Me on my way to build an Offense Stall Hyper Offense Balance Bulky Offense Sun Rain Sand team
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
God please don't
@ViraLCyclopes
8 ай бұрын
Torkoal Tyranitar Dondozo Pelipper Walking Wake and uhh idfk Gliscor?
@Winterbub
8 ай бұрын
@@ViraLCyclopes 👀
@JoyDaBeast
8 ай бұрын
no snow? wow someone has a least favorite weather child
@Winterbub
8 ай бұрын
@@JoyDaBeast snow means veil and I’m too honest for that 🙏
@Snowah
8 ай бұрын
plusle sure is a pokémon
@HulaShark
8 ай бұрын
One of the most Pokémon ever
@bobbyy-gc2vt
8 ай бұрын
Proof? You can't just state a claim without giving evidence
@dream_weaver6207
8 ай бұрын
definitely one of the pokemon of all time
@mrtrollnator123
8 ай бұрын
pokémon sure is a plusle
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Indeed it is.
@TheTrueProxy
8 ай бұрын
its kinda depressing that kingambit would improve all of these teams...truly a monster
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Not ALL... Kingambit over Metagross, absolutely. I'd say the other two teams are OK without Kingambit though.
@sixtenk2
8 ай бұрын
JUST BAN KINGAMBIT ALREADY
@Pam234
8 ай бұрын
@@sixtenk2nah, we gotta ban gliscor first. Maybe later. Maybe
@anna_medeia
8 ай бұрын
god that first team is such a lowladder meme i love it
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I knew I had to include it when I saw it!
@KeertikaAndFallenTree
8 ай бұрын
What do you think about featuring one of the teams you fix in a video or during the same video ? It would be entertaining to see one of those into action piloted by yourself
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I actually did test all of these teams to ensure that the changes I recommended actually worked-- that being said, I don't think I'd include that in the same video. That would lead to the video being extremely long and I'd likely lose a lot of viewership. That being said, in the future I can certainly include the replays of the test games I do in the description! I may also make a video where I focus on improving and testing 1 team submission instead of 3.
@theWastedSpace13
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 u could timestamp it and the ones who dont care skip that part
@KeertikaAndFallenTree
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 That would be nice !
@rotem6033
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 I imagine a 1900's player's look when their opponent has a Plusle
@tsawy6
8 ай бұрын
@@theWastedSpace13 i think that sort of stuff, or putting them all at the end in one big chunk, is lowkey analytics poison, unfortunately. I think a second video is probably better, but tbh no one knows how youtube works
@bobdapotatoman1983
8 ай бұрын
Imagine you give your team to your favorite pokemon creator for them to rate, and they rate it a 1/10 and fix literally everything about it
@Winterbub
8 ай бұрын
😭
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I make sure to specify that teams will be roasted for this reason exactly-- hopefully they took it OK haha... at least it's not a 0/10!
@Grongly
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042do you do community posts for team submissions?
@zacmayes2802
8 ай бұрын
Well, they signed up for it lol. Constructive criticism is amazing
@Malphoria
8 ай бұрын
I think it’s perfectly acceptable to tell someone their team isn’t viable for laddering. Even if somebody has more fun playing a specific team and doesn’t care too much about winning, it’s still helpful to let them know the reasons why certain choices won’t work well in the current meta-game. Another thought I had was if you have an alt account you don’t care about, that if you used some of these teams on ladder you could highlight where they’re strong and where they struggle after your team overview/explanation.. though that might be too long of a video
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I actually did extensively test all of these teams on ladder... on my main account lol. I don't include it in the videos though, because as you say, it would lead to a VERY long video which significantly decreases the amount of people who click on it.
@Malphoria
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 gotcha. Very brave of you to use that first team xD
@deniz5140
8 ай бұрын
Those videos are great really entertaining. It would be cool if you could give the fixed team also a rating from 1-10 how usable they would be in OU.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
That's a good idea! I'm glad you enjoyed the video! :D
@CambriaBold
8 ай бұрын
Honestly if you really wanted to commit to the "Pikaclone Rain" bit, I'd jut forgo the "clone" part altogether and run Pikachu. Grab a Light Ball and sling perfectly accurate Thunders and rain-boosted Surfs around. It Obviously you aren't topping ladder with this unless you're some kind of nut, but there's potential here to be a bit silly and still take games.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I agree, Pikachu with Light Ball is almost certainly unviable but significantly better than Minun and Plusle. Pikachu could probably reach mid 1900s.
@cdfromthep8290
8 ай бұрын
Been loving these kinda vids, keep it up!
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you're liking them! There will certainly be more like this to come, I'm thinking it'll be a monthly series!
@JoyDaBeast
8 ай бұрын
2nd team having 5 ice weakness (with one being 4x weak) feels weird. even if meow can protean out of ice weakness or you can tera out of it.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Yes very true, this was an oversight on my part. In my testing I was able to outplay Kyurem and Weavile / Atales were never a problem, but likely there is a way to improve the team further. I tested the addition of Scizor at one point but was unable to make it fit, still-- perhaps a Scizor would be usable here.
@iantaakalla8180
7 ай бұрын
I like that Ice is such a non-entity, even with well-used Ice types, that you can have a team weak to Ice Pokémon and Ice coverage moves and still win.
@angelwings9549
8 ай бұрын
the way the first team had all the team specifically made male but all default tera types is certainly interesting
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Yea I was very confused on many levels.
@OaksLab848
8 ай бұрын
I ran into you on ladder a couple days ago! Im loving the content, keep up the good work! This was my team: Great Tusk @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Knock Off - Rapid Spin Slowking-Galar @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Sludge Bomb - Future Sight - Toxic - Chilly Reception Kingambit @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Flying EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe Adamant Nature - Iron Head - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Swords Dance Dragapult @ Choice Specs Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Shadow Ball - Flamethrower - U-turn Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Quiver Dance - Fiery Dance - Bug Buzz - Giga Drain Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 HP / 160 Def / 96 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Body Press - Iron Defense - Spikes - Roost
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you're enjoying the content! Thanks for the submission! :D
@Grongly
8 ай бұрын
Hi pinkacross! I wanted to mention that first team was also using zen headbutt on metagross instead of psychic fangs heres my submission, Raging Bolt with leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Water EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Thunderclap - Weather Ball - Draco Meteor Cinderace @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Libero Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Pyro Ball - Court Change - High Jump Kick - U-turn Dragapult @ Choice Specs Ability: Infiltrator Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Electric EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Shadow Ball - U-turn - Draco Meteor - Thunderbolt Regidrago @ Choice Scarf Ability: Dragon's Maw Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - Draco Meteor - Dragon Energy - Earth Power - Explosion Kingambit @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Spe Adamant Nature - Sucker Punch - Kowtow Cleave - Iron Head - Swords Dance Corviknight @ Leftovers Ability: Pressure Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def Impish Nature - Roost - U-turn - Defog - Brave Bird
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Good point yea, Psychic Fangs was a cool addition to Metagross. Thanks for the submission! :]
@whyarewestillhere7073
8 ай бұрын
hey pink! This was more of a fun team but it's performing better than expected and even managed to beat your recent latias HO team (all on low ladder tho) anyways here is my team I call it brave birds :D Hephaestus (Corviknight) (M) @ Leftovers Ability: Mirror Armor Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Iron Defense - Body Press - Roost - U-turn Poseidon (Pelipper) (M) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Drizzle Tera Type: Ground EVs: 248 HP / 252 Def / 8 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Hurricane - Knock Off - Roost - U-turn Zeus (Kilowattrel) (M) @ Choice Specs Ability: Volt Absorb Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Hurricane - Thunder - Weather Ball - Volt Switch Athena (Blaziken) (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Speed Boost Tera Type: Steel EVs: 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Flare Blitz - Earthquake - Protect Artemis (Quaquaval) (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Moxie Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Aqua Step - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin - Flip Turn Cronos (Porygon2) @ Eviolite Ability: Analytic Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 HP / 8 Def / 248 SpD Sassy Nature IVs: 0 Atk / 0 Spe - Thunder Wave - Shadow Ball - Recover - Tri Attack
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Haha I like it! Thanks for sharing!
@HouseRoaches
8 ай бұрын
Very insightful video btw! Your other videos really helped me understand differences in types of teams from hyper offense to stall.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad to hear it! :D
@blahtest
8 ай бұрын
Love your content! Iron Hands has always seemed to have potential. Here's my submission. Iron Hands @ Choice Band Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Electric EVs: 56 HP / 200 Atk / 252 Def Adamant Nature - Supercell Slam - Close Combat - Earthquake - Ice Punch Glimmora @ Focus Sash Ability: Toxic Debris Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Stealth Rock - Mortal Spin - Earth Power - Memento Roaring Moon @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Dragon Dance - Knock Off - Earthquake - Acrobatics Dragapult @ Choice Specs Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Shadow Ball - Flamethrower - U-turn Maushold @ Wide Lens Ability: Technician Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Tidy Up - Population Bomb - Bite - Encore Ogerpon-Wellspring (F) @ Wellspring Mask Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Swords Dance - Ivy Cudgel - Power Whip - Encore
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the submission! This looks very cool!
@I_Am_Bowi
8 ай бұрын
surely the first team wasn’t meant to be OU? Wasn’t Pelipper in UU at some point this gen?
@haikumagician4363
8 ай бұрын
My thoughts exactly
@Isaac-ze4fl
8 ай бұрын
If someone sent a team to be fixed be the OU fixer man, I suspect it was intended to be used in OU
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
It was indeed UU at some point-- but at the time that team was submitted, many of the pokemon on the team were in OU. In particular, at the time the team was submitted, Metagross and Swampert were recent introductions to the generation and were ranked OU. This team would have had to be OU (unless it was a past-generation team, which I find unlikely).
@atumegaenter9139
8 ай бұрын
it looks like a team from the last generation RU or UU, based on the moves the Metagross this was made before the DLC buffs
@WWASHD
8 ай бұрын
This Is a fun type of video and everyone can learn since we for the most part are ignorant. TY
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
@Mario-dw7rq
8 ай бұрын
great video dude! Love your content, helps a lot to improve :)
I built this as just a fun team to mess around with on the ladder but have been getting some decent success with it. Zoroark is def the weak link, being just a bit too frail to come in and just not fast enough for the current OU meta, but wasn't sure what to replace it with. Darkrai @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Bad Dreams Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Dark Pulse - Sludge Bomb - Ice Beam - Focus Blast Zoroark-Hisui @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Illusion Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Tera Blast - Shadow Ball - Flamethrower - U-turn Tinkaton @ Leftovers Ability: Mold Breaker Tera Type: Water EVs: 248 HP / 8 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Gigaton Hammer - Knock Off - Encore - Thunder Wave Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Hex - Dragon Darts - Thunder Wave - Will-O-Wisp Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Fiery Dance - Bug Buzz - Tera Blast - Quiver Dance Alomomola @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Steel EVs: 4 Atk / 252 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Scald - Flip Turn - Wish - Protect
@pinkacross2042
6 ай бұрын
This team feels quite random, I'm not sure what playstyle or central goal you're going for. Try to consider that before replacing Zoroark.
@tarotdactyl752
8 ай бұрын
Let's goooo! This is one of my favorite series on the Internet :)
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
That's great to hear! :D
@pedrovitor3858
8 ай бұрын
Do you intend to make this a series? If yes, will it be only for the ou ladder or it will have lc or uber teams? Loved the video btw
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed the video! This is a series, you can check out the first video in the "Fixing my Viewers' Teams' playlist. I plan for it to only be OU, I don't have a lot of experience with LC and Ubers and I don't feel like I'm qualified to fix either.
@danielfernandez9929
8 ай бұрын
"Plusle living any hit is not happening" Wow you weren't kidding 252+ Atk Tera Normal Dragonite Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Plusle: 298-352 (114.1 - 134.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO 252+ Atk Kingambit Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Plusle: 262-310 (100.3 - 118.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO (no allies fainted btw) 252+ Atk Rillaboom Grassy Glide vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Plusle in Grassy Terrain: 255-301 (97.7 - 115.3%) -- 87.5% chance to OHKO (not banded btw) 252 Atk Choice Band Great Tusk Ice Spinner vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Plusle: 267-315 (102.2 - 120.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO This makes the fact that terrakion dropped to the same tier as this thing even funnier.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Yea... he's a tad bit weak
@dirkauditore8413
8 ай бұрын
Amazing vid, thanks for the hard work you do :] I'm the guy who submitted Leafeon sun, hopefully you can cover that team in the upcoming vids!
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Maybe so! It's hard to decide which teams to include, since I get hundreds of submissions and I can only feature a few. Still, your team caught my eye and it was definitely very creative! :)
@dirkauditore8413
8 ай бұрын
Thanks bro that means a lot :] appreciate you!@@pinkacross2042
@HouseRoaches
8 ай бұрын
I attempted a team with Metagross & Hydreigon. Here’s the pokepaste. Skarmory @ Leftovers Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 220 Def / 20 SpD / 12 Spe Impish Nature - Stealth Rock - Whirlwind - Roost - Drill Peck Jolteon @ Choice Scarf Ability: Volt Absorb Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Volt Switch - Shadow Ball - Tera Blast - Thunderbolt Metagross @ Choice Band Ability: Clear Body Tera Type: Steel EVs: 160 HP / 252 Atk / 96 Spe - Bullet Punch - Earthquake - Knock Off - Psychic Fangs Hydreigon @ Choice Specs Ability: Levitate Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Draco Meteor - Dark Pulse - Fire Blast - U-turn Swampert @ Assault Vest Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Ground EVs: 248 HP / 252 SpD / 8 Spe Careful Nature - Earthquake - Liquidation - Ice Punch - Flip Turn Moltres @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 HP / 200 Def / 56 Spe Bold Nature - Hurricane - Roost - U-turn - Will-O-Wisp Is the idea of making Moltres & Swampert more offensive a good idea? I like the synergy of the team all together but a second opinion would be great to see I need to opt out for different Pokemon.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the submission! I personally would go Leftovers SpDef SR Swampert, and Spikes on Skarm.
@HouseRoaches
8 ай бұрын
I can work with that! Thanks!
@raybob7904
8 ай бұрын
Best video yet, it's gonna take so long for me to understand team building lol
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Nobody "understands" teambuilding. It's always a process of testing until something works-- you just get better at recognizing patterns, processes, and cores. You'll get there, just have fun with it. Battles can be lost to hax, but you only lose in teambuilding when you give up! :D
@nyukjustacommenter857
6 ай бұрын
Seeing just... a chill team tweaking that takes everything as seriously as possible isn't a niche I knew I needed
@pinkacross2042
6 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! I've got 2 more videos just like it, and it will be a continuing series! :]
@nomustachemanhunter2605
8 ай бұрын
Kilowattrel @ Choice Specs Ability: Volt Absorb Tera Type: Electric EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Volt Switch - Thunder Wave - Air Slash - Thunderbolt Breloom @ Choice Band Ability: Technician Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpD Adamant Nature - Mach Punch - Spore - Bullet Seed - Bulldoze Beedrill-Mega @ Beedrillite Ability: Adaptability Tera Type: Bug EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - U-turn - Protect - Poison Jab - Fell Stinger Tapu Fini @ Leftovers Ability: Misty Surge Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Defog - Surf - Moonblast - Substitute Gastrodon @ Leftovers Ability: Storm Drain Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Scald - Recover - Ice Beam - Pain Split Heatran @ Assault Vest Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Fire EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Flash Cannon - Earth Power - Flamethrower - Power Gem Im new but id like to get better id appreciate the most critical feedback 🙏
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the submission! :] I don't play NatDex much however, so I don't think I'm qualified to rate your team.
@juli4n535
8 ай бұрын
Yooo what!! Am like 11 hours late but thanks for the team feature and fix! Glad that the team I built at least scored a pass 😅😂
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
You did very well! The team was solid overall and if it didn't have an Electrode, probably would have been a 7! Good stuff and once again thanks for the submission!
@NachoMountDewCat
8 ай бұрын
I do love myself wacky sets. One of my best was (gen 8 pu) lilligant with lefties, quiver dance, giga drain (or mega), freaking healing wish and *fucking charm.*
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
That does sound hilarious, I must admit
@NachoMountDewCat
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 and I hate that it worked.
@fulltimeslackerii8229
8 ай бұрын
13:55 my dumbass thought you were gonna say magnezone
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
My poor Magnezone... such a fun pokemon. Tera really killed him, Steel types being able to just say "nah I'll swap out" and keep living...
@bosniagaming2708
8 ай бұрын
Erm… scarf electrode-h outspends and ohkos some swift swim Pokémon 🤓
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
This is technically true.
@sethnaffziger1402
7 ай бұрын
I remember being a little kid and first encountering plusle in a doubles battle, even my 6 year old self scoffed at it's uselessness
This is SICK! I used Specs Kommo-O + CB pult back in gen 8! My main issue is that you have no ground immunity.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Perhaps Alomomola is enough but I'm not convinced. Perhaps add SR to tusk and go Corv over Archaludon.
@soumyaukil9354
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 Shouldn't Skarmory be be better choice over Corv then since it learns SR? That way I don't have to ditch any coverage on Tusk since all the moves are rather important for some particular target (Spinner for Gliscor, Flare for baloon Gholdengo). What do you think?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
@@soumyaukil9354 Skarmory could work but your team REALLY appreciates pivoting moves, and having a pokemon like Corviknight can help get in your breakers much better than Skarmory.
@Axelpvz2030
8 ай бұрын
I can't believe the disrespect to pusle >:(
@gametyme89
8 ай бұрын
Do you think Scizor is viable in OU right now? You think a team could be built around it and be successful at the higher level?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Scizor is certainly OU-viable right now! It struggles somewhat due to the massive amount of Flame Body users in the tier right now, but it's incredible against HO teams and actually switches in on Kyurem which is amazing too.
@gametyme89
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 thanks for the reply fam! I'm going to hop into the team builder and see what I can come up with. Scizor is my favorite Pokemon so it's nice to hear it has some viability right now! Love the content!
@zacmayes2802
8 ай бұрын
Do you do Natdex OU too? I'd assume no since it's vastly different from regular OU, but if so I'd really love it if my rain team gets improved. It's ok but it's def not the best
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I currently don't play NatDex, but I may branch out in the future!
@PerseusisRad
8 ай бұрын
I'm curious what you think of Archaludon in the tier. It could just be a teambuilding issue, but it feels like a real pain to play around, particularly on rain teams, of course. It feels like it isn't difficult for it to steamroll you if it gets a good switch-in. Defense boost + special attack boost with Electroshot is a nasty combo, and tera means it deals with the ostensible counter I have for it, especially if it gets a free shot off due to needing to switch in on it. I guess there are some decent options to shut it down, Volc, some Gholdengos, Skeledirge, Clodsire, but it can feel like a crapshoot. I guess there's the idea that forcing it to waste its tera to remove my counter is a good thing, but it feels dubious at times.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Yea Archaludon can certainly be very annoying for some teams. I certainly wouldn't ban it though-- Rain teams aren't very strong in my opinion, and outside of Rain it's not a fantastic pokemon (although it is viable).
@PerseusisRad
8 ай бұрын
I'd like to know if your opinion has changed at all. I've been seeing more of a ban sentiment for Arch recently, which surprised me, I didn't expect it to end up divisive.@@pinkacross2042
@plabcentral630
8 ай бұрын
I like rock types, but types and ghosts. So I can make a good team with like, one of those
@jaydenkween1828
8 ай бұрын
That electrode team but with serperior instead could function I think
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Perhaps! It would probably be an improvement in most areas but the team would struggle more against Darkrai and Zamazenta.
@sammie2colde
8 ай бұрын
Love this type of vid. I need to make a team with hitmontop
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you like the video! As for the hitmontop team, absolutely, send it in!
@mango72333
8 ай бұрын
i really like the ladder session videos and would like to see more, maybe another channel for just raw gameplay? also great video😊
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you like the ladder session videos! I'll certainly be making more live content whenever I have a team that's working well in high ladder! Hopefully this weekend-- my plan is to release one more structured video weekly, and do ladder session videos more sporadically since I can never predict when a team will pop off on ladder.
@7binus9
8 ай бұрын
I love the idea for the video, but I would be interested in your 1-10 rating after "fixing" it up as well
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I think I'll do that next time, it's a good idea!
@justanub7522
8 ай бұрын
Yo pinka great vid wanted to send a submission at some point but my issue was that i hadnt played this new meta yet (dlc 2) so i builded a team using Archaludon not in rain but as a rocks setter and check to grasses (Rilla, Oger) but it also included my fav pre dlc Iron Valiant set being scarf. U can choose which one you wanna build around. I didnt knew if i could send this team in ur latest vid since it isnt in this series so i sended here Archaludon @ Leftovers Ability: Stamina Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 248 HP / 84 Def / 120 SpA / 56 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Draco Meteor - Body Press - Thunderbolt - Stealth Rock I actually forgor what the Def Ev's were for 💀. SpA is leftovers and Spe is for Jolly Gambit. Clodsire @ Leftovers Ability: Water Absorb Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 SpD Careful Nature - Toxic - Poison Jab - Recover - Earthquake The issue i ran with when choosing Clodsire for my team is that i wanted something that could check Fairies so bf i used Skele However i was also having issues with Walking Wake so i kinda merged both and got Clod even though my team already had both hazards. Iron Valiant @ Choice Scarf Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 28 Atk / 228 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Moonblast - Close Combat - Knock Off - Trick GOAT. Seriously this is the greatest Val set of all time the Atk EV's are to make it 303 and 333 SpA no calc reason :) Gliscor @ Toxic Orb Ability: Poison Heal Tera Type: Water EVs: 244 HP / 172 Def / 92 SpD Impish Nature - Earthquake - Spikes - Protect - Toxic Gliscor was added in an early version of this team were i was very weak to Ground and needed a Ground Type (i have 3 now lol) but he kinda just stuck bc its so good but its understandable if u swap it out for a corviknight or another flyer Kingambit @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Flying EVs: 212 HP / 252 Atk / 44 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Iron Head Needed Ghost switch all your vids said "use Kingambit" and i did it, also helps the team with Prio Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Knock Off - Rapid Spin Hazard removal is really hard to find rn and hey another Kingambit check can never be bad right? Here are also some bullet points i made to improve the team as well - Fire Switch-in: I've got none - Kyurem: I got REALLY lucky and didnt fight any Kyurem and when i did they usually just played bad but Specs Kyurem in theory looks impossible for this team to beat - To many hazard setters: Again if you look at Clod's moveset you'll see the issue maybe i should instead of using Poison Jab on Clod i should put U-Turn on Gliscor and make Clod the Spikes setter Anyways im really praying you take a look at this team in the next vid but if you dont i'll watch the vid anyways keep up the good work
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thank you for the submission and description! This is an interesting team! Also I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the content! :D
@fulltimeslackerii8229
8 ай бұрын
I think one thing that I’m still not getting is moveset choice and speed EV’s benchmarks For example, with the agility metagross you lower it from 239 (which I’m assuming is some benchmark idk) to lower than gambit but still fast enough go outspeed pult at +2. Maybe this is just an error of the team builder not telling you what benchmarks they’re trying to hit And with movesets. Again with the metagross, what makes knock off better than bullet punch? Especially with booster speed mons everywhere 2 of which being valiant and boulder which don’t like taking a BP. I know it would probably make the videos even longer but for me, choosing coverage and EV’ing is always the hardest part of team building since I always feel like I’m just always trying to hit everything all at once (4 moveset syndrome) so it’d be nice to get a bit more.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
You're correct, I was a bit slack with the EVs and I didn't intensely think them through. I was structuring Metagross for it to be an Agility set, assuming that I'd be trying to sweep. That's why I dipped below 239. As for Knock Off over Bullet Punch, I figured it would be better to have some way for Metagross to have some guarenteed effectiveness against stuff like Corv / Skarm rather than having priority on an Agility pokemon. In the future I'll be making a full EV guide explaining how I EV pokemon and how to optimize! :]
@fulltimeslackerii8229
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042AWESOME THANK YOU
@scottmelons
8 ай бұрын
I would have loved to see just one team be fixed then bringing it onto the OU ladder for a few games to see how it does. overall enjoyed the video regardless :)
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
The full process of fixing and testing a team often takes several hours. Still, I may make a video like this at some point.
@jtdesverdad
8 ай бұрын
Love this video! Would be ok with you changing out a few pokemon each time. Especially if its a plussle 😂
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Haha yes the next installment of this series will be a bit more serious and analyzing good teams to make them great.
@brilliance.
8 ай бұрын
:O can’t wait till you fix my teams :3
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Hopefully one day! :D
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
You can always get a quick rate if you'd like that as well!
@Fufolium
8 ай бұрын
great series love it, i still suck though
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Nobody is a good player at first! Just have fun with the process of improving and you'll be better in no time! :)
@highadmiraljt5853
8 ай бұрын
Relatable.
@Soup-lp1rv
8 ай бұрын
Yo Pinka I love this series!! take a look at this team if you feel like it, the idea is to chip down the opposing team with hazards and offensive gholdengo so that hawlucha, rilla or tusk can win in the end game. Issue is its pretty weak to rain and I think its a little inconsistent (also tera ground lucha is for nuzzle, thunder wave and thunderclap). Rillaboom @ Choice Band Ability: Grassy Surge Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Grassy Glide - Wood Hammer - U-turn - Knock Off Hawlucha @ Grassy Seed Ability: Unburden Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 Atk / 36 Def / 220 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Acrobatics - Close Combat - Encore Heatran @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Magma Storm - Earth Power - Taunt - Stealth Rock Skarmory @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Impish Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Whirlwind - Body Press - Spikes - Roost Gholdengo @ Choice Scarf Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Trick - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Focus Blast Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Knock Off
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Try Air Balloon on Heatran and Kingambit over Skarmory
@Soup-lp1rv
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 thanks doing it rn!
@jamesmattila-hine1133
7 ай бұрын
This would have been really great when I was playing competitive.
@BiffTheBanana
8 ай бұрын
What considerations go into selecting viewer teams? Would love to know, think someone else has also commented this tho lol
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I like to select at least one or two teams that have some creative element-- in this case, Hisuian Electrode. I'm more likely to select teams that are extreme, very good or very bad. In this case the Plusle rain was selected for this reason, and the Weavile team in my last "Roasting my Viewers' Teams" video was selected because it was very good. Lastly, I like to pick one team with a moderate amount of errors. I must admit that laziness becomes somewhat of a factor here-- these videos take a lot more work than they appear, since I actually often have to test multiple iterations of a team before I feel confident in the changes I'm making. Working on the hisuian-electrode team alone took about 2.5 hours. Therefore, the 'moderate amount of errors' team is usually one where I can easily see the fix. In this case, Winterbub's team had a VERY obvious issue of mixing playstyles that I knew how to fix immediately, which made it an appealing choice.
@MaribelMusic0417
8 ай бұрын
When are we allowed to post teams? I would like to see your opinion on a Excadrill/Boulder Sand Spam team
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I'm always accepting submissions! Feel free to send the importable in a comment right here! :]
@clasherpics9583
8 ай бұрын
Nice, keep up the work brother
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thanks, will do!
@Yatagurusu
6 ай бұрын
I like how you kept the plusle and decided forretress was the completely unviable one 😭😭
@pinkacross2042
6 ай бұрын
Honestly I'd say Forretress is a LITTLE better overall but in the context of that team I'd rather keep Plusle.
@filterediris
8 ай бұрын
At 10:20 , how do you know what EV to subtract and added to? I want to know more about that 'Hazard Damage' you mentioned.
@mariosunshinelopez3716
8 ай бұрын
odd hp takes 1% less hazard dmg iirc
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Hazard damage always rounds down. Therefore it is ideal not to have HP that can be evenly divided into possible hazard-damage-based chunks. If you're only worried about Stealth Rock, you just need to make sure your HP isn't divisible by 8 (assuming the pokemon taking damage is neutral to Stealth Rock). But there are other cases as well. The layers of spikes do 1/8, 1/6, and 1/4 depending on layers. What about SR + 2 spikes, or 1 spike + SR? I haven't done the calculations for Heatran so perhaps the change was unnecessary, but an easy trick to make sure you don't hit any of these intervals is just to make your HP odd (which was what I did here).
@PedroHenrique-vs3mf
8 ай бұрын
Yoo sick video! Learning time, boys haha
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! :D
@Brain_Dead_Luis
3 ай бұрын
Why does the thumbnail remind me of the clip where kaiba says "explain yourself now" from yugioh?
@simonds3182
8 ай бұрын
Hey, loved the video! I don't know if you do UU teams but I'd be curious to get your feedback on this one. Keldeo @ Choice Specs Ability: Justified Tera Type: Water EVs: 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Surf - Hydro Pump - Secret Sword - Vacuum Wave Tornadus-Therian @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 80 HP / 176 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature - Bleakwind Storm - Knock Off - U-turn - Taunt Amoonguss @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Steel EVs: 248 HP / 208 Def / 48 SpD / 4 Spe Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Spore - Giga Drain - Sludge Bomb - Foul Play Scizor @ Choice Band Ability: Technician Tera Type: Normal EVs: 112 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 140 Spe Adamant Nature - U-turn - Bullet Punch - Knock Off - Quick Attack Swampert @ Leftovers Ability: Torrent Tera Type: Fire EVs: 248 HP / 144 Def / 116 SpD Careful Nature - Flip Turn - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Tera Blast Iron Treads @ Assault Vest Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Earthquake - Knock Off - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I don't know much about UU unfortunately but this team looks cool!
@ViciadoSocialempires
8 ай бұрын
Yeah, starting off with a Brazilian team
@dakodastevens8972
8 ай бұрын
I think it would be interesting for you to give a rating for the team after you have changed it.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
That's a good idea, I think I'll do that next time!
@starvictim9516
8 ай бұрын
We gotta get that plusle team to blunder STAT
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Certainly.
@lan_t3rn
8 ай бұрын
Hey Pinkacross, I've been watching your videos for a few months now and tried making my own OU team with Hoopa U. I've been testing the team and something just feels off, I've tried switching out a few Pokemon but I still feel restricted when using the team. Feel free to replace the last four Pokemon, but please keep Hoopa and Iron Valiant if possible. Thanks in advance! Hoopa-Unbound @ Assault Vest Ability: Magician Tera Type: Poison EVs: 248 HP / 44 Atk / 40 Def / 84 SpA / 92 Spe Lonely Nature - Knock Off - Psychic - Drain Punch - Gunk Shot Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Moonblast - Thunderbolt - Knock Off - Close Combat Great Tusk @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Knock Off - Rapid Spin Raging Bolt @ Magnet Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 64 HP / 28 Def / 252 SpA / 164 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Volt Switch - Thunderclap - Draco Meteor - Taunt Gholdengo @ Choice Specs Ability: Good as Gold Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Shadow Ball - Make It Rain - Focus Blast - Psyshock Moltres @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 248 HP / 248 Def / 12 Spe Bold Nature - Roost - Flamethrower - Will-O-Wisp - U-turn
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing the team! This team of yours has too much power, and not enough speed or bulk. Hoopa-U and Raging Bolt can be relied upon as your main breakers, Specs Gholdengo can be replaced with a more defensive pokemon. To be honest, Ival doesn't fit particularly well here, having a booster Ival in the middle of a balance team that would appreciate consistent speed control is not ideal.
@lan_t3rn
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 Thank you so much for the advice. I switched out booster with boots but I'm not sure what to replace gholdengo with, do you have any suggestions? I tested slowking-g, ting-lu and primarina but I have not been having success with them on ladder. I'm willing to part with I-val if it makes the team viable, I'm just a bit lost and don't know what to do from here.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
@@lan_t3rn I'd go Gambit over Dengo, it gives you a solid ghost resist and it works well with Hoopa U (go tera fire on gambit)
@lan_t3rn
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042I put in Gambit and it feels much easier to win games now. Thank you again for your help.
@thequagiestsire
8 ай бұрын
Now if they were using Minun instead of Plusle, easy #1 on ladder
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Agreed, absolutely.
@fulltimeslackerii8229
8 ай бұрын
Forretress for spin and it gets a fire nerf due to rain. 10/10 synergy
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
In theory... yes... but Forretress ain't taking a Flamethrower anyway, and even the most frail of Ghost types can spinblock it easily.
@fulltimeslackerii8229
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042yeah maybe if this was gen 3/4 forretress rain would be viable. Although now that I think about it, didn’t ferro get some usage on rain in gen 5 for this reason and I remember Rhyperior sun for a few weeks in gen 8 at one point
@posobio
8 ай бұрын
Oh lord the amount of pokemon weak to Kyurem featured in this video.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Yea, a lot of teams are weak to Kyurem right now-- Glowking + Steel + EP immune is probably the best answer at the moment.
@CheesySkye173
8 ай бұрын
One this i wanna ask is why not replace meteor mash for heavy slam on metagross on the first team?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
For the 20% attack boost and consistency mostly, but you certainly could run Heavy Slam.
@HouseRoaches
8 ай бұрын
I have a couple teams I would like to be reviewed.. what do I need to do to get you to take a look at what I can improve on?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Just leave the importable here in the comments section! :]
@Dropaburn
8 ай бұрын
Hey pinka heres my team submission Rillaboom @ Choice Band Ability: Grassy Surge Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Grassy Glide - Knock Off - Wood Hammer - U-turn Alomomola @ Red Card Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Flying EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Scald - Wish - Protect - Flip Turn Heatran @ Leftovers Ability: Flash Fire Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 212 SpD / 40 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Magma Storm - Taunt - Earth Power - Stealth Rock Zapdos @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Static Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Volt Switch - Discharge - Hurricane - Roost Ursaluna @ Flame Orb Ability: Guts Tera Type: Normal EVs: 116 HP / 252 Atk / 140 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Facade - Headlong Rush - Fire Punch Volcarona @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 HP / 104 Def / 152 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Quiver Dance - Fiery Dance - Tera Blast - Morning Sun Ive never used luna b4 so i have no idea how to build around it...
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for sending! :D
@quiche6400
8 ай бұрын
would love to see a vid with some solid teams with less obvious weaknesses
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Certainly, I'll be including more strong teams in the next one.
@Grongly
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042how do I submit one?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
@@Grongly Just send the Showdown importable in a youtube comment!
@Grongly
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 okay thank you!
@shuaitailai
Ай бұрын
could you ever run something like band or scarf roaring moon on a non-hyper offense team? would that transform it from a hyper offense to a regularly usable pokemon? i know weavile or meowscarada are generally better for those purposes, but i still want to ask for semantic purposes.
@pinkacross2042
Ай бұрын
You could run a CB or Scarf RM on non HO, yes. It's not great but you can do it.
@stivaoblonskystan
8 ай бұрын
Omg i lost to when u were testing the electrode team on ladder like 2 days ago !! I was too starstruck to play well but i will have my revenge soon ..
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I look forward to facing you at your full power! >:]
@SethRietdijk
8 ай бұрын
will you be making follow up videos with the teams that didnt make the cut for this one?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Depending on how many significant metagame changes occur between now and the next video, maybe! There will be a LOT of teams that never get featured though, unfortunately. Last time I got hundreds of submissions, and I only include 3 per video.
@breadstick502plays3
8 ай бұрын
Cool vid if u do this again let me know how to submit teams
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I certainly will do this again! If you want to submit your team, just send the importable from Pokemon Showdown in a youtube comment!
@JohnSmith-xn3yg
8 ай бұрын
HEll yeah dude
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
😎
@PhO3NiX96
8 ай бұрын
The Grassy Terrain team is 6-0 Kyurem tho :/
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
The Kyurem matchup is difficult, but the most common set (Specs) has a decent amount of counterplay. With the Heatran switch-in for Ice type attack, Protect on Gliscor, and the potential of Triple Axel / Tera Blast Fairy on Meowscarada and Electrode respectively, Kyurem can be played around.
@ItzPokerex
8 ай бұрын
Hey Pinkacross I am building a team with Zapdos, empoleon, great tusk, dragapult, and mandabuzz and I need the sixth Pokemon to threaten immediate power. Do you have any suggestions for the sixth Pokemon
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
You have no Gliscor answer currently, that's a major problem. I'd recommend going Specs Pult for immediate power, and having a last pokemon that answers Gliscor-- there's no easy 1-slot fix for Gliscor but you could run your own SD Gliscor or a CM Clefable.
@ItzPokerex
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 thanks
@ItzPokerex
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 can you give me a idea on the clefable moveset. I am new at teambuilding
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
@@ItzPokerex Calm Mind Softboiled Moonblast Flamethrower
@Australianmanfrom1942
8 ай бұрын
Me omw to take a full team of woopers to ou
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Please, NO
@sukhbirplon25
8 ай бұрын
Why did you keep the Leftovers on Plusle?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Good point, probably should've gone Life Orb in retrospect. I'm used to Leftovers being a solid item on similar sweepers, but Plusle ain't taking any hits.
@skyminoffline
8 ай бұрын
this vids hilarious ngl LOL
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you're liking them, slainey. :D
@KonkyDonk
8 ай бұрын
Suicune @ Leftovers Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Ice Beam - Scald - Calm Mind - Substitute Sinistcha @ Leftovers Ability: Heatproof Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Shadow Ball - Matcha Gotcha - Strength Sap Donphan @ Leftovers Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Def Impish Nature - Rapid Spin - Stealth Rock - Earthquake - Knock Off Mandibuzz @ Leftovers Ability: Overcoat Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Impish Nature - Roost - Toxic - Knock Off - Whirlwind Kingambit @ Leftovers Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Iron Head Zamazenta @ Leftovers Ability: Dauntless Shield Tera Type: Dark EVs: 248 HP / 8 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Substitute - Crunch - Body Press - Iron Defense I call this team "Knock n' stock" where the plan is basically to make early progress with leading mandibuzz or donphan and trying to knock off as many pokemon as possible, while also either setting up rocks or poisoning them. Then finding opportunities to switch in sinistcha or suicune to set up on them. (Stocking boosts). Gambit and Zamazenta are there because they make for pretty good win cons or hit takers when nothing else is able to. Also gotta have some OU mons in the OU team.
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the submission! Why Donphan over Great Tusk?
@KonkyDonk
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 TL:DR Sturdy + People don't respect it (big mistake) sturdy is good in order to guarantee rocks/knock/spin while also being slower than your opponent most of the time. Also people dont realize that donphan has 120 base attack and an uninvested earthquake still does quite a bit of damage. Also since its sole purpose is to set up and remove hazards, people tend to switch in their spin blockers. Which do not enjoy getting hit with a knock off, even if it isnt that threateninf.
@irazimmerman7837
8 ай бұрын
team 2 when it runs into tera ground kyurem...
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Yea that would be problematic-- still, there are a lot of ways to outplay Kyurem with that team. Gliscor can always Protect to scout, and DD Kyurem will get smoked by Tera Water on Gliscor. Electrode can outspeed and Tera Fairy for a good shot to OHKO, and Heatran creates a 50/50 (although this is of course not an ideal situation).
@humbiglio
8 ай бұрын
Great vid
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Glad you liked it! :D
@quiche6400
8 ай бұрын
are you gonna make more of these?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Absolutely, this will be a continuing series!
@BBG07endless
8 ай бұрын
Great video!! Just wondering, why did you use speed evs for +1 iron boulder on hawlucha when boulder resists both of hawlucha’s attacks?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Good question! Honestly that was probably unnecessary, although I just realized I should go a little bit faster to outspeed Scarf Darkrai. That being said I would probably want to outspeed boulder anyway just to deal damage, I'd need to get very close to Boulder speed anyway to deal with stuff like Scarf Meowscarada.
@eriveltocosta4499
8 ай бұрын
i'm new into competitive pokemon, can someone explain me what's the matter in changing the EV's in HP from 252 to 248? I really don't understand what difference it'll make
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
The short explanation is that uneven HP is slightly better against hazard damage, because hazard damage rounds down.
@eriveltocosta4499
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 oh i see why now, thanks very much. also an idea of improvement to that sort of video is testing the team you've fixed right after it would be much fun 😊
@Brain_Dead_Luis
3 ай бұрын
Whats the backround music at 8:14 called?
@eternalblade8259
8 ай бұрын
Hey pink! I was wondering do you think iron boulder will get banned?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
No way. Iron Boulder isn't even particularly good in my opinion, I'd say B+ tier, maybe A-.
@AI-DreigonGPT
7 ай бұрын
In UU yes
@sonitdhusia7064
8 ай бұрын
Why do you say Forretress is unusable? I love that pokemon both casually and competitively, yes it isn't very good at higher elos but it has an amazing defensive typing and it can hit pretty hard with gyro ball, explosion, curse, body press etc or it can be a great way to setup hazards it learns all of them except sticky web.
@grunkleg.29691
8 ай бұрын
It's very much a noobtrap Pokemon. Thing is uber passive and invites in a lot of things that can just set up in its face. Other OU hazard setters can actually do things other than set hazards
@mr.potato
8 ай бұрын
"it isn't very good at higher elos" That's the reason, like he said at the beginning
@ozzeryunarei1023
8 ай бұрын
@@grunkleg.29691 Rapid Spin, Body Press, Thunder Wave, Stealth Rocks, Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Volt Switch. You really want to be getting this thing off the field as soon as, if you don't it could royally fuck you up. Steel/Bug is amazing defensively and with Sturdy + HDB it's doing something to cripple your team or make way for something else that can. The best choice? No. A good one if used right? Yes. It really depends on the defensive profile of the team it's being used on.
@jimmyjuice697
8 ай бұрын
What reason is there to use Forretress over Skarmory in OU? Skarm has similar bulk and acess to hazards, but packs reliable recovery in the form of roost and an immunity to spikes/ground moves. Forre may have spin but its unrealistic to expect to spin against the tiers best spinblockers, Gholdengo and Dragapult, because of its low attacking stats and poor special bulk. If you're playing for fun it's fine to use, but Skarmory just does its job a lot better in OU.
@mrtrollnator123
8 ай бұрын
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@bigjimbo8250
8 ай бұрын
Here is my team Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Rapid Spin - Knock Off - Headlong Rush - Temper Flare Clefable (F) @ Leftovers Ability: Unaware Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 SpD Sassy Nature - Knock Off - Alluring Voice - Stealth Rock - Psyshock Volcarona (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Flame Body Tera Type: Grass EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Quiver Dance - Fiery Dance - Bug Buzz - Giga Drain Kingambit (F) @ Lum Berry Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Def / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Swords Dance - Sucker Punch - Kowtow Cleave - Iron Head Kyurem @ Choice Specs Ability: Pressure Tera Type: Ice EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Earth Power - Ice Beam - Draco Meteor - Freeze-Dry Meowscarada (F) @ Choice Scarf Ability: Protean Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Knock Off - U-turn - Triple Axel - Flower Trick
@olafmikoaj3121
8 ай бұрын
May I ask you why both ice beam and freeze-dry instead of some coverege move?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Thanks for the submission!
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Freeze Dry is 70 BP whereas Ice Beam is 90, a significant power difference since you don't always need to hit Water types. Kyurem also usually just clicks Ice moves anyway, making coverage beyond EP and Draco unnecessary.
@olafmikoaj3121
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 I think it's better not to risk predicting wrong because most of the time one of these moves remains useless and with additional rock or psychoc or fighitng coverage Kyurem can threat more pokemon. But if you like 2 ice moves then it's fine
@bigjimbo8250
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042what should I run instead of freeze dry
@tsawy6
8 ай бұрын
Christ youre so /fast/. Like, team building is always what stalls me out and stops me playing competitive, but you just blitz it out
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
No worries haha, I am NOT fast at all. Nobody is that fast with teambuilding. Each of these teams modifications took deliberation and testing offscreen-- the Hisuian Electrode team took me like 3 hours to fix. I change them during the video already knowing exactly what I'm going to change, so it's more watchable.
@Phoxation
8 ай бұрын
uhh do i just post my team here i have a strategy toxic spikes glimmora with hex dragapult sounds good?
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
Sounds good yes! This is a great spot to post it. Send the importable text though, because youtube blocks links.
@Phoxation
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 ok here Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Calm Mind - Moonblast - Close Combat - Knock Off Glimmora @ Focus Sash Ability: Toxic Debris Tera Type: Rock EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Mortal Spin - Toxic Spikes - Sludge Wave - Stealth Rock Samurott-Hisui @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Aqua Tail - Drill Run - Ice Beam Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Knock Off - Rapid Spin Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - U-turn - Thunder Wave - Hex - Dragon Darts Kingambit @ Covert Cloak Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Swords Dance - Iron Head (ok this is the prototype team i just found the strat on accident and this is the team i found it on :)
@Phoxation
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Calm Mind - Moonblast - Close Combat - Knock Off Glimmora @ Focus Sash Ability: Toxic Debris Tera Type: Rock EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Mortal Spin - Toxic Spikes - Sludge Wave - Stealth Rock Samurott-Hisui @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Sharpness Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe Naive Nature - Ceaseless Edge - Aqua Tail - Drill Run - Ice Beam Great Tusk @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Water EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Knock Off - Rapid Spin Dragapult @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Hasty Nature - U-turn - Thunder Wave - Hex - Dragon Darts Kingambit @ Covert Cloak Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Dark EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Kowtow Cleave - Sucker Punch - Swords Dance - Iron Head ok heres the team (this is a prototype i was using this team then i just found the strategy on accident)
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
@@Phoxation Thanks for the submission! Running toxic spikes on Glimmora seems a bit overkill-- and I don't think glimmora fits here, most of your team is structured like a balance but Glimmora is an HO lead.
@Phoxation
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 ok thx for the feedback ill change it in a way it fits the team
@Richard-ec8xy
8 ай бұрын
How can i submit some teams, and do you play national dex at all? I think its unserious but it allows for some real creative teambuilding which i love
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I currently don't play NatDex, but it seems fun! I may try it out at some point. If you'd like to submit a team, just leave the importable from Showdown in a youtube comment!
@Richard-ec8xy
8 ай бұрын
not to mention the absolutely disgusting combination of chilly reception into hail defense boost for that evil bastard kyurem. Here's a funny calc +6 252+ Atk Technician Scizor-Mega Bullet Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Kyurem in Snow with an ally's Aurora Veil: 348-411 (89 - 105.1%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
@spineshock1
7 ай бұрын
How do we send in our teams btw lol great series
@pinkacross2042
7 ай бұрын
You can send the importable as a comment right here! Glad you're enjoying the series! :]
@usernametaken017
6 ай бұрын
First team straight out of gen 3
@j0monkeey
8 ай бұрын
Plusle and Minun have always been my favorite Pikachu clones, it is sad they are so terrible. but at least they are cute
@pinkacross2042
8 ай бұрын
I agree, I'm not sure if they're my favorite but definitely up there. I do prefer Minun though.
@j0monkeey
8 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 for sure. I’m a big gen 3 guy always had one of them on my emerald team when I was a kid 😂
@calculuslover2078
2 ай бұрын
i'm gonna use first team on low ladder
@pinkacross2042
2 ай бұрын
Good luck!
@Vertex51YT
7 ай бұрын
Where tp submit these teams??
@pinkacross2042
7 ай бұрын
You can submit the importable in a comment right here!
@Vertex51YT
7 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 Kingambit @ Chople Berry Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def / 4 Spe Adamant Nature - Sucker Punch - Protect - Kowtow Cleave - Iron Head Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Spirit Break - Knock Off - Close Combat - Encore Great Tusk @ Assault Vest Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Close Combat - Headlong Rush - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner Slowking-Galar @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Toxic - Chilly Reception - Toxic Spikes - Psychic Noise Cinderace @ Focus Sash Ability: Libero Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - U-turn - Pyro Ball - Court Change - Taunt Dragapult @ Choice Scarf Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - U-turn - Dragon Pulse - Shadow Ball - Thunderbolt
@pinkacross2042
7 ай бұрын
@@Vertex51YT Thanks for the submission!
@Vertex51
7 ай бұрын
@@pinkacross2042 Kingambit @ Chople Berry Ability: Supreme Overlord Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def / 4 Spe Adamant Nature - Sucker Punch - Tera Blast - Kowtow Cleave - Iron Head Iron Valiant @ Booster Energy Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - Spirit Break - Knock Off - Close Combat - Encore Great Tusk @ Assault Vest Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Knock Off - Headlong Rush - Rapid Spin - Ice Spinner Slowking-Galar @ Black Sludge Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Poison EVs: 4 HP / 252 Def / 252 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Thunder Wave - Toxic Spikes - Future Sight - Disable Cinderace @ Focus Sash Ability: Libero Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Jolly Nature - U-turn - Pyro Ball - Court Change - Taunt Dragapult @ Choice Scarf Ability: Infiltrator Tera Type: Dragon EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature - U-turn - Thunderbolt - Shadow Ball - Flamethrower Fixed some of it
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