I Used A Forgotten Legendary Pokemon in a Big Pokemon Tournament

Freezai vs Danny, Smogon Champion's League Week 4, 2023
Team: pokepast.es/d2bf33f418cdba4a
Replay: replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sm...
Edited by: tazprods
0:00 Introduction
1:30 Teambuilding
3:09 The Battle

[@raintime825]

Those speed ties were brutal

[@daunderrated3106]

Typical nu tier where the best 2 mons speed tie each other

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

@@daunderrated3106Unless you're Jolteon, then it's a game of who switches out first

[@archlorddestin]

A 10% miss chance followed by a 50% faint means there was only a 5% chance of losing from that position (less if you count the crit). Definitely outplayed them, only the dice gave them the win.

[@danyosuna7276]

Pokémon can be bs some times

[@cheetahofthewind13]

i'd still take a lose like that then a lost were you get waterfall flinched 5 times in a row by a gyarados

[@mariobutwithdrip8944]

@@cheetahofthewind130.000032% chance 💀

[@DrogenFruit]

@@cheetahofthewind13 "Unfortunate" doesn't begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else, I am beyond convinced at this point. After getting completely tooled by scheduling with my opponent changing times on me last minute and refusing to provide confirmation prior to the day of the match as to play times, losing this way somehow felt even worse than I had thought possible. My preparation was superior, my play was superior, and I lost, so I don't see a reason to continue engaging in an activity where what is within my control is overwhelmingly outweighed by what is not. I am done with competitive Pokemon, and you won't get a fond farewell. This community is infected to its roots with a degenerative disease that grows stronger over time but stops short of killing its host. Tournaments used to have a competitive spirit at their heart, this has been transplanted and replaced with an artificial organ that feeds on vitriol and mockery from insecure little boys that heckle by the sidelines and tear each other to shreds over scraps of attention. The environment we fostered has trapped us all like this in a vicious cycle, and escaping it requires acceptance of the harshest reality we all scramble to explain away, that none of the countless straining efforts we put ourselves through here will ever amount to one single shining glimmer of significance. I would make this the end, but World Cup is still ongoing, and I would never leave so many great friends out to dry, so I'll suffer through a few more games for them. One last thing before I leave you all to react with disdain, ridicule, and self-righteous fervor, before you do everything in your power to minimize my words and thoughts, box them up and shove them to some cobwebbed corner of your memory, and hope they disappear forever as a stain on your finite time ground to dust. From this moment on, nothing you say matters to me. The foulest insults you hurl with intent to wound will calmly settle at the earth before my feet, and the venom you spit will bring all the pain of a warm summer breeze. You are less than anything you can conceive, while I carry on, brimming with joy distilled from detachment.

[@FicoIsHere]

“Unfortunate doesn’t begin to describe my series…”

[@RikiazGaming]

Damn three 50% chance misses plus the 10% Icicle Crash miss is rough. You played really well and the team comp was great.

[@jasonfox6932]

Man was the luck in that game really in your opponent's favor.

[@jimmicrackhead12]

No excuses

[@Meowsler]

kay why es @@jimmicrackhead12

[@KovertCorteX]

@@jimmicrackhead12 as another person stated "Your opponent had only a 4.6875% chance to win that game from the final position and did. That is unlucky." literally a 1/20 chance and he played everything right

[@jimmicrackhead12]

@@KovertCorteX if it was the other way round he wouldn't have said damn I should have lost though

[@ultimaabyssal2484]

​@@jimmicrackhead12 I'm very sure someone like Freezeai would admit when a win gets ridiculously rigged in his favor by luck. RNG rolls really just screwed him here this game.

[@thewolfenknight37]

Your opponent had only a 4.79167% chance to win that game from the final position and did. That is unlucky. Edit: I used the old crit odds of 1/16 instead of the current crit odds of 1/24. I corrected the mistake

[@Striker-xx5cu]

Luck is a skill, stop crying

[@archlorddestin]

@@Striker-xx5cu Just because some basic maths makes you cry doesn't mean everyone struggles as much kiddo.

[@Striker-xx5cu]

​@@archlorddestin damn the projection. The op literally pointed out that the chance opponent winning the game was non 0 lmao its really funny to be called a kid by a school dropout. You are the kind of guy to blame the failures of your life on luck lol.

[@fusi0ndaking585]

​@@Striker-xx5cuYou seem like an insufferable shithead LOL

[@archlorddestin]

@@Striker-xx5cu I mean, going on a very immature rant doesn't really disprove my assumption that you are a child.

[@malemailmanman]

In hindsight clicking High Horsepower would've been this safest choice (bar tera flying) because it would have a much likelier chance of providing crucial chip even if the guess was wrong about the tera fire

[@rooislangwtf]

Well that or sub

[@snokespraetorianguard]

I always liked using it on Gimmick trick room/weakness policy teams in Gen 8 doubles. Glad to see it at least be remembered

[@grapenut6094]

Its still a monster in doubles with av, snow buff, aurora veil and chilling neigh boosts even outside of trickroom. Ppl just aint caught on yet.

[@g_vo]

@@grapenut6094ThAT cAnT bE tRuE cUz It’S FoRgOtTeN

[@ryanjensen1945]

I tried it on a trick room team in singles, and while it probably wasn't worth it, there was a really fun interaction that came up a fair bit - glastrier would get a swords dance with trick room up and the opponent would dance around with defensive pivots to avoid losing a mon. Then, when trick room ends, they would fire a supereffective stab like pyro ball at it, which glastrier would tank and 1-shot them in response with a neutral move. The horse is just built different.

[@georgemedia1069]

I would've expected you to go for High Horsepower, given the 95% accuracy (better than 90% of Icicle Crash and since you get outsped you can't flinch) and the fact that 2/3 common Grimsnarl terra types (steel and fire) are weak to it. Still, luck wasn't on your side and hadn't it been for bad luck you could've secured the game way earlier. Keep up the good work!

[@posobio]

The safest move was substitute actually, because Grimmsnarl needed that first bulk up to win and feeezai knew it.

[@senny-]

​@@posobiohe still needs all the damage he can dish out, or else he'll lose. I guess he tunnel-visioned on that.

[@Endershock1678]

@@senny- Yeah, but Substitute would have let him scout out the tera, and as we see Grimmsnarl go for the second Bulk UP (which it had to in order to deal with Shaymin), he could have gotten 2 High Horsepowers Off, which is more accurate and been super effective.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

I didn't know much about the NU metagame before watching this series, but it looks like late-game Grimmsnarl, especially with Tera, is extremely difficult to deal with. It has a number of counters, but most of those are banned from NU.

[@auroraourania7161]

Grimmsnarl was actually banned from NU for a while, I think it got unbanned semi recently due to drops from home. I may be misremembering though and it got suspected but not banned. I definitely know that Pokeaim and Rabia (who is the NU tier leader) have talked about it being too strong, so they may just not want to ban it since we're only a little more than 2 months away from a ton of pokemon dropping into NU from DLC1

[@_TristanGray]

The effort of recording the hypotheticals and everything in game for the showdown battle is so worth it. Even going as far as obscuring information in the re-enactments to not confuse the audience 👏👏👏👏

[@juanperez-ei9ok]

Yeah I noticed that too. He used earth power against salazzle with his shaymin in the recreation when he actually clicked air slash in the original game

[@clashcan123456789]

Those rolls were brutal, hopefully it comes back around, love the videos keep up the good work!

[@Kraizak69]

Unfortune doesn't even begin to-

[@galaxystudios370]

HORSE ON THE LORSE

[@Lernyd]

HOOSE ON THE LOOSE

[@elliottchen7947]

- "forgotten legendary" - *opponents team has it as well

[@inmanis2924]

another prime example of why i could never play comp pokemon outplaying your opponent/playing correctly at every turn, and then having the win taken from you because "lolrng" would send me off the deep end

[@chillichan]

It's just a Pokémon game, my brother.

[@howisthis8849]

that's the competitive pokemon experience, if you can't handle losing to a dice roll, you probably should stop playing i personally stopped playing showdown after i lost an unlosable match because of 2 lucky ice beam freezes (my pokemon never unthawed)

[@auroraourania7161]

Fair, I play a lot of ladder, but I think I'd lose my enjoyment if I ever tried in an actual tournament, I get tilted too easily.

[@felixrodriguez5050]

You're making the right choice. Pokemon will never be a good estimation of skill based play because criticals, flinches, paras, misses, and damage rolls always matter too much. Pokemon is only ever who was better at avoiding cancerous rng.

[@Hermesmaybe]

He could have just clicked high horsepower instead of crash. When u play Pokémon you’re aware of these dice rolls

[@Adrian-ck2ns]

IMO highhors was always the play against grims. If dark, fire and steel are the only teras, ground is at least neutral to all of them. Furthermore you are at +1, so you surely deal enough damage to finish it with copper without risking shaymin and denying leftovers recovery of that turn. Also hhp is more accurate than icicle crash

[@TetraBui]

He still lost on every single coin flip which is fucking awful, should have won that game imo but welp sometimes pokemon happens

[@Adrian-ck2ns]

@@TetraBui for sure he was really unlucky with the 50/50s and played perfectly the rest of the game, I was not hating just explaining my point of view

[@juanperez-ei9ok]

​@@Adrian-ck2nsI don't think he played perfectly either. He risked missing air slash on the salazzle that was faster than his entire team and was at+2. I understand that he didn't want the Scyther coming for free but he had counterplay to that, if he missed the air slash he would have been in a terrible position and forced to tera because his team was extremely slow

[@burningemerald1203]

Putting in in-game recreations of the match makes a fantastic visual aid. Keeps things more entertaining. Keep up the good work!!!

[@Ddddddddddd381]

The storytelling has been amazing so much so I look forward to these every week

[@darktemplar446]

Can't wait to see this video! I've loved weeks 1-3. Good job.

[@jeremystinson2124]

This was really cool to watch. Wonderful editing, and the match was really organic. You posted even though you lost. I really admire that.

[@RaventhortheWarrior]

Freezai after this game: "Unfortunate does not begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else-"

[@justsomebody6037]

Man the RNG gods were on their side... It sucks. Hope you win the next game!

[@stefvalk7452]

Wouldn't substitute in front of the Grimmsnarl be safer? Thos way you don't have to worry about sucker / bulk up

[@TurtleBoxOfficial]

Still not doing the damage you need to be doing. Only delaying the game and not really paying off with sub.

[@spinceiling7442]

@@TurtleBoxOfficial It would've paid off because Grimmsnarl needed to be at +2 to even have a chance at knocking out Shaymin. Sub was his safest play there

[@TurtleBoxOfficial]

@@spinceiling7442 safest play after the fact vs the play that plays into risk / reward are two different things. He made the right play,

[@vanKarsie]

Very well done being so normal and okay with having bad luck, it happens to everyone. Some people might have started an '"unfortunate" doesn't even begin to describe my series' moment

[@kraykyle]

Forgotten legendary, opponent also brings it. Not so forgotten now.

[@darkshark313]

I was wondering if I had hallucinated watching this video but this is the analysis one which I missed!

[@JajejijoJun]

love the way u presents the pokemon in the team, awesome video!!

[@tylerl3030]

Music used, not in desc. 1:00 Acceleration by fox capture plan

[@HugeZorse]

Your teambuilding analysis is so so good and unique man

[@michaelurmo7984]

I think the High Horsepower was the better play instead of Icicle Crash, less chance to miss and since Grimmsnarl Tera Fire was called out before the tera.

[@krypt1ccc739]

It's easy to say in hindsight but what was the drawback of clicking high horsepower? It has higher accuracy and even though it's not stab it would still hit terra dark decently hard and in that case copperajah would probably be able to kill after grimsnarl has been hit twice by either attack.

[@ZerrieGD]

copperajah would just die to the tera dark boosted crunch, it lived on like 2% without the tera boost

[@Aussie7476]

I have been practicing NU and I think eviolite piloswine could be quite good. With its low speed avalanche will almost always be 120 base power. Combined with great bulk I think it is amazing.

[@SnoFitzroy]

gonna just nab this idea rq lmao

[@anamariaprotasio4340]

O q o ele faz o bonus é em pre fases d evolução ou os q não podem evoluir tem bônus ou não

[@preethamrn]

Loved the editing on this video

[@Cameruption]

Well played and big props to the editor

[@Rarest26]

It’s funny to see how you mentioned how uncommon Glastrier is only for it to rise to NU proper just days after the video.

[@derealiiqwq2152]

Dude... This content is seriously amazing. Ur on a roll

[@vanesslifeygo]

he touched the neverused format. yep.

[@jamesmattila-hine1133]

Speedties that brings back memories of the most brutal game I remember a Venusaur and my heatran were engaging each other and every time he's Venusaur was faster it was always able to pull off a synthesis before I could finish it off with heatran. This happened about 10 times then we got stuck into a bit of a stool wall with it than both being our last Pokemon and I just kept hitting it with my lava plume hoping for a crit. Then all of a sudden my lava plume went first. The only way this could have happened is a speed tie and he had just won a ridiculous amount back to back

[@Telogor]

I would have used High Horsepower instead of Icicle Miss. Slightly better accuracy could have won you the game regardless of what the tera type was, and you just need damage on the Grimmsnarl considering you have 2 more pokemon in the back.

[@MrMonkey2150]

8:35 couldn’t you have hard switched into the elephant and then healing wish with shaymin then healed the horse to high horse power? Or would that not work as I’m thinking

[@cooljams_jams]

I just had a brutal, unlikely loss. Freezai, thank you for sharing these. I don't have to beat myself up for the losses.

[@Fantilow]

Great serie so far

[@banditrests]

Not shocked to see Tera ground glas, it’s been popping up on in cart double ladder and it was in a recent cybertron video

[@JALE_]

tough match dawg well played

[@sideways5153]

When a game comes down to luck, it usually means you’re evenly matched with your opponent. Great game, sorry the hedges didn’t work out

[@teriso1793]

Smthing tells me freezais gonna start prepping for grimmsnarl more

[@alicebunnymera]

3 coin flip fails (the two speed ties plus the sucker punch ko) followed by the 10% miss on icicle crash feels so bad. the rng is a big part of why ive drifted away from competetive pokemon in recent years

[@videakias3000]

I some times use this pokemon with this set Glastrier @ Leftovers Ability: Chilling Neigh Tera Type: Electric EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Avalanche - Tera Blast - Heavy Slam - Protect

[@cynamothcyclopsyt]

Glast is an extremely underrated mon, and actually, could make use of a similar set to what ursa tries to do in higher tiers. Not always a bulky attacker. Trailblaze + Moxie is also cool like the glastrier gaming

[@FriendlyDoctorGuy]

Nice fox capture plan music very pog

[@bibbagamer1284]

I'm really bad at team building so these videos are really interesting

[@crazyhans]

If we assume equal probability of opponent tera choices for grimmsnarl (including not terastalysing), HHP has a higher EV than Icicle Crash. Accounting for accuracy and STAB, HHP's average power in that scenario is 136.75 while Icicle Crash's is only 114.75. That said, this changes depending on the relative probability of each tera type; HHP only wins out as long as Fire/Steel stay close to a 40% probability. I think it's up for debate which is the correct move in that scenario.

[@NokoTheTaco]

Substitute.

[@boidestroy]

i can see why its not used in singles since its hard to make trick room teams work there but genuinely have no clue why its not used in vgc/doubles because paired with something like trick room/instruct oranguru its really good

[@F0restz]

idk if you read comments but these videos have inspired me to finally drop the hell that is randbatts and start building teams but i got no idea, do you know any resources i can use? thanks

[@sensibledog09]

Sometimes the hax really screws over a game, you did incredibly well here, it's just that luck wasn't on your aide in the end

[@brandonespinoza9279]

I have 3 of them, Adamant, Impish, and Jolly natures, as it's a pretty good Galar Legendary Pokémon, even in SV!

[@trle964]

im just shocked its not used much in vgc with a9 and hail buff. its such a good mon and ive used it and had good games.

[@Moleoflands]

I think inaccurate ice stab holds it back

[@zxori9517]

Well, this is Pokémon. A good prep and experience can never be enough

[@CobaltCruiser]

1:55 Spectrier: _DEY TOOK ER JERBS_

[@Rosssssssssssssss]

Loving this series so far! Keep up the good work, go TMs!

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

Time to this team every time I climb ladders ( like freezai’s HO team ) That been said, I’ll try it out next time

[@takoyakiiii]

I already met a few Farigiraf(?) strats this week thanks to you 😂

[@CatchTheseMechanicalHands]

2:00 cursed image (high horsepower was introduced in gen 7, while that’s the gen 6 move art)

[@bryanbreadstick]

its always a good moment when freezai uploads

[@tonberry2670]

I remember Glastrier had a niche in vgc as a potent trick Room abuser

[@karpa.183]

the most forgotten legendary is probably phione

[@masterpiece1817]

I was actually JUST CONTEMPLATING THIS last night! Like, you never see the horses used on their own

[@poppyfrancis7338]

I think they should give Glastrier ice shard. It wouldn't make it op because of its low bp and while its strong and bulky, its still an ice type which means it is frail, no matter what its stats say, and that would also make it a lot more fun to use in general

[@pokeinator7834]

Glastrier is ridiculously powerful and bulky,super underrated,it’s a bruiser and underrated af,like Ursaluna blood moon in ou with much less sweeping power

[@justjames9049]

Can anyone explain how he got footage on S/V for the Pokemon battles when he played on Showdown? Did he put in the effort to mirror the battle for the videos?

[@theronsokol8078]

what an unbelievably unlucky match. you lost like 3 50/50s back to back, and didnt get one crit. keep rocking though! that was an amazing strategy to cook off, good on ya.

[@nelson5073]

Unfortunate doesn't even begin to describe...

[@BlackHanzo]

I wish Glastrier still had icicle spear...that's the main reason i stopped using him

[@tomcrawley3343]

The rolls were definitely brutal and luck wasnt on Freezai's side here, but unfortunately i dont think Icicle Crash was the right play here. Euther sub to scout the tera or go High Horse Power which is super effective or neutral to each possible tera type and has a lower chance to miss. Much easier to see in hindsight though.

[@chubbeelee7356]

wait, why is tera fire grimsnarl advantagous against poison? is it because of amoongus? or just to loose the poison weakness?

[@fakechannelname-mr8pf]

Love the content

[@boraccichannel]

As the only person I know of who is crazy enough to still use WP+TR Tera Ground Glastrier in Gen 9 VGC... thank you ^^

[@digitaldarmanitan3072]

Pulling for you and your team freezai 😎

[@terrathemosqito]

Freezai horse freezai horse

[@VTWS]

I had no idea this thing existed

[@greenguy9090]

This is why I couldn't ever possibly drum up enough reasons to battle in pokemon. EVERYTHING is a dice roll and statistics are only "hopeful guesses"

[@piersonthorburn830]

Why risk the resisted icicle crash when either way high horsepower would be good, either its a neutral hit or super effective vs stab neutral or stab resist, I get playing for the flinch but high horse power would just do more damage on average there

[@Boonty88]

No luck on ties and accuracy. But rely on a critical hit for a win is kind of a bad sign about your odds of winning. Why not setup a Trick Room for Glastrier? Anyway, keep sharing your matchs. I discovered strategy, NU tier and SCL some days ago and your channel make me wanna integrate a team one day or another 😊

[@thedancinggyrados1753]

He had alot of play in vgc end of 2020 and start of 2021

[@Ihaveshingles]

90 accuracy move in the best of 1 is definitely the decision ever

[@DynamicFactory]

Why is the Grimmsnarl's name at 9:03 blurred? It's a recreation, and it doesn't include personal information, so why?

[@flookaraz]

I don't understand the decision for Icicle Crash. Even if its tera dark, high horsepower twice is still fine? why even bother risking the play on icicle crash resist (and its 5% less accurate anyway)

[@Mars9471]

damn, missed both speed ties, the 10% icicle crash miss, the 50% roll on the shaymin KO. really unlucky game for you here

[@brandito5480]

Damn that was some insane bad luck

[@Kasaaz]

Seeing an Offensive Grimm is wild.

[@llampis]

It is not better to use avanlache because since it is slow they will always hit you first and avalanche when the user receives damage doubles the power it would be 120 and on top of that with 100 precision better than 80 power and 90 precision ?

[@Ryuukuz]

Dude just won by sheer luck

[@jorhey9346]

Damn that was so frustrating

[@mandalorianhunter1]

The ice unicorn is interesting. Sad

[@elsquidwardo]

Losing 3 coinflips in a row is tough man

[@lilflossin14]

As someone who isnt into comp pokemon at all, do you think NU is easier to get into then like OU. I feel like most the try hards would be in OU

[@ryanlally8116]

Epona Horse is here!

[@Enjinercraft]

Unlucky loss, you’ll get em next time

[@HugeZorse]

Not having hazard removal is crazy

[@MissHell99]

That’s tough you played well tho

[@hisnameiskish4874]

I think this game is the pinnacle of showing just how much RNG can negatively impact a game. You literally had everything go wrong luck wise and still almost won, so you should honestly still be proud of the game and the way you played it.