GG, that g1 vs Joseph was so beautiful but also so rude lmao. Was there any risk of clicking double protect g1 t1 to scout out a potential tera on miraidon? that at least would've meant you wouldn't get the sandsearstorm miss risking the game and I don't think there's any mons he could switch into to punish it. Were the EVs on the team the ones you came up with when you posted on twitter about your own caly-I team?

You could put a pokeball behind you inside the circular frame. I think that would be super neat, and it would eliminate the transparent space behind your body that's kinda out of place.

i play my firts regional (Mérida) 4 u. LovU Bro, 2025 Michael Year

well played, always super fun to watch your thought process. My opinion on the bisharp vs manaphy sweep is that bisharp feels more immediately threatening as a gameplan, so I can see it, but it loses to substitute manaphy for example. like you said a lot needed to happen for manaphy to lose the 1v1, but it didn't feel that unlikely to me (for it to be energy ball + max speed), don't have much meta experience though. So you should probably just rely on your own instinct there. keep it up, good luck next week!

Double protect into CC crit is beautiful

Great wins in both SPL and NPA! really like the changes to the tang team to avoid speed ties, your content has got me to appreciate singles so much more too

I think that slp game was extremely well played and everything u did seemed quite calculated. Which is why i thought it was fine that u made some plays that didn't seem great on principle alone. The only thing that didn't seem great was the fact that the manaphy wasn't able to get a tail glow on a physical attacker with reflect up, which obviously seemed like a more safe win con than dealing with a potential manaphy speed tie, even though i dont know exactly how that positioning would've been possible.

great win 🔥

Light metal on mega is smart.

Next episode you should play against the WORST Portland player (me)

I played against Markus once and he managed to win a 4v2 at some point because he read every move of mine correctly. That man's intuition is something else

Clickbait, I can’t see Sebixxl anywhere

This video is so funny because it’s just a black screen with occasional Pokemon gameplay I think I will subscribe.

Don't beat yourself up about making calls. They were reads. If you really wanted to "try and get better" at it, start trying to think of the WORST case scenario of getting a read wrong. Like that game 3 if you get the read wrong you lose, but if you get it right it only marginally improves your situation, imo, over doing the "best play". I'm not saying its easy. I rarely do well with it. And you are literally 100x the player I am, but this is the only thing I can think of the your question about what you can get better at the end of the match. Regardless great set and thank you for setting up all these really cool matches with top players.

@30:35 is the play not to protect to scout if he would go for a protect or am I missing something?

Dankeschön

You're really smart, Goodluck on the rest of your tournaments.

I really thought that somehow this was going to be Michael playing against himself. It would have been appropriate.

You should try a koraidon team next

The 2 goliaths of Germany 💪

I was expecting you to play against yourself, I thought it was agree’d by a lot of people that you are the greatest German player?

You're the best German player lol

He took his wife's last name 😅

I think the top 4 guy in worlds 2014 was Markus Liu not Stadter. Markus Stadter was top 4 in 2016

I thought you are the best German player 🤭

Erm chef, why are you lying? You didnt play against yourself? Na love tho, you stay my goat

Bro I’m the best German player get it right

He apparently was so sure of eq that clicked counter. He is a madman and good at reading i guess

I like your videos and watch most of them, but yeah, sometimes you really flame too much imo

Michael con suit

That was sheist, grats

no, i don’t understand what the counter meant😅

Sehr coole Spiele, Mann! Schade für das SPL Spiel, aber es war schön dass du dein Spiel analysiert hast! Gut gespielt in NPA!

for the NPA game you actually won the Speedtie in the turn both of you flare blitz'd each other's Urshifu. You probably didn't notice because it didn't matter on that Turn though.

Thanks for the shoutout! You hit the nail on the head with Frosmoth. Additionally, Wide Guard makes Landorus safe to fire off attacks in the face of Ice Rider. When Urshifu, Amoonguss, and Ice Rider are so common, Dusk Mane's Psychic and Steel coverage is really solid. Outside of Incineroar and Chi-Yu, there isn't really anything that can resist the combo since opposing Steel types are so rare in this format. Anyway, great video!

I think turn 14 instead of switching hard venusaur in on excadrill it was better to stay with Chansey and take the hit, u live one, deal abit of dmg to drill, scout if its sub or lo or just sd lefties then keep mega venu to be able to switch into hits later. Chansey with Zapdos dead and venu alive to help vs amoonguss i felt it was much more expendable while mega venu could help you eat atk or two from the ground types plus oppo didnt know if u were hidden power fire or sleep powder. Either way tough game, good luck next weeks!

Remember kids its pronounced Wove not Growth.

9 min and no comment 😱? Unbearable.

bro im just a big fan of this channel. i really love your insight. geniunely. keep it up

goat

@MichaelderBeste what do you think is the best Zamazenta team? I feel like it play well into calyrex-ice, groudon, and kyogre with the right partners? Team building is hard, so I want to leave that to the smarter people

Let’s gooooo Alvin, Zac and Ben my NorCal GOATs being mentioned love to see it! Their teams were fire! Seeing Miraidon down makes total sense since people have definitely been practicing their lines into those teams. I wonder how the meta will change once people start practicing their lines into the San Antonio teams 🤔

No Zoom Len Heatran call out 😢

Love the content btw keep it up

“It was a really sunny day” 😏

LET'S GO ALMO! FORRTRESS MENTIONED, ALVIN MENTIONED!

Moin, gibt es schon einen Termin, ab wann du wieder Masters Coaching anbietest? Viele Grüße 🙂👋

hey mdb! love your content. now that you have addressed it during the video, would you consider a "secondary" youtube channel to upload the twitch VODs? it is common practice in some streamers i follow and it really makes it easier for the viewer to follow the streams :)

Nice to see Koraidon rising, was just a matter of time till people optimize that mon and comps around it and its a great response to Zama and Terapagos.

As a Koraidon main i am really hating the rise of Calyrex-Ice Rider, feel like i am finding it everywhere, i think it's best if i don't play for a bit then when Calyrex-I falls off a bit in usage i go back to playing, thinking of Chien Pao with Koraidon Entei C-Ogerpon mainly to combat the rise of bulky Hearthflame and Pagos, can't wait to see what Reg G Wave 2 brings in the meta to us