THIS BEAT UP Maushold strategy reached RANK #1 • Pokemon Scarlet/Violet VGC Battles

[@frederikhoej8721]

Hey! Thanks a lot for making a KZbin video on my team. You were one of the first person I watch on KZbin when I started to get into VGC so kinda unreal to be on the channel.

[@CybertronVGC]

Happy New Year everyone! I was on vacation the past week and took a few days off to rest and recharge but it feels good to be back. I hope you all have a great 2023 and thanks as always for supporting the channel

[@tutiy6057]

Thanks Aaron!

[@AstroPC96]

Great to have you back!

[@Mac_Spector]

Hope you enjoyed your holiday and happy new year

[@simonleonida45]

NGL I was itching my veins waiting for another upload BUT I'm happy you had a break and have a good new years ❤️ U

[@Lusana32]

Could you give the renting code for this team?

[@calvinnguyen1870]

It’s crazy how versatile Maushold is. It’s not just Population Bomb the pokemon, it’s got some sauce too

[@MidGuardianZ]

Yeahh technician Maushold is an offensive one. Then you'll see a supportive friend guard with follow me You'll never know what kind of Maushold you'll be fighting 😅

[@Dr.Goobenshmirtz]

MH=PB

[@SolarManOmega]

On top of it being one of the funniest mon design concepts ever IMO. The art team was cookin this gen

[@dr.stonksakahelth5857]

Yesterday I got wrecked by follow me maushold. I thought it was population bomb variant but turn out it was bulky set

[@thyred3167]

@@dr.stonksakahelth5857 there's also a popular set with both follow me and pop bomb since friend guard doesn't do much in the follow me turn and you don't need 4 slots to be an offensive maus lol

[@cristianalarcon9071]

I live for this team breakdowns, i've learned so much from you that i'm being able to finally build good vgc teams! Thanks!

[@avusyth518]

Hey Aaron! I'm super happy to say I got to Master Ball Tier for the first time ever last night with my own team! Funnily enough, I faced this team several times and after getting pub stomped by it, I figured out a way around to beat it! Thank you for your content as always man, much love.

[@mitchkendrick3750]

Congrats! Always an amazing feeling getting your own team to Masterball

[@avusyth518]

@@mitchkendrick3750 Thank you, friend! Definitely was an awesome feeling for sure. :]

[@caseyalbright2762]

Yah dude I live to do this. What kind of team composition did you use. I was using pelican and barriskuda before it was cool lol. The

[@UbergronkSD]

Not super practical, but I think that Delibird Sylveon is hilarious. Delibird has fake out and tailwind, so you can blow up murkrow and use tailwind on the next turn with focus sash.

[@jayjones4175]

I love how good hydreigon is now so many sets with crazy potential

[@Raziel_HHL]

I'm currently trying to build an all Unova team for season 2, I really like Krookodile + Eelektross, basically just Unova Garchomp + Rotom

[@Kasaaz]

Intimidate or Moxie? Sounds fun.

[@Raziel_HHL]

@@Kasaaz Intimidate, paired with Assault Vest to make it a somewhat safe pivot

[@matt075cc6]

always love making unova teams, missing a lot of my favs until home is out

[@jerwaynemckenzie2667]

Eelecktross Is Too Underrated.

[@Raziel_HHL]

@@jerwaynemckenzie2667 yeah the amount of coverage is just insane + no weaknesses I am currently trying to do min speed with Specs to work under Gothitelle Trick Room

[@felizpanda]

I always tought VGC had lot of crossover skillwise with ccgs in general. Teambuilding is much like deckbuilding and when you play you have to try to read what your opponent's game plan as well as what they want to do from turn to turn, you have to take rng into consideration, learn to play to your outs, etc.

[@chipdog3]

The pause before your starting 'hey' gave me a chuckle. Thanks you for the good content ofcourse.

[@alerog745]

Nice to see you back Aaron, hope you enjoyed your vacation

[@Bizzozeron]

i was experimenting with beat up + rage fist for easier raid encounters for the special high star events, since rage fist's power never goes away apparently, even if annihalape dies and is resurrected laser in the battle. Annihalape is kinda bad for raids but he's such a killer in doubles

[@deodatocmares]

Welcome back! Excited for new videos 😁

[@bdellovibrioo5242]

The philosophy of this team is really cool: Have a broken proactive strategy, then just fill out the team with the most powerful and versatile Pokemon in the format.

[@joshuastreet8664]

Love this series! Keep up the good work! 😄

[@aidanmauricio]

Gotta say this is one of the best thumbnails I've ever seen

[@twizzdopegaming2086]

Just tried this team and it’s my favorite team I’ve tried. Even burned Annihilape still drops anything in its way

[@sloesty]

I tried mismagius skillswap levitate onto slaking and electric tera type with bulk up, slack off, drain punch and protect (leftovers) to create the unkillable monster sloth lol. Also had a funs trat with surf dragapult and weakness policy fire tera type coalossal + explosion to instantly KO the enemy pokémon turn 1 lmao.

[@sukehiro9773]

So literally just rented this team to try because I love using Annilihape and bam 4 first battles of the new season and already made it to Master Ball tier. Love this team!

[@dravendudley230]

Love the content let hope you can reach your goals this year

[@CinderRed]

Beat Up Maushold and Annihilape was the first strategy I used in vgc. Got me all the way from Beginner to Master Ball, and even got up to the top 1000s with it. Love these Pokémon so much. Also I love the new thumbnail art for this video.

[@tommysawyer9680]

I was wondering where you went. You totally deserve the break. Merry Christmas and happy new year.

[@nvo_beejay]

Aaron!!! You’re back!! Hope your vacation was fun and very relaxing!

[@kaseywahl]

I've been playing Beat Up Maushold to a lot of success using Maushold + Justified Arcanine with normal Tera type and Extrenespeed. The strength is that after you set up with Beat Up, you can protect so well with Follow Me and Friend Guard

[@TobyCrimson]

I've also been using justified Arcanine and beat up maushold but my doggo holds a leftovers and has a more bulky set + flame charge and grass tera. Obliterates nearly everything in the current meta

[@kaseywahl]

@@TobyCrimson Oooh, actually flame charge sounds sick. Do you still run Flare Blitz on yours?

[@TobyCrimson]

@@kaseywahl I don't mainly for longevity + speed boost but if the beat up stacks, its like a choice band so flame charge does tons of damage regardless. Plus you can beat up twice for the max attack if you really needed to but I just do it once with the follow me support Also helps counter tailwind teams without relying on extreme speed

[@FlaminVictini]

This is the best thumbnail ever i am in love with it

[@Kasaaz]

One thing I've been noticing in the last few days specifically, most rental teams that are popular are built with Open Team Sheets in mind, and so they can be kind of fragile in some respects when you DON'T know what your opponent could possibly do. I had a very frustrating day yesterday against a bunch of what felt like the most random teams where I felt like I made very smart plays and still, they did some crazy things that just left me confused, like Petal Blizzard Meowscarada next to Glimmora...

[@MechTechGunna]

Were they running Brambleghast or Kilowattrel? Petal Blizzard counts as a Wind move so it can boost its partner if you self target.

[@Kasaaz]

@@MechTechGunna I think they wanted it because it's a special move that hits everything so it wouldn't be TOO strong, but would hit the Glimmora to trigger Toxic Spikes. It's one of like 6 (in Gen 8) Special moves that make contact. And it hits everything. I don't remember if they had the Brambleghast, but I don't think so.

[@Kasaaz]

@@MechTechGunna Oh wait, Petal Blizzard is the Physical one, not Petal Dance... god, I hate a lot of the translated names of moves in Pokemon after so many years.

[@simonosterholm]

Dragonite with Multiscale Tera normal (Extremespeed, Earthquake) pairs up well with Florges Symbiosis (Pollenpuff, Helping Hand, Protect). Florges supports Dragonite really well and both cover each others weaknesses.

[@freshness2569]

I like this idea

[@colbeh]

welcome back, aaron. I still get flashbacks from your previous vid with all the flinches and evading lol

[@Lumix_Corrupt]

I’ve actually been trying this maushold as an alternative partner to the stored power dudunsparce you showcased before!

[@michaelpodgorski1692]

I've been running Beat Up Rage Fist since the end of November, but run a mix Maushold and AV Annihilape. Pawmot for reviving and EZPZ.

[@andrewpace5841]

*goes into game 2* Aaron: i’m going to bring Annihilape and Maushold in the back this time. *immediately regrets*

[@justsomejojo]

I tried the same combo with a Fire Tera Annihilape (to avoid burn) early on, but ended up scrapping it because the rest of the team got destroyed by Gholdengo and I misinterpreted my failure to adjust to the meta as "this is too gimmicky". Safety Goggles on Maushold is a really nice idea. I might need to revisit the idea. My favorite duo to use so far is Grimmsnarl + Kilowattrel. Fake Out + any electric attack (I use Thunderbolt) can disrupt opposing Tailwind leads (mostly Murkrow) and from there, Grimm uses Fake Tears to let Kilowattrel blow up more stuff (after it sets Tailwind turn 2). Grimmsnarl is pretty strong itself so it gets some good mileage off Tailwind too. I don't use it with screens, but that's also an option, making it less predictable, and Kilowattrel's Competitive ability punishes pretty much any Intimidate, as well as Snarl and Icy Wind (the latter of which gets partly remedied by Tailwind too!).

[@strangeanimations2518]

Ooh you changed the thumbnail, it looks so awesome now!! :D

[@patrickeugeni2513]

The thumbnail on this is just astounding

[@goronberry]

This is a really cool idea for a team. I tried doing a similar thing at the start of SwSh with pin missile into a mudsdale with body press. It wasn't a very good team but it was really fun to play so I'll probably try this sometime soon.

[@ronnycrawf2441]

Watch WeedleTwineedle’s most recent video. They featured a team with loaded dice pin missile Jolteon and rattled Tera psychic Dudunsparce w/ stored power + boomburst, with Mudsdale and Annihilape as other mons that can receive the pin missile boosts.

[@SmolFlare]

Omg i love that thumbnail!

[@extrememanner3867]

I like Glaceon + Abomasnow, Glaceon becomes a tank with screens up and gets the evasion boost in the snow

[@napho5451]

I got wrecked by a beat up maushold paired with a weak armor weakness policy armarouge recently and ive been using it with great success since

[@jmormaple]

Very interesting that this did well. I tried this early on in showdown, it was hard to make worth it.

[@juliyam5539]

dude u are a youtube superstar -- love ur content :D

[@mii6619]

I literally had the same idea when I first heard about how rage fist worked.. cool

[@jonnyshell7515]

QOTD: Maushold + Dudunsparce!! I used the Dudensparce set from the Jolteon-Dudunsparce duo you featured, but with a beat up Maushold. Maushold still has its great utility, and can greatly boost the Dudunsparce.

[@kingofweird1]

The ol' Lucario/Gallade + Weavile combo worked into the gen 9 setting. Glad to see it!

[@PG-Gaming]

Dang Aaron! I was going through withdrawals. Glad to have another video to watch. 😜

[@spiralunity]

A well deserved break! I would be lying if I said I wasn't looking for your videos everyday tho! lol

[@HappyPaperClipProductions]

I’ve been working on a similar team for awhile, justified extreme speed arcanine is also a brutal addition.

[@agre3202]

I did this on day one of ranked ladder! Got to masterball with only 2 losses

[@ahaze131]

Can you do a vid going over stuff like worlds points and regionals? Love the breakdown vids

[@huubinhle6891]

That thumbnail is amazing haha

[@samrahman2973]

Used a belly drum cetitan set with flamigo, found it really tough against that pesky crow but if you can predict the switch in and ice shard that murkrow switch it’s basically gg. Also if they start with murkrow, maushold can go ham with normal terra pop bomb on it

[@svensvenson4347]

I love your thumbnails

[@solemn_titan23]

this has to be one of if not your best thumbnail! lol

[@CrimsonSpikeFlash]

i just faced a beatup tera fire annihilape on my last game with indeedee/armarouge and through basically hoping and praying and him misplaying 1 turn i finally reached masterball tier one day before the reset :D it was such a tough battle and the ape was so scary what a nice last battle before reaching masterball!

[@trentbraz]

New drinking game - take a drink every time Aaron says "for example". We'd all be blacked out before the end of the intro

[@Kasaaz]

I ran into that Golduck / Surf team too. I had no idea what was going on at first, but I just had no chance.

[@jackmoore7400]

I’ve been using pompom dancing oricorio and it’s so bomb with max special attack it shreads water and flying mons, pair it with volc quiver dance and fiery dance and u have a sweet combo

[@ryanmasciello6494]

Always liking these videos before I even watch them

[@CJSHO]

Welcome back my guy

[@adriann.p.9487]

QOTD: this used to be Armarogue and Indeedee, but recently was fucking around with Tyranitar and max attack max speed bright powder Garchomp. I thought of this after watching the snow team video you did with bright powder Glaceon and its honestly just a funny memey team.

[@angelitabecerra]

Thumbnail on point

[@helstrix_yt]

he's back \o/ hope you had a good NYs brother

[@pkdj00munchees]

Gotta support you here inspired to delve into VGC I have gotten #1 on the Smogon OU 6v6 ladder a multitude of times so I'm quite competent but have been interested in Nintendo official, I have MS by the way so also given me something to be hopeful about

[@fernbizcuit680]

I tried this with tera ghost annihilape and weakness policy. Pretty fun

[@jasonhammer]

Yoooooo he's back! 🎉🎉🎉 (It's only been a few days, but I still missed the new episodes😅)

[@Raphael_lite]

Tried this team 2 days ago to get to masterball rank as quickly as possible and Maushold was definitely my MVP! It's insane how many 1HKO's rage fist can pick up after a single beat up

[@grasthube]

how do you make pokemons for competitive so fast? gen bots?

[@HighKoality]

@@grasthube this team is available for rental. You can use the code Aaron provided to use this team for yourself

[@Raphael_lite]

@@grasthube yeah I just used the rental, but training the mons isn't that long either once the teambuilding is done and you have the resources (shards, mints, pp up)

[@grasthube]

@@Raphael_lite thanks for the info. I didn't know about rental. Another person explained to me. Which website is used for the team building? I see most people use the same one. Sorry for dumb question but I never played competitive and I would like to start

[@Raphael_lite]

@@grasthube Most players use the pokemon showdown teambuilder so they can try out their team against other players on showdown before making it in-game. Showdown's damage calculator is also what many high level teambuilders use to customize their ev's for specific matchups.

[@charliechan55555]

I'm having a ton of fun and success with Volcarona (grass Tera) + Oricorio-Ghost (Ele Tera)

[@Kasaaz]

I'm still very confused about them adding Ice Spinner but then essentially removing Steel Roller. Would be nice to have better Terrain control. I am wondering if anyone will try Defog.

[@athenacapablanca3118]

It’s crazy that this team is still so strong considering it runs the same core as so many Week 1 teams.

[@PPN15]

Any source for the thumbnail, love the art?

[@christiank5675]

350 BP is nuts. This dead monkey is nuts. I can’t wait to see how it is used in the future.

[@ctv186]

Anyone ever consider what putting safety goggles on multiple mice would look like? I guess same for stuff like Dugtrio and Execcutor.

[@Freshman199]

Hey, First of all thank you for all your content. It is really helping me out understanding the dynamics of VGC and preparing for it. Question: What is the program/website with which you do your breakdowns? Greetings from Germany ✌🏽

[@zeawas]

Pokémon Showdown team builder

[@jeremyaks69]

Hope you and your family had a nice holiday!

[@jayze875]

More into singles. But for sure gonna try this team for doubles

[@floofflez1134]

Return of the King

[@Backdraft905]

Great video

[@corredera33]

I just made an espathra team with skill swap speed boost to give it to threats such as gholdengo, salamence or ceruledge

[@elder1656]

Jesus Christ all those games he played 😮

[@ringostar7306]

Maushold terastillizing so freaking cute

[@adrishchatterjee8954]

Why didn't you use Thunderbolt against water tera Sylveon (46:51)? Am I missing something?

[@CybertronVGC]

I was locked into Make it Rain because of Choice Specs

[@adrishchatterjee8954]

@@CybertronVGC Aah okay. I missed that. Makes sense. Thanks!

[@JugglingAddict]

Crazy question, but seeing how revival blessing is a crazy useful move and the leppa berry description says that when held in battle it restores pp, wouldn't that mean that you could revive twice? Could this make leppa berries a big part of the meta? (I mean having 2, half hp pokemon more than the other should be huge right?)

[@RealRamaladni]

I read in bulbapedia that Beat Up didn't work more than once with Rage Fist, but I guess it's wrong then.

[@kougashii]

the uploads are backkkk

[@NoLeva12]

You know what I think would be really Kool is if we used a prankster sunny day or rain dance team.

[@winterwatson6811]

thanks for the video! would a version of this team with population bomb on maushold and shell bell on annihilape be viable?

[@gh05tboy57]

I’ve been seeing beat up ape a lot but it doesn’t work how ppl think it works. Multi strike attacks only count as 1 hit for rage fist. So after 4 hits of beat up it’s only at 100 base attack not 250

[@kaustubhchavan8384]

Thumbnail 😍

[@eloylopez8929]

Do sleep turns get counted when the pokemon is switched out?

[@fatimac3689]

This reminds me of psychic tera dudunsparce with weakness policy and rattled, maushold uses beat up and suddenly dudunsparce is a deity

[@Revengesender]

Ahh fellow hearthstone players love to see it

[@BobSmith-bd4oo]

Hey Aaron, does haze effect the hidden boost to rage fist?

[@marcorossoni7425]

hi i have a cuestion, the level 50 is set automaticaly or i have to stop my pokemon lv 50? i mean if my pokemon is lv 100 in battle they put it on 50 or i cant use it?

[@Whatsgoodgamersitsyaboybk309]

Quick question, why no 0 attack IVs on maushold?

[@cllax14]

QOTD: indeedee female with armarouge. I didn't know that female indeedee could get trick room through tera raids so that has been fun to explore this past month.

[@matteoorsi7979]

What's the plan against full trick room?

[@Brggy]

Is the rental code no longer working for doubles?

[@pokemontrainerray7972]

Hey Cybertron, will you be coming to San Diego regionals?

[@vishaltambrahalli3461]

Why not thunderbolt instead of make it rain vs water Tera slvyeon?

[@TheFubit]

I'm curious, do you breed and ev train new pokemon for every new team you try out?

[@CybertronVGC]

No, these are rental teams that other players have created and uploaded

[@inediblemangoes7797]

This is a cool set

[@erichi3569]

In game 2 why was Drain Punch showing as super effective against Azumarill? Some sort of display bug with Tera types and the pokemon's primary type?

[@ling0s138]

It’s a bug that continues to show your moves as super effective against a fainted opponent. Can’t remember who azumarills partner was but the drain punch was super effective against it