC. He knows it.

01:26:22.920 --> 01:26:25.960
Let's another rollout go through. Doesn't even want to try to throw at

01:26:25.960 --> 01:26:29.740
the exact same time. Great play there. Also puts up a shield and trying to get a little

01:26:29.740 --> 01:26:32.620
bit more energy. Cotton pops that, you know, in the Sunfist.

01:26:32.620 --> 01:26:37.060
It's all about fresher and I think that Potsman is applying as much as he possibly can because

01:26:37.060 --> 01:26:41.620
his last healthy Pokemon just hit the field and you know the Sunfist has a lot of work

01:26:41.620 --> 01:26:44.940
to do. I think the Thunder Shock now is out of the question here but he needs energy

01:26:44.940 --> 01:26:48.460
to deal with the Fortress. He's ahead. I think Potsman might have this.

01:26:48.460 --> 01:26:53.140
Speaking of Fortress, it comes back in here. Going to have to tank this mud bomb.

01:26:53.140 --> 01:26:56.260
You can see DC United kind of unsure of what he wanted to do there.

01:26:56.260 --> 01:26:59.160
It is barely enough to knock out the fortress.

01:26:59.160 --> 01:27:03.060
Pato Man gives a nod here as he still has a decent amount of energy,

01:27:03.060 --> 01:27:06.940
throwing the next mudbump and taking this a clean 2-0.

01:27:06.940 --> 01:27:10.380
Perfect energy management, flawless execution,

01:27:10.380 --> 01:27:13.940
but that's what we come to expect from the back-to-back EUIC champion.

01:27:13.940 --> 01:27:16.780
Let's hear him in the venue for Pato Man winning round one

01:27:16.780 --> 01:27:19.340
and starting us off here at the World Championships.

01:27:19.340 --> 01:27:22.420
And I know if people are just not even watching at home,

01:27:22.420 --> 01:27:26.980
If you're taking a look through that tournament bracket and you see Paco Man has a 2-0 victory,

01:27:26.980 --> 01:27:31.540
you say, well, of course he does. He's such a great player, but the big thing is DC United

01:27:31.540 --> 01:27:36.580
played so well through those matchups. Those games were very, very close and could have swung

01:27:36.580 --> 01:27:41.620
either way if both players weren't playing exactly on point. And that's the thing about

01:27:41.620 --> 01:27:46.420
the World Championships is all of these trainers are our top level competitors throughout the

01:27:46.420 --> 01:27:52.020
seasons. You're not going to see as many mistakes or misplays that you could at a

01:27:52.020 --> 01:27:57.460
a potential regional competition. I mean this is your first Pokemon GO PDP tournament. You tuned in

01:27:57.460 --> 01:28:01.940
to absolute cinema and I think that something that's so important to mention as well Amanda

01:28:01.940 --> 01:28:06.580
is that these trainers have been fighting all season and it's not just about the teams of six

01:28:06.580 --> 01:28:11.620
it's about how well you know your Pokemon. Anyone that's right on a new pair of dress shoes

01:28:11.620 --> 01:28:18.100
says okay they look great but after a few miles walking in them your heels are torn up and

01:28:18.100 --> 01:28:20.980
And these trainers have practiced these Pokemon relentlessly.

01:28:20.980 --> 01:28:23.900
That's how Plotzman knew he was able to tank the outrage, no problem.

01:28:23.900 --> 01:28:27.980
That's how Plotzman knew he could trigger this charge stack priority tie and win it.

01:28:27.980 --> 01:28:32.820
And that's how he knew he would survive the rollouts from Noliki and force another shield.

01:28:32.820 --> 01:28:36.260
Yeah, some people might say it's like this is pure skill you're just seeing

01:28:36.260 --> 01:28:38.820
on the stages here between these opponents.

01:28:38.820 --> 01:28:43.460
And look, this is our very first matchup of the day.

01:28:43.460 --> 01:28:46.220
And I think that it's just showcasing some of the telepore.

01:28:46.220 --> 01:28:48.620
We're gonna see so many more talented trainers

01:28:48.620 --> 01:28:49.820
throughout this weekend.

01:28:49.820 --> 01:28:51.900
I can't wait to see the Pokemon that they brought

01:28:51.900 --> 01:28:53.660
as well as we mentioned earlier.

01:28:53.660 --> 01:28:54.860
The meta game will shift,

01:28:54.860 --> 01:28:57.020
not even week to week or month to month,

01:28:57.020 --> 01:28:58.580
but day to day.

01:28:58.580 --> 01:29:00.160
I promise you that a lot of trainers

01:29:00.160 --> 01:29:03.100
that brought these teams here today on Friday,

01:29:03.100 --> 01:29:06.940
they had a completely different scheme earlier this week.

01:29:06.940 --> 01:29:07.940
So what are you thinking

01:29:07.940 --> 01:29:09.900
when you're looking at the team compositions here,

01:29:09.900 --> 01:29:12.620
no Kanto Ninetales on either of those teams,

01:29:12.620 --> 01:29:13.580
no Tinkatun.

01:29:13.580 --> 01:29:14.420
No Tinkatun.

01:29:14.420 --> 01:29:22.340
one, Licky, Licky. Sometimes day one for regional competitions, when it's such a wide meta, there's

01:29:22.340 --> 01:29:26.300
some picks that you see there that you don't see in day two, but it's actually surprising

01:29:26.300 --> 01:29:29.900
at the World Championships where you're seeing the people who have really been thinking about

01:29:29.900 --> 01:29:33.980
this since they've been able to know that they qualified for Worlds. What am I going

01:29:33.980 --> 01:29:38.660
to run in August? Exactly, and we always get some of the best Pokémon and the best

01:29:38.660 --> 01:29:42.500
plays, but I gotta be honest, I want to hear from Ponsoman himself. Let's get

01:29:42.500 --> 01:29:47.380
our notebooks and our pencils out and takes the notes for ease on stage. Let's hear from the Spanish prodigy.

01:29:49.540 --> 01:29:53.700
Thank you, Speedy and Amanda. I am joined by Pataman, a player we all know,

01:29:53.700 --> 01:29:59.940
we all love and he's already won the very first match here at the 2026 Pokemon World Championships.

01:29:59.940 --> 01:30:05.940
Pataman, how are you feeling after that win? I'm feeling really confident, I say I know this

01:30:05.940 --> 01:30:12.500
guy was like a super good player he won a Toronto this year if I don't want so so

01:30:12.500 --> 01:30:17.020
yeah I'm not really confident and so high for this tournament I want to do my

01:30:17.020 --> 01:30:22.580
best possible and I'm trying to take it also let's see what comes now we're in

01:30:22.580 --> 01:30:26.820
San Francisco you arrived last week how has your preparation been balancing

01:30:26.820 --> 01:30:31.900
your tourism and preparing for this event so preparation for this one has

01:30:31.900 --> 01:30:37.820
been kind of hard just because I had some ideas before the the seeable community

01:30:37.820 --> 01:30:43.660
day and I like shake the meta a lot and so you know it's having not not the easiest

01:30:43.660 --> 01:30:48.140
preparation but I'm feeling confident anyway I think my team is I would say

01:30:48.140 --> 01:30:53.740
for this tournament so I'll keep going and that's it. We've all noticed that

01:30:53.740 --> 01:30:57.540
you've got that Milotic again. You brought Dragon Tail Milotic back at

01:30:57.540 --> 01:31:01.420
EUIC where you won this time we've gone for waterfall what's the decision

01:31:01.420 --> 01:31:06.020
behind that. Well actually I think my logic is a really good Pokemon on this

01:31:06.020 --> 01:31:12.940
meta really safe into most things. You can like a heartbeat that shadow k9 and

01:31:12.940 --> 01:31:18.980
also I thought like okay with seeking I want UAC this year and I want to win so

01:31:18.980 --> 01:31:23.700
why I cannot just play the other MVP in my UAC run which was my logic and

01:31:23.700 --> 01:31:27.900
rewards I don't know I'll try but you know it could be kind of funny you

01:31:27.900 --> 01:31:33.860
I mean it looks like it's doing well already now last year you came second in the world and since then

01:31:34.020 --> 01:31:39.860
We're talking third in Frankfurt second at LAIC second in Birmingham first to EUIC

01:31:40.180 --> 01:31:45.940
Second in Seville fourth in NAIC and you won of course the last regional of the year in Turin

01:31:46.180 --> 01:31:50.220
How does that feel with all of that momentum coming into the world championships?

01:31:50.220 --> 01:31:53.060
I know you have high expectations, but what's that like for you?

01:31:53.060 --> 01:31:57.260
Well, I obviously know this is a different tournament.

01:31:57.260 --> 01:32:00.020
I start from zero against a lot of good players,

01:32:00.020 --> 01:32:02.020
actually the best players in the world.

01:32:02.020 --> 01:32:05.660
So you can never, like, be all I'm gonna win

01:32:05.660 --> 01:32:09.660
because I got these places on other tournaments.

01:32:09.660 --> 01:32:10.500
It's gonna be hard.

01:32:10.500 --> 01:32:12.740
I know the run on work is never easy,

01:32:12.740 --> 01:32:15.540
but I'll try to do my best and that's all.

01:32:15.540 --> 01:32:17.300
Now, I know we're probably gonna be speaking

01:32:17.300 --> 01:32:18.380
to you a lot this weekend,

01:32:18.380 --> 01:32:19.860
but are there any early shout outs

01:32:19.860 --> 01:32:21.700
you'd like to give your friends, family,

01:32:21.700 --> 01:32:22.740
people to be prepared with.

01:32:23.300 --> 01:32:27.980
Of course, I want to show my family that is here there, like it's supporting me,

01:32:27.980 --> 01:32:31.860
my mother, my father, my brother, my sister, also my friend,

01:32:31.860 --> 01:32:36.420
Christia, my girlfriend and all people supporting me in this in this

01:32:36.420 --> 01:32:38.900
travel, because I really appreciate that.

01:32:38.900 --> 01:32:42.260
And I will to to give you the thing you want to see.

01:32:42.860 --> 01:32:44.380
And we cannot wait to see it.

01:32:44.380 --> 01:32:46.100
We know you have so many fans out there.

01:32:46.420 --> 01:32:47.900
Best of luck this weekend.

01:32:47.900 --> 01:32:49.100
You're off to a great start.

01:32:49.380 --> 01:32:50.860
Castus, back to you.

01:32:51.700 --> 01:32:58.460
already early on in this gaming and the duck is already riding high on the waves

01:32:58.460 --> 01:33:02.260
here Pacaman as we've talked about time and time again even though this has just

01:33:02.260 --> 01:33:06.980
started one of the best players right now globally I think a lot of eyes are on

01:33:06.980 --> 01:33:10.860
him and I think so far not a disappointment highly consistent right

01:33:10.860 --> 01:33:13.980
especially at the international level when the stage is the biggest

01:33:13.980 --> 01:33:19.180
Pacaman rises to the occasion and as we saw this season at EUIC he

01:33:19.180 --> 01:33:23.660
He actually lost in the third round of the event and then just said, you know what?

01:33:23.660 --> 01:33:24.900
I didn't like that feeling.

01:33:24.900 --> 01:33:26.500
I'm just not going to do that again.

01:33:26.500 --> 01:33:33.980
So he won 15 sets straight, not five, not 10, 15 straight to win the championship back-to-back.

01:33:33.980 --> 01:33:37.820
And he crowd-served at both EUICs, I mean, my goodness, we're going to have to have

01:33:37.820 --> 01:33:41.220
like a reserved crowd-surfing zone for him when he competes next year.

01:33:41.220 --> 01:33:45.300
There's going to be a splash zone set specifically there for half the man, but he's not

01:33:45.300 --> 01:33:47.380
the only player in this tournament.

01:33:47.380 --> 01:33:51.700
There are so many good players and like we said earlier on we keep mentioning it but that

01:33:51.700 --> 01:33:56.640
was just game number one of this entire weekend.

01:33:56.640 --> 01:34:01.420
Just game one just getting started and our next set of trainers will take the stage shortly

01:34:01.420 --> 01:34:03.780
but I want to get everyone again engaged in chat.

01:34:03.780 --> 01:34:06.900
I know it's a little early if you're on the east coast I mean you probably had your

01:34:06.900 --> 01:34:11.580
breakfast by now let us know what you think of the event so far which Pokemon you expect

01:34:11.580 --> 01:34:12.580
to succeed.

01:34:12.580 --> 01:34:15.860
Again I'm a little surprised by the Milotic and Dantozo picks.

01:34:15.860 --> 01:34:18.740
I was like, yeah, there's a fire type against an eintails,

01:34:18.740 --> 01:34:20.540
but it's got energy ball, don't forget about that.

01:34:20.540 --> 01:34:22.700
That's true, but we did see how much

01:34:22.700 --> 01:34:24.100
that Zonzo can take.

01:34:24.100 --> 01:34:27.020
It is a bulky Pokemon, both of those running surf

01:34:27.020 --> 01:34:29.140
as it's fast attack to be able to hit back

01:34:29.140 --> 01:34:30.740
against those fire type Pokemon

01:34:30.740 --> 01:34:32.020
that we probably will see more

01:34:32.020 --> 01:34:34.820
and also a little bit better into that Tinkitun matchup.

01:34:34.820 --> 01:34:35.940
Something I wanted to mention

01:34:35.940 --> 01:34:37.220
through this world championships

01:34:37.220 --> 01:34:39.880
is that the pool of available trainers

01:34:39.880 --> 01:34:41.260
that we're able to qualify,

01:34:41.260 --> 01:34:45.180
especially from the TPC region expanded greatly.

01:34:45.180 --> 01:34:48.140
So in past years, might have seen Gekai from Hong Kong,

01:34:48.140 --> 01:34:50.700
might have seen other trainers like Crescent Angels from Japan.

01:34:50.700 --> 01:34:52.780
And we said, okay, but only a handful of them

01:34:52.780 --> 01:34:55.060
are actually able to qualify and travel

01:34:55.060 --> 01:34:56.260
to the World Championships.

01:34:56.260 --> 01:34:57.580
That has been totally changed.

01:34:57.580 --> 01:34:59.860
We're gonna get a lot of trainers in the TPC region,

01:34:59.860 --> 01:35:00.980
which is such a treat too,

01:35:00.980 --> 01:35:03.380
because we don't get to see them compete on live streams

01:35:03.380 --> 01:35:05.380
outside of maybe the PJCS.

01:35:05.380 --> 01:35:07.060
Absolutely, I was just gonna say the same.

01:35:07.060 --> 01:35:09.940
It's one of my favorite parts of the World Championships.

01:35:09.940 --> 01:35:11.920
It's giving to see some of the trainers

01:35:11.920 --> 01:35:14.460
that we don't get to talk about as often

01:35:14.460 --> 01:35:17.020
and be kind of blown away by different play styles

01:35:17.020 --> 01:35:17.940
that they have been like.

01:35:17.940 --> 01:35:20.140
This is a trainer who I have heard of

01:35:20.140 --> 01:35:21.940
that I know that do does well,

01:35:21.940 --> 01:35:24.380
but to see them actually play on the main stage

01:35:24.380 --> 01:35:26.300
is absolutely incredible.

01:35:26.300 --> 01:35:29.580
And we've seen some of that in Yakai, in Feels The Boy,

01:35:29.580 --> 01:35:30.980
and in Masterman here,

01:35:30.980 --> 01:35:32.020
but trainers that we've said

01:35:32.020 --> 01:35:33.340
that you should be able to watch.

01:35:33.340 --> 01:35:34.740
Well, speaking of main stage,

01:35:34.740 --> 01:35:37.180
let's go ahead and flip it around and look downtown.

01:35:37.180 --> 01:35:40.260
This is the venue here for the event this weekend.

01:35:40.260 --> 01:35:46.680
Again, the Pokemon XP experience is such a massive, massive organization.

01:35:46.680 --> 01:35:52.060
This is just a fragment, a piece, a sliver, if you will, of what's to see here in San

01:35:52.060 --> 01:35:54.060
Francisco this weekend.

01:35:54.060 --> 01:35:57.820
One thing that is very cool, if you are in San Francisco, make sure that you're looking

01:35:57.820 --> 01:35:59.320
out for that stamp rally.

01:35:59.320 --> 01:36:03.060
Different locations around San Francisco, you can take a stamp and you're going to

01:36:03.060 --> 01:36:06.780
get the Pikachu, that has the astronaut outfit.

01:36:06.780 --> 01:36:09.860
Yeah, well, you know what I like, Amanda, and I'm just going to be honest.

01:36:09.860 --> 01:36:11.500
I know a lot of our Go Trainers are watching,

01:36:11.500 --> 01:36:13.700
and you probably share the same sentiment,

01:36:13.700 --> 01:36:16.140
but I think it's so ironic that a lot of the other games,

01:36:16.140 --> 01:36:18.300
maybe they don't get competitive Pokemon Go.

01:36:18.300 --> 01:36:19.660
Maybe they think it's just tapping.

01:36:19.660 --> 01:36:22.340
They're like, I don't really see the skill expression.

01:36:22.340 --> 01:36:25.380
But the ironic part to me is that everybody,

01:36:25.380 --> 01:36:27.940
if you're a VG player, Unite player, TZG player,

01:36:27.940 --> 01:36:30.700
if you're just a fan, they're opening their app,

01:36:30.700 --> 01:36:31.980
they're rating these Pikachu's,

01:36:31.980 --> 01:36:33.060
they're doing the stamp rallies,

01:36:33.060 --> 01:36:35.420
and they're getting involved in competitive Pokemon Go,

01:36:35.420 --> 01:36:37.220
at least slightly, right?

01:36:37.220 --> 01:36:38.620
Maybe they're right on the doorstep.

01:36:38.620 --> 01:36:45.580
I think that I know that our costumes are kind of matching the theme of it as well going on definitely space here

01:36:45.580 --> 01:36:50.820
But you are looking mighty royal. Well, I was thinking as well red version blue version

01:36:50.900 --> 01:36:55.060
And I did have the silver tie because that was the next generation that gains after that

01:36:55.060 --> 01:36:59.220
So Amanda we got to get we got to get you a gold tie in order to keep the theme going perfect

01:36:59.220 --> 01:37:04.340
Yeah, that sounds great production gold also to the gold crown like listen, I'm not picky

01:37:04.340 --> 01:37:08.820
I'm not going to be the person that says, you know, gold necklace, gold crown is also okay.

01:37:08.820 --> 01:37:10.980
Can we manifest that here? I'll actually tell production right now.

01:37:10.980 --> 01:37:11.780
Maybe a scepter?

01:37:11.780 --> 01:37:14.980
Gold crowns, okay, okay, hold on. You need a throne as well?

01:37:14.980 --> 01:37:17.860
Yeah, well, I say, my feet are getting tired already.

01:37:18.420 --> 01:37:24.500
But I will say the official verbiage that we have been told to use is the Pokemon World Pikachu

01:37:24.500 --> 01:37:28.500
and the Pokemon XP Pikachu with the Cosmog Pin. That's how you tell the difference.

01:37:28.500 --> 01:37:32.340
Yeah, exactly. Let us know which one is your favorite, but everything about this

01:37:32.340 --> 01:37:34.340
has been absolutely incredible.

01:37:34.340 --> 01:37:36.180
I love the little intro video.

01:37:36.180 --> 01:37:38.100
I saw the Umbrians running on the planet.

01:37:38.100 --> 01:37:41.220
Realistic man, worlds is so cool.

01:37:41.220 --> 01:37:42.220
And Umbrian is so cool.

01:37:42.220 --> 01:37:43.420
It doesn't even need a helmet.

01:37:43.420 --> 01:37:45.340
Yeah, point.

01:37:45.340 --> 01:37:46.020
I'm just saying.

01:37:46.020 --> 01:37:46.740
Yeah, man.

01:37:46.740 --> 01:37:48.340
Hey, Aura, right?

01:37:48.340 --> 01:37:50.860
Well, our next set of trainers are getting set up here.

01:37:50.860 --> 01:37:53.220
Shortly, everybody, we will get those to you as soon

01:37:53.220 --> 01:37:53.940
as we can.

01:37:53.940 --> 01:37:56.300
But until then, you can look at our charming faces

01:37:56.300 --> 01:37:58.980
and we'll continue to tell you about the World Championships

01:37:58.980 --> 01:37:59.580
this weekend.

01:37:59.580 --> 01:38:01.300
And again, Amanda, I think honestly,

01:38:01.300 --> 01:38:04.920
Once you finish our rotation here and our friends butters and Caleb come up

01:38:04.920 --> 01:38:08.220
I would kind of want to go see more of this event absolutely true

01:38:08.220 --> 01:38:11.740
There's so much going on in the venue outside as well

01:38:11.740 --> 01:38:16.900
I saw people there's a little skate park outside. Oh, I I wanted to use skateboarder and a kid

01:38:16.900 --> 01:38:19.220
Can we can we film that? Can we get that on the stream?

01:38:19.940 --> 01:38:24.720
Well, I'd also like to do it. I like to see me do that too

01:38:26.220 --> 01:38:28.220
Well, maybe not the skate park

01:38:28.220 --> 01:38:32.540
if our suits are torn when we come back you'll know where we were but that being

01:38:32.540 --> 01:38:36.100
said you all at home are watching and you're getting involved on socials

01:38:36.100 --> 01:38:39.500
let's take a look at some of the posts that you've been throwing up and review

01:38:39.500 --> 01:38:42.900
what you have to say about the world championships. Go ahead and take a look at

01:38:42.900 --> 01:38:46.860
the first one there the first drone show which was actually with steam

01:38:46.860 --> 01:38:50.980
there said how about the drone show at the Giants game at Oracle Park in

01:38:50.980 --> 01:38:55.420
San Francisco what a way to close out the eve of the 2006 Pokemon World

01:38:55.420 --> 01:39:00.460
championships couldn't agree more. Check out these pictures. This is so cool.

01:39:00.660 --> 01:39:04.220
You know what? When we went to the Pokemon Center yesterday, I did get one of

01:39:04.220 --> 01:39:08.260
these plushies. I'm just going to admit I do have the Rocket Pack Pack Charizard

01:39:08.380 --> 01:39:11.500
plushie. But look at the Pikachu as well. What's this one's name?

01:39:11.500 --> 01:39:15.780
World's costume Pikachu. Nailed it. And the World Championships. In case you

01:39:15.780 --> 01:39:19.060
forgot where you were, this is the biggest event of the year. And if

01:39:19.060 --> 01:39:22.140
you're thinking that, hey, those look pretty good, you can check them out

01:39:22.140 --> 01:39:25.580
Friday, Saturday and Sunday as well if you are in the area.

01:39:25.580 --> 01:39:28.180
But guess what? We've got our next game ready to go.

01:39:28.180 --> 01:39:30.140
So we're going to hop on down to the stage there

01:39:30.140 --> 01:39:31.900
to see what we've got cooking.

01:39:31.900 --> 01:39:35.380
Let's see. We've got K-Bon versus Deku-Pai.

01:39:35.380 --> 01:39:36.900
This is going to be a fascinating matchup

01:39:36.900 --> 01:39:39.140
because K-Bon is one of those trainers from Japan

01:39:39.140 --> 01:39:41.260
that we don't get to see very often.

01:39:41.260 --> 01:39:44.100
He is elite in terms of skill.

01:39:44.100 --> 01:39:46.700
We see the Hsuian Electro there on the left

01:39:46.700 --> 01:39:50.020
and your little friend, Shadow Sableye on the right.

01:39:50.020 --> 01:39:51.780
He's wiggling his little hands here.

01:39:51.780 --> 01:39:56.860
also another thing we kind of want to take note of is those top three Pokemon

01:39:56.860 --> 01:40:00.540
that we said were safe pics are actually on both of these trainers teams

01:40:00.540 --> 01:40:04.540
with that licky-licky that nine tails and the team for time so we could

01:40:04.540 --> 01:40:08.940
potentially see some mere matchup gaming because this is a show six pick three

01:40:08.940 --> 01:40:12.300
right you can choose to bring three potentially see those if they think

01:40:12.300 --> 01:40:15.740
that these are the safest picks for their team and another aspect of

01:40:15.740 --> 01:40:20.420
preparation for competitive Pokemon go is knowing that your Pokemon stats and

01:40:20.420 --> 01:40:23.460
and picking specific Pokemon to power up

01:40:23.460 --> 01:40:25.580
that you think will win those head-to-head matchups.

01:40:25.580 --> 01:40:27.500
So if we do see mirror matches,

01:40:27.500 --> 01:40:29.180
you will see one of those two

01:40:29.180 --> 01:40:31.740
taking the slight advantage as the game goes on.

01:40:31.740 --> 01:40:32.580
That being said, Amanda,

01:40:32.580 --> 01:40:34.580
one of our trainers is already locked in.

01:40:34.580 --> 01:40:36.300
They are so ready to go.

01:40:36.300 --> 01:40:39.100
They're ready to go for Pokemon to go.

01:40:39.100 --> 01:40:40.780
Another one, taking a little bit more time.

01:40:40.780 --> 01:40:42.620
Don't blame them at all.

01:40:42.620 --> 01:40:44.900
When you are on this main stage,

01:40:44.900 --> 01:40:46.940
which you maybe not on so often,

01:40:46.940 --> 01:40:48.180
it takes a little bit of pressure.

01:40:48.180 --> 01:40:49.900
You want to take a moment to pause

01:40:49.900 --> 01:40:52.580
and think what can I do to be able to get myself

01:40:52.580 --> 01:40:53.980
at least game number one,

01:40:53.980 --> 01:40:56.380
because that puts you in a very advantageous position.

01:40:56.380 --> 01:40:58.500
Looking at this matchup for K-Bon,

01:40:58.500 --> 01:41:00.860
I like the Mirolac a lot.

01:41:00.860 --> 01:41:02.460
You have multiple targets,

01:41:02.460 --> 01:41:03.700
like the Shadowcatchin' Nightsails,

01:41:03.700 --> 01:41:04.700
like the Ticket-Time,

01:41:04.700 --> 01:41:07.020
and you're neutral into Licky, Licky,

01:41:07.020 --> 01:41:08.740
and the opposing Shadow Sableye.

01:41:08.740 --> 01:41:10.500
You do have to watch out for, of course,

01:41:10.500 --> 01:41:13.140
the Corviknight, but you've got Rockside for that.

01:41:13.140 --> 01:41:14.460
I think the worst matchup's gotta be

01:41:14.460 --> 01:41:15.820
that Waterfall Miloade.

01:41:15.820 --> 01:41:18.260
Now, we'll have to see if it will come into play.

01:41:18.260 --> 01:41:20.060
Looks like again, it's pretty good.

01:41:20.060 --> 01:41:23.660
We saw it last game with half a man against DHC United.

01:41:23.660 --> 01:41:27.660
Will we see Nicolpepe take it now again against Kaibon?

01:41:27.660 --> 01:41:29.300
Because it looks like both of these trainers

01:41:29.300 --> 01:41:31.700
are getting ready to get locked in.

01:41:31.700 --> 01:41:34.140
And we have locked in on both sides.

01:41:34.140 --> 01:41:38.020
All right, everybody, this is Winners Round 2 Group G.

01:41:38.020 --> 01:41:40.260
Kaibon taking on DekuPy.

01:41:40.260 --> 01:41:42.540
Going ahead, start off this game with that shadow

01:41:42.540 --> 01:41:44.220
mylodic up against Imanti.

01:41:44.220 --> 01:41:45.940
Not the matchup that you're really

01:41:45.940 --> 01:41:50.500
looking for if you're in decoupage position but still going ahead maybe gonna go for that wrap and

01:41:50.500 --> 01:41:55.220
and lower the attack up that mantain. I have to see both of these trainers staying in it here going

01:41:55.220 --> 01:42:00.660
for twister number one. I'm telling you man we learned this at NAIC even when water play pokemon

01:42:00.660 --> 01:42:05.460
are not the focus of the meta somehow they rise to the top of it and starting off with a water

01:42:05.460 --> 01:42:11.060
versus water matchup is pokemon go in its prime going for the wrap here decoupage fighting

01:42:11.060 --> 01:42:15.140
back. Going ahead not using a protect shield on the first one definitely a good play because

01:42:15.140 --> 01:42:20.260
the next one would be a knockout. You heard and now in comes Licky Licky to be met with that Hussian

01:42:20.260 --> 01:42:26.500
Electro number eight on the top 12 usage here throwing a body slam no protect shield used by Kevon.

01:42:26.500 --> 01:42:32.260
First body slam connecting into Hussian Electro again with that energy ball and wild charts tool kit

01:42:32.260 --> 01:42:36.580
a lot of trainers will wait to throw their charge attacks until late in the matchup or

01:42:36.580 --> 01:42:40.900
they go for a cheeky energy ball this can possibly trigger a defense strike. Going ahead

01:42:40.900 --> 01:42:45.860
getting all the bubbles there. No protection of use by Decopai either takes it down to a little bit

01:42:45.860 --> 01:42:51.220
after half health and an immediate hit here going for another body slam. And it looks like

01:42:51.220 --> 01:42:54.820
K-Bon is going to shield this one up, has a lot of energy, doesn't want to lose from this

01:42:54.820 --> 01:42:59.220
Electro. Yeah I do like this play quite a bit. I think this Pokemon is just outside of body

01:42:59.220 --> 01:43:04.420
slam range. Throwing after two rollouts, ensuring this damage will connect. K-Bon lets

01:43:04.420 --> 01:43:07.700
this charge attack go, but he's got to be careful to not get bombed down by something

01:43:07.700 --> 01:43:14.740
that swaps in. Going ahead now, two loaded here going for energy ball. This is a great play by K-Bond because

01:43:15.060 --> 01:43:19.700
and the next Pokemon coming in you can choose to throw an energy ball or that heavy hitting wild

01:43:19.700 --> 01:43:24.180
charge or whatever comes in immediate throw before that waterfall goes through gets a protection

01:43:24.180 --> 01:43:28.180
for sure from Tupac. I think when you look at the rest of the team composition there K-Bond had

01:43:28.180 --> 01:43:33.220
no fear just blind wild charge yellow ascendant full does get a protection away from my loaded

01:43:33.220 --> 01:43:36.660
now he's got a decision to make comes back in with the man team doesn't want to reveal

01:43:36.660 --> 01:43:41.420
his third Pokemon. You saw that he tried to swap out the catches on something else

01:43:41.420 --> 01:43:46.200
wasn't able to do so putting up the protection here because man is starting

01:43:46.200 --> 01:43:51.120
to be a little bit of a menace here is Amanda's favorite Pokemon and typically

01:43:51.120 --> 01:43:54.900
this matchup with lean with the Licky's direction just due to its bulk and

01:43:54.900 --> 01:43:58.220
being able to double resist the shadow claws but this is a drain punch

01:43:58.220 --> 01:44:01.540
save a lie you keep on going for the foul play though drain punch is a

01:44:01.540 --> 01:44:06.180
attack to boost your own defense and with a shadow ball potentially coming

01:44:06.180 --> 01:44:09.140
through you maybe think that that would have been the first one that the

01:44:09.140 --> 01:44:12.820
decoupage throw however he went for the heavier hidden foul play and this

01:44:12.820 --> 01:44:16.620
shadow ball will connect with that save line knocking it down fairly low

01:44:16.620 --> 01:44:20.180
before the next one going through going straight for foul place here decoupage

01:44:20.180 --> 01:44:24.060
hoping and getting his hope here that I'm not going to be able to shield and

01:44:24.060 --> 01:44:27.460
again those shadow balls being double-resisted are not going to make

01:44:27.460 --> 01:44:30.860
much of an impact licky-licky comfortably pushes for another

01:44:30.860 --> 01:44:34.780
shadow ball no fear there but decoupage might see a farmed down

01:44:34.780 --> 01:44:39.180
opportunity. I think the K-Bon needs to make the swap out immediately in order to avoid that.

01:44:39.180 --> 01:44:45.420
Switch timers are up, see that man, they're coming immediately back and going for that twister should

01:44:45.420 --> 01:44:50.860
be enough at the stage because there's no protect shields remaining and this Melody goes down.

01:44:50.860 --> 01:44:57.180
And completed some research to boot, right? DQ5 was unable to topple the man team and we started

01:44:57.180 --> 01:45:01.980
off that water versus water matchup in the lead. We got it again towards the end and honestly

01:45:01.980 --> 01:45:05.820
the analogy I was thinking of was swimming against the tide.

01:45:05.820 --> 01:45:07.660
When you have a Mi-Lotic with waterfall

01:45:07.660 --> 01:45:10.340
against a bulky, beefy man team,

01:45:10.340 --> 01:45:13.100
it can feel almost impossible to push up against it.

01:45:13.100 --> 01:45:15.900
Man team was another Pokemon that really benefited

01:45:15.900 --> 01:45:20.020
from the move update, but with so many Pokemon

01:45:20.020 --> 01:45:21.980
that are electric taking the field,

01:45:21.980 --> 01:45:24.140
it's sometimes a bit of a risky pick.

01:45:24.140 --> 01:45:27.300
It was not surprised to see it in such high usage,

01:45:27.300 --> 01:45:30.020
but I now, after seeing the K-Bond play it,

01:45:30.020 --> 01:45:31.620
yeah, I'm definitely not surprised at all.

01:45:31.620 --> 01:45:38.340
know, and I really love that you mentioned that because the electric type Pokemon are the things to fear. No electric coverage at all on

01:45:38.340 --> 01:45:43.100
Deku Pai's team, which makes that Pokemon very safe. So again, in the show six pick three format,

01:45:43.100 --> 01:45:48.140
it's so different from the go battle league where you just lock in a sturdy team of three in this format.

01:45:48.140 --> 01:45:54.620
You can pick and choose based on what your opponent has at their disposal, and this will change your approach from round to round.

01:45:54.620 --> 01:45:58.660
definitely that's why show six quick three is so interesting right it can

01:45:58.660 --> 01:46:02.580
change from matchup to matchup as you see your opponent's team maybe

01:46:02.580 --> 01:46:07.220
recognizing not necessarily weaknesses but how you want to play around wouldn't

01:46:07.220 --> 01:46:11.100
surprise me if we see that man team more and more throughout this recognizing

01:46:11.100 --> 01:46:14.820
how safe it is against decoupage team maybe in that safe spot position

01:46:14.820 --> 01:46:19.660
exactly right well decoupage speaking of that trainer best finish this

01:46:19.660 --> 01:46:25.580
season was fourth at the Santiago event, or excuse me, third Santiago event, and that

01:46:25.580 --> 01:46:29.740
couple of the, a couple of other strong performances, and then in the championship

01:46:29.740 --> 01:46:33.940
points to come and compete here this weekend in San Francisco. Let's get into

01:46:33.940 --> 01:46:37.580
game number two, Amanda. This could be an elimination game where K-Bon is able

01:46:37.580 --> 01:46:41.300
to not decoupay down to that loser side racket. Oh, going ahead and seeing a

01:46:41.300 --> 01:46:46.300
very, very exciting matchup as we see the licky, licky space off against

01:46:46.300 --> 01:46:50.920
each other. Number one Pokemon here up. Both of them charging up a little bit of

01:46:50.920 --> 01:46:54.280
extra energy and actually you might get to see who wins charge attack priority

01:46:54.280 --> 01:46:58.300
here as the first body slam goes through. No protect shield views on D2Py site.

01:46:58.300 --> 01:47:02.520
You said number one and the number one rule came to my mind do not throw

01:47:02.520 --> 01:47:06.380
shadow ball in this matchup trainers. It is double resistant. It'll get you

01:47:06.380 --> 01:47:09.900
nowhere. We're gonna see body slam stand back and forth and valuable

01:47:09.900 --> 01:47:13.140
information on a charge attack priority tie as these trainers feel their

01:47:13.140 --> 01:47:17.940
way through this matchup. Welcome to the slam as both of them go once again for

01:47:17.940 --> 01:47:22.640
charge attack priority. That is some valuable information to take away in

01:47:22.640 --> 01:47:26.460
this game. Knowing that the Licky Licky on this side of K-Bon is a little bit

01:47:26.460 --> 01:47:30.820
higher attack but also mean that it may be not as bulky and perhaps can survive

01:47:30.820 --> 01:47:34.380
as well these attacks. That's a really good point because it will come down to

01:47:34.380 --> 01:47:38.060
the slimmest of margins here. These Pokemon keeping even pace as the

01:47:38.060 --> 01:47:42.220
matchup wears on. Neither trainer willing to swap out. That tells you a

01:47:42.220 --> 01:47:44.980
a lot as well. Maybe they don't want to take out the energy anywhere else or

01:47:44.980 --> 01:47:48.520
maybe they don't think they're confident they can farm down if they do make a

01:47:48.520 --> 01:47:53.020
swap. Going ahead now throwing a body slam. Looks like it's still out of body

01:47:53.020 --> 01:47:58.220
slam rage. Kevon knows it as well and it looks like he's ready to press and go

01:47:58.220 --> 01:48:01.660
ahead and throw at the charge attack priority third one already in the

01:48:01.660 --> 01:48:05.860
starting part of the match up here. No protection used by Jeef Pyside and it

01:48:05.860 --> 01:48:09.780
looks like it will go down and Kevon gets to dictate the switch. Exactly.

01:48:09.780 --> 01:48:11.480
You call it the calm before the storm.

01:48:11.480 --> 01:48:14.740
In comes the Shadow Kits and Ninetales to Ember Advantage,

01:48:14.740 --> 01:48:15.940
but it's met by the Mantine,

01:48:15.940 --> 01:48:19.380
and that is the value of controlling switch advantage.

01:48:19.380 --> 01:48:21.100
Kaibam is able to respond here

01:48:21.100 --> 01:48:22.460
with his water flying to Pokemon

01:48:22.460 --> 01:48:23.660
and avoids the catch,

01:48:23.660 --> 01:48:26.060
but he flops the Mero Wax into Korvanite.

01:48:26.060 --> 01:48:27.420
This is not ideal.

01:48:27.420 --> 01:48:30.420
This is maybe just a quick use swap,

01:48:30.420 --> 01:48:31.420
eye swap there.

01:48:31.420 --> 01:48:33.260
He is in an advantageous position

01:48:33.260 --> 01:48:34.980
with that Mantine against the Ninetales

01:48:34.980 --> 01:48:36.980
and knows that he doesn't want to take an energy ball

01:48:36.980 --> 01:48:37.980
on the Mero Wax,

01:48:37.980 --> 01:48:41.320
but Marowak's fast attacks and one of his charge attacks

01:48:41.320 --> 01:48:43.760
just do negligible damage to that formite

01:48:43.760 --> 01:48:45.520
has to throw this rock site here.

01:48:45.520 --> 01:48:47.640
No protect shield once again by Decapai.

01:48:47.640 --> 01:48:48.700
Yeah, I like to play a lot.

01:48:48.700 --> 01:48:50.440
You know, you can absorb the first rock site

01:48:50.440 --> 01:48:52.680
and you're not at risk of being mudslap down.

01:48:52.680 --> 01:48:55.140
Not here and not probably in two minutes or now.

01:48:55.140 --> 01:48:57.040
So it's safe to allow that charge stack through,

01:48:57.040 --> 01:48:59.540
but the second one, you might need to respect.

01:48:59.540 --> 01:49:01.200
Getting mighty, mighty close here.

01:49:01.200 --> 01:49:03.440
Still two protect shields used on Decapai's side.

01:49:03.440 --> 01:49:05.080
Still not shielding it up saying,

01:49:05.080 --> 01:49:12.440
not going to do it. Look how much energy now is on that Corbinite. The very little help doesn't want to give any more farm to that

01:49:12.440 --> 01:49:17.940
Mantine here now throwing first air cutter. Air cutter has a potential to buff the attack of the Corbinite.

01:49:17.940 --> 01:49:22.980
We'll have to see if he gets it. He does get it right there throwing immediately with just a sliver of health left.

01:49:23.100 --> 01:49:26.940
These are precision there. A single sand attack into the air cutter.

01:49:26.940 --> 01:49:29.580
They're nullifying that much slap damage

01:49:29.580 --> 01:49:30.780
and still getting the charge attack through.

01:49:30.780 --> 01:49:31.860
Incomes a Mantine.

01:49:31.860 --> 01:49:33.420
Oh, Slump throws a weather ball.

01:49:33.420 --> 01:49:34.580
This is a bait.

01:49:34.580 --> 01:49:35.580
And a risky one at that.

01:49:35.580 --> 01:49:36.540
A risky one.

01:49:36.540 --> 01:49:38.060
Nineteals are not taking.

01:49:38.060 --> 01:49:39.700
K-Bon, look at him there.

01:49:39.700 --> 01:49:41.140
Strong and silencing.

01:49:41.140 --> 01:49:41.980
No way.

01:49:41.980 --> 01:49:44.860
Even if it was an energy ball, I can take the first.

01:49:44.860 --> 01:49:47.540
Going for the Twister, a little bit of a bait of his own.

01:49:47.540 --> 01:49:49.580
Although, this will still do a decent amount of damage

01:49:49.580 --> 01:49:50.500
should it go unshielded.

01:49:50.500 --> 01:49:51.780
Yeah, I mean, let's be honest.

01:49:51.780 --> 01:49:53.380
Given the shield scenario here,

01:49:53.380 --> 01:49:55.660
Deku-Pai needs to pull a Bunnelby out of a hat

01:49:55.660 --> 01:49:57.220
in order to flip this matchup.

01:49:57.220 --> 01:49:59.660
And that weather ball bait was a great idea,

01:49:59.660 --> 01:50:01.140
but K-Bon saw it coming.

01:50:01.140 --> 01:50:03.980
Energy ball does not get the defense drop either,

01:50:03.980 --> 01:50:05.700
which means the Span team is still full strength.

01:50:05.700 --> 01:50:07.100
Yeah, as a reminder, Stilt,

01:50:07.100 --> 01:50:09.260
who shields left on K-Bon's side?

01:50:09.260 --> 01:50:10.940
Dave Capone used his first one there,

01:50:10.940 --> 01:50:13.340
used his second one now on a second twister,

01:50:13.340 --> 01:50:15.100
as that nine tells it just continues to go up

01:50:15.100 --> 01:50:17.620
for more energy, going for another weather ball,

01:50:17.620 --> 01:50:20.540
forcing that first shield off of K-Bon's side,

01:50:20.540 --> 01:50:22.460
still in a very advantageous position,

01:50:22.460 --> 01:50:23.860
but the switch timer is up

01:50:23.860 --> 01:50:26.740
and he needs to be wary of a potential catch.

01:50:26.740 --> 01:50:27.620
No, you're exactly right.

01:50:27.620 --> 01:50:31.060
Corbinite comes out of its roost and right back into it.

01:50:31.060 --> 01:50:33.740
Deku Pai unable to secure the swap.

01:50:33.740 --> 01:50:34.780
On charge type priority,

01:50:34.780 --> 01:50:37.300
Weatherball is the last shot from the Kanto Ninetales,

01:50:37.300 --> 01:50:39.620
but K-Bon has the water pulse ready.

01:50:39.620 --> 01:50:41.100
Doing everything he could there,

01:50:41.100 --> 01:50:42.940
recognizing his own win condition,

01:50:42.940 --> 01:50:46.900
but so did K-Bon and K-Bon is able to take that shield,

01:50:46.900 --> 01:50:48.100
go for charge attack priority,

01:50:48.100 --> 01:50:49.140
even though he lost it,

01:50:49.140 --> 01:50:51.300
it guarantees that this will now connect

01:50:51.300 --> 01:50:52.220
with the Ninetales.

01:50:52.220 --> 01:50:55.260
down it goes, taking another 2-0 sweep.

01:50:55.260 --> 01:51:00.300
Our trainer who finished third place in Santiago does fall to that loser side bracket here at

01:51:00.300 --> 01:51:06.500
the World Championships and K-Bon looks out to the crowd cheering as he advances to winners

01:51:06.500 --> 01:51:07.500
round three.

01:51:07.500 --> 01:51:12.220
Plumps his fist there as he's in an advantageous position being on that winner side of the

01:51:12.220 --> 01:51:13.220
bracket.

01:51:13.220 --> 01:51:18.060
Also, when you're not used to playing as often on the main stage, it's an absolutely

01:51:18.060 --> 01:51:20.060
incredible feat for him.

01:51:20.060 --> 01:51:25.500
Look at that whole thing. He was just so locked in so concentrated knew exactly what he wanted to do

01:51:25.500 --> 01:51:30.140
He got the Pokemon that he wanted on his opponent's and he just didn't let us put off the gas

01:51:30.140 --> 01:51:36.620
I we know Japan is a very special region and my goodness the composure there on stage absolutely

01:51:36.740 --> 01:51:43.580
Unfazed by whatever his opponent tries to do I expect a lot of our Japanese traders to be equally as disciplined and firm

01:51:43.580 --> 01:51:48.320
their approach again it all started in this battle number two winning the lead

01:51:48.320 --> 01:51:52.460
situation here K-Bomb with a slightly more attack-weighted Licky Licky gave

01:51:52.460 --> 01:51:56.740
him the advantage he needed. You have to really think about this too because if it

01:51:56.740 --> 01:52:00.860
was the other way around and DQPy's Licky Licky ended up winning that

01:52:00.860 --> 01:52:04.940
charge attack priority he might have been able to dictate the switch advantage

01:52:04.940 --> 01:52:08.500
and that could have potentially changed this whole game. Correct and in

01:52:08.500 --> 01:52:11.540
some games that's what you want in other games switch advantage does

01:52:11.540 --> 01:52:15.220
not matter as much. It all comes down to knowing your team and knowing what

01:52:15.220 --> 01:52:18.980
situation you're actually in. A lot of trainers will play and it will be called

01:52:18.980 --> 01:52:24.020
ABC team where you have your AB core and then a C swap to kind of gain that

01:52:24.020 --> 01:52:28.940
alignment back. Some trainers though will play ABB or even an ABA. Going ahead

01:52:28.940 --> 01:52:32.300
trying to get these rather balls through trying to just do a little bit of

01:52:32.300 --> 01:52:35.300
damage. This was the potential win condition if you would have been

01:52:35.300 --> 01:52:39.700
able to catch an attack there. I'm afraid able to do so and now taking

01:52:39.700 --> 01:52:43.540
down here by K-Bon, a really great player from Japan.

01:52:43.540 --> 01:52:45.100
Well done by K-Bon.

01:52:45.100 --> 01:52:47.020
He advances to winners around three,

01:52:47.020 --> 01:52:48.940
but his opponent's not out of it yet.

01:52:48.940 --> 01:52:50.140
Does fall down to that loser side.

01:52:50.140 --> 01:52:52.340
Bracket, again, unlike the other titles here this week,

01:52:52.340 --> 01:52:54.820
and we are a double elimination format,

01:52:54.820 --> 01:52:57.580
which means these trainers can only afford to take two losses

01:52:57.580 --> 01:53:00.500
before their World Championship dreams are dashed.

01:53:00.500 --> 01:53:02.140
And tell you what, I mean, like we talked about

01:53:02.140 --> 01:53:05.020
Pat Taman earlier on, he dropped down quite early

01:53:05.020 --> 01:53:06.500
at an international championship.

01:53:06.500 --> 01:53:08.260
We've had people win regionals,

01:53:08.260 --> 01:53:12.140
dropping down the very first round to that bracket so even though they're down

01:53:12.140 --> 01:53:16.000
don't count them out you can go ahead and pay attention to all the trainers who

01:53:16.000 --> 01:53:20.440
are still in the tournament as this is early days but on Saturday the field's

01:53:20.440 --> 01:53:25.760
gonna get a little bit narrower and on Sunday there will only be two.

01:53:25.760 --> 01:53:29.960
Twitch mods forgive me if I'm wrong but I think you can type explanation bracket

01:53:29.960 --> 01:53:34.680
and you can take a look so if I'm wrong just I apologize in advance but

01:53:34.680 --> 01:53:37.280
yeah definitely take a look there at the bracket follow along with the

01:53:37.280 --> 01:53:39.180
the trainers that you want to see compete

01:53:39.180 --> 01:53:40.440
and speaking of competitors,

01:53:40.440 --> 01:53:43.600
we do have Fareed on stage for a quick interview.

01:53:43.600 --> 01:53:44.440
Take it away.

01:53:47.800 --> 01:53:49.320
Thanks very much, Sweden, Amanda.

01:53:49.320 --> 01:53:50.760
We are joined by Kebon,

01:53:50.760 --> 01:53:52.560
who's just won his first match

01:53:52.560 --> 01:53:54.000
of the World Championships.

01:53:54.000 --> 01:53:55.320
How are you feeling?

01:53:55.320 --> 01:53:56.720
Yeah, I'm very excited.

01:53:56.720 --> 01:53:59.040
Yeah, I'm very excited now.

01:53:59.040 --> 01:54:04.040
Just I'm a little bit nervous for just first game,

01:54:04.040 --> 01:54:08.800
but through zero I'm really, yeah, excited now.

01:54:08.800 --> 01:54:12.160
Now, last year you came in the top 24,

01:54:12.160 --> 01:54:14.360
you qualified this year by coming top 24

01:54:14.360 --> 01:54:16.200
in the Japan Championship Series,

01:54:16.200 --> 01:54:18.000
how are you feeling for this weekend?

01:54:19.640 --> 01:54:21.600
I'm a little bit nervous

01:54:21.600 --> 01:54:25.600
because I went to the second last time,

01:54:25.600 --> 01:54:30.480
so I couldn't, yeah, I couldn't have lost here.

01:54:30.480 --> 01:54:33.280
Now, last year, you got knocked out by Yae Kai.

01:54:33.280 --> 01:54:37.920
have obviously been a huge match for you. Are there any players that you've been looking at this year

01:54:37.920 --> 01:54:45.440
that you'd like to play against or like to avoid? Avoid? I'd like to avoid. Especially on day one.

01:54:46.160 --> 01:54:54.320
Yeah, day two. Yeah, I'm gonna beat him. Yeah. If I, if I, yeah. You will. Great. I'm glad to hear it.

01:54:54.320 --> 01:54:58.320
Yeah, thank you. Obviously, you've got to a good start here. What's it like for you playing

01:54:58.320 --> 01:55:02.160
here on stage? I know there's a little bit more pressure, but it must feel pretty good to win.

01:55:03.280 --> 01:55:13.880
I'm extreme, so I'm not really nervous here, just easy, easy, take it easy, take it easy.

01:55:13.880 --> 01:55:16.600
And I said to myself, just play.

01:55:16.600 --> 01:55:20.840
Yeah, I mean, you're doing really, really well so far and you know, you were in Anaheim

01:55:20.840 --> 01:55:25.480
last year, now you're in San Francisco, did you have some time before today to settle

01:55:25.480 --> 01:55:27.720
down, to prepare, to enjoy the atmosphere?

01:55:27.720 --> 01:55:35.720
Yes, I practice every day with my teammates and they are very strong, so it was good practice.

01:55:35.720 --> 01:55:39.720
Perfect. You mentioned a teammate. Are there any shoutouts that you'd like to give?

01:55:39.720 --> 01:55:40.720
Yes.

01:55:40.720 --> 01:55:43.720
Please go ahead. Give any shoutouts to your friends and family.

01:55:43.720 --> 01:55:51.720
Yeah, thank you. I do thank you family and friends surrounding me, everybody.

01:55:51.720 --> 01:55:55.720
I'm going to go to day two, so cheer me up, please.

01:55:55.720 --> 01:56:03.240
I can't wait to see how far you get best of luck. Thank you very much and congratulations again. Thank you cast us back to you

01:56:05.300 --> 01:56:11.320
The confidence on K bond you absolutely love to see it. He said you'll see me day two

01:56:11.320 --> 01:56:17.440
He's not frazzled at all playing on stream and that's really showing with that great to oh start for him

01:56:17.680 --> 01:56:24.360
Advancing on into winners round three. It sounds so cliche, but honestly everyone confidence is key

01:56:24.360 --> 01:56:28.200
I won't reveal which trainer it was, but I was having a conversation earlier this week

01:56:28.200 --> 01:56:32.880
They were already planning their speech for Sunday when they win the whole thing

01:56:33.040 --> 01:56:37.080
Again, you have as much as you can handle in front of you when you get your opponent

01:56:37.080 --> 01:56:41.760
You don't need to be fighting yourself internally as well carry that confidence into each match

01:56:41.760 --> 01:56:44.480
And I'm very very confident our trainers will be successful

01:56:44.480 --> 01:56:49.760
I think that that is something a lot of people can take away because we saw DHC United play earlier on we mentioned

01:56:49.760 --> 01:56:52.600
that he was like a relatively new trainer to the scene.

01:56:52.600 --> 01:56:54.160
Maybe he didn't have as much experience.

01:56:54.160 --> 01:56:57.000
Gabon had even less experience on the stream.

01:56:57.000 --> 01:56:57.840
It's true.

01:56:57.840 --> 01:56:59.640
Both of these trainers just really competing

01:56:59.640 --> 01:57:01.600
and playing really well.

01:57:01.600 --> 01:57:03.120
And these are two other trainers

01:57:03.120 --> 01:57:05.240
who I definitely think have never had a chance

01:57:05.240 --> 01:57:08.840
to play against each other before we have boomed 20

01:57:08.840 --> 01:57:10.960
from Belgium playing up against existing monkey

01:57:10.960 --> 01:57:12.120
from North America.

01:57:12.120 --> 01:57:15.200
A lot of our European trainers are very familiar

01:57:15.200 --> 01:57:18.640
with boom, a trainer with an absolutely elite record.

01:57:18.640 --> 01:57:22.000
I think his worst finish in his career is like seventh place.

01:57:22.000 --> 01:57:24.440
I think it was nice, but he's around that area.

01:57:24.440 --> 01:57:28.640
He's top cut every single competition that he has played in.

01:57:28.640 --> 01:57:30.840
He really made some waves last year

01:57:30.840 --> 01:57:33.120
when he entered his very first tournament

01:57:33.120 --> 01:57:36.040
and became the regional champion at that time.

01:57:36.040 --> 01:57:38.280
This is his first world's competition, though.

01:57:38.280 --> 01:57:40.680
And we all know things can get a little bit shaky.

01:57:40.680 --> 01:57:42.000
I know a lot of facts about Boomb,

01:57:42.000 --> 01:57:44.800
because I also am living in Belgium.

01:57:44.800 --> 01:57:47.320
One fun one that I think is now continuing on

01:57:47.320 --> 01:57:53.160
that he has played more games on stream than he has played at the tables and now look at him it's

01:57:53.160 --> 01:57:59.240
already just winners round three and we're seeing him once again on stream. Quite the resume for our

01:57:59.240 --> 01:58:04.680
European trainer on the left but existing monkey has also been consistent this season. I believe

01:58:04.680 --> 01:58:10.440
the best finish which actually ninth place in Seattle and he did it with Gus Lord, Chargerbug,

01:58:10.440 --> 01:58:15.480
Jellison, Tug of Kinshado, Kintamaruak and Impoleon as you can see his world championship

01:58:15.480 --> 01:58:20.760
team is definitely different from that. He did offer Hussain Electrode a Pokemon that I think

01:58:20.760 --> 01:58:25.000
is going to be very successful this weekend and it's got plenty of targets. I'm looking at Booms

01:58:25.000 --> 01:58:29.400
the zoomer all it's got to be pretty pretty scared over there on the left side of the screen right.

01:58:29.400 --> 01:58:35.320
Quags are normally doing quite well against electric type Pokemon but I tell you what it's

01:58:35.320 --> 01:58:39.320
going ahead and getting an energy ball from Hussain Electrode is not something that it

01:58:39.320 --> 01:58:46.040
wants to do. Existing Monkey is a trainer that he has been doing fairly well obviously was able

01:58:46.040 --> 01:58:52.040
to qualify for Worlds but neither one of these trainers have had a lot of experience I think on

01:58:52.040 --> 01:58:57.720
this big main stage. I agree I think this is still a new experience even though they do have

01:58:57.720 --> 01:59:02.520
some very significant accolades under their belts already but this is the peak right this is the

01:59:02.520 --> 01:59:07.640
last event of the season and the crown is on the line so stick a deeper dive into these

01:59:07.640 --> 01:59:11.900
teams. Florgis for existing monkey is a fairy type Pokemon that we do not talk

01:59:11.900 --> 01:59:15.320
about very much. We've seen so many Ticket Tons. Ticket Tons will be the fairy

01:59:15.320 --> 01:59:19.840
star of the weekend. Don't get me wrong but this Florgis has options. This one

01:59:19.840 --> 01:59:24.400
for existing monkey is running Fairy Wind with chilling water and disarming

01:59:24.400 --> 01:59:28.960
voice. There's no trailblaze on this Florgis but it can still be very

01:59:28.960 --> 01:59:32.200
powerful and in one matchup in particular that I'm seeing is that

01:59:32.200 --> 01:59:36.200
disarming voice versus Malamar is going to wreck that dark type Pokemon.

01:59:36.200 --> 01:59:43.160
Looks like both of these trainers are getting ready to lock in what they want to bring for game number one here in

01:59:43.160 --> 01:59:45.040
Where's round two group B?

01:59:45.040 --> 01:59:50.160
We have that shadow camp to nine toes up against a suing electrode a part grass type Pokemon

01:59:50.160 --> 01:59:54.360
We'll see what the existing monkey wants to do the immediate pivot in that safe swap of licky-licky

01:59:54.360 --> 01:59:58.160
Just sticking his tongue out already out of boggisland, but doesn't want to throw it quite yet

01:59:58.160 --> 02:00:01.640
Yeah, you see a nine tails on the other side a lecture a bit of bail out fast

02:00:01.640 --> 02:00:06.760
to absorb this damage for it's teammate whether ball does connect.

02:00:06.760 --> 02:00:09.480
And Licky Licky like you said with the shadow ball, but the chip and dip

02:00:09.480 --> 02:00:13.440
strat boom comes in with quack sire coming in now going for the heavier

02:00:13.440 --> 02:00:17.440
hitting shadow ball. But this quack sire is nice and healthy at this point.

02:00:17.440 --> 02:00:21.560
Another thing to point out is a lot of people opt for that shadow version of

02:00:21.560 --> 02:00:25.680
the nine tails. Also a lot of shadow quack sire. This one is a regular quack

02:00:25.680 --> 02:00:29.200
sire here throwing the first aquatail at a fairly low level.

02:00:29.200 --> 02:00:32.720
No protect shield from existing monkey. I like the no shield here

02:00:32.720 --> 02:00:38.160
But there's two awkward tails loaded and boom is so good at playing safe and recognizing what his opponent is likely to do

02:00:38.160 --> 02:00:41.400
He says if I throw the stone edge and it fails, I'm gonna lose this matchup for sure

02:00:41.400 --> 02:00:47.160
So double off double awkward tail is the safer play. Yeah, so getting a shield on that because look how much energy is on that

02:00:47.160 --> 02:00:51.040
Linky looky going for a shadow ball one roll out away from another one

02:00:51.040 --> 02:00:54.680
No protect shield views on boom side. He saw that electrode. He says, okay

02:00:54.680 --> 02:00:59.680
You know, I know that some heavy hit and damage want to make sure to just be able to get as much damage off as possible

02:00:59.680 --> 02:01:03.920
Letting this quack side do its work getting it nice and low and now letting it go down

02:01:03.920 --> 02:01:06.840
And by doing that boom gives up control of switch advantage

02:01:06.840 --> 02:01:10.320
Which means he's not gonna have that nine tails into a electrode matchup any longer

02:01:10.320 --> 02:01:13.560
And he's got to be a bit more careful about which Pokemon he decides to bring out

02:01:13.560 --> 02:01:18.360
And he's up a shield, but he is going to have to come back in and maybe potentially lose a shot

02:01:18.360 --> 02:01:20.440
No a complete and we're down

02:01:20.440 --> 02:01:24.760
this is huge for boom there because there's a lot of energy back on this nine tails and even though

02:01:24.760 --> 02:01:28.680
there's an employee on it here the fast attacks aren't doing much at all it's only going to be the

02:01:28.680 --> 02:01:34.120
charge attacks making waves this is not waterfall and pulley on everyone this is metal sound and that

02:01:34.120 --> 02:01:37.960
is not going to make a big impact into the cancer nine says as you pointed out weather ball

02:01:37.960 --> 02:01:42.520
number one connects number two is being held because this because this employee on will win

02:01:42.520 --> 02:01:47.160
the charge type priority tie if these trainers throw an alignment no boom knows that as well

02:01:47.160 --> 02:01:51.900
going for a little extra energy and now at two weather balls here throwing the

02:01:51.900 --> 02:01:55.000
first one before a next hydro cannon is even available.

02:01:55.000 --> 02:01:59.000
This monkey has one protection doesn't want to use it on his employee on here

02:01:59.000 --> 02:02:02.280
but there's still another weather ball ready when this electrode comes back in.

02:02:02.280 --> 02:02:05.320
This is wildly uncomfortable because the nine tails is closing down the

02:02:05.320 --> 02:02:08.840
backpack. Weather balls in this matchup as well and it's gonna outpace

02:02:08.840 --> 02:02:11.880
before existing monkey can even get to his first wild charge.

02:02:11.880 --> 02:02:15.840
Going ahead recognizing maybe the riding on the wall at this point maybe not

02:02:15.840 --> 02:02:22.320
even going to throw an attack taking the information of game number one here and taking it for game

02:02:22.320 --> 02:02:29.520
number two existing monkey goes down boom takes game number one clean efficient calculated experience

02:02:29.520 --> 02:02:34.960
beyond his years that's what we come to expect from boom 20 and he is displaying that early on

02:02:34.960 --> 02:02:40.480
in san francisco this is only winners round two and he's off to a one zero start uh

02:02:40.480 --> 02:02:45.360
and soon electrode was something that we originally called out earlier on as a risky

02:02:45.360 --> 02:02:52.240
pit, but ends up being quite safe into this world's meta in that top eight spot of day one usage.

02:02:52.240 --> 02:02:57.120
This looky looky gets that waxer out of the way, but I think that's exactly what Boone wants,

02:02:57.120 --> 02:03:02.800
recognizing the strong position of having an extra shield and energy on a nine tails versus

02:03:02.800 --> 02:03:06.960
the whole team there of existing monkeys. And I mean perfect coverage, right? You've got the

02:03:06.960 --> 02:03:10.560
the energy ball for the Enfolion and the weather ball has neutral and you've got the

02:03:10.560 --> 02:03:14.720
weather ball fire for the Electra. So the Ninetales wrapped up this game with the bow,

02:03:14.720 --> 02:03:18.760
but I want to talk to you about series progression and if you're existing monkey, maybe you do

02:03:18.760 --> 02:03:22.800
believe in your Hussuin Electra. Maybe you do think that Pokemon can help you in this

02:03:22.800 --> 02:03:26.600
matchup, but in game one after you lead it into a Ninetales, doesn't that kind of

02:03:26.600 --> 02:03:28.280
dissuade you from leading it again?

02:03:28.280 --> 02:03:31.680
I don't know. Maybe it's one of those things where, you know, it's a game and

02:03:31.680 --> 02:03:34.600
everyone's mind as well. Well, my opponent led this game one, so there's no way

02:03:34.600 --> 02:03:39.640
he would do it again because he thinks that I would change it out so we're up to see again this is a

02:03:39.640 --> 02:03:46.200
best of three matchup on the winners side of the bracket so still a lot to play for even though he

02:03:46.200 --> 02:03:50.760
is down one game. It's always fascinating to see what these trainers do in terms of adjustments

02:03:50.760 --> 02:03:55.160
because they gain a lot of information from the approach from the energy management from

02:03:55.160 --> 02:03:59.720
the Pokemon selected and that helps them to inform what they're going to do in game number

02:03:59.720 --> 02:04:01.720
2 as the series goes on.

02:04:01.720 --> 02:04:04.280
I think the Canton Eye Tales is a must bring for boom

02:04:04.280 --> 02:04:05.040
no matter what.

02:04:05.040 --> 02:04:06.080
So if you're an existing monkey,

02:04:06.080 --> 02:04:07.880
you can anticipate that Pokemon,

02:04:07.880 --> 02:04:09.800
you just don't know in what position.

02:04:09.800 --> 02:04:11.400
And we'll have to see if maybe one of those

02:04:11.400 --> 02:04:14.280
hiding shell games there, find the nine tales

02:04:14.280 --> 02:04:17.400
if existing monkey can do so,

02:04:17.400 --> 02:04:20.000
might put him in an advantageous position

02:04:20.000 --> 02:04:24.760
as we hop into winners round two, game number two.

02:04:24.760 --> 02:04:26.920
The way we ended game number one,

02:04:26.920 --> 02:04:30.880
We start game number two and pulling on into that Kanto nine tails.

02:04:30.880 --> 02:04:34.280
I think the longer this matchup goes on, the better it gets for the nine tails

02:04:34.280 --> 02:04:38.280
because the pacing adds up only four embers to the weather ball versus five

02:04:38.480 --> 02:04:41.640
metal sounds to the hydro can go ahead using that first protect shield

02:04:41.880 --> 02:04:44.620
because definitely doesn't want to take a hydro can there and actually

02:04:44.620 --> 02:04:46.420
opting for the energy ball.

02:04:46.580 --> 02:04:50.040
Have you're hitting and doesn't use a shield on the side of existing

02:04:50.040 --> 02:04:53.440
monkey where you see how much damage this does, knocks it down to the low

02:04:53.440 --> 02:04:56.760
red there and already another weather ball going straight for it.

02:04:56.760 --> 02:05:01.960
here. Ninetales is literally on fire at risk of being cringe. It's blazing fast up

02:05:01.960 --> 02:05:05.040
here with the shadow. Okay. So nighttales stealing away that first protect

02:05:05.040 --> 02:05:08.680
shields on existing monkey and no swap out from either trainer yet another

02:05:08.680 --> 02:05:12.320
charge stack coming through and boom invests while going ahead using both

02:05:12.320 --> 02:05:15.920
protect shields very early on in the match up there. But you might be able

02:05:15.920 --> 02:05:20.440
to completely farm down should existing monkey not want to swap out. That's

02:05:20.440 --> 02:05:23.440
exactly what happens. A lot of energy and now ninetales doesn't have

02:05:23.440 --> 02:05:26.560
shields, but it has so much energy as this man team comes in. And I think

02:05:26.560 --> 02:05:29.940
your boom you just leave this Pokemon in right you go ahead and fire off the

02:05:29.940 --> 02:05:33.340
double energy balls take a shield chip down the man team and then probably

02:05:33.340 --> 02:05:36.300
coming with the key Licky is the safe bet let's see if that's what he decides

02:05:36.300 --> 02:05:40.000
to do hoping maybe for an energy drop no immediately pivoting out into that

02:05:40.000 --> 02:05:44.240
Licky Licky we see it so often as a safe spot but man team can really get

02:05:44.240 --> 02:05:47.740
back at this Pokemon especially when there has been a little bit of energy

02:05:47.740 --> 02:05:51.400
already loaded on it this waterfalls will connect with that Licky Licky

02:05:51.400 --> 02:05:55.260
and now pivoting into the florida's and this is the benefit of that

02:05:55.260 --> 02:05:59.900
4th swap because now Boom is able to lure out the fairy type Pokemon. As you look at the back

02:05:59.900 --> 02:06:04.540
line, Boom has a Malamar and we talked about the disarming voice being a huge threat to his

02:06:04.540 --> 02:06:08.700
dark type Pokemon. Now he doesn't have to fear it because he sees it here on the field. Going ahead

02:06:08.700 --> 02:06:13.500
throwing this first chilling water, what this attack does is going to lower the attack

02:06:13.500 --> 02:06:17.580
of your opponent there. So this Licky Licky, whether it throws body slams or if it throws

02:06:17.580 --> 02:06:22.220
shadow balls, is not going to be doing as much damage as before. Even still, Licky Licky

02:06:22.220 --> 02:06:26.480
starting to still put in work going forget another body slam yeah it's slow and

02:06:26.480 --> 02:06:30.620
easy but it does add up over time body slam connects another one is ready to go

02:06:30.620 --> 02:06:34.380
as well for just will be able to endure but it's gonna be super close

02:06:34.380 --> 02:06:38.300
existing monkey only one protection left the sights to forego the shield here

02:06:38.300 --> 02:06:42.460
and take the damage go ahead taking and swapping back into the mansion so he's

02:06:42.460 --> 02:06:45.740
gotten a tax save on that for just which is dangerous now you see boom

02:06:45.740 --> 02:06:50.060
coming in was saying okay well disarming voice is not something that

02:06:50.060 --> 02:06:52.260
this Malamar wants to face. Malamar

02:06:52.260 --> 02:06:54.020
scywaving through that man team is

02:06:54.020 --> 02:06:55.220
going to take a water pulse for its

02:06:55.220 --> 02:06:56.740
trouble and I think after the wing

02:06:56.740 --> 02:06:58.580
attacks the twister is still not

02:06:58.580 --> 02:07:00.140
enough so the double water pulse is

02:07:00.140 --> 02:07:01.940
the play but the foul play does come

02:07:01.940 --> 02:07:04.020
through first what does existing monkey

02:07:04.020 --> 02:07:05.700
do? Keep in mind he's got a shield he

02:07:05.700 --> 02:07:07.540
just uses last shield here on that

02:07:07.540 --> 02:07:09.460
next foul play just getting a ton of

02:07:09.460 --> 02:07:11.340
energy on this man team throwing now

02:07:11.340 --> 02:07:14.780
into that Malamar still an attack safe

02:07:14.780 --> 02:07:16.180
up on the floor just still some

02:07:16.180 --> 02:07:18.100
help left on booms nine tails we

02:07:18.100 --> 02:07:19.340
have to see how these two trainers

02:07:19.340 --> 02:07:23.600
want to play out here as it's 90s immediately comes into knockout that

02:07:23.600 --> 02:07:27.220
man team booms awareness of the switch timer is off the charts here knew that

02:07:27.220 --> 02:07:29.540
existing monkey was going to be able to reach a floor just in just another

02:07:29.540 --> 02:07:33.140
moment so he throws at 90s onto the field fires a weather ball but he's going

02:07:33.140 --> 02:07:36.380
to take the chilling water here this is going to do a lot of damage going ahead

02:07:36.380 --> 02:07:40.940
no protect shields left on either side very small sliver of help left on this

02:07:40.940 --> 02:07:44.900
gorgeous as this licky licky comes back in it's got an attack load it

02:07:44.900 --> 02:07:50.900
doesn't even need it rolls out down all we've seen so far on stream is two oh

02:07:50.900 --> 02:07:55.940
sweeping boom rolls forward to winners round three with a victory over

02:07:55.940 --> 02:08:01.900
existing monkey what a talented trainer again plays so experienced is so filed

02:08:01.900 --> 02:08:05.340
in all the time you wouldn't believe that he's only competed at just a

02:08:05.340 --> 02:08:10.020
handful of events every single time boom plays I think other trainers are

02:08:10.020 --> 02:08:14.780
starting to turn and take notice he's a trainer who's been playing a lot of

02:08:14.780 --> 02:08:16.480
he played at the woods and

02:08:16.480 --> 02:08:18.380
he also played at the grass

02:08:18.380 --> 02:08:19.180
roots tournaments and I think

02:08:19.180 --> 02:08:20.240
that's where he got his, you

02:08:20.240 --> 02:08:22.020
know, a little bit Everyone knew

02:08:22.020 --> 02:08:23.580
who he was before he entered his

02:08:23.580 --> 02:08:25.620
first tournament and now

02:08:25.620 --> 02:08:27.080
everyone gets to see him on the

02:08:27.080 --> 02:08:29.180
main stage here in San Francisco.

02:08:29.180 --> 02:08:30.820
Absolutely incredible plays.

02:08:30.820 --> 02:08:32.580
He's someone truly some of the

02:08:32.580 --> 02:08:34.440
best energy management and

02:08:34.440 --> 02:08:35.940
aggressive plays that you will

02:08:35.940 --> 02:08:36.940
see throughout time He knows

02:08:36.940 --> 02:08:38.860
exactly what he wants to do.

02:08:38.860 --> 02:08:40.860
He's not afraid to risk. He's

02:08:40.860 --> 02:08:41.900
not afraid to go down two

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shields at the beginning of a

02:08:43.000 --> 02:08:44.740
match up and still come out

02:08:44.740 --> 02:08:49.860
boom can be. He's not wishy-washy. When he knows a Pokemon is key, he's not worried about double

02:08:49.860 --> 02:08:55.780
investing to your point, Amanda. He recognizes the win conditions and he seizes them, does not linger.

02:08:55.780 --> 02:09:00.580
I did such a critical skill in competitive Pokemon go because if you try to split the difference between

02:09:00.580 --> 02:09:04.820
two or three different strategies, eventually you find out you can't succeed in any of them

02:09:04.820 --> 02:09:08.820
and the best trainers are able to find those win conditions early on and follow them through

02:09:08.820 --> 02:09:12.500
to the end. You tell me what, you know, if for a while it kind of looked like it could

02:09:12.500 --> 02:09:14.260
could have been an existing monkey's court.

02:09:14.260 --> 02:09:15.860
He swapped out with very low energy

02:09:15.860 --> 02:09:17.700
on that floor, just button attack saving.

02:09:17.700 --> 02:09:19.460
When there's no protect shields left,

02:09:19.460 --> 02:09:21.820
either one of those was enough to knock out.

02:09:21.820 --> 02:09:25.460
Boom, stayed calm, kept a body slam on his licky-licky

02:09:25.460 --> 02:09:27.220
before he swapped out here,

02:09:27.220 --> 02:09:28.460
and now he's able to,

02:09:28.460 --> 02:09:29.660
turns out he doesn't even need it

02:09:29.660 --> 02:09:30.740
to take that game number three.

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It was so, so close.

02:09:32.260 --> 02:09:33.420
It made me a little nervous.

02:09:33.420 --> 02:09:34.260
Right, I was like, I was like,

02:09:34.260 --> 02:09:36.420
boom, are you gonna throw the body slam?

02:09:36.420 --> 02:09:38.140
I mean, if you just throw the body slam,

02:09:38.140 --> 02:09:40.020
the game's over, you can do the rollout.

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It's a little cooler,

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Okay, roll out to it. Okay, there's no reason to be scared.

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Manti almost stole away that win with the wing attacks.

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He ended up fast attacking down two of the Pokemon in that game, number two.

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I know that we've been talking quite a bit about him, but I want to hear from the man himself.

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We got freed with an interview with Boom 20.

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Here he is. It's Boom 20, and a lot of us weren't expecting to see you here this weekend,

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but you've shown up. Talk us through what happened.

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So originally I thought that couldn't come because of exams but the schedule got I got very look at the schedule

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And I got a big break in between the exams which which allowed me to be here in San Francisco

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And I'm enjoying every single second of it very lucky for you very unlucky for everyone else

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Lots of people here believe that you are head and shoulders above the competition

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Not just because of your height

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But how did it feel getting your first ever victory here at the world championships?

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Well it feels great came especially this morning woke up at 6am lots of nerves

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this this first match really helps and I hope I can keep this momentum going now

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if we looked at your record you've only played five events before this and in

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those you've got top eight every single time one of them was a gold two of them

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were silvers how does it feel going in with the expectations now at the

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World Championships well I'm mainly happy to just be able to go right

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Especially since I was not expecting to be here, so as long as I don't make a fool of myself

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I don't play terrible. I'll go home happy. Now you've got some interesting picks

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You're not going for full meta this time. You've got something spicy that we saw especially the Malamar right at the very end

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Do you want to talk us through that choice?

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Well originally I had the Hissui in the lecture in the Malamar spot, but yesterday me and David we built a team together

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together. We were discussing about some potential issues with it and we changed it last minute,

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which actually was very scary because the electorate would have come in real handy in

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this matchup. But the Melmord just provides a lot of flexibility, a lot of coverage across

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the meta. It doesn't have a lot of heart counters and that's the type of game I like

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to play.

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Amazing. You mentioned David. Any shoutouts you'd like to say for any players you prepared

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with for this weekend?

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Yeah, mainly prepared with David. But I just want to shout out to everyone that's

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watching at home my family I would say hi I wasn't expecting to be on stream this

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quick and it must have been a little bit of pressure some nerves there you were

02:12:06.120 --> 02:12:09.240
saying before this match are you a little bit more calm now to get that

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victory under your belt yes definitely I'm ready to take on the next opponent

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and we'll see how the day goes I cannot wait to see how far you go boom

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congratulations again great performance there casters we're gonna go to a

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segment where we can watch Marta Galde at the Latin America International

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championships.

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Artigalo, one of the most accomplished players in the world.

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I started in completely Pokemon in 2018 when PUB was first introduced.

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I started playing with my friend and then some Grassroots tournaments.

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So my favorite Pokemon is Rookie, even though I haven't played the Galar games.

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Reminds me of myself of it, so I just love it.

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My earliest memory was when I went to a tournament just to get a meltdown box, and my friends

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convinced me to play the tournament, and after that it was just emotion, and getting

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excited for battles, I couldn't stop.

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I think I've learned to be composed.

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I think I have a lot of experience in this stage, so that generally is an

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an advantage against my opponents.

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Going to student, I had a team that I felt kind of comfortable with.

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It has some holes and some weaknesses,

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but me knowing those weaknesses made the opponents seem more predictable.

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I think that was the most important key aspect.

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The thing I want to improve the most right now is to predict

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what my opponent is running and what should I do.

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Because sometimes you need to bait out something

02:13:47.080 --> 02:13:49.080
or you need to play a certain strategy

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and I feel like I could improve that.

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Due to the magnitude of the tournament being international, Finals had a bit more pressure.

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I started getting nervous and played a bit less confident than I generally do.

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Every year I think it's harder to win in Pokemon Go.

02:14:05.680 --> 02:14:10.280
Everyone is improving so the competition is getting more fierce and that's why I feel

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like I have less chances to win.

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This Finals was pretty rough and I thought I was going to lose at the end.

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I assume I'll survive that with very low HP.

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At the end it was crazy.

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It's like I still have it.

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If Molo has just reached a Super Bowl status,

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he might be the greatest of all time.

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This is the world.

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I never expected to win it.

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It feels so real.

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This one is very important because I sometimes do it myself,

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so this helps me a lot.

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It hasn't been a crazy season.

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It doesn't make sense.

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This is the third time I have qualified to World this season

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and I think we're only like two months in.

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When I qualified to the Grand Finals,

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I started crying and I threw myself into the floor, and it's a moment I will never forget.

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I think the most epic finalist to face in Worlds would be Jekai.

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Jekai sent me to the losers bracket right at the end of Worlds.

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I think I kind of choked in the last game. I could have won that game, and I'm still a bit sad about that.

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That would be epic to have their revenge.

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Worlds is always very fun and very fierce, and also I want to go to Disney.

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International Champion!

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My name is Elam Rojas and I am from Costa Rica, but I live in Florida.

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Elam, a tenured veteran, two-time regional champion.

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These are the battles that make or break your destiny.

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If I had to pick a starter Pokemon, I would probably say Pip Love.

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very cute, and then it becomes pretty strong looking.

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When I was playing Pokemon Go in Columbia,

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I had like a group of friends that I used to hang out with

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and I would hear them talk about self tournaments

02:15:59.720 --> 02:16:00.680
at the time.

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The very first time that I played a tournament

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that had a price, it was I think $250 for first place.

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That was like the biggest thing for me at the time.

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I was like playing in my room

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and then I went running to tell my brother,

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I was like, dude, I just won this tournament.

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It showed me that I had the skill

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and at the same time was having a lot of fun.

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The Go Battle League got introduced into the game.

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At the time, there was a kilometer requirement

02:16:29.760 --> 02:16:31.360
to unlock your sets.

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I just didn't want to walk the whole way,

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so I only get to play for like three sets per day.

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Play Pokemon started and I just loved it.

02:16:40.920 --> 02:16:49.520
Something that I've learned through competing is that the way you carry yourself, the way

02:16:49.520 --> 02:16:56.720
you handle yourself in moments of stress are going to heavily affect the way things happen,

02:16:56.720 --> 02:16:59.000
your life goes and that kind of stuff.

02:16:59.000 --> 02:17:04.080
Even just being on stage, it could be very stressful but if you do your best to calm

02:17:04.080 --> 02:17:12.800
yourself down, you're going to be putting in your best version of yourself.

02:17:12.800 --> 02:17:18.520
The very first match that I had streamed on day one, I was very shaky.

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I was doing a lot of mistakes, but throughout day two, I felt way more comfortable.

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And towards the end, like the grand finals, I feel like I was probably as comfortable

02:17:31.600 --> 02:17:36.840
as I felt in a while because I knew at the end of the day it's a long series I

02:17:36.840 --> 02:17:41.760
have to call lines I have to say resilient I have to make the right

02:17:41.760 --> 02:17:47.800
decisions so it was just much more consistent and up to the level that I

02:17:47.800 --> 02:17:53.760
want to display it's always a good time playing Doom book I believe his score is

02:17:53.760 --> 02:18:00.600
like four two maybe he recently beat me in Toronto but I'm happy that I was

02:18:00.600 --> 02:18:04.360
able to beat him today, not only once, but twice.

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But Fortress shakes it off.

02:18:06.520 --> 02:18:08.920
Dunebug falls, and it looks like Elim

02:18:08.920 --> 02:18:11.600
is going to be your Houston regional champion.

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The very first season where I qualified for Worlds,

02:18:14.960 --> 02:18:17.360
it was 2023 season.

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I think I got a second place in Baltimore

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and got a second place in our quarter.

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It was Worlds in Yokohama.

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It was the dream trip for me,

02:18:26.800 --> 02:18:30.520
but I wasn't able to make it because of ESA.

02:18:30.520 --> 02:18:35.960
issues. I was like preparing the whole time and then it was like pretty heartbreaking news

02:18:35.960 --> 02:18:41.640
if I could have made it. So because of that I took like a long break. But at the end of the day

02:18:42.280 --> 02:18:50.280
stuff happens and with my level and my consistency I knew that I would be able to qualify again and

02:18:50.840 --> 02:18:57.720
to show the world what I've made up. I'm gonna win worlds this year. Getting that final achievement

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would solidify me as, I mean, I don't want to say it like this, but as one of the goats.

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Welcome back to the 2026 Pokemon World Championship, where one of these trainers will become one of

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those goats because we are celebrating 30 years of Pokemon, 10 years of Pokemon Go. We have over

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300 of the best trainers on the planet competing here to become your Pokemon Go world champion.

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I am 2-0 butters joined by Kayla Pang.

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And what a weekend we have coming up here.

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Not only is it the 30th for Pokemon and 10 year anniversary of Pokemon Go,

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it's also the fifth year for Pokemon Go in the official championship series circuit.

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And we've had, what, five world champions to be included.

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Emmy Guido from that senior submission the first year.

02:19:49.240 --> 02:19:51.880
We're going to crown A6, but it could be the year

02:19:51.880 --> 02:19:53.600
here where we have a repeat champion too.

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It's no doubt the pinnacle of Pokemon GoPVP right now.

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It is started off strong.

02:19:58.480 --> 02:20:01.800
Of course, Potomun, he is probably the favorite

02:20:01.800 --> 02:20:02.720
to win it all here.

02:20:02.720 --> 02:20:05.400
Of course, any of these 300 trainers could do it.

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That's how talented they all are.

02:20:07.280 --> 02:20:09.160
But a trainer that made, I believe,

02:20:09.160 --> 02:20:11.400
six-street championship Sundays

02:20:11.400 --> 02:20:13.480
is a back-to-back international champion.

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Started out 2-0 just as some other top trainers

02:20:16.360 --> 02:20:18.880
like Boom and K-Bon started 2-0 as well.

02:20:18.880 --> 02:20:19.720
That's right.

02:20:19.720 --> 02:20:21.040
And Boom is a player that you definitely

02:20:21.040 --> 02:20:22.300
keep your eyes on in the back.

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We just saw him play on stage,

02:20:23.940 --> 02:20:26.300
has only attended four tournaments ever.

02:20:26.300 --> 02:20:29.140
Only in EU, first place, second place, third place,

02:20:29.140 --> 02:20:30.380
in a ninth place.

02:20:30.380 --> 02:20:35.060
Incredibly high efficiency and effectiveness in his matches.

02:20:35.060 --> 02:20:37.940
And you know, our EU players are looking very strong,

02:20:37.940 --> 02:20:40.380
but we got players from all around the world here.

02:20:40.380 --> 02:20:41.740
And for the past two years,

02:20:41.740 --> 02:20:43.460
our world champions have been from APAC.

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Well, we got our next two trainers

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that you might be familiar with,

02:20:46.100 --> 02:20:47.780
because the trainers that have some reps,

02:20:47.780 --> 02:20:48.900
let's get on over the stage.

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We've got EO Merrill versus Ton Ton Batu's on stage for you right now.

02:20:54.540 --> 02:20:57.980
And Ton Ton Batu's the Spice Master himself.

02:20:57.980 --> 02:20:58.700
Let's see where he's running.

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He's running a pow down and a shadow high dragon.

02:21:02.260 --> 02:21:08.420
Shadow high dragon was one of the keys to his success in his regional win this year.

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And the EO Merrill is running also kind of a spicy team too.

02:21:11.620 --> 02:21:14.140
He likes to really mix up the movesets quite a bit.

02:21:14.140 --> 02:21:16.340
I believe that is indeed a Galarian course.

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not the non glaring force less so just keep that in mind but does have pretty

02:21:20.980 --> 02:21:24.400
standard movesets all the way throughout it is gonna be mudbomb and

02:21:24.400 --> 02:21:30.020
aquatail on the shadow flags are not stone edge which for this matchup it could

02:21:30.020 --> 02:21:33.020
be pretty bad if he gets it into the man team. And how about me opposing in

02:21:33.020 --> 02:21:37.540
another dark dragon as well you have to guzzler it on illmeroside a pokemon

02:21:37.540 --> 02:21:41.020
that you wouldn't really expect to see in a heavy tinketon meta you saw

02:21:41.020 --> 02:21:44.380
tinketon I believe with either number two or three in usage right now of

02:21:44.380 --> 02:21:47.980
Of course, the meta is dominated by Licky, Licky, Tinkaton,

02:21:47.980 --> 02:21:50.820
and Shadow, Kanto, Ninetales in particular.

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Those are the Pokemon to target.

02:21:52.340 --> 02:21:54.100
So how does Guzzlord do that?

02:21:54.100 --> 02:21:56.180
Guzzlord does really well, of course,

02:21:56.180 --> 02:21:57.580
into that Shadow, Kanto, Ninetales.

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Gonna be able to soak up all of its energy,

02:22:00.300 --> 02:22:01.460
not very effectively.

02:22:01.460 --> 02:22:03.820
So I feel like that could be a really nice threat

02:22:03.820 --> 02:22:06.180
into this heavy Shadow, Kanto, Ninetales meta.

02:22:06.180 --> 02:22:09.100
A lot of trainers have gone for the waterfall users,

02:22:09.100 --> 02:22:10.580
the water types, but it's interesting

02:22:10.580 --> 02:22:13.180
that these two trainers both went for that dragon type

02:22:13.180 --> 02:22:15.200
that we really haven't seen much of it all.

02:22:15.200 --> 02:22:17.680
Yeah, the Dark Dragon has really great typing,

02:22:17.680 --> 02:22:20.280
especially helping neutralize cancel nightails,

02:22:20.280 --> 02:22:23.400
which is pretty prominent within this meta alone.

02:22:23.400 --> 02:22:26.120
But Glanc Horsa has made a resurgence in this meta,

02:22:26.120 --> 02:22:28.960
one of the safest and strongest and bulkiest Ghost Scythe,

02:22:28.960 --> 02:22:31.000
and that is also gonna be a great neutralized factor

02:22:31.000 --> 02:22:31.920
with that Dark Dragon.

02:22:31.920 --> 02:22:33.680
And I was just double checking to make sure

02:22:33.680 --> 02:22:35.600
that there wasn't a Flash Cannon actually

02:22:35.600 --> 02:22:36.800
on that Shadow High Dragon,

02:22:36.800 --> 02:22:39.320
because that can actually do some neutral damage

02:22:39.320 --> 02:22:40.160
into the Ticket Tonne,

02:22:40.160 --> 02:22:42.220
and remember that is better since the last update as well,

02:22:42.220 --> 02:22:44.620
but I know it is gonna be the fly and the bird swing.

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And then a late riser in the meta right now,

02:22:47.180 --> 02:22:49.340
a Pokemon that can do pretty well against that shadow

02:22:49.340 --> 02:22:50.740
can't tell nine tails as well,

02:22:50.740 --> 02:22:53.580
is that shadow quagsire that is on Eomero's side.

02:22:53.580 --> 02:22:55.500
Of course, Tauntaun does have that nine tails,

02:22:55.500 --> 02:22:56.440
so can he target it?

02:22:56.440 --> 02:22:58.220
He has two really good bench pressure Pokemon.

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Let's get this battle started.

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It is gonna be the Tinketon versus the Manteen.

02:23:02.860 --> 02:23:05.580
It's kind of a pokey matchup, but it's very neutral.

02:23:05.580 --> 02:23:06.420
Yeah, definitely.

02:23:06.420 --> 02:23:09.060
I mean, type advantage would go over to the Manteen

02:23:09.060 --> 02:23:10.540
as he's gonna resist all the charge attacks

02:23:10.540 --> 02:23:11.380
from Tinketon.

02:23:11.380 --> 02:23:16.300
But that kick and hammer hits so hard, even when resisted,

02:23:16.300 --> 02:23:18.020
as you're going to see it coming through against the Mantine

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Tauntaun, not going to throw up the first shield.

02:23:20.020 --> 02:23:21.620
And it's going to be not very effective.

02:23:21.620 --> 02:23:24.980
But like you said, it does nearly half of the health.

02:23:24.980 --> 02:23:26.260
I mean, not exactly.

02:23:26.260 --> 02:23:27.620
Probably about 40% of the health,

02:23:27.620 --> 02:23:28.940
plus that very wind damage.

02:23:28.940 --> 02:23:30.220
It just does so much.

02:23:30.220 --> 02:23:32.580
Even when it's resisted, it is such a strong community

02:23:32.580 --> 02:23:33.420
day attack.

02:23:33.420 --> 02:23:35.220
If both these trainers are just going to play it out,

02:23:35.220 --> 02:23:37.380
soft losing this matchup wouldn't be the end of the world.

02:23:37.380 --> 02:23:38.820
You do have coverage in the back.

02:23:38.820 --> 02:23:41.500
And if you're Tauntaun, you know you have that shadow

02:23:41.500 --> 02:23:44.740
Hydraegon in the back, and you see Tinkaton in the lead.

02:23:44.740 --> 02:23:48.100
That is literally best case scenario for your wild card fit.

02:23:48.100 --> 02:23:50.300
It is gonna be able to go off in the back line.

02:23:50.300 --> 02:23:52.660
Exactly, and Tauntaun just gonna save the shields

02:23:52.660 --> 02:23:55.620
likely for the Hydraegon because it is so frail.

02:23:55.620 --> 02:23:58.260
Gonna let this go, and Iomaro charging up as much

02:23:58.260 --> 02:24:00.580
and just possibly far throwing this final kick

02:24:00.580 --> 02:24:02.060
that I have, and not actually gonna be enough.

02:24:02.060 --> 02:24:04.300
And the twister is gonna be thrown

02:24:04.300 --> 02:24:06.100
with this triple resistant twister,

02:24:06.100 --> 02:24:08.220
but it might be enough to kill this thing.

02:24:08.220 --> 02:24:10.220
Let's see the door the tickets on

02:24:11.100 --> 02:24:13.880
To get the very one down and to get a crucial bulldoze

02:24:13.880 --> 02:24:17.620
It has a 50-50 chance a coin flip right here to get the debuff as well

02:24:17.620 --> 02:24:22.260
We'll get the debuff into this help out on but it's all gonna be about that shadow high dragon in the back

02:24:22.260 --> 02:24:27.360
No, they knock it that debuff. You're probably gonna see actually does come in with a quads are this is good

02:24:27.360 --> 02:24:31.680
Actually the man team has that twister in the back for that shadow high dragon as well

02:24:31.680 --> 02:24:33.780
That would be super effective and he has to let this go

02:24:33.780 --> 02:24:35.920
He has to save the shields for the Hydraegon.

02:24:35.920 --> 02:24:39.220
I'd like to play from Tauntaun knowing that he needs shields for the Hydraegon,

02:24:39.220 --> 02:24:41.220
even in a more positive matchup.

02:24:41.220 --> 02:24:45.220
But there are really extremely positive master of Hydraegon, just very neutral ones.

02:24:45.220 --> 02:24:47.420
And the Mantine does have a super fight in Squishers,

02:24:47.420 --> 02:24:49.860
so saving the shields for that can be huge.

02:24:49.860 --> 02:24:52.420
You're not going to protect shields against the Earth Power.

02:24:52.420 --> 02:24:54.020
That's a lot of damage mitigated.

02:24:54.020 --> 02:24:55.620
This fallout could be absolutely huge,

02:24:55.620 --> 02:24:58.060
but no Tauntaun gets to the second Earth Power.

02:24:58.060 --> 02:25:00.620
And probably the reason he's running a non-shadow hip-out on

02:25:00.620 --> 02:25:03.380
to have that extra bulk to be able to get to these charge attacks

02:25:03.380 --> 02:25:07.780
got another protect shield he has two protect shields ahead but there's a lot of energy here

02:25:07.780 --> 02:25:12.180
and he can go for Aqua Tail baits because a bug bomb going through that's one into the

02:25:12.180 --> 02:25:17.300
mud bomb that is gonna be going double resistant but it doesn't matter the manzine at no else.

02:25:17.300 --> 02:25:22.660
One HP and a catch right there for tauntaun giving him a third shield effectively for

02:25:22.660 --> 02:25:26.020
the shadow height dragon here comes the Aqua Tail bait you're gonna have to shield pretty

02:25:26.020 --> 02:25:30.020
much everything here for tauntaun even if it's Aqua Tail he hasn't even seen the third

02:25:30.020 --> 02:25:31.820
3rd, 4th, 1st, yet, you know, Meryl,

02:25:31.820 --> 02:25:33.060
going to think about maybe swapping up,

02:25:33.060 --> 02:25:35.400
but no, might just stay in here to tank some of this damage.

02:25:35.400 --> 02:25:37.060
That's going to be another opportunity of bait,

02:25:37.060 --> 02:25:38.700
but Tauntaun's going to reach the Brutal Swing first.

02:25:38.700 --> 02:25:40.660
But double Brutal Swing can do this.

02:25:40.660 --> 02:25:42.660
He's going to be able to knock out with this Brutal Swing here.

02:25:42.660 --> 02:25:44.260
He has one potential remaining.

02:25:44.260 --> 02:25:45.580
He can protect you of the Twister

02:25:45.580 --> 02:25:47.440
if you can pace through the double Brutal Swing

02:25:47.440 --> 02:25:48.880
plus the dragon for a damage.

02:25:48.880 --> 02:25:51.020
I think Tauntaun can close this.

02:25:51.020 --> 02:25:53.780
And the Shadow Hydragon Master is here to play

02:25:53.780 --> 02:25:56.980
as you can see Meryl reaching for the double Twister.

02:25:56.980 --> 02:25:58.940
But Tauntaun's going to outpace

02:25:58.940 --> 02:26:02.860
the Brutal Swings and said first one coming through here well digging through

02:26:02.860 --> 02:26:06.940
thinking if he has a chance here but no there isn't one at Tau Ducks here and

02:26:06.940 --> 02:26:11.140
unleashing the Shadow Hydra God on the world stage. Just as he's done in the past

02:26:11.140 --> 02:26:14.500
become a regional champion the Hydra God's gonna be able to knock out the

02:26:14.500 --> 02:26:19.740
man team to take game number one of this winners round numbers three taunt

02:26:19.740 --> 02:26:23.580
having effectively three shields in the back as you were saying able to

02:26:23.580 --> 02:26:28.500
swap, catch that mudbump into the man team that man team that had zero

02:26:28.500 --> 02:26:33.700
health that he pivoted out only for that moment. He only kept that maintain around the catch and attack

02:26:33.700 --> 02:26:39.540
and it worked perfectly. That's why he has a one next to his name right now. That's right. I mean he

02:26:39.540 --> 02:26:46.500
has a bunch of titles under Zankto, an EUIC champion, a multi-time regional champion, multi-time

02:26:46.500 --> 02:26:54.100
medalist and a world competitor. And he just played that matchup perfect to perfection catching

02:26:54.100 --> 02:26:59.700
and knowing that you can't avoid the catch if you're EOML because you're going against a one-turn

02:26:59.700 --> 02:27:04.500
Shadowhide Dragon. There's just no way to avoid it here as you see this is the catch that played

02:27:04.500 --> 02:27:08.900
and had so much value here and a double earth power shield. It was the right call from EOML to save

02:27:08.900 --> 02:27:13.940
on the Shadowhide Dragon. Look at that catch! Absolutely huge because if he had to shield

02:27:13.940 --> 02:27:19.140
that Mumbomb on the Hydragon or doesn't even get the catch off then this final shielded end

02:27:19.140 --> 02:27:22.900
wouldn't have done anything for Tauntaun because he could have destroyed the Twisted Fate.

02:27:22.900 --> 02:27:25.780
He had to get the Double Twisted Fate because of that final remaining shield.

02:27:25.780 --> 02:27:29.460
And you see right here a completely different strategy that you've been seeing the entire

02:27:29.460 --> 02:27:34.340
tournament so far. A new take on the meta from Tauntaun, a trainer that is known for his

02:27:34.340 --> 02:27:38.980
boldness, for his innovation, and he brought it to the world stage. He brought his signature

02:27:38.980 --> 02:27:43.780
Pokemon, the Shadow Hydraegon, and he sat in for game number two, but he has an awesome lead.

02:27:43.780 --> 02:27:47.220
This is a neutral matchup, but Korsla loved this matchup in the band scene.

02:27:47.220 --> 02:27:51.380
definitely and you have the super effective power gem but more importantly you just weigh both here

02:27:51.380 --> 02:27:56.340
then the man team and you avoid the guns to match up in the back on the email side. Toronto doesn't

02:27:56.340 --> 02:28:00.980
know that it's there but yeah at least it's feeling pretty comfortable as your emotions. Going for the

02:28:00.980 --> 02:28:05.700
twister maybe a little bit less effective than the waterfalls but wants to put it potentially

02:28:05.700 --> 02:28:10.660
in a chip down right. Oh and those are a great catch on the night change. But he was trying to go

02:28:10.660 --> 02:28:14.020
for the power gem right? Yeah. He was trying to swap on the power gem to be not very effective

02:28:14.020 --> 02:28:20.520
but he whiffed on that and he whiffed on the bait as well but counterswap into the vantian but this is exactly where you want to be

02:28:20.520 --> 02:28:25.280
He thought about saving that backline Pokemon as a hip-hound on he could have brought in the hip-hound on as well

02:28:25.280 --> 02:28:28.680
Hip-hound on would have been a better matchup here, but he was saving it for something

02:28:28.680 --> 02:28:32.760
I'm not sure exactly what he was saving it in the back four. Yeah, definitely

02:28:32.760 --> 02:28:36.300
I mean I think taunta thinks that he might be trying to bait it out

02:28:36.520 --> 02:28:40.280
But the you know it could be maybe he thinks it's like a licky licky in the back

02:28:40.280 --> 02:28:45.440
But instead you know has that God's Lord and the God's Lord is in a pretty good position

02:28:45.440 --> 02:28:47.400
I mean if you look at the back line God's Lord and man

02:28:47.400 --> 02:28:50.480
He has so much play into the remaining Pokemon taunt on and yes

02:28:50.480 --> 02:28:54.460
You're losing a bad match with the tickets on but as long as you bring the man thing low enough

02:28:54.480 --> 02:29:01.520
You have a clear past victory the 45 switch time referral is back up so you can swap out so it is for taunt on

02:29:01.520 --> 02:29:03.520
Taunt on it's gonna try to go for fun

02:29:03.520 --> 02:29:05.920
Here comes the God's Lord to get a really nice one down

02:29:05.920 --> 02:29:09.600
But this is clunky because taunt on does have a switch available as well

02:29:09.600 --> 02:29:14.000
He's gonna throw this power gem and plus you can't really form down of course love from this range

02:29:14.000 --> 02:29:18.840
So actually no sorry. He's switch socket. He's switch locked in this matchup play how much form can you know?

02:29:18.840 --> 02:29:22.120
Mero give me is gonna throw a charge attack party of power jams smart play from you Mero

02:29:22.120 --> 02:29:27.280
Yeah, perfect counter from ear mail to deny taunta build to get this project up unless you want to spend a shield taunta

02:29:27.320 --> 02:29:33.120
Trying to think it through and does decided let it go has put everything on the remaining Pokemon this time

02:29:33.120 --> 02:29:38.840
It's not the Shadowhide Dragon, it's going to be the Hapaldon that does charge energy pretty fast with the stand attack.

02:29:38.840 --> 02:29:43.540
And it's not Shadowhide, so it could take some of this damage, but you have to still watch out for not only the Tinkets on with the energy,

02:29:43.540 --> 02:29:45.880
but the Manthex for us, above 50% HP.

02:29:45.880 --> 02:29:53.580
And the Timer's almost back up for Eomaro. It's gonna be hard to swap though, because you have a three turn fast attack against a one turn fast attack from Tauntaun here.

02:29:53.580 --> 02:30:00.440
So the Brustwing is gonna be coming through. No protection, once again, the Hapaldon, a Pokemon that we haven't seen too much on this stage before.

02:30:00.440 --> 02:30:04.520
There is the swap into the combo attack into the twister. It's gonna be super effective

02:30:04.520 --> 02:30:05.680
There's two protect shields remaining

02:30:05.680 --> 02:30:10.660
But you merrows just gonna save those two protect shields for his back my Pokemon as he lets guzzler go down

02:30:10.660 --> 02:30:14.860
It's gonna be the man team versus the world, but the man team does have to take a little chip damage here

02:30:14.860 --> 02:30:18.340
He doesn't even protect you he knows that same attack doesn't do any damage

02:30:18.340 --> 02:30:24.900
So why do I protect you all right for shields remaining in total neither player designed to use their shields and unfortunately top top

02:30:24.900 --> 02:30:27.720
Maybe thinking he should have used a shield a little bit sooner

02:30:27.720 --> 02:30:33.880
But this is pretty much over for Tom-Tom because he has two back-back twister and energy on the Tinkenton

02:30:33.880 --> 02:30:38.000
And there's still two shields on the side of Iomaro exactly so if there is the energy on the Tinkenton

02:30:38.000 --> 02:30:43.960
It is over obviously he maybe he can't get to the triple weather ball rocks here, but a Tinkenton has the attack to combo play

02:30:43.960 --> 02:30:47.480
Here's the swap here's the combo play one away from the bulldoze and that will do it

02:30:47.480 --> 02:30:53.640
There's no protect shields remaining this about on was vulnerable and ill marrow is able to tie up the series

02:30:53.640 --> 02:31:00.040
one to one. What a series so far from Iremovas, Taunta, Iremero, one of our first ever worlds

02:31:00.040 --> 02:31:05.000
qualifier in the visual circuit back in 2020, getting second place in the first ever North

02:31:05.000 --> 02:31:11.080
America regional against King Ib in Indianapolis in 2022. And even though he's never won a title

02:31:11.080 --> 02:31:15.000
himself in a regional international world title, he has always been able to hang against

02:31:15.000 --> 02:31:20.440
the best of best making multiple top cuts throughout his five year career. And as we celebrate

02:31:20.440 --> 02:31:25.640
our history of Pokemon and Pokemon Go. He is a historic figure, not only because he was there at

02:31:25.640 --> 02:31:31.320
the beginning, but I believe he is actually one of the best team creators in the circuit.

02:31:31.320 --> 02:31:37.320
Oftentimes in these big tournaments, Eomero will be the architect of their team for an

02:31:37.320 --> 02:31:42.280
international championship for a big regional, and he will use that team and spread it

02:31:42.840 --> 02:31:48.200
with his other teammates, and they will all try his version of his team, and often they do

02:31:48.200 --> 02:31:49.540
really well with that team.

02:31:49.540 --> 02:31:52.840
So now we're in this meta that's absolutely new.

02:31:52.840 --> 02:31:54.320
It's wide open.

02:31:54.320 --> 02:31:55.920
It's evolving so quickly.

02:31:55.920 --> 02:31:58.440
You want someone like Eomaro on your side

02:31:58.440 --> 02:31:59.840
to be helping you team build.

02:31:59.840 --> 02:32:01.800
Yeah, Eomaro is in your DMs.

02:32:01.800 --> 02:32:03.920
You're feeling good about your tournament practice.

02:32:03.920 --> 02:32:04.760
Here we go.

02:32:04.760 --> 02:32:06.400
Day number three against Eomaro.

02:32:06.400 --> 02:32:07.680
We're saw top of two.

02:32:07.680 --> 02:32:08.840
This is winners round three.

02:32:08.840 --> 02:32:11.040
So either way, Plays will still be in the tournament.

02:32:11.040 --> 02:32:12.440
But staying on the winners side is huge

02:32:12.440 --> 02:32:15.440
as here comes the Shadow High Dragon to kick things off.

02:32:15.440 --> 02:32:18.160
Well, Shadow High Dragon usually loves this matchup.

02:32:18.160 --> 02:32:20.120
But this is a mudbump Quagsire.

02:32:20.120 --> 02:32:23.000
So it's not as nice as it is against the Stone Edge

02:32:23.000 --> 02:32:24.320
because against the Stone Edge,

02:32:24.320 --> 02:32:26.800
either the Quagsire has to rely on Bates

02:32:26.800 --> 02:32:28.560
or actually just going straight for the mudbump

02:32:28.560 --> 02:32:29.520
or landing that Stone Edge.

02:32:29.520 --> 02:32:31.560
But now here comes Swap into the Licky Licky.

02:32:31.560 --> 02:32:33.280
This is actually where you want to be.

02:32:33.280 --> 02:32:36.120
You can throw this energy or you can bank one.

02:32:36.120 --> 02:32:37.440
Actually a no shield here.

02:32:37.440 --> 02:32:39.440
This is gonna chunk a lot into the Licky Licky.

02:32:39.440 --> 02:32:41.440
I expect him to bank up at least

02:32:41.440 --> 02:32:43.000
until this next rollout is over.

02:32:43.000 --> 02:32:44.240
Maybe Swap is gonna have bottom.

02:32:44.240 --> 02:32:47.080
No, actually you might wanna, no, he lets it go.

02:32:47.080 --> 02:32:48.680
Yeah, it puts us on a tough position.

02:32:48.680 --> 02:32:51.400
He doesn't want to throw both shields away on the high drag

02:32:51.400 --> 02:32:53.160
gun without even seeing the third Pokemon.

02:32:53.160 --> 02:32:55.440
He's just not getting as much value as possible here.

02:32:55.440 --> 02:32:57.160
Maybe trying to go for double brutal swing

02:32:57.160 --> 02:32:58.920
as he is at the next one.

02:32:58.920 --> 02:33:00.040
Does he know the side shield?

02:33:00.040 --> 02:33:01.720
No, just want to let this go.

02:33:01.720 --> 02:33:05.080
And even though he has let the licky, licky go completely

02:33:05.080 --> 02:33:07.680
gone at this point too, he still has to shoot the hand.

02:33:07.680 --> 02:33:09.280
But he can't get to another brutal swing.

02:33:09.280 --> 02:33:10.880
He does get to that brutal swing.

02:33:10.880 --> 02:33:11.840
That's devastating.

02:33:11.840 --> 02:33:13.880
And now he gets his protect shield back.

02:33:13.880 --> 02:33:15.880
So suddenly he has the alignment

02:33:15.880 --> 02:33:17.920
and he was able to get his protect shield back,

02:33:17.920 --> 02:33:19.220
and he's ahead on health.

02:33:19.220 --> 02:33:21.440
This is a great situation here for Tauntaun

02:33:21.440 --> 02:33:22.760
as he brings in the man team,

02:33:22.760 --> 02:33:24.400
and that Quaxxar is helpless.

02:33:24.400 --> 02:33:25.440
There's no stone edge.

02:33:25.440 --> 02:33:26.280
This is so weird too,

02:33:26.280 --> 02:33:28.200
because it's man team versus ground type on one side,

02:33:28.200 --> 02:33:30.200
and man team versus ground type on another side,

02:33:30.200 --> 02:33:31.360
but Tauntaun has advantage,

02:33:31.360 --> 02:33:32.880
because he's at the super vectors,

02:33:32.880 --> 02:33:35.160
a rock, weather ball coverage against the man team,

02:33:35.160 --> 02:33:36.280
whereas Theo Merrill,

02:33:36.280 --> 02:33:38.600
he has nowhere to go with this Quaxxar.

02:33:38.600 --> 02:33:41.200
I think his only plan here is to grab shield,

02:33:41.200 --> 02:33:42.360
do something, stall the timer,

02:33:42.360 --> 02:33:44.360
enough to comp will play the pattern,

02:33:44.360 --> 02:33:46.960
take it out and then try to take it out later with the man team,

02:33:46.960 --> 02:33:50.060
but Tonton calls the bait and doesn't show the potential

02:33:50.060 --> 02:33:51.260
super effective water balls.

02:33:51.260 --> 02:33:54.060
Another risky bait in what a call from Tonton.

02:33:54.060 --> 02:33:56.660
Eomero did this earlier going straight for the twister

02:33:56.660 --> 02:33:58.140
and here comes the weather ball broth

02:33:58.140 --> 02:33:59.260
that's going to be super effective.

02:33:59.260 --> 02:34:00.660
It's going to take at least two of these

02:34:00.660 --> 02:34:01.760
and knock out a man team.

02:34:01.760 --> 02:34:03.560
This is not the shadow version as well.

02:34:03.560 --> 02:34:06.060
So it actually is going to take three at this range

02:34:06.060 --> 02:34:08.660
because remember these sand attacks are going to be double

02:34:08.660 --> 02:34:10.060
resistant. They're just not doing enough.

02:34:10.060 --> 02:34:12.460
So Tonton is just going to let this tip out and go down.

02:34:12.460 --> 02:34:14.700
But, if I don't get probably take a twister,

02:34:14.700 --> 02:34:16.660
it might even be able to get to one more weather ball.

02:34:16.660 --> 02:34:17.500
Can it get to one more weather ball?

02:34:17.500 --> 02:34:18.340
No swap.

02:34:18.340 --> 02:34:19.180
He saves it.

02:34:19.180 --> 02:34:21.260
Yeah, and he sees this combo plate coming,

02:34:21.260 --> 02:34:23.820
and now EOML has the Shadow Flagstaff,

02:34:23.820 --> 02:34:26.140
but it's only resisted fast attack

02:34:26.140 --> 02:34:27.620
and charge attack damage.

02:34:27.620 --> 02:34:30.140
Not many places for this Flagstaff to go.

02:34:30.140 --> 02:34:32.540
As you see how dominant a matchup this is,

02:34:32.540 --> 02:34:33.740
and Tana throwing the walk ball,

02:34:33.740 --> 02:34:36.660
doesn't want to take another second of damage

02:34:36.660 --> 02:34:39.460
from Flagstaff despite that being all-resisted,

02:34:39.460 --> 02:34:41.460
taking to EOML to his final blowball.

02:34:41.460 --> 02:34:43.420
I don't know, he gets one final Aqua Tail off.

02:34:43.420 --> 02:34:45.420
But this is just going to tickle the Mantine.

02:34:45.420 --> 02:34:47.940
It has so much bulk, this water flying type

02:34:47.940 --> 02:34:49.680
takes the Aqua Tail, no problem.

02:34:49.680 --> 02:34:51.500
Able to farm down with that Wing Attack

02:34:51.500 --> 02:34:53.740
and now it's going to be Mantine versus Mantine.

02:34:53.740 --> 02:34:56.020
But there is a Protect Shield advantage for Taunt on here.

02:34:56.020 --> 02:34:58.500
You are behind on Energy, but like you said,

02:34:58.500 --> 02:35:00.740
there is that Energy banked in the back

02:35:00.740 --> 02:35:03.380
and that's why Taunt on is already saying GG to Eomaro

02:35:03.380 --> 02:35:05.780
because the Twister, plus either a combo play

02:35:05.780 --> 02:35:08.820
or some Wing Attack is going to finally close it out

02:35:08.820 --> 02:35:11.660
for Tauntaun if he takes the 2-1.

02:35:11.660 --> 02:35:15.100
Tauntaun with a dominant victory in that third game,

02:35:15.100 --> 02:35:17.200
recognizing that as long as he maintains

02:35:17.200 --> 02:35:19.260
switch advantage with that Shadowhide Dragon,

02:35:19.260 --> 02:35:20.900
he has so much room to go.

02:35:20.900 --> 02:35:23.620
Despite being down a shield, he was in control

02:35:23.620 --> 02:35:25.620
and that is the risk you take running

02:35:25.620 --> 02:35:28.420
that ground water coverage of Black Star.

02:35:28.420 --> 02:35:32.420
Man team won the Perennial Fire Pokemon in this meta.

02:35:32.420 --> 02:35:34.260
It's gonna be completely hard walling it off.

02:35:34.260 --> 02:35:36.180
Well, that was a late riser in the meta,

02:35:36.180 --> 02:35:38.580
especially in some practice tournaments leading up.

02:35:38.580 --> 02:35:42.000
the shadow quags are because these trainers are desperately looking for a

02:35:42.000 --> 02:35:46.320
water type that can beat shadow kanto nine tails. That is the recipe that is

02:35:46.320 --> 02:35:50.000
the formula here for world and quags are the Pokemon that can do that. Obviously

02:35:50.000 --> 02:35:53.040
you double super effective against the energy ball. You don't want to take that

02:35:53.040 --> 02:35:56.920
but the pacing is so strong just getting four mud shots to that awkward

02:35:56.920 --> 02:36:00.320
tail. It can be really good in that matchup but it's so devastating against

02:36:00.320 --> 02:36:04.680
the man team and man team is taught by usage. It's just too hard to use

02:36:04.680 --> 02:36:08.520
it flexibly in this meta compared to the more flexible ground type that

02:36:08.520 --> 02:36:10.620
was on Tauntaun seeing the hip-hound on.

02:36:10.620 --> 02:36:11.720
Yeah, definitely a hip-hound on.

02:36:11.720 --> 02:36:14.160
Definitely a spice anti-meta pig

02:36:14.160 --> 02:36:15.960
that probably will catch a lot of players off-march

02:36:15.960 --> 02:36:18.000
and more importantly, a lot of players might not know

02:36:18.000 --> 02:36:20.600
how that matchup goes, even off to the non-shadow.

02:36:20.600 --> 02:36:22.640
And you can see how much value you got from it.

02:36:22.640 --> 02:36:25.600
Doesn't shield, two twister, still hangs around,

02:36:25.600 --> 02:36:28.480
has a blue base, just in case things get dicey later,

02:36:28.480 --> 02:36:30.000
but Tauntaun was so far ahead

02:36:30.000 --> 02:36:32.440
you even need the pow-down for later.

02:36:32.440 --> 02:36:34.680
And how much of a bandage could it be for Tauntaun

02:36:34.680 --> 02:36:36.580
to be running two Pokemon that Eel Mero

02:36:36.580 --> 02:36:41.100
some other trainers might not be as familiar with. Yes, he did win a regional

02:36:41.100 --> 02:36:44.740
championship with a Shadow High Dragon, but it's not a popular Pokemon in the meta.

02:36:44.740 --> 02:36:49.220
And Tonton knows it better than anyone, and that Hip-Hound on it has gained some

02:36:49.220 --> 02:36:52.900
steam in the Go Battle League, but in Championship Series, you really don't

02:36:52.900 --> 02:36:56.820
see it often, and you also see the Shadow Hip-Hound on, so that normal

02:36:56.820 --> 02:37:00.660
Pound on is pretty rare. I'll be honest, I don't see most of Pokemon in any

02:37:00.660 --> 02:37:05.060
format if it's on Tonton's team, but I'm curious to hear a word from the

02:37:05.060 --> 02:37:16.060
I'm joined by Tonton the winner of that last match your second win now at the world championships here in San Francisco. How are you feeling?

02:37:16.060 --> 02:37:26.060
I'm a bit nervous because I kind of shocked my second game on this best of three, but I still got this best of three, so

02:37:26.060 --> 02:37:31.060
I'm really happy about my performance and I hope I will continue until the finals.

02:37:31.060 --> 02:37:36.600
I mean and you're such an exciting player to watch from all the fans and all throughout the season as well

02:37:36.840 --> 02:37:41.160
Shadow high drag on but it's not the first time you've used it. You won Prague with it as well

02:37:41.160 --> 02:37:44.000
Why did you bring it this weekend? So to be honest?

02:37:44.740 --> 02:37:48.340
lack of inspiration for this weekend and I wanted to bring a dragon

02:37:48.340 --> 02:37:54.320
I don't I didn't find anything else that I drag on and I think it's still good 20 even if everyone is playing

02:37:54.320 --> 02:37:57.220
Tinkathon. I think it's it's still has play as you see

02:37:57.220 --> 02:38:04.220
during my battles. So, Tinkathon is obviously such a popular Pokemon coming into this meta.

02:38:04.220 --> 02:38:07.380
What's it like for you bringing a Pokemon that really, really would struggle against

02:38:07.380 --> 02:38:15.140
it? That Shadow Hydra, obviously struggles against that Tinkathon. How did you balance

02:38:15.140 --> 02:38:22.300
that out in your team? Oh, okay. So, I directly put Shadow canine because it was like the

02:38:22.300 --> 02:38:26.980
best answer to the two to get an event fairies who can handle silly or for

02:38:26.980 --> 02:38:30.520
example so big it was a good pairing as long as you're not facing a carbine

02:38:30.520 --> 02:38:36.180
and I put a high point on so to get together some ground cold bridge I

02:38:36.180 --> 02:38:39.860
didn't want to use quite much time I think he powered on to really great

02:38:39.860 --> 02:38:43.380
shout you've opted for the regular herald on over the shadow was there

02:38:43.380 --> 02:38:48.060
a specific reason for that I tried shadow high point on GBL it was way

02:38:48.060 --> 02:38:56.060
to pray to handle things like consola, even ticatin, you know, you get one hit carried by a ticatin hammer

02:38:56.060 --> 02:39:02.060
and I saw Hans Leisnery playing it and he got me also told me to play it because it was a really good pitch.

02:39:02.060 --> 02:39:10.060
Amazing and you obviously bring so many spicy Pokemon, you've gone through so many Pokemon throughout all of your events in the championship series.

02:39:10.060 --> 02:39:16.060
When you're building a team, do you pick a spicy Pokemon and think I really want to make this work and I'll build around it

02:39:16.060 --> 02:39:19.660
it or do you build a safer team and add some spice at the end?

02:39:19.660 --> 02:39:24.740
Currently my team building is more like I'm picking a dragon type but I really like

02:39:24.740 --> 02:39:28.300
then if it's a spicy I already have a spicy pick if it's not I will try to

02:39:28.300 --> 02:39:34.340
find something really spicy but covers really well with him or you know

02:39:34.340 --> 02:39:39.660
pairing typing so it's more of a dragon typing and building a dragon type.

02:39:39.660 --> 02:39:43.020
Amazing and I know you've traveled here to San Francisco with some of your

02:39:43.020 --> 02:39:47.000
friends. When you're team building, do you team build together at all or do you

02:39:47.000 --> 02:39:49.700
have to go and do your completely own thing because you have such a unique

02:39:49.700 --> 02:39:53.300
style? So I'll be honest for this tournament it's he can be all built by

02:39:53.300 --> 02:39:56.680
team. I didn't build anything. I just told him I wanted to play have shadow

02:39:56.680 --> 02:40:01.740
aggro run, but I didn't find in team I really liked and he suggested me to

02:40:01.740 --> 02:40:05.580
play for high put on with it and he built a team. I tried to build another

02:40:05.580 --> 02:40:09.780
team but I ended with the same exact team so I just played. Well it sounds

02:40:09.780 --> 02:40:12.740
like Hikami needs a great shout out. Is there anyone else you'd like to

02:40:12.740 --> 02:40:15.580
you. I'm sure they're all

02:40:15.680 --> 02:40:17.080
really enjoying watching you

02:40:17.180 --> 02:40:18.480
win. Best of luck to the rest

02:40:18.580 --> 02:40:19.480
of the weekend and

02:40:19.580 --> 02:40:24.180
congratulations again on that

02:40:24.280 --> 02:40:27.860
victory. Castors back to you.

02:40:27.960 --> 02:40:30.560
Thank you so much. We really

02:40:30.660 --> 02:40:32.560
enjoy him winning as well

02:40:32.660 --> 02:40:33.760
because it is awesome to see a

02:40:33.860 --> 02:40:35.760
trainer have his unique take

02:40:35.860 --> 02:40:36.840
on the meta. He just talked

02:40:36.940 --> 02:40:38.840
about his unique take on the

02:40:38.940 --> 02:40:40.800
meta. He's a great coach.

02:40:40.800 --> 02:40:45.280
on the meta. He just talked about his team building mechanics. A little later, I actually might talk about it.

02:40:45.280 --> 02:40:53.760
I had a little unofficial questionnaire that I asked about 30 trainers competing here today about their take on how hard it was to build for this meta.

02:40:53.760 --> 02:41:02.320
What they're taking on is how important a wild card pick is and how important that is for your team building process in general because it's on these trainers' mind.

02:41:02.320 --> 02:41:06.560
in a meta right now that's so wide open, you have the top meta that is solidified,

02:41:06.560 --> 02:41:11.440
but I would say between 6 through 15, it can be anything in this meta,

02:41:11.440 --> 02:41:13.360
and that's really hard to team build around.

02:41:13.360 --> 02:41:18.160
Definitely, and, you know, certain players have certain signature Pokemon they use a lot.

02:41:18.160 --> 02:41:21.120
I feel like Tauntaun is a great example of someone that doesn't really have a signature

02:41:21.120 --> 02:41:25.120
Pokemon. He just always goes really off meta and goes something spicy, because

02:41:25.120 --> 02:41:29.680
he switches up his team so often, there's no way to pinpoint what he's going to team build.

02:41:29.680 --> 02:41:32.720
And the wider the meta is, the more spice you can bring.

02:41:32.720 --> 02:41:35.200
And I think honestly, it might be the perfect kind of meta

02:41:35.200 --> 02:41:35.680
for TronTon.

02:41:35.680 --> 02:41:36.680
We'll see how far it goes.

02:41:36.680 --> 02:41:38.080
You know, I'm just going to bring it up now,

02:41:38.080 --> 02:41:40.000
because I know you like the stats.

02:41:40.000 --> 02:41:44.080
I asked about 30 trainers here that are going to be competing.

02:41:44.080 --> 02:41:46.960
And I asked them at a difficulty out of 10,

02:41:46.960 --> 02:41:50.560
how hard was it the team build for this event compared

02:41:50.560 --> 02:41:52.440
to all other championship events?

02:41:52.440 --> 02:41:56.120
And on average, it was a 7.8 out of 10,

02:41:56.120 --> 02:41:58.680
with 23% of those trainers saying

02:41:58.680 --> 02:42:03.020
It was 10 out of 10 difficulty to prepare for this event,

02:42:03.020 --> 02:42:06.240
just because of how wide open the meta is, of course,

02:42:06.240 --> 02:42:08.020
because of the numbers of the tournament

02:42:08.020 --> 02:42:11.420
and all of these trainers from other regions.

02:42:11.420 --> 02:42:13.820
As you see some on the stage right now,

02:42:13.820 --> 02:42:15.340
it is just really hard to deal with.

02:42:15.340 --> 02:42:18.300
Yeah, and we have a crazy matchup coming up here.

02:42:18.300 --> 02:42:19.420
Fan, that's success, by the way,

02:42:19.420 --> 02:42:20.780
because we got to acknowledge that one.

02:42:20.780 --> 02:42:23.580
But we got the reigning world champion,

02:42:23.580 --> 02:42:25.860
Beelzeboy on the big stage,

02:42:25.860 --> 02:42:28.020
going against Sona from Thailand.

02:42:28.020 --> 02:42:30.460
and this is going to be a super exciting one too.

02:42:30.460 --> 02:42:32.240
And speaking of spies, look at their teams.

02:42:32.240 --> 02:42:36.180
They're both running jump love and cancel nine tails.

02:42:36.180 --> 02:42:39.700
Jump love and cancel nine tails meta is absolutely wild,

02:42:39.700 --> 02:42:42.940
but the hard hitting neutral acrobatics is huge.

02:42:42.940 --> 02:42:45.900
And recently above energy ball helps both the nine tails

02:42:45.900 --> 02:42:47.660
and the jump off in these situations.

02:42:47.660 --> 02:42:50.580
So I'm very excited to see this one play out.

02:42:50.580 --> 02:42:52.860
Also, as quick reminder to everyone, tune in.

02:42:52.860 --> 02:42:54.140
Be sure to tune into broadcasts.

02:42:54.140 --> 02:42:56.660
You can get twist drops throughout the entire weekend

02:42:56.660 --> 02:42:59.840
during the broadcast live or during any re-broadcast.

02:42:59.840 --> 02:43:01.500
There might be some issues right now,

02:43:01.500 --> 02:43:02.900
but we will get that sorted out

02:43:02.900 --> 02:43:04.140
probably within the next two hours.

02:43:04.140 --> 02:43:05.700
Just hang tight there, but also,

02:43:05.700 --> 02:43:06.780
just tune in to our broadcasts.

02:43:06.780 --> 02:43:08.340
Well, I mean, the action is so great, right?

02:43:08.340 --> 02:43:10.240
And we'll get those Twitch Trots to work them back up

02:43:10.240 --> 02:43:11.540
if there's any difficulties right now.

02:43:11.540 --> 02:43:12.840
It is high priority,

02:43:12.840 --> 02:43:14.020
and it's gonna be a high priority

02:43:14.020 --> 02:43:15.060
you get these Twitch Trots

02:43:15.060 --> 02:43:16.920
because they're very unique and awesome.

02:43:16.920 --> 02:43:18.020
Of course, if you didn't know,

02:43:18.020 --> 02:43:19.920
there's also an elite charge to him.

02:43:19.920 --> 02:43:22.560
There is the literal Pokemon from Busyboy

02:43:22.560 --> 02:43:24.760
that you can get with these stats

02:43:24.760 --> 02:43:27.700
from his World Championship run as well.

02:43:27.700 --> 02:43:29.600
So there is so much to gain here,

02:43:29.600 --> 02:43:31.560
just from watching, just from hanging out.

02:43:31.560 --> 02:43:32.920
I got even better news for you.

02:43:32.920 --> 02:43:33.760
Oh, yeah.

02:43:33.760 --> 02:43:34.800
As we're talking about the World Champion

02:43:34.800 --> 02:43:38.160
and his signature Tingentun that he won Worlds with last year.

02:43:38.160 --> 02:43:40.600
Not only do you get the exact Tingentun he used,

02:43:40.600 --> 02:43:44.120
but you also get a special exclusive background

02:43:44.120 --> 02:43:45.680
with his Tingentun.

02:43:45.680 --> 02:43:46.920
That is so cool.

02:43:46.920 --> 02:43:48.040
We've never done that before.

02:43:48.040 --> 02:43:50.440
For any Twitch shots in the history of Pokemon Go,

02:43:50.440 --> 02:43:51.880
but this is a special Worlds

02:43:51.880 --> 02:43:55.280
and for those watching wherever you are in the world,

02:43:55.280 --> 02:43:57.680
you know, best way to be a part of it

02:43:57.680 --> 02:44:00.600
and get a little commemorative Pokemon in your storage.

02:44:00.600 --> 02:44:03.280
And we've said we're celebrating 10 years of Pokemon Go.

02:44:03.280 --> 02:44:04.640
So if you're a Pokemon Go trainer

02:44:04.640 --> 02:44:06.760
that's played in the past and haven't played recently,

02:44:06.760 --> 02:44:08.800
that's another awesome thing that you can collect

02:44:08.800 --> 02:44:09.640
right now.

02:44:09.640 --> 02:44:10.920
The backgrounds look so cool.

02:44:10.920 --> 02:44:12.760
If you're able to get a shiny,

02:44:12.760 --> 02:44:14.520
plus the exclusive background,

02:44:14.520 --> 02:44:16.080
oh, it's just the best.

02:44:16.080 --> 02:44:18.120
And what's gonna be the best is this matchup.

02:44:18.120 --> 02:44:19.560
Of course, B is the boy.

02:44:19.560 --> 02:44:21.000
He is the reigning world champion.

02:44:21.000 --> 02:44:24.040
He had a pretty good 2026 season as well.

02:44:24.040 --> 02:44:27.280
He brought his game into the North America circuit,

02:44:27.280 --> 02:44:29.560
also into the international circuit as well.

02:44:29.560 --> 02:44:31.220
And he continued up his dominance.

02:44:31.220 --> 02:44:32.060
He did well.

02:44:32.060 --> 02:44:34.360
He didn't get a title this season.

02:44:34.360 --> 02:44:36.560
He hasn't got one since being a world champion.

02:44:36.560 --> 02:44:40.160
He has displayed that he is still on top of his game

02:44:40.160 --> 02:44:43.600
coming back here to the 2026 world championships.

02:44:43.600 --> 02:44:44.440
Definitely.

02:44:44.440 --> 02:44:47.000
And he is definitely in contention of one of those players

02:44:47.000 --> 02:44:49.600
that could potentially repeat as a champion this year.

02:44:49.600 --> 02:44:55.760
I mean, that would be back to back your school for him, but his world's performances are absolutely insane back in 2024.

02:44:55.760 --> 02:45:00.240
He got fourth place in his first ever international world's tournaments.

02:45:00.240 --> 02:45:05.120
First time ever playing against any players on the first circuit outside of his home reach in India.

02:45:05.120 --> 02:45:15.120
And last year, he gets first place like that's absolutely insane to average a top four at the world stage against the best players in the world.

02:45:15.120 --> 02:45:19.440
But that is why he is one of the best players in the world still to this day.

02:45:19.440 --> 02:45:23.580
Here we go, game number one, Sona vs. Barcelona.

02:45:23.580 --> 02:45:25.280
Definitely the underdog in this one,

02:45:25.280 --> 02:45:29.220
but he still has what it takes to potentially go for the upset.

02:45:29.220 --> 02:45:31.240
And it's going to be the chump bump into a Malmour.

02:45:31.240 --> 02:45:32.380
Fantastic start for Sona.

02:45:32.380 --> 02:45:34.520
Some football that you often see together

02:45:34.520 --> 02:45:38.020
and the team in Govada League say swap into that nine-tales there,

02:45:38.020 --> 02:45:39.580
and it's going to be met by the diggers' beat.

02:45:39.580 --> 02:45:41.780
But this isn't actually terrible for the nine-tales

02:45:41.780 --> 02:45:45.180
because of this energy ball and the pacing with that in-bur.

02:45:45.180 --> 02:45:47.480
You're able to fight back against a lot of your counters,

02:45:47.480 --> 02:45:49.380
which are main counters as a fire type,

02:45:49.380 --> 02:45:51.060
is ground and water.

02:45:51.060 --> 02:45:52.780
Guess what they're weak to, Caleb?

02:45:52.780 --> 02:45:55.500
They're weak to grass, and you get to those grass attacks

02:45:55.500 --> 02:45:56.540
really quickly.

02:45:56.540 --> 02:45:58.540
And Beelzebub are going to protect up the shadow,

02:45:58.540 --> 02:46:00.180
cancel nine kills to start things off

02:46:00.180 --> 02:46:01.920
as that scorch sand would nearly,

02:46:01.920 --> 02:46:04.180
K.O., you can see Stone, maybe a little surprised by this,

02:46:04.180 --> 02:46:05.380
but now you get a rear position

02:46:05.380 --> 02:46:06.380
where you have the shield potential,

02:46:06.380 --> 02:46:08.060
Weatherball, and you can see Beelzebub

02:46:08.060 --> 02:46:10.460
throws the Weatherball right before the scorch sand's

02:46:10.460 --> 02:46:12.620
reach, and it's allows him to throw another one

02:46:12.620 --> 02:46:14.780
on charge track priority, it's on the side of Shield.

02:46:14.780 --> 02:46:15.740
Shield's coming through over here,

02:46:15.740 --> 02:46:17.580
comes another Weatherball coming right now.

02:46:17.580 --> 02:46:19.020
Oh no, he doesn't go for it.

02:46:19.020 --> 02:46:20.500
And there is the charge attack.

02:46:20.500 --> 02:46:22.140
It is going to be shielded up from Beelzeboy.

02:46:22.140 --> 02:46:25.180
Beelzeboy is used to having this team composition advantage,

02:46:25.180 --> 02:46:27.140
just like he had in that Grand Finals

02:46:27.140 --> 02:46:28.860
with his Potomom, with his Glaring Moltres.

02:46:28.860 --> 02:46:31.380
He has the same thing with the Shadow Kanto Ninetales.

02:46:31.380 --> 02:46:34.100
The safe swap, or just in general, of energy,

02:46:34.100 --> 02:46:38.300
Shadow Kanto Ninetales is unchecked against Soda's team.

02:46:38.300 --> 02:46:39.860
So he's just going to invest into it

02:46:39.860 --> 02:46:42.220
into this entire series as he's

02:46:42.220 --> 02:46:44.660
able to use both his shields there to take down

02:46:44.660 --> 02:46:45.660
the first Pokemon.

02:46:45.660 --> 02:46:48.980
But this Ninetales is still healthy and has energy.

02:46:48.980 --> 02:46:53.520
And I love this play from Beal's books if you look at the team just like he said it is completely unchecked and feels boys now

02:46:53.520 --> 02:46:55.520
Gonna reach another weather ball

02:46:55.520 --> 02:46:58.180
He has another weather ball in the bank

02:46:58.180 --> 02:47:04.360
And this is not really a great matchup a lot of large IPC's are losing the cancel and I just because this incredible coverage

02:47:04.360 --> 02:47:11.160
Oh, he needs to catch up the drill back instead getting maximum value here in this cancel night those matchup in this first game

02:47:11.160 --> 02:47:15.980
And remember he did bank an attack to I believe he has the energy ball or that weather ball as well

02:47:15.980 --> 02:47:21.640
Here comes the jump left but now this jump left is going to be taking that super effective wing attack damage

02:47:21.640 --> 02:47:27.220
But only has to deal with that neutral twister while throwing out neutral damage well actually going for the energy ball here

02:47:27.220 --> 02:47:31.420
The child chunk this man thing is not going to be enough to knock out the man thing. You're gonna need double energy ball

02:47:31.420 --> 02:47:35.960
I like going for the double energy ball instead of the acrobatics because I think you needed to charge attacks

02:47:35.960 --> 02:47:37.780
No matter what yeah, great place. I'm showing up for sure

02:47:37.780 --> 02:47:40.300
And I actually you know even though he was what made that catcher there

02:47:40.300 --> 02:47:45.580
He did throw a drill but the less effective into nine just expecting feels what to go for a catch like that

02:47:45.580 --> 02:47:47.380
That's exactly what he did.

02:47:47.380 --> 02:47:50.100
However, Sona is still in a top position

02:47:50.100 --> 02:47:52.420
because the Kanto Ninjails is loaded with energy

02:47:52.420 --> 02:47:53.660
and you don't have the time to swap out

02:47:53.660 --> 02:47:54.700
and you can see Pio's voice.

02:47:54.700 --> 02:47:56.460
So understanding of the timer here

02:47:56.460 --> 02:47:57.540
brings in the Kanto Ninjails,

02:47:57.540 --> 02:48:00.460
doesn't even wait the timer to give Sona the chance

02:48:00.460 --> 02:48:02.820
to swap back over to the Impoleon

02:48:02.820 --> 02:48:05.100
and more importantly Impoleon is out of energy

02:48:05.100 --> 02:48:07.980
and there's a still full health Malamar in the back.

02:48:07.980 --> 02:48:10.380
And instead of going for that full sweep

02:48:10.380 --> 02:48:11.780
with the Shadow Kanto Ninjails

02:48:11.780 --> 02:48:13.460
and said he's going to the Malamar,

02:48:13.460 --> 02:48:16.420
He's going to throw it after the hypercannon does go through here.

02:48:16.420 --> 02:48:18.940
He can either try to go for the superpower that's super effective

02:48:18.940 --> 02:48:21.660
or try to go for a foul play and use his weather ball in the back.

02:48:21.660 --> 02:48:24.740
But though it was charge attack priority into that superpower,

02:48:24.740 --> 02:48:28.460
which is super effective into that steel type from the Apollyon.

02:48:28.460 --> 02:48:31.580
But it is going to be enough to knock out that Apollyon.

02:48:31.580 --> 02:48:33.780
If he is a boy, it takes game number one.

02:48:33.780 --> 02:48:34.380
Wow.

02:48:34.380 --> 02:48:36.020
What a game from Bill's boy.

02:48:36.020 --> 02:48:40.300
Lost the lead, but still won the game in dominant fashion.

02:48:40.300 --> 02:48:42.100
That's the world champ difference right there.

02:48:42.100 --> 02:48:43.900
I think he wants to lose lead.

02:48:43.900 --> 02:48:47.140
I think he wants to just come in with Shadow Kanto Ninetales

02:48:47.140 --> 02:48:48.500
and get an energy advantage.

02:48:48.500 --> 02:48:51.620
We saw this on the main stage in Anaheim

02:48:51.620 --> 02:48:54.180
where he had that Galarian Moltres that was so good

02:48:54.180 --> 02:48:55.340
against an opposing team,

02:48:55.340 --> 02:48:57.300
and we know Visa Voice tendencies.

02:48:57.300 --> 02:49:00.540
When he finds a Pokemon that is dominant in a matchup,

02:49:00.540 --> 02:49:02.500
he rides that wave,

02:49:02.500 --> 02:49:04.100
and I believe he's gonna be investing

02:49:04.100 --> 02:49:05.500
into that Shadow Kanto Ninetales

02:49:05.500 --> 02:49:06.860
once again in game number two.

02:49:06.860 --> 02:49:07.700
Absolutely.

02:49:07.700 --> 02:49:08.980
I mean, what a great call from him, right?

02:49:08.980 --> 02:49:10.420
If you look at the entire game of Sona,

02:49:10.420 --> 02:49:14.580
There's just no real answer to the Shadow-Cancel Ninjas.

02:49:14.580 --> 02:49:17.300
The best you could potentially do is chip and come in with your own,

02:49:17.300 --> 02:49:20.420
or try to two-shield through with the Counter-Shadow Ninjas.

02:49:20.420 --> 02:49:23.820
That might be the answer he needs because he just didn't have an answer to it.

02:49:23.820 --> 02:49:24.940
And I'm very curious, right,

02:49:24.940 --> 02:49:27.020
because Sona's definitely been practicing for this tournament

02:49:27.020 --> 02:49:28.020
and prepping for it.

02:49:28.020 --> 02:49:29.740
Shadow-Cancel Ninjas, he can't land in general.

02:49:29.740 --> 02:49:32.500
It's just huge, a huge threat across the board,

02:49:32.500 --> 02:49:34.260
especially after that FG ball flop.

02:49:34.260 --> 02:49:37.740
So there's got to be a way that he knows how to play around that matchup,

02:49:37.740 --> 02:49:40.380
but in the hands of the World Champion like Bill Samboi,

02:49:40.380 --> 02:49:44.380
it is top. It might be the best Pokemon in the meta. I think you would have a

02:49:44.380 --> 02:49:48.220
plan for it going into the world championships. But what also sticks out

02:49:48.220 --> 02:49:51.260
to me for Beazle Boy, he basically has the go

02:49:51.260 --> 02:49:53.820
battle league team that is pretty famous of Jumpluff,

02:49:53.820 --> 02:49:57.900
Impoleon, and Malomar combined with the Shadowcanta,

02:49:57.900 --> 02:50:01.340
Ninetales, Licky, Licky, and Mantine which are three at a top

02:50:01.340 --> 02:50:05.740
five usage Pokemon. So basically he brought the top three Pokemon

02:50:05.740 --> 02:50:09.420
here in the meta and then he brought a really famous go battle league

02:50:09.420 --> 02:50:16.140
team and this jump fluff I believe is to start countering that wave of waterfall users a last-minute

02:50:16.140 --> 02:50:22.060
adjustment that we saw some trainers like Padaman bringing that melodic we even saw DHC united with

02:50:22.060 --> 02:50:26.780
that don dozo those trainers that are trying to get that last second water type that will dominate

02:50:26.780 --> 02:50:31.180
the shadow canton nightdales guess what jump fluff will be the answer to all those picks that's

02:50:31.180 --> 02:50:36.220
right and here we go game number two sona has some work through you here still is not out of

02:50:36.220 --> 02:50:38.760
to win this game to force a game number three.

02:50:38.760 --> 02:50:39.560
Here we go.

02:50:39.560 --> 02:50:41.180
It's going to be that pole-and-verse shadow

02:50:41.180 --> 02:50:42.260
cancel nine tails.

02:50:42.260 --> 02:50:44.620
And again, Sona doesn't have a great answer

02:50:44.620 --> 02:50:47.060
this does have the shadow nine left in the back this time

02:50:47.060 --> 02:50:49.940
around, but you just get so hard outpaced

02:50:49.940 --> 02:50:51.260
by the cancel nine tails.

02:50:51.260 --> 02:50:53.220
It's just so awkward because you're

02:50:53.220 --> 02:50:55.100
doing neutral as that fire type.

02:50:55.100 --> 02:50:58.700
And because it's water steal and using a steal fast attack

02:50:58.700 --> 02:51:01.100
in that metal sound, it is resisted

02:51:01.100 --> 02:51:02.380
by that shadow cancel nine tails.

02:51:02.380 --> 02:51:04.500
And of course, Beals the Boy does invest

02:51:04.500 --> 02:51:05.940
into a shadow cancel nine tails.

02:51:05.940 --> 02:51:09.540
the super effective hydro cannon which would absolutely chunk does get protected

02:51:09.540 --> 02:51:13.860
going for the energy ball now does he just double shield and farm down instead

02:51:13.860 --> 02:51:16.860
though he's trying to get a shield back and he does get that shield back from

02:51:16.860 --> 02:51:20.340
pulling up but I fully expect the easy boy to either swap out here or double

02:51:20.340 --> 02:51:23.380
shield and farm down yeah I don't think he's gonna stay in here too long but in

02:51:23.380 --> 02:51:26.980
consona with the waterfall so entry ball does more damage than weather

02:51:26.980 --> 02:51:31.300
ball it's less efficient but it does put your opponent in farm down range

02:51:31.300 --> 02:51:36.580
with emper and so now I think knows it swaps straight over to the annihilate but

02:51:36.580 --> 02:51:39.940
here comes the Nancy and it's such a dominant matchup for the flying water

02:51:39.940 --> 02:51:43.420
type. This is devastating for that shadow annihilate. If you see a Pokemon like

02:51:43.420 --> 02:51:47.180
Nancy or if you see a Pokemon like Corsula you really hate to see it as a

02:51:47.180 --> 02:51:49.980
shadow annihilate and this is even worse because at least you could throw the

02:51:49.980 --> 02:51:52.860
super effective damage into the Corsula. Now you're just sitting there

02:51:52.860 --> 02:51:55.860
taking twisters. The twister is probably gonna be just about enough so

02:51:55.860 --> 02:51:58.700
he has to use the protect shield but B is the boy's almost that double

02:51:58.700 --> 02:52:01.660
Twister, yeah, I believe this was one away from the next one

02:52:01.660 --> 02:52:07.380
Let's see if so nice game to get to a get there on charge a party does maintain switch advantage for sona

02:52:07.380 --> 02:52:11.620
Which is pretty big and this is a double ramp up annihilates the undercharges

02:52:11.620 --> 02:52:14.780
He undercharges he throws the great, but it's still enough to knock out there

02:52:14.780 --> 02:52:20.500
The nine tails doesn't have a charge attack, but it will outpace the annihilates and here comes the Malibar gonna try to

02:52:20.500 --> 02:52:25.620
Go for the full side way down swap out into the jump off counter swap into the shadow can't the nine tails the shadow

02:52:25.620 --> 02:52:30.780
Kanto Ninjails has the energy advantage, but you can take a weather ball and you should be able to get that acrobatics

02:52:30.780 --> 02:52:34.240
Before the double weather ball, but it's gonna be closed. I don't know if you get out paced or not

02:52:34.240 --> 02:52:38.240
Yeah, drop off is one of the focus grass types here. You are able to get to the- OH NO!

02:52:38.240 --> 02:52:38.740
Oh no!

02:52:38.740 --> 02:52:43.820
The majority absolutely brutal for Sona, and you can see he feels as lost, feels both Sona landness

02:52:43.820 --> 02:52:48.720
Even if he's a mouse hang on, there's gonna be no health remaining on the final three Pokemon of Sona

02:52:48.720 --> 02:52:54.860
But it is enough to KO and here comes the menace that is Shadow Kanto Ninjails yet again

02:52:54.860 --> 02:53:00.020
So now reaches for the race. This does get it off in time, but there's no help remaining.

02:53:00.020 --> 02:53:05.660
I think the Malamore could just fast stack everything down the end and just like game number one ended with a superpower into them.

02:53:05.660 --> 02:53:10.100
Holy on that's probably what's gonna happen once again as this Malamore is nearly full healthier.

02:53:10.100 --> 02:53:14.740
It's gonna be able to outpace the super power and throw a foul play actually just for fun.

02:53:15.620 --> 02:53:20.940
Invisible with the clean 2-0 on the back of that shadow.

02:53:20.940 --> 02:53:28.520
Kanto Ninetales advances to winners round number four and he was the boy trying to become the first time ever

02:53:28.860 --> 02:53:32.820
Back to back two-time world champion for Pokemon go

02:53:32.820 --> 02:53:39.380
It is really really hard to do that because there's only one winner and we have over 300 players the best of us in the world

02:53:39.540 --> 02:53:43.660
But he's making quick work of his opponents and he made that look easy. He didn't make it look easy

02:53:43.660 --> 02:53:47.320
I mean with that team composition advantage and you know his strengths in

02:53:47.320 --> 02:53:48.800
in competing.

02:53:48.800 --> 02:53:52.720
He is really good at taking advantage of the team composition.

02:53:52.720 --> 02:53:55.000
So you gave him that shadow Kanto 9 tails

02:53:55.000 --> 02:53:56.600
with an opportunity to go anywhere.

02:53:56.600 --> 02:53:58.400
He double shielded it, both matches.

02:53:58.400 --> 02:54:00.040
He actually probably could have even swept with it,

02:54:00.040 --> 02:54:03.320
both matches, but instead swept with the Malamar in the end.

02:54:03.320 --> 02:54:06.360
And now he is advancing and has a really good opportunity

02:54:06.360 --> 02:54:08.000
now to make it to day number two.

02:54:08.000 --> 02:54:08.400
Definitely.

02:54:08.400 --> 02:54:10.160
And he's been absolutely on top of this game.

02:54:10.160 --> 02:54:11.240
Even though, like you said, he

02:54:11.240 --> 02:54:13.240
didn't win a title throughout this regular season.

02:54:13.240 --> 02:54:14.840
He's gone through some really

02:54:14.840 --> 02:54:20.280
that form is two internationals and making top, I believe 10 in both of them as well is absolutely

02:54:20.280 --> 02:54:24.280
huge. I think he got a fourth place at LA as well at that regional. And you can see here in this

02:54:24.280 --> 02:54:30.120
matchup, Sona didn't play poorly, but Yuzuboi played it perfectly. I don't, I didn't see a single

02:54:30.120 --> 02:54:35.320
misplay in any of those two games at any point in that matchup. That is not an easy thing to

02:54:35.320 --> 02:54:40.680
hold on, but Yuzuboi was just so up on with every shield, every move thrown, every catch attempt

02:54:40.680 --> 02:54:43.760
and just avoiding his opponent from getting any type of advantage.

02:54:43.760 --> 02:54:45.360
And we're playing like that.

02:54:45.360 --> 02:54:47.920
It's so hard to beat, no matter who you are in the world.

02:54:47.920 --> 02:54:51.880
He's so locked in, and it's the combination of the skill

02:54:51.880 --> 02:54:54.040
and the ability to rise up in the moment.

02:54:54.040 --> 02:54:56.200
I think that's one of these boys' best strengths,

02:54:56.200 --> 02:54:59.120
and you've even seen him get down in competitions before.

02:54:59.120 --> 02:55:01.360
I believe we were watching an international competition

02:55:01.360 --> 02:55:02.760
earlier on in the season.

02:55:02.760 --> 02:55:04.120
He would lose the first game.

02:55:04.120 --> 02:55:06.320
It seemed like every single matchup,

02:55:06.320 --> 02:55:09.720
but then he would always sweep, reverse sweep

02:55:09.720 --> 02:55:15.720
to keep advancing. This is a trainer that loves the moment. He is a humble trainer at heart, but

02:55:15.720 --> 02:55:22.200
he is so talented and he's putting on a show so far at Worlds. Definitely. Well, let's hear a word

02:55:22.200 --> 02:55:31.000
from the World Champion, Frid. Take it away. Thank you, Caleb and Butters. And Caleb and Butters

02:55:31.000 --> 02:55:35.320
were the commentators. Last year, when you won your World Championships, they're casting your

02:55:35.320 --> 02:55:40.840
first match here on stage in San Francisco. One win under your belt in front of everyone.

02:55:40.840 --> 02:55:41.840
How are you feeling?

02:55:41.840 --> 02:55:48.520
It's awesome. I love hearing Caleb and Butters. Whenever they cast, I look back on the stream

02:55:48.520 --> 02:55:53.000
and hear all their casting, so I'm excited.

02:55:53.000 --> 02:55:57.480
It's really good to see that you're getting the momentum under your belt already. That

02:55:57.480 --> 02:56:02.400
was a big win there. So far, your team's looking pretty strong. How are you feeling

02:56:02.400 --> 02:56:05.000
for it for the rest of the weekend?

02:56:05.000 --> 02:56:14.000
I like the team. I made an adjustment at like yesterday, yesterday evening, but overall I like the team. I think it's good.

02:56:14.000 --> 02:56:22.000
It looks pretty good and you are the world champion. That means last year you qualified directly to San Francisco this year.

02:56:22.000 --> 02:56:30.000
But you didn't take a break in between. You've actually played quite a few events, regionals and international championships. Talk us through your year.

02:56:30.000 --> 02:56:36.000
Yeah, I started off in Vegas and then I'd performed so poorly.

02:56:36.000 --> 02:56:41.000
I was running Melmetal, I really wanted to make Melmetal but it did not.

02:56:41.000 --> 02:56:45.000
But then I went to EUIC, which was so fun.

02:56:45.000 --> 02:56:52.000
And then I went to LA Regional and NAIC and now we are back in California.

02:56:52.000 --> 02:56:55.000
We are but you came top eight in those three last events.

02:56:55.000 --> 02:56:58.000
So you've got some good momentum under your belt there.

02:56:58.000 --> 02:57:03.200
How are you feeling for the world championships? Do you think you can really push and take it all the way once more?

02:57:03.700 --> 02:57:12.800
Okay, so I think of all the players in the tournament, I have the least pressure because nobody expects the reigning world champion to do well the second time, right?

02:57:12.800 --> 02:57:19.800
So I mean, I'm just excited to be here, hang out with you all and play the games.

02:57:19.800 --> 02:57:25.000
And you've been enjoying San Francisco, haven't you? You've been here for a little while. What have you been enjoying most about the city?

02:57:25.000 --> 02:57:27.000
Um

02:57:27.000 --> 02:57:32.360
I don't know the the wind is really nice. I like the weather a lot. Yeah, uh, and uh, yeah

02:57:32.360 --> 02:57:38.680
I've been having pizza every day, which is nice. It has been nice. Um, how does the food compare to back home?

02:57:39.720 --> 02:57:43.240
Um, maybe I'm a little biased, but I like food back home

02:57:43.720 --> 02:57:48.360
Uh, but the food here is great as well. Yeah, I think that's a pretty fair analysis now

02:57:48.520 --> 02:57:50.520
Is there anyone you'd like to shout out for your?

02:57:50.520 --> 02:57:53.960
So preparation for this weekend or anything else?

02:57:53.960 --> 02:57:56.040
Sauer 2, all my friends who are here,

02:57:56.040 --> 02:58:01.040
Mihir, BJ, Brandon, Panik, Dekai,

02:58:02.400 --> 02:58:05.520
there's so many Sauer 2 back home to SVK,

02:58:05.520 --> 02:58:09.480
the Delhi Diamonds, and yeah, thank you.

02:58:09.480 --> 02:58:11.560
Yeah, thank you to all those players for that.

02:58:11.560 --> 02:58:14.960
My team, thank you to my team, because it's so, yeah.

02:58:14.960 --> 02:58:16.840
Of course, your team is a huge part

02:58:16.840 --> 02:58:18.280
for so many of these players.

02:58:18.280 --> 02:58:22.280
You are the world champion. Can you hold on to it? We cannot wait to see.

02:58:22.280 --> 02:58:26.280
We'll send it back to your favorite casters, Caleb and Butters. Take us away.

02:58:28.280 --> 02:58:32.280
Alright, thank you for reading. Thank you Fieldsboy for the wonderful kind words.

02:58:32.280 --> 02:58:36.280
One of my favorite world champions as well. In that top five, I would say, for world champions.

02:58:36.280 --> 02:58:41.280
You know, funny enough, I actually saw Fieldsboy a few days ago, maybe two days ago.

02:58:41.280 --> 02:58:45.280
And we're getting some food and he was going to bring a fairy type.

02:58:45.280 --> 02:58:46.720
He didn't have a fair time on the scene.

02:58:46.720 --> 02:58:48.920
He made me guess, whole list of Pokemon, right?

02:58:48.920 --> 02:58:51.880
I was like, Clefable, Wigglytuff, something off meta,

02:58:51.880 --> 02:58:53.840
where we think none of those, not Tengen,

02:58:53.840 --> 02:58:56.820
so not Flourges, it was Karpik.

02:58:56.820 --> 02:58:59.380
But he didn't end up bringing it, so I feel like,

02:58:59.380 --> 02:59:02.280
you know, he retained some of the love for the World Chambers.

02:59:02.280 --> 02:59:03.360
Because I think if he brought the Karpik,

02:59:03.360 --> 02:59:04.960
some people might, you know,

02:59:04.960 --> 02:59:06.960
not be a big fan of him as much.

02:59:06.960 --> 02:59:08.220
Well, we didn't get to find out,

02:59:08.220 --> 02:59:11.960
but he said he made a last-minute adjustment last night.

02:59:11.960 --> 02:59:13.440
I think it's the jump-off.

02:59:13.440 --> 02:59:15.160
I really do. We're gonna ask him later,

02:59:15.160 --> 02:59:21.360
But I think he saw too many trainers bringing those waterfall water types or maybe some quags ours or some stunfisk

02:59:21.360 --> 02:59:23.720
And he made that last second adjustment to the jump off

02:59:23.720 --> 02:59:28.520
But we'll try to get back to you on that if that was that last second adjustment and he said he loved the wind here

02:59:28.520 --> 02:59:30.480
It feels like he's got wind behind him

02:59:30.480 --> 02:59:37.480
He has momentum and I believe already now he might be having the best performance of a world champion

02:59:37.600 --> 02:59:42.720
Going into the next season because classically in Pokemon go whoever wins the world championships

02:59:42.720 --> 02:59:46.060
does not do as well in the next world championships,

02:59:46.060 --> 02:59:49.300
but Visa Boy is on path to changing that right now.

02:59:49.300 --> 02:59:50.140
Definitely, yeah.

02:59:50.140 --> 02:59:51.940
And, you know, it's a tough one, right?

02:59:51.940 --> 02:59:54.540
It's not even a knock on any past world champion.

02:59:54.540 --> 02:59:56.740
It's just you're playing against the best of best.

02:59:56.740 --> 02:59:59.020
It's double elimination style, and you think it happened.

02:59:59.020 --> 03:00:02.100
But he has quite the sell record in not only worlds,

03:00:02.100 --> 03:00:04.660
but I would say in all of California.

03:00:04.660 --> 03:00:07.260
He got first in Anaheim last year, fourth in LA,

03:00:07.260 --> 03:00:09.060
back in California against San Francisco,

03:00:09.060 --> 03:00:11.020
looking for another top finish.

03:00:11.020 --> 03:00:13.980
And any type of finish, any top finish at Worlds

03:00:13.980 --> 03:00:15.180
is still something you're impressed about.

03:00:15.180 --> 03:00:17.860
So we're very excited to keep on following his journey

03:00:17.860 --> 03:00:18.420
throughout Worlds.

03:00:18.420 --> 03:00:19.220
Well, it's so hard, right?

03:00:19.220 --> 03:00:21.340
Because there's so much parody in terms of the meta

03:00:21.340 --> 03:00:23.580
and in terms of the top trainers, right?

03:00:23.580 --> 03:00:25.660
I mean, we're going to be in Chase Center on Sunday.

03:00:25.660 --> 03:00:28.780
So I have the justification to talk a little bit NBA.

03:00:28.780 --> 03:00:31.220
But there hasn't been a repeat champion

03:00:31.220 --> 03:00:33.260
since the home of the Chase Center,

03:00:33.260 --> 03:00:35.220
the Golden State Warriors in the NBA,

03:00:35.220 --> 03:00:36.660
because there's just so much parody.

03:00:36.660 --> 03:00:39.180
It's so hard to just climb that mountaintop

03:00:39.180 --> 03:00:40.860
two seasons in a row.

03:00:40.860 --> 03:00:44.160
And it's the same for these world championships in Pokemon as well.

03:00:44.160 --> 03:00:48.940
So if Beasley Boy is going to be able to do that, he'll be just like the home

03:00:48.940 --> 03:00:51.240
champs at Chase Center, the Golden State Warriors.

03:00:51.240 --> 03:00:54.840
Yeah, I mean, I would say in a way it's even harder to be going repeat

03:00:54.840 --> 03:00:57.720
champion in Pokemon Go because you're not playing, you know, a couple of

03:00:57.720 --> 03:01:01.080
dozen teams, you're playing against hundreds of players.

03:01:01.080 --> 03:01:04.000
And there's going to be only one that rises to the top.

03:01:04.000 --> 03:01:05.960
Speaking of rising to the top, he did win it last year.

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And that's why we have amazing twist drops for you all this year at World Champions.

03:01:10.120 --> 03:01:13.160
You mentioned it earlier, but if you watch at least 30 minutes,

03:01:13.160 --> 03:01:16.720
you get the Lickitung, Totodile, and Paldena and Whopper

03:01:16.720 --> 03:01:18.400
to create a championship reddit team,

03:01:18.400 --> 03:01:19.800
which we see a lot in these Pokemon.

03:01:19.800 --> 03:01:21.360
Lickitung being so relevant,

03:01:21.360 --> 03:01:24.160
the evolution of Lickitung as well as Fraugated,

03:01:24.160 --> 03:01:25.000
being really relevant.

03:01:25.000 --> 03:01:26.520
Maybe not as much in this meta,

03:01:26.520 --> 03:01:29.040
but it has been really strong for the past couple of years.

03:01:29.040 --> 03:01:30.400
Paldena and Whopper are in that cluster.

03:01:30.400 --> 03:01:31.640
We have a cluster coming up, actually,

03:01:31.640 --> 03:01:33.520
and cluster, one of the focus Pokemon greatly,

03:01:33.520 --> 03:01:36.080
but if you watch for 60 minutes, butters,

03:01:36.080 --> 03:01:37.520
you get Fields of the Boys, Tinkenton,

03:01:37.520 --> 03:01:39.920
and like I said, with the special background,

03:01:39.920 --> 03:01:46.320
He's the exact team that he brought to World Championships last year and an elite charge to him in case you want to throw on Gigaton Hammer, answer that, take it to him.

03:01:46.320 --> 03:02:03.920
And make sure you have Twitch drops enabled and watch for that 60 minutes like you said and if it's a rebroadcast you can still get these Twitch drops as well and everyone can get this t-shirt right now, the 2026 World Championships, all you gotta do is put in that passcode.

03:02:03.920 --> 03:02:09.120
Yeah, take a screenshot, send it to your friends, send it to your family, log into the game to claim it as well.

03:02:09.120 --> 03:02:11.880
And you see that world Pikachu, very cool to see.

03:02:11.880 --> 03:02:16.240
It's in the game for Pokemon Go right now, also as well as a Pokemon XP Pikachu.

03:02:16.240 --> 03:02:19.360
So all I'm ready to get it though, is log in right now and playing the game.

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Even if you've been away from the game for a while, it's no better time to get back into it.

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But we got a bunch of Twitch Shops as well for all our other games.

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You got Pokemon Unites, Pokemon Live CCG, Pokemon Champions and Pokemon Pocket.

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So there's so many cool things and you know the text a little bit too small for me to read right now

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But again zoom in take a look tune into all the broadcasts to get a chance to this

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And you can get this from tuning in live as well as the rebroadcast

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So even if you're not watching in live might be a different kind of sound the rebroadcast will be happening throughout the weekend as well

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I'm so stoked about this. We have a unique exclusive

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Twitch

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Bad that you can get is the 2026 world's costume Pikachu

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right next to your name when you chat in the stream so we would love to see you

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chatting in the stream with that badge make sure to take advantage of that

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that's one of the coolest flexes that you can have in a twitch chat is an

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awesome badge. You know I might be a little biased, I mean everyone's biased right but I

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think this Pikachu is probably one of my favorites of all time because you know

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we had some really good ones all the way throughout the years but it's got

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the champion Kate the crown the 30th anniversary no better way to commemorate

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it and honestly I'm really jealous of where wins worlds this year because I'm

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sure the outfits that the after everything exclusive is going to be top

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notch well the thing is we also have the Pokemon XP costume Pikachu as well and

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we have a new stamp system if you're here in the city of San Francisco you

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can take advantage of that get those encounters get those special

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backgrounds as well so there's so much happening in terms of Pokemon in

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San Francisco right now and we have the top trainers in Pokemon go as I said

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before over 300 of them and we're trying to whittle that down into a top cut for

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day number two so which trainers will endure yeah and you know worse we're

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on the winner side so we see a lot of winners matchups something that I think

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it's really fascinating is especially in the double emission formats 25% of the

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players at this tournament will not win a series and 50% of players will not

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win a series or go one to have a negative record. And that's really, really tough, but speaks to the

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volume of how tough the competition is. These are some of the best players in the world winning

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multiple titles, having gone maybe even undefeated in tournaments, but against the best of best,

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it is tough. And you can definitely follow along the bracket on Triland as well, if anyone wants

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to see any of the action. We can't cover every match unfortunately. We would love to,

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but we might be here all month. That's the case. However, we got a great match

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coming up we have Kanto no first Colin six Japan first EU Colin six one of our

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most decorated players and they call him the final boss in EU because coincidentally

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he typically is in the final stage of battle well he definitely has that

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reputation recently he hasn't always been there to be that final boss but in

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this moment as we mentioned before we're celebrating the history of

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Pokemon go up Pokemon these Pokemon trainers that have these legacies

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what better way to be a final boss than in 2026 Pokemon World Championships and

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making the championship Sunday and like you said we're on that winner's side of

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the bracket I believe I can see this is gonna be already the winners round number

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four for these trainers so these trainers are really close to day number

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two and getting the top cut and that is a huge achievement you just pointed

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out the realistic statistics that you have to deal with being at a world

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championships but if you can be that coveted few to get the day number two

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You're just one step closer to that ultimate glory,

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not only becoming the world champion,

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but of course, all the prizes that you have

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from becoming top nine through top 12,

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there are so many prizes on the line for these trainers.

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Definitely. And Colin Stakes, you can see,

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as he's getting ready for this battle, too,

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has still had a fantastic season, right?

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Maybe he didn't win a title.

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Got second place at EUIC,

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I believe the biggest international this year,

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only Lose of Potter Man, which, I mean, you know,

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who's not losing these days?

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And then he got, I believe, a second place

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and a third place this season as well,

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losing an adequate, also the actually most winning

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trainer of the entire season.

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Has one more series and matches than I believe

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any trainer in the entire year.

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He doesn't play that much, he's busy casting as well.

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Yes, I miss worded that because I said he hadn't been

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the final boss because he hadn't won the championship,

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but that is a miss worded statement because he has been

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that final boss, he has been the trainer to be there,

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but he wants to be that final boss that does succeed

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against the competition as well like you mentioned he has had an awesome season he has had a such

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an awesome pokemon go journey and he is running a unique team right here i believe he has the

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claudzire and he has the hisuian electrode a pokemon that we both had on our caster predictions a

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pokemon that actually broke its way in the top usage i believe it was like number nine the top

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number eight actually in top usage for that electric grass type and it's going to be facing an

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absolutely wild team on the other side with a shadow polytone, a shadow gliscore, a pangoro,

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a chargeabug, tinketung, and licky-licky. The spice on this matchup is absolutely insane. I don't

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know what it will reach on the Skogo scale, but you got, I mean, when's the last time we've seen

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a shadow polytone or a shadow gliscore? Even pangoro's been kind of extinct for a while,

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But end console note is just bring it even charged by right the lecture that the law people are not bringing these days

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But the size of bringing this one and then call six

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I mean it's weird because a zoom has been so meta for a while

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But a zoom has not really been meta this year particularly this season of grow badly since the updates

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But he is bringing it here as well as the bogey concert and even has the bureau

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Well, that's why it's so hard to prepare right now in this meta because it is so wide open

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There's so many viable picks that you can use and in that informal questionnaire

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I asked trainers how important is a wild card Pokemon 77% of the trainers said it's very useful

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7% said it's a must-have so 84% are saying you need that wild card pick

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But then I also asked them how concerned are you against all the opposing wild cards?

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And the funny thing is the most common answer for that was you actually can't protect your team against everything

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So it's not the biggest part of your team building process because they know they're gonna be so many of these picks right now

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You're facing multiple of them if you are calling as we get into this game number one with the a zoomer all

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Versus the licky-licky. All right. This is a pretty bulky matchup. Let's see which one out last

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You got the shadow fly score in the back

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You're gonna avoid the zero matchup, which can be pretty good right and cut for no

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And you have the shadow guy scores the shadow polytote

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There is the quags are in that shadow canton nine tails in the back here gonna go ahead and go for the shadow ball

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And this is actually where you kind of want to be for the zoom roll matchup

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You don't love this matchup at against the licky-licky, but it's super neutral and a zoom roll

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It's probably the best Pokemon ever in Pokemon go and look at the team from and console now

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He's like, I don't want to deal with Kanto and Nyanjeev.

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He bought three hard answers to that Kanto Nyanjeev.

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Kanto Nyanjeev's Taekwondo has played into all three,

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but it is not a comfortable position for Khan to be in.

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And if N.Kan is to know how to shield the Vantage,

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that's Nyanjeev's not going to have a lot of plays to go.

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Here comes the swap of the Kwan-Ksan.

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But here comes N.Kan with the ultimate.

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And this is a stone edge Kwan-Ksan.

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So you're going to have to at least go build up to a too many bait or go

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for the harder hitting, more energy stone edge.

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But if N.Kan goes shielding,

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It's going to be kind of trouble for the biker and actually instead of throwing that charge attack from the zoomer

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Let's try to clean up that first match up swapped out banked it to try to bait something out in the back

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And it is going to be a poly toad versus this stone edge that does get protect shielded up

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And now there is one protection shield down here and it's actually going to be going for the blizzard

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Knowing that one weather ball wouldn't be enough. He tries to sneak in a blizzard through to protect shield

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Oh, no, it's actually the ice beam. Sorry. Yeah, it's ice beam, but it's just not enough

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You know if it wasn't for sure it would have stayed out, but instead it's going to be the ice beam and now Colin has a slight advantage

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because he lands not only the stone edge, but also has a shield advantage plus the servo so has a lot of energy

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but in comes in comes a nose, Licky Licky and I believe this is charge attack priority so Colisex has to make Dusty spend his first shield.

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Yeah he has an ice beam or that play rough and he actually lets it go because it's a body slam and the body slam is not enough to knock out the

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He has Zubral here and now this Licky Licky is going to be knocked out.

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Is he going to go for the full charge? Yes, he goes for the full excellent.

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Trying to knock out this Licky Licky. Is he able to do it? No, but one bubble should be able to do it.

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Now, can he get to a charge attack against this Polytoad or the Gliscor?

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That would be devastating here. I don't know if he can take the fast attack damage,

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but he does have a protection advantage for that Shadowkid from Ninetales.

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He instantly swapped, trying to get this Inters, trying to get as much energy as possible

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while having to deal with these super effective Santunes.

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And the Sanctum is guaranteed deep off against the 9-10s.

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For one of these, also super effective.

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But Colin Six had the plan to put everything on the 9-10s ready

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because the Licky Licky actually reached the Shadow Ball.

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But he still decided to let it potentially go knowing

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that he needs the same shields for the Sanctum,

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knowing there's a positive in the back.

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But now he sees the Shadow Fly score as well.

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Can you do anything here?

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He goes for the catcher 10, but gets the weather ball

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off first.

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And this is disastrous for Colin

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because there's still a shield on the static.

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And you can't ember down this polytode.

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And you have to throw a charge attack,

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but can you get to the zoom rule here?

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There is one protection remaining.

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Do you try to swap on this sand tomb?

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Is the sand tomb already banked here?

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And can he swap into the zoom rule to observe it?

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No, it's not big.

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Did he swap here?

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He swapped here.

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He's trying to get the ice cream, but he's unable to.

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Unfortunate for column six.

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And actually they didn't even have the sand tomb ready,

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but this is the top part, right?

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As you don't see shadow byscore very often,

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Might be a mashup, he's not as familiar with Gordon Landon,

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getting the super effective damage through,

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and Kanto No takes the first game against Khan 6.

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In Kanto No, with the Spice is able to hang on there

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versus the Juggernaut that is calling,

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having that ice being tech on that polytoad as well.

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I really like that.

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Of course, it's going to be good against the Mantine.

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At least you have a neutral attack against it,

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but also just bringing out the Shadow Gliscor

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to this stage at this level,

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and able to knock out with that sand tomb.

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And Colin did the right thing,

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also trying to just swap out on that Zoom rule

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and clear that debuff,

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but at that point in that range,

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he was super effective,

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was enough to knock out the nine tails.

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Yeah, and what a matchup there too.

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I mean, and Colin played that almost as well, awesome.

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The ice beam was the right flight,

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going for that, but to take out the Clive Step,

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but unfortunately did not allow the do so,

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put him in a slightly disadvantage,

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but gets the body slam off,

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That's actually over the shuttle up to K.O.

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But it allows, and you have to know,

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so I just have to turn the manager to come in and swap in.

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And I think the mistake that Paula 6 made here,

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is that's not being able to get the catch there,

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is that he could have bumped extra against the Paula zone.

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Or maybe got a little nervous,

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wasn't sure of the edgy counts.

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And again, it's shuttle Paula zone.

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How often do you see shuttle Paula zone

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with shuttle Glasgow, right?

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So I don't even blame him for not knowing

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all those counts, so much to keep track of.

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Because again, for our viewers at home,

03:13:22.740 --> 03:13:24.180
we can see everything on both sides.

03:13:24.180 --> 03:13:26.340
These players can only see their side of the screen,

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so they're only working with half the information we are.

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Well, for either way, you would have to get that swap out

03:13:30.900 --> 03:13:32.940
because there was a protect shield remaining.

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Even if you got the double weather ball,

03:13:34.500 --> 03:13:35.660
you would get that protect shield

03:13:35.660 --> 03:13:37.580
and you would have to throw the second weather ball

03:13:37.580 --> 03:13:38.540
or swap anyway.

03:13:38.540 --> 03:13:42.620
But we're getting into game number two from in Conto

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No versus Colin.

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And there it is.

03:13:45.260 --> 03:13:47.260
It's flying type versus flying type.

03:13:47.260 --> 03:13:48.740
You have the shadow bliss cord.

03:13:48.740 --> 03:13:51.380
But I feel like you don't love this matchup

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against the shadow bliss cord because it takes way longer

03:13:53.940 --> 03:13:55.900
to get to your flying type charge

03:13:55.900 --> 03:13:57.540
attacks, which is acrobatics.

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and he just full sends the Acrobatics, not even going for the bait, but Colossix snuffs it out, shields the hard-hating, stab acrobatics,

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and now, I got to know, in a much-double difficult position, because Spiro has over two Joghite loaded,

03:14:11.760 --> 03:14:15.980
does make a catch onto Licky-Licky, but Colossix not feeling bad about this one.

03:14:15.980 --> 03:14:19.220
I love that catch, because at that point I'm like, you just have to let the Gliscor go.

03:14:19.220 --> 03:14:22.480
Yes, you got the Protect Shield, but this Spiro was just loaded with energy,

03:14:22.480 --> 03:14:25.720
and it's actually going to get to a triple charge attack before a Body Slam is available.

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No, actually banks all that energy.

03:14:27.880 --> 03:14:29.720
So was able to throw that charge attack,

03:14:29.720 --> 03:14:32.400
get enough wing attacks to re-bank all that energy

03:14:32.400 --> 03:14:34.320
that I had before, and then you bring out

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your sponge Pokemon, which is that Claude Steyer

03:14:37.240 --> 03:14:40.000
to just soak up all of that Licky Licky energy,

03:14:40.000 --> 03:14:40.960
which it does best.

03:14:40.960 --> 03:14:42.560
Absolutely huge for Colossus,

03:14:42.560 --> 03:14:43.560
because not only does he have,

03:14:43.560 --> 03:14:45.400
he has over two Tropecs loaded,

03:14:45.400 --> 03:14:48.840
but on top of that, he has a bulkier matchup

03:14:48.840 --> 03:14:49.720
into Licky Licky.

03:14:49.720 --> 03:14:50.760
Licky Licky is very bulky,

03:14:50.760 --> 03:14:53.720
but Claude Steyer is just laughing at the health

03:14:53.720 --> 03:14:57.880
and the damage from the licky-licky and in comes Conn6 with the stone edge.

03:14:57.880 --> 03:14:59.440
The problem is you can't fast-attack this down, right?

03:14:59.440 --> 03:15:01.480
There's so much help remaining on the cross-side,

03:15:01.480 --> 03:15:04.600
and on top of it, Conn still has two moves loaded.

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So, and Conn don't know how to position a mate.

03:15:06.640 --> 03:15:08.280
He's gonna charge up, throws on charge away.

03:15:08.280 --> 03:15:10.400
Oh, I love it. He just full sense of acrobatic.

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Knowing that getting the hard-hitting move is the play.

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Sand Tune would not be enough to take out the cross-side.

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Just knowing his dimensions and knowing exactly how much his charge attacks do,

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he was able to register that the Sand Attack wouldn't be enough,

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so he goes for that knockout.

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but you have to deal with all that energy on the Fero.

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Fero's coming in, getting a little extra energy first.

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You have to, he actually holds on,

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but it does he double shield?

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I think so.

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He's gonna double shield.

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I think that's the play.

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Right, because he knows he has no fast attack pressure

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from the resistant mud shot from the poly-toed.

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And column six might be scratching his head a little bit.

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Like, is this worth it?

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What he's having in the back?

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But end column, so no, I love this play from him

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because it looks so bad for him in the back end.

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But as long as you get this wing attack down, it's huge.

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And now, go for it out of the bag.

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He thinks he's going for Santu.

03:15:52.120 --> 03:15:53.580
He thinks he's going for the debuff

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and he is sending it instead.

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He's gonna go for the acrobatics.

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He made lands in the Black Zire.

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So he got huge chunk of damage.

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Absolutely massive, but Alcind still has a shield remaining

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and quick potential to get a stone edge.

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Maybe Alcind doesn't have enough.

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Let's see how much damage he does

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because he didn't get any much of our damage

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against the Polar Goat except for two.

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No, has to go for the double stone edge.

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Does he have time?

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And Alcind don't build it up to the double weather ball

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and now for only, he just goes for the Alcind here

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but I don't think he's going to KO.

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Yeah, but the thing is, you can even maybe win with Wing Attack on your Shadow Gliscor

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because you're double resisting these mud shots. Plus, you have all this energy bank.

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There is a protection remaining. Colin wants to get some energy.

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He is trying to hope to get to a Drill Peck on his Feral.

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But is the timer back up? No, the timer's not back up.

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Can he go for a Farm Down? He needs to Farm Down.

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He desperately needs enough energy to get to the Drill Peck to tie up this series.

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Can he get there?

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And console notes, trying to solve the switch times. You can swap over. Swap is available.

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Can you get to the Drill Peck in time?

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No!

03:16:49.920 --> 03:16:55.920
will do it. And N. Conte will take the 2-0 victory in this spice matchup against Colin

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Sigg.

03:16:56.920 --> 03:17:03.680
Spectacular play from N. Conte. No coming out of nowhere in dominating this matchup versus

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Colin with the spice fix. He played amazingly.

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Wow. What a series. And N. Conte will know. Maybe a lesser no player in the circuit,

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right? Because a lot of the players from Japan from other regions in Asia, they don't

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have a lot of their tournaments broadcast, right?

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So I believe Encounterna did qualify through PJCS this year.

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Yes.

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But my personal prediction this year for world championships

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is that I think last two years, APAC players have won the world.

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And I think it might happen for a third year

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straight because they increased the amount of players

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that can come from those regions.

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And I think very well deserved, right?

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Because our last two chambers were from those regions.

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And now they get a chance to show off the spotlight

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and be a part of this tournament that maybe in the past

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He wouldn't have been able to base on how many players can qualify and as our console known, he brought the spice to that series.

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And of course out of all of the regions in APEC, Japan has the largest player base here competing at the World Championships.

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And a player base that has been practicing together, have their own unique strategy, own unique style.

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Something that these trainers here that we've seen all season long in our championship series are not as well aware of.

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And you saw it exactly there the mind games that he was playing in that matchup with those spice pokemons

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It's just brilliant Caleb. Yeah, it's a shadow glass or shall he and the thing is he didn't faint

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He went full acrobatics both times

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He just went for all the hard-hitting moves as if you know what as all that play this wall

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I know the ring cause and you know you can see here right on six great job

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and he puts himself in wing attack range.

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He obviously doesn't know what to call for the back, right?

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So maybe he doesn't think he needs to help us much,

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but it came in absolutely huge.

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This form down, and of course, the aspect

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to take out almost the entire health bar

03:18:50.480 --> 03:18:52.560
of the frag side later to put Con six

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in a very different position.

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And this is the point of the moment

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that happens so often in these world championships

03:18:57.920 --> 03:18:59.320
that I get the goosebumps.

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I get a bit of chills because I see something

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that I haven't seen before.

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I haven't seen this type of strategy.

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It seems like Inconto though has cracked the code a little bit and I can't wait to see where that takes him because

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This was the winner semis in group E

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So I don't know if that definitely secured day number two

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But he has an amazing chance to be here on Saturday day number two

03:19:20.880 --> 03:19:24.160
Yeah, I believe he has to win the winner's final four win the loose final

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He has two more chances to make it into day number two and it's also looking pretty good

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He's only he only ran three both mom

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We didn't see the panko, the tinkentown, or the charger bug, but, wow, what a well-filled team, a spice team at that, and that's the thing, right?

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No matter what our top 12 usage is, if you know how to build a team well, especially in an open meta, and make it synergize, it can take you really, really far.

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In Contano, trying to win infinite glory here at the World Championships, let's hear from him. Take it away, Tomahawk.

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I'm joined by Contono, one of the players that's traveled here to San Francisco all the way from Japan.

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And you have just beaten not just one of the best players in Europe, but one of the best players in the world in Colin Six. How are you feeling?

03:20:53.000 --> 03:21:01.000
We've been playing a lot, we've been able to practice a lot, so I was able to come up with a lot of countermeasures this time around.

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And I can see that you are celebrating one of your favourite Pokémon, that polytoad. Talk us through why you went with that Pokémon.

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My favorite Pokemon is Palatord, and that is why I was using Palatord.

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Now you're in San Francisco at your World Championships. Have you played in a World Championships before?

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This time, you are the World Champion of the 3rd and 6th. Have you ever played in any other World tournaments?

03:21:43.000 --> 03:21:52.000
No, I haven't played in any other World tournaments, but I have played in the EUIC tournament in February.

03:21:52.000 --> 03:21:53.000
Yes.

03:21:53.000 --> 03:21:59.920
Yeah, so not other worlds, but Contano-san has entered many various other tournaments,

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and especially the UIC, where his opponent came second that time, so he's able to experience

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other tournaments as well.

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Well, you've done really, really well so far, and you should be very proud.

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You've still got yourself on the winner's side of the bracket, so best of luck.

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Congratulations again.

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Otherwise, we're going to go to a quick video, stay tuned.

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The one banished, the one that watches, a legendary Pokémon that exists in the shadows.

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Feared for its presence yet covered by trainers worldwide, Giratina has left a lasting mark

03:22:37.580 --> 03:22:40.120
on the world of Pokémon Go.

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In its altered form, Giratina thrives as a supportive force, anchoring teams and wearing

03:22:45.660 --> 03:22:48.220
down opponents with ancient strength.

03:22:48.220 --> 03:22:52.220
but in its origin form, Giratina's true nature awakens.

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Breeds from the chains of exile, it becomes a serpentine dragon bound by gravity.

03:22:57.720 --> 03:22:59.220
It's attacks grow fierce,

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transformed from a sturdy defender into a devastating closer capable

03:23:03.720 --> 03:23:06.220
of ending battles with overwhelming power.

03:23:06.220 --> 03:23:07.220
Hey, Giratina!

03:23:07.220 --> 03:23:08.220
Oh, my God!

03:23:08.220 --> 03:23:09.220
Don't say!

03:23:09.220 --> 03:23:13.220
An apple is supposed to open impossible endgame, Gir!

03:23:13.220 --> 03:23:15.220
Against usually...

03:23:15.220 --> 03:23:20.700
It's no wonder that such a weakly versatile Pokemon has claimed its place on championship

03:23:20.700 --> 03:23:21.700
winning teams.

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Yet, having a legendary Pokemon is not the same as mastering it.

03:23:25.620 --> 03:23:29.460
It takes knowledge to unlock the full potential of these giants.

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Allow me to show you.

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Legendary Pokemon are notoriously difficult to obtain, but their power makes the effort

03:23:37.500 --> 03:23:40.660
work well.

03:23:40.660 --> 03:23:45.260
They shine the most in the Master League where their CP can reach staggering heights, but

03:23:45.260 --> 03:23:52.100
some can also be kept below 1500 CP, making them viable for the Great League.

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Trainers often train with friends to secure legendary Pokemon that ideally sit as close

03:23:56.580 --> 03:24:02.620
to 1500 CP as possible without exceeding that Great League threshold.

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Examples of legendary Pokemon that are very good in the Great League are Criselya,

03:24:06.700 --> 03:24:14.520
Giratina on Regi Steel, Zapplos and Galarian Moltres.

03:24:14.520 --> 03:24:19.240
Galarian Moltres was a key member of World Champion Billsboy's team.

03:24:19.240 --> 03:24:22.760
It has some of the best fast and charge stacks in the game.

03:24:22.760 --> 03:24:30.800
Once Mandebus ruled the skies, but now Galarian Moltres has taken the lead.

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With its dark and flying type, it is one of the best counters to popular ground

03:24:35.640 --> 03:24:39.140
and Ghost-type Pokémon.

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Giratina comes in two forms. Origin, offering more offensive pressure, and Altars, providing

03:24:45.660 --> 03:24:51.100
greater bulk. Recently, trainers were able to rescue Shadow Giratina Altars from Giovanni,

03:24:51.100 --> 03:24:58.460
and it has proven to be successful in its competition immediately. Its typing gives it eight defensive

03:24:58.460 --> 03:25:03.660
resistances, making it one of the top choices as your Ghost-type Pokémon to bring to

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the battlefield.

03:25:05.820 --> 03:25:10.700
Next to strength and versatility, some legendary Pokemon focus on coverage and form.

03:25:10.700 --> 03:25:16.140
Priscilla has been a stapling competitive battle for years, thanks to its flexible choice

03:25:16.140 --> 03:25:17.140
of attacks.

03:25:17.140 --> 03:25:20.940
With Krasnop, it threatens water and ground type Pokemon.

03:25:20.940 --> 03:25:26.260
With Moonblast, it handles dragon and dark type Pokemon, and with Futurcyte, it delivers

03:25:26.260 --> 03:25:28.100
strong neutral damage.

03:25:28.100 --> 03:25:35.400
It has won multiple championships for a reason.

03:25:35.400 --> 03:25:40.040
Legendary football demonstrates that many favourites can find a place in competitive

03:25:40.040 --> 03:25:41.040
battles.

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With their strength, versatility and coverage, they can be tailored to fill the role your

03:25:47.540 --> 03:25:48.980
team needs the most.

03:25:48.980 --> 03:25:52.780
Whether it is in friendly matches or the Football Go Battle League, mastering these

03:25:52.780 --> 03:25:55.780
footballs can give trains a decisive edge.

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Try for yourself by catching or training one of these legendary Pokemon and adding them

03:26:00.340 --> 03:26:01.840
to your roster.

03:26:01.840 --> 03:26:03.420
Best of luck, Trainers.

03:26:03.420 --> 03:26:12.300
Pokemon Go is my first Pokemon game I've played.

03:26:12.300 --> 03:26:17.380
My favorite Pokemon is Registeel because it was the Pokemon I won my first ever Pokemon

03:26:17.380 --> 03:26:18.380
regional with.

03:26:18.380 --> 03:26:22.060
It was Worlds in Yokohama, Japan, and that's the furthest I have ever traveled.

03:26:22.060 --> 03:26:23.060
Absolutely worth it.

03:26:23.060 --> 03:26:24.060
Once in a lifetime trip.

03:26:24.060 --> 03:26:26.100
I definitely say I look up to its accent.

03:26:26.100 --> 03:26:27.740
The world champion from Yokohama.

03:26:27.740 --> 03:26:30.640
He's definitely really helped me with a lot of the teams

03:26:30.640 --> 03:26:32.840
I built and a lot of the play styles

03:26:32.840 --> 03:26:35.400
I've really gotten comfortable with.

03:26:35.400 --> 03:26:38.240
So everywhere I like to go, my favorite food is nachos.

03:26:38.240 --> 03:26:41.140
I always have to like criticize the nachos

03:26:41.140 --> 03:26:43.320
that different places have that I travel to.

03:26:43.320 --> 03:26:46.580
So I would definitely say nachos are the best thing ever.

03:26:46.580 --> 03:26:48.880
I wanna say fruit because that's what you should be

03:26:48.880 --> 03:26:52.420
having for a snack but I always love my bag of chips.

03:26:52.420 --> 03:26:54.100
My favorite city to compete in.

03:26:54.100 --> 03:26:55.940
It actually has to be London.

03:26:55.940 --> 03:26:57.420
I just love the city in general.

03:26:57.420 --> 03:26:59.100
It's always a breeze to travel around London.

03:26:59.100 --> 03:26:59.940
Favorite type of music?

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Definitely EDM.

03:27:00.780 --> 03:27:03.020
I always, a lot of jamming music

03:27:03.020 --> 03:27:04.300
when it comes to that genre.

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That's what I always do to like

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hype myself up before tournaments.

03:27:07.620 --> 03:27:10.220
Water, fire, water, water.

03:27:10.220 --> 03:27:11.740
Water is essential to life.

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["Water is essential to life"]

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Welcome back, Pokemon Trainers to the 2026

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Pokemon Go World Championships.

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The action so far this weekend has been absolutely incredible

03:27:27.180 --> 03:27:29.780
and it's only heating up as the day goes on.

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My name is home size Henry joined here on the desk

03:27:31.740 --> 03:27:33.460
by the one and only Luthapigachu.

03:27:33.460 --> 03:27:34.580
Take you through day number one

03:27:34.580 --> 03:27:35.980
as these trainers continue to fight

03:27:35.980 --> 03:27:37.380
for their place in Topkai.

03:27:37.380 --> 03:27:39.820
Honestly, the matches so far have been incredible.

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We have the best of the best

03:27:41.180 --> 03:27:42.820
from all around the globe competing

03:27:42.820 --> 03:27:44.540
to get that coveted number one spot

03:27:44.540 --> 03:27:47.340
to call themselves the Pokemon World Champion.

03:27:47.340 --> 03:27:49.100
This is the fifth world championship

03:27:49.100 --> 03:27:50.580
for competitive Pokemon Go.

03:27:50.580 --> 03:27:52.940
and so one of these trainers within a few days

03:27:52.940 --> 03:27:54.020
is gonna be able to add their name

03:27:54.020 --> 03:27:55.460
to that incredible roster.

03:27:55.460 --> 03:27:57.300
So far it seems like kind of an early theme,

03:27:57.300 --> 03:27:59.420
a recipe to success, one could say,

03:27:59.420 --> 03:28:01.180
has been kind of thinking outside the box.

03:28:01.180 --> 03:28:02.180
He's going into the tournament,

03:28:02.180 --> 03:28:03.460
what Pokemon were we expecting?

03:28:03.460 --> 03:28:06.420
The Kanto Ninetales, the Licky Licky, the Tinketon,

03:28:06.420 --> 03:28:08.060
and they definitely made their presence felt,

03:28:08.060 --> 03:28:09.860
but it really feels like trainers thinking outside the box

03:28:09.860 --> 03:28:11.620
trying to find interesting ways

03:28:11.620 --> 03:28:12.700
to incorporate those options,

03:28:12.700 --> 03:28:15.420
whether it's the Dondozo, we saw Milotic,

03:28:15.420 --> 03:28:16.980
we just saw a Shadow Glide Score

03:28:16.980 --> 03:28:18.340
piloted to perfection.

03:28:18.340 --> 03:28:19.940
So trainers kind of thinking outside the box,

03:28:19.940 --> 03:28:24.500
trying to maybe not necessarily distorting the top six and usage and that risk has really paid off.

03:28:24.500 --> 03:28:27.860
Well I think we're in an interesting position because the forever forward meta only really

03:28:27.860 --> 03:28:31.540
unleashed towards the end of the regional season. We had the terrain special championships where

03:28:31.540 --> 03:28:35.460
a lot of trainers on the European side were able to kind of dip their toe in the water and see

03:28:35.460 --> 03:28:39.140
how this meta was feeling but now fast forward through the summer where the Pokemon World

03:28:39.140 --> 03:28:43.140
Championships and this is the tournament unlike any other so our trainers do they want to bring

03:28:43.140 --> 03:28:46.740
something tried and tested something reliable or something that little bit more spicy it's

03:28:46.740 --> 03:28:50.820
world at the end of the day so you've got to be confident and speaking of confidence we have two

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trainers ready down on the stage and there are two trainers who have had pretty incredible seasons

03:28:55.860 --> 03:29:02.100
on the left spartan l who has had runner-up placements in merida and monterey this season

03:29:02.100 --> 03:29:07.300
and fire star who's arguably been one of the most consistent trainers in north america he's

03:29:07.300 --> 03:29:13.460
competed again and again and he is always finding his way into these top cuts making deep

03:29:13.460 --> 03:29:23.660
tournament runs. That's the thing a lot of consistency across the board from both of these trainers and the Pokemon as well have certainly got their fair share of competitive experience. Pokemon like the Empolion we've seen in many

03:29:23.660 --> 03:29:32.580
matters past. But the Pokemon I want to talk about first of all is that evil on fire star side. That's one that's recently has that community today and unlocked the icy wind that's really put it forward into this meta game.

03:29:32.900 --> 03:29:42.660
What's evil can put like at least in terms of pressure onto an opponent's team is it's a really difficult Pokemon to try and lead week two because if you end up like losing lead to a

03:29:42.660 --> 03:29:47.440
you switch something in, people has the ability with that new legacy move of icy wind, slow

03:29:47.440 --> 03:29:51.180
down your roll, debuff your attack, and then pivot into a matchup.

03:29:51.180 --> 03:29:55.140
And so, Feeble can honestly put a lot of pressure on the teams, especially considering that the

03:29:55.140 --> 03:29:58.060
dark type of choice for Spartan is Manda Buzz.

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Manda Buzz is running kind of a different move set to what we've seen in the past in

03:30:00.780 --> 03:30:02.780
the Championship Series.

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In days of old, we had Aerial Ace, we had Air Slash and Val'play, but now it's

03:30:07.020 --> 03:30:09.460
Snarl, Val'play, and Shadow Ball.

03:30:09.460 --> 03:30:14.020
that man of us moves against a very strong neutral match ups, but a worry could be it

03:30:14.020 --> 03:30:18.380
does not have any coverage into that deadly feeble. I think the evil has to watch out

03:30:18.380 --> 03:30:21.620
though, because on the opposing side, you do have that forges and the fairy type running

03:30:21.620 --> 03:30:25.540
that fairy wind is going to be able to deal decently with that opposing Pokemon doesn't

03:30:25.540 --> 03:30:28.540
have to worry too much about taking those sucker punches. And forges critically as

03:30:28.540 --> 03:30:31.380
well is running that chilling water and the disarming voice, not opting for the

03:30:31.380 --> 03:30:34.380
trailblaze, not wanting to be able to boost itself up instead going for that

03:30:34.380 --> 03:30:38.380
defense attack drop on the opposing side and weaken up for later. But Henry, let's

03:30:38.380 --> 03:30:41.060
jump into the match we've got Galarian Corsola versus the Ninetales.

03:30:41.060 --> 03:30:43.060
An interesting choice right off the bat from Spartan.

03:30:43.060 --> 03:30:45.500
He's opted for the non-shadow canter Ninetales.

03:30:45.500 --> 03:30:48.500
Typically the shadow is preferred for matchups like these.

03:30:48.500 --> 03:30:51.020
Weather ball, energy ball, they're decent charge attacks,

03:30:51.020 --> 03:30:54.780
but the bulk of Galarian Corsola means that even if an energy ball does get a debuff,

03:30:54.780 --> 03:30:56.620
Galarian Corsola, not worried.

03:30:56.620 --> 03:30:58.060
This is what Ninetales like to do best though.

03:30:58.060 --> 03:31:00.660
Use those embers to farm up all the energy and get some damage on the ball,

03:31:00.660 --> 03:31:03.900
but Switcher's Galore, it's going to be the licky-licky person down against the Thievl now.

03:31:03.900 --> 03:31:05.500
Switcher's on both sides.

03:31:05.500 --> 03:31:08.820
And Feeble not quite able to make the icy wind before body slam is available.

03:31:08.820 --> 03:31:10.420
Firestar will put up the protect shield.

03:31:10.420 --> 03:31:13.820
And this little bit telegraphs his next move as he could try and reach for the icy wind,

03:31:13.820 --> 03:31:16.140
shielding the body slam that would do the most damage.

03:31:16.140 --> 03:31:17.500
Yeah, Feeble going through sucker punches.

03:31:17.500 --> 03:31:18.820
There's the icy wind, like he mentioned.

03:31:18.820 --> 03:31:21.300
We know the bulk of Licky Licky is going to be able to contend with this.

03:31:21.300 --> 03:31:24.580
And regardless if a shield comes in play, the icy wind debuff will still come through.

03:31:24.580 --> 03:31:27.140
The Spartans are reserving their shields wisely for Licky Licky.

03:31:27.140 --> 03:31:31.420
An important aspect of this game for Firestar was the fact that he did not let it catch happen.

03:31:31.420 --> 03:31:34.220
He was able to hold onto that energy on that Galarian Corsola.

03:31:34.220 --> 03:31:37.660
So, even though he is in a position where he's down a shield in this mid-game,

03:31:37.660 --> 03:31:39.660
look at that body-send, that body-send, he does nothing.

03:31:39.660 --> 03:31:42.060
Siebel should be able to exit this match with a lot of energy,

03:31:42.060 --> 03:31:43.660
there's a lot of energy in the Corsula as well,

03:31:43.660 --> 03:31:46.060
and then switch back as Nintale hits the field.

03:31:46.060 --> 03:31:47.540
Yeah, the switch time is half reset,

03:31:47.540 --> 03:31:50.300
so we're gonna see a run back of the opening leads for this first game here

03:31:50.300 --> 03:31:51.660
with the Nintale versus the Corsula.

03:31:51.660 --> 03:31:54.100
The Corsula is gonna start ramping on the pressure a little bit,

03:31:54.100 --> 03:31:55.260
going for this Power Jam,

03:31:55.260 --> 03:31:58.380
it's super effective, but not enough to get the KO Nintale still in the game.

03:31:58.380 --> 03:32:01.020
It looks like Spartan would not have made the double-weather ball,

03:32:01.020 --> 03:32:04.060
so instead opting for the energy ball, energy ball slightly less efficient,

03:32:04.060 --> 03:32:05.840
but does do a little bit more damage.

03:32:05.840 --> 03:32:08.020
Energy ball connects, Corsola survives,

03:32:08.020 --> 03:32:10.520
no debuff comes through and Firestar farms down.

03:32:10.520 --> 03:32:11.400
Yeah, those are strong issues

03:32:11.400 --> 03:32:12.900
just finishing up against that nine tails.

03:32:12.900 --> 03:32:14.220
But now Spartan has an option.

03:32:14.220 --> 03:32:15.580
You could bring in that Empolium from the back

03:32:15.580 --> 03:32:16.780
to start farming up a little bit of energy

03:32:16.780 --> 03:32:18.740
or put the Licky Licky back in place.

03:32:18.740 --> 03:32:20.020
It is gonna be that point here.

03:32:20.020 --> 03:32:21.340
You have the Shaddleball ready to go.

03:32:21.340 --> 03:32:23.620
That's gonna apply so much pressure onto that Corsola.

03:32:23.620 --> 03:32:25.620
Incredible counting there from Spartan.

03:32:25.620 --> 03:32:28.700
The overfarm by one CMP tying the Corsola,

03:32:28.700 --> 03:32:31.660
slamming the door as the energy for Firestar is lost.

03:32:31.660 --> 03:32:33.660
Firestar could look to utilize

03:32:33.660 --> 03:32:35.400
Feeble energy to great success

03:32:35.400 --> 03:32:37.000
as Impoleon hits Feeble.

03:32:37.000 --> 03:32:38.800
Two of the Steel type Titans

03:32:38.800 --> 03:32:40.660
of the meta, Tinketum versus Impoleon

03:32:40.660 --> 03:32:41.900
and Tinketum does have that

03:32:41.900 --> 03:32:44.080
utility coverage move with the Bulldoze

03:32:44.080 --> 03:32:45.680
to apply pressure to be opposing Impoleon

03:32:45.680 --> 03:32:47.680
but Spartan gonna let this come through.

03:32:47.680 --> 03:32:50.180
Bulldoze connects, it's a 50% chance at a Feeble

03:32:50.180 --> 03:32:51.780
but it does not come through.

03:32:51.780 --> 03:32:53.580
Firestar reaching to the next Bulldoze.

03:32:53.580 --> 03:32:54.840
Spartan not gonna throw energy

03:32:54.840 --> 03:32:56.620
just so he wants to hold onto the energy

03:32:56.620 --> 03:32:58.120
to make it more difficult for Firestar

03:32:58.120 --> 03:32:59.960
to potentially try and switch into Feeble.

03:32:59.960 --> 03:33:01.360
And with the second Bulldoze coming through

03:33:01.360 --> 03:33:04.040
think of wide shields here. You want to keep him polion in the game. No debuffs

03:33:04.040 --> 03:33:07.480
still against one lucky little penguin as it gets all of that energy up on the

03:33:07.480 --> 03:33:11.280
Hydro Cannon. And this Hydro Cannon, it's not gonna be a problem for Tinketon.

03:33:11.280 --> 03:33:14.780
Tinketon is very bulky. In addition to having that great defensive typing,

03:33:14.780 --> 03:33:17.800
Firestar can try and reach for the bulldoze, but Spartan is gonna cut him off.

03:33:17.800 --> 03:33:21.400
Going for the Hydro Cannon. Firestar, he's letting Tinketon go. He's putting

03:33:21.400 --> 03:33:24.680
his Game Ward hulks on the back of Siebel. There's still that one shield on

03:33:24.680 --> 03:33:27.280
Firestar's side of the field as well to utilize, and you have that

03:33:27.280 --> 03:33:30.000
Siebel with so much energy back coming back onto the field. The

03:33:30.000 --> 03:33:33.740
in play but Spartan now deciding do you want to keep him polion in play or are

03:33:33.740 --> 03:33:37.000
you going to utilize that shield it is at the last second going up the protect

03:33:37.000 --> 03:33:40.800
shield comes off does fire star oh he gets the boost it is going to be a charge

03:33:40.800 --> 03:33:44.400
attack priority tie here so now the feeble these sucker punches they already

03:33:44.400 --> 03:33:47.760
do so much damage but they're going to be hitting even harder Spartan able to

03:33:47.760 --> 03:33:51.280
grab the final protect shield but a plus one night slash and polion can never

03:33:51.280 --> 03:33:54.320
hope to survive this this time as well it's insult to injury the

03:33:54.320 --> 03:33:57.000
protect shields are down the plus one like you said Hagerie is going to

03:33:57.000 --> 03:33:59.880
come full in full force and get the knockout onto that polio.

03:33:59.880 --> 03:34:01.200
Licky, Licky however comes back in,

03:34:01.200 --> 03:34:02.200
although there's a lot of energy,

03:34:02.200 --> 03:34:04.120
there's not a lot of HP on the board.

03:34:04.120 --> 03:34:06.080
And does this body slam take the knockout?

03:34:06.080 --> 03:34:08.400
The Icewind Diva from earlier has been reset.

03:34:08.400 --> 03:34:10.600
Licky, Licky fires up the body slam.

03:34:10.600 --> 03:34:14.040
Dival falls and that's gonna be a game one win for Spartan.

03:34:14.040 --> 03:34:16.440
That was on the finest of margins in that endgame.

03:34:16.440 --> 03:34:18.240
Licky, Licky barely holding on,

03:34:18.240 --> 03:34:20.040
but such a fantastic utility to come in

03:34:20.040 --> 03:34:22.360
with all that energy and keep the pressure on.

03:34:22.360 --> 03:34:24.680
I really liked Spartan's decision in the endgame.

03:34:24.680 --> 03:34:25.920
It seemed like for a second there

03:34:25.920 --> 03:34:28.040
He wasn't quite sure if the body sand would take the knockout.

03:34:28.040 --> 03:34:30.880
So even despite the threat of those boosted sucker punches,

03:34:30.880 --> 03:34:32.680
he stayed calm and he threw the roll out

03:34:32.680 --> 03:34:34.560
to get a little bit of extra damage.

03:34:34.560 --> 03:34:38.280
Thiebel is quite bulky and with a little bit of extra damage done,

03:34:38.280 --> 03:34:39.680
body sand takes the knockout

03:34:39.680 --> 03:34:42.400
and Spartan clutch is a very important victory.

03:34:42.400 --> 03:34:44.440
I have to mention as well the pressure output

03:34:44.440 --> 03:34:46.800
from these charge attacks that the Ninetales and the Apolion

03:34:46.800 --> 03:34:49.480
were fell able to deal out against Firestar's side.

03:34:49.480 --> 03:34:50.960
You were able to get to those energy balls

03:34:50.960 --> 03:34:53.240
and weather balls so fast on Ninetales' side

03:34:53.240 --> 03:34:55.640
and at the same time, back-to-back Hydra Connons ready to go.

03:34:55.640 --> 03:35:01.360
It's such a ferocious thing to deal with even despite the fact that the regular nine tails is not necessarily known for the damage that it can output

03:35:01.360 --> 03:35:04.520
I really liked how he was able to position that nine tails in this game

03:35:04.520 --> 03:35:07.700
He's able to fire off an energy ball early on survive the power gem

03:35:07.700 --> 03:35:13.600
So the bulk of the regular nine tails actually came in clutch getting a second energy ball and then the energy management on Spartan was

03:35:13.960 --> 03:35:20.880
Absolutely critical in that endgame Napoleon energy so valuable in this meta as a whole but so valuable in this matchup

03:35:20.880 --> 03:35:26.880
The energy goes everywhere unless they're in at a fully on mirror, and by prioritizing that energy perfectly,

03:35:26.880 --> 03:35:31.180
she's just able to get enough damage out of that evil to take the game on win.

03:35:31.180 --> 03:35:35.480
That's an interesting observation though, because you're right, we see a lot more of the Shadow variant on these 9-Tels.

03:35:35.480 --> 03:35:38.480
I think it's a nice way for it to apply pressure to some of the water types in the meta,

03:35:38.480 --> 03:35:43.080
but then we're going to see the adaptation here, where it's not Shadow and gives it that defensive capabilities.

03:35:43.080 --> 03:35:47.480
But we're jumping right into the game, it's going to be a ghost type parade with the Annihilation versus the Corsalum.

03:35:47.480 --> 03:35:49.880
Oh, that is not what Spartan was hoping to see,

03:35:49.880 --> 03:35:51.320
but he safe switches Licky-Licky.

03:35:51.320 --> 03:35:53.000
Firestar gonna bring in the Feeble,

03:35:53.000 --> 03:35:55.960
and Feeble just gonna strike first with the Night Slash.

03:35:55.960 --> 03:35:58.840
Night Slash is a cheap remove, won't have that attack drop,

03:35:58.840 --> 03:36:01.640
but what it does get is some damage onto that Licky-Licky,

03:36:01.640 --> 03:36:03.720
because the Licky-Licky having health in the endgame

03:36:03.720 --> 03:36:05.320
ended up proving to be a little bit problematic

03:36:05.320 --> 03:36:07.080
for Firestar in game number one.

03:36:07.080 --> 03:36:08.920
Yeah, Sloan and Steadie can indeed win the race

03:36:08.920 --> 03:36:10.600
in Licky-Licky's game, of course,

03:36:10.600 --> 03:36:12.600
but now it's gonna be going for another one of these body slams.

03:36:12.600 --> 03:36:15.160
He's just stacked up some decent damage into the opposing Feeble,

03:36:15.160 --> 03:36:17.400
and look at that, another one is primed and ready to go.

03:36:17.400 --> 03:36:21.180
No shield from fire start. He knows this body sam will not threaten the knockout

03:36:21.180 --> 03:36:26.280
He's approaching very quickly under for night slash and as these sucker punches connect as the damage adds up

03:36:26.440 --> 03:36:30.680
Licky Licky is gonna be very hard pressed to survive so Spartan will invest to protect shield

03:36:30.680 --> 03:36:33.760
Not something we see every day particularly when there is a shadow annihilate in the back

03:36:33.760 --> 03:36:36.320
I normally like to hold all of those shields to itself at Licky Licky

03:36:36.820 --> 03:36:40.940
Optimizing the potential to go for all this energy on the shadow or all the body slam

03:36:40.940 --> 03:36:42.320
It looks like the evil however

03:36:42.320 --> 03:36:45.400
It's just pipping it to the post that may have been a miscount there from Spartan

03:36:45.400 --> 03:36:46.960
and he lets it on Night Slash be reached.

03:36:46.960 --> 03:36:48.740
Now he's down both protect shields,

03:36:48.740 --> 03:36:50.320
and considering what he has in the back,

03:36:50.320 --> 03:36:53.080
he could be in some pretty serious trouble against Tinketon

03:36:53.080 --> 03:36:55.720
had he can't even farm down the sucker punch

03:36:55.720 --> 03:36:58.480
pressure from Feeble too much for Licky Licky.

03:36:58.480 --> 03:37:00.440
And Spartan has to give up both protect shields

03:37:00.440 --> 03:37:02.100
and an entire body slam.

03:37:02.100 --> 03:37:03.400
You can see what Licky Licky is trying to do.

03:37:03.400 --> 03:37:05.720
As you say, farm down, get as much energy up on the board

03:37:05.720 --> 03:37:06.560
and then unleash that.

03:37:06.560 --> 03:37:08.400
And one of the poke went in the back on Firestar's side,

03:37:08.400 --> 03:37:09.960
but Licky Licky had to go for that damage

03:37:09.960 --> 03:37:10.800
in that situation.

03:37:10.800 --> 03:37:11.720
But now he gets that Shatterbolt

03:37:11.720 --> 03:37:12.840
and look, it's gone and shielded.

03:37:12.840 --> 03:37:13.960
He's making the read.

03:37:13.960 --> 03:37:16.560
He's trusting in Tinketon with both protect shields intact.

03:37:16.560 --> 03:37:19.440
The Shadow Malkanax, big damage, Income's Band of Buzz.

03:37:19.440 --> 03:37:20.960
Tinketon hits the field.

03:37:20.960 --> 03:37:24.480
And this could be a very big problem for Spartan Spartan.

03:37:24.480 --> 03:37:26.800
He did stay in that lead match to get a little bit of energy

03:37:26.800 --> 03:37:28.360
that will allow him to outpace.

03:37:28.360 --> 03:37:29.880
But this is where having two protect shields

03:37:29.880 --> 03:37:31.240
is critical for Firestar.

03:37:31.240 --> 03:37:34.400
He can protect the Tinketon, invest in that health,

03:37:34.400 --> 03:37:37.320
and then reach for the Gigaton Hammer for the one hit KO.

03:37:37.320 --> 03:37:39.320
And look at the work that those fairy winds are

03:37:39.320 --> 03:37:41.120
putting in against the Shadow Annihilator as well.

03:37:41.120 --> 03:37:42.200
So much energy up on the board,

03:37:42.200 --> 03:37:46.860
so much HP being dwindled away on an Isleipseid, particularly with the follow-up of that heavy

03:37:46.860 --> 03:37:49.040
damage attack coming through.

03:37:49.040 --> 03:37:53.120
This gigaton, by prioritizing that HP, is firmly outside of a range where Shadow Ball

03:37:53.120 --> 03:37:54.120
could take a knockout.

03:37:54.120 --> 03:37:57.960
And that is very, very good for Firestar, because being outside of Shadow Ball range,

03:37:57.960 --> 03:38:01.560
even though you have a protect shield, you're not necessarily threatened to throw it

03:38:01.560 --> 03:38:04.760
until he's able to make it to his second Shadow Ball, whereas in the meantime, these

03:38:04.760 --> 03:38:09.080
gigaton hammers, oh my goodness, and he gets the catch back onto the Corsula.

03:38:09.080 --> 03:38:12.080
Corsula basically is being used as a damage punch in this game.

03:38:12.080 --> 03:38:14.000
Yeah, it's taking shadowball after shadowball,

03:38:14.000 --> 03:38:16.040
but even though it's taking a super effective attack,

03:38:16.040 --> 03:38:17.960
it is still hanging on in the game and can retaliate

03:38:17.960 --> 03:38:18.800
with this power gem.

03:38:18.800 --> 03:38:20.200
Something that the MandaBuzz does not

03:38:20.200 --> 03:38:21.600
appreciate taking at all.

03:38:21.600 --> 03:38:23.640
So Firestar ended up dropping the first game,

03:38:23.640 --> 03:38:27.240
but in game two, he fights back in dramatic fashion.

03:38:27.240 --> 03:38:29.540
Corsula knocking out one of its most difficult

03:38:29.540 --> 03:38:30.800
matchups in MandaBuzz.

03:38:30.800 --> 03:38:31.640
We've got a series.

03:38:31.640 --> 03:38:33.200
We're going to a game number three.

03:38:33.200 --> 03:38:34.600
I love myself a game three.

03:38:34.600 --> 03:38:36.280
It's more incredible competitive Pokemon

03:38:36.280 --> 03:38:38.200
action for you guys at home to enjoy and for us

03:38:38.200 --> 03:38:40.000
to cast over as well, particularly when

03:38:40.000 --> 03:38:41.920
the games are so very close.

03:38:41.920 --> 03:38:45.680
so much great alignment, so much switching, but for me, it really came down to the momentum

03:38:45.680 --> 03:38:48.880
swing when Tinketon found itself down against that Annihilator.

03:38:48.880 --> 03:38:53.240
That Tinketon and the call to make, descending the course, and though she had a super effective

03:38:53.240 --> 03:38:56.840
shadow ball, he was trusting in the fact that Tinketon up two shields, looking into

03:38:56.840 --> 03:39:00.080
Spartan's team, even if it was something like that problematic Kanto Ninetales, which

03:39:00.080 --> 03:39:04.880
is not a good matchup, up two shields, he should still have enough where just by

03:39:04.880 --> 03:39:07.760
firing up full doses and Gigaton amours, that Tinketon would still be able to

03:39:07.760 --> 03:39:08.760
close out that match.

03:39:08.760 --> 03:39:11.520
Yeah, it was great to be able to see one of the top pokemen in the meta have

03:39:11.520 --> 03:39:15.960
such great utility in play. But again one of the key things for me was about those shield

03:39:15.960 --> 03:39:19.760
utilities being able to keep the shields nicely preserved in contrast to your opponent who

03:39:19.760 --> 03:39:22.520
was then incredibly vulnerable here at the annihilate and then the follow-up with the

03:39:22.520 --> 03:39:26.080
manifest. Digiton Hammer was just able to come through absolutely unstopped.

03:39:26.080 --> 03:39:30.080
Now a team construction like that from Spartan is only possible when the fairy type of choice

03:39:30.080 --> 03:39:33.560
on fire start side is the Ticketon because annihilate can actually have some play

03:39:33.560 --> 03:39:37.520
and Ticketon do the fairy skill typing counter hits for neutral. You can actually over

03:39:37.520 --> 03:39:42.060
time get some pretty nice damage there so the idea was to kind of run a soft ABA

03:39:42.060 --> 03:39:45.500
line with spacing where your lead Pokemon your back Pokemon share weakness

03:39:45.500 --> 03:39:49.040
and so his plan was if I see the ticket on on the lead I can kind of soft lose

03:39:49.040 --> 03:39:52.620
the match up but the mandibos should be good in the back all right the stage is

03:39:52.620 --> 03:39:57.580
set the battlers already game number three Spartan L versus Firestar the

03:39:57.580 --> 03:40:01.580
Corsula returns but this time it leads into forges yes back and changing

03:40:01.580 --> 03:40:04.220
things up bringing that forges into play it's just able to go to these

03:40:04.220 --> 03:40:06.640
as Ferrywins stop farming up as much energy as possible,

03:40:06.640 --> 03:40:08.220
gets to his charge attacks nice and early,

03:40:08.220 --> 03:40:10.460
but then goes for that chilling water.

03:40:10.460 --> 03:40:12.120
So what the Firestar may have to check for

03:40:12.120 --> 03:40:14.100
with his team composition is he is double weak

03:40:14.100 --> 03:40:15.220
to fighting in the back.

03:40:15.220 --> 03:40:17.420
We know Spartan has not brought the annihilate,

03:40:17.420 --> 03:40:19.060
but if Firestar is worried about the annihilate,

03:40:19.060 --> 03:40:20.700
he could potentially need to try and hit it

03:40:20.700 --> 03:40:21.620
out of this matchup.

03:40:21.620 --> 03:40:23.300
I do like the adjustment in Steel Fetch here.

03:40:23.300 --> 03:40:25.100
Tinkerton is gone and at its place,

03:40:25.100 --> 03:40:27.580
Empolion, a Pokemon that can better take charge stacks

03:40:27.580 --> 03:40:28.940
from Spartans Empolion.

03:40:28.940 --> 03:40:30.580
And knowing as well the Thebals in the back here,

03:40:30.580 --> 03:40:32.540
you want to make sure that you avoid facing down

03:40:32.540 --> 03:40:33.860
against our opposing Flaugers.

03:40:33.860 --> 03:40:37.300
Empolion joins the fray, is able to go with these metal sounds and just get into a prime position,

03:40:37.300 --> 03:40:41.340
but it's now time for that Pokemon to start going for the big damage,

03:40:41.340 --> 03:40:44.940
trying to get the Night Sage down on the opposing side, but Empolion can take that easy.

03:40:44.940 --> 03:40:47.540
I love this play pattern from Firestar.

03:40:47.540 --> 03:40:50.300
It's something we've seen time and time again, typically with Licky Lickies.

03:40:50.300 --> 03:40:53.980
If you're ever able to get a little bit of chip damage and kind of soften up your opponent,

03:40:53.980 --> 03:40:58.460
then you can bring in your own Empolion, because everything in this matchup is resisted.

03:40:58.460 --> 03:41:02.580
In Polion, the reason why it's in this meta is it has an incredibly strong defensive typing.

03:41:02.580 --> 03:41:06.280
Firestar will actually invest to protect shield. He does want to keep this Empolion around,

03:41:06.280 --> 03:41:09.580
but this is a pretty effective way for him to kind of mutualize that energy.

03:41:09.580 --> 03:41:14.580
Steeltyping is one of the best defensive typhings in the game, and Empolion is able to utilize this so well.

03:41:14.580 --> 03:41:17.580
We're going to slow down the pace of play in this mirror between both the Empolions,

03:41:17.580 --> 03:41:20.580
but the one key thing they can do is relentlessly store up all of this energy.

03:41:20.580 --> 03:41:25.580
Hydra Cannon comes across not very effective, but it is going to be hanging on the opposing side.

03:41:25.580 --> 03:41:27.580
Spartan can retaliate with a Hydra Cannon of his very own.

03:41:27.580 --> 03:41:31.580
Oh my goodness, the very low HP survive for Spartan. Firestar double shielding.

03:41:31.580 --> 03:41:35.100
shielding. He's doubling down on Empolion. There's a switch into the

03:41:35.100 --> 03:41:38.260
Flaugius and I believe that was actually a charge attack priority time. Flaugius'

03:41:38.260 --> 03:41:41.580
energy is resisted. The Spartan just wants damage on this Pokemon.

03:41:41.580 --> 03:41:44.300
Yep, just trying to weaken up and try and get it off the board as soon as

03:41:44.300 --> 03:41:47.500
possible and that's one way to do it. Getting the KO on the Flaugius. Now

03:41:47.500 --> 03:41:50.180
Spartan has the option. I can't remember how much energy was banked on

03:41:50.180 --> 03:41:52.700
that opposing Empolion, but at the same time your Ninetales can stop

03:41:52.700 --> 03:41:55.340
going through these embers farming up energy of its own and particularly as

03:41:55.340 --> 03:41:58.100
you have to shield advantage on Spartan's side. You can find a way through

03:41:58.100 --> 03:42:02.820
the Sympolion. Catastrophe actually find a way to save the Empolion, maybe try and go

03:42:02.820 --> 03:42:07.900
for a catch. The energy was thrown on the course, it was used to chip the Empolion earlier.

03:42:07.900 --> 03:42:11.700
He's going to try for the catch, bring in Feeble. The Feeble is down quite a lot of energy.

03:42:11.700 --> 03:42:15.540
Ninetales will reach for the energy ball, there is always a percent chance at a defense

03:42:15.540 --> 03:42:17.600
drop. Will it come through here?

03:42:17.600 --> 03:42:21.140
Enigabal does connect, significant amount of damage but looks like no debuff. Feeble

03:42:21.140 --> 03:42:24.460
is still able to go for the sucker punches but the Ninetales is just not holding

03:42:24.460 --> 03:42:27.260
back and Nullet Enigabal is primed and ready to go.

03:42:27.260 --> 03:42:30.700
Martin still does have that protect shield to work with, but also has the Impoliarmage.

03:42:30.700 --> 03:42:34.380
Could potentially be used as a sacrificial swap, but Firestar waits the turn.

03:42:34.380 --> 03:42:38.420
No catch will come through, but Smart knows this Night Slash is survivable.

03:42:38.420 --> 03:42:42.380
Does he decide to let it go? He will. This would do less damage than a Hydro Cannon,

03:42:42.380 --> 03:42:44.500
so he's gonna no shield and try and farm down.

03:42:44.500 --> 03:42:47.540
Yeah, Nintel's proved his bulk in the previous match of this set,

03:42:47.540 --> 03:42:49.540
so it knows he's able to hang on. You still have that shield.

03:42:49.540 --> 03:42:51.500
You have so much energy with the Corsula again.

03:42:51.500 --> 03:42:53.060
One of these bulkier Pokemons is in play.

03:42:53.060 --> 03:42:56.180
You have to get a couple more embers of chip down to be able to apply that pressure.

03:42:56.180 --> 03:42:58.540
I think Firestar may have a guaranteed win condition here.

03:42:58.540 --> 03:43:00.820
He should survive it if he's able to instantly switch

03:43:00.820 --> 03:43:03.620
into the Empolion, then he could potentially go for a catch.

03:43:03.620 --> 03:43:07.500
But oh, Spartan reads the catch, Firestar stays on the field.

03:43:07.500 --> 03:43:10.260
He gets the call right, Empolion falls,

03:43:10.260 --> 03:43:13.900
and Firestar's onto the Group D winners' finals.

03:43:13.900 --> 03:43:16.540
Calm and compose the whole way through that set,

03:43:16.540 --> 03:43:18.940
Firestar able to come back and give us

03:43:18.940 --> 03:43:21.740
an incredible Game 3 thriller of a match.

03:43:21.740 --> 03:43:23.140
Wow, what a way to kick things off

03:43:23.140 --> 03:43:24.660
on our side of the broadcast here,

03:43:24.660 --> 03:43:27.700
Firestar staying undefeated in the tournament so far.

03:43:27.700 --> 03:43:30.780
Firestar just stoned cold under pressure.

03:43:30.780 --> 03:43:32.940
He dropped that game number one.

03:43:32.940 --> 03:43:34.660
And sometimes you can kind of see,

03:43:34.660 --> 03:43:36.740
it can get to players that get a little bit flustered

03:43:36.740 --> 03:43:38.180
but not Firestar.

03:43:38.180 --> 03:43:41.380
He was composed, he was just cool under pressure

03:43:41.380 --> 03:43:42.580
and he made the plays.

03:43:42.580 --> 03:43:44.220
That end game was so exciting though.

03:43:44.220 --> 03:43:47.700
Spartan calling the catch, but Firestar stays in

03:43:47.700 --> 03:43:48.980
and just farms him down.

03:43:48.980 --> 03:43:50.500
The mind games were incredible.

03:43:50.500 --> 03:43:52.940
A great set between two great players.

03:43:52.940 --> 03:43:56.180
And honestly, I'm a little sad to have to come to an end, but what a series.

03:43:56.180 --> 03:43:58.300
I mean, I say this a lot about competitive Pokemon Go.

03:43:58.300 --> 03:44:01.220
Everything is in these half-second kind of increments, right?

03:44:01.220 --> 03:44:03.300
And you have to make so many split-second decisions

03:44:03.300 --> 03:44:05.180
and already start visualizing parts to victory.

03:44:05.180 --> 03:44:06.580
And I think that was a masterclass

03:44:06.580 --> 03:44:09.740
in what Firestar was able to utilize here in this game.

03:44:09.740 --> 03:44:12.620
The adaptations as well on Spark inside, I'd really like to see them come through.

03:44:12.620 --> 03:44:13.900
I like seeing the Annihilate, for example.

03:44:13.900 --> 03:44:16.540
I like seeing the Adjustment Back to Fludges in Game 2.

03:44:16.540 --> 03:44:19.420
But Firestar was just able to get fantastic alignment with Pokemon

03:44:19.420 --> 03:44:22.260
like this evil, just constantly applying pressure with their sucker punches,

03:44:22.260 --> 03:44:25.860
getting so much energy up and ultimately weakening Spartans line.

03:44:25.860 --> 03:44:30.340
An incredibly underrated moment in that series was even though Spartan had the

03:44:30.340 --> 03:44:34.940
weather ball, Firestar made a very conscious choice to over form by one

03:44:34.940 --> 03:44:38.580
and then pin it out. He wasn't even able to get the catch but what that did is

03:44:38.580 --> 03:44:42.360
it set up a very difficult end game where everything has energy. The

03:44:42.360 --> 03:44:45.500
impoleon was only two metal sounds away from a hydro cannon. There's the

03:44:45.500 --> 03:44:49.180
fast attack pressure from the Galarian Corsula so even in a very dynamic

03:44:49.180 --> 03:44:53.000
game that had so many moving parts, Pokemon switching in, left and right, charge attacks

03:44:53.000 --> 03:44:57.300
being stored, the switch timers desync all over the place, he was kind of able to set

03:44:57.300 --> 03:45:00.900
up a complicated board state and I feel like that is part of what made it so difficult

03:45:00.900 --> 03:45:05.280
for Spartan to handle is he was able to preserve that impoleon and it was at a pretty good

03:45:05.280 --> 03:45:08.300
health range too, so it just kind of set himself up really, really well.

03:45:08.300 --> 03:45:10.580
I think you make a good observation about the switch timer.

03:45:10.580 --> 03:45:13.420
In this game in particular it was really, really strong, constantly on both sides

03:45:13.420 --> 03:45:16.740
of the field, they were making that adaptation, maybe slowing down the pace of play,

03:45:16.740 --> 03:45:18.500
then thinking, hey, I've got this energy bank later.

03:45:18.500 --> 03:45:20.620
I have to make sure I get the right moment to switch

03:45:20.620 --> 03:45:22.740
in the poke once I've been very competent of that timer

03:45:22.740 --> 03:45:25.020
was I think a really critical part of this particular set.

03:45:25.020 --> 03:45:27.140
And the good news is we should hear from Firestar himself

03:45:27.140 --> 03:45:28.740
about that dramatic set.

03:45:28.740 --> 03:45:31.140
Sounds like we have Fareed ready down on the stage

03:45:31.140 --> 03:45:33.340
to hear from the man of the hour, Firestar.

03:45:35.700 --> 03:45:38.380
I'm really excited to hear from Firestar as well.

03:45:38.380 --> 03:45:39.980
He's a player we all know

03:45:39.980 --> 03:45:41.900
and he's had a really eventful season.

03:45:41.900 --> 03:45:43.100
That was a great victory up there.

03:45:43.100 --> 03:45:44.220
How are you feeling?

03:45:44.220 --> 03:45:45.300
I'm feeling ecstatic.

03:45:45.300 --> 03:45:47.380
I have been wanting to keep improving,

03:45:47.380 --> 03:45:49.380
being able to make it to winners finals

03:45:49.380 --> 03:45:52.580
in the World Championships is something I could have,

03:45:52.580 --> 03:45:54.620
honestly, I would say I could have never dreamed of,

03:45:54.620 --> 03:45:56.020
but I've been dreaming.

03:45:56.020 --> 03:45:57.740
Now, you and I played a long time ago,

03:45:57.740 --> 03:45:59.340
and that was a really tough match,

03:45:59.340 --> 03:46:01.340
but since then, you've been absolutely soaring.

03:46:01.340 --> 03:46:03.060
You've had a great season so far.

03:46:03.060 --> 03:46:05.140
I'm glad we're not playing this weekend.

03:46:05.140 --> 03:46:07.300
What's it been like for you this year?

03:46:07.300 --> 03:46:08.840
It's been absolutely crazy.

03:46:08.840 --> 03:46:11.220
It's really been a game of steady improvements.

03:46:11.220 --> 03:46:13.020
I've desperately wanted to improve,

03:46:13.020 --> 03:46:14.860
and this season has been perfect for it,

03:46:14.860 --> 03:46:18.160
not only making my first winter side in Seattle,

03:46:18.160 --> 03:46:22.260
making my continuing the winter's side even up to here.

03:46:22.260 --> 03:46:24.620
Hopefully I can make it into day two on the winter's side

03:46:24.620 --> 03:46:27.220
and show my potential here at the Worlds.

03:46:27.220 --> 03:46:29.500
Now I like that Feeble pick that you had in your team.

03:46:29.500 --> 03:46:32.360
You managed to land that night slush in that last game

03:46:32.360 --> 03:46:33.320
and sucker punch down.

03:46:33.320 --> 03:46:34.860
What's that new Pokemon been like for you

03:46:34.860 --> 03:46:36.620
since its community day?

03:46:36.620 --> 03:46:38.240
Feeble has been super interesting.

03:46:38.240 --> 03:46:40.220
It was one of the picks that some people

03:46:40.220 --> 03:46:41.540
advised me not to go with,

03:46:41.540 --> 03:46:43.520
but when in practice,

03:46:43.520 --> 03:46:50.380
It just felt so neutral being able to icy wind even the fairies and cause them issues is something fantastic for a dark type.

03:46:50.680 --> 03:46:52.120
It's been fantastic.

03:46:52.120 --> 03:46:58.920
Every single team I've played against today has either been like almost 4x to 5x week to it, and it's been very easy for me to bring.

03:46:59.320 --> 03:47:01.760
Now, lots of players have different approaches to team building.

03:47:01.760 --> 03:47:04.080
Some will have their team ready weeks in advance.

03:47:04.080 --> 03:47:06.220
Others want to look in right at the very end.

03:47:06.360 --> 03:47:07.160
What's your style?

03:47:07.760 --> 03:47:09.160
So I've been building for a while.

03:47:09.160 --> 03:47:12.760
I came across this team about a week ago and with enough practice.

03:47:12.760 --> 03:47:19.720
I locked it in literally night before at about 11 p.m. What I always recommend to people that are heading to events

03:47:19.720 --> 03:47:24.660
Not sure on their team continue getting that practice. Don't lock it in too early and don't second guess yourself

03:47:24.660 --> 03:47:29.800
I think that's really good advice, but you've now played some matches. You're obviously doing very well with the team

03:47:30.000 --> 03:47:34.000
Are you still happy with it? Are there any bits where you're like? Oh, this could have been slightly different

03:47:34.000 --> 03:47:39.400
Or is this really really something that you've worked well on? I'd say overall everything seemed pretty solid

03:47:39.400 --> 03:47:41.400
I'm not sure if you've seen

03:47:41.500 --> 03:47:43.200
this before. I've seen this

03:47:43.300 --> 03:47:44.400
before. I've seen this before.

03:47:44.500 --> 03:47:45.600
There were a couple issues. I

03:47:45.700 --> 03:47:47.400
actually had an issue into

03:47:47.500 --> 03:47:48.400
Altaria and I lost my game one

03:47:48.500 --> 03:47:50.400
against it, which was kind of

03:47:50.500 --> 03:47:52.400
scary, but I bounced back and

03:47:52.500 --> 03:47:53.400
haven't seen Altaria since, so

03:47:53.500 --> 03:47:54.400
that's been kind of helpful.

03:47:54.500 --> 03:47:55.400
Right. Well, fingers crossed,

03:47:55.500 --> 03:47:57.400
you don't face any more Altaria,

03:47:57.500 --> 03:47:58.400
but I would be really worried

03:47:58.500 --> 03:47:59.400
about your opponents because

03:47:59.500 --> 03:48:00.400
that was some really strong

03:48:00.500 --> 03:48:02.400
gameplay. Congratulations again.

03:48:02.500 --> 03:48:03.400
Best of luck for the rest of

03:48:03.500 --> 03:48:04.400
the tournament. Otherwise,

03:48:04.500 --> 03:48:07.400
cast us, take it away.

03:48:07.400 --> 03:48:10.000
That's why we play best of three at the end of the day.

03:48:10.000 --> 03:48:12.200
Of course, Firestar will be continuing in the competition,

03:48:12.200 --> 03:48:13.700
but Spartans not out yet either.

03:48:13.700 --> 03:48:15.200
We play a double elimination bracket.

03:48:15.200 --> 03:48:16.800
So even though you take that one loss,

03:48:16.800 --> 03:48:18.400
the dream is still very much alive

03:48:18.400 --> 03:48:20.100
for our trainers in that loser's bracket.

03:48:20.100 --> 03:48:22.400
Speaking of, we've had so many matches

03:48:22.400 --> 03:48:24.500
occurring off-stream throughout the day.

03:48:24.500 --> 03:48:26.000
We have a bunch of results for you.

03:48:26.000 --> 03:48:28.400
We have Ripperly taking down Pranav,

03:48:28.400 --> 03:48:30.400
Chemcoup emerging victorious,

03:48:30.400 --> 03:48:32.500
Ziz Wylis taking down Armisora.

03:48:32.500 --> 03:48:34.000
There are some top names here.

03:48:34.000 --> 03:48:35.100
There certainly is as well.

03:48:35.100 --> 03:48:36.600
Panaman down there as well.

03:48:36.600 --> 03:48:40.320
We've also got Marta Galday taking a 2-0 victory there over Serrana.

03:48:40.320 --> 03:48:44.600
Again, a trainer, I think a lot of viewers out there, a lot of fans are really rooting for.

03:48:44.600 --> 03:48:48.440
But I have to say, Z's Wireless, I remember Z's Wireless versus Padamana, EUIC.

03:48:48.440 --> 03:48:52.080
I think that was one of the most iconic games of Pokemon Go history.

03:48:52.080 --> 03:48:54.600
Great to see both of these competitors here on the world stage.

03:48:55.160 --> 03:48:58.640
I really like seeing trainers who are able to kind of build off a strong performance

03:48:58.640 --> 03:49:01.040
and turn it into such incredible consistency.

03:49:01.040 --> 03:49:04.200
Because people can have those like one-off incredible runs,

03:49:04.200 --> 03:49:07.080
But it's the trainer to that it almost feels like a light of fire under them, right?

03:49:07.080 --> 03:49:08.520
We're suddenly they're like I get it

03:49:08.520 --> 03:49:13.960
I no longer feel those nerves like I can walk in I can play my game and that's what we've seen where ZZ

03:49:14.080 --> 03:49:17.600
He very frequently tries to go anti-meta rather than running the top stuff

03:49:17.600 --> 03:49:23.060
He usually tries to find something kind of interesting whether it's something like he's brought a king gambit to a previous world championship

03:49:23.060 --> 03:49:27.360
Which if you're watching you're familiar with VGC, you know Henry King gambit is very good

03:49:27.560 --> 03:49:31.440
King gambit is it's kind of a surprise for for us at this format

03:49:31.440 --> 03:49:35.260
So he's known for kind of thinking outside the box. I'm very happy to see that at least off stream things

03:49:35.260 --> 03:49:36.380
You can be going very well for him

03:49:36.380 --> 03:49:41.360
I do like seeing that creativity come through on a lot of teams and I'm glad you mentioned the consistency because again a trainer that

03:49:41.360 --> 03:49:44.420
I don't really need any encouragement to talk about is Padaman of course

03:49:44.420 --> 03:49:46.680
I do like to consider myself Padaman's number one fan

03:49:46.680 --> 03:49:50.300
But we talked a lot about his you know back-to-back European international championship wins

03:49:50.300 --> 03:49:55.620
But for me one of the highlights was he was a trainer who in the European scene was doing incredibly well getting to these grand finals

03:49:55.620 --> 03:49:58.980
But it actually took him to his third grand finals to be able to get the win

03:49:58.980 --> 03:50:01.980
And I remember as with charm a lowland nine tails back in the day

03:50:01.980 --> 03:50:05.180
But again, it took him those three attempts the consistency was there

03:50:05.180 --> 03:50:08.640
But the victory the golden ticket as it were still was just out of reach

03:50:08.640 --> 03:50:11.660
And he had to keep that momentum up and keep that drive for a lot of trainers

03:50:11.660 --> 03:50:15.480
That really is the story for a lot of them as well and being trained as like fire star

03:50:15.480 --> 03:50:17.380
They have that consistency those top finishes

03:50:17.380 --> 03:50:20.380
But we're still waiting for a lot of trainers to get that number one win

03:50:20.540 --> 03:50:24.420
You actually alluded to this perfectly because speaking of Pato man

03:50:24.420 --> 03:50:34.080
He is back on stage and this might be the matchup that I have been the most excited for this entire day on the left

03:50:34.580 --> 03:50:38.200
Potomac the boy wonder back-to-back European

03:50:38.740 --> 03:50:44.160
International champion he had a streak where he had made day three at five consecutive

03:50:44.260 --> 03:50:50.220
Internationals the street was only broken at any I see where he got fourth still an unbelievable run and sitting across the table from him a

03:50:50.220 --> 03:50:53.580
a rising star from the United States of America,

03:50:53.580 --> 03:50:54.860
Caspian Pike.

03:50:54.860 --> 03:50:57.180
He's only participated this is his fourth event,

03:50:57.180 --> 03:50:59.020
but his third event in Indianapolis,

03:50:59.020 --> 03:51:00.540
he won the whole thing.

03:51:00.540 --> 03:51:03.420
A rising star in our scene versus Potomac,

03:51:03.420 --> 03:51:04.940
who is an established star.

03:51:04.940 --> 03:51:07.580
This matchup has an incredible amount of firepower.

03:51:07.580 --> 03:51:08.460
I mean, correct me if I'm wrong,

03:51:08.460 --> 03:51:10.380
wasn't Indianapolis the last regional

03:51:10.380 --> 03:51:12.460
of the U.S. circuit in this season?

03:51:12.460 --> 03:51:14.140
Was that the very last one?

03:51:14.140 --> 03:51:15.420
Because I think if it was then,

03:51:15.420 --> 03:51:16.380
Patamant winning Turin,

03:51:16.380 --> 03:51:17.820
the last one of the European season,

03:51:17.820 --> 03:51:18.620
these are two of the hottest

03:51:18.620 --> 03:51:20.380
as Condendas coming into the World Championship.

03:51:20.380 --> 03:51:21.500
You are absolutely right.

03:51:21.500 --> 03:51:23.980
That is a terrific call out right there.

03:51:23.980 --> 03:51:27.220
So these trainers have both been at the top of their game

03:51:27.220 --> 03:51:28.780
very, very recently.

03:51:28.780 --> 03:51:29.940
And the teams that they're running

03:51:29.940 --> 03:51:31.420
are incredibly interesting.

03:51:31.420 --> 03:51:33.900
Potomac has opted for the non-shadow,

03:51:33.900 --> 03:51:36.420
mylodic, waterfall, aquatill wrap,

03:51:36.420 --> 03:51:39.300
the ability to kind of debuff through matchups with wrap,

03:51:39.300 --> 03:51:41.700
and with super effective water type vascular pressure,

03:51:41.700 --> 03:51:43.300
be kind of difficult for the Ninetales.

03:51:43.300 --> 03:51:46.260
And then Caspian Pike also has a fish of his own.

03:51:46.260 --> 03:51:48.180
We have a little fish battle here on stage,

03:51:48.180 --> 03:51:53.000
But he has done dozo, done dozo with waterfall, surf and outrage.

03:51:53.000 --> 03:51:57.700
It feels a very similar role of trying to target and shut down Pokemon like Alolan Ninetales.

03:51:57.700 --> 03:51:59.120
So I can't do Ninetales.

03:51:59.120 --> 03:52:03.160
Well, I think that's the reason because Caspy and Pike was running the Feraligator back in Indianopolis

03:52:03.160 --> 03:52:06.860
and Pokemon like Feraligator and Empolion are kind of dropping off a little bit more.

03:52:06.860 --> 03:52:10.060
Particularly the Feraligator in the face of Pokemon like the Alolan Ninetales

03:52:10.060 --> 03:52:13.000
that particularly in the shadow form are able to apply a lot more pressure

03:52:13.000 --> 03:52:15.240
with seeing in this world championships already early doors.

03:52:15.240 --> 03:52:19.800
a big shift into more bulky water type variants, Dondozo and the Milotic for example.

03:52:45.240 --> 03:52:48.900
take that very comfortably. They're still smacking down with super effective

03:52:48.900 --> 03:52:53.220
waterfall damage. So it's very interesting to see as the meta adapts to

03:52:53.220 --> 03:52:57.060
try and counter that cancer nine tails, because it is an absolute terror.

03:52:57.420 --> 03:52:59.700
Well, it looks like our trainers are ready. So we're not going to leave you

03:52:59.700 --> 03:53:02.100
waiting any longer. Let's jump into the game. It's going to be a fortress

03:53:02.100 --> 03:53:05.780
versus the nine tells here. This is not a fortress wants to see at all.

03:53:05.900 --> 03:53:10.180
They catastrophically for Pato man, but in comes my lunic. Caspian bike

03:53:10.180 --> 03:53:13.060
gonna stay on the field. He's gonna build up to the energy ball. This

03:53:13.060 --> 03:53:15.460
who do quite a lot of damage. He goes for the Weather Bowl, baby.

03:53:15.460 --> 03:53:18.460
He's able to save a little bit of energy and grab an early protect shield.

03:53:18.460 --> 03:53:22.260
Yeah, Panama not only losing the lead, but losing a shield very early on in this game one.

03:53:22.260 --> 03:53:26.060
Milotic has lots of energy charged up those. The adaptation comes in with this stun fist.

03:53:26.060 --> 03:53:30.360
Now, because Potomac did end up investing in the protect shield, this Milotic is very, very healthy.

03:53:30.360 --> 03:53:34.260
Now, the most recent time we saw Milotic was actually at the European International Championships,

03:53:34.260 --> 03:53:38.860
where you're never going to believe it. Potomac ended up winning, so he's very familiar with this Pokemon.

03:53:38.860 --> 03:53:42.480
Caspian Pike could potentially try and look to make a play for switch advantage here

03:53:42.480 --> 03:53:45.820
as keeping 9 gels aligned onto that fortress would be very, very favorable.

03:53:45.820 --> 03:53:47.520
But despite the bulk of this Miloadex,

03:53:47.520 --> 03:53:51.700
Sumpisk is applying a lot of pressure, having your super effective fast and charge attacks here,

03:53:51.700 --> 03:53:52.980
the Thunder Shock stacking up.

03:53:52.980 --> 03:53:55.400
Why, I think, on Caspian Pike's side going for the shield here,

03:53:55.400 --> 03:53:59.400
you want to be able to keep up this Agri-Tail, not take any damage and keep that pressure game on.

03:53:59.400 --> 03:54:04.280
And Caspian Pike, one off the discharge, able to fire off the charge deck on perfect timing.

03:54:04.280 --> 03:54:06.160
Potomand invests the protect shield.

03:54:06.160 --> 03:54:08.160
Can he potentially waterfall down?

03:54:08.160 --> 03:54:10.820
This is going to be close to Stugfisk as low, but Stugfisk is falling.

03:54:10.820 --> 03:54:13.660
But Caspian Pike hops out, he brings in Licky Licky,

03:54:13.660 --> 03:54:15.820
and that's going to be truthfully answered with the Forrest Rips.

03:54:15.820 --> 03:54:18.760
Yeah, again, slowing down the pace of playing here, Licky Licky versus Forrest Rips,

03:54:18.760 --> 03:54:22.500
but Forrest Rips much happier to face down against the Licky Licky than the Nine Tails and the Leaf.

03:54:22.500 --> 03:54:26.800
Licky Licky, however, can utilize all of these charge attacks for no-protect shields remaining on Padaman's side,

03:54:26.800 --> 03:54:29.400
and that is a huge chunk of damage into that bulky Pokémon.

03:54:29.400 --> 03:54:32.000
Oh, that is so much damage onto the Licky Licky.

03:54:32.000 --> 03:54:34.060
Caspian Pike, he's going to like to let this go.

03:54:34.060 --> 03:54:35.460
This will not take the knockout,

03:54:35.460 --> 03:54:38.780
But Potomac does get very, very good value out of this fortress.

03:54:38.780 --> 03:54:42.300
The Rock Tomb connects, Tashkul and Light will reach for the Shadow Ball,

03:54:42.300 --> 03:54:46.100
but he's actually going to over farm because he does not want to give a lot of farm to Potomac

03:54:46.100 --> 03:54:47.900
once that fortress gets knocked out.

03:54:47.900 --> 03:54:49.740
Yeah, here comes the second Shadow Ball coming through.

03:54:49.740 --> 03:54:51.780
Being the Shadow Varian on at the fortress as well,

03:54:51.780 --> 03:54:53.900
does leave it a little bit more vulnerable defensively,

03:54:53.900 --> 03:54:55.900
but now Panaman can bring that.

03:54:55.900 --> 03:54:58.540
My Lodik back in with all the energy up to face down to get Ninjas,

03:54:58.540 --> 03:55:00.380
but look at that, Ninjas gets there first.

03:55:00.380 --> 03:55:02.340
This is going to be close. It's a resistant weather ball.

03:55:02.340 --> 03:55:04.460
My Lodik is very bulky. Can it survive?

03:55:04.460 --> 03:55:10.060
Whether or not it connects, my loading falls and that is exactly what Caspian was hoping to see.

03:55:10.060 --> 03:55:14.540
This 9-tail is absolutely dealing vanquishing that of closing my loading from play and look at that,

03:55:14.540 --> 03:55:19.100
it's got another charge attack full of some style points to face down against into this Corsula.

03:55:19.100 --> 03:55:24.300
But a problem for Caspian, Pipe can be, he does not have a lot of HP remaining on his remaining Pokemon.

03:55:24.300 --> 03:55:28.620
He's going to have to survive astonishes on the Licky Licky that I don't know if Licky Licky has what it takes.

03:55:28.620 --> 03:55:31.500
There's not a lot of energy ready on that, Licky Licky does manage to get to the body star,

03:55:31.500 --> 03:55:35.420
but we know that would be negligible damage into the Corsair wasn't able to get to the shadow board now

03:55:35.420 --> 03:55:37.760
It really is all hopes and stun fist with Caspian pike

03:55:37.920 --> 03:55:42.940
But Ponto man has the back-to-back night shades as close as it can get

03:55:43.300 --> 03:55:49.220
Caspian knows with back-to-back night shades only one protect shield its checkmate Ponto man takes game number one

03:55:49.300 --> 03:55:55.100
It certainly looks a little bit dicey and turns in that the beginning in the leads was not ideal for Padaman

03:55:55.100 --> 03:55:59.340
Force to go for those shields early the Milotic goes down, but he was able to come out on top

03:55:59.340 --> 03:56:01.340
That is a champion right there.

03:56:01.340 --> 03:56:06.520
I think an incredibly tricky aspect of that game was Caspian Pike intentionally over-farmed

03:56:06.520 --> 03:56:10.380
not only to try and limit farm in that licky-licky matchup, but also over-farmed because he wanted

03:56:10.380 --> 03:56:11.780
an ability to switch out.

03:56:11.780 --> 03:56:15.620
He did not want to concede farm to that Milo if he wanted 9,000 in the field, but in doing

03:56:15.620 --> 03:56:20.140
so, by throwing the extra rollout, he took a lot of extra bug bites and that was actually

03:56:20.140 --> 03:56:21.740
the deciding factor in this game.

03:56:21.740 --> 03:56:23.240
It was right here.

03:56:23.240 --> 03:56:26.060
Instead of throwing the Shadow Ball right away, he over-farmed to throw one more

03:56:26.060 --> 03:56:29.180
because the Switch Timer would not have been up after this knockout was taken.

03:56:29.180 --> 03:56:32.060
After the Shadow Ball lands, the Switch Timer just came up,

03:56:32.060 --> 03:56:35.180
but it wouldn't have been available had he not thrown the rollout.

03:56:35.180 --> 03:56:39.340
So it's a very tricky situation to try to manage your health versus manage your timers.

03:56:39.340 --> 03:56:42.220
Paco Man just ends up committing to fast attack pressure,

03:56:42.220 --> 03:56:45.180
and by not getting any charge attacks off on the Milotic,

03:56:45.180 --> 03:56:49.660
there was a fear that maybe there was enough HP remaining on that Licky Licky,

03:56:49.660 --> 03:56:54.140
but even double-resisted Astonishes got the far down on Licky Licky.

03:56:54.140 --> 03:56:56.780
That game was as close as it could get.

03:56:56.780 --> 03:56:59.020
So, Licky-Licky was trying to buy a little bit of time, you say,

03:56:59.020 --> 03:57:01.100
for maybe the 9-tels to come back into the game,

03:57:01.100 --> 03:57:03.420
and Nontas was able to deal with the Milo too beautifully,

03:57:03.420 --> 03:57:04.860
but the bulk of that Corsola,

03:57:04.860 --> 03:57:07.100
particularly with the Astonishes stacking up to low HP,

03:57:07.100 --> 03:57:09.340
just meant that Panama had a clear path to victory

03:57:09.340 --> 03:57:10.620
at the end of that game one.

03:57:10.620 --> 03:57:12.860
But Caspy and Pike has been in these positions before.

03:57:12.860 --> 03:57:14.860
His bat might be up against the wall in this situation,

03:57:14.860 --> 03:57:16.140
but we played this best of three set.

03:57:16.140 --> 03:57:17.980
There's adaptations to be made.

03:57:17.980 --> 03:57:20.380
I'm so impressed with how that regular Milo

03:57:20.380 --> 03:57:22.460
that the non-shadow was able to handle,

03:57:22.460 --> 03:57:25.800
that you know the spun fist matchup because normally we see a lot of water

03:57:25.800 --> 03:57:29.420
test especially if they're down a shield kind of struggle there but the reason

03:57:29.420 --> 03:57:31.940
that captain like had to pivot out and give up switch advantage was he was just

03:57:31.940 --> 03:57:34.820
getting far down all right we've got lock ins game number two it's gonna be

03:57:34.820 --> 03:57:38.180
you know the stun fist for Casper bike into that shadow bug by fortress for

03:57:38.180 --> 03:57:41.300
Pato man yeah pattoman sticking with the same leads from that game one in

03:57:41.300 --> 03:57:44.220
the fortress of the Pokemon by his side from that victory in Turin as

03:57:44.220 --> 03:57:47.180
well gets lots of energy up but it is going to be at the stun fixer's

03:57:47.180 --> 03:57:50.900
first to move but bomb would do some pretty significant damage but never

03:57:50.900 --> 03:57:58.120
the farm down. Potomac is going to shield up the mudbomb. If a mudbomb gets no shielded then potentially if it's a good

03:57:58.120 --> 03:58:02.980
IV on that stun fist, stun fist has the ability to no shield and make double discharge and kind of make life a little bit

03:58:02.980 --> 03:58:07.580
uncomfortable, but by shielding a mudbomb that should hopefully put Potomac in a slightly better position.

03:58:07.580 --> 03:58:13.100
Yeah, we are going to see the Santune come through with the supporting defense buff that it will always deal through.

03:58:13.100 --> 03:58:17.420
That does hit the stun fist a little bit more vulnerable, but the stun fist I think just really wants to try and get some damage on the board.

03:58:17.420 --> 03:58:21.180
head goes for that discharge, puts the foragers down into that yellow zone, and look at that

03:58:21.180 --> 03:58:23.100
and now the discharge ready to go.

03:58:23.100 --> 03:58:26.820
But this should be survivable for Potomac, it is going to be very, very close, but the

03:58:26.820 --> 03:58:30.860
important distinction right here of shielding the Mudbomb is what allows him to win this

03:58:30.860 --> 03:58:31.860
switch advantage.

03:58:31.860 --> 03:58:35.940
So switch advantage has been won, but it all comes back, it all started from that very

03:58:35.940 --> 03:58:39.860
first Mudbomb shield, very, very good sequencing here from Potomac.

03:58:39.860 --> 03:58:42.780
And Potomac allowing the Licky Licky to farm up a little bit there, but critically

03:58:42.780 --> 03:58:46.460
being able to farm on the foragers as well, to get to these charge attacks here,

03:58:46.460 --> 03:58:47.780
The Rock Tomb will come through.

03:58:47.780 --> 03:58:49.380
Connects obviously onto that little, little lowest

03:58:49.380 --> 03:58:51.060
that's attacked, maybe making it a little bit easier

03:58:51.060 --> 03:58:53.060
for one of the poke, one in the back for Potter Man.

03:58:53.060 --> 03:58:54.540
Myloadic will hit the field immediately

03:58:54.540 --> 03:58:57.100
and switch out into the Mantine, answered with the Corsola.

03:58:57.100 --> 03:58:59.620
This is a pretty negative matchup for the Mantine.

03:58:59.620 --> 03:59:01.220
However, Mantine is up a little bit better.

03:59:01.220 --> 03:59:04.220
It's up a shield, but it's gonna have a lot of work to do

03:59:04.220 --> 03:59:05.860
if it wants to get through the bulky Corsola.

03:59:05.860 --> 03:59:07.420
End of myloadic.

03:59:07.420 --> 03:59:08.860
As well, that Power Jam does apply

03:59:08.860 --> 03:59:11.340
a lot of super effective pressure onto the Mantine here.

03:59:11.340 --> 03:59:12.700
Mantine is gonna go for the Water Pass,

03:59:12.700 --> 03:59:14.020
however we know the bulk of the Corsola

03:59:14.020 --> 03:59:16.020
is gonna be able to keep it comfortably in the game.

03:59:16.020 --> 03:59:18.460
and it looks like Panama's actually going for the nightshade here.

03:59:18.460 --> 03:59:20.300
Looks like a shield comes up on Casting Pikeside though,

03:59:20.300 --> 03:59:22.380
thinking maybe that couldn't be the power gem.

03:59:22.380 --> 03:59:23.980
I really like that play from Potomac.

03:59:23.980 --> 03:59:25.380
It feels like a very low risk bait

03:59:25.380 --> 03:59:27.260
where even if the nightshade ends up getting no shield,

03:59:27.260 --> 03:59:28.660
that's still very valuable damage.

03:59:28.660 --> 03:59:31.020
Edward make the maintain a lot easier for my loader to deal with.

03:59:31.020 --> 03:59:33.820
Now Potomac, he is looking to try and land the power gem,

03:59:33.820 --> 03:59:35.060
cast the double shields,

03:59:35.060 --> 03:59:36.780
but even purely off the astonished damage,

03:59:36.780 --> 03:59:38.500
a charge attack hasn't landed on the maintain,

03:59:38.500 --> 03:59:40.780
and it's already lost almost two thirds of its health bar.

03:59:40.780 --> 03:59:43.940
This course let us put in some work and pressure to boot.

03:59:43.940 --> 03:59:46.220
Mantine however can now start retaliating as well.

03:59:46.220 --> 03:59:50.740
Padaman allowing us to go through wanting to conserve the shields a little bit more in this second game.

03:59:51.340 --> 03:59:55.140
Back in comes Milotic. Waterfall goes through as Twister will connect.

03:59:55.140 --> 04:00:00.060
But it's a no shield from Potomac. The non-shadow Milotic is very, very bulky.

04:00:00.060 --> 04:00:05.140
The Twister connects. Milotic takes it like it's nothing and even these waterfalls are starting to pressure.

04:00:05.140 --> 04:00:09.060
Thing is Milotic really doesn't feel threatened at all by anything the Mantine can come back with.

04:00:09.060 --> 04:00:11.220
Padaman's able to preserve that shield nicely.

04:00:11.220 --> 04:00:14.660
and forcing this Manti to have to keep unleashing all the energy it's storing up

04:00:14.660 --> 04:00:16.420
to be able to keep the pressure on the Miloadik.

04:00:16.420 --> 04:00:18.420
Miloadik now able to go for something like a wrap

04:00:18.420 --> 04:00:21.620
or just keep up this back to back Acrotails if there's going to be a switch.

04:00:21.620 --> 04:00:24.740
Puzzle Man do not want to risk the Acrotail missing the knockout

04:00:24.740 --> 04:00:26.260
with full set of the wrap.

04:00:26.260 --> 04:00:28.820
Wrap is going to land, Manti is going to fall

04:00:28.820 --> 04:00:31.460
and now it's Licky Licky versus the World.

04:00:31.460 --> 04:00:34.100
Licky Licky has a lot of energy however so it is able to unleash that

04:00:34.100 --> 04:00:37.620
but Padaman wisely had conserved that shield for this exact scenario here.

04:00:37.620 --> 04:00:39.380
You can keep Miloadik safely in the game

04:00:39.380 --> 04:00:43.500
And now you have all the energy for days to try and deal with this opposing Licky Licky.

04:00:43.500 --> 04:00:46.780
And Caspian did not actually end up firing off energy here.

04:00:46.780 --> 04:00:50.980
He was potentially worried about a catch, so instead of locking in 2-charts, I've already tied the overfarm.

04:00:50.980 --> 04:00:54.180
But the wrap is gonna land Licky Licky on the switch.

04:00:54.180 --> 04:01:00.580
Corso the farm's down Licky Licky again, as Potomac takes the series 2 games to 0.

04:01:01.580 --> 04:01:03.100
What an incredible game.

04:01:03.100 --> 04:01:07.180
Look at the relief though, however, that was definitely dicey in places throughout this set,

04:01:07.180 --> 04:01:09.860
of a panel man was able to keep calm and composed

04:01:09.860 --> 04:01:12.180
throughout, making the great utility switches with

04:01:12.180 --> 04:01:13.460
that Corsair and the Miload.

04:01:13.460 --> 04:01:15.380
And I have to say, sticking with the Fortress

04:01:15.380 --> 04:01:17.100
as your lead in games one and game two,

04:01:17.100 --> 04:01:18.860
just put on so much pressure with those both sides.

04:01:18.860 --> 04:01:20.300
They were tearing through the opponents.

04:01:20.300 --> 04:01:23.060
I really liked the conviction there from Pato Man.

04:01:23.060 --> 04:01:25.620
Even though he ended up seeing the worst case scenario

04:01:25.620 --> 04:01:27.380
lead for the Fortress leading into the Cantonite,

04:01:27.380 --> 04:01:28.380
he said, you know what?

04:01:28.380 --> 04:01:29.700
What are the odds that happens again?

04:01:29.700 --> 04:01:31.940
What if I just run this back and then try

04:01:31.940 --> 04:01:34.020
and just not lead into the Cantonite?

04:01:34.020 --> 04:01:36.100
So the crazy thing was he managed to win that game

04:01:36.100 --> 04:01:38.580
because of how safe Milotic was as a save switch.

04:01:38.580 --> 04:01:40.420
You know, with Stunfist, we actually saw it

04:01:40.420 --> 04:01:41.820
in the Indianapolis regionals,

04:01:41.820 --> 04:01:43.580
where Caspian Pike against Out-of-Pocket

04:01:43.580 --> 04:01:44.700
was able to utilize Stunfist

04:01:44.700 --> 04:01:46.940
to really effectively neutralize Dandozo.

04:01:46.940 --> 04:01:49.580
Dandozo is very bulky, but it doesn't have the pacing,

04:01:49.580 --> 04:01:51.380
and Milotic's pacing proved to be

04:01:51.380 --> 04:01:53.500
very, very problematic for that Stunfist,

04:01:53.500 --> 04:01:54.820
enforcing the give-up switch advantage

04:01:54.820 --> 04:01:57.140
and that opened the door for Potomac to win that game.

04:01:57.140 --> 04:01:59.380
Milotic was an absolute showstopper in that game,

04:01:59.380 --> 04:02:01.180
and one of the things I say a lot is,

04:02:01.180 --> 04:02:02.380
I know it's Pokemon at the end of the day,

04:02:02.380 --> 04:02:03.220
and it's really true.

04:02:03.220 --> 04:02:04.700
You've got to care the Pokemon to win the game,

04:02:04.700 --> 04:02:08.300
you also have to play the player and sometimes the player is like the fourth

04:02:08.300 --> 04:02:11.060
Pokemon on the team and I think had a man was able to demonstrate that so

04:02:11.060 --> 04:02:14.600
beautifully as you said you know having a terrible lead position with that

04:02:14.600 --> 04:02:18.140
fortress in game 1 but still being able to clutch the victory did possibly put

04:02:18.140 --> 04:02:21.420
a seed of doubt into caspian pike's mind for the adaptations coming into the

04:02:21.420 --> 04:02:23.940
next game meaning had a man says I'm bringing my fortress what are you

04:02:23.940 --> 04:02:27.580
gonna do because even when the fortress was on the catcher night it was

04:02:27.580 --> 04:02:31.940
right because of the my loading strength as a safe switch but that lead

04:02:31.940 --> 04:02:36.780
matchup in game number two felt so incredibly decisive the very very head

04:02:36.780 --> 04:02:40.220
to play of shielding early in a matchup where mudbomb doesn't even come close to

04:02:40.220 --> 04:02:43.580
take the knockout but understanding if he's going to try and play that zero

04:02:43.580 --> 04:02:47.180
protect shield scenario you can make a mudbomb plus double discharge if I

04:02:47.180 --> 04:02:50.260
shield the mudbomb then double discharge isn't a problem but if you know

04:02:50.260 --> 04:02:54.340
shield that mudbomb then mudbomb plus discharge actually knocks out incredible

04:02:54.340 --> 04:02:58.940
foresight from Pato man watching him play you instantly understand how he's

04:02:58.940 --> 04:03:03.580
had such incredible success at an international level. His plays are just brilliant.

04:03:03.580 --> 04:03:06.620
It's always a pleasure and always a joy to watch Panama play and also a privilege to

04:03:06.620 --> 04:03:10.420
watch Caspian Pike in action as well. Someone who hasn't played too many tournaments but

04:03:10.420 --> 04:03:13.980
has had such great success. Again, they have only dropped down to the losers brackets.

04:03:13.980 --> 04:03:17.140
They are still in contention for this tournament. It is worlds at the end of the day. So

04:03:17.140 --> 04:03:20.740
early on, even on the first day of competition, we are going to see Titans of the competition

04:03:20.740 --> 04:03:23.620
battle it out. You know, that could have been a final pairing, for example.

04:03:23.620 --> 04:03:28.140
To be honest, yeah, they are both regional champions. Two of our games best. And

04:03:28.140 --> 04:03:32.820
for Caspian Pike, his day not being over is very critical because he was able to make

04:03:32.820 --> 04:03:36.580
it up to the group finals, which if I'm not mistaken means that he is still pretty close

04:03:36.580 --> 04:03:40.660
to making it through two day number two, which this being his first world's would would be

04:03:40.660 --> 04:03:41.660
an incredible accomplishment.

04:03:41.660 --> 04:03:45.700
So if the Caspian bike fans watching at home, he's down, but he's not out.

04:03:45.700 --> 04:03:47.380
He's still very much in it.

04:03:47.380 --> 04:03:51.380
And for the Potomac fans, business as usual, Potomac showed up to an international

04:03:51.380 --> 04:03:53.060
and Potomac dominate.

04:03:53.060 --> 04:03:54.060
Exactly.

04:03:54.060 --> 04:03:56.780
And I think as well, it's always interesting when, you know, even as a competitor

04:03:56.780 --> 04:03:57.780
coming in, you're a world.

04:03:57.780 --> 04:03:59.260
You know you're going to play against the best of the best,

04:03:59.260 --> 04:04:01.820
but Panaman's name is definitely not the one you necessarily

04:04:01.820 --> 04:04:03.140
want to see on the bracket early doors.

04:04:03.140 --> 04:04:05.020
So, Casper and Pike, you've got that one out of the way.

04:04:05.020 --> 04:04:07.140
The show is yours for the taking.

04:04:07.140 --> 04:04:08.900
But, of course, you guys at home as well

04:04:08.900 --> 04:04:10.620
are engaging with us on the broadcast,

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as much as the action and energy is electric here

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in the stadium.

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It really is about you viewers at home engaging

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that really adds that extra bit to the beat.

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Let's take a look at some incredible social media

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messages from you.

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The first from the Dana Dame,

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made it to San Francisco, hashtag play Pokemon

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and look at that, the Golden Gate Bridge.

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We have Incineroar. I know you know that one from the video game.

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Incineroar up top, Charizard as well.

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An incredibly cool way to enter the venue.

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Really beautiful seeing all of the different Pokemon

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that are scattered around San Francisco here

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to celebrate the Pokemon World Championships

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and the Pokemon XP as well.

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So many fans making it this way.

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I really hope you're enjoying the experience.

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Look, there's a little Blastoise as well coming through.

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Good morning, Pokemon World, Pokemon XP.

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I mean, Blastoise, it's doing pretty well

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on the video game side of things

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and the water types, you're amongst friends here in Pokemon Go.

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the scale of Pokemon Worlds and you could see it in that last photo.

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It's honestly just staggering when you enter.

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It's incredibly cool.

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And we have Ash Fenn, girl Lisa.

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I got the World Pikachu Probe and my local League on Saturday after competing in the tournament.

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Also won this really cool Pikachu microfiber cloth and a free raffle.

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Hashtag Pikachu, hashtag play Pokemon.

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You love to see it, but man, that world's Pikachu.

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That's an incredible design.

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Yeah, shout out to the Pikachu.

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I mean, we also have the one for the Pokemon XP as well.

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So you have double Pikachu action here to celebrate Pokemon 30th birthday as well.

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And I know a lot of fans out there are really excited to go around the city and be able to see different Pokemon that are, you know, scattered around on banners and details here or there.

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There really is just, you know, something to look out for everywhere you go.

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And something that was very cool as I was kind of getting to explore San Francisco yesterday is there actually is a stamp rally in San Francisco for Pokemon Go.

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And I had never really done a stamp rally before, so I stamped it and then one of the world's Pikachu showed up and I was like, oh, this is waiting an extra world's Pikachu.

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So if you're here in San Francisco, it's worth going to find those stamped stops.

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There are a few of them kind of near the venue.

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I think I managed to get three so far.

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Oh, you're ahead of me. I've only got two.

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Oh, all right. We're in the lead. This is good.

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But I still haven't gotten the shiny yet.

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So I will keep stamping those stamped Poki stops

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and try and get the shiny.

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This is a very, very cool shiny.

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It's got a beautiful background as well with the golf bridge.

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So, you know, it's a really nice momentum to take away from the tournament.

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So if you can tear yourself away from the Pokemon action,

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I'm not encouraging you to do so.

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But maybe if you've got time later on after the broadcast go and get those stamps in Pokemon go

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I am actually hearing a bit of a word from production actually interestingly enough that they're saying it is definitely worth making sure that your Pokemon

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Go app is up to date that you were signed in and ready because

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To quote them something amazing is coming this weekend

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And that's just the Pokemon action

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There's so many amazing things honestly the list just goes on and on but I think that's really sound advice

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I'm going to take note of that, make sure you guys do our home as well as we wait for our next match to get set up.

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You want to make sure you do not miss any of the action that is coming through here.

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Now take a look at the names that we'll have coming up here in a few short minutes.

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Oh, we have an absolute treat for you guys. We have returning to the stage, the reigning Pokemon Go world champion,

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Beelzeboy. Now Beelzeboy has been running some Pokemon that we haven't necessarily seen a lot of.

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He's running the Malamar. He's also running the Jump Fluff.

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And Jump Fluff is a flyer that honestly feels a little bit underrated.

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It's very difficult to run Pokemon that are weak to Canteran Iotails and a Canteran Iotails meta.

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But it feels like he's done an decent job of running the Double Flyer.

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He still has the man team to try and check the Canteran Iotails.

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And then he has that Jump Fluff.

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Whereas Jump Fluff can provide very, very strong zero shield matchups

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just because of its incredible bulk and honestly really good typing.

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And we also avoid obviously being the reigning world champion

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team as well. Someone who

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has a lot of eyes on him to

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try and get the double try and

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get the back to back because

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we have not had a repeat

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Pokemon World Champion before,

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so BL's a boy could indeed be

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one of those contenders on the

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opposing side. Whoever you

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have, Ripley, a player that I

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know very well from across

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the park and have been able to

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see a lot of success along the

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European scene. We've got a

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lot of those key Pokemon that

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are in this team as well.

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You've got that can so nine

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tells you've got the

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licky, licky, but you've

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also got the Flajus, a

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Pokemon that I've been

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really interested to see

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come through. You have that

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opposing side and you do see that Malama potentially in play.

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What I'm very curious about for Ripperly is he does have that Kanto Meruak.

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Now previously people who have watched like previous Metas, we've seen Kanto Meruak as the Shadow.

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However, this time it's actually the non-Shadow Meruak and that's for a very particular reason.

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In a very similar way to how Feraliator has been phased out in favorite Pokemon like Milotic and Dondoso,

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the non-Shadow Meruak has actually risen in popularity because it can survive that Shadow Kanto Ninetales energy ball.

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So being able to hang on, survive the energy ball,

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and not instantly be forced to give up protect shields

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is part of why we are starting to see these bulkier options.

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Because Kanto Ninetales, its neutral matchups

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are just absolutely incredibly strong.

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There's a nice bit of history here as well.

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Ripley was actually able to get top four

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at the Frankfurt Regional Championships

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in the previous year with a shadow Kanto Marowak.

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So actually now, you know, dropping that shadow bearing,

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going for that bulkier side,

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it's a Pokemon he's clearly well versed with

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and has had a lot of success with,

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but now changing things up,

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adapting for the critical meta of Worlds today.

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Now, Jumpluff could be a Pokemon that kind of restricts the lines that Ripperly wants to run.

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Because Jumpluff is very, very strong neutral here.

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It does have to avoid the Cantor Ninetales, but as Beals avoid,

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just because a Pokemon is strong on your Line of Six doesn't mean you necessarily have to bring it.

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So if you're pretty confident that Ripperly will try and run strong into the Jumpluff,

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you could presently try and target down those options by instead running Pokemon like your own Cantor Ninetales,

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which should be very good into Ripperly's Kanto and Intels and Empolio.

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Exactly, and I think the leads are going to be quite critical here as well.

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You want to make sure that you're getting a Pokemon into a prime position

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to start farming up lots of energy,

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because there's a lot of bulky Pokemon on the field here,

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Pokemon like the Licky Licky, for example,

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but at the same time, there can be such relentless pressure from Pokemon,

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like the Empolio and the Intels, that both of our trainers have a piece.

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We've seen time and time again,

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when they're able to be able to bank up lots of energy,

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it can be so difficult to deal from,

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particularly if you're already in a Shields-down scenario.

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Oh, a very interesting note that I just realized,

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this floorge is not one of the disarming voice floor disses.

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This is actually the more traditional move set of Trailblaze,

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which means the floor disses actually completely walled off by that jump bluff.

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So that makes that matchup even more difficult for Ripperly,

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because since you don't have the disarming voice with disarming voice,

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you can at least have a move that you can hit back against jump bluff.

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But with a water attack and a grass attack in due of grass flyer,

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you're kind of left just throwing charge attacks and they're doing no damage.

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So floorges could be kind of a tough bring here unless Ripperly is very confident that

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maybe with the game one line that they've been able to scare away that jump off.

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Yeah, I think if you're the Flaugers user you kind of generally want to see a Pokemon that you're going to be able to capitalize that trail plays on a

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position where you can boost up your own attack and then allow Flaugers to kind of shine a little brighter in its own ride.

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But possibly not going to be the call here for Ripley. We'll have to see as the leads are ready, our trainers are getting ready for the match.

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They're out front and center. It's going to be the man team versus the Malamar.

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This is a very neutral matchup. Billsboy realizing the Flaugers is a very tough bring for Ripley.

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And what does Florida typically counter?

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That's going to be the Malamar.

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And now Malamar has an incredible amount of neutral play

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in this matchup.

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Malamar just farming up so much energy,

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is able to get his charge tax off just a little bit ahead

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of this mountain here.

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The foul play is going to come through.

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No shield on Ripley's side.

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And Ripley knows that because it's the non-shadow Malamar,

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it's not going to do a lot of damage.

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But there's the catch and sneak.

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Beals a boy showing us those world champion moves,

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catching that twister, preserving the Malamar.

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Because if there is no Florida's in the back,

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and Florida's pretty unlikely in this matchup,

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then that Malibar will always have value.

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This is a matchup I've been waiting to see,

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however, the alignment of the Shadow 9 tails

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against the Impoleon.

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You do have to watch out for these Hidecannon's coming through,

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of course, that's why there's a shield in play,

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but the energy balls are ready,

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and also the weather balls.

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That's something Impoleon doesn't appreciate either,

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and it looks like 9 tails is actually F2 of them.

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Ripley gonna go for the weather ball.

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I think Impoleon, oh,

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Gilsboy will actually put up the protect shield.

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Ripley does have the back-to-back,

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and Polion should still be one off here,

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so he cannot pace, but not gonna choose to.

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Instead, he's gonna look to overfarm,

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as Bilzeboy is able to grab that final protect shield.

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We've seen this before with the protect shields are utilized on that more weak shadow variant,

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let's say, defensively and needs that capabilities.

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But look how much energy is up on this 9-tiles.

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You're against the mountain, that's definitely not ideal, but you have that energy ball.

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Does it feel like going to unshield this?

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It really feels like Bilzeboy has been to the dancing throughout this game.

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De-syncing these switch timers, saving charge attacks, being able to pivot out

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and try and set up an end game board state where that Nalimar with a protect shield is very strong.

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The Mantine is outside of Drowpeck range, which could prove to be a little bit problematic for Ripperly because the resistive metal sounds are going to be doing basically no damage.

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We're going to see a reverse now where it's the Mantine on the Elzaboy versus the Empolion on Ripperly's side, but it's the same kind of save-the-play.

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There's not a lot that the Mantine can really do to that posing.

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The Polion not very effective moves and look at the energy up on that Empolion. It's got the Drowpeck ready.

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Mantine should be able to hang on here. It's taken quite a lot of damage.

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of damage. Beelzeboi knows it. He's going to be no shielding. Dropec will connect.

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Mantine survives, and Mantine can make another move. It's going to force energy out of the

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Impoleon. That was such an awkward health range for Ripperly to try and play around,

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and suddenly all that Impoleon energy is lost. It worked so hard to farm it all up,

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but it has been unleashed onto the Mantine. At least you've taken down one Pokemon,

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but look at the energy stored up on that Malamar. It's actually banked again in the back

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as the Impoleon comes in. What a beautiful catch. Oh my goodness. Beelzeboi,

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He saves the Malamar energy, catches on to the Impoleon, that's incredible.

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In comes the Ninetales, but can Ninetales farm down?

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Ninetales gets the farm down, Impoleon falls.

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Ninetales doing his best to be able to get there, but the Superpower is ready on this Malamar.

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Endesman supporting Galezeboy the whole way through this match, keeping himself safe,

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keeping these attacks ready to go, and there's no protection shield remaining on Ripley's side.

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So the Superpower will come through, puts the Ninetales into the red.

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Oh, he survives, but did that side wave take the knockout there?

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Billsboy with a very tough call to make here.

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Bills always gonna let it go.

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He's calling that it's a weather ball.

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Weather ball connects for big damage

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and he is able to get the side wave down.

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Yes, side wave comes through,

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looks like they're only gonna take one or two more

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to be able to get to that super power.

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The foul plays in play,

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but Mantine is able to foul the Malamar.

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That feels like he had diligently tried

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so hard to preserve throughout that game.

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That catch onto the Impoleon,

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being able to preserve that Malamar was incredible,

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but unfortunately it set up the Kanto nine deals too well.

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The Kanto nine deals getting that full farm down,

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trusting that Riverley's counts were exactly accurate.

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Had he been off by one, had he doubted he could have thrown a weather ball and then not have that end game,

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but he ended up just getting so much energy and that's what Bill's going to try to do, save energy on the Malamore in reposition,

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but Ripperly did not let him get away with it. Very, very strong gameplay there from Ripperly as he takes Game 1 against a formidable foe.

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We saw a couple of times in this match actually Ripperly going through the double on a lot of those charge attacks,

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making sure there was maybe double weather ball or possibly the double hydro cannon as well on that podium,

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constantly keep the pressure up, force the CLC come through from Realty Boy and then leave his team more vulnerable to

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bubble up attacks when Ripley's Pokemon are able to rejoin the field.

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And that was so close, the Kanto Ninjails barely clinging to its HP bar there.

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As it was able to survive that superpower, and that superpower had it knocked out,

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that would have set up Fieldsboy to be able to potentially take home the win.

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The main team was outside of foul play range, but he would have been able to get a bunch of sidewave damage in there as well.

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So it would have been a very close end game, but it was just not enough.

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the Shadow Canto Ninetales, even with that Shadow Stead is taking extra damage, still able to hang on.

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Yeah, that makes me, you know, a little bit surprised to be honest.

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I thought being the Shadow Baron, I was like, oh, it's going to be more vulnerable,

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but actually Ninetales really proving why it is one of the best Pokemon in this forever forward meta,

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and why it was in the top 12 usage of Pokemon trainers, bringing it to day one here at Worlds.

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So Bill's a boy, often to not bring that jump bluff, and unfortunately didn't end up working out,

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so does he decide to risk it? Ripperly, in my opinion, is almost always bringing the Canto Ninetales.

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It's very very strong usually into this team, but also it's a very good check into the jump bluff

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So does feels boy decide to risk it. It would be a bit of a risky call

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But if it can avoid that kid to nine tails, it does look like it has a lot of strong play here

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I think as long as you've got Pokemon like the man team that can find its way into the nine tails

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For example, and just try and get that pressure down

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Then possibly jump up is going to have a happier time of things

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But you're right the alignment can be devastating

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We've already seen how nine tails does against the rest of the team

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If it goes into something like the jump bluff, then it's really going to rain on jump plus grade

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Alright, it looks like we don't have to wait any longer. The battlers have locked in game number two winners finals of group A

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It's gonna be Malamar into Impoleon

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Now this matchup at first glance looks to be very dominant for Malamar

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You have access to a super effective super power

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But Impoleon because that has identical pacing and wind charge capability the more shields that are in play

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And Polly on actually has some very nice opportunities to be well here once again so much energy on the board the fast attacks

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really not doing too much damage into either opponent, but Empolion now starting to unleash these Hydra cannons.

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There's got another one ready to go as well. Malamar takes that, can retaliate with a foul play of its very own,

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but this time in contrast Ripley going for the shield.

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Bills the boy could look to try and go for the Mantine catch here, assuming that there's going to be a throw.

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He does go for the catch. Oh, it's under the Empolion! Either way, he wanted to ensure he could get the catch.

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Ripley actually went for the Drill Peck, anticipating a catch on a Mantine, but it's the Empolion,

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and that Empolion took almost no damage.

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Yeah, once again, we've got Empolion versus Empolion.

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Getting that energy up on the board, but Ripley had that switch advantage.

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Can now bring in that Mantine and start applying pressure to the opposing Empolion.

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I really like how Ripley was able to bounce back here.

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Back-Tech was devastating, but having an ability to re-bend the energy on that Empolion

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and then bring in the Mantine, Mantine is one of the most effective Pokémon for neutralizing Empolion energy.

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It feels like it almost shouldn't be, because it's a mashup that has a tremendous amount of resistive damage,

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but the natural bulk of Mantine and the resistance, the Metal Sound means that even as Empolion throws Drowpeck at the Drowpeck,

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Smacktrap doesn't honestly work out particularly well.

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And also respectfully, the waterhouse damage is putting in some work against the opposing Empolion here.

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It is forcing it to go for its energy here, go for the drawback into the Mantine.

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It does find it smart putting it down into the yellow,

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but it really does look like once Mantine can get to this other energy,

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it's going to be putting that pressure for the Kao onto Empolion.

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So Bill's the boy not opting for a catch this time and said,

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get a state in, forced to fire off three drawbacks in a row to finally fail the Mantine.

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In comes the Kanto and Aintale, looking for the farm down, not quite able to get it.

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The Hydro Cannon has been reached.

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Yeah, this time you're going to have to go for a shield onto that 9-tels to keep it in the game.

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But I think it's only a matter of time for a few more embers to work its magic down into the Empolion

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and remove it from play. Now you've got the Mantine, however.

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So again, you want to get to these energy walls.

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You want to start applying pressure to BLZ Boy's Mantine now in case.

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This energy ball will do a decent amount of neutral damage, but Billsboy is going to be no shielding.

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In case an energy ball gets a debuff, he'll have to hold his protect shield for later.

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He will be able to make it to the water pulse.

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No catch comes out from Ripperly, he predicted an over-farm, but Beelzeboi gets the call right, stays on the field, fires off the water pulse, and water pulse is going to knock out the Ninetales.

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I'm so impressed with the longevity of the Mantine in these games, forcing the shields to go down on Ripperly's side just to unleash that water type damage into the opposing Ninetales.

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Now you've got your Malamar with the superpower down into the opposing Emporium, just KO's left, right and center coming through from Beelzeboi. That's your world champion right there.

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That was an incredible game, number two, between these two players.

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What I really liked is it really felt like the game came down to whoever was better able to utilize that duo of Empolion and Manteen.

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Against teams that do not have that you know of a stun fist to corebreak that duo,

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that duo ends up being very neutral, very flexible, and also, if you're able to pilot them well,

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it can be a very effective way to neutralize your opponents in Empolion plus Manteen duo,

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and that was the master class we saw there from Bielsevoi,

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consistently desyncing timers, getting catches, preserving the Empolion,

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And they've been able to better leverage those two strong water types to get the equalizer

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I think it's interesting as well because we're seeing him polio and man team actually on both sides of the field here

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So as much as you kind of say we want the man team up on this side against him polio

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The opponent wants that as well

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But on their side and we're seeing a lot of the time

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You know who's able to maybe set up that alignment first and try and gain momentum from it can ultimately win out the game

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The Malamo has proved to be a very nice pick for bills void

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He's consistently been able to protect the Malamo with catches on to those more defense of water types

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almost evoking memories of the Latin American international championships where it really felt like if you caught something on your water type

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You were probably winning that game

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And he's kind of been able to emulate that play style to very nice success

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And then once he was able to get those shields down in game number one

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Ripley was able to decide it by getting that critical farm down with Nigel's under a pole on bit the game number two

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It was impoli on from Ben surviving on one hit point remaining

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Making that hydro cannon and a pressuring way that about a protect shield. They kind of sealed rip of his fate

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But once again, home size, we've got ourselves a game at three.

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These trainers know we want all of the competitive action and we want things to come right down

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to the wire.

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Your reigning world champion, BLZvoi, is one game away from staying undefeated in the

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tournament, but also one game away from dropping down into the loser's bracket and trying

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to have that run to get the title back to back.

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Ripley, however, took such a command in game one, was able to really utilize the

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positioning to gain momentum over BLZvoi.

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Can he do it in a game three and cause an upset early on in this tournament?

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The nerves have to be high.

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They can feel the anticipation building.

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This is the biggest game they have played today.

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It's a win and in.

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If you win your group, you're through to date number two

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here at the Pokemon Go World Championships.

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But if you lose, there's more gameplay ahead.

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The battlers exchange thumbs up.

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They are ready.

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The battlers are locked in.

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The stage is set.

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Game number three, Beelzeboy versus Ripperly.

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And it's gonna be Mantine

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into the Shadowcanto Ninetales.

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It's almost like we're picking up

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where we left off from the previous game here.

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The embers are going to come through trying to get all that energy up on the Ninetales

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side of things, but you're going to have to do a lot of charge attack to get through

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this bulky man team.

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This is too perfect mirror team, just in a slightly different order.

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Whoever's better able to leverage their advantages here, get catches, get up energy, he tries

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to catch, he brings in Empolion, builds the boy going to choose to bring in the

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Ninetales, but Ninetales, because he ended up throwing a wing attack there, is actually

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behind Ripperly able to throw first and deny Ninetales its full ember sneak.

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could give the employee on an edge here being able to get that first target kind of down getting that first shield utilized up on nine

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Tailside although nine tails can retaliate again with these weather balls forcing shields to possibly come through and leave Ripley's team a lot more

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Vulnerable as you said getting that momentum edge could put him in the front foot of this race being down this was energy

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It almost feels like bills boy is required to double shield right for Lee with a very advanced play there

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He over forms by one knowing bills boy had the charge stack

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But knowing that bills boy would never play to a losing charge to priority tie

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So Ripperly is still able to get a little bit of extra energy.

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Beelzeboi approaches the double up on weather balls, waits the turn, no catch comes through.

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And now Ripperly has to decide, is this worth investing my protect shields?

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Ripperly exhibiting not just wisdom on his own side of the field, but on Beelzeboi's side as well,

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with all of those critical overfarms, but we are going to see the 9-Tails start to come through with this weather ball.

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A shield coming up from Ripperly's side.

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Ken Beelzeboi pin it out here, the Hydro Cannon is available.

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Oh, he stays in! Ripperly reads the switch out,

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and this is going to allow Beal's boy to actually make an energy ball.

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Yep, energy ball will come through thick and fast into the Mantine on Ripley's side

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because that auto protect shield's remaining.

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Ninetales did put in some work against that podium to leave the backline a lot more vulnerable,

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even though it's not very effective, that's a chunk of damage.

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That was such an incredible heads-up play by Beal's boy, understanding that Ripley had actually just snucked through a metal sound when he switched.

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That guarantees a one-turn switch-out, so normally, even though it would be a charge-temporality type Mantine into that Ninetales,

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Beal's boy understood he's behind by a turn because he got that sneak.

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I can stay in, get the chip damage with that energy ball,

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and then once the man team's health has been decreased,

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then suddenly the wall in Polion hits the field,

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and life gets very difficult for Ripperly.

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Yeah, the story of the set has been the battle between these water types,

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and they're just carving out another chapter here in this game three.

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Once again in Polion, going on the offensive here,

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where this drill pep will connect down onto man team,

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but it's still in the game,

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but it's so far away from getting to its charge attacks,

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and Polion is just able to go again and again.

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Great call by Beelzeboy throwing the Hydra Cannon.

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Drill pep will be more efficient,

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but either would take the knockout.

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The hydro cannon covers her potential catch onto the Ninetales.

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Ninetales will hit the field.

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There's the switch back into the man team.

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The water pulse snipe ripperly looks to the sky,

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but there's no help there.

04:23:38.000 --> 04:23:40.320
This water pulse is guaranteed to connect,

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and Ninetales will fall.

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This is beautiful synergy from the water types

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on the Beelzebois side.

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The Empolion put in so much work,

04:23:46.880 --> 04:23:48.320
and now the Man team clearing away

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that Ninetales from the field.

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Now it's just a second away from taking down the Empolion.

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It's never since throughout the set.

04:23:53.480 --> 04:23:55.480
And Beelzeboi proving the World Championship difference

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are still very much in play here at the 2026 Pokemon World Championships.

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I'm honestly feeling deja vu right now.

04:24:01.920 --> 04:24:04.960
The last time I saw Bill's boy make plays of this caliber,

04:24:04.960 --> 04:24:07.960
he won the entire thing World 2025.

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Clearly Bill's a boy playing in California, not to be messed with.

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And I mean, Bill's a boy lost game one in that set, right, as well.

04:24:14.880 --> 04:24:17.800
So already had his back to the wall, had to make some adaptations.

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And on Ripley's side as well, again, phenomenal play,

04:24:20.440 --> 04:24:22.880
really identifying key Pokemon into this matchup

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and having to really stay on your nerve

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to be able to make sure those adaptations, the energy conservation was in play.

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And you mentioned this one in that game three.

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The way he was overfarming maybe once or twice was just absolutely beautiful.

04:24:33.440 --> 04:24:37.000
But when you're up against VLZ, boy, you really have to be on top of your game.

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It really felt to me like a very high level of a very technical set.

04:24:40.480 --> 04:24:44.560
Like two players clearly understand the game at an incredible depth,

04:24:44.560 --> 04:24:47.480
battling it out, the switches, the over farms,

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utilizing the fact that in pulling on into cancel nine tails,

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a water type into a fire type is actually an extraordinarily neutral matchup.

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Bealsboy recognized he had a double shoot at this play right here.

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Ripperly read the catch attempt by Bealsboy.

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He read the read.

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He stayed in, but if you notice the man, he was behind by the turn

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and that's why he can outpace it.

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Wouldn't be a charge tech already, Ty.

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He was not locked out of the field

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and then he was just able to set up that impoliade

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to shut down the man team.

04:25:11.160 --> 04:25:14.240
That was just masterfully played games there by Bealsboy.

04:25:14.240 --> 04:25:16.880
And we've had a bit of a legend curse here

04:25:16.880 --> 04:25:18.480
when it came to people who winning worlds

04:25:18.480 --> 04:25:20.240
kind of underperforming in their next year.

04:25:20.240 --> 04:25:21.840
Looks like Bealsboy breaking the mold

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He has been dominant on day number one.

04:25:24.120 --> 04:25:28.880
I loved as well the fact that you had the Malamar being showcased really beautifully in games one and two.

04:25:28.880 --> 04:25:30.600
But Beelzeboy kind of saying you put in work.

04:25:30.600 --> 04:25:35.480
Let's just go for a full-down mirror match between the nine tells the mountain and the impoli on against my opponent

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and give a pure masterclass that shows why I am indeed one of the best trainers in the world.

04:25:39.920 --> 04:25:43.440
Beautiful place for both of them looking forward to seeing what they're going to bring in the rest of the competition.

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What I really liked about how Beelzeboy played that set was even though jump-up on paper looks very strong,

04:25:47.680 --> 04:25:51.560
Beelzeboy understood that sometimes a Pokemon almost the threat of it.

04:25:51.560 --> 04:25:56.760
the bench pressure of it can be just as valuable as actually bringing it. Because of the threat of that jump bluff,

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it really restricted the lines that Ripley was able to bring, and then based on that, he's realizing,

04:26:00.840 --> 04:26:05.400
oh, he is never bringing Pokemon like that to Reblades Florgis. I can just run ABA Water.

04:26:05.400 --> 04:26:09.480
I can run the Ninetales, all Pokemon that would not have an incredibly fun time against Florgis,

04:26:09.480 --> 04:26:14.200
but being able to punish the fact that Florgis was kind of kept in a perpetual bench state

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out of fear of a jump bluff that he wisely just never brought to the game.

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Yeah, I love that pressure sometimes just in the team line, how it can affect Pokemon and leaving

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I like one of your comments earlier home size, but you mentioned how, you know, watching this game, watching BLs of a play was really kind of reminiscent of 2025 and his previous world championship run.

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So while we kick it to a very short break, let's have a little reminisce down memory lane of what World 2025 was all about.

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beginning once again would it be worth it

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who to trace every single step that led us to this very moment

04:27:01.760 --> 04:27:03.760
what did you weigh

04:27:05.760 --> 04:27:09.760
every height and every low

04:27:10.760 --> 04:27:14.760
knowing just where the path would go

04:27:15.760 --> 04:27:19.760
every sacrifice we made

04:27:19.760 --> 04:27:26.760
Would you do it all again so we could stand up here and say

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It's our time

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We've been waiting so long

04:27:30.760 --> 04:27:33.760
Feels like forever

04:27:33.760 --> 04:27:35.760
Now the moment has come

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Finally, it's our time

04:27:38.760 --> 04:27:40.760
But remember this day

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Until forever

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We can hold our heads up

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And stand with me

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It's our time

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It's our time

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Look, let me take you all back to the scene of just a small town kid who believed

04:28:12.760 --> 04:28:15.760
Growing up and through a ball against the wall and dream of making the lead

04:28:15.760 --> 04:28:20.240
So when I got a starter know I really started a team from the first loss to the first

04:28:20.240 --> 04:28:25.360
battle. I'm gonna take you later what the words like on the journey pushing forward to evolve with

04:28:25.360 --> 04:28:31.760
my friends. I look back at every battle and I do it again. Every fight and every love.

04:28:31.760 --> 04:28:38.000
Again and again and again. Only just where the path would go. All the way up to victory

04:28:38.000 --> 04:28:41.600
Every sacrifice, every day

04:28:41.600 --> 04:28:43.600
I'm only gonna show I live in the game

04:28:43.600 --> 04:28:47.100
Trainers, I'll be here, you'll stay

04:28:47.100 --> 04:28:49.600
It's our time

04:28:49.600 --> 04:28:54.600
With my waiters alone, feels like forever

04:28:54.600 --> 04:28:59.600
Never before it has come, finally it's our time

04:28:59.600 --> 04:29:04.600
We'll remember this day, until forever

04:29:04.600 --> 04:29:09.600
We can hold our hands high to stand with this our time

04:29:17.600 --> 04:29:19.600
This our time

04:29:27.600 --> 04:29:29.600
This our time

04:30:34.600 --> 04:30:37.280
And we're living it all, and all we've done so far,

04:30:37.280 --> 04:30:41.280
never gave it up, and take a hold of us.

04:30:41.280 --> 04:30:47.440
Find out who we are, find out who we are.

04:30:47.440 --> 04:30:49.440
It takes a long time.

04:30:58.680 --> 04:31:01.800
When you look back, life is just a collection

04:31:01.800 --> 04:31:04.120
of special moments like these.

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We are returning to you live from the Moscow center here in San Francisco as we continue our coverage of the Pokemon go world championships.

04:31:12.620 --> 04:31:25.620
I'm speedy. Chief with Amanda Lumberg. Yes, and it is indeed our time for Pokemon go to be making these spectacular memories for our last individual world champion that will be crowned this weekend here in San Francisco.

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We're in like the final stages of day one for some of the competitors while others are just getting started still plenty more broadcast ago.

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I hope you're tuning in. I hope that you have your twitch connected so you're getting all of our fabulous drops and seeing these

04:31:39.060 --> 04:31:45.540
Fantastic games. Well backstage you and I have been browsing that bracket and so many top trainers have either been eliminated

04:31:45.780 --> 04:31:48.020
Or knocked down to that loser side bracket

04:31:48.020 --> 04:31:50.780
And I got word that there was hard Jeff versus

04:31:50.940 --> 04:31:56.180
Inadequates in their round one of their group and unfortunately, I don't think we're gonna get that match on stream

04:31:56.180 --> 04:31:58.260
We have so many other talented battleers to showcase

04:31:58.260 --> 04:32:03.920
But we will eventually see those trainers as we move through this broadcast speaking of seeing players throughout this broadcast

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If you've been tuning in a little bit earlier on you may have seen one of these faces already performing that is boom

04:32:09.580 --> 04:32:11.060
20 on that left-hand side

04:32:11.060 --> 04:32:14.640
But he is up against LJ on that right-hand side

04:32:14.640 --> 04:32:19.900
And that is a name that maybe had been you're familiar with because he got fourth place at the

04:32:20.820 --> 04:32:23.980
2023 World Competition and he did it with five

04:32:23.980 --> 04:32:29.620
Pokemon not six but five due to a move set registration error he took down some

04:32:29.620 --> 04:32:34.020
of the world's best with a hand type behind his back so what can LJ do when

04:32:34.020 --> 04:32:37.500
he's a full power? We'll have to see because these two players are power

04:32:37.500 --> 04:32:42.240
houses going up against each other in the winners finals to guarantee their

04:32:42.240 --> 04:32:48.060
spot in day number two. Will I learned a little fun fact here we saw

04:32:48.060 --> 04:32:52.220
boom play earlier on stream he did play a couple off-stream he is

04:32:52.220 --> 04:32:57.020
undefeated at the tables in his whole Pokemon career.

04:32:57.020 --> 04:33:00.580
He has not dropped a game when he is not on stream.

04:33:00.580 --> 04:33:02.460
We can call him Boom 2-0.

04:33:02.460 --> 04:33:03.580
Actually, maybe we should.

04:33:03.580 --> 04:33:05.900
Maybe a name change is in order,

04:33:05.900 --> 04:33:07.420
but he's still got a lot of work here

04:33:07.420 --> 04:33:08.940
to do at the World Championships.

04:33:08.940 --> 04:33:12.020
His first ever, again, in spite of that incredible resume

04:33:12.020 --> 04:33:14.100
at the tables on stream and beyond,

04:33:14.100 --> 04:33:15.940
this is his first World Championships,

04:33:15.940 --> 04:33:18.700
and he's up against literally the best of the best.

04:33:18.700 --> 04:33:21.220
And there's so much to break down about this matchup.

04:33:21.220 --> 04:33:24.800
We have the Malamar, Shadow Kintan, Eintel's and a zoomer all for whom.

04:33:24.800 --> 04:33:30.620
Meanwhile, LJ with Tinketan and his Feeble as well as that Hussuan Electro.

04:33:30.620 --> 04:33:33.900
If you break down this dynamic Amanda, what do you see? What really jumps out to you?

04:33:33.900 --> 04:33:40.660
You know, we talked a little bit earlier on about Mantine being quite safe when there is no electric type Pokemon on the other team.

04:33:40.660 --> 04:33:43.700
And that is exactly what LJ is facing up against there.

04:33:43.700 --> 04:33:49.000
There are some Pokemon that yes, can start putting a dent into it, but there's no hard counter threats.

04:33:49.000 --> 04:33:53.760
We're hopping right into this game number one. We're seeing that toga kiss up against a feeble here

04:33:53.760 --> 04:33:56.760
The evil's fast attacks are not gonna be doing too much damage

04:33:56.760 --> 04:34:03.280
But that icy wind will slow down the toga kiss their LJ staying and trying to catch an aura spear not quite able to

04:34:03.280 --> 04:34:09.640
So but still answered all that man team stumbling out of the gate boom throws the aura spear into the man team double

04:34:09.640 --> 04:34:12.760
Resisted damage great catch by LJ to kick things off here

04:34:12.760 --> 04:34:16.480
But like you said aren't too many hard counter matchups and the switch is available

04:34:16.480 --> 04:34:21.220
So boom can't reach for a different Pokemon and he does going ahead just chipping away a little bit that mantis

04:34:21.220 --> 04:34:25.280
It's out a ton of energy now throw with his first waterpulse into an unprotected

04:34:25.880 --> 04:34:29.460
Licky Licky here. He's just gonna take it on the chin

04:34:29.460 --> 04:34:35.380
Maybe take it on the tongue and just going ahead and just charging up a ton more energy here throwing the shadow ball

04:34:35.380 --> 04:34:41.740
But not before the second waterpulse goes off one eye on the switch timer always an L chase swaps so early that he's

04:34:41.740 --> 04:34:45.660
Almost back to his reserve Pokemon can't reach for the evil or the take a ton

04:34:45.660 --> 04:34:47.600
but the shadow ball does get queued up.

04:34:47.600 --> 04:34:49.140
I don't think this is quite enough

04:34:49.140 --> 04:34:50.900
and I think Elche agrees with me

04:34:50.900 --> 04:34:52.380
as he no shields this shadow ball.

04:34:52.380 --> 04:34:54.140
Letting that go through, gets it down,

04:34:54.140 --> 04:34:56.820
mighty low there, one more roll out, should do it.

04:34:56.820 --> 04:34:58.140
That's a little extra energy.

04:34:58.140 --> 04:35:00.220
Can probably get up now to a body slam

04:35:00.220 --> 04:35:02.820
should Elche not wanna throw immediately on that feeble.

04:35:02.820 --> 04:35:04.220
Looks like that's exactly what he's gonna do.

04:35:04.220 --> 04:35:06.300
Still not protect shield flip on his side

04:35:06.300 --> 04:35:07.700
as the body slam will connect.

04:35:07.700 --> 04:35:10.620
Yeah, wanting to maintain his ability to swap out.

04:35:10.620 --> 04:35:12.300
In comes the total with the aura sphere

04:35:12.300 --> 04:35:14.820
already stored, locked and loaded.

04:35:14.820 --> 04:35:16.820
gonna go ahead and pull away that first shield from Elche.

04:35:16.820 --> 04:35:18.980
And there's a problem I'm seeing on the horizon,

04:35:18.980 --> 04:35:20.980
and it just swaps that Tinketon.

04:35:20.980 --> 04:35:22.100
A Ninetales might come out soon.

04:35:22.100 --> 04:35:24.500
Yeah, taking a peek at these back lines here.

04:35:24.500 --> 04:35:26.940
Boom, just did swap in here.

04:35:26.940 --> 04:35:28.860
Has to produce a protection because the icy wind

04:35:28.860 --> 04:35:29.780
would do a lot of damage.

04:35:29.780 --> 04:35:32.180
The bigger problem now is that the Togikis

04:35:32.180 --> 04:35:34.220
is debuffed as that Tinketon comes in

04:35:34.220 --> 04:35:36.540
and just starts swinging the hammer.

04:35:36.540 --> 04:35:39.420
I wonder if your Elche, if you can just continue

04:35:39.420 --> 04:35:41.460
to farm up, anticipate a swap,

04:35:41.460 --> 04:35:43.340
and then carry all that energy into the Ninetales

04:35:43.340 --> 04:35:45.500
and that's it to try to make it a little more favorable.

04:35:45.500 --> 04:35:47.860
Oraspeares are going to add up in the meanwhile,

04:35:47.860 --> 04:35:49.900
and Boom is deploying all this energy.

04:35:49.900 --> 04:35:51.300
This is Oraspeares number two.

04:35:51.300 --> 04:35:52.140
The one, no.

04:35:52.140 --> 04:35:53.500
Still no shield on Elche,

04:35:53.500 --> 04:35:56.500
so therefore the tinketon, tinketon hammer

04:35:56.500 --> 04:35:58.140
would be the one that needs to take out

04:35:58.140 --> 04:35:58.980
that Togokus here.

04:35:58.980 --> 04:36:01.340
But the real question is, will Boom shield it up

04:36:01.340 --> 04:36:03.620
knowing that he has that nine tails in the back,

04:36:03.620 --> 04:36:06.180
content to let it go down here

04:36:06.180 --> 04:36:07.980
as Elche attempts, maybe an undercharge

04:36:07.980 --> 04:36:08.820
then decides against it.

04:36:08.820 --> 04:36:11.020
That Togokus is out of the picture.

04:36:11.020 --> 04:36:13.140
I mean, this is basically best case scenario for Boom.

04:36:13.140 --> 04:36:17.460
He recognizes that we need to deploy a ton of energy in the gigaton hammer in order to

04:36:17.460 --> 04:36:19.980
force that toga kiss off the field.

04:36:19.980 --> 04:36:23.220
Outcomes the night tails first bulldozer no problem and don't forget he still has that

04:36:23.220 --> 04:36:24.220
licky licky.

04:36:24.220 --> 04:36:26.140
He can switch that Pokemon out in case he gets debuffed.

04:36:26.140 --> 04:36:30.220
Coming in now with that evil on the side of LJ getting the protection of awful boom

04:36:30.220 --> 04:36:35.980
side as Night Slash goes through here wants to keep that night tails as healthy as possible

04:36:35.980 --> 04:36:38.260
because he's got some energy to boot.

04:36:38.260 --> 04:36:41.660
I mean no boost on the Night Slash has to hurt a little bit here for LJ.

04:36:41.660 --> 04:36:43.000
going to let the evil go down.

04:36:43.000 --> 04:36:44.900
He took that shield did a great job.

04:36:44.900 --> 04:36:47.740
Final Pokemon will be the Tinkerton out.

04:36:47.740 --> 04:36:51.260
It comes, but it's so weak going ahead now and saying the shield

04:36:51.260 --> 04:36:54.620
left no problem farming down the Tinkerton at the end.

04:36:54.620 --> 04:36:57.380
Boom takes game number one.

04:36:57.380 --> 04:36:59.580
It brings a heavy sigh of relief.

04:36:59.580 --> 04:37:02.980
That is literally the first time I've ever seen boom express

04:37:02.980 --> 04:37:05.820
anything resembling not being confident.

04:37:05.820 --> 04:37:08.660
And I think it all came down to that initial play.

04:37:08.660 --> 04:37:10.020
I think you start the game.

04:37:10.020 --> 04:37:11.540
There's so many things running through your mind.

04:37:11.540 --> 04:37:13.260
and then Elche, one of the most experienced

04:37:13.260 --> 04:37:15.820
and talented traders we have, especially from Latan.

04:37:15.820 --> 04:37:18.380
He makes that swap and booms stumble,

04:37:18.380 --> 04:37:19.500
and that's rare to see.

04:37:19.500 --> 04:37:22.740
But this is how you know you have a really good player, right?

04:37:22.740 --> 04:37:25.380
Yes, sometimes you stumble, but he didn't fall.

04:37:25.380 --> 04:37:27.820
He recovered, he came back into those matchups,

04:37:27.820 --> 04:37:30.340
and I think that just shows a good wherewithal

04:37:30.340 --> 04:37:31.820
within him to be able to say,

04:37:31.820 --> 04:37:35.820
okay, I know I made a mistake, but now watch me work.

04:37:35.820 --> 04:37:38.580
Exactly, and he has worked with that nine tails.

04:37:38.580 --> 04:37:40.340
Every single round we've seen him on screen,

04:37:40.340 --> 04:37:45.340
He continues to bring it into this matchup as well in spite of that man team from Elche.

04:37:45.340 --> 04:37:50.340
He's going to kind of force him to bring that water type Pokemon more often and try to get that alignment.

04:37:50.340 --> 04:37:53.340
Going ahead there, Elche really had a good idea with it.

04:37:53.340 --> 04:37:59.340
We talked about in the earlier matchup when there's not really an electric type or something that can do heavy, hard counter damage to the man team.

04:37:59.340 --> 04:38:03.340
It makes a really great safe swap in this meta. That's exactly what we saw.

04:38:03.340 --> 04:38:06.340
Not only that, he was able to get that catch.

04:38:06.340 --> 04:38:11.940
really great start, we'll have to see Elche can pull back for game number two, tie up this series.

04:38:11.940 --> 04:38:16.660
Call me crazy Amanda, but I think that that, okay, well that was a little too easy for you.

04:38:16.660 --> 04:38:22.180
How about that Izumral from Boom 20? That Pokemon looks pretty safe into basically all these

04:38:22.180 --> 04:38:26.660
matchups here, and if you're pressuring with Kanto Ninetales and Toca Kiss, you're probably

04:38:26.660 --> 04:38:31.380
persuading Elche to leave the Hissui Electrode on the bench. Maybe Izumral can wedge itself

04:38:31.380 --> 04:38:34.900
in there for Boom as well. To see how he wants to play it. If you watch Boom play,

04:38:34.900 --> 04:38:37.640
he typically likes very fast aggressive place.

04:38:37.640 --> 04:38:40.880
A zoomerall wall has a lot of folk to its name.

04:38:40.880 --> 04:38:42.440
Aggressive is not really the word

04:38:42.440 --> 04:38:44.480
that I would use to describe that Pokemon.

04:38:44.480 --> 04:38:46.780
However, the fact that this is a Pokemon

04:38:46.780 --> 04:38:49.980
that's been around since basically the beginning of PVP

04:38:49.980 --> 04:38:52.480
is a testament to how good a zoomerall is

04:38:52.480 --> 04:38:54.260
in almost any meta.

04:38:54.260 --> 04:38:55.720
We are locked in trainers.

04:38:55.720 --> 04:38:58.260
This is game number two of the winners finals.

04:38:58.260 --> 04:39:01.100
Winner advance today, number two at the World Championships

04:39:01.100 --> 04:39:02.840
and the trusty Canton Eye Tales

04:39:02.840 --> 04:39:04.200
jumps onto the field for boom.

04:39:04.200 --> 04:39:06.820
Go ahead, leads the pack here as a Corsola.

04:39:06.820 --> 04:39:10.380
Another Pokemon very similar to a Zuma with slower pacing

04:39:10.380 --> 04:39:12.660
and a bit more bulk to its name continues

04:39:12.660 --> 04:39:14.740
to just start charging up energy as well.

04:39:14.740 --> 04:39:17.900
Going for almost a charge attack priority here.

04:39:17.900 --> 04:39:20.460
And LJ lets that first one go through,

04:39:20.460 --> 04:39:22.220
knocks it down to about half health.

04:39:22.220 --> 04:39:23.940
I think the key there is pacing.

04:39:23.940 --> 04:39:25.660
Boom recognized that that Coleran Corsola

04:39:25.660 --> 04:39:28.460
was gonna take 15 turns to get to its charge attack

04:39:28.460 --> 04:39:31.140
and that is a lifetime for the Kanto Ninetales

04:39:31.140 --> 04:39:31.980
to the farm.

04:39:31.980 --> 04:39:38.980
the fact that that nine tails is basically max out on energy and he's going to have to find a way around that Pokemon.

04:39:38.980 --> 04:39:45.980
Licky tongue coming in, doing what Licky tongue does, just getting up a lot of extra energy and now going for a body slam on this Thiebel.

04:39:45.980 --> 04:39:51.980
Thiebel is something that has recently been added to the meta and has shaken everything up here.

04:39:51.980 --> 04:39:56.980
So, going ahead, taking body slam number two, L taking energy of his own.

04:39:56.980 --> 04:40:01.920
own people can win this matchup depending on what the stats are for the

04:40:01.920 --> 04:40:05.360
evil that LJ powered up he's gonna go ahead and throw this night slash and

04:40:05.360 --> 04:40:09.160
honestly I think he needs the boost in order to sucker punch down it's gonna be

04:40:09.160 --> 04:40:12.760
pretty competitive and Licky Licky meanwhile it's just one roll out away

04:40:12.760 --> 04:40:16.800
from another body slam going ahead throwing right beforehand who knows it

04:40:16.800 --> 04:40:21.340
as well this Licky Licky is not quite at the one HP but still doesn't want

04:40:21.340 --> 04:40:25.640
to use a shield on it recognizing that it has done its job let's see what

04:40:25.640 --> 04:40:28.480
boom brings in. It's going to be that quag sire now.

04:40:28.480 --> 04:40:30.080
It'll actually be able to reach a move.

04:40:30.080 --> 04:40:31.980
Yes, he's going straight for that Night Slash.

04:40:31.980 --> 04:40:33.320
I mean, the downside is that Boom

04:40:33.320 --> 04:40:34.680
reveals his third Pokemon first,

04:40:34.680 --> 04:40:36.280
but the upside is that he already

04:40:36.280 --> 04:40:38.160
has enormous energy on the Ninetales.

04:40:38.160 --> 04:40:39.360
Now he's going to have a ton of energy

04:40:39.360 --> 04:40:40.420
on the quag sire as well.

04:40:40.420 --> 04:40:41.860
So like you called out, Amanda,

04:40:41.860 --> 04:40:43.460
he likes those fast, aggressive,

04:40:43.460 --> 04:40:44.760
energy-intensive Pokemon.

04:40:44.760 --> 04:40:48.160
Of course, La already has energy built to it there.

04:40:48.160 --> 04:40:49.760
Going ahead, throwing that first Night Shack,

04:40:49.760 --> 04:40:52.400
getting the first protect shield off of Boom's side.

04:40:52.400 --> 04:40:54.580
He's got a lot of energy on his Pokemon there,

04:40:54.580 --> 04:40:59.220
But if you take a peek at both the Ninetales and the Clock Sider, they're both fairly low health.

04:40:59.220 --> 04:41:03.140
Absolutely maximizing those charge attack intervals.

04:41:03.140 --> 04:41:04.420
Throws the weather ball here.

04:41:04.420 --> 04:41:06.260
Elche notes his glaring course so I can hang on.

04:41:06.260 --> 04:41:08.820
He trusts it too and it does!

04:41:08.820 --> 04:41:10.300
Oh, excuse me, it gets KO'd.

04:41:10.300 --> 04:41:11.300
I'm so shocked.

04:41:11.300 --> 04:41:12.300
Oh, wow.

04:41:12.300 --> 04:41:13.300
This is big for Boom.

04:41:13.300 --> 04:41:15.540
They're being able to not let that course look up.

04:41:15.540 --> 04:41:19.140
Any energy is huge in coming with that antennae now.

04:41:19.140 --> 04:41:23.580
The big thing here is there's two protections for Elche to hide behind.

04:41:23.580 --> 04:41:28.440
And unlike a previous matchup where there was a mud bomb and aqua tail on the quagsire,

04:41:28.440 --> 04:41:31.320
Boom's quagsire is running stone edge.

04:41:31.320 --> 04:41:33.440
Yeah, that is going to be a difference maker here.

04:41:33.440 --> 04:41:36.480
The second energy ball is also applying a lot of pressure.

04:41:36.480 --> 04:41:39.300
I just realized still two protect shields for Elche.

04:41:39.300 --> 04:41:42.980
He's putting it all on his mantine here and he's got that feeble that he can swap

04:41:42.980 --> 04:41:44.480
out for a potential third shield.

04:41:44.480 --> 04:41:48.180
Going ahead now and using that first shield with a really low hub manton.

04:41:48.180 --> 04:41:52.720
This is a bait move by Boom but still gets that shield very good for him.

04:41:52.720 --> 04:41:55.520
LJ is still in a great position overall.

04:41:55.520 --> 04:41:56.760
Has to use both shields here,

04:41:56.760 --> 04:41:58.040
but he's going for a charge attack

04:41:58.040 --> 04:41:59.560
of his own on that flag sire.

04:41:59.560 --> 04:42:01.400
Yeah, this is gonna be really critical here

04:42:01.400 --> 04:42:03.520
as the second protect shield gets peeled away.

04:42:03.520 --> 04:42:05.480
Man team goes for the water pulse.

04:42:05.480 --> 04:42:06.680
It's harder hitting attack.

04:42:06.680 --> 04:42:08.000
We get this shield from boom.

04:42:08.000 --> 04:42:09.680
Now the question is pacing and a catch.

04:42:09.680 --> 04:42:11.440
The feeble still lurking in the back

04:42:11.440 --> 04:42:14.120
could pop out like a fox and take this attack.

04:42:14.120 --> 04:42:15.240
Does he pull the trigger?

04:42:15.240 --> 04:42:16.080
No!

04:42:16.080 --> 04:42:17.120
LJ misses it.

04:42:17.120 --> 04:42:19.240
Going ahead now, throwing another Aqua Tail.

04:42:19.240 --> 04:42:20.880
Remember, this is a part water type

04:42:20.880 --> 04:42:22.240
and flying type Pokemon.

04:42:22.240 --> 04:42:24.540
So it's not doing a ton of damage there.

04:42:24.540 --> 04:42:27.240
Not enough to take it out and enough to get to the twister.

04:42:27.240 --> 04:42:29.180
This is huge for LJ.

04:42:29.180 --> 04:42:31.220
This is a roller coaster back and forth.

04:42:31.220 --> 04:42:32.540
LJ thought it was over.

04:42:32.540 --> 04:42:35.420
He connects with the twister to bring down that coaxi-er

04:42:35.420 --> 04:42:36.460
and over those wings.

04:42:36.460 --> 04:42:38.060
What do you wing attack through?

04:42:38.060 --> 04:42:39.420
Wing attack down.

04:42:39.420 --> 04:42:41.260
The nine tails comes back and knocks out the man.

04:42:41.260 --> 04:42:43.900
The both of these are so low, healthier,

04:42:43.900 --> 04:42:46.140
but coming in with evil has a little bit more

04:42:46.140 --> 04:42:47.780
and takes it down.

04:42:47.780 --> 04:42:50.860
One HP and a dream indeed.

04:42:50.860 --> 04:42:54.780
a sucker punch, more like a haymaker at the last second when

04:42:54.780 --> 04:42:57.700
Elche needed his people to pull through.

04:42:57.700 --> 04:42:59.940
Ember just not strong enough.

04:42:59.940 --> 04:43:00.820
It's not a blaze.

04:43:00.820 --> 04:43:04.740
It is just that a small ember of fire and the damage reflects

04:43:04.740 --> 04:43:07.460
that everybody ran into a game number three.

04:43:07.460 --> 04:43:09.140
And we knew this was going to be cinema.

04:43:09.140 --> 04:43:10.980
When we saw this matchup backstage,

04:43:10.980 --> 04:43:12.860
Homestice Henry said, oh my goodness,

04:43:12.860 --> 04:43:14.340
this is going to be epic.

04:43:14.340 --> 04:43:16.580
He is definitely watching on the edge of his seat,

04:43:16.580 --> 04:43:19.540
which I'm sure plenty of you, not only in the arena,

04:43:19.540 --> 04:43:24.380
but also at home are doing because this is a big matchup for today.

04:43:24.380 --> 04:43:29.820
This is the winners finals of Group B guaranteed spot in the winner side of the bracket for day number two.

04:43:29.820 --> 04:43:36.740
And I think this game just shows how good both of these trainers are and how safe this man team is for LJ.

04:43:36.740 --> 04:43:41.980
This last 30 seconds, I'm telling you up, down, all around, what a roller coaster.

04:43:41.980 --> 04:43:45.660
As both trainers thought they had it in the bag and thought they fumbled the bag.

04:43:45.660 --> 04:43:49.900
And it turns out that LJ stands on top in that game number two.

04:43:49.900 --> 04:43:53.060
So we're heading into a decisive battle number three.

04:43:53.060 --> 04:43:55.460
And I think that LJ is giving boom all he can handle.

04:43:55.460 --> 04:43:59.900
I think that we're going to see that Mantin again for sure in game number three.

04:43:59.900 --> 04:44:02.900
LJ really relied on bulk in game number two.

04:44:02.900 --> 04:44:05.940
Their Corso on the team, yes, it's a little bit slow pacing,

04:44:05.940 --> 04:44:09.620
but it definitely did the job kind of scaring away some of this Pokemon.

04:44:09.620 --> 04:44:13.940
And then also that Mantin with no electric type coverage on the other side.

04:44:13.940 --> 04:44:15.100
going into game number three.

04:44:15.100 --> 04:44:17.540
I think strategy for boom in game number two was to store

04:44:17.540 --> 04:44:20.100
energy and just to play it all at the end.

04:44:20.100 --> 04:44:22.380
Let's see what he does differently here against Elche.

04:44:22.380 --> 04:44:25.900
Going ahead now, Elche is smartly throwing the energy ball here,

04:44:25.900 --> 04:44:28.460
but here's the thing, when you have a suing electrode in the lead,

04:44:28.460 --> 04:44:30.460
you can wild charge and just dip.

04:44:30.460 --> 04:44:32.220
Wild charge lowers your own defenses,

04:44:32.220 --> 04:44:34.780
so you don't really want to stay in too long after that,

04:44:34.780 --> 04:44:37.300
but look how much damage already this one charge attack

04:44:37.300 --> 04:44:38.660
has done to Licky Licky.

04:44:38.660 --> 04:44:40.580
Yeah, and I think that this suing electrode

04:44:40.580 --> 04:44:43.660
will also outpace only 10 turns to both of its charge

04:44:43.660 --> 04:44:47.460
Meanwhile, that Licky Licky these four rollouts for its shadow ball.

04:44:47.460 --> 04:44:49.060
Here comes another energy ball.

04:44:49.060 --> 04:44:52.660
Fortunately, that shield early in this game number three is at the body slam.

04:44:52.660 --> 04:44:56.460
He wants to put up that protect shield at least start chunking away at the left

04:44:56.460 --> 04:44:58.260
of trying to go for a catch here.

04:44:58.260 --> 04:45:01.260
And now coming in with a tovah kiss.

04:45:01.260 --> 04:45:04.660
We saw it in another game with the last time he accidentally threw the aura

04:45:04.660 --> 04:45:05.460
spear into it.

04:45:05.460 --> 04:45:08.260
But this time he's going to get a little bit more energy and we're going

04:45:08.260 --> 04:45:11.260
to see him throw the move on the right to our pulses.

04:45:11.260 --> 04:45:15.580
feels like the recipe for success here and being two wing attacks up means that

04:45:15.580 --> 04:45:19.740
LJ might be able to close this gap before the third charge attack from Togokis is

04:45:19.740 --> 04:45:23.780
ready to go. There's only five pets for each of these side shots. Now LJ has been

04:45:23.780 --> 04:45:27.860
hoarding his shields pretty much to the last moment each game. Game one didn't

04:45:27.860 --> 04:45:31.940
work from game two, paid off. This second one is going through and still no

04:45:31.940 --> 04:45:36.940
protection. This minting is going to be low as low as it can go. But my jaw hit

04:45:36.940 --> 04:45:42.180
the ground because this is not a water pulse. This is a twister. He resisted charge attack

04:45:42.180 --> 04:45:47.380
into the Togikis, but LJ must know his damage accounts. Here it comes. Togikis hangs on.

04:45:47.380 --> 04:45:51.660
This might be a simul KO. Going ahead, that's exactly what it is. Both fall from the sky

04:45:51.660 --> 04:45:57.060
and now we have eight seconds to decide what we are bringing in. Now each trainer is

04:45:57.060 --> 04:46:00.820
going to wait to the absolute last second because that would, if one went in first,

04:46:00.820 --> 04:46:04.100
it would give the other one too much information. The nine tails comes in. You see LJ

04:46:04.100 --> 04:46:08.620
his head. Yes here and now he's going straight for that night slash number one.

04:46:08.620 --> 04:46:13.340
It looks like Elche is down a shield if I'm not mistaken. First night slash comes

04:46:13.340 --> 04:46:17.740
through here. A boost would be critical here for Elche. He doesn't get it on the

04:46:17.740 --> 04:46:21.980
first night slash. Going ahead now still hasn't used a protection. Is this

04:46:21.980 --> 04:46:27.340
the moment that he will do so? Boom has won. Elche still has two as this first

04:46:27.340 --> 04:46:30.900
one connects here. What about number two coming immediately after? Gotta start

04:46:30.900 --> 04:46:35.060
to respect them. There's the first shield from Elche in this decisive game number three.

04:46:35.060 --> 04:46:38.820
Ninetales, well outpaced, but I don't think it's got the HP to hang on. It's got a force

04:46:38.820 --> 04:46:43.380
boom to swap into the Licky Licky with a body slam spam. Elche might need to make a switch

04:46:43.380 --> 04:46:48.060
of his own. Going ahead now, this first body slam is going to be shielded up. Zero shields

04:46:48.060 --> 04:46:52.380
left on Elche's side now, but he is also at a knight slash touch boom. Want to use

04:46:52.380 --> 04:46:56.940
both of his shields here. The Licky Licky has taken both in this game. Wants to

04:46:56.940 --> 04:46:59.940
try to keep it around because it has a decent amount of energy left. And it comes

04:46:59.940 --> 04:47:04.740
the electrode and down maybe goes the electrode this is going to be extremely

04:47:04.740 --> 04:47:10.140
close because that feeble needs to pull through and boom knows he's got barely any

04:47:10.140 --> 04:47:14.100
HP and he needs more energy he needs more charge tax goes for the body slam

04:47:14.100 --> 04:47:18.420
here L.J. might have lost this game you saw it on boom's face when that

04:47:18.420 --> 04:47:21.740
electrode came in he saw how much energy was on his licky-licky he said

04:47:21.740 --> 04:47:27.060
this paid off for me body slam for you body slam for you game number three

04:47:27.060 --> 04:47:36.820
for me. Boom winning again. What a young phenom here at the 2026 world championships. I mean

04:47:36.820 --> 04:47:43.060
the resume doesn't lie the plays on stage are speaking the same truths that we saw all season

04:47:43.060 --> 04:47:48.420
long and I think Elke pushing the purpose that I've witnessed personally and the pat news for

04:47:48.420 --> 04:47:53.380
boom is it's only going to get harder from here. We can say for sure now boom has officially

04:47:53.380 --> 04:47:58.060
made it at least to day two in every single competition that he has competed in.

04:47:58.060 --> 04:47:59.900
Elche down, but not out.

04:47:59.900 --> 04:48:01.980
Knocked down to that loser side of the bracket.

04:48:01.980 --> 04:48:05.180
Well, he will continue on in this double elimination tournament.

04:48:05.180 --> 04:48:07.300
But what a set of games those were.

04:48:07.300 --> 04:48:08.860
I'm telling you that game too.

04:48:08.860 --> 04:48:10.780
I'm still thinking about the last 30 seconds.

04:48:10.780 --> 04:48:12.540
It's like lingering in my mind.

04:48:12.540 --> 04:48:13.180
The swaps.

04:48:13.180 --> 04:48:17.020
Each trainer thinking the game was over, only to have the outcome be reversed.

04:48:17.020 --> 04:48:18.900
What a series for two of our best players.

04:48:18.900 --> 04:48:22.060
And honestly, everybody, if you're enjoying that,

04:48:22.060 --> 04:48:31.060
You're going to see a lot more of that as we move to day number two tomorrow and these two trainers that I could watch these replays all day just seeing how good they both are here.

04:48:31.060 --> 04:48:35.860
That simultaneous knockout between the men and the Togokis was also absolute cinema.

04:48:35.860 --> 04:48:45.160
I thought we were going to see the back-to-back waterfalls but the twister into the wing attack Simon KO was wild and it made for a very exciting matchup.

04:48:45.160 --> 04:48:50.360
Especially as you pointed out Amanda when both of the Pokemon fame whoever sends out their pick first is going to get countered.

04:48:50.360 --> 04:48:53.440
And so you saw them waiting until the absolute last second

04:48:53.440 --> 04:48:54.480
to be able to do so.

04:48:54.480 --> 04:48:58.160
And these games came down to the wire every single time.

04:48:58.160 --> 04:49:02.240
You saw how Boom recognized how he was going to win that

04:49:02.240 --> 04:49:02.960
near the end.

04:49:02.960 --> 04:49:05.120
He was almost like, OK, don't screw it up.

04:49:05.120 --> 04:49:06.120
I just need to bodice them.

04:49:06.120 --> 04:49:07.120
I need one more rollout.

04:49:07.120 --> 04:49:08.200
And there should be enough.

04:49:08.200 --> 04:49:09.840
And it absolutely was.

04:49:09.840 --> 04:49:10.640
That's a thing too.

04:49:10.640 --> 04:49:12.920
A lot of trainers that are that experienced,

04:49:12.920 --> 04:49:14.320
they recognize the win condition

04:49:14.320 --> 04:49:16.160
and they can play things out in their mind

04:49:16.160 --> 04:49:17.240
in the middle of the game.

04:49:17.240 --> 04:49:19.400
So you might be 10, 15, 20 seconds out

04:49:19.400 --> 04:49:21.000
from the eventual outcome,

04:49:21.000 --> 04:49:23.480
but they already have visualized one more rollout,

04:49:23.480 --> 04:49:24.840
body, sand, KO,

04:49:24.840 --> 04:49:27.000
they already know exactly how the game is gonna play out.

04:49:27.000 --> 04:49:29.280
That's such a good mental exercise too,

04:49:29.280 --> 04:49:31.120
if you're playing your own battles at home,

04:49:31.120 --> 04:49:32.240
to start thinking about that,

04:49:32.240 --> 04:49:33.800
start thinking about the end of the game

04:49:33.800 --> 04:49:35.760
and not just the matchup that's in front of you.

04:49:35.760 --> 04:49:37.800
Another thing that really consider is,

04:49:37.800 --> 04:49:39.200
if you're playing the game,

04:49:39.200 --> 04:49:41.000
maybe have a teammate or friend

04:49:41.000 --> 04:49:42.400
that is running something similar to you,

04:49:42.400 --> 04:49:44.160
so you guys can have a different understanding

04:49:44.160 --> 04:49:45.760
of Pokemon as it goes on.

04:49:45.760 --> 04:49:47.400
We're hopping right into the next matchup.

04:49:47.400 --> 04:49:52.440
We have a player on that right hand side of the screen that was on our players to watch for the Latin region

04:49:52.440 --> 04:49:58.320
We have Marto Galde for the first time on screen. I believe so. Marto Galde from Argentina

04:49:58.320 --> 04:50:03.400
Of course adored in the competitive Pokemon GO community LAIC champion

04:50:03.400 --> 04:50:05.400
If you remember he was up against 12 Vittorello

04:50:06.320 --> 04:50:08.560
Surviving the brave bird from the Galarian Moltres

04:50:08.560 --> 04:50:14.720
He's a zoomer all got to that final charge attack that it needed and all the emotions outpoured after that

04:50:14.720 --> 04:50:16.720
he's going to take on fire star

04:50:16.720 --> 04:50:20.720
training from North America that we have seen very competitive this season.

04:50:20.720 --> 04:50:25.720
No stranger to the spicy picks and he's got, I venture to say, two foxes on the team, right?

04:50:25.720 --> 04:50:27.720
He's got the kids and I tails in the people.

04:50:27.720 --> 04:50:31.720
I'm loving that. I love foxes and I love fire stars play.

04:50:31.720 --> 04:50:36.720
He's been absolutely on fire this season, really doing well, top cutting many times.

04:50:36.720 --> 04:50:40.720
We saw on stream already forming very well to get to the spot in the winners finals.

04:50:40.720 --> 04:50:45.760
finals, we'll have to see if he can get past Marto Galdi to be able to secure that day too.

04:50:45.760 --> 04:50:50.720
Great call out. This is group D. We've gotten multiple groups here in our double elimination format.

04:50:50.720 --> 04:50:53.200
It looks like Game 1 was already decided by the Rock, Paper, Scissors.

04:50:53.200 --> 04:50:55.440
That was a pretty Rock, Paper, Scissors matchup, I would say.

04:50:56.960 --> 04:51:00.800
But no, these two trainers probably know each other pretty well. And that's one of the best

04:51:00.800 --> 04:51:04.560
things about our competitive Pokemon Go community is that no matter if you're from NA,

04:51:04.560 --> 04:51:09.120
if you're from Laptam or Oceania, wherever you reside, these trainers swim together,

04:51:09.120 --> 04:51:13.840
practice together, talk about teams, and I think that they probably battled it out a few times,

04:51:13.840 --> 04:51:17.840
even on the go battling ladder. You know, I'm talking about teams, let's go ahead and talk

04:51:17.840 --> 04:51:21.680
about them a little bit because Marto, first time I'm seeing some of the picks that he has,

04:51:21.680 --> 04:51:28.000
he has another Dondozo of his own, and also that Shadow Sableye, assumingly running Drain Punch.

04:51:28.000 --> 04:51:31.280
You mentioned the Sableye, and I think that's really cool, I know it's your favorite.

04:51:31.280 --> 04:51:36.000
But what about Altaria? That's a Pokemon that we saw a bit in Turin right after the

04:51:36.000 --> 04:51:40.480
moveset change, but it's been almost non-existent this weekend at Worlds. I think that's because

04:51:40.480 --> 04:51:44.720
there's so many other adjustments that have been made over the weeks that have passed. To see this

04:51:44.720 --> 04:51:48.720
Pokemon out, it's kind of like a throwback, right? It's like seeing a zoomerall in 2026. You're like,

04:51:48.720 --> 04:51:52.720
oh, this thing's still around. It's still pretty good, I guess. Indeed, we talked about zoomerall

04:51:52.720 --> 04:51:57.120
being one of the Pokemon from the very beginning. We can put Altaria right up there next to

04:51:57.120 --> 04:52:02.960
it. Always been a consistent threat nowadays running flamethrower as one of its charger text,

04:52:02.960 --> 04:52:09.560
Which, even though Tinkerton doesn't have, you know, it doesn't have a fantastic matchup against Tinkerton, it can definitely hit back and put in some hurt.

04:52:09.560 --> 04:52:12.860
Well, I mean, look at all the obstacles that would have to overcome against Firestar, though.

04:52:12.860 --> 04:52:17.160
You've got the Twister and the Mantine. You've got a Napoleon that's going to resist all the Dragon Breaths.

04:52:17.160 --> 04:52:20.660
You've got the Thiebel Icy Wind, which is double super effective.

04:52:20.660 --> 04:52:24.860
And then, like you pointed out, the Tinkerton matchup is a bit perilous. Flaytherer can fight back.

04:52:24.860 --> 04:52:27.960
The Tinkerton hammer absolutely smashes through HP.

04:52:27.960 --> 04:52:30.160
Plus, you've got the Power Jump on the Galarian Corselaw.

04:52:30.160 --> 04:52:35.120
my goodness, so many obstacles to navigate here. Will Mato even consider that Pokemon?

04:52:35.120 --> 04:52:39.120
I mean, maybe, you know, Altaria, usually in the skies, maybe just sitting on the ground,

04:52:39.120 --> 04:52:43.200
maybe perhaps on the bench for this specific matchup. But you never know,

04:52:43.200 --> 04:52:47.440
Mato has a lot of plays with interesting Pokemon. He really knows the ins and outs of

04:52:47.440 --> 04:52:51.840
what he wants to do, and he's had a lot of success in the Play Pokemon circuit.

04:52:51.840 --> 04:52:57.360
Oh, absolutely. And not only in his own region, but also at the World Championships,

04:52:57.360 --> 04:53:02.000
I believe it was in Hawaii. He finished top four. I mean, he's no stranger to the big stage

04:53:02.000 --> 04:53:03.880
And I'm sure he's gonna put on a show for us

04:53:03.880 --> 04:53:08.440
But are there any other picks that really stand out to you or how about this better question

04:53:08.440 --> 04:53:14.840
Is there one Pokemon on each side that you think has to come to this battle no matter what? I

04:53:16.760 --> 04:53:21.040
Would guess that Marta will bring the Dundos though just looking at the matchups there

04:53:21.040 --> 04:53:26.600
I think it it doesn't have like any strong wins, but it doesn't have any strong losses in that side

04:53:26.600 --> 04:53:31.720
I would say that Corsola has been such a good pick overall, but if there's a team with the shadow sable

04:53:31.720 --> 04:53:34.720
I it kind of makes you think twice about bringing it

04:53:34.960 --> 04:53:40.040
But I will tell you that nine tails has been around. It's been really really good for a lot of players

04:53:40.040 --> 04:53:42.280
It wouldn't surprise me if we're gonna see those on the field

04:53:42.280 --> 04:53:48.840
Well given that the team for Marta only has one true Tinketon check in that canto nine tails

04:53:48.840 --> 04:53:54.840
I think that there are some opportunities there for Marta to try to hard counter it when it does come because I

04:53:54.840 --> 04:54:00.300
I don't see any reason why fire start would leave that on the bench if it's got five favorable matchups in one negative one

04:54:00.300 --> 04:54:03.400
Right, but of course, that's a bit of the mind game in itself, right?

04:54:03.400 --> 04:54:10.740
It's like you looking at your opponent saying I dare you to bring this Pokemon because I've got a plan and I'm ready for it

04:54:10.740 --> 04:54:12.980
Right, we'll have to see if they're getting ready

04:54:12.980 --> 04:54:18.260
It looks like the trainers are getting close to be locked in for this matchup winners finals

04:54:18.940 --> 04:54:21.720
We're gonna head into the battles shortly everybody

04:54:21.720 --> 04:54:26.700
But let us know when you're watching at home who you think is going to win this next series

04:54:26.880 --> 04:54:30.860
Martial Galday a stored trainer or fire star not to be too punny

04:54:30.860 --> 04:54:37.920
But a rising star in North America both of these trainers are giving it their all and they've advanced all the way to the winners finals

04:54:37.920 --> 04:54:41.880
It's about time is a year in California about 123

04:54:42.160 --> 04:54:45.620
It's only lunchtime these trainers are already punching their tickets today, too

04:54:45.620 --> 04:54:51.700
Well, I tell you what another fun thing about both of these trainers is both of them have the push of their favorite Pokemon

04:54:51.700 --> 04:54:52.820
They're on the screen with them

04:54:52.820 --> 04:54:56.940
We got that jump up that has done so well for Monterey's all day in previous tournaments

04:54:56.940 --> 04:54:59.860
And we have that Gerrachi from the side of fire star

04:54:59.860 --> 04:55:05.260
I thought that Marto's favorite was the guiratina. Is that is that not I think you're a mistake another one that starts

04:55:05.300 --> 04:55:07.820
Mar no, no, no, uh, Pauquia. Oh, yeah

04:55:09.340 --> 04:55:11.340
That's how you spell Pauquia. Yeah

04:55:11.340 --> 04:55:18.340
I do remember my first ever GoFest experience catching that Pokemon in Chicago at Grand Park.

04:55:18.340 --> 04:55:19.340
Very, very fun.

04:55:19.340 --> 04:55:24.340
Of course, the stats were, they left a lot to be desired, but that's how Mitch feels to

04:55:24.340 --> 04:55:25.340
end the roll, right?

04:55:25.340 --> 04:55:29.340
Speaking of stats, just a reminder, if you guys are watching on Twitch, make sure that

04:55:29.340 --> 04:55:34.340
you are connected, because if you are watching for 60 minutes, you will get a Tinkerton

04:55:34.340 --> 04:55:38.340
with the same stats that Beelzeboi's had when they were playing.

04:55:38.340 --> 04:55:41.140
with the same stats that Beelzebois had

04:55:41.140 --> 04:55:44.060
when he won the World Championships last season.

04:55:44.060 --> 04:55:46.620
He's actually locked in his day two already

04:55:46.620 --> 04:55:48.740
beating Ripperly in the last winners finals

04:55:48.740 --> 04:55:50.220
right before we came on.

04:55:50.220 --> 04:55:53.140
Speaking of locked in, our trainer on the left

04:55:53.140 --> 04:55:56.260
is just that, waiting on our trainer on the right.

04:55:56.260 --> 04:55:58.260
Marto is still mulling things over a little bit,

04:55:58.260 --> 04:56:00.420
trying to get everything lined up.

04:56:00.420 --> 04:56:03.740
Again, so much of show six pick three is game planning.

04:56:03.740 --> 04:56:05.780
You think, okay, if I lead this Pokemon

04:56:05.780 --> 04:56:08.180
and I encounter this specific opponent,

04:56:08.180 --> 04:56:08.780
What do I do?

04:56:08.780 --> 04:56:10.460
Do I stay in through a charge through the swap?

04:56:10.460 --> 04:56:11.500
Do I swap immediately?

04:56:11.500 --> 04:56:12.900
Do I stay in and play at the zeros?

04:56:12.900 --> 04:56:14.620
Do I stay in and play at the twos?

04:56:14.620 --> 04:56:16.180
So many questions, but we're going

04:56:16.180 --> 04:56:17.620
to get some answers here, everybody.

04:56:17.620 --> 04:56:19.180
Game one on the line.

04:56:19.180 --> 04:56:21.700
Getting ready to rock and roll here in the lead.

04:56:21.700 --> 04:56:24.740
They're pretty good for Firestar.

04:56:24.740 --> 04:56:27.100
We have that Thiebel up against that Shadow Saber.

04:56:27.100 --> 04:56:29.420
I have to see how Marto wants to play that out.

04:56:29.420 --> 04:56:30.660
Keep in mind that those nights

04:56:30.660 --> 04:56:32.540
actually are going to do some nice damage to Saber.

04:56:32.540 --> 04:56:34.380
The drain punch is also not going

04:56:34.380 --> 04:56:35.420
to do too much with Manning.

04:56:35.420 --> 04:56:37.660
Great catch there by Firestar.

04:56:37.660 --> 04:56:40.240
a good start for him in this winner's finals.

04:56:40.240 --> 04:56:42.800
I'm getting echoes of the L chain boom matchup

04:56:42.800 --> 04:56:44.000
with the aura sphere was caught.

04:56:44.000 --> 04:56:46.280
Another fighting type move on a man team

04:56:46.280 --> 04:56:47.960
and it does basically nothing.

04:56:47.960 --> 04:56:49.680
Marta does not want to leave empty handed though.

04:56:49.680 --> 04:56:51.360
He's going to gather up a ton of energy

04:56:51.360 --> 04:56:52.360
if I're for foul play.

04:56:52.360 --> 04:56:53.520
I mean, I think if you're Marta

04:56:53.520 --> 04:56:55.280
and you say, okay, well, the people,

04:56:55.280 --> 04:56:56.720
you know, it wasn't the greatest matchup

04:56:56.720 --> 04:56:57.800
for the Sableye anyway.

04:56:57.800 --> 04:56:58.640
Yeah.

04:56:58.640 --> 04:56:59.960
I'm now a little bit buffer.

04:56:59.960 --> 04:57:02.080
Watch me start throwing my stuff.

04:57:02.080 --> 04:57:04.080
I'm honestly, yeah, a little surprised to see

04:57:04.080 --> 04:57:05.240
the swap out because that people

04:57:05.240 --> 04:57:07.040
looked pretty dominant in the Sableye matchup

04:57:07.040 --> 04:57:10.040
even in spite of the drain punch we're gonna see a charge stack up through

04:57:10.040 --> 04:57:14.200
waterpulse heals away that shield from Marto Galday he's got another foul play

04:57:14.200 --> 04:57:17.360
ready to go though. Going ahead throwing that foul play and Mantine just

04:57:17.360 --> 04:57:21.200
continuing to build up energy using a protect shield of his own on the side of

04:57:21.200 --> 04:57:25.920
fire start keep in mind now these switch timers are very misaligned here so

04:57:25.920 --> 04:57:29.240
both of them could switch out should they want to twister coming through

04:57:29.240 --> 04:57:33.040
here no protect shield on Marto's side. The question now is can Marto farm

04:57:33.040 --> 04:57:37.000
down this man team. He's got a waterfall done though though and an ember

04:57:37.000 --> 04:57:40.960
canton I tell it's going to be really hard to farm down this Pokemon but he

04:57:40.960 --> 04:57:44.980
did succeed in taking both of fire star shields. It makes sense for Martin to stay

04:57:44.980 --> 04:57:47.840
in with that save while I sing. Okay fine this is actually where I would have

04:57:47.840 --> 04:57:51.560
loved to see the man team to begin with Twister number one now coming

04:57:51.560 --> 04:57:55.040
through unprotected on that demnosa look how much energy that thing

04:57:55.040 --> 04:57:58.920
still has. But the Twister I mean not much damage right the Dundos is

04:57:58.920 --> 04:58:02.440
used to surfing the waves and it is not bothered by a little storm here

04:58:02.440 --> 04:58:04.900
here and there, second twister connects down into the yellow,

04:58:04.900 --> 04:58:06.560
the swap out into the canton 9 tails trying to get the farm

04:58:06.560 --> 04:58:09.340
to swap into the impoleon, the canton 9 tails now is going

04:58:09.340 --> 04:58:10.180
to go for a weather ball.

04:58:10.180 --> 04:58:13.780
Here's the thing, canton 9 tails is a head on energy.

04:58:13.780 --> 04:58:18.180
There are no protect shields left on fireside side,

04:58:18.180 --> 04:58:19.540
and Marco still has one shield left.

04:58:19.540 --> 04:58:21.740
So this might be exactly what he needs to help get himself

04:58:21.740 --> 04:58:22.900
back into the game.

04:58:22.900 --> 04:58:23.860
Yeah, I'm not going to lie.

04:58:23.860 --> 04:58:25.100
This is very perilous, right?

04:58:25.100 --> 04:58:28.340
Because Martel is just going to shield up the hydro cannon.

04:58:28.340 --> 04:58:31.020
And as long as he avoids the charge strike party tie,

04:58:31.020 --> 04:58:34.180
which Kanto Ninetales would lose.

04:58:34.180 --> 04:58:35.400
He's gonna bring down the Empolion

04:58:35.400 --> 04:58:36.420
and he avoids it perfectly.

04:58:36.420 --> 04:58:37.580
That's exactly what he does.

04:58:37.580 --> 04:58:39.820
Great counting by Martial Galdas saying,

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all right, this is just gonna be unmet for me.

04:58:42.580 --> 04:58:45.700
What you got now as the next Pokemon will come back in.

04:58:45.700 --> 04:58:47.780
Coming in with that feeble already has some energy there.

04:58:47.780 --> 04:58:49.300
Night Slash coming through.

04:58:49.300 --> 04:58:51.300
Night Slash number one, feeble,

04:58:51.300 --> 04:58:53.700
doesn't have much energy outside of this.

04:58:53.700 --> 04:58:55.020
So I think that Kanto Ninetales

04:58:55.020 --> 04:58:56.620
might be able to outpace,

04:58:56.620 --> 04:58:58.220
but it's gonna, all the boost comes through.

04:58:58.220 --> 04:58:59.580
That might be a game changer here.

04:58:59.580 --> 04:59:04.220
one ahead you see how much more the second one doing fire. I'm sorry fire going

04:59:04.220 --> 04:59:08.100
to the fire star here as the first fireball weather ball connects and the

04:59:08.100 --> 04:59:11.620
second one is just one away here tries to get to the mentee but now spopping back

04:59:11.620 --> 04:59:15.500
into the dondo zone. Seeing the swap coming oh and really close there

04:59:15.500 --> 04:59:19.180
because of the one turn swap March is able to throw two waterfalls and the

04:59:19.180 --> 04:59:23.140
surf but that was scary close he almost got hit by a twister. Going ahead

04:59:23.140 --> 04:59:27.860
now trying to get to walk to one more serve and he's able to do that

04:59:27.860 --> 04:59:31.780
right before fire start throws you see Marco readjusting in the seats recognizing

04:59:31.780 --> 04:59:38.380
he's taken game number one Don Gozo gobbles up to Pokemon to chaos for the

04:59:38.380 --> 04:59:43.460
water type as the waterfalls and serves are just too much for fire star let's

04:59:43.460 --> 04:59:48.180
see if he can regain himself here in game number two very close matchups on

04:59:48.180 --> 04:59:52.260
both sides but super well played by Marco Galder they're recognizing that

04:59:52.260 --> 04:59:56.140
when that's a belay sometimes you know you take a bad situation and you turn

04:59:56.140 --> 04:59:59.380
it to your advantage. That's exactly what Marta was able to do.

04:59:59.380 --> 05:00:04.420
Noticing, you know what? My Dom Dozzo and my Ninetales don't really fare too well into

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that mansion. I'm going to stick in with the save line and just chip away as much as possible.

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Yeah, I really like the point you made there. And especially when you saw the lead, it

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looks really scary for Marta, at least in my opinion. I mean, that's a pretty competitive

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matchup and you're taking a lot of sucker punch damage as the save line, whereas your

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shadowfalls are resisted, but Firestar saw something there, made the swap. And you

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know he's never been afraid to kind of put it all on the line. He gave both of his shields up early on,

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but the Pokemon that he had in reserve was the Mantine and there just wasn't enough

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firepower to that Pokemon. So maybe next time if you give up the shields early,

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you'll have something more potent in the back. Going ahead now you can see the recap here being

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able to take out both of those Pokemon to take game number one. Marto is in a, you know,

05:00:46.140 --> 05:00:50.860
commanding position here, but will he be able to keep this lead if he wins that next game?

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and he's guaranteed to move on to day number two.

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But as we've already seen, these matches

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can get so incredibly close, so back and forth.

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Wouldn't surprise me if Firestar can pull this around

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and we would be going to a best of three.

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Game one, no tinketun from Firestar.

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Felt like a very safe, familiar pick

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that he could have leaned on.

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Ops not to bring it.

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Meanwhile, Marto did not bring his dragon

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and flying type Altaria either.

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So both of these trainers still

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with a few tricks up their sleeve.

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Let's see what they decide to do here

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number two. I mean if maybe Marto is taking a page out of your books and is Altaria a safe bet here

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with so many hard counters of it on the other side or at least hard counter attacks you only have

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two shields that you can use per game. You have to decide when you want to use it and we're going

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to find out soon as actually Altaria is the very first Pokemon we see on Marto's side taking

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the field up against Firestar's Thiebel. Very similar pacing here please Pokemon the Sky Attack

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and the icy wind are almost identical, but this Altaria will lose the charge stack priority,

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so wisely throwing just before the icy wind is ready. And honestly, Amanda, I would be shocked to

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see a swap out here to avoid taking that damage or shielding. But you know what the problem is,

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is icy wind on anything is going to lower the attack. Firestar says, don't want it now,

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don't want to put it on, not very effective attack onto this Tinkerton that just came in.

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Immediate pivot by him into this Corsula. So now he has a feeble with a lot of energy

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and a bulky Pokemon that can at least tank one Gigaton Hammer as the first one goes through.

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I mean Martell already claimed one Protect Shield from Firestar. He's gonna, I guess,

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be hit by a barrage of Gigaton Hammers if he doesn't do something about this Tinketon.

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They're firing up the Nightshake here. This will do some chip damage. The Tinketon has so much

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energy. It's probably, oh yeah, it's already at the next Gigaton Hammer. What am I talking

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about? They just start swinging away, but still swinging here. Does Firestar want to put

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his protection into it says no not gonna do but it is the gigaton hammer it's

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enough to knock out that corsela and now coming in with the mansion a pretty

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good hard counter to the tinket time but it's so uncomfortable because what are

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you gonna do wing attack down a steel type or are you gonna sucker punch down

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a fairy type when those are your two options here as fire star he's got so

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much ticket time to work through still he's gonna take one gigaton hammer for

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his trouble maybe even a second one unless he throws a charge attack pretty

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soon. Go ahead and throw in right before saying, all right, that's enough, Tinka

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Tan. You calm down. Go back into your ball. We've had enough here in Marto.

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Content to let it go. It did a ton of damage. In comes Altaria and immediately

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pivot back out and actually goes for a night slash bait gets that shield. Great

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play by Firestar. I really like that bait. Firestar is about two steps

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behind. He needs to make up some ground and that's a good way to start

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moving that direction. But how comes the Don Dozo? It's just such an issue

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for him in game number one. A Night Slash boost here will be awfully sweet.

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Going ahead this one's going through since how many can I throw before I get a

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boost in meantime just continuing to get a ton of energy going for a second one

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against this Dundos. I'm gonna get it pretty darn low. No need to shield here

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Night Slash not gonna do that much damage even though it is same type

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attack bonus. No boost either so it goes from bad news to worse. Four fire

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He's his back is against the wall right now back against the wall shields down here

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I'll have to see how he wants to come back from this just charging up a little bit more energy here tries to complete farm down great catch

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That's a one way to do it here. Is this gonna be not very effective

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You know Manchin has been taking a Hamilton hammer not very effective also taking this surf on the chin

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Wow inspired swap and now he's got the twister loaded ready for this Altaria

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that might have been the catch that Firestar needed to get back into this. If

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I'm not mistaken his Thiebel does have an icy wind as well so there's a lot of

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energy still to go around but the question is pacing and Altaria outpaces.

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Shake it up baby trying to get that twist and shout out of the way but this

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sky attack should be enough to knock out that Mantine and yes Thiebel does

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have a ton of energy opting to go for another night slash getting that

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last protection but look at the health on this will I don't know if it's

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enough. Saving the shields has paid massive dividends for Marko as he's able

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to protect himself for the night slash and protect himself from an upset here

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at the World Championships finals. You see both these players shaking hand great

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game by both of them recognizing what they needed to do to win. Firestar had a

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lot of great calls within those matches but in at the end Marko pulled

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through with some Pokemon that you weren't even quite sure was going to

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be in that matchup. Definitely get a lot of good from there getting that sky

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attack on that man team at that last second. I mean at the risk of you know

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sounding nerdy I've been pretty wishy-washy on the Dandozo but it seems

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like it's making a big impact and I just lost my co-caster. We're now in a solo

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cast from here on out. No you can't come back now. What a series there from

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Firestar and his opponent Marto Galdave. Firestar's not out of it yet

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does drop down to that loser side bracket here in San Francisco and I

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I said, uh, I said world championships brand or I said world championship finals.

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I meant winners finals because we still have so many more battles to go.

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Everybody. Absolutely.

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This is just day number one that we've got going on here.

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But some of these trainers are guaranteed to be making it on to day number two.

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Martin Goddard can add his name to this list,

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despite these great catches that fire star had throughout the matches.

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So inspired, right?

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He caught the drain punch, not mistaken in game number one.

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He caught a surf there in game number two,

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plus the Kiki ton hammer that you called out great man team plays,

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but it's just not enough to clear through the bulk of Mato's Altaria and

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Don Dozo duo. Altaria there just really taking to the skies taking game number

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two there for Mato Galday. Well done by the pride of Argentina himself.

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I cannot wait to hear from him as we get set up. Everybody,

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let us know if you're rooting for Mato or any other specific trainer in

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the bracket this weekend. As we said, I mean, there's so many upset,

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so many trainers that we thought we're a lot to make day two have unfortunately been knocked out so

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it's going to get perilous as you move towards the top in a double illumination tournament sometimes

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that's the way it goes but while we can discuss all that I really want to hear what Marta has to

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say about making it on to day number two go ahead for you take it away Marta Galday does it

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Again, a huge win there putting you into day two. You must be so pleased. Yeah, I'm a bit emotional right now

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Last year it didn't go so well for me the worlds and my objective this this tournament was to go today, too

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So I'm just very happy right now, and you've been in first. Oh, who's a fantastic player

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You're through to day two so you can relax for the rest of the day

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What do you think and how are you feeling about how today has gone so far? I was perfect for me

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I I didn't doubt myself like I'm very confident myself. I just didn't practice up with the team

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So I had a bit of doubt with the team, so it went perfect and I'll stay to cheer for my friends.

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Amazing, what was your team building process like as you're approaching Worlds?

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I know a lot of players were panicking until the very last moment.

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You saw that people there, how was that for you?

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Yeah, it's a funny story. I stole a team from someone, that's how it generally goes.

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Actually yesterday I was so desperate asking people for teams.

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I'm like, give me a team, give me a team.

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And people didn't believe me, they say like, oh you probably have a team.

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you probably have a team. No I didn't but I just saw one team and it works. I

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cannot say who but it works. Well there we go and you are one of the most

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decorative players in the world. What's this season been like for you? This is

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only so gay. I didn't want a tournament. I have high hopes of myself.

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NAIC I think I could have won that tournament. I just wasn't that focused

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day three so it was a bit of not the best but I took it a bit easy this

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season because I didn't play as much tournaments but I'm pretty happy

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with it. Previously when you've done well international championships and the world championships,

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do you go into those events feeling I'm really good at the moment this is going to be my tournament

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or are you still a little bit nervous as you enter in that gradually builds throughout?

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I think you're always nervous. Before the tournament I was never nervous, like very confident

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myself. I generally when I go to a tournament I keep my head low, I say like okay let's

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try to make the best possible. Coming into this tournament I saw myself being a strong

05:09:05.820 --> 05:09:10.620
player and it worked out today. So and how do you prepare for tomorrow? Are you

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going to relax? Are you going to look at your matchup? What's the level of practice you do

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before you go into day two and event? Yeah, I don't know from practicing, but I'll try my best

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because I really really want to perform well tomorrow for the region. We'll see. Right now

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I'll say to cheer for my friends, which is always like the case. So it's very early right

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now. So we'll see later. Is there any of your friends that you'd like to give a thanks to?

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I'll give a shout out to my Twitch chat, my family, my friends, Shoei, Lari, Nawel, Nigo, Maxi, Tsu-Ku, Manken, there's too many, I'm going to forget them, but shout out to everyone that supported me, I feel the love, I feel the support these past days, so I'm just very happy, that gives me joy.

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Amazing, congratulations Mato, some brilliant action down here on the stage, but so much more still to come. Castors, back to you.

05:10:02.460 --> 05:10:06.260
Thank you so much for it and thank you Marko for those insights it's always

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great to hear from players who are well known within the community so well

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known that he even has his own people that he's thinking out like of my own

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chuch chat he is a good content creator for Pokemon Go and it's a delight to

05:10:18.340 --> 05:10:22.020
see him on the screen. Well you know they say that a good artist creates but

05:10:22.020 --> 05:10:25.700
a great artist steals and it looks like Martel had no problem stealing a

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quality team from one of his friends and I mean can't blame him right

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because if it's a working formula I'm sure that they're pretty proud of how

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March of play the team. So if you guys have been watching this from the beginning at the very start of the show

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We gave you some players to watch from each of these and we're just also giving you a little update on how

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They are doing so far. So for you it pathoman who's gone five oh so far

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Inadequence just started his rounds was able to take round number one

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Which I believe was against hard Jeff

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So we know that the hard Jeff has been knocked down to the loser's bracket round one and stone collection hasn't started his tournament yet

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We dropped that little bread from earlier

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We knew based on the bracket that it was inadequate versus LMS hard Jeff

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I mean, I gotta say one of Brazil's best trainers speaking of Brazil

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We do have TZ Steinar

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Marto and LDS hard Jeff and this honestly is a shocker to see a Steinar oh

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0-2. Honestly, last thing I predicted, but it just speaks volumes about how stacked this

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World Championships truly is. Absolutely true. Steiner has had an amazing season there, all

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leading up to Worlds, but sometimes that absolutely happens. Caleb talked about it a little bit

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earlier on. Statistically, these champions, there can only be one. It's most likely

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not going to be all over the 100 competitors who have registered and are here competing.

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on Championship Sunday we will see who that will be for our last ever individual world champion.

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It's a long road to get there and honestly if I could give just one piece of advice to the trainers that didn't perform the way that they wanted, be where your feet are.

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Don't linger on the game that was on the stage or at the tables.

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Don't think about next year's world championships which is a year away.

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Be where your feet are.

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at the venue, enjoying the time with your friends at Pokemon XP, taking all the sights

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in this beautiful city of San Francisco.

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It's a good rule of thumb, right?

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No matter where you are in life, be where your feet are.

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And absolutely true because there's been so many things that you can do if you are

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here in San Francisco, even if the tournament run has ended, there are side events,

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there are XP events, plenty of things to do in this city.

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And also, you know, if you're hungry to battle, you can hop in and go battle league.

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You can do some battles there as well.

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I spoke with a few trainers.

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Got some GBL recommended teams from them.

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We might hear that segment later,

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so definitely stay tuned for that.

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But meanwhile, we're going back down to the stage

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for more live battles.

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We've got a Japan versus Japan showdown.

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We don't get to see these trainers play

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very often on screen,

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and we actually now get to see two play against each other.

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Super well known in the community.

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We've got Poke Mitchie versus N. Contano.

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N. Contano taking on a familiar face,

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I'm sure they battled in the PJCS in the past and likely have queued up in go battle league as well

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Let's talk about the teams though because you do have some unique picks here

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We have seen take a tongue glaring Corsola evil man team, you know the Sunfisk the Pokemon

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I want to point out for poke Mitchy is that shadow annihilate which I thought was gonna have a bigger presence and

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Famously early on in the stream and Contano took down Colin with that shadow glyscor and shadow polytope

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Column six one of the great trainers from EU finalists at EUIC was taken down knocked down to the losers bracket by Encontreno by this

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I would call rather spicy team there

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I'm trying to think which one I would say was even the spiciest he has that shadow polydote

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He also has that shadow gligar as or good score as well

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Yeah, exactly, and I was kind of wondering what the movesets would be

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We don't see that Gliscor that often, but I do think it is running sandtume acrobatics if you're not mistaken.

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Absolutely, too, and we'll have to see if it will come into play against Pokimichi, and if Pokimichi is ready for it.

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Because keep in mind that the Pokémon Company region of Japan is on a different system that doesn't use championship points.

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They use qualifiers to be able to compete here at Worlds.

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I'm so excited because that field of qualified competitors was expanded.

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It used to be just the top eight or top ten or even top four now

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It's expanded and more of these trainers in the TPC region can come and compete and show us that they are some of the best in the world

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We talked about the annihilate talked about the polytode and shot a gly score. There's a pangaro on that team as well

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That is an interesting pick for this met

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It does great against Licky Licky if you think it does pretty good against Galerion Corsola, but it does fear

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Ticket time. Oh absolutely fears ticket time and I was looking at the feeble too

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I mean if you're spamming off the cross traps one close combat and it's lights

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out for the dark type evil so I don't know pangor might find some play here

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but like you pointed out Amanda a couple of really dire matchups you want to

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avoid first being ticket time of course secondly though man team has to be

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pretty abysmal and if you're in a shields up scenario versus the shadow

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annihilate you likely just get countered down. We haven't seen as many

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fighters as I anticipated seeing in this meta but we have seen more Pokemon that

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have been sort of French picks like that Melodic that we saw earlier on in the

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day and Tondozo which we just saw Marto Garl if they play to perfection.

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There's a water type though on Encontano's team with that shadow

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polytode however that we could see as another contender for a good water

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type in this meta. That is a water ball excuse me water ball what am I

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like talking about whether of all water and ice being that shadow poly toad

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I mean this could be an interesting matchup there's one point oh one more

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point I wanted to make the charge above I think charge above for and Contano could

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be very very impactful ex-cissor the evil Volt switch to the man team there's a

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ton of play for that yeah doing great against you know when Sunfish as well

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electric types against each other not gonna see it at the beginning

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Poke Mitchie has a great lead they're going for him but you know when

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Memphis up against that Tick-a-Ton. Tick-a-Ton has to throw a bulldozer really to do much damage overall.

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It doesn't want to throw anything. Tries to catch onto that quick score and now comes in with a Mantine on the side of Pokimichi.

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Yeah, tried to catch a double-resistant mud bomb, but didn't not quite get his wish. Out comes the Acrobatics and got it respected.

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Even though Mantine is extremely bulky, Acrobatics from a shadow high attack by score would really wreak havoc on the HP.

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Got the water pulse overcharging.

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going also for the twister bait here getting that first shield back Pukimichi

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going for this will still have a lot of energy on the man team for him self

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should be choosing now throw a water post which he is at but just now and

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coach and I says you bait I bait look at him get this last shot with that sand

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tomb insane sand tomb bait here and you got to be asking why are these

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trainers fighting so hard in the middle matchup it's because that ticket

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ton wants to get away from the you know if it's that fist and in count to

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know realize this he's not gonna get his wish he's got to sit it back

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out to soak a what is this triple resistant twister he said recognizing okay I'll take what I can get

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here sure that you know when Stumpas is coming back in but maybe I can lower its fences here with

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this bulldoze number one coming through bulldoze does have a chance to lower that defense and it

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does activate here gonna go for the mud bomb you know when Stumpas fighting back against the

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ticket time can absorb one but not two going ahead throwing that first one on the side of

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Poki, Michi there is going to be a little bit defense drop and Bokos is going to be going through before the next one from you know

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The Sunfish side no protection remaining on Poki Michi great awareness by N. Consonho to know his Ticket time

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Double win while double drop on the defense as well

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So this you know the Sunfish is looking awfully soft might get farmed down by the next Pokemon that comes out

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But the mudbomb does KO the Ticket time coming in now with that licky licky that number one

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use Pokemon of our tournament so far and now you see the little pause before he

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throws but out of double debuff body slam should do it at this range just want

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to get up a little more energy first and Pokemon gives a mud bomb as a parting

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gift. I keep thinking that Encontinous is putting in a lot of work but we have not

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even seen the Thiebel from Pokemon. He's got a lot of gas still left in the

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tank and as you said Amanda body slam is gonna be more than enough now

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that the stun fist has been double debuffed. He's ahead on shields on Encontinous side

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And now we do see that people but coming back in both of these bears swapping in and out

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Timing things exactly right getting that last protection as a twister goes through from that man team side now

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The advantage for pacing is going to go to that guy score and cottonized

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No exactly where it is and he throws a charge attack priority perfectly when the twister is ready great timing great

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Where with all from and cotton off being able to knock out this man team and maybe be able to sand tune the people

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which would help him be able to do that with Night Slash of Liz.

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Looks like it will be reached first.

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Yeah, it doesn't throw the charge pack.

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Evil gonna pick up a massive KO here

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and could get a massive attack boost off the Night Slash as well.

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Let's see it. It does come through.

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Big, big plays for you can seem kind of not the happiest about it.

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Although he's grinning, it's through his teeth there.

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The first body slam is able to connect,

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but this box is boosted.

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It's not quite grinning more like a grimace.

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Here comes Spotty Sand number two as Licky Licky tries to fight back in this matchup,

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but the rollout damage is not giving me enough.

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This evil, it looks like it's on a run.

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Doing everything again, Night Slash coming through at the last second here,

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putting that Licky Licky in a world of hurt and putting Bokimichi in charge of game number one.

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Wow, close battle between these two traders from Japan in Kanto,

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putting in so much work, but honestly, Amanda fell like he wiggled and he fought,

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But he could not get an opening in Pokemon. She said, Oh, yeah,

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I still have a third Pokemon. I haven't shown you yet.

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It went from bad to worse.

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And if you see at the very end to the there was a friendship level increase

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between this, I think that these two trainers have definitely

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battled against each other before. As a reminder,

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you can also be sending gifts to your friends.

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And there are some really cool Pokestops here at the venue and around San Francisco.

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So if you're someone that's at home and you know someone here,

05:20:24.500 --> 05:20:27.100
try to beg them for a gift because I've seen a couple of them

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and they are pretty cool.

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They are so cool.

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And I've been meaning to walk around the venue

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and try to collect some of them.

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As I remind everybody,

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Tokimichi finished 13th overall

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at the World Championships last year.

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Actually defeated by Wild Jeffs and Fire Stars.

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So he's trying to do better than 13th place overall,

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trying to push himself maybe up into the top eight,

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but he's got to get through and count to know

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and advance to this winners finals first.

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One more game should be able to do it for him.

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Should he be able to take game number two?

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This is winners finals of Group D, meaning that the winner will go on, however, the loser

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will knock down to that loser's side of the bracket.

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Thinking about the Pokemon here, what adjustments are we going to get from these two trainers?

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It felt like the Gliscor had a couple opportunities here and there.

05:21:11.360 --> 05:21:14.800
They've connected one Acrobatics, but also commanded a lot of shields.

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Incontino also a successful sand-tune bait on the Mantine that was pretty gnarly.

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Does he bring that Pokemon back in game number two?

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One thing we have to remember too is that Imkontano fought back very hard against a very bad lead

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for himself.

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When you see a Tinkerton up against Yunoven Sanfus at the beginning, it heavily favors

05:21:32.120 --> 05:21:33.560
Yunoven Sanfus.

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Even still, he managed to make some great catches, get those shields down right away,

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and get a double debuff, so it still could have been playing onto anyone's game until

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those very last moments, and it just also should show just because you lose lead

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doesn't mean that you are automatically going to lose the game.

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well said and you know the stunfist has to be the first thing on Enkantano's mind

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and when you have a team like his right you've got a chargebook that's gonna

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struggle against the you know the stunfist and take a ton will struggle as well

05:22:03.160 --> 05:22:07.400
you've got your poly toad which yeah can fight back but if you're down protect shields

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remember it's still a water type pokemon it's gonna take a lot of damage from the discharge

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so kind of feels like the options are limited here on the right side of your screen

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whereas pokemiches in the driver's seat man i love watching these guys get ready here we

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We got a thumbs up. We got some stretches as we're getting into the battle a much better match up for incontinue there as now

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It's a pokey. Mitchy who is immediately swapping out into a safe swap normally of a man team

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But with an electric type on the other side, that's a pretty dangerous swap

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Do you think the fact that the gigaton hammer is being thrown could be a giveaway that maybe we're not seeing one of those

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Pokemon in the back

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Yeah, I think the lack of a swap here means that there is no charge buggy

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You can start to do that process of elimination if you are Koki Michi, but if you're in Consi now you're probably thinking as well

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Hey, if I can control switch in the mid game here

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I could eventually align my kangaroo versus the people and give myself a chance because whatever that third Pokemon is

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Which is the you know the stunfish so there's a lot of play here

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And I would not be surprised to see this mid game matchup go the distance and you see Pokemon

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It's you immediately putting up a shield saying they didn't even swap out

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Okay, this team is weak to the Tinker time as the next water pulse goes through will he get that first protect shield?

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Yes, he does in front of know has a lot of energy on that take a time at this moment

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take a time basically in one mode here. You cannot throw a bulldoze and very

05:23:22.560 --> 05:23:25.960
wind down. It's not gonna happen. Man team will lose charge site party.

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Basically everything else in the meta and it does lose to the ticket on here.

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Take a time hammer number three coming in now coming for that. You know when

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Stumpas and then now I think you have to remember that both of these

05:23:37.400 --> 05:23:40.880
chambers can swap out. So at this point, you see and come to know

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staying in here throwing a bulldoze hoping for maybe what happened last game being able to get

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a defense debuff will be a really great position for him wasn't able to get it on the first one

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wasn't able to get it out comes the discharge i really like that blade because if pokemichi

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is expecting a swap out that discharge would catch a lot more pokemon neutrally than the

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mudbomb would and new is going to knock out anyway in computer immediate pivot now into the

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But now he has an answer for it there with that hangarow.

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I don't think Incontino is quite out of the woods yet

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because he can build up to the double close combat here.

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But then after the Thiebel faints, he risked the Sunfist coming in,

05:24:17.080 --> 05:24:20.080
buttershawking down and still being an issue for the Gliscor.

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It's going to be a little tricky, but Incontino is starting to take control of this game.

05:24:25.080 --> 05:24:30.080
Going for it straight away, lowering the defense here of the hangarow

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here of the pangaro doesn't even matter go ahead and just throwing the next one

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immediately I like this expecting a night slash but the shoe goes up anyway

05:24:38.800 --> 05:24:42.320
pokemitchie sniffs out the play does he get thundershot down or does he swap

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into glice for timers not there is not quite there yet it is quite low and

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not even actually bothering all the way go ahead and get this pangaro out of

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here the big thing is though glice court in the back has a pretty darn good

05:24:55.000 --> 05:24:57.800
matchup against it you know when some this where there's no shields yeah

05:24:57.800 --> 05:25:01.800
You're going to need multiple, multiple discharges to even weaken this Gliscor.

05:25:01.800 --> 05:25:04.800
Sanctum number one comes through, and this is just the first shovel.

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A second one will definitely pick up the KO.

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Keep in mind it's part ground, but it's also part flying there.

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So at the same time, you're going to see him just continue to charge away.

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I think at this point, Pokemon are not even bothering to throw an attack,

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recognizing the writing on the wall and that this is going into a decisive game number three.

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A Sanctum number two takes out the Ynogun's Sanfis.

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Gliscorps animation gave us a nice little pincher clip right there just to show that it's having a great time against you know

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This stuff is he says yeah more more of that matchup, please

05:25:33.720 --> 05:25:37.840
I'd like to see that Pokemon again. I see you know you saw him come to no stretching at the beginning

05:25:37.840 --> 05:25:42.520
Maybe he was just doing a little Gliscorps dancing. Okay. I'm giving you a warning. This is what's coming in

05:25:42.520 --> 05:25:50.080
I really love how expressive and consno is we've seen the smiles the grimaces and whatever that last one just was

05:25:50.080 --> 05:25:54.680
He's really wearing his emotions on his sleeve. So going into game number three Amanda

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What do you think because I mean Pokimichi had all the momentum in game one and Contano fought back strong in game number two

05:26:00.520 --> 05:26:03.540
Well, you know when he was interviewed earlier on on stream

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He was holding up that polyture

05:26:05.200 --> 05:26:11.280
We haven't seen it at all against Pokimichi's team and you have to wonder is it one of those picks where you?

05:26:11.520 --> 05:26:14.920
Like it because it's you think it's an actually good call for the meta

05:26:14.920 --> 05:26:18.320
Or do you just like it because it is one of your signature Pokemon?

05:26:18.320 --> 05:26:23.200
Hmm valid question, right? And I think at this stage you can't let your favorite

05:26:23.200 --> 05:26:27.280
Tism kind of cloud the Pokemon that you pick. You need to pick the right Pokemon

05:26:27.280 --> 05:26:31.200
for the right matchups. And even though that poly toad might look strong and

05:26:31.200 --> 05:26:34.480
you might be telling you, you know, I think I can win this. You got to be

05:26:34.480 --> 05:26:37.640
honest. You got to be measured here. Fly score though seems like a staple for

05:26:37.640 --> 05:26:41.240
man Contano. Going ahead, playing a game number one. Winning with the game

05:26:41.240 --> 05:26:44.840
number two. We'll have to see if he will bring it in to game number three

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As both of these trainers take a moment to get ready to decide what they're going to lock in for this very decisive game number three

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Who will determine who is going on today number two on that winners side of the bracket?

05:26:56.440 --> 05:27:00.400
This is close close battles between two trainers from Japan

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If you want to stop shadow gly score, I think poke Mitchie. I mean, what are the three best options? Mantine

05:27:07.160 --> 05:27:10.600
But then at that point, you're ABA weak to Pangoro, right?

05:27:10.600 --> 05:27:13.040
So there's so many obstacles to navigate here,

05:27:13.040 --> 05:27:14.640
and the team composition and order

05:27:14.640 --> 05:27:16.240
is going to matter quite a bit as well

05:27:16.240 --> 05:27:17.680
as these trainers lock in their teams.

05:27:17.680 --> 05:27:20.040
Again, everyone, this is the winners' finals.

05:27:20.040 --> 05:27:22.720
Whoever wins this moves on to day number two.

05:27:22.720 --> 05:27:24.920
Whoever loses it probably has to battle two or three

05:27:24.920 --> 05:27:27.160
more rounds to get a chance to do the same.

05:27:27.160 --> 05:27:29.280
And you brought up a good point about the Pangoro

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being a big problem for that team,

05:27:31.400 --> 05:27:33.120
if he would have a composition like that.

05:27:33.120 --> 05:27:35.120
But that is also one of the things

05:27:35.120 --> 05:27:41.960
composition like that, but that is also one of the reasons that show 6-3 is so engaging and fun because you don't get to know

05:27:41.960 --> 05:27:46.400
What their point is going to bring until that pops out of that pokeball and then it's everyone's game

05:27:46.400 --> 05:27:49.240
It's like you know we get everyone gets a see back stage

05:27:49.240 --> 05:27:50.160
It's like okay

05:27:50.160 --> 05:27:54.680
I see what they're bringing and you guys are about to as well as we hop into game number three

05:27:54.680 --> 05:27:58.120
We got that glaring course along the side of Pokimetry up against that shadow gliscore

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Well hop or maybe even glide as neither of these Pokemon are gonna touch the ground

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We're going to see that Glyde score

05:28:03.540 --> 05:28:05.040
built up a ton of energy and reach

05:28:05.040 --> 05:28:07.040
for the acrobatics immediately.

05:28:07.040 --> 05:28:09.040
Is going to deal a lot of damage heavy

05:28:09.040 --> 05:28:11.040
hitting attack will a protection go up

05:28:11.040 --> 05:28:13.040
last second it does on Poki Mitch.

05:28:13.040 --> 05:28:15.040
He said keeping that course will

05:28:15.040 --> 05:28:17.040
nice and healthy as it just continues

05:28:17.040 --> 05:28:19.040
to go ahead and go and look at

05:28:19.040 --> 05:28:21.040
that still way to turn and still

05:28:21.040 --> 05:28:23.040
through the nightshade in to

05:28:23.040 --> 05:28:25.040
that licky licky that has got

05:28:25.040 --> 05:28:27.040
to hurt, but we'll have to see

05:28:27.040 --> 05:28:29.040
how he bounces back from it as that

05:28:29.040 --> 05:28:31.040
evil comes into search to take it up

05:28:31.040 --> 05:28:37.200
I mean the good news for pokemiches that he avoided the pangoro lead that he was probably really worried about and now that he sees a

05:28:37.200 --> 05:28:41.380
Licky-Licky it's safe to bring in his evil get some use out of this Pokemon

05:28:41.380 --> 05:28:45.680
And I think his end goals probably to win this matchup and then throw an icy win into whatever

05:28:45.840 --> 05:28:52.160
In consignor sends out next going ahead there was just a small amount of chip damage already on that Licky-Licky from that night

05:28:52.160 --> 05:28:56.680
She which again it's not going to be doing too much because of normal typing of Licky-Licky there

05:28:56.680 --> 05:28:59.140
but now another body slam is going through.

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This people is getting pretty low.

05:29:01.740 --> 05:29:03.260
It's definitely being worn down

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and Licky Licky is known for that.

05:29:05.140 --> 05:29:07.220
Just being patient, but relentless.

05:29:07.220 --> 05:29:09.220
Another night slash is ready

05:29:09.220 --> 05:29:10.920
and throw on the charge attack priority.

05:29:10.920 --> 05:29:12.580
This will definitely pick up the knockout.

05:29:12.580 --> 05:29:14.540
Going ahead now, no potential

05:29:14.540 --> 05:29:16.240
and Compton knows side content

05:29:16.240 --> 05:29:17.700
to let that Licky Licky go down.

05:29:17.700 --> 05:29:18.900
The real question will be,

05:29:18.900 --> 05:29:21.620
will he be able to get to another attack here

05:29:21.620 --> 05:29:22.740
as now that this one comes in

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and there's immediate swap out back into that forcela

05:29:25.380 --> 05:29:28.720
to throw a second night shits and this time I found my target.

05:29:28.720 --> 05:29:31.380
Lost in the sauce and Contano reaches for the acrobatics,

05:29:31.380 --> 05:29:33.700
but he's a turn too late, forced to shield up here.

05:29:33.700 --> 05:29:35.260
Switch timer's still available for him,

05:29:35.260 --> 05:29:36.580
so he can't reach for the charge bug,

05:29:36.580 --> 05:29:38.860
but he doesn't want to reveal his third Pokemon just yet.

05:29:38.860 --> 05:29:40.500
Honestly though, he's got to avoid taking

05:29:40.500 --> 05:29:42.740
too much Astonished damage or he will lose his life score.

05:29:42.740 --> 05:29:45.380
I mean, this is a big problem for Pokimichi

05:29:45.380 --> 05:29:47.500
if you're looking to take a peek at that back line,

05:29:47.500 --> 05:29:51.920
but this might be the absolute saving thing for him.

05:29:51.920 --> 05:29:53.740
Look at him, stone cold, they're recognizing.

05:29:53.740 --> 05:29:59.860
Okay, Mantine you stay away from this here as I'm going to try to get that charge of bug out of the pitcher

05:29:59.860 --> 05:30:02.820
Look at the sequence he from Pokimichi. He goes for the night chain

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Which means he's gonna try to get two night shades instead of just the one power gem

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He thinks he might be able to do it

05:30:07.700 --> 05:30:12.860
But this discharge is gonna cut off this glaring course a lot if Pokimichi hangs on here that will be decisive

05:30:12.860 --> 05:30:16.180
This will be a big moment. I think everyone's waiting, but it doesn't

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Just at the last second in comes Mantine's try maybe trying to get a catch onto that low

05:30:21.180 --> 05:30:27.260
while people, but there are two charge attacks. First one, his target is reached, but unfortunately

05:30:27.260 --> 05:30:32.940
for Pokimichi, there is another one already loaded. I mean massive swap, incredible timing, even in

05:30:32.940 --> 05:30:37.900
spite of the weight, but there's so much pressure, it might have just been inevitable. Discharge

05:30:37.900 --> 05:30:43.180
number two, double super effective. Mantine fans look away from the screen. Oh, gets down so low,

05:30:43.180 --> 05:30:48.700
one more bolt switch, will do it, but Mantine is able to get off a twister here. He's gonna

05:30:48.700 --> 05:30:51.660
I'm not that charge book. I'm very, very low keeping mind.

05:30:51.660 --> 05:30:55.300
We still have that Gliscor in the back to be able to do it doesn't even need it.

05:30:55.540 --> 05:31:00.500
As the man team goes down and and Contano gets what we call a reverse sweep.

05:31:01.180 --> 05:31:07.540
Incredibly well done by the charge of a trainer and Contano charge bug keeps on

05:31:07.540 --> 05:31:10.980
chugging the little bug that could nobody really believed in it.

05:31:10.980 --> 05:31:14.700
I didn't hear any talk about charge bug, but it's enough to overcome

05:31:14.700 --> 05:31:19.260
Pokemon it's she oh man I'm going to know all smiles they're very expressive

05:31:19.260 --> 05:31:23.180
trainer and he's been winning so far able to make it to day two with an

05:31:23.180 --> 05:31:27.460
incredibly impressive spicy team there we've seen some Pokemon on that team

05:31:27.460 --> 05:31:32.180
that we haven't seen very much on the broadcast before and if you're a fan of

05:31:32.180 --> 05:31:35.100
those Pokemon you better tune in tomorrow because you might see some more

05:31:35.100 --> 05:31:38.620
shadow poly to an action and I gotta say the Glice for it seems like it's

05:31:38.620 --> 05:31:41.420
almost ridiculous I think you'll bring that out no matter why I think

05:31:41.420 --> 05:31:49.020
We saw every single game for him as a Pokemon that has been a little bit popular in the past, but with a different set of move sets.

05:31:49.220 --> 05:31:57.920
But now with the acrobatics and the sandtune, which guarantees to lower the defense of your opponent's Pokemon, I think it definitely was able to take him pretty far.

05:31:57.920 --> 05:32:05.420
It just fits one of those really specific niches where you're like, Hey, I want to be a flying type Pokemon, but I kind of want to resist electric too.

05:32:05.420 --> 05:32:06.420
How do I do that?

05:32:06.420 --> 05:32:08.020
You know, you can't really be a Corvik Knight.

05:32:08.020 --> 05:32:11.460
And if you're Altaria, you're a little too slow and a little too weak to ice,

05:32:11.460 --> 05:32:13.780
but I think that Glycepore is also a little soft to ice.

05:32:13.780 --> 05:32:16.340
So maybe there are some shared overlaps there. Who knows?

05:32:16.340 --> 05:32:19.620
There have been so many trainers, people from Japan like I said before,

05:32:19.620 --> 05:32:22.580
who we don't get an opportunity to see very often.

05:32:22.580 --> 05:32:25.700
Always happy to see them winning, doing well on stream.

05:32:25.700 --> 05:32:29.540
There are some other trainers that are well-known staples within our community

05:32:29.540 --> 05:32:32.740
who have been competing at Worlds and Lyle Jeffs is one of them.

05:32:32.740 --> 05:32:34.980
We're going to show you a little bit about his personal story.

05:32:38.020 --> 05:32:46.300
Playing Pokemon Blue, that was a big part of growing up and getting introduced into the

05:32:46.300 --> 05:32:47.300
Pokemon world.

05:32:47.300 --> 05:32:51.140
I used to spend many hours playing that on long car rides.

05:32:51.140 --> 05:32:55.700
Here's my starting Pokemon, most likely Blastoise.

05:32:55.700 --> 05:32:56.700
Squirtle.

05:32:56.700 --> 05:32:57.700
Squirtle.

05:32:57.700 --> 05:33:01.500
One of the Titans of North America, Lyle Jeffster, sir.

05:33:01.500 --> 05:33:07.500
My brother introduced me to battling in Pokemon Go, and I started from there doing some

05:33:07.500 --> 05:33:08.760
and grassroots tournaments.

05:33:08.760 --> 05:33:10.920
Hitsburg Regional Finals, NAIC Top 8,

05:33:10.920 --> 05:33:13.520
which set me to worlds when you got Top 33.

05:33:13.520 --> 05:33:17.720
I just really like the aspect of me versus another trainer

05:33:17.720 --> 05:33:21.240
using my skills and abilities to sort of out with them

05:33:21.240 --> 05:33:22.920
and out play them.

05:33:24.040 --> 05:33:26.160
My favorite moment from competitive play

05:33:26.160 --> 05:33:29.800
Pokemon history was actually the very first EUIC.

05:33:29.800 --> 05:33:32.800
Pokemon Go on that big stage was just sort of

05:33:32.800 --> 05:33:34.840
like eye-opening to me and really inspired me

05:33:34.840 --> 05:33:37.320
to start my own play Pokemon journey.

05:33:37.320 --> 05:33:40.820
Last season I qualified for Worlds due to a trickle down at NAIC.

05:33:40.820 --> 05:33:46.520
I was actually able to win a regional this year and prove to myself that me making Worlds last year was, in fact, legit.

05:33:46.520 --> 05:33:50.020
Lyle Jeffs has the opportunity to claim the championship.

05:33:50.020 --> 05:33:53.520
Continuous top cuts, getting so close.

05:33:53.520 --> 05:33:55.020
And he's done it!

05:33:55.020 --> 05:33:57.120
It feels amazing to win a regional.

05:33:57.120 --> 05:34:00.420
Especially after Pittsburgh when I finished second place.

05:34:00.420 --> 05:34:04.620
What I've learned since I started competing is just how amazing the community is.

05:34:04.620 --> 05:34:07.020
This is one of my favorite parts of coming to these events

05:34:07.020 --> 05:34:08.420
and getting to hang out with everyone.

05:34:08.420 --> 05:34:11.020
The ups and downs of the tournament runs,

05:34:11.020 --> 05:34:13.220
the community that I'm a part of,

05:34:13.220 --> 05:34:16.460
they're motivating me to try to make them better

05:34:16.460 --> 05:34:18.360
and to try to make myself better.

05:34:18.360 --> 05:34:22.260
And in these battles, a long-time dream has been achieved.

05:34:23.460 --> 05:34:25.100
In terms of people that I look up to,

05:34:25.100 --> 05:34:27.800
obviously, it's AXIN, the world champion.

05:34:27.800 --> 05:34:30.100
We all want to strive to be a world champion.

05:34:31.140 --> 05:34:32.780
My number one goal this season,

05:34:32.780 --> 05:34:35.340
I would say too well at Worlds.

05:34:35.340 --> 05:34:39.580
I was a little underwhelmed with my performance last year in Japan.

05:34:39.580 --> 05:34:41.500
Probably, I would say, win Worlds.

05:34:41.500 --> 05:34:43.260
But maybe that's a little too ambitious.

05:34:43.260 --> 05:34:45.220
I will be winning the World Championship this year.

05:34:49.460 --> 05:34:51.780
Hello, Pokemon fans and friends.

05:34:51.780 --> 05:34:54.620
Lundberger here to talk to you about how you can add

05:34:54.620 --> 05:34:58.300
a Galarian legendary Pokemon to your tournament roster.

05:34:58.300 --> 05:35:01.380
With Pokemon Go Championship Series in full swing,

05:35:01.380 --> 05:35:08.480
Trainers everywhere are flocking to catch the rare stars of the competitive meta, the Galarian Legendary Pokémon.

05:35:08.480 --> 05:35:16.580
The 2025 competitive season marked the first time Galarian Articuno, Zaptos, and Multars were eligible for tournaments,

05:35:16.580 --> 05:35:22.780
and they immediately made their mark, stirring up excitement and ruffling a few feathers in the process.

05:35:22.780 --> 05:35:30.480
Among these Pokémon, Galarian Multars soared straight to the top, quickly becoming one of the most popular picks in the show 6 format.

05:35:30.480 --> 05:35:32.320
with its dark and flying typing.

05:35:32.320 --> 05:35:35.060
It counters many dominant Pokemon in the meta.

05:35:35.060 --> 05:35:37.920
Additionally, its powerful charge attack, Brave Bird,

05:35:37.920 --> 05:35:40.560
allows it to take on even its toughest opponents

05:35:40.560 --> 05:35:43.100
like Claude Sire and Azumarul.

05:35:43.100 --> 05:35:44.840
It's no surprise that Glaring Moltres

05:35:44.840 --> 05:35:47.680
made quite an impression in its early tournaments.

05:35:47.680 --> 05:35:50.040
It was on the team of the third place finisher

05:35:50.040 --> 05:35:51.640
in its debut tournament

05:35:51.640 --> 05:35:54.220
and continued to gain traction from there.

05:35:54.220 --> 05:35:56.320
Even by the first tournament of the season,

05:35:56.320 --> 05:35:58.420
Glaring Moltres was in the top usage

05:35:58.420 --> 05:36:04.820
for day two competitors as well as on both of the teams in the grand finals in Dortmund, Germany.

05:36:04.820 --> 05:36:10.580
Galarian Moltres became an undeniable force to be reckoned with. If you are eager to add a

05:36:10.580 --> 05:36:15.700
Galarian Moltres to your roster, it's easier than you might think. These elusive Pokémon can

05:36:15.700 --> 05:36:21.300
only be encountered while using your blue daily adventure incense, a special item that lasts

05:36:21.300 --> 05:36:27.060
for 15 minutes and spawns Pokémon not already seen on your map, including wild Galarian

05:36:27.060 --> 05:36:33.380
Articuno, Zapdos, or Multress. To maximize your success while you're out birdwatching,

05:36:34.100 --> 05:36:39.780
if you have an Origin Form Dialga, activate its Roar of Time ability to pause the daily

05:36:39.780 --> 05:36:44.660
Incense Timer. This will give you more time to search for your feathered friends without feeling

05:36:44.660 --> 05:36:51.220
rushed. The Glarian Legendary Pokémon have an extremely high flea rate, so you should always

05:36:51.220 --> 05:36:57.940
use a golden raspberry and an ultra ball for your throw, no matter the Pokemon CP to increase

05:36:57.940 --> 05:37:02.900
your chance of a successful capture. For those truly special encounters where letting a rare

05:37:02.900 --> 05:37:09.220
Pokemon escape is not an option, don't hesitate to use a master ball for a guaranteed catch.

05:37:09.780 --> 05:37:15.540
Though the master balls are rare, so are these Pokemon. After catching a Glareon Moltres,

05:37:15.540 --> 05:37:19.940
you'll likely want to optimize it to be a perfect tournament ready partner.

05:37:19.940 --> 05:37:26.940
Consider arranging a special trade with a friend to aim for the attack, defense, and HP spread that you are hunting for.

05:37:26.940 --> 05:37:33.940
Once your prize partner is ready, take it to a competition, cups, or challenges to showcase its prowess in action.

05:37:33.940 --> 05:37:41.940
The Galarian Legendaries are more than just Pokemon, they are game changers in this competitive land and skyscape.

05:37:41.940 --> 05:37:46.420
With Glareon Moltres leading the way, their impact on the meta is undeniable.

05:37:46.420 --> 05:37:50.740
So grab your daily incense, prepare your team, and get ready to take flight.

05:37:50.740 --> 05:37:55.700
With one of these powerhouses on your roster, you'll be soaring above the competition in no time.

05:38:11.940 --> 05:38:14.640
He would improvise on the spot.

05:38:14.640 --> 05:38:17.140
Just always finds a way to make it funny.

05:38:17.140 --> 05:38:18.940
We both have very fast moves

05:38:18.940 --> 05:38:20.940
and can change the world using its mind.

05:38:20.940 --> 05:38:22.740
Jigglypuff is my favorite.

05:38:22.740 --> 05:38:23.740
Jigglypuff!

05:38:23.740 --> 05:38:30.540
Jigglypuff, jigglypuff.

05:38:30.540 --> 05:38:32.740
Every single time you met a new Pokemon,

05:38:32.740 --> 05:38:34.140
it felt like you met a new part of yourself.

05:38:34.140 --> 05:38:35.740
You like to sleep?

05:38:35.740 --> 05:38:36.340
Just like me.

05:38:36.340 --> 05:38:38.740
When I was younger, I was a little bit more comfortable.

05:38:38.740 --> 05:38:40.640
It's the name of the form of the superhuman.

05:38:40.640 --> 05:38:43.040
She is very serious for the girls who love language.

05:38:43.040 --> 05:38:47.440
She uses her voice to protect herself.

05:38:47.440 --> 05:38:48.240
She's holy.

05:38:48.240 --> 05:38:49.040
Yeah, totally.

05:38:49.040 --> 05:38:49.840
That's why I love it.

05:38:49.840 --> 05:38:51.240
My favorite is E.T.

05:38:51.240 --> 05:38:52.040
My favorite is E.T.

05:38:52.040 --> 05:38:52.640
Oh, can I?

05:38:52.640 --> 05:38:53.040
Gengor.

05:38:53.040 --> 05:38:54.040
She's my favorite.

05:38:54.040 --> 05:38:54.840
I got it!

05:38:54.840 --> 05:38:56.040
So, what's your favorite?

05:40:40.640 --> 05:40:45.140
We've come, we've come, we've come, we're so much closer now

05:40:45.140 --> 05:40:51.140
To the battles we've fought, we've come, we've come, we've come, we've come

05:40:51.140 --> 05:40:55.140
We're still a race together, but we've come, we've come

05:41:10.640 --> 05:41:40.620
Welcome back trainers to the 2026 Pokemon Go World Championships and

05:41:40.620 --> 05:41:46.420
If you're just tuning in now, we are half way through day number one yet with so many incredible battles.

05:41:46.420 --> 05:41:51.920
This is the best of best year fighting to become the fifth ever world champion of Pokemon Go.

05:41:51.920 --> 05:41:56.020
I'm Kail Pang. I'm joined by my good friend, Tuoh Butters. How are you about the battle so far?

05:41:56.020 --> 05:42:02.120
I'm feeling amazing and look how far we've come in obviously championship series, but in Pokemon Go in general.

05:42:02.120 --> 05:42:07.120
And I just want to say, if you are here in the venue, you're here in San Francisco

05:42:07.120 --> 05:42:09.760
and you haven't played Pokemon Go in a little bit,

05:42:09.760 --> 05:42:11.800
I think you're gonna wanna update your app,

05:42:11.800 --> 05:42:15.200
because something awesome is gonna be happening this weekend

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And of course, we got our battles on our hand.

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We're gonna head into the stage.

05:42:36.780 --> 05:42:41.260
is they love Jai from Australia versus Ta-Tan Batous from France.

05:42:41.260 --> 05:42:46.700
Ta-Tan Batous, who was first place at 2023 EYC,

05:42:46.700 --> 05:42:48.980
first place at 2025 to dance.

05:42:48.980 --> 05:42:53.900
And where he left off, he was first place at 2026 Prague

05:42:53.900 --> 05:42:55.620
with that shadow high drag on.

05:42:55.620 --> 05:42:58.660
He has brought it back here to the winners finals.

05:42:58.660 --> 05:43:02.340
And now he is just one match victory away from day number

05:43:02.340 --> 05:43:03.060
two.

05:43:03.060 --> 05:43:06.100
And they love Jai, second world championship for him,

05:43:06.100 --> 05:43:08.060
maybe not the best role last year, I think he went 0-2,

05:43:08.060 --> 05:43:10.220
did take games in both of his losses,

05:43:10.220 --> 05:43:13.540
but one of the best players from Oceania

05:43:13.540 --> 05:43:15.260
has two second place finishes.

05:43:15.260 --> 05:43:17.700
His first two tournaments, he got second in both actually,

05:43:17.700 --> 05:43:20.260
and has always been a kind of a household name

05:43:20.260 --> 05:43:22.220
ever since that 2024 season,

05:43:22.220 --> 05:43:25.460
when he started to compete in the official circuits.

05:43:25.460 --> 05:43:28.140
And he's definitely going to get some much more

05:43:28.140 --> 05:43:29.500
accomplished players across them,

05:43:29.500 --> 05:43:31.860
but they looked like friends with a lot of players

05:43:31.860 --> 05:43:33.780
in the community, and especially with so much

05:43:33.780 --> 05:43:35.180
online communication these days.

05:43:35.180 --> 05:43:38.260
I know he screams with a lot of the top players in the circuits.

05:43:38.260 --> 05:43:41.580
So he has the ability to take down any Titan in the field.

05:43:41.580 --> 05:43:43.380
And both of them are in this Winter Finals.

05:43:43.380 --> 05:43:45.120
They're both looking for, I believe, their first-ever

05:43:45.120 --> 05:43:47.100
day number two at World Championships.

05:43:47.100 --> 05:43:49.260
And that would be such a huge side relief

05:43:49.260 --> 05:43:51.660
that they make it there, because not only do they make it

05:43:51.660 --> 05:43:53.740
to day two, but they make out the winter side.

05:43:53.740 --> 05:43:55.860
That's a massive advantage.

05:43:55.860 --> 05:43:58.300
And of course, the teams are looking pretty spicy,

05:43:58.300 --> 05:43:59.220
as expected.

05:43:59.220 --> 05:44:01.580
Yeah, and it's a little spicier for the Corvanite

05:44:01.580 --> 05:44:04.580
as well, because I believe that is a shadow Corvanite

05:44:04.580 --> 05:44:06.460
that Jai has at his disposal.

05:44:06.460 --> 05:44:08.740
A newer Pokemon that recently got released

05:44:08.740 --> 05:44:09.900
into Shadow Grunts.

05:44:09.900 --> 05:44:13.180
Now you can also elite team it to get that special charge deck

05:44:13.180 --> 05:44:15.620
which you can get with Twitch Drops right now.

05:44:15.620 --> 05:44:16.940
Get that elite charge team

05:44:16.940 --> 05:44:20.860
and look at that dapper fancy looking Shadow Kanto Ninetales

05:44:20.860 --> 05:44:21.940
for Tauntaun Batuu.

05:44:21.940 --> 05:44:24.940
Even his most meta Pokemon is spicy looking.

05:44:24.940 --> 05:44:25.780
That's right.

05:44:25.780 --> 05:44:27.860
And we got Naila of Jai with a double flyer

05:44:27.860 --> 05:44:29.540
with Licky Licky in the lead.

05:44:29.540 --> 05:44:30.620
That's gonna be a good lead for him

05:44:30.620 --> 05:44:32.740
because he avoids the Shadow Corbanite

05:44:32.740 --> 05:44:34.380
on to the shadow cancel nine

05:44:34.380 --> 05:44:36.220
tails, which is a pretty disastrous matchup.

05:44:36.220 --> 05:44:37.580
Everything in the back, you know,

05:44:37.580 --> 05:44:40.260
actually is actually very alignment dependent

05:44:40.260 --> 05:44:44.540
because you do not want the Altaria on the Tinga

05:44:44.540 --> 05:44:46.300
ton. You want the coordinate on it.

05:44:46.300 --> 05:44:48.220
However, the Altaria doesn't have nearly as many plays to go

05:44:48.220 --> 05:44:51.740
as you see Tom Tom Patu's building aligned ABA strong

05:44:51.740 --> 05:44:55.300
into that or ABB strong, I should say, into the Altaria.

05:44:55.300 --> 05:44:57.060
And so he's going to throw this energy ball,

05:44:57.060 --> 05:44:58.380
going to do more damage than the weather ball,

05:44:58.380 --> 05:44:59.860
trying to chip it out as much as possible.

05:44:59.860 --> 05:45:01.300
Oh, we get a big buff as well.

05:45:01.300 --> 05:45:04.660
And it probably won't matter just because now the BodySend is going to be coming through

05:45:04.660 --> 05:45:08.140
and you will get the knockout before this next BodySend is probably available.

05:45:08.140 --> 05:45:12.100
I mean, unless you come in with the Glaring Corsula, there goes down the Kanto Ninetails.

05:45:12.100 --> 05:45:15.380
Here comes the Tinketon trying to get that advantage, instantly swapping out into the

05:45:15.380 --> 05:45:16.380
Shadow Corbinite.

05:45:16.380 --> 05:45:20.480
Now this is interesting because you're doing super effective sand attack with that ground

05:45:20.480 --> 05:45:25.540
type fast attack, but all of your energy is going to be resisted into the typing of

05:45:25.540 --> 05:45:30.060
that Steel Fairy type of Tinketon and he actually gave off a Protect Shield against

05:45:30.060 --> 05:45:31.900
It's a resistant gigaton hammer.

05:45:31.900 --> 05:45:33.460
Gigaton hammer just won those moves right.

05:45:33.460 --> 05:45:36.340
Even resist it, you could potentially command shields

05:45:36.340 --> 05:45:37.660
and into the shadow Corviknight

05:45:37.660 --> 05:45:40.100
because it's less bulky than the non-shadow,

05:45:40.100 --> 05:45:41.420
you have to respect it.

05:45:41.420 --> 05:45:42.260
Oh, the boots!

05:45:42.260 --> 05:45:44.020
And if the boost right on the first air cutter

05:45:44.020 --> 05:45:45.340
could be massive for this match,

05:45:45.340 --> 05:45:46.900
you can see the sand attacks are starting

05:45:46.900 --> 05:45:49.740
to really chunk the health bar of the singaton.

05:45:49.740 --> 05:45:51.980
The attack is one stage higher now

05:45:51.980 --> 05:45:53.020
for the shadow Corviknight.

05:45:53.020 --> 05:45:55.500
Now, it's gonna do more damage with the Zedchart attack.

05:45:55.500 --> 05:45:57.020
Here comes the swap into the Corsa.

05:45:57.020 --> 05:45:58.780
That's a beautiful swap because,

05:45:58.780 --> 05:46:00.460
Oh, actually gets to protect shield.

05:46:00.460 --> 05:46:02.860
This is just an air cutter right now for Jai.

05:46:02.860 --> 05:46:03.900
It wasn't the payback,

05:46:03.900 --> 05:46:05.500
even though he was at payback energy.

05:46:05.500 --> 05:46:06.580
Does he get another boost?

05:46:06.580 --> 05:46:08.800
No, not another boost, but he's at the payback right now.

05:46:08.800 --> 05:46:09.940
That's gonna be super effective.

05:46:09.940 --> 05:46:11.060
He is gonna double down.

05:46:11.060 --> 05:46:12.020
He's gonna beat again.

05:46:12.020 --> 05:46:14.220
Can he get both protect shields from this Corsula?

05:46:14.220 --> 05:46:15.300
Tauntaun's thinking about it,

05:46:15.300 --> 05:46:16.340
but he throws on the shield.

05:46:16.340 --> 05:46:19.220
Doesn't wanna take a boosted shadow payback,

05:46:19.220 --> 05:46:20.060
but they love Jai.

05:46:20.060 --> 05:46:21.660
He's in the position he needs,

05:46:21.660 --> 05:46:22.780
and I don't think Corsula's gonna be able

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to get the two moves.

05:46:23.620 --> 05:46:24.460
He tries to go up and down,

05:46:24.460 --> 05:46:25.780
but doesn't get to it,

05:46:25.780 --> 05:46:27.380
and here comes the payback.

05:46:27.380 --> 05:46:30.740
I think this might one shot K.O. the Corsula.

05:46:30.740 --> 05:46:32.460
Tanda Purdue's trying to think it through.

05:46:32.460 --> 05:46:34.940
And yes, it takes out the bulky go side.

05:46:34.940 --> 05:46:38.980
Two stage buffs on the attack was able to knock out.

05:46:38.980 --> 05:46:40.540
And now you have that protect shield advantage

05:46:40.540 --> 05:46:41.820
to use on this gigaton hammer.

05:46:41.820 --> 05:46:43.380
You're already at the flame thrower here.

05:46:43.380 --> 05:46:45.500
Tantan doesn't have any protect shields remaining.

05:46:45.500 --> 05:46:46.820
This is gonna be super effective

05:46:46.820 --> 05:46:49.500
into the steel typing of that ticoton.

05:46:49.500 --> 05:46:51.260
How about the shadow Corviknight

05:46:51.260 --> 05:46:53.940
and the three ball flex from Jive

05:46:53.940 --> 05:46:56.060
to start us off at game number one.

05:46:56.060 --> 05:46:59.220
And he had a shield remaining on top of it too.

05:46:59.220 --> 05:47:01.100
Dominant victory there from Baylor Jive.

05:47:01.100 --> 05:47:04.780
And it was on the backs of the double air cutter base.

05:47:04.780 --> 05:47:06.620
And it's a really tough position for Tauntaun

05:47:06.620 --> 05:47:08.900
because if you don't shield a payback,

05:47:08.900 --> 05:47:10.220
you could just get one shot KO.

05:47:10.220 --> 05:47:11.620
But if you shield the air cutter,

05:47:11.620 --> 05:47:13.580
it's even more disastrous because there's a chance

05:47:13.580 --> 05:47:15.980
to boost again, which is what exactly happened.

05:47:15.980 --> 05:47:18.940
And then you get hit by a double boosted,

05:47:18.940 --> 05:47:21.380
super effective payback from a Shadow Corvette.

05:47:21.380 --> 05:47:23.060
That is not a fun time.

05:47:23.060 --> 05:47:26.860
What stands out to me in that game number one team composition for Tauntaun

05:47:26.860 --> 05:47:30.660
is it felt like he was also trying to scare off that Alolan Ninetales

05:47:30.660 --> 05:47:35.260
because he was running ABA strong to it with the Shadow Kanta Ninetales in the lead

05:47:35.260 --> 05:47:36.660
and the Tingaton in the back.

05:47:36.660 --> 05:47:41.360
Does that mean that he's trying to play his signature Pokemon in that Shadow Hydraegon

05:47:41.360 --> 05:47:42.360
in the game number two?

05:47:42.360 --> 05:47:45.660
Because if you scare away that Alolan Ninetales

05:47:45.660 --> 05:47:50.260
you do have a lot more flexibility in neutral play into the team of Jai

05:47:50.260 --> 05:47:52.540
But if you're going to be expecting those same three

05:47:52.540 --> 05:47:55.780
Pokemon from Jai, the Licky, Licky, Altaria, and Corbinite,

05:47:55.780 --> 05:47:57.900
you actually don't have the greatest of matchups.

05:47:57.900 --> 05:48:00.380
So he might have to sit that signature Pokemon.

05:48:00.380 --> 05:48:03.700
But I believe that he used game number one

05:48:03.700 --> 05:48:06.060
to try to scare off the biggest counter

05:48:06.060 --> 05:48:07.500
to his signature Pokemon.

05:48:07.500 --> 05:48:09.700
So he could use it in game number two.

05:48:09.700 --> 05:48:10.540
All right, well, here we go.

05:48:10.540 --> 05:48:11.940
Speaking of game number two, it's

05:48:11.940 --> 05:48:15.140
going to be Dale of Jai up a game into the Shadow High

05:48:15.140 --> 05:48:17.220
Dragon on Taunt Up, which has brought it out.

05:48:17.220 --> 05:48:18.820
But this is actually kind of a weird matchup,

05:48:18.820 --> 05:48:21.940
the air cutter is going to do a good chunk even though it's not the best move

05:48:21.940 --> 05:48:25.480
shadow high dragon so frail that like even the aircraft is going to start doing a

05:48:25.480 --> 05:48:28.720
lot of damage and it's a shadow Corbinite so the shadow Corbinite is going to be

05:48:28.720 --> 05:48:32.700
able to land this air cutter can he get a boost once again wow and he gets the

05:48:32.700 --> 05:48:36.380
boost so this sand attack is doing way more damage the double brutal swing will

05:48:36.380 --> 05:48:40.260
be available so you could win the zero protect shield situation here if you

05:48:40.260 --> 05:48:43.820
are taunt on and Jai doesn't shield the first one does he try to shield the

05:48:43.820 --> 05:48:46.740
second one he can go for the sand attack down it's not going to be

05:48:46.740 --> 05:48:49.900
charge attack priority maybe he's gonna try to take the alignment yes he's gonna

05:48:49.900 --> 05:48:53.180
take the alignment go for the sand attack down. I love this play from Jai

05:48:53.180 --> 05:48:56.100
because he knows that even payback can do a lot into Ninetales but here comes

05:48:56.100 --> 05:48:59.100
Adai he's not trying to let him get to it and it's just gonna throw the air

05:48:59.100 --> 05:49:02.780
cutter first do some part damage it is a boosted form nice so this is

05:49:02.780 --> 05:49:07.940
doing better than throwing it into the Ninetales later now chips it dips it

05:49:07.940 --> 05:49:10.740
here comes the licky-licky for our dominant matchup. Well it's funny he

05:49:10.740 --> 05:49:14.660
couldn't even bring a Quagsire down a shield into something like a fire

05:49:14.660 --> 05:49:18.440
type because you would take that double super effective energy ball as you see

05:49:18.440 --> 05:49:22.280
here the energy ball will actually do more damage than one weather ball and

05:49:22.280 --> 05:49:27.200
also you can try to fish for a debuff on the defense it can drop the defense by

05:49:27.200 --> 05:49:31.000
one stage of your opponent there's a chance of that an undercharge on the

05:49:31.000 --> 05:49:35.160
body slam trying to get the farm down in the perfect farm down getting one

05:49:35.160 --> 05:49:39.040
extra rollout because of it this is so this Ashford Tauntaun yes he has a

05:49:39.040 --> 05:49:43.320
shield advantage but he has to go through pretty much three more beautiful catch

05:49:43.320 --> 05:49:48.740
Kessler resents his shadow ball onto the high drag on this is one way to get back into the game for sure

05:49:48.740 --> 05:49:50.360
They still have a lot with more to go

05:49:50.360 --> 05:49:53.080
That's exactly what he needed he had a protective advantage

05:49:53.080 --> 05:49:58.980
But essentially he now has a two protection advantage after he caught that shadow ball now the next shadow ball is available

05:49:58.980 --> 05:50:05.140
It does get the protection now the awkward situation is do you try to go for a bulldoze bulldoze far down?

05:50:05.140 --> 05:50:09.840
You have to commit to the gigaton because it's gonna be really hard to finish off this leaky-licky

05:50:09.840 --> 05:50:14.720
I like this decision. You need to get this licky-licky out of here and bulldoze would not have done it

05:50:14.720 --> 05:50:19.320
And I think Jai's in commanding position. He has a full health shadow quacks that are left. There is no mudbomb

05:50:19.320 --> 05:50:24.600
But at this range mudshot and aqua that will start really adding up on top of it

05:50:24.600 --> 05:50:29.400
He still has the shadow corner knight in the superbective shadows and the text will still add up

05:50:29.400 --> 05:50:33.600
And he could also just catch a gigatron hammer if he really wants to if he doesn't catch it

05:50:33.600 --> 05:50:37.480
I don't think it better went down either and going for the bulldoze here

05:50:37.480 --> 05:50:43.900
You do have a coin flip 50-50 chance of getting the debuff from this bulldoze. Can Tauntaun get it?

05:50:43.900 --> 05:50:48.840
Yes, he gets it the Fist Drop. Now suddenly this Quadsar would be in range of Gigaton Hammer.

05:50:48.840 --> 05:50:56.280
The last protection shield is down for Tauntaun, but Tauntaun needs to throw a Gigaton Hammer into this Quadsar and be able to finish off the Corbinite.

05:50:56.280 --> 05:51:02.780
The Corbinite is energy drive, but he throws the Gigaton. There's one protection remaining, so he does properly call it.

05:51:02.780 --> 05:51:06.360
huge shield from Jai even if it's a bait right he knows he gets more much out

05:51:06.360 --> 05:51:09.020
damage often because it's potentially sand tacked down but shielding that giga

05:51:09.020 --> 05:51:14.420
ton hammer is game over as they love Jai takes the 2-0 victory over taunt on

05:51:14.420 --> 05:51:19.420
Batu's to find his first ever day number two at World Championships. Well taunt to

05:51:19.420 --> 05:51:25.580
Jai now he is advancing into our top cut for day number two here at Pokemon

05:51:25.580 --> 05:51:30.500
Go World and a trainer who has gotten second place so many times in his

05:51:30.500 --> 05:51:34.420
career able to come in on that winter side of the bracket. He definitely had the chance

05:51:34.420 --> 05:51:38.580
to make it the championship Sunday because he played awesome in that matchup. I think he played

05:51:38.580 --> 05:51:42.580
so clean, Caleb. Yeah, definitely. And you can see great sportsmanship from Taunton as well to

05:51:42.580 --> 05:51:46.260
respecting the trainer sitting across from also running some spice himself. Shadow Corbin,

05:51:46.260 --> 05:51:50.020
I wish we really haven't seen on the big stage. There's a recent shadow Pokemon introduced

05:51:50.020 --> 05:51:53.780
Pokemon go. So not even a lot of chance for a few to run that's speaking of signature

05:51:53.780 --> 05:51:58.180
Pokemon. Are we talking about Shadow High Dragon from Taunton? They love Jai. Maybe a lesser

05:51:58.180 --> 05:52:02.140
known household name has played in eight tournaments where he could run a lone

05:52:02.140 --> 05:52:05.300
night test he played in another tournament but it was like a limited

05:52:05.300 --> 05:52:10.100
medicine it's a little different but he has run shadow camp shadow alone in nine

05:52:10.100 --> 05:52:14.100
tails in six out of his eight tournaments so far this makes it seven

05:52:14.100 --> 05:52:18.460
out of nine tournaments and his worst results were really when he didn't bring

05:52:18.460 --> 05:52:22.700
the little night test including last year world so the signal Pokemon it

05:52:22.700 --> 05:52:26.060
doesn't get more signature than shadow alone night tails and they love

05:52:26.060 --> 05:52:32.060
Well, what a Zag that is, where Shadow Kanto Ninetales is literally the meta pick of the tournament

05:52:32.060 --> 05:52:36.140
and the key Pokemon that most of these trainers were trying to prepare for the most by trying

05:52:36.140 --> 05:52:39.540
to get a water type that can counter it, and then you see the jump-flop evolution from

05:52:39.540 --> 05:52:43.160
trainers like Beazle Boy, the former world champ, trying to defeat those water types.

05:52:43.160 --> 05:52:47.860
So the key factor in this meta is Shadow Kanto Ninetales, and the fact that Flip

05:52:47.860 --> 05:52:52.860
that Zag go with your signature Pokemon of the Shadow Lulun Ninetales and make it

05:52:52.860 --> 05:52:54.660
the day number two, doing so.

05:52:54.660 --> 05:52:55.660
That is epic.

05:52:55.660 --> 05:52:59.460
be the first ever World Championships, right, where there wasn't a lonely 9 tails

05:52:59.460 --> 05:53:04.340
and a canton 9 tails going for the final grand championship. That's right,

05:53:04.340 --> 05:53:08.220
and if history repeats itself, it was indeed the lone 9 tails that threw the edge

05:53:08.220 --> 05:53:12.580
over the canton 9 tails despite the fact that it's a bad matchup for the

05:53:12.580 --> 05:53:15.500
lone 9 tails but it just has so much more value. Yes, we didn't see it in this

05:53:15.500 --> 05:53:18.140
particular game. I don't know, maybe we won't see it at all in the tournament,

05:53:18.140 --> 05:53:21.700
but you do have to worry about it on the bench and it gives you pause to

05:53:21.700 --> 05:53:24.900
bring other Pokemon in and that's why we probably didn't see the hip-hop

05:53:24.900 --> 05:53:27.420
down from Tom Tom produced knowing that you know there's so many answers

05:53:27.420 --> 05:53:32.340
double water ice you know and it just makes it really really tough to run

05:53:32.340 --> 05:53:35.940
at that about that and big congrats to they love Jai making his first ever day

05:53:35.940 --> 05:53:39.220
two at Worlds and it makes it even more difficult you even saw in that matchup

05:53:39.220 --> 05:53:42.140
there's a signature Pokemon of the Alolan Ninetales but Jai didn't even

05:53:42.140 --> 05:53:44.700
bring it right because it doesn't have the greatest of matchups in the

05:53:44.700 --> 05:53:47.820
tauntaun steam and then tauntaun has his signature Pokemon of the

05:53:47.820 --> 05:53:51.620
shadow hydrae gone but he was able to scare off that counter but in game

05:53:51.620 --> 05:53:54.420
number two it just didn't really have a target right it didn't have the best

05:53:54.420 --> 05:53:59.300
opportunities and it's hard to stick the landing on these Pokemon because the

05:53:59.300 --> 05:54:04.300
meta is so wide open we talked about it before but the top five usage is the top

05:54:04.300 --> 05:54:08.580
of the meta but then after that there are so many branches and so many ways

05:54:08.580 --> 05:54:13.660
that the meta can expand and it's really hard to be able to counter all of it so

05:54:13.660 --> 05:54:16.300
you might have that signature Pokemon that's really good in some matchups

05:54:16.300 --> 05:54:19.300
and in some matchups you're like I can't even bring this out definitely

05:54:19.300 --> 05:54:22.260
and I think you know we were pretty spot on with our predictions I guess

05:54:22.260 --> 05:54:24.260
right in terms of like how you spoke one.

05:54:24.260 --> 05:54:27.260
Licky, Licky, Kanto 9 tails and Tingaton,

05:54:27.260 --> 05:54:29.260
top of them at a top three in usage.

05:54:29.260 --> 05:54:31.260
But that just makes players really predictable,

05:54:31.260 --> 05:54:32.260
because you know those are coming,

05:54:32.260 --> 05:54:34.260
and then you can bring something like a Shadow Corp.

05:54:34.260 --> 05:54:36.260
Which has to match with Tingaton,

05:54:36.260 --> 05:54:37.260
has played to Licky, Licky,

05:54:37.260 --> 05:54:39.260
yes, the other word about the Kanto 9 tails,

05:54:39.260 --> 05:54:41.260
but he's got double water and a dragon

05:54:41.260 --> 05:54:43.260
and a Licky, Licky on his team.

05:54:43.260 --> 05:54:45.260
It's just so hard to bring that Kanto 9 tails.

05:54:45.260 --> 05:54:47.260
As we saw in that first game from Taunta,

05:54:47.260 --> 05:54:49.260
he tried it, but it just didn't work out so well.

05:54:49.260 --> 05:54:51.260
So, big congrats to the A-Live Giant.

05:54:51.260 --> 05:54:58.260
He's still in there, he will be moved to a loser's finals but, if he wins that matchup, he will also be joining Jai in day number 2.

05:54:58.260 --> 05:55:04.260
And a fun fact, there's actually two Pokemon in North America that are tied for the most regional championships this season.

05:55:04.260 --> 05:55:08.260
Those two Pokemon were on that last team. Do you know those Pokemon Caleb?

05:55:08.260 --> 05:55:11.260
Wait, say your question one more time.

05:55:11.260 --> 05:55:20.260
There's two Pokemon that are tied for the most regional championships, which means those Pokemon were on the team of the regional champions in North America this season.

05:55:20.260 --> 05:55:23.920
season this season and those two Pokemon were on the winning team and you

05:55:23.920 --> 05:55:28.960
saw it on the battlefield Caleb. Oh okay I'm gonna go with Altaria and Licky Licky.

05:55:28.960 --> 05:55:34.720
No it's Altaria Corbinite actually. Oh! Okay! Double Fire's right there. We're tied for the most

05:55:34.720 --> 05:55:38.440
regional champions as we look at our top 12 Pokemon neither of those

05:55:38.440 --> 05:55:42.560
Pokemon so they were heroes of the season but they are not represented on

05:55:42.560 --> 05:55:46.840
this day one graphic because they've kind of fallen off a little bit. This is

05:55:46.840 --> 05:55:51.720
top 12 usage and if you remember they love Jai's team he has I believe only

05:55:51.720 --> 05:55:57.600
one Pokemon out of his six in the top 12 usage he has come completely prepared

05:55:57.600 --> 05:56:03.240
for this meta. It's only number one, it's only Licky Licky. He has the Licky Licky but otherwise all his

05:56:03.240 --> 05:56:08.760
Pokemon are outside of the top 12 usage which is very rare and hard to do but it

05:56:08.760 --> 05:56:13.600
just speaks to the fact that this meta is so expansive right now just like

05:56:13.600 --> 05:56:17.620
our player pool is. It could be any Pokemon and it could be any trainer in

05:56:17.620 --> 05:56:22.860
Chase Center on Sunday. Yeah, it's rare to find someone maybe using less meta

05:56:22.860 --> 05:56:26.700
Pokemon that even Tonton, but even Tonton had to eventually face off against

05:56:26.700 --> 05:56:30.860
someone like that and that indeed was they love Jai. So meta is meta for a

05:56:30.860 --> 05:56:35.940
reason but anti-meta is also anti-meta for a reason. As we have an exciting

05:56:35.940 --> 05:56:41.580
matchup coming up it is going to be Doombug 97 vs. K-Bon and speaking of

05:56:41.580 --> 05:56:44.700
North American return. Yeah, that's true. That's true.

05:56:44.700 --> 05:56:48.420
Dunebug 97 won the best players in the world throughout the entire

05:56:48.420 --> 05:56:52.300
circuits, but I think his main Achilles heel year after year has been

05:56:52.300 --> 05:56:55.020
World Championships has not made that top guy has not made that day.

05:56:55.020 --> 05:56:58.140
Number two, even when he was considered the best player in the

05:56:58.140 --> 05:57:01.420
world, going to worlds back in 2024 had what, like, I think three

05:57:01.420 --> 05:57:04.620
regional titles in that season alone in a second place at EYC,

05:57:04.620 --> 05:57:07.620
which just couldn't find his footing at World Championships.

05:57:07.620 --> 05:57:11.100
But this year he came on with the mission and he's in that

05:57:11.100 --> 05:57:13.860
winners finals and he's only one match away from making that day number two.

05:57:13.860 --> 05:57:17.820
Well it's crazy to say a trainer as talented as Dunebug is streaky but I

05:57:17.820 --> 05:57:21.700
think he is actually streaky Pokemon or sorry it's not Pokemon a trainer. He is

05:57:21.700 --> 05:57:27.100
able to just go and win championship after championship but then oftentimes in

05:57:27.100 --> 05:57:29.820
the season he cools off a little bit and by the time he gets to the world

05:57:29.820 --> 05:57:33.860
championships he's maybe not in his best groove and he's talked about that

05:57:33.860 --> 05:57:36.620
before and he's talked about how he wants to make that adjustment for

05:57:36.620 --> 05:57:40.820
this time this championship that he wants to be on top of his game going

05:57:40.820 --> 05:57:46.160
into the world championships which in other times he's been in top of his game during earlier portions of the season or a

05:57:46.460 --> 05:57:49.540
Juncture of North American regional championships international changes

05:57:49.540 --> 05:57:52.940
But now we're here in August at the absolute end of the season

05:57:52.940 --> 05:57:58.220
He wants to be at the top and it looks like he's doing pretty well so far because he is also in the winners finals

05:57:58.220 --> 05:58:02.760
Which means if he is able to defeat K-Bon he moves on to day number two. That's land

05:58:02.760 --> 05:58:03.980
K-Bon's been putting in work, too

05:58:03.980 --> 05:58:09.020
I think it was one the first match we saw on the broadcast today just make quick work of his phone

05:58:09.020 --> 05:58:11.560
One of the cleanest 2-0s I've seen,

05:58:11.560 --> 05:58:14.740
and just make incredible shield call decisions.

05:58:14.740 --> 05:58:16.200
K-Bond coming all the way to Japan as well.

05:58:16.200 --> 05:58:17.860
So it might be the first time ever

05:58:17.860 --> 05:58:19.540
these two players are facing off.

05:58:19.540 --> 05:58:21.260
And that's the thing, right?

05:58:21.260 --> 05:58:22.740
Especially our players from North America,

05:58:22.740 --> 05:58:23.940
Europe, Latin America, Oceania,

05:58:23.940 --> 05:58:26.780
there's a lot of chances for you to watch their matches

05:58:26.780 --> 05:58:28.140
on the broadcast.

05:58:28.140 --> 05:58:30.100
But for some of these players like K-Bond

05:58:30.100 --> 05:58:31.460
coming from Japan, there's not many chances

05:58:31.460 --> 05:58:32.580
to see his gameplay.

05:58:32.580 --> 05:58:34.140
And it could be a complete unknown factor

05:58:34.140 --> 05:58:36.260
that even Doombug is not experienced.

05:58:36.260 --> 05:58:37.500
He's gone through so many tournaments,

05:58:37.500 --> 05:58:40.880
battle so much on stage but I guess I don't know if Warner you don't know what

05:58:40.880 --> 05:58:45.940
to expect and there is a pretty meta team from K-bond but of course has the

05:58:45.940 --> 05:58:49.900
Hussain electrode which is a grass and electric type and I think that's gonna

05:58:49.900 --> 05:58:54.260
be key factor here because if you did not have that electrode and also that

05:58:54.260 --> 05:58:58.860
Licky-Licky the jealous in on Dubuq's team is looking really strong in the

05:58:58.860 --> 05:59:02.140
K-bonds matchup so how do you actually protect that jealous in how do you

05:59:02.140 --> 05:59:05.940
protect it from that Hussain electrode and Licky-Licky core it's

05:59:05.940 --> 05:59:10.900
pretty hard to do to be honest. There's not really a clear Pokemon. You do have the neutral picks

05:59:10.900 --> 05:59:15.940
like maybe the Thevil, like the Florgis. So maybe it might be some Thevil and Jealousyit coming out

05:59:15.940 --> 05:59:20.900
from Doombug here. Yeah, Jealousyit is a pretty hard pick in my opinion. It is obviously, you can see

05:59:20.900 --> 05:59:24.820
not the most popular Ghost type in this tournament. Maybe not even the second most popular as

05:59:24.820 --> 05:59:27.860
Horselace on most teams. The problem with Jealousyit is that even though it has great

05:59:27.860 --> 05:59:31.140
type here, it resists the Gigathon Hammer from the Tinkathon. You would think it's a

05:59:31.140 --> 05:59:35.100
a winning matchup, but he didn't hammer plus the fair when really chump even the

05:59:35.100 --> 05:59:38.460
gel stitch and a matchup that seems like it would be really one-sided isn't so

05:59:38.460 --> 05:59:41.580
much so I'm very curious to see how do local play around this he is no

05:59:41.580 --> 05:59:45.620
stranger to running spice himself and want to innovate and try new things

05:59:45.620 --> 05:59:49.060
including it's working for him so far in this world championship and it is

05:59:49.060 --> 05:59:52.900
hard to succeed in a meta that the top Pokemon is Licky Licky if you are

05:59:52.900 --> 05:59:56.380
a ghost type because of course you are using the fast attack which is hex

05:59:56.380 --> 05:59:59.740
which is double-resisted into that normal typing of the Licky Licky

05:59:59.740 --> 06:00:04.660
So maybe he just sits it all together, but a lot of meta picks really from doing bug

06:00:04.660 --> 06:00:07.900
You do have that floor just that maybe has some neutral play

06:00:08.620 --> 06:00:10.020
Besides of course the tinketon

06:00:10.020 --> 06:00:16.100
But otherwise has some neutral play to everything and let's actually look at the charge stacks because recently a lot of these trainers have been

06:00:16.100 --> 06:00:23.060
Dropping trail plays for that the Sarmic voice because you don't really need trail plays in this meta as much because chilling water

06:00:23.060 --> 06:00:28.300
Is often just as good you get that debuff and you would rather have that same type attack bonus with the fairy type

06:00:28.300 --> 06:00:34.240
That's right. And there's even a lot less water types in this meta alone because of shadow camp or just camp the night

06:00:34.240 --> 06:00:37.320
I'm in general with that engine ball coverage outpacing these war types

06:00:37.320 --> 06:00:41.960
So I agree. I don't think you really need trail place as much as you ever get into a dragon situation

06:00:41.960 --> 06:00:46.020
You really want that harder hitting neutral super effective. I should say this army boys

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But here we go. Doombug 97 verse k-bonds to start things off in this winners finals of group G

06:00:51.280 --> 06:00:55.400
Winner makes it in day number two and it's gonna be the man team against shadow kids

06:00:55.400 --> 06:00:57.740
and then just started off here, not the best lead.

06:00:57.740 --> 06:00:59.820
For Gimbog, this is where you want to be if you're K-Bon

06:00:59.820 --> 06:01:02.500
because you're going to be able to take neutral damage

06:01:02.500 --> 06:01:03.740
from the energy ball.

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That is why these water types are either

06:01:05.660 --> 06:01:07.660
trying to have fast attack damage that's

06:01:07.660 --> 06:01:08.980
going to be super effective with water,

06:01:08.980 --> 06:01:11.300
or have a subtyping that can protect you

06:01:11.300 --> 06:01:12.460
from this energy ball.

06:01:12.460 --> 06:01:14.860
So that your water typing has a chance

06:01:14.860 --> 06:01:16.500
to get some water typing, which is crazy.

06:01:16.500 --> 06:01:19.460
It would have swallowed up into the Twister.

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It's dragon type, but guess what?

06:01:21.060 --> 06:01:23.860
A fairy just popped up on the battlefield.

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It is not very effective.

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Double resisted.

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What a beautiful catch from Doombug in that timing.

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And now he draws out the shadow.

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Cancer national score to debuff it.

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This gives him a lot of opportunities

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to reverse bar down and get a lot of value

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in his own cancer.

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Ninetales and more importantly, we see Ninetales,

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even with energy, is a problem for man team.

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And you have the double weather ball here.

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Probably double weather ball is going to be enough.

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Even though you got the debuff here,

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Florges doesn't have the best that product.

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Oh, it's just about going to be enough.

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I don't know though.

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If you can hang on to this with one health,

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you could get to that chilling water.

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I think you might be able to barely endure

06:01:59.380 --> 06:02:01.980
can the flower hang on through the fire.

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Yes, gets to that chilling water

06:02:03.920 --> 06:02:06.700
to try to douse the flames from the canton nine tails.

06:02:06.700 --> 06:02:08.260
It is gonna be able to knock it out.

06:02:08.260 --> 06:02:09.660
Absolutely master for Doombuck.

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He not only catch the energy from the man team,

06:02:11.960 --> 06:02:15.220
but he also puts a very verse firing matchup

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into the nine tails.

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And now he has what he wants.

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He doesn't know if there's a tigaton in the back

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and that's probably the worst natural possible

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for the Siebel.

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He's just going to bring us in and knowing that you know what even with energy like even if I'm in a fast situation

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My nine steps should be good unless it's into a marijuana

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I can indeed it is actually not it's just for me the lick-a-lick and now do but no

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It's just win costs as he's seen all three Pokemon from K-Bon and at this point

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You're just trying to reduce the attack of the licky-licky because you have to go straight body slam if you're the licky-licky

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The shadow ball is going to be not very effective. So here comes the swap actually into the Kanto nine tails

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There's two protect shields remaining here comes the body slam

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It's gonna be coming through but because of the debuff it's not gonna be doing nearly enough able to hold on with a lot

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Of health left and now suddenly you're starting to outpace the licky-licky

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There are four protect shields remaining but you're generating energy faster and you got an ember

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Yeah, he got a lot of energy in now k-bombs gonna have a difficult time trying to optimize three terms of future here

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Might have to throw him back time against doombuck is at almost three weather ball

06:03:14.100 --> 06:03:17.380
He actually goes through the energy ball this huge it's gonna do more damage

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does K-Bond decide to shield us because if he doesn't, it might kill him, he pulls the shield at the very last second,

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but another engine ball is there and he catches it on the man team.

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It's the right move over Dunebug, so he is going to effectively take out the man team and force K-Bond to switch,

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where he only has the Licky-Licky left.

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And it's Licky-Licky versus the World here as the Feeble comes in and gets a sucker punch down.

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The Licky-Licky has almost two body slams, worth of energy.

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There's one protection remaining. Where is Dunebug gonna use it? And he uses it into the Feeble.

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People has a decent stat product here, which means that it has a decent amount of HP and

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Defense so it's gonna be able to I think hold on to this body slam

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It is kind of bulky. Well, this is actually not the worst of k-bomb if you could get the rollout down

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I don't think the nineties will be able to get to a movement time

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But it looks like too much to commit to the fast set down doesn't get it

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He does and he gets it the first game off against k-bomb and doom but said he wanted to be on top of his game

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going into the world championships and it sure seems like that right now being able to swap onto

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that twister to take it not very effective into the floor just to hold on with one help remaining

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to get that last chilling water he played amazing during that game number one. And that was huge value

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for Fumebug, right? Catches the double resisted twister, gets double chilling water off, lives

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switch advantage and more importantly his line composition made a lot of sense. He had

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the nine tails on the lead to check the tinctons on, he had floor jist and evil in the back

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both really weak to Tinketon, but the Florgers has neutral damage to still throw at Tinketa and you

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can draw it out, they're in a good spot, but K-Bond they even free, he didn't respect the Florgers

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nor the people and because of that, Tinketon was able to come ahead. No, exactly right,

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trying to fade out that Tinketon with the Florgers, now going into the adjustments for

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this game number two, does K-Bond try to bring that Tinketon knowing that it's going to have

06:05:00.020 --> 06:05:03.780
a good backline, but anything can happen, especially with the trainer as experienced

06:05:03.780 --> 06:05:07.460
as Tinketon. Tinketon has literally seen it all and he has thrown out

06:05:07.460 --> 06:05:09.740
more strategies is almost any trainer.

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I think he has some of the most experienced in

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championship series when you look at games played.

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I know he has the most medals of any trainer in

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championship series, but he probably also has the most

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match victories as well.

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And the Dumbug MPP is just anonymous, right?

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He has done so much in this game just in general.

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He's actually the first ever person to hit legend in

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Go Battle League when it first came out.

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So like there's so many athletes that Dumbug has,

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But on the World Championship stage, this is kind of the missing piece that he has been searching for for the past five years.

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And on the fifth year, he's looking to try to change that narrative.

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The top upper capon, because we talked about it, right?

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Can you bring Tingaton? Yes, there's Stevil and there's Forges.

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But look at what we have to face.

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You have a mirror matchup, which is not ideal.

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You have a losing matchup for Chelsea.

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You have a losing matchup for his nine tails.

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And you don't have a great type of vanished matchup or in kind of losing matchup into man team.

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Like it is so impossible to bring this Tingaton and you're just rolling the dice with a dice.

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It's not in your favor, but the other side of the coin. It's not a terrible versus jealous it or the man team as well

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Right true that is think it's on strength

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So you could have five neutral matchup and maybe one devastating matchup

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We're gonna see if K-Bon does decide to bring it instead

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There is the man team and both these trainers do have that shadow can't do nine tails in the back

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But it's actually doing brought that brought a be a fairy into this game number two

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And this is going to be a tough one for doing bug if he doesn't get the line

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he needs because the nine tails onto his own tinkera is not going to be a fun time as well.

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You have to literally that would be on his 10th matches for the palm is he can't really swap out

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here. He's going to try to buy protection and I'd love to play from him because it's as long as he

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gets the master we want to get debuff through a lot of damage and then get shields back potentially

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as k-bomb going to have to go for the more energy intensive water pulse to do anything.

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Oh he goes to the shielding water man k-bomb doesn't shield it. So risky here going for the

06:07:00.080 --> 06:07:06.280
not very effective water type damage and Kayvon lets it go. It's not very effective, but you do debuff the opponent here

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And now you probably can't let this water pulse through but you've already given up a protect shield

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And now you're gonna be at very low health. So Kayvon is really far ahead in this beginning stage of the game

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Now what do you do? You just go for another chilly water before the water pulse is available

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That's exactly what Dunebug reaches for. Yeah, I don't like I don't hate this place on Dunebug because even if it's not shielded

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He gets a shield, but he can also now shield back and still maintain switch advantage and leave with a move.

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So I actually don't hate this play from Doombug because if he didn't land, if he went for Dishonored Voice and K-Bond Shield, that one, he would be in much worse position.

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But now that K-Bond is debuffed, it's a lot better. Oh, and here comes the Teenagton. Not wasting any time.

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I love that play from Doombug because he knows the entry can be useful later, and he already has the winning matchup here, Teenagton, and Solici-Lakey.

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That's huge because the switch advantage mattered a lot more to Dunebug because if he matched up his tinketon into a shadow canton

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I tell he would be in a tough position

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Instead it's matched up against this licky-licky and it's gonna be shadow canton I tell first a shadow canton I tell in that

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Backline here comes the gigaton hammer. There's one protection remaining

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It is a battlefield that is a smart use of your protection

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But the second shadow ball isn't quite enough so there's gonna be another gigaton hammer that's gonna be coming out

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Switch timer is coming up soon. Let's see if K-Bon goes for the nine tails or not.

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Ethymuk has reached the next. Gigaton Hammer wants to save as much health as possible.

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I see. I think he snuffs out the backline. Oh, and brings it in at the perfect timing.

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But two more. Yet again. Banks the move. He banks it. Does that mean he has a

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chilling water and he has the Gigaton Hammer in that backline? But he's not

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going to get back to a switch timer for a long time. The switch timer currently

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in Pokemon Go PvP is 45 seconds. Each charge attack will tip 10 seconds off the clock.

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So after this energy ball 10 seconds will be off that timer. He needs to get back to start throwing some combo attacks

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He's going for the angel ball. He's going for the debuff doesn't get the debuff

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Huge debuff or doom but goes for another energy ball

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But came on score to throw the weather ball first this next actual

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I don't think it's enough even with the debuff and we have to keep in mind time

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There's two moves loaded on you bug's side and now he throws an energy ball came on out of shield

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as well still has catch potential on the man team so he can still gather

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Who likes first? Does anyone move? No one moves.

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And he throws it. Wait this is tough right? Because boom bug I don't think you can fast

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back down this nine tails with either your fairies. I think you're both throwing

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fairies wins so let's see what he's gonna do but he kind of has to throw a move at some point.

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He's trying to think it through in comes the gorgeous. Oh he gets to farm down.

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He gets to farm down with the fairies win. Man team is there available. Do we see a

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peekaboo will we see k-bomb come with the linky-licky swaps into the man team he's looking at maybe going for the peekaboo

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He's clicking on it. There's no peekaboo. There's the p-bomb, but it's very went down. Now suddenly fumebong has two charge attacks

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It's a charge attack priority

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Devastating there for k-boy is he's gonna be able to land the gigaton hammer and

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Waste all of this energy on the linky-licky

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Yeah, and he gets the body sent off very unfortunate charge that card already for k-bomb

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But the problem is he wasn't going to charge that party until the floor decided it

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So he has to do something he wants to hang on as much help as possible.

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But the disturbing voice is there and Dunebug, you see Selvon, he gets it all,

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but he takes the 2-0 victory over K-Bot and finds his first ever day to Red World Championships.

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He is one of the Pokemon Go PvP goats for a reason.

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He showed it off right there in game number two to finish it off.

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What an amazing demonstration of how you can execute in an in-game in Pokemon Go PvP.

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Even DOOMBUG cannot believe it.

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What an absolute master class from both players.

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You know, that was so back and forth in so many ways.

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K-FON tried to go for the catch, but it's so hard.

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And the patience from DOOMBUG to avoid the catch was huge.

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He recognized that was his opponent's only win condition there.

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And let's talk about two.

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He went double energy ball in that 9-toes mirror,

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which is not the most efficient move,

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but it does some more damage.

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And if you get the deep off, it's definitely worth it.

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And if we could see that in-game in slow motion a little bit,

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starting with that floor just into the shadow canton I tell us that was

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ridiculous to be able to have that composure at this level on this stage

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with a light this bright in the biggest tournament ever in Pokemon go history

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to be able to have that endurance to stay in no I can get the fairy went down I

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can stay in here I keep go for a swap I know that their figure viewer

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counterswap is coming I'll just go for my very way down when they go for

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wing attack and then I will unleash all my charge attacks that I've been

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thinking throughout the duration of this battle to finish it off. It is just

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greatness we are witnessing. Yeah, the lights are bright but they're not

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bright in too bright for Dunebug 97 as he made all the right moves there. The

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patience, the setup. Look at this, look at this. From the beginning to end. Baking all the

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energy for the final moments of this match when both players had three

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both months remaining on each side but it was just enough for Dunebug as

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He catches it and on the charge at priority.

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You can see he was super excited to be there too.

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And you know, what's up, he's accomplished, right?

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He is tied, I think with LDSR Jeff,

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with the most amount of titles

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in the championship series circuit.

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I think they're both at seven torment ones in total,

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which is absolutely insane.

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But even then they still have more to fight for.

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I mean, it's just really like speed chess

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at the end of there, right?

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He knows he's already three moves ahead.

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I move this way, he move,

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though my opponent's gonna move that way.

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I'm gonna do a fairy wind and then checkmate.

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I'm gonna have all the energy and his man time is gonna be knocked out from a fairy when his kanto night tales is gonna

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Be knocked out from a fairy wind as well

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He got two of those knockouts with fairy winds in order to hold on to that energy to be able to close the battle

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Amazing Caleb amazing. Yeah, what what a series we had so far there and oh of course

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You can pick your next match as well

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So be sure to tune into the broadcast be watching this live to a shot TV slash Pokemon code

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If you're watching rebroadcast be sure to try to tune into a live one

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And if you can, to get your votes in.

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Yeah, we would love to hear from you

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to see what matchup we'll have next.

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Because remember, we have a lot of groups here.

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We have over 300 trainers competing

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in these Pokemon Go world championships.

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So we staggered our different groups throughout the day.

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So if you haven't seen your favorite trainer yet,

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it could mean that they are still battling

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through the beginning stages of their specific group.

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And they might be joining the ranks of these winners

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and losers finals soon.

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So make sure to make your pick

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to see which trainer will be up next.

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That's right.

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And for any fans of K-Bomb,

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He's still in it, he is moving down to that loose finals but a match won there will guarantee

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him a day number two at World Championships as well.

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But they can grasp the DOOMBUG and I feel like a lot of our big names in this tournament

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so far have been making that day number two, right?

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I think, uh, what, this boy made it, right?

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Potomon, uh, now we got DOOMBUG, a lot of our Titans making it through, but there's

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still so much potential upstairs and if you look at the bracket, a lot of upsets

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have happened even if we haven't shown it on the broadcast.

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just to echo that point if you are new to Pokemon Go Championship series our

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whole tournament is double elimination and so far here today we've only been on

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that winner side of the bracket so if you enjoyed watching a trainer earlier on

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the stream and unfortunately they lost they were not eliminated by that loss

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because we've only seen the winner side and to lose in this tournament to be

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eliminated you have to have two match losses so this was winners finals and

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now K-Bon will drop down to the losers finals like you said it has an

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opportunity for one more batch victory to get to that coveted day number two.

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That's right. And if you want to follow along, be sure to follow along on our

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Trulon's bracket. I believe it's Exclamation March bracket. If you're

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watching on Twitch to pull up that link, but also you could just look it up

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online if you'd like. But we got some more battles to go. It's gonna be PvP

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David 0-7 against Goji and Goji won the top players from Korea. I know that

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he definitely played in last year's World Championships, but maybe in

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as well loves to run spice and I believe goji was a recent number one on go

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battle league as well always run some spice I mean let's take a look at what

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he's right wait hold up hold up he's running over a crazy great league is

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actually insane first off that's so rare to get it it is possible you want to

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talk about the kill of his own yeah okay a few things right first off you

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have to trade it right this is great to meet people in your community you

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We had to do a friendship trade, a very low friendship.

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So someone you maybe just met or have low friendship.

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I'm not adding into game.

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Try to re-roll the Rekwaza stats

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so that you can even make a great league eligible.

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This thing is also just absolutely paper thin, right?

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It is hard to use.

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Absolutely hard to use.

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I didn't even see the rest of the team yet.

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I just saw Rekwaza to start things off.

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I mean, the rest of the team, he's got double ground,

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you know, all that stuff.

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Diggers B is pretty interesting in this meta,

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but the Rekwaza is actually wild.

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I literally don't know what actually bring it like how could you make this work?

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It's insane that even has it also to bring it and this is

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This is winners finals that he has that requires a I mean right here

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Recall is a road that is outside of the venue here in San Francisco

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And you just mentioned it

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There is a lot of advantages in Pokemon go to getting high friendship because you can have lucky trades

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And you can have better Pokemon with those trades

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But there's also a lot of advantages of having low friendship in Pokemon go

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The main thing is to get those PvP Pokemon

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So if you find a new friend and trade some Pokemon like a Rayquaza

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You might have an opportunity to have that attack be lower and therefore

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Eligible for the great league and eligible to be in the winners finals here at the world championships, which is absolutely

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Absolutely crazy.

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I just gotta know how much he's been using it.

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Is this just a token bench Pokemon?

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Or are we actually gonna see it on the battlefield?

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I just, this is actually insane.

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I don't know because I don't think anyone has really

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tried to make Reklai's this seriously.

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I think in Attica's maybe tried it

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in a previous format before,

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but even he said it was hard to use

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and he loves running his spicy dragon types, right?

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But Goji is, I believe, yeah,

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won the South Korea playoffs back in 2024.

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So is a champion winner.

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So is PP David as well.

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But if I'm PP David, at least that's double payers.

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He has a lot of answers to this request.

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He has to like he like Malmour.

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I'm sure the side, but he's going to absolutely chunk.

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But it's possible it's just a flex.

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It could be.

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It could be.

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Yeah, because most people in the world

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do not even have this request.

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It's not even possible.

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I've tried it a few times.

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It's never gone my way even when trading.

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But it's one thing to have it.

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It's another thing to try in a tournament.

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It's another thing to try it in the winner's finals

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of day number one at World Championships.

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Absolutely wild.

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But like I said, this guy loves running spice base

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and that is the spiciest thing we've seen.

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Like this tournament, but maybe in the entire like year

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so far.

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One of the coolest wild card picks I've ever seen.

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But let's talk a little bit about the other five

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because I believe those are the Pokemon

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we're gonna be seeing more often in this matchup.

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He is actually running double crown,

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But a Pokemon that we were not expecting to be top usage that actually became top usage here is that you know if a stun fence of course it's the electric and ground typing and then you also have the diggers be that is the normal and ground typing that's really strong against a team with the glaring course.

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but PVP David does not have that glaring course on his team and a fun fact

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I believe that PVP David just faced off versus out-of-pocket who was undefeated going into that match over to PVP David

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But it looks like PVP David was able to take down out-of-pocket to get to this moment right here

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He is running the double water, but the fairy type is one we haven't really seen that much

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He's actually running the toga kiss on his team and here's the thing right

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He might have double fairy, but the bubble is resisted on the Requisa and yes

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I speak double super effective probably enough to one-shot KO the Requisa

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But Requisa is running Dragon's head, which is a recently buff like move and that's something you probably see in like

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Mega Master League if you're playing go battle league, but definitely not something to see in ocean ignored great league and the Dragon's and a flying move

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It's a signature move for Requisa. It does so much damage and I think only very few Pokemon on

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PV Davis side can't even handle a dragon scent probably just the zoom roll and licking licking, but they took cheap damage as a whole

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Them sorry. All right, here we go game number one goji vs. PV David not far request another pixel on the first game

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It's moving Malamar into man team. I really do like that goji all his Pokemon

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Are almost all exactly 1500 CP or 1499 as you see there that is a nice slice

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The closer you can get to that 1500 CP cut off the better the stats on your Pokemon can't be as this Malamar

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is going to be throwing this foul play into the man team.

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The good thing about Malamar is it significantly outpaces

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the good attacks from the man team.

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So if you properly protect shield,

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oh, actually does not go for the protect shield

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on this waterfall.

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So this is not terrible here for Goji

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because now you've got your chunk damage in.

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Even if you go down to this Malamar,

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you could finish it off with something else potentially.

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Yeah, Goji, feeling pretty confident here.

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You avoid the Malamar into the course.

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Like, of course it's not even the worst Pokémon

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into Malamar because it's just still doing neutral damage.

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And he is going to be able to get to that Twitter

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to fight for Twitcher and does maybe Davis Shield, no,

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option not to, knowing that, I mean,

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the main thing is really disastrous for his backline, right?

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Gwagsar and Ninjas, getting this off the viewer,

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at least in a farm down range is huge,

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comes in, throws a double, is it?

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Mudshot gets one Mudshot advantage.

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We know that it was literally one health

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because it got knocked out by one Mudshot.

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I didn't think it was gonna get to that Twister,

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but held on with one HP.

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We know that for a fact,

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because one Mudshot does one HP to a main team,

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and now it's gonna be coming in with that advantage here.

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The back line is looking absolutely dominating for BB David.

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He has that shadow Kanto 9 steals just lurking in the shadows for that Tinketon.

06:20:30.840 --> 06:20:35.000
And on Spice Goji, it's going to show the course that he's got to know that his,

06:20:35.000 --> 06:20:38.920
the back line BB Davis got to be strong into the Tinketon because he's running

06:20:39.560 --> 06:20:43.640
a malware that's so weak to Tinketon. So double answer to Tinketon in the back of BB

06:20:43.640 --> 06:20:46.600
David is a very expected line. Let's see how it's going to get surrounded.

06:20:46.600 --> 06:20:49.000
But this is not looking good for Goji's back line.

06:20:49.000 --> 06:20:53.000
Not gonna lie, Rayquaza was looking really good against us back in the back of David.

06:20:53.000 --> 06:20:55.000
Rayquaza looks good into the entire team actually.

06:20:55.000 --> 06:20:58.000
Yeah, it does, as the Aqua Tail does get protected.

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Like you said, he's probably expecting an answer in the back for Ticketon,

06:21:01.000 --> 06:21:04.000
so I like using the Protect Shield, maybe trying to get this farm down.

06:21:04.000 --> 06:21:06.000
He can take the Aqua Tail, no problem.

06:21:06.000 --> 06:21:08.000
He needs to get this a standard, but he'd feed David,

06:21:08.000 --> 06:21:10.000
he's probably gonna cut it off and swap out.

06:21:10.000 --> 06:21:13.000
He does exactly that, so he doesn't allow the ramp-up of energy,

06:21:13.000 --> 06:21:17.000
and now here comes the super effective Power Gem, because it's protected by David.

06:21:17.000 --> 06:21:22.120
David. Yeah, you can see goji a little grimace a little smile knowing that he is in trouble

06:21:22.120 --> 06:21:26.040
And that is exactly the case as cancelant is not only paces faster

06:21:26.040 --> 06:21:29.520
But you have saw your dominant matchup in the back if you throw up this shield

06:21:29.520 --> 06:21:32.720
It's pretty much guaranteed that if you be David's going to know it's the team it's on the back

06:21:32.720 --> 06:21:37.800
And I don't think the PB David's ever gonna let a power gem go through at this point in time goes for it

06:21:37.960 --> 06:21:42.560
And PB David has this to make he is going to shield us up and this is so tough for goji

06:21:42.560 --> 06:21:48.240
PP David no respect for the requester and it is pay off in game number one and now

06:21:48.240 --> 06:21:52.120
yes you could knock out potentially with the gigaton hammer plus very wins

06:21:52.120 --> 06:21:55.560
eventually but the thing is you're so far behind on energy the double

06:21:55.560 --> 06:21:58.880
weather ball is going to be reached before you have the energy for even

06:21:58.880 --> 06:22:02.800
that gigaton hammer and there it is from PVP David's gonna be able to finish

06:22:02.800 --> 06:22:07.640
off this matchup and take game number one PP David such a talented player I

06:22:07.640 --> 06:22:11.760
believe at least a two-time regional champion has multiple second place

06:22:11.760 --> 06:22:17.760
finishes as well including a title from this season alone and he's looking to make a stamp here at

06:22:17.760 --> 06:22:22.800
world championships and he has a very dominant game number one especially because he built that

06:22:22.800 --> 06:22:28.160
line perfect to counter Goji's backline with the tinga ton. Do we see a replacement game number two

06:22:28.160 --> 06:22:32.480
because how do you see that line? Goji's got to be thinking man maybe I gotta lean into this dragon

06:22:32.480 --> 06:22:37.920
line type right it's it was so mutually safe into everything BV David brought in that game

06:22:37.920 --> 06:22:40.920
There's no Licky Licky, there's no Barry,

06:22:40.920 --> 06:22:42.420
and you just have so much user play.

06:22:42.420 --> 06:22:43.620
I mean, yeah, it's a free-up Pokemon,

06:22:43.620 --> 06:22:46.420
so who knows if it really can handle

06:22:46.420 --> 06:22:47.920
even like a Quax out of the field,

06:22:47.920 --> 06:22:50.420
but I think it can, and we'll see

06:22:50.420 --> 06:22:51.920
if Goji makes that just for or not,

06:22:51.920 --> 06:22:52.920
but a very quick take from you,

06:22:52.920 --> 06:22:54.420
and you, David, can start things off.

06:22:54.420 --> 06:22:55.920
Look, we all want to see it.

06:22:55.920 --> 06:22:57.920
We're literally at the top of the road.

06:22:57.920 --> 06:23:01.420
We want to see one of the most legendary Pokemon,

06:23:01.420 --> 06:23:03.420
literally pop out of Pokeball

06:23:03.420 --> 06:23:05.420
in open great league that I've ever seen.

06:23:05.420 --> 06:23:08.620
It's a true legendary in its name.

06:23:08.620 --> 06:23:10.780
I don't think we're gonna see it, but if we do see it,

06:23:10.780 --> 06:23:13.580
it will be so epic to see it in the stadium.

06:23:13.580 --> 06:23:17.020
We are locked in for game number two, and you made a noise,

06:23:17.020 --> 06:23:17.980
so it's possible.

06:23:17.980 --> 06:23:19.820
Are we gonna see the Rayquaza?

06:23:19.820 --> 06:23:21.580
Let's see what they're locked into.

06:23:21.580 --> 06:23:22.620
There it is!

06:23:22.620 --> 06:23:23.980
It's the Rayquaza!

06:23:23.980 --> 06:23:25.260
Double Barry in the back.

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Let's see how Goji's gonna play it.

06:23:26.700 --> 06:23:28.060
This might just go for a catcher.

06:23:28.060 --> 06:23:29.660
It is no mud bomb on the back side,

06:23:29.660 --> 06:23:31.980
so it's not the worst for Goji in this matchup,

06:23:31.980 --> 06:23:33.500
but still a losing matchup,

06:23:33.500 --> 06:23:36.340
and more importantly, David calling the line,

06:23:36.340 --> 06:23:40.140
partly again having the main answer to Team Dunn, the lead,

06:23:40.140 --> 06:23:41.820
and two things read to Team Dunn in the back.

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And again, Goji is corebroken in this lead

06:23:44.340 --> 06:23:46.140
because he just can't really get the Team Dunn

06:23:46.140 --> 06:23:47.420
to get on the right target.

06:23:47.420 --> 06:23:48.540
He is going to go against Dunn Hammer,

06:23:48.540 --> 06:23:50.300
and PD Game is going to spend the shield.

06:23:50.300 --> 06:23:51.460
It's going to be good though,

06:23:51.460 --> 06:23:52.580
because you have a shield advantage.

06:23:52.580 --> 06:23:55.540
It might come down to an ancient power boost.

06:23:55.540 --> 06:23:57.580
If he's able to boost in the back,

06:23:57.580 --> 06:24:00.500
we know Goji is the main character in this story,

06:24:00.500 --> 06:24:06.820
because Ray Plaza is facing it's a double fairy backline which is devastating for a dragon type

06:24:06.820 --> 06:24:10.820
but you at least got a protect shield out of this matchup which you wouldn't expect to get a

06:24:10.820 --> 06:24:15.220
protect shield out of a pokemon like flag there that's typically supposed to counter

06:24:15.220 --> 06:24:21.060
now do you bring in their cousin no oh this is good this is a decent matchup for the

06:24:21.060 --> 06:24:25.700
man team but the thing is you don't have any great charge attacks to throw into the zoomer

06:24:25.700 --> 06:24:29.300
now you don't oh wait hold on this zoomer's running high grip on the play rough so

06:24:29.300 --> 06:24:34.100
Hibbe David actually doesn't have the best match of the inter-requiescent with this because it takes more energy to get to that play-round.

06:24:34.100 --> 06:24:42.600
Enough to public KO the requiescent still, but Goji more importantly left with the gigaton hammer, so he has that for the backline, and more importantly he has a shield advantage.

06:24:42.600 --> 06:24:51.300
Can the requiescent take out the Tokyo scan, the quagside later, and maybe even the Zerimo, because the Zerimo does a lot of help, but like you said, only resists the charge attack from Goji.

06:24:51.300 --> 06:24:57.600
Well, the timers are ticking away, and after one more charge attack, both of these trainers' timers are going to be close to being back up.

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I don't think you want to come in with the requires at this moment because the Azumaril has a good amount of energy

06:25:02.920 --> 06:25:08.920
But now that the Azumaril's energy drive is this the time that you unleash the Req Waze up because your man team

06:25:08.920 --> 06:25:11.740
It's very low health already gonna see the swap into the

06:25:14.240 --> 06:25:19.880
Gigant on hammered neutral damage, but a hard-hitting move and David doesn't want to spend another shield on this

06:25:19.880 --> 06:25:23.780
Doesn't want to go down to shields has respect the potential where Quasar as it's going to

06:25:23.780 --> 06:25:26.180
But here comes the bomb down, you're gonna have to get to the movement time.

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And here comes the Tocus, and you can see Bogey not enjoying this.

06:25:30.260 --> 06:25:32.340
You have super-beg-to-anchor up, but look at the peck damage.

06:25:32.340 --> 06:25:35.300
The neutral-beg-damage doing so much into the Requisa.

06:25:35.300 --> 06:25:36.500
First side shot coming through.

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I think he needs a boost.

06:25:37.700 --> 06:25:42.740
I think his opportunity to win this battle, to advance in this tournament,

06:25:42.740 --> 06:25:45.940
is if this Rayquaza, after this dragantail hits it,

06:25:45.940 --> 06:25:48.660
no, actually gonna go for the dragant instead.

06:25:48.660 --> 06:25:50.180
He's going for double dragant instead.

06:25:50.180 --> 06:25:52.820
How much damage is this dragant instead gonna do

06:25:52.820 --> 06:25:56.600
Neutrally in to this Tokyo kids. I believe it should be enough to kale

06:25:56.600 --> 06:26:01.840
He goes to maximum energy against the Tokyo's BB David knows it cannot afford to shield here

06:26:01.840 --> 06:26:05.380
Goji can still swap out and clear the T-Buff

06:26:06.900 --> 06:26:12.380
One shot K.O. Here comes the quack serve now goes for the inter power bait and face

06:26:12.380 --> 06:26:16.380
It has to be at the shield he has to shield but you are doing resisted

06:26:16.380 --> 06:26:20.740
He can swap when does he go for it the Aqua tail is available

06:26:22.820 --> 06:26:24.840
He did a charge attack, he has a water pulse,

06:26:24.840 --> 06:26:27.380
he can throw the water pulse, he throws it.

06:26:27.380 --> 06:26:29.600
Yeah, but for the problem is now you get much shot down

06:26:29.600 --> 06:26:31.260
and Goji doesn't have the move.

06:26:31.260 --> 06:26:34.380
Huge maneuver from P.B. David to get the much shot down.

06:26:34.380 --> 06:26:35.420
He can see Goji shaking his head.

06:26:35.420 --> 06:26:37.660
I don't think he has the dragon set ready yet.

06:26:37.660 --> 06:26:39.460
Water pulse, not enough.

06:26:39.460 --> 06:26:41.300
A few more much shots will do a stone edge

06:26:41.300 --> 06:26:43.260
and slowly to Goji trying to press it,

06:26:43.260 --> 06:26:45.220
but one dragon tail away.

06:26:45.220 --> 06:26:47.420
And P.B. David taking down the lesson

06:26:47.420 --> 06:26:49.540
it requires to make this day number two

06:26:49.540 --> 06:26:50.540
at world championships.

06:26:50.540 --> 06:26:56.820
it's the end of Rayquaza Road for this Rayquaza as it goes down is it not able to sweep the

06:26:56.820 --> 06:27:05.540
backlight but PDP David is able to win it 2-0 to secure his place in day number two at the

06:27:05.540 --> 06:27:13.300
2026 Pokemon World Championships but what a display from Goji who is not quite eliminated

06:27:13.300 --> 06:27:14.300
yet.

06:27:14.300 --> 06:27:18.380
Yeah, great line reads from PDP David to set him up and he knew that after bringing

06:27:18.380 --> 06:27:21.080
a triple soft to Requisa line.

06:27:21.080 --> 06:27:22.940
He's like, I gotta bring my two fairies

06:27:22.940 --> 06:27:24.360
cause this thing is going in pain

06:27:24.360 --> 06:27:25.860
and he had the matchup swan.

06:27:25.860 --> 06:27:29.420
Quags are on Tinketon, double fairy on the Requisa

06:27:29.420 --> 06:27:32.820
but it still came down to the Y1 Dragontail way

06:27:32.820 --> 06:27:37.260
from taking out the Quags and that is a power of Requisa.

06:27:37.260 --> 06:27:39.580
I don't know if it's still really good

06:27:39.580 --> 06:27:41.900
but it still made it look pretty fun.

06:27:41.900 --> 06:27:43.340
I'm not gonna lie to you, Caleb.

06:27:43.340 --> 06:27:45.780
I don't always participate in the master league.

06:27:45.780 --> 06:27:51.280
I thought Dragon Ascent was going to be a Dragon type attack, just because of the name.

06:27:51.280 --> 06:27:54.780
It is not a Dragon type attack, it is a Flying type attack.

06:27:54.780 --> 06:27:57.780
If you didn't know either, I don't blame you.

06:27:57.780 --> 06:28:01.280
Yeah, I mean it ascended to the sky and you can see how much damage you did.

06:28:01.280 --> 06:28:05.780
One shot KO, the Tocus, the neutral Dragon sent doing even more damage

06:28:05.780 --> 06:28:09.280
to the Ancient Power that's super effective because you have the same type of attack bonus.

06:28:09.280 --> 06:28:14.280
And you have the, you know, it's just like an exclusive move, so it just does so much damage.

06:28:14.280 --> 06:28:16.080
You can see here, this end game was so close.

06:28:16.080 --> 06:28:19.080
I think if he just goes for Dragon Tail and expects to catch,

06:28:19.080 --> 06:28:20.320
because you can see right here, right?

06:28:20.320 --> 06:28:21.400
He's trying to avoid it.

06:28:21.400 --> 06:28:23.800
He swaps, but then Goji swaps, then Goji shingles.

06:28:23.800 --> 06:28:25.600
He's like, now, oh my gosh, I just give you

06:28:25.600 --> 06:28:27.520
the energy you need for the Bagsaw.

06:28:27.520 --> 06:28:30.160
Bagsaw wasn't at the move, and if he just stayed in there

06:28:30.160 --> 06:28:32.120
to land the Dragon Tail, and then we would have our

06:28:32.120 --> 06:28:33.960
first ever race that went on a broadcast.

06:28:33.960 --> 06:28:36.120
He could have Dragon Tail down, right?

06:28:36.120 --> 06:28:36.960
Yeah.

06:28:36.960 --> 06:28:39.000
To that double resisted, obviously,

06:28:39.000 --> 06:28:41.320
Fairy Type being able to Dragon Tail down,

06:28:41.320 --> 06:28:43.000
get two Dragon Tails, get the Dragon to sit,

06:28:43.000 --> 06:28:44.000
close off the matchup.

06:28:44.000 --> 06:28:45.320
but it would have been tied to one to one.

06:28:45.320 --> 06:28:46.560
They still would have had a game number three,

06:28:46.560 --> 06:28:48.760
but what an epic moment that would have been,

06:28:48.760 --> 06:28:50.280
an epic moment nonetheless,

06:28:50.280 --> 06:28:53.760
the Seafrey Quaza in an open, great league battlefield.

06:28:53.760 --> 06:28:55.640
Once again, it is super rare.

06:28:55.640 --> 06:28:57.560
I've actually never even seen one,

06:28:57.560 --> 06:28:59.720
so that was a treat for me here today.

06:28:59.720 --> 06:29:02.360
Yeah, now everyone in the world has seen it in action.

06:29:02.360 --> 06:29:03.960
And I do see his potential, right?

06:29:03.960 --> 06:29:05.440
And gotta give props to Koji.

06:29:05.440 --> 06:29:07.320
He made it all into the winners finals.

06:29:07.320 --> 06:29:09.320
Who knows how many other people were defeated

06:29:09.320 --> 06:29:10.760
by a replacement in this tournament, right?

06:29:10.760 --> 06:29:11.720
I'm sure some people were like, wait,

06:29:11.720 --> 06:29:12.960
did you face it or not, right?

06:29:12.960 --> 06:29:14.920
Was it just in the back from bench pressure?

06:29:14.920 --> 06:29:17.840
But Goji's not out of the gets still can win it.

06:29:17.840 --> 06:29:19.720
The losers finals and make day number two.

06:29:19.720 --> 06:29:21.280
And I mean, what a joy would that be?

06:29:21.280 --> 06:29:21.440
Right?

06:29:21.440 --> 06:29:24.240
Seeing of our quasi again, day number two,

06:29:24.240 --> 06:29:25.320
that'd be so fun to see.

06:29:25.320 --> 06:29:27.760
But we'll see kind of how that shakes up.

06:29:27.760 --> 06:29:30.120
And a great run for BB David who makes day number two.

06:29:30.120 --> 06:29:33.480
I believe he made day two in Honolulu.

06:29:33.480 --> 06:29:35.320
If I'm not mistaken, he had a pretty high finish

06:29:35.320 --> 06:29:36.600
at World Championships that year.

06:29:36.600 --> 06:29:38.240
Not sure about last year, but one of our best players,

06:29:38.240 --> 06:29:40.880
especially from EU and definitely a fun one.

06:29:40.880 --> 06:29:42.520
So, pick your next match.

06:29:42.520 --> 06:29:44.840
If you know anyone else who already recways,

06:29:44.840 --> 06:29:46.120
hey, I'm not telling you how to vote,

06:29:46.120 --> 06:29:48.200
but that's how I would vote.

06:29:48.200 --> 06:29:52.400
Yeah, we would love to hear which trainer

06:29:52.400 --> 06:29:53.920
you would love to see next.

06:29:53.920 --> 06:29:57.000
But we have much more on the other side.

06:29:57.000 --> 06:29:57.760
Take it away, Will.

06:30:00.880 --> 06:30:01.840
Welcome in, trainers.

06:30:01.840 --> 06:30:04.480
I'm here with some of the best trainers in the world.

06:30:04.480 --> 06:30:06.000
And they are worlds qualified.

06:30:06.000 --> 06:30:07.520
I know that, Aero, you've been battling a lot

06:30:07.520 --> 06:30:08.520
in the Go Battle League.

06:30:08.520 --> 06:30:09.800
And a lot of trainers at home,

06:30:09.800 --> 06:30:14.460
not able to enjoy the tournament competitively, but maybe they're in GBL, so you know what?

06:30:14.460 --> 06:30:15.460
I want a strong team.

06:30:15.460 --> 06:30:17.960
I want to be able to play like my hero, Aero.

06:30:17.960 --> 06:30:20.600
Aero, what are you currently running in GBL?

06:30:20.600 --> 06:30:27.820
Okay, so I'm currently running Hussuin, Electro, Shadow Wifesire, and Shadow Swanna.

06:30:27.820 --> 06:30:31.860
The goal of the team is to save all of your shields for Swanna and let it rain

06:30:31.860 --> 06:30:32.860
terror.

06:30:32.860 --> 06:30:34.360
Do you have any moveset recommendations?

06:30:34.360 --> 06:30:37.180
I know Swanna gets gust, and that's pretty powerful.

06:30:37.180 --> 06:30:41.500
I would run Gust, Aqua Jet, Fly on Swanna, on Electrode,

06:30:41.500 --> 06:30:43.220
as TimThing is Swift is.

06:30:43.220 --> 06:30:46.940
I would run Wild Charge and Energy Ball,

06:30:46.940 --> 06:30:49.340
and you always want Stone Edge on Quagsire.

06:30:49.340 --> 06:30:51.860
Mudbob's not a real move set.

06:30:51.860 --> 06:30:52.780
Thank you so much, Aira.

06:30:52.780 --> 06:30:53.900
I know you've got a match coming up,

06:30:53.900 --> 06:30:55.420
so I'll see who else we can find,

06:30:55.420 --> 06:30:56.860
and best of luck to you next round.

06:30:56.860 --> 06:30:58.700
Thank you, sweetie.

06:30:58.700 --> 06:31:00.340
I just bumped into Out of Pocket,

06:31:00.340 --> 06:31:02.980
who I know as the number one Quagsire fan,

06:31:02.980 --> 06:31:04.140
and I have to ask him as well.

06:31:04.140 --> 06:31:05.940
He's one of the best trainers in North America.

06:31:05.940 --> 06:31:07.740
pocket. What are you running in GBL right now?

06:31:07.980 --> 06:31:11.060
So I actually hit the legend rank running Quagsire in GBL.

06:31:11.180 --> 06:31:14.100
But very recently I've been enjoying a team that consisted of Shadow Bug

06:31:14.100 --> 06:31:16.460
by Fortress, Don Dozo and Wicky Licky.

06:31:16.500 --> 06:31:20.140
I like to call the team the Rotators because when both Fortress and Don Dozo

06:31:20.140 --> 06:31:23.140
use their fast attacks to kind of like twist a little bit, like Don Dozo is

06:31:23.140 --> 06:31:26.580
really cool. He's just like a, he's like a little like, like if you charge up

06:31:26.580 --> 06:31:29.660
a twist to throw the waterfalls and it's a lot of fun.

06:31:29.860 --> 06:31:32.060
You got to teach me that move after we finish this interview.

06:31:32.060 --> 06:31:34.460
But I wanted to ask you, you mentioned the waterfall Don Dozo.

06:31:34.460 --> 06:31:37.060
What other movesets would you recommend for this team?

06:31:37.060 --> 06:31:43.360
So Fortress, Fortress really excels with flying debuffs, so you know with bugged by Vastia

06:31:43.360 --> 06:31:48.940
Pressure it'll either lower their defenses with a sandtune or lower their attacks with

06:31:48.940 --> 06:31:50.440
a rock tomb.

06:31:50.440 --> 06:31:55.000
Dottozo, it really likes the cheapest targets possible, it's going to have how slow water

06:31:55.000 --> 06:31:59.380
fall is, so you run surfing out range with it, and then Licky, Licky, you were just

06:31:59.380 --> 06:32:01.940
on roll out, shout out to all body side.

06:32:01.940 --> 06:32:02.940
Awesome buck.

06:32:02.940 --> 06:32:03.940
Any advice for playing the team?

06:32:03.940 --> 06:32:05.940
the safe swap you always go to

06:32:05.940 --> 06:32:07.940
Licky Licky in that situation or what?

06:32:07.940 --> 06:32:09.940
I'd say like 99% of the time it's Licky Licky.

06:32:09.940 --> 06:32:11.940
I would only really have safe swapped

06:32:11.940 --> 06:32:13.940
on Doza if you're like they do not

06:32:13.940 --> 06:32:15.940
have an electrode or a jump block

06:32:15.940 --> 06:32:17.940
or something that really shuts it down

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because on Doza it's extremely good with energy

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but it's just way more likely to get

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a really tough match up.

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Thank you so much. I know you have a match coming up so I'll let you run.

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Let's see who else we can find.

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I'm here with one of North America's

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rising stars. This is

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This is Susnitz Eater who burst onto the stage

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just a couple years ago.

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He's qualified for Worlds this year as well.

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Susnitz, I'm so curious,

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because your team this weekend is cool,

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but what are you running in Go Battle League?

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Yeah, so Go Battle League

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is a little different from show six.

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Right now I'm kind of preferring to use

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glaring, wheezing, shadow glaring,

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wheezing with sludge and boodle swing.

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I think it has really great neutral play

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into a lot of the fairies

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that people are leading right now,

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such as the Florgis.

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Not as great to the Tketon,

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but there's always some neutral play there.

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And then it also is really good if the fighters and it does a lot of damage to all the other things like ghost man team and

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In the back on use a wiki and man team to both be flexible Pokemon that always seem to get the job done

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I really like the way we're using but the ground weakness is tough to overcome

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So I like that you paired it with man team because man team just dominates those matchups

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Do you have any moveset recommendations for man team and for Licky Licky? Yeah, so wiki wiki wise

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We're just looking at the standard rollout body slam and shadow ball and then man team same thing here

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I was playing against a licky licky yesterday and I got hit with the Earthquake which was the first surprise

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But then he threw four more rollouts. I said oh, this is a body slam

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It was a shadow ball shadow ball earthquake is also a move set that you might see from time to time

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Do you advice on playing the team? Do you leave the man team? Do you swap a specific Pokemon?

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Yeah, so I like leading the glare and wheezing it feels like we can always do a bunch of fairy winds and catch up on

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to one of our Pokemon, the wiki wiki or the man team and the energy is always going to

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be used later because whenever we can get in a situation where we're throwing neutral

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sludges, those are going to be hitting for a lot of damage against things like wiki wiki

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and man team and it feels really good to have that energy and sweep with it later on.

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Alright, so since I know you have a match coming up, so I'll let you run, let's get back

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over to the stream everybody and let us know how you're doing in the Go Battle League

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this weekend.

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Welcome to the stage of Pokemon Go finalists, your champion from Spain, Baskerville!

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you

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you

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you

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you

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you

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I'm really proud of myself and happy with this tournament.

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My most memorable moment on this weekend was Saturday, when I qualified for the Grand Final in the Winsloth.

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Because I felt like I had all the momentum I needed.

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Everyone supported me, really supported me, because I was more confident for the next season.

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I think that the loss I had for Pokemon, because I really liked the game again.

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Also, the community, the families, the players that always support me, they are also friends of mine and I appreciate all of them, so that will be the main reason why I keep struggling to this event.

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You have to be completely focused and free. I never give up. That's the way to continue dreaming and that's all I want to do for the next season.

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The action is only heating up here at the Pokemon Go World Championship.

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So many trainers have already punched their ticket today.

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Number two, the action just keeps on building.

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My name is home size Henry joined on the desk with the one and only Lou the Pikachu.

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He took you through more winners finals.

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We've had so many trainers so far already punched their day two ticket and there's

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So many games ahead of us as these trainers continue to fight for the dream of being crowned the next world champion

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We're at that fork in the road of day one why some trainers locked in for day two of the competition their confidence is

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Absolutely sky-high and then some other trainers had to take a step back

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Regroup and lock in that focus to stay in the competition

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But we've seen time and time again trainers drop down into that losers bracket and have that wonderful story going all the way to

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Even win worlds once upon a time one of my favorite stories actually occurred in 2025

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I'm sorry, I was 2026 UIC, which Potomac looking to defend his title week.

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Just got to see that, that wonderful story about Potomac and, and his runner up

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performance at the World Championships.

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He dropped into losers, I believe in losers rounds three at a UIC and then

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clearly decided he had had enough of that losing thing and then won 15 sets in a

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row, incredible run to claim the ground.

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So even if you are rooting for someone at home and they have dropped to the

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losers side of the bracket, they are by no means out of it.

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We've seen some incredible losers runs even this season.

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Sometimes I always think trainers drop down just to give us more content for the whole action to showcase.

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But speaking of the action, our trainers for winners finals of Group I are ready on the stage.

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We have got Gabbo Herka versus Kento Saranori.

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And there are some really interesting choices here.

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Kento Saranori running three shadows on that team.

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Kento Saranori is an incredible battler from Japan.

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Had his first Worlds experience last year at Anaheim and had a very strong 13th place finish.

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Now, he is going a little bit more anti-Medi here.

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Shadow Kingdra, I don't believe a Pokemon that we've seen on stream so far today.

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Shadow Kingdra this season actually recently got access to Surf.

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And with Surf, as opposed to the Swift Outrage moveset that we saw at the European International

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Championship, gives Kingdra a lot more consistency overall.

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Additionally, I think Fero Energy could be kind of interesting in this matchup.

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If Fero is able to get just that tiny little bit of energy advantage, even against

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a Pokemon like Yudovus Dunfisk, Fero with that straight 5-peg to draw and pacing

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could make life quite difficult.

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I think when the Forever Ford meta broke out,

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everyone was saying, hey,

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Firo's gonna be really, really good now.

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We're gonna see it picking up in usage,

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but it's kind of been a little bit on the bench.

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It was great to be able to see it in action here,

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alongside a few team mates that might be a little bit more

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vulnerable with the shadow variants,

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but you have the Flauchers,

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you have the Flauchers,

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you have the Quad Tire that are able to have

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that bulk allow side, the brawn,

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on Gabbo Herkesside, however,

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a few familiar faces,

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we've of course got that Licky Licky,

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we've got the Sunfist and the Quad Tire as well,

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but I love seeing that little jump up in there.

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Jump-Love can put some pretty interesting pressure on the lines that Kento Saurinori would like to run,

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as his Florgis is running the Disarming Voice, who will have the ability to hit back,

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but King's really not a fan of that match, if the Annihilate would be very tricky as well.

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One thing that's actually a little bit interesting, is even though the Fero actually has access to Drill Run,

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one of the reasons why it's fallen out of usage is Kanto Ninetales.

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You might think, okay, it is a ground move, why is Kanto Ninetales' problem for it?

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Because of the speed of Kanto Ninetales always being able to outpace it,

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If you lead Fiora into Canto Ninetales, Canto Ninetales is double shields, the Ember damage adds up to the point where we're weather ball KO's, and then you just lose the matchup.

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So in a very weird way, no Canto Ninetales on the side of Kevlar Herka could potentially open the door to some Fiora gameplay.

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Ninetales can certainly start steamrolling for a match, and that's another thing I associate with a Pokemon like Annihilate.

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If you can get those rage fists going, start getting the attack boost upon each other again and again, that can leave your opponent having to ask some serious questions.

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Where do you utilize the shields? Where do you maybe make the switches in to eat up that energy?

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and ultimately how do you deal with annihilate once it gets the ball rolling?

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We've got lock-ins here for game number one winners finals of group eye

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it's going to be Florgis for Gabo Herca into the clawed side for Kento Saurinori.

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Yeah Florgis gets out of there as quickly as possible because the Poison Stings would start stacking up a lot of damage instead

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you can bring in this Quarx Eye that's able to farm up all of this energy

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annihilate also joins the field on the opposing side doesn't go for the shield so you're able to take up this Acretail.

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I do like Kento Saurinori deciding to basically try and find a usage for the annihilate

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because Annihilator does have some polarizing matchups here.

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There's the forges, there's the jump lover,

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could get a little bit difficult,

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seeing that Quagsire,

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and Quagsire is actually not on Stone Edge,

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it is on Awkward Tail Mud Bomb.

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So an interesting choice there from Gabbo Herka.

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It comes the first rage fist on this Annihilator.

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It's gonna go and shield it on Gabbo Herka's side

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so obviously it's gonna connect

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and critically get that guaranteed attack boost as well.

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That can put it into good stead

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to start getting a few more counters down.

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I was gonna say until we saw a fairy type

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draw in the field.

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Forges will take a lot of damage

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from the plus one rage fist.

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shield does come up from Gabo Herca,

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but Gabo Herca getting a big farm down here.

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Suddenly, Clodzire could be threatened

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by the super effective Chilling Waters,

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and Florgis is gonna get a six fairy wind head start.

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Clodzire is not threatened

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by back-to-back Chilling Waters,

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but as Clodzire continues to take this damage

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and continues to get more and more Thibaut,

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then the momentum might swing over to Gabo Herca.

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I really like that from the Florgis,

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capitalizing on the annihilate

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with those fairy winds are getting up all that energy,

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just so you can apply so much pressure

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and look at that.

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It's already back up and has banked that for later.

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Stunfist coming down against the Klodzama, switching things up.

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Now, Kingdra's facing down against the Stunfist.

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Great patience from Kentus Arunori, not letting the sludge bomb be caught.

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Stunfist will be able to consistently chip away with neutral damage,

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but a shadow-surfer lands.

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This Stunfist is not going to be able to feel it for very long,

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because that damage would be devastating.

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And these Dragon Breasts, Sofurosha, is not doing too much damage,

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but they just constantly whittle away at your opponent.

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They're so, so fast, and critically getting this Kingdra to the energy.

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The shield goes up at the last second, keeping Stunfist in play.

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Stump is desperately trying to raise to the double discharge and can it go for the mud bomb instead shield does come up from Kento

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Zara Nori Kento Zara Nori just has to make it to the surf if the surf connects

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But that should be the deciding charge stack of this game

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There's no more shields in the game at the moment

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So this stuff will be guaranteed to connect down onto the opposing stump is that is vulnerable

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It's gonna secure the knockout for just will be forced to be able to come in

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Afterwards and it does have all the energy banked up already

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but Clodzai is there to meet it.

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Oh, that's a really nice optimization by Kento Sarenori.

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Gonna throw the dragon breath and then combo play

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with the sludge bomb.

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The chilling water debuff has been reset.

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Florgis falls, and that is a game one win

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for Kento Sarenori.

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That felt like a full circle moment for the Clodzai.

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It was able to latch onto the Florgis in the lead,

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then switch now, had all the energy

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and right at the very end was finally able to get

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the damage down, that poison type damage

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onto the Florgis to secure game one for Kento Sarenori.

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I think that Kento Sarinori kind of made it look easy in that game number one,

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but there were multiple moments where it felt like the game could have gotten out of control,

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especially if the sludge bomb had been caught onto the Spun Fist.

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Spun Fist was a ground type. That would have double resisted it and with that energy gone,

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then maybe there's a world where Fordus gets enough energy

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where it can actually find its way through the claw desire.

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But the patience of Kento Sarinori over farming past,

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watching for that catch, not letting it happen,

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is part of what's really set him up for success.

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And then that new move on Kingdra, surfing so deadly,

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not even having to fade. The Shadow King for Nautical Dragon, we've really seen a lot so far today in Day 1 of the Bunk Bunk Oval Championships,

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but Kendra Sauronori demonstrating that just to get as low in usage, just not being as low in damage output.

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I didn't like the preservation of this King for as well. Kendra Sauronori utilizing the shields to keep it in play and constantly apply pressure with their surf.

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You all are going to be doing formidable damage, same type of type bonus, being able to utilize the Shadow Boots that you get as well.

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Onto Pokemon Light the Stump is also the Quagsire. It's not going to appreciate taking their surfs either.

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And the quagsire safe switch because there's no mantis on the side of kentus or nori ends up being a pretty safe switch overall

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Because even if you bring in something like the feroe to awkward tails will still come pretty close to securing a knockout

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So kentus or nori could always no shield the first but does that feroe get brought we identified that it could be a key

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Contributor to victory does kentus or nori decide to lock it in game number one just because you one doesn't mean you can't make adjustments

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He's only one win away from day number two

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Of course, sometimes you'll think my opponent's going to adjust a certain way in order to accommodate how I played in game 1.

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So I need to be that one step ahead and make the adjustment to my opponent's adjustment.

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So you could be right. Something like the Fiora would be great to be able to see in here.

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I was really intrigued to see the Shadow Annihilate get brought. Clearly no fear of the jump bluff, no fear of the Fiora.

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But very wisely taking the opportunity to, if there's a situation where there's a Fiora's lead, you don't want to save the Annihilate,

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and then lose switch advantage

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then have a nightlap on the

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floor just get the annihilate

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in a matchup where at the very

06:47:06.080 --> 06:47:06.980
least counters are hitting for

06:47:06.980 --> 06:47:07.780
neutral and that way you're

06:47:07.780 --> 06:47:08.780
guaranteed to always get some

06:47:08.780 --> 06:47:10.280
value. I think that's where the

06:47:10.280 --> 06:47:11.380
clots are our partnership was

06:47:11.380 --> 06:47:12.880
really great for that annihilate

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because it could easily apply

06:47:13.980 --> 06:47:14.880
pressure to that floor just

06:47:14.880 --> 06:47:15.780
when you saw it right away in

06:47:15.780 --> 06:47:16.880
the leads it went straight

06:47:16.880 --> 06:47:18.180
back into its poke ball and made

06:47:18.180 --> 06:47:19.680
the adaptation. So let's see

06:47:19.680 --> 06:47:20.780
what our trainers are rocking

06:47:20.780 --> 06:47:22.180
out here with four game to

06:47:22.180 --> 06:47:23.180
it is that for just and there's

06:47:23.180 --> 06:47:24.380
the fear of home slides like

06:47:24.380 --> 06:47:26.580
you called it that Firo looks

06:47:26.580 --> 06:47:28.680
immediately very threatening into

06:47:28.680 --> 06:47:33.980
GavuHurka's line, because GavuHurka has the jump off in the back, the quacks there, which is no fast attack pressure.

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It's going to be a charge factor, already tied, Fira with the monster attacks that able to win it.

06:47:37.880 --> 06:47:44.880
Shield comes up from GavuHurka, but seeing an early shield could telegraph to Kintosarinori that this is only a chilling water and not a disarming voice.

06:47:44.880 --> 06:47:47.980
That's exactly the play we're seeing unfold on the stage at the moment.

06:47:47.980 --> 06:47:53.080
The chilling water will come through, will connect onto the Fira, do a little bit of damage, critically get that attack drop however as well.

06:47:53.080 --> 06:47:57.180
So not as much offense coming through from Fira here, but that energy is being stored up.

06:47:57.180 --> 06:47:59.520
but now the chilly water is gonna follow through though.

06:47:59.520 --> 06:48:02.080
This could get a little bit tricky for Kenjusara Nori

06:48:02.080 --> 06:48:04.580
because as the Firo continues to get lower and lower,

06:48:04.580 --> 06:48:07.340
that jump up is exceedingly strong into his back line.

06:48:07.340 --> 06:48:09.860
He is now at a stage of double attack drop,

06:48:09.860 --> 06:48:11.460
which means that Florges really does not have

06:48:11.460 --> 06:48:12.940
to respect this and the Florges isn't really

06:48:12.940 --> 06:48:14.900
in any danger of getting pecked down

06:48:14.900 --> 06:48:17.100
before Firo would have to throw again.

06:48:17.100 --> 06:48:19.420
I think Florges noticing that there is, of course,

06:48:19.420 --> 06:48:20.700
that jump up in the back wants to try

06:48:20.700 --> 06:48:22.300
and get rid of this Firo as quickly as possible,

06:48:22.300 --> 06:48:23.940
but jump up actually coming in to maybe try

06:48:23.940 --> 06:48:25.460
and get the closing blow here.

06:48:25.460 --> 06:48:27.460
Fero is going to be able to unleash the draw pack though.

06:48:27.460 --> 06:48:30.020
However, it's going on shielded onto that jump off.

06:48:30.020 --> 06:48:32.260
So it will have to take this damage super effective

06:48:32.260 --> 06:48:33.700
but still hanging on.

06:48:33.700 --> 06:48:36.620
That double attack drop paying dividends for Galvo Herka.

06:48:36.620 --> 06:48:38.460
And I really like this play.

06:48:38.460 --> 06:48:40.740
Reset that attack drop, save the energy

06:48:40.740 --> 06:48:42.060
and then bring the king draw.

06:48:42.060 --> 06:48:42.900
Oh my goodness.

06:48:42.900 --> 06:48:45.660
The full set acrobatics to no shield from Shadow King draw.

06:48:45.660 --> 06:48:46.820
King draw will hang on here,

06:48:46.820 --> 06:48:50.100
but that is a lot of health gone in a split second.

06:48:50.100 --> 06:48:51.540
Sometimes fortune favors the brave,

06:48:51.540 --> 06:48:52.740
but unfortunately here the king draw.

06:48:52.740 --> 06:48:55.100
It did have to take a heavy hit of damage there.

06:48:55.100 --> 06:48:58.540
It is able to retaliate though now with a swift across the stage here.

06:48:58.540 --> 06:49:01.820
Jumpluff is going to let this come through, no shield to be utilized on Gabo Herko's side.

06:49:01.820 --> 06:49:04.540
But Jumpluff has the bolt to be able to stay in the game, it has so much energy.

06:49:04.540 --> 06:49:08.020
But those dragon breathes putting in so much more energy, lost.

06:49:08.020 --> 06:49:09.380
Quagsire now in play.

06:49:09.380 --> 06:49:11.220
I don't think that's what Gabo Herko was hoping for.

06:49:11.220 --> 06:49:14.980
He was hoping to get the farm down, but the shadow dragon breathes so oppressive.

06:49:14.980 --> 06:49:19.580
Jumpluff falls and now Quagsire is forced to take a swift as well.

06:49:19.580 --> 06:49:22.980
And that has helped that you really do not want to lose because incomes annihilate

06:49:22.980 --> 06:49:25.380
with this massive counter fast move pressure.

06:49:25.380 --> 06:49:27.420
At least you do have the energy up on Quagsile's side, though,

06:49:27.420 --> 06:49:29.900
however, so you can already get an Aqua Tail across the ball,

06:49:29.900 --> 06:49:31.180
but we've got to remember both these trains

06:49:31.180 --> 06:49:32.540
also have a shield in play.

06:49:32.540 --> 06:49:34.700
That could easily be the momentum swing that is needed,

06:49:34.700 --> 06:49:36.460
particularly considering this annihilator

06:49:36.460 --> 06:49:38.020
is in a position to start going through the Rage Fist,

06:49:38.020 --> 06:49:39.820
but first it has to get through the splurges.

06:49:39.820 --> 06:49:41.380
Kendo Saurinori is nodding.

06:49:41.380 --> 06:49:43.260
He likes the position that he's in.

06:49:43.260 --> 06:49:45.780
Annihilate can try and counter down the splurges.

06:49:45.780 --> 06:49:49.540
Annihilate says, very tight, who gets the farm down?

06:49:49.540 --> 06:49:51.260
The Rage Fist is loaded.

06:49:51.260 --> 06:49:53.860
There's still that loaded charge deck on the Fero as well.

06:49:53.860 --> 06:49:56.740
So the moment Gabo Herc shields this charge deck,

06:49:56.740 --> 06:49:58.020
his fate is sealed.

06:49:58.020 --> 06:49:59.580
Rage fist gets the shield.

06:49:59.580 --> 06:50:02.020
Kento Sarenori can just stay in.

06:50:02.020 --> 06:50:04.020
The Annihilator will have to get knocked out here.

06:50:04.020 --> 06:50:05.420
It cannot be farmed down.

06:50:05.420 --> 06:50:07.700
And then Fero having that drill pack stored,

06:50:07.700 --> 06:50:09.180
all those attack drops reset

06:50:09.180 --> 06:50:11.900
is going to secure Kento Sarenori this game.

06:50:11.900 --> 06:50:13.820
Yeah, Quags are valiantly doing its best

06:50:13.820 --> 06:50:15.500
to try and get the Annihilator out of there

06:50:15.500 --> 06:50:16.780
with the Fero that we talked about

06:50:16.780 --> 06:50:18.900
as the great adaptation coming into game two

06:50:18.900 --> 06:50:21.060
is able to sweep in from the skies,

06:50:21.060 --> 06:50:26.260
secure the knockout and Kento Sarenori will be advancing into day two of the competition.

06:50:26.260 --> 06:50:31.060
Very well played there by Kento Sarenori. Upon locking it looked like a very tricky team

06:50:31.060 --> 06:50:34.580
composition to handle. Where both the floor just in the jump-up were exceedingly strong

06:50:34.580 --> 06:50:38.620
into his backline. But the decision to save switch the jump-up Kento Sarenori was actually

06:50:38.620 --> 06:50:42.700
able to get some pretty solid value there. Even from a double debuff throwback it

06:50:42.700 --> 06:50:46.500
still inflicted some pretty good damage there. And so by getting that damage suddenly it

06:50:46.500 --> 06:50:49.900
was able to set up the Kingdra and then Kingdra put in so much work. It farms

06:50:49.900 --> 06:50:53.240
down a jump flop which is one of its worst matchups and then annihilate was

06:50:53.240 --> 06:50:55.700
supposed to not like the floor to sit and I like this counter down the floor

06:50:55.700 --> 06:50:59.380
it is so the fairy type fast moves is not necessarily working out for Gabba

06:50:59.380 --> 06:51:02.580
Harca. Yeah having a few question marks in my head a bit like a side duck after

06:51:02.580 --> 06:51:05.380
that. They're looking at things as you said the annihilate doing so well into

06:51:05.380 --> 06:51:08.300
the floor just you don't often see the fighting time we've found to take down

06:51:08.300 --> 06:51:11.300
an opposing fairy type and a bulky one at that. I think again just

06:51:11.300 --> 06:51:14.260
showcasing that once you get rage boost up as well the attack moves will

06:51:14.260 --> 06:51:17.580
be helping out and critically as well you know the king drive being up to

06:51:17.580 --> 06:51:20.900
you so well against the jumpflop. Really great to be able to see possibly Meta's

06:51:20.900 --> 06:51:25.620
flipped on the head a little bit. That Fero, if you're in a matchup where you

06:51:25.620 --> 06:51:29.980
don't have to deal with that nine tails it can just run away with games. Even into

06:51:29.980 --> 06:51:32.860
that floor just like consistently winning charge step priority floor just

06:51:32.860 --> 06:51:35.780
loves to be able to debuff things but is a vertical pacing and you lose charge

06:51:35.780 --> 06:51:38.900
step priority and if you shield it almost feels like there's this giant

06:51:38.900 --> 06:51:42.020
neon sign above your opponent's head saying I am throwing the chilling water

06:51:42.020 --> 06:51:45.660
you can no shield it's fine and so even that matchup which is technically

06:51:45.660 --> 06:51:50.000
neutral one still felt profoundly negative for the forges so very well played

06:51:50.000 --> 06:51:54.600
there to kento sorry Nori and shadow kinga sneaking into day number two very

06:51:54.600 --> 06:51:57.400
cool to see I love those little inferences like you say kind of when

06:51:57.400 --> 06:52:01.480
you see one move happen you know what possible yeah and I definitely have

06:52:01.480 --> 06:52:04.440
some questions because the closet I thought it's so well in game one but

06:52:04.440 --> 06:52:07.440
in game two he didn't bring it even though it applied so much pressure so

06:52:07.440 --> 06:52:10.720
great to be able to see that come through maybe there was a little bit of

06:52:10.720 --> 06:52:14.280
worry after it was two brown types in the back maybe there could be like a

06:52:14.280 --> 06:52:18.840
an ABA lead and back ground type and then the Klotzer could get countered.

06:52:18.840 --> 06:52:23.000
But trusting in the fact that Fero should actually end up being a lot more neutral overall,

06:52:23.000 --> 06:52:27.080
didn't actually keep the exact same backline with the Kingdra and the Annihilate,

06:52:27.080 --> 06:52:30.040
but just saying, you know what, I can actually run my second Flaugus counter,

06:52:30.040 --> 06:52:35.560
which is to Fero, because that Flaugus matchup was very unfortunate for that Flaugus, my goodness.

06:52:35.560 --> 06:52:39.240
Yeah, Flaugus I think was definitely making a statement, and it was nice as well to be able to see a

06:52:39.240 --> 06:52:42.440
composition with two Shaddy types coming forward, because sometimes you have to ask the

06:52:42.440 --> 06:52:46.040
the question why don't I put my shield? We know Shadow of Pokemon really like to eat up those shields

06:52:46.040 --> 06:52:49.480
but when you've got the annihilator and the Kingdra inside, what do you do? You split them across so

06:52:49.480 --> 06:52:53.160
you have to really I think make good educated guesses of what your opponent is bringing and

06:52:53.160 --> 06:52:56.200
where they're going to be utilized first. I really like to be matched in knowledge of

06:52:56.200 --> 06:53:00.440
understanding that even in acrobatics onto a Shadow of Kingdra is something that is survivable

06:53:00.440 --> 06:53:04.600
that's where you can immediately tell the level of preparation that these trainers have,

06:53:04.600 --> 06:53:08.600
they have played out these matchups, they know the optimal things that they can and can survive

06:53:08.600 --> 06:53:12.120
and a lot of the times sometimes they will build very specific staff spreads to be able to

06:53:12.120 --> 06:53:14.360
to survive charge decks in certain matchups.

06:53:14.360 --> 06:53:17.000
So it's really nice to see a trainer's preparation pay off

06:53:17.000 --> 06:53:18.900
in a big way on the big stage.

06:53:18.900 --> 06:53:22.500
As Ketis Arinori, he is well on his way to repeating

06:53:22.500 --> 06:53:25.040
or even exceeding his World 25 performance

06:53:25.040 --> 06:53:26.600
because he's on to day number two.

06:53:26.600 --> 06:53:28.540
Exactly, and taking down a regional champion

06:53:28.540 --> 06:53:31.440
from earlier in the season as well is no easy feat.

06:53:31.440 --> 06:53:33.780
So you've got to be feeling confident after that victory,

06:53:33.780 --> 06:53:35.640
advancing into day two of the competition.

06:53:35.640 --> 06:53:37.320
But of course the action is still rolling here

06:53:37.320 --> 06:53:39.880
at the 2026 Pokemon World Championships.

06:53:39.880 --> 06:53:41.380
We've had so many incredible veterans

06:53:41.380 --> 06:53:44.980
the competition battling out and there's some trainers as well who really want to be able to

06:53:44.980 --> 06:53:50.100
make their mark and pull themselves the very next Pokemon world champion. I mean I've been so

06:53:50.100 --> 06:53:54.020
inspired so far in this tournament. And it sounds like a lot of you at home have been inspired as

06:53:54.020 --> 06:53:58.820
well. You guys have been reaching out using the hashtag play Pokemon which is incredible. Looks

06:53:58.820 --> 06:54:03.380
like our first one here is from Mickey VGC matching with my buddy hashtag play Pokemon,

06:54:03.380 --> 06:54:08.660
hashtag Pokemon worlds, hashtag Pokemon XP. Oh he's got the jacket. Oh okay that's awesome.

06:54:08.660 --> 06:54:09.660
That's awesome.

06:54:09.660 --> 06:54:10.660
I didn't see the jacket at first.

06:54:10.660 --> 06:54:11.660
That's so cool.

06:54:11.660 --> 06:54:12.660
Yeah.

06:54:12.660 --> 06:54:13.660
Loving the Mega Raichu as well.

06:54:13.660 --> 06:54:15.160
The Mega Evolutions are so cool.

06:54:15.160 --> 06:54:18.900
The more recent ones that we've been able to, you know, see coming out into the Pokemon

06:54:18.900 --> 06:54:19.900
world.

06:54:19.900 --> 06:54:20.900
Great to be able to showcase them.

06:54:20.900 --> 06:54:24.420
And going to even a pre-evolution of Raichu, we've got the little Pikachu, the world's

06:54:24.420 --> 06:54:25.420
Pikachu.

06:54:25.420 --> 06:54:26.420
And look at that.

06:54:26.420 --> 06:54:27.420
That's a Hondo.

06:54:27.420 --> 06:54:28.420
The Hondo with the background.

06:54:28.420 --> 06:54:30.420
The San Francisco background is all that's very cool.

06:54:30.420 --> 06:54:31.420
Wow.

06:54:31.420 --> 06:54:32.420
From Barzai2 underscore Mystic.

06:54:32.420 --> 06:54:34.900
Now, that is a trip souvenir right there.

06:54:34.900 --> 06:54:35.900
That's an incredible find.

06:54:35.900 --> 06:54:36.900
Oh, look at this as well.

06:54:36.900 --> 06:54:37.900
Another Hondo.

06:54:37.900 --> 06:54:52.900
Also a shiny so we call that a shundo in the community the mutu with the backdrop as well to commemorate 10 years of Pokemon go. What an incredible memory and what an incredible background as well the the the globe background with the sun coming over it.

06:54:52.900 --> 06:54:56.900
It honestly feels like a very fitting way to celebrate 10 years of this incredible game.

06:54:56.900 --> 06:55:01.900
Hondo Mewtwo's for everyone and in the Go Battle League, we actually have the Mega Masterly coming up here pretty soon.

06:55:01.900 --> 06:55:07.900
So if you get that Mewtwo, it is worth powering up because Mega Mewtwo is an absolute menace in the Mega Masterly.

06:55:07.900 --> 06:55:09.900
That thing isn't terror.

06:55:09.900 --> 06:55:12.900
I have to say, I was lucky enough as well to get the Shiny on that Mewtwo as well.

06:55:12.900 --> 06:55:13.900
That's awesome.

06:55:13.900 --> 06:55:16.900
I was absolutely so excited to be able to get that.

06:55:16.900 --> 06:55:19.900
So that's one I think I'll have to consider for my future battles as well.

06:55:19.900 --> 06:55:23.740
I I didn't get the shiny on that one but on on one of the raid days

06:55:23.740 --> 06:55:26.340
I I did actually end up getting the shundo my first ever

06:55:27.340 --> 06:55:29.340
Shundo

06:55:29.340 --> 06:55:32.700
So we had to obviously do raise after that and get it maxed out, but it's maxed out

06:55:32.700 --> 06:55:39.620
I finished the best buddy a few days ago awesome. It's so we are prepared. It is powered up mega level max

06:55:39.820 --> 06:55:43.540
Bring on the mega master league bring your mute two counters because it's probably gonna be

06:55:44.980 --> 06:55:48.380
Great to be able to have that ready for for when we battle possibly in the future

06:55:48.380 --> 06:55:53.180
But I'm glad you mentioned kind of the best buddy as well because we see that a lot of the time with our competitors here

06:55:53.180 --> 06:55:57.060
The phone will have that little best buddy ribbon showing that between the Pokemon and the trainer

06:55:57.060 --> 06:56:02.400
They've really fueled this bond together and they have that trust and faith within each other to bring it to the world that championships

06:56:02.400 --> 06:56:08.460
Our next trainers are ready. However on the stage. We're actually gonna be moving into the losers finals here for group a

06:56:08.460 --> 06:56:09.700
We're gonna be showcasing some trainers

06:56:09.700 --> 06:56:13.940
We featured earlier on in the broadcast critically Ripley who had an incredible match

06:56:13.940 --> 06:56:18.340
match against the Elzaboy actually, you know, had an incredible match against them, took

06:56:18.340 --> 06:56:22.300
game one, but unfortunately got reverse swept and kicked down into the losers bracket for

06:56:22.300 --> 06:56:24.140
some incredible Pokemon choices here.

06:56:24.140 --> 06:56:30.260
Oh my goodness, I'm looking over at his opponent here, Niantake, and we've got to talk about

06:56:30.260 --> 06:56:35.740
that Turtonator. Turtonator is there to really try and target down Pokemon like the

06:56:35.740 --> 06:56:39.700
Shadowcanto Ninetales. Shadowcanto Ninetales, one of the reasons why it's so popular

06:56:39.700 --> 06:56:43.460
is it feels like its energy goes everywhere, the fire type weather ball, the grass type

06:56:43.460 --> 06:56:47.100
energy ball, but suddenly there's a Turdinator and it's a fire dragon type

06:56:47.100 --> 06:56:50.100
but anything you could throw at it is going to be double resistant. This

06:56:50.100 --> 06:56:53.860
Turdinator is running Incinerate, Brutal Swing and Overheat. Brutal Swing does

06:56:53.860 --> 06:56:57.780
give the Turdinator very fast pacing. It is only two incinerates to the

06:56:57.780 --> 06:57:01.460
first three Brutal Swings and then one Incinerate to the fourth and it also

06:57:01.460 --> 06:57:05.620
has Overheat in case it needs to inflict some pretty big neutral damage

06:57:05.620 --> 06:57:09.820
and it looks like there's only two fire resist on the team so an Overheat

06:57:09.820 --> 06:57:12.980
landing could be game-changing in this set. I think Incinerate's always

06:57:12.980 --> 06:57:17.260
very interesting because you're kind of saying it only takes two or only takes one on the follow-up to be able to get to that

06:57:17.260 --> 06:57:20.060
Charger type Incinerate is one of those slower fast attack

06:57:20.780 --> 06:57:24.220
Sometimes however, you know obviously reap the rewards from all the energy it can generate up

06:57:24.220 --> 06:57:28.860
But it is something you have to be very cognizant of in terms of your timing and honestly even

06:57:29.020 --> 06:57:35.620
Terminator into the floor just for example is not the the worst matchup ever because of that very unique fire dragon type

06:57:35.620 --> 06:57:40.340
That we really don't see a lot of in this meta even if it does run at the floor just you're only hitting it for neutral damage

06:57:40.340 --> 06:57:44.040
Looks like we're not gonna have to wait much longer the battlers are ready

06:57:44.040 --> 06:57:50.620
We've got double lock-ins game number one losers finals of group a it's gonna be the shadow canton I tails into the turn later

06:57:50.620 --> 06:57:55.720
Oh, no, we are bringing the fight at the stage. We've got turd native versus the nine tails

06:57:56.500 --> 06:58:00.580
In comes the floor just but for this is not gonna do particularly well either

06:58:00.900 --> 06:58:05.160
In comes the electrode and the floor just is completely walled. There's no disarmament boys

06:58:05.160 --> 06:58:07.160
it's trailways and chilling water.

06:58:07.160 --> 06:58:08.900
Repairly shaking his head,

06:58:08.900 --> 06:58:11.520
as he knows this is a very negative matchup.

06:58:11.520 --> 06:58:12.920
Yeah, this is not the Pokemon he wants to see

06:58:12.920 --> 06:58:13.760
with the Flauages.

06:58:13.760 --> 06:58:14.600
The 9-Chills in the back, however,

06:58:14.600 --> 06:58:16.440
would be happy to find a live in against it later

06:58:16.440 --> 06:58:17.280
on to Flauages.

06:58:17.280 --> 06:58:19.080
He's got to try and find a way to navigate that.

06:58:19.080 --> 06:58:21.160
Right now, however, the electrode in a prime position

06:58:21.160 --> 06:58:23.040
to just keep going for these energy balls,

06:58:23.040 --> 06:58:25.040
getting that damage on the board.

06:58:25.040 --> 06:58:27.720
Even if a second attack drop is applied,

06:58:27.720 --> 06:58:29.120
that second energy ball is still gonna be

06:58:29.120 --> 06:58:30.120
taking the knockout.

06:58:30.120 --> 06:58:32.840
Normally what makes Kanto 9-Tails so threatening

06:58:32.840 --> 06:58:35.120
is let's say it was Kanto 9-Tails into a Mantine

06:58:35.120 --> 06:58:39.040
You're able to get a bunch of farm from the electrode and then suddenly your energy balls will add up

06:58:39.120 --> 06:58:44.360
You can throw as many charge stacks as you want at that turnator that turnator is not gonna mind whatsoever

06:58:44.720 --> 06:58:50.280
This electric doesn't mind taking chilling wardens either getting those attack drops. Look at that. It doesn't mind going for an energy ball

06:58:50.280 --> 06:58:53.120
That's another KO. This is a Pokemon. It does have a problem with however

06:58:53.120 --> 06:58:56.240
The embers coming through thick and fast and giving so much energy to that 9 shells

06:58:56.240 --> 06:59:00.080
But the electrode is gonna have one last hurrah getting some damage against its opponent

06:59:00.080 --> 06:59:05.880
This is a double debuffed wild charge and that's still half of the 9-tailed health bar removed from the field

06:59:05.880 --> 06:59:09.460
And now the turnator is gonna re hit the field in comes the man team

06:59:09.540 --> 06:59:14.600
But it's gonna be fully walled off by the Azumaril. This is a very very slow matchup

06:59:14.760 --> 06:59:18.180
Honestly the biggest damage healer here for the man team is gonna be the neutral wing attacks

06:59:18.180 --> 06:59:22.140
But the same one since the waterpulse is over time man team does have a pacing advantage

06:59:22.140 --> 06:59:27.040
But the question is man team has to get through an entire Azumaril and then get damage on the turnator

06:59:27.040 --> 06:59:30.640
and I just think it might be too much bulk on the side of 9 cockade.

06:59:30.640 --> 06:59:33.840
The Azumarill does feel like a thorn in the side of Raffuti's team here.

06:59:33.840 --> 06:59:36.240
As you've said, it's going to really slow down the pace of play with the Mantine.

06:59:36.240 --> 06:59:39.360
There's really not a lot Mantine can do to it other than those wing attacks.

06:59:39.360 --> 06:59:42.720
And then 9 tails at the same time isn't going to appreciate the bubbles coming through.

06:59:42.720 --> 06:59:46.880
So Mantine has a lot of work to do to remove this Azumarill from play,

06:59:46.880 --> 06:59:49.200
and then you've got to still deal with that Turdenator.

06:59:49.200 --> 06:59:52.160
And that Turdenator does have a decent amount of energy as well.

06:59:52.160 --> 06:59:54.880
Now the Turdenator's charge stacks cannot really threaten here,

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But we're actually going to see the pick it up.

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In comes Ripperly, firing off the energy ball.

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But in doing so, this now sets up the Turtonator.

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It does indeed.

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You unleash a lot of your energy onto that.

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As you're more on the Turtonator,

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as you said, it's just going to get straight on in here,

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seeing that the 9-Tels is vulnerable.

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But 9-Tels gets the edge, can go for a weather ball,

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no shield right now.

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Oh, no.

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An entire incinerate goes through.

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Turtonator already at an advantage.

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It now looks unstoppable.

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Get a farm up to 100.

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Go for the Brutal Swing.

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with Perley forced to let this go.

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But even though Brutal Swing is only neutral damage

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onto the Mantine, it just really feels like

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the Mantine does not have enough in the tank.

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An immediate Brutal Swing should be able

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to just about burn the Switch Timer here

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and then get a zoom roll back on the field.

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Turdinary looks so nonchalant on the field right now

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but it is applying so much pressure.

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Just able to get consistently to these Brutal Swings

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and forcing pressure onto that Mantine.

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Mantine's able to go for the attack here.

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We'll be able to get some good damage

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on the board with the Twister, super effective.

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but Turdinator is still in play.

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And now I'm going to go for the Overheap.

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This is resistive, but Overheap is an incredibly powerful attack.

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Ripperly is going to no shield.

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This is going to deal damage.

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Overheap connects, and he's barely able to hang on.

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But one bubble from Izumarill is able to get the farm down.

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And Naimgake takes the game one win.

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That was such a great teamwork between the Izumarill and the Turdinator as well.

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I think between them, they just really walled against Ripperly's team.

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And that just felt like there was no wiggle room for him to maneuver that.

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Particularly when we saw the Leeds come out, there was the Ninetales that had to get out of there.

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Fantastic.

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I would kind of say it was almost like a Pinsome movement coming through on the opposing side.

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It really felt like there was almost nothing that Ripperly could do in any of those matchups, unfortunately.

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And that's sometimes when trainers try and go a bit more anti-meta, where we've seen a couple of zoom-roll.

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A zoom-roll is arguably the greatest Pokemon go, PvP Pokemon of all time.

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But nowadays, it's not seen as frequently, so I would honestly view it as something that's a bit more anti-meta.

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The Turtonator is very anti-meta, but right in these anti-meta picks, specifically to try and target down the meta,

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if you're able to find your target, that's going to be very favorable alignment.

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Turtonator, it absolutely proved it's worth a nap, because that night fails, it got energy.

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The energy just did nothing.

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Yeah, it went absolutely nowhere, and I want to credit as well the work that Electro put in there.

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Even though it had two debuffs from the Chilling Water, it was able to apply a lot of damage with the energy balls.

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The Thunder Shots just kept stacking up all of that energy, and it just felt like a Pokemon that could not roll away from the field.

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that was very frustrating for Ripley to deal with.

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And Ripley, I would imagine he's probably not safe

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switching a floor to this again into this team

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because that electrode matchup was just so dominant.

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The moment I realized, I was like, oh no,

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there's no disarming voice.

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That magic goes from pretty playable with disarming voice

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to very tough without it.

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Well, let's see what adaptations are made.

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The line tells this time finds us Mark

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against the grass type electric on the opposing side

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and much better state of play for Ripley.

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I really like Ripley's conviction here.

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Even though it led into the Turtonator,

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through the bulkiest of boys, that Licky Licky.

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Licky Licky is the damaged sponge here.

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Play Rock will hit for Nuzrul,

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but his shirt does not feel like it.

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Whereas Licky Licky, this is not a range for Shadow Ball.

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We'll take the knockout.

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And that's why Ripurly is not throwing energy just yet.

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Ideally, he wants to try and get as much energy as possible

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before securing the knockout.

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So that way, when that electric comes back in,

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he can actually get some damage on him.

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Yeah, you can see these body slams

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being charged up, Shadow Ball as well,

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at two of those back-to-back.

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Licky Licky able to capitalize on the fact

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The Azumarill is so slow to get to his Charger Shot, it can just go for Rollout after Rollout and get that Energy Prime.

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One Shadow Ball comes through, but it's not enough to be able to get the KO, it needs one, maybe two more Rollouts to get there.

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Oh, that is really not what Reverly was hoping to see, the Azumarill hanging on one HP at a dream.

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That pressures away not only a Shadow Ball, but it bodies them as well.

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And suddenly, all that licky licky energy, it doesn't really have it anymore. It's forced the use of it all onto that bulky Azumarill.

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Yeah, it would have been great if it just went down with the shot of all and those a couple of rollouts

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But instead had to unleash the damage

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It does not have enough ready to be able to go for that shot of all into the electric the puts in some serious work

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But now Ripley has lost that licky-licky the night house comes in perfect

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You can get those embers down for the electrode already fine with the charge attack forcing the shield on Ripley side

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This tornado is gonna have to pull off a master class in the endgame

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There it is tornado rumbles off of the field in comes

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And unfortunately both battlers are realizing that this Turtonator is in a very rough spot

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Yeah, a little bit of a contrast from game one into game two Turtonator

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Not as happy to face down against this man team does get the brutal swing on the board

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But we know that man team is ready with that twister to unleash some super effective damage

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That is to look at the shield on my side, but you're gonna have to take at least one of these

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Unfortunately it for the Hentake does look like twister is able to pick up the two-head knockout

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Whereas the brutal swings the choice to not run Dragon Claw does give Turdinator better pacing

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But in moments like these this is when brutal swing can feel inadequate as brutal swing at our brutal swing connection to the man team

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And man team still looks very cheerful

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I think it's just no shield everything and just stand up twister after twister. Yeah, it's doing those little backflips of joy

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No, it's in a prime position. Here's another twist

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I'm trying to blow the turdinator off the field and that final shield has now been utilized

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The turdinator is a lot more vulnerable

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You still have the shield on Ripperlye's side, but I do think the Montains are in a position to still take this.

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I really like the decision to do it, because even if this does not take the knockout,

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the Ninetail should actually be able to defeat the Turtonator here. A very rare moment

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when a Ninetail deals meaningful damage onto a Turtonator,

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where the Turtonator has been dealt with this thoroughly by Mantine.

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Weatherball, even despite the double resistance, will take the knockout.

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Back in comes Electrode, there's Weatherball number two.

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That's a great answer from Ripperlye.

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It all went wrong in game one, but staying calm,

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Staying composed, sticking with that 9-Tales lead

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and it pays off way better this time.

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9-Tales got his revenge and redemption

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against that Turdenator being able to, like you say,

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not deal too much damage, but enough damage

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to be able to secure the knockout,

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evening out the score between both of these trainers.

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This is what we love to see.

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We said this earlier on the desk,

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but give us game three, please, all day long.

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The mind games now are going to reach an all-time high.

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Both battlers know they are one win away from day two,

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one loss away from exiting out of this tournament. This is the most important

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game they will play today and I cannot blame them here. They're taking last

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second decisions here. They're taking their time. They're double-checking their

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theory-crafting lines because they know this is everything. I mean so far the

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narrative into this Loser's final set has been the battle of the fire type

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for Ninetales, the Turbanator. Coming into games through home slides, do you

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think they're gonna bank on these trusty Pokemon again or are we gonna

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to see a bold switch up between these five types. I think if I'm ripperly, I might end

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up benching the Kanto Ninthos. The Kanto Ninthos does have very intriguing coverage, but the

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worry is, is we saw what happened in Game of the Wand. It kind of just got obliterated

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by the Turtonator. There was no amount of energy management that could save it from

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alignment that is that dire. So potentially trying to pin it away from it, if you're

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worried about that Turtonator could be an option, but as well there's some very

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enticing massive here like the Corviknight, the, the Hussain Electrode. So there are

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reasons to bring it so it's just gonna be really really tough what I can see it

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going both ways I do think the Turdinator is probably going to get

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brought in game number three because the Turdinator as long as they can

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basically more or less avoid the Marowak even in the Manti matchup as long

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as the Manti does some damage on it Turdinator's ability to survive one

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quister is actually pretty nice it it is indeed it has that bulk to be able

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to hang on a little bit longer I think as well critically the leads are

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gonna be so important when we saw nine tails at a disadvantage position

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that's where suddenly Ripley was on the back foot but as soon as you can

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get the alignment with that 9 tells the story is different but let's see if the

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9 tells his back in play no it has to bench turn later on the opposing side

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but it's cause a versus man team now leading Corsola into a Pokemon that is

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not licky-licky when you know your opponent does have a licky-licky is

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an incredibly incredibly awkward spot to be in you oftentimes notice that

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trainers will over form quite significantly with course out of here

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of a charge tag being caught because even though course was should throw

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power gen here you really want the power gem to either land for damage on

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the Mantine or you wanted to have the ability to like threaten a protection away from Mantine.

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A Power Gem landing on a Licky Licky is a very inefficient use of energy so does Nainkake

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look to try and over farm here?

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Does he consider a throttle?

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I mean he does!

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But ripperly with the read, there's that catch you was looking for as in comes Licky

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Licky.

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This is exactly what you said.

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You don't want the Power Gem to land in this spot and it's exactly the target

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Licky Licky has absorbed for itself.

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Of course Licky gets out of there, we're now going to see the Ezreal 2 multi-Pokemon

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once again in play.

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With the critical fingers, these rollouts will start stacking up.

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We are going to see so much over-farming of this energy onto the Shadow Balls.

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This Licky Licky being outside of play rough range,

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and even with a couple more bubbles landing still outside of play rough range,

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is very good for Ripperly.

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Ripperly has potentially cleared the path for that non-Shadow Merlwack

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in the back to be able to sweep,

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because we know Naim Kake has that Turdinator,

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so each charge attack that Licky Licky lands on the Assume World

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as his health bar gets lower and lower,

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the odds of Ripperly being able to get through a sweep only increase.

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Azumarill also trying to play the same game as Licky Licky here trying to over from the energy this play rough will come through

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But there is another one only a few bubbles away from being a primed as well to just keep that pressure on at the same time

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Licky Licky is a one too many rollouts away from being up to get to that body slam

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So really the offensive drive is on Azumarill right now

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I really felt like he got incredible value out of that Licky Licky forcing two charge stacks out of Azumarill is incredible

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Because Azumarill thrives by just outbulking things and making multiple charge stacks

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But now he can bring in the Mantine.

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The Mantine should also be outside of a potential play rough range.

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The Mantine kept the 100 energy going to go for the Water Pulse.

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Water Pulse won't take the knock out here, but it will get this Azumarul perilously low.

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Yeah, Mantine already came in with so much energy, it can unleash a little bit, it's caught some to afford.

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But critically, the play rough was righty on that Azumarul, but the Mantine able to get the edge.

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The shield comes up, and that is what Ripperly is hoping to see.

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Ripperly with that shield should have a pretty good idea that's the tournater in the back.

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He's letting it go.

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He's putting his day two hoax on the back of Tanto Meriwak.

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That's the thing, Meriwak is indeed in the back.

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It finds his mark down against the Turtonator.

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Nayan Kake looks up, has a little after himself.

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This was not the poke when he wanted to see.

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And Meriwak, just the consistency at which it can reach Bone Clubs is a very

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big problem.

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I don't even believe there's an opportunity for the Turtonator to bait into landing

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and overheat.

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I just think that the Marowak is always just going to be able to outpace here.

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This is the thing, there's so much pressure coming through from the Marowak and you have that shield still on Ripley's side.

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So it is going to be able to keep itself nice and safe from one of these Brutal Swings and apply so much pressure going forward.

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Of course, the Turdenator was fast to be able to get to them, there's another one coming through, but the Marowak is still going to be around.

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And unfortunately, even though Brutal Swing and Overheat have decent synergy, it's not good enough.

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And he's only able to make it to another Brutal Swing.

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Can't quite get the farm down, but with all this energy on the Marowak, this is looking like a potential win here for Ripperly.

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That was so close though, that was nearly a full farm down on the Turdenator, but I love that you have energy and energy to spare.

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You can go for another one of these blown cups into the opposing Corsula, but Corsula is bulky.

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Corsula will be able to hang on here, the Marowak getting lower, the Pinty and the Mantine, Mantine able to get there, hanging on, making it to the Twister. Is this going to be enough?

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All those astonishes might cause an upset, but Twister will come through.

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Is it enough? Yes, the Corsola goes down, Azumro goes for the bubble,

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Manchester get the KO, but now the Marowak comes in.

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Marowak should survive the bubble, and that's gonna do it.

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Ripperly waited, he was so worried about a catch, no catch comes through.

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He's able to secure the knockout, get the reverse sweep,

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and his world run is not yet over.

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He's moving on with a fist pump today, number two.

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Do you know what? If we were in seats right now, I would be completely on the edge of my

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mind. I would be on the floor. That end game was back and forth. Switches left right center

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on both sides of the field. It really came down to the wire. Both these trainers wanting

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to stay in the competition and Ripley has been able to secure that. Commiserations of

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course to his opponent, he has been knocked out of the competition.

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They have very great run making it one win away from Day Number 2. And we're going

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to Pokemon that we haven't seen yet. Turtenator and able to put on a very good show.

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We saw maybe the reasons why people considered Turtonator wouldn't have been shut down the nine tails and the reasons why they may not have

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Because where there's nine tails, there's also manatee and that manatee matchup was very tough

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That Indian did get a little bit scary though because once he was able to make the phone club

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He should always be able to get the zero turn switch into the man team click the twister

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Guaranteeing that that it was in the middle of the astonish

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But he actually threw a wing attack way to the turn and in doing so there could have been a catch

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Opportunity, but no catch comes through it still lands on its intended target there

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But Ripperly was very favored, but in that endgame there was a brief opening where a catch actually could have happened.

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It didn't end up happening. He still got the win, but for a moment there, we were all holding our breath.

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Yeah, things were so incredibly close and even battling out here, you could just see these fast attacks powering up so much energy across the board.

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And I think that was the key thing from both players. They were farming so much energy after they were possibly having back-to-back pressures,

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but maybe that one extra wing attack or that one extra astonish just started to pave a way to victory.

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And one specific optimization that I did really like there was being able to get that catch, reading the fact that, oh, he is going to throw on alignment here to try and outpace, but this is the end game that I was talking about.

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He's able to land the bone club, he can pivot in, but he waits to turn and the astonish goes through so it was on alignment that he actually opened the door for his opponent to catch.

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to catch. He didn't catch. He stayed on the field, but that was about as close as it could

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get. Azubar farms down, bubble super effective, but the non-shadowed Marowak, the extra bulk,

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that's the reason people have it on their team, and it ended up paying off there as

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it had just enough HP remaining to take on that win.

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Loki, when I saw that astonish come through, though, like, like I jumped. I was so shocked.

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I was like, it's gone down, but no. A little increment of HP either way could have been

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a different story, but no. Manti was able to hang on, and then the Marowak obviously

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was able to close out the game.

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I thought that was a beautiful adjustment as well.

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We spoke a little bit about will the Ninetales come back?

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And you talked about how Corviknight and Eletro

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just so tempting to bring the Ninetales in.

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But that is not what Nyan Kake brought.

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So benching that Ninetales was a perfect play.

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Just trying to avoid that Game 1,

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where it felt like even though he ended up playing pretty well,

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there was just not really any play.

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He was consistently never able to do anything other than single

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or even total versus the damage in every single matchup.

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So recognizing if I'm going to bet on myself,

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I'm at the World Championships and I'm one win away.

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I'm going to battle myself to try and have,

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if I can set up a neutral game,

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and just try and play better.

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All it takes is playing better one time,

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and that's going to be benching the nine tails.

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He's bringing that tournater,

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and that Merawak adjustment ended up working out very nicely,

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but it was all set up by that really rough matchup

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at the start, getting that catch on the licky-licky.

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It was so important.

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Well, sticking in the losers' side of things,

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we're coming to another losers' group finals.

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Our trainers are ready on the stage.

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This is going to be another epic battle of proportions, being able to see trainers who have advanced so far in the competition, to be able to get to the world championships, but now be potentially one game away from being knocked out, this is where things get really, really intense.

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We've got two vaunted competitors on stage. On the left, we have Pokimichi, and on the right, one of Europe's brightest stars, Hecami. Hecami also running down Milotic that we've seen a couple of times today.

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Today, Milotic, Siebel, Galarian, Corsola, Tinketon,

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a charge bug of Pokemon we've seen a little bit today,

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but now seen frequently, and Altaria over Mantis.

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Really like to see the Altaria, it was a Pokemon

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I definitely thought would be more prevalent

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coming into this world championships,

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but I haven't seen it around too much.

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The one thing I love so much about Altaria

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in the past has been its synergy

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with the Pokemon I can podium, for example.

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I think they have beautiful ways to cover each other,

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but no podium combination here on Hikami Steam.

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Instead, that water-steel type here

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has kind of been split between the Milotic

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and of course that Tinketon.

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But as we take a look across Hikami's team,

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I can kind of see where that flyer ended up being Altaria.

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Because if you consider the fact that Pokimichi

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has, you know, a stunfisk,

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stunfisk is pretty good into the charge bug.

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Charge bug is a really rough match up there.

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It's really good into the Ticketon.

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Oh, did Rock, Paper, Scissors there on stage?

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It looked like that's fantastic.

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And even my loading, it can hit for super effective damage.

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So if you opt for a flyer or a man team,

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then you might be in a situation where

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like half of your team isn't playable into a stunfisk.

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So I think the Altaria presumably comes out

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a desire to not be quite as weak to that stuff. This even though man team is arguably

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the better Pokemon, it's not the best coverage into this team. So I like the choice for her

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comment here.

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One Pokemon that these trade pack to Pokemon these trainers have a piece is that evil and

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that course to her as well. I've got an eye on whether these tables are going to come

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into this match because if you can land the sucker punches down against the opposing

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course that is a match that bulky Pokemon does not want to face at all.

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And Feeble's Sucker Punch does look pretty deadly in this matchup.

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It often times feels like you're looking at 5 Pokemon where Sucker Punch is unresisted

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and then usually like a Tinketon, which is kind of like the worst matchup you could ever

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see as a Feeble.

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The one thing you have to avoid is just never have it on a Tinketon.

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Even just a Feeble Mirror where Sucker Punch is resisted is obviously just still pretty

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neutral and is basically decided on whoever wins the Tark's Tark priority.

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If I get my Ice Wind debuff up before my opponent, then their Ice Wind is going

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be doing a lot less and it ends up working out a lot better. So it's very intriguing to try and

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bring Feeble into a matchup like this, especially with Altaria over Mantine on the side of Ikami

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where those double super effective Icy Wings could be a very big problem, but there's always that

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worry. If it ends up on the Tinketon, it almost feels a little bit like that Ninetales in the

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Terminator situation, where you could throw as many charged decks as you want and the

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Tinketon is just not going to mind. Yeah, it is not going to be bothered at all by taking

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all that damage. Another critical Pokemon on Pokimichu's side is going to be that Shadow Annihilate.

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Having the counter as well, that's really nice. And it's a Pokemon like the Thievil on the opposing

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side as well. And if you can get those rage fists rolling, that can just be such monumental

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damage. Even into like resistive attacks, if you're at a couple of plus attacks,

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you can still be doing some significant work out there on the field.

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And one thing that I did want to double check is the Annihilate Vast move, because

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I've heard some rumors that there are some Annihilates actually running low kick at the

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tournament. This is not one of them. This is one of the counter Annihilates. Counter,

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rage fist and ice punch. So it is going to have a ton of fast attack pressure, but there are some pretty

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nice like counter resistances on Hikami's side with the glaring Corsula with the charge bug. Although

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somehow I always feel like an ILA makes that charge bug match a lot closer than it should be,

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and the Altaria, and if Altaria no shields and ice punch that could get very, very tricky.

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I do love that flexibility though, because as you mentioned, yes the fast attack, not going

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to be doing too much into Altaria or the Corsula, but then the charge attacks, you know,

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whether it's going to be the rage fist or the ice punch has a way to deal with them as well,

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right and counts are still pretty good at being able to get that energy up. So it really will come

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down I think to possibly shield utility if we see that alignment play out. And I think in an annihilate

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matchup here always guaranteeing that you're going to have useful energy could be something that

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that is actually making annihilate a pretty nice pick here because even despite the counter

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resistances if you're able to get it onto one of those matchups like a thiebel or a

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milotic and you're able to farm down you can guarantee your energy has value in a way

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that if you win a dominating match with evil and they bring the tinga ton then you're forced to pick it out and that's which advantage that

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That you fought so hard for unfortunately, you're kind of forced to give it up

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Otherwise all all your extra energy just doesn't really do anything

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It's gonna be interesting to see what the leads are coming out here because we've mentioned so many alignment dependent matchups

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I guess you know some Pokemon really hard counter into another one possibly these leads

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Forcing your opponent to make those switches and suddenly go down on the switch timer can be the thing that stacks up towards the end game

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I always find those matches the most interesting where it's possibly the opening turn or two is what's term as the endgame at the end

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And there's so much flexibility on these teams that this potentially could happen. I really like the idea of charge above for the coming

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I think charge bug it's it's not a big fan of dealing with that

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You know the stunfisk but charge a bug it has super effective accessors into the feeble

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It it actually ends up resisting gigaton hammer if anything can actually resist gigaton hammer

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So it does resist gigaton hammer. There's the man team. They can target it does have that resistance to counter

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Now, Corsula is a matchup where Corsula just kind of neutrally outbolts it, but I do think

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the Chargerbug could be a key contributor here for Nikami, especially if it's able to find

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one of those matchups.

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I always loved seeing Chargerbug.

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It's a Pokemon that's had a lot of utility across many different matters.

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Even if it's not the most popular, there's a lot of Chargerbug believers, I like to say,

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that have a lot of experience and flexibility with this Pokemon.

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Being able to have that pressure with, you know, X's as well could be so nice

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into the dark charts you see running around.

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And interestingly, this is actually a shadow biologic.

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We did see Pato Man already make it into day number two with the regular Milotic.

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The Shadow Milotic is going to have substantially more fast attack pressure and shield pressure.

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However, that does come at a cost.

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We saw one of the things that aided Pato Man in making it to day number two was the bulk of Milotic,

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but the trade-off 20% extra to your attack, but 20% reduced from your defense.

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So that trade-off, sometimes it can benefit, sometimes it can hurt.

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And in this matchup, I think especially if it ends up onto the Annihilate,

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those Shadow counters could be a little bit problematic for it.

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Yeah, one shadow into another you're gonna have the extra boost like you said

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But also your defense is gonna be weakened at the same time that we have seen my low

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Like do really well in endgame positions where it's possibly in a position to start

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You know getting that final KO with those waterfalls and trying to farm down

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So that's possibly if you've been able to weaken up the annihilate enough with something like the evil for example

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Then possibly my loads it can just sweep away the competition

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Especially if if you're in an endgame situation where you don't have any more Pokemon that you can switch out

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That's when the wrap debuffs can kind of get out of hand because waterfall is already a pretty decent fast attack

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It does some pretty nice damage

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But once you're able to lower their defense the waterfall damage starts to ramp up

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And it almost feels like a tidal wave of damage coming at your Pokemon

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And if you're not able to have any other Pokemon on the field like if it both here on the two Pokemon have been knocked out already

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Then there's just no way to stop that shadow Milotic

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It's not the opposite of annihilate that's boosting itself up and up

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The wraps are actually boosting you down or you know debuffing you down and that's where things can become a lot more vulnerable

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Looks like the trainers however are putting their final calculations to the test

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Remember this is a match where one of them will be sent home at the end of the day out of the competition

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So everything is on the line. Let's jump into it. It's gonna be the feeble for poke Mitchie and the charge above the hit

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Kami

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But this is a matchup that should end up favoring hit Kami which will hit for neutral

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So will Suckerpunch, but his super effective X-Scissor landing could be catastrophic.

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It's going to be Pokimichi going on the offensive first as he looks to connect with Night Slash.

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Yeah, Night Slash will come across the field and connect onto that opposing charge if I do a significant amount of damage.

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But critically, the fact that you can... Oh, he got the Attack Boost as well! That's exactly what the Thiebel needs.

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Why is he, I think, going for the Shield here, though?

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Now Thiebel should be able to pretty effortlessly get a full farm down.

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The X-Scissor will be shielded, but Suckerpunch was scaring before away until its Attack Boosted

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and the prediction by Pokimichi calling that Hikami would throw right away

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and he's able to force E-tards to ability tie.

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Hikami will be able to pressure with the final shield,

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but Thievol is going to get a pretty massive farm down,

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it's going to have a decent amount of HP,

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and it's also going to have quite a bit of plus one attack boosted energy.

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Thievol was able to make swift work of this charge bug

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when actually it didn't have the best matchup against it in the first place.

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It's not Thievol versus Thievol,

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but you've got to remember the one of Pokimichi's side has that attack boost,

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or at least it did.

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Now you've got the tinker done,

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this is the perfect Pokémon to deal with Thievol.

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And that is the risk. If you end up safe switching a evil into a Tinketon team, if there's a Tinketon back there, you could be in a very big world of hurt.

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Icywind will debuff the Tinketon, but I don't think any amount of debuffs can save this evil from Tinketon hammer.

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That's true. Tinketon hammer is going to hurt when it comes to onto the Tinketon, but you can of course keep going for the Icywind trying to debuff the opposing Tinketon as much as possible, but look how minimal that damage is on the board.

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Gigaton Hammer is primed and considering the Siebel is also already in the yellow,

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Hikami's gonna let it go down.

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And Pouki and Michi, nice optimization there, farming up as much energy as possible without

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exceeding the 100 energy cap. Gigaton Hammer still takes the knockout and in comes Shadow

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Milode. Shadow Milite gonna be going for these waterfalls, farming up as much energy as possible.

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There is another Gigaton Hammer on the board, but you've got to remember it's at minus two

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now as well. So the Milode gonna be in a better position to take this. You can see it's doing

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about a quarter damage here. Critically however, Stumpfist comes in. This is a great

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both want to deal with Milotic. These shadow operatails will do a pretty considerable amount

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of damage onto the stunfisk, but an important part of this endgame is going to be the feeble

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for Pokimichie. Feeble actually did store a night slash, so as Shadow Milotic looks to try and

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shield up and potentially try for a farm down, if the farm down is not successful, then unfortunately

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that feeble is going to have a charge stack. Baint, switch timer will not be up for Pokimichie.

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Can he actually get the farm down here? He gets the catch! He's able to save that Shadow Milotic,

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But the Feeble having that Night Slash Bank should still be absolutely game-winning for Pokimichi.

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Seeing the Charging Blood coming valiantly for the MiloDick, really great to be a seat that Pokemon in play.

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It does eventually go down to another bit of damage from that fast attack MiloDick coming back with all that energy.

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But as you said, the Feeble also has energy in the bank and is able to get the edge.

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Oh, that was perfection by Pokimichi.

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Pokimichi waited the turn, saw the animation for the waterfall start, and it's a three-turn animation.

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And then that was the moment to strike switched in evil able to snipe down with the night slash

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Guarantee that it takes the knockout there great gameplay there from poke Mitchy

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It's very easy if your opponent states are just something you have something

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That's very strong to just switch in your strong answer, but poke Mitchy knew I'm in no hurry to switch

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I can bank the night slash then bring in ticket on and that won him that game if he immediately

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Switches into the ticket on it does not make that energy then suddenly

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I mean, Hikami's Milotic isn't in a position to win them.

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I mean, talk us through that endgame situation because we saw the stunfist applying a lot of pressure to them Milotic.

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Milotic was able to switch out, maybe trying to avoid a potential farm down, but it still just didn't go Hikami's way.

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If he was able to get that farm down with the waterfalls, it would have set up kind of a 50-50 endgame,

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where Pokimichi would have been able to send in the Thiebel, and then it comes down to like, does Hikami catch?

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Because Hikami really needed this catch for the move from the Thiebel, but because he didn't get the farm down

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He would have been knocked out for the discharge that forced his hand

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He was forced to catch out of it and then from there it was just poke Mitchy watching for that animation

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Actually waited there a little bit to take a little bit of extra damage

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Just to guarantee he would get knocked out by the waterfall and in the moment

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He saw it switching in sniping down with that night slash

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Incredibly patient gameplay there by poke Mitchy and he is up early in this series

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This evil was the star of the show

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You know very early on as well getting the attack moves from the night slash coming through really

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I think assertive the dominance saying people was here to play and not mess around even though you switch out you reset that you

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Saved all that beautiful energy for the end exactly as we saw a player on screen

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He can't be now in the position where he's potentially one game away from being knocked out of the competition

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It was great to see the charge of a good play

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Do you think if the attack buff hadn't come through on the people it could have been a very different story?

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I

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Definitely agree that attack boost on night slash

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It's a very low chance of happening but getting it on that first night

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Slash was so big for Pokimichi because it really led Pokimichi to dictate that switch advantage.

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Hekami didn't want to surrender a big farm down because he didn't have a Tinketon in the back.

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So a boosted Icy Wins, they would have done a lot of damage once he eventually got farmed down

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and then had to bring in his own Thievil.

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So he tried to get aggressive, try and make the call that there's no Tinketon in the back.

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If a Tinketon was there, and it just completely shut down that Thievil.

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Yeah, Tinketon was in a great position.

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It didn't worry about taking the Icy Wins for damage or debuffs because that Tinketon hammer is just so relentless.

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And it really does put the fear into a lot of Pokemon on the opposing side, either forcing shields

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or meaning that you have to sacrifice them to preserve a Pokemon in the back.

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And it looks like the wait is over. The battlers are locked in. Game number two.

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Win or go home for Hikami. It's going to be Galarian Corsola leading into Tinketon.

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This is a very neutral, very bulky lead matchup.

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We're seeing a shake up from both trainers as well. No evil in the backlines,

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but Charger Valk is waiting in the wings on Hikami's side.

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Looks like all the energy is coming up on the Tinketon.

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not going for the Gigatron Hammer, instead going for the Bulldoze.

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Oh, getting a shield with the Bulldoze as well.

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There's a chance at a debuff.

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Bulldoze hits the shield. We do see that debuff.

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And now the Corsola has been, had its defense reduced,

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and that's going to be a problem.

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Suddenly the Fairy Winds do more, the Gigatron Hammers do more.

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That is a completely game-changing Bulldoze drop.

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Both of these games, Pokimichi has come out and made a statement

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with either a boost or a debuff from these attackers.

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Ticket turn now, going for that Gigatron Hammer.

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We are going to see it come down onto the opposing Milotic.

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It is pretty bulky and you have at least reset the defense drop on the opposing side.

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But look at that damage nonetheless. That's not very effective.

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In comes the Corsola.

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Corsola will be able to absorb the damage here from this Milotic.

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Shadow Milotic does have that extra attack stat there due to being a Shadow,

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which means these octatails will hit substantially harder.

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But this is still a Galarian Corsola.

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Galarian Corsola going to look for the full farm down.

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This Aqua Tail will be very close to knocking out Pokimichi,

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frosting in the Corsola. He thinks he can't hold on here. It's gonna be close.

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Aqua Tail connects. Corsola! It does survive! And he exits with a massive amount of energy.

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Absolutely unfazed. Corsola staying in play and can now unleash this Nightshade into its

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counterpart on the opposing side. Hikami letting this one go through preserving their

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shields for a Pokemon in the back knowing it can take one Nightshade. But it's now

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down into the yellow. The energy is up on Corsola, however on Hikami's side

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You do have the utility to unleash that, but Pokimichi has two shields on his side of the field.

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This stunfisk looks to be a very big problem for Hikami, as Hikami has brought his charge plug in the back.

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Charge plug really not a big fan of that matchup whatsoever. He's down a protect shield.

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Pokimichi is going to no shield, but Hikami won't have an opportunity to make a second nightshade,

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unless Pokimichi decides not to fire off to this charge.

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You're kind of relying on the coarser here to be able to deal with this stunfisk,

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so that your chargebot can have a better time later on.

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But both those shields are in play for Pokimichi.

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Doesn't go for them, however.

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Let's the second nightshade come through.

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And he's not going to be able to get the farm down.

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Pokimichi holding onto those protect shields.

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He is calling that it's the chargebuggy in the back

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and there's going to be zero fast attack pressure remaining.

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And you know what? He's right.

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There's the reveal. It's chargebot.

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There is so little HP remaining on all of Pokimichi's Pokemon.

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What with the triple resistance to Electric on Yunova's funfisc,

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Hikami can never farm down.

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That's the thing, there's really not a room to maneuver on this Chargerbug,

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whereas the Mudbombs on the opposing side for this Sunfisk

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are just going to be in the prime position.

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You've got rid of the Protect Shields on Hikami's side.

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You don't have free reign to get that damage down.

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Two Mudbombs will not take the knockout.

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Chargerbug is exceedingly, exceedingly bulky.

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Hikami going to fire off this Ex-Ciser.

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The Protect Shields finally starting to come up for Pokimichi.

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Pokimichi will also have a potential opportunity

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to try and catch an Ex-Ciser as needed,

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as he does have access to that Tinketon that has been preserved in the back, but first he's going to stay in,

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fire off another mud bomb, and this mud bomb landing may even put it in the ferry with downrange for that Tinketon.

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I love the vision though that Pokimichi has created here, preserving those shields, knowing that if you can get down onto that Charger Bug,

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the electric type of attack is doing nothing, the X is as you can shield against if you want to,

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but instead says, let's bring the X's through, utilize all your energy, and let Tinketon wrap things up.

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And that was a nice no-show by Pokimichi.

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He's trusting in the fact that the charge bug just

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could never get enough energy.

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The bulldoze is reached.

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Charge bug will fall.

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Pokimichi betted all on it being charge bug in the back.

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He was absolutely correct.

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And he's moving on to day number two.

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Brilliant foresight calling.

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Exactly what his opponent was bringing in this match.

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And Tinkertown, one of the best Pokemon

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in the meta right now, showcasing exactly why it

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is at the top usage for our trainers

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here at the 2026 Pokemon World Championship.

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Congratulations Pokemon to you are still in contention to become our world champion at the end of this weekend.

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I didn't really like how he called me was able to try and work around that kind of a difficult match up there.

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He ends up getting, shielding that bulldoze.

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The bulldoze debuff was catastrophic because it forced him out of a pretty neutral matchup.

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Because once you're debuffed, that matchup goes from neutral to suddenly pretty catastrophic.

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He was able to get that catch out onto the Milotic, but unfortunately that Galarian course left being able to no shield the obstacles and farm down.

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That was absolutely devastating because it really felt like there wasn't a lot of value gained out of that Milo to catch.

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That's Pokemon at the end of the day though. Sometimes those roles go your way, sometimes they don't.

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But definitely for Pocomichi, it felt like he was in the drive you see the whole way through, whether it was, you know, from Night Slash or the Deep Up as well in that game too.

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Just all those little bits to give him an edge and advantage. That's one thing. But then to capitalize on it the way he did, absolutely phenomenal play.

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That's actually a very good point that that there was actually a status effect that a proctin game number one is well

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There where he did have that night slice boost. So unfortunately the RNG not necessarily in a commies favor overall

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I feel like he played a pretty good set

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But pokey Mitchy with the stone cold read calling it was charged bug in the back

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Those are the kind of reads that can make a trainer a world champion

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So pokey Mitchy in fine form here so far in San Francisco

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And I like that idea saying, hey Chargerbug is going to be coming into this game.

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I'm going to bench the Thiebel as well that had a difficult time into the Chargerbug.

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Yes, it was able to get that nice, but that's not guaranteed.

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And that was something that you don't want to have to rely on going into the game.

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So making these adaptations, bringing that stun fist to pressure that Chargerbug was a phenomenal adjustment on Pokimichi's side.

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I also really liked the decision by Pokimichi, recognizing that once that second mud bomb was reached, Chargerbug's done its job.

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Well, sorry, the Stunfisk had done its job there.

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And he could end up just no shielding that X scissor

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and then trusting Tingaton to be able to take home that win.

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And be able to navigate those end game scenarios

07:33:34.080 --> 07:33:36.000
and be able to see your win condition,

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not play to your opponent's win condition there.

07:33:37.480 --> 07:33:39.360
There was just so many electric types in that game.

07:33:39.360 --> 07:33:40.440
They were way too many.

07:33:40.440 --> 07:33:41.720
Too many electric types for me.

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I'm getting confused.

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But recognizing that once that second bug bomb landed,

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suddenly there was no need for the Stunfisk.

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The Stunfisk did not need to be protected anymore.

07:33:49.960 --> 07:33:51.400
And then he'd just bring the Tingaton,

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make it to the Bulldoze, even though Bulldoze, it's not a very good move.

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There's almost no way to feel happy.

07:33:56.280 --> 07:33:58.920
I mean so many electric types, maybe we need to take a little bit of a break

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and defuse after some incredible Pokemon matches.

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That's exactly what we're going to do.

07:34:03.160 --> 07:34:05.080
We're going to throw it to a break and you guys can take a look

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at what the welcome kits are like here at the 2026 Pokemon World Championships.

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My favorite Pokemon starter is, speak a tongue.

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I'm a big fan of Pokemon.

07:35:07.160 --> 07:35:08.160
My name is Vaid Bum.

07:35:08.160 --> 07:35:10.340
I go by Vaid Zboy and I'm from India.

07:35:10.340 --> 07:35:14.680
He is holding his community on his back, his friends, his dreams.

07:35:14.680 --> 07:35:18.500
He can do it right now.

07:35:18.500 --> 07:35:21.780
My favorite Pokemon starter is SpickaTito.

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Because that was my first actual starter in Scarlet and Violet.

07:35:26.220 --> 07:35:30.780
Like most people I started playing a game in 2016 when I first came out.

07:35:30.780 --> 07:35:35.380
When COVID hit I found out about the battling feature that Pokemon Go had added.

07:35:35.380 --> 07:35:39.500
And I just hopped on to the game and I've been playing since.

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My friend persuaded me to come to Japan.

07:35:42.300 --> 07:35:45.900
I hadn't qualified for the World Championship but I really like the game.

07:35:45.900 --> 07:35:52.940
he told me to come along. That was my first international trip. The atmosphere at Worlds was crazy.

07:35:52.940 --> 07:35:57.580
It sacks in one that time. I thought I would like to compete at Worlds someday.

07:35:57.580 --> 07:36:03.100
And I also met Aran Saibatron Zeng, who was really cool. My friend persuading me to come to Japan

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and meet him at Saibatron was to add the things that got me into competitive Pokemon.

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There are so many great players. I mean, dancing raw is definitely one person that

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You know, he's the trailblazer, he's the first world champion.

07:36:16.820 --> 07:36:24.820
Like most things it takes a while to learn and it's not always a smooth sailing.

07:36:24.820 --> 07:36:29.820
It's very important to take a step back sometimes and take a deep breath and think over.

07:36:29.820 --> 07:36:33.820
It's best to restrain lots of water and you know, pause.

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This is my second in-person tournament, the first one I got in both places.

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He is following up his last year's world performance with the exact same dominance.

07:36:44.620 --> 07:36:48.620
I really like Mokers. I caught it on my daily adventures in Sands.

07:36:48.620 --> 07:36:52.420
When they were walking back home, I definitely had to build a team around it.

07:36:52.420 --> 07:36:55.020
I have an I live for opposing fighters.

07:36:55.020 --> 07:36:58.620
I have Laughers, which is the best neutral pick in the game.

07:36:58.620 --> 07:37:03.220
I was sure that this is a good team and that I have practiced well enough with it

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that I can play on most opposing teams.

07:37:06.020 --> 07:37:10.020
The MVP of my team was definitely Lapis.

07:37:10.020 --> 07:37:14.020
One of my toughest opponents was MDS Harjath.

07:37:14.020 --> 07:37:20.020
His annihilator was really good versus my team because I didn't have a ghost type other than my own annihilator.

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And he's a great opponent.

07:37:23.020 --> 07:37:26.020
This was my first finals on stream.

07:37:30.020 --> 07:37:35.020
If you like when you're actually battling you don't really pay a lot of attention to what is happening around you.

07:37:35.020 --> 07:37:38.860
is happening around you you just focus on the battles. Most of it was the same but you know

07:37:38.860 --> 07:37:41.740
lots of smoke, lots of fight and lots of you know people cheering.

07:37:47.580 --> 07:37:51.020
Right at the end when I hit the ice beam on the Corsolla

07:37:53.260 --> 07:37:54.700
I knew it was done.

07:37:57.900 --> 07:38:03.020
The number one challenge that I set for myself this season was to make as little misplays as

07:38:03.020 --> 07:38:10.020
possible. I didn't make a few mistakes, but I guess it balances out because I won.

07:38:16.020 --> 07:38:21.020
My most memorable moment on the stage was definitely, you know, walking up to the podium

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with the crowd cheering and then, you know, lifting the trophy. This is the one event

07:38:26.020 --> 07:38:31.020
where I get to meet a lot of my friends. The community is really warm and wholesome

07:38:31.020 --> 07:38:38.020
very welcoming. Thank you for all your kindness and I'm very grateful for everything that community has helped me with.

07:38:38.020 --> 07:38:42.020
We are the best boys! We are the best boys! We are the best boys!

07:38:48.020 --> 07:38:54.020
Fils Boy took home the World Championship last year in Anaheim, California in an arena.

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Take a good look around because this year we're going to try to do it one more time.

07:38:59.020 --> 07:39:02.660
more time we're going to be in the chase stadium on Sunday to crown another

07:39:02.660 --> 07:39:06.760
champion but in the meantime we're gonna see who's gonna make it there. I'm Amanda

07:39:06.760 --> 07:39:10.560
also known as Lumberger here alongside speediest chief too. That's such a good

07:39:10.560 --> 07:39:14.920
point Amanda all of our in-person Pokemon fans need to remember that we are

07:39:14.920 --> 07:39:18.960
headed to the chase center for all of our championship Sunday activities so

07:39:18.960 --> 07:39:22.920
we hope to see you there but as you said we still have a lot of battles

07:39:22.920 --> 07:39:26.320
left to go today and we have moved our way through I think about like

07:39:26.320 --> 07:39:33.180
65 70% of the groups. We're going to continue to see these trainers that had not yet appeared on the stream

07:39:33.180 --> 07:39:37.120
I tell you what some people are already locked in for day number two

07:39:37.120 --> 07:39:44.720
They're taking a rest others are still tapping here and some people who are up next are in the winners group of their finals

07:39:44.720 --> 07:39:50.460
They're about to join the people in that and one of these trainers is someone who was a finalist a couple years ago

07:39:50.960 --> 07:39:55.320
And I think he was trying to do you think so what was it in Hawaii?

07:39:56.320 --> 07:40:00.280
been. Let's go ahead and take a look at the stage. All right on the left side of

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your screen is Jinz hailing from Australia and then inadequates on the

07:40:05.000 --> 07:40:09.280
right side. A lot of trainers familiar with European PVP are very well

07:40:09.280 --> 07:40:14.040
acquainted with that trainer and he's done it against all odds. He brings the

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shadow gear Tina altered form to the world championships and he's done

07:40:18.200 --> 07:40:21.600
pretty well with it so far. If you guys have been paying attention to the

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brackets and you can use that exclamation point bracket to see how

07:40:24.600 --> 07:40:30.280
everything is going. You've seen that there are so many fierce competitors here in group J,

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Jins and inadequate have been able to make it here to that winter side of the bracket,

07:40:34.280 --> 07:40:38.520
but it all comes down to this moment for them to see who will be making it on on that winter side

07:40:38.520 --> 07:40:43.560
for day number two. Jins, an Australian trainer who has recently moved to North America and also

07:40:43.560 --> 07:40:48.440
has been competing quite a bit there. Jins definitely powerful, definitely formidable.

07:40:48.440 --> 07:40:51.720
I know that our OC trainers don't get as much coverage as some of the other regions,

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but they aren't equally as talented couple of key picks. I wanted to mention here the car being

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virgin's if I'm not mistaken, this is the first time you've seen it. Maybe the second this entire

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weekend and then on inadequacies team, you, I know that you're thinking about that shadow gear to

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an altered form, but how about poly wrath? What was martyne cooking with that? Because I mean,

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if you want a water type that beats other water types, poly wrath is pretty good. I mean,

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not only that you said earlier on, well, I don't think anyone is actually going to bring in a

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lowland nine tells, we have one of those on the team of inadequate as well. He's known

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for his different type of team compositions. This man has made quite a few things work

07:41:31.160 --> 07:41:37.680
so far this season, grabbing two regional championships in Europe to be able to get him qualified

07:41:37.680 --> 07:41:42.480
for this world championship here. A few movesets I wanted to point out here, particularly

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on inadequacy side that shadow gear Tina Alter form is shadow claw shadow sneak and dragon

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no ancient power, so it's going to struggle a little bit in match-ups like versus Pidgeot.

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And then the Poliwrath, I know a lot of trainers are playing much shot.

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He opted for counter as well as icy wind and dynamic punch.

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He's going to have a little bit more fast attack pressure, but a little less charge attack pressure.

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So we'll see how much pressure these trainers are going to put into these match-ups,

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because we're getting ready for game number one, getting locked in here.

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Take it to the stage.

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We have a great lead for Nadequinser, that Pidgeot up against the Lowland Ninetales.

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nine tails and you see Jin's immediately pivot out into Glaring Corsula.

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She'll be met by hard counter, Thiebel.

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Oh no, Jin smiled as soon as he saw the lead and this has gone from bad to disaster because

07:42:29.240 --> 07:42:32.000
Thiebel is going to devour Glaring Corsula.

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I said on the pre-show Amanda that Inadequates' teams are generally prediction heavy.

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Oh!

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But the boost adds insult to injury here.

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Power Jin getting fired off and I don't think Inadequates even needs to shield

07:42:43.920 --> 07:42:44.920
this.

07:42:44.920 --> 07:42:46.480
and it's getting mean here.

07:42:46.480 --> 07:42:50.000
It's boosted up, it's taking out a bulky Pokemon

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and it's gonna be able to hit whatever comes in now.

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Will it be an icy wind for the Pidgeot

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or will it be a nice, very heavy hitting

07:42:57.280 --> 07:42:59.520
now that it's boosted into the Meralak

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or also icy wind because that's also super effective.

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He's got three more sucker punches,

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maybe more because the gust damage has not yet applied,

07:43:07.720 --> 07:43:09.840
goes for the Night Slash and you know what,

07:43:09.840 --> 07:43:11.160
you're only gonna get one charge attack anyway.

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He pulls the shield with it

07:43:12.960 --> 07:43:14.560
and the older dodge is true Amanda.

07:43:14.560 --> 07:43:19.040
when it rains, it pours great time in here. Going come back in with that Alolan

07:43:19.040 --> 07:43:22.460
Ninetales. This time the pitcher does have a little bit of energy stored in an

07:43:22.460 --> 07:43:25.960
adequate pudding up that protect shield there wants to make sure that he's not

07:43:25.960 --> 07:43:30.160
going to be able to take much in just an air cutter and now also going ahead and

07:43:30.160 --> 07:43:34.360
getting a boost on the side of Jim's Alolan Ninetales with weather ball ice

07:43:34.360 --> 07:43:37.840
as well as chilling water. So it does have a little bit of a way to fight

07:43:37.840 --> 07:43:42.760
back against this counter counterpart but these gusts are relentless and that

07:43:42.760 --> 07:43:46.260
heat wave if it can actually be devastating. So an adequate shield that up.

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Double shielded Alolan Ninetales here. Corsula out of the way. Pidgeot down

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very very low and now it comes in. Kanto Marowak which doesn't want to see the

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Lola Ninetales either. Jens playing very ABA weak to the Lola Ninetales which

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was in the lead. And look at them laughing. Anatequins knows that he has

07:44:04.580 --> 07:44:08.140
a third Pokemon that could answer this Kanto Marowak but he might not even

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need to show it because his Alolan Ninetales is ice-typing. It's just

07:44:12.180 --> 07:44:14.760
so valuable. It's hard to bring ice and they take a ton.

07:44:14.760 --> 07:44:17.640
Cantal nightdales meta, but I think an adequate smart have found

07:44:17.640 --> 07:44:20.600
the only way to do it going ahead. Throwing that last

07:44:20.600 --> 07:44:23.260
weather ball should be enough to take out that cantal

07:44:23.260 --> 07:44:26.840
mero at this point. Pidgeot is going to be, uh, well, you

07:44:26.840 --> 07:44:29.600
know, coming back in, but going down rather quickly.

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This is icing on the cake because an adequate did not

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even need to show his third Pokemon. So not only did he

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win lead, win swap, get a night slash boost, win

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closing matchups but he also kept his last Pokemon a secret from Jin so he

07:44:46.160 --> 07:44:49.800
doesn't even know what to prep for in game two. I mean they're both laughing and

07:44:49.800 --> 07:44:53.680
smiling but Jin has to be kind of like smiling through the pain there because

07:44:53.680 --> 07:44:58.000
he was predicted. White heart in that matchup and an avatars had such a

07:44:58.000 --> 07:45:02.720
powerful lead like you pointed out. Also game one is usually a game where

07:45:02.720 --> 07:45:05.680
people like to kind of get some information. How does my opponent like

07:45:05.680 --> 07:45:11.680
not knowing your opponent's third Pokemon puts you on a huge disadvantage for game number two.

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As we take a look at inadequate's team, the team building is so unique because

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consider this matchup, consider that shadow bug bite fortress on Jin's side.

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You might say, okay, it's got a little bit of utility.

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Maybe I want to bring it next game to battle the Thiebel.

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Well, inadequate sandwiched it between a fairy type Alolan eintails

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and a fighting type Poliwraps.

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So he had built-in resistances in case he saw the Bugfighter coming.

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This team is so unique and there are levels to this, especially with typing management coverage.

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And we talked about it just briefly earlier on, but Jens was leading two Pokémon that was weak to that Alolan Ninetales.

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One in the front being that Pitya and the Merewap in the back that was also weak.

07:45:52.680 --> 07:45:55.680
So when you see it in the lead, it was such a risk for him.

07:45:55.680 --> 07:46:01.680
He had to swap out, but in doing so, he brought out his only counters to the Alolan Ninetales.

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You're absolutely right.

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And if you look at Jin's team, I mean, he's got the carving.

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He's got the dondo.

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So he's got answers for a lowly nine tails.

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But unless those answers are lined up, they're useless.

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And the Nataquins took a swift game one.

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Now it's up to Jin to kind of recenter himself,

07:46:16.680 --> 07:46:18.600
figure out how he wants to approach this game number two.

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Because he's very talented.

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All the way in the winners finals group, J.

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Game one, you know, sometimes alignment just

07:46:24.280 --> 07:46:25.520
doesn't go your way.

07:46:25.520 --> 07:46:27.480
Making it through the bracket to beat in the winners

07:46:27.480 --> 07:46:29.880
finals is no small feat.

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and Adequence has one more game to do to make it to day number two.

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Will Jyns be able to stop him as we pop into the battle here?

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We have Pidgeot Leap again versus that Shatter Gear Tina.

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An immediate swap out onto the Thiebel.

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Looks like Adequence playing a similar team,

07:46:43.320 --> 07:46:44.880
except for now the Jyrtina in the back.

07:46:44.880 --> 07:46:48.080
But it looks like Jyns went pretty much the same with D'Andozo.

07:46:48.080 --> 07:46:48.840
Yeah, exactly.

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Relying on similar Pokémon here,

07:46:50.600 --> 07:46:52.920
but the Thiebel will force away the first Protect Shield.

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Do we get another boost from Adequence?

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No, we do not in game two.

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At least not yet.

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Yeah.

07:46:57.560 --> 07:46:59.280
You can't keep getting away with this, right?

07:46:59.280 --> 07:47:01.880
Going ahead, now going for it, Eric Cutter does he want to

07:47:01.880 --> 07:47:06.000
product a shield, immediately decides not to do so here as this Eric Cutter will

07:47:06.000 --> 07:47:09.960
connect with the feeble, not so down to the low red, but now being able to still

07:47:09.960 --> 07:47:13.280
get off that night slash. Yeah, not wanting to risk anything, does not even go

07:47:13.280 --> 07:47:17.000
for the sucker punch, just the night slash. Jens weighing his options decides

07:47:17.000 --> 07:47:20.960
to tip the scale towards the protect shield. There's a gear Tina and an

07:47:20.960 --> 07:47:23.360
alolan itails, but he's an adipence point to show his third

07:47:23.360 --> 07:47:27.520
Pokemon this early. Going ahead now, waiting out that switch timer very

07:47:27.520 --> 07:47:30.520
smartly and now coming in with that Alolan Ninetales.

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Remember, there is a heat wave here.

07:47:32.520 --> 07:47:35.520
And the Inadequates has two shields, but last time he's Jim's baby first.

07:47:35.520 --> 07:47:38.520
And Inadequates calls it here, doesn't shield it up.

07:47:38.520 --> 07:47:40.520
Air Cutter connects, but it doesn't do much damage.

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Immediately pivoting into that poor slur.

07:47:42.520 --> 07:47:44.520
And Inadequates looks like he's staying in.

07:47:44.520 --> 07:47:46.520
He's going to chip it a little bit before going in with that Baratini.

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That was an unbelievably diabolical bait call there.

07:47:50.520 --> 07:47:53.520
As Inadequates, if you would have lost his Alolan Ninetales,

07:47:53.520 --> 07:47:56.520
would have been down to just one Pokemon at the midpoint of the game.

07:47:56.520 --> 07:48:01.280
game but he trusts in himself and calls it perfectly. Here comes the first

07:48:01.280 --> 07:48:04.280
protector for inadequacy. He's got to respect this nightshade. Even though the

07:48:04.280 --> 07:48:06.960
nightshade is not going to be doing as much damage because of that chillin'

07:48:06.960 --> 07:48:10.560
water, it's still going to do a lot too. This Pokemon he wants to protect it up

07:48:10.560 --> 07:48:14.200
at all costs, charging up a ton of energy, throwing right before the next

07:48:14.200 --> 07:48:17.800
one is available. Great timing there by inadequacy and this should be enough

07:48:17.800 --> 07:48:21.360
to do a lot of damage to that course. Shadow Sneak might mess around and knock

07:48:21.360 --> 07:48:24.400
out the course line. It does. Out comes a Pidgeot which has been a

07:48:24.400 --> 07:48:26.400
a thorn in the side of an

07:48:26.400 --> 07:48:28.400
adiquance here so far out.

07:48:28.400 --> 07:48:30.400
It's going to go ahead and no shield this.

07:48:30.400 --> 07:48:32.400
I mean, air cutter, heat wave,

07:48:32.400 --> 07:48:34.400
neither one is going to threaten to knock out this range.

07:48:34.400 --> 07:48:36.400
Thorn ahead, just taking it, but the big problem is

07:48:36.400 --> 07:48:38.400
neither one of the best attacks of the side

07:48:38.400 --> 07:48:40.400
of an adiquance is either going to be too much.

07:48:40.400 --> 07:48:42.400
Coming back and sniping there, getting some extra

07:48:42.400 --> 07:48:44.400
energy as the Puget goes down. We see

07:48:44.400 --> 07:48:46.400
the third. It's going to be that Don Dozo.

07:48:46.400 --> 07:48:48.400
No protection of luck on Jin's side,

07:48:48.400 --> 07:48:50.400
but very low health Pokemon on the side

07:48:50.400 --> 07:48:52.400
of an adiquance. Mechanically, very

07:48:52.400 --> 07:48:59.500
But this don dozo is a watery wall that's going to be so hard to break through and that it has a lot of energy on

07:48:59.500 --> 07:49:06.520
His gear Tina, but what's stopping Jim from just farming all the way down throwing an outrage and tanking whatever that gear Tina

07:49:06.520 --> 07:49:09.580
Can throw at it going ahead this weather fall will connect

07:49:09.580 --> 07:49:15.340
There is some energy on your Tina, but there's a ton of energy on the don dozo and only one shield to hide behind

07:49:15.340 --> 07:49:20.640
Will this be a bait will this be the outrage or will he not even get a chance as he goes for another fast attack

07:49:20.640 --> 07:49:24.480
Wait, there's still a protect shield in place, so Jyns might have to go for the waterfall down.

07:49:24.480 --> 07:49:27.920
First dragon claw connects. Does he have a second one? No, he's not even there!

07:49:27.920 --> 07:49:34.560
Wow, look how incredibly close those margins are as Jyns is able to take game number two

07:49:34.560 --> 07:49:39.760
in the winner's finals for Minatico. It's one of the most decorated trainers we have this season.

07:49:39.760 --> 07:49:46.640
Running back very similar Pokemon in game number two. Jyns was not, I guess, discouraged by that

07:49:46.640 --> 07:49:53.440
Game number one matchup madness that he ran into at this point though and adequate series has been evened up one one

07:49:53.760 --> 07:49:58.880
Jens is proving why he is here in the winners finals group J at the world championships

07:49:58.880 --> 07:50:01.440
And I think that both trainers need to lock in for this next game

07:50:01.440 --> 07:50:05.280
I mean Pidgeot in the lead for that first game was very scary for him

07:50:05.280 --> 07:50:08.880
But Pidgeot in the lead game to look very very precise

07:50:08.880 --> 07:50:15.080
And I think jens is happy with how that game turned out tying up the series and look how much damage

07:50:15.080 --> 07:50:19.560
He's done two more time that pitch you out. I think you nailed it Amanda

07:50:19.560 --> 07:50:24.640
That is the number one Pokemon that I think an addictons has to watch out for in this decisive game number three

07:50:24.640 --> 07:50:29.740
Got to find a way to counter it and if you do you kind of box yourself in because you say, okay

07:50:29.740 --> 07:50:34.560
Well, I have to bring the alolan itails to beat it handedly, but then that tells Jin's that okay

07:50:34.560 --> 07:50:39.840
Don Dozo is safe against my team or maybe the you can bring back the carving for the first time, right?

07:50:39.840 --> 07:50:44.240
There's so many different windows of opportunity that that opens so heading into game number three

07:50:44.240 --> 07:50:50.760
This is really anyone's series from those which is a too much bulk to get through in that last game being able to take that waterfall

07:50:50.760 --> 07:50:56.720
Knock out in Adequates and that I tell you what I get excited about things like this because that means we get to see it's more

07:50:57.000 --> 07:51:05.160
Engaging gameplay especially at this super high level you're exactly right a Pokemon that would be able to answer done those as we've talked

07:51:05.160 --> 07:51:07.880
About is the poly wrath it was on the game one team

07:51:07.880 --> 07:51:12.860
does inadequate kind of toy with the idea maybe it bringing it in this decisive

07:51:12.860 --> 07:51:16.820
game three when Pidgeot has been out of its roost and all over the field and

07:51:16.820 --> 07:51:19.780
that's the thing with gins do right he had no idea that the polyrath was in the

07:51:19.780 --> 07:51:23.780
first game he didn't really adapt too much because of that specific Pokemon

07:51:23.780 --> 07:51:26.900
maybe he thought your team was in the back the whole time the other to say

07:51:26.900 --> 07:51:29.220
and says you know what all right I'm just gonna play it a little bit

07:51:29.220 --> 07:51:32.140
differently a little bit better and it really worked out for him there for

07:51:32.140 --> 07:51:36.900
game number two one of our trainers has locked in decisive game three here

07:51:36.900 --> 07:51:43.780
Winners finals. Let's see who advances to day two on the winner side. He made a prediction in game number one.

07:51:43.780 --> 07:51:48.500
He does it again in game number three. Alola Knight tells versus the shadow Pidgeot.

07:51:48.500 --> 07:51:55.740
This time Jens is not ABA weak, so now that he pivots out it's not going to be as bad and an adequate stays in a little bit longer,

07:51:55.740 --> 07:52:00.420
which I think is sort of proving that there's not that evil there to answer the Corsola.

07:52:00.540 --> 07:52:06.620
Also going for the leather baller cases a little bit quicker, but does not lower the attack of the Corsola.

07:52:06.900 --> 07:52:11.540
You're exactly right and we've been talking about a little nine tails is the only answer for Pidgeot

07:52:11.540 --> 07:52:13.700
But how about a steel water type?

07:52:13.700 --> 07:52:18.020
Maybe something like impoleon could also try its wares against a Pidgeot

07:52:18.020 --> 07:52:22.900
So an etiquette now has built himself in a couple of options and if that poly wrath were to get up energy

07:52:22.900 --> 07:52:27.700
It also has icy wind to threaten so he's very strong into that normal flying type Pokemon this game

07:52:27.700 --> 07:52:32.860
I mean we've seen how well hanto nine tails has done and a little nine tails pacing just as quickly to these

07:52:32.860 --> 07:52:38.940
weather ball so doing what the you know nine tails essentially can do knocking out this big old

07:52:38.940 --> 07:52:45.100
course look like just getting to attacks so much quicker and Adequan says invest one shield already

07:52:45.100 --> 07:52:48.700
and now he gets addicted what comes in as the don't doze it comes in he has every opportunity if

07:52:48.700 --> 07:52:53.180
he wants to swap out and keep it or maybe he just comes stays in a little bit longer banking

07:52:53.180 --> 07:52:57.660
almost two weather balls worth of energy and go to throw one here I don't know if jim has any

07:52:57.660 --> 07:53:02.220
reason to shield he knows the move sets it's on the team sheet there weather ball ice and

07:53:02.220 --> 07:53:05.860
Chilling water neither going to be super effective, but inadequate is going to force

07:53:05.860 --> 07:53:09.100
the Sandozo to do something to remove the night tails from the field.

07:53:09.900 --> 07:53:13.140
And tells a little animation to flip in its hair right before it flips that

07:53:13.140 --> 07:53:15.780
weather ball up into the air to hit the Dandozo.

07:53:15.900 --> 07:53:17.980
As you can see, it's just so bulky.

07:53:17.980 --> 07:53:20.700
It's getting so much energy, complete farm down.

07:53:20.900 --> 07:53:24.340
And now that poly wrath comes in and it's going to have to take an outrage.

07:53:24.380 --> 07:53:25.620
Counter poly wrath.

07:53:25.620 --> 07:53:26.500
What year is it?

07:53:26.500 --> 07:53:27.580
Is it 2021?

07:53:27.740 --> 07:53:30.700
This book on has not been met irrelevant for quite a while.

07:53:30.700 --> 07:53:33.460
but inatequence is showing us it still has a lot of fights.

07:53:33.460 --> 07:53:34.740
It's a blind swap!

07:53:34.740 --> 07:53:37.300
The prediction again, inatequence is ready.

07:53:37.300 --> 07:53:39.980
Both of these trainers swap at the exact same time.

07:53:39.980 --> 07:53:43.060
Jynz does have a shield advantage, but not anymore

07:53:43.060 --> 07:53:45.420
as he puts it up to protect himself from this community.

07:53:45.420 --> 07:53:46.980
They attack Hydra Cannon.

07:53:46.980 --> 07:53:48.860
They're gonna do a ton of damage there.

07:53:48.860 --> 07:53:51.260
Heatwave will also hit back at the Emporion,

07:53:51.260 --> 07:53:52.780
but he has to be able to get it.

07:53:52.780 --> 07:53:55.180
Does inatequence think this is a bait?

07:53:55.180 --> 07:53:57.940
That is the great question he's gonna let it through.

07:53:57.940 --> 07:53:59.660
It's only neutral, everybody,

07:53:59.660 --> 07:54:02.840
But it is a Shadow Pidgeot and that hurts a lot.

07:54:02.840 --> 07:54:05.340
He's going to be able to take away the final shield here with the Hydra Cannon.

07:54:05.340 --> 07:54:09.800
Pidgeot is being protected by Jyns, but how close is Poliwraff to a nice E-Win?

07:54:09.800 --> 07:54:13.640
This is a big, big thing because there's not much help left on this Empolium

07:54:13.640 --> 07:54:17.320
and the gust is able to take it down and it does a lot of damage to that Poliwraff.

07:54:17.320 --> 07:54:21.640
Poliwraff coming in, no energy on it whatsoever, but he's moving up the shield.

07:54:21.640 --> 07:54:26.560
This is so tough. Final Protect Shield goes up. Poliwraff all alone

07:54:26.560 --> 07:54:30.320
And there's a barrage of flying type attacks headed its direction.

07:54:30.320 --> 07:54:32.720
Closing in, can't get there.

07:54:32.720 --> 07:54:35.080
Oh, Polyrath did everything it could.

07:54:35.080 --> 07:54:38.360
You know, it really was on the bench the whole game, number one.

07:54:38.360 --> 07:54:40.160
Game three, it did make a showing.

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But unfortunately for inadequate, it wasn't enough to get past that shadow Pidgeot.

07:54:44.760 --> 07:54:47.280
And Jyn's advances on the day two.

07:54:47.280 --> 07:54:51.400
Ciri started with fireworks and ended in a fizzle for inadequate.

07:54:51.400 --> 07:54:54.880
But Jyn's proof that he's got what it takes to overcome

07:54:54.880 --> 07:55:00.220
those bad alignment matchups, fight his way back into the series and reverse sweep a legend

07:55:00.220 --> 07:55:05.520
like in adequate. A player from Australia being able to make it over North America start

07:55:05.520 --> 07:55:10.780
making waves over there. And now he's definitely doing so in San Francisco. Jens is a player

07:55:10.780 --> 07:55:15.300
you're going to want to keep your eyes on as he took down one of the most decorated

07:55:15.300 --> 07:55:19.640
trainers we have this year in the competitive circuit. So much nuance comes down to

07:55:19.640 --> 07:55:23.800
the moveset choices here. Again, counter polywes something we don't really think

07:55:23.800 --> 07:55:28.040
about where the guiratina altered form without ancient power so that Pitchie

07:55:28.040 --> 07:55:32.480
out was the right play and Jin's just kept on hammering it lead after lead

07:55:32.480 --> 07:55:37.200
after lead was not perturbed by inadequacies choices and I mean it

07:55:37.200 --> 07:55:41.160
says it speaks volumes about a trainer like Jin's that he's not rattled

07:55:41.160 --> 07:55:45.200
after what was a disastrous game one. I mean Pitchie out was really a shining

07:55:45.200 --> 07:55:49.320
Pokemon for him if you think about it Martyn has won two tournaments a

07:55:49.320 --> 07:55:52.680
season he's used guiratina in everything he basically made a blanket

07:55:52.680 --> 07:55:57.120
statement saying I'm bringing this to worlds and then you know that you have

07:55:57.120 --> 07:56:00.840
faith in it and say okay I have a Pokemon that actually does okay against it

07:56:00.840 --> 07:56:06.600
because I resist those fast attacks. Exactly finding ways out of that matchup

07:56:06.600 --> 07:56:10.040
set right there that blind swap I'm such a big fan of that and Antiquips knew

07:56:10.040 --> 07:56:13.760
the switch was coming he didn't even wait to see the typing's change in the

07:56:13.760 --> 07:56:17.000
top right corner of his screen he went straight to the Empolion but just

07:56:17.000 --> 07:56:20.160
being unable to keep pace especially with the Pidgeot with one or two

07:56:20.160 --> 07:56:24.880
just lead. It was just overwhelming in the end. I mean it was the call right there. You saw his face

07:56:24.880 --> 07:56:30.080
afterwards. If he would have shielded up that heat wave, it could have been a whole different ball

07:56:30.080 --> 07:56:33.840
game, but you don't know that's the whole thing when you have one shield, but is your opponent

07:56:33.840 --> 07:56:38.400
baiting to try to get that shield stripped away from you? Or is there going for the actual

07:56:38.400 --> 07:56:43.040
heavy hitting attack? Jens really played that super well. He baited game number two. He went

07:56:43.040 --> 07:56:47.440
straight for it game number three and it really proved successful for him. Congratulations to

07:56:47.440 --> 07:56:51.280
Jinz for advancing to day number two on the winners side bracket.

07:56:51.280 --> 07:56:53.780
He's proving that he can hang with the best of them.

07:56:53.780 --> 07:56:59.940
The adiquates, meanwhile, had a rocket start winning at rounds one and two over LDS hard Jeff and

07:56:59.940 --> 07:57:02.880
Ilum that kind of fizzled there on stage against Jinz.

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So the question now is, can the trainer from the Netherlands fight back,

07:57:07.620 --> 07:57:09.320
find his way back into the bracket?

07:57:09.320 --> 07:57:13.320
Like his fellow EU countryman, Potomand, did an EUIC.

07:57:13.820 --> 07:57:15.960
He didn't care that he fell down to lose his right bracket.

07:57:15.960 --> 07:57:17.400
He just fought his way through the rest of it.

07:57:17.400 --> 07:57:19.500
So maybe an adequate could do something similar.

07:57:19.500 --> 07:57:21.200
I mean, in this double elimination tournament,

07:57:21.200 --> 07:57:23.400
still anything is possible for him.

07:57:23.400 --> 07:57:25.500
He has top cut performances

07:57:25.500 --> 07:57:27.340
from coming from that loser side of the bracket.

07:57:27.340 --> 07:57:29.740
He has won tournaments coming from the loser side

07:57:29.740 --> 07:57:32.780
of the bracket, so definitely don't count him out yet.

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But in the meantime, there's still so many more

07:57:35.140 --> 07:57:36.680
great matches to be played.

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What a fun meta game we have, everybody.

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We knew that Kanto Ninetales,

07:57:40.320 --> 07:57:42.180
Licky Licky and Ticket Time would be

07:57:42.180 --> 07:57:43.360
the most common choices,

07:57:43.360 --> 07:57:45.920
but I don't know if anyone had Shadow Pidgeot

07:57:45.920 --> 07:57:51.200
their bingo cards or waterfall shadow Milotic or any of these fun pics that we've seen we're gonna

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head down to the stage here shortly though everybody as our trainers get their headphones on

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Auburn taking on Paul Garcia. Auburn is a GVL legend. Are you familiar with his accolades and

07:58:03.440 --> 07:58:10.080
his accomplishments? He's one of the people where he's quietly calm but extremely good at the

07:58:10.080 --> 07:58:15.440
game. He's a world's competitor multiple years in a row always really nice placements but never

07:58:15.440 --> 07:58:19.840
had the absolute breakout moment that people are like, oh, this is Auburn. Well, pay attention,

07:58:19.840 --> 07:58:25.840
because this could be that moment, winner's finals for group number K. Well, I just wanted to speak

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briefly. I mean, I knew Auburn's name two years before I ever met Auburn. It's because of the

07:58:31.680 --> 07:58:36.480
Go Battle League accolades being at the top of the leaderboards year in, year out, month after

07:58:36.480 --> 07:58:41.520
month, season after season. This is a trainer that has dominated the blind format. And then

07:58:41.520 --> 07:58:46.480
I'm so excited a couple years ago when he made the transition over to the show six pick three format

07:58:46.480 --> 07:58:52.340
He's been in a grand finals before he was defeated by Richie for a member right that was the Swampert team from Richie

07:58:52.340 --> 07:58:53.980
That just overpowered Albert

07:58:53.980 --> 07:58:58.540
He wasn't able to to rain that Pokemon in but he's actually in the winners finals here in group K

07:58:58.540 --> 07:59:03.060
So for all of our elderly trainers out there that are 25 and up

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Maybe there is a chance for us yet and if you take a look at the team compositions of both Albert and Paul Garcia

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They have very similar things in common all four of the six Pokemon are the same

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But the real difference is between that and pull the on the Malamar

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Floridus and the tank of time that is on the side of Auburn. Yeah, you nailed it

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I think for those of the standout picks and a lot will revolve around that

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There's always a question of move sets and we have not seen a trailblaze

07:59:28.460 --> 07:59:30.940
Floridus and any of our casting rotations Amanda

07:59:30.940 --> 07:59:35.760
We're gonna get another disarming voice Floridus and that Malamar across the board from it

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looks like the number one target. So Malamar we saw a little bit earlier when boom 20 it was playing

07:59:41.040 --> 07:59:46.240
it I wonder if it's a big part of Auburn's team building abilities as well because as we've mentioned

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when there are fairy type pokemon when there are pokemon that have actual fairy type attacks like

07:59:50.240 --> 07:59:56.160
you just point out with disarming voice Malamar gets a little bit scared in a bug bite fortress

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I'm still trying to struggle to find its placement in the meta but people who have been using it

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and have obviously been piloting it to success.

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Well, Malamar is flexible.

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Just need to avoid some of those really tough matchups.

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And let's see if Paul Garcia is able to do that.

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Couple other things I wanted to note.

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First of all, we have a regular Kanto Meriwak,

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not purified, not shadow on one side.

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And then we have a shadow Kanto Meriwak on Auburn's team.

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So a little difference there,

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a little difference in potency and also defense.

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But I do think that the mudslap,

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Although in spite of all the nerfs, it's still a very powerful fast attack.

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I think a lot of people have been opting for different types of ground Pokemon during this tournament.

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We've seen a lot of the Kanto Marillax, but we've also seen a couple more fringe picks, such as like a Hapowodon earlier on.

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And I mean, so let us know what you think is the best. I haven't seen much Diggerspeed.

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Oh yeah, that's actually a good point. I haven't seen it either.

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And you would think Diggerspeed has got a lot of opportunity in these matchups.

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I mean, I guess you've got like really hard losses to things like

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man team. That's pretty rough.

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Unless you're running hyper being big as you, but that would be

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but yeah, I think that it does actually have a place in the meta.

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The more definitely hit back against the canton nine tails.

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Yeah, hit back against Tinkitons against the licky, licky is I mean,

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there's there's quite a few things that it has targets for,

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but you're absolutely right with man can being so prevalent in this meta,

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not being able to throw anything at it kind of puts a damper on that usage.

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our trainers are thinking things over, reading those team sheets, making game

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plans, right? Probably thinking if I lead Tinketon, for example, and I encounter

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Kanto Ninetales, what's my safe spot? What do I pivot to? They're already thinking

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two or three steps ahead. In terms of team composition, they say, well if my

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opponent is leading Kanto Ninetales, what are they likely to bring? How do they

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protect that Pokemon from my pick man team, for example? And once you have a

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team that is very similar to your opponent, it's using a lot of meta

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Pokemon like we kind of point out earlier those the nine tails the tinketons the licky-lickies the

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mantines uh then you really have to start wondering okay are these meta for the reason that I should

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be playing them like how well do they synergize together or can I take a pokemon that I kind of

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picked to be one of my more spicy or fringe picks and make them work within that uh that

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context exactly super satisfying when you can make those spicy pokemon work but sometimes

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He's got to reach for old reliable whatever Pokemon is strong in the current meta game

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Go ahead and take that Pokemon and see how far you can go with it

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One of our trainers has locked in the other one just followed suit. All right, everybody

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We're headed to our winners finals for group K. Let's get started going ahead leading that

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Tinket on on the side of Auburn up against the floor just so we've got some very on fairy damage here going on

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on immediate pivot out by

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progress into that man team,

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which handles that tip.

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It's a much more comfortable.

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It does.

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We've talked about this matchup

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quite a few times already today on Friday.

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Gigaton hammer hurts.

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You're going to need at least two

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plus a bunch of fairy wins to pick up the KO,

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but no swap out until late.

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In comes Licky Licky.

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Licky Licky will come in to

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stop up all of this damage,

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but there's quite a bit of energy

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on the mansion already throwing

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that first water pulse,

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which you can see was a nice

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chunk of the Licky Licky.

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and Licky will now start to pace accordingly here,

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just going all the way up for the shadow ball.

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And look at Auburn, he's not fooling around,

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he's going straight for that shadow ball.

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Does Paul Garcia think that it's just a bodice invader?

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Is he gonna put up a shield?

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Great shield call there.

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Man team could have endured, sure.

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But if you wanna get off all this energy

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and maybe another charge sack,

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you have to protect shield there.

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Paul Garcia with a great call out.

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Switch timer's also displaced by about 15 seconds

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so Paul Garcia can't pivot out if he so chooses.

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Looks like he's gonna be able to take that.

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Auburn's going for one more

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and actually going for another rollout

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while this Twister will go.

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Auburn uses his protection

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because there's a little bit of energy left,

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but are we gonna see a catch

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under something that a bodice would not do much damage on?

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I don't know, it could be possible.

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A bodice then coming through here,

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this will pick up a knockout.

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Paul Garcia has to decide if he's gonna continue to

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invest in the man team, decides to let it go,

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save his final protection for his other two Pokemon.

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Oh, this isn't bad.

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I mean, with the Licky, Licky, this low,

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anything can come in and get a farm down

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and get a little bit of extra energy.

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That's exactly what Paul Garcia does.

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With the Empolion, now Empolion has a two mental signs advantage, coming in with the

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Mantian up on Albert's side. Going for the heavier hitting attack here. Don't

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want to throw the Water-type damage into a Water-Flight Pokemon. This is such an

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awkward matchup. Like trying to grab a slippery bar of soap, neither one of these

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Water-type Pokemon can really wrestle away the matchup until late in its

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progression. So another charge attack coming through this time. Waterfall

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should be maintained. Waterfall is going to be able to connect as

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Pogger see it doesn't put up a shield here, but employee on only at about half

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healthy don't want to swap a ticket to into a loaded and pulling on either so

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Auburn forces state into this kind of uncomfortable overall matchup it is

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pretty neutral it does take a bit of time to pace to that next water pulls

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both of these trainers have one shield but and actually Pogger say tries to

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catch give it back into his forges to now met with the time we're back to

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where we started yeah tries to catch the charge attack there but fails I

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I think the floor just is all we hope is to try to slow down this tinketon as much as possible as the first chilling water connects

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They'll look for a second one kind of throw the gigaton hammer for that second one comes through right right

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Right question mark. No, Auburn definitely has a plan for this as he just continues to swing that hammer take the chilling waters

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Lower the attack of the tinketon, but even double debuff still would do so much damage to this fairy type Pokemon

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And Paul Garcia goes in just lets it go

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maybe looking for a very wind down double give up ticket ticket tons gigaton

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hammer does so much damage still bulldozed to boot as well perfectly and

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perfectly managed by Auburn he's got the energy he needs for the next charge

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attack over cozy not even shielding it up even though it is super effective

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damage just wants to try to get off as much as possible here but going for

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right for charge attack priority and if you notice he's going for the group

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that gets the shield here just in case Auburn decided he wanted to bring

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that Mantian in as a safe swap.

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Yeah, I was thinking of the swap.

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Brassling, oh catch, catch, it'd be flashy, it'd be cool.

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But honestly, if you are taking a turn

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and you can deal the damage, just lock him

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in a charge stack priority, take that shield, or the KO,

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and then bring out the Mantian.

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Yeah, but this is what we call a combination play here,

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getting that last shield with the bulldoze

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and finishing it off with the water pulse

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and Auburn takes the game, number one from Paul Garcia

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and he wins his final screw kick.

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Well played, we started off with a fairly odd pairing

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of the Florgis and Tinketon went into a very mushy water versus water matchup.

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But eventually we got to the end of that game.

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That was just the number one, though.

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Game number two, I think some adjustments are in order.

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Well, what are the adjustments that you're thinking of?

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Great question.

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I mean, a lot of it comes down to alignment

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and I didn't really see too many openings for different Pokemon.

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I mean, if you're Paul Garcia, maybe you're thinking about the Kanto Ninetales.

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But last game, not only was there a rollout, Licky Licky,

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but also a man team to continue with.

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So you can't really answer that ticket time

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with a hard pick like kids on itales,

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unless you're willing to take a big risk.

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I mean, Mantis is on both of the teams here,

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and it's still a pretty safe Pokemon overall.

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When there's no electric types,

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it just seems to be a bit of a menace.

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I've been talking to some trainers.

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I know that the trainer from France, Megajunko,

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he is not a Mantian believer at all.

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He thinks that this is a Pokemon

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that should not be as popular as it is,

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And yet it was top four of day 12,

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or sorry, yeah, top four of the 12 in day one here.

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Make a jump though, and I should form a club

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because I'm not a big man team player myself,

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so I think we'd actually agree on that.

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Well, despite all of that,

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it seems to be doing quite well in the world championship.

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So maybe we should be taking notes from some of these trainers

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as Auburn was able to use it

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to quite successfully in game number one

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with that water pulls to knock out the employee on.

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But that was game one, guys.

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Guess what's happening now?

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We're jumping right into game number two.

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And Auburn jumps right into a disaster scenario here.

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Mantine and the lead, got to get the Kanto Meruak out

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of their ASAP, outcomes the Empolion to answer that.

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Licky, Licky, safe spot.

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Going ahead and immediately throwing that Shadow Ball

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to before the Empolion even gets to attack.

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No projection of use by Paul Garcia.

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Recognizes that even if it is the Shadow Ball,

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it's not going to be able to threaten and knock out

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at that stage.

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That's what shields are going to be used for later

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while you just gain up a ton of energy.

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I mean, both of these heavy hitters

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two charge attacks each to pick up the KO. So shield investment is going to start to be a question that weighs in both trainers minds as the first Hydro Cannon connects. The second one is cute and the pacing advantage goes to Empolion.

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It's really interesting though from the side of Auburn because if you have such a bad matchup like you had at the beginning with that Marowak versus the Mantine, you think maybe you were the one to try to keep alignment. But with a couple of mud slaps now, you are going to be able to threaten that rock slide at the Mantine that's coming in.

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So great play by Auburn.

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I've seen how Polyphoesia wants to respond

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because this Meroax got energy.

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I mean, we're kind of like in an inverted mirror situation,

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right?

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Shadowkits are Meroax versus Mantine right now,

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but we might get a regular Meroax versus a Mantine later.

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Watch side coming through just like you caught out in Anna

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and no shield.

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That's gonna hurt.

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Again, like I said, it needs to,

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and the fastest apps are not doing very much at all.

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Look at Auburn waiting to catch this waterfalls

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onto his own Mantine.

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And if you're Paul Garcia, what do you do?

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You don't want to swap out into a Merrill left to be in this,

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but now you have a very low health Mantine left.

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Exactly right.

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I just did the Scorsese Cinema back here off camera.

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What a swap and it catch from Auburn.

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Twister coming through here, neutral damage.

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We'll start to add up.

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Even on the bulkiest of Pokemon that like Mantine,

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and Auburn's got to decide when to throw.

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He says, you know what?

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I think now's a good time.

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Keep in mind both these trainers

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have two shields of Paul Garcia

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is now using his first one here.

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hoping that Auburn is going to do the same, but they aren't even energy and they have similar

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performance.

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Tries to go in to catch a Twister, but now comes in with that Marowak and this Waterpulse

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is going to hurt him.

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I mean, what are you going to do with your Paul Garcia, right?

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You can't try to call it.

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You're not going to get a Twister bait.

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It's definitely going to be the Waterpulse and Auburn suddenly has two protect shields

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to Paul Garcia's zero and he has played this matchup masterfully and so much of

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it comes down to that swap and catch of the Waterpulse earlier.

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They say that Merrill Wack is weeping behind that mask and I think it really might be doing

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so now because this is getting a little bit hard to deal with.

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No protect shield blocks on the side of Paul Garcia and Auburn has just used his first.

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He's got so much energy and I think he's, we're going to see him go ahead and just

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let this go through.

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At this stage in the game, Auburn is budgeting his HP.

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He wants to make sure that he has enough to withstand the wing attacks here.

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Hold on to that protector to case he needs it, which he does.

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So taking that single bone club is all he can afford to do.

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Final show comes up, and this game might be a wrap.

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Saving that show for a rainy or twistery type day,

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it seems.

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Putting that up, going for that rock side,

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knocking out the Manti and taking game number two here

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as the Cal Garcia's Meriwak comes back in,

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but just too little in the tank.

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And as you can see there on stage,

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that's Auburn's happy face once he wins.

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You can tell, very, very excited.

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Well played by both trainers on stage.

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Paul Garcia definitely put up a big fight.

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One of Mexico's best trainers,

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but Auburn looks to be in very, very good condition

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this late in the day.

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He will move on to day number two

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on the Winner Side Bracketing Group L.

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I mean, that's something, right?

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You know that he's known for Go Battle League,

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which is a blind three format.

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He's also proving his prowess here in the show,

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six pick three, making it on to day two

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on that Winner Side of the Bracket.

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Proving his prowess.

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Actually might write that one down. That's pretty good. All right

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What else what else is good, right? The man team that the canto mero act and the matchups that we saw

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So much of it right when you have similar Pokemon on both teams so much of that dividing line

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It's not a big flashy play. It's not a big knockout. It's not a big no shield

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It tends to be the small things the micro adjustments the swap the catch just one more fast tech here and there and

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And those little breaks start to build into a house and you build a big barrier between you and your opponent over time.

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And also one thing I'd like to point out besides that brilliant catch that really sparked that momentum in Auburn's favor,

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Auburn had a bad lead with that Kanto Merlwack up against a man team.

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And he went for switch in the licky-licky, but he didn't fight for switch advantage.

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Instead, he chose to get some extra energy on his own Merlwack when it came back in.

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So then it was more threatening to whatever was in the back and really powerful for him

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It's so fascinating because when the game begins

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I think a lot of trainers have a game plan

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They think they know what they want to do but then you encounter those unknown variables

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Which are your opponent and you have to adjust you say okay?

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I'm about a third of the way through the game. Does this look like a game?

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I can win it with protection advantage and then you get halfway through the game

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You say you know what I've got to use my protect shields now

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Maybe energy advantage is the way I'm gonna do this and then later on in the game

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you say you know what as long as I control switch advantage at this critical point, I think I get the alignment right and I can win this game

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There's so many different modes

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And I think that it's almost like a big web of different strategies that condenses down

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Like smaller and smaller and smaller until there's only one or two win conditions left

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But that's essential to get the end of the game

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Absolutely

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It's not just one single thing that you can do it's not like oh

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I'm always gonna play for switch advantage because that is going to guarantee me the winner always

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I'm gonna save my shield for my more frail Pokemon because I wanted to be able to hit harder

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No, you really have to analyze it second by second because that's how long turns can be in Pokemon blink

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And you miss it blink and you bump for one second you've given your opponent so much extra advantage

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Exactly, I mean just a late swap a couple seconds too late your opponent suddenly is keeping pace with your Pokemon

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It's supposed to counter it and then you're like oh my goodness

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Maybe I actually need to double shield here in order to maintain switch advantage so many different variables in competitive Pokemon

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go and we love to talk about them here especially such a high level like the world championships

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I mean you know I would never want to wipe my memory but if I experienced competitive

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Pokemon go for the first time watching this world oh man what a time the water time indeed

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I think a lot of trainers are thinking the same for the 30 and 30 year anniversary for Pokemon

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10 year anniversary for Pokemon go five years for us in this competitive circuit exactly

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And what a journey it's been.

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But the journey continues everybody.

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Remember, this is only Friday.

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We have a few more matches today

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and we will see tons of battles

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from start to finish on Saturday

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and then Championship Sunday will be on the main channel.

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So make sure to tune into that

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and follow this channel and that one to get notified.

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So next up, Ice Kris at H. Shearer.

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Look at the team of H. Shearer.

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A little bit of punky, I would say.

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We saw one Pengoro earlier on doing quite well.

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This is also on her team as well as a charger bug, which has been doing well.

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So Hikami playing it a little bit earlier on.

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We've seen some success with Pokemon that hasn't been as popular outside of

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that top 12 usage of day one.

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Exactly.

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We did see Marto have a bit of success with Altaria earlier.

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I think that the Pangoro, we also saw have an impact, especially against a

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Thiebel, right?

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But no Thiebels to be seen on the opposing side, but two soft targets in

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and Polyon and the Licky-Licky.

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So, 8-sheer, definitely a valued member,

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especially at the grassroots community in NA,

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often contributing to discussions on Discord

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or scrims and battles and getting prepped.

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I think a lot of trainers speak highly of her

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because they think that she's got the talent

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to make a deep run,

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even in the biggest stages like worlds.

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Absolutely, the talent, the wherewithal,

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the knowledge of Pokemon and their damages,

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these are all very important things

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that you have to take into account

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while you're building your teams.

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I know some people they like to build a team with a Pokemon that has a high attack because they know that if a Pokemon say

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Like I'm just gonna use looking like even though that's not the best example of a heavy hitting Pokemon

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But they want to win that mere matchup. They want to win that charge attack priority

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They want to be able to throw first well other people opt for bulk saying okay

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I know that if I have just a little more defense or a little more bulk to my name

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Then I'm gonna be able to survive a charge attack better and I'll be able to throw one more off

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These are things that people are taking into account.

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They're trying against the different opponents,

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they're trying against their friends,

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and they're also saying, okay,

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this could be the difference maker that it takes

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to help me win Worlds.

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I think a good example, if I could piggyback off

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of your theme there, was when Shadow Scissor

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was super top meta.

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And even before that, when Frostlass was super top meta,

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because essentially you'd be in a situation

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where you know that one charge attack

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could kale your Pokemon,

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and you're gonna be in a lot of mirror matches.

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So you might as well, you know, pick one with a little bit more attack, power that one up and use that instead.

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And you're right, that is something that a lot of changers are thinking about, especially given like, specific ranges of attack based on the Pokemon species, right?

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So you can, you can only punch so high as a Licky Licky, but if you're a Primeape, the sky is truly the limit.

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Another good example, speaking of Primeape was, do you remember when Shadow Annihilate or Annihilate was out and had Shadow Ball and not Rage Fist?

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There were so many mirror matches that I know a lot of trainers they were opting for absolutely the highest attack they could get because they did not want to lose that charge attack priority.

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I built one. You did? I built one with full attack. Oh my goodness. Yeah. Well, you never know. You never know what you're going to need it. That's true. It's absolutely true and I know a lot of people probably are still using it just on the off case that they're going to run into another annihilate here in the tournament.

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We haven't seen as many fighting type Pokemon as we anticipated early on but seeing the pangaro on the side of it

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Sure, there is one of them that has been making a little bit of leaves in this tournament in this matchup though

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Wait now actually in this matchup. I think it's got a lot of play

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Pangaro does have a bit of variety in its move set as well and double-checking here

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It looks like night slash close combat, which is pretty standard each year is gonna be running that set into this team

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She's got to avoid the floor just right but outside of that

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Pangaro's got a ton of neutral matchups and if it has shields

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I think it also wear down on a taria with the night slashes another point

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I was just looking at our ice Chris's team there with that for just another one running disarming voice in the past

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Floridus was often for trailblaze which boosts its own attack and the chilling water which lowered your opponent's attack

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This I'm just going for straight raw damage

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You're doing a little bit more with that disarming voice and hitting some things that are in the meadow for super effective damage

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No, you're exactly right. I think sometimes you do need just that forward aggressive

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Kind of strategy in order to close out matchups and take control of games

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Outside of that, I don't see too many moveset surprises. We are rocking in Altaria with Sky attack and flamethrower

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I know sometimes you'll see the moon blast

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But that's not very common in the championship series because there are so many steel type Pokemon and when you're a dragon type

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If you're weak just to you know ice or if you're gonna run into a wall against a steel type

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It's good to have a little fire up your sleeve

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I think so I think that they're a little bit happy about having that just a little extra

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Security and I also think because of fire type damage from like the nine tails that we've seen so often

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I think it's number two in this tournament

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That's why we're seeing a rise of the water type pokemons like the Dando's is in like the melodic that it's on eight shares team

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Let's get started everybody.

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Ice Chris taken on a cheer up

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Altaria versus Licky Licky.

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Definitely a neutral side matchup,

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but I think that overtime.

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Licky Licky will probably take the edge.

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Throwing ahead now just both of them

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charging up a ton of energy here.

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When there's a Licky Licky on the opposing side,

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even when you're at the shadow ball,

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you will see a lot of trainers.

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Maybe build up a little bit more or wait

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because shadow ball catches on to another Licky Licky.

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Just feel so disheartening.

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disheartening. No it truly does. It could be extremely deflating especially when

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you're trying to build momentum for your own side. Shield comes up actually on

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the second shadow ball and the pivot now into the shadow waterfall. My loader again

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so many water type Pokemon facing off Amanda. Going ahead now throwing the

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pick will be definitely doing more than the hydro cannon but my loader will

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be able to take it quite comfortably there and now it sure has a couple of

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options. The off-put tails aren't going to be doing much either or the

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but rap is going to lower the

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defense of the employee on so that

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might be what her plan is.

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Yeah, I think the waterfall pressure,

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even though it's negligible right now.

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After a debuff,

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it might start to pile on.

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Rap number one coming through here.

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Likely no shield for my Scris.

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He's only got one left and both

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of these attacks are going to be resisted.

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No shields to wrap as expected.

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Waterfalls. Oh,

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he does not want to stay around and

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see how comes the Altaria?

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Altaria coming in had a lot of energy there.

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It sure also only has one shield.

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chooses not to use it and the Melodic goes down.

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In comes that Licky Licky to start right back

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where we were at the very beginning.

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But this time, Altaria has a little bit more energy

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to start with and throws its sky attack.

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Still no protection of yours on Hshira's side.

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I'm starting to like how this matchup looks for Hshira.

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Her third Pokemon, as you can see,

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is the Mantine in the back.

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And the third Pokemon for Icecrisp

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is the Shadow Canto Marowak.

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So Shadow Ball coming through here

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to guarantee the knockout.

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I think Hshira might look for a pivot

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because she does not want to get much slapped down

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when the marijuana comes out.

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Yeah, no risky business there saying,

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OK, I'm just going to go ahead,

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throw this whatever comes in.

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We see it in immediate pivot,

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not even really noticing what it's going to be.

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And now coming in with that man thing,

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which has a great match of it,

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does need to be wary of the rock side,

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but it can take one comfortably.

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Yeah, exactly.

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And I think in terms of relative damage,

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the rock side is the most threatening charge tech

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still on the board for ice.

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Chris to throw eight shears away.

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Water pulse coming through here.

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Ice Chris might need a catch in order

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to win this game if I'm being honest.

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I mean, might need a catch,

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But he has quite a bit of energy as this first rock slide will go through the glass protection used from 8 shares side, making sure that the man team stays nice and healthy.

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And now actually going for the other water plus doesn't throw that rock slide right away.

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This is going to knock it down quite low.

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But keep in mind, this is a regular Kanto Merlwack and not a shadow on a shadow on might not have lived that quite so comfortably.

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Such a good call, Amanda.

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That's exactly right.

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Rockside number two will connect him to the man team, but the wing attacks are piling on as well.

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This kid to Marowak might actually faint though.

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Those from the Swapmates to the Epoion,

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does H. Sheeran over the energy,

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he goes for the Twister,

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and maybe Icecrest lost count.

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This Twister's gonna hurt.

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This Twister will be able to connect with the Epoion.

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It is part skill,

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but it is still going to be able to not be quite enough.

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Wow, just trying to do as much damage as he can

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before this Epoion goes down,

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but there's still that Licky Licky in the back

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with a little low health Marowak.

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Taropak connects, Licky Licky comes out.

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It's one roll out away,

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and Licky Licky might get the job done after all.

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H. Shira connects with the body slam and wins game one.

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Not taking any chances and I know that rollout doesn't do too much.

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That mudslap is going to do more damage.

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Let me go ahead and finish that off with the body slam.

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Taking that game in the winners' finals of Group L.

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Well done, H. Shira.

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It looked a little tedious there in the late goings of the matchup,

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but she ultimately found her way

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through a tricky team composition from Ice Chris in game number one.

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Chris is a trainer who's been well-known within our circuit as well. We've talked about H-Dara and this interesting team composition that she has put together.

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I know that you said before that you're not quite a man team believer. We saw a lot of it in the other team. We see it on her team as well.

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But what about the Charger book? Are you a Charger book believer?

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Well, I feel like my friends these while should be disappointed in me if I said I wasn't. So, I'm more of a Charger book believer than I am a man team believer.

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I think both of them definitely have places in this world's meta as we've seen quite a few

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Mantis and a couple of Charger book being able to do quite well with each other at the

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end getting to that cluster was something that really proved momentum behind her name

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there.

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But then the ice-cribbling able to get off this attack was just a little bit fun for

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us all to watch at home.

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Yeah, you know they say there's so many ways to cut a cake.

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I almost felt like each year when she saw that the twister didn't KO, who'd have

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done a blind swap over to the licky licky soaked the charge attack from the

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employee on there brought the man team back out and still rack up the game so

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there are a couple different avenues she could have taken she took the scenic route

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there let ice-crisp fire off the charge attack and then close it up saying okay

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one more charge attack for me as well that'll do it hop into game number two

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h-share wins this deal continue on to day two on that winners side of the

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bracket we have a licky licky up against an employee on here and

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Shadow Ball is being thrown.

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Shadow Ball against the Impoleon will deal meaningful damage.

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Sometimes you do get that early shield in order to protect your Pokemon's overall health,

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but not this time. In comes the Licky Licky into the Mantine, though.

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Oh my goodness, Ice Criss has got to work through this matchup,

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because Mantine last game was a headache.

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Going ahead now, throwing a Shadow Ball and actually hits that first shield.

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I'll make sure there's a, okay, probably a Shadow Ball.

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Want to be able to keep this healthy, has a lot of energy here.

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growing a water pulse of her own.

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Does ice cream want to respond with a shield and

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kind of no choosing to let this connect?

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Yeah, I think Licky Licky can absorb

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two water pulses here.

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Ring attacks don't threaten the KO either.

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So it's going to be a little bit tricky

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for each here to bring it down.

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Also, keep in mind the switch timers are

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a little displaced.

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I do think that one trainer would be able

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to swap for the other.

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Second water pulse though,

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still does not pull a shield.

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Keep in mind we do have two Licky Licky's here.

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You see him waiting there now throwing the shadowball

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would hate for that to land on the H Sheerah's low health one.

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But this one does connect, and you see him pivot out into the hole

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and I'm now saying, OK, let's see what we can do.

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And a quick pivot by H Sheerah into him loaded.

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Yeah, I really like the drill pack here.

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I think no matter what, you're probably

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going to throw that if you're ice crisp.

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But just having the awareness to not kind of go on autopilot

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there and throw a hydro cannon, well done by him.

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And I think that the pressure is really starting to mount.

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I don't know if you agree, but it

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feels like the momentum is really on Chris's side.

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H Sheerah looks like she's just playing defense right now.

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Going ahead, doing a lot of fancy spots.

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We have their whip timing here, but in the same breath,

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Ice-Cris still has two shields to his name

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and a lot of energy.

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I was going to say, why not just let the Napoleon

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go, come in Altaria and drag your breath down?

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You're not right at all.

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Let me see.

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The switch timer ends up getting so many dragon

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breaths.

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That's a lot of energy for that.

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Altaria has licky, licky, comes back and you try to do

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what it can do, but it might get a little bit

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for it tricky.

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Oh my goodness.

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Yes, it may.

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Sky attack going to get fired off here.

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No protect show from eight here on the lucky lucky.

08:26:31.440 --> 08:26:33.880
This Altaria looks to be in a commanding position.

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I do think a catch or a swap might be in the cards for eight here.

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But oh, this is actually the first step for her to come back into the game

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because the body sand bait killing away the shield is huge.

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A catch swap or a bait will take what we can get says eight here.

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And then she did get that first shield.

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Another sky attack coming through using the last protect shield.

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This Altaria is quite healthy, but you have to keep in mind

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that the switch timer is going to be a little bit misaligned they can swap at any moment.

08:27:01.000 --> 08:27:07.000
Another body slam does she get the double baits on the low-energy body slam ice Chris gives up

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both shields and each year is starting to build her way back she needs a shadow ball right now

08:27:11.960 --> 08:27:15.880
and the man team comes out and he's a twister as well. Going ahead and going for that twister

08:27:15.880 --> 08:27:21.400
right floor going for this this is a dragon type damage but it's not a dragon type Pokemon so

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doesn't have same type attack bonus.

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It is super effective, but Altaria hangs on

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to throw its own attack.

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You have to completely under charge here as Ice Kris.

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You can't do any damage.

08:27:31.120 --> 08:27:32.960
You have to farm down with Dragon Breath,

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try to get to another Sky Attack,

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but he might need to catch on Licky Licky

08:27:36.000 --> 08:27:37.600
to give himself any chance at all.

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Down goes the Mantine,

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and now there's still a little bit of energy,

08:27:40.560 --> 08:27:43.560
but Licky Licky still has a body slam loaded here.

08:27:43.560 --> 08:27:46.120
It's going for the Altaria number one.

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The real question is how much help is left

08:27:48.440 --> 08:27:50.840
on Ice Kris's Licky Licky in the back.

08:27:50.840 --> 08:27:52.480
Here comes Licky Licky.

08:27:52.480 --> 08:27:54.280
It's got nothing left!

08:27:54.280 --> 08:27:55.640
H.Shiira!

08:27:55.640 --> 08:27:57.880
2-0 over Ice-Chris!

08:27:57.880 --> 08:28:00.640
What an incredibly well-piloted game!

08:28:00.640 --> 08:28:02.160
What a series from her!

08:28:02.160 --> 08:28:05.360
H.Shiira popping off there at the end with that Licky Licky.

08:28:05.360 --> 08:28:06.760
So much energy!

08:28:06.760 --> 08:28:09.560
Two body slam bait skips, two shields,

08:28:09.560 --> 08:28:12.920
and then knocks out two Pokemon at the end.

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Two advanced today!

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Number two.

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Throwing the body slam immediately when Licky Licky came out,

08:28:19.200 --> 08:28:21.040
That was the absolute key.

08:28:21.040 --> 08:28:22.880
Ice Kris was going to say, okay,

08:28:22.880 --> 08:28:24.080
either she throws it immediately,

08:28:24.080 --> 08:28:25.560
either she throws a rollout,

08:28:25.560 --> 08:28:27.400
or she pauses and then throws.

08:28:27.400 --> 08:28:29.000
There were three different avenues.

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He could only choose one.

08:28:30.440 --> 08:28:31.680
And when he ducked left,

08:28:31.680 --> 08:28:34.760
H. Shearer was there with that haymaker to take the series.

08:28:34.760 --> 08:28:36.840
Wow, really, really close match.

08:28:36.840 --> 08:28:39.680
Both of those trainers were so concentrated within them.

08:28:39.680 --> 08:28:41.920
But in the end, there could only be one

08:28:41.920 --> 08:28:44.200
who advances congratulations to H. Shearer

08:28:44.200 --> 08:28:46.240
for being the woman who did so.

08:28:46.240 --> 08:28:47.920
Such an incredible series.

08:28:47.920 --> 08:28:50.800
And Ice Kris is a fantastic trainer, right?

08:28:50.800 --> 08:28:53.320
This is another player who's always topping those

08:28:53.320 --> 08:28:54.640
Go Battle League leaderboards,

08:28:54.640 --> 08:28:57.320
has consistently competed at the regional level.

08:28:57.320 --> 08:28:58.840
I mean, he's incredibly formidable,

08:28:58.840 --> 08:29:00.440
and he was in the group finals as well.

08:29:00.440 --> 08:29:03.440
So both of those trainers outstanding individually,

08:29:03.440 --> 08:29:05.680
but each year it was better Friday

08:29:05.680 --> 08:29:07.560
at the World Championships in 2026.

08:29:07.560 --> 08:29:08.960
And if you're a big fan of Ice Kris,

08:29:08.960 --> 08:29:11.160
like I know a lot of people who are

08:29:11.160 --> 08:29:12.760
are living in the chats, don't worry.

08:29:12.760 --> 08:29:14.600
We might see a little bit more of him later on

08:29:14.600 --> 08:29:16.760
as he just drops down to that loser side

08:29:16.760 --> 08:29:19.040
the bracket in this double elimination tournament.

08:29:19.040 --> 08:29:20.280
I'm just so impressed, right?

08:29:20.280 --> 08:29:22.480
Game number one, fantastic from H.Sherrah.

08:29:22.480 --> 08:29:25.600
Game number two, still, I stick to that point.

08:29:25.600 --> 08:29:26.880
I felt like she was playing defense

08:29:26.880 --> 08:29:28.760
for three quarters of that game.

08:29:28.760 --> 08:29:30.360
And then when she saw the opening,

08:29:30.360 --> 08:29:31.800
she shot through the gap,

08:29:31.800 --> 08:29:34.040
was able to win in stunning fashion.

08:29:34.040 --> 08:29:35.760
I mean, we've seen it quite a few times

08:29:35.760 --> 08:29:37.400
so far in the World Championships.

08:29:37.400 --> 08:29:39.120
When there are games going on,

08:29:39.120 --> 08:29:42.000
we see this with two protect shields even.

08:29:42.000 --> 08:29:44.160
Baiting is so dangerous,

08:29:44.160 --> 08:29:46.860
but it's gonna haze off, it haze off.

08:29:46.860 --> 08:29:49.060
If H-Shared didn't bait those times

08:29:49.060 --> 08:29:50.260
and those were shadow balls

08:29:50.260 --> 08:29:51.700
and they were both shielded up,

08:29:51.700 --> 08:29:53.500
she would not have had enough energy

08:29:53.500 --> 08:29:56.500
to knock out both Altair and that Licky with the Indian.

08:29:56.500 --> 08:29:57.500
You're 100% right.

08:29:57.500 --> 08:30:00.340
If the double bait fails, if anything goes wrong

08:30:00.340 --> 08:30:04.300
in that long plan of hers, the whole thing comes apart.

08:30:04.300 --> 08:30:07.820
But she executed flawlessly in order to win it.

08:30:07.820 --> 08:30:10.340
Yeah, I mean, just right there.

08:30:10.340 --> 08:30:12.540
Ice-Cris thought, okay, she throws a roll out,

08:30:12.540 --> 08:30:15.160
She pauses something else happens with the one thing.

08:30:15.160 --> 08:30:17.820
He didn't want to happen is exactly what she did.

08:30:17.820 --> 08:30:20.140
No, no, no, I'm throwing it right away.

08:30:20.140 --> 08:30:23.860
And I just love the smile on her face when she recognizes this is it.

08:30:23.860 --> 08:30:27.940
This is the moment that I am moving on in the tournament.

08:30:27.940 --> 08:30:31.220
Wow, absolutely incredible games there.

08:30:31.220 --> 08:30:34.140
Day two, eight, Shira is going to hit different everybody.

08:30:34.140 --> 08:30:37.420
I cannot wait to see them battle it out tomorrow.

08:30:37.420 --> 08:30:38.580
I'll tell you what a minute.

08:30:38.580 --> 08:30:39.620
We commented in the battle.

08:30:39.620 --> 08:30:41.260
So we have our own opinions and thoughts.

08:30:41.260 --> 08:30:43.360
But I want to hear from the trainer herself.

08:30:43.360 --> 08:30:45.220
Fareed, what's H. Shearer got to say?

08:30:47.720 --> 08:30:49.900
We're very lucky to be joined by Heather,

08:30:49.900 --> 08:30:53.260
also known as H. Shearer, winner of that last match,

08:30:53.260 --> 08:30:55.600
and straight through to day two here

08:30:55.600 --> 08:30:57.240
at the World Championships.

08:30:57.240 --> 08:30:58.640
Heather, how are you feeling?

08:30:58.640 --> 08:31:03.240
I have no words, honestly, like, I'm so, so happy.

08:31:03.240 --> 08:31:04.700
Um, yeah.

08:31:04.700 --> 08:31:06.240
That was really, really well played,

08:31:06.240 --> 08:31:09.320
and this is your first Pokemon World Championships,

08:31:09.320 --> 08:31:10.480
and you're through to day two.

08:31:10.480 --> 08:31:12.120
That is an immense achievement.

08:31:12.120 --> 08:31:13.120
What does that feel like?

08:31:13.120 --> 08:31:15.240
If you were to look back and know that you've made day two

08:31:15.240 --> 08:31:17.440
already, how are you feeling?

08:31:17.440 --> 08:31:20.400
Honestly, it's just unbelievable.

08:31:20.400 --> 08:31:22.400
I'm just so, so thrilled.

08:31:22.400 --> 08:31:24.240
I've just been playing really well,

08:31:24.240 --> 08:31:26.120
and I haven't dropped a single game yet today.

08:31:26.120 --> 08:31:28.880
So hopefully, we'll take that momentum into tomorrow.

08:31:28.880 --> 08:31:30.680
Well, I think everyone's really, really excited.

08:31:30.680 --> 08:31:33.520
But I was particularly excited about your Shadow Milotic

08:31:33.520 --> 08:31:35.680
pick, because that was one of my favorite Pokemon coming

08:31:35.680 --> 08:31:36.680
into this weekend.

08:31:36.680 --> 08:31:38.400
Talk us through that, Tris.

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Yeah, so I've been kind of toying with the idea of what water type I wanted to bring.

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I was thinking about Lapras, I was thinking about Shadow, my Laotix.

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So I was just kind of toying between the two.

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And of course, I was always bringing Mantine to pair with.

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And I thought that my Laotix just paired up a little bit better with it,

08:31:54.200 --> 08:31:58.400
provided a lot of fast pressure into Pokemon Lake, Sunfist, that kind of thing.

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So it just provided, rounded out the team a little bit better than Lapras did.

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It's been really exciting.

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And you've obviously played NAIC.

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You've had a little bit of break over the summer.

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What was preparation like as you anticipated world championships?

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It's been a lot of inadequate practice tournaments and then a lot of GPL.

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So the Go Battle League has been, I've been going hard at it to learn my matchups,

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learn the damage, do everything like that.

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And then of course, scrimming with teammates and friends has helped a lot too.

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So for players at home, when you're building your teams,

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are you testing all of them in the Go Battle League

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so that you can see how they play?

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Do you use a line of three from your team of six?

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Yes, I definitely do a lot of testing in the go battle league with I was actually playing this morning

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Once I locked in my team last night. I didn't do anything. I was like, I'm just gonna, you know, breathe

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Just sleep on it and then I woke this morning

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I was like all right time to get on to it and so I ran some lines of three for my team just to get into it

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And when you've been playing today, you've obviously done very very well

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Are there any Pokemon or matchups that you've learned during the course of this tournament that you're actually really excited about?

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you can take forward to day two or is everything going as you expected?

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Everything's going as expected. I haven't really seen any crazy matchups yet. So yeah,

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everything pretty pretty expected. Amazing. Is there any last shout outs you'd like to give?

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Yeah, a huge shout out to a couple of battlefront teams. So my team Wing Attack and then also the

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home side told me huge shout outs to my partner. I wouldn't be here without him.

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And then shout out to everyone who was told me scrammed. Juice for you in particular

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helped me a lot, so through Cheshu, Chattanooga, all my friends, everyone who supported me through

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this journey of Chattanooga. Amazing battles, but it's not just battles happening here at the

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Pokemon World Championships. If you've missed any of the action over at the Pokemon Center,

08:33:44.320 --> 08:33:45.120
stay tuned.

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My name is Jimbug97 and I'm originally from Boston, Massachusetts.

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The Pokemon type I would be would be steel type because I'm very resilient like steel.

08:35:08.200 --> 08:35:13.200
Jimbug is the first trainer to be able to get pre-rebuild competitions in one season.

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He's so good at this game.

08:35:15.200 --> 08:35:18.200
When I was working a summer job after graduating high school,

08:35:18.200 --> 08:35:22.200
some coworkers were just playing Pokemon Go and I was like,

08:35:22.200 --> 08:35:24.200
what is this game that they're playing?

08:35:24.200 --> 08:35:27.200
Oh, you can find Pokemon in the real world and I was hooked.

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I think my favorite early memory from the game is the first GoFest I ever attended where

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there was just such a fun community, it was just a great tunnel for all.

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I would say the best advice I have for new football trainers, be the best person you

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can because that will help you in life in general and also at tournaments you go to.

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My biggest mentor in my life has been my father, who is sadly no longer with me,

08:35:53.440 --> 08:35:57.040
you always told me, keep putting in the effort and the results will follow.

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I think the underdog mentality really pushes me further and helps me succeed when I really need it.

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I think the biggest development for me personally throughout the years has been

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concentration and in-game discipline. Not making rash decisions that could potentially cost me games.

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There's absolutely a balance between being aggressive and being more reserved with your

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play style. When it comes to attending tournaments, I would say it's 70% I'm focused on winning,

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doing as best as I can. And 30% is having fun with that and all my friends. My most difficult

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match in day two was against Lockheed. That bass scene on Udra, Zoomeral combo, and Shadow

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of Scissor was just a lot to deal with. And I had to just make some really risky calls and

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and I ended up working out in the end.

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I feel like Rise to Occasion is the most fierce competitor

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I can face at any tournament.

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My first finals was in Arlington.

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I was able to dig myself out of an O2 hole

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and lose this finals against Rags.

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This match, compared to the other ones,

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it shows how much I was able to adjust

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to a difficult matchup.

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In the first winners' finals,

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I was just not realizing

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how strong my shadow primary could be,

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But once we got to that rematch, I was starting to realize

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this is a really good pick against his team.

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Once I made the correct adjustments,

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I was able to just steamroll through the rest of the games.

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When I reset the bracket, I knew I was in a very good spot.

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Dumbug pops his fist, giving up for your lost

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Vegas regional champion.

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Right now, I'm feeling really in awe

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of everything that's happening.

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It's been a crazy weekend.

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Dumbug came down to Vegas,

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And he set the stage on fire this weekend.

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This event qualified me for Worlds and put me in a very good position to get that travel

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award for the UIC at London.

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My number one goal of the season would probably be make day two of it.

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Every world change is, I've attended.

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I've never made day two.

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I just finally want to break through that wall.

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My favorite Worlds moment has to be when I got to spending that whole time with my

08:38:08.460 --> 08:38:09.460
amazing boyfriend, James.

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I don't know if I'm going to win the reds this year.

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You'll have to tune in and find out.

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Which stat do you slash Pokemon?

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Go.

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I think people should look out for me at Worlds,

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because I'm just a sneaky player.

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He's a very sneaky...

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Sometimes I can fly under the radar,

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and people might not expect me to come out from underground.

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If I won Worlds, I think my life would be complete.

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Welcome back to the 2026 Pokemon World Championships and we have had trainers battle throughout

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the day in hopes to making it to the coveted day number two and the rest of the trainers

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that we're going to see do have that opportunity just as Doombug has already secured.

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I am 2-0 butters joined by Caleb Pang.

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And we've had incredible battles, incredible storylines, some upsets, some repeating players

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making that day too.

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Particularly our two grand finalists, Bills Boy and Parliament, both on that Winnerside

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Day 2.

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Scary stuff for these players to deal with, but we have two players coming up next that

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have never made day number two here at World Championships.

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Neither of them have won a title yet, but this could be their breakout season.

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And it was looking a little scary for North American representation for a while as

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only for a moment two trainers had made it through.

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Of course, Doombug was one of them.

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But now a wave of some of those trainers, like Hsiera and Upnecks, we have Susten, it's Eater

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and Teddy Bear with those same opportunities to make it to day number two because, remember,

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also North America does have the most participants here at the World Championships, just barely

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overtaking Europe, of course.

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Yeah, and I love the matchup we have Upnecks because Susten's even Teddy Bear.

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Both of them have not really had the best finish, but always in the top cut, always

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being able to beat a lot of those top players and now they have a chance to

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to make a name for themselves.

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Teddy Bear, I think high center finish

08:40:05.820 --> 08:40:08.040
was a fourth place medal, which is still pretty good.

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And then substance, you know, breakout season for him,

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seven plays at EYC, the younger brother of nine time

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classroom, but also very accomplished in his own right.

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And it's going to be a pretty fun one

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because it's a winner's final.

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So they both definitely have two chances

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to still make made number two.

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Well, I'm glad you brought that up

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because you would actually expect these trainers

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to be underdogs at this point in the tournament, right?

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With 300 of the top trainers throughout all

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of Pokemon Go, two trainers that

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have a best performance of

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is definitely not the favor

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America, but they are siti

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position with the oppurtun

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number two and get over t

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like sustenance eater who

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number two getting seventh

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ninth multiple times and

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top 16, but never really

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that day number two. Can

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side of the bracket and

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he's been searching for.

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these teams. So we got the dozo back in action. We saw that on Jinz's team and now it's on

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Sousa's Eater's team as well. I think Martial Galdi had it too. Definitely a very anti-meta

08:41:09.440 --> 08:41:14.560
pitch, but you have that fast attack pressure of Waterfall to help you. But here we go.

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It's going to be Malamarr into ult, right? Just kick things off. It's a non-shadow Malamarr.

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So it's not going to hit as hard, but it can take these moves pretty well too.

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Look at the swap! And this is just going to be a neutral attack here, so we didn't

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get to point out there's actually a shadow primate in the back for Teddy Bear. I

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I actually talked to Teddy bear.

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He said he didn't have a ton of time to prepare

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for the tournament and he still didn't have a team left.

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He certainly made a spicy team.

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One of the few trainers running that Altaria,

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of course we saw in previous matchup,

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then trying to counter swap into the night.

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You're throwing out a fighting type versus this ghost type,

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but at least you have this super effective ghost type

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attack to fight back.

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And trying to maybe even, I mean, catching a nice year,

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there's probably not even an ideal for teddy bear,

08:41:52.400 --> 08:41:54.480
but gets the racers all before.

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It's just that you're confident

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knowing that you can tank the super effective

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and you can see here trying to get some of the balls off maybe a little bit

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technical issue here as I see how these players played out here he's still going

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to go for protection of the night as the next rage fist is reached well you can

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see on the screen that it's in this middle left area where you see the tap

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happening but if you actually look at the camera where he's tapping on the

08:42:16.740 --> 08:42:19.840
screen seems like he's tapping in different areas as well so maybe it's

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not registering that's why you see the frustration from sustenance either

08:42:23.120 --> 08:42:26.920
there and you're gonna play out the matchup because anything can happen

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He's going to come in with the Malamar.

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The Malamar is loaded with energy.

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He's going to be able to get that sideways down here.

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So you don't want to quit right now.

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Even though that happened, you've got to still battle through.

08:42:35.240 --> 08:42:38.080
There's four protect shields remaining, four Pokemon remaining.

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And your Malamar is absolutely loaded with energy.

08:42:40.440 --> 08:42:41.240
You're not out of it.

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Yes, that's the thing that could still easily win this,

08:42:43.480 --> 08:42:45.040
actually, maybe not easily, I should say,

08:42:45.040 --> 08:42:47.120
but he was able to come away with all this energy.

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But unfortunately now it seems like it's a little bit tough

08:42:49.360 --> 08:42:50.880
as you can't really get the boost off here.

08:42:50.880 --> 08:42:52.880
Teddy Bear is going to throw this discharge.

08:42:52.880 --> 08:42:54.600
Yeah, and a little bit of frustration

08:42:54.600 --> 08:42:56.280
there for Susten and Cedar as he was trying

08:42:56.280 --> 08:42:59.880
to throw an attack you could see when your charge attacks actually glow up like

08:42:59.880 --> 08:43:03.200
that it means that you're a hunt at a hundred energy so you could see that

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substance either was at a hundred energy which is the maximum amount of energy

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that a Pokemon can hold in Pokemon go PvP so when you're at a hundred energy

08:43:11.760 --> 08:43:16.360
these top trainers would want to throw that energy to try to use that to

08:43:16.360 --> 08:43:20.760
regain it with fast attacks and so substance either was unable to in that

08:43:20.760 --> 08:43:24.880
moment and and now it's gonna be in the judges hands yeah I mean I think

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That one might be likely going to be a rematch,

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but we'll wait for our expert judges to debate on that one.

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As you can see, they're communicative throughout,

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so he recognized as well.

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Like, there's no reason for Susan Cedar to throw a move there,

08:43:39.680 --> 08:43:42.640
but we're just going to make sure all the tech situations

08:43:42.640 --> 08:43:44.880
are resolved before we start the next one.

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And you can see the players, they know how it goes, right?

08:43:47.240 --> 08:43:49.840
And they know that it's frustrating to be on the receiving end of that,

08:43:49.840 --> 08:43:51.480
even if you're on the posting end.

08:43:51.480 --> 08:43:53.320
But keep point for Susan Cedar as well,

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If you're ever on the stage, don't quit out the match right play it through and you never know like if he wins that match

08:44:00.000 --> 08:44:02.080
What's everybody gonna do right? He's not gonna race our review

08:44:02.080 --> 08:44:04.440
So it still could be possible for him to win it

08:44:04.440 --> 08:44:10.040
But good at him to stay composed there and just play it out until the judges home to stop the match and good advice for

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Trainers battling in the go battle league sometimes as well

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You'll keep battling even if you have bad alignment. Maybe something doesn't go right in the battle

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Just keep powering through because you've seen on stage

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There's so many times that these trainers seem down and out but they do make a comeback and both these trainers have taken

08:44:25.960 --> 08:44:28.760
Off their heads that to try to hear what the judges are gonna be telling them right now

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And again these are trainers that you would consider underdogs for this moment

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Of course over 80 of our trainers

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I believe from the North American region are here competing at the world championships

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But a lot of the trainers you expect to make it day number two are those trainers with multiple regional titles

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maybe an international title or multiple times in top four.

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But how about two trainers here trying to make their stamp

08:44:53.660 --> 08:44:56.720
on championship series in the biggest moment possible

08:44:56.720 --> 08:44:59.040
where we celebrate 30 years of Pokemon,

08:44:59.040 --> 08:45:00.640
10 years of Pokemon Go.

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Whoever's gonna win this Pokemon Go World Championship

08:45:04.280 --> 08:45:05.920
is gonna be an absolute legend.

08:45:05.920 --> 08:45:08.920
And can they repeat something that Firestar did last year

08:45:08.920 --> 08:45:11.880
going from maybe an unknown to a trainer

08:45:11.880 --> 08:45:13.440
that coming to the next season

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was well known by the community?

08:45:15.400 --> 08:45:21.160
definitely and I mean these two players have been in certain for a couple years as well so many do you know them but they you know they

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Haven't seen them perform at the you know winning multiple trophies titles and stuff like that

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But they're well underway. Let's do a little mini quick recap of their run so far

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First guest to this winners final so substance eater starts off with a victory against Blacks bowl in right reach our winner

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The best superior player I think in the worlds. Yes, particularly on the all grass superior moveset

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But Beast's a little wandering, Beast's a legend push,

08:45:45.960 --> 08:45:47.920
and then now it's in the winners finals.

08:45:47.920 --> 08:45:50.520
Meanwhile, Teddy Bear, in his own run,

08:45:50.520 --> 08:45:54.040
beat Eduardo Lomas, and then beats Suvanche,

08:45:54.040 --> 08:45:58.080
and then also beats Yamaren to get to this winners finals,

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both going three and zero,

08:45:59.600 --> 08:46:02.120
not dropping a series against this point.

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And that's why they landed

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in these winners finals here,

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and it's incredibly difficult.

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I mean, you go out on the floor,

08:46:07.640 --> 08:46:09.960
you mentioned the statistics alone earlier on, right?

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How many of the top trainers in the world

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will go 0-2, how many will have a negative win percentage just going 50% of what you have a negative win percentage here, which I mean, they're not used to that.

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They're top competitors in their field, in their respective regions.

08:46:25.440 --> 08:46:28.840
And to come to this moment with 300 of the best of the world, literally anything could happen.

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Also, there's no seeding right in other tournaments and championship series.

08:46:33.140 --> 08:46:33.940
There is seeding.

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So if you are a top trainer, you're usually playing a trainer with a lower seed.

08:46:38.440 --> 08:46:39.740
So you have that advantage here.

08:46:39.740 --> 08:46:45.260
the world championships is just only the best of the best in anything goes. That's right. And you

08:46:45.260 --> 08:46:49.500
know, especially when you're facing off some of the best players in the world, right in a maybe a

08:46:49.500 --> 08:46:54.300
regional, maybe even an international or one of the qualifiers, you might play against players that

08:46:54.300 --> 08:46:57.500
have a little bit less experience than even if you have a bad lead, a bad counter swap,

08:46:57.500 --> 08:47:01.100
a bad backline, you could still come away with it if you just play as optimally as

08:47:01.100 --> 08:47:04.460
possible. But against some of the best of bests, you could play the game perfectly

08:47:04.460 --> 08:47:08.620
and still lose the game because you just made the wrong line call. You face something

08:47:08.620 --> 08:47:12.300
something that you don't expect to see, like a Rekwaza even, you know, so like all these

08:47:12.300 --> 08:47:16.340
things can factor in, which is why I always say whatever wins worlds, one of the best

08:47:16.340 --> 08:47:17.940
players in the world for sure.

08:47:17.940 --> 08:47:21.540
But some players in my mind might have gone 0-2 in this tournament and it's still one

08:47:21.540 --> 08:47:22.540
of the best players in my mind.

08:47:22.540 --> 08:47:26.140
They just had a really tough run, a really tough matchup, or maybe just had one deep

08:47:26.140 --> 08:47:28.220
off or a buff not going their favor.

08:47:28.220 --> 08:47:32.460
Well you mentioned Rayquaza because that was one of the coolest flexes I have ever

08:47:32.460 --> 08:47:34.900
seen in Pokemon GO PvP.

08:47:34.900 --> 08:47:42.380
have an opportunity to also get an amazing flex. Check out this exclusive badge that you

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can earn to be put by your name in the Twitch chat. This is awesome. It's a cool way to

08:47:48.200 --> 08:47:54.140
stand out and look how beautiful that is the Pokemon World Championships costume Pikachu

08:47:54.140 --> 08:47:56.580
that you're going to get right next to your name. Yeah, I mean, that's a champion

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Pikachu right there. Look, look at how confident your space is. You know, I might drop

08:48:01.140 --> 08:48:03.940
some of that myself once in a while if I get a chance to do it.

08:48:03.940 --> 08:48:04.940
So definitely tune in.

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And of course we have push-ups all throughout the week.

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So so many rewards.

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Watch I believe at least 60 minutes right in the Pokemon Go stream

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to get all the rewards Pokemon Go.

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But the switch-ups for all of our main series games as well.

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And if you want to check in on the previous world champion,

08:48:20.340 --> 08:48:23.540
we have Beezaboy moving on to day number two on that winter side

08:48:23.540 --> 08:48:27.840
and you have the opportunity to get his Tinketon from last

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seasons world championships by participating in these twitch drops remember you have to have twitch drops enabled

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And then you have to watch the stream for up to 16 minutes to get that and if you're watching a rebroadcast right now

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You are still eligible and of course that exclusive elite charge team is super useful

08:48:44.320 --> 08:48:49.500
You could use that to get a gigaton hammer as well. That is such a strong attack for that to get on

08:48:49.500 --> 08:48:53.280
I know you've used to use elite teams just to get the perfect moveset for your clay doll

08:48:53.280 --> 08:48:57.280
You know, so you can use it for weather, even if it's not exclusive movement, of course,

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we got the San Francisco exclusive worlds t-shirt for your avatar.

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So enter that passcode to get some additional swag for your avatar.

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You're going to want to get these because these are the unique ones.

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Obviously it's the world championships.

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It's Pokemon XP.

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These are the best drops that we're going to have in the entire season.

08:49:14.280 --> 08:49:17.280
And I can't wait to get those as well through the rebroadcast myself

08:49:17.280 --> 08:49:20.280
because I'm definitely going to need to use that Elite Charge DM.

08:49:20.280 --> 08:49:22.280
I have about zero right now.

08:49:22.280 --> 08:49:26.720
I always use them on shadow Pokemon that have community day attacks

08:49:26.720 --> 08:49:31.880
And I'm constantly trying to get those exclusive attacks on my shadow Pokemon. I'm a shadow Pokemon fan

08:49:31.880 --> 08:49:35.400
I feel like you're also though. I need to put the bait move on the left side

08:49:35.400 --> 08:49:40.200
Oh, yes, the bigger move on the right side. No, no the other way around the other way around are you left-handed?

08:49:40.200 --> 08:49:42.200
No, okay

08:49:44.240 --> 08:49:48.680
Where do you put your attacks when you're building a PvP Pokemon?

08:49:48.680 --> 08:49:54.340
Do you have the bait attack which is the lower energy attack on the right side or the left side or you don't care

08:49:54.340 --> 08:49:56.120
Just wherever it ends up it ends up

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I like to have the bait on the right side and then I have the absolute

08:50:02.120 --> 08:50:06.480
Dominant big attack on the left side because I think I tap with my right hand on the right side

08:50:06.480 --> 08:50:09.680
I'm like it. I'll bait I'll bait but then you know when I'm gonna land that attack

08:50:09.680 --> 08:50:11.680
You know I just cross over and I landed

08:50:12.440 --> 08:50:17.800
Anyway butters explaining his charge attacks and in the order that but speaking of events too

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We also have the Pokemon night out EDM concert. Do you like EDM? Yeah, it you know actually there's gonna be special live performances

08:50:25.440 --> 08:50:31.800
From Marshmallow in Alice in Wonderland, which I believe are two people who are huge Pokemon fans as well

08:50:31.800 --> 08:50:35.960
That's a special event. So check that out if you're in the area. Yeah, definitely

08:50:35.960 --> 08:50:39.880
We're the LA tickets already sold out Los Angeles, but there's tickets available for London

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So if you're a big fan of Pokemon and music and EDM great crossover right there as we see our players

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I think you're getting ready for the next match up.

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Thank you all for your patience, of course.

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So many cool events for Pokemon and stuff,

08:50:51.480 --> 08:50:53.340
so, so much, check out.

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And remember, hashtag Pokemon World on social media.

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We want to hear from you.

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Are you at the venue?

08:50:58.560 --> 08:50:59.840
If you are at the venue,

08:50:59.840 --> 08:51:01.680
and maybe you're playing another game

08:51:01.680 --> 08:51:03.960
and you're just hearing this in the crowd right now,

08:51:03.960 --> 08:51:06.840
you're gonna actually want to open your Pokemon Go app.

08:51:06.840 --> 08:51:09.800
Keep it updated because something pretty cool

08:51:09.800 --> 08:51:11.600
is gonna be happening this week in Caleb.

08:51:11.600 --> 08:51:14.360
So if you're in the SF area or you're at the venue,

08:51:14.360 --> 08:51:18.840
you're gonna want to download Pokemon Go if you're a Pokemon fan.

08:51:18.840 --> 08:51:21.160
And download too, even if you're not in the SF area,

08:51:21.160 --> 08:51:24.920
you can get the Pikachu, the XB Pikachu, right with the helmet.

08:51:24.920 --> 08:51:27.320
With the helmet, I believe, also the world's Pikachu as well,

08:51:27.320 --> 08:51:30.040
with the outfits, and some people are flexing.

08:51:30.040 --> 08:51:32.400
I actually saw Shundo earlier.

08:51:32.400 --> 08:51:33.000
Oh, wow.

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From Andy at Worlds competitor, actually shiny and 100%.

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So, shout out to him.

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And, you know, I think he told me he was gonna trade to me after our broadcast.

08:51:41.640 --> 08:51:43.040
So, I'm looking forward to having that.

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I don't know, that kind of defeats the purpose of a showdown.

08:51:46.340 --> 08:51:48.640
It could still be a showdown to me, right?

08:51:48.640 --> 08:51:50.640
It could, yeah, there's a very rare chance

08:51:50.640 --> 08:51:52.640
that you could have as cool Pokemon as they have.

08:51:52.640 --> 08:51:53.440
That's my odds.

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Yeah, but congratulations to that person.

08:51:55.440 --> 08:51:59.040
That's awesome to have the background and the shiny,

08:51:59.040 --> 08:52:00.940
also being a hundo and maybe even

08:52:00.940 --> 08:52:02.040
use the master of all of those.

08:52:02.040 --> 08:52:04.040
But all right, looks like we're going to get locked back

08:52:04.040 --> 08:52:05.040
into this matchup.

08:52:05.040 --> 08:52:07.440
So let's lock into this actual matchup.

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You have the thontos though from Sustenance Eater.

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This was on my cast of predictions

08:52:11.740 --> 08:52:15.420
because I think a lot of trainers were pivoting into water types that could counter Shadow Canto

08:52:15.420 --> 08:52:16.420
Naito.

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I believe Nightime Clashir is running the same attack team.

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He is the brother of Susen & Eater.

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The team built together and here's the lead.

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The Malmour into the stun fist, having that Cautner and Corsair in the back for Susen &

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Eater.

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And looks like Susen & Eater is running back to the exact same three Pokemon in the same

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order.

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I think it's a really solid one too, right?

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Has a lot of answers to that.

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Take a turn on the back with the Corsair and of course the Claws.

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It's just going to be a really great matchup there.

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It is going to be the nonchalant manor.

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So you can take them up up pretty well.

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And Susie here, I believe, would probably

08:52:44.180 --> 08:52:45.580
just build up to two moves before throwing.

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Oh, here comes the catcher tip from Teddy Bear.

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But aside from how you do so well, actually,

08:52:49.860 --> 08:52:51.540
Susie here throws this to him about before,

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potentially swapping.

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I wonder if he thinks that Ted is trying to lure out

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the cloth sider.

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So maybe Susie here decides to come in with, oh, wait.

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Just goes through the double sweep power.

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Goes double sweep power.

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Maybe they're going to come with the Corsula

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and try to astonish down.

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No protect shield here, because you

08:53:06.700 --> 08:53:09.260
did have your attack and defense drop two stages

08:53:09.260 --> 08:53:12.060
that next super power was not gonna be as useful

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as the first one.

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And here comes that Codzar here,

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gonna go ahead and go for the super effective bulldoze.

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But this will do less damage than a gigaton hammer,

08:53:19.780 --> 08:53:23.660
but he did secure the debuff, which is a 50-50 chance.

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Now suddenly this next gigaton hammer,

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which is reached right now,

08:53:26.820 --> 08:53:28.980
is gonna do a ton of damage.

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Codzar is bulky,

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but Succeeder doesn't really wanna take that damage,

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so he puts up a protect shield.

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Yes, interesting, I thought he was gonna try to throw

08:53:36.180 --> 08:53:38.180
before the gig for him, but

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wait, those for the earthquake.

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I think this is a little bit

08:53:41.560 --> 08:53:43.060
overdoing it here on the damage,

08:53:43.060 --> 08:53:44.700
but actually goes to the owner

08:53:44.700 --> 08:53:46.500
to our sue very curious play from

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something or maybe expecting that

08:53:48.020 --> 08:53:50.060
teddy bear might try to go for the catch,

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but that wasn't the case.

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And now teddy bear has the

08:53:52.440 --> 08:53:54.100
bug bomb before the earthquakes reached,

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and this is the risk of having

08:53:55.560 --> 08:53:57.100
Caudzire against other ground types.

08:53:57.100 --> 08:53:58.780
Of course they will outpace you

08:53:58.780 --> 08:54:00.180
to their ground type attacks

08:54:00.180 --> 08:54:01.620
and that bug bomb is super effective.

08:54:01.620 --> 08:54:02.740
You're almost at the Earth,

08:54:02.740 --> 08:54:04.180
but here do try to see a swap

08:54:04.180 --> 08:54:05.620
into the Altaria to get it double

08:54:05.620 --> 08:54:09.960
the bait stone edge here which is gonna be resisted and it gets protect shielded by

08:54:09.960 --> 08:54:13.600
teddy bear. A huge bait from Susan Eater, you can see Tethered not loving that.

08:54:13.600 --> 08:54:17.240
He's gonna bake the NG4 later as it comes to Corsla. Into the altar, you get the

08:54:17.240 --> 08:54:21.480
super effective power champ and this is why Corsla is one of the best go-sets

08:54:21.480 --> 08:54:24.920
in this meta and the most popular one as it can neutralize a lot of the

08:54:24.920 --> 08:54:29.000
flying attacks with this rock coverage. And Corsla is so strong in neutral

08:54:29.000 --> 08:54:31.760
matchups that's why it's been good for forever but like you mentioned

08:54:31.760 --> 08:54:34.800
and rock type attacks right now are really valuable

08:54:34.800 --> 08:54:35.640
in the current meta.

08:54:35.640 --> 08:54:37.440
So you have that advantage of being

08:54:37.440 --> 08:54:41.640
an insane neutral Pokemon plus the coverage advantage as well.

08:54:41.640 --> 08:54:43.080
That's why it's in a great position.

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Even when Licky, Licky is number one in usage,

08:54:45.320 --> 08:54:46.720
Corsula's still at the opportunity

08:54:46.720 --> 08:54:48.320
as he's going to reach the second power gem.

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I think he can hang on.

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So no shield from sustenance either.

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I like this play from Ted Bear,

08:54:52.160 --> 08:54:53.160
though, because he could potentially

08:54:53.160 --> 08:54:54.320
put this in dragon breath range

08:54:54.320 --> 08:54:55.280
after laying the sky attack.

08:54:55.280 --> 08:54:57.400
More importantly, his switcher might be coming up soon.

08:54:57.400 --> 08:54:58.960
But sustenance doesn't give him a chance

08:54:58.960 --> 08:54:59.760
to swap out.

08:54:59.760 --> 08:55:05.700
is just going to throw the super vector power jam teddy bear calling a top position because the closet still has entry remaining

08:55:05.700 --> 08:55:07.700
going to go straight into the

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Stuff this once so see her stuff sit out place in the mount bar first and saw the shield

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So could just shield us up and throw the super power to do some

08:55:16.760 --> 08:55:23.120
Strong neutral damage into the something and both trainers were over farming there knowing that there was one protect shield in play for

08:55:23.120 --> 08:55:29.240
Sussex either now there are zero protect shields in play actually going for the super power here instead of going for the foul play

08:55:29.240 --> 08:55:32.080
But the thing is you don't have your timer you're trying to get to the back to back

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This is definitely gonna knock out here

08:55:33.760 --> 08:55:40.840
There are low health Pokemon in the back for sustenance either but Cautar can't do any fast attack pressure in Corsula is quite low

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Corsula is gonna be coming in can you get enough astonished damage to astonished down and yes

08:55:45.320 --> 08:55:50.040
You get the astonished down, but one dragon breath pretty much or two dragon breath is gonna be able to knock out the Corsula

08:55:50.480 --> 08:55:52.680
He avoids the stauncham's this is actually pretty big

08:55:52.680 --> 08:55:57.420
Can't you get to the stone edge before the sky that's reached their full pacing for it and it's free

08:55:57.420 --> 08:56:01.600
Shred people don't try and get that doesn't need or take the first game against Teddy bear

08:56:01.600 --> 08:56:08.120
Something it's either can't believe it as he outpaces the Altaria to reach the stone edge and take game number one

08:56:08.120 --> 08:56:13.180
Oh, what a match between these two and it was so neutral throughout

08:56:13.180 --> 08:56:18.400
Hey, I thought a little bit weird at first because something decided to go for the double super power into the tingenton

08:56:18.400 --> 08:56:24.380
It's sad just bringing the class right away, but it's so strong with the neutral hard hitting games on hammer even into a matchup with

08:56:24.460 --> 08:56:27.180
Ground and poison into a fairy steel

08:56:27.220 --> 08:56:32.800
It's still gave substance eater pause to throw a little bit there to chip it down and try to take it out

08:56:32.920 --> 08:56:34.080
Mike fitting yeah

08:56:34.080 --> 08:56:39.600
It felt like Malamard was not carrying its weight in that battle and initially with the superpowers in the tingathon

08:56:39.600 --> 08:56:44.460
And then even with the super power into the stunk this it just couldn't find the right dimensions in the battle

08:56:44.460 --> 08:56:51.700
Like just the bulk of the clod zire in the bulk of that Galarian Corsa was able to carry sustenance either through that backline

08:56:51.980 --> 08:56:53.980
Corsula a pope or sorry

08:56:53.980 --> 08:56:58.220
The clod zire a Pokemon that has fallen off in the meta is can be kind of fringe

08:56:58.220 --> 08:57:03.780
It's now kind of back to be that neutral sponge that can soak up licky licky energy

08:57:03.780 --> 08:57:09.620
But also have really effective high energy charge attack to either get protect shields or get knockouts

08:57:09.620 --> 08:57:13.740
That's right. And you know, there's actually a cast that put class by all their predictions. Oh, yeah

08:57:13.740 --> 08:57:15.740
Yeah, it probably wasn't you though

08:57:17.580 --> 08:57:21.460
But yeah, I think it's a very annoying won't want to base because it's so bulky, right?

08:57:21.460 --> 08:57:24.180
It's a little bit slower than some of the other Pokemon in the case these days

08:57:24.180 --> 08:57:30.500
But because it's so bulky you can tank a lot of this and it sucks quick coverage ground and rock coverage is rarely resisted by much

08:57:30.500 --> 08:57:32.660
Especially in the great League I was here in like a chest up

08:57:32.660 --> 08:57:36.140
Who's doing that these days and because of that I think it's actually provides a lot of value

08:57:36.140 --> 08:57:40.900
Yes, it doesn't lose so a lot of other ground types like marijuana, but again stumps this it's not that bad

08:57:40.900 --> 08:57:44.340
Yeah, and the other ground types feel really hard to play besides

08:57:44.340 --> 08:57:47.940
Stunfish because of how heavy influence that Mantine and these

08:57:47.940 --> 08:57:51.540
other water types have on the meta. So Clawd are able to have

08:57:51.540 --> 08:57:54.380
that extra bulk and even a hard hitting charge attack like the

08:57:54.380 --> 08:57:57.020
Stone Edge to throw into the Mantine and then be able to be

08:57:57.020 --> 08:57:59.980
so good against Licky Licky. Be really good against the

08:57:59.980 --> 08:58:02.780
Shadow Kanto Ninetales as well. A strong both won and then

08:58:02.780 --> 08:58:05.460
if the Hissui and Electrode is going to be a factor in day

08:58:05.460 --> 08:58:08.020
number two, we don't really know that. We both have that

08:58:08.020 --> 08:58:13.540
that on our caster predictions but having that ground type for electric types is super valuable as well.

08:58:13.540 --> 08:58:19.380
All right here we go. I believe Sustenziar is ready. It's going to think this through just one more time

08:58:19.380 --> 08:58:24.180
because this could be the last bout for him on the winner side if he doesn't find a victory here.

08:58:24.180 --> 08:58:29.620
But it's only going down one game can still force a game number three. Here we go. Sustenziar versus

08:58:29.620 --> 08:58:34.580
Saber. Sustenziar up a game and it's going to be the shadow fortress into Altaria.

08:58:34.580 --> 08:58:40.060
And this fortress is indeed running bug by so not a great matchup for something here, but not terrible either plus

08:58:40.100 --> 08:58:44.780
You're also resisting the drag track. It's tough though because you take double super effective flamethrower

08:58:45.860 --> 08:58:51.780
That was gonna be incoming, but it's gonna be the SkyTac landing and an astonished does go through for the glaring Corsula

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Now teddy bear in the back doesn't have a clear answer

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So maybe he's just gonna try to make up some more an injury get his flamethrower back and get out of there before the power

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Gen comes maybe try to swap on a power gem and there was that attempt, but he missed it

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Yeah, but because this course still has ratings of chip damage, it makes the matchup a lot easier for the stomach.

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The stomach traditionally does lose this matchup, even shields, even energy, even health, but at this rate, the stomach has a lot more play.

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And more importantly, you avoid the tinketon into the fortress for later.

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Well, this is looking good for Teddy Bear because look at the back line as well.

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You're going to have that tinketon to match up against the Malamar, and you're still going to be able to have that double super effective flamethrower to throw at that fortress as well.

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All you got to do is clean up this matchup versus the Corsola to maintain that alignment.

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You're going to be able to throw this discharge. You already have the next discharge.

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You can even be patient and get another Thunder Shock through.

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The timer is up. You just got to throw before nightshade in perfect timing.

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Actually going for the mudbump to secure the knockout.

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I think Teddy Bear thinks that he can't get to another move anyway.

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So going for the harder hitting move just in case there was like a potential catch.

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But because he waited for the start shoot, that's probably not possible.

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And now comes the Malmauer. And you can see Teddy Bear just

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hard pivoting over, which is

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not interesting because he knows

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that there's a fortress in the back,

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but maybe feels confident that you know

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what you could resist a bug bite as well.

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And Gigtz on Hammer still does a lot

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even for resistance.

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Well, the hard pivot is definitely risky.

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Yes, you will have a catch opportunity,

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but that alignment that was going to be

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so strong for you with the Tinketon

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versus the Malamar in the back,

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it's gone now.

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And now here comes the bulldoze bait.

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Can you get the debuff as well?

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The coin slip does happen.

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So it is a one stage defense drop

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onto that shadow fortress.

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Now, it's going to be coming back

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with that super effective sand attacks.

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only one protection remaining and once you throw this sand attack the next one

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will threaten the knockout and he's gonna be really close to this next sand

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attack. He gets to the Gigaton Hammer, does Sustin need to throw up a shield.

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Finally throws one up but Teddy Bear has the option to pivot over to Altari if you

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would like. Sustin can easily bait with a double Sustin. Does he go for it?

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Does Teddy Bear try to go for a catch? Moves are being reached and Teddy Bear just

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swaps over to the stump. Oh no! He gets the discharge off. That's huge for Teddy Bear.

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There's one protection remaining you have to use it here because you

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You have the sandtume, the sandtume is going to be so useful in this back or the rocktume

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versus that Altaria.

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He had so much energy, but there's a protection remaining.

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You have the Malamar for a swap as well.

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Remember Altaria does have an attack loaded.

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Does he try to throw a charge attack?

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No, he throws the rocktume expecting that it's going to be Altaria.

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This is not going to be enough to knock out the Tinketon.

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There is no protection.

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What do you do?

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You try to go for the bug bite down and he gets there, but no, swaps on the

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bulldoze.

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This could be so disaster-assist leader.

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He gets debuffed and more importantly the chip damage is really important for the non-shadow Malomar.

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Altaria gonna be coming in soon. Oh wait no the timer's not even up so you get the full sideways down.

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But the debuff comes through and Altaria is loaded with energy and that chip damage is crucial.

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But Tetebish trying to reach her two attacks just have to shield up because he knows testing it through the Rock Tomb earlier.

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So doesn't have another Rock Tomb banked and great plays from Tetebish to try to close that with back to back SkyTac.

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First one coming through against the debuff Malomar.

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and this SkyTax should be enough to knock out the Malamar.

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You have the back-to-back bank that fortress is very low health.

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It is a bug steel type, so that's gonna be neutral.

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Wait a second, no way!

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He got so risky there, he was trying to reach

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for the flamethrower just to throw the double super effective,

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but they thought better of it.

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I'll throw the SkyTax, I'll tie up this series.

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I don't wanna mess around with day number two.

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Very high low place from Teddy Bear there.

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Great shield usage, great no-shield usage as well.

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Recognize that, you know what?

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I have energy on the team, it's on butts.

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I don't mind if he debuffs me, that's fine.

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I can still get the full dose off.

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That's exactly what happened.

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And Teddy Bear is knowing his ring count.

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That was a pretty weird matchup back to board, right?

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Purposely giving up, switching in.

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It's purposely locking in the team at the time

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into the fortress, knowing how long the,

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how short the time is for these days.

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45 seconds, you have time to move it out,

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go over to Stumpfist, and getting that discharge off

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was huge.

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It's a tough call because, I mean,

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obviously the alignment would have been really good

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for Teddy Bear in the back, but he doesn't know that.

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We know that because we can see the back line

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of Sustenance Theater.

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I like the decision to try to have

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extra Pokemon around because you knew at that point there was a fortress and the

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fortress is going to be throwing attacks that are going to either drop the

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opponent's attack or drop the opponent's defense. So you would like another

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Pokemon that can clear that debuff because in Pokemon Go PvP if you are

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debuff you're attacking your defense. If you swap out of the matchup that

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debuff goes away and so it's smart to have an extra Pokemon to try to

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clear that in the endgame as these trainers are locked in to a crucial

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Game number three. It's Malamore versus Tinketon. This is not great for the Malamore, but he's actually staying in yeah

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I mean the Malamore could go for a chip and swap out here

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I mean the top part is force does not amazing amazing in the Tinketon especially behind energy

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Geek-to-Hammer still doesn't quite a big essay bear. It's just gonna let this first one go

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Maybe realizing a little bit later that there isn't a clear answer for Tinketon

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But there is it is indeed the fortress as now comes the Geek-to-Hammer and this is the thing

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That something here has to watch out for do you ever go for a shield not knowing what's in the back?

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Yes going to show them I like to play because if you look at the side of teddy bear

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There's no real answer to the course law on his team

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So if you spend a shield on the glimpse of course law it will still go quite a ways away

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But because he gave so much energy to the Tignon ton gets a second gigaton hammer off

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And that does so much damage into this building of course law in the counter swap now

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Just bringing in your book the Pokemon to soak up all the energy kind of just a reverse situation

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I'm gonna bring in my book Pokemon soak up all your energy now. I'm gonna do the same

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You're gonna have to take that first night's sake. You're gonna have to take another night's sake because this course

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Let is not in range of a mudbomb or discharge

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But Susan Cedar is getting very close to his timer because he didn't try to swap out to his Pokemon as his timer is already up

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There it is another pivot and now he's gonna show the fortress this gives teddy bear a lot of information all three

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Pokemon have been revealed for Susan Cedar and teddy bear knows that his backline matchup is pretty weird right into fortress

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You have all tarry into it's not the best matchup

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But if you can chip it down enough, then the Dragon Breath and Sky Attack might be enough.

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Or if you grab a shield, oh no, Sustenance doesn't shield.

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This could put him in a very dangerous Fast Stack Farm Down Range.

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And the Mud Bomb does go through. Fortress can take it.

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Here comes the Ticket Tone here. You're gonna be at the Sand Tune right now.

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You don't want to take a bulldoze. You want to throw maybe on Charge Attack priority.

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Perfect counting there from Sustenance either.

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There are two protect shields remaining, but do you want to give it up here?

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You're at such low health on the Ticket Tone.

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And no, just let the Sand Tune go. I like that decision.

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Now you can come in with your Altaria.

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You can get a greedy farm down with that Altaria, but you are at risk of getting debuffed somewhere

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So you have that something's in the back to clear and here comes the Altaria

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Teddy Bear going way down his timer because his timer is quite decent and you can see Sousa Nidor going straight for the Sanshoom

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Does Teddy Bear shoot it? Oh wait!

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Maybe he'll hop in behind on the count!

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That's a huge side relief for Sousa Nidor. He has a small chance for Winkon as he has energy loaded on the Malmawk

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but Teddy bear has a sizable advantage in the energy lead however Malmar pays us much faster and something

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I should not just shield this guy attack and now all this Pokemon are quite low here

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Remember there is a debuff on teddy bear does he try to talk about there it tries to swap out

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But now you're loaded with energy does he try to go down with the sideway?

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Yes, he gets the full sideway down and such as either is still around with enough help to take a dragon breath as well

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He can definitely back the back foul play here teddy bear is clicking on the shield thinking about it

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He does employ it.

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This is so tough.

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Imagine Teddy Bear still had a shield from earlier that he didn't spend on the sand tube.

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And you see something here.

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Something's inter-smiling.

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Yeah, he's getting excited here.

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He still has a shield on his side and Corsola is fairly healthy.

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And Altaria, I don't think has what it takes to drag him down from the straight

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chapter.

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There's just no way from this range.

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Even lets us thunderstorm.

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But I think the riding is on the wall, Assassin's Dealer just moments away from

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making his first ever day two at World Championships.

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And Teddy Bear gave away his swap earlier in the battle.

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He doesn't have a swap here for this nightshade.

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And Sustenance either is able to get there,

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as he tells his opponent, Gigi.

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He wins this battle, and he takes the series.

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Who to want to advance the day number two at Pokemon World?

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Wow, what a performance.

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You see Sustenance here, super excited and happy about it.

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Well deserved as well.

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I mean, he was so on point in that game,

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and that's the tough part with Teddy Bear, right?

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Like, we obviously can see the energy values

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on the fortress, he can't,

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But when you are in the biggest stage,

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you cannot afford to make those mistakes.

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And Sustenite are taking advantage of that mistake

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and finding a decisive game three win.

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And it seems like Sustenite's eater did have a strategy.

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He was deploying the same Pokemon game after game.

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And he was just battling through, just persisting.

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And that persistence was enough

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to eventually win the battle.

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And he came in with that strategy.

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And it's a reason that he is getting

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on to the winner's side of the bracket day number two.

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I will point out right now that there is a little bit

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of discussion happening on the stage here.

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I think possibly Teddy Bear has said something to the judge

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and we do see that the match is under review.

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We'll keep you all updated on what the review is.

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Personally, I didn't see anything,

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but I might have missed it, right?

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Obviously the players are experiencing firsthand.

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So we'll see if they're discussing it.

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And also more importantly, did any potential issues

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in that game affect the outcome, right?

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if the Succulator looked really far ahead in my mind, right?

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And he's got a shield remaining too.

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So I don't know if it's possible to even get there,

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but we will keep you all updated on what the judges discussed

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and what the players have brought up for you.

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And obviously, of course, within Teddy Bear's right

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to bring up any reviews if he thinks the gameplay

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was not clean.

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Absolutely.

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So this is what's happening right now.

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Teddy Bear maybe noticed something that happened

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in that battle.

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He has told the judges now the awesome judging staff

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that we have here.

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And we give a huge thanks to the judging staff

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for not only Pokemon Go, but for all the titles

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and really all of the huge, amazing staff

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that makes a tournament like this possible,

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an event like this possible.

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There are so many people that wake up

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and work hard to make something like this happen.

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I just wanna give a big thank you to all of them.

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Definitely.

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Especially our judges on stage as well

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to making sure all the gameplay is going as well

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as it can even if there's any hiccups.

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I believe the review is related

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the end being there. But I'm not exactly sure what occurs. So they were going to take

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a look at that and we'll keep you all updated once we have a word from our judges.

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Yeah. And so once again, I was talking about before North America hasn't been represented

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on that winner's side of the bracket so much. We have to win the situation for us.

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It's a guarantee. I think when I was talking to some North American trainers earlier, like,

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okay, we have some guarantees upcoming because we have two North American trainers

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going against each other and how about some of these trainers coming in with the underdog you mentioned that Susana Cedar

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His best performance was seven teddy bears best performance was four even the next trainers

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I would have on stage hungry wolf pack and King

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OWT hungry wolf packs best performance was ninth and King

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OWT's best performance was fit so a lot of these trainers that came into the tournament

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Maybe their opponent is thinking okay. I'm glad I have that matchup. They're not glad now because yeah

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Some of these underdog trainers are making a name for themselves here

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And I feel like this is what happens every world championship every big international championship

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Right these trainers that haven't been able to get over that hurdle get over the hump

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They do it in the biggest moment and it solidifies their Pokemon go legacy. That's right

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You know, I mean some of these big names were like all they've won all these tournaments

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They've had all these performances, but they all started somewhere and we all start somewhere too

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So if you're watching this home, you're like, I don't know if I could do it

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You never know right? I mean Susie either just join

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I believe start playing in the circuit maybe a year maybe two years ago

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And this has been such a stellar season for him traveling internationally as well having so many top performances

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And now just moments away from a day number two at worlds

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Well, and if you've literally never even played Pokemon goPvP and you enjoy Pokemon go you enjoy raiding you enjoy

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Shiding hunting you enjoy collecting you could take advantage of this switch off right now

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Get the tinketon from last year world championships

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And then you're literally one third of your way there to making a team because tinketon is so strong right now

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You'll get that elite charge to him as well to you so even if you've never even played you can get so close to even

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Making a go battle league team queue up see if you like it. It's a fun game

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Yeah, speaking of newer players to hungry will pack played only one tournament last year in twenty five

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That first ever tournament was at North America International Championships the last woman in North America

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And you know obviously they make worlds off of that one tournament first-ever tournament

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But this season was essentially his first ever season

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and he's already made Worlds and has a chance

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to make it to as we think big congratulations

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to Susan Cedar as it looks like the review was in his favor

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and he is going to take the two one victory over Teddy Bear.

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A resilient victory from Susan Cedar

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to be able to move on to day number two,

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something that he's done frequently in the 2026 season.

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But it's been at the start of day number two

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where he's fumbled a bit.

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So can this be his moment where he is strong into day number two?

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You'll have to tune in tomorrow to find out because he'll be coming in on that

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winter side of the bracket, which means he will battle early on in day number two on Saturday.

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That's right. And sublimation.

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So even if you lose this in day number two,

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he still has more chances to still make that day number three championship series finale.

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And of course, Teddy Bear is still not out of it yet as we'll be moving down

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to our losers finals.

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One serious win there will also guarantee him a spot in day number two.

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an awesome performance so far from Teddy Bear.

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He mentioned to me that he hasn't had the most time

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to be able to prepare for this tournament,

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but he was a trainer that was on the bubble

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coming into the end of this 2026 season.

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I believe the last two tournaments of the season

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with the Indianapolis Regionals

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and of course with the North American International

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Championship, he was one of those trainers

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just outside of that top 75,

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which needed a decent performance

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to be able to qualify.

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And not only did he qualify,

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Now he's an opportunity where he is one match victory away from getting the day number two.

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So a trainer on the bubble doesn't know if he's even going to be here.

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Now has a chance to make it to Saturday.

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That's right. Yeah. I mean, such a great point.

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8th year as well. One of our players that made day number two right before we came on for Castle location

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was the last player to qualify from North America.

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And now she's gone undefeated. Hasn't dropped a game to make day number two at Worlds.

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like anything can happen and just making it to the world stage is absolutely huge show so some of our players

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They might have thought O2 and don't feel good about it

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But just making it here show so much grits and so much potential

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Well, it's a perfect example that anyone could win world right when you have literally your last trainer that was able to punch

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Their ticket to the world championships on the North American side make it through day one without a game lost

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This tournament is stacked of course we talk about it all the time

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but really to be able to come out on top in this tournament, it could be anyone, but it will be the person that is resilient,

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is going to be able to shine in the biggest moments and is going to be crowned a legend and obtain infinite glory.

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That's right. And a really cool outfit on top of that. You'll be part of the history books for sure.

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So we get the history books too. I mean, looking at the players history of our upcoming matchup is King OWT and Hungry Wolfpack.

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I said pretty much for server season right outside of that one fine performance last season King

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OWT has I believe only played in seven tournaments in total since 2023 and this is by far his best

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season right and to even qualify for worlds on only a few tournaments is a very tough feat in itself

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but a fifth place finish will get you a lot of championship points and of course one match away

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from making day number two at worlds on the biggest stage. Oh it's so beautiful to see we

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we were able to look ahead on our next three matchups.

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And this really is the underdog portion

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of the tournament so far.

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Earlier on we were just talking about all

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how all these big names are succeeding.

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Of course, they played awesome,

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but in these next three matches,

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these are trainers that have been on the edge,

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the bubble or even making day two,

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but not really making a name for themselves

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in day number two.

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The underdogs are making it to the top of day number two

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because all of these trainers, I mentioned it before,

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we're gonna be doing winners finals and losers finals.

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So to see a trainer win on stage,

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They are going to day number two at Pokemon Worlds.

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Definitely.

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And here we go.

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We have our players on the screen right now.

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Let's take a look at the teams from these two.

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It is going to be Hungry World Pack,

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running the Aqua Tail stone edge variants of Quadsar.

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Has that shadow cancel.

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Nine tails.

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He has zoom roll.

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A lot of people are defaulting more to the zoom roll.

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Just going for the bulk.

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The bulkier water types.

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This is zoom roll is indeed running ice team play roll.

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So not the hatch one we saw from PB David earlier,

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but that's a move that's very, very hard to land.

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And of course, Malmars really

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pick it up in use especially we see on like it might be a lower usage Pokemon

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but high-perform Pokemon means that it's a really great meta read for a lot of

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these players and there's two Malabar on the screen. Yeah and it's surprising

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because Tintaton has been one of the safest strongest picks in the entire

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tournament you're often seeing it in the stadium here at Pokemon World so to

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have Malabar be this successful is surprising to me and we've seen

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multiple trainers now bring it here it was the last second adjustment Malamar

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was not top usage so it seemed like a lot of these trainers got the same message maybe malamar

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has a chance to be really strong in this tournament they brought it and another pokemon that we

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thought was going to be really strong the hiselion electrode is on the side of king owt and then

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we have another shadow corvanite i believe from hungry wolf pack as well that's right and of course

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shadow king draw on the side of king owt it was a pokemon that's uh it's pretty good in this

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meta at least uh what a lot of you assume but it's much harder to play in practicality

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because it is on the more frail side, but the pacing is so fast that Swift and indeed this

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Kingdra is running Swift and serve so really great coverage a great neutralizer to that

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shadow cancel nine tails on top of it. I think King OWT has so many neutral options into this

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obviously the Kingdra that you mentioned is really neutral against everything even against

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the Corbinite it's not terrible because if you can protect your property and protect your

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the payback you can hang in that matchup. And then you also have the Hussuin Electro that looks

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just really awesome against everything on Hungry Wolfpack's team that's not Shadow Kanto Ninetail.

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So I believe that core in general of a Shadow Kingdra to protect yourself from that Shadow

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Kanto Ninetail and the Hussuin Electro is incredibly safe. And then one of the safest Pokemon

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in not only Championship series, but in Open Great League, Go Battle League, is that Fero as well

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has almost perfect coverage to be able to hit either neutral or super effective damage versus

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most of the meta has awesome typing between that normal and flying typing. That's right, and even

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into the Corbinette, which resists all the attacks from the Fero, that you're also throwing doubles

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as a sand attack in return, right? So it's not even the most comfortable matchup for that Corbinette.

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And because of that, if you look at the side of Hungry Ropec, there just aren't any clear,

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clear answers to Fero. Fero doesn't really hard beat much, right? There's not some,

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there's no fighting types on the side of Hungry Ropec, but you have so much play

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into everything else, and because Fero is so attack weighted, it's going to win that charge

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attack priority against, I believe, every single Pokémon hungry will pack side.

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And so because of that, King OW2 can really invest shields into that Fero and play around

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it and just play all these neutral matchups out.

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lead for a hungry wolf pack. If you're going to see the child king draw you would prefer that matchup.

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That's why you get the instant swap into the nine tails and one of the better neutral answers is this

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licky licky. And you can see hungry wolf pack was ready for the safe swap. I mean it doesn't get

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safer than nine tails in this particular matchup. As you can see there is no dragon type on the

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side of hungry wolf pack to wall off this energy. So this energy goes absolutely everywhere

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in the hungry wolf pack side. You can see King OWT lagging the harder hitting edge ball. No

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So deep up there, but still putting this Licky Licky in a very uncomfortable range where

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Houndo Old Pack has to consider shielding even potentially a weather ball.

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And you might think it's weird that a fire type Pokemon is going constantly for a grass attack.

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It's because, like you said, it does a little bit more damage in the dimensions of this battle.

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You would rather throw double energy ball and maybe have an opportunity to ember down

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if you do go for the protection here.

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There it is. King OWT does go for the protection.

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He's now going to be able to get that energy down as the Shadowfall goes nowhere

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And you have the energy for the backline,

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which is going to be super effective either

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into the Shadow Corponite or the Azumeral that comes in.

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And I like this play a lot because Hungry Wolfpack

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has put the Kingdra in checkmate.

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It doesn't have a lot of places to go into the Corponite

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nor the Azumeral.

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But more importantly, Hungry Wolfpack,

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pretty weak to this Astoon Electrope.

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So maybe expecting that, you know what?

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I'm going to be a shield inch,

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because this Astoon Electrope just Corponites

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my entire backline.

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And here comes the ice beam that's

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going to be super effective into the crash typing.

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And he knows that there's also a Corponite

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the back and this is gonna be your most useful protect shield of the battle remaining so that

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was really smart. Now instantly swapping into the Corbinite he knows that King LWT is switchlock

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so if he throws the wild charges here he's gonna drop his defense by two stages if he

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does that again it's gonna be four stages drop I believe you're gonna see the back to back here

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but I don't think you can get back to your timer. Yeah I'd love to split for a hunger roll pack

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he knows that he can just drop both shields here and just come out I mean he still has

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But essentially full health on this shadow Corbin.

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Even overfall on the low.

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Can he swap?

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No.

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Just go straight for the payback quadruple debuff.

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This means that this payback is going to definitely one shot KO.

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They have soon a lecture.

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There it goes.

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And now you have the shadow Tindra.

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Shadow Tindra.

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The serve, we will still do a good.

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Trunk of damage.

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Half also the catch opportunity.

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Wait.

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Come on.

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You go back.

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Just go straight for the air cutter.

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Doesn't want to mess around.

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Doesn't want to let the payback come through.

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But this is not going to KO the Tindra.

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knowing that the surf had an opportunity to knock out

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the Fortnite goings for that attack

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and now making as much energy as possible.

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The patients from Hunky Rollsack

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to take the resistance surf into the King Drift.

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But remember, there is a swap opportunity

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and King OWT is using a one turn back stack.

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He can't swap into the Night Tales.

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He has the opportunity

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and he can also just make up so much energy

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until they try to go for the swap.

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There he is!

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Beautiful replays by King OWT

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Because you put the Azumo now closing in on Dragon Breath range, and now gets to get the under charge.

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But Azumo is just so slow. You're doing double resistive bubble damage.

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And King OWT is going to farm up to 100 energy before going to Swift, and now has to serve.

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Can't serve being enough against a Shadowcourt, and we haven't seen this match up much.

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But it is hard hitting neutral damage into the more frail version of this Fortnite.

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Here comes the serve, and Hanyu O-Bat just has a few more tanks to get to this air cover.

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Can he hang on? I don't know if this is chaos, but he might just be in a few Dragon Breaths away.

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One Dragon Breath, and King Odil's he gets the win after two crazy back to back catches.

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His fate was aligned to that serve, and King O-WT was able to do enough damage,

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plus the Dragon Breath able to win that matchup in the back,

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where it felt like Hungry Wolf-Bat had all the answers in that team composition,

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but the flexibility from those Pokemon, like the Hissuin Electro,

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also having that swap available for the Shadow King tonight,

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but how about Shadow Kingdra making it appear here at the World Championships?

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Hey, I thought it was going to be good in the NAIC meta.

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I did not think it was going to be good in the Open Great League meta,

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but that's exactly what King O'Donnelly is showing on the big stage.

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And I love the composure, right? He got caught on.

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It's not a great feeling, right?

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A Focus Zero catching, a Shadow Serf from the Kingdra,

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But it gave him actually the win kind you need it because he over far more caught again on his own Pokemon

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Knowing that the swimmer had a girl who gives pretty much out of health at that point far down through a swift

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And had the surf ready for the quarter nights and just that's just what you need right a lot of times people might get frustrated

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Maybe at their moment playing go bat league you get caught on as a tough situation

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But that composure recognizing the game is not over in fact turning a negative into a positive was what got him that win

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And that Electro stood no chance once this defense was dropped by four stages here, but it all came down to this Kingdra

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And like you said there's just so much pressure even though there was an awesome swap into the Azumaril because Azumaril paces so

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Slowly compared to Kingdra two charge attacks

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He was able to manipulate that back and swap at the exact right moment to catch that ice beam look at the patience here

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Looking at knowing there's not an ice beam available yet and looks like these trainers are locked into game number two

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It is going to be the Malamarr once again against this Shadow King drop.

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This is an awkward matchup for Shadow King drop because obviously the foul play is doing a lot more damage than a swift is.

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So if you want to do impactful damage, you have to go all the way to serve.

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But if Malamarr does shield that serve, you get outpaced your next charge attack.

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And I don't think King OWT will even stay in after they're going to serve.

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Just wants to get this damage shot, maybe grab a shield from Hungry Wolfpack.

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Hungry Wolfpack does not shield the serve.

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I mean, it could have been a face.

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That would have been the Zashin's case.

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But that's the chip damage needed.

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And now King O'Wheeves comes in with an Asuna Electrode.

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Asuna Electrode is pretty safe to see,

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but the Shadow of Kanto Ninjutsu is the main check to it.

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And Hungry Wolfpack brought it just for this situation.

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Well, King O'Wheeves is in such a tough situation

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because not only do you have this bad matchup,

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you also have a bad matchup in the back line.

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You have your own Shadow of Kanto Ninjutsu

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versus the licky, licky of Hungry Wolfpack.

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So now you're going to throw this wild charge,

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get to protect you.

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But your defense has dropped two stages.

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You can back the back ball chart.

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But you can get back to back the Tech Shield here.

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But I believe this was charge attack priority.

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King OWT is shaking his head.

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But I think it is locked in.

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He's going to have to use his second for Tech Shield

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in order to keep this electrode around.

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And no, he just lets it go.

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I like this play from King OWT.

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He still has the king for the force energy from Hungry

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Worldpack.

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I think Hungry Worldpack will probably swap out.

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That's the case.

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But his own Shadow Cannon, I just

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could definitely put in work here.

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Incom, the Licky Licky.

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And now King OWT comes in.

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Yeah, this is not the best matchup, but with the shield advantage,

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Shadow of Cancer Ninjas can put in absolute work and gets the Ember through on Poppins for some extra energy.

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And the scary thing for 100 Wolfpack is the fact that the Kingdra is around in the back,

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because even at that low health, it double resists the Ember from the Shadow of Cancer Ninjas.

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It can definitely get to a charge attack in the backlight, as this first energy ball is going to be coming through.

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There is that one protection remaining, but both of the Pokemon from King of WT that's remaining are getting so low in health.

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And if a King Odin's trying to throw a charge attack priority if 100 Wolfpack doesn't throw the body slam, this might put it in KO range.

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Let's see, can you take it out? No, just survived through a little bit of health and now gets the body slam off.

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It's kind of weird for King Odin T because he's going to shield, try to preserve the health on this, but you're pretty much in fast attack range.

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He needs to pivot, he needs to pivot here and go into, there's the pivot, and do you see the swamp in the patients?

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Can't he get the far down and take the serve?

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No, instead, Hungry Wolfpack is able to get to the foul play at the very last moment with one help remaining, and he's able to tie up the series.

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Maybe a slight miscue from King LWT. Maybe he wanted to save that shield for the King.

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But he was caught in the top position the moment that Shadow Ball was thrown.

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And what a great call for Hungry Wolfpack.

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Knowing the shield is tough, goes to the hard-hitting move anyway, because a lot of players expect this.

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You have a shield, you're going to bait, and that's exactly the mind game for Hungry Wolfpack.

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I'm full second to shadow ball.

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I don't think you're in shields.

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Now you're fast at pressure range

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and that's exactly what happened.

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And King, sorry, hungry Wolfpack

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was able to endure the tie of that series.

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Even though it seems like he is a team composition

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disadvantage, he made all the right reads

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going into this game number two.

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He was able to have his shadow canto nine tails.

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The counter that is doing an electrode,

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he was also able to have the licky licky

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to counter that shadow canto nine tails from King OWT.

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So it's anyone's game here

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I still feel like being OWT has such an awesome team composition advantage, but it doesn't matter when you're in a rubber match right now in the decisive game number three.

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Anything can happen.

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That's right.

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You know that the OWT was in a tough position, right?

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Has the Nineteals on to the electrode.

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And because the Nineteals shielded up both Wild Charge, that was still a full held Nineteals yet it didn't actually, then you had to go for the serve.

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going to have a 4 of a 9 versus a shadow, can't do 9 tails if things stay the same, but

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Hungry Wolfback did misalign the switch timer significantly.

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He can bounce around this matchup and try to come back.

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That's right.

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And yeah, the timers are super misaligned, and this is top bar with the 0.

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Not only is it slower, but with this Predicum Moose set, you're completely walled off

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by the most popular fairy type, which is the Tingentun, a very hard hitting neutral

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Tingentun hammer comes through, and Hungry Wolfback trying to maybe misalign the

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timers offense.

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but the back line is not looking great for him either.

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As the cancel nine tails is wading in the wings,

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the King OWT might have just completely

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hard countered hungry bull pack

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in this third and final game.

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Oh, and gets the air cutter off before the swap was available.

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But I believe you're going to be able to hang on

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if you're the team that's on here.

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And King OWT was trying to hold on to get to that nine

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tails. He does hang on.

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Is there going to be a boost here?

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There is no boost.

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And now suddenly you're at the mercy of the top Pokemon

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in the meta, probably only needing four inbers

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to get to that super effective weather ball

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fire type is going to be super effective into the Corviknight and get it low

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enough that you can invert down. You will probably give up a protection.

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Oh!

09:28:12.620 --> 09:28:14.120
That doesn't even get the payback!

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King OWT putting a very strong performance in this final game has a

09:28:19.780 --> 09:28:23.540
Malmard loaded with NJ as well. Just way hungry will back has to spend a single

09:28:23.540 --> 09:28:28.180
shield. Not only is he in bad matchup after bad matchup he also has to wait

09:28:28.180 --> 09:28:32.580
about the King OWT's Malmard that is ready for this licky licky no matter

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what and he's just not going to shield anything. He knows that the Malmour has so much play still

09:28:37.460 --> 09:28:43.380
happening done with a giga ton hammer on top of it. This is an absolutely impossible task for

09:28:43.380 --> 09:28:48.420
Hungry Wolfpack to overcome. Oh actually tries to over form there. Let's see a zoomerall form him

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down and waste all the energy. I think he's ahead enough that it didn't matter but he almost

09:28:52.500 --> 09:28:59.540
gave up about 85 energy to Hungry Wolfpack. In that moment we kind of thought that it's

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over it's a wrap but I mean it still feels pretty bad because there is a lot more health available

09:29:06.500 --> 09:29:10.340
on this Malamar than there is a licky licky of course there were four protectials now there's

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only three and there's still the gigas on him on tickets on that I think that speaks to ballings

09:29:14.100 --> 09:29:20.420
of how far ahead he was right let's all the entry go and still get absolutely dominant this match

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a put such a smart line read from King of WC to completely puts punggol back in a corner in

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in this final match.

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And here comes the combo play.

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Giggits on the air with the closings out.

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And King OWC finds a spot.

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And day number two at World Championships.

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Congratulations, a trainer that has had

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his best performance a fifth place.

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His pump up to do this well on the world stage

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and make it to the winner's side of day number two.

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But shout out to Hungry Wolfpack, another underdog

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that's made it so far.

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And he is not eliminated yet.

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Yeah, and Hungry Wolfpack, you can see

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He was still smiles as well, right?

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He knew that's the top matchup.

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I don't think any player in this world circuit

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could have overcame the matchup that he was in

09:30:03.580 --> 09:30:06.220
with that specifically matchup and the back lines,

09:30:06.220 --> 09:30:08.900
but King OWT also played it absolutely perfectly.

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And that's the top part, right?

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You can play the perfect game,

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but against someone that good,

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Dave just had to play it well too

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and there's just not much you can do.

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Big congrats to King OWT for that top cut

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for day number two.

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And Hungry Wolfack still has a chance in his Luzio finals.

09:30:22.780 --> 09:30:23.980
And it seems like he came up

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against a team competition

09:30:25.060 --> 09:30:29.060
really strong against him. He obviously made the right calls in the game number two to dominate that

09:30:29.060 --> 09:30:33.380
one, the tie of the series, but to be able to do that over and over again is incredibly difficult.

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The only trainer I know that can do that is usually inadequate Marthine. He's able to call

09:30:37.300 --> 09:30:41.140
every team competition. Even he has faltered here a little bit at the World Championships,

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getting all the way to the winners finals and then dropping down to that loser's side of the

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bracket is so tough to just try to depend on the alignment in a tournament that is

09:30:50.420 --> 09:30:52.620
wide spread in the meta as this one is,

09:30:52.620 --> 09:30:56.300
you kinda have to be reliant more on the flexibility

09:30:56.300 --> 09:30:58.060
of your Pokemon and King OWT.

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I really love his team competition

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because I feel like there's just infinite flexibility

09:31:02.220 --> 09:31:03.060
for him.

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That's right, especially into this matchup.

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And credit to the Hongi Wolf Matthew, right?

09:31:05.740 --> 09:31:06.940
He did everything he could.

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He even bubbled down the 90s that had energy, right?

09:31:10.220 --> 09:31:12.460
And also just, you know, hanging on, getting shield,

09:31:12.460 --> 09:31:14.780
knowing exactly where you need to spend the shields.

09:31:14.780 --> 09:31:17.180
But again, that safe swap of Zermo is so tough

09:31:17.180 --> 09:31:18.220
in a Tinketump meta.

09:31:18.220 --> 09:31:19.860
We've seen a Zermo have a lot of play

09:31:19.860 --> 09:31:27.160
I believe that's why maybe players like VP David is running the hydro pump for the coverage just for that one particular matchup

09:31:27.160 --> 09:31:30.320
That could potentially just flip it or give it give himself the advantage he needs

09:31:30.360 --> 09:31:34.860
But yeah, this is a tough one for hunger will back in the final one by great series between these two competitors

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Yeah, well done to these trainers

09:31:37.340 --> 09:31:41.340
They're trying to make a name for themselves on the world stage, and I think they're well on their way

09:31:41.340 --> 09:31:42.240
Of course King

09:31:42.240 --> 09:31:48.680
OWT does bring that has suing electrode in the day number two a Pokemon that really throws a wrench into a lot of these top teams

09:31:48.680 --> 09:31:50.960
especially if they don't have shadow came to night out.

09:31:50.960 --> 09:31:52.440
So we're going to see how that plays out,

09:31:52.440 --> 09:31:54.280
especially on that winter side of the bracket tomorrow.

09:31:54.280 --> 09:31:56.200
And speaking of winter side of the bracket too,

09:31:56.200 --> 09:31:58.960
we have a lot of fun matches still to go.

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And one of them is a former world champion,

09:32:01.880 --> 09:32:05.080
and he will be going against headiness who,

09:32:05.080 --> 09:32:06.080
I don't know about this year,

09:32:06.080 --> 09:32:09.160
but I know last year was the Thailand qualifier champion

09:32:09.160 --> 09:32:11.600
and also made day number two last year

09:32:11.600 --> 09:32:12.520
in world championship.

09:32:12.520 --> 09:32:14.240
So a very strong player

09:32:14.240 --> 09:32:16.280
and also another great player from APAC

09:32:16.280 --> 09:32:18.480
that doesn't have a lot of broadcast opportunities

09:32:18.480 --> 09:32:21.640
play on stage because you know they don't have as many tournaments in the region

09:32:21.640 --> 09:32:25.560
but very high performance rate and has a chance to potentially take down one of

09:32:25.560 --> 09:32:30.240
our world champions. And M.E. Weedle of course technically the first Pokemon Go

09:32:30.240 --> 09:32:33.840
world champion because he was in the seniors division for the one year that

09:32:33.840 --> 09:32:38.280
we had that division and he was able to take down other top seniors and let's

09:32:38.280 --> 09:32:41.920
be honest the senior division at that time and probably even if it exists

09:32:41.920 --> 09:32:46.120
now is still really hard to get through. As you see how many of these top

09:32:46.120 --> 09:32:50.460
coaches in Pokemon go are some of these young trainers that have so much

09:32:50.460 --> 09:32:53.480
talent. Yeah, they need to make a Masters Plus division for guys like us

09:32:53.480 --> 09:32:56.520
because it's hard to keep up with the kids here these days. But I mean,

09:32:56.520 --> 09:32:59.720
Wido has really grown up in the scene right back in twenty twenty two

09:32:59.720 --> 09:33:02.680
Wednesday's first ever World Championship following year has won a

09:33:02.680 --> 09:33:06.600
regional one EYC in obviously now the only division we have which is the

09:33:06.600 --> 09:33:11.000
Masters division and he's you know he's a very decorated player one of

09:33:11.000 --> 09:33:14.960
few actually to have a world title international title in a regional

09:33:14.960 --> 09:33:24.560
title. So definitely Teddiness is up against the Titan, but they're doing a little rock-paper-scissors right now on stage, a little pre-game action here as we take a look at the team.

09:33:24.560 --> 09:33:27.520
There's a cloth around the field for Teddiness as well.

09:33:27.520 --> 09:33:34.400
Yeah, speaking of decorated, I'm missing the decoration from Imi Lidl like he has in his full Pokemon suit. That was such a great look.

09:33:34.400 --> 09:33:41.900
That's rocking it here today, but he did rock that in the past as the former world champion is running the floor just licky-licky.

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Shadow Quagsire, Impoleon, Shadow Kento, Ninetales and Corsula.

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Impoleon is probably one of the Pokemon that's dropped off the most.

09:33:48.680 --> 09:33:53.880
A Pokemon that has been in the fringe of top 12 usage in previous practice tournaments.

09:33:53.880 --> 09:33:57.580
And because it has that neutrality more into that Shadow Kento Ninetales,

09:33:57.580 --> 09:34:02.180
because it has the steel subtyping, so you don't take super effective from that energy ball.

09:34:02.180 --> 09:34:06.500
And I feel like in other matchups, I think Impoleon has been looking really good.

09:34:06.500 --> 09:34:07.800
Let's look at it right now.

09:34:07.800 --> 09:34:11.680
It also looks incredibly safe against TeddiNess's team.

09:34:11.900 --> 09:34:13.580
It does to a degree, right?

09:34:13.580 --> 09:34:14.820
The nine tails is pretty awkward

09:34:14.820 --> 09:34:16.260
because the pacing's so fast,

09:34:16.260 --> 09:34:18.900
but the QuaxR is running mudbomb, not stone-ass.

09:34:18.900 --> 09:34:21.100
So it makes it a lot worse for the Empolion.

09:34:21.100 --> 09:34:21.940
And the only-

09:34:21.940 --> 09:34:23.540
But the Emmy Riedels-

09:34:23.540 --> 09:34:25.380
Oh, sorry, sorry, my bad, my bad, my bad, my bad.

09:34:25.380 --> 09:34:26.900
Sorry, I saw the Empolion on the tennis side.

09:34:26.900 --> 09:34:27.740
Yeah, you're absolutely right.

09:34:27.740 --> 09:34:29.500
The Empolion, Emmy Riedel's side,

09:34:29.500 --> 09:34:31.140
different story, they're very safe, right?

09:34:31.140 --> 09:34:33.220
Even into Kintonite, just half play,

09:34:33.220 --> 09:34:35.060
but it has a lot of utility there.

09:34:35.060 --> 09:34:37.020
ToeKiss though, does have the oars here.

09:34:37.020 --> 09:34:37.860
That's super effective.

09:34:37.860 --> 09:34:40.180
And if you're ahead on energy there,

09:34:40.180 --> 09:34:41.380
that is an awkward situation.

09:34:41.380 --> 09:34:46.100
You're going to have to shield every potential supervective or spear, but I do like the moveset from Emmy

09:34:46.100 --> 09:34:50.420
Weedle's right side of the mudbomb off the tail for this particular matchup because there is no man team

09:34:50.420 --> 09:34:54.180
There's no Altaria. So throwing the octo is at least so neutral damage

09:34:54.180 --> 09:34:57.220
Yes, stone s is nice for Tokyo's Tokyo's usually shields anyway

09:34:57.220 --> 09:35:03.220
And you can still chip it down and do something whereas we saw off tail versus mudbomb into man team earlier today

09:35:03.220 --> 09:35:08.100
And that's a much much harder matchup and it even helps into the course of a matchup as well because mudbomb is a more

09:35:08.100 --> 09:35:13.220
efficient attack as well. It's so risky with how much Mantine is in the meta right now. But

09:35:13.220 --> 09:35:17.380
when you're in this opportunity, I believe once again, we are in winners finals for this

09:35:17.380 --> 09:35:22.540
group. You are not facing a Mantine. You're facing a Toga kiss, a fairy type that has fallen

09:35:22.540 --> 09:35:27.220
off a little bit. It's been fringe met up, but because Ticket on is so dominant and really

09:35:27.220 --> 09:35:31.500
strong against Toga kiss, you haven't seen it as much. But how does it match up against

09:35:31.500 --> 09:35:36.300
in me? We don't see it. It is kind of mutually everywhere. It does have hard

09:35:36.300 --> 09:35:39.900
hitting attacks let's see is it the side shock and the horse here or does it have?

09:35:39.900 --> 09:35:43.860
Okay sometimes you can go for the dazzling gleam for the harder charge

09:35:43.860 --> 09:35:47.500
attack as well even some trainers go for the ancient power but I believe the

09:35:47.500 --> 09:35:51.300
standard attacks on that toga kiss but I feel like there's a lot of flexibility

09:35:51.300 --> 09:35:54.580
from both of these trainers here. Yeah definitely and it's particularly the

09:35:54.580 --> 09:35:58.360
ghost type course slot on both sides is only one true answer which is the

09:35:58.360 --> 09:36:01.540
Licky Licky on the side of Emmi Rideau and the Feeble on the side of TeddiNess

09:36:01.540 --> 09:36:04.820
but if you avoid those particular matchups course that has played into

09:36:04.820 --> 09:36:08.500
everything right obviously your matches but if you look at everything else on both sides

09:36:08.500 --> 09:36:13.780
course that's winning or neutral matchup against the rest entire entire rest remaining for Pokemon

09:36:13.780 --> 09:36:18.900
on both sides so I expect a lot of playing course slot and really it just comes down to who could

09:36:18.900 --> 09:36:22.740
get the villain course on the right matches and who would get their counters on the posting plan

09:36:22.740 --> 09:36:26.580
course slot but it's also going to come down to who can play more flexibly because I feel like

09:36:26.580 --> 09:36:31.540
this matchup in general is not too alignment dependent so in this situation you might see

09:36:31.540 --> 09:36:35.940
a lot more pivoting than you'll see in other matches because you know if you're not worried about

09:36:35.940 --> 09:36:39.540
switch lock in your Pokemon you can hang on with that Pokemon in the back to try to catch

09:36:39.540 --> 09:36:44.500
something later or even get to a last ditch charge attack in the in-game. So this is the best

09:36:44.500 --> 09:36:50.900
moments for Pokemon GO PVP when you have enough flexibility and neutrality to be able to be flexible.

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That's right and we're moments away from lock in between our two competitors,

09:36:55.380 --> 09:36:58.980
Emmy Weedle looking to be talking about poses by the way

09:36:58.980 --> 09:37:05.880
I'm looking at an awesome pose right now from Emmy Weedle. He does have the world champion pose and outfit from London

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2022 one of two be able to have that the other being guests Rob now one of our expert judges on the field and

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Emmy Weedle could be the first ever two-time champion in Pokemon Go

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But he's got to get through ten years first

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You got to get through a lot of top players on day number two

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But both players only one match away from making that top 32 and what a flex that is to be able to have that pose in

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The go battle league when you are battling there and I actually believe I think I saw there was a

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2026 backpack in Pokemon go as well that you can get access to that is a really cool flex the backpacks here at Pokemon

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Worlds look absolutely awesome, of course having the special peach Pikachu's not only from Pokemon worlds that cost him

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But you also have Pokemon XP happening in San Francisco with the more space-themed costume Pokemon.

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Okay, I was wrong, actually. So, Teddy Ness was a Thailand champion last year.

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Back-to-back champion, actually, won it all this year as well.

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And the prior two years, 2023 and 2024, he was the second place finisher there.

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So, a second, a second, a first and a first place finish in Thailand is absolutely wild.

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but probably one of their most accomplished players in the entire region.

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And last year, like I said, made a top cut, I believe, in Anaheim,

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looking to do that again in back-to-back years.

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Definitely one of the top players to watch out for, especially on APAC.

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Yeah, I don't want to let that fly by and let it be understated at how difficult that is.

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Especially with a lot of the ways that a lot of these APAC trainers do qualify.

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Sometimes it's in online tournaments where you can have even single elimination.

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It depends on the APAC region.

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But to be able to do that well and back to back to be the triple really strong performances in his perspective region, he must be an insane battler because you don't see that often.

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I think Mr.

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Mejir is another trainer that has been awesome at doing that as well.

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But it's a rare feat to be able to go to these open APAC qualifiers and continue to dominate like that.

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Yeah.

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I mean, to really speak to that point too, Teddy is getting to win the qualifier for Thailand.

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He won the playoffs.

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So he got, I believe, fifth place on the qualifier.

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So they even sweep the qualifier, but locked in when it counted in the playoffs

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to get that number one spot again in his home region.

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You see, our players don't really love this ball.

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I love the sportsmanship here.

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All smiles because they know they beat so many players just to get to this

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winner's finals to try to close out.

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Day number one, here we go.

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Emmy Weedover setting this, and it's going to be the shadow

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dance from Nineteals into Tocqueville.

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two champions are in the stadium right now and actually gonna stay in with this

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tokyus yes you are gonna get outpaced to that weather ball but it's not the

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strongest attack yes it's same type of tack bonus but you can take that easily

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and because Oris fear is a pretty strong attack you can maybe even threaten a

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protect shield from any weevil does he try to go for an early protection no

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I think he's just just gonna let it go and this is the benefit of running

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tokyus well instead of the tingles on because it's on doesn't really hang

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can't really hit back there, he's into the canceler 9-10, so having a little bit more flexibility for tennis is going to be pretty crucial here.

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Goes to the shield, tries to go for the switch advantage, and in comes the Empolion, gets the horse to your off and grab the instant shield from Amirido.

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Yeah, you don't want to let this one go, that would be super effective into the Empolion, that's not that bulky.

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And now you're going to counter with your own Empolion here, but you're behind energy, but it doesn't really matter.

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This is one of the match-ups that is not too devastating to be behind on energy because both of these charge attacks are resisted.

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And double Hydra Cannon isn't even enough to knock out

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because the metal sounds are double resistant.

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You're doing almost no fast attack pressure.

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And first, Hydra Cannon is going to land as headless.

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It's almost at his own second.

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Hydra Cannon going to be thrown.

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And Emi Redo is ahead on entry.

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So he might just softly win this matchup

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to potentially put himself in a fast attack range.

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I think that's kind of the ball of the story right now,

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right?

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Both players are softly losing the matchup

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to try to see what can happen.

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But Emi Redo has the advantage

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because he has to shield the manage.

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Oh, wait, no, no, no, Ashley Shilovain is not there.

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As Ketain is forced to throw the Hypertension before Jenny passed that down.

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Now, it's this risky.

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He was able to let those Inbers through and try to keep himself at low health.

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But does this give the opportunity for him fully on now to come down in metal sound down?

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That could be risky, Protetius, but he's already clicking on this evil,

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trying to pivot out of that matchup.

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Here comes the Crackdown, and here comes the Counter-Peeble.

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There is one Protet Shield remaining for both these trainers.

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Amy Weedle is not liking this backline matchup as he shakes his head.

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I think Emirito's still in a very commanding position into Tidiness because how do you take out the Black Star and the Impulse Gun?

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Because Tidiness was forced to throw the Hatch can at a low health 9 tails. It puts him really far behind.

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Joss is 9 chaired right on project priority. I believe Emirito is going to know she'll he know he can tank this especially because the 9 chaid didn't boost the

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Thievold.

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Aqua kill will put the Siebel in KO range. So Tidiness gonna have to potentially throw the shield

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But he knows there's an Impulian on the back and I don't think it's switch arms up for a catch.

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No, it's not yet. And here goes Emi Redo trying to get to it right away, but this will

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wheel down the timer even further.

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And now he has the opportunity to swap out. He has two Pokemon remaining. His Switch Timer

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is up. Can he swap out? Will there be a pause from the former world champion? There is

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no pause. He is not throwing yet. And there is the Hydrocator that's going to be landing

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into the feeble. And Teddiness doesn't really have much opportunity because his

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backline Pokemon are so low on health.

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If you look at the curse as well, a look at Teddiness trying to swap and catch

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I think he overcapped it.

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Then he gets a hundred, and he does get the hundred!

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The very last seconds!

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Double resistant metal sound, not doing enough to fast that down.

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The Impoleon and the Quacksack still remains.

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Can you take it out? You're still the toga kiss and the Magin toga kiss.

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Going to double resist the Munchon damage.

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You get to the Aquadil though and Emmy Weedle.

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But it's finding a way!

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It's just going to be simultaneous.

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The Impoleon is still in the back.

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One metal sound versus one Munchon.

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We might see a tie here. Will it be the simultaneous?

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Yes simultaneous knockout as these trainers have tied game number one. Wow what a game there too

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I think I mean we don't mind it notice something maybe lost turn at some points in the matchup with

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I believe it was impolion into oh, sorry

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I should I planks out into the people will maybe take a look at it too because it looked at the players talking

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I think that was the frustrating point for him where that quote of made a difference

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Especially because they ended on a tie right they ended on that they lost or they tied at the very final turn

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Well, that's a good point doesn't get closer than that right now the actual literal tie and that can happen in

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Pokemon. Yeah, and that can happen in Pokemon go PvP when you simultaneously

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Simultaneously knock out your last remaining Pokemon for either trainer with a fast attack that will result in the tie and here in

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Championship series when there's a tie you replay it

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So it's zero zero right now

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It actually doesn't even look like it's going to the judges at all looks like they're just gonna replay that game number one

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Yeah, that's my policy that I think I misinterpreted his frustration. I thought I because I didn't see anything but maybe I missed something

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I thought that he was rushing something, but maybe he just didn't like the matchup

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He was it right? I don't think like I was that bad into people all things considered

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But but maybe emi we don't not fan of that matchup and and it's not I mean

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It doesn't get closer than that and that means we get a few more games out of it

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So I'm happy with that. I know maybe emi we don't and the techniques not that happy with me

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Maybe a little bit of psychic reading future site from emi. We don't he wasn't like it

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As soon as people enter the battlefield, he wasn't like it.

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You're like, I don't know why you're shaking it.

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It's not that bad.

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But he saw the tie happening.

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He wanted to get that W instead of the T.

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So now we got the replay of this game, number one.

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As these two trainers got locked in,

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and this played out like I thought it would play out,

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because you see so much neutrality in this matchup.

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There's so much pivoting.

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How many times was a switch timer used in that matchup?

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And even in the end game, taking this at three Pokemon

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remaining with very low health.

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Yeah, really close games there too.

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And that Empolion getting to a Hydra Cannon

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at the final second was huge here.

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You can see he failed the catch attempt

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but still got that Hydra Cannon off.

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Great plays from both players too.

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I mean, I don't think either really made mistakes there.

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In fact, I thought Emile would have put himself

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in a really good position to force the Hydra Cannon

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from Teddy Nisses Empolion.

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And honestly, if he waited for one more Ember,

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he probably wouldn't have even got that final Hydra Cannon off.

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Here we go, game number two.

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Well, I should say game number one, redo.

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Emile would have by the fantastic lead

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into the glare, Horsesaw Teddy does.

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And he shook his head a little bit thinking,

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I knew you were going to lead that Licky Licky here

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and having that save swap into the Toadkiss

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has been strong so far because now you actually

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do pick up a protect shield because you don't want to take

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that super effective aura sphere.

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Now you see a little chip and dip

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where you do a little bit of damage into this Toadkiss

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and then keep the remaining health on this Licky Licky

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and most importantly, keep alignment to match up

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with that Horsesaw in the back.

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Oh, this is huge for Emil Reno now

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because he puts this game a metal sound range.

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Teddy is going to reach for the Orc here does and he will decide to spend both shields off the back

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There's a lot of damage mitigated and now I actually like this play a lot because there's no very easy answer for them pulling

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I know on top of that pulling has energy lead at tasks

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Well, this is where you can hide your course level now

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You can two shield your feeble in the back and you can soak up all this energy and have that protect shield advantage

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This is looking awful for Teddy this but because he has that very tight

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Which is the toy gets instead of a ting it's on you was able to get double protect shields against these Pokemon

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that are vulnerable to fighting type of attacks.

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And now he's gonna be able to throw this nightjade.

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There's no protection remaining.

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The timer is probably back up,

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but you're not gonna switch off your licky-licky.

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That's right. And Ami Rito,

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if he didn't like Tebow from the first game,

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he's not gonna like it in the second game

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with a two-shield advantage.

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Ted is thinking he did throw it a little bit.

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He's gonna switch advantage now.

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He's probably not gonna have to later.

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So wants to just let this course foot go

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and just come to Tebow. That's exactly what he does.

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And this is really, really scary for Ami Rito

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because if Tedness goes for any,

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Guess any boost off with the nightshade that could be absolutely huge retentance close have a game with the box and Amy

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Weedle is just trying to get off his attacks instantly because he knows he doesn't want to get debuff from this icy wind

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I see when we'll drop the attack by one stage against the opposing Pokemon

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You do see the first protection of the battle for Teddy this year, but do you actually go for the ice with?

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I think it might be more valuable to go for a night slash and try to go for a sucker patch down

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And that's exactly what Teddy this is doing

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You don't want to waste that energy for ice wind for an inefficient attack.

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Exactly. And Teddynest, good protection, get a boost here.

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No CS though, tumors. Anyway, gets the second...

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Oh wait, no, doesn't go and throw the move.

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That's an interesting place from Teddynest.

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I mean, I think he could have just easily got that off and not have spent shield.

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Wait, he's just not shielding anything and now he's going to be closing in on fast attack range.

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And these munch shots aren't going to be doing that much.

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But look at the health of everything.

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You have back-to-back night slash.

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There are no protect shields remaining.

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Does he have the reach?

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You don't have the munch attack.

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He needs the boost, he needs to get the boost on the Night Slash!

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No! He doesn't get it! And Emi-Wido feels pretty confident about it too.

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I mean, I don't know if you can fast-track down the course from this health range,

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let's see how much health is on the course. If you get even one Asansh all but towards it,

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but no, I don't think that's going to be the case.

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He does get one Asansh all but Emi-Wido going to close it out there too.

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And maybe it's slightly risky from Tengiz because if you just threw the Night Shade on proper timing there,

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could avoid the body slam and save the shield for the Feeble for the Crack Sider.

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exactly right because in the end game

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Tedunus had his evil against the wall

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against that licky licky and you don't

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really want to be using double protect

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shields against body slams you've got that

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two protect shield advantage for a reason

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you don't want to just give it up to body

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sense from the licky licky but you're put in

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that position where you had almost no

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health left on the evil no health left on the

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Corsola you really couldn't use it

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efficiently and that was a downfall for

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Tedunus there so he wasn't able to find

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a good opportunity to use that

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advantage and Emmy Wiedos they will take in number one.

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Yeah, Emmy Wiedos played through his win conditions perfectly there.

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And I think the top part for tennis is he let the Tokis get into metal sound range.

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Looking at the team of Emmy Wiedos, nothing can really completely wall off the energy

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from Tokis and has so much play into everything.

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So, I actually think he would have been probably a really solid shield for him

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because he's ahead on energy and he also, I think he grabbed the shield from Emmy Wiedos.

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So he'd be on even shields.

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You come in and pull down behind energy on a Tokis.

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You don't really win that matchup because you're going to get outpaced by the Orsvir and the Peck damage from the Tokis.

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So I think, you know, possibly in the future, getting the second game, Tenors might make that adjustment and say,

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you know what, maybe I should spend the shields on the Tokis, given how safe it is into the rest of the team of Emmi Rideau.

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Yeah, he did come up a little bit short there, but I did love that combination between the Tokis and the Corsula

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to be able to get those protect shields with the Tokis and then bring in the Corsula to try to soak in all of that energy.

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and once the switch timers were misaligned,

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then you don't have to face it versus Licky Licky.

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That gave him hope, that gave him life,

09:49:34.820 --> 09:49:36.860
and he had the opportunity to try to close it out,

09:49:36.860 --> 09:49:38.060
but he just wasn't able to.

09:49:38.060 --> 09:49:40.100
And this is gonna be game number three for these trainers,

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because the game number one did result in a tie.

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So then they replay that,

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and Emmy Weedle was able to win game number two.

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This is Winner's Final,

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so if he wins this next game,

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he is advancing into day number two

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here at Pokemon Worlds.

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And he has the chance to become

09:49:53.900 --> 09:49:57.820
our first ever true time Pokemon Go champion.

09:49:57.820 --> 09:49:59.440
what a feat that would be.

09:49:59.440 --> 09:50:01.780
I mean, even just making it into day number two

09:50:01.780 --> 09:50:03.420
at World Championships is a hard feat, right?

09:50:03.420 --> 09:50:05.100
So many players, like we talked about earlier,

09:50:05.100 --> 09:50:05.940
Doombug, right?

09:50:05.940 --> 09:50:07.100
One of the best players in our circuit

09:50:07.100 --> 09:50:08.700
finally made it for the first time ever

09:50:08.700 --> 09:50:10.580
and Emmy Weedle trying to do it again

09:50:10.580 --> 09:50:12.020
for like a second time, right?

09:50:12.020 --> 09:50:13.860
At least maybe he's even done it before

09:50:13.860 --> 09:50:14.740
in a previous tournament,

09:50:14.740 --> 09:50:16.820
but definitely a really strong player

09:50:16.820 --> 09:50:17.660
in our circuit.

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Ted Ness is going to have to dig deep here

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to find a way to force the day number two.

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Here we go, match point for Emmy Weedle

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versus Ted Ness.

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It's going to be an Empolia mirror match.

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Will you know when Teddy is back against the wall when he's in the playoff?

09:50:30.060 --> 09:50:35.820
That is where he delivers, so can he reverse sweep here to get to day number two in polio versus in polio?

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It doesn't really matter too much who wins charge attack and priority early on,

09:50:39.660 --> 09:50:43.980
because as I mentioned before, both of these in polio can take double hybrids.

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It might actually even be more advantageous to try to hold onto some energy if you can figure out how to get out,

09:50:49.740 --> 09:50:51.580
but we do see who wins charge attack priority.

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And the matchup here is a little bit more favorite for MEW, because they have a sense of the mirror team,

09:50:55.340 --> 09:50:59.100
but you have Licky, Licky instead of the Tokis from the side of Teddiness.

09:50:59.100 --> 09:51:02.500
And if Emi-Riro wins charge attack or wins the switcher vanish,

09:51:02.500 --> 09:51:05.640
Licky, Licky on to the foreside is disastrous for Teddiness.

09:51:05.640 --> 09:51:08.140
Teddiness is not throwing the move right away, expecting to catch a catch.

09:51:08.140 --> 09:51:09.840
Goldenness let this hatch can go.

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Does Emi-Riro try to save them?

09:51:11.200 --> 09:51:13.600
Only on four later, he could put them to go for a catch,

09:51:13.600 --> 09:51:15.800
but Teddiness is going to throw the hatch can right away.

09:51:15.800 --> 09:51:18.940
I mean, you can soft win this matchup if you are Teddiness

09:51:18.940 --> 09:51:20.600
because you win charge attack priority.

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And in order to win charge attack priority, you have to have more attack.

09:51:24.200 --> 09:51:31.600
These are the same Pokemon, so that means Tendiness has his Pokemon with a higher attack stat than ME, Licky, which does affect his stat product,

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but you can win that Charge-Stack priority and win the lead, and maybe ensure that you have a good matchup in the back.

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Here comes that Licky, Licky going for the full farm down with that rollout.

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That's so tough.

09:51:41.540 --> 09:51:46.280
And he, Licky, not only has the energy advantage, but yes, it is a matchup Tendiness wants, given the back plan,

09:51:46.280 --> 09:51:52.720
but he's behind Energy, and there's still a mere matchup in the back that's just no easy way of taking out this Licky, Licky,

09:51:52.720 --> 09:51:56.960
and it's even harder for Tokis now that's behind I believe two rollouts worth of energy.

09:51:56.960 --> 09:52:02.000
And no shield there on the body slam. Body slam isn't okay attacking this matchup because you

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need two charge attacks plus the rollout super effective damage anyway. A Shadow Ball does do

09:52:06.320 --> 09:52:10.080
more damage than one body slam even though it's same type of attack bonus. Here comes the next

09:52:10.080 --> 09:52:14.800
body slam. Here comes the protection. Now can you try to tee up maybe a swap even but you

09:52:14.800 --> 09:52:19.600
really need to get this licky-licky lower. You need to either land an aura sphere or possibly

09:52:19.600 --> 09:52:25.320
get the last protector, here comes a swap into the Corsula, maybe that gets Ted in his life here, but he's behind on energy.

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Yeah, he is and that's tough, right? Because Mewito, the timers are not up by any means, so even if you lose this matchup,

09:52:30.800 --> 09:52:37.360
how do you fast stack down on Glaren, Corsula, and Ted, maybe sees the riding on the wall trying to find a way around this?

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We can see how much super effective damage he does in this mirror matchup.

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The problem is he needs extra energy to come out of this, to have a chance to throw anything into the licky-licky.

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but any wheel should protect us up those that he's going to outpace the course

09:52:50.620 --> 09:52:56.840
about to a move as well and here comes the astonishing absolutely brutal

09:52:56.840 --> 09:53:00.760
for Teddiness and Teddiness knows it's not even in side-shock range so you can't

09:53:00.760 --> 09:53:04.160
even throw the side-shock to win that charge priority to you know take out

09:53:04.160 --> 09:53:08.360
the Glenn Corson and waste his energy but Licky Licky comes in tries to go for the

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comp play or just gonna come through first but it's not gonna be enough to KO the Licky Licky

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And it looks like he has that body slam loaded and it looks like his ticket to date number two is loaded as

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M.E. Weedle is able to win this 2 to 0 to advance.

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A top tie to start things off but M.E. Weedle find the spot yet again in top

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good at World Championships and pays his streams for becoming the first ever

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two-time world champion.

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and an emotional trainer here knowing he is one step closer to his ultimate dream.

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Of course he's done it before, but to do it against the entire field of the best trainers on the planet

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when he was in the seniors division, yes it was stacked, but it was a smaller player pool.

09:53:53.240 --> 09:53:58.200
Now he is in the big leagues versus over 300 of the best trainers in the planet

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with an opportunity to be on Championship Sunday in the Chase Arena.

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And speaking of smaller championship pool too, I mean even compared to the past

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world championships, I believe the largest one to say. So no matter who is a world champion,

09:54:12.760 --> 09:54:18.040
there's never been a bigger and more stacked field than there is this weekend. And honestly,

09:54:18.040 --> 09:54:22.520
the players have gotten better over the years as well. So the level of performance that you have

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to bring to these big tournaments is at an all-time high. And what's an all-time high here

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is the Pokemon action in San Francisco. Not only do we have the world championships,

09:54:33.160 --> 09:54:38.760
We have Focal 1 X-Feed, but we also had a really awesome Giants game. Let's check it out.

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Hello everybody and welcome to the Pokemon Center here at Worlds 2026 in San Francisco as you can see

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We've got the world championship side. We've got the Pokemon XP side. I hear it's absolutely insane in there

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Let's go take a look

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We got to get me popping out behind everything that we can let's take a shot of it

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Hey, how's it going?

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Beautiful pieces. Bring it in close here. I want you to take a look at this for everyone at home.

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This is a fantastic piece. This is the beautiful Sableye we have right here.

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Without question, one of the finest we have. Beautiful, sparkly. We have the Eevee right next to it.

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And finally, the Jigglypuff. Very nice collection.

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The official match limit one per customer, but I count as two customers, so I will take two now

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No.

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King Pikachu.

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We've now transitioned from the world championships to the XP area.

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Space themed, extremely cool, in my opinion, cooler than the world championship area.

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I'm probably not supposed to say that.

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Let's do some pop-outs.

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Boom, pop it.

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Okay, okay.

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Get a picture of me with the Umbreon.

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Here you go.

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The World Championship Clay Mat and Bag also limit one.

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These are different though, so I can take, yes?

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Yes, I got a yes.

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Place is pop it.

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Beautiful, special, elegant.

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One of them's going on a trip.

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One of them's blasting off.

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Another one would be in a spaceship.

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I think I like Curely the best.

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I have been excited to see this the entire time.

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This is the item I've had my eye on

09:58:17.040 --> 09:58:19.960
more than anything else, this jacket right here.

09:58:21.560 --> 09:58:24.580
It's beautiful, it's special.

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I'm not exactly sure where I can wear it,

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except everywhere, and I want it very bad.

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I will be back for it,

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because technically I'm not allowed

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to shop for this right now.

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The action has been incredible so far here at day one of the 2026 Pokemon Go World championships.

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And we still have a few trainers battling it out trying to earn their spots in day number

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two.

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Hi, this is home size Henry joined on the desk here by Lou the Pikachu.

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The games have been incredible and the good news is day one is not yet done.

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The action just keeps getting better and better with every single match that we bring

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to the broadcast.

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We've had some veterans crash out of the competition,

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we've got some new trainers,

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maybe at the very first World Championships,

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making it all the way to these final stages of day one.

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And honestly, seeing some of the incredible games

09:59:13.600 --> 09:59:15.320
and amazing Pokemon that we're seeing,

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it's gonna be one for the history books.

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It really feels like a lot of trainers

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who have thought outside the box

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and kind of brought Pokemon

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that people didn't necessarily believe in

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have really been rewarded.

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I can't even count how many times we've seen Dondozo,

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we've seen Milotic,

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we've seen a lot of very cool picks have success.

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And as we continue to fill up our side of the bracket,

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we have most of the winners side decided already.

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We still have one more winners final,

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and that's gonna be group O.

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And then I believe we are going to have the losers finals

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of group P, which is actually gonna be a rematch

09:59:45.140 --> 09:59:47.380
of the group P, group semi-finals,

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Ya'Kai versus Teddy-ness.

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Oh, that's gonna be an awesome one.

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I love a rematch for that opportunity to have redemption.

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We actually kicked off kind of our cast today

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with Firestar versus Spartan.

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Then Firestar was able to win that set two and one,

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kick in sparring down to the loser's bracket.

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But then, lo and behold, when Firestar ended up

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in the loser's bracket and the loser's finals there,

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he faced down against Spartan again and Spartan

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was able to overcome the 2-1 victory.

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So sometimes these upsets can happen.

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Is that possibly on the cards

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for the rest of our tournament here?

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And Yaki was actually the one

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who got sent down to loser.

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So Yaki might be the one coming into it

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with a chip on his shoulder.

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And if there's a person

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who don't want to have a chip on their shoulder,

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it's probably a former world champion.

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As Yaki has been on these stages before,

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he's won the entire thing.

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And he's already put together a very strong performance and has put positioned himself very well with only one win separating him from a top cut.

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We've spoken a few times about whether a world champion can actually run back worlds and get that title for a second time.

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We've seen the Alzeboy advance in undefeated so far in the competition. We'll be seeing him in day two.

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But I think the only other remaining world champion we've got is Yuki.

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Yuki and Beelzeboy I believe are trying to be those final two remaining.

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I mean, we also dancing Rob, but he is he's backstage out the house. So he's not

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He's not competing anymore. We have three there, but it is it is very cool to see some of these former world champions

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Showing out and still doing very very well. Beals boy. Honestly was so impressive earlier in the day

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Like Beals boy's gameplay was incredible. But the good news is we've got our final winners final ready on stage

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The group o finals are going to be between nine alfi and hero maru

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I mean Alfie had such a commanding start to this season at the Frankfurt regional championship

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The very first event on the European calendar for 2026 was able to get a second place of finish

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So came out really putting his mark onto the tournament scene and now here at the world championship still undefeated in the winners finals

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One match away from advancing into day two now. Whoa taking a look at these teams Lou

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We got to talk about more groom. Oh, yeah, or groom is here to kind of shake things up

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I don't believe that's the Pokemon we've seen so far today, but he has Corviknight, Corsula,

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Seeking, Morgrem, Cradilly, and Shadow, Kancha, and Eintails.

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Those who watched Worlds in 2025 will know it really felt like the matchup between Cradilly

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and Galarian Moltres ended up deciding so many games.

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Cradilly has since become a bit more difficult to bring because of Tinketon, but take

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a look at Hiromaru's team.

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Tinketon is there, so Cradilly could be high-risk, high-reward, but Morgrem

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is also a very interesting pick.

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is a dark and fairy type

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Pokemon, Morgrem's sucker punch, foul play and play rough.

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Another one of these sucker punchers kind of

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in a similar way to what Siebel can do

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but with that dual typing, so that way it's not so vulnerable to

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let's say bug bite for example and counter from annihilate.

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Yeah, Cridilly was actually on the team that Alphie used to get that second face finish

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so it might be one of those bond favorites on the team

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but I kind of look at Hiromaru's side

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and I'm like yeah there's a lot of the favorites we've seen so far in this tournament

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we've got the Licky, Licky, obviously the Tinkertong

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but I'm seeing, you know, some Pokemon on here

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I was not expecting, like, you know, yes,

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you got your Ninetales, but then talk us through

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these road picks here, Hemslice.

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Okay, I really like Hip-Hound on Lou.

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I might be Hip-Hound on Strongest Soldier here.

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Okay.

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What I really like about Hip-Hound on

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is it functions very similarly to a Marowak

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where the goal is, in a meta where there's no chest knot,

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if you have rock plus ground coverage,

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your energy will always be valuable.

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You don't end up in a spot where

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it's like Cantonite deals in a Turtonator

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where you can throw five moves

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and it doesn't matter.

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your energy is always valuable, but what separates a hip-out on from a Kanto

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Merawack is the fact that you have weather ball rock, so instead of having

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cheaper ground damage, it's cheaper rock damage, and in a meta, whether it's a lot of

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Pokemon like Mantine, having very quick rock damage can be a bit more of a

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benefit, whereas we've seen the Merawack-Mantine match, but

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unfortunately, Merawack's a little bit slow there, so the speed of hip-out on

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and the fact that he's chosen to run the Shadow of Pound on as well,

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this Pound on is gonna be able to output damage very quickly, but if it

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gets any disadvantaged board state, if it's behind on energy, if it's

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behind the shield. That's where the shadow status could end up becoming a bit of a hindrance

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because it can't quite take the hits.

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I do like that flexibility in the comparison to the Marowak with kind of the ground and

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rock type charge attacks does give it a lot of flexibility and it's good to be able to

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see where the ball coming through. There isn't just on 9 tails for example, we do

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see that type changing depending on the Pokemon that is utilizing it. And then

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the key Pokemon however is the Jellison. This was a Pokemon I think in Turin was

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doing very well and in previous formats we've seen lots of trainers. For example

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and a previous format was actually able to win with the

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Jellison original, so it is a firm favorite out there in a

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matter of the moment where we're seeing and pulling on and

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don't do so and my load of his the water types. It's nice to

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see this bulky one still in action and Jellison is another

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one of these bulky water types. Do you exactly identify part

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of why it's here is it can actually survive that shadow

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energy ball from canton nine tails. It's very difficult to

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survive. There are many, many water types that are just

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not showing up here today because you can't survive

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the energy ball. Why should you be on the team? But

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Jellison can actually survive that and because Ember is a

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very high energy generation fast move. It doesn't do a lot of damage so it's resisted

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damage. It's a very low base power fast attack and so that means that Jellison can actually

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do pretty well in the Ninetales as long as it's even energy. If the Ninetales gets

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up energy and Jellison counter switches, that's when it can get flipped.

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I think when we take a look as well at some of the interesting Pokemon on Alfie's side,

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we've spoken a little bit about the Margaret. We've also got that Corviknight. We've

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seen some trainers bring the Shadow Varus to this world championship, but this one

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is not rocking that Shadow Formal. Is it? Let's have a double check. No, looks

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like it's not. So the regular Corvanite there there can be quite a few matchups

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where by not having the shadow status it doesn't get a lot of these sand attack

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break points because sand attack it does not get some type of attack bonus on

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Corvanite it really doesn't do a lot of damage. Corvanite is mainly relying on

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its typing the steel flying in a very similar way to how Skarmory did in in

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like two worlds ago back in 2024 that typing offers an incredible amount of

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defensive resistances so the goal is kind of be annoying take a lot of

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resisted hits by kind of walling off a lot of damage and then just trying to

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outlast opponents even if it doesn't have the greatest kit. So I think the

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fact that it is the regular Corbinite could actually prove to be quite

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helpful here because that way you you don't end up having to take nearly as

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much resisted damage from Gigaton Hammer for example. The seeking as well as

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an interesting one of the Terran special championships it was on a third

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of the top 16 usage and it was actually a Pokemon that both had a man and

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Chris used in that iconic grand finals two great success being able to

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I see wind and things but now we have the evil in play

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I am surprised to see it back in action, but Alfie is trusting in it

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However, the leads are out for one train is it is course look versus the Licky Licky

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That is not what Alfie was hoping to see Alfie is gonna safe switch into seeking seeking

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Reaching for an icy wing before it's able to get their hero Maru baits with the body Sam and is able to grab a very early

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Protect shield yet utilizing that defensive capability with the shield keeps seeking in the game

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It's already got all that energy charged up has the utility to go for the ice even but look at that

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that licky-licky. It's got so much energy on the board and it's not going to even worry about taking an icy winter.

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Sikings coverage is very intriguing in a show 6-picture environment, but when it has to deal against a lot of these very bulky Pokemon like the licky-licky,

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that's when it can feel a little bit underwhelming. In comes the 9-tails, 9-tails, going to be baited with an icy wind hero Maura was thinking it through.

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Does she decide to call it? Oh no, he puts them on the shield, but even at minus 1, this shadow energy ball is no joke.

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That's very true, and of course we're going to see these Ampers coming through. They're not going to be dealing too much,

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particularly with that debuff that came through from the IC win with a wise shield on Alfie's side.

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I think that's the second shield he utilized though, so it is going to be a lot more vulnerable

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if Nintel's can fastly pace to another energy ball, so a fantastic switch for Alfie.

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And Alfie is really able to punish the D-Sync and switch timers.

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Hiromaru is forced to fire off energy.

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He doesn't necessarily want to fire off this energy, but he needs his switch timer.

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He wants to get Licky-Licky back in line under the Corsula.

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Even though Weatherball Landy will not burn the timer, his timer will be on momentarily,

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But he just couldn't escape and is forced to fire off more debuffs energy at the Corsola, which for Alphie is a very acceptable trade.

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Yeah, Weatherball just coming through doing that little bit of damage, but of course Corsola has so much utility as well with the potential of that power gem going into the 9-tiles.

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Instead, you found him on that licky-licky-licky. He has that coverage attack with the Shouting Ball as well to target into these ghost types. Corsola goes down.

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That is a bit unfortunate. Did overfarm by one astonish. Had he just blind thrown anticipating the switch in, he would have actually got the power gem off.

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them off, but instead he does not. In comes Cradilly, but Cradilly is behind. It's down

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a shield. It's down energy. This shadow ball is guaranteed to land and in the back, the

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Pokemon that shuts down Cradilly like no other. There's that Tinketon.

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Honestly, Licky Licky is on a rampage right now. Shadow ball up the shadow ball. It does

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not even blink in the face of this attack coming through from the Cradilly because

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as you said, Licky Licky doesn't have to deal with the Cradilly. You have the

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Tinketon in the back that is in a fine position to just start sweeping through.

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Seeking comes back in, Ninetales runs the fray.

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Ninetales reaching for that energy ball,

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but not quite able to get there.

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Oh, Ninetales will actually put up the protect shield,

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looking to try and force all energy out from the seeking.

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Seeking gets the final protect shield.

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All the energy balls available.

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Seeking is one short,

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and that means Seeking is getting sent directly back

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through his pokeball.

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This is what Ninetales wanted,

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able to go for that energy ball.

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KO's the seeking

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and brings Zachary Daly back to the field,

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and we've already had that little peep look

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at the tinkertun in the back,

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that something Alfie knows all too well and there's just no way out. The reason

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Alfie doesn't throw the energy is because there's just simply no ability for

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Cranely to ever beat that Tinket Dodd. So he's going to save his time here and

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then just try and lock in refocus for that game number two. Game one was out

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of reach as Hero Haru able to navigate kind of a tricky save switch there

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with the Sea King but using Licky Licky as a damage sponge getting nine

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tails on the field and navigating around those decent timers. The game

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looks very favorable from the lock in but Alphie did a really nice job of making it complex and

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Hiromaru was able to still figure out a way to solve it and not let that game get out of hand.

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I like the utility of this 9 tiles that you can see just being able to constantly apply pressure

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with those charge attacks but critically getting out of play when it was in an unfavorable position.

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The way the Tinkertong was preserved so beautifully towards the end as well meant that Hiromaru

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already could have that kind of mental game pressure as soon as that came out the

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I think that the Seeking actually proved to be maybe a little bit more problematic than

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he or Maro may have expected because even though Licky Licky does have a very commanding Seeking

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matchup, he really needed to kind of try and preserve that for the Corsola because Corsola

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Energy is very, very difficult to deal with if it's not on that Licky Licky.

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So even though he can kind of stay in and win that matchup, pivoting out is what

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allowed him to kind of neutralize that Corsola Energy and then to save that Tinket

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as you identify to the back calling that it's critically because taking a look across this team

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taking it to an energy is very very strong here now we've seen a couple of times today a trainer

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have a lead that's completely unfavorable you have to immediately swap into a poke one in the back

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but then we've seen a lot of the times coming into game two they think my opponent's going to

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adapt they're going to think maybe that was too easy so they kind of do the double bluff

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strategy and run back the same lead absolutely fearlessly i wonder if there's something

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alpha is going to do and bring that sea king once again we've seen a lot of trainers

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actually be very very successful at that. So you know what that didn't work? I'm just gonna run it back.

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This time I'm gonna make the right play. So this time I'm not gonna lead Licky Licky. Well there's

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gonna be a Licky Licky on my Corsola. So yeah I would be excited to see him run it back there

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because Corsola does actually outside of that Licky Licky dictate a lot of very neutral plays

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here across the board. The electrode matchup, electrode typically wins the zeros by going

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double energy ball but Corsola eventually can just kind of out bulk it. The nine

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time tails is pretty nice as well, but there's always the fear of the potential catch of a move onto a licky-licky in the back.

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Jellison outpaces, but the Astonishes do a terrifying amount of damage.

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Capaldon, unfortunately, that is a matchup where it is substantially worse as the Shadow, just because the Astonishes do a lot, and tinks very neutral.

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So, I can see the idea behind the Brain, the Corsula, because it's like five out of six I can play.

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But unfortunately, licky-licky was locked in as the lead, and that made it very, very challenging.

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Even if you, like you say, have five out of the six as a good opponent necessarily,

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you just need that one to completely throw you off the kilter.

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But looks like our trainers are already one game up on Hiromaru's side of the field.

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But we're going to see the annotation.

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It is going to be the hip-hound versus the Sea King.

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Oh my goodness, Shadow and Poudon hits the field.

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Poudon is in danger of taking super effective damage from Icey Wind.

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And Poudon's going to farm up.

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Oh my goodness, Hiromaru saves the hip-hound.

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I guess it's the icy wind seeking in shambles that is some beautiful energy

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thanks for later and once again the majestic nine tails on the field to try

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and ruin seeking today look at this pacing it gets to the eligible there's a

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switch on Alfie's side there's a nine tails of peace Alfie says anything you can do I

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can do better the energy is rebanked and this is a debuffed and resisted

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energy ball and now for Alfie the name of the game is gonna try and get

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as much energy as possible you know the switch timer will eventually come

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up and have how it on will hit the field you're Maru is just gonna

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throw charge attacks, truly just trying to burn the timer, but if Alfie can farm to a hundred,

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then it's very difficult to bring back his hip-out on because suddenly there's double energy ball

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threatening you. You might want to start pacing out to get to that timer, but at the same time the

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Ninetales and Hiromaru, so wants to try and get that energy up to be banked for later. Alfie

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actually going for the energy ball here into that opposing shadow Ninetales, not enough to

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get the KO, but does put it in the red, and as you can see their retaliation is going to be

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a weather ball of Hiromaru's own. Now Alfie has to make the decision, will there be a switch

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into the hip-out on he's gonna have to try and make the call in comes the power

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on all that out in comes the Corsola but a power on is up so much energy and a

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power on she doesn't think pretty clear path to at least connect with one shadow

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earth power as soon as they were up this switch time has got reset on both sides

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of the field hip-out on trying to need to try and get this damage down to the

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course of the course let's still in play able to go for these astonishing

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farm up all the energy go for a nice shape it looks like the hip-out on

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got the edge Corsola now with a tough call to make already one

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protection down, not gonna shield, but that does significant damage. Now even a

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weather ball rock could threaten and a pow-down is so blazingly fast that

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Corsola is actually forced to fire off energy here. Now Corsola's got to find a

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way to clear this a pow-down from the field, but there are two shields. Well now

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one remaining on Hiromaru's side, so it keeps a pow-down into the game and as

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you said just one more charge attack could be enough to remove Corsola from

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play. Corsola does have an eye-cheat. If all he wants the

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energy he's going to have to put up the protect shield, but he's not he

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lets it go. Weatherball Rock takes the knockout and Corsolo will fall. It could be critical to keep

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that shield for something like the 9-tels in the back later on. There's so much energy up on the

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seeking though, so do you want to keep that in play or how much damage will this weather ball do

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to seeking? If it goes on shield it we're going to find out. Connects down, takes it down into

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that yellow as her power on drops. Incredible counting there from Alvi recognizing that

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could not have been the earth power. In comes the tinketon. This tinketon is guaranteed

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to have to take a super effective drill run. Hero Maru ends up no show to the first,

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But Alphys going to outpace this, Seeking Energy is going to be a very big problem.

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That's the thing, you know you have to take one of those, your shield isn't going to keep you safe.

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From all of the Ninetales joins Afraid, takes up some energy, but that's just farming it up more for the Seeking.

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It really felt like there was a very pivotal moment in that mid game where the game kind of got away from here tomorrow.

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And that was going for a final charge type priority tie while debuffed in the mirror.

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And he's just going to end up getting farmed down there.

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Seeking gets revenge here for Alphie, gets the equalizer, and we're going to be going on to a game number three.

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Really great to see the utility play in that Seeking. You mentioned in game one how it actually was a lot more difficult for Hiromaru to deal with, even though Hiromaru came up on top.

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It's always a little bit like Seeking hurt you and went, yeah, I'm in trouble. Let me show you how.

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What I think kind of ended up being a difference maker in the game was there was a big desync in the switch blocks that was caused by Hiromaru catching that icy wind,

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and then Alfie rebanking Energy before bringing in the Ninetales.

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Alfie was going to reach 100 Energy before Hiro Maru was,

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so Hiro Maru could have saved the Energy on the Ninetales,

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not gone for the Charge Security tie, tanked the move,

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and then pitted it back into the Pound on,

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and then suddenly there's Energy on the Ninetales,

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and it could be a little bit problematic later on.

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But by going for a Charge Security tie

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and throwing that Charge back while it is resuscitated in debuff,

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he got almost no value out of that Energy,

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and despite the fact that he had set up

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a pretty strong board state from the start with that catch,

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It ended up kind of slipping away from him, and all the understanding that that could only be the weather ball rock was brilliant counting there, and from there, Seeking does what it does best, which is seeking mixed life very, very difficult for Tinketon.

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It certainly does. It was great to see Seeking still in a great position, having had a good run at the very beginning of this forever forward meta.

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I think as well the hip-hound on I felt for it that it never really found its mark strongly onto something like the nine tails there

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Constantly Alfie was able to find alignment that was not necessarily the most favorable for hip-hound on

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Yeah, hip-hound on was able to get some nice damage onto the Corsola, but unfortunately not quite enough

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But it looks like we have lock-ins game at number three a trip the day two on the line

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It's gonna be shadow Kanto nine tails into the jealous it shaking things out

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We've got the water on the field to try and put some pressure onto the supposing

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Nine-tales, but nine-tales in a great position to get those energy balls rolling as well.

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And there is a water resist in the back for Alphie, so Alphie will potentially have an ability to throw one ember,

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try and throw a serve catch on the Sea King. Kieramaru will put up the protect shield.

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Energy ball not going to land, no debuff comes through, and no catch either.

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Alphie just going to stay on the field, but this serve would do way too much damage, so Alphie is forced to match protect shields.

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The Hex is doing their best to try and get maybe to a double serve to pull those shields out on Nine-tales' side to apply the pressure,

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but Ninetales so speedy with this ever-getting the energy balls ready to go.

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Not just that we know, it's able to take one of these, but look at that damage homeslides.

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Oh, tries for that catch, not quite able to get there as Hiromaru is not going to under tap.

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So Alfi was predicting Hiromaru was going to under tap predicting the catch,

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but Hiromaru instead just ended up throwing the fast attack,

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so now Shadow Ball will pressure away the final protection of the game as it outcomes Licky-Licky.

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Alfi goes no shields down very early doors in this game three.

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Once again, C-King in prime position to start getting these debuffs in play.

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He's not going to be doing too much damage to the Licky Licky.

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He knows he's going to be able to take it, but critically, the damage in retaliation is going to be weakened.

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And the switch blocks are pretty significantly misaligned here.

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Minus one Shadow Ball will still do some pretty big damage onto the C-King.

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Shadow Ball is an incredibly efficient charge attack.

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After one more charge attack from Alfi, the switch timer will be up.

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He would love to be able to get that Corbin out of the field.

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Can he escape? No, he cannot. The timer would not have been up.

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Hero Baru is reaching for the body sand.

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He's not going to let the body sand land.

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It said can fire off the icy wind and then look to get Corvikite on the field.

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Yeah, Sea King got a burn up a little bit more time as the Corvikite joins the fray.

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As you mentioned though, the shadow will come through.

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This is still on a debuff, Licky Licky, so he's not going to be dealing as much,

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but it's going to really come down to where the Corvikite can farm up the last bits of energy left on this Licky Licky.

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Oh, but the timer is up. In comes the Ninetales.

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Alfie just going to settle for the air cutter. He wants whatever damage he can get.

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He knows if he tried to reach the playback, Hiromaru would not have let him get there.

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This also does fish for a boost.

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Air cutter is going to land.

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No moves through, but now Kira Maru

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can actually over form even better.

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All that counting is immaculate from here tomorrow.

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On both sides of the field,

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these past attacks are putting in some work as well.

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But Ninetales very happy to unleash this weatherfall

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into that Corviknight.

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It falls from grace and now Alfie has a choice to make.

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Are you going to bring in the opposing Ninetales

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and try and gain that advantage

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that we saw in the previous game as well?

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The Ninetales does have a pretty significant

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health advantage here.

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What is down at E-Protect Shield?

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Hiromaru just gonna go for the slow and steady weather balls.

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They are resisted, but if you throw enough of them,

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this Ninetales is gonna be in trouble.

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He's reaching for the weather ball,

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but a catch from all of you.

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The energy pacing there was interesting as well.

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Hiromaru had a lot more energy

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when the Ninetales joined the fray,

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but then now it's kind of switched around

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a little bit, the seeking in a position

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to eat up that energy and still stay in play.

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But it does go down so that energy is back up

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on the Ninetales and Hiromaru's side.

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As the Ninetales on Alphyside,

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it's already ready with the weather ball.

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But it looks like Hiromaru's able

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to get that first.

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And Hiromaru able to win charge stack priority there.

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Weatherball is going to be securing the knockout.

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And Hiromaru able to get a three ball flex,

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having all three Pokemon still around.

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A protect shield still unused as well.

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As Hiromaru takes the series two games to zero.

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That was an incredibly dominant performance

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in a game three.

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I mean, games one and two,

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we had a little bit of back and forth,

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some very cognizant plays around that switch timer.

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but in game three, Hiramaru just dominated.

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The adjustment to the Corviknight from Alphie

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unfortunately kind of ended up backfiring there.

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He was trusting in the Corviknight

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to try and take home the win,

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but unfortunately that Shadow of Ninetales,

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that matchup is so dominant,

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even though San attack is super effective,

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it just never really does a lot of damage from Corviknight.

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That's one of the reasons why some traders

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opt for the Shadow,

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is you can get a little bit of extra San attack damage

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and if you get one extra damage per turn

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and it's a one turn move,

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that can really add up over time,

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but of course he was the regular

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and even just settling for that air cutter.

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We saw that damage was just not what you're hoping to see whatsoever

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The Jellison was a nice adaptation to on here Amaro side because again

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It's not gonna worry about anything the seeking is gonna be sending its way and on the nine-tail side of things with those energy balls coming through

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It's not gonna be as vulnerable as something like the hip-hound on for example

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We know it's gonna be able to take one of those energy balls

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Thanks to its bulk I had a little bit sad that hip-hound on lost the only string game that that it was brought to you in this series

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But I still really really like the hip-hat on in a very interesting way

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The choice of flyer being Corbin I'd actually does limit hip-hat on quite a bit in this match

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Because normally you've weather ball rock for super effective into like a man team if you have a jump love

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But Corbin I still flying it's only neutral and your sand attacks are resisted and that's never a good spot to be

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Even when your sand attacks are neutral

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So suddenly your sand attacks are resisted those if we do have a match under review for this decisive game at number three

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So a wonderful judging team is going to be checking everything, double checking, checking it twice, just to make sure that everything occurred as intended.

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Yeah, we'll get you an update as soon as we can, Pokemon Trainers, but it gives us a little bit more time to unpick this match up

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and take a look at some of the Pokemon that did so well throughout this set, at the very least so far.

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I mean, Homestice, we talked a little bit about the Tinkaton that came earlier on in the game, but this was benched out for this final match.

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And you could kind of see why in terms of what Alphie brought.

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It seemed like Alphie with the Corbide Bird was trying to target down that Tinketon,

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being like, I have several Pokemon that are very weak to that Tinketon,

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surely it has to be brought.

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But Hiromaru was able to make a brilliant read,

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benching that Tinketon all together,

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running a line of three that was actually shockingly weak to the Morgrem,

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but trusting that even just the threat of Tinketon.

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Tinketon's aura from the bench was enough to keep Morgrem away,

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because had Morgrem been played into that line of three,

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there's no sucker punch resist there,

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so Morgrem would have gone absolutely crazy.

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and the ticket on just so well, finding his line against the credilly that Alfie brought into that first game as well.

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But as you mentioned, the adaptation was very weak to the morgram that had to be some component as the morgram wasn't going to come necessarily into this game.

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Do you think that could have been play if Alfie had brought it?

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I think that morgram could have found success, but it's a very difficult brain considering that morgram's energy is so thoroughly shut down by Tinketon.

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It almost feels a little bit like we've, we've seen a couple times trainers run feeble into Tinketon teams.

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Sometimes it can work very well. And other times it's just so catastrophically painful

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because you can throw like three charge stacks and the Ticketon just does not care.

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Having that combination of bulk and that incredible fairy steel typing,

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plus Gigaton Hammer, which is for those who don't know at home, it's a precipice blade's clone.

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You know the move Groudon uses in the Master League, where yeah, you would throw precipice

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blades and then the neutral monsters are gone. It's that, but it's a steel move.

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So it's a very strong move. Even something like Corbin, it has to fear it.

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So I think that threatening aura of Ticketon, it makes it really difficult to lock in Morghum.

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even though I do think morgram is honestly pretty decent in this matchup the fear of being in a decisive game 3 and not having neutral play because morgrams on tinketon could definitely be a worry and contribute to why it was not brought.

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The one thing I like about the gigatom hammer as well as not only is it a devastating attack, but tinketon is actually able to pace to it very respectfully with those fairy winds.

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Sometimes we see some really big damage dealing attacks, but it does take the Pokemon a while to get there and you have to make sure that you have that time sense locked into your strategy as you're playing.

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as you're playing, but with the Tinkathon,

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you generally can have it on the field

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and apply pressure with that gigaton hammer very, very quickly.

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And one little bit of Tinkathon gigaton hammer trivia

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that a lot of people do not know is

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it's seven fairy winds to the first.

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But did you know it's seven, seven, six.

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If you throw two gigaton hammers,

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it's a little bit like a buy two, get one free.

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The third one, you have enough residual energy

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that you only get to it in six.

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And that can kind of sneak up on players

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sometimes where they're so used to seven,

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but if you burn that bit of residual

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by throwing multiple gigaton hammers,

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you get to that third one just a little bit quicker and that's a terrifying thought. A move that

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powerful getting to an important ferry would faster than normal. Loki, if you were not already

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sold on Tinkertown, that is definitely a fantastic sales pit. Not only does it have

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incredible defensive typing, but being able to use that same type of attack bonus on a Giga

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Ton hammer and just deal so much relentless damage is fantastic play. I think it's interesting

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as well when you have that point flip for the bulldoze as well to get the defense drop.

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If you're able to be in a position to get that defense drop and follow up with a Giga

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there's really not a lot that's going to be in a good position against that.

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We were on the desk earlier today when it was a Corsola-Tingaton matchup and Corsola shielded the first and it was a

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Bulldozer debuff and it basically flipped an entire neutral matchup until we dominated one for Tingaton so much

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So that the Corsola had to hit it out

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So it does open the door to like a very big upside

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But even a risk of earth trainers can probably still use Tingaton to great success because even if you just go straight

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gigaton hammer eventually they're gonna run out of shields Lou there's two

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if you throw enough gigaton hammers they cannot shield them all I think the

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other interesting match within this is not only is it about shield conservation

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but it's about time management as well particularly in the set between Alfie and

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Hiromaru you talked a lot about how the switch time is were misaligned how

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does that give a trainer an advantage maybe a reflection from this set so the

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the switch timer in comparison to when go was introduced to the championship

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series was 60 seconds, which meant that even if you were in a matchup and your opponent stayed

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in to throw a charge attack after you switched in, you were still on the field for 50 more

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seconds.

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So you could kind of soften up a Pokemon if people would often do this in Lickitung matchups.

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They would throw like an Azumaroll Playroth into the stage, which Lickitung bring in

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their own Lickitung, and that Lickitung was trapped in the field forever.

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But as the years have gone by, that switch timer has slowly gotten lower and lower

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and lower.

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55 seconds, 50 seconds, now it's down to 45.

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And the quick kind of mental math that I will oftentimes do in my head is the amount

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of fast moves to get to a charge attack plus a charge attack is right around 10 to 11 seconds.

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So usually you can keep track of a switch timer by the amount of charge attacks thrown.

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So usually if there are four charge attacks thrown that will be enough and that counts

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like my charge attacks and my opponent's charge attacks that will burn a switch timer.

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So if you save such a sea king for example and then Licky Licky throws the shadow

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that's two charge attacks, now the switch timbers are basically misaligned by around 22 seconds.

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And so instead of being in a negative matchup forever, suddenly you have the alignment you want for 22 seconds,

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and they have the alignment that they want for 22 seconds, so it's a bit more of an equalization.

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So players who are consistently able to kind of dance in and out of matchups make those catches,

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because not only are catches devastating because the energy didn't land where you wanted it to land,

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to land. But that's also burning one of the one of the four charge attacks for

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the timer. And that's where some of these games were even a favorable

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alignment. Good players can make those winning plays and just start to kind

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of pull away with the wins. Being able to get those catches decent timers get

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them on back on the field. And there are so many matches in this meta where

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you do have an ability to if you're able to get up a little bit of

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energy. Even that shadow came tonight as man team matchup. Allegedly I've

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I've been told it's a bad matchup for Nytales.

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I keep seeing Nytales knock out Manchee though.

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That's the thing, Nytales wants to completely flip the script on kind of what it's necessarily

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week two on paper.

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And I think it's interesting the comments you make about this kind of time management

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because sometimes we do see trainers maybe like you say going for that charge attack

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to farm through those last couple of seconds to get their switch timer exactly what

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they want to.

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But sometimes we also see them having to go for that because the counts are off

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against their opponent.

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Sometimes they're maybe trying to farm down against their opponent but they know

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their opponent is maybe one fast attack away from getting the charge attack of their very own. So

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you as the trainer have no choice but to unleash the energy that you have been so valiantly storing

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onto your opponent in order to stop them from getting the advantage. And again,

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sometimes that can give not only yourself the switch time alignment, but you potentially can

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give it to your opponent as well. The way I like to think about it is there's several advantages

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that you can basically play to in a game of Pokemon Go, PTP. There's the switch advantage

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which everyone knows. If you save switch in Altaria, and I bring in my C.Leo for example,

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double super effective powders does, I have switch advantage, I have a very happy individual.

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However, there can also be energy advantage and shield advantage. So there can be certain matchups

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like for an energy advantage example, Shadow Canto Ninetales versus Fraliator. If it's on even

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energy and Ninetales is able to bait once, Ninetales just wins. But if you have a Fraliator

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that's up two Shadow Claws of Energy, you can bait all you want, Canto Ninetales,

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you are getting banished by a Hydra can unless you catch out of the matchup.

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So that's where like an energy advantage can flip a game and that's part of where when these timers are desynced

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trainers can switch in and get some of these energy head starts that can potentially allow it to flip it and finally

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There's shield advantage. There can be matchups that are pretty terrible

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But if you're able to have a protect shield and your opponent doesn't then suddenly things could just flip on their head

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Exactly, and I think sometimes that can be the difference between those wins

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The you know can really be steamroll through an opponent or sometimes they come right down to the wire

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We've seen it a few times in the tournament so far here at the world championships in the varieties between the shadow forms and not particularly with Pokemon

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Like Milotic sometimes we've seen the Pokemon that don't have that shadow form and therefore have that additional a little bit of bulk being the clutch

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Little increments of HP that can keep them in the game and ultimately keep the trainer in the tournament

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And Milotic the trade-off I feel is honestly very extreme there where the shadow Milotic doesn't feel as bulky as you would like

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But the amount of ramp up fresher that it has with a wrap I believe was a cheer

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I was able to make a to look with the shadow my lotic and we can kind of compare and contrast that with poto man

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Who one of your favorites who I managed to make day two with the regular my lotic where it doesn't quite have that ability to kind of

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Farm through a matchup where I believe off entirely resists damages a bunch of trivia shadow my lotic wins the two shield against the

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Poly on a neutral drawbacks and my lotic is entirely resists damage my lotic can actually win the two shield there

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Just well the shadow by load it just off of that sheer ability to ramp up because of that shadow status the shadow waterfalls

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The rap p-bops just kind of compounding more and more damage where it's a regular. I'll be honest

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I have not with the matchups there

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It doesn't better survivability

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But that's how the matchups can actually be quite different because you're playing a more defensive Pokemon rather than a more offensive one

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We maybe need to check out more of those tats on the regular

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Considering the Panama is in day two of the competition undefeated. He's not just one of my favorite

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is my favorite, let's be honest. Another Pokemon though is the one that we have in this particular

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matchup between Hiromaru and Alfie is this Kanto Ninetales because the shadow variant gives you

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so much more of an edge, particularly against water types like Empolion. If you can get that

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alignment correct, being able to deal that additional damage can really swing momentum.

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One particular matchup that I really noticed about the Shadow Ninetales was actually very

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early on. It was one of the first three matches of the day. It was boom 20. He was

10:30:43.380 --> 10:30:47.540
using the Shadowcantor 9 Tails into Empolion. Now, Weatherball is the more efficient move to go for

10:30:47.540 --> 10:30:50.580
there, but in that matchup he actually threw an energy ball first and people were a little bit

10:30:50.580 --> 10:30:54.100
confused. But what that little bit of extra damage allowed him to do was in the two-shield

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matchup, if you land the energy ball even without the debuff, he can ember down in the twos

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and set up that farm down, where even though it's more efficient to throw two Weatherballs,

10:31:02.900 --> 10:31:06.340
if you want to take the knockout, he was planning for, if my opponent heavily invests

10:31:06.340 --> 10:31:10.100
protect shields here, I can just farm down and win the twos. So it's players understanding

10:31:10.100 --> 10:31:14.260
those specific scenarios and take advantage of the fact that regardless of the Pokemon that you're

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running, if you know the matchups that that you're able to play to in your winning shielding scenarios,

10:31:18.820 --> 10:31:23.620
you can immediately see where the certain player's preparation shines because that is immediately

10:31:23.620 --> 10:31:27.540
evident in their gameplay. Yeah, we've seen a couple of times these split second decisions being

10:31:27.540 --> 10:31:31.620
the critical moment in getting a victory or not. In Adequate's earlier on, I remember,

10:31:31.620 --> 10:31:36.020
I think it was in his game three, the Pidgeot was going for a heat wave and in Adequate's

10:31:36.020 --> 10:31:40.340
had to make that call. Is this a bait coming through or not? He got the call wrong. But

10:31:40.340 --> 10:31:43.540
again, those baits and those split second decisions are the critical things to Swing

10:31:43.540 --> 10:31:46.180
Elementor, particularly the Game 3. And we've seen a lot of those so far,

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home sides. I think we've had the biggest tree of Game 3s in this tournament so far.

10:31:50.260 --> 10:31:54.100
And honestly, I can't complain. That is just bonus Pokemon Go PvP. Now,

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speaking of Pokemon Go PvP, all you viewers watching at home have access to our wonderful

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Twitch drops, and we have the instructions for you. I see you typing,

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rewards I believe this stream and the the replay that'll be happening after we extreme here later

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today you'll have access to twitch drops on both of those because I don't have my my twitch

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trust yet. I need Bill's the boy Tinketon. I want to be a world champion like him, so I need that

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Tinketon. I also really need that Elite Charge, Jeff. I think that's zero right now.

10:32:37.780 --> 10:32:41.860
So do I. I have absolutely none left. I need to get all of the goodies and the more you watch,

10:32:41.860 --> 10:32:45.540
the more you engage, the more potential there is. As you mentioned, having that replay is really,

10:32:45.540 --> 10:32:48.980
really nice because regardless of what time zone you're in and whatever you're catching up

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on this Epic Pokemon Go broadcast, you can still get involved. It's not the only game

10:32:53.060 --> 10:32:56.900
either. I know we are the best game. It's not the only game where we have giveaways. If

10:32:56.900 --> 10:32:58.280
If you engage with the broadcast,

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we've got things with Pokemon champions as well.

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You're able to get the 2026 world in Cinerol.

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I hear in Cinerol is a good Pokemon.

10:33:05.480 --> 10:33:08.880
Maybe not in Pokemon GOPVP, but in Champions,

10:33:08.880 --> 10:33:11.440
I've heard very, very good things about in Cinerol.

10:33:11.440 --> 10:33:12.840
And Cinerol is very cool.

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They have drops for the Pokemon trading card game.

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We also have, oh my goodness,

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an exclusive Twitch chat badge.

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Imagine rolling up in a Twitch chat

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and you have the world's Pikachu sitting next to your

10:33:22.480 --> 10:33:23.880
name, that's pretty cool.

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So I'll be honest, I'll probably over dinner.

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I will have to recap up because I need that World Pikachu Twitch chat badge. I need it.

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Let's just be honest. You just can't stay away from the action.

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I know we've lived and breathed it today, but you're going to be like, I need more.

10:33:36.760 --> 10:33:38.560
I need to just stay extra excited.

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But you're right. This is just such a cute Twitch badge as well.

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Being able to have that really focused Pikachu every single year.

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Everyone is excited to see what's the, you know, the World Pikachu going to look like.

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And I really think the team acted themselves.

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And if you enjoyed the incredible opening of today's show

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with all that amazing Pokemon music,

10:33:56.120 --> 10:33:58.240
kind of a trip down memory lane.

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Looks like we have a Pokemon Night Out EDM concert

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with Marshmallow.

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London is calling one of the shows is sold out.

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Tickets available now at the O2,

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and that's one of the coolest venues out there as well.

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So if you like Pokemon, if you like EDM,

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if you live somewhere in the vicinity

10:34:16.160 --> 10:34:17.520
where you can travel to London,

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check it out.

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It seems like a pretty cool event.

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Yeah, it looks like the Los Angeles event

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is actually sold out already.

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Also like you know really really epic location to phenomenal night of music and everything as well

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I think even though we play this you know this game called Pokemon

10:34:31.780 --> 10:34:38.380
There are so many intricate core memories associated with either one Pokemon the music a particular game in particular a particular location

10:34:38.380 --> 10:34:42.780
I think a lot of people sometimes you're really connected to where a particular game is set. Let's say I

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Didn't expect the music this morning during the ceremony to hit me as much as it did

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But oh my goodness they were absolutely incredible. I just hearing all those like callbacks to the old games

10:34:53.980 --> 10:34:59.660
Yeah, and they would like flash the photos up to oh my goodness with the live orchestra like that hit different

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It was incredible. It was incredible. I was sitting there misty. I'd be like

10:35:05.220 --> 10:35:07.220
Locking buddy. You got to do this

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Beautiful way to start the day and I honestly think at these world championships things do hit different

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We talk about the world championship difference

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But honestly, the world championship experience difference

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is on a whole other level.

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We can have a little bit of a step back as well

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and look at how things have shaped out for the go broadcast

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in terms of day one better.

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A lot of familiar faces there.

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But some other familiar faces are

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two competitors from that match that we had previously.

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Looks like both of them are stepping away.

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Our winner is confirmed, Hiromaru

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has been the victor in this set.

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Hiromaru played brilliantly, being

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able to navigate several pretty complicated games,

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emerging victorious, and Hiromaru, that I believe was our final winner's final.

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So he's making it to day two on the winner's side of the bracket, which is incredible.

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Still kind of has that extra life intact of not having been sent to the Losers' bracket yet.

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What the good news is, is his opponent there, definitely not out of it by any means.

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Just going to be in the Losers' bracket, still fighting to make his way to day number two.

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Exactly, and Alfie is a veteran of the competition.

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So someone who's going to be able to regroup, focus, look towards the next match

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should certainly be a name that you keep an eye out for in the rest of the tournament.

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But wow, what an intense, best of three set coming through this. And Pokemon I wasn't expecting to

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see, they have powered on the Jealousy, for example. Also, the Credility, that little Blast from

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the past, great to be able to see it, making some waves here at the Pokemon World Championships.

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Now, Hapaldon was actually on my cast of Prediction, so I am over the moon.

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We finally got a Hapaldon in day number two. It took us almost to the end,

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but we did get a Hapaldon in day number two. I believe it was Hapaldon. I had a

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I think I'm looking at three for four as well. I've only got the nine tiles. I've got the Flaugers. I think they're really showing up in this tournament. We have seen a little bit of variety in terms of its charge attacks. I personally metrayal braze user, but not everybody is using that one out there. The evil has obviously shown up in dividend being able to have that sucker punch doing so incredibly well. And I know that it may be hasn't been a good idea.

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I know that there was a

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Gastrodon out there.

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Zeffie Mastix was bringing one

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and so it was great to be able

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to see it still making a name

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for itself at the Pokemon World

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Championships.

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I would always be rooting for

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little Gastrodon.

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You know what?

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If I a squint at the screen, it

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almost looks like a quag sire.

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A quag sire has been doing very

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well so far.

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I have a little bit seen the

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game.

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I'm not sure if it's going to

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be a good game.

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I'm not sure if it's going to

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be a good game.

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I'm a little bit sad though when we first saw that graphic Fareed had a shadow Alakazam on there

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That was not the Pokemon he was predicting to make they do it was be a shadow here Tina, but what I first thought I was like, oh

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Interesting, just you know something. I don't know what is Alakazam doing in this meta?

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I mean it has fire punch. Surely that does something in a tigaton. Probably not definitely not

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But no, he he met shadow gear Tina and I believe I heard that now the quints did actually make it to day number two

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I did check that out.

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So, read off to a really good start here at Shadow Gear Tina.

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Am I the only played by one person, but that person is easily one of the best traders in the entire world.

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It's a purely off of an adequate Shadow Gear Tina doing quite well here.

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Not only is he one of the best trainers in the world, but he is one of the best trainers in the world with Gear Tina.

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Yes.

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He has flawlessly won many regionals with that particular Pokemon.

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And I know before the tournament, he was kind of saying out there on social media and things like,

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like, if you're bringing Giratina in this meta,

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you are completely wild.

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And guess what?

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He was the one really psyching himself out

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that bringing Giratina, of course,

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despite the tinkertons out there,

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despite the Azumarils,

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he is really still rooting for his friend.

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But we have another match ready for you.

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This is Luz's Finals Group P

10:38:35.780 --> 10:38:38.140
between Y'Kai and Teddius.

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Ooh, now this is a rematch here.

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Y'Kai and Teddius played in the Group Semifinals

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and Teddius, who is the Thailand regional champion,

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was able to merge victorious.

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Y'Kai is running a Pokemon,

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They don't think we've seen today, and that is the Dunsparse.

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Now, we've seen a lot of trainers.

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They had the Cantral Meroac, they had the Hapauton.

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They're really trying to find Pokemon that have the rock, ground coverage.

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Well, let me introduce you to Dunsparse.

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Dunsparse is not a rock dive, it's not a ground dive, it's a pure normal dive,

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but it has rollout, it has rock slide, and drill run.

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So it's basically another way that players are trying to get that rock, ground coverage on their team.

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But this time, he doesn't necessarily want the weaknesses that come with being a rock or a ground dive.

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so he's opted for the Dunsparse.

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The Dunsparse actually has some very real targets here.

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It's a normal type, which is bad for the Corsula.

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It is super effective damage

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into four of the six members of the team.

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Now, Dunsparse, because it doesn't get

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that same type of attack bonus,

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it's damage can be a bit overwhelming at times.

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So usually Dunsparse is not gonna be able to like,

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1v2 in grand fashion,

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like some of the more dominant sweepers,

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but what it can do is be a very defensive Pokemon

10:39:41.560 --> 10:39:42.680
that can still hit four

10:39:42.680 --> 10:39:44.880
and an annoying amount of super effective damage.

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I think as well it's interesting

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seeing kind of a bulky normal type in the form of Dancefast going for that rollout. We see that a lot in Licky Licky for example.

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So seeing a different Pokemon still with that utility, it kind of can play a similar role.

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But the difference really is about those charge attacks as you've mentioned. The coverage is fantastic having that ground and rock side coverage.

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Another Pokemon I want to talk about however is going to be that Dondozo. It's in just such a great position to apply good pressure.

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But in this particular matchup, do you see having a place against Teddy Ness?

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I think Dondozo looks very incredible here. Dondozo, it's very slow, but it has incredible, incredible amounts of bulk.

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So when it comes to evaluating a team and looking at is Dondozo good, I usually look for Water Resist.

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I only see one, and it's Impoleon. And weirdly enough, the Impoleon matchup is not actually that convincing for the Impoleon.

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It feels like it should be, but Dondozo's ability to survive two drill pikes very comfortably, and Dondozo actually has an exceedingly dominant matchup in this evil.

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so much so that a high ranked Dondozo can actually win the 0 protect shield to 1 protection center, which is they shield the surf

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You know shield all the night slashes and you can still win

10:40:48.620 --> 10:40:55.080
So I think Dondozo does have some very good play here now because Dondozo is strong that could basically

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Force Teddy this is to always bring in the Empolion

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So there's always a bit of a gamble here. Do you end up risking the Dondozo?

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Even if it's on Empolion, it's not the worst

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But that still this wouldn't be a very efficient use of the Dondozo or to try and psych out your opponent

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and then has run a team that's very strong into the Empolion, knowing that the Empolion will be somewhere.

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Another Pokemon we've seen a splattering of across this tournament is the Togokist,

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and both of our trainers are actually running that particular Pokemon.

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I find it very interesting as a build because it's not actually running any fairy-type moves,

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and fairies seem to be very strong in the meta, obviously with the Fairywinds,

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Onflorges, and on Tinkertongue to be able to deal with a lot of the dark types and the dragons out there.

10:41:30.780 --> 10:41:36.680
But instead, Togokist utilising more of its flying type with that pek and having good coverage with Orisfear and Scishov,

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Or it's fair, it could be nice into potential, you know, normal types out there.

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Yeah, the Polyon, for example, that matchup is actually exceedingly, exceedingly stat-dependent

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because the Togikis and Polyon charge Techparody tie is within a range,

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where depending on how these trainers ended up deciding in terms of if you go for a more

10:41:53.880 --> 10:41:58.040
bulk spread, you go for more high attack spread, that is within the realm of that CMP type

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potentially being IV-dependent. So, the stat spreads on these particular mods is going to

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matter quite a bit as well. Corsalum is probably the most efficient check to Togikis here just

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because since Togikis is not running Dazzling Gleam, it doesn't really have that hard hitting

10:42:14.280 --> 10:42:20.440
same type attack bonus charge attack, a non-same type attack bonus side shock. That was a tongue

10:42:20.440 --> 10:42:24.120
twisted move, I'll tell you that. Just really doesn't do a lot of damage onto the Corsalus.

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So Corsalum does end up on that Togikis. That is a very, very good spot to be into

10:42:28.520 --> 10:42:32.440
the Corsalum. Yeah, Corsalum on your side has to watch out for the evil on

10:42:32.440 --> 10:42:37.800
that pokémon does want to come to the match. The sucker punches can put in a lot of valiant

10:42:37.800 --> 10:42:40.920
effort as well as them being able to apply pressure with the dark type charge attack

10:42:40.920 --> 10:42:44.200
that can be followed up. At the same time, the feeble has to watch out for some of the

10:42:44.200 --> 10:42:47.160
play that can come through on your cry side. But at least this time, I'm not seeing that

10:42:47.160 --> 10:42:50.360
charge bug with an X-Syzer that we saw the last time I saw the evil match up.

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And last time, I believe the feeble just said, you know what, I'm just going to

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make slash boost him. The charge bug didn't even matter.

10:42:55.240 --> 10:42:58.920
It had a plan. It always had a plan. It's that sneaky little fox for a reason.

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You cannot underestimate it.

10:43:00.440 --> 10:43:02.160
I feel like we've seen so many

10:43:02.160 --> 10:43:04.160
Feeble Knights like you, Sartrine, today.

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You would think it's like 30% it's not.

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It is like, I believe 10 or 12%

10:43:08.040 --> 10:43:09.600
right in around that range.

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It is a very low percent chance to have it,

10:43:11.920 --> 10:43:13.600
but Feeble has just kept boosting

10:43:13.600 --> 10:43:15.400
and that has consistently flipped games.

10:43:15.400 --> 10:43:16.640
If there's any time though,

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if we have Feeble to pull through with those boosts,

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it's gonna be at the world championship though.

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It's almost like the Pokemon knows

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and it is showing up for its trainer

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and that can sometimes be the beautiful thing

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that can win out the games.

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Our trainers are really locked in though for this.

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This is Loser's finals.

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One of these trains will be going home

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and we've got two champions on the field right now.

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Both of these trainers have phenomenal records.

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Both of them deserve to be able to go into the next stage

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of the competition, but owning of them will.

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Yikai has locked in.

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He is looking for revenge.

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He was sent to the loser's side of the bracket by Tettiness.

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The trainers exchange well wishes.

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We've got double lock ins.

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We've got a fist bump.

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Game number one, Group P, losers finals.

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Tettiness is going to be leading the feeble.

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Oh no, but Yikai has Corsola.

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Let's go, Thevil against the Corsula!

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These sucker punches are gonna be making this Corsula leave the field as the Togunist joins from the sky and Polion there to match it.

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A very interesting decision here by Tettiness.

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Tettiness did not choose to bring in the Corsula, instead bringing in Impoleon.

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Impoleon does have access to these super effective metal sounds that we'll add up over time,

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but if the Togunist was able to get enough of a head start, potentially it may be able to make three aura spheres,

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but it looks like Tettiness is actually knocking them through a single charge attack.

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Teddiness may just look to try and fully farm down.

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Yes, those metal sounds really putting in some work.

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I think it's already at the two Hydro Cannon,

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but wanting to get as much energy as possible

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at the utility of these Shields.

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It does manage to get rid of the Toca Kits.

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Both those Shields have paid off,

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because now you have Hydro Cannon after Hydro Cannon.

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Back-to-back Hydro Cannon's loaded.

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Corsola will be able to survive the double up here.

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But the critical decision by Teddiness

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to not throw a Tarktstack ends up paying off massive dividends.

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Had he thrown even one Hydro Cannon,

10:44:55.760 --> 10:45:00.240
Y'Kai would have taken one to a metal sound and made it to the third or a spear to secure the knockout.

10:45:00.240 --> 10:45:04.400
That's a good confidence and utility with that Pokemon knowing that you could farm it the whole way down

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and look at this, another Hydro Cannon is ready to go. It's going to make this Corsula start having to ask yourself questions about whether you shield

10:45:09.760 --> 10:45:14.160
to keep that energy that Corsula has acquired on Y'Kai's side, that's exactly what goes down.

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And shielding here is tough. Oh, Y'Kai, he pivots out.

10:45:17.520 --> 10:45:20.800
He read the Feeble Switching, but no Switching comes through.

10:45:20.800 --> 10:45:24.240
Instant Teddiness stays on the field, makes the Hydro Cannon.

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And this Iplicator should clear a path for the Corsula from Teddiness to be able to take home the game one-win.

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Corsula in that final shield on the farter is that really wants to land those bug bites down onto the feeble that it knows is in the back.

10:45:34.880 --> 10:45:38.980
Instead it's going to find its way against the Corsula, really not doing too much damage to Corsula.

10:45:38.980 --> 10:45:42.880
Not going to worry about taking the damage, but the debuffs are going to be able to slow down the pace of play.

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The Rock Tomb connects, but that damage is just insufficient.

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And as these astonishes add up more and more, you just really see no way out for your tie.

10:45:52.140 --> 10:45:56.940
he wins as he knows there's just no path forward in this game. The Impolion being able to hang on

10:45:56.940 --> 10:46:01.260
and make that elastic and hydrocandid. It is barely no health remaining on its health bar in the

10:46:01.260 --> 10:46:05.580
back, but that was absolutely critical. Hey at the end of the day you just need some help to keep

10:46:05.580 --> 10:46:09.420
you into the game. So Impolion being able to go for those hydrocandids has really set up the

10:46:09.420 --> 10:46:13.740
Corsula and the Thiebel for success towards this end game. You see the Corsula go down,

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but Teddy Ness brings in that Thiebel to get the final knockout onto that Corsula,

10:46:17.740 --> 10:46:19.540
to farm up a little bit of energy.

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Only one sucker punch away.

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There's the night sledge.

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A sigh of relief for Teddiness.

10:46:25.020 --> 10:46:26.780
His three repeating itself so far

10:46:26.780 --> 10:46:29.820
as Teddiness is gonna be taking game number one.

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I mean, after you've already had a victory

10:46:31.380 --> 10:46:32.620
over a previous world champion,

10:46:32.620 --> 10:46:33.740
you've got to be feeling confident,

10:46:33.740 --> 10:46:35.140
but that doesn't mean you necessarily

10:46:35.140 --> 10:46:37.780
wanted to rematch them in the loser's bracket.

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But Teddiness already showing that all of that knowledge

10:46:39.900 --> 10:46:41.900
and wisdom gained from the previous set

10:46:41.900 --> 10:46:43.780
is still at the front of his mind.

10:46:43.780 --> 10:46:45.900
What a commanding start to this set.

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It really felt like Gekai had an opportunity to gain an advantage with that Toliqus and Polyon matchup.

10:46:51.320 --> 10:46:54.860
However, the critical decision by Teddy is to not throw that energy.

10:46:54.860 --> 10:46:58.260
Going down all protect shields, but just saying, you know what? I cannot let you make a third.

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If you make a third, my entire Polyon's gone.

10:47:00.580 --> 10:47:04.760
And that decision, going down two shields, it feels like it's oftentimes a recipe for disaster.

10:47:04.760 --> 10:47:08.020
But here, it was absolutely essential, an incredible decision by Teddy.

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This committing to that matchup, and it pays off in a big way as Polyon got so much value in this game.

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That's where we see the mastery of true competitors, where they have the foresight to be like,

10:47:17.700 --> 10:47:19.700
okay, I'm gonna have to use both of my shields now.

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It's early, I'm really banking on the Sympolia,

10:47:21.700 --> 10:47:24.700
but it's to set up a very specific win condition for the end,

10:47:24.700 --> 10:47:28.700
and being able to have that foresight and commit them to go through with it is absolutely masterful.

10:47:28.700 --> 10:47:30.700
Fantastic plays from Teddy Ness, but now, you're Kai.

10:47:30.700 --> 10:47:35.700
He's a previous world champion. How is he going to adapt to come into this and keep himself in the tournament?

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I think it's don dozo time. I love the dozo. I think it might be the time here because

10:47:42.660 --> 10:47:47.080
Don dozo even the impoleon matchup. I've been the impoleon there in the go battle league

10:47:47.080 --> 10:47:52.340
I did not have a good time. It was a straight-up terrible time. I threw so many drill pegs. Don dozo did not care

10:47:52.700 --> 10:47:54.740
It was it was a little bit rough

10:47:54.740 --> 10:47:59.520
So I really think that don dozo has the potential to be exceedingly exceedingly safe here

10:47:59.520 --> 10:48:01.380
He didn't opt for it in game number one

10:48:01.380 --> 10:48:10.380
But if he is able to end up bringing it, I think D'Ozzo could pull off some pretty nice value here, because I think no matter where it's aligned, it's always going to have some pretty good value.

10:48:10.380 --> 10:48:18.380
I felt for the Corsair as well on Yuki's side. It never really seemed to get it to putting in the game, and obviously facing down against the Feeble very early on did put it on the back foot a little bit.

10:48:18.380 --> 10:48:29.380
So Yuki possibly may be thinking, is the Corsair going to be the Pokemon I need for this match? It is a good old reliable, it has flexibility into the match against Tendiness, but if you lose that alignment then it could be curtains.

10:48:29.380 --> 10:48:31.380
and those who could indeed be the core.

10:48:31.380 --> 10:48:35.380
I think also potentially considering Dunsparce.

10:48:35.380 --> 10:48:37.380
Even though Dunsparce never really does a lot of damage,

10:48:37.380 --> 10:48:41.380
what Dunsparce can do is kind of be a disrupter to the cores that Teddy

10:48:41.380 --> 10:48:42.380
and this likes to bring.

10:48:42.380 --> 10:48:45.380
Well, the stage is set, the battle is already, it's going to be

10:48:45.380 --> 10:48:47.380
core so well, and there it is!

10:48:47.380 --> 10:48:48.380
Dunsparce hits the field!

10:48:48.380 --> 10:48:50.380
Dunsparce is indeed in play against the very stylish

10:48:50.380 --> 10:48:53.380
lifting coarsener with those glasses, but it's gone out of range

10:48:53.380 --> 10:48:55.380
as the Empolion joins the field.

10:48:55.380 --> 10:48:58.380
An Empolion not choosing to throw a charge stack right away

10:48:58.380 --> 10:49:02.300
right away could have thrown on five there to potentially get the turn back but instead not

10:49:02.300 --> 10:49:06.380
going to happen it's going to be draw on being launched by the Dunsvars and Empolion investing

10:49:06.380 --> 10:49:10.540
a very early protect shield. I wonder if we're going to see all the energy farm up on this Empolion

10:49:10.540 --> 10:49:14.140
again just like in that game one gets to the second hard to cannon but now unleashes it into

10:49:14.140 --> 10:49:17.900
that Corsula you're quite not shielding this know that Corsula has the bulk to be able to withstand

10:49:17.900 --> 10:49:21.180
one of these attacks but you have to keep an eye on those counts because the Empolion is

10:49:21.180 --> 10:49:26.620
not messing around it's going to get to another back-to-back hard to cannon very soon. Oh Empolion

10:49:26.620 --> 10:49:30.380
massively over-farming and it ends up being a charge temporary time does your

10:49:30.380 --> 10:49:34.180
kite trust that his course I can't hold on he's not gonna risk it he will put up

10:49:34.180 --> 10:49:37.540
the protect shield teddy this did not want to throw energy until he thought

10:49:37.540 --> 10:49:40.580
there was maybe a chance of the hydro cannon ticket to KO you don't want to

10:49:40.580 --> 10:49:43.300
lose all the momentum that this course has built up with the energy you're

10:49:43.300 --> 10:49:45.900
forcing the shields to come through on a polio site you didn't want to run the

10:49:45.900 --> 10:49:49.140
rest that the hydro cannon would get the KO now you're leaving teddy

10:49:49.140 --> 10:49:52.260
there's a lot more vulnerable without those shields course however once

10:49:52.260 --> 10:49:55.300
again committing going to that second shield wanting to get break of the

10:49:55.300 --> 10:49:57.300
with the charge attack of its very own.

10:49:57.300 --> 10:49:59.300
Reapers, does he see a catch on the clawed side?

10:49:59.300 --> 10:50:00.300
Oh!

10:50:00.300 --> 10:50:01.300
Oh!

10:50:01.300 --> 10:50:02.300
Oh!

10:50:02.300 --> 10:50:03.300
Oh!

10:50:03.300 --> 10:50:04.300
Oh!

10:50:04.300 --> 10:50:05.300
Oh!

10:50:05.300 --> 10:50:06.300
Oh!

10:50:06.300 --> 10:50:07.300
Oh!

10:50:07.300 --> 10:50:08.300
Oh!

10:50:08.300 --> 10:50:09.300
Oh!

10:50:09.300 --> 10:50:10.300
Oh!

10:50:10.300 --> 10:50:13.580
position where you've got the ground and rock-type coverage charged attacks as well.

10:50:13.580 --> 10:50:16.700
The clawtie is going to be able to do the first to blink with this earthquake.

10:50:16.700 --> 10:50:19.860
It does connect down onto the fortress, look at that damage home slice.

10:50:19.860 --> 10:50:24.260
That damage is massive, but due to the fact the clawtie is poisonous, it can never farm

10:50:24.260 --> 10:50:25.260
down.

10:50:25.260 --> 10:50:27.380
So, two charge attacks will always have to be expanded here by teddiness.

10:50:27.380 --> 10:50:30.660
That means that sand tomb lance doesn't really do a lot of damage, but it does

10:50:30.660 --> 10:50:32.860
put the minus one on a defense for clawtie.

10:50:32.860 --> 10:50:35.340
But suddenly clawtie is not looking particularly healthy.

10:50:35.340 --> 10:50:38.540
Yeah, that's giving a little bit more longevity to these bug bites that is just

10:50:38.540 --> 10:50:40.540
chomping away at the opposing Clonser.

10:50:40.540 --> 10:50:42.540
Clonser, as you said, Corzula have to go for these charge attacks.

10:50:42.540 --> 10:50:45.540
The fast attacks are not going to be able to battle through that bar at risk.

10:50:45.540 --> 10:50:47.540
Now the dunce fast back in play going for these rollers.

10:50:47.540 --> 10:50:50.540
Not very effective, so I think the switch coming out from Corzula,

10:50:50.540 --> 10:50:53.540
resetting that defense buff, drop as well, bringing in this Corzula.

10:50:53.540 --> 10:50:57.540
Now, catching a move from a normal type onto a Corzula

10:50:57.540 --> 10:50:59.540
might seem like a bit of a crazy play,

10:50:59.540 --> 10:51:01.540
but honestly, I kind of like the play pattern here from KV.

10:51:01.540 --> 10:51:03.540
This is not Licky, Licky vs. Corzula

10:51:03.540 --> 10:51:06.540
where they can be a super effective shadowball that erases you from the field.

10:51:06.540 --> 10:51:11.180
These are neutral charge attacks and drill one really does not do a lot here

10:51:11.180 --> 10:51:15.160
However, you Kai does have banked energy does he Kai trying to risk going for accommodation play here

10:51:15.160 --> 10:51:18.100
He is not all he tried to predict it, baby

10:51:18.100 --> 10:51:23.140
No, he actually ended up firing up the power gem, but no switch comes through for the Kai the energy is still maintained

10:51:23.300 --> 10:51:27.220
Yeah power gem will come through connect down onto the stuns fast the energy on of that course

10:51:27.220 --> 10:51:28.480
So on your Kai side is ready

10:51:28.480 --> 10:51:32.500
It switches in and it will be able to get the night shaked down onto it's counterpart on the opposing side

10:51:32.500 --> 10:51:37.420
Telling us not looking too happy to see this come through and the guy also threw an astonishment

10:51:37.420 --> 10:51:40.880
He didn't want to get slightly low. Oh, he doesn't quite take the knock out there

10:51:40.880 --> 10:51:46.740
He is gonna get a little bit lower in comes the Impoleon Ken Corsola hang on here. No, it cannot Corsola will fall

10:51:47.380 --> 10:51:52.940
Corsola goes down and polly on has the energy. It's able to get the advantage over the done sparse here

10:51:52.940 --> 10:51:56.060
Oh, that is as close as it can get

10:51:56.060 --> 10:52:05.060
Hydro Cannon connects, Dunsforce will fall, and Lightning strikes twice as Teteanus gets back-to-back wins over YaKai.

10:52:05.060 --> 10:52:21.060
Teteanus gave YaKai no room to maneuver, and in an incredible 2-0 set is able to knock out the previous world champion from the tournament on the double in the winner's side of the bracket and in the loser's side of the bracket, Teteanus is able to reign supreme.

10:52:21.060 --> 10:52:29.540
And Teddy, this is our reigning Thailand national champion, making his appearance at Worlds and really making a name for himself on this global stage.

10:52:29.540 --> 10:52:35.460
Incredible gameplay going up against one of the best and emerging victorious and a pretty dominant two game sweep.

10:52:35.460 --> 10:52:39.660
And I have to say, I love the way he came out very kind of aggressive in the beginning of those games,

10:52:39.660 --> 10:52:44.180
forcing those shields to come through, but also preserving them so beautifully on the podium kind of saying,

10:52:44.180 --> 10:52:47.260
yeah, I'm going to use up my shields, but then what are you going to do when you lose yours?

10:52:47.260 --> 10:52:50.940
I've got my photo with all the energy. I've got my closer with all the energy

10:52:50.940 --> 10:52:55.180
I've got my opponent with all the energy and it just constantly meant there was an onslaught of attacks that you Kai just

10:52:55.180 --> 10:52:59.940
There was too much to deal with and it really felt like you Kai played that series well

10:53:00.020 --> 10:53:05.940
But Teddy this just did not give him even a single iota of momentum every opportunity

10:53:06.020 --> 10:53:10.520
Trying to be able to pivot out here. It looks like our winners side of the bracket is

10:53:11.500 --> 10:53:14.660
And look at the names here. We have some incredible

10:53:14.660 --> 10:53:19.660
incredible, incredible names

10:53:19.660 --> 10:53:20.660
locked in on day number two.

10:53:20.660 --> 10:53:22.660
Winner's side. We have feels

10:53:22.660 --> 10:53:25.660
avoid all the way at the top

10:53:25.660 --> 10:53:28.660
here. Amaru, DOOM bug, Pato man.

10:53:28.660 --> 10:53:30.660
I mean, this this top cut is

10:53:30.660 --> 10:53:32.660
incredible for tomorrow. If

10:53:32.660 --> 10:53:33.660
you're just tuning in, jot down

10:53:33.660 --> 10:53:34.660
these names. These are going to

10:53:34.660 --> 10:53:35.660
be your top 16 from the

10:53:35.660 --> 10:53:37.660
winners side here, advancing

10:53:37.660 --> 10:53:38.660
into phase two of the

10:53:38.660 --> 10:53:39.660
competition. Some incredible

10:53:39.660 --> 10:53:41.660
games we've seen so far.

10:53:41.660 --> 10:53:42.660
King WT as well gave us an

10:53:42.660 --> 10:53:43.660
absolute thrill earlier on in

10:53:43.660 --> 10:53:53.660
David as well. And M.E. Weedle as well has been one of the contenders throughout this battle, someone who I think, you know, has won accolades in the past, but really wants to keep that momentum going.

10:53:53.660 --> 10:54:01.660
So our top side of the bracket is set. We've had all you wonderful people hanging out with us all day throughout this incredible action.

10:54:01.660 --> 10:54:12.660
I think it's time. I believe we have Will and Amanda standing on standby, ready and waiting with a very special message for you guys. Stay tuned.

10:54:12.660 --> 10:54:18.300
Hello, Pokemon Trainers! We are mega-excited to deliver some exciting news to you today.

10:54:18.300 --> 10:54:25.860
The LAIC 2027 meta will feature a limited format for Pokemon Go competitive players.

10:54:25.860 --> 10:54:29.540
This is very exciting. It's going to be in the Great League with some caveats.

10:54:29.540 --> 10:54:34.220
Yes, there's going to be certain typings that are not allowed, such as fire, dark,

10:54:34.220 --> 10:54:35.900
steel, and fairy.

10:54:35.900 --> 10:54:41.700
Legendary Pokemon, mythical Pokemon, and Ultra Beasts are also not permitted.

10:54:41.700 --> 10:54:44.160
as well as a list of Powerhouse Pokemon

10:54:44.160 --> 10:54:47.880
that you may already be familiar with in the Great League.

10:54:47.880 --> 10:54:50.080
But here is the most exciting part.

10:54:50.080 --> 10:54:51.800
For the very first time,

10:54:51.800 --> 10:54:55.040
Mega Evolved Pokemon and Primal Reversions

10:54:55.040 --> 10:54:57.240
will be allowed into the format.

10:54:57.240 --> 10:54:59.120
Except for one small caveat

10:54:59.120 --> 10:55:01.160
that Mega Saber-Lie will not be allowed.

10:55:02.280 --> 10:55:04.560
Mega Saber-Lie is definitely Amanda's favorite,

10:55:04.560 --> 10:55:06.280
but there are so many exciting Pokemon

10:55:06.280 --> 10:55:09.240
that you'll be able to play if you compete at LEIC.

10:55:09.240 --> 10:55:10.680
So start Mega Evolving

10:55:10.680 --> 10:55:13.280
And we can't wait to see you there.

10:55:13.280 --> 10:55:15.880
What an incredibly exciting announcement.

10:55:15.880 --> 10:55:19.240
Mega Pokemon at LAIC.

10:55:19.240 --> 10:55:21.320
I'm a little sad Mega Sableye is banned.

10:55:21.320 --> 10:55:23.560
I do actually have one of those built and ready to go.

10:55:23.560 --> 10:55:25.560
So I'm going to have to go back to the drawing board.

10:55:25.560 --> 10:55:26.720
There's Sableye is out.

10:55:26.720 --> 10:55:29.880
But it sounds like a lot of other Mega Pokemon are allowed.

10:55:29.880 --> 10:55:32.040
And that'll be a first time ever on the Pokemon Go

10:55:32.040 --> 10:55:32.960
Championship Series.

10:55:32.960 --> 10:55:34.320
So I'm incredibly excited to see

10:55:34.320 --> 10:55:35.560
what these trainers can cook up

10:55:35.560 --> 10:55:37.000
over the next few months leading up

10:55:37.000 --> 10:55:39.080
to the Latin American International Championships.

10:55:39.080 --> 10:55:41.320
Every single time we have these restrictive meds as well,

10:55:41.320 --> 10:55:43.360
it really does test your team-building skills,

10:55:43.360 --> 10:55:45.640
and I love seeing what trainers are able to cook up

10:55:45.640 --> 10:55:46.680
and bring to these tournaments,

10:55:46.680 --> 10:55:48.320
particularly with Mega coming forward.

10:55:48.320 --> 10:55:50.600
It is like the game is evolving even more

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in the next year of competitive Pokemon.

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So I personally cannot wait for that.

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It's gonna be incredible.

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But the next bit of Pokemon action

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that you guys have to keep an eye on

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is actually the continuation

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of the Pokemon World Championships, 2026.

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If you want to make sure

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that you tune into the broadcast tomorrow,

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you can see on the bottom of your screen

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the start time.

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It starts at 9 a.m. Pacific time,

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the game. And I said, I'm

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going to be back. And 12 p I

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said a M. Yes, because then

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it's 12 PM Eastern time. There

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we go. I'm from across the

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pond, okay? We just work with

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like London time. But these are

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the times. Jot them down. Don't

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be late. And guess what? If

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you are like you can catch up

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on the replay. Very true and

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make sure to follow along on

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all our social so you're not

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missing a minute of the

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action. If you thought day

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one was incredible, you

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haven't seen anything yet.

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The best of the best

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number three in the chase center.

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That atmosphere is going to be incredible.

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Honestly, the fact that we have hundreds of competitors

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and then whittling it down to just two

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at the end of two days of competition is so intense.

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Another way that you can get involved

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with the broadcast, however, is through the Twitch drops.

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You can make sure that if you're watching

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the World's broadcast for 30 minutes,

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you can earn some team building greatly.

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For bonus time to research,

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you can create a championship ready team

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with some of the popcorn that we showcased

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throughout this tournament once they're all evolved up.

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up of course, Licky Tong, Totodile, Opalde and Woopa. You can pick one of these options.

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And I'm very excited to get access to Beals of Voice Ticketon. I met him in person, I

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asked him for his Ticketon, he was like, no it's my Ticketon, but now I can get his Ticketon

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via the Twitch drops, but it looks like the Twitch drops were not done. We have

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Twitch drops or Pokemon champions. We have a passcode, enjoy worlds 26, and that

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will get you access to that incredibly stylish T-shirt, and a very cool hat.

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Exactly, a nice memento from watching the broadcast and literally seeing history

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unfold. The trading card game also has some incredible giveaways for you as well. I absolutely

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love the fit that can be rocked on Pokemon trading card game live. You can again do this by watching

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30 minutes, 45 minutes, 60 minutes to be able to get increments of different incredible world

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giveaways. And what a day we have had. So many trainers arrived here in San Francisco with the

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dream of becoming the next world champion. Many dreams have been cut short already,

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But the trainers who remain alive, that fire burns brighter than ever.

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They have made it through the gauntlet.

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That is day number one.

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And they have an incredible, incredible, talented group of trainers.

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They're going to have to defeat because to be the best, you have to be the best.

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That is certainly true.

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And at the end of the day, this is the 30th anniversary of Pokemon,

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the 10th anniversary of Go, the fifth Pokemon Go World Championship.

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History is literally being written every single second across this weekend.

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and some trainers are etching their name multiple times across multiple days of competition.

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I for one cannot wait to see who our champion will be at the end of the weekend.

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It's going to be absolutely incredible. Getting to watch Beals the Boy win in 2025

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in the stands was one of the coolest moments I've ever had as a person

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and I cannot wait to see what we have in store for 2026. So the games have been incredible

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today. My co-caster has been incredible. Our wonderful teammates have been incredible. Our

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Production staff in the back have been absolutely incredible.

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So thank you so much for tuning in to day one

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of the Pokemon Go World Championships

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and we'll see you bright and early tomorrow morning

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for day number two.

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See you there.