OHKOS EVERYTHING! - Choice Band Trapinch - Competitive Showcase 2

[@ILikeSponges4]

I apologise for shit ev's, looking back this team was kinda balls, I'll remake it with better EV's and put a pokepaste in the description.

[@unitystarlight13]

Giving Black Sludge to a mon with Tera fighting when leftovers exist is kinda crazy. And rocky helmet hatterene too

[@ILikeSponges4]

@unitystarlight13 trust me rocky helmet hatt can cook

[@wuppado]

An ability that sets up trick room on entry would ruin vgc

[@spiritbaki108]

On regieleki would be kinda funny

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@wuppado r/stunfisk moment

[@TestohZuppa]

Remember that setting a Trick Room while it's active removes the current Trick Room, so nope, it wouldn't ruin VGC, it would adapt to counter it. However it would indeed not be that great for the meta. Probably the best way to buff Trick Room, without breaking the game would be to make an item that extends it like Weather Rocks or Terrain Extender

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@TestohZuppa good point, AND the fact that there's not a decent amount of pokemon that get trick room in the first place, I think the ability would be even sparcer

[@TestohZuppa]

@@ILikeSponges4 In fact the "Trick Room Extender" would be easier, but not necessarily better, just easier to balance, since a "Trick Room Setter Ability" could be broken more easily. An interesting option could be to give the ability to a relatively weak Pokémon (IE: Beheeyem). You have to run a weak Pokémon to benefit from its busted ability. Now THAT would be interesting hahah

[@doomershi]

Please do provide the bgm(s) used in the videos, even in the description would be great!

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@doomershi really? I didnt think people would be that intrested in the bgm's

[@doomershi]

@@ILikeSponges4 you have an excellent taste in it so I'm sure someone would ask someday '33

[@ILikeSponges4]

@doomershi thanks! I usually just pick video game songs (since i dont wanna do the copyright bs by using some of my actual favourite songs lmao)

[@RedBoi_UG]

I respect a man who uses LC mons in OU 😂

[@lushirisvn2859]

Same base atk with flygon go brrrrrrrrr

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@RedBoi_UG glad I earned your respect

[@RedBoi_UG]

@@ILikeSponges4 bro seeing how flygon is my fav mon ever i like it so dear to ma ❤️

[@oodogla]

I've seen this used in gen 8 to ohko zacian crowned with trapinch lmao

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@oodogla amazing lmao

[@Zen-rl5pv]

Trapinch is the homie, love this 🔥

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

Does bro have Crazy Dave on the mic?? 🤣 Growin the craziest figurative Beats and literal Beets

[@LeilaCATWHON]

For the Magic Bounce, i think Espeon has also access to it but it's a rare ability.

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@LeilaCATWHON yeah, espeon gets it too. So does mega diance

[@Fletchender]

Magic coat being replaced by its ability counterpart

[@christakpan]

I thought you were a KZbinr with like 250k subscribers, not 144??? KZbin’s Algorithm caught tweakin’

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@christakpan real

[@GASSED2211]

Don’t run calm mind or any set up move on a trick room team unless it’s a backup sweeper you basically only have 4-3 turns of trick room so you want to get as much damage as possible in those turn maybe even ohko setting up wastes momentum as is what makes trick room so strong since it gives usual power houses that have no opportunity to ohko because of their low speed the opportunity to shine so wasting it on setting up imo is very ill advised

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@GASSED2211 very intresting, ill keep it in mind.

[@GASSED2211]

@@ILikeSponges4 also just for longevity I would add another trick room setter but that’s just me it’s always nice to have a spD setter a def setter and a offensive setter so you have all bases covered but this is definitely more personal preference

[@ILikeSponges4]

@GASSED2211 i couldve used Trick Room on Glowking or something, but i usually use 2, otherwise itll be a bit too reliant on Trick Room, yknow

[@GASSED2211]

@@ILikeSponges4 I mean true but trick room is kinda like anti meta so you have to rely on tr if you use it since every powerhouse tr mon has great stab or coverage moves vs ever meta threat currently and conkelder is the actual goat for tr so much raw power and pretty much ohko every meta mon except toxapex trapinch is actually quite good since he has the element of surprise and has a good matchup vs meta

[@josephsixtos7106]

Found this vid out of nowhere. I too play on my phone

[@Obama3ryk]

Very cool team, subbed!

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@Obama3ryk thanks! Theres a poll in my community section where you can vote the pokemon i use in the next video!

[@inevitablecrit4869]

nice, ive inquired on the merits of tera bug choice band first impression trapinch before, and although arena trap would be nice if not banned (pretty sure it is, right?), getting use out of sheer force for stone edge and crunch is cool too!

[@ILikeSponges4]

Glad you're getting use from it! I leaned further towards Sheer Force to boost the raw damage of Trapinch. And as you saw in the video with ogerpon, they didn't switch out cos it's "a free KO"

[@Deesn]

Hatterene set is goated

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@Deesn thanks, Mystical Fire goes real hard

[@ShinyFlub]

did you take some inspiration from THATSAplusONE?

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@ShinyFlub who's that?

[@DrakoNotDraco]

​@@ILikeSponges4he's a competitive player

[@ILikeSponges4]

@OneEyedDrako well, I didn't take inspiration if I don't know him lmao

[@mackenziehendry3395]

Where do I recognize the intro music from

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@mackenziehendry3395 Stickerbrush Symphony - Donkey Kong Country 2

[@ethanweiss3004]

very impressive

[@jpraise6771]

dear people of the world. God reigns! Now and forevermore! Before you disregard this, please know that many are called, but few chosen. Make the decision to love the Lord your God with all your heart

[@DOUGHNUTTEE]

This is sick ❤️

[@ILikeSponges4]

Thanks man ❤️

[@DarrellMcburkenson]

Nice creative vid man. Hope you blow up soon

[@ILikeSponges4]

I got around 20 subs from this video iirc, if I make more I should blow up pretty soon

[@DarrellMcburkenson]

@@ILikeSponges4 Hope you do. I'd reccomend Floatzel in rain. Choice band/mystic water wave crash does way too much damage

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@DarrellMcburkenson I'll keep that in mind, thanks!

[@yeetboi-os5kb]

Lowkey this is kinda evil

[@DanifromDani]

Love the video 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@mikec4390]

You wasted EVs on Trapinch by giving it 54 hp EVs and 202 speed EVs. EVs only help in increments of 4 so you literally threw away EVs by doing this because neither of those are divisible by 4. You would have the same result with 52 and 200 EVs but with 4 EVs leftover to actually be useful in one of them. Not to mention you're using trick room so you shouldn't invest in speed in the first place. Seems you made the same EV mistake with the other mons as well.

[@ILikeSponges4]

I'm not even gonna lie, The only thing Trapinch wants is Attack since it cant do jack shit in it's other stats

[@mikec4390]

@@ILikeSponges4 No reason not to invest the rest in bulk. Sometimes those 4 EVs make the difference between getting KOed and surviving with 1 hp. Slowking and Kingambit are the only ones you didn't waste EVs on with bad math.

[@ILikeSponges4]

@mikec4390 ngl I honestly dont think Trapinch is living anything, extra investment or not

[@flatziswashed]

🤓👆

[@thequagiestsire]

@@ILikeSponges4true but you never know, better waste them in a nothing stat instead of one that actively disbenefits you (Speed)

[@getmilked6216]

makes me think that slow lokix could be good too.

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@getmilked6216 slokix

[@cameron1095]

Great trapinch

[@PedroHenrique-vs3mf]

Making me wanna shiny hunt it lmao

[@hiimnoot713]

Can you leave us the pokepast?

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@hiimnoot713 I showed off the team at the beginning of the video. I dont think I can show Pokepastes, but you can see the EV spreads and Movesets just by looking at it

[@RequiemUltima22]

⁠@@ILikeSponges4ey I got a idea for u do double battles and run pure power adamant life orb regigigas and the medicham to skill swap

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@RequiemUltima22 no, I don't fw doubles

[@DrakoNotDraco]

Im the 177th sub btw

[@ILikeSponges4]

Thanks for subbing!

[@ant1338]

Wow new low ladder imba

[@ILikeSponges4]

This video was filmed at around 1300 elo, which I'm sure is midladder. Even so, this video is just for fun.

[@SkillzNGameplay]

🔥🔥🔥👌🏼

[@fleeper20]

who are you playin against? both players you went against literally just completely ignored your hatterene having magic bounce, the one did it even after having seen that you had it the turn before lol

[@ILikeSponges4]

@@fleeper20 this is random ladder games i had, at around 1200-1300 on showdown. One of the players in the vid and me spoke about him forgetting about magic bounce lmao

[@Sky-qd2jm]

211th sub