Pokémon Metronome Battle VS PokeMEN | The MBF Final

[@TheAuraGuardian]

Thank you to everyone who have been watching the league from the beginning, and even anyone who watched any of the league videos. Taking part of this league was an interesting experience, and I'm glad that the vast majority of you enjoyed. Regular videos should be returning with one planned for the middle of June and hopefully more to come in July and onwards. Thanks again 😊

[@stanvandeberk]

You were the only one i was watching and you won I am proud man

[@kentheg7368]

Never forget Cow, the true Number 1 pick.

[@ASilvaProduction]

TheAuraGuardian congratulations

[@kentheg7368]

You should now refrain from eating beef ever again or drinking milk products in respect to Cow.

[@beastblaziken3043]

Yo Congrats

[@squirtlewglasses1279]

cows achievments in the league : - won againts 3 vs 1 (MandJTV) - won againts 3 vs 1 (Jubilee) - won againts 4 vs 1 (PokeMEN) - pulling of a sucessful horn drill (OHKO) - pulling of a sucessful nightmare - getting Imprison ...... ....this cow is a beast

[@TheDougio]

Also pulling off a successful horn drill.

[@squirtlewglasses1279]

Gio Ramirez thanks for reminding me, I'll put that on the list.

[@cacs2201]

And well, pulling the imprison to KO his entire team too

[@beastunleashed657]

Enchanted Sword100 Eh? Wasn’t the nightmare from Golem ?

[@gio_joestar5982]

I fucking love cow rn 😂

[@haidynwendlandt2479]

very upset that miltank isn't named udder chaos

[@TheAuraGuardian]

Me too now 😂

[@greenkirby7173]

oof

[@zareffarhaan6106]

*REKT*

[@chaos_blue1089]

@@TheAuraGuardian call it Goat

[@furiousfusion7890]

I’d say mr nipples

[@The_Viridian]

“Should have gone for the head” - Miltank

[@beastunleashed657]

EmeraldZoroark And now, OWARI DA!

[@randombanana5410]

That's what Thanos said.....

[@FarAtmosphere]

*snaps*

[@knodel2378]

I dont feel so good -pokeMEN

[@LittleTuberGames]

**Miltank snaps her fingers** John: Hey Alex, I don’t feel so good.

[@finalscore2983]

CORRECTION: Snorlax has had two kills in this league. One of them was itself.

[@FlamieDoc]

LOL

[@simpcalledfern4918]

LMAO

[@Turtlefr138]

lol

[@youcher]

If we are counting that as -1 kill he has zero kills

[@unreallyhooman]

Ouch

[@diamonds_realm]

Cow is the best metronome user in the game

[@Nico-ns9jn]

Diamonds_Realm Gaming i know this miltank is cool

[@nashaamalia11]

Diamonds_Realm Gaming yesss so much

[@Kyle-zz6mx]

Diamonds_Realm Gaming hail

[@ck49mvp]

Cow's stats during the MBF: 1. Pulled off the greatest Pokémon comeback ever(vs MandJTV) 2. Was the best Pokémon in the championship-winning team 3. Carried a team that had a terrible losing streak (3 losses in a row) to 1st place 4. Beat an incredible amount of Pokémon by itself 5. Hit a horn drill(which has a low accuracy) during the playoffs 6. Used imprison in the final of the MBF so that the other team would struggle. 7. Beat 4 Pokémon in a row in the FINAL. 8. Used Fire Spin and Hail to Machamp (that also got huge recoil damage from Cow's Imprison) in order to secure the Championship 9. Made Whitney's Miltank seem harmless 10. Made the Auraguardian (and people who supported his team) like Miltank even more. 11. Won a battle using STRUGGLE in the Playoffs MVP(Most Valuable Pokémon) for a reason

[@abdulzaelani9954]

Christos Kyriakou sorry but no. 6 is the golem not cow

[@ck49mvp]

Abdul Zaelani thanks for noticing! Cow's still the MVP though

[@abdulzaelani9954]

Christos Kyriakou true, u might want to add "Winning a battle with struggle" too 😂

[@ck49mvp]

Abdul Zaelani I'll add it, I forgot

[@vholtninja2976]

it was cow not precious

[@TheSupremeRk9s]

I knew you’d win it all before the league even began!!

[@RayHaitch]

Flipadoodle

[@formeradmiralkuzan4518]

TheSupremeRk9s he's the Pokemon Master!

[@GwnMichael]

TheSupremeRk9s spoilers 😪

[@mm-uk9sr]

SAME

[@hushchild9156]

Me too I was watching from here from the start!

[@mooseygoosey9720]

Cow: Your training is complete. Whitney and her miltank: Thank you master. We will give nearly all trainers who confront us as much grief as you have given.

[@pokeinator7834]

Moosey Goosey ha ha haha haha haha also there is two will

[@xmrmeow]

This cow needs some fan art

[@blindtreeman8052]

シドラ・エレイシ im in the process of making one. Its satan. Its Cow as satan.

[@izanegi]

シドラ・エレイシ ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Dexuz]

@ghost boi ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@CABRALFAN27]

You know how Ash and his Greninja have a Battle Bond, that transforms him into Ash-Greninja? I want to see an Aura-Miltank design.

[@southernphoenix5579]

17:13 Checkmate.

[@ThePokemonKage]

Game over

[@ketchupacket]

Cow brings fear in people’s eyes. Even Arceus knows.

[@charlescyrussantos5739]

I feel like arceus is scared of what he created

[@kanishkpandey6068]

Excuse you Ark-oos

[@smashi_64]

To be fair, Miltank used Judgement like 3 times this whole league, it’s Arceus in disguise.

[@kanishkpandey6068]

@@smashi_64 its Ark-oos

[@nazimkhan6322]

Man, what a ride! Watching your metronome battles have been a pleasure. It's like watching an anime. You win, you lose, you struggled and then you won the championship. Congratulations on your victory. You and your pokemons deserved it. ps: Imprison is broken af!(Love the SAW edit)

[@strawhataneil6195]

Nazim Khan it looks like pokemen struggled literally

[@_uncredited_]

It’s like anime unless you’re Ash who doesn’t win the championship

[@JaredKinz]

Alex’s Favorite Pokemon of each type Normal: MILTANK! Alex: Why you ask? *Link shows up to this video* Congrats Alex! I’ve watched every single episode of this series since the beginning. :)

[@zaimwaqar2788]

*Dragon

[@TheRawyan]

Same

[@PurpleOJ]

I knew I was on the right team since the beginning!

[@marctang3802]

PurpleOJ SAME!!! GO NOTTINGHAM OWLTLAWS!!!

[@wafflin8982]

Me too!

[@patrickmatrix9963]

Beginning of the league Me: Should I go for Noivern Ceasers or Nottingham Outlaws Week 3 Me:I’m going for Nottingham Outlaws

[@Green_cashier_unr71]

Same

[@renokyrieliumgodofvoid8330]

Aura deserved to be the winner, i mean his video has great quality Because most Pokétuber is easily predict reading scripts, while Aura he maybe reading scripts but he does not sounds like one Also he dont use theory to make Pokémon evil LIKE HOW DOBBS DO THAT TO MARSHADOW!!!!! The only thing that i can think about Marshadow is evil IS NOTHING!!!!!

[@methyllithium323]

BTW Alex, in my opinion you got the best battles with the best luck and best editing in the whole league! You surely deserve the win!

[@astrogod3674]

At first I had my doubts but now I am 100% sure that Alex stole this Miltank from Whitney

[@dukegaming5129]

no its even better than whitneys because i beat her milktank with a male bayleaf using only 2 super poitions

[@jawadtufaif7208]

Xeo I think it's the opposite

[@stepanp7230]

He stole and hyper trained it

[@kbowman772]

His team is the Outlaws.

[@lucariogirl1594]

:')

[@Moon-nk3co]

Centsmart: Kills itself Precious: does nothing Zitz: gets intro highlights cause he always dead Plusle: Does a bit of work Jirachi: takes a nap or works Cow: WHY AM I DOING ALL THE WORK. ANYONE HERE DO ANYTHING

[@puppythekitsunegoddess8953]

Plusle did alot of work too tho. And poliwrath did set up those beautiful toxic spikes one time mwah💋

[@psychie8625]

+cell: - OHKOed Magmortar and Hitmonlee - Knocked out 3 of Michael's Pokémon with the help of toxic spikes Jirachi: - Knocked out Togekiss and Blissey - The mastermind behind the Michael Massacre of Playoff Week 1 That's what comes to the top of my head.

[@praggodey]

Golem taking Gengar in the finals.

[@Wildcatt1999]

Congratulations Alex on winning the league! You did spectacular! You're an awesome PokeTuber, your intros are awesome, and Cow the Miltank is the best metronome battler ever. You and your Pokemon deserve to win.

[@fordsfarmtv4091]

I was scrolling to see another video I then I saw your comment and you spoiled it!😡

[@Wildcatt1999]

Samantha Pearce Sorry, but there are other comments that spoil the video too.

[@kittytroublemaker2283]

Nice starter!

[@Wildcatt1999]

Kitty Troublemaker Who?

[@kittytroublemaker2283]

Wildcat 1999 You.Inciniroar is my favourite alolan starter.

[@TheMrwa92]

So many clutches, so much power. And that Imprison is so poetic that I just... I love Cow. Hearing Alex's true reactions was beautiful. Although, I do like the style, and his videos are the ones I enjoyed the most in this championship. Well done! Cheers!

[@detachedmars158]

Spoilers I’m so happy man congratulations on the win.

[@umbrellaeyethingguy4665]

why tf did I open read more before I whatched the vid you litelary told me there whould be spoilers

[@phrog5471]

I love it when gengar used first impression "Hello sir, it is so nice to meet you **UPPERCUT**

[@kales_vault_of_cards]

Cow used Imprison God’s Plan starts playing

[@joaquinkhourysilvestre2530]

No wonder cows are considered gods in some cultures

[@firefoxyt6600]

Joaquin Khoury you're talking about India... We chose the right one xD

[@arifjarif]

My brother ate miltank

[@alexandersmart2429]

You could even say... Holy Cow

[@PallabDutt]

Muhammad ate Tepig.

[@BondMan69]

That's my culture

[@leonshirogane5541]

cow the legend at 17:13 Cow: omaiwa mo shindeiru

[@Fluffy___]

Leon Shirogane NANI!?!?

[@MrMalek__]

*NANI!!*

[@Diderito]

NANI!?!?!?!!??!!?!??!

[@rutgerkoenders6527]

N-NANI?!?!?!?!?!?!

[@rowletthejowlet6241]

Leon Shirogane NANI!!!

[@Mr.Skeleton-El]

Kecleon: i got this batlle in the bag Cow: *im* *about* *to* *end* *this* *mans* *whole* *career*

[@shawnmcmillan4438]

Your intros are the best!

[@matthewlee4659]

Shawn McMillan You are everywhere, omg

[@saminkazi.13]

And your outroes are scary I mean you're everywhere

[@Bibideybobedy]

Shawn McMillan You also think your bots are the best

[@CHNOPS1000]

What movie did he used

[@ritwikgupta1558]

What movie was the intro from?

[@thechillman4893]

Poliwrath dies via poison. Miltank metronoming an Imprison: Good evening gentlemen. I'm here to change the future.

[@kikaioshin6700]

Snorlax is here! *Lunar Dance* Snorlax is dead!

[@kitetenjogalladeknighttosh8863]

Kikaio Shin just like yancha

[@Vee-yr6vm]

Snorlax: “We’re going to lose anyway, why should I even try?”

[@MarthaVsHumanity]

“Goodbye ChubsMcGee!”

[@weldonspivey5708]

What does Lunar Dance even do?

[@mg1fan]

Lunar Dance : The user faints. In return, the Pokémon taking its place will have its status and HP fully restored.

[@nashawnhall1381]

“This Cow has caused so much misery to others, but so much joy to myself.” -Alex (AKA TheAuraGuardian!)

[@badluckgamma]

Congratulations! You won the prize of... my subscription! Honestly not sure why I didn’t subscribe earlier, you have amazing content!

[@davidjeffery2511]

I guess that they have.... *BEEF*

[@hamsterplaysgames6788]

Do a tackle cup where the only move you can use is tackle

[@mattnecroares3954]

Me.... [Dies from laughter]

[@Moon-nk3co]

David Jeffery or as chuggaconroy would call it Beeeeeeef

[@JackeOfNoTrades]

Dont start MILKING it now

[@foop204]

17:14 *Waggling a finger let it use Imprison!* me: *Flips the table* COW YOU FRIKING LEGEND Nintendo: *sees this viedo* We will now make milktank classified as a legendary

[@Altarahhn]

maria paz Robles PokeMen: "You MANIACS! You blew it up! Damn you... GODDAMN YOU!!!!!

[@MrChillaxin2010]

omae wa mou shindeiru NANI?!

[@Schione.]

maria paz Robles Better yet, make it UBER

[@AxeL-ni4zv]

maria paz Robles lol

[@Gimas96]

We need a miltank mega evolution or a primal reversion.

[@wolfultimate1893]

Gengar- I am inevitable! Miltank- And I'm am Cow!!

[@aguy4084]

I ' M A M C O W

[@detachedmars158]

The first turn had me on the floor

[@beastunleashed657]

SonicGreninja lol literally

[@danielfgri6821]

Detached Mars i have made your logo with beads

[@gengarzilla1685]

I dare say it had Snorlax on the ground too.

[@renuchiha4637]

Alex: I’m confident it will do well right now. Cow: Uses Imprison

[@ronincruickshank4175]

The Saw clip had me dying.

[@strawhataneil6195]

You won because Lucario is your mascot and my faveriot pokemon

[@Wildcatt1999]

Ronin Cruickshank Same.

[@YagamiDidntLikeThat]

Same

[@gengarzilla1685]

It had John's team dying too.

[@nicholaspeh5812]

Gengarzilla OHHH SNAP! HAHAHAHA!!! Nice!

[@aditi1708]

Auraguardian is officially a vegan because of his love for cows

[@itsspyro4388]

The intro where Poliwrath is dying / dead and they're all standing there with smiles on their faces is killing me 😂. Your intros are definitely the best, Aura 😂

[@mistmine7441]

*whitney who* alex's miltank is literally the god of metronome battle

[@praggodey]

The only Pokemon that Whitney's miltank worship's

[@KnightWolf417]

That Imprison move had me lmao. Lol

[@Nico-ns9jn]

Brendan Nunno all was funny, lunar dance and stealth rock killed them to

[@mtjindi]

Who else started forgiving Whitney's miltank after the tournament?

[@DarkbeakK]

Anybody else think that Cow Is basically Darth Vader in Rogue One.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Now that you mention it, yes.

[@heliosdiaz5855]

Darkbeat Cow Use Horndrill .Just sweep everything. :)

[@chaos_blue1089]

I don't get it.

[@Ann-eg2tw]

Just one word summarizes this league, C O W

[@SpectreShawn]

Man ur intros are too good!! Amazing❤️🔥 I wonder that's y Dobbs asks for ur help in his videos too!!😎 Noice👌✌️

[@psychie8625]

I think Alex's versions of each battle were my favorite. The intro + memes = greatness.

[@sammydray5919]

Cow : Omae Wa Mou Shindeiru John : *NANI?!?!?!?!?!!*

[@anonymizationoverload9831]

That... put that in Google Translate...

[@sohambanerjee3549]

Don't you mean Omae wa Moo Shindeiru?

[@anonymizationoverload9831]

MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[@pearz2915]

Mew Translation from the original video Cow: You're already dead John: WHAT!?!?!?!?!?!!

[@chaos_blue1089]

Imprison in a metronome battle in a nutshell: this video

[@Ajz092]

"Not anymore. GAME OVER!" -Cow. Pretty accurate I must say.

[@theangliscchannel4716]

Miltank, Destroyer of Worlds. Truly, the pain that that Miltank Wreaked will go down in the history of metronome battles.

[@thecho-taku5794]

Oh Ma GWAD. The intros. The battles. The commentary. Thank you for bringing us this and congrats! I've been rooting for you since the beginning and words cannot describe how happy I am right now!! This was a really enjoyable experience to watch these battles and I hope to see more of these types of videos in the future!

[@dublumlum]

You’re my favorite poketuber

[@JaredKinz]

IMUD Same tbch

[@Wildcatt1999]

IMUD He's my favorite PokeTuber too.

[@shereenrasuli6039]

IMUD me 2

[@ShivaM-dc4xe]

i agree.he is funny,,entertaining and engaging

[@Voxagra]

Milktank: ... you killed my friends... I WILL MAKE YOU AND EVERYONE YOU LOVE SUFFER!!! Congrats, Alex

[@gmddeathangel3008]

When Miltank got Imprison, that literally summarised all your battles in this league.

[@CrimsonArzuros]

This is literally the thing I looked most forward to this week week. Congrats!

[@raymonddelgado2606]

Your luck throughout these metronome battles is unbelievable!!!😂😂😂

[@Nico-ns9jn]

Raymond Delgado yea lunar dance imprison and stealth rock

[@ahron7566]

# Pro Don't forget the horn drill on the battle with Micheal

[@raymonddelgado2606]

Ahron 756 😂😂😂

[@defectivesickle5643]

Raymond Delgado Except the last 3 battles before the Play-Offs.

[@mat4078]

Raymond Delgado That is called pure skill

[@TheRawyan]

Pokemen7: When I win- Cow: I’m gonna stop you right there

[@pokerottjx57s26]

TheAuraGuardian luck is back in the championship

[@_uncredited_]

Don’t you mean skill

[@henriquegalindo9659]

I've just rewatched the entire league almost 2 years latter. I really hope they make a second season, this was so much fun.

[@tarushchintala3986]

MVP of the Tournament: Cow

[@kingbrickpixelgaming8889]

Guys let's start worshipping Cow

[@mrorcadood]

Praise the Cowlix! (cow....licks? Get it?)

[@raidarthegunwizard4520]

Actually indian (hindish or something called like that) do that first

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Whitney's Miltank: Am I a joke to you?

[@gadobriel5417]

Holy cow! ~Leskinen, Alexis

[@Moon-nk3co]

Cow: U SHOULD HAVE GONE FOR THE HEAD **Snaps fingers** EVERYONE DIES IN STRUGGLING PAIN

[@V9-Volt]

No I’ll do you one better! Cow: You should have gone for the utters!

[@jamesphan3546]

A reminder that you were almost knocked out of the league a couple weeks ago. Really happy for you Alex!! Also cows face in the intro made me just laugh haha. Another great intro

[@thegoose8197]

MandJTV's nightmare.

[@siaguamiel1787]

XD

[@gmddeathangel3008]

You know this game is gonna be good when someone gets Lunar dance turn 1😂😂

[@Leon_der_Luftige]

Cow with a magnum revolver in its pow: "Go ahead, make my day."

[@aperson9467]

Alex's giggles give me life.

[@Darkcyndermaya]

I will miss these amazing intros and this entire league will forever be my favorite. I will watch the playlist over and over.

[@parikshitagarwal3778]

You and Whitney should open a new gym together. Miltank only.

[@Nico-ns9jn]

Parikshit Agarwal omg everyone would ragequit

[@Acepunydefoc]

That is too much for a gym, at least it has to be a battle frontier building.

[@parikshitagarwal3778]

Acepunydefoc maybe a special gym, only accessible post game

[@mrorcadood]

And all the battles are Metronome Battles.{

[@firefoxyt6600]

Acepunydefoc 😂😂😂

[@sirius5192]

17:30 "I hope they remember you"

[@jodesy1]

No he says I hope I can jinx it

[@dad6765]

This is why aura makes the best Pokemon content, even though these videos aren't meant to be highly edited or anything like that, he makes hilarious intros, is completely uniquely, and actually puts work into these types of vidoes

[@Lanceolson4586]

Wolffbane he just put heads on clips not that impressive

[@dad6765]

Jessi Olson still better than every other poketuber that was involved in this.

[@Lanceolson4586]

Wolffbane who was in this? I just found out this league was a thing from this video. I kind of want to go back and watch everything. Seems like a fun troll league like the 1v1 corsala league

[@dad6765]

Jessi Olson he has Links to them in his description. You should go look at them. That way you will know what I mean

[@solaimanshahriar6202]

I knew you'd win from Day 1, as you're my favorite KZbinr out of the six

[@LeahLovesNature]

Well played, Alex! Congratulations on a great season. Relish in this spotlight; you’ve earned it. Although I have to admit, I only realized a few weeks ago that Centsmart is a play on Pennywise. At first I thought there was a chain of dollar store in the UK called Centsmart and its mascot looked like Mr. Mime. LOL

[@davidjeffery2511]

Cow has been Satan to all whom'st've faced him! Cow mvp

[@sunitibose9720]

David Jeffery i see you're a man of culture as well

[@davidjeffery2511]

Suniti Bose yesn't

[@tani7895]

Her*

[@davidjeffery2511]

Bri A did you just assume cow's gender?!?!

[@tani7895]

David Jeffery Nah. All Milktanks are female.

[@jiminkissed]

the civil war thumbnail is giving me life

[@justinquan9963]

That cow has brought so many people nightmares...

[@luigitheeditor4735]

Totally skill based

[@firebirdfrenzy4992]

Can you do another metronome league? This was awesome to watch! Also, Cow is OP.

[@soobrem0722]

So, this is how it all ends. I can die in peace now.

[@Nico-ns9jn]

Luckyblock Man lol

[@HamragPiggy]

This was the happiest moment because I was rooting for you from the beginning. TheAuraGuardian wins by imprison in a metronome league. Wow.

[@jman963]

The Cow is better than Arceus

[@markusmarkus1566]

Cow is better than a Highly Competitive, 6IV Perfect Battle Ready Mega Rayquaza.

[@anonymizationoverload9831]

That's why we should say "HOLY COW" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@frankanastasi4798]

I swear, watching from AuraGuardian's perspective was easily the best! The intro's in the beginning were hilarious and perfectly described what happened (especially in this video)! Everything worked out so thematically! This league was a pleasure to watch, I can't wait for season 2! This is better than any sports game don't @ me!

[@giorgiodelgrosso9263]

I lake that you put a video in the middle of the last metronome battle video and the one before that to build suspence

[@MonikaLover]

Whitney called. She asked for her milktank back

[@SpectorLKM]

I live these intros

[@_uncredited_]

Mananner I think he means he was an actor in them

[@travisgogue9217]

The moment I saw imprison... I dropped my phone and said, “that’s game” 😂😂😂

[@ご飯かけ卵-q2f]

Oh my god Cow is a demon.

[@Nico-ns9jn]

U Eiji the new arceus

[@ilipog]

Alex: I hope i did not jinxed it milktank: i will make you eat those words

[@himanggautam8024]

Congratulations on the win man All hail Cow!!!!!!

[@craiig4728]

"Precious's Solar Beam Was Disabled" Alex: Proceeds to switch out because he thought metronome was disabled.

[@lexisugarbebi]

Other than the gameplay, i love every intro alex makes 😂😂

[@snowy.s8376]

One of the best battles I’ve seen. I was stunned. I woke up every morning to see if u posted your new metronome battle.

[@PeytonHislop]

Btw struggle always does 1/4 of your health in recoil

[@Nico-ns9jn]

Peyton Hislop no.Between 1/4 and 1/5

[@gengarzilla1685]

Peyton's right, it is 1/4. Look it up.

[@PeytonHislop]

# Pro its always 1/4

[@youraveragepokemonchannel3949]

It’s hard to type with one hand Because I’m watching this with a bloody nose

[@ご飯かけ卵-q2f]

Alright finals! Let's go!

[@icydreams9104]

U Eiji yeah

[@iameartchan]

We need more MBF. I miss this so much

[@theshark4883]

Forget Whitney’s Miltank, Alex’s Miltank is OP!

[@wafflin8982]

I’ve watched all the metronome battles you made and I found much entertainment from them, especially from you. I’m so glad you won, which not only brought more metronome league battles but more happiness ^-^

[@MystixWizZarDlp]

I just watched all the battles of this season on this channel and made a list of the kill-count of each Pokemon (counting the Pokemon that were in the field when an enemy fainted). The list goes as follows: Mr. Mime and Poliwrath: 1 Golem: 5 Plusle: 8 Jirachi: 10 Miltank (the one and only MVP): 18

[@gengarzilla1685]

So, Cow basically beat the equivalent of three full teams? That's kinda scary.

[@helpmeplease4194]

Well poli did do toxic spikes support for cow

[@jodesy1]

Wooooow

[@jodesy1]

@@helpmeplease4194 wtf did u just say?

[@bakunawa4521]

@@jodesy1 in week 2 against micheal if not because of zits toxic spike cow probably can't win that battle

[@DuckFanatic181]

Your intros really are world-class. Fantastic additions to these ridiculous battles