Pokemons Controversial Decision

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[@chrisholder8906]

Bonus Wolfe is the real World champ. WolfeVGC is the impostor

[@nikunjkhangwal]

Fr fr

[@mechashadow]

True, cos' WolfeyVGC is the real deal.

[@SorenRoberts]

Giving me ludwin vs Ludwig vibes

[@noskes1]

WolfeWGC dont even have intro that tell us what real Yourubist do!

[@BlueBerryPieCherry]

Real one

[@alextintyrn291]

The worst part about Eleki having Electroweb is that he's the only one who gets it on level up now. It's effectively his signature move.

[@yarc9]

that thunder cage basically magma storm for regieleki

[@JubioHDX]

True but Magnezone and Ampharos can still get it at least, but then again theyre basically trick room mons anyway so yea same issue

[@ellytrabread]

Shameless self promotion regieleki meme kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpO5ZWZ-qbyUqbc

[@Justinbyleth]

ELECTRODE SCARF SCARY FACE SUPREMACY

[@ThetaWindfall]

Surely galvantula would get it by level up if they ever released it too

[@Aidan_ODonnell]

I feel like if they wanted to do an entirely new Regulation this close to worlds they could’ve just added in the Hisuian Pokémon, it doesn’t widen the pool too much while also finally giving us a chance to see Hisuian Pokémon competitively without the addition of all those legendaries.

[@CCRexKanin]

Ursaluna is the biggest threat of all the new Pokemon

[@Aidan_ODonnell]

@@CCRexKanin if you mean new as in first time we see them in competitive, absolutely. otherwise that still goes to like Lando or Zapdos

[@DharmaPunk111]

Poor hisuian pokemon will never get the chance to shine really except for the bear. This is so dumb of them

[@destroyer4929]

@@DharmaPunk111sneasler is pretty decent

[@firephd]

Fun fact, Kleavor's sig move (stone axe), instead of being a DoT like in Arceus, just straight up sets stealth rock

[@anthonynorman7545]

Wot? Why!?!

[@MatiasCirulli]

Same with samurott that sets up spikes

[@calebherring387]

whats DoT

[@demonicgamerazazel9866]

@@calebherring387 it means "Damage over time".

[@firephd]

@@MatiasCirulli is that what hisui samurott did? I forgot, I ended up taking typhlosion

[@blazingblackness4442]

FYI: You have to have a Base Spe of 118 to outspeed Regieleki with boosting nature and Choice Scarf.

[@JDLong006]

Is that just your average Joe regieleki or does that one have any investments in speed

[@hellofellowbotsss]

@@JDLong006 why would you invest in speed with eleki tho (outspeeding everything ig but you have to waste 4 evs that could be used on something else)

[@traax2719]

@@JDLong006 if modest regieleki has 65 spped evs, its faster than jolly/scarf roaring moon

[@Chrjstheshadow]

@@JDLong006 that’s against 252 speed timid leki. You need 102 max speed, boosting nature with scarf to match 252 speed modest leki

[@maxspecs]

Gotta have max speed to outspeed opposing Eleki with Tera Ground

[@why3994]

I missed the old intro so much, it's good to see it again lol 😂

[@longtomax2981]

I love that intro

[@flameninja5016]

same

[@yomireal7570]

It's on every BonusWolfe wideo

[@ilianplompen9975]

My literal first thought was: "Jayyy, finally another 'Real YouTubist' wideo!"

[@why3994]

@@yomireal7570 Yes but he hasn't uploaded in a long time

[@ItzJhon]

I think just adding the hisui mons and leaving out the legendaries would have been a happy medium but it really dosent make sense to change the format so much before worlds. I made a video right when Terrastallization was announced talking about how absolutely broken regieleki is going to be. Seeing how fast its already going to be in the format is kind of sad. Why can't we go even 1 year without Lando-T

[@thehumanstunlock7588]

well at least you'll never have to actually deal with one anymore, since regieleki ohko's it with ice terra (than proceeds to win the game lmao)

[@Not-Kirbo2]

@@thehumanstunlock7588 well this didn't age well

[@gephicka]

i do think rillaboom is a very good balancing factor for the meta though- it checks ursaluna & regieleki i think some of the mons we're getting like rilla & lando-t are really good for the format and help to slow down a lot of the massive new threats

[@ItzJhon]

@@gephicka It may be an unpopular opinion but, I think getting rid of grassy glide on rilla was a bad decision. We have too many speedy sweepers and mons that just win in trick room now. A good priority user outside of tera normal dnite would be nice and would be balanced given the fact u could always just tera to resist grassy glide

[@gephicka]

@@ItzJhon i completely agree!! I hope we get it back at some point since it's just so nice to have an actual offensive grass type and another fake out user in the format

[@mythaniakeroberos2405]

I was hoping to see the regional dex worlds. It feels like we skipped straight ahead to big dex battles with old legendaries and didn't get to see the new stuff. I am a little excited to see a new format and the chaos that comes with it... but it just seems too soon.

[@GoldenSunAlex]

WDYM? We had 8 months with just the new stuff.

[@drowzypollinator640]

I've dabbled on showdown but have never been to a tournament. From a spectator POV, a big part of watching VGC is the commentators guiding you through the complexity of high level Pokémon and explaining the "if he had done x" scenario or the "he really wants x but opponent really wants y". It keeps the viewer informed of the drama and stakes of the situation. Without an established format, I question if the viewing experience will feel like the best of the best of people who know what they're doing versus a chaotic "I don't know what this Pokémon is here for, I guess we'll wait and see"

[@boaz-n-hoaz]

This is why Aaron Zheng is so good as a commentator, his pokemon knowledge is so exceptional he can normally guess why a pokemon is on a team based on what the pokemon itself can do and its teammates, and with open teamsheets you can see moves too so it'll be even easier for players to work out what their opponent wants to do based on the move sets chosen

[@cameronmyers5716]

I kinda like guessing, keeps my brain running, but I see where you’re coming from

[@velvetstigma4961]

Most of the commentators don't really know what they are talking about tho lol.

[@danceofhearts677]

I have been on the verge of going all in on VGC as a hobby and committing to attending multiple events for several months now, and have planned on doing so at the start of next year, but is stuff like this that has always pushed me away. Acessability is a big deal, and while I have the time and ability to grind my skills and attend events, I dread having to figure out getting the right mons and the right IVs. Also more importantantly this is a slap on the face to all the players that have been refining and perfecting their teams for worlds. I think this worlds is going to be sorely lacking because of that.

[@marjoramme]

While I'm still excited to play Regulation D and I certainly think it will be fun, the qualms I have with the format are about accessibility. This generation has done a pretty amazing job of making it incredibly easy to feel involved with VGC, but now they've made it almost impossible to build the team that you want unless you have HOME, Legends Arceues, Sword/Shield, as well as the expansion passes. I'm fortunate enough to have them myself, but people who are newer to the series have really been hung out to dry because of this, and I imagine (and honestly kinda hope) a decrease in turnout for Regulation D events will help Pokémon understand this wasn't a super elegant way to move forward with their multiplayer format

[@nihiluna]

I skipped generation 8 due to other things coming around, and now that I'm trying to get back into pokemon again it feels legitimately just pay to win at this point. No way in hell I can actually build anything because of the source splits, and it's multiple hundreds of dollars without even mentioning the time investment to bring everything together into the same team. Very disappointed to say the least, at least I have showdown I guess...

[@yoshistrings]

Tera ice Regieleki is the best argument yet for the Pokémon Company to start banning specific Pokémon in vgc. That thing got banned from OU in like 10 minutes.

[@itsukizy]

VGC is too different as a format to singles. doubles as a mode is an inherent balancer and makes things that would be overpowered at least manageable. we were able to deal with series 12 and have a very competitive world championship, we will be fine.

[@GravityIsFalling]

I seriously doubt Tera ice eleki will be used It’ll probably just Tera electric and nuke past would be checks like rilla and amoongus

[@windwaker0rules]

Nah game freak decided to ban Feraligatr

[@fufumccuddlypoops5502]

+1

[@yoshistrings]

@@GravityIsFalling There are exactly 7 Pokémon that resist Regieleki’s stab with tera ice.

[@VirtualMarmalade]

ScarVi had already pretty much killed my interest in playing competitively (even just on the ladder) because of how fast the regulation changes happen vs how slow it is to grind raid dens to get tera shards... By the time I find a team I'm interested in building, the time investment it would take to actually assemble that team given the fact that I work 35-40 hours a week just isn't worth it when the rules are just gonna change again in a couple weeks. The fact that this trend is continuing to worlds like this just reaffirms my feeling that this generation just isn't for me lol.

[@dobby6473]

Just play on pokemon showdown?

[@VirtualMarmalade]

@@dobby6473 a) that doesn't fix the actual game, and b) i have played on showdown - it's fine for testing but it's just not the same, and c) showdown isn't really relevant to the official ladder/events, which is my main point

[@kiranearitachi]

Rental teams?

[@VirtualMarmalade]

@@kiranearitachi that's a fair point. Idk I just like having my own team and tweaking it as I go and you can't really edit a rental. Teambuilding is half the fun for me but with all the grinding and frequent rule changes I just don't have the time...

[@Sircoochie]

@@VirtualMarmaladei’m going to be honest. Just cheat and get the pokemon you want. Don’t make them all shiny though it’s tacky But for most people with jobs there’s no way to get the teams you want so just cheat in pokemon and use them for battling If you end up finding the right team catch them yourself to feel better idk

[@revellations7741]

14:23 that voice crack about Regieleki is actually perfect because it sounds like the pained moan I let out every-time I encounter it on anything I play, TCG, VGC any format.

[@shuaitailai1119]

i think one of the coolest parts of worlds is seeing a ton of amazing narratives converge for instance, rinya sun was one of my favorite stories to follow, seeing its crazy dominance and pervasiveness throughout the year, watching the adaptations that people made like weakness policy zard was just really cool. it's also a crazy storyline to see davide carrere beat rinya kobayashi himself with his team comp. stuff like that just gets me super hyped. stuff like wolfe's own 2016 run, which found a way to dissect a omnipresent big 6 team and address the other threats in the format with a really cool team comp, that narrative was a huge part of why that win felt special. i doubt the team would've been as cool if it was just a guy noticing that some mons are strong. i got most into vgc in 2022, and eduardo cunha's win was very cool to me because of the way his team looked and how it actually played. i hadn't watched the archetype in action before, i assume it was relatively rare, and it was intriguing to watch this bulky, pivot-centric positional offense take command of what i saw as a more offensive, fast-paced metagame. even if something 'boring' like swordfish had won worlds in 2022, i'd still appreciate the storyline of someone using swordfish and conquering people's attempts to counter it. vgc is the best to me when people have time to manifest their visions for the game, and i can follow a story line. this format just feels like it'll lack a lot of context. it'll be like skipping to the last chapter in a book we never got the chance to read. i won't say it sucks, but i want what we could've had.

[@riccardofalco]

I couldn't agree more with this comment. Thank you for putting it into words so eloquently!

[@gbach919]

Something worth noting is with kleavor (stone axe) and samurott-h (ceaseless edge) you have pokemon that can attack and set up stealth rock or spikes to break focus sash or sturdy in the back or to chip for harder hitting mons. Maybe they won't be strong enough to use compared to the remaining home mons coming in, but just thought that would be worth mentioning as very new tools to VGC

[@kingwhacka8105]

Maybe not Kleavor in doubles but Samurott gets encore, taunt, copycat, helping hand, scary face, and screech so it could make a good offensive support. Not sure though, I don’t play vgc lol

[@Siennarchist]

​@@kingwhacka8105 so the set would probably be water STAB, ceaseless edge, taunt, helping hand

[@bananabroshsid8234]

@@Siennarchist is water stab necessary? obv lando is present but with the prevelence of something like booster bundle, maybe something like icy wind could bring more value

[@Siennarchist]

@@bananabroshsid8234 it gets icy wind?

[@bananabroshsid8234]

@@Siennarchist yeah it actually does

[@ciscoortega9789]

I'm always excited to see BonusWolfe, but it fills me with dread knowing that some shit happened that needs to be addressed immediately

[@rileyackison4495]

What happened?

[@blobfish1649]

Replying so I get notified if you respond

[@hellofellowbotsss]

context ? ? ?

[@crate_bot]

They're just talking about the content of the video, the announcement of regulation D. A lot of BonusWolfe videos have been about problematic or controversial news about the VGC format

[@hellofellowbotsss]

@@crate_bot thank you

[@sideshowb.a.b.s.8913]

As someone who plays ladder but primarily enjoys competitive by watching tournaments, I’m definitely upset both as a player and a viewer. I didn’t start playing competitively until scarlet/violet so now I am essentially forced to use rental teams because I don’t have access to these new OP Pokémon. As a viewer, most of my enjoyment comes from seeing the metas develop. Watching you win a regional with a TR team and Joe win with a sun team we’re highlights of my viewing experience, and it seems now that these unique teams are completely off the table. Watching a tourney with every team consisting of genies, eleki, and a handful of other OU Pokémon seriously dampens my excitement to watch.

[@ishayugupta7378]

Completely agree with your point abt competitive. I only started playing comp in SV so I have no access to the insane pokemon that are being added. Never even got dlc for sword/shield and I don’t even have zacian cuz I have shield (don’t ask me why lol). I think I’m split on how I feel as a viewer. On one hand I agree with your point, it’s not as interesting when 80% of teams are running genies and regieleki, but I somewhat enjoy watchig high power meta games. Like 2016 might have been pretty stagnant with the megas and primals but competitively one of my favorite years cuz the power scale was gigantic. Same with 2019. So ig we’ll have to see how it plays out.

[@theBhavMan]

i agree with the first part, but I would wait on the second part. We don't know how this meta is going to turn out, and I could see some interesting strategies come out. But I do agree that there are going to be more centralizing mons now

[@fiskern2241]

Having Pokemon you can't obtain in game is just a bad move in general. Even if you have them from previous games, they might not have the right IVs, EVs etc. and you need to go through a lengthy process to change them up that may involve playing an old game. Not to mention that many of the legendaries where obtained in an online mode that leaves you with dumb NPCs now, and it's a long grind...

[@snuffysam]

@@ishayugupta7378 As a spectator I’m fine with formats using non-regional/legendary mons. What I’m not a fan of is potentially ONLY getting that kind of format for worlds. In Sw/Sh series rulesets, mons floated on and off ban lists so I’m sure there’ll be some variance in future worlds. But like, we haven’t had worlds without Landorous since 2017! It’s obv not TPC’s fault that worlds 2020 & 2021 got skipped, but seriously, we couldn’t get ONE regional year coming off of 2022 to make up for lost time?

[@ArtisChronicles]

​@@ishayugupta7378 shield just worked out better for me. At the time I was able to borrow sword and then rush a file to get a zacian via home. That didn't happen until pretty late and I never used it.

[@atypicaloddity]

This is the exact thing I went through when Regulation B was announced. All those niche Pokemon I wanted to use got immediately outclassed by Paradox mon teams. It really kills the game for me -- there's a reason I was never interested in Ubers

[@swissgoat4981]

I got bored when pretty much everyone had flutter mane. It was instabanned in singles for a reason

[@BladeRabbit]

Its almost as if VGC needs a banlist

[@fatbiscuiturtle]

Honestly as much as I feel this, I do think reg A would’ve been a very stale meta if it had gotten more than essentially one regional. I imagine it would’ve just been dozo teams and teams that beat dozo etc etc

[@cephalosjr.1835]

Most generations Ubers _does_ have niche Pokémon. They’re just _also_ busted.

[@AsterPringlei]

@@swissgoat4981 Thinking about the meta in terms of Pokemon is intuitive, but is inaccurate. Because Flutter Mane was never banned in VGC, we got to see its sets evolve dramatically throughout the months. In the beginning everyone was running speedy frail with sash, then people shifted to bulky to beat mirrors. Now we see almost no sash and mostly booster energy. The tera types were also changing, before everyone ran fairy but now there are some steel and water tera as well to adapt against Chien-Pao and Palafin. If you see the game in terms of sets instead of mons, the game becomes a lot more interesting. Singles never got to see the evolution of Flutter Mane sets because it got banned immediately, so people had no time to see the full potential of it either.

[@neezy7]

Wolfe realizing there's still even more broken mon to go over as he scrolls is the smoking ben affleck meme

[@LightsOnTrees]

As more of a casual spectator my initial reaction is bleugh... Yay! I get to watch more Regieleki again... from the previous gen... again... and oh boy! Landi-T been at least a few months since I saw him... really been missing him... bleugh... I was really looking forward to watching what players were gonna pull with the pardox and ruin mons. Like you said, when people have had a chance to live with the stuff for a while the worlds is where some players come up with really interesting teams.

[@BrendonCap]

I personally love lando, regieleki on the other hand, meh

[@mikey88888]

all i’m thinking about is what will happen next year? we get the dlc so either that will power creep what we have rn (invalidate more pokémon) or we get a repeat of this years worlds. both options sound bad

[@Tsitchom]

I think it’s pretty damn bad for newer players that are at their first pokémon game. Your point on having the right IV for your goal is also a good one … I’m also just sad that the meta will be very centralized now, the most fun I’ve had in competitive pokémon was always in lower power metas. I also did not miss Regieleki and Landorus a single bit.

[@Viktor_Von_Doom]

I've been getting into pro pokemon a lot for the first time in awhile but seeing Landorus is probably a gg for me, that sh*t is so boring to watch.

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

They did remove a lot of moves from its pool, but I don't have the knowledge to determine whether that's enough...

[@destroyer4929]

@@WhirlyBeepBoopslando T lost a few important moves but it's stats,typing and still decent movepool means it will have a place in the meta but it won't be as good

[@Mar_Marine]

I’ve wanted to play VGC for a few years now. I started trying out the ladder late into Regulation A. None of my things were really competitive ready, namely the fact they had all been wild captures with random IVs. And as the regulations shifted, I kept feeling farther behind. When C rolled around and I got to experience the Ruin Pokémon, I decided to stop for now and finish getting them myself and start trying to breed things up. With Home (and the fact I don’t own SwSh DLC), I think I’ll probably have to tap out and stick to watching again. I just feel too far behind right now.

[@BlueFlewFedUQueen]

This has been my experience, even as someone who has experience with breeding. I'd spend weeks brainstorming and tweaking an original team idea, another few days putting it together, and get maybe a month of play with that team before a new regulation was sprung on everyone and I had to start over. It's not fun, and it's hard to get practice in and figure out what I need to work on with gameplay/teambuilding when I barely have enough time to playtest in game before my team is outdated. When the Ruin Pokemon got added I basically gave up, hoping that the changes would at least slow down... well, at least now all they have left to add is restricteds.

[@winxwin4790]

Use rental teams, once I swallowed my pride and started using rental teams the game became way more fun. I think it's really inefficient to try and learn how to play the game while also learning how to build a team. How are you supposed to know what will work and what won't if you don't understand the game? You could trial and error until you find the solution but you will probably burn out first (and it kind of souns like you already have).

[@AsterPringlei]

@@winxwin4790 Exactly this. Building your own team implies you have a better understanding of the metagame than other team builders. As a beginner this is definitely false. Team building is a very advanced skill, even Wolfey doesn't build his teams himself, he gets inputs from other pro team builders.

[@DuelingSteel]

I've only dabbled with the vgc format a bit myself but I do watch a lot. I definitely like seeing the newer pokemon in a regional format shine before all of the legendaries get dumped in the game. I can't help but think that the skipping of the regional dex format is because of the terrifying pace that the Pokemon company is churning out new pokemon games. Specifically everything about Pokemon lately has been rushed and its hard to keep up with the pace of everything- the games themselves and trying to keep up with different meta games. You're a real soldier for keeping up with Pokemon and the vgc format on top of all the KZbin stuff you do.

[@stalruth-alt]

The need for new formats is an entirely constructed problem though - in previous years we'd start with a format equivalent to Regulation C for the whole year. DLC essentially adding new Pokémon means that the next year gets to be the "National Dex" format of the second year and the year after is GS Cup - changing the format so often is a new problem in itself that TPCi brought on itself independently of GF's short dev cycles

[@CKEternity]

I was thinking about the rapid shifting of the format via Nintendo yesterday before the announcement, and having started getting into competitive in X and Y, I do really really miss having a whole season of a single format, with all the meta development and the finale of worlds being the big payoff to all the work people had put in to push the meta.

[@evanhughes5696]

I think this cripples them for future worlds. The life cycle of this game will be long enough to where they're obligated to keep releasing dlc to make any new competitively viable pokemon enter the format. It also just feels like the last series of sword and shield repeated, where you have to struggle to fit in mons that are amazing just because the power creep is so high. I like when you build teams around mons like grassy glide rillaboom, not struggle to find a place on your team for it. We're not going to have a single worlds where there's a lot of scarlet and violet mons running around. Doesn't that seem bad for the game?

[@masterjareth]

"the game" exists largely in ignorance of the vgc scene. I doubt this will have any impact on Pokemon future.

[@gspandem1204]

​@@masterjareth The difference is that GameFreak/TPC can very easily fix this by not allowing the busted ass legendaries in VGC comp. The legendaries can be brought to SCVL but not used at events like Nationals. Simple fix.

[@anachronisticlaserbeams4820]

I honestly like your casual/natural speaking rhythm better than your presentational mode in your edited content. You have a very soothing affect.

[@subzerostupid]

I think having a guaranteed regional-dex world's is just more interesting. Like you said, the power is lower so you get to see pokemon that never get to shine in later formats. I just kind of took "region dex" as a given for the first world's of each gen. It's more exciting to see something new or unexpected do well and there's more chance of that when there are more limitations

[@lilithkitsune7152]

I don't know if it's necessarily that casual viewers don't like legendries, I feel it's more about a desire to see variety. Legendries are just more likely to be centralising so more likely to receive ire for causing a lack of said variety. I could be wrong though

[@lvli044]

As a casual viewer with a lot of casual friends, its about variety to a point, but its also the legendary status. Like, when I play Pokémon Stadium with friends, some will say "ok so no one use the Birds or the Beasts" bc part of the enjoyment comes from the immersion of seeing real Pokémon battles. And in-universe, you don't see everyone busting out their own Regieleki.

[@lilithkitsune7152]

@@lvli044 Hehe, that's fair. I didn't think of that part personally. Thanks for telling me

[@selearth3123]

Variety in competitive pokemon comes (largely) from different sets and spreads on the best pokemon. The idea that because legendary pokemon are used, variety is dead, is just... categorically untrue. Being able to use a bad mon isn't an indication of variety, it's just an indication of the format's power level, but regardless of power level each format will have its dominant picks that will centralise the metagame around them. Smogon singles lower tiers is a good example of how even when you use bad pokemon, a couple are inevitably going to stand out and discourage worse pokemon from being used. Ironically enough it's often the bad pokemon that have the *least* variety in their sets because they typically fill only one niche and can never really successfully do anything outside of that, see Murkrow as an example.

[@lvli044]

@@lilithkitsune7152 Yw girly❤️

[@miichael_163]

​​@@lvli044 Big agree. As an outsider to the competive scene there's something about seeing a bunch of Landorus and Cresselia which is groan inducing in a way which everyone having an Incineroar and Rillaboom just isn't. Objectively I know it's the same either way, yet somehow the former just *feels* so much worse.

[@wolfeyspitchpipe]

BRUH WE GOT THE Bb MAJOR WOLFEY INTRO Keep singing Wolfe ❤️

[@MarisaClardy]

I was really hoping there'd be a regulation D, but not like this. I was hoping that Regulation D would be the addition of Miraidon and Koraidon with a single restricted per team. It would be really cool to see the sun and E-Terrain teams that we got with that. And MAYBE allow Hisuian Pokemon. But allowing all the sub-legendaries from past gens is just a little too far and too much for a Regulation change just before Worlds. Especially since it doesn't even include the region's main legendaries. I was expecting we'd essentially get an unlock of the whole region for Worlds, not other region's legendaries.

[@AsterPringlei]

I thought the same, they teased something with Paldran Prologue online competition but it turns out that wasn't the regulation D.

[@megaaltaria9204]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR DOING THIS STYLE CONTENT AGAIN I HONESTLY MISSED THIS

[@drdeesnutts48]

Quagsire and Perserker are available in game but weren't made competitive legal for whatever reason.

[@mattdriver6875]

Yes, you could get regular Wooper in the game, from one if the teachers, after you finish all of their classes. But you just haven't been able to use it in competitive just like all other non Paldean Regional variants.

[@BPTK162]

Galarian Meowth was from the teacher, Johtonian Wooper was an in-game trade. But yeah, in the game but not VGC legal

[@mattdriver6875]

@@BPTK162 Oops, sorry, my mistake!! Thanks for the correction 😆

[@Geaux2Sleep]

As a spectator, I think the format is exciting, but I really wish they would have had worlds in Regulation C instead. Such an interesting meta to watch and I’m genuinely sad we really won’t get to see if end at Worlds

[@jrkev1]

If anyone is into competitive battle royales, this is like a completely unpredictable circle which is pretty cool for the spectators cuz u really have no clue whats about to go down. But the pros who put all their time into practicing are forced to guess and that can be really frustrating for them. In my opinion

[@Poillip]

Hisuian Goodra is a personal favorite of mine. It's defenses are pretty great, only weak to Ground and Fighting. It has access to some really interesting tech (stuff like Sap Sipper, Breaking Swipe), along with a really deep move pool. I

[@SammyTVGaming]

Acid spray spam and insane staying power

[@Drenchy]

You've been doing great man! Your content has reached another level and you can clearly tell the amount of time and effort you've been bringing every day! Glad you could relax even though it's to talk about controversy LOLOL! Keep it up!

[@maxenglish5106]

I'm a casual viewer, started watching in 2020. Since I came in at a point that legendaries were being introduced already and I didn't really know any better, I've found these first few rulesets in gen 9 to be waaaay better than the legendary-heavy formats we left off with in gen 8. I love seeing new mons from the region shine and have a chance to compete within a level of power they can keep up with

[@reformed1trick739]

It's somehow really endearing to watch him struggle through the intro every time 😂

[@dragonfun5998]

My thoughts on the new format: WHO AUTHORISED THIS? WHY ARE THEY NOT IN TROUBLE? I know that this isn't the worst they could do but I was really excited for worlds in regulation c.

[@lvli044]

Bc its a good business decision to push Pokémon Home. Its about moving the most product, not providing the best one.

[@Dragostorm21]

@@lvli044 Pokemon scarlet in a nutshell really

[@BrandonWatsonBrown]

There is zero negative to the monetary gain by doing this. All you've done is open the playing field to more Pokémon thus raising the level of strategic thinking. Whether it happened for Worlds or after it would have happened regardless. Doing it sooner allows them to push the use of Home in addition to Go and other games. Nobody would ever get in trouble for this decision.

[@Dragostorm21]

@@BrandonWatsonBrown Ah yes,everyone knows that more pokemon being legal means more pokemon being viable. Wait,what's that? Lando-t being by far the best intimidate mon? Regieleki making most fast mons really hard to justify? No,i must be hearing things. People are complaining that the 1st worlds used to be a regional dex worlds,not that eventually home legality would come. Like with everything related to scarlet/violet,more money,worse actual content (unless you really love seeing the broken mistakes that vgc doesn't ban being spammed,that is)

[@_zkll]

I am so sick of seeing legendaries. They limit team building so much because you either need to run them or you need to run their counters, which in most cases is another legendary.

[@its2three4]

as a spectator I am excited to see what sort of strategies people will come up with, I realize playing a volatile meta is not fun but I think from a viewing experience it is more interesting and fun to see a variety of strategies represented.

[@comedian94]

To reset for Enamorus' ivs you have to replay the entire game

[@soulofsomething6651]

Another reason why they should add an item for 0ivs

[@bottomtext5460]

I personal enjoy watching/playing formats with a lower power level, because I feel there is more variety in team composition. With the addition of Home, the best mons from the past are going to do what they’ve always done for generations (Lando-T, Cres, etc.) and the meta is going to form around them. I like the idea of adding more Pokemon to the format via Home (more variety), but some of these legendaries have overstayed their welcome in the competitive scene imo.

[@primatesnake7004]

I’m so happy that bonus Wolfe still does real youtubist intro it reminds me of when I started watching the goat back in day old ages

[@DeltaTM06]

One niche I could foresee wyrdeer having is the fact it’s not only a trick room setter, it also has intimidate and has decent natural bulk. Nothing meta defining but paired with the right things it could be incredible

[@claythewhiteghost9716]

I think it's gonna be really fun to see all the new teams and how people adapt on the fly to the new meta

[@awsmguy175]

but that would’ve happened next year or something anyway lmao.

[@b2j135]

I'm very surprised they did it this early... It really makes me wonder what they have planned for the rest of the year after the DLC hits I know we get a bunch more Pokemon added after but man...they must have like a big shake-up happening with something with the meta because that's just so crazy to go all the in it already with the home release For singles were eating good it's kind of crazy right now but for VGC it's going to be quite interesting to see how this plays out

[@progatogvgc]

Its fun seeing this video after the ladder went live on Showdown. You skipped over Typhlosion but with Fire tera next to Chi Yu their Eruption hits stupid hard. Even better with Flash Fire with Chi using Lava Plume. Lunar blessing is nuts too, even though you said it doesn't seem good. Overall great video with lots of helpful insights though.

[@benjaminmarch5151]

Even tho ur doing great representing vgc to a big audience on the main channel, I’ve missed these types of videos and I’m glad to see u post here again :)

[@lordscottish69]

It really took me out of comp Sw/Sh early when the paradox pokemon became legal after not being legal initially. Change is hard, and chasing a moving target makes it hard to experience a metagame, especially with the investment of having to get the mons

[@GoldenSunAlex]

to be fair, it takes half an hour to get a perfect shiny BR pokemon these days.

[@charlottehpreston4908]

I've slowly been getting into competitive and this is insane, the home update certainly didn't help with all of this, I think it would've been best to have this announcement way back when the competitive season started cause this mixes things up a hell of a lot

[@rufusdrumknottvgc]

Thanks for this video Wolfe. I’ve been out of the loop for a few months bc I got bored of the format but I was excited when the Home update came out. Quickly dashed when they released the reg D rules lol. I just wish the Hisui mons could have their time in the spotlight because they’ve never been part of a VGC-legal game before. Like you highlighted, lots of them have great potential in a non-legendary format that is probably not there when legendaries do exist. Personally I love the genies, excited for Cress, etc. but I wanted them to bring them in more slowly. Didn’t realise how close we are to Worlds either. That’s so little time to get used to a drastically different format. It will be fun to watch as a spectator but I don’t envy you guys prepping for it.

[@wiizzle]

Wolfe, we understand you are really busy with your main channel and keeping the edge in competitive Pokemon, well at least I do, and I am pretty sure we all have the capacity to wait for new content. I am just really glad this channel exists for us OGs who still wants old Wolfey content, and even more glad that this is something you want and like doing. Take time to rest if you need it :)

[@ariariari7138]

Honestly I am always way more interested in the regional dex formats because they always feel more unique to me as a spectator. Each mon has fewer past OP threats to measure up against which can lead to seeing totally different matchups as compared to a bunch of familiar faces every time. There’s already a lot of balance issues in SV, I don’t think dumping all these new Pokémon on the format now was the right choice

[@thelastfire]

I like the fact that the hisuian Pokemon are finally being introduced (I've been really enjoying using them in showdown) but I definitely think that adding all of these game breaking legendaries this close to Worlds feels like a bit of a slap in the face. I definitely agree on the accessibility factor you mentioned. As a casual player myself, I find grinding competitive Pokemon daunting enough, but knowing that I'd need to go to so much effort to get the best mons in the meta feels really demoralising.

[@BoomBurster]

Ayo Wolfe. I saw you at regionals and got the pick. Thanks for being dope to your fans and I’m excited to see you cook. I’m with you on the format and I know you’ll chef something up 🏆🔥💯

[@BoomBurster]

I think it’ll be closer to early scarlet violet with the variety, and some different picks like counters will shine. I think Trick room/fighting/ ice types will define the meta. Time will tell!

[@matthews8082]

Yay bonus Wolfe is back!!! I’ve missed this

[@DavisDiscombobulated]

I think this will definitely make for an interesting World’s as we see older mons interact with the mons we’re used to in the format, but I still think it’s definitely a weird move to do so so suddenly and with such meta-defining picks. I think it would’ve been more interesting to only include Legends Arceus mons rather than a handful of some of the most broken Pokémon in previous formats. Either way, I’m still very excited to watch top level competitive Pokémon :)

[@jackfenton7320]

I would have really liked to see them just exclude the legendaries added by HOME, this would have still given a huge shake up but without things like Eleki and Landorus I don’t think it would have been so centralizing and could have been more of an update to the format instead of throwing it out the window

[@danasantiago]

A moment of silence right before talking about Refieleki

[@xtz5929]

Its always fun watching you battle so we'll see

[@karhall1635]

It is totally valid to be upset about such a major change being put in place right before the World Championships, considering how much prep happens for these competitions and this one being the ultimate event for the entire game. From the perspective of a casual player, I actually had been waiting for an update like this to try and dig in and play more. Maybe not the most popular opinion, but the inclusion of Ursaluna is actually motivating me to build a team around it because I like the Pokemon so much, with my goal being to join competitions starting after this World Championships. Yes I'll be behind in terms of power since I've been mainly a casual player until now, but now I get to compete using one of my favorite Pokemon, which is way more motivating than I had felt at any point previously while watching VGC competitions.

[@chrisguzman9724]

I usually just watch the final match up at worlds, but now I’ll be watching most of the event! It’s a cool shake up and I want to see what the worlds best players come up with with all the new (old) tools.

[@magellan6439]

Just look at sw/sh teams. You'll have the exact same teams here

[@fiskern2241]

I'd prefer it to be all new (new) teams. The old ones are just the same old OP that's been around for some time.

[@babulbi]

I hate how quickly they've been power creeping the formats. We got two whole months to explore the low powered regional format before the paradox mons came to wreck house, and now this?

[@justdominik9812]

you somehow allways manage to make an entertaining competetive pokemon video. I personally play competetive with just one of my friends and I don't really intend on changing that (too stressful for me). I'm excited to see the meta develop, it may be a bit too overpowered but with the power creep being this high in this generation majority of pokemon would have been hard to use anyway. And at least I get to see how the hisuian forms will develop.

[@zomorion9183]

Greninja gets Battle Bond which boosts it's speed and sp. atk. at once, so I wouldn't say it sucks. It's pretty capable with Grimmsnarl actually. Also, Super Fang + Fake Out + Drain Punch + Wood Hammer/Leech Seed Chesnaught with Tera is pretty good too IMO.

[@cardinalsfan625]

I haven’t been into competitive Pokémon since ORAS, but finally took the dive back into SV a few weeks ago after watching Wolfey’s videos of him using a Flamigo to destroy standard VGC teams a few months back. I’ve had a lot of fun and was considering going to a regional just for the fun of it, which I’ve never done before. TBH legendaries kinda ruin the experience for me(which is why I didn’t want to play in SS era), and I was hoping for the Meta to stay where it was because when legendaries aren’t involved, people rely more on goofy, wild strategy that is fun to see and makes the competitive scene enjoyable and innovative rather than broken legendary drab. I was running a team with a trick room Oranguru because I wanted to use a favorite Pokémon and make it work in VGC, which was completely doable. IMO the new rules will slaughter the fun of VGC because it’ll just be the same robotic legendary team vs another, and will dissuade newcomers or casual competitors like me from getting into VGC community. I don’t know if people agree with me but that’s my take.

[@MACK_MONEY]

I completely agree. I think all legends should be banned from earning CP. It will never happen, apparently.

[@chyskoikana5344]

I fully agree, stopped myself with VGC in S/V the moment the ruinous mons got allowed. Same with S/S the moment the legendary horses were introduced. I was excited to use some strats with hisuain mons but I'll skip that since the well known sub legendaries will just dominate the meta all over the place. Still fun to create your own team with mons that players with rental teams never heard of but this wears of quickly if you have to play against the same teams over and over again. That's just a major letdown for me in VGC while the pokedex is so rich with all sort of mons to explore.

[@_-Dante-_]

its been so long since ive seen this intro it made me so happy

[@LARAUJO_0]

Landorus: I was never a part of this format! VGC: I have altered the format. Pray I don't alter it any further

[@je19493]

Really want to hear your thoughts on sneasler after you see dire claw. The move is so stupid and would love to know if you think the dumb luck element would bring people away from (or in to) using it

[@sithapprentic03]

I "missed" incineroar so much. I cant wait till he is on everyones team

[@byAngelicc]

Not even in the game?

[@zmp323]

Mr. Wideo Man back with the bonus content ayoooo he's talkin' here

[@XBoy_ChicoX]

Classic Wolfe videos are back I’m so fucken happy 😭😭

[@mcsmileycorp]

I really hope enamorus turns out to be useless, because the rest of the pokemon have some other way of obtaining them, I've looked into enamorus, you need to replay the entire game to soft reset for ivs, so getting a low attack one is going to suck, or god forbid you need 0 speed as well because you're running the slow form.

[@GoldenSunAlex]

You just save before you catch it, and reset if the IVs aren't what you want...And having low attack isn't actually that relevent, despite what Smogon like to think.

[@JelloImpact]

as a ex-competitive player i am interested but apprehensive to how this is going to go. I always watch worlds anyway and usually some big tourneys throughout the year so it doesn't change much for me, but it's always sad to see the competitors unhappy with a change

[@SunniDee22]

Good to see these intros still live

[@steegen101]

I was gonna go to my first ever Regionals last month but didn't wanna try to do good at a format that doesn't last. This change dashes any hope of ever wanting to catch up.

[@bowmain1577]

17:05 I would say this is the only take here I disagree with, for 1 reason only- dire claw this might be the most broken move ever. 80 power 100% accurate With a 50!! percent chance to sleep, para, or poison All on a mon with 120 base speed. Its not gonna be an offensive threat but as a support mon dire claw immediately gives it a niche.

[@VoermanIdiot]

I personally thought they jumped the gun way too quickly by allowing more than like, 1 paradox mon at a time in regulation B because they are just so much stronger than your average mons, only to then also add the Ruins in so quickly as well. I had a lot of fun in Regulation A where I managed to get to rank 552 on the ladder using non-meta, self-built teams and I wanted to get back into VGC. This has done nothing but kill any and all will I had to play. I started playing VGC lightly at the end of SwSh and I quickly grew an absolute seething hatred for Landorus-T, and judging by the speed we're flying through these regulations we'll also end up with the twin devilspawn that are Groudon/Kyogre soon enough and it'll continue to reduce the amount of actually viable mons to bring. We barely even had enough time in Regulation A to explore more complex compositions because everyone was running Mouseape/Gholdengo/Tatsudozo teams and in hind sight, there were far more ways we could have played against those compositions but they added the Paradox mons so quickly that there was no time to experiment. Early pokemon metas are the most fun because it rewards creativity a lot of the time. I dunno, maybe I'm one of the casual people who enjoys low power levels and everyone else just wants it to be like the end of SwSh where you just have legendaries bump heads like action figures with a fraction of thought put in because you can just brute force shit instead of having elaborate plans.

[@MaineMarshtomp]

Bonus Wolfe is best Wolfe

[@giantmastersword]

Kleavor can set up rocks while attacking with a move that it gets stab and its ability on. It'll be very nice.

[@CalypsoTheWanderingStar]

H-Goodra actually got a major boost to its defense

[@C0DY420]

I hope vgc adds singles in because I think it would lead to more creative teams that would do good in both singles and doubles

[@GravityIsFalling]

Singles takes too long

[@soulofsomething6651]

Singles is so boring to play and watch

[@Gspoink]

Singles can't be played effectively on an in-persn event.

[@C0DY420]

@@GravityIsFalling From my experience in showdown, single battles have taken on average, around 5 minutes

[@GravityIsFalling]

@@C0DY420 Bitch how, each turn is 1 Min and there’s 12 mons

[@nfrance999]

I think this would have been a really cool format if it weren’t for the inclusion of the legendaries, I think a lot of people would have been hyped to see just where the legends arceus mons end up after being locked up in non battle focused game

[@GravityIsFalling]

Yeah let’s not allowed articuno but allow ursaluna

[@Gspoink]

​​@@GravityIsFalling I mean the legendaries allowed in this formats are absolutely disgusting, I can actually sees people supporting on this take on format like vgc. Ursaluna's still pain in the ass but 1 broken shit is less than 4-5.

[@i_like_chomp6382]

​@@GravityIsFalling In singles Legendary clause is stupid due to bans and tiers existing. But in doubles i genuinly believe it should be done, a lot of legends like the genies, regielecki, flutter mane, etc are just too centralizing

[@GravityIsFalling]

@@i_like_chomp6382 What about amongus (second most use Mon, forces many teams to have Tera grass or googles)

[@i_like_chomp6382]

@@GravityIsFalling Thats just one mon, and it's mostly due to the fact that sleep is broken

[@bacd-nn2lg]

Landorus - I am back baby. The small nation of "Landorusland" will now take over the VGC in Pokemon Scarlet/Violet.😁

[@AlexMTG_]

You raised a good point about some arceus mons being a pain to get. Leaks suggest no but there could be a couple spots where Enamorous could show in PoGo maybe

[@squishvgc]

I think it’s a bad thing to change the format so drastically for worlds. That being said I’m excited for the format itself cause it looks fun to use all these new broken mons

[@MRVNgotEM]

Regieleki isn’t real it’s a hallucination made by the paradox Pokémon Iorn Mugulis

[@harrydsgn]

thank goodness iron mugulis is currently behind bars

[@imfiguringitout_]

I think Old Money might be pulling the strings from the background…

[@OpticSkies]

You can get normal Wooper for trade in the middle of Cascaraffa near the fountain. It’s a Paldean Wooper trade. Confused why multiple sources are saying Quagsire is a new mon.

[@jonathanwilson1539]

5:09 "...you didnt have to ohko my feelings like that." 🤣😭

[@Taxibird]

Great video, I agree with the short time frame and other factors it will feel different. I don’t know how relevant you think it will be, but Sneasler signature move is Dire Claw, which had 50% chance to poison, sleep or paralyze. Combined with scarf or band that might be good, but probably not in the face of lando t or urshifu

[@tbone6032]

To out speed regi you need a base speed of 117. That’s ABSURD

[@driftingbreath]

personally I got into competitive Gen 9 to use my favorite Paldean species, like Espathra and Veluza, so it's honestly insulting to not only suffer three huge waves of power creep in less than a year, but to also be power-crept by the EXACT SAME OLD LEGENDARIES that dominated VGC in past years. can't wait to have Scarlet and Violet's first Worlds finals have no actual Paldean Pokemon! 🙃

[@Sethafella]

I really enjoyed being limited to the Pokémon I can choose from. But now it feels like I’m forced to go to mons that are much stronger

[@eldabys]

missed bonuswolfe so much. my favorite wolfe

[@akashinystyles]

Good luck this year Wolfy, hope you do great home slice. It seems I got into competitive 'mons at a very interesting time..... My first showdown team was created during regulation D 🤣 I can definitely FEEL the chaos but I don't really know much different from said chaos.

[@nilsrahmqvist8002]

I feel like with bringing back pokemon like the genies and cresselia they're just making it the same format as every other generation with very minor changes. I really wish they had just brought in the hisuian mons and maybe some non legendaries. Cresselia, genies etc. makes it feel like sword and shield over again.

[@Defaultnoobisme]

As someone who play non legendaries for fun.. im screwed. I may have to change that up