ABR vs Sapientia - ADV Revival Semi-Finals

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[@jimothygaming]

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[@axelwarriorvs]

i went from being convinced that ABR had lost on turn ~30, to watching him claw his way back to a winning position, to losing in a single moment to that final crit surf. what a rollercoaster. truly this is insane.

[@usernametaken017]

tbf subseed fpunch is bullshit so that's deserved

[@gz7006]

If Blaziken does something in this match I will eat my comically large hat

[@itsyaboi1245]

Comically large hats in your local area seem to be safe thankfully

[@artandem9637]

​​@@itsyaboi1245 He never said he wouldn't eat a comically large hat if Blaziken does nothing.

[@itsyaboi1245]

@@artandem9637 maybe he's a serial comically large hat eater 🤔

[@ellachino4799]

​@@itsyaboi1245 But not a tragically large hat ofc

[@IrlylikeInFlames]

"Pretty good chip on Salamence"

[@honjon666]

Always Bring Regirock

[@CyanKnight96]

Can’t outrock the rock 🗿

[@filippomorea7968]

This set was the cherry on top of a marvelous tournament. We've seen not so common mons, game 1&3 were thrilling and the quality of play was stellar.

[@MajinBuddha]

We're gaming to the highest level. Finals will be nuts!

[@ButCritically]

That Jirachi was absolutely insane. Paralyzed on Turn 5 into 11 straight turns of avoiding para. Comes back on Turn 31 to be paraed into immediate crit fire punch thru the rain.

[@RuijsNL]

Mentioning the turns is such a lame spoiler that adds nothing else to your comment

[@petertitan99999]

how about you watch the full video before going to the comments instead. turns out people talk about what happens in the vid down here

[@I_Am_Bowi]

@@petertitan99999💯

[@Eroil]

Most well trained Jirachi of all time.

[@fabioplush]

@@RuijsNL The purpose of the comment section is to comment on the video

[@lacuevadelosrpg4070]

32:06 insane read there. Congrats Sapientia!!

[@DkKobaADV]

Ninjask has invaded my home.

[@BlazeSLK]

We can’t catch him. Godspeed 🫡

[@thebestworst8002]

One of the most intense sets ever

[@aa7x3]

I was surprised last night to hear the brick walls start to shift and rumble. Little did I know Regirock was actually a part of my house. Regirock has returned home to his cave. Not only is there a terrible draft now, but I am self conscious at the number of times Regirock must have seen me touch myself.

[@globalistgamer6418]

The real Stealth Rock.

[@thebestworst8002]

I am going to miss this so much

[@_bedbo]

I can't overstate how entertaining this match was, props to you, Sapientia. I especially loved all of the off-meta picks--Ninjask w/ Breloom was incredibly hype, even though it didn't win the game (love you ABR). On another note, Jim and Tina are great commentators. I hope to see you both again, narrating the grand finals together; you guys really know the game!

[@examoseley2]

Blaziken tumbling down the viability rankings after this tourney

[@skayakitty625]

excellent commentary duo. thank you xtina. thank you jimothy. excellent attention to detail with the music, guile theme. and the victory music at the end. incredible.

[@johnsanko4136]

If these semi-finals have taught me anything, it's that my love of Zapdos back in the day was fully justified. He's a king. These games were insane. Great play from both players, showing they were justified in being in the semi-finals.

[@JohnCena-fr5ff]

Zapdos is still a king in gen 9 OU

[@melikmourali2072]

Yeah I loved using this Pokemon since Pokemon Stadium 2 rentals (even with the huge nerf to legendaries). It's just so powerful and flexible

[@letswaveabook3183]

Suicune is my hero. Get your zap in after Suicune calm minded twice

[@baller302]

That breloom was almost cooking ..

[@00Krohnos]

Game 1 was insane folks. ABR is a legend for that endgame.

[@yohanbosu]

let me get this straight: sapients is an old dude who played some third gen tournaments when the game released and now, years later, he destroys the whole community? insane.

[@RichardBlaziken]

This set was actually insane. So tense, so close, so fun! Good games fellas.

[@Yearofthebows24]

32:05 is the definition of "this is insane folks" and "gaming at the highest level"

[@franslair2199]

Why is anyone surprised at the Bruno avatar bringing four fighting types

[@lonefire333]

Game 2 was a classic 4 Fighting type Bell Curve moment

[@Tyler-ob4qp]

If Goldmason isn't commentating Grands I'm gonna go insane

[@goldmasonvt]

😄😉😊

[@maskofthedragon]

Blaziken continues to be cursed as Hell this tourny

[@nevercoolracing]

These semi finals were crazy. Definitely the top of the chain, can’t wait for the last games!!

[@shatterthineekey]

"my favourite archetype reversal spam" *cries in fighting games*

[@malthehvidegardhartz6721]

SPOILER: For me, Sapentia is coming in as a little bit of a heel to this finals. They've just gotten a LOT of hax going their way these last games, although they're obviously a good player. But I'm definitely rooting for McMeghan going into the finals. But most of all, I hope for a good fight

[@_Crowuh]

I was rooting for Sap in game 1 after the turn 1 crit para, at least

[@melikmourali2072]

@@_Crowuh After that turn, Jirachi just ate paras for days, even hitting a crit Fire Punch on Magneton IN THE RAIN. That was insane luck imo. Jirachi won game 1 for Sapientia. He was definitely cooking in game 3 though I must admit

[@_Crowuh]

@@melikmourali2072 Indeed, the bad start was more than made up for by the end of game 1

[@hagetsuuu]

can we please have the winner of the tourney have an exhibition match against legendary gamer jimothy

[@xruffel]

Damn, the Breloom setup was almost so perfect! That was insane plays by ABR but Sapienta just knew the matchup.

[@dev11s48]

Sapienta with his crit luck always wins

[@justinmedeiros7600]

Says this when abr got like 20 crits himself

[@Hologramburrito]

i mean, if you are the one attacking most of the time, it is more likely that you are the one that gets crits thats the benefit from a more proactive gameplay

[@globalistgamer6418]

Attacking moves, OP, add status crits like 75% healing from Softboiled.

[@mistergrool3941]

stall players when they prolong the game for 100 turns and act surprised when they finally get critted:

[@shevankaseneviratne1724]

@@mistergrool3941 offense players running shit teams and thinking its skill when luck bails them out.

[@kumquat4543]

Sapientia bailed out by RNG yet again....

[@tannerhagen3881]

First game Sapienta won despite RNG being against him

[@melikmourali2072]

@@tannerhagen3881 Turn 1 forced Sapientia to rely on Jirachi, but ABR using T-wave made it so it was VERY unlikely that Jirachi would pull through. I would say Sapientia was luckier in game one

[@mistergrool3941]

cry about it, stop playing slow teams if you dont want to deal with RNG

[@Evixyn]

We are gaming in the second semi finals with another amazing thumbnail.

[@randaljr.8581]

adv revival, jimothy, xtina, this is insane =)

[@nintendowarrior11]

This was the most exciting set ive watched of this whole tournament and any competitive singles set, that was awesome

[@ServiceDogTips]

ggs and nice commentary!

[@polyrain]

that was the most insane set I've ever watched

[@Scillamar]

Absolutely insane set. Rooting for the absolute madman Sapienta for the finals.

[@Endless_Titan]

Holy shit game 1 and 3 were jaw dropping

[@GentleBaller]

Absolutely jaw-dropping

[@chess_fella]

Okay.

[@kennyerickson3942]

I will now go and ladder sand attack ninjask while I still can and reach 1500 because of roar misses. This is…incredible.

[@kazuYoshi_]

holy shit that ending

[@mistergrool3941]

LETS GOOO SAPIENTIA Seeing you take out the favorite to win was phenomenal, let's bring it home!

[@miked5163]

SapienGOD LETS GOOO Ggs ABR holy shit that set was insane

[@pabsti33]

Insane 🔥 good luck Sapientia!

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

Sapientia didn't get unlucky the first game, dude dodged like 15 consecutive para turns on Rachi. He also couldn't have subbed to berry game 2 on Hera. Regi was gonna boom and break the sub while Hera had 50% health, then either Celebi or Zap could have come in and killed it.

[@Hologramburrito]

honestly i dont want to know if the last crit mattered great plays from both and gl to sapientia in the finals

[@jorhey9346]

that was such an amazing set had me on the edge of my seat for that game 3 end game wow

[@LordLucario99]

THE MOST INSANE YET

[@fatsally93]

Wow great set between these two! Looking forward to finals

[@Sopkatxy]

best man 4-ever sapientia ❤

[@LuisSilva-yc5fz]

are the songs put in after the video is recorded? guile theme with the subseed breloom and victory fanfare after game 3 were so good

[@charliebartlett5768]

Jim, please make sure you play pokemon champion themes in the background of the finals!

[@user-ix8br7bm3p]

Holy SHIT what a set. Wow.

[@ShutUpSceneKid69]

This was absolutely insane!

[@bathl]

Excellent set. Truly the highest level of Gen 3 play.

[@Sami8s]

Oooooooh I want to discuss both semis spoilers

[@brianroberts6957]

Will the finals be live-streamed and commentated on?

[@00Krohnos]

We're back with another set of semifinals, folks

[@LL-xh3qr]

great games what a final endgame though wow

[@opposumness3107]

This was insane

[@Benziboiiii]

Cannot believe game 1 was as close as it was

[@shinjiguy5068]

Amazing stuff. This is insane.

[@LINKRETROGAMING]

Awesome contenders

[@LuichoX203]

THIS was an insane set

[@reginaldmeta2762]

Insane moves from both players.

[@noegiussani3749]

amazing games

[@wengo6762]

THIS GAME WAS ACTUALLY INSANE.

[@cheesebslls6203]

What's the song around 27:25

[@codegeass7162]

I think that the Gengar was physically invested (had no especial attacks) to kill Blissey with explosion and enable the Raikou but ABR adapted his game plan after Raikou got toxic. ABR makes me appreciate pokemon more such cool chess like maneuvers l!! Also good job to Sapientia for figuring it out!

[@matthewibrahim626]

Isn’t having lower hp IVs strictly worse? Like the number you get back will look bigger but you have less hit points so you’re actually less bulky?

[@rinkusan978]

bulk doesn't matter since you're focusing on maximising your sub potential

[@wt1664]

Think about it like foul play damage, you want a - nature and min stats so you take less damage

[@honjon666]

Yeah, like the guy above said, it's to get more substitute opportunities from leech seed healing. Not to get more healing per se, but so leech heals a greater % of your max hp, giving you presumably more chances to put up a 25% hp sub

[@pokelypsenow]

Insane use of Substitute from Blaziken.

[@emblemadefuego20]

ABR choke with Breloom. He should have continued spamming Focus Punch and not put Milotic to sleep. He won that fight.

[@king_slimy8859]

Just from watching how these go down it's very evident ABR is the better player. BAd luck but that's how pokemon goes. Unfortunate doesn't even begin to describe and all that

[@SimbyDimby]

Serious gaming. Well met.

[@bobo-yi6sf]

When is the final?

[@algar6616]

Final game was immaculate

[@ryankeathley995]

my goats

[@dylanf3108]

Damn came down to the very end.

[@Chetthew21]

Definitive proof that Sapientia is running Gameshark

[@letroll4479]

This fight was insane

[@daviddoyle2143]

Seemed like the paralysis backfired in game 1 since he couldn’t spore? But

[@konsth191]

"stochastic ladder terrorism" lmao

[@RoaringPirates]

That was insane holy shit

[@HughAnthonyEdward]

Maplestory music❤

[@marckman1411]

Why didn't hera use sub????? On boom turn

[@Mightyccc]

Insane set

[@avet4952]

nah sorry sapi but the rng this game was insane

[@deathpigeon2]

Insane.

[@R-Pach]

Whats the song at 28:00?

[@KhaosKingo]

My ninjask breloom techbin semis? Yoooooo

[@posobio]

This is insane.

[@issaclassic7]

Is protect too many syllables?

[@coolnath99]

epic

[@Evixyn]

ABR was robbed, ha ha. Critical hits is his thing. What said turn of events, ha ha. Great battle Between These Two.

[@seanotdrummer]

not getting a mcmeghan abr grand finals is smodge abr got robbed

[@bertoldopleari7779]

too bad that semis and finals aren't bo5 given that it is a huge tournament for a huge amount of money and it featured a gigantic pool of players

[@RuijsNL]

ABR bring such cool sets

[@marcorossi2854]

Sapientia is blessed by rng god