ENTERING MY FIRST MONOTYPE TOURNAMENT

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[@AveragePearEnjoyer]

That scarf ditto transformed into baraskewda in the rain with swift swim might have had a speed as high as 1,224. That pink blob was breaking the speed of sound.

[@Terrified_Dartanyan]

Going around at the speed o' sound! Got places to be gotta follow my rainbow!

[@educlarity]

Your thumbnails get me every effin time. Great content brother

[@tojom9199]

Diggersby got that dawg in him

[@grantbasler5876]

Diggersby got that dawg in him

[@Noname-iv5ic]

Diggersby got that dawg in him

[@slipperysnake3822]

Diggersby got that dawg in him

[@raindrop2417]

Diggersby got that dawg in him

[@sanskarjain3564]

I only wish that you do what you enjoy Nathan. You got me back into showdown since i got so fed up with gen 8 OU, i quit. Your positivity is so infectious dude.

[@VideoGameManiac8]

Gen 8 OU is really bad, I hope Gen 9 is better

[@cy-bernet-ix]

credit to you, gen 8 ou kinda blows

[@ktbmk]

Gen 8 OU is actually pretty great post DLC after every all the broken things got banned. It got even better after Kyurem got banned few months after.

[@i.theworstguys298]

My Diggersby recently got admitted to the hospital. I was so incredibly sad. I couldn’t fathom losing him. I remember catching him on Route 2 when he was a mere Bunnelby. He’s been my best friend for as long as I can remember. The nurse comes up to me. She says, “we have the results sir. Brace yourself. Here you go” and hands me the x-rays. I gasp. Inside the chest of my Diggersby, there stood the visage of an Arcanine. He had that dawg in him.

[@sephikong8323]

I swear that I had no clue where that joke was going until the last few words

[@i.theworstguys298]

@@sephikong8323 joke?

[@dante-gt7ud]

Ur mono type thumbnails always bang

[@thatoneguy3840]

I swear you have the best thumbnails on all of KZbin.

[@mack33467]

Honestly one of the most enjoyable poketubers. Keep up the good content and gl in the tourney!

[@HugeZorse]

Watched exclusively because of this thumbnail

[@KingDambit]

Diggersby got that DAWG in him 😭

[@trash3570]

You never miss with the thumbnails, they kill me Every time

[@enriquehernaiz7285]

That grass knot was NASTY

[@neon1sky]

some of the BEST thumbnails in poketube

[@StepBaum]

love the content and thumbnails!

[@iansinclair2028]

Mono flying because **BIRD UP** also would like to see a mono color team video for any format, keep having fun and enjoyed seeing your experience playing a tourney match

[@TatsuHolly]

I think mono normal is at the very least one of my favorite types to watch

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

They basically either stall you to death, or stall you to death

[@ohnoitsdominoes5393]

The only man on KZbin who can rival Agency thumbnails, love it ❤

[@HarpieSummers]

Yo! You da dopest Homie! Keep holdin it down in Pokéworld!

[@johnsepanski857]

i accidentally voted for mono ghost twice because i forgot you already did it. i’m voting for mono dark now tho, i guess i just like all the edgy shadow the hedgehog types. also i’m interested to see how dark is nowadays without urshifu, and also your first mono dark video is how i found your channel

[@JuliusBriggs]

lol that grass knot play was the most obvious thing on planet earth they walked right into a massive bus crash there

[@milesdavis3610]

Keep doing what you love Nathan, your passion shines thru so as long you passionate keep at it

[@HugeZorse]

Live tourney content is pretty sick

[@ArwenIsOnline]

You always make my day with your videos! :)

[@hueheii]

your thumbnails are always the best.

[@zapoye]

i love ur thumbnails lmao

[@garchompdude]

He got that DAHWG in him

[@tbilly1188]

Some win is pretty fun to watch

[@sephikong8323]

>Is in monotype tournament >is excited >faces off against the guy who inspired him and who he copies his teams from >very nervous, wants to make good impression >think very hard of which team to pick >"I think I'll pick mono fighting, I think CC Spam is a good strat that can carry me through even bad match ups honestly, it should be fine, plus I have Cobalion and Toxicroak so Fairy should not be too hard" >He picks Mono Ghost >want to die rn Huge F in the chat for this poor guy who got probably one of the single worst match ups in all of monotype

[@samcharleston5191]

Yup thats me

[@xionfighter4273]

Almost to 20k subs!!! Maybe do a video on how to play balance, bulky offense, and stall teams in the future?

[@KampferNL]

Hype is real! Normal seems like a cool type to play (not as cool as dark though 🌚)

[@jschmidty2332]

Looking forward to more tournament games!

[@jkid1134]

Maximum tourney content pls, love it

[@MildewJones]

good to see u back in the swing of it mane

[@divemissile8928]

that mono normal vs water game was incredible. thought for sure you'd lose cause of urshifu + barraskewda

[@micahsimmons5903]

Diggersby GOT THAT DAWG IN HIM 😤

[@hungiie]

diggersby had that dawg in him FeelsStrongMan

[@joshuakozakowski4593]

Do a psychic stall team. You could try slowbro, slowking galar, reuniclus, a Lati twin, etc..

[@raccoon3440]

legendary tumbnails

[@KampferNL]

The games are the best when there is something on the line

[@spinodude123]

The thumbnail is 11/10 😂

[@Raph920]

Nice catchy songs

[@JoyDaBeast]

against the toxicroack, if its drainpunch, gunk shot, EQ, you can just go ageslash with balloon and he cant touch you so you either SD or get damage no?

[@teslaslab7416]

Great video :)

[@vcount6676]

i know its not monotype, but id like to see some little cup :3

[@ChaosMagik]

Mono dark 💯

[@villageflippinidiot]

DAWG

[@Silverlugia1256]

Number 22 is a guy who started using bug mono again when he saw me using my team in national dex AG Miguel didn't use bug to get this far iirc btw just mentioning that

[@ImJustAPlayerMan]

since you mentioned playing aaa, could you try out sturdy endeavor togekiss? here's the set: Togekiss @ Shell Bell Ability: Sturdy Level: 1 EVs: 1 Spe Bashful Nature - Endeavor - Extreme Speed - Thunder Wave - Protect a lot of the teams right now are focused on HO with regenerator cores which get heavily chipped down (e.g. pixilate koko, azelf, terrak, etc.) rocky helmet also damages first, so shell bell heals to full if you werent 1 hp prior

[@vintagestealth8802]

Diggersby tho?

[@lipat97]

Here’s an idea for a tournament - Bo5s with the rule that you cant use any pokemom used in previous games. So game one is standard OU but the last game can have as many as 48 pokemon banned. It could lead to a lot of adaptation and theorycrafting, like whats OP with Lando off the board or what sweepers become unstoppable with toxapex gone Possible fun bonus: If you play a monotype team you get to use ONE uber. Its probably too weak to start out with but after 30 mons banned it starts to become more of a play

[@dm9910]

I think this idea has potential. The one thing I don't like about your ruleset is that picking the strongest mons bans them from your opponent too, so can't play the long game by saving your big important mons like Lando-T for the second round. Plus you could selectively ban mons to remove counters to your next round's sweeper, which just kinda feels a bit cheesy since rather than reacting to your opponent's choices that limit their own team, you get to just force your own planned strategy through. I'm also a bit pessimistic about the monotype -> 1 uber rule, I feel like nothing good would come out of it. There's a pretty narrow sweet spot between it being non-viable and 6-0ing OU/UU mons with something ridiculous like Xerneas or Arceus. it's hard to believe that this rule would ever result in fun games of Pokemon even if the teambuilding aspect is interesting.

[@lipat97]

@@dm9910 The first part is partially what you should be doing - remove counters for your next round's sweeper or wall. The mediating factors are of course 1) your opponent can set up their own sweeper and 2) your opponent can always just also use that sweeper you nicely set up for them. A set up that's too telegraphed will either have counters that are too obvious or will just end up being used by your opponent as well, giving you no advantage - this leads you to go for more subtle set ups, or unusual ones that your opponent won't recognize You might be right about the one uber rule. I really like the idea of it but it might be a bad idea in a practical sense. Its definitely a side idea to the other one

[@madsbos8652]

AAA sets: Lucario magic guard life orb steel beam Poliwrath triage belly drum drain punch Rillaboom liquid voice boomburst Bewear custap berry harvest, with flail, reversal, Endure and cc Entei magic guard life orb flare blitz Scrafty with analytic, payback, revenge, focus punch and substitute Snorlax belly drum sitrus berry with cheek pouch and recycle Abomasnow primordial sea weather ball Pixelate grimmsnarl Electric surge/analytic Vikavolt with rising voltage Compound eyes toxicroak/ tough claws blunder policy Urshifu rapid strike with poison touch Sheer force raikou Neutralizing gas suicune Ripen cresselia with Kew berry and recycle, calm mind, moonlight and moonblast

[@chefsam9849]

When are you gonna make another mono dark video? It's been over a year

[@tinplays4331]

Started playing monotype again already climbed back to top 100 again

[@pantslesswrock]

What, you don't like "mustard and old mustard" as a color scheme?

[@muhasinwahab554]

I used to love playing as mono fighting until the Urshifu ban😭

[@Jayyscottt]

i know the opponent from a pixelmon server, wild

[@Nako3]

Im super early

[@SaucersOfficial]

Please do AAA without using any OU mons!

[@JustaGeek2400]

As a dude who wants to get into monotype (and a more competitive approach in showdown since I only use it against friends when we're bored), can anyone guide me how to find the sample teams and top teams in smogon and stuff (like the one shown a few videos ago) and any tips to start in this new meta and stuff to jump in.

[@Yepitsmedude]

Hey man! I wanted to start a Monotype tournament! Is there any tips you could provide to get the tournament started and stuff? Wanted to add a reward of 300 dollars and stuff. Please respond when you can

[@NathanLikesChicken]

theres a lot to cover and I'm not totally sure what you mean - shoot me a DM on twitter?

[@Yepitsmedude]

@@NathanLikesChicken sure. Thanks man!

[@yellow8760]

I think I know rainbowsheep from draft leagues lmao

[@SeanBonJoviii]

Draft league players are nice

[@tossover6490]

@@SeanBonJoviii Yea, the ones that don't be annoying and complain the entire game

[@SeanBonJoviii]

@@tossover6490 I meant nice as in "nice at the game" some of them are total jerks lol

[@deafie]

First

[@owensmashups]

You should check out the new meta game of the month, tag-team singles! I’ve been having a ton of fun with it. They don’t have sample teams on their forum yet, but there’s some on their Discord server that I’ve been using.

[@devilsadvocate8010]

Dragon

[@cmdrray7210]

Since u like mono normal, and ur playing national deck sometimes.. ähem behold die ultimate Mega-lopunny set Jolly/adamant powerup-punch/fakeout Last Resort - - :)

[@EpicSagaWalkthroughs]

Where's the AAA

[@haveatyouvillain1033]

i would like to see some mono dragon!!!! or mono steel/flying again bc celesteela

[@Di11zCODM]

I like how you just flipped us off real quick 15:12 lol

[@vitalypodvorchan200]

damn how do you get showdown to look like that

[@moist7322]

Someone watches pat mcafee lol

[@davidswart4247]

Pour one out I'm 30 and don't know what 'that dawg' is

[@smartestmoronx19]

Diggerby thou?

[@JustaGeek2400]

As a dude who wants to get into monotype (and a more competitive approach in showdown since I only use it against friends when we're bored), can anyone guide me how to find the sample teams and top teams in smogon and stuff (like the one shown a few videos ago) and any tips to start in this new meta and stuff to jump in.

[@NathanLikesChicken]

I've got a video introducing the monotype tier and acting as a good primer, that would be the best place to start imo. But if you're looking for sample teams, just google sword and shield monotype sample teams and follow the link to the forums. Beyond that I very often link my teams in the description

[@JustaGeek2400]

@@NathanLikesChicken Thanks. Looks like I'll binge some vids hahaha