2021 Pokémon Players Cup 25th Invitational VGC Grand Finals R - Ryota Otsubo vs Santino Tarquinio

[@guzvar]

This dude basically beat the Elite 4 + Champion IRL

[@yusikillah6175]

underrated comment

[@nrityanjaligroup1439]

How to like a comment twice?

[@isaaciaga]

Ouh god so true! Haha

[@ibnu9969]

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[@mesotreeshy4415]

Lmao

[@davidneirinckx593]

Aaron's commentating is a major reason why I love to watch all these matches. Thank u aaron!!

[@jayrollo1352]

It's the reason I even got a switch and started playing pokemon last october lol.

[@yusikillah6175]

when Aaron said he beat 4 world champions in this tournament, i was in shock.

[@TheCriiss180]

now its 5

[@PMJ1234567890]

Glad to see Santino win after those bullshit losses, that whiff on Triple Axel was brutal.

[@rosstwynholm5146]

Which is exactly why they have a best of 3 and resets, it limits the amount of luck that can occur

[@gabdex83]

Thank you so much for uploading all of this!!!

[@chriscriskris3336]

Whenever I see the matches being under 20 mins I already know someone got 2-0ed

[@austinsutton27]

I know, it kind of ruins the fun for me. It's a real bummer lol

[@josephalmonte2082]

Yeah it sucks

[@zedricktecson]

He definitely deserved the win in this one.

[@Str8wipin]

Santino read him like a book DAM SON

[@julianjackson4422]

I’m noticing that Kyogre has been winning players cups very often lately

[@ahfoong2502]

Aaron's hairstyle makes him look 10 years older in this video

[@amyyost7022]

As someone who doesn’t regularly watch tournaments, I’m confused about the purpose of the grand final match. Is it just essentially a warm-up before the reset, or is there some benefit for the winner?

[@peruru84]

The first Grand Final Match is the winner of the winners bracket vs the winner of the losers bracket (people who have all lost a match). If the Winner's bracket winner beats the Loser's bracket winner in that first match, the tournament ends. But if they lose, they fall into the Loser's bracket and play one more match for the tournament. Essentially, everyone in the tourney has 2 lives, and the winner of the winners bracket hasn't used theirs yet. If they lose, they get the bracket reset.

[@amyyost7022]

@@peruru84 Thank you for explaining!

[@buttflies7597]

Imagine winning every battle but then you lost the final and didn't get a second chance. That's why having a losers bracket and winners bracket is more fair for the winner to still have their second chance

[@Oneilius]

@@peruru84 amazing explanation 👌🏼

[@Oneilius]

@@buttflies7597 yeah I personally think this tournament format is much better than Swiss. Hope it becomes the new standard moving forward

[@mauriciojavier9384]

Santino mano, juegas demasiado, ngbna

[@wavesurferbeats2183]

WHO is this guy coming with the what out of nowhere beating past world champs

[@nejihyuga1515]

Good figth. Congratulation.

[@andresmorazun]

It might be a dumb question.. but why this kyogre is faster than the calyrex? Both of them have one tailwind on their respective sides, even with choice scarf, shouldn’t kyogre be slower?

[@andresmorazun]

Never mind… I had my calculations of stats all wrong adding IVs, EVs/4 and Base stats. Forgot about the nature and didn’t know about the actual formula

[@17Jroach]

Can someone explain what the player cup is? Did it replace vgc for this year?

[@Oneilius]

Yes, due to offline tourneys not being a thing during Covid, Players Cup replaced VGC as the official sanctioned competition. Each players cup (this is the 4th in SwSh era) has a few rounds of qualifiers before the final tourney, so everyone that makes the final would have already proven to be a high level player.

[@17Jroach]

@@Oneilius oh i see thank you my dude

[@9tailjeza]

this is probably a dumb question. but why didn’t they dynamax?

[@totokekedile]

Dynamax is not allowed under this tournament's rules.

[@skeyz6468]

I dont get why Lugia is banned while kyogre isn't. That sprout move is too OP

[@koonky5979]

is lugia banned?

[@Prodbyroro]

@@koonky5979 Idk why he said that, but no. All legendaries are legal in this format.

[@jonthedon9497]

lugia isn't banned

[@raphaels33]

wolfey Its kind of memeing with that cherryn come on....

[@AuroraBoost]

It gives a good boost. It's a support pokemon

[@omarholder9036]

Santi had by far the best team in the tournmanet. I actually dont think there is a singlel thing Wolfe could do to win when Groudon was his selected Restricted mon. The Kyogre team is straight busted. Pair it with Tsareena and one of the key techs to deal with Scarf Kyogre disappears (No fake out). The the Grassy terrain Rillaboom and Prankster Tornadus means his team owns priority in the tournament in every matchup. Frankly Once I saw his tweam beats Wolfe, I knew the tournment was over

[@connorsiedow5815]

Does this make Santi the greatest of all time?

[@gambit1552]

No, but I will say it says he 100% brought the best team to the competition. That team is incredible well thought out IMO

[@MidianVGC]

Leonardo Bonanomi made it to Players Cup finals twice and Jonathan Evans too, losing to Wolfe and winning the second one. That consistency proves these two are probably the best players in the world. You can be lucky once, but making the finals multiple times? That aint no luck. Even in a very chance-based game like Pokemon.

[@alexanderalmeida6916]

Wolfe has also made finals at worlds twice, in 2012 and 2016.

[@Beamin439]

its still ray rizzo imo. 3 peat vgc world champ. kind of insane.

[@MidianVGC]

@@Beamin439 Let's just agree that this Invitational had some of the most consistently dominant players in the history of the game series. I was in awe seeing how original Wolf's and Sejun's teams were. Santini's Torn-Ogre version was unexpected and probably the best S10 team at the moment as far as I'm concerned. This is the most interesting tournament we had so far in Sw&Sh. Massive props to the players who made this event so epic.

[@duckymomo7935]

Queenly majesty and psycho terrains are very popular to stop priority Mianshao is very popular

[@kasemahasema]

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