I used YANMA. It was INCREDIBLE. • Pokemon Scarlet/Violet VGC Battles

[@sxewhil]

thanks for using the team Aaron! shoutout Fevzi 🐉🪰

[@dragumkirisute1998]

Wait, this is your team? What made you decide to use Yanma? Was it just for fun, or? I'm quite curious cause i would never expect Yanma in Ranked lol

[@nightingem]

I turned on this video and my cat immediately ran over. You're one of her favorite KZbin channels hahah.

[@CybertronVGC]

That's so cute 😺

[@professionalanagram]

a couple of my dogs love listening to cybertron too it’s adorable

[@BanPitbulls]

Bro has such radiant aura that even animals are pulled in by his good vibes.

[@ironboy3245]

​@@BanPitbulls of course, he's a Pokémon trainer, he's already used to wrangling pets

[@SamMaki]

Always a good day when Aaron Cybertron Zheng is back with an episode of Road to Ranked where he climbs the online Regulation H VGC ladder in Scarlet and Violet and provides live commentary as he goes.

[@LilliCharlotteTueting]

some would argue those are the best days

[@davidwood7601]

Agreeed

[@meyomeyo9911]

I genuinely thank you whole heartedly for uploading this video hours before my College exam. I usually binge watch your videos while eating, since they are super interesting to watch (yes i can’t eat without youtube), but this time around i’ve been very anxious due to my exam. This video kind of helped me ease-up some of my anxiety. Keep up the good work gamer, love your videos and the commentary on them.

[@CybertronVGC]

Thanks so much for the kind comment, glad to hear the videos can be helpful - best of luck on your exam!

[@meyomeyo9911]

@@CybertronVGC I PASSED BOTH EXAMS, LESSSSS GOOOOO. Thanks for the good luck btw, I appreciate it

[@xXPoopWorldXx]

@@meyomeyo9911 ay we are twinning today. I also eat while watching Cybertron. Just took my test too and think it went ok haha. Congrats on the exams!

[@CybertronVGC]

@@meyomeyo9911LET’S GOOOOO 🔥 CONGRATS

[@meyomeyo9911]

@@xXPoopWorldXx LESSS GOOO (congrats as well gamer), hope you did well on yours too man, especially since exams tend to be super stressful. I pretty much studied for like 2-3 weeks before taking these two bad boys.

[@MirageUchiha]

Yoo! Can't wait to see you showcase your lil bro's winning regionals team soon! Gratz to him! He did great!👍🏾 Following in big bro's footstep! Ik you're proud of him for his first regional title!

[@xdferocious6016]

Love to see all the boys racing to write aarons intro into the comments 😂😂

[@Shiradrenaline]

I was PRAYING that you'd use this team! Been seeing other tubers use it and wanting to see your take on it. Hope you're having a good day! VGC Reflections is going great!

[@Alvaro-ty8ls]

I barely never comment but just want you to say that I have been following you since 2015 ( when I started playing VGC), and besides some seasons/regulations, you have been one of my confort content creator ❤ Thanks for all your work though all these years and for lots more! 🎉 Love from Spain! 😊

[@lolborq]

uploaded 13 mins ago LETS FUCKING GOOOO I LOVE AARON CYBERTRON ZHENG CLIMBING THE RANKED LADDER AND PROVIDING COMMENTARY AS HE GOESSSSS 😤😤😤 RAHHHHHHH 🦅 🦅 🦅

[@Alhalmeya]

yanma is my favorite pokemon. thanky ou for making this video!

[@KanderUdon]

I love how you can tell how cool a pokemon choice on the opposing team is just by how aarons voice changes

[@guavastorm]

Are you why I see so many yanmas right now that 78% has never missed on me

[@rawkhawk414]

Don't ever forget the negative experience bias! Play Rough has never landed for me 😅😜

[@FutureOverYou]

I was seriously expecting that Magmar to have Vital Spirit.

[@DFPWeaponX]

Perfect timing again sir. Once again just about to start working. Also hilarious I just watched moxie use yanma, so really excited to see how 2 different players use the same team

[@AllofPokemonTCG]

I am a simple man. I see Yanma, I click

[@joshburcham8466]

I ran into Yanma + hydrapple last night on Showdown. I didn't realize it had compoundeyes then

[@heyAmashy]

Love seeing unique or pokemon not regularly thought of getting a chance! Great video

[@Brian-Dean]

Hypnosis might be more accurate, but anything under 100% is a 50/50 roll when it comes to Pokemon…

[@rawkhawk414]

True but sleep is good enough that Sleep Powder sees use even when Spore users are banned or restricted. And that many smogon formats introduced a sleep clause in-house rule. Worth mentioning. I hate using physical attack Fairy pokemon or coverage because Play Rough is 90% accurate lol.

[@Blackheartgamer1]

Personally i love Venonaunt more as a compound user. Only issue is that it’s best under trickroom and powder moves are blocked by grass types and googles.

[@Foot751]

Huge fan and always brightens my day when you post.

[@CybertronVGC]

Thanks so much for watching, brightens my day to see your comment :)

[@Foot751]

@@CybertronVGC do you have any advice on how to become a Pokémon VGC caster?

[@johnhobson7501]

I usually zone out and dont finish yt vids but i love these vids with interesting pokemon/strategies and i always watch these

[@rubiconprime1429]

That adaptability, tera ice, Blizzard Porygon-Z was so cool, pun entirely intended 😎

[@benjasoto23]

Omg Cybertron you're so good i liked how you performed the battles 😭😭

[@professionalanagram]

i’ve been seeing this mon WAY before fevzi brought it up and it’s so fun

[@papijr408]

Thank you for feeding us all this content! now I got something to watch on my lunch! Lol ty ty

[@balovr6821]

The feeling of putting your opponent to sleep with Dire Claw always feels so devious. And then it happens to you when facing an opposing Sneasler...

[@unoriginalandrew]

I would love to see a 2v2 between VGC Reflections and OHKO! Get the podcast collabs cooking!

[@Hermelin69]

Thanks for the vid, always love having you on while I fall asleep o7

[@zashinunes8191]

Does the length of the video correlate to how much you liked the team or is something else? Also thx for posting more often, I would like you to show all the teams with the most underrated Pokémon and unexpected strategies that are being used in this format right now c: Lastly I wanna say that I always found interesting the fact you bring your Switch with you with the most unexpected places that you go, is very impressive, that you can bring all your video equipment whatever is the place, and record a great video in there, most people wouldn't bother recording while traveling which I assume it's the case, mostly of them prob would record before or only upon returning of the trip

[@CybertronVGC]

Nah, sometimes I just end up recording more games without realizing haha, no real correlation between length + the team. Thanks for the words and for watching!

[@zashinunes8191]

​@@CybertronVGC💚

[@DeepThought420]

This guy provides the best live commentary while climbing the reg h season ladder in Pokemon scarlet and violet! 🎉

[@Kasaaz]

Would Feint be good on Yanma if you need some damage? Mainly for the utility + Focus Sash cleanup.

[@Turial55]

Once i saw CButty's tweet with him queuing with you using this team, i knew this video would come soon 😂

[@MasonOfLife]

Oh hell yeah! I love Yanma, I hope we get alternate evolutions or regional forms or a Mega Yanmega 😂

[@ZayYaNaing-o5o]

Dude your intro is just Legendary.

[@tylerbezaire9453]

Content King, thanks for the upload, Aaron ❤

[@fleeper20]

would love to know the purpose of 108 speed on dnite, as the fastest thing in the format is 214 with jolly pult, is there something else under opposing tailwind/scarf that you're outspeeding?

[@carneyasada789]

Speed creeping the mons that speed creep the mons that stop at 107 speed to outrun Dragapult basically

[@Zsy6]

Yanma is my favorite pokemon, love this!

[@cooperallen2760]

Keep up the great videos Aaron! I was wondering if anytime in the future you could feature a hisuian zoroak set, I was thinking just building around choice specs but honestly haven’t tried it yet i’ve been having lots of success with a full trick room porygon 2 arch team, anyway great vid!

[@IGrigsVA]

1:05:59 Am I missing something or does that Magmar not have Vital Spirit. Doesn’t Hypnosis have no effect on Pokemon with that ability? Curious as to how it landed.

[@CybertronVGC]

Yeah, it must have been Flame Body

[@rawkhawk414]

Definitely had Flame Body. I prefer anti-sleep but it's not too crazy to hope Magmar redirects a physical attack, procs a 30% chance to burn, and changes the outcome of a game. Like if your team planned to Electric Terrain. Vital Spirit's guaranteed anti-sleep is consistent in a format with sleep users, especially on a redirection user.

[@Sayishere]

Love your videos keep it up :)

[@Dragon3dot0]

I’m wondering if Alolan Ninetails would be a good replacement for Clefable?

[@jameszoeller5425]

I just played against this team in ladder and figured that he played online ladder with live commentary as he goes

[@floofflez1134]

1:03:04 The gnome when he gnomes me

[@runeritari3]

and i thought im weird due using hisui zoroark/lucario team and azumarill team. yanma seems veryfun to play with. Makes me really want succeed on umbreon team im working on

[@MasonMoran-b7w]

100BP low kick on kingdra is actually wild to me

[@umbreoneyes]

Omgaaaa, shiny yanma is gorgeous 🥹💙

[@jeongbinvgc]

Go Cybertron go! You are aspiring 🎉

[@loumao3685]

Happy to see some garchomp again 😮😮

[@christianbloemhof3337]

Question (anyone can answer): In game 6, Aaron chose hypnosis on Magmar. This confused me, because when I see Magmar I usually assume it has vital spirit. What’s the thought process on this? No better move to choose? Checking for flame body/switch?

[@GamingGuyTy429]

Redirection on a physical attacker usually means a 30% chance to burn. I slightly prefer flame body magmar with grass tera to ignore amoongus. But vital spirit is also very very good.

[@saiyanfreak]

It’s crazy how everyone is suddenly using Clefable in tbis regulation. Previously Clefable had virtually no usage in VGC, with pretty much everyone saying Clefairy was better. Did Dondozo singlehandedly cause this?

[@nycnow811]

Clefable! My favorite Pokémon

[@hisoka8202]

1:05:55 here do u just Hypnosis Magmar expecting it to not be Vital Spirit ?

[@CybertronVGC]

Yeah I didn’t think there was too much else to do, switch into Garchomp is the other option since Vital Sprit is so common but figured if they weren’t I’d just win with Hypnosis

[@gionvazquez1513]

Can you please feature a Delphox team ?!

[@SapphireDragonflame]

...I'm sorry why is there a Yanma on my screen and why did it DOMINATE?!

[@carneyasada789]

The gholdengo in the rental doesn't have max HP IVs fwiw, 0 HP EV gholdengo is 162 HP

[@lilpoetat]

Thanks 🎉

[@Kasaaz]

Triple Dragon(fly)!

[@Susussamogus]

Question: why not yanmega instead of yanma? Am I overlooking something?

[@Pokemazda]

Yanmega does not have the ability Compound Eyes ;)

[@AndoBoi-bw4hb]

thats one heck of a title

[@zeeblerfilms]

is this a team you built?!

[@xAcidicZombiex]

thank you

[@angelopotenza9180]

YANMA POG

[@wishythefishy]

Yanma also gets detect doesn’t it?

[@alsknbullwrm]

seen this team on Twitter and hoped you would use 🙏

[@LindsayLeo-h4s]

Wilkinson Track

[@DLLM-c8j]

Any tailwind setter without prankster is just inferior imo

[@rawkhawk414]

But you know that you can't Prankster+Tailwind then pop off for free in front of a sashed sleep user right? Yanma is a Tailwind setter and a sashed sleep user on this team. Especially when all of its partners are bulky. In my opinion stuff like this is why balanced teams are hard to pilot compared to set and go strats like DonzoTatsu, IndeedeeRouge, LiliKoal, LunaCress, etc. I think it's part of the reason people report less success using these kinds of teams compared to top players. Like Aaron is very good at piloting it, I am likely not lol. Prankster also forfeits your ability to use offensive support, like e.g. Screech support, on enemy Dark types. Whimsicott hits most of those with Moonblast, which is part of the reason Kingambit and Incineroar are strong Dark types, they're neutral to Fairy. And part of the reason Cott is a strong Prankster user. Tornadus and friends were for a while in gen 8 or 9: the fastest Prankster users, fastest Taunt users with Prankster, and the fastest Tailwind users with Prankster. Their speed was A tier without Prankster. And their offenses are strong without investment so they can just click an attack against something immune to Prankster boosted offensive support. So. Murkrow still saw lots of play alongside those legendary Pokemon with legendary base stats, the same support move pool, ability, and better offensive options, because it can Prankster+Tailwind and prevent faster Taunts. If all that fails, Murkrow can Prankster+Quash to almost completely ignore opposing speed control. I guess all that was to say that imo Prankster+Tailwind next to a strong offensive threat is a set and go strat. The strongest teams are usually a mix of the best set and go strats available, but they're not required. So while Prankster+Tailwind is almost always better than an unboosted Tailwind, I don't think it's true that any Tailwind setter without Prankster is inferior to other Tailwind setters. It really depends on their other tools in context. Like how Yanma is a fast sleep user and debuffer. Jumpluff, Smeargle, and Vivillon are also fast sashed sleep users without Prankster, that often also set up Tailwind, and have seen play.

[@antonmartynov6335]

Why Garchomp is lvl 55 ???

[@LewisZenobia-u8k]

Patrick Meadows

[@fleeper20]

hey, i have a shiny yanma, so it wont miss hypnosis ! lol

[@DefJamHamdi]

why not yanmega?

[@WoolleyRebecca-c1l]

Goyette Freeway

[@KeithElliott-v3w]

Kirlin Trail

[@nightfrost3041]

Brother you change backgrounds like a girl changes clothes lol

[@erdnussflip007]

28:30 See you would have lost to a Blizzard Kingdra. Is it unlikely? Yes. But impossible? No Edit: I stay corrected. Cybertron just takes the Ws

[@CybertronVGC]

Nah, Extreme Speed + Tera Ground LO EQ should just KO Kingdra before it gets to move. Also Blizzard Kingdra is not going to KO Dragonite even if they were to somehow get it off: 252+ SpA Kingdra Blizzard vs. 196 HP / 28 SpD Assault Vest Dragonite: 108-128 (56.5 - 67%) -- guaranteed 2HKO. Even with a Choice Specs Dragonite survives almost all the time: 252+ SpA Choice Specs Kingdra Blizzard vs. 196 HP / 28 SpD Assault Vest Dragonite: 160-192 (83.7 - 100.5%) -- 6.3% chance to OHKO

[@erdnussflip007]

That is actually crazy. I did not assume Dragonite is that chunky of a boy with assault vest.

[@LanturnsPannies]

Yanma gives wins bruh

[@slimebot3377]

Comment for the algorithm

[@coastline_bow]

not gonna lie just kidding i lied

[@Kwikpanik]

UH OH

[@fixjustin2699]

can you like use the worst team on a ladder and try to get a win just for the meme? 😔

[@flbreglass]

Yanma GF and Chomp BF

[@Animedingo]

Probably answered but why not yanmega?

[@seraphix09]

Yanmega doesn't have Compound Eyes

[@Animedingo]

@@seraphix09 WHAT

[@bunnikol]

why not just use yanmega

[@simonlewis-un4mv]

It doesn't have compound eyes. It's replaced by speed boost

[@hisoka8202]

@@simonlewis-un4mv it's replaced by tinted lens but ye it hasn't the x1.3 accuracy boost from compound eyes

[@alejandromagana7158]

Just sat down w my salmon and rice and was sad bc I already finished all your vids but you just blessed me. Thank you cybertron 🫶