| Random Battles Race to the Top! Freezai vs Pokeaim Episode 5

[@Sean-sq5qk]

Hey Freezai, it seems to me like you're rushing. Back at the start of the randbats ladder you were spending so much time thinking of all the possibilities and calcing that you were always at the time limit. And that time thinking was when you saw an opening or avoided a silky mistake. I bet if you took your time again (and stopped worrying about the race) you’d be back at the top in no time

[@AlexMetamorphCamel]

yeah i actually overwhelmingly agree with you on this one.

[@HeroForSure]

100% agree. You got this man. You got to top 10 before doing exactly this.

[@haveatyouvillain1033]

i think you should calc things, you’ve not been doing it lately

[@mdt56789]

I've been thinking this exact thing since 2 episodes ago where he estimated damage and died because of it

[@DrFeho]

over thinking with no sturdy calcs :(

[@RainingDream11]

He does do better with the calcs up his estimations are over conservative

[@meinekeman161]

It feels like you’re playing a lot less proactively than before. It’s probably partially due to bad matchups, but it seems like you’re constantly reacting to your opponent instead of creating your own winning plan.

[@inazuma-fulgur]

Feel you man, fell from 2160 to below 1800, that feeling really makes you play bad Spending more time on checking the team in the beginning and thinking a little is what you've been doing less. Clicking a move just based on having a good or bad lead works but if you don't check for better answer in the back you're putting yourself at a disadvantage. Vs the Zekrom player honestly no idea, I would've switched out to be able to live an outrage. Even if they'd heal, they kinda can't and just want to get value out of their mons so that they don't risk dying to sludge poison and giving you a better roll against outrage. Was their only shot at evading leech seed chip as well, and no way you didn't show a fairy earlier. Kinda nitpicky tho Same for second game, had to like dyna something bad to live double protect and stall rain maybe, but can't even stall for attack drops with super power sd and def didn't matter did they. Unplayable Third game was undervaluing rain kingdra imo, I definitely disagree on the overall sac order.

[@inazuma-fulgur]

Zekrom game, not going for the dark move. Would've denied the heal and maybe they thought you didn't have something better. Watching all of them back again

[@inazuma-fulgur]

Yeah second game absolutely unplayable, making the god play would've been going to inteleon bc sd was free and you had to respect that you'd lose anyway if you didn't risk sacing for momentum after the kill, you might kill it from that range. But like that's unrealistic.

[@inazuma-fulgur]

Third game you invested the dynamax to get rid of weezing and then didn't even start clicking eq which I didn't understand. At that point you had to hope they wouldn't have a second switch in. And yeah the dynamax was bad as you acknowledged yourself, would've always sacked(?) Raikou since it's always walled. Also having it left for kingdra, it has some bulk at least and outspeeds any potential scarfer, had to respect that possibility. Really same as ppl said under the last episode, take more time to check potential sets on the mons to see why your opponents would favor these mons at different times. Compared to those in the back, sure M̶i̶e̶n̶f̶o̶o̶ mienshao is a fighting type but also why would you send it in against mamo when you know it's scarf mamo and doesn't use fake out? I guessed the scarf, maybe this is the backseat gamer strength but yeah idk

[@antonxue4259]

The first three battles were tough matchups, but it was great to see that you began pulling back towards the end. Here's my analysis and some ideas if you care to read. Battle 1 (Zekrom, hard matchup): Getting Tangrowth tricked turn 1 was huge. From that point on they had to seriously misplay / get unlucky with Zekrom to lose. I think their early DD on Zekrom was a mistake, because you did not reveal enough of your team yet and they didn't know Tangrowth didn't have EQ. Still, this was tough: IMO the play was to Sludge Bomb to fish for two Poisons (one for Lum), then try to time plays around their Max Dragon + your Regenerator and Dynamax. In the best case this idea loses 1-2 mons, but it either removes Zekrom or denies it future setup opportunities. Battle 2 (Drednaw, outplay potential): Turn 1 switch to Azelf was too aggressive, and Drampa was better due to bulk and recovery. Plus, Azelf with Nasty Plot is a serious Dynamax candidate. Turn 7 was the critical turn: Rapidash at -1 still does okay damage with High Horsepower, and going for it punishes Drednaw: if it SDs because you get two hits and it will be at low health; if it Max Waters immediately then it needs a high roll to kill, meaning you likely stall out a turn. You could then have opportunity to revenge kill with Inteleon / Registeel or at least force it out. From there the position is still unfavorable because Dhelmise is in the back, but possibly salvagable. Battle 3 (Zacian, outplay potential): Zacian was a serious problem because every time it comes in it either gets serious damage or a kill. However the damage on Raikou revealed that it was Lum Berry, meaning that there are some ideas to Dynamax a mon to remove it --- for instance, Dynamax Tyranitar will live one Close Combat. One idea then would be to DD on Dragalage and hope for no Focus Blast: the opponent should immediately switch to Zacian, since if they don't, you get +2. The best-case scenario is that you remove Zacian at the cost of an early offensive Dynamax and huge damage on Tyranitar. This is not favorable since you don't know enough about their team, but at least removes the most important known-threat against you.

[@Illidandavid]

Even with all the hindsight available, game 3 was basically lights out. Even in your outlined best way possible scarf Mienshao just clicks close combat and probably OHKO's a DMax TTar from full anyway. We will get the tierlist by the end of the race anyway, but Zacian (either form), Father, SD Dreadnaw and Salazzle are some of the prime destroyers of dreams, much like Solgaleo, Lunala, Minior were in the previous gen. Pex, Chansey / Blissey, Subleech Venusaur, sometimes even Sableye can wall entire teams just on matchup alone. Heck, sometimes a single layer of Tspikes or Sticky web decides the game by itself. Downswings like these matchup wise are unavoidable, and you just have to persevere through them.

[@antonxue4259]

I completely forgot about Scarf Mienshao in game 3 for some reason. There's very little outplay potential then unless the opponent super chokes or gets unlucky.

[@Lotloxa]

I really like how things began to turn around when you questioned your mindset. Even though in hindsight the first three matches were very one sided, it’s clear from your voice that you were already low on energy before you had enough information to confirm that. It sounds like you’re burned out though. You keep saying you’re being punished for being lazy, but you don’t muster the energy to make that difference. It’s a self-reinforcing cycle, and you’re putting in energy just to play and losing motivation on a loss.

[@morganbush7775]

I agree with chat that you should slow down and calc things out. I don’t think it would have helped with a lot of these matchups, but it will also help a lot. You can beat Joey I know it. I’m rooting for you!!!

[@flipedyproductions1931]

I have no problem sitting an listening to you for 1 and a half hour just please calc and dont rush, you got this!

[@aedangarcia2276]

4 wins in a row is great! Keep up the momentum and a good mindset and I bet you can start pulling this back

[@mudgee92]

I know a lot of people are mentioning more calcs, but I want to say from a different angle that I never minded you pulled up the calc and went through the thought process (prior to when you edited them out). So if you're trying to improve viewing experience, I don't think the calc detracts from it. Thanks for the videos, look forward to watching them every day while doing my rehab exercises.

[@Michael_Schumacher]

When you notice that PokeAim's episode has double the runtime 💀

[@tomclarke5786]

Still my favourite random battler on KZbin, you have the best commentary

[@Kevinskie_]

I think staying in to spam fire lash with heatmore would be the best play, even if it resisted it would still do 2.25x damage with stab and flash fire while also dropping its def

[@CyberDork34]

Maybe, but Fire Lash with Flash Fire is a 4HKO unless the defense drop activates, meaning that the Zekrom is guaranteed to get 2 dragon dances off and kill with Bolt Strike + Outrage

[@derbar4340]

@@CyberDork34 It always gets the def drop.

[@CyberDork34]

@@derbar4340 oh my bad,

[@creativename7021]

Yep staying in with the Def drops was the best play, and I don't know WHY he didn't do it, seemed obvious imo. He probably doesn't even know fire lash lowers defense

[@CyberDork34]

@@creativename7021 even if he went for it all it does is force the Zekrom to come back later. It's a decent play at best

[@Viniticius]

Take a more considerate instance. Back then you used to always be on time limit, but always made the right play and thought about every possibility. Calculating was also a big part of you being on the top

[@shadebinder3599]

Switching out heatmor was a misplay. You needed to stay in and use firelash for a defense drop. That would counter roost and force them to attack. You would then sack twice and Dynamax to counter with Tangrowth if they Dynamax or Dynamax with arceops if they use outrage to tank advantage of the defense drop

[@KrunchieBlaque]

I was thinking this same thing

[@F0XD1E]

I don't know enough to give any advice, but I agree with others that you should probably Calc more like you used to. I think that clutched you out a few times in the past. I appreciate your candid attitude. Keep it up.

[@dankinmcspankin3123]

hindsight is always 20/20, the 🎤 quality has gotten noticeably better

[@DolGrenn]

Slow down and run the calcs! Nearly every episode of this last run has been shorter than the one before it

[@zad_rasera]

Geez, I've been trying to climb randbats, too, and I know all these comments aren't for me, but woah, a lot of them are really supportive. I'm gonna keep trying, too. Also, from what I've noticed, I tend to tilt a lot if I play the game in a bad mood, or without the right mindset. I only tend to play the game now when my mind's super refreshed.

[@fredericogoncalves1771]

Dude don't worry lol. I once went from 1900s back to 1200s and there were maybe 20% of matchups I could've played better. Sure you gotta max your wins and minimize your losses but sometimes, like this video, there was nothing you could've done. Keep pushing thru

[@raismin739]

the biggest problem is that you will never know what was good on your team until the match finish. those were extremely hard match up that you could be either with luck or knowing before hand the opponent team

[@pmnt_]

I have to agree with everyone else here. You don't take your time to calc, you don't take your time to predict and plan ahead. Previously, the only mistake you made at this point in the ladder was the occasional overpredict. Take a break, take a deep breath and give us back the old 4D chessplayer freezai that we all love! Signed, a fanboy

[@Joshuaskehan-mk8cj]

Matchup definitely screwed you for some of the games but you're rushing a small bit, need to slow down and think out the possibilities and how you can setup or deal with a Mon rather than panic sacking all your mons

[@ohmadamn]

One suggestion would be to think things through a little, slow things down. Sometimes with consecutive losses it might cause irrational plays due to frustration.

[@jakuvious]

I think you're definitely taking moderately bad matchups, and then seeing them as unwinnable. You aren't calcing and planning as much as usual. You're far too quick to call something unwinnable, a counter to your whole team, or an impossible matchup. You've lost ranking, so you're at a point in the ladder where you would normally be outplaying just about every opponent, and you definitely aren't. And you seem more focused on your opponent's resources rather than you own win cons.

[@Christopher-ij8qv]

i have a question how is it always shown for freezai which items, moves, stats the opposite pokemon has when he hovers over it?

[@radgiraffe5519]

I feel like something clicked in this video after the last match u lost and u changed the way u were thinking which lead to the winning streak

[@MacAnters]

I have noticed that you want to reflect on why you lost, but immediately starting a new match whilst still reflecting upon the previous match doesn't really mix. Take the time if you want to reflect, so your head can be fully into the next match

[@punga6102]

The race is not over. Take things more calmly, I have seen enough games of you to know if you take the time to calc and think ways out. This said, you do have bad luck, but you CANT control that, so instead just deal with your bad luck by minimizing the rng.

[@marshadow13]

14:32 banded choice band lol

[@MrTheBigNoze]

Drednaw is your kryptonite in randbats. Not sure if you’ve won against it

[@lucaskrywicki1478]

Go freezai!!! You've been very unlucky but I'd love to see you use the calc more. Also no need to edit it out as far as I'm concerned

[@rezurt07]

Hey Freezai, I think you've got some really bad matchups in prior episodes, as well as at the beginning of this one, but keep yourself focused and I'm sure you can make an spectacular comeback. Best of luck!

[@eruption777]

Those were truly unplayable matchups

[@marsanon4314]

Its super difficult to keep a good mindset when you get awful match ups. Hard cycle to get out of

[@a-manthegeneral]

Last 4 matches show that it's not tilt but at the same time it's rushing a lot

[@akshayy_xd]

17:49 , click darkness man... wtf

[@God-nu7hy]

doesnt kill either way

[@sympixal]

I haven't played RanBats very much, but so far (as in, the first 3 games) the opponent's team did seem pretty tough to play against. Chances are it kind of has to do with your mindset, but again, they seem like tough matchups nonetheless.

[@BrettRKS]

Good stuff Freezai

[@blurryface3298]

20:55 why didn't u switch to xerneas after the first outrage?

[@Swiffah145]

Staying in against the Drednaw and clicking high horsepower would have been the play, no?

[@CreepfanLP]

10:33????? Why the f*ck did you stop to calc?

[@danhannah2910]

You could've beat Zekrom by sacking another mon for regenerator boost and getting back up to ~85% to tank the outrage, leech seed would've activated and knocked him out...

[@dabmonstr7403]

Painnnnnnn. Infinite painnn

[@gauravaaditya]

Bad matchups mostly... but you will pull through, I know it!

[@MetallicaOne0wns]

hey Freezai, as everyone has already pointed out, these games are definitely getting sloppy! Take the extra second to calc and really take your time. Alongside this i do see quite a bit of over predicting. I hope you break into the top 10 soon!

[@wretchedpkmn]

Actually terrible matchups btw. I think your attitude could be better but a lot of these were unwinnable without crazy luck or predicts. Also note it's really easy for everyone to jump in the comments and say what you're doing wrong when you're losing, even if it's mostly the matchups.

[@Igor-gw4io]

Switcheroo was an easy predict in the first match.

[@shansamnani5273]

Mostly unplayable. Solely due to the opponent also knows how to play and if they get good legendaries or a set up opportunity then it is very difficult.

[@1893Mauser]

Every time you switch you lose an attack.

[@danielepalazzo8263]

You could have regen hp on tangrowth ti tank another Attack and kill

[@keepitupdrake4817]

I'm not one to tell you what to do, but at the start it felt almost like you were playing because you needed to, not because you were really involved. Old videos would have 3/4 games in these same 28 minutes and you've beaten impossible match-ups before. Who cares about the race anyway, you don't have to become the top player right now. Take your time, get the right mindset and we'll all be here cheering for you!

[@gaily4000]

Freezai I’m curious, where are you from?

[@dabmonstr7403]

Born in India lives in america

[@Michael_Schumacher]

Brazil, confirmed on Twitch Kappa

[@Musasensei1674]

Pure Indian

[@julius4858]

You could’ve switched out tang again in the first game to get more regen and live the hit.

[@thegaminglel8584]

yea.. thats a rip, those were completely unwinnable matchups.

[@theconman123079]

Aye!

[@sprucefox2239]

first three matchups sucked but the only one where you "missplayed" was not respecting SD drednaw and going for an aggressive switch.

[@terryliu9015]

the race is over. pokeaimmd wins

[@tinaxd465]

Nice

[@sergiolopez9181]

You are getting bad match up. But you used to navigate them better. Like your brain always knew the best possible play with the least punish. Now you do relative good plays with but high punish

[@ig56ruje]

my analysis. maybe it can help. game 1: pretty much unwinnable. nothing could counter +1 zekrom game 2: again very bad matchup:in turn 7/8 u could have brought in durnsparce max strike and lower its speed and max guarded to pass dynamax and then revenge kill with inteleon. but its a long shot since durnsparce had to live a max knuckle. game 3: again bad matchup. all in all nearly impossible to win. maybe u could have used kingdra a bit better and hope that he would have sacked a pokemon to it. but again a long shot game 4: all good game 5: all good game 6: all good game 7: all good alll in all u played without big mistakes. the first 3 maches were simply unlucy matchups

[@chopinfanclub6672]

Pokeaim just wrecking

[@ethanmcelwee3949]

I feel like you’re playing too fast. For example, max mamoswine vs weezing you can calc to see if hailstorm kills, realize it doesn’t, and go from there because you need your dmax for zacian and later zygarde complete. You had nothing for ddance zekrom, so that’s fine, but always try to find that way to win through finding that out or letting your opponent make a mistake, but all of this requires a more methodical approach

[@Zenith8896]

To be fair, Freezai has been getting terrible random teams.

[@Razmatschannel]

Pog 4 wins

[@lvly.9]

first three games were unplayable for sure

[@Lichtkrieger13]

These rushed games are less interesting to me than before, when you took the time to analyze your team, your options and the game progress. I still really enjoy what you're doing but would love for you not to rush things needlessly

[@Glaadyy]

don't think too much on the past focus on the current game

[@CyberDork34]

I think it's easy in hindsight to watch the battles and their results and go "here are all the plays you should've made" or "here are all the calcs you should've done" but that doesn't necessarily help in the moment when you have to make those decisions. Game one was tough because Tangrowth was the only electric check you had and the opponent had two (maybe more?) electric types. I guess the only "better" play is to realize that it's better to sack something turn one and preserve your one electric check than not, but that doesn't even guarantee that Zekrom doesn't just come in when it wants + you lose momentum. Calcing more doesn't help with that, I don't think

[@jonathanlgill]

In this episode, those looked like genuinely awful matchups in the first three games. I do think previous episodes had some over-reading and some rushing. But your play couldn't have made much of a difference this video; those first 3 battles looked close to unwinnable.

[@tchaipo9179]

Hello

[@Popinazo]

No one is pressuring you buddy, take a deep breath and choose your options calmly, you have plenty of time in each duel to to that. We know you are a great player, but you are just being misguided by pessimism :(

[@hoboster12]

Hey alright

[@Glaadyy]

stop with the victim mentality u are a great player the opponents should fear u not viceversa!

[@tinahalder8416]

U r really off your game lately, u r over analysing and over predicting everything. That's not the way.

[@turbo8628]

Playing far too quick and not calcing.

[@gigino127]

I think you’re playing a bit worse than usual lately. Relax, drink a lot of water and calc.

[@kaitoro2537]

Day 26 of telling Freezai to stay strong!

[@moirihen]

I am speed

[@dabmonstr7403]

Your schizo bro

[@bonsaivgc]

First