ABR vs UDM - ADV Revival 2 Bracket Round of 32

Commentated by ‪@pokeZetts‬
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[@ceumadorgas9407]

ABR is such a menace! Guy makes some moves and just locks some games, opponent can't find a way out. It really is impressive. Such knowledge and understanding of the game and what move to make and what to keep alive. He is the real Cif.

[@driftwood42]

Thanks for showing the bracket

[@TheDeathlyG]

Dang, kinda sad UDM didn't play it out and at least show us their team :/

[@mistermisterman667]

ABR is intimidating

[@matthewcummings5067]

My guess is Swampert and Tyranitar were the only answers to Blissey, besides maybe a Smeargle Explosion (assuming it had it). I still think the forfeit was too premature, since Smeargle could have gotten some more Spikes up and Starmie could be pressured with Zap, but if the rest of the team was bad into Blissey then it would definitely have been an uphill battle since ABR would likely not have allowed Blissey to ever be in a situation where it could be in danger. Still, it's definitely a shame. UDM had chances, just got intimidated and threw in the towel without much effort. That's not the mental fortitude you would expect of a top player.

[@idr121]

Damn, UDM's spirit got crushed

[@ezekielstahl5892]

Darth ABR leader of the deathstall vs car game!

[@sampattison3702]

I feel like UDM forfeited early in both games. In game 1 I feel they still could have won with some good predictions with Mence and 1 Para on the Milo. Maybe they just knew they couldn't break what was left in game 2, but I thought they would try 😢

[@andre-8420]

Probably a bit of a mental crash. ABR is a very intimidating opponent. Like "Im up against the best pokemon player of all time Im obviously getting torn to pieces I have no chance"

[@wizardwithanaxe]

It's an Acronym Acknowledgement, folks

[@jaketerpening3284]

Bless the bracket view at the beginning!

[@bobforeman8924]

Soon thank you for showing the bracket! Tournaments would be a lot easier to follow, if people reference the bracket a bit more!

[@IbbiG91]

Im not surprised that ABR won. I do however am surprised that he uses Rock Slide Aero. He is that person who uses HP Rock Regirock and isnt a fan of inaccurate moves

[@LeticiaGrey19]

Well Regirock doesn't need another Hidden Power to function optimally like Aerodactyl does and is also slow af.

[@IbbiG91]

@LeticiaGrey19 Fair. Im also impressed by his 100% Blissey usage as we know he says its nr1 in ADV OU

[@blocklirstuff]

Aero abuses the 30% flinch chance of RS, since it is the fastest Pokémon in the tier. Regirock is too slow to take advantage of that. Comparing RS to HP Rock, the +5 Base Power is not worth the -10 Accuracy. This is also why Steelix and Donphan often prefer HP Rock.

[@IbbiG91]

@@blocklirstuff Ty for the in depth explanation

[@o-poppoo5117]

​@@blocklirstuff Regirock runs thunderwave like 100% of the time so you can use rockslide to para flinch stuff.

[@maxwelldmasters]

ABR is truly the GOAT and I'm rooting for them. I became a fan after seeing them being one of the only reasonable ppl in the Machamp suspect test and get rudely attacked for stating their opinion. I do wish UDM had played it out, but I understand its a tough mental game and esp in 2 it was already over. I've played games on Showdown and Chess where I break mentally, and know I can't win, even if the position seems even

[@batatino8805]

Actually very close game 1, if UDM had been a bit more patient he could have rested the harijama again, letting him more wiggle room to stall out toxic and surf allowing a mence sweep

[@pokeZetts]

@batatino8805 upon rewatch im pretty sure Yama actually hadn't burned any turns of sleep (I misread the UI and thought it said 0 turns remaining when it really says 0 turns spent asleep). also, even if he had been able to wake up, clicking rest loses to ABR going Dug. I do think there's a world where he could've stalled the final toxic towards the very end, tho

[@ObliviousBear]

I love you but that's not what fruition means

[@pokeZetts]

what word was i thinking of lmao

[@67kingdedede]

Full?

[@ObliviousBear]

​@@pokeZettsI'm honestly not sure lmao, it was "healed to fruition", maybe you were thinking of the expression 'full fruition' for plans and translated that to healing to full? Sorry to nitpick lmao

[@TheLronGiant]

He’s done this before and I think it every time

[@donsmith2588]

​@@pokeZetts Jim uses the word fruition like this all the time and it's always wrong lol. You must have picked it up from him or someone else who got it from him. I thought you all were saying it wrong as a joke this whole time hahah. When something comes to fruition, it just means that that thing came to pass aka it happened or was realized. The association I think you're making is that fruition is this idea of doneness or wholeness from coming full circle or something manifesting in its entirety or seeing something out to its end - basically, fruition means that everything has happened that's gonna happen versus you have as much hp as you're gonna have.

[@yourdagan]

Milotic Blissey Dugtrio Skarmory is simply the most optimal defensive core now. Like myself using Dugtrio lead before he popularized, I also in the past few months have adopted Lead Aerodactyl as another wave of the future. If you look at its matchups, it simply beats almost everything, especially with this defensive core backing it. This Semi-Stall is simply the new meta.

[@imcarolean]

Oh my i did not expect the registeel sweep from abr. thats why hes the goat

[@mistergrool3941]

I see ABR in a video, I root for his opponent, simple as (don't hate him, just want to see an underdog win)

[@aliasname2257]

Round 1 he analyzed Round 2 he locked in

[@dylanf3108]

G1 demonstrating the power of dug to just pin things down eventually. Arena trap so strong I’ve been using lead dug alt weather a lot and it’s really the strongest weather less you can run. Feels way better then dug in back type of weather less or non dig weather less

[@slugn01d]

udm definitely couldve still won game 1 after mence got tox'd, n game 2 was just. something not saying im better by any means, but i feel like playing it out is always the right choice in bracket

[@bobforeman8924]

I don't understand why udm played like that. That tyranitar he had was really good into the team and he just sacked, with a rock slide no less

[@maxwelldmasters]

i wonder if he was predicting a pivot and was trying to catch something

[@EndingNote111]

He aura'd him out of winner's bracket wtf

[@biluv]

it was kinda obvious that the regirock had either counter or superpower. bro got impatient and lost because of it

[@fishfood12345]

can someone explain game 2

[@Zeppongola]

I'm only a casual watcher, but this is what I think happened: the Swampert was running an Endeavor set (which sets the opponent's HP to the same as the user's), with Surf, Substitute and Roar as the other moves. This meant ABR's Starmie could just sit on it, taking trivial damage from Surf and Recovering it off, threatening to PP stall the Swampert with its much higher PP moves. Since it wasn't breaking the subtitute, Swampert couldn't use it again to get down to a range in which Endeavor would do any real damage. Even if it switched out and back in to force the issue, Starmie outspeeds and either recovers or just takes it out once its subbed down to critical health, I'm guessing. Thus UDM was essentially down two 'mons, including a DD TTar which might be his only hope of breaking through Blissey or something. Smeargol is also fragile and slower than Starmie or Gengar, and burned on top of that, so if it was planning to explode, suddenly that isn't nearly as scary. Meanwhile ABR's team is almost fresh aside from Gengar being asleep and a bit of chip damage on Regirock, and 3 of them can run explosion, which often forces a trade. UDM's unrevealed team might also be special attackers stonewalled by Blissey, or otherwise be really weak to ABR's team

[@seanhettenbach2101]

Basically udm lost his win condition which was dd tar. He probably didn't have anything in the back to deal with blissey, so he forfeited.

[@foundingvoyager2]

I think Salac Pert was UDM’s only real answer to push through SkarmBliss so with no TTar flinches, a dying Smeargle who achieved very little, and Starmie hard walling it its gg. Unfortunate matchup

[@allemagneproducer]

fish, u not gay enough to get the game, please leave

[@fishfood12345]

@ thx

[@bigblueblob8766]

Aura

[@Ash-jv9gx]

Hey,don't mind,where is adv revival in smogon forum,I can't find it😢😢

[@fallinglines]

Once again, highlighted comment is about UDM losing. Can we please get a pinned spoiler shield?? It makes me wanna not watch the thing through

[@mistergrool3941]

Don't read the comments beforehand then

[@pokeZetts]

@mistergrool3941 i think on some devices it shows the top comment on your screen if and when you aren't watching full screen. this is a fair request imo. I'll talk to GOATmason

[@subtodicerat8305]

UDM you did well. Too bad you could not win against ABR

[@lohn2559]

Watching ABR you kinda just get the feeling he already knows how the game is gonna end by turn 7

[@Thqrun]

Early forfeits in both games

[@Naryar-fr]

UDM forfeiting a bit early. i feel that he had a (admittedly not likely) chance to break the milotic with his toxic'd mence and then attempt to kill the rest of the team And then he (?) threw the DDtar on a regirock and forfeited, why would you not expect the superpower here when you're tar? maybe his team was just bad into ABR's team ?

[@seanhettenbach2101]

Yeah I imagine dd tar was his win condition. Maybe he didn't have a way to beat bliss after he lost it.

[@EnjoyGengar]

Paid to lose? I duno man i duno.

[@androsp9105]

Probably hp ghost not bug on yama. It covers both psychics and gengar that are resistant/immune to fighting. Edit: I'm a fool. I guess UDM really wants to hit celebi.

[@antasaurus97977]

it hit blissey.

[@sergeizinovijev99]

It was def bug, it damaged Blissey

[@DrDri50]

Adv not stally KEKW Awful to watch tbh

[@qweschuning]

Ban dug

[@mistergrool3941]

No