Top Teams for Master League Classic! Pokémon Go Battle League!

[@nathancory7278]

New layout's super clean, nice visual improvement for the series! Just about finished building my shiny Kyogre (IVs aren't great but it isn't about winning, it's about sending a message haha), can't wait to try it out!

[@johnathongay2593]

I’d add dragonite and Garchomp to the niche category as well

[@darkpenguinn9386]

i just think they aren’t on the same level as all the mons in this vid

[@trainernoah8899]

I’d add garchomp as meta and dragonite at niche

[@anthonyescobar890]

How do u get master league

[@anthonyescobar890]

I try to get it but I don’t know how to play it

[@ven8107]

@@darkpenguinn9386 whyw ould you add dragonite

[@aaronleith-guest2401]

Great vid bro, always go to your channel for the best team ideas 💯💯

[@nachtelfje2440]

Thank you very much for this. The basic ML meta is something a lot of content creators have taken for known. Now i know which pokemon to build and which to farm hard when in raids.

[@adampolinski01]

Like the new setup - clean and user friendly

[@TeaLeafThief]

Really digging this video format and how you have organised it all! A+++ 🤟

[@tbmr11]

Really apprecciate your effort and love for the pvp community

[@ZoharHayun]

Thank you for the teams Tho! unfortunately for me I don't have any pokemon redy for the master league and I am sure that they are some other people here in the comments that also does not have pokemon ready for the master league. so for all of those players, I am hoping for you that you will have a good time during the Holiday cup and a good holiday! (:

[@volcanomarci0137]

Same here. It's quite the investment and I'm not ready to make it, for lack of resources. It's really unfortunate that this season's first gbl day will only have Master League available. I guess I'm sitting out for almost 2 weeks 😓

[@ellisbrundrett2563]

Very well put together video, thanks!

[@buxzy]

I love metagross it doesn’t have amazing matchups but with an energy advantage it can hit almost everything hard, even resided meteor mashes hit quite hard

[@Kcpvvy15]

meteor mash is so easily a top 3 move in the game. it’s so ridiculous in pvp even a resisted meteor against dialga does like 40%

[@christoperwaters8961]

Exadrill being the only non Pseudo-Legendary/Legendary Pokémon proves that Mudshot with its typing and move set is busted.

[@bodeezus]

Great video man! I always look forward to your videos. Thanks for your hard work

[@jordanutub6626]

Thank you so much for this Tho!!! This is my third season playing and I'm gunnu play master's league for the first time this season. Love from England

[@Maximum7077]

I would love to. But it's just so expensive....

[@schuckb12]

Definitely starting with your palkia metagross Zacian team then trying jonkus’ zarude landorous Excadrill team which I finally built all the mons for

[@boricuatj]

Great job organizing the video and the new layout. Looks really fresh! I'm going to try one of these!

[@carlosvasquez871]

Thanks for the video I learned a lot of team compositions making me a bit more excited for master league

[@chir4c772]

Nice Video. Love this format ! easier to do with the Master League i guess, considering the meta

[@YosuicoDV]

Thanks for the video! Love your analysis. Love playing Ho-oh too, got a hundo and it wrecks with energy/shields

[@monkeybrains]

Great vid. Got a good idea what to invest in now. Thanks dude

[@bankaiKb]

Great video, keep up the good work

[@RajeshKK72]

Ho-oh can actually beat Giratina Origin in 0 shields if you have a good iv, you can tank a shadow ball and throw EQ then tank ominous wind and undertap the brave bird Well everything could get to waste if it gets a boost

[@reubenyap5699]

Tor is here to second

[@RajeshKK72]

@@reubenyap5699 we gonna rise in MLC 🤝

[@reubenyap5699]

@@RajeshKK72 YEPP

[@saqlainabbas4034]

Tho drops a Master League Video Rajesh: 👁️👄👁️

[@mattiaskeinnn3317]

Pessimistic endings to a positive story are the fkn best lol

[@imposterflareon9327]

The best of the best of the best, sir!

[@Maximum7077]

What do you think about exadril, togekiss and dialga?

[@christoperwaters8961]

Hey Tho, any advice on where to put the best buddy boost? Lead for mirror matches?

[@iBen4thewin]

“Tell me I suck, and that’s fine with me as well” 😂 likin this format for the new league rotation

[@shutbot]

Very nice format.

[@silentbot_yt6700]

My current team before this vid is dragonite garchomp and zarude

[@williammcclellan4177]

You’re top meta 👏👏👏👏

[@LNDsxJoaoVictor]

Master ❤️ for me, the best league in the game...

[@tomz141]

Nice video! What do you think about running Groudon + Melmetal + Dragonite? Or should I go with a 93% Mewtwo instead of Dragonite?

[@ayooshq]

I've seen you comment this on a bunch of places. Could you share the full IVs of all the mons in question?

[@twangerrrrrr]

i think ill try the s9 legend team. i just need like 300 candy for zacian

[@aperson9847]

I have been looking for a good IV drillbur for what feels like years now 😂 I really really dislike using melmetal because of superpower debuffs, but it's the only hard dialga counter I have at the moment so I usually just sit out master league

[@M3TR01D58]

I’ve been running a lucky 13-14-14 excadrill in masters and it’s okay. I often lose the cmp but I try to catch the move on another mon. It’s still good haha

[@PodcastCentral333]

Just use melmetal at start and swap out after a few superpowers

[@aperson9847]

@@PodcastCentral333 Yeah but even if that is the right strategy to use, the bait game is incredibly annoying whenever attack debuffs are involved.

[@MrPhruitloops]

Is the damage from Snorlax not enough against the fully powered legendaries? Seems like if there's no Dark or Fighting Pokemon in the meta Snorlax is set up to be very strong.

[@EddyJCC]

i feel shadow snorlax has play but the regular may struggle

[@johnathongay2593]

I’ve been saving my star dust for this video.

[@clickcoc1614]

Nice video!! The webpage for the gifs Pokes?

[@TheBboyjackson]

Zacian is just absurd, it has an 85% win rate in the 0 shields vs the meta. Absolutely ridiculous. Snarl + close combat is way too strong for a Pokémon that has basically no hard answers in the meta, especially since poison is nonexistent in ML

[@vanshpatel9920]

What should I use instead of Zacian as third pok?

[@marcsaad3454]

Still using Ho-Oh and Dialga. Switched out Yveltal for Zacian.

[@jevfortis2412]

Love it

[@alfiesmullet1311]

I might just try triple core breaker.. conky with metagross and heatran in the back.. I did really enjoy the ho oh zarude core last season though

[@lucabaldazzi7289]

Thank you for your suggestion of palkia team. got a nice 5-0

[@Rorsch34]

What are your thoughts about Zamazenta. It’s ranked higher than Zacian but he doesn’t get the spotlight. Would you recommend building a team around Zamazenta?

[@Torthie]

Zamazenta lacks the big benefit of fairy typing resisting all the dragon moves that are running around in ML

[@Rorsch34]

​@@Torthie You're probably right, now I'm just hoping niantic brings zacian back to raids to get a good one.

[@TaylorSmith-ii7ly]

How do you not have 100K subs? I think your content is great Tho! Can’t wait to queue in against you again! :)

[@YoshiDryBones]

Still upset Zacian didn't get nerfed. No solid counters is way too OP and CC has no drawbacks due to CC being so spammy

[@the_cook_that_did_It]

keep up the meta breakdowns real helpful man👌

[@GurpreetSingh-yf1oi]

You got a sub man ❤️ just spent 400,000+ stardust on gyarados 😭 now its not the meta anymore 🙄

[@Maximum7077]

Unlucky bro. ML is just soooo expensive... Not sure when I will use stardust there

[@shineii3990]

New players who dont have all these legends be like 👁👄👁

[@dirkverkennis8247]

What about Garchomp?

[@surajft7703]

Taking some rest this time XD

[@kingleo2432]

Right lol. That’s my only high cp mon

[@gaita8991]

Its amazing dont cap 😂

[@official_kden]

Yeah i aint messing with that legendary meta 😂

[@invincibleanik]

If you can't defeat them, join'em

[@surajft7703]

@@invincibleanik another option leave master and join holiday cup

[@surajft7703]

@Lucky Omen yes! but then master classic is not that bad

[@davezu09]

Last night I went 10-0 with Palkia Melmetal Exca. Incredible how Exca could scare kyogre and giratina with energy lead

[@ThoTechtical]

very nice!

[@the-Rronant]

There's a website called pvpoke that you can use and it can even rate your teams.

[@XolentGaming]

I'm using 3 that aren't included in this video. Chestnaught, Swampert and magnet zone. Not the best team wouldn't recommend

[@ModernClixMat]

I think if zacian is not running wild charge a good response could be hoho

[@Harry777]

I was just thinking the same thing, don't give them any ideas!

[@TheBboyjackson]

If zacian is not running wild charge the only response is ho-oh

[@CM-rg9zg]

I see Garchomp a lot.

[@abhishekrawat468]

Bro can you give an alternative for zacian I don't have enough candies to 2 move it but I have it powered up to lv 40

[@RajeshKK72]

What makes Zacian so great is that it doesn't have an alternative

[@justadityabist]

@@RajeshKK72 💯

[@surajft7703]

If you don't have enough candies for Zacian build a LVL 50 granbull which will not cost much ,just near about 600k 😂

[@RajeshKK72]

@@surajft7703 invest 600k on Granbull for level 50 just to not use it in classic

[@surajft7703]

@@RajeshKK72 😅 forgot about classic

[@jonathand1996]

nobody is ready for my mamoswine

[@HelpIdkAGoodUser301]

I use dragonite metagross gyarados or swap metagross for Melmetal and swap gyarados for ho-oh

[@mattiaskeinnn3317]

I have a 98% zacian, but not the resourses to invest right now so i wont, no money for them! Lol

[@trainernoah8899]

Nice layout but you forgot bout garchomp

[@ThoTechtical]

didn't forget. unfortunately garchomp is just bad

[@Javiercar]

Rhyperior missing!! Gotta love when they SS Dialga and the game ends there^^

[@ThoTechtical]

I used to like rhyperior too but these days Excadrill is just better

[@gingerninja2853]

You should make an S tier for great league

[@Tek9pnda]

If I were to run the last line with palkia, zacian, and metagross what is a good substitute for zacian if you don't have one?

[@M3TR01D58]

Mewtwo can serve the same purpose

[@Maximum7077]

Togekiss maybe?

[@kozako2253]

I’m going to try to make fire fang reshiram work. Not sure what to pair it with tho

[@lazykhur1361]

Lmao

[@samcrow4640]

Go with Dragon Breath, Fire Fang has far fewer good match-ups. For charge moves I recommend Crunch and Overheat. Reshiram is nightmare for Giratina and a decent counter to Mewtwo. Overheat does excellent damage across the entire meta.

[@MrFoe87]

I'm shocked Garchomp hasn't made this list

[@Harry777]

I wanna say screw it and use Zacian but my best one is only 10/14/11 😵‍💫

[@inceptionist0075]

What will be replacement of palkia in your legend team except dialga please

[@dj4celine]

I'd put hundo Dragon Breath Gyarados with Aqua Tail + Crunch as it is cheaper to build and you don't need rare candies

[@inceptionist0075]

@@dj4celine Thanks I had already built one so I will try

[@samcrow4640]

Ultra League is easily the most shallow league. Giratina A in nearly every match up I've encountered.

[@dello3705]

swampert

[@Lysy.oi1]

hello! is giratina zacian sylveon a good team? i want to use this but i want to know your opinion 'bout this

[@firytwig]

Metagross and excadrill is a problem but xacian can hande it with cose combat

[@Lysy.oi1]

@@firytwig giratina wins with metagross and excadrill, and zacian has play against excadrill

[@firytwig]

@@Lysy.oi1 With wrong alignment or if Giratina gets taken out early Zacian and Sylveon are going to have a rough time, especially if they run double steel. Also Dialga can provide shield or fast move pressure against the whole team, I would recommend swapping Sylveon for Therian Landorous or Groudon if you do have it but your team is pretty decent as is. It's tricky to find a team that handles groudon and charmers but you could also swap Giratina for Dragonite if groudon is an issue. Good team building though! Never would have thought of it myself

[@Lysy.oi1]

@@firytwig thanks so much!

[@firytwig]

@@Lysy.oi1 no problem :)

[@Quint10]

What about Garchomp, Gyarados and Groudon?

[@royaljohn16]

Also called "The triple G team"

[@jasperlou]

Went 4-1 with Zarude, Zacian and Ho-oh

[@leexr2i]

Don’t think you have given Yveltal as much credit as it deserves.. true it will struggle against togekiss bUt it can absolutely deal with mewtwo, Melmetal, giratina and Dialga we used correctly

[@ukaszszczesniak4794]

I just wish Niantic thought properly when planning season 10... because from January 1 to January 10 there will be only Master League available, also first Go Battle Day happens at that time. And it's a season time with extra stardust and me and many other players have to sit this out because we don't have Pokemon built to play at master level... it's a shame

[@navid412]

Im so tierd of never encountering kuyrem, seriously Im ace rank lvl 21, getting postive sets for god damn skuntank?! Why did they nerf the legendary rate :/

[@navid412]

Lol… after complaining here i finally got it and shiny the next encounter after this post… ive encounterd it like 25 times til i got the shiny so Im on the shiny rate!

[@juandediosperezpena1317]

and zamazenta? u.u

[@x_x1013]

how bout gyarados

[@jd3d_bitt3r]

I'd rather lose all of my battles with pokemon I enjoy using instead winning with the same meta teams as everyone else. Resorting to the same meta picks season after season isn't even fun, it's just clinically insane. Jesus

[@jumpinglemur8663]

hi tho big fan

[@mawmaw3313]

You forgot snorlax no ?

[@nirupamkeshav5875]

Where is the almighty garchomp bro

[@mattiaskeinnn3317]

I cant believe i boosted my 98% heatran to 40,5 before the master league realky were clear on how that xl thing was gonna work. So now its useless. So sad i really wanted and hunted that bastard hard.

[@Maximum7077]

What Infos did you had those days? I think if yih would have informed yourself you might have saved this.

[@ItsMe_Joe601]

From the 21 and 2200s all run the same thing. Dialga, mewtwo, kyogre, and togekiss. It’s kind of stupid really and boring. The master league just consists of who can get the best alignment with the way the meta is.

[@Olvera_emi]

I can’t afford master league 🥴 give me back jungle or great

[@montmito]

Add Avalugg

[@aranyadeb5566]

Master league is the league of legendaris.......

[@vikramjangid31]

How can you forget garchomp

[@Db-jt1zd]

u missed garchomp

[@snackbread]

Looks good I dig the new work! •S N A C K B R E A D•

[@DaleToonArmy]

Mamowswine modCheck?

[@RajeshKK72]

modCheck

[@TheBboyjackson]

Was good in season 9 but with the introduction of the wolves, zarude and Avalugg it just can’t really hang anymore

[@DaleToonArmy]

@@TheBboyjackson KEKW. They were here last season and got me to legend.

[@TheBboyjackson]

@@DaleToonArmy they were here but they weren’t top picks and now avalugg absolutely shreds mamo

[@DaleToonArmy]

@@TheBboyjackson not seen a single avalugg. Thank god I’m not in the pits.

[@Olvera_emi]

How bout this. Master league with no legendaries or mythicals 🤔

[@ThoTechtical]

that'll happen later this season with master league premier classic!

[@jason300c1]

Lmao 😂... nice comment about the dislike, but I think it actually still counts as enguagment towads the algorithm..... so yeah, I guess it is good to do.

[@renandemarco1]

Is 96%'s and 98%'s viable? or just 100%?

[@siddheshdesale1735]

96&98 almost work as good as 100%

[@blauwiedeozean]

Depends, you might have to check pvpoke if you lose any matchups. In general, 15 attack is a musthave, but 14 def or hp is alright most of the time

[@nikolaspcc]

@@blauwiedeozean Anything from 93% and up should work just fine, the difference is not that much, but if you dont have a 100% try and best buddy the pokemon

[@kaspermisha3326]

Hello! Stop ignoring me please, how old are you???

[@Maximum7077]

What are you? A stalker?