I tried a Skill Swap PURE POWER Medicham team... • Pokemon Scarlet/Violet VGC Battles

[@PG-Gaming]

My daughter always asks why I hit the like button on your videos before I finish watching them. I have had to explain a couple times that I do it because you're my friend and I know your stuff is always going to be good. Then she watches the video with me and also enjoys it.

[@lamplover42]

That's adorable.

[@aluuuuu]

I liked this comment before I read it

[@justinmedeiros7600]

This is so cute bro, W dad

[@CybertronVGC]

😭😭😭💙

[@WeissBomb32]

What a sweet girl 🥹

[@whisky3012]

I’ve tried the skill swap on Medicham with Gyarados, gives double intimidate and Gyarados is near unstoppable if you can get DD off as well!

[@gwyngerlits7163]

I find it hilarious that Iron Valiant gets skill swap but it always fails because of Quark Drive

[@Kasaaz]

I wondered about that, but I have Scarlet and haven't found a way to test it. That's so weird.

[@UlanielsCorner]

It also gets imprison, so it may have niche applications for stopping opposing skill swap.

[@davisthesavage6585]

Anti worry seed tech

[@AintItJay187]

@@UlanielsCorner this is a decent tech for draft battles

[@FringeSpectre]

@@Kasaaz it's a quirk of it getting a mix of Gardevoir and Gallade's move pool. I bet it's an oversight honestly. Or a joke, kind of like Umbreon and how he got Synchronoise.

[@Bl1ndB3holder]

Since medicham is mostly support, brick break could be a good tech for dealing with reflect.

[@jrkev1]

I second this

[@Perseverance007]

Was thinking Brick Break could’ve been useful on Medicham in the last move slot over High Jump Kick, a few times it could’ve gotten rid of screens/aurora veil in a few of the games. Awesome Pokémon and video, love your content!

[@Everetses]

Love that you’re trying this out. It’s sooo funny they gave a pure/huge power pokemon skill swap. The gimmicks in this gen are very fun

[@ThatOneGuy42252]

Medicham is one of my favourite Pokémon glad to see he is getting some usage

[@Laughingwithtravii]

medicham is also one of my favorites, so on the off chance tera raids interest you, there's some fun options. PSYCHIC TERA medicham@shell bell (pure power, +atk - spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/4 def, zen headbutt, light screen, power trick, psych up. turn 1: VS special, light screen. VS physical, power trick. turn 2: psych up belly drummer. FIGHTING TERA medicham@punching glove (pure power, +atk -spAtk), 252 hp/252 atk/4 def, drain punch, light screen, power trick, psych up. turn 1: VS special, light screen. VS physical, power trick. turn 2: psych up belly drummer. the piggybackers. with all the belly drummers running around, psych up is very fun. (shout out to golduck as well.) but they can put in work solo as well. im also a big support player, so i have two different support builds, these sets focus on skill swapping teammates to give them pure power. medicham@flame orb (pure power, +def -spAtk), 252 hp/252 def/4 spDef, fling, reflect, taunt, skill swap. physical support set. taunt turn 1. reflect/skill swap turn 2. skill swap/reflect turn 3. fling when tera shield is up to apply burn. medicham@leftovers (pure power, +spDef -spAtk), 252 hp/252 spDef/4 def, brick break/body slam, light screen, taunt, skill swap. special support set. taunt turn 1. light screen/skill swap turn 2. skill swap/light screen turn 3. brick break for screens/body slam slam for paralyze thru tera shield, whichever you prefer. fling and light orb another option! anywho, super underrated pokemon, had to take the time to ramble.

[@NuzNyon]

I've been having fun using Medicham to skill swap with Grimmsnarl. Medicham then gets Prankster and can get some priority skill swaps or taunts, while Grimmsnarl becomes a bulky threat. Lots of possibilities.

[@patrickmohr6985]

Clever. People don't expect offensive Grimmsnarl. Could still even set up a screen turn one with Grim depending on the item.

[@bfmainisnunu8064]

Thanks for the idea, I be been looking for a different way to use my shiny grim

[@NeoUzzy]

I like to use him to make otherwise weak mons viable, surskit evolutio has 75 attack but 150 with pure power. That or i swap it with an intimidate user to both boost my attack and lower theirs.

[@JT-gi8rx]

Assault vest on the Grimmsnarl for added bulk. It has fake out too to make the skill swap safer as well. Fake Out, Sucker Punch, Play Rough, and Drain Punch should be a great set of moves for it.

[@Pablo360able]

@@NeoUzzy Pure Power Skill Swap can’t make an unviable mon viable because if you can double a weak attack stat, you’d do better to double a strong attack stat. That’s like saying Helping Hand or Life Orb makes an unviable mon viable. It’s really just a resource sink.

[@pockydoggboss]

Just want to say, because of your videos, I've reached Master Rank for the first time back in Sword and Shield; your videos really help me make the most of building my own VGC team. Thanks, dude 🤗

[@baylee9879]

I’m so happy Medicham is getting some attention as it’s always been one of my childhood favorites as Gen 4 was my first game! Thanks for the excellent content as always

[@bobertjohnson4459]

QOTD: not that I think it would be good, but I think skill swap Malamar would make a lot of sense. On more of a viability note, I’d like to see it on Toedscruel just because… Mycelium Might is really holding it back from replacing amogus.

[@bullymaguire632]

Toedscruel isn't sus enough to out-amogus the amoonguss

[@ianking2266]

Your battles are always fun to watch. Having said that, I actually enjoy your team breakdowns more. With your understanding of how these "off-meta" teams/mons fit into the vgc format, and the detailed benchmark breakdowns, I can envision the highlights of the battles before they happen! Thanks for all the hard work you put in.

[@davidellett9316]

One of the first crazy teams I made in this format was a skill swap Medicham team with Slaking. It was a meme but it hit like an absolute truck

[@trick6pokemon624]

I saw this once while practicing and had seen somewhere this existed so I lead maushold and clicked follow me. Anyways Pure Power Population Bomb is a lot of fun

[@Raziel_HHL]

@@trick6pokemon624 oh god, oh my god, Pure Power, Technician, Normal Tera, Wide Lense Population bomb, oh god

[@tractie_]

@@Raziel_HHL How exactly are you supposed to have both pure power and technician?

[@Raziel_HHL]

@@tractie_ uhhh, good point lmao

[@trick6pokemon624]

@@tractie_ the year is 2025 and they have introduced the mechanic for gen 10. Abilitutilization, where you activate another one of your other abilities. To celebrate this new mechanic Charizard gains access to 2 more abilities in Competitive and Speed Boost. I'm pretty sure someone said that Zard also gets access to all 4 at once, but surely it's just a rumor...

[@titandoubles]

I have been saying this could be meta since I noticed it!! I haven't watched, but I'm psyched to see you trying it.

[@dias8588]

Sooo happy you put notice on this, now people really wont expect my Telepathy set and be expecting this pure power set.

[@Kasaaz]

Houndstone is also a very good partner for Zoroark. Leading a Tyranitar and Zoroark disguised as a Houndstone is very tricky to navigate.

[@Kokonutzlz]

after the first turn, doesn't the Zoroark take Sandstorm damage? Might be vulnerable to turn 1 protect

[@momzwrite]

@@Kokonutzlz i suppose the internet can confirm but I don't believe passive damage like sandstorm reveals Zoroark's disguise? So it can be a mult-turn strat.

[@Azun_Kurone]

@@momzwrite Houndstone is immune to sandstorm tho because of sand rush, so if your opponent is paying attention they'll figure it out

[@momzwrite]

@@Azun_Kurone ah good point I forgot that

[@Kokonutzlz]

@@momzwrite More just the fact that Zoroark (disguised) would take damage, while Sand Rush Houndstone is immune to Sandstorm damage. I don't think it would break the disguise either

[@blitzgaming5051]

The all black fit made me think of Morpheus and Neo. You should have offered us the red pill before opening our minds to this team 😆

[@carlanthonydelosangeles7411]

I really love the combination on this team. Medicham finally getting some spotlight. ♥️

[@LRXC1]

My secret addiction is watching the daily cybertronVGC video as I fall asleep everynight

[@Grazzzzzel]

Aaron ive been seeing some of the viewcounts on these SV videos and i’m so happy for you man you deserve this success so much!!

[@jeremywu9676]

That Game 3 was wild. Great stuff as always, love your videos!

[@jamiew904]

im happy and not happy about this video, this was imo the best kept secret the gen 9 hidden gem, but a new video to watch is always amazing

[@asimog9790]

I'm so glad to see this being played, I love Medicham and built mine very similarly to this. I threw in a little meme and just put it in with a Tinkaton and people don't think (or used to not think) to Taunt the Medicham until they're suddenly getting hit with Huge Power Gigaton Hammer. Only works on surprise factor though so I don't know about it's viability outside of one off matches lmao, but I want to see it taken it as far as possible

[@NoLeva12]

Maybe try giving it a mental herb

[@pmpkin0002]

This is such an interesting team! I definitely would not expect that medicham's moveset if I saw it while laddering

[@sgtv6184]

I’m the person in game 2 lmao it was my first game of the day and I was trying out a new combination the feed back is very much appreciated couldn’t have asked for a better opponent in the game

[@justsomejojo]

Oh wow! Medicham is one of my favorite pokemon (for the reason why, just look up its attack animations in the Gamecube games) and I've been theorycrafting various team comps for it and its new Skill Swap for weeks now, with some serious option paralysis kicking in. I'm hyped for this! As for what else should get Skill Swap... I'm honestly kind of stumped. They've been very generous with what gets Skill Swap this generation, I feel. Medicham gets it, finally, and even Espathra in theory gets to give away its Speed Boost, which, while still gimmicky in a way, seems pretty neat. While not Skill Swap, we even get Entrainment on Cetitan to spread Slush Rush, which seems really cool on paper.

[@madisonkennedy8937]

Thank you for these videos! I'm learning a lot as someone who has never played ranked before :)

[@cethxceth4751]

Absolute Monsters ...I love how you broke that down my guy 😎

[@BeyondPolygons]

I used to play singles format at conventions where we dressed and gym leaders and took challenges and gave prizes to players who brought their consoles. I was Brawly and mono fighting is tough to use but I loved it. My Azumarill counter was skill swap on my Mega Gallade (I would forget I gave them inner focus...) but Azu even with a belly drum wasn't nearly as scary without the ability. A later iteration was Dry Skin Toxicroak who wouldn't die to unboosted Play Rough and outspeeds otherwise and can't get hit by Aqua jet

[@ck11032]

when i made a team like this i liked running it with a skill swap tinkaton. leads to fun mind games shenanigans and lets you pass on the ability on and keep up the threat even if your main sweeper gets low. fun trick

[@ck11032]

also gigaton hammer lol

[@FUTA_KINTE]

as soon as I saw the thumbnail I went " OH NO " out loud then clicked on the video lmao 🤣🤣 I can only imagine the power this team holds. I haven't got passed the breakdown yet.

[@clachtoll88]

I laddered series 1 with a Slaking/Medicham core. It was so much fun. Watching my Slaking OHKO a fully defensive Garganacl with Drain Punch is really beautiful.

[@James-yk5ge]

i was trying out a skill swap sylveon with e speed tera fairy d nite. it was really awesome for dragonite but left sylveon feeling kind of useless afterwards. could be some cool stuff there for a better teambuilder but im still very new to vgc

[@DefianceGJ]

with the stats that medicham has, i’m hoping to see another evolution for it soon that doesn’t take away pure power besides possibly giving it something like defiant! it’s always been such a cool pokémon for me

[@Painjusu]

It has super high attack with it's ability, wdym evolution.

[@DefianceGJ]

@@Painjusuyea but the rest of its stats are subpar and it’s attack with pure power isn’t as great as one might think! it’s respectable, yes, but not fast enough to take care of faster threats

[@daigustoemeral3710]

@@Painjusu could say the same about bisharp before the evo

[@classorswag4317]

game 3 was so good! im glad you were able to feature the rock tera on goldengho, such a cool idea

[@Kasaaz]

Just like Gothitelle, Medicham somehow offers Fake Out pressure for itself to set up Trick Room.

[@Hero-er9oj]

I had to check the accuracy of skill swap after you targeted your garchomp 😂

[@Duelerama90]

Shell bell Espathra is a decent counter to the 7* Cinderace raids. G2 opponent either forgot to change the item or wanted to flex the marked shiny.

[@rasbumgardner9881]

Population Bomb is a move that gets boosted by slicer. Skill Swap Gallade, maybe?

[@nycnow811]

This houndstone set is 🔥🔥🔥

[@perferwinning8974]

The fit is unreal on this man.

[@charlesfarrant6819]

I've been using medicham to skill seap with stonjourner! Pure power x power spot is really good. Also have blaze tauros on the team which is great to skillswap for double intimidate, and tinkaton which is a great antimeta pick atm, fake out also aids tge setup. My team also uses tailwind bombirdier which paired with medicham checks psychic leads pretty well and the rockslide spam has been trusty as ever

[@samrahman2973]

The more and more I play with murkrow I realise just how broken a little bird can be. Literally has a counter to everything. Recently noticed quash is just a game changer for certain teams

[@aleksikoda983]

I've used this set with a unaware cloudsire, dropping curse + fake out turn 1, curse + trick room turn 2, then EQ/Rock Slide spam, using a clear amulet on cloudsire and focus sash on the slow bulky medicham. Also had mach punch instead of High Jump Kick, it's annoying against Firagarif/Indeede but it got rid of so many focus sash user that i can't complain. Can't wait to do this with drain punch quagsire 0.0 (Also Farigarif skill swap with Sap Sipper on Quagsire remove the only weakness, throw a meowscarada with petal blizzard and you get yourself a self-boosting monster)

[@bobo6654]

You are the only reason why I want to build a team and try ranked soo much information for my tiny brain

[@joshuavgc4160]

Oooo this is gunna be fun to watch. I want to skill swap Maushold or a something cheesy like that. I always forget medicham is in the game.

[@trick6pokemon624]

I stole Pure Power from an enemy Medicham once and was allowed to Pop Bomb. Good times!

[@joshuavgc4160]

@@trick6pokemon624 yesss that's what I'm taking about!

[@trick6pokemon624]

@@joshuavgc4160 medicham is also very good into farigarif/kingambit trick room teams. You swap abilities with enemy farigarif to give it a useless atk boost and protect yourself from sucker punch at the same time. I personally was using a trick room medicham and a kingambit so I could give my own pure power as well. Was really fun to sucker punch farigarif and block them on myself using their own ability

[@dotkuro1936]

31:00 Overgrow after Skill Swap peepoNotes jk keep up the amazing content man :)

[@williamenriqueee7473]

Tatsugiri should get skill swap, not for any competitive advantage I just think it’d be funny for another Pokémon to get eaten by dondozo

[@44whitelightning]

The question is, can you get dozo to eat 2 partners for an additional +2 omni boost??

[@fleeper20]

@@44whitelightning technically yes, if you had a 2nd tatsugiri in the back and got the first one to faint with a toxic orb while inside dondozo it would eat the 2nd one and get an additional Omni booost

[@motivepigeon]

I feel like having a full speed meow gives u more room to do what u want. U end up slower but if u want a free switch in u want u turn to go last, and if it gets hit to sash u can take advantage of the speed and overgrowth as a background sweeper if u need it.

[@th3exceptionexception452]

I actually faced the Mugiwara Mob person with that Grimm Drogonite team today. Thought it was kind of cool. I was lucky enough to prevent screens from going up for most of the match with taunt Gengar

[@motivepigeon]

Huge power slaking is terrifying Originally used on tink with great success

[@dank16]

Outfit looks niiiiice. That coat especially

[@Thejericko17]

Love your vids. I really wish that when you battle the people you see in the stands are all people youve traded with. It would be awesome if when the camera pans the people on the side lines it would pull from the trainer IDs of pokemon in your boxes/people youve battled on ladder. I thought about that last season when the camera pans the same 4 people in the standium.

[@CybertronVGC]

What a cool idea, love it

[@lordmasenko]

Just another blessed Aaron vid

[@sharkbit3547]

I had no idea houndstone could even add value as a support??? It’s move pool is a lot more varied than I thought

[@Mittn]

Game 3 was an awesome display of skill.

[@tomwolfe7782]

The duality of team features: Cons: I will run into optimized clones on the ranked ladder that took no effort for others to hop into the driver's seat of. Pros: I recognize the team and sprint to KZbin to pull up Zheng's video and peek at the team sheet.

[@4ny3ody]

I think Toedscruel with Skill Swap would be interesting. Giving enemy supports Mycellium Might to shut some support down especially in exchange for Prankster so then you'd have Prankster Spore in exchange for the setup.

[@fluffyruff7453]

idk why i haven't thought of this with slaking. LOL

[@ecoKady]

Sometimes I think you just need to go for the gimmick when a team has placed high enough, because that's a good indication the gimmick is very strong. Huge Power is gifting Swords Dance to an ally and any Pokémon that gets a free Swords Dance is a threat. Sure, Skill Swap has its limitations (dark type, Good as Gold), but generally feels decent right now. There was a Stantler gimmick team that also ended up with some good reasons to use Skill Swap. The nice thing about Skill Swap is that few Pokémon run bad skills, so there's usually something decent to snatch if you're gimmick isn't in play. I'd love to see Skill Swap on both Mold Breaker Tinkaton and Pure Power Medicham solely to watch Gholdengo lose Good as Gold to Tinkaton. I don't know what you'd do after it loses Good As Gold (ummm, Leech Seed Appletun?), but it'd be fun to see that happen to Gholdengo just once.

[@winterwatson6811]

i just picked up a shiny medicham-i can’t wait to try this skill swap set!

[@andyhuynh2625]

Game 1 was just dirty. You love to see it lol.

[@nvo_beejay]

I wonder what other shenanigans people can come up with. I would’ve never guessed that moveset for Medicham,, EDIT: hahaha I was thinking about that garchomp set with bright powder after I saw your mono ice team video with Glaceon and it literally dodged everything the one time you showcased it.

[@dylanx886]

Rock Tera on gholdengo also gets the sp def boost from sand which is pretty bananas

[@JoshuaThomasHayward]

Perfect timing just finished work!

[@eeeeeeeev]

Another pokemon that gets skill swap that people aren't talking about much is Tinkaton who can either grab huge power/pure power for itself, pair it with slaking or give an opponent one of its 3 abilities while having fake out itself, it's steel nuke and another move

[@eugescarab]

I know Espeon and Umbreon get skill swap as a TM because of their typing, but i think it would be fun to see the other eevelutions using it (i love jolteon and idk, sounds fun)

[@billwumsen4108]

im not the most pvp competitive guy. I do love your videos and double battles though. its such a pitty there is no battle tower for double battles in this game. A new game double battle plus mode with all lvl 100 would be awesome too

[@twitchyb9950]

I just realized that when Meowscarada faints, it takes a bow. Fitting, I guess, for a stage magician.

[@SurrValla]

Sand veil + bright powder Garchomp is amazing.

[@Laughingwithtravii]

qotd: clawitzer. i think it could be very interesting being able to opt into a different ability catching people off guard when you run hard hitting moves instead of just pulse coverage.

[@BeastMode-bw2ry]

Huge power, flower trick, adamant Meowscarada sounds insane bro. Imagine if huge power was its hidden ability instead of protean.

[@rsking6120]

That game 1 was brutal lol, double Huge Power XD

[@trick6pokemon624]

In Game 2 on the lead I was so terrified Grimm would pop Misty Terrain and block the Will-O due to my own past traumas

[@angelitabecerra]

I miss when you spent 2-3d with a team. I feel like you, and subsequently we, really got to grasp with a team that way.

[@treverleach19]

Tbh there are so many interesting/cool teams this gen that I’m glad he covers more teams. I do agree though in cases where part of a team isn’t utilized in an episode and thus is never shown off.

[@Emieeel3]

Skill swapping hydreigon in game 4 would be interesting, getting levitate and then garchomp gets a super effective earthquake on its own hydreigon

[@kidskods5473]

ive been looking this stratergy and its too op 😆😆😆😆

[@KhannUurrr]

Because Mismagius gets skill swap I think it wouldn't be too much of a stretch for Flutter Mane to get it. Would definitely be an uber's tier strat, but swapping Protosynthesis onto a mon of choice has crazy possibilities and combo's

[@maromania7]

It's not able to swap a handful of abilities, Protosynthesis being one of them. Iron Valiant has it, but it always fails because it can't swap its own ability.

[@ConleyPMusic]

I wish Grimmsnarl could Skill Swap lol. Dope video.

[@DrGandW]

QotD: Yanmega with Skill Swap would be super interesting it does get some Psychic type attacks iirc

[@Kthemurderful]

Best part of each vid is the breath taken right before you start taking 😂

[@Dragonite_Gaming214]

I feel like this with Tinkaton would be great although in my opinion is shouldve had the ability in the first place that or huge power

[@bobertjohnson4459]

On one hand sure, but on the other hand the low attack stat is just about the only thing keeping Tinkaton from being completely busted

[@rileyackison4495]

Tinkaton has skill swap so you don’t need a mon that has it to use it. Just need a pure power mon.

[@carlanthonydelosangeles7411]

AyAyRon reference made me laugh. 🤣

[@mothisnotasleep]

I'd love to see tatsuguri with a working skill swap, seeing dondozo eat something like a gyarados or donphan would be hilarious Think it would also be fun to see it on a swift swim/slush rush/sand rush/clorophyll pokemon. It has a lot of probably too powerful synergies & the ability to make opponents faster for trick room.

[@scottjohnson9672]

I do expert belt ttar with flying type. Banded Houndstone. Scarf CHOMP. Kilowattrel. Espeon. But I might have to take that medicham.

[@pokefan9194]

I saw a very interesting combo of grimsnarl annhilape where you parting shot yourself to get +3 attack

[@KLR-rp6pn]

That won’t work, defiant doesn’t proc from allies moves

[@rcampbell496]

How do people get different backgrounds? Is it just for Causal battles? I haven't seen it for ranked at all (stuck in the schoolyard). Also, his camera outside is way more dynamic.

[@marvinmoore5291]

It just changes randomly bro . Even in ranked

[@rcampbell496]

@@marvinmoore5291 I've never had anything but the schoolyard in over 100 games. Sadge

[@marvinmoore5291]

@@rcampbell496 sheesh that’s strange. I’m not sure why though. I’ve played in that elite 4 area a couple times, the beach, the gym that’s at medali, and I think it’s 1 or 2 more

[@marvinmoore5291]

@@rcampbell496 actually now that I’m reflecting I may be wrong bro

[@marvinmoore5291]

@@rcampbell496 I’ll keep you posted but I think your actually right. I may be thinking about battles with friends and other casual situations. I swore I played ranked in different places though but probably not

[@nintendosega100]

It’s nice to see some new battle backgrounds after ranked had the same for so long. But before the new ranked season are you gonna finally do your trainer profile? Gotta take a good pic!

[@ROFLzSALMONz]

Gotta love a Ttar vid :) any predictions for rule changes next doubles season? :)

[@luccasrpz]

Armorouge with Skill Swap to make Scizor an unstoppable beast

[@Cybertronfanboy]

Comment to help the KZbin algorithm to make Aaron the most popular poketuber in the world: True Godzilla unlished rage quiting on the raise

[@cyanmarker8386]

I loved how Medicham stole Azumarill's Huge power after giving up its own Pure Power

[@cyanmarker8386]

Also, Game 3, your Medicham did that much damage because Armarouge used Armor Cannon I think twice before

[@Uzuxmikey]

I actually found a shiny medicham so I might have to make this team in game, it looks mad fun lol also love the content!!

[@generationxpvp]

QOTD: Give tatsugiri skill swap for maximum chaos 😂

[@bobertjohnson4459]

I’d imagine Commander is a skill that can’t be swapped off, like Wonder Guard. It wouldn’t be surprising if Zero to Hero was as well.

[@maromania7]

@@bobertjohnson4459 correct on both counts. as well as the paradox abilities and miraidon/koraidon abilities. That's all added this gen though.

[@2wing141]

Love this team

[@PokeMatcha]

Could you make an offensive Gallade team?

[@heyAmashy]

I’d be curious to see if there’s any chance Avalugg would have any sort of viability as an offensive presence on a snow based team. Might have to look into that and see if I can come up with something

[@masterofchiefs5041]

Not sure how good it would be, but I think your best bet would be to pair it with Slowking for Trick Room + Chilly Reception.

[@kirbyhat5]

Aaron has a great fit today!

[@dubbleder4050]

Dis gewd. Real gewd. Me talk gewd and also do comment for the algo. cybertron for president 2032

[@PME_FGC]

Huh... game 3's Armorouge had Safety Goggles, interesting. Guess it makes sense on a Hail Team and to shut down Amoongus