Aurélien Soula Vs Patrick Connors - Pokémon VG Master Finals | NAIC 2024

Watch Aurélien Soula vs Patrick Connors in the Pokémon VG Master Finals at the 2024 North America International Championships!
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[@LudicolloEnjoyer]

Absolutely peak event, This set was literally both Aurelien + Patrick going for decisive wins on Game 1 and 2, with Game 3 having an explosive blow for blow exchange; absolutely hype seeing it live

[@The2ndArchangel_]

Pelican got the New Orleans buff

[@benheller6179]

😭

[@maxspecs]

100% accurate hurricanes

[@AltairKennedy]

You can't even make this stuff up. WOW!

[@youngnaughty8293]

Pelican lol

[@GlitchxCity]

Seeing this live was unreal, such a fun Masters set in awhile!

[@ERG11]

16:48 this was WILD! What an amazing play from Aurélien!

[@rynemayet9515]

So pumped I was able to watch this set in person! One of the best I've ever seen

[@Greninja3366]

Patrick’s confidence is commendable. Those swift clicks on moves and switches without a second thought, that confident stone-cold expression on his face; while his incineroar is intimidating his opponent’s Pokémon on the field, he is intimidating the person sitting opposite of him in real life. Congrats on winning Patrick, I’ll be rooting for you at worlds if you decide to compete!

[@seta_souji]

His goal was Top 16 to secure the Worlds invite but with the NAIC win, he also gets a Round 1 bye. We'll very likely be seeing him at Worlds. 😄

[@zohaibahmed9738]

@@seta_soujiisnt day 2 invite gone

[@asanchezdem]

This poor Aurelien kid was in like 4 finals already and lost every single of them. I hope he will win next time.

[@sryberg16]

Game 3 is The greatest bait I’ve ever seen in pokemon

[@macmayne12]

Man seeing the hype from the trainers parents at this competition was awesome. That support is everything even to Master's division. 🔥🔥

[@ocorir]

Patrick with early, aggressive, bordering on unhinged, reads that gave him early advantages in his winning games. He then kept his foot on the gas and brought home the victory. It's a risky, but hyper aggressive form of play that is fun to watch.

[@emanyueru1225]

Pelipper event is coming

[@Pokemonfan2500]

Most likely that mystery gift will be in the next internationals

[@Joeybanananas]

​@@Pokemonfan2500Maybe worlds

[@AbdFattah]

shiny Pelipper? looking forward to it 😄

[@techzoneyt3167]

And yes they just gave us Patrick's Shiny Pelliper ❤

[@khanhlegia4902]

This is probably one of the best, most breathtaking VGC match I've ever seen. Both players were outstanding in their own rights. That Tera Ghost Grimsnarl, that one hit KO Moonblast from Flutter Mane in Game 2, that bait for Terapagos to go into stellar mode, that complete protection Wide Guard from Pelipper in Game 3. The suspense was off the charts! Hats off to both players!!!

[@Lavenderpuffle1]

The fact that pokemon counts as mild fsntasy violence lmao

[@Conner-n4t]

I was in the crowd for this match the chants for USA were crazy

[@Ghostrider6A]

Exactly. USA swept Championship Sunday.

[@Pokemonfan2500]

This battle was insane. Can't wait to hear that announcement we were promised that was supposed to happen right after day 3

[@deladeezyyhomie4831]

They did do the announcement. It was that NAIC was returning to New Orleans next year.

[@drifloonsupremacyassociation]

insane finals. 2nd game tera made my jaw drop

[@PurpleDragonair]

I was crushed I couldn't watch this in person because I was rooting for Patrick. I'm floored that he was able to bring it home because he is an incredible player.

[@draggingchains]

patrick clicking weather ball after the rain had lifted into flutter mane at the end was so sick, absolutely GAMBLING with those para's 😆

[@jesseo2103]

These commentators did an incredible job with this set. I think these 2 have amazing chemistry and pacing. Amazing final!

[@abbyling9511]

The Grimmsnarl and the Pelipper are so fcking wild.

[@Chaos-nc8it]

That pelipper is perfect.

[@mitchellp6289]

Aurelien is so incredibly talented. Only a matter of time.

[@visitjoan3158]

It’s great to finally see the underdog win! I can’t count the number of times I’ve thought that it would make such a cool story only to have it not happen. It must suck for Aurelien though, but I’m sure they’ll get their moment.

[@maroonwings3714]

The fact Patrick clicked weather ball instead of hurricane is wild

[@groudyogre]

lol yeah cause the rain stopped so would have done 0 damage that turn if Calyrex got full para. Imagine if flutter crit moonblasted calyrex the next turn...

[@seawolfmikes2111]

@@groudyogrepatrick wins with rillaboom anyway so ig it just could have been a funny moment

[@neeko.b]

That was one hell of a finals match! Hat’s off to both of them.

[@Enteimid]

Aurelien Soula has second place curse Fr

[@pkmnpolitoed]

game 3 was absolutely crazy

[@ImAKAJenks]

His parents were so happy for him I loved that

[@Rich.2288]

I’ve not been watching VGC for longer than like 6 months, so I’m no expert but I actually get emotional watching that second match play by Aurélien and I couldn’t tell you why, just incredible and the castors smashed it! And that match 3, Patrick was incredible bating the tera and then the Pelipper coming in, amazing! Fantastic stuff by both trainers.

[@ahfoong2502]

This is the highest level of VGC match I've ever seen..both players played incredibly well, i couldn't help shouting infront of the screen 🎉

[@andreachessa1929]

One of the best bo3s i witnessed this whole season. Both guys played it extremely well imho, insane performance by both of em

[@Oreca2005]

Underrated mons are gold man Pelipper W

[@charliez077]

Pelipper is very much a standard pick in this meta, actually! :)

[@Oreca2005]

@@charliez077 I know but to see it win is another thing in a big tournament

[@isaacvale918]

Amazing match, very glad they chose New Orleans! The kid in me couldn't miss it.

[@PrincessArielAngel]

Huge win for the floridian pokemon scene

[@BuchoJ222]

It was an honor to be there in person. Patrick has my respect!

[@NaniTCG]

Absolutely amazing finals, GGs to both!

[@K_volumen_125]

29:44 LET’S GO!!!!

[@PKSparkxxDH]

What an amazing match 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@piplup10203854]

This was just amazing :D I popped off after that last game.

[@dylantimmy6106]

Aurélian threw when they went for the t-wave instead of a foul play which would have knocked out the calyrex after the third hit (would have been right before Patrick uses trick room). But I am so happy to see Patrick win, what a humble and amazing player!

[@kelseywilliams9616]

Smart move with the Grimmsnarl. Expect the unexpected

[@WompWomp187]

I hope we get shiny pelipper after this! Great matches!

[@Carbonbasedvin]

Incredible game!!! Both players making such solid hard leads but the victor was clear.

[@RamonTheNintendoSwitchFan]

This is so exciting!

[@薩摩隼人-g5t]

Congratulations on winning🎉

[@jjee3210]

Banger of a set

[@gospideygo6061]

That was fantastic

[@GorillaZilla_1]

That was incredible

[@Joeybanananas]

Great match!!!

[@yhebebe]

That was a really good match

[@DeepThought420]

This was epic way to play Patrick! 🎉🎉🎉

[@themurphy1245]

Wide-guard is too op, should work like Protect

[@Cececehh]

GGs 🎉

[@xelamorphic]

shinymark beast ball pelipper! so cool

[@shadmanzahid9588]

Wide guard is definitely getting nerfed in Gen 10

[@AdamAntium3]

patrick plays wildly lol aurelien did his best to geta read. i see a rematch going aureliens way next time

[@TramiNguyen-oi3kp]

Awesome Pokémon video!

[@jalengibson5313]

I was really confused with Patrick in game 2. When he switched rillaboom to incin, I assumed it must have best to bait out the overheat from chi yu and get the lowered special attack. But then he went and attacked instead of protected with thunder mane against the BEAST that is flutter mane. He likely would have lost either way but it just seemed like a bold move with little payoff potential

[@dctrojan1588]

Patrick played it like a goat !!!

[@DeadvidDivide]

New Orleans Pelippers coming out of retirement for the win in VGC this time O:

[@GenGGS1]

Someone knows the evs & ivs of rilaboon?

[@YoChill04]

16:45 that was genius

[@김인재injai]

Next year, please make the next region with a Korean motif.

[@Buckeye_Bill]

Congrats Patrick!

[@sreerampraveen5550]

What is the name of the game their playing??

[@eddieryan7246]

Is the calyrex not choice specs?

[@hapadyamatt3731]

Is the League of Legends champion named after this guy?

[@katsu-us1tg]

Spoiler block! Good series!

[@-__Gio__-]

Nombre del juego?

[@WhimsicalLorelei]

Better luck next time Aurélien

[@meta1429]

I swear that Crit on the Flutter Mane was just extra, or maybe Frost Rider Calyrex letting off steam by punishing the most “Shut-Off-Your-Brain” Paradox. It’s the Fairy type that does it, not the… well prehistoric personality of the Pokemon.

[@sundewXMore]

Ash pls return😢

[@spyr0technic]

Sometimes I wonder if the casters are even VGC players with the things they say. Where was Wolfey and Cybertron when we needed them

[@dman452]

How does arulean lose this looking at team matchups it just doesn’t make sense to me

[@visitjoan3158]

Patrick not only played better, but luck was on his side as well.

[@Conner-n4t]

Patrick played almost perfectly

[@seta_souji]

It's not the matchup, it's more the player. Patrick dominated Aurelian in G3 because he responded well to their adjustments. If Aurelian brought Iron Hands in G3, it might have turned out very differently.

[@CrescentAria]

Pika

[@IronCarp7]

Bravo Aurelien, la prossima volta impara a giocare Incineroar con Grimmsnarl, invece di Chi yu 😉

[@justinmartinez2345]

How many times aurelien lose to the finals? I remember he got lost by a articuno

[@haziqmubarak6370]

BIG MILK!!!!!!

[@karamvirsingh7165]

We all pokemon fans are requestion you plz add ash and sarena in upcoming sesons of pokemon plz . We all want ash and sarena back or pls make a dedicated series on both of them plz . It's a humble request 😭

[@salomeparra4596]

Me ayudan

[@jaxongriffith7821]

gamefreak I know that you are scared to make a new eeveelutions but I think you should give it a go and see what people say and if they don't like it you should scrap it or on the other hand if people do like it you should leave it in

[@briandinh9169]

USA USA USA

[@steviewonder5254]

[@randomscreamer3396]

Aurélien c fait haxx c criminel

[@mathieul4303]

…

[@TookErrJerbs]

Why do they keep calling him they , wtf does that even mean , weird af ..

[@drifloonsupremacyassociation]

maybe those are their pronouns, you know what it means lol

[@visitjoan3158]

Probably because Aurelien uses they/them pronouns. Some friendly advice - it would be best not to refer to someone’s pronouns as “weird af.” That’s extremely disrespectful.

[@adriandiaz4624]

Wokeness

[@andremesquita69]

Lol... Gabi, not being consistent with Aurelien's pronouns is so funny!

[@Kbloi101]

Patrick Connors wins 2-1

[@Kevv619]

These matches are becoming extremely boring ! Why does everyone always want to use the same Mons .

[@gnomefuel]

i’m not a fan of these kinda hyper god mode metas or w/e all gimmick/legendary/mythics/pokémon i’ve never seen or heard of at least pelipper is here, so much cooler when more common pokémon shine

[@rolandverde8771]

Bad take

[@bernis1907]

Just dont play in latter metas each generation then, we had a lot of regulations which banned those godly mons, now for the meta to not get stale they freed them.

[@MrEverisforever]

Nothing wrong with this meta, just need to nerf calyrax

[@Killer1984able]

​@@MrEverisforeverreal, dumbest pokemon ever created just so they could sell some DLC

[@DouglasHenderson-eh4ei]

Didn’t get one para, dude wins based off of RNG and not skill. This is why competitive Pokémon is a joke.

[@drifloonsupremacyassociation]

He did get para on the peliper. And even if calyrex did get para, how did you expect fluttermane and chiyu to deal with everything else on trick room, specially with how bulky calyrex is

[@seta_souji]

He outplayed massively in G3. Idk what you're smoking. 😂

[@Manic_Titan]

I like how theres always like a lot of people who commend the winner and comment on the matches with good points, and then theres a couple of people with the worst takes you'll ever see.

[@themurphy1245]

@@seta_soujigot « outplayed » by a single OP move. No way Wide-guard won’t get a nerf next gen.

[@Buckeye_Bill]

He*

[@kellibosarge6418]

You mispelled They. 🖕🏼

[@Buckeye_Bill]

@@kellibosarge6418 well he’s a guy, so…

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@Buckeye_Bill well, “his” pronouns are they/them, so..

[@Buckeye_Bill]

@@Valentinesdayghost so he’s not a they… he’s a him. It would be a lot better for his wellbeing by calling him what he is

[@Valentinesdayghost]

@@Buckeye_Bill Better for his wellbeing how? People can identify with whatever pronouns they want. Mind your own business and quit being transphobic.

[@AmeeRikkan]

Too many legendary this matchs are all the same. This why pokemon sucks now keep the ubers out and just use the basic 152

[@Marc-uu7ih]

Ubers ? That's an official tournament buddy, with official rules, not unofficial created by random dudes on internet 🥶

[@Manic_Titan]

No way? A competitive game has a meta? Blasphemous!

[@Sucharush31]

If they did just Gen 1 Pokemon the meta would be even more limited lol people would just use like Gengar, Dragonite, Mewtwo, Venasaur, and a few others.

[@stoicauritra7147]

Only common pokemon they had was urshifu. Rest of them are completely unique

[@LAIDDN24]

this is why official pokemon don't fuck with people who has no idea about vgc rules