I Used This Neverused Defensive Core in a Big Pokemon Tournament...

Freezai vs Watashi, Smogon Champion's League Week 6, 2023
Team: pokepast.es/9cb9122394ed4295
Replay: replay.pokemonshowdown.com/sm...
Edited by: tazprods
Remixs Used: Aspertia City (Pokemon Black and White 2 Remix) - Vermillion
0:00 Introduction
0:35 Teambuilding
2:42 The Battle

[@IcetableVGC]

As an ice table, im glad to see Avalugg being seen! 😊😊

[@Smashburrogames]

I love ice table I love iron defense body press I love sweeping my opponents entire team with a defensive pokemon

[@gregorymirabella1423]

How are you a table if you're faulty though?

[@rayes119]

@@Smashburrogamesthey’ll just switch out to a special attackers and it either ohkos it because it’s specially weak, you switch out and lose the boosts

[@YourNan-hy2qm]

​@@rayes119just don't die to the special attackers

[@Magmatical]

u can run max spdef to tank hits @@rayes119

[@willowjavery4652]

The speed creep in this game is wild. Seeing 105 be considered slow in kind of shocking

[@Mingha0]

He said “slower” as in slower than electrode. 105 is still decently fast since it outpaces base 100

[@vanesslifeygo]

Play Gen 5 VGC. Max Speed Amoonguss as a niche pick by tournament goes to outrun threats after Tailwind.

[@shadowdragun]

To be fair...its slower compared ro ELECTRODE. Theres like 4 pokemon tops faster rhan it

[@yegfuf]

​@@vanesslifeygoasking out of curiosity, which threats is it faster than

[@skrubstar9056]

⁠@@yegfufI believe anything below base 112 post tailwind

[@andreweppling2333]

I love the in game replay of showdown! It’s just fun to see the actual animations 👍🏻

[@grantshope]

I like Freezai's videos and ideas, but I saw the first 30 seconds of this one, realized it was avalugg/chansey core, and skipped to the end to hear, "I lost in a blowout" and was like, "yeah that's about what I thought" Love that you're taking these chances though (and I did go ahead and watch the video, I just had a suspicion)

[@IndiraDevi-yq6vm]

nah mate. The pink table core is DOMINANT in the tier rn it has won so many games in this tournament esp the weak before freezai used it and is still now.

[@shortcb]

Its just not his playstyle. Even in this video he had the defensive core and still strategized and talked as if everything rested on the offensive mons. He even talks about how hes taking advantage of the other teams chansey, as if he isnt using the same set himself

[@Nameless0131]

@@shortcbyeah, I was disappointed that he let his chansey die on turn 4, this isn’t an offensive team where you sacrifice mons for momentum switch ins, he could’ve won by keeping Chansey alive and spreading para. Should’ve switched into the Mespirit right away.

[@oofjeff3735]

bro is for sure never touching balance after this

[@nr1wartortlefan]

UU, RU and NU players have the most convincing clickbait in the entirety of competitive pokemon

[@gregorymirabella1423]

How was it clickbait?

[@SoggyWaffles.]

@@gregorymirabella1423 i think the joke is that they can say "i used this never used pokemon" for anything, even if the pokemon at the top of the meta

[@thecrowsnest5379]

​@@gregorymirabella1423"using a neverused combo" can make people think it's a "never used [before]" combo even though it just a "NU" combo

[@gregforbes6122]

It’s also just more exciting. Not even being a hater of OU just it’s more interesting to see not the same things again and again

[@nr1wartortlefan]

@@SoggyWaffles. yup

[@ryznak4814]

I never realized just how fast chancey fell, in gen 6 and 7 it was a very strong mon in OU and now it’s NU. Just wow

[@Skeloperch]

Chancey was still really good in Gen 8. It only fell in Gen 9 because its moveset got neutered. It used to be difficult to switch in on Chansey/Blissey because they could hit you with status and they had 16 turns of Softboiled to wait you out.

[@TheBingusZone]

Recovery moves getting nerfed hit every Pokémon who ran them pretty hard unless they had other options

[@motherhorse6695]

It received a lot of nerfs this generation in particular. Recovery moves being nerfed to 8 PP and the lack of Toxic or Teleport makes it way too passive. Also, Chansey is PU.

[@ryznak4814]

@@Skeloperch I know it was also strong in gen 8 OU but it already fell off a bit and if remember correctly Blissey became more used in OU at the time. But I might be wrong, I was really disappointed in the games from gen 8 onwards and I stopped playing. But I still follow a few strategy channels.

[@screwtokaiba]

​​@@ryznak4814 Chansey since eviolite was OU adjacent or is OU and outrank Blissey until gen 8. Boots Blissey took over. Both drops from OU on gen 9 at one point. Blissey is OU atm Although rechecking on current smogon listing Bliss is now OU and Chansey UUBL in current BW

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

I use Avalugg on my OU team, and it's actually very well-equipped to counter a lot of physical threats. With Ice-Body and snow-support from something like Slowking or Alolan Ninetales, it becomes near-impossible for a lot of things to break through. It's not gonna solo teams by itself or anything, but people REALLY tend to underestimate just how bulky this thing is

[@gregorymirabella1423]

Slowking helps it out so much more than people realize.

[@silverjay2240]

How high on the ladder have you reached with it?

[@wo-chien-reaction]

1200@@silverjay2240

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

@@silverjay2240 Typically around 1300 at the highest, but that's also because I'm not the best player and avoid using the most common OU mons out of principle. I mean, I run a Venomoth and Overqwil on the team too, and my only immediately threatening sweeper is a Scarfed Hisuian Samurott

[@silverjay2240]

I'll try it out for myself for fun! I'm about 1700 with my own niche teams too!

[@HugeZorse]

Fuckin love this series. And I love that all of your teams are really different. Enjoy watching your build here, then watching the live battle, then seeing your summary here.

[@johnbailey8103]

I really appreciate hearing the thought process in team building. It always helps me immensely with my own team building to hear how the best players approach it and see what I might've missed or overlooked!

[@peaceow5053]

Your story telling has gotten incredibly good since I started watching you! The in game replays adds a nice touch to the feeling of the video! Great job man!

[@node1598]

Freezai: With Eviolite Chansey is the most specially defensive mon in the game. AV Blissey: Allow me to introduce myself.

[@ayo-whats-this]

Soft boiled has joined the chat.

[@maple505]

av blissey is impractical since blissey IS a support pokemon, but yeah i get what you mean.

[@Skweazle]

They both give the same sdef boost though

[@ArkanumKing]

@@Skweazleyeah but bliss is more specially defensive

[@Skweazle]

Oh you're right, my brain read chansey twice im just blind my bad@@ArkanumKing

[@lasagnahog7695]

It's genuinely a bummer seeing the losses but very exciting that you do such a good job at not giving the game away before it's over. I really am smitten with this channel's content.

[@ezzzzyyy]

1:38 this.... isn't how life orb works 😭

[@yaytennis]

How does it work?

[@drunyon214]

​@@yaytennis He's saying Life Orb only takes HP if an attack connects; the text in the video says Life Orb saps 10% HP every turn (like Sticky Barb), which isn't true.

[@infinityrocks247]

Yo, shoutouts to the editor slipping in Fox Capture Plan - Acceleration at 0:39! Great taste, hands down one of my favourite bands ^^

[@GonShotBarz]

Awesome video. Thank you for your knowledge and perspective.

[@FukBoiKing]

These are really fun. I'm glad you kept doing them.

[@infinity8686]

bro ingame animation makes ur vid 100x better

[@gojira4036]

The reason I stopped using avalugg on my OU team wasn’t because it couldn’t do a lot of damage when it got a chance, it’s because it never got a chance to do damage since everyone was using special attackers

[@heliox9814]

2:44 Is freezai actually qualifying his team to a "stall team" lmao, that speaks for itself on the aggresivity of his builds

[@spookyscarylamppost3431]

The Freezai Live squad feeling de ja vu.

[@Peoxxk]

Glad to see you ending the video in a positive note at the end despite the loss. Hoping to see more from you and good luck!!!!

[@zdelrod829]

I would love to see you make a Quiver Dance Vivillon in the Champion's League (It's a pretty good sweeper when paired with Compound Eyes, Sleep Powder, and Hurricane)

[@CadeKeefe]

I really like seeing these replays in sv cause the graphics are really good and it feels like a cool battle to watch

[@nelsongodoy5101]

Man, I haven't kept up with singles meta, but your videos have me back in. Though I'm finding that a lot of banned Pokémon aren't themselves am issue as much as terrastilization is making issues by being able to pivot to entirely different weaknesses while keeping/gaining stabs. Makes me wonder if a suspect test is in order.

[@Burrito_Express]

I love avalugg, and im glad he has some kind of meta use

[@pyroacid5566]

I know volbeats in PU but honestly I think you hound give it a shot. It just gave me a sweep in random battles and prankster alongside encore, thunderwave, roost, and u-turn can cripple entire teams if switched in correctly

[@thirduncle5366]

the Goat Freezai never fails to fill us with his entertaining AND informative content.

[@alanigorfiser8423]

Freezai's tournament documentary hell yeah

[@apeckx5090]

Nice team, I'm really rooting for your team to make playoffs

[@Biggytmg1322]

Lovely these videos bro

[@Biggytmg1322]

I feel like you could play better cause bro you better then that but keep your head up and stay focus 💪

[@tigrus245]

Bro is NEVER going for defense again 💀

[@animeaddict2202]

I love hearing the Pokemon Conquest music in these videos lol

[@RealBeastBoy007]

Bro is definitely gonna use DragMag next week, im calling it rn

[@calook1334]

Special balance is literally the worst possible matchup and he still almost took 3 mons

[@addorall]

video/short suggestion: talk about the falling off of Life Orb over the last year or two. It used to be incredibly common and was nearly as used as choice items, but is now almost never considered outside of a few pokemon (greninja, sheer force users, crawdaunt) and i think the way the playerbase really shifted away from it after it being such a powerful option is really interesting

[@shooby117]

As someone who hasnt played showdown since gen 7... CHANSEY IS NU? WHAT?

[@Light_2461]

PU, actually

[@JamesJamesW]

Blissey is still OU, while Chansey is actually PU rn lol. That being said, it still has genuine niches in higher tiers, just not enough usage to move up

[@Rarest26]

No toxic lol

[@InkSams9386]

It's Pu,and as an avid PU player,it's bad there

[@sprasle]

THE THUGG IS IN

[@Everetses]

I WAS INTERESTED!

[@andrewhalls1121]

The Pokémon conquest soundtrack goes crazy

[@ghostyspaghetti5355]

Gotta love that Pokémon conquest soundtrack

[@evansmith2832]

brings me back to the inverse battle om

[@waluigi839]

I feel like i’ve been in this place before

[@vanesslifeygo]

The second I saw that thumbnail I just... I had to see the results of this!

[@bennconner1195]

I like Tera ground curse Avalugg the best. With ice body, leftovers & snow support to help you get set up.

[@ASTRODONGS]

Back in the early seasons of in-game SV singles, Avalugg was one of my MVPs. People really don't expect it or know how to deal with it since it is so uncommon.

[@vanesslifeygo]

Was so bad in the gen it was introduced lol

[@SaucerofPeril]

Any thoughts on the viability of arbok for NU with an offensive set centered around scale shot with loaded dice?

[@Shootkapow]

if i may ask, how do you do the animations for the move display? like the healing wish one at 5:46

[@A.R_69]

Shuckle seeing he was replaced by an iceberg and a pink egg blob

[@kingkhup9557]

What's the pixelart background during the examples from? It's so pretty, is it from a game or like, from a artist? If so, whom?

[@shadmanuddin]

Do you train all those Pokémon to get those in game battle clips? That would be insane

[@ErFuyl]

this is why you should never take risks early using stall teams, if they can have a way to OHKO your mons they will have a way to OHKO your mons.

[@Trebolt]

do you have a link to the splash hill remix in the intro?

[@beanieweenow5244]

zam that tera ghost is a little devious

[@tysondennis1016]

Skuntank: Watch out for Avalugg.

[@destroyer4929]

Freezai has joined big stall/j

[@TrappyJenkins]

Ive been enjoying watching this series. its what it feels like to be in a tounrament. ups and downs. I think you did much better with HO. You probably could have taken out that team.

[@Vmac1394]

Why do your matches always seem to have mirror elements? Are you showing off your teams on a stream or something before the match?

[@sansundertale9965]

Are repeat Pokémon and/or teams not allowed? Because all the teams have been drastically different each time

[@TeifitV]

Eviolite chansey is NU. What the hecc is this gen holy moly

[@rjcaprin]

i love you freezai

[@TheAntlionGuard]

That paralysis was painful

[@redr6107]

he knew he would get paralyzed and went for it anyways, he made a risky decision and got punished for it. so, yea...

[@felixrodriguez5050]

I loved it lol

[@phlapjaxx]

in freezai we trust

[@Jigzawman]

Can you show IV’s for all the Pokémon during the team building section of the video?

[@quiche6400]

31 always, 0 atk for spa takers because foul play but even that's not necessary all the time. Smogon dex is helpful ev/iv spreads too. Also he has the teams posted in the discription

[@Excellsion]

0:50 Homie said somewhat.

[@john-vl3mm]

2:45: Damn, seeing the opponent watashi is using Watashi from Jintai as their avatar is challenging my automatic instinct to root for Freezai.

[@cryochick9044]

I just won a tourny yesterday my first win ever. You can get your win in this one we believe

[@bunger2899]

God, what's the song used on 0:35 - 1:35? I've heard it before but I can't remember no matter how hard I try.

[@gemmy5893]

never been this early, you should use a belly drum team

[@judsondoncaster4795]

Freezai is the goat!

[@g-1336]

How u do the in game replay of showdown?

[@tamiraltansukh6974]

under a minute? damn i should sleep

[@NotBamOrBing]

Missing these videos, is the tournament over?

[@gufishanemometer6450]

his team lost

[@NotBamOrBing]

@@gufishanemometer6450 noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@CBSnB2R]

Avalugg my beloved.

[@benny1118]

How do competitive Pokémon KZbinrs have these clips of the battle from both Showdown and SV gameplay?

[@BlueItem1]

Showdown is the real match, then they copy the moves and such in SV and edit them in for some visual variety I think?

[@gowa423]

Offense usually takes the spot when it comes to Pokemon.

[@gufishanemometer6450]

TASHI THE GOOOOOOAAAAAAAT

[@be2957]

“ I teached chansey” 💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@daltonblaze926]

Man remember when 100 speed was good?

[@maxmustermann5590]

Setting up the game again with Animations is alot of work and for me it makes it harder to follow the game. The Editing is all around very nice, I'd just stay in the showdown replay fir the actual game

[@TheReplayRemake]

2:41 Ofeensive

[@kirumlpbrasil]

Whatashi scouts your team. It's perfect counter team Suspect.

[@quiche6400]

Every loss you've had was from trying to sucker punch sweep lmao

[@joltingball8534]

Fighting weakness? Eager to see how video pans out!

[@perladel95]

The idea of this core is exactly this. You use these two fat mons to tank all the strong physical and special attacks of the tier. You deal with the fighting weakness with other stuff: in fact Freezai had lots of resists or immunities to fighting (Croak, Gligar, Mismagius...) Unfortunately people are adapting to it. With Psyshock + NP you can hit Chansey with that and you handle Avalugg with other special moves

[@AngelLuvr]

“It is somewhat weak physically” 5. Chansey has base 5 defense lmaooo

[@OrangeJuiceOnIce]

are you planning on updating this mr freezai 😊

[@dest1n1es46]

His team got 5th place and didn't make it out of the knockout stages.

[@wendytaeyeonluna]

Did bro name his great tusk after torque?😭

[@P4AN_]

"Somewhat weak physically" 10 base atk and def. Yeah, somewhat weak

[@Eros1078]

That high Hp makes up for the low defense

[@DryHopped]

Homie got absolutely cucked on this one. RIP in peace man

[@lechonk1122]

DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS!

[@mattevans1643]

The biggest problem with the frozen coffee table, is its ridiculous weaknesses. Steel,Fighting,Rock,Fire. 4 of the most common attack types in the game. With fire being mostly special, but Flareblitz still hits hard. Chansey on the other hand only has 1 Weakness in fighting, which happens to hit it physically which is chansey’s bad stat. So basically you can work around chansey. You can’t really work around Avalugg. Defensive ice types have always been screwed. Offensive ice types have always been decent. Ice is a great offensive type, but a terrible defensive type. The best ice type, is the one that isn’t ice type.

[@nautilus2612]

It would suck with any typing

[@EricKingOfScots]

Is this series over now?

[@josephzaarour6649]

Ah I remember gen7 zu, I used sub bulk up focus punch poliwrath to deal with lickylicky avalugg combo

[@natcole5981]

Why not tera dark chansey?

[@BrotherHood-xh9sg]

Avalugg is good? When did this happen? Both being slow and an ice type.

[@nautilus2612]

It's not.

[@nateweber1410]

Hi! Is there anyway I can send you clips and you either copy what I did or examine it. I full 6 mom swept in GEN 8 OU with curse mantine

[@riverflows2848]

do the tournaments happen on console? or are the console shots just recreations of the showdown match? if so thats a lot of dedication!

[@raptordaraptor7861]

Best of 1? Gods, you single players are nuts.

[@drunyon214]

Ice Spinner on turn 2 was a very bad play. It doesn't gain you hardly anything and risks a hugely bad outcome like Nasty Plot + Psyshock. I mean, he's not gonna set up Stealth Rock when facing an Avalugg that very likely has Rapid Spin. Chansey would have still fallen to the Nasty Plot + Psyshock combo if you had just gone out to it on turn 2, but you could have gotten an additional Seismic Toss off, which would have let Mismagius KO with Shadow Ball, leaving you in better shape.

[@TurboJesus]

1:44 what is he looking for? Please help him search! 🥺