How a Shocking Legendary Won a Pokémon Tournament

[@Whimsycott]

I was the real MVP of that team.

[@draco2378]

Whimsicott was, not you.

[@MattGOG666]

​@draco2378 pretty sure thats the real Whimsicott, hater

[@fluffietanuki]

oh my god is that pokémon number 547 whimsicott from the hit games pokémon black and pokémon white!?

[@Vendidurt]

​@@MattGOG666 immune to Draco too, story checks out

[@draco2378]

@@MattGOG666 Thats Whimsycott.

[@req9022]

the articuno vgc butterfly effect is so real

[@holyy551]

Explain pls

⁠@@holyy551Blizzard spam = Discharge spam And also full stab without any coverage moves Tera + stab Choice spec That all I remember For more information please go watch the articuno video

[@req9022]

@@holyy551 articuno recently won a regional with 4 ice moves and choice specs

[@ringss_]

​@@holyy551my guess is that because someone found success with something as odd as full ice offense arcticuno, people are encouraged to try stuff that's unorthodox but strong nonetheless

[@req9022]

@@holyy551 articuno recently won a regional with choice specs and 4 ice moves

[@javieralba4333]

"Man" Both Calyrex Riders seeing Miraidon win, probably

[@jackk.4670]

Calyrex when it realizes that you can ride Miraidon

[@Goofyluffy4-lu7sq]

​@@jackk.4670Damn😂

[@SapphireSpirits0]

​​@@jackk.4670if calyrex can ride miraidon, that means they can also ride koraidon but this ain't about him

[@broidkanymore-zc4lt]

calyrex when it realizes it can put koraidon, spectrier, and glastrier on a leash while it rides miraidon

[@airam1721]

​@@broidkanymore-zc4lt well f.

[@-bemyvalentine-]

Seeing Miraidon disintegrating everything even with not very effective damage was insane

[@Endershock1678]

I imagine how weird it must be for a singles player to see a Pokémon like Miraidon be considered mid in VGC, while Zamazenta is one of the stronger ones.

[@VegaPhil]

It is weird. Wondering why seeing a Miraidon win is surprising

[@lbroseven9177]

Yeah it’s so weird

[@Cobalt_375]

Especially considering I've been hearing the opposite from vgc players talking about it before it was legal

[@RainbowLizardOne]

When you can bring Calyrex-Shadow instead, it's hard to compete.

[@im_happily_sadd3730]

@@VegaPhil It’s as Freezai said: opportunity cost. Sure, miraidon has an insane amount of power, but so does calyrex shadow and ice. Not to mention but, like Freezai showed, rillaboom is on 1/3 of teams. That a 1/3 of teams that not only drastically weaken your miraidon but also take away the passive effect of denying sleep moves like amoongus’s spore. On top of that, it’s vulnerable to priority. More specifically, fake out which is one of the best and most important moves in VGC. Not to mention that all your electric types moves, your most powerful moves, are all completed negated by simply being a ground type. So why use miraidon where calyrex has so much more to offer, is easier to use, and has about the same if not more power? The reason why this team won was because no one expected anyone to seriously use miraidon and, therefore, a lack of ground types. It was an anti-meta pick and it worked perfectly. Of course, with this miraidon victory, much more teams will be picking up more ground types and respecting miraidon.

[@bananatimez]

So it was worth it to let him steal my sandwiches after all

[@the_miraidon_shogun]

yes it was

[@redrazor7903]

Funny thing I'd like to point out is in the same weekend over japan there was a huge Pokemon TCG tournament where in a new format, an underrated miraidon deck, went and won the entire tournament.

[@XanXinGames]

"The future is now old man"

[@jr.c.4250]

Wait was it a deck based after the Miraidon ex league deck??

[@redrazor7903]

@@jr.c.4250 It used that Miraidon ex as like the main card of the deck, but the rest of the deck was mostly filled with cards outside of the deck. Stuff like the Regieleki VMAX were taken out in favour of other powerful lightning ex’s and V’s such as Iron hands ex, Raikou v and Raichu v.

[@SpookSkellington]

Miraidon: "How many layers of damage are you on?" Calyrex: "Like, maybe 5 or 6 right now my dude" Miraidon "You are like a little baby. Watch this." *Recreates the big bang with a +50%STAB, +50% electric terrain, +33% hadron engine electric move backed by great SpAtk* (and i forgot terra electric and choice specs)

[@DragonClaw180]

Electric terrain sadly isn’t a 50% boost anymore

[@helion_ut]

You forgot terra electric for double stab-

[@amazingkool]

@@helion_ut Also choice specs

[@SarcasticBeingYes]

Its around 433 base power if ur using choice specs(with electro drift). Ye, 433, i tested it on an applin woch is 0.25x effective and it died 36%.

[@hamdepaf6686]

Yea, with +100% STAB from double electric type with Terra, +50% from Choice Specs, +30% from Electric Terrain, +33% Hadron Engine (all of these stacking multiplicatively except the Terra but that is why I put those into the 100% package) we have a multiplication of: 5.187 times the damage. Meaning Electro Drift which has a nice 100 BP to work with you are staring at the equivalent of a Pokemon having to use a 518 BP move to get the same damage without STAB. So yea, even hitting a 4 times resist, that is still around 129 BP in damage. Meaning that Tera Electric Choice Specs Miraidon still does the same damage to a Raging Bolt (with 12 EV's in SpD to make it a nice clean Def/SpD of 111) using Electro Drift than a Kingambit using Kowtow Cleave on the same Raging Bolt with no Supreme Overlord buff, no Black Glasses and no Terra obviously, but having the same investment in it's attacking stat.

[@NovaSolarsis835]

You should do a video over why Zamazenta is better in VGC than Zacian, I bet that the graphic at 0:41 brought a lot of question marks to people not super familiar with doubles

[@whalerwhaler2759]

Probably because Zacian was hard nerfed coming into gen 9.

[@thesquonk1954]

@@whalerwhaler2759 Zama got hit with a nerf also, reason is mainly just that its body press hits super hard and intimidate/snarl/parting shot etc dont effect it, meaning it can pump out way more damage while also being tankier

[@victorydarts1899]

fr, as a singles player I was so confused looking at that

[@Monkey12Ninja]

I believe like a lot of it is because Body Press can one shot Incineroar, and not much can do that

[@floorgle]

Zacian being forced into rusted sword means it cant run clear amulet, so it has a much worse time against incineroar compared to all of the other physical restricteds, e.g. calyrex-ice, groudon, ect zamazenta has that same weakness, except it uses iron defence + body press so it doesnt really care, instead it can boost in the face of multiple parting shots and intimidates, and is still really fast and really strong, and boosting its defence means it’s really solid into all of the other physical restricteds, where its teammates can cover the special restricteds

[@imn_fauler6098]

Not a single calyrex in finals, nice to see it

[@Oreca2005]

Still deserves nerfs

[@LinkJihu]

Everyone was overprepared for it, which in turn made the miraidon break trough easier since players had to allocate a lot of resources just to counter both horses.

[@Oreca2005]

@@LinkJihu so it was like the mega kangaskan scenario again

[@Connowot387]

@@Oreca2005Nah, more like Xerneas. Powerful. Yet there are weaknesses like Clear Smog on Amoonguss, and Bronzong during Worlds. Smeargle should make like a shiny Alolan Graveler and Self-Destruct due to the fact that it ruined Darkrai forever, and Darkrai isn’t legal in VGC! Sorry. Just have bad memories.

[@preyingshark4878]

@@Oreca2005 It isn't because at Worlds 2015 Japan came in with Mega Kangaskhan teams that were all very similar to each other and proceeded to absolutely sweep Worlds with it. People were prepared for Mega Kangaskhan to absurd degrees and yet the West still got absolutely sweeped by it that year.

[@almostdangerous1412]

I love Ogerpon's little skipping animation while using Ivy Cudgel

[@troykv96]

Who could have thought that using the power of switching made Miraidon OP. This feels like looking at Singles.

[@BernadetteAnneChua]

Its getting banned in singles apparently from what I've seen 😭😭

[@puffywhy89]

Wolfe being the only caster to predict Miraidon to do well. GOAT doing GOAT things…

[@teokotirinta2960]

I think he was the one that realized the factor of it being off meta, while others thought meta would still win

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

World champ difference lol

[@Oreca2005]

@@teokotirinta2960well he’s the guy who makes off the wall teams So he loves what he sees

[@Breezy12736]

He's the reason I made a Miraidon build, I follow him and Cybertron for most of my ranked advice

[@fedrikrose2277]

Miraidon is the IQ Bell curve meme. - Low IQ: Miraidon is strong because he is my favourite legendary - Mid IQ: no it's weak because *long text* - High IQ: Miraidon is strong because volt switch goes vrrrm + world champ difference

[@robirdta]

I find competitive Pokemon absolutely and endlessly fascinating, it;s just the most insane thing you'd never even remotely consider as part of your own strategies, while I'll never play it I'll always respect those who do

[@zoomsuper6484]

Honestly, I'm not surprised in the slightest. Miraidon has been proven to be one of the strongest Pokemon to date since Day 1, and even considering VGC landscapes, it has so many multipliers that a lot of its weaknesses can just be muscled through. In the future, I'm expecting to see a couple more Ground Teras on restricteds, or maybe the rise of Raichu/Pachirisu

[@moonjelly5]

I'm not stunned, that thing is Tapu Koko and Regieleki on steroids.

[@Shattered_Starstorm]

"The future is now, old man." - Miraidon

[@TViewier]

Seeing Miraidon win isn’t a surprise for me tbh, I have seen its sheer power in online tournaments so I wasn’t surprised to see it doing well. (I did expect Calyrex-S win so bit surprised on that but seeing Miraidon win wasn’t the most outlandish thing for me.)

[@mjm3091]

0:50 One big thing to notice - out of just restricted Pokémon only Miraidon and Terapagos affect the Terrain, which - obviously there are some other Terrain Setters out there, but it is interesting factor when you have Koraidon, Groudon, Kyogre and Terapagos affecting the Weather. And it's notably the one Terrain that has extremely good synergy with Rain. Like Electric mons will always be good in Water/Rain dominated metas. And with Pelipper also being common here - this is just all stacking up for Miraidon. I wonder also how much Rillaboom's nerf was factoring into it, because I probably would expect it being more common in this meta, if Grassy Glide stayed the same power. 3:00 But it does kinda make Calyrex somehow predictable. Just being weak to Wide Guard, creates some openings to defend against it's signature moves, allowing to chip away some damage, with good prediction. Similarly to how Koraidon probably gets partly checked by Rain and Miraidon slows down with its damage output with Rillaboom being present. And obviously Terapagos shuts almost all top restricted Pokemon, with its immunity to Shadow-Caly and Teraform-Zero. 6:00 On the side note - I love how commonly used Farigiraf is used. Very Mega Mawile, Mega Kanga, Pelipper, Torkoal vibe, where seemingly underwhelming forgotten Pokémon becomes usable. In this case we have some presence of good old Girafarig through it's evolution. 6:55 With how uncommon Hazards are these days - you should never overlook any Pokemon that can swap tbh. 7:45 It is nice to see a tournament without Landorus being common in the top.

[@jimmywings6377]

bro ting-lu boutta come back with a vengance

[@luqmanmuhd2035]

Whimsicott

[@ninjaniknik6136]

It's cool, but it would have been so fitting for Rajan Bal to use Raging Bolt

[@nuotatorre8741]

I'm very happy to see such a creative format take shape. Can't wait to see what else it has in store

[@Mngalahad]

the choice specs stab spam at it again

[@jaspermidnight850]

not a huge vgc player but you make the topic really interesting and pretty easy to follow as well 💪

[@mandalorianhunter1]

Miraidon is truly the king in Singles and doubles. I can't wait to see how great the mon goes.

[@hunter00143]

UU next gen at the rate we're going

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@hunter00143 huh?

[@EinSilverRose]

​@@mandalorianhunter1 they're referring to the absurd power creep gen 10 will most likely have.

[@Lol-cg8qz]

New gound fairy type with 150hp 50attack 150defense 185special attack 150special defense 5speed ability sets trick room on switch in. Signature move is a 120 base power fairy spread move that boosts its highest stat by one stage

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@EinSilverRose I know the power creep but I'm just like oh snap lol

[@mayitakeyourhatsir8632]

I'm gonna need someone to explain to me how Zama is used more than fucking Groudon lmfao. I'm assuming it's because Koraidon outclasses Groudon as a sun setting physical attacker restricted mon, but what makes Zama appealing?

[@trainerrichard6859]

Body press doesn’t get affected by intimidate and with an iron defense you immediately get to plus 3. The when people lower stats they rely on intimidate for physical attack or ion deluge for special attack and besides chien-pao’s ability, who has a horrible matchup, nobody uses defense lowering moves in vgc meaning it’s gonna be there a while.

[@saintmeao4243]

​@@trainerrichard6859 did you mean eerie impulse not ion deluge lol

[@worldiefeard8396]

Groudon also has the big issue that it NEEDS to run Clear Amulet (like all the phisical attacker restricteds) to not get completely neutered by Incineroar, meaning it's now stuck with no AV, no recovery, no wide lens to get an accurate Precipice Blade, no scarf to fix its speed tier either, and a pretty awkard mono-ground typing that leaves it weak to a bunch of top meta threats including the aforementioned Rillaboom. The added issue of Groudon (and to some degree, Koraidon as well) is that you set Sun. "But that's good!" you will think, until you remind that Flutter Mane and Raging Bolt are commonly used by non-sun teams as well, and you're giving them their ability for free. Incindentally, due to how mediocre most future paradoxes are, you don't run into this risk using Miraidon, and Kyogre also doesn't care much as the only water type people run "off rain teams" are Ogerpon (which shuts Kyogre down regardless) and Urshifu (which you can neuter with your own Ogerpon or Amoongus)

[@a.v.y8331]

@@worldiefeard8396 the other thing about groudon is that it's just a strictly worse koraidon for all intents and purposes. sun setting is one thing - you can play around it to give yourself a slight advantage by allowing your flutter to hold sash or specs or scarf instead of booster. the other thing is just that koraidon does an obscene amount of damage compared to groudon. if groudon were primal it'd be a different story but groudon gets massively outclassed in terms of stat spread, matchups, and moves. (relatively) slow earthquakes don't do anything when rillaboom and incin are around. the only two pokemon groudon has some advantage against are bolt and miraidon, the former often terastalising to water or fairy and the latter being an off-meta pick. ogerpon and urshifu rapid also block out groudon HARD with their faster stab supereffective moves, and there's no good offensive tera for groudon to really make an impact. it'd a good all-rounder and has decent supportive potential, but in restricted vgc formats, mons are picked based off slim margins. calyrex-s is top tier because of how faster and powerful it is (+spread), calyrex-i is top tier because of how obscene it is in trick room. that's the two main meta forms of speed jostling between restricted threats. fast + tailwind, or trick room. groudon doesn't do either.

[@ghstlings]

zacian is unviable rn bc as a physical attacker it gets screwed by intimidate. zamazenta doesn’t have that same problem since it’s mainly relying on body press for damage

[@leonardobarbosatelles2779]

I think ppl are gonna respect Miraidon more, and this will put it on its proper place upon players’ perceptions. Imo, Ting-Lu is gonna rise, because of it’s excellent matchup against Miraidon, Calyrex-S, and even Terapagos due to it’s enormous special bulk. Meanwhile, I believe Koraidon will rise, as it having what is essentially 3 stab options without the need to Tera for that is incredible. Add on to that the variety in sets and itens Korai can use, from Sash, to Clear Amulet, to Scarf, to AV, and perhaps even Covert Cloak, and I think Koraidon is gonna dominate later stages of Reg G

[@LemonCreamPyRose]

I feel like Miraidon is still underrated, even with this showing, because it also has defensive synergy with another Pokemon that used to be a VGC Staple, Iron Hands. Sure, it might struggle against Incineroar, however that's where Miraidon comes in. On top of this, there's one defensive dynamic about this that people aren't considering, their differing speed stats. Because Miraidon is fast and Iron Hands is slow, the opponent has to take into consideration who to go after with their ground type attack. Sure, they can use Earthquake, but there aren't many Pokemon who can Ohko them with their naturally high bulk, then there's the matter of speed. Iron Hands is fast in Trick Room, while Miraidon is fast outside of it, meaning one of them will always be a threat, and Ursaluna, one of the better Ground Type Pokemon right now, doesn't even beat Iron Hands in trick room, at best it speed ties. And this isn't even considering their options for Tera. While Miraidon will almost exclusively go Tera Electric to become a bigger menace to society, Iron Hands is much more difficult to lock down because it has so many functioning Tera Types to use, since it prefers defensive tera types. And simply going "Tera Ground, easy fix" doesn't work either, as Iron Bundle exists too, as you mentioned, and it threatens both Tera Ground and one of the "counters" to Miraidon you mentioned, being Rillaboom. I can totally see Iron Hands, Iron Bundle, Miraidon, and Farigiraf becoming a common core.

[@eldegoss32]

Hands and Bundle fell in usage for a reason. If you want Fake Out support for your Mirai Incin is better. If you want speed control you run Whimsicott. Having more pokemon on your team that rely on eterrain is just not good.

[@LemonCreamPyRose]

@@eldegoss32 Actually, the reason for their inclusion has nothing to do with their abilities, it's merely an added benefit. Iron Bundle has good Offensive Type Synergy with Miraidon, BoltBeam is an infamous type coverage term for a reason, and Iron Hands is Bulkier than Incineroar, hits harder, has longer longevity due to Drain Punch, and, more importantly, is slower than Incineroar, as Incineroar can almost never outspeed either Ursaluna in Trick Room, which Iron Hands outspeeds one and speed ties the other, giving it better odds to threaten them. If you were to compare Iron Hand's role in the synergy to any Pokemon, it would be Amoongus

[@hershy1594]

The callback to false swipe was nice

[@RandomBlake2564]

As a Gen 9 Balanced Hackmons player, one of the few things I try to do is make sure that the pokemon I'm using has a different ability than it's supposed to have. In my mind, if I have to use an ability that originally came on the pokemon (as long as that ability isn't banned), I'm better off using another pokemon. Miraidon was the first pokemon that took that formula and broke it in half. Still to this day it blows my mind that the only thing you have to do to base Miraidon to make it broken in BH is give it Rising Voltage. The ability was banned mostly for that reason (and Tera too to some extent).

[@valiantchris6456]

Moral of the story: Never underestimate an underdog.

[@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo]

Never underestimate a pokémon and it's trainer

[@broidkanymore-zc4lt]

never underestimate choice specs boosted electric terrain boosted hadrone engine boosted tera boosted miraidon

[@Friendly_Neigborhood_Astolfo]

@@broidkanymore-zc4lt Miraidon: BOOOOST!

[@Oreca2005]

I was always a believer in the beginning Love my motorcycle alpha dragon

[@salt-emoji]

Gg on the random bats success, but these style of videos will always be my favorite

[@mkjirak]

1:13 Wolfey is the only one who predicted that Miraidon would get any love. Because the man loves making weird teams.

[@HenryZhoupokemon]

Dracovish be like “look at what they need to mimic a fraction of my power”

[@WolfDragonTamer]

Discharge: hits everything Telepathy Rabsca: exists

[@Savings_and_Grift_Plan]

"Rillaboom counters Miraidon" Shows a full health Rillaboom getting insta k-o'ed by a "not very effective" terra electric Miraidon... IN GRASSY TERRAIN. 9:00

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

This was with helping hand though

[@serve_xt4298]

​@@nicolaistuhlmuller8718Yes, and tera, but thats out of the opponents control. I mean you as an oponent can counter play by switching pokemon and change terrain but can't control if the enemy is gonna tera or helping hand meaning you either protect or lose a mon and you can't do much about it. Which is why this scenario says a lot.

[@Sketch_XR]

After witnessing Tera-Ice + 4 Ice Move Articuno, seeing this gameplan with Miraidon does not surprise me.

[@SKysofRain]

This feels like prenerf Tapu Koko all over again, but on steroids

[@mysticpumpkin8520]

Tbh "VGC players say this pokemon will not be good. That pokemon is good anyways" has to be my favorite genre. First happened with Amongus after Ogerpon came and now Miraidon😂

[@Janders797]

During the first preview of Rajans Team I remember thinking to myself „this team might be the one to win the whole thing. It’s a very good anti-meta call“. Watching Aaron and Wolfe have fun while commentating added a lot to that matchup, and I immediately had my favorite for the tournament, rooting for him whenever he came up on stream. I’m also very happy that the first tournament of Reg G didn’t even have a Cali form in the finals. This might help with ensuring variety in the rest of the format.

[@megamanzero29]

I’m glad Miraidon is getting more recognition in VGC competitive. Even though Calyrex is definitely more powerful I like using Miraidon more.

[@danielhale1]

Always fun to see an off-meta choice clean up shop, even if the off-meta choice is actually incredibly powerful and only barely off-meta. It's like if Cinderella was actually a powerful duchess but not quite royalty. :D

[@MotorcycleCheetah]

“Now bear witness future’s progeny, the next frontier of evolution!”

[@Nako3]

Not surprised, Miraidon is SUPER broken.

[@stevenreckling203]

I'm hoping for a ground fairy type pokemon next gen. Maybe a regional form of claydol.

[@Souls7908]

"only a niche one can beat a broken one."

[@marcelosandoval8719]

I’m still surprised Miraidon was considered MID Tier when he is so strong

[@the_miraidon_shogun]

how?!

[@BeingMuslimah55]

It's the base power of electro drift with all those boost from ability terrain Tera etc

[@StaticPika]

Very informative video! Very happy to have found your channel and hope you keep posting more! 😄

[@Talynen]

I really enjoyed watching the games Wolfe cast. The finals was easily some of the most hype ive gotten of any time ive watched vgc tournaments.

[@mattcrvg]

Fantastic breakdown, love this

[@HighOnLithium]

1:59 Krauser would have been proud

[@robertsiudak8507]

Nice analysis, ive seen your channel grow extremaly quickly and it is very well deserved. your videos are improving at a high pace!

[@francescostroppa9311]

I find insane that no one is talking about the Zamazenta Latios team that was shot by a Chien-pao icycle crush miss from deafeating this insane team

[@Chekernator]

that is true, but same icicle crash flinched AND crit miraidon turn 1 in game 2, which resulted in a instaloss. so rng corrected itself with that miss imo.

[@emdal4055]

Groudon : I use 2 ground type moves Miraidon : I use 3 electric moves Articuno : AMATEURS

[@sagacious03]

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@mathieul4303]

Miraidon: the future is now old man !!

[@Divideres]

0:43 Whats the dog doin ? And not even the blessed one *surprised pikachu face*

[@MushokuShiro]

I think its so cool how there's this whole meta since the beginning of SV, with stuff like Flutter Mane, Ogerpon later and even Urshifu-R after that that you can 100% count on them to be in 100% of tournaments, but the strats that keep having the best performance are stuff like FUCK IT WE ICE STAB Articuno and the "oh no they have a ground type" Miraidon, which funnily enough, works because they usually don't have a ground type (F Ting lu) That really showcases the beauty of competitive pokémon, which is heavily defined by a very strict, and after some time, pretty laid out meta, yet upsets like this can and will happen, not only on current metas but on old metas as well. People out here saying GAME FREAK can't balance the game but honestly, they're just missing the best part of competitive pokémon.

[@YimyNicasio]

The best part of miraidon is that we don’t need to worry about amongus anymore with miraidon

[@brokensystem5279]

Something that should be pointed out on Whims' encore was during Rajan's semis game, he stalled out and KO'd Raging Bolt cause of thunderclap and protect encore

[@redviolet5158]

good for miriam im glad she got a chance to pop off

[@schizoidahole]

There are even times when knocking your opponent out with Discharge can work to your favor. So when you fully understand how to use it, there really aren’t any downsides.

[@Darkluster3]

They slept even though Miraidon has Electric Terrain 😔

[@cracuss31n52]

Lmao I didn't watch the tournament but seeing Wolfey making memes about Miraidon makes me somewhat aware of it's uprising. 😂

[@PokéJolt50]

Miraidon showing off why it's the best. You gotta love it.

[@OceanBlueLLC]

it took primal groudons retirement for an electric type to hit top of the meta im crying

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

something i'm curious about is whether miraidon could bring iron hands back into the meta. it's main weakness was that it basically didn't have an ability, so it was objectively worse than incineroar in every way, but being an electric type with quark drive gives it a nasty damage output so i think it could work as a highly aggressive fake out user on offensive teams (you could maybe run it slow as a trick room sweeper). terrain + quark drive boosted stab wild charge from adamant iron hands is pretty terrifying

[@Specnoob3000]

Studying my AP Economics exam 2:35

[@palatonian9618]

Being a casual pokemon vgc spectator is fun. Does make me feel pretty dumb sometimes though. Imagine being surprised Miriadon was actually not that great and then surprised again that it is definitely great lmao

[@Nameless_mixes]

I’m a little surprised that Zacian hasn’t taken off yet. Given it’s great typing, move pool, and stats, it seems like a good anti-meta threat. I wonder if Lightning Rod Raichu will make a return to the meta just as a means of dealing with Miraidon? Between Fake Out, Nuzzle, and its other status moves, it’s a great support mon. And Tera Fairy would make it immune to both of Miraidon’s stabs. Togedemaru might also be a decent option. And maybe something like Assault Vest Groudon will rise in usage? It would pair up well with mons like Flutter Mane and Roaring Moon if those still get any usage? We’ll just have to see how things play out.

[@dave9515]

The issue is incineroar nukes the attack stat of Zacian and Groudon. Neither can take off with that intimidating menace running around.

[@LAIDDN24]

if zacian-crowned can held a item it would be a good anti meta but it doesn't it loses to incineroar who's on 60% of the teams groudon also loses to inci without clear amulet

[@dave9515]

Incineroar gatekeeps so many mons and people still refuse to admit him and intimidate need nerfs/reworks in pokemon. GF must have been high on drugs when making incin and a lot of these new mons cause powercreep is insane gen 9 and incin is unaffected.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@dave9515 Would a special version of Intimidate make things better or worse?

[@Axelpvz2030]

Calyrex shadow might be the most broken pokemon ever objectively, but that doesn't means the good old nuke buttons like miraidon and Kyogre are any worse

[@broidkanymore-zc4lt]

so broken that it dies to ting lu and any normal type

[@Axelpvz2030]

@@broidkanymore-zc4lt Nothing a tera fairy draining kiss can't fix

[@Kmn483]

Oh sure, but when I use volt switch spam in doubles I still lose. (It was Mega Manetric in a 6v6 draft format so everyone knew what they were getting into vs me and had more hazards, priority, and ground types)

[@gamertagge8429]

Miraidon hits like f truck defensive snorlax with sp def boosted struggles by its power

[@JHaven012]

Miraidon with volt switch is basically a hit and run

[@Kasaaz]

I love your videos because they aren't just what happened, but also WHY. Thank you!

[@Blaziken20052000]

It was crazy seeing the lists going into this reg slowly start putting Miraidon lower considering we not too long ago had a format where Miraidon was simply the strongest thing in the game. Thing on paper is simply insane.

[@iisnopel3769]

Rajan sounds dangerously close to Raijin. Any wonder he could harness lightning.

[@AuroraBoost]

Future bros, we won!

[@renjitsu26]

Tldr: people underestimated it and didn't bring it. Meanwhile one guy brought it and pressed button

[@brutalbjoern]

"no other Iron pokemon are relevant" - *cries in Iron Hands*

[@LAIDDN24]

iron hands is kinda mid in the meta tbh but i'm sure iron hands will be back and partner with calyrex-ice just because iron hands

[@SnoozeCruisin]

11:00-11:09 🔥 bars 🔥

[@kalosianporygon]

That random Rampardos hits

[@Maravillante]

What about the Gloom Dewong team? I’ve been wanting you to explain it, you are the best

[@H2o-Ninja]

Playing day 1 seeing this thing was wild but day 2 made day 1 look like child’s play it was wild

[@GeorgeDCowley]

I'm surprised U-turn didn't cone into it. Wait, I get it. 6:50 Astral Barrage?

[@robbier6389]

Great vid! Have you seen the 1v1 Chimera tier on showdown? It’s a lot of fun and I think a vid on it would be awesome!

[@eewalktub8907]

money well spent, great vid

[@head_snapss7587]

This just Articuno all over again.

[@nicktime5841]

The articuno flashbacks are crazy

[@zigzag321go]

I remember building a similar team in reg F that was Raging Bolt Sun centered instead of Miraidon e terrain centered. You'd be surprised how many double kills protosynthesis boosted tera electric magnet discharge gets.

[@PrinceSilvermane]

I'm not surprised by Miraidon doing something in a tournament, I'm more surprised by the 3 electric moves. Almost reminds me of the 4 ice move Articuno.

[@akilreis1012]

I'm just suprised its not 4 electric move miraidon in this point.shouldve had parabolic charge instead of draco beam smh

[@phantom_boii]

VoltTurn bros, are we back?

[@N0x3w]

so if i were to create a meta electric- type team, would miraidon, raging bolt, morpeko, sandy shocks, + any other potential electric types allowed in said form at if any, be good, or should i go with a regieleki trick room?

[@Mysterious-Stranger]

Your video title spoiled the tournament for me D:

[@loudthump6306]

Freezai at night hits different

[@Cruzer108]

A friend of mine was in the top 8 he got 7th and lost due to an unlucky miss on icicle crash it hurt

[@joshuaallen1253]

Great breakdown