2021 Pokémon Players Cup 25th Invitational VGC W1 - Wolfe Glick vs Naoto Mizobuchi

Pokémon Players Cup 25th Invitational VGC 2021 Winners Round 1, Wolfe Glick vs Naoto Mizobuchi.

[@justanotherpersononyoutube665]

Legends say that wolfe has already created a counter for when his anti meta becomes the new meta

[@leizero]

Typical Wolfe. I've been so hooked with the emerald nuzlocke that I forgot he still plays professional VGC.

[@erreerre9249]

I don't know if his team will be the new meta... Only a player with his luck can use it

[@isaacmillen8789]

@@erreerre9249 *skill

[@erreerre9249]

@@isaacmillen8789 he is one of the best players in the world but He's totally blessed by luck

[@isaacmillen8789]

@@erreerre9249 I wouldn't say so

[@DraegoMH]

Wolfe here proving he's one of the best. Damn, that team building. Haven't played for a while, but this man still impresses me.

[@Nunexx97]

team building was actually pretty meh tbh no terrain control, no speed control (apart from dusclops, that is shut down by calyrex-s and taunt), no solid way to deal with kyogre, very weak to intimidate... his team relies too much on the extra bulk provided by cherrim, but cherrim itself is very frail, weather-dependent and lackluster offensively. fun team, yeah, but certainly risky! sadly, his strat was wrecked by the trick indeedee-m and kyogre teams :(

[@broskander3671]

@@Nunexx97 I think the big issues are terrain control which isn't as wildly important as it used to be and the choice of dusclops as his TR Setter. And honestly he's not super weak to intimidate since he has Zapdos and Entei who don't care about it. That and the Kyogre matchup is definitely rough.

[@Nunexx97]

@@broskander3671 terrain control is definitely important. Psychic terrain nerfs Incin pretty hard, Grassy gives Rilla and Tsareena priority glides into Groudon, Misty prevents Entei from landing burns with SF, etc. Of course Wolfey can play around these factors, but they're there nonetheless. As for intimidate, Groudon is severely less threatening at -1 and -2. We saw that in game 2 vs Ryota, where Groudon was shut down by the Arcanine. At -2 it doesn't even do 50% to the Calyrex with P-Blades... In that same set, the lack of speed control was clearly noticeable. Groudon was KOd by the Caly+Mienshao with ease... I think he needed Tailwind to at least mess up with the opponent's game plan

[@Nunexx97]

@@broskander3671 I misread your comment and thought that you were saying that terrain control isn't important 😶 sorry ahah

[@broskander3671]

@@Nunexx97 all good. Yeah I think terrain control is important but you can get by without it if your team has the right tools. Is all I meant. I agree that tailwind would have helped him although I still think the big issue is Dusclops as a TR setter on this team. Porygon2 gives way more game against Calyrex. As for intimidate yeah in those games it screwed him but that was more so an issue with those players out positioning Wolfe as opposed to the team being super weak to it.

[@Lawrence2525]

Honestly I’ll always support anybody who does NOT use Zacian.

[@nebulagod7896]

Why is zacian so good I have never played gen 8

[@picklemccool4079]

@@nebulagod7896 basically has high atk and speed with a very decent(115 points) def and special def with an ability that boost it's atk when it enters the battle.

[@tomlolbob3182]

Honestly, I can't take anyone seriously who uses Pkmn higher than PU.

[@dislexyc]

Or Shadow Calyrex

[@cristianalarcon9071]

I just support anybody that doesn't use tornogre or calyrex

[@williamwilliam4944]

The level of harmony in Wolfe's team is ridiculous... each move, item, and pokemon synchronize with each other perfectly. Absolutely ridiculous talent.

[@koba2348]

Hacks his pokemon

[@ssbufans8470]

@@koba2348 what difference does it make?

[@AkibaMomoro]

@@koba2348 The stats are still legitimate? Cry about it, grinding isnt even hard anymore

[@koba2348]

@@AkibaMomoro hacked

[@Aaron0000014]

You realize literally every pro does this right? Nobody is going to spend hundreds of hours to breed and ev train when the real strategy is in team building and actually playing the battle.

[@destructive_thoughts_]

The casters are so good, that even me that doesnt really care about pro play on Pokemon got a good hang on whats going on.

[@ethansapp3473]

This is better than most professional sports commentary imo

[@jg26129]

Aaron zheng also competes and is a really good player and content creator

[@ZxChrono]

It’s not hard to grasp what’s going on. If you’ve beaten the Pokémon games you have a general idea of what’s going on.

[@ethansapp3473]

@@ZxChrono Very true, but they are doing their jobs well so good on em.

[@Birdboy69]

I recognized Rosemary from when she casted Overwatch contenders

[@adolfdaikun8012]

Love seeing Aaron commentating his homie's matches.

[@martinpjsharorosharpton6555]

Ya!

[@thanatosp3738]

Is that a shin megami tensei reference?

[@aralfonso]

Which one

[@kabusohikaru6187]

@@thanatosp3738 no that's captain qwark from ratchet and clank. You can recognise him by his big chin

[@c.m.9369]

Not as much a "battle" as a slaughter. To be fair: Don't think Naoto could have done a much better job with that Matchup. Wolfe won this battle in the teambuilder.

[@ogeid772]

Game 1 the recoil from Entei's Flare Blitz did more damage to Wolfey's team than Naoto's entire team. What a slaughter

[@alexys3297]

Just a bad matchup. To me weatherball wasn't a surprise lol it's expected on a weather team. Zapdos is a freaking beast now if it wasn't before XD

[@alijahsimmons9284]

That’s what happens when you use a boring ass team

[@uberfiend2544]

Wolfe whole team stopped zai and noato is like. Hmmm I should use zai? Yes

[@obsessedbrian]

@@uberfiend2544 To be fair, it was probably his best option. Nothing else had enough damage output. He just couldn’t win against such a hard counter.

[@shrimpmas]

the weather ball reveal and caster reaction is maybe my favorite thing to ever happen in competitive pokemon

[@blinkspot2667]

100% agree with the commentary, this is the hardest anti-Zacian team I've seen. Also, love the weather ball on Zapdos. Nice one Wolfe!

[@angelchang5194]

Damn, I literally read this when the dude said it. Freaky lol

[@calamity69907]

He's a hacker hacks his pokemons stats imagine supporting a hacker

[@Rooz247]

@@calamity69907 verlisify burner account?

[@ch3mdah]

@@Rooz247 probably, most likely just some kid who thinks Verlis is a good content creator tho

[@TheNerdOnTube]

@@calamity69907 I'll never get why people act like genning is a huge issue. Even if he did gen his mons, and i don't think he actually had any reason to do it, the teambuilding and battle skill can't be cheated.

[@VeggieTwelve]

6:34 - "Oohh... That WeAtHeR BaLL!!" Under her breath had me laughing so hard! What a great commentator with love for the game!

[@XanBcoo]

I came to the comments to quote this too lmao

[@xoxoRonniexoxo]

I wish I could have seen the look on rosemary’s face when she clocked the weather ball on zapdos

[@Gekk0e]

@@romajimamulo I dont understand what your reply is doing here, it has nothing to do with the original comment lmao

[@ArkUmbra]

@@romajimamulo The original comment said 'clocked' (not 'clicked'). As in when she noticed/realized that Zapdos has Weather Ball.

[@Gekk0e]

@@romajimamulo i think clocked was the right word, not clicked Clocked could mean to catch/see something, or even to percieve something as a certain way

[@romajimamulo]

@@ArkUmbra oh. Huh. Never heard of it used in that way. No wonder why I thought it was wrong

[@romajimamulo]

@@Gekk0e oh. Huh. Never heard of it used in that way. No wonder why I thought it was wrong

[@ARV5075]

And to think that Wolfey has mostly been playing Emerald Kaizo for the past months! This guy just has the VGC gene in him.

[@anujsingh333]

Not discrediting him any but that's not quite the case: He stopped playing months ago - if tuned in live on twitch - and the editors had plenty of time to put it together since he's been on a lighter release schedule

[@sparKnightYT]

@@anujsingh333 The run that's uploaded to KZbin was an earlier run that died on the Elite 4, after which he took a break. He didn't finish a successful EK run until a little over 3 weeks ago after many more attempts.

[@anujsingh333]

@@sparKnightYT oh dang okay, I do stand corrected 😅

[@ame-chan579]

And to be fair, EK is a *b¡tch* of a game so it really helps to exercise your strategizing skills

[@silvertigra4117]

I mean I'm shocked he actually reached the champion with that teamand could've won it if luck was a little bit in favor

[@rachelburton4603]

Nekkra gleefully whispering "the weather ball...aaron" is the best thing ever

[@89Dustdevil]

Wolfey's been training in the Hyperbolic Nuzlocke Chamber.

[@TheGellerBing]

Emerald Kaizo has increased our world champion's power level to over 90000

[@NA-nz9lv]

I'm so happy there's no dynamax anymore, look how much cooler matches are without it.

[@efraincelin1881]

I think dynamax is better than megas

[@NA-nz9lv]

@@efraincelin1881 in vgc probably, in general no, but that's subjective. What I like about megas is that they are all different but also somehow predictable, what I hate about dynamax is that the game turns in either stalling the opponent for 3 turns or also dynamaxing.

[@marcosantiago8821]

@@NA-nz9lv the first megas were fun but when GF start giving megas to pokemons that are already so strong without it ruined it i mean mega ray with a choice scarf,band, specs, could literally KO all uu pokemon that are supereffective or neutral to it

[@NA-nz9lv]

@@marcosantiago8821 yeah I know what you mean but it's not all pokèmon, just mega quaza that was also banned from VGC and tournaments in general. However you can't say the same for dynamax/gigantamax, they pretty much instantly banned it from all events except VGC and then also banned it in VGC a year later because of how OP it was.

[@broskander3671]

I disagree. I think Dynamax formats are on average more fun and interesting to watch. Especially with single restricted mons (which to be fair I hate as a format either way).

[@LOLquendoTV]

Master class from Wolfey, even though he had an extremely favourable matchup he played aggressively and constantly disrupted naoto. Naoto definitely played too conservatively, but he had a pretty poor hand with that matchup. Hopefully does better in losers bracket

[@cassiolins1203]

Wolfe's team was obviously built specifically to counter common meta picks and Naoto's team was as meta as it gets, so no surprise the matchup was in Wolfe's favor. But on top of that, Wolfey played absolutely perfect.

[@malthehartz3537]

As Cassio Lin also points out, teambuilding is a big part of Pokémon. So a great matchup is definitely not something that happens by chance, and shows great knowledge of the metagame.

[@justinlafollett9001]

This is a super professional match, impressive makes me want to play again.

[@joshsunderlage4368]

I'm glad to see people are starting to use Cherrim competitively. I love Cherrim it's one of my favorite grass types! Cherrim has been overlooked in competitive for so long.

[@Silverrobz]

My alltime favorite pokemon :)

[@nintendocollectable]

did you know that cherrim won worlds in 2010 (juniors)?

[@joshsunderlage4368]

@@nintendocollectable That's amazing!

[@sxphxn6224]

@@nintendocollectable i thought that was pachirisu

[@corncob7299]

What kinda crack is Wolfe on. This was a damn masterpiece

[@ctm3922]

Wolfey the anti-meta god

[@ctm3922]

@@natanplayz1236 I mean this is competitive, people are going to use what is good and you can't say people aren't original when they are trying to win a tourney. Wolfe just has a knack for building teams to counter big threats. Thats hiw he won 2016 worlds and he displayed that again here. in this matchup.

[@JankyDice96]

Wlfey god of luck…not anti meta…

[@AaronAlert77]

he used colossal lol

[@steampunkvgc6319]

@@natanplayz1236 You are complaining about Zacian, but Incineroar. How stupid.

[@muffincopnoicingforme8220]

Man has such a great read on the tourney meta

[@iicyfyiicyfy4568]

One of the most one sided matches I've ever seen. Wolfe greatest Pokemon player of all time including nuzlockes

[@OrganicDolphin]

These commentators are really good! I’ve never played competitive only in game but they explain everything so well!

[@Grazzzzzel]

By the end of SWSH the Gym Leader theme will be known as the Wolfe Glick theme considering thats all he ever uses

[@davidcorona2424]

No

[@popsikern5848]

@@davidcorona2424 Yes

[@Noname-iv5ic]

@@davidcorona2424 Yes

[@Grazzzzzel]

@@davidcorona2424 Yes

[@broskander3671]

@@davidcorona2424 Yes.

[@ryanchatwin8535]

I love how Aaron says “wolfey” and Rosemary says “wolf”. Really shows their friendship!

[@mushroomdude123]

Wolfe is such a fantastic teambuilder.

[@chipfree68]

6:35 „Oh, the Weather Ball“😄

[@selder_7]

That first game was absolute perfection from Wolfe

[@executiveelf8793]

This makes me ecstatic to see because Cherrim has been my favorite Pokemon for years and Groudon+Cherrim was my bread a butter back in gen 6 and even now I like to lead Torkoal and Leafeon then switch Torkoal to Cherrim to make Leafeon into a monster.

[@harrypsfoodreviews9661]

I used Cherrim and Leafon (named Wolfeon) in my draft league to great success

[@JChang13]

Aaron is by far my favorite commentator. I always learn so much from his insights

[@damioncooney3203]

Cybertrons commentating on point..good stuff man👌👌

[@nathanaelmichael7567]

Wolfey with his outstanding read, and seeing aaron video with his groudon's missing a lot of precipice blade while wolfey hitting all of his lol

[@user-un1ee6on4w]

Wolfey is goat.

[@kuhakuxiii6408]

@@user-un1ee6on4w nah, he is wolf

[@Sauv_27]

This battle felt like when you are against elite four . Basically : match was already won in team building.

[@TheBeggies95]

Woo don't know much about pokemon battling but i was rooting for Wolfe since he did videos with melee players! This was super entertaining

[@EinFelsbrocken]

Wolfe absolutely devastated him here; damn.

[@Mr.Sax.]

And he didn't use his strongest beast, Flower Gift Cherrim.

[@Idalych]

6:36 the caster’s voice when she says “oh… the weather ball…” lmao

[@snapclub8751]

Cherrim & Weather Ball Zapdos. Wolfey’ teams are always incredible.

[@enum01]

You gotta think all those hours of team building for each battle in emerald kaizo nuzlocke prepared Wolfe for this tourney to have the perfect team building

[@beanlord8080]

I have a lot of respect for Wolfe when it comes to innovation and creativity. It’s always refreshing to see underrated Pokémon like Cherrim being used.

[@mikemarek6243]

You respect someone who hacks their teams?

[@detetive2222]

@@mikemarek6243 como assim?

[@nautilus2612]

@@mikemarek6243 Yes, it really doesn't matter. He's not gaining any advantage over other players.

[@theredknight9314]

@@nautilus2612 yes it does. His groudon is not obtainable. He has an unfair advantage

[@KarlBast]

I can’t believe Wolfey is still tournament legal. He completely warps the meta and is just completely broken.

[@mrduckling1995]

The second I seen Zacian on Naoto's team i was rooting for Wolfe

[@charliegrey1783]

My baby Cherrim getting shine in professional international VGC battles, I’m alive

[@MyAladdinSane]

Glad Wolfey found a way to have fun in this cursed fornat.

[@daphenomenalz4100]

Wolfey is totally anti meta lol Dusclops, cute cherrim and zappy

[@2-stepverified629]

Damn, wolfe came in guns blazing

[@masterduelzero1795]

Almost literally with the sun team

[@izma320]

I can already hear people saying, Wolfe's incinerator is cheated there is no way it can be shiny with perfect IVs and nature

[@shuheihisagi6689]

Half my team is legit shiny with perfect IVs and natures. In gen 8 there is so many items to help train pokemon it is super easy. I doubt he had to hack that in, shiny hatching with the shiny charm is easy. Then you use bottle caps to make them perfect.

[@fnfal6286]

@@deinomaster75 smh you didnt need to explain to him. He isnt the one claiming that

[@MrWestSky]

Who cares if the pokemon were hacked anyway? Probably every pro player hacks their pokemon. It makes no difference on the battles, literally. The only way to win battles is by building a good team and making good strategies. The stats are not illegal, the only difference is that by "hacking" your pokemon you skip the hundreds of hours that takes to breed and ev train them, but that does NOT help you 1 bit to win any battles.

[@CabinetGremlin]

It's not in a premier ball this time, he learned his lesson lol (nothing against Wolfe tho, love anyone who doesn't use Zacian)

[@enickma910]

wolfe has a legion of subs who'll breed him any pokemon with any specs in a day or so. he can assign one mon each to 6 people and give them a couple days

[@su37fhiok97]

Always loved players that defy the meta

[@genesissupernova7114]

How do you get the footage?

[@spiffit7902]

How do they setup the stream on battles I wanna know

[@spooky_furret]

The reaction to the weather ball was priceless for me

[@laurencejeromegahisan4731]

How did you guys play or join this kind of event? Is there any application that needed to be download or something?

[@boohauntedhouse3824]

Somebody answer this question if you can. Why is this tournament not on the Pokemon KZbin channel. They only have the 2020 tournament.

[@anujsingh333]

What a great team!

[@KikazaruBF]

Wolfe was a genius for this one because of the anti zacian team but also any water/grass types he encounters looks like a big disadvantage but Zapdos with that flying and electric just counters the weaknesses as fast which is mind blowing

[@kingkongt5539]

What is a broom used for?

[@jayreypastor748]

What version of pokemon is this? Thanks

[@eijithorvald5984]

6:35 I love how the host lady like "ooh... The Weather Ball..." 😆

[@wristslitvalentine]

"The weather ball 0_0...."

[@Tools-yt4sk]

I have no idea whatsoever about competetive VGC, but was this an official tournament run by nintendo and did they ban dynamaxing?

[@munge3563]

Yeah, it's official and everything. They can't host physical tournaments just yet, so they decided to do a Wi-Fi one. Then as for the Dynamax ban, yeah, they banned it for this format for the time being since they allowed restricted Pokémon in. Certain restricted like Dusk Mane Necrozma would be borderline unbeatable in a D-max meta

[@ennabennab8061]

The adorable manner in which Ms. Kelly managed to eek out the words "weather ball" and "Aaron" at time index 6:37...

[@firelordzuko1949]

Will the tournament be streamed ? Because it's not on their channel.

[@peardude8979]

They streamed it a few days ago on the Pokèmon Twitch channel: twitch.tv/pokemon ; It’s under the Player’s Cup 25th Anniversary Invitational videos.

[@firelordzuko1949]

Thank you

[@619Slipk]

Daaamn Wolfe, show some mercy. That dude's got a family too man

[@jamminhot8567]

where are this videos??

[@UCHIRAPEDRO20]

This is the type of match that is lost even before it begins... #Ouch !!

[@danieldutton9770]

What game and system is this?

[@z0h33y]

Are they both using hacked pokemon or is it only the European?

[@reun1clus]

The team matchup... even against an average player, Naoto would probably struggle to win.

[@SpidersFace]

Aaron!! And I've never seen Rosemary but she's really great too super amazing commentary!

[@DanielSilva-vl5un]

Honest question. Why not just take heat wave on zapdos and hit both the mons instead of weather ball?

[@curtisbrown2281]

Abilites that hit both do way less damage.

[@caerulea00]

also, having a fire type move with 100% accuracy and no drawbacks is arguably more useful than using heat wave (which has 90% accuracy). the other mons on wolfes team have sacred fire (95% acc), flare blitz (recoil) and heat crash (relies on opponent not being heavy). while heat wave hitting both pokemon is useful, weather ball is a much safer and more powerful option imo

[@DanielSilva-vl5un]

@@caerulea00 got it, thank you for explaining, real easy to get aswell :)

[@yeetmahhotpockett1723]

@@DanielSilva-vl5un I'm a month late, but spread moves also have 75 percent power. Weather ball will get the easy guaranteed KO.

[@FreddiesVG4445]

@@caerulea00 and also it can work with rain too so you’re not just stuck with a useless fire move against rain teams

[@ozaruspersona1631]

So could someobe explain to me how this is working? Each player has their switch connected to one tv that shows it all or something else? How would you prevebt screen sniping?

[@tornadoduck]

This is an online tournament and in a in person tournament they have their game opposite each other on different TVs.

[@Pydtosofz]

This is online

[@EnjeVGC]

For online tournaments, matches are pre recorded by the players and sent to TPC for them to commentate on

[@reversehavoc720]

I'm so happy that my favorite pokemon (Incineroar) is good enough in competitive that it's used on both of the very good teams here

[@nonacrina]

My dude incineroar was on like 80% of all vgc teams in 2018 (i believe, maybe 2017). It’s stupidly good :’)

[@traceyrice4978]

Is this the guy that lost to Steven in emerald kaizo?

[@rafy.h.3108]

Yes

[@davethomasthedreamteam9418]

I hate that I'm watching this right now... but I can't look away.

[@verytired8340]

Love seeing my boy Aaron commentating

[@studentoflife632]

why is doubles the format?

[@bakes1324]

A smart player can turn the meta into a weakness for their opponent

[@nicholasch8346]

Naoto just bring all the meta pokemon available lol, that is the reason why he lost to Wolfey. good game tho. also that iron ball groudon is funny

[@WesleyLindsey]

Wolfe literally ate this shit the second the teams were revealed

[@PurpleSlays]

Do you know what literally means?

[@EinFelsbrocken]

@@PurpleSlays yeah he literally devoured the excrements bro

[@eliaelirko9849]

@@PurpleSlays there's a slight difference between ate this shit and ate shit

[@PurpleSlays]

@@eliaelirko9849 still it's wrong. He didn't literally eat a competition.

[@PhenixThePhoenix]

@@PurpleSlays Do you know what hyperbole is?

[@NaniTCG]

Wolfey builds teams on another level oh my

[@YngRugrattt]

I need a coaching session from him that man is on some extraterrestrial level

[@Jaipaii]

What game is this?

[@WifiMerriman]

Fling groudon you seen it all here folks

[@JaggedBird]

That's my boy. Nice work, Wolfe

[@erey619z]

Let’s go KING!!!

[@jjcrpytaps5271]

Ijust found out about this, how do i play this or what console should i buy in order to play this. I miss playing pokemon ive always played it as a kid. Hope u guys can help me

[@abubabubabuba]

its pokemon sun/moon on nintendo switch my guy

[@Ian-we2pq]

when was it called zashian? i thought it was zah kee yan

[@johnnymohtar3523]

Where can i play this game?

[@joaoleste4682]

I love Aaron's commentary he's so precious 🥺

[@tanakwagubetta7614]

What title of this game ?

[@snadderolsen9834]

Is that the guy that beat pokemon emerald kaizo nuzlocke on stream?

[@urbanrain3622]

Cybertron out here commentating on his best friend.

[@cymantics8249]

Lmao the weather ball on Zapdos felt good to see. I use wb on the Zapdos on my rain team.

[@helix2053]

Are mega gengar not powerful? Cuz i have one

[@lunan240]

Aaa yes, the VGC equivalent of the Champions League in football. 😎

[@otrebormartinez2961]

what version of pokemon is this ??

[@fawfulmark2]

Shield/Sword.

[@lukeheins123]

Where you here her go "ooooohhhh the weather ball" under her breath 😂😂😂

[@mr.truffles9294]

Loved the creativity of wolfe

[@bobi200samatar6]

Love the Cherrim. I know its not popular, but I love it.

[@dark2k10]

Could be a silly question, is dynamax banned for this?

[@Lumonious]

Yeah. It is

[@InTheBalance79]

I'm so positive and cheerful on what these people are accomplishing, hope the best for the future of this great nation............

[@jacobchalkler1652]

Wolfe is so cool I really like him and his playstyle

[@BaoNguyen-kk3bz]

17:51 Does anyone know why Reflect lasts 8 turns but Light Screen only 5?

[@carlostavarez153]

The item - light clay. Light clays extends reflect, light screen and aurora veil from 5 to 8 turns.

[@justryan5872]

Light Clay boosts light screen, reflect, and aurora veil for 3 turns

[@XanBcoo]

"Oh...the weather ball! Aaron!"