How to Teambuild for Competitive Pokemon! (World Champ...)

[@WolfeyVGC]

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[@trainer-bq4wj]

:D

[@zestysauce1827]

:)

[@THEPROPHETOFGAME]

:)

[@BOBBOB-ft1ij]

:√

[@zompigekibbeling406]

:)

[@Elite4mike]

Prof. Wolfe, has a PhD in pokemon and is the only lecture I’ve paid attention to in 3 weeks

[@Audio041194]

Most lectures are boring partly due to the prof, I do tend to enjoy the history lectures, but this is more interesting than most.

[@josephbulkin9222]

didn't get it, still using Heracross because the meta can get railed.

[@jblen]

To summarize: Option 1) hard counter the meta Option 2) kill everything before they kill you Additional notes: screw RNG

[@ramanahveljeyaseelan5406]

Ok now I don't need to wacth thr vid next time

[@king_alli]

I go with option two all the way because i like hyper offensive teams, like my i have an entire team that has 4 banded pokemon 1scarfed and 1 specs

[@jblen]

@@king_alli can't you only use each item once?

[@LunarSage69]

Team building is actually the most fun part about Pokémon and it makes you feel really smart seeing that team work out

[@oldaccc12125]

Im good at making teams but i get too pressured when in battle

[@Vanpotheosis]

And then feel kind of dead inside when you realize how much time you put into a children's game. -_-

[@Vanpotheosis]

@@KissHestia I'm ded from playing so much already.

[@brandonw2734]

@@Vanpotheosis Nahh it's for everybody. Pokemon battles require more thought and stragedy than cod.

[@Fitzness1]

@@brandonw2734 gotta agree shooters are pretty braindead nowadays

[@unseenasymptote4976]

Distance learning just got a whole lot more interesting

[@WolfeyVGC]

:)

[@adammurray2945]

Seeing the title and PowerPoint just made me want to go: Good Morn-ing Mister Glick

[@S33_.]

@@adammurray2945 I can literally hear that

[@OllieIsaFaggot]

@@adammurray2945 ex rri

[@trevmon9050]

This would be a great candidate for an updated video in the new Wolfey style. With SV lots of people might want to get into competitive pokemon and don’t know where to start.

[@chanshengsupremacy8889]

I agree

[@JacobeeVa]

me being one of them, id love that!

[@tomcattko]

Very much agreed. I would like to get into comp but I haven't a clue about team building or how to train etc.

[@WildMageMadness]

"So...before we begin", the academic version of "So there I was". Keep it fresh, mr professor wideo man

[@theincrediblyawesomechanne3346]

Is this your way of saying, “stop asking me for meme teams make them yourself” because I might need this later

[@WolfeyVGC]

No, meme teams coming soon

[@cannondorf]

WolfeyVGC a god among men

[@theincrediblyawesomechanne3346]

WolfeyVGC good cuz my only competitive team is a meme team

[@huso4821]

@@WolfeyVGC I hope that team is coming that you posted on twitter called Wolfe Nerd

[@Gronkiy]

@@theincrediblyawesomechanne3346 me gulping having 3 stallers and my opponent in pkmn showdown saying insults

[@CaldakSK]

The only learning I'm actually doing...

[@WolfeyVGC]

:)

[@THEPROPHETOFGAME]

Agreed

[@100-People]

Whenever I see Wolfey put in “world champ” in his videos, I always imagine his voice afterwards as Mr Satan

[@TjDaProducer01]

100 People bruh 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bullymaguire632]

I AM THE HYPE!!!!!

[@bullymaguire632]

Vegeta: kill him!

[@GogiRegion]

It’s always really funny to try out a set that’s completely unexpected and see people’s response. I once did physical Xerneas because I happened to get a Jolly one from a friend, and nobody expected to get hit by a Horn Leech.

[@CaldakSK]

Thanks Wolfe, I love teambalding too.

[@WolfeyVGC]

Good

[@zaidhasnain9192]

yes lets all get bald together

[@steegen101]

@@zaidhasnain9192 sponsored by keeps

[@thegoldmario4879]

@@steegen101 *did you know 2/3* (skipped men intentionally btw) *experience some form of male pattern baldness by the time they're 35?*

[@OlavRH]

For what you talked about around 7:12: Would you say Se Jun Parks defensive investment in Gardevoir to survive a Mega Lucario Bullet Punch is something that often gets overlooked? It was a huge factor to him winning game two in the final.

[@kotado6414]

I’ve been learning Vgc since Sword and Shield first release lol. I normally just breed most of my time from X and Y to Ultra SM versions lol. This video and James Baek tips videos on vgc helps me a lot

[@DashingSceptile]

This is What E-Learning should be for everybody! I’d rather want this school instead of actual school.

[@Fitzness1]

I’ve just started playing competitively and yea building with bdsp and the joy I feel winning with the team I built front the ground up is so satisfying. I genuinely love my pokemon

[@brenstar13]

I really enjoy team building outside of the meta and using pokemon that aren't meta. Recently used a pretty unique Coallosal team and a Drednaw team to get to top 500 on showdown and this video has taught me some insights to team build in ways that I normally wouldn't do. Thanks!

[@AkkuV]

I've been struggling to build my own teams, this will help me a lot. Thank you Wolfey!!

[@ermwhatthescallop]

Day 24 4/12/20 Yesterday I started observing the Cue Crew and writing down what I've seen. It appears that the original head of the Cue Crew gave up some time ago. However, there are others who have taken the torch and continued leading the movement. Yesterday, I was met with a wink from their being of praise. What does it mean? Is he plotting something, planning to grant the peoples' wishes? I don't fully understand, but I can't let it throw me off guard. I don't have much else to say beyond this, but I will keep my eye out for now. Things might just be getting interesting.

[@Lere]

##cuecrew

[@kade224]

#cuecrew

[@woopersquirtle1422]

Cue the #CueCrew!

[@deff8487]

thank you wolfey, this will be a big help for me in my first year of vgc ^^

[@WolfeyVGC]

[@Bones15GP]

I love the Fire Emblem Three Houses music in the background!

[@extrememanner3867]

Yes, a team building guide is exactly what I wanted! Thanks Wolfey!

[@userX7hpa9bw]

"It's march 20th" Me watching this on march 19th, three years later

[@tabemash0594]

Yoooooo the only online class I’ve attended since March

[@WolfeyVGC]

:)

[@justyourfriendlyneighborho903]

I have decided to win Worlds with a fast offensive Shuckle. I will become the next Ray Rizzo!

[@kudamo]

Good luck

[@sleepycady]

did ya do it son??

[@sirens4562]

I love your content!!! This helped so much because I’ve just been learning how the vgc format works

[@WolfeyVGC]

[@glassbirds]

This came about just as I started actually teambuilding, thank you for this because I was hella struggling

[@jonahbutterfield5792]

I have recently really been interesting in trying out VGC and want to build my own team. Though i really want to avoid using any legendaries (I prefer not to use them) so been looking to learn how to build a team so I can at least have a chance at making something that could do fairly well without a legendary. Thanks for the video! Been breeding a bunch of pokemon to start making a lot of teams atm so this was really helpful to find

[@batrongordeg]

My tip - use what works. Dont use legendaries becouse you look at the top x pokemon, you see legendries and use like 2 or three or them, but look at your team. Look at the 2,3,4 or even 5 pokemon you already have while you teambuild, and think what you need in this incomplete team, and what counters it. If legendaries are fullfiling a role you need, for example you dont have much offense besides your main sweeper, and you are weak to fire and ice type, you can use a legendary like kyogre in this example to solve it. Legendaries are nothing to be shameful of, they have good stats they will be used if its allowed, just dont use 5 or 6 legendary teams without any thought put into what roles do you need or what you are week to.

[@philunited8119]

That video was soo helpful! I was done with Pokemon for the last days after failing miserably with all my teambuilding attempts, but after I saw your video this morning I decided to give it another try. And the team I build (very basic gmax lapras but hey) took me to Ultra Ball tier for the first time playing. (I just started competitive like 1-2 months ago and really haven't played more than 20-30 games a season. So thats a win for me xD). So thanks for this, I would really love to see more of these lessons :-)

[@Krish-ly3ps]

Ahkihiko: I’ve been waiting for this!

[@WolfeyVGC]

:)

[@mgyaya987]

Shinji, didja see that?

[@lightdoll4278]

One of my favourite team building moments for singles was using dragapult as a lead with thunderbolt for rain teams and flamethrower for ferrothorn

[@dycast8561]

This was something I realized I struggled with a lot the other day, thanks for this wideo

[@toast0127]

Prof. Wolfe these are probably my favorite videos. I don't see too many guides to help with team building. I enjoy making teams and getting them to work and these videos help a lot with ideas.

[@professorgordo114]

Pokeschool is my absolute favorite content from ya wolf

[@badluckgamma]

Aha, a working Wideo! I must comment my comment! It’s day 18 of asking for “Why Machoke is a threat” because it helps the algorithm, and forearms are better than four arms

[@WolfeyVGC]

:O

[@commentingcommenter1230]

We now have been entrusted power from our meme legend Wolfey. Use this power wisely to only create the best "why ___ is a threat" teams.

[@soup2504]

Learning how to become a smash pro player and a Pokemon pro player in the same day damn we really do have too much free time in quarantine. Keep up the good content Wolfe :)

[@Pablo360able]

I just got into VGC on Showdown and you’re literally the only reason it’s happening. Experimenting with a team that’s half Trick Room and half speedy friends so I can pick which mode I want to play in. I’ve found that people at my level of the ladder often waste their Dynamax on my Eviolite Dusclps hidden behind double screens, which makes for some pretty easy late-game sweeping, and if I were better at the game I could probably take advantage of that.

[@drewcostello4636]

Yes have been waiting for this hopefully we get some more in the near future !! As Wolfey Academy and team break downs are always great to watch :)

[@thadgaioerdare105]

35:10 “Woofley”. I cant tell if thats intentional, but thats what makes it great

[@cornpop838]

honestly bro you be putting mad effort into these videos, i can respect that

[@neilclaytor42]

This video was extremely helpful for me, as someone who is trying to get more into competitive this was great for me how he simplified complex aspects of this game. My biggest thing is the wealth of knowledge you have to have in order to anticipate what any given Pokemon will do

[@RyanChua1012]

Hey Wolfe, are you gonna reupload the reaction to Machamp winning worlds? Was looking forward to it when I saw it in my notifs.

[@redstonewatcher6651]

Cool and good wideo, will apply the techniques to my _teambalding_ next time. Thank u mr wolfey

[@drmusicstein1755]

Thank you Professor Glick for your wonderful lesson

[@TheReandos]

Ok I admit, the "TeamBALDING" caught me offguard xD

[@neil4584]

this is the most I've learned in my life :0

[@WolfeyVGC]

:0

[@Idkanythingatm]

Day 11 of asking for a “why Croagunk is a threat and not a treat” Fun fact: WolfeyVGC best player.

[@theincrediblyawesomechanne3346]

But they are a treat

[@WolfeyVGC]

:O

[@kidcudimotm]

Wolfey's the best. I enjoy all of your content man. I love when I see my notification pop up everytime you upload lol. Keep it up and thanks for being the best pokemon youtubers. I dont have to cringe and be annoyed like if you were to watch a verlisify video haha. Thanks wolfey!!!!!!

[@tiagoSS90]

as a native speaker of portuguese, i am actually impressed by the way you pronouce eduardo cunha's name. especially the "nh" in "cunha"

[@amalsatri9028]

Thank you wolfey for theTeambalding guide

[@VoxlovMaverick]

Ahhhh my favorite thing to do... 3:42 *Teambald*

[@keystonerecords4541]

Oh this showed up in my feed, I thought I had already finished this series with episode #3! Let's get this video into the Pokemon Academy playlist please

[@TheCroBatmann]

If people make fun of you for putting world champ in the title that’s on them, just because you’re not the current world champ doesn’t mean you didn’t earn that title. Only a handful of people can actually say they’re a Pokémon world champ and you’re one of them. Keep up the amazing content, you’ve quickly become one of my favorite content creators and I’m glad to see you doing so well 😁

[@itshuy6595]

2:20 you don’t realize how exhausting it is to prep in chess

[@plutigvid]

The struggle with teambuilding is the time required to get and train mons for a team, and specializing their ev spread over again if it doesn't work right

[@Rooz247]

wolfey is the most entertaining and knowledgeable competitive mon master👌

[@saltyaf8471]

Saving this for later. Thank you for great Wideo. WolfeyVGC is very educational. Take care of yourself in these crazy times Wolfey; I hope you’re doing well.

[@ThoseWhoStayUofM]

@26:49 - off the cuff, like, your sleeve. The saying comes from actors reading lines off their shirt sleeve because they didn't prepare for their performance.

[@Tyelkormoko]

This video was fantastic, the best teambuilding video I have seen so far (granted it also requires to watch the other academy episodes). Thank you

[@NathanWibe]

This slide show has been brought to you by Geico.

[@mikoutv1707]

Felt like giving a better answer to the question about method 1 and stalling: Method 1 (defensive) is about dealing with your opponents initiatives. Method 2 (offensive) is about taking the initiative. Both require knowledge of the meta and how to acquire a victory condition, but neither dictates the use of either offensive or defensive pokes. Also felt like I missed defining victory conditions for your team in this wideo and victory conditions in general. Would've also liked to get some more teambuilding tools out of this wideo like vgcstats, damage calculator, pokemonshowdown and valuable discords. Thanks for the wideo and spending time teaching about building

[@SumAssemblyRequired]

Thank you Wolfey now with this wideo I can rule the world

[@WolfeyVGC]

[@Redflame6987]

Wait wolfeys my 3rd period teacher now? LETS GOO SCREW GEORGIA STUDIES IM LEARNING POKEMON

[@andrewphillips4266]

You know it’s a good video when your happy when an ad comes on. Like nice now Wolfey gets some money

[@patrikmocibob1692]

As a chess player i think its kinda similar to pokemon since there is also preparation included bc you also dont know what variation your oponent will play. Anyway great video

[@expeng]

Day 16 of asking Wolfey to make a Kantonian Persian team wideo. Aha, another guide! And one I've been really interested in learning more about lately! Thank you, wolfey boo! Day 9 of formally thanking Wolfey for his hard work and his amazing wideos!

[@angus2903]

absolute GOAT i needed this

[@Espeon804]

Day 7 of asking for a wideo labeled "Why Espeon is a threat" because it is a good supporter and offensive Pokémon. And Wolfey will truly make it a legendary foe to face. I will not quit.

[@BromanderInChief]

“Imagine if you suddenly played against a Melee Fox with super armor” No fucking thanks

[@Kurameno]

Damn Wolfe really be flexing on literally everyone whenever he can huh

[@EVRENO]

its like you knew that i needed this video.. been searching for a few days and finally got a good one..thanks wolfey

[@Lee_bird]

love the danganronpa music in the background ... didn’t know you were a fan too !

[@ohavharris1748]

Great video Wolfey! I've been having trouble with teambuilding lately and this was a huge help. Lots of great stuff to consider, thank you!

[@ohavharris1748]

@He ro Yes of course. Silly mistake

[@jns0808]

This'll definitely help me when teambuilding! Well, on showdown at least.

[@DrWiley-fm3ik]

World champ going out of his way to teach beginners is pretty pog

[@XxSpiffxX]

I love that you used Smash bros as reference points. Hell yes.

[@tomd4988]

a great example of innovation is Mattie Morgan's top 4 Malmo team; where he used Torracat oppose to incineroa, this worked out better because of torracat's above average speed and positive synergy with tyranitar, but it's speed was unexpected by opponents due to it's small usage.

[@Khaled-tk5vg]

I can say without any doubt that you are GOAT vgc player wolfey, i admire you so much 💙

[@TheSprunky]

Now this is more interesting then the entire school year so far

[@Silverback_21]

Dude just by watching you. I've destroyed my friend in doubles matches.... Even if they have legendaries. Hahaha

[@Rahochusosu]

I learned that the Regis theme is Wolfey's favorite c:

[@natnorth]

Thanks for sharing this on KZbin, Wolfe! Keep up the great content :)

[@01loganmc10]

Wait a minute... the look that Thumbnail Wolfey is giving us... I've seen it many times before... That's the look of a father who is disappointed with his children. We're about to have a serious talking to...

[@SaltyMaud]

Battling is interesting enough, but i really like the teambuilding part. I'm just a bit easily distracted, my teambuilding starts with a gimmick, or trying to adapt a strategy with different pokemon, then while i'm working on that team i discover 5 other gimmicks and adaptations and start putting them in their own teams and after a while i end up with a dozen unfinished teams.

[@Pcervelli11]

Very insightful. I enjoy team building more than i enjoy actually playing matches.

[@adis1041]

Hey Professor Glick! Super excited for the return of the series!

[@adis1041]

Also what happened to the Machamp video?

[@badluckgamma]

Audio was broken so he removed it

[@WolfeyVGC]

:)

[@arac7690]

Now this is the kind of online class I wanna attend

[@jimmykeffer7401]

It’s probably best to compare Pokémon to a card game rather than a fighting game - a lot of the discrepancies between Pokémon and, say, Melee, make WAY more sense when you think of it more like hearthstone or something. In games like these, deckbuilding (or in this case, teambuilding) is almost more important than what happens on the field.

[@Audio041194]

I think Asmongold trolled you indirectly that Team balding typo got me, also just noticed you went with it and even named that chapter after said typo, I really enjoyed that bit.

[@ajellyfish3554]

I'm actually new in competitive, this really helps me allot

[@ocfrey9706]

Day 5 of asking for a “Why Metapod is a Threat” because he hardens the chance of the opponents winning #PodSquad

[@tyset3843]

Thank you 🐺. I've been trying to build my own team and have been struggling for a while on ranked . This helps a lot

[@sushanthdubagunta6714]

You are correct wolfey many times we fail to team build, I also failed many times. Pokemon sword and shield was the first game in which I played ranked battles and learned about the EV training and now I am in master ball tier

[@GustavoMondini]

ty so much, your content is making my quarentine days much better ;)

[@hamoodyelsayed]

For the first time in million years.......... A WOLFEY WIDEO IS NOT 1 HOUR🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@22sfs22]

Your first slide really reminds me of talks in card games like YGO or MTG. You can be extremely good at making decisions with your resources but poop at building your team/deck. And to win at high levels you need to be competent in both *or* have a dedicated team/deck-builder to make it for you.

[@ginginese]

love these lectures and hope you do more of them in the future!

[@humblepenguin4411]

Better than my online classes I have rn

[@r_bsco]

Day 2 of asking Wolfey to change his intro to “So there I am.”

[@WolfeyVGC]

:O