NEW SEASON: DUAL DESTINY GBL ANALYSIS | Pokemon GO

[@PoniesNSunshine]

Everyone: please no more master league/little cup (aka double XL meta cups) Niantic: "Talk to the hand." I can't believe their stats support this, considering how many people just don't play during those weeks

[@xdifficultviper9916]

It ironically forces a lot of people who don’t usually play master (for lack of resources) to play master and when youre not facing triple xl hyper meta every match it’s kind of enjoyable

[@scarlettw01f66]

@@xdifficultviper9916I think it definitely just forces people to not play. Or try one and get decimated by xls

[@RyanShowalter-o8i]

Little cup is a complete joke

[@xdifficultviper9916]

@@scarlettw01f66 maybe but even then master league is more accessible imo, more people would rather invest into pokemon that you can use elsewhere that are much more accessible such as dragonite and rhyperior. Granted to new players both of these cups are essentially unplayable but that’s most of the gbl the game has always had a “have and have not” mentality

[@kukumalu255]

Little cups are the best

[@JustinAngel]

I think a lot of people are forgetting that Zygarde has Bulldoze. They will be reminded very soon!

[@edg810]

Bro, why does Niantic have so much beef with the Ape? Every time it becomes good they just nerf it ☹

[@maxpuckett6000]

I’d say it’s still pretty good especially if you can land close combat a lot of times people don’t shield expecting the rage fist

[@reecelacour]

I think it’ll still be really good in ultra league. Great league it’s gonna suffer though

[@bobmarlie959]

naw it made it way better than machamp, but now its more situational i think.

[@mikebonannowashere]

Bruh it had to get nerfed

[@bobmarlie959]

@@mikebonannowashere there are ways and counters to hardcore shut it down. you just don't want to be down energy and no shields against it. similar to greninja

[@Fwoh1]

I hit Veteran for the first time this season! My goal next season is to hit Expert. I wish I was good enough for the Grimsly pose 😔

[@kyle.goodall]

I love how they have no interest in nerfing Clod or Gatr but Primeape who’s been strong for a month needs an instant nerf… embarrassing, what’s the point in grinding com days

[@payperplains]

My boy Arctibax is gonna have a heyday with that ice fang buff

[@vaiuuii]

Niantic be like lets make everyone waste 500000 for Primeape UL and nerf it 2 weeks after. This is so idiotic

[@ballisticlt7452]

Don’t forget those 6 elite TMs for people who had existing annihilape and primapes

[@Guyonnn]

03:50 enough of your blasphemy!! Shuckle is the backbone of Pokémon go! 😉😂😂

[@seribelz]

me looking like a clown after spending an ETM on ape and not even using it

[@Luxord002]

me looking like a clown using one on jumpluff for acribatics, then didn't like it and deleted it and went back to aerial ace lol

[@hironotsumi2105]

​you kno jumpluff is a really easy pokemon to build unless it's a shadow. Rather build a new one than erase an elite tm on the old lol @Luxord002

[@jessepylvalainen2288]

Right of the bat I think, Steelix might see some play with Thunder Fang buff, Gliscor will probably fly its way into UL meta with sand attack.

[@SamXLVII]

i'll be back (tomorow for your in depth analysis)

[@hazewilliams2117]

Thanks for keeping up the great work, Dan. Keep us posted for best mons to work on

[@davetobias4405]

Arctibax with Ice Fang becomes an even more formidable answer to the Clodsire/Mandi core

[@ssj2trunks103]

Really so you are saying that Dragon B is not the way to go!? I disagree! He already avalanche/ice Wind no need for a inferior fast move!

[@davetobias4405]

@@ssj2trunks103 If Ice Fang moves to 3 EPT, then DB and IF become the same move in terms of Damage and Energy generation (granted DB is a 1 turn move vs IF being 2 turn), and you're now hitting Super Effective with your fast move in addition to the charged moves. I think of it like Powder Snow ASlash now being preferred over Shadow Claw ASlash.

[@viniciuskfm]

Color cup was always type based (and not to be confused with element cup, which is basically the same)

[@viniciuskfm]

It was the first format with toxapex eally strong btw

[@tonic740]

I'm happy i didn't invest in dust and xls on shadow primeape for UL.

[@mumbosauce4]

Thanks for such a speedy analysis Dan

[@arcadeguy781]

I'm glad I didn't use an elite TM on Primeape or Annihilape, but that said, DO NOT NERF CDAY OR LEGACY MOVES (Hydro Cannon was OP, so that's an exception). I do like Mega Master League back because I took a year-long break the last time they had it.

[@squozenfrozen1645]

Smeargle will be eligible for little holiday cup 🤦🏻‍♂️ Also I think you've got confused with colour cup I think it was just the main four OG typings and Love cup was the one that actually was based on colour

[@ajgross67]

Damn, Primeape/Annhilape got 3 weeks to enjoy their OP community day move

[@danieliusblackius1130]

Honestly does seem ridiculous. Starting to seem like they are trying to get people to spend resources to get the viable cup-versions for these Pokemon, then they just pull the rug out from under them and setup some other Pokemon as the next resource-sink.

[@iruka1122]

Yeah who was complaining about them this season. I thought the common sentiment was they were a welcome meta shake up

[@xdifficultviper9916]

@@danieliusblackius1130 lvl 50 g corsola is projected as top 3 and it’s not even out, not to mention it’s coming out in a terrible egg event

[@timu0927]

​​@@xdifficultviper9916good call, sh*t's crazy..

[@WolfWyman]

It’s actually annoying whenever a good pokemon releases idgaf anymore bc it will just get nerfed literally got annihilape maxed out for the premiere master league but i guess i can kiss that goodbye

[@ian_kpc]

Color cup might be based on the primary colors of light and/or art; that is RGB and RYB

[@kukumalu255]

It's nice that open leagues are featured either less or go along with limited cups. Next step would be to leave open leagues for just one week

[@peterdempsey6204]

Wasn't Water fire grass electric... Element Cup previously?

[@sjp2649]

You are thinking of a different cup because that’s what color cup has always been

[@borklazer]

Morpeko gang rise. We eatin!

[@Raw-Audits]

They don't want you playing GBL every day, that's the point. If you're playing GBL you're not raiding and spending tons of $$$

[@kukumalu255]

If I'm not playing GBL I'm definitely not raiding. Who exactly raids daily more than one or two free raids per day? I get it when there's new shiny, new legacy move etc. but no one is daily raiding multiple pokemon because there's usually no poit in raiding 1-3* ones, and you need a group to take down stronger bosses, and how many(percentage wise) groups that raid daily could there be?

[@anthonypalumbo2003]

That's a stretch. Plenty of time in the day for both.

[@serendipitymiller5207]

Thanks! Can't wait for the in depth analysis

[@Tepig_V]

Thanks for the discord ping! Excited to see this.

[@ezpzx1095]

Guys a little update regarding about rage fist. It appears that niantic removed it from moves update section.

[@Frosty0-f4e]

Color cup using a painting palette 🎨 for the types

[@joaquinnavajo3939]

I dont like nerfs. So these updates look fare...execept rage fist didnt need a nerf. On the other hand, I do wish they had nerfed Ice Beam to punish Azu and Feraligator users.

[@alfiesmullet1311]

Love cup was always fun! And I'm happy to see mega master league again! Hope they fixed that bug where people could bring 3 megas.

[@Kassul42]

hrm, looks broadly positive. Curious to see how things shake out, and to see if the punch buff helps out more random stuff that were marginal like typhlosion in a meaningful way. Will help my groudon for rocket battles too! Still need a million more XLs for my rank 2 diggersby to be able to take advantage of it. Hoping the meta permits you to make more use of your beloved togedemaru next season! Maybe in one of these weird cups?

[@cptcordero]

Fire water electric and grass for red, blue, yellow and green

[@Om-Nom-Tom]

It's Gameboy colour cup.

[@purpl3spri7e]

Zygarde got a buff 😂

[@Om-Nom-Tom]

Changes thunderstock once: they did/didn't nerf lanturn. Changes thunderstock again: they nerfed lanturn. Changes thunderstock a 3rd time: that's interesting!

[@watchmefinessethis]

Drapion in Halloween Little Cup with that Ice Fang buff is gonna be crazy

[@jamessanders135]

Ty for all the helpful builds because I am crap at gbl

[@NorrisOD]

If bulldoze is 35 I’tl be crazy for the swines. Cheap Bait more with avalanche would be crazy

[@Mr_T_1986]

Not a fan of rage fist change. Others seem good. Looking forward to your thoughts.

[@mrskaglolfoad]

Bit soon isn't it. Waste of dust on my UL primeape.

[@Mr_T_1986]

@mrskaglolfoad exactly. Primeape works with how it is now. Having to do one more KC to get the move weakens it too much I think.

[@halfbasic2990]

Colour cup = only primary coloured pokemon

[@nicholasmorledge-hampton8389]

Green?

[@drosas4586]

Colour cup= og games red, blue, green and yellow

[@halfbasic2990]

@@nicholasmorledge-hampton8389 oh, right - green! okay - so it's based on absolutely nothing lol

[@ivarkristoffersson3282]

Good! Thanks!

[@timu0927]

After the latest update all 18 of my fast elite tm's and 18 of my elite charge tm's disappeared from my item storage. Wrote a ticket took them 5 day's to say we see you didn't delete or use them so you must've used them a long time ago. Wtf! I've never gave anyone my account info, nor spoofed, ect. It took me over 9 seasons to save them.. I swear it's straight brain dead zombies running the show here. Fleece king can get ALL of his sh*t back, but they basically told me to fk off.

[@Cornrad5]

They seem to have removed rage fist from the list of nerfed moves..

[@alpha0090]

Great job to Niantic here, there's no nerfs aside from rage fist, just buffs which is what we all want anyway.

[@Forged4War206]

The nerf to Rage Fist is pretty huge given how many people probably built up a couple Primeape + Annhilapes.

[@alpha0090]

@@Forged4War206 it's too op in it's current form. Specially on a primeape so this is to be expected for balancing.

[@rafaelmonterrozamorelo1752]

Color cup is to honor the 4 original games

[@shawngallagher8764]

Oh how thoughtful, the Apes got nerfed again before I could get a competitive one… oh well. I guess I didn’t need a top meta anyway 🙁

[@rodrigoreyes6758]

How does this affect primeape? Can some one tell me please

[@Godsbackhand7]

It will be slightly not as great.

[@LouisOtto]

Not all punches got buffed. Shadow punch and power-up punch didn’t :(

[@Forged4War206]

Shadow Punch already got buffed last season lol

[@johnweig4667]

Bulldoze vigoroth could be interessting? Perhaps it is a brick break clone

[@YoungCrypto]

Was super excited for primeape and then they nerf it to shit

[@Mike-sp7zv]

YES LOVE AND COLOR CUP!!!

[@WolfWyman]

Wow we only have had rage fist for a couple of weeks just for it to get nerfed

[@iubalum2013]

@1:07 "boring" 🎯

[@MichaelDaigh]

At least there's no Catch Cup...thank goodness.

[@kukumalu255]

This season it's just a sidekick already

[@NathanDavis508]

Poor Garbodor. My favourite gen 5 pokemon is still garbage...

[@ky03tmoses18]

Well technically it will ALWAYS literally be garbage 🤣🤣🤣 Maybe some day it'll be good garbage. Or like "one person's trash is another person's treasure" 🤣

[@vaiuuii]

Dan is the best!

[@touristyrat6833]

bibarel about to stay on every team i have

[@tylermartin4883]

Hypno and starmie

[@jaysongoldsborough9889]

This game hates annahilape lol

[@joaquinnavajo3939]

Yup

[@TrueSbStar]

damn they did grimsley bad. that pose is hideous

[@apostolosdeslis2021]

No more master league premier cup😢

[@ilikegames33]

Commenting for the algorithm

[@bromersh1]

Sort of bored of gbl these days. Idk what it is… used to play about 2000 games a season I’m barely making it to 800. Idk if it is the leagues ?

[@kw1726]

yikes niantic.....not looking so good for next season. I seem to play less every season, between bad cups, boring metas, glitches, be getting worse, and well this season probably wont help.

[@Mike-sp7zv]

2:43 I like it :( ...

[@tylerf6583]

Hey

[@0kayegs577]

Im just happy that they nerfed ape before the december com day event, no need to farm for it now.

[@gringoisdead]

I hate this change to rage fist

[@ssj2trunks103]

The Team Leader Of The Team That Do GBL UpDates definitely was in a hurry to start his Thanksgiving Vacation… man what a garbage season! Well maybe a lot more players will hit legend this coming season!

[@RyanShowalter-o8i]

Nerfing both apes is a joke neither is OP they are community day moves for a reason