Will update this list with additional leads/safe swaps that I didn’t cover as needed: MAKE SURE YOU’RE ALWAYS THROWING ON GOOD TIMING IN THESE MATCHUPS: As a two turn user vs a three turn user, you’ll want to throw your charged move after 1, 4, 7, or 10 iterations of your fast move. 1. Alolan Ninetales Lead: CHARM: If it’s non-shadow, you can go straight frenzy plant and force switch advantage in the one and two shield scenarios. If it’s shadow, it’s up to you if you want to throw frenzy plant or bait with aerial ace but if you successfully bait the aerial ace twice, not only will you get to a frenzy plant and take switch advantage, but you will do so all while only giving up one shield while they give up both. POWDER SNOW: Stay in with the serperior but play out the zero shield scenario instead. You will still lose the lead, but you either force massive damage with the frenzy plant or, more often than not, force shield advantage. You'll then come in with the a-slash after that. 2. Umbreon Lead: Umbreon does win the zeros against serperior, so after you land two frenzy plants and they land two foul plays, you'll want to shield up their third foul play. This will then allow you to vine whip them all the way down before they reach a fourth foul play and therefore either force them to swap out (giving you switch advantage) or force them to stay in (giving you a TON of stored energy as well as switch advantage) 3. Mandibuzz Lead: If it's air slash you'll want to swap into the sableye right away. Otherwise, if it's snarl, it’ll be preferred to stay in with serperior and spam off as many aerial aces as possible against it. It’s very crucial you throw on good timing in this matchup as if you have a high ranked serperior, you have the potential to get off 4 aerial aces against it which will bring the mandi into the red. When serp goes down, you'll then want to bring in the a-slash 4. Steelix Lead: If the steelix is non-shadow, play out the zero shield scenario. You'll either win switch or shield advantage. If it's shield advantage, farm down with a-slash after. If it's shadow, play out the one shield scenario (but have them shield first as you win the zeros as well). If they double shield, let your serp go down and farm down the steelix with your a-slash. If they reach an eq in time, you'll give up your final shield to respect it. 4. Registeel/Gligar Lead: Swap into you Sableye right away 5. Charjabug Lead: Swap into your sableye right away. Sable wins the 2 shield scenario against charja when behind a turn (due to it taking a turn when you swap). However, sableye wins the 1 shield scenario as well when even on energy. So if your opponent overfarms and gives you the opportunity to throw a foul play first. Make sure you do so but throw it after 7 shadow claws so it's on good timing.
Bro, these are the type of pvp videos I like to watch. Full analysis breakdown of the match ups and how to play them. Crazy gameplay on the k9 lead but well deserved win. Ty for this
I had to come back here to thank you. I literally used this team from 2500- all the way to legend today. Thanks for the in depth information. This team is awesome!
Great content as always. How long does it take you to really feel comfortable with a new team? I've been floating between 2200 and 2400 and wonder if i should just stick with one team for a while to really learn the matchups instead of experimenting.
Makes sense, the only reason I was asking, is because I saw on pvpoke that Aslash beats Licki with powder show and not with shadow claw. But thank you so much for answer, you got a new viewer in me :) @@KPine
Very Nice video and very unique that you explain everything so well! Thank you very much buddy and please keep up the Great work ! Greetings from germany🙌🏼
Gave your team a try! I really like it. What do you do against Bastiodon, A9 (both Charm and Powder Snow), and Registeel leads? Thank you for the in-depth video, super appreciated!
Against Basti leads I’ll stay in and play for switch advantage since most have a medi behind it. This will allow me to align my sableye onto the medi. As for anine and regi leads, check my pinned comment!
Since it's a gligar lead you'll want to swap in your sableye right away. And try your best to force switch advantage. If you can't get switch, try and get as much energy on your serp as you can as frenzy plants still hit gligar really hard
Grass is so underutilized in this meta and Serperior is such a beast. I've been running a Serperior/Meganium backline and so many opponents just quit when they see my third pokemon. I'm not Legend good but I rode double grass from 2200 to 2700+ very quickly. Great video, this team looks awesome. I'll have to test it out.
Lickitung. Teams with Azu or Lanturn are like an instant win. Some common pokemon can be a little challenging to face (A-Slash, Gligar, Regi, Medicham) but are manageable in total. Serperior can dish out a lot more damage than you would expect to even its biggest counters.
I think a good lead for this team would be water gun lanturn. Gives coverage against gligar, other fliers, fire, and ice that your double grass back line doesn't want to see
Lower attack weighted alolan sandslash tend to perform better than more attack weighted ones because of the higher stat product and more bulk. This could be pretty important in being able to get off a last second move since a-slash hits so hard
@@YukiXCyz Yep! I tend to stay in and throw a frenzy plant before they get to a hurricane. So I either get massive damage off or a shield and force them to expend all that energy on a hurricane if they want to take me out
@@YukiXCyz Against a Buzz lead you stay in and fire off double super effective aerial aces while matching shields with your opponent. Against a Venu lead you stay in and fire off aerial aces as well
Would you consider starting a discord? Your strategies and breakdowns are really amazing bro. Your teams have always brought me to Veteran and beyond 🔥
Swap into your sableye right away. Sable wins the 2 shield scenario against charja when behind a turn (due to it taking a turn when you swap). However, sableye wins the 1 shield scenario as well when even on energy. So if your opponent overfarms and gives you the opportunity to throw a foul play first. Make sure you do so but throw it after 7 shadow claws so it's on good timing.
If it's air slash you'll want to swap into the sableye right away. Otherwise, if it's snarl, it’ll be preferred to stay in with serperior and spam off as many aerial aces as possible against it. It’s very crucial you throw on good timing in this matchup as if you have a high ranked serperior, you have the potential to get off 4 aerial aces against it which will bring the mandi into the red. When serp goes down, you'll then want to bring in the a-slash
I actually climbed up to expert today using jellicent instead of sableye on my alternate account, can work, but the sandslash leads were definitely tougher for sure
@@KPine yeah as an alternative ghost type, it handled the medi/Deoxys matchups just fine. Came clutch against Carbinks and Basti too. Still prefer your team on my main though, shadow claw too OP!
Swap into my sableye and hope they stay in, if they swap out, you'll want to soft lose the matchup so your serperior can farm down their pokemon and then start spamming off aerial aces when the talonflame comes back in
Throw an aerial ace as soon as I get it, then safe swap into the sableye, and no shield while hoping they feather dance 🙏 Thankfully Pidgeot leads aren’t too common
If the steelix is non-shadow, play out the zero shield scenario. You'll either win switch or shield advantage. If it's shield advantage, farm down with a-slash after. If it's shadow, play out the one shield scenario (but have them shield first as you win the zeros as well). If they double shield, let your serp go down and farm down the steelix with your a-slash if they reach an eq in time, you'll give up your final shield to respect it.
Will update this list with additional leads/safe swaps that I didn’t cover as needed:
MAKE SURE YOU’RE ALWAYS THROWING ON GOOD TIMING IN THESE MATCHUPS: As a two turn user vs a three turn user, you’ll want to throw your charged move after 1, 4, 7, or 10 iterations of your fast move.
1. Alolan Ninetales Lead: CHARM: If it’s non-shadow, you can go straight frenzy plant and force switch advantage in the one and two shield scenarios. If it’s shadow, it’s up to you if you want to throw frenzy plant or bait with aerial ace but if you successfully bait the aerial ace twice, not only will you get to a frenzy plant and take switch advantage, but you will do so all while only giving up one shield while they give up both. POWDER SNOW: Stay in with the serperior but play out the zero shield scenario instead. You will still lose the lead, but you either force massive damage with the frenzy plant or, more often than not, force shield advantage. You'll then come in with the a-slash after that.
2. Umbreon Lead: Umbreon does win the zeros against serperior, so after you land two frenzy plants and they land two foul plays, you'll want to shield up their third foul play. This will then allow you to vine whip them all the way down before they reach a fourth foul play and therefore either force them to swap out (giving you switch advantage) or force them to stay in (giving you a TON of stored energy as well as switch advantage)
3. Mandibuzz Lead: If it's air slash you'll want to swap into the sableye right away. Otherwise, if it's snarl, it’ll be preferred to stay in with serperior and spam off as many aerial aces as possible against it. It’s very crucial you throw on good timing in this matchup as if you have a high ranked serperior, you have the potential to get off 4 aerial aces against it which will bring the mandi into the red. When serp goes down, you'll then want to bring in the a-slash
4. Steelix Lead: If the steelix is non-shadow, play out the zero shield scenario. You'll either win switch or shield advantage. If it's shield advantage, farm down with a-slash after. If it's shadow, play out the one shield scenario (but have them shield first as you win the zeros as well). If they double shield, let your serp go down and farm down the steelix with your a-slash. If they reach an eq in time, you'll give up your final shield to respect it.
4. Registeel/Gligar Lead: Swap into you Sableye right away
5. Charjabug Lead: Swap into your sableye right away. Sable wins the 2 shield scenario against charja when behind a turn (due to it taking a turn when you swap). However, sableye wins the 1 shield scenario as well when even on energy. So if your opponent overfarms and gives you the opportunity to throw a foul play first. Make sure you do so but throw it after 7 shadow claws so it's on good timing.
Wow, I genuinely haven’t seen more in depth high ranked game play. Amazing breakdowns and explanations. Extremely glad I came across your channel
Glad you enjoyed and happy to have you here!
You cant be comin all over someone’s channel. That’s rude.
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Bro, these are the type of pvp videos I like to watch. Full analysis breakdown of the match ups and how to play them. Crazy gameplay on the k9 lead but well deserved win. Ty for this
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌
I had to come back here to thank you. I literally used this team from 2500- all the way to legend today. Thanks for the in depth information. This team is awesome!
That’s amazing, congrats on legend! Glad you enjoyed the team and found success with it :)
this video is AWESOME! too many times when i watch a video i see a team having a good streak against non-meta lines. this video covers it all
Appreciate it!
Great content as always. How long does it take you to really feel comfortable with a new team? I've been floating between 2200 and 2400 and wonder if i should just stick with one team for a while to really learn the matchups instead of experimenting.
Thx! It generally takes me 3-4 days to really learn a team in the ogl and really get comfortable with the meta matchups
Great great video KPine. Thank you for that. Can you tell me why you are running shadow claw instead of powder snow ?
To help with medi/dd if needed as well as the a-slash mirror
Makes sense, the only reason I was asking, is because I saw on pvpoke that Aslash beats Licki with powder show and not with shadow claw. But thank you so much for answer, you got a new viewer in me :) @@KPine
Very Nice video and very unique that you explain everything so well! Thank you very much buddy and please keep up the Great work ! Greetings from germany🙌🏼
Thanks so much and welcome in!
Gave your team a try! I really like it. What do you do against Bastiodon, A9 (both Charm and Powder Snow), and Registeel leads? Thank you for the in-depth video, super appreciated!
Against Basti leads I’ll stay in and play for switch advantage since most have a medi behind it. This will allow me to align my sableye onto the medi. As for anine and regi leads, check my pinned comment!
Glad to have you back Kpine! Great explanations as always for your thought process.
Thank you!
Thanks for the video! How would you play the Gligar/shadow Gligar lead? Instant swap to Sableye?
Yep!
Hey KPine thanks for the showcase and video it was great! How would you u play Gligar Medi Steelix team 🤔
Since it's a gligar lead you'll want to swap in your sableye right away. And try your best to force switch advantage. If you can't get switch, try and get as much energy on your serp as you can as frenzy plants still hit gligar really hard
Good stuff KPine, will give this team a shot! Keep the content coming.
Appreciate it!
Grass is so underutilized in this meta and Serperior is such a beast. I've been running a Serperior/Meganium backline and so many opponents just quit when they see my third pokemon. I'm not Legend good but I rode double grass from 2200 to 2700+ very quickly.
Great video, this team looks awesome. I'll have to test it out.
Appreciate it! Grass is definitely underutilized, especially now since noctowl has been pushed out of the meta
What are you running in the lead with Meganium and serperior?
Lickitung. Teams with Azu or Lanturn are like an instant win. Some common pokemon can be a little challenging to face (A-Slash, Gligar, Regi, Medicham) but are manageable in total. Serperior can dish out a lot more damage than you would expect to even its biggest counters.
I think a good lead for this team would be water gun lanturn. Gives coverage against gligar, other fliers, fire, and ice that your double grass back line doesn't want to see
With aol sandslash, would it be bad to build an attack weighted one? Or have to be low attack iv?
Lower attack weighted alolan sandslash tend to perform better than more attack weighted ones because of the higher stat product and more bulk. This could be pretty important in being able to get off a last second move since a-slash hits so hard
How you handle guzzlord / altaria lead , I think you should quickly swap into sableye right?
Against altaria you swap into your sableye right away. Guzz is kinda a corebreaker so I’d recommend staying in with the serperior
@@KPine and if you find pelipper lead? i guest its stay in right?. but thanks to your video Im back into 2980 after drop down to 2560
@@YukiXCyz Yep! I tend to stay in and throw a frenzy plant before they get to a hurricane. So I either get massive damage off or a shield and force them to expend all that energy on a hurricane if they want to take me out
how you handdle buzzwhole lead?, grass lead like venusaur?
@@KPine
@@YukiXCyz Against a Buzz lead you stay in and fire off double super effective aerial aces while matching shields with your opponent. Against a Venu lead you stay in and fire off aerial aces as well
Would you consider starting a discord? Your strategies and breakdowns are really amazing bro. Your teams have always brought me to Veteran and beyond 🔥
I’ve thought about it but haven’t committed to the idea yet. I’ll be sure to let y’all know if I do tho!
Man your gameplay is nuts, what a climb to legend in such a short time frame well done
Appreciate ya my guy
@KPine I'll give this team a try see how it goes, thanks champ
What do you do against charjabuj lead?
Swap into your sableye right away. Sable wins the 2 shield scenario against charja when behind a turn (due to it taking a turn when you swap). However, sableye wins the 1 shield scenario as well when even on energy. So if your opponent overfarms and gives you the opportunity to throw a foul play first. Make sure you do so but throw it after 7 shadow claws so it's on good timing.
@@KPine thanks man just subscribed for the best content
One of the best explanations out there!
Thank you!
Oh, also how do you handle venusaur lead? Thank you
I’ll generally throw an aerial ace as soon as I get it and then safe swap into my Sableye
Kpine is back! I clicked like before even starting the video 🔥
Thanks for the support! 🙏
How do you recommend playing against Clodsire lead?
You can either safe swap into your Sableye right away or swap after 6 vine whips to try and catch the sludge bomb on Sableye
@@KPine thanks for replying :)
Thanks for the great game play commentary and guide. Thumbs up
Appreciate it!
i'm facing a lot of mandi leads, just switch to sableye and hope for the best?
If it's air slash you'll want to swap into the sableye right away. Otherwise, if it's snarl, it’ll be preferred to stay in with serperior and spam off as many aerial aces as possible against it. It’s very crucial you throw on good timing in this matchup as if you have a high ranked serperior, you have the potential to get off 4 aerial aces against it which will bring the mandi into the red. When serp goes down, you'll then want to bring in the a-slash
@@KPine thanks!
I don't have Sableye but I have the other 2. Is there anything else that could be used instead of Sable?
I actually climbed up to expert today using jellicent instead of sableye on my alternate account, can work, but the sandslash leads were definitely tougher for sure
I like that suggestion of jellicent!
@@KPine yeah as an alternative ghost type, it handled the medi/Deoxys matchups just fine. Came clutch against Carbinks and Basti too. Still prefer your team on my main though, shadow claw too OP!
Now i habe to power up my snake with bas ivs because back then who cared sbout this mon. Fantastic showcase!
Thank you!
That aerial ace boost helps serpirior so much
Aerial Ace used to be trash, and now it's just cash.
I completely agree with both of these statements
Do you know the ivs?
What do you do against a talonflame in the lead?
Swap into my sableye and hope they stay in, if they swap out, you'll want to soft lose the matchup so your serperior can farm down their pokemon and then start spamming off aerial aces when the talonflame comes back in
those background musics really reminds me of FPSticks
Would powder snow Aslash work with this line?
It would work but shadow claw is preferred just because it makes an opposing steel lead a little more difficult to overcome
Tried this team for my last set tonight and went 4-1.. even 2 shield flexed a medi double charm team.. I think ill be running it all week next week
Hopefully it keeps up 💪
Congratulations!!!
Thanks so much PK!
What do you do for a pidgeot lead?
Throw an aerial ace as soon as I get it, then safe swap into the sableye, and no shield while hoping they feather dance 🙏 Thankfully Pidgeot leads aren’t too common
Alternative to sableye?
Sableye is a very tough one to replace but a good potential option could be jellicent
I hecking love me some KPine content ❤
I hecking love me some KyleThrows ❤️
excellent video!
Appreciate it!
ChillsFM brought me here
Welcome in!
How to fight against steelix lead?
If the steelix is non-shadow, play out the zero shield scenario. You'll either win switch or shield advantage. If it's shield advantage, farm down with a-slash after. If it's shadow, play out the one shield scenario (but have them shield first as you win the zeros as well). If they double shield, let your serp go down and farm down the steelix with your a-slash if they reach an eq in time, you'll give up your final shield to respect it.
@@KPine oh! thank you :)
Shadow Alolan Sandslash is a beast and fits well with many teams! Wish I had one tho 😭🫠
Grind out those ice type and steel type rocket stops!