We Battled The Greatest Draft League Player

[@pokeaimMD]

Hahaha appreciate the kind words in the intro. Wild title lmao

[@arynoob1392]

incredibly modest

[@polargaming4290]

Heck yeah buddy, well played

[@SpoopyBirbBuddy49]

i have a new respect for arboliva ngl you played it so well

[@sircheddarcheese]

If you manage to win this draft league with your ragtag team, i feel like you can officially claim that title

[@Sepricotaku]

That was a good play from you, like they say here in the after interview the Crits not all of them mattered but that was super lucky, not the battle just seeing 6 Crits in a battle lol 4 on your side 2 on theirs also I'm building an arboliva to troll my friends with now cause that strength sap and all the other healing is dirty and I love it.

[@pokeaimMD]

**** Spoiler Shield **** You mentioned not showing your cards for a rematch which is hella true. My plan to “win” in the future would be to dodge the playoff matchup and let someone else deal with playmore 😂

[@grey0tter518]

Just bring out the sunny day weather ball harvest set 😤

[@banditrests]

@@grey0tter518 Or seed sower Terrain Pulse, that’s also stupidly powerful

[@ItsSavagero]

The amount crits you got was insane...

[@PaldeanWoopa]

Bubby be carrying with those 63 rapid spins

[@thefarmingpenguin]

You know the battle is going great when they start threatening olives and talking about berries

[@kgplox]

gotta say, I really enjoy this take on draft. having commentators gives a whole different perspective and allows the battler to focus on battling instead of thinking out loud is a cool concept. excited to watch the rest of the season with this killer team!

[@boogityhoo]

Yea I've been watching Shady as hes the only one I am subbed to who is in this league but he has been over thinking his 2 matches so far and he's getting his butt whooped because of it. I think he would do so much better if he wasn't giving live updates.

[@kgplox]

@@boogityhoo i think its just an overthinking situation, i think a lot of the plays that all the battlers have made have had a good amount of thought put into it. im in my own draft league, where ive literally noticed that a lot of battlers (including myself) have had the over analyzing problem but they still make it work. its why i enjoy watching draft tbh, has a real human element in everything

[@TylerTinted]

Rumor has it we still have 63 rapid spins left, never count us out

[@YoelSchwarz]

No one knows Except bubby

[@banditrests]

No shame in getting completely rolled by Joey, he really is one of the best singles players of all time, but wow that was one sided. Would have been hype to see you actually rematch him, John.

[@FertIx26]

The current standings: 2 kills for glastrier (Jirachi, blastoise) 1 kill for amoonguss (Ursaluna) 1 kill for garchomp (Talonflame recoil) 3 kills for valiant (Enamorus, Meowscarada, H-Qwillfish) Bonus stat: There are now only 5 pokemon with perfect attendance throughout being metagross, valiant, garchomp, glastrier and surprisingly cyclizar. A very sad day for play more fans worldwide but we trust in the beneral to get back up and fight his way to a possible rematch.

[@rodolfochavezarellano6037]

Keep this up my guy, I have bets going on end of the season stats and this will make keeping track of things easier

[@RetroFanatic-Trapster2]

Wait, what? Only 5? How does this work, exactly?

[@FertIx26]

@@RetroFanatic-Trapster2 Well you see, there have been 2 matches played. 5 pokemon have been in both of the matches and therefore have perfect attendance as in they have been in every match.

[@RetroFanatic-Trapster2]

@@FertIx26 Ah. I see.

[@dominicpirola8240]

wait metagross? I didnt see a metagross...

[@howlingarmadillo]

Yeah, you guys got some rough luck on this one. I don't think the crits turned things around in Joey's favor, since his team for this match was very well tailored to deal with yours, but they definitely made the situation a lot worse. Well played regardless.

[@some_hippies]

They honestly hosed Ben out of the match. Crits matter a lot more when you're invested in bulk, dying to one less hit when you're a setup mon is a big deal

[@ramaroy2408]

​@@some_hippiesthe only crit that matter is against swampert and even then even if Joey got low roll it will take 86 percents of metagross HP, Joey can just switch to ace and kill it with pyro ball. Crit on garchomp didn't matter as again arboliva can just tank it or Joey switch to swampert. Crit on ceruledge also didn't matter it still got 3 OHKO without crits and can't do anything other than die slowly to arboliva. Crit on gastrier? Joey got endure custap diance and Scizor to deal with it.

[@rodolfochavezarellano6037]

Man...that was rough Even before going in Joey already had the intimidation factor being the champion of the previous season, showing up with the worse case scenario team and huges crits on top of it, it must have been soul crushing, hats off to the Beneral for keep fighting the good fight against this literal titan of an opponent. Also John saying the good thing about this crushed defeat is that he couldn't figure out your true strategy, seeing Joey's coment on the video, i think he knows your strategy

[@nickywal]

This is one thing I like about draft, for the same reason I enjoy nuzlockes, the most surprising pokemon can be so amazing. I don't think there's any shame in being destroyed by one of the top players ever

[@polargaming4290]

This is such a fun series, it feeds my competitive appetite without having to think lol

[@rodolfochavezarellano6037]

Bro same

[@AndrewTRudd]

This entire match was a case study into Murphy’s law

[@Shuckleking87]

37:25 definitely the best part of the battle, youll get it next time though!

[@ASoulphoenix]

pokeaim playing like he owned the whole swamp... goddamn

[@AlexM-fv8lp]

Coming back to this battle and seeing the arboliva in the team prep is enough to give me nightmares.

[@teriso1793]

"We've heard a lot abt how long this thing can stick around, be a nuisance and really dk more damage than it has any right to" Tyler's psychic

[@SpoopyBirbBuddy49]

man im definitely gonna have to see joeys pov for this one i have a new respect for arboliva ngl. dont worry guys we'll def get em next week

[@Comett778]

I was excited for this the moment I heard you guys would be in the same league I’ve watched you both for years and am SO excited for this!

[@Broseidon914]

These videos make my week! Always excited to see the great games from The Beneral and listen to your and Tyler's funny and also very informative commentary. I only got into competitive battling in Gen 8 and don't really follow it much at all, but I would never miss a Play More battle for anything! Love what you do, keep up the great work!

[@dubbingsync]

Bad start… on the back foot from there… tough game this round. I finally understand why people feel so bad after a team they support loses so badly.

[@cartruckslap]

18:01 This needs more acknowledgment, this could've been game changing

[@jakemauro5677]

This was hilarious. I’m dyingggg. Poor coach reacting to the crits. Joey so smart using that olive tree and banding the swamp.

[@Kaiser00Wilhelm]

I feel like I'm learning a lot from you guys! This week there were actually a few moments where my brain was in sync with John and Tyler.

[@celestialfangs4544]

Lets go Play More!!! I'll be cheering yall on the whole way!

[@lucasferreira2832]

I absolutely love the direction you guys choose to go with the SPL videos 👍

[@stephenwehe5944]

Joey's like a drunken master martial artist with this draft. What a rough game for us. But, In Ben We Trust. Bouncing back next week

[@thpolar3887]

The background music is very well chosen!

[@alechoffman13]

Can you please tell me the name of that song?

[@TomZ1272]

Despite commentating through an absolute slow, (giga)draining death by Arbol, I appreciate how you guys are able to provide comedy, positive despair and banter despite the turn by turn events. I think you guys got this next time if you face Joey in playoffs!

[@aadityasharma5434]

Guys we gotta trade for squakabilly he’s too good lmao

[@MelonMilotic]

Not only is this the greatest birthday present I'm gonna be getting, but the one piece names make it even more fun

[@SpoopyBirbBuddy49]

happy birfday!

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

Happy Birthday

[@boogityhoo]

Happy Birthday foo!!

[@samkay6386]

Even though we lost this week, think about it we were battling the greatest coach in the draft, keep up the high spirits John. Go Play More

[@DJprofessorK]

Just ordered myself a bubby to support the squad. Thank you for getting me into watching draft league. It’s very entertaining

[@TheTrueMorse64]

30:52 I feel like he’s toying with us! He can finish Ceruledge off easily with Earth Power and yet he’s not!

[@genekim3870]

Really enjoyed your commentary!

[@tomashogberg8514]

For my own sake of mind I had to run the calcs of those first four crits lol 😂 Metagross being so defensive (impish and EVd 252 hp 128 def) means you took 86.2 - 102.1% even from an adamant, 252 atk, choice band earthquake form Swampert, so would've needed a very high roll to KO. On top of disguising that it was choiced and the psychological factor of it all. Arboliva's earth power crit on their specially defensive Ceruledge turned a 3HKO into a 2HKO (EP no crit = 41.3 - 49.2% vs. EP crit = 62.3 - 73.6%) which ofc is a massive deal as well, forcing the switch out sooner than intended and negating set up opportunities for it etc. Not sure the crit giga drain on Glastrier would've mattered but with Arboliva being such a tank and getting its crit when being at its lowest so far (around 55-60% hp ish?) is ofc dream crushing too lol. But hey, the crit on Garchomp which would've been the biggest deal if it mattered, did not matter as it was a physically defensive chomp and a non crit EP was doing 26.4 - 31.2% with it being at 26%. So at there's at least that haha ^^ All that said Joey played really well, but he also did get very lucky with a couple BIG crits on Ceruledge and Metagross in particular.

[@ramaroy2408]

Crit on ceruledge wouldn't matter, it got hard wall and what set up? Strength sap would make the bulk up worthless. The only real crit that matter is on metagross and it still get walled by arboliva or revenge kill by cinderace

[@tomashogberg8514]

@@ramaroy2408 Lol still a BIG deal if you mon gets 3HKOd or 2HKOd in terms of your different options. Meant for later set up potential obviously, as it was one of their win cons still if they could've dealt with Arboliva otherwise. Not taking anything away from Joey bro, he's a brilliant player and prepped very well as always, but you can't say those crits didn't matter. That's my only point here mate, because they did - whether directly or indirectly. You can always theorize how things would've gone if they hadn't happened and say well even if x then y and z. But there's human factor, there's an element of predictability and risk, etc, etc, etc. You don't know how it would've played out without the crits.

[@ramaroy2408]

@@tomashogberg8514 Joey and Ben already discussed it and they agreed that the only crit that matter is in metagross. And Ben also said that Joey team just too hard to break even without the crit and will still lose anyway. Ben don't have any answers to the arboliva.

[@EthanAsiwe]

Can't wait until joey and play more battle it out in the finals and play more make the ultimate comback

[@MozzarellaAndChedda]

2 of the best pokemon on the thumbnail ❤

[@wilbygaming]

If you all play Joey again, I expect one of you to have a bowl of olives on hand for 'intimidation'.

[@char-2The-Tsar]

Be Damned with them crits

[@k2sauser521]

Lets go another Play more vid!

[@StevenCrosio]

Pew Pew came back to give Play More some nightmares!!

[@DrLove-xv3th]

I think the only crit that truly mattered was the Metagross crit.

[@raizen4597]

Losing metagross was really bad for the arboliva specifically, too many crits get it. There wasnt too much you could do in that point. Defently the preparation of the team wasnt the greatest, against that specific team (considering was actually a bad match up too), vaporeon was probably the better switch into this match up if you bring it. Magnet rise as a move wasnt a great solution against ground moves unfortunally because of the lead make it much harder. Also there arent any switch against earthquake and that alone hurt the team too much. You played very well despite the crits situation, you did your best. Good luck for the next round and keep strong 💪

[@Spark31Gaming]

How was Vaporeon a better switch? It does like 60% with scald and then gets gigs drained and Arb gets all the health back. Plus you can't even guarantee that the Arb was going to be fire tera, it could have been fairy. Between strength sap and the physical bulk I think the real killer here was the lack of special attackers that got brought this week. Arb could strength sap up on just about everything on the playmore squad and because Val was a physical set this week and not a special set, it couldn't 1v1 Arb after tera particularly well. Between that and having no EQ or earth power switch ins for Pert/Arb I think the real winning move was probably to bring Jugulis. Gives you immunities that let you play around Pert (which might force more mistakes you can win off of with Edge or Glas) and also gives you a special attacker capable of breaking Arb.

[@raizen4597]

@@Spark31Gaming i agree with you as i said is big problem was, he didnt have any good switch on ground moves. Generally water type is the best type to switch against kinda anything combined with steel and dragon. Jugulis is indeed a good one too, better than vaporeon for sure in this instance because of the immunity, on the other hand vaporeon isnt only a decent bulky mon but it could be also a fine special attacker too on top having immunity on water moves with his ability, surprise your opponent could matter at the end if you're not expecting what it could have. His swampert is what kinda decide the game at the end. I agree with you man. EDIT: Still the Ben played very well and i enjoy the match 👍

[@koolkittykat04]

I forget, did they draft a flying type or Pokémon with Levitate? That would’ve really helped them this week.

[@Spark31Gaming]

@@koolkittykat04 Iron Jug

[@Rainbozo]

The edge of dawn theme from fire emblem in the background is peak

[@TheShrike9]

What's the music around 16:41

[@unjustcarlie]

wow got here 3 minutes in and a ton of people already beat me here. super excited to watch this matchup it will be hype no matter who wins!

[@unjustcarlie]

oof rough start to the battle. feels like the prep might have been a bit off but I'm looking forward to the rest of the season!

[@Abhishek-ue6tj]

Nah couldnt have done anything tbh. Three crits all on the switch? At that point just forfeit

[@unjustcarlie]

Yeah it was rough. After I saw the first eq tho I was like wow this team is weak to eq and wasn't sure if there was better prep possible for that.

[@mistv901]

You make life take the olives back! You make life rue the day it gave you olives! You say "I don't want your dang olives! I'm Cave Johnson and-"

[@Akku8581]

That swampert was banded and the damage range was 86-102%, you got very unlucky.

[@FoxxPlushie]

If Metagross lived swampert, then it would have just died to the cinderace.

[@willdoggy02]

Amazing Match! It would be helpful if y'all were sent information sheets with Showdown Calcs on them as reference for commentary .

[@Pailers]

This is my NFL

[@MizzClareJonesKNS]

Those crits were unfortunate and Arbolivia is insane, glad my olive friend is getting its time to shiny. You did well, Play More. Next week we get a W 🐸

[@TheTrueMorse64]

When I see the opponent’s team: “Boss I think this might be a trap.”

[@LagrimaArdiente]

That was brutal but I'm still proud of y'all!

[@PrudhommeTV]

Came from Joeys Channel, this commentary style is fireeee

[@WiiMote070]

I should be upset for you guys but I'm sorry I'm enjoying my dose of Swampert and Arboliva. They popped off this game. I knew Arboliva was good! Seriously, Girafflora just wouldn't go away wtf

[@Benicthehedgehog]

I feel like Joey Wheeler got his luck hitting hard this match cause those critical hits did a huge number on the team & felt like a bad matchup. Beneral may have to pay close attention on both Joey & his rival Uzi to be better prepared for his rematches.

[@FroakieBall-jl9lm]

Love the one piece names

[@masonkline2644]

and joey wiped the floor with you lol

[@Sepricotaku]

Take it on the chin and comeback swinging next time, we salute the Beneral.

[@born2bewild_243]

You guy making Joey sound like the Messi of Pokemon (and rightfully so I might add) 😂

[@Rachaelorly]

bad luck gang, but I know you're gonna beat Joey the next time you face him. He really is the singles goat, but I will always believe in bubby and team play more!

[@MichaelKalonikos]

Tough loss. That olive was nasty

[@Spark31Gaming]

Nothing wrong with losing to the champ from last season. You can get momentum back up next week

[@GeneralTarheel]

Who is this dude playing? Not me. I’ll be back next week! 😤

[@not2shabby]

No idea who that guy was, but he was a real crit magnet. Not like our Beneral.

[@karlafeldstein1984]

Got my play more shirt the other day!

[@svendacti]

Week 2 of watching my favorite teams play against each other 😢 First Joey vs Shady, now Play More vs Joey.

[@iliya1933]

Every crit was on a switch in… that feels SO bad.

[@dylanmorgan4681]

To be fair, 3 nasty gamechanging crits happened

[@FoxxPlushie]

Aside from the metagross crit (metagross actually had a chance to die regardless the crit though), the crits weren't really game changing. Glastrier is not gonna 1v1 arboliva anyways. And the garchomp was gonna die to the swampert if it didn't get critted by arboliva.

[@That_RandomGamer]

PlayMore!!!!

[@elijahoder3667]

I am excited

[@DJDREWWAVE]

That was a ROUGH match to watch, I couldn't get through it.

[@MDefender22]

Yeah, All those crits were killer. Get him back in the playoffs!

[@NagiReoBL]

Even without the crits Joey would have won

[@Norbert_12390]

We are beliving in Play more they can do it remember they lose butt they rised back up we can believe in them. I don't want to be smart butt if we were scared of Arbolivia we could run on bubby '' With the W'' ice spinner removing the terrain butt i just want we could butt it was a great battel can't wait to see more awesome battel ❤

[@ramaroy2408]

Wouldn't the terrain come back after it got hit by ice spinner?

[@Norbert_12390]

i tryed it yes will delate the grassy terrain. Now play more have a anwer to grassy terrain if they next time battel@@ramaroy2408

[@TrappyJenkins]

Should have played around 4+ crits

[@NotAbcd936]

I just got a Shiny Smoliv in SV and this coming out the day after did not help the fact that the hunt took me like 5 hours

[@sashaanne703]

Well, that was certainly a game that happened.

[@chriscunningham6401]

Need Psychic Noise on something if there is a rematch.

[@Bengt2509]

🐸

[@PaldeanWoopa]

🐸🐸

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

​@@PaldeanWoopa🐸🐸🐸

[@paulnelson7918]

Seemed like it was merry critmas

[@-1PokemonGamer]

I think that arboliva was razor clawed

[@toaster7426]

Olives are the worst puzza topping anyways. Chimpact better be shaking in his boots as Playmore turns the series into a 2-1!

[@theloyalbandito]

BANDITOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[@past6480]

Would have won if we had more rapid spins...

[@JeMoJaKu]

Spoiler warning ⚠️ I feel like when glastier was facing arboliva at the end, if iron defense was used a few times from the first time it came out instead of avalanche, the body press might have hurt even more. A crit might kill I would like to believe 😢 Cause the one time iron defense to body press almost hit half of arboliva's health 🤔 Either way, you guys did very very well, stay strong coach Ben!!!

[@ramaroy2408]

Then Joey will instantly kill it with terablast. The reason Joey not instantly kill it in the next turn is because he didn't see the iron defense.

[@Pablo360able]

Arboliva wouldn't have taken a turn to strength sap if Glastrier had opened with Iron Defense. It still wouldn't have had enough turns to get Body Press's damage high enough.

[@thegamedanalyst2169]

This was genuinely painful to watch. I would be throwing chairs and flipping tables if I was in Ben’s positions. Can we call null on this battle? Please?

[@Pablo360able]

it's a good thing you weren't in ben's position then, because it sounds like you don't have the temperament for competitive pokemon. you gotta take the losses.

[@user-vp2eq5pl8w]

Olives, fuck em

[@Deoxys1585]

Let bubby cook

[@whosthatguy8396]

Lost as soon as you let metagross die. Shit happens

[@thomasedwards6641]

We need more electrode (I want to win the poll).

[@not2shabby]

We knew Joey would show up and prove why he's one of the best of all-time, if not the best. And he did. But the rampant critical hits were just absolutely unnecessary. This was a mugging.

[@daylight_gfg]

Kuzan is pronounced like koo-zon and ryuma is pronounced like ree-you-ma

[@Spark31Gaming]

Closeish I guess lol くざん is closer to like koo-zawn but your tounge moves to the back of your throat like an NG sound without actually making it so it feels almost like saying koo-zawng And りゅま is kinda like ree-you-ma except the first two syllables are combined into one syllable so it's reeyou-ma instead

[@wrathshot1589]

Ceruledge should be named law not ryuma

[@rexreed4234]

Overthinking kills

[@GeorgeAdcock09]

🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@PaldeanWoopa]

🐸🐸🐸🐸🐸

[@FoxxPlushie]

Tbh, if things would have perfectly, if the crits weren't there, I still think 10 times out of 10 you would have never won that. Tera fire arboliva is just too strong.

[@bradmorgan3797]

Wolfey is the best draft league player. Pokeaim is the second best.

[@kingintox5743]

Maybe, but Wolfey hasn’t done draft in forever. Joey’s been winning a ton recently, so right now it’s definitely Joey.

[@whs1pmjazz]

Man is right, there is a reason why people said that the WBE actually stood for Wolfe Beats Everyone. Love me some Aim, but I think he'd need to keep this hot streak going for a while longer to overtake Wolfe

[@Arandom-w2d]

1st

[@charliecurrell2469]

no ur not

[@Arandom-w2d]

@@charliecurrell2469 ik im actually like 3rd or 4rth

[@drewetttt1348]

you got bullied, dont act like you can beat Joey and his shit house team....

[@iamcoolkinda]

Videos would be way better if commentary was unbiased

[@calebnelson4932]

Why would they be rooting for the other coaches? Of course they're gonna be biased 😂

[@Thunderlike1]

@@calebnelson4932then we don‘t need commentators but only the person playing talking Edit: people are stupid on here I think. My comment was against the criticism of the commentators being biased. I feel like we either take watch the player commentating his/her game and thus giving us interesting insight into their thought process or we keep the current form and accept that they root for their own team. My comment was supposed to be a sarcastic criticism. But hey - trash me more internet youtube means nothing :D

[@min1メ冬Kryo]

They own this team.. Why would they not support it? I and many people think what they're doing is great and very entertaining. Also, I like that the player can focus on the game and not worry about commentary.

[@calebnelson4932]

@@Thunderlike1 then go to a different channel, they want their games to feel like a sports match for their own team.

[@Pablo360able]

@@Thunderlike1do you also think that football commentary should be done by the players on the field?