How I Ruined a Pokemon Tournament

[@WolfeyVGC]

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[@Ak1_69]

first?

[@universaltoons]

hi

[@felipegpalves]

Hi

[@HunterPuhalski-v9f]

Hi

[@Foot751]

Are we never getting NAIC or worlds?

[@SecretRareHoss]

I remember walking by the stage after my round 8 and seeing this going "who is using toedscruel?" then looking at the stage and going "oh that makes sense"

[@ignacioperez5479]

Yeah. Wolfey being wolfey

[@Drop0sauce]

Tbh idk why more people weren’t picking him up I was almost solemnly running weezing toed slaking/Regigias and running thru my locals and a couple tours was pretty insane the amount of viable teams in multiple metas this set up was able to do obviously a fast paced spore team is gonna be problematic but it’s gets so many more utility support moves then most expect

[@KimchiFarts]

World champ difference babyyyy

[@ld2k408]

Made my day

[@ChakraX2]

"Oh no, I'm going to be made into content...!"

[@lyoukeefen7199]

If nothing else, going undefeated to losing to a patreon member is a really good advertisement of your skill as a coach.

[@matavastros]

Lmao I didn’t realize that

[@ItsJustKaya]

And movie history tells: wolfey teached the main villain of the story. Making him essentially Tai lung/ Anakin skywalker This means. We will get a Wolfey another youngling to defeat the first student

[@tanzim37]

Patron used copy paste strong team™ so i don't think they learned anything, they did good on button pressing part, but Pokémon is about team building too.

[@afletra]

​@@tanzim37 is it?

[@AdinGorum]

@@tanzim37they still had to make a lot of good reads as Wolfie himself said.

[@요한신부]

Do you know? There are a lot of people in Korea who watch your videos and support you... and I hope that one day, great people like you will be cool and Double Battle will be popular in Korea as well.....

[@koathekid8255]

Hey! Did you know that there are a lot of people in Korea that watch your videos and support you?.. one day I hope that great people like you and double battles will be popular back home as well There! That’s how you would usually say it in English You only got some special characters in the wrong spot and said things in a bit of a weird way I could never do that good in another language so great job! I hope you have fun in your advancing skill in the mess that is the English “language”

[@huapure]

@@koathekid8255 bro, why r u so mean abt it?? lol

[@Joeseph_Kerr]

@huapure He seemed nice to me. Rewrote the paragraph, let them know the mistakes they made, placed the blame on this STUPID language we use, and then wishing them luck in their future english endeavors.

[@huapure]

@@Joeseph_Kerr i red it wrong i read the last part as: "i wish you luck in the mess that is your english language" forgive me im dyslexic, but its cleared now

[@Joeseph_Kerr]

@huapure It's cool. We all make mistakes.

[@shadowacesonic2827]

Wolfe fully embracing his Pokémon influence as a chaotic evil team builder is the villain origin story we all needed

[@begining9807]

and i'm ALL here for it

[@bruhe83]

It’s not Team Sky though

[@sekaihunter9378]

he even chose the Diddy Typhlosion variant. Yeah, he is fully embracing his villain side at this point.

[@geraldoderibeirao2347]

Z

[@wombat4191]

And his student who stayed on the light side brought him down

[@LordBuglug]

Wolfey probably thinks I am going to watch this while doing something else. What he doesn't know is that he is such a good story teller he keeps me locked in at full attention every time.

[@biida448]

Same here, hard to not focus on how good the world champ difference is, especially when seeing this for the first time

[@FrostFire425]

SAME... It's so good

[@Vegasayshi]

fr

[@midge9511]

Agreed! The ads got very annoying though because they paused my Sunday morning entertainment

[@kaktusart05]

Bruh I literally _tried_ doing something else (as i do with 90% of youtube) but it got me back lmao

[@vivimannimarcos125]

IT WAS YOU. THATS why Ive been seeing toeds + weezing combo on showdown so much lately. Man of course it was you

[@zegna1318]

"pawmot is how you officially pronounce it". immediately misprounces it next sentence. classic wolfey

[@ayo-whats-this]

Just because that's how it is pronounced, doesn't mean that's how you pronounce it.

[@pangobara8182]

I'm glad he did because I was genuinely so confused as to what other pronunciation there could be for Pawmot. I guess I should have known that it was pronouncing the o but I was so distracted by the only other 2-syllable word that I've seen end like that being Marmot (which is certainly what it's based off).

[@potatovine]

​@@ayo-whats-thisIts probably based on marmot the animal so yeah you should pronounce it that way

[@Jimbob35854]

@@ayo-whats-this sure if you want to be an idiot and mispronounce words like some neanderthal

[@asiffahim3041]

@6:06 I shed my tears in joy when Wolfe said "it's weezing time" and neutralizing gassed all over the tournament. Truly one of the VGC moments of all time

[@ElectricityRaichu]

"Ahhh yes sludge bomb all over me" 🔥🗣️💯

[@whackareal]

Weezer

[@РоманТимофеев-р3ф]

You are funny ​@@whackareal ngl you ARE funny.

[@Foot751]

Are we ever getting NAIC or worlds?

[@mathieul4303]

💀

[@eonblue9713]

53:23 -- The fact that spore worked on Goldengo even though Weezing switched out shows that the ability Good as Gold did not come into action until the next turn. This also explains the Mycelium Might interaction -- wherein this kicks in only on the turn _after_ weezing switches out

[@maxlimit9129]

Actually, Mycelium Might ignores Good As Gold anyway so Toed can always spore Ghold

[@eonblue9713]

@@maxlimit9129 Oh wow, you're right! So either one of the two things happened to explain what happened: (i) Both Mycelium Might & Good as Gold did not come into play until the next turn on switching Weezing out, or (ii) Both Mycelium Might & Good as Gold came into play immediately, but there was the weird speed interaction similar to lagging tail that caused Spore not to go last like Wolfe mentions. I guess it should not be difficult to test out (i) to verify which of the two's happening -- i.e. switch out Weezing and use a status move (not from Toedscruel) on Goldengo to see if Good as Gold activates or not

[@88porpoise]

I would guess that Mycelium Might is applied at the start of the turn. In this case, before Wheezing left the field. And, while speed is recalculated,yceloum Might is not reapplied

[@justlynch7381]

​@@88porpoise I was thinking, does Mycelium Might maybe not affect the speed itself? I mean, it's different from Swift Swim (and Tailwind, for that matter), in that it just says the user goes "last" (within its priority). If "last" is realized in some other way than speed, then this other way is most likely not affected by the dynamic changes to speed, because Mycelium Might never took part in the speed calculation. Because also, how would you implement "last" using the speed stat, virtually set it to 0 and wait until some other effect most likely messes with that again? Doubling a speed stat is straight-forward, but "last" actually depends on what else is on the field.

[@rayveewrites6268]

Is it possible Mycelium Might (+ Lagging Tail and Quash) works with the priority system in some way? I could see GF not wanting to mess with that when they added dynamic speed, because then things would probably get very buggy very quickly.

[@shadowacesonic2827]

Wolfe is so right that these videos are completely unique on KZbin, no other Poketuber has content like this. They're an entire unique genre of their own!

[@thetrav2100]

this content and nuzlockes are my fave!

[@minecraftcreeper777]

I mean, moxie boosted does something similar, but yeah, he doesn't come close to the wins wolfey has

[@olcatgaming859]

Ray Rizzo is Wolfe lite. Tbh he just needs to upgrade his mic, and needs to sound more confident.

[@bananaboy8173]

It’s that world champ difference

[@goranpiljic9362]

​@@minecraftcreeper777I second the shoutout to Moxie Boosted. The quality of his videos is top notch. I've come to greatly enjoy his content. Him and Wolfey are basically the only two VGC channels I watch.

[@wunderb33f]

Not gonna lie: Regulation H has been my favourite ruleset by a country mile. It actually made me feel like I had a chance to do original teams, and have fun with it. Its made me interested in participating again instead of watching from the sidelines.

[@cabrondemente1]

You mean games without Urshifu and Fluttermane are entertainment? The audacity!

[@ggbinogaming3768]

I much prefer formats like series 1, 2, reg c and h over reg g. Much more diversity and not every team feels the same. It’s way more fun to team build and play :)

[@jstar3382]

​​@@cabrondemente1 gasp! The centralizing Pokemon had the entire meta based around them?

[@lucarioknightb7685]

Huge diversity, no legends or "legend class" Mon like paradoxes and UBs to smother the average Mon...it's such a game changer. I adore it.

[@Stricken314]

This is the first time I’ve ever picked up competitive Pokemon and it’s specifically because of Regulation H.

[@GeorgioSubs]

These videos where you give historical context like ruleset changes, tournaments and the meta then go into team building, then the tournament are PURE GOLD. Certainly the best pokemon content on the internet and some of the best content online bar none. Keep it up man!

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Wolfe is the prime example of why it’s great to study every rule in the book, so that you may break them as thoroughly as possible.

[@joshuakim5240]

Similar energy to "Studying all the cultures in the world to learn how to be more thoroughly racist", but applied to an official event.

[@whateverthewheel6623]

@@joshuakim5240more thoroughly racist is crazy

[@nbassasin8092]

yeah, what he shows is akin to Magnus Carlsen in chess, Magnus often plays troll openings, but because he knows so much theory and has such good instincts, he chooses the "right" troll opening for the situation

[@mathewserrano2262]

Bend*

[@Deadflower019]

You again

[@cyphate]

For anyone interested, it takes 7 seconds for incineroar to appear in a video about ruining a Pokémon tournament

[@ruikaio7926]

Classic wolfey moment

[@nestrior7733]

What is really amazing to me is that despite having won Worlds "only" once what feels a lifetime ago, you are a major influence on the format to this day. Often by unleashing what's best described as "evil" teams that force adaptation. With every year of Scarlet and Violet so far having been changed by one of your teams. Not to mention that you remain one of the consistently best players at major events, evil team or not. Having a record of 9 Regionals under your belt being the best evidence for this. And on top of that you have made VGC accessible to those that will never play. Without mentioning those that have started because of you, like this patreon subscriber. And while I hope that you will break double digits before the next Worlds, you have already made a lot of history. With me staying to witness what is yet to come.

[@mahawailoh]

doing flips and twists on it

[@8-bitsarda747]

bro, the sleep talk Typhlosion had me legitimately laughing. That might be the best way of circumventing spore that I have ever seen

[@Y0G0FU]

I used Sleep talk kyogre during the reign of Darkrai in Singles and Dark Void smeargle in doubles. Its a genius move to use it on a Pokemon that has a high chance to do Spread damage if there is a 100% sleep move around 😁

[@mintcake2668]

Sleep talk was very popular in gen 2, and Typhlosion was a gen 2 Pokemon. Nostalgia.

[@Topdoggie7]

Gen II technique.

[@graceholbert2126]

I love me my Sleep Talk Prankster Grimmsnarl

[@8-bitsarda747]

@@graceholbert2126 that's just mean. Though it is funny

[@theonethathungers5552]

“I don’t do well without sleep: 2 hours of sleep (generous): goes undefeated 10 hours of sleep: loses tournament

[@alexursu4403]

The moral is, let Ultra Instinct do the heavy lifting for you.

[@superzockertvyt9630]

"TRESPASS INTO THE DOMAIN OF THE GODS, DO IT KAKAROT!"​@@alexursu4403

[@coffeemanyepcoffee570]

thxs for the spoiler :)

[@stinky_3793]

​@@coffeemanyepcoffee570Dude the Baltimore regionals happened two months ago

[@vdun]

@@coffeemanyepcoffee570 Don’t read the comments before watching the video if you don’t want to be spoiled

[@sandreid87]

I will never understand people who pronounce it "slay-king". He's laying down. He's lazy. He is actually just slacking.... Sla... cking..... Sla-king. Slaking! The king of slack

[@giraffeorganic]

cuz dey geh 🏳‍🌈

[@LagiacrusHunter]

It's because Slaking is a real word and that's how you pronounce it I get the pun they were going for, but you can't use a real word as a Pokemon's name if you want people to pronounce it differently

[@Apowo16]

​@@LagiacrusHunter but it's a niche word (looking up "slaking" only gives you results for the pokemon, when any other word gives you a definition), and obviously Slaking the pokemon has nothing to do with geology

[@Str8jameson118]

"This is content you're not gonna get anywhere else" is so true. And its 100% confindence and pride in his hard work and not at all arrogance or a big ego. This man works so hard and it's paying off. Keep it up World Champ!

[@paulkish-greer9545]

I was thinking the same thing, I love how confident Wolfe has become. He earned that confidence!

[@Averagejon95]

Was sat across from Wolfe round 2 next to his opponent. Was able to shake his hand and talk to him even if the convo was short. Thanks for talking to me even though you might not remember!!

[@whackareal]

Cool!

[@dankrishnadasan9295]

Usually I put a video in the background while I play on my switch. But some channels you know you need to give them full attention because of how dedicated they are to their craft, the quality and care they have for their video. This is one of those channels. Watched this over the course of a few days and it was a blast! Thanks Wolfey, love that you are so creative and focus on improvement!

[@BLKCLVR]

Wolfey had time to teambuild this tournament? I was kinda looking forward to hearing about how he woke up in the Canadian wilderness with nothing but the word "Baltimore" tattooed onto his arm and 8 hours to build a new team.

[@cabinetman7124]

He gets on the plane back home from Hawaii and blacks out before waking up covered in old bay in Baltimore harbor

[@eve_gang_rep]

HAHAHAHAHAH THATS SO FUNNY OML

[@adoniscreed4031]

His life does move like that sometimes 😂

[@eve_gang_rep]

im back this is still the funniest thing ive ever seen

[@ironboy3245]

​@@cabinetman7124P P P P P P POWER

[@bobalopadus8901]

I would say that single-handedly shifting the meta counts as a win regardless of where you place. The community sat up and took notice

[@hugebluewhales]

1:04:17 This is the first time I heard that Trick Room has negative priority! I never noticed because the Trick Room setters are always so slow already

[@SurotaOnishi]

Not only does it have negative priority, it has -7 priority which is the lowest in the game. There are other moves and abilities that induce negative priority (like mycelium might) but trick room will always go last because of this

[@hugebluewhales]

@@SurotaOnishi the lowest priority? would that mean that moves like whirlwind or dragon tail can stop trick room?

[@SurotaOnishi]

@@hugebluewhales yes, trick room will always go last. It's actually relatively easy to counter which is why so much work is involved to protect the trick room user.

[@DaShikuXI]

Some 8 months ago you entered a tournament with a heavy control team. I said then that control is absolutely what you are best at, due to your very accurate reads most of the time. This video again shows that you do really well with control strategies. I really do think that this sort of team is what can win you a world championship again, instead of the more aggressive beatdown meta teams, simply because it plays to your strengths as a player.

[@do0183]

That's actually very true now that I think about it. He's the best perish trap user having won with it in 2016 and that team features heavy control with shadow tag. Not to mention an unorthodox offensive strategy with perish song.

[@Blaze-nm1uh]

I kinda hope comments like this get seen and he realizes this, feels like it might help him win this year!

[@ReflexRune]

38:13 "I absolutely should not bring Toedscruel and Weezing" -> "Game 2 starts with Toedscruel Weezing..." XD

[@atyt69-69]

Bruh 😂😂😂😂😂

[@kmpartist]

Subtle foreshadowing :D

[@RafaelSilva-yn4ps]

LMFAO 😂😂😂

[@therickestmaverick2713]

"They win the speed tie, get the 1 turn wake up and ko both my pokemon with make it rain"

[@lasthope468]

😅bruv

[@apassenger4877]

i like seeing wolfey win, its amazing, but its even more satisfying seeing how wolfey does his best despite the circumstances and how he influences the game as a whole. Seeing that patreon susbcriber playing so well was also impressive and knowing other players used aspects of this fun, troll-like team was neat to learn about. Even if he doesnt ever win again, wolfey has changed the game AND most importantly, always gives his best and has fun. Thats something thats incredibly entertaining to see.

[@FranXiT]

"Ability? What ability? I'm just a little guy" -Weezing with a suspiciously Drizzle-shaped belly

[@YunxiaoChu]

?

[@twoloavesofbread]

this is craaazy 😭

[@KZFathom]

we outta abilities

[@nahnah390]

It feels thematically fitting that the person you taught and gave pointers to, not only beat you, but from the sounds of things read you like a book. Honestly, I'm with you on being proud of them.

[@onebear6504]

They beat the now former champion and become the new champion of the region! 💪🏆

[@TysALT]

Spoilers!!!

[@dylanmcloughlin2187]

​@@TysALT They are commenting on the climax of the video. If you don't want to see parts you haven't seen yet, just read comments at the end, lol.

[@TysALT]

@@dylanmcloughlin2187 We do a little trollin

[@Topdoggie7]

​@@TysALT Get out of the comments then.

[@LeonWarczak]

"I made a lot of people very, very angry." - Wolfe Glick The more things change, the more they stay the same. "Can't win em all... Or any of em."

[@enzoforgets9456]

Wolfe's reaction when one of ur foes whips out the dreaded "im not mad just dissapointed"

[@YoloYester94]

They’re so *disappointed, they forgot how to spell the word.

[@Topdoggie7]

Disappointing!

[@enzoforgets9456]

@@YoloYester94 im not mad you corrected my spelling so swiftly, just disappointed ;)

[@nksuke5988]

I might not know how to play pokemon competitively that well, but my god is Wolfey a huge inspiration to try harder.

[@nightowlowo149]

Same, I'm stupid but I feel smarter now I dont play pokemon, but I do play a lot of pokemon fangames on roblox (dont judge) It's giving me the motivation to try making a team. It would prob still give me a headache tho

[@Jptorrent004]

Insanely well edited and narrated. The visuals really helped, so thank you for taking the time to simulate those battles. I'm not into competitive Pokémon but I love your videos, keep up the great work (:

[@gmtopaz]

7:45 "I don't know why I'm using the royal "we"." Well, of course, it's because you can't spell Weezing without "We"

[@pokinfunatcartman]

Also, it helps with engagement because it makes it feel like this is not just Wolfe's team, it's our team that is going to do some level of chicanery.

[@CosmicPlatonix]

"WE" is secretly short for "World champ differencE".

[@Alierii]

Wet Elicopter

[@ICallShotgun13]

We do indeed zing

[@uproost]

Hydreigon making fun of Weezing dying twice just to get booted off the team is peak foreshadowing and irony.

[@onyx.avenger]

Wolfe, in addition to being a world-class player and great video editor, I think one of the things that pushes you to success here is the fact that you're also a great storyteller. Your tournament videos have a very good flow to them and are really interesting to listen to, even for someone like me who will probably never play pokemon competitively. You set up the core team idea to entice, then do the whole training montage of the design phase before launching into the finale where you show how it actually performs. The drama in your narration is amazing. Thanks for your videos!

[@ICallShotgun13]

Imagine being coached by Wolfey, and then getting matched up with him in a tournament, and then being the one to eliminate him. That man has *succeeded* . Also, I wonder how Wolfey (or any really good vgc player) would build a monotype team, cause it's such a unique concept for competitive.

[@ui8087]

He’s already done that in his Gym Leader video. He picked water.

[@super_pangis_pow6503]

Not a unique concept

[@Luivalt_here]

Literally just Volo and the player from Legends Arceus

[@angelitabecerra]

CybertronVGC did that for Wolfey's in person Gym Leader event; he was an Ice Gym

[@ton1]

It was a win win situation for him. He either wins or he makes advertisement for his patreon schooling.

[@Sey318]

man, I so love the whiteboard style pause explanations, they make everything so much easier to understand

[@bigmemvb]

12:19 Not sure how many people will read this, or if Wolfe even will, but if this ever happens, restart the game AGAIN. This happened to me once with two shinies on the screen, both were lost. Then a few months later it happened again with a different shiny. When I booted up the game it was nowhere to be found, so I decided to reboot the game for a second time with a very small amount of hope that it would work, and it reappeared.

[@reiniar]

THANK YOU SO MUCH AS A SHINY HUNTER YOUVE JUST SAVED MY LIFE

[@mickdestines1782]

Absolutely love this long video format. This was such a cool team and it was awesome getting insights into how you built it! Excited to see more content like this for future tournaments! Good luck on your next regional win!

[@HiddenForbidden2]

You feel proud of getting 9th with a new strange team with masterful piloting. I personally think the fact that someone who you've been teaching through Patreon took your lessons to heart and beat you!

[@vilijar9065]

It's like a classic pokemon story where at the end you have to beat the champion to become one yourself

[@Justinbyleth]

I read “strange team” as “strange steam” after an hour and a half of Weezing

[@scaleonkhan183]

1:22:02 so awesome

[@HiddenForbidden2]

@@Justinbyleth Oh, that isn't Team, it's Steam, Steam from the Strange Steam we're having!

[@thisfeaturewontlastlong]

Niche Sleep Talk on Typhlosion is just delicious, weirdest competitive Gen 2 flex and I'm SO here for it!

[@sparkcircuit7029]

People may hate what Wolfey is capable of, but you have to give him props for understanding the gameplay mechanics and abilities/items/moves info VERY well. Like, even if this is an evil, _evil_ team, stuff like using a non-ability setup or picking out that Revival Blessing won't have much effect despite how good it is or equipping Sleep Talk of all things just in case of Amoongus requires a lot of dedication and knowledge and is solid proof of the World Champ Difference. 👍✨

[@sparkcircuit7029]

side note (which people can either agree or disagree with, i don't care much either way): i am really glad they banned Legendaries and Paradoxes for a time, just because we get to see some creative teams and the return of some older good pokemon that only went unused due to just being outclassed by the higher stats of legendaries/paradox and put on the bench.

[@turkoositerapsidi]

​@@sparkcircuit7029This.

[@do0183]

​@@sparkcircuit7029it definitely brings back a ton of variety to teams instead of the usual urshifu-incineroar-rillaboom core

[@sparkcircuit7029]

​@do0183 Exactly! And that makes battles more interesting to play/watch too! Keeps people on their toes more. I was surprised to see Vivillion here but it did well.

[@shadowacesonic2827]

The ability to claw back a game after leading the wrong Pokemon and being two turns behind with an intimidated physical attacker is actually INSANE, that's the WCD at work babyyyyyyyyyy

[@RevinSOR13]

My dude, you will without a doubt go down as the GOAT. It's not about purely winning, it's also about how you carry yourself in defeat and you are always nothing but graceful, the mark of a true champion. My hats off to you.

[@Wrappedinhair]

Having such a huge impact to the sport, that you have become the most decorated player ever, but also inspired players to the point that you lost to a literal student of yours is WILD, Wolfie. Huge success, my guy. Mad props.

[@Zaky-ne7zi]

A real anime story

[@josepholivarez1281]

In a video talking about a Baltimore regional competition, it takes Wolfey 2:50 to talk about Dudunsparce

[@LexSchilperoord]

*Dudunsparce

[@ApexCookieRBLX]

*Dudunsparce

[@ytpanda398]

Dudunsparce disrespect speedrun

[@superzockertvyt9630]

*Dudundundundundundunsparce

[@HadiH0101]

MASSIVE HIKARU BONGCLOUD SERIES CALLBACK xD

[@jambove]

this video was really fun, i enjoyed the occasional doodles throughout, especially the ones involving the pokemon- makes it feel like they have a bit of personality. gossip between pokemon teams is also really funny LMAO. overall fantastic job with the editing

[@xXGloomuraiXx]

23:09 “I don’t even like incineroar” we sure abt that champ ?

[@NeonBlaceplalon]

Bro wants mega Incineroar so yeah his a$$ is lying

[@dany_fg]

Wolfey: "I'm about to create the most evil team ever" also Wolfey: "Am I the bad guy?" Me: "You may be a bad guy, but you're not a bad guy"

[@blu6295]

,,Hes a Pirate!" ,,and a good man."

[@coless4904]

50:32 the dynamic speed probably doesn’t affect lagging tail and MM ability because they make the Pokémon go last instead of reducing speed. So because going last in the order is not a speed effect then abilities or items with that phrasing wouldn’t be subject to dynamic speed.

[@costathespy1878]

Wolfe being as equally bewildered as everyone at Vijay Sood's team (Round 7 58:29 ) and winning despite getting outpredicted shows how insane this team is

[@Strewt]

Wolfie, I absolutely love the little animations, like when garchomp is looking at the team stat sheet behind your back. They are pure gold.

[@thedyingmeme6]

Brother is like "HUH?!?!"

[@SomeFreakingCactus]

And the Corviknight hogging the shower at the hotel room. I love the image of him having to share the room with all of them.

[@sketchydude8431]

I love how your pokemon are drawn here Garchomp with the life orb on its chest looks badass Galarian Weezing looks incredibly devious And Toadscruel with a cloak looks very goofy, I love him.

[@beenieweenie1986]

I found wolfe years ago from watching FalseSwipes how good series cuz he kept getting name dropped for unusual teams and results he got. This seems like exactly the kind of thing that got me interested in the first place

[@asteriskonline3494]

Same. I was there where his intro was still "Real Youtubist..."

[@maxjansson3672]

I love these thumbnails they have so much personality so I think it’s a shame they get changed after a while even though it’s probably to boost the algorithm

[@samamies88]

Isn't it just the A/B thing? There are multiple thumbnails. U see some of them rn, someone else sees the other versions (iirc sometimes KZbin have more than 2). I sometimes see different thumbnail on my pc than mobile on same day on same account. Wolfy at least in past did AB testing (iirc there even was pinned comment on one of the videos about it) - am not sure if he stopped but if he still does it then that would explain why u see different thumbnail now and another later.

[@shieldplus]

It sure seems like the tournament was a success to me! You played an awesome, original team and made some pretty cool plays. Also the blinged-out Toedscruel was just icing on the cake

[@gordon.sarratt]

dont get it twisted i love high power rulesets with crazy pokemon, i love restricted formats, but i REALLY love when the power level is lower and the teams get crazy interesting

[@nagoyen7292]

1:25:39 Bros turning into ash ketchup

[@cptazstudios7952]

I love the Hikaru Bong cloud reference. I know nothing about Pokémon but immediately understood that by playing that Pokémon you give you me opponent an advantage right at the beginning 👏 👏 👏

[@promienodrzutowysamuel790]

Okay but the Typhlosion bit is actually really adorable

[@spartanxbear9076]

But the lore…

[@eduardocarreno4525]

@@spartanxbear9076no

[@Ivy-Plays]

​@@spartanxbear9076​ dude. That was 1000s of years ago. *Why won't you realise the lore is expired evidence that no-one had the audacity to use as evidence until now.* And well, you're just trying to make an entire species die out, all, Because, OF ONE *INDIVIDUAL* *TYPHLOSION.* ... don't hate on an entire species because of what one did. Besides, that typholosion Is deceased now. Also, read a history book

[@eduardocarreno4525]

@@spartanxbear9076 No

[@Eevee15]

@@spartanxbear9076not used content is not lore. It wasnt used for a reason

[@enderwiggins8248]

A whimsicott without prankster is just a piece of cotton 😔

[@skazka3789]

Choice specs Whimsicott with infiltrator is a thing in singles haha

[@Pablo360able]

@@skazka3789A choice specs Whimsicott with infiltrator without infiltrator is just a piece of cotton with choice specs 😔

[@sheaponders3740]

@@Pablo360able a lot to think about...

[@kfpemployeeno.568]

​@@skazka3789 too bad the funny gas is around to stop abilities

[@IschmarVI]

an excessively adorable piece of cotton

[@jawllypop1750]

I loved seeing your animated Weezing breaking the Choice Specs into a pair of monocles is genius! Also your strat.. WOW!

[@juanCmásmás]

I've been watching your "team-building for X tournament" videos for a while, and I really think that this is the greatest most evil team you've ever assembled. Everything you pulled off was so f-ing smart. Truly World Champ Diff.

[@charcoaloven3321]

Every time I feel like watching Wolfey, he makes a new video in like 5 minutes. World Champ difference extends to consumer satisfaction.

[@tyleralexander1755]

He posts at 11am US East coast time

[@rundomrun]

I was literally just watching both his Orlando regional vids when this showed up lmao

[@charcoaloven3321]

@@tyleralexander1755 100% did not know that. Thanks for the clarification

[@obscurereference8798]

About the topic around 50:00, if the change is making the pokemon "move last" then that's not necessarily a speed change which could explain why it doesn't update till the next turn.

[@miniiore]

Incineroar appears at 0:08 seconds into the video.

[@Etrius690]

mentioning incineroar any% speedrun WR by Wolfe

[@BeatlecraftD-g7y]

It’s getting faster and faster

[@landler656]

K?

[@hedvent2692]

It's tired

[@haddy106]

I love that when I look for your past comments on Wolfeys channel they're pretty much all about when Incineroar shows up

[@aQrator]

47:40 Fun Fact, Using Facade specifically still ignores the burn drop. Only the Guts boost is removed from that interaction, and it's still 210bp

[@Justanavacado6000]

Burn drop cuts move power not your attack and facade doubles your move power instead of dropping it while statused

[@TheBlueWizzrobe]

Somebody else has probably already commented about this by now, but Mycelium Might and Lagging Tail are both really weirdly specific in their functionality, which is probably why the dynamic speed effects don't apply for them. We know that speed is allowed to change mid-turn as you explained, and we also know that priority brackets are allowed to change mid-turn because moves like Quash exist that do this. But Mycelium Might and Lagging Tail both belong to a group of items and abilities that affect a Pokemon's _sub-priority bracket_ as I would call it. They don't affect a Pokemon's speed nor a Pokemon's priority bracket, but they instead put a Pokemon into a state where it will always move first or last within the priority bracket that it is in. The items/abilities in this group are the Quick Claw, Custap Berry, Full Incense, Lagging Tail, the Stall ability, the Quick Draw Ability, and the Mycelium Might ability. I imagine that these exact 7 items and abilities are unaffected by mid-turn changes because they act independently of speed and priority.

[@itslexactually]

When the player you struggle against most is your student, that says a lot about your own level of skill. Very well done in both your own performance and helping others to break out onto the scene.

[@TheMrx1507]

Game 10 typholosion and weezing eruption made me lmao. Especially with the performance by Wolfey. I was on the edge of the seat for all the 1 hour plus video. Well done sir.

[@connerbradley5408]

All I want is for you to once again be a youtubist that pronounces Pokemon names the cool way🙏

[@athenaraines]

Wolfe casually going 16-1 on day one on zero sleep is terrifying.

[@GP-hb9cf]

He just pub stomps the bad players day 1 and always chokes day 2 against the better players

[@MereleFerele]

I love how in depth you go with the team building. This is by far my favourite part of any game - what can the characters do, who do they synergize with, what strategies can come out of it? Sometimes team building is more fun than actually using the team, lmao. Especially doing what you do and starting with one (often weird) pick and then building around it, to make it as good as possible.

[@cee_ves]

the last fight was literally the moment in the montage where the protagonist defeats their master for the first time

[@SilverAlex92]

I like the use of the royal We over "i". It feels like us the audience are there with you supportting in the team building, and not jsut sitting in front of a screen listengint to some guy :)

[@danielsmith5318]

This is a really great video! This is the first video of yours I've watched, and I know very little about Pokemon. But what I really enjoy is people finding non-meta solutions or builds and making them work.

[@ajkd007]

Wolfe, I’ve been going back through all your old videos for the past few weeks, been a subscriber for years but have had a serious pokemon kick recently. You genuinely are the best poketuber on the platform. Your insight and experience really shines through in these videos and I think I speak for everyone when I say keep up the great content. Thanks for all you do for the community

[@HoodlumCallum]

The team building sections are always my favourite

[@AugustoValentini]

I haven't played Pokémon since gen 6 and I never watched competitive Pokémon but this video was so entertaining that I even replayed some bits and paused to read everything on screen just to properly understand what was going on. Your storytelling is so involving it felt like watching a carefully written fictional story. You've just earned a new subscriber 😁

[@Nientea]

53:06 actually the right play statistically Selecting Eruption means a 50% chance for Eruption and a 50% chance for nothing Selecting Sleep Talk means a 1/6 chance for Eruption, 1/6 chance for Shadow Ball, 1/6 chance for Heat Wave, and a 50% chance for nothing. Basically choosing Eruption is better because they have the same risk, but Eruption has a guarantee to do the most damage.

[@xsailos]

I love the sub-plot of wolf ordering horribly 😂😂

[@Xadaj127]

"Why does my Toescruel have wings? Why is it made out of metal?!"

[@Smuggs75]

Absolutely diabolical team Wolfe, this and your channels level of quality, analysis, and story telling brings me back and locks me in for every video.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Wolfey finally entered his villain arc in that thumbnail. The constant incineror comments got to him

[@Arcaze1]

Hello fellow arcanine

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

​@@Arcaze1:>

[@funninessoverload]

Guess who win the tournament

[@eradian1]

This is easily the coolest team you've made. This format is so much cooler than anything else imo. You're actually playing pokemon as a trainer in a field of trainers and not just duplicating a bunch of "1 of" legendaries with no variety. This feels like what pokemon should be

[@DeraldSny]

Concur! I don’t know why they didn’t do this before.

[@Hyunckel101]

1:19:04 "I make faces that imply i'm thinking really hard... I'm not." So that must be the world-champ diff.

[@DarkBlackGod14]

That Corviknight in a shower is probably the best thing ive seen in a year! Absolutely love it. Thanx for great educational content! It was every bit as interesting and breathtaking as usual. You brought me into competetive, and i love every single second of how it is, despite not actually playing it) For me, it takes too much game knowledge and time to master, and i just dont have it. But i will eventually. And for now - i get to enjoy your content instead

[@Mr.Phantommm]

I remember walking by him playing a game, and it literally felt like there was this menacing aura around him. Then I walked up to him later and it was the chillest interaction ever.

[@fehoobar]

Forefront of this fore-mat. I see what you did there. And you should be proud of yourself. To the editor: The 'pause click' when there's a thinking pause in the match is :chefskiss:

[@sashaanne703]

Making top cut of any gaming tournament is a success, honestly. Just because you have the accolades you do shouldn’t subtract from that.

[@falkmann2]

hatsune miku appears at 1:43 in this video

[@Ivy-Plays]

Ah yes The Japanese meloetta X Hatterene pokemon

[@ctanimations0]

you couldn’t have prepared me for the miku name used by wolfe

[@erikelbe5315]

ok

[@unebaguette9745]

"I can't see the end of the horizon! HATSUNE MIKU !!??"

[@EricPokeRoom]

Ermmmm actually 🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓🤓 1:44

[@agentk5991]

A couple months ago, my friend actually began theory crafting a team with Toadscruel and Galarian Weezing before seeing your team premiere in a tournament. It was super funny and cool when we realized he was on to something lol

[@srikanthpeddireddy203]

My favorite part was when he said "it's Weezing time" and weezed all over the place

[@thetrav2100]

*sexy weezing noises intensify*

[@AlyssaDavis4693]

I actually watched the livestream of this tournament and knew how it ended, but Wolfey's videos are always so good you can't help but actively watch the whole thing. The fact that he can take pretty much any team he wants and be successful with it will never stop being impressive.

[@MrFirsttodie]

Don't usually watch pokemon content but this was very entertaining. Good delivery, made easy to follow along.

[@pokelover02]

Yay!! So excited to see Wolfe’s Reg H tournament vids! I’m going to spectate a Regional for the first time this weekend! Wish Wolfe would be there, but I totally understand the burnout after Worlds and back to back Regionals. Rest is so important ❤

[@PPeasants]

This video is fantastic, as always (the storytelling is great and the team is evil lmao), but I wanna give some extra love to those illustrations that appeared throughout the video. They were awesome! They gave a lot of life to each and every moment they appeared in! It was such a cool addition to the video!

[@mlgchicken7717]

Love how each of your videos get better and better each time. Also love the animated segments keep up the good work

[@Fortress500]

This is genuinely what inspired me to stick with my desire to play pokemon that I find fun. I cannot play what's meta. It feels "phony" because it's the team composition that carries me to victory, not so much genuine thinking about every aspect of my team's strengths and weaknesses. Watched this whole thing through. Really enjoyed this video, the way you outlined it, as well as the minimal editing involved.

[@XanBcoo]

There was absolutely no "minimal editing". They had to recreate and cut together entire battles. I'm sure the editing process was 90% of the work on this video

[@Fortress500]

@ 👍🏽

[@Spixxxx]

@@XanBcooIK “minimal editing” is crazy work😭😭😭