Just want to clarify that my idle comments regarding Freezai's occasional lack of responsiveness to chat is NOT an attack on him. He's extremely talented and level-headed, and I enjoy watching his random battle series and a lot of his other videos. Furthermore, he sometimes responds to fans in the chat, so I would guess he is merely focused on the game when he seemingly ignores a fan in the battle chat. I was simply stating that on the occasions he doesn't respond, it hurts my soul so I wanted to make sure I didn't accidentally do that to someone lol
I see your point Pinkacross, and I totally get it. I think every time I’ve left a comment on a Freezai vid, he never responded, and that lack of interaction always bugged me. Your responsiveness on the other hand, I thoroughly appreciate, I love the interactions you have with us commenters
@@leonardobarbosatelles2779 I've actually never noted how he responds to comments-- I generally don't fault youtubers for not replying to comments since it can take a lot of time and some of them have hundreds and hundreds of them... still, I'm glad you appreciate the engagement! :D I enjoy talking with all of you as well.
Oh certainly no shade, I love watching his Random Battles to the top. Just that one thing I noticed was like "aaaah plz respond!" But yea he's the most level headed player I've ever seen, seems like a great guy
11:26 Underrated advice I've lost tournament games due to not considering this kind of thing. You gotta consider everything; don' get caught out by a random weakness policy (or whatever it may be) that you would have lost nothing by scouting for
Faced you the other day on high ladder (I'm: "Quiero mucho a Mar", idk if you remember our game. You were using an Empoleon team and you forgot to add poison heal on gliscor) but I just wanted to tell you that I was really glad to play aganist you and that I really like watching your videos:) I hope you have a wonderful day:)
Ooooh yes I remember that one! That was a fun one. Unfortunately that team ended up being a bit too passive, Empoleon in particular was a bit too easy to take advantage of. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I look forward to facing you on ladder in the future! :D
When I wanted to climb, I recognized that I was really bad at teambuilding, so I thought 'I'll only use teams from rate my team that have peaked top #1.' Like, half of those teams are by pinkacross. Man's built different (ha, ha).
Nice vid. Just one thing, dunno if you mentioned it, but you can run Corv with Careful at 248/60/200 and get the same speed, but 243 spdef which is a bit higher
I saw a meme about gholdengo chilling w/ all hazards in front of a corvinite. But then I realized how stupid that’d be if you were power trip corvinite. Power trip corv is like the perfect Omni booster. Just the 1 300 power move built to terra
Yea Sinistcha is definitely OU-viable, not necessarily as a sweeper (since it can be a bit inconsistent) but on offensive hazard stack teams, one could argue it should be a staple.
Usually I scan the lower tiers until I see a pokemon that I think has potential. Other times, I have a very specific problem that needs solving so I look for a unique solution. That's what happened in this case, I realized I had issues with Gliscor, but what setup pokemon beats SD Gliscor? Only Corviknight.
Cresselia @ Electric Seed Ability: Levitate Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Poison EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Calm Mind - Moonlight - Moonblast - Stored Power Great Tusk @ Booster Energy Ability: Protosynthesis Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 HP / 188 Atk / 68 Def Impish Nature - Headlong Rush - Ice Spinner - Rapid Spin - Stealth Rock Charizard-Mega-Y @ Charizardite Y Ability: Blaze Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Air Slash - Solar Beam - Ancient Power - Weather Ball Tapu Koko @ Fairium Z Ability: Electric Surge Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Electric EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Rash Nature - Volt Switch - Dazzling Gleam - Iron Head - Grass Knot Iron Crown @ Choice Scarf Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Steel EVs: 252 HP / 124 SpA / 132 SpD Calm Nature IVs: 20 Atk - Volt Switch - Psychic Noise - Tachyon Cutter - Focus Blast Gouging Fire @ Leftovers Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Ground EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Burning Bulwark - Dragon Dance - Raging Fury - Earthquake You probably won’t see this but I was wondering what you thought of this team I feel it’s really unique and very powerful but you’re more of a professional at team building so I was wondering what suggestions you had
What are your thoughts on power Trip corv? That is my white whale I've been trying to make it work. Unfortunately will o wisp is so common you kind of have to run tera fire.
I don't think Power Trip is viable honestly-- it struggles against too much. BU Taunt Power Trip Roost would destroy stall but sucks against every other playstyle. Brave Bird, I think is viable because it gives Corviknight an immediate, strong, 120 BP STAB move. Power Trip I don't think has a place at all.
do you think that clef is viable in OU anymore? I feel like its defensive presence has fallen hard, and am still somewhat suprised it hasnt fallen to UU
yeah unless you have 100% acc moves it ain't over till the fat lady sings! in randbats the other day I had an opponent with a roaring moon and a gallade left and I missed 2x play roughs in a row... I still won it in the end but it's like SHEEESH man of course it would happen right now
@@ErikReischitz I remember back on omega ruby I had a scarf genesect in random battles and I lost my whole team- was up against (I think it was Ho-oh) or something insanely dangerous and I got 3 flinches in a row with iron head and then proceeded to mow down his whole team 😅 after one of his other mons that could have 1 shot me flinched he just turned his game off LOL
This afternoon I was thinking about the corv set but with sub over taunt and white herb, but decided to trash it because of Gholdengo and similar Corviknight stopgaps, guess I just didn't see the vision
Sub certainly can work! White Herb would be useless though, I imagine you mean Mental Herb to prevent Encore/Taunt? It's not a bad set at all, and that Corviknight would be better against Garganacl. The main reason I prefer Taunt is just for the stall MU, but sub is very much valid.
I don't agree with the speed investment on corvinight... You ll outspeed what exactly? 🤔 Assuming you want to outspeed Kingabit,you d have probably have used a bulk up already,at least 1 time right? You won't lose to it and on top of that he can still use sucker punch so the speed means nothing. On top of that every serious special sweeper has more than 220 speed so corvi s speed will be wasted. My opinion always BUT i always believe a bulky pkmn doesn't need to have speed to outspeed its mirror match lol... It s not that you run body press to let s say after some bulk ups,you ll ohko kingabit or the other corvinights.
This is a gen 8 fenomenon... People were increasing the speed of clefable and conceldur so they d win the mirror matches etc etc BUT they were losing to other pkmn, Because they weren't as bulky as they should be. Like i said my opinion always,but i ll stay loyal to my belief,that each Pokémon should have EV s based on its role.
The goal is to outspeed Kingambit. The difference between a Kingambit that can SD versus one that cannot SD is significant. I can and will lose to Kingambit and I risk critical hits if I don't run a speedier variant. Furthermore it helps against Skarmory and Corviknight (which run Iron Defense) and try to outspeed Kingambit. To say that the speed means nothing because of Sucker Punch... I don't know what point you're trying to make. Sucker Punch will do absolutely no damage.
Haha Lokix I think has a chance but it is definitely awkward to build around. Most teams I make are pretty mediocre, it takes a lot of testing and failed teams to find ones that work really well!
I like Freezai a lot too, not at all intended as a criticism of him as a person or player. Just sometimes he seems not to notice and it pains me lol. But yea, fantastic player and very level-headed. As for the playstyle, bulky offense and hyper offense operate in a fundamentally different way, bulky offense is not hyper offense with slower and bulkier pokemon. The main difference is that HO is ok with sacking pokemon (which generally, my team is OK with, thus making it HO, at least by my standards).
@@pinkacross2042 video bout two months ago from him. Yall played each other on the ladder and it was spicy so i thought you’d fire back a challenge. The fans need this saga
@@YaBoySheeny Oh I see, I didn't realize I played against him. I certainly don't mind a friendly rivalry but I'd rather stay out of drama. Thanks for letting me know though!
![Explaining Every Pokemon in Competitive Gen 2 [PART TWO]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5ztXemvbgEQ/mqdefault.jpg)
Just want to clarify that my idle comments regarding Freezai's occasional lack of responsiveness to chat is NOT an attack on him. He's extremely talented and level-headed, and I enjoy watching his random battle series and a lot of his other videos. Furthermore, he sometimes responds to fans in the chat, so I would guess he is merely focused on the game when he seemingly ignores a fan in the battle chat. I was simply stating that on the occasions he doesn't respond, it hurts my soul so I wanted to make sure I didn't accidentally do that to someone lol
I see your point Pinkacross, and I totally get it. I think every time I’ve left a comment on a Freezai vid, he never responded, and that lack of interaction always bugged me. Your responsiveness on the other hand, I thoroughly appreciate, I love the interactions you have with us commenters
@@leonardobarbosatelles2779 I've actually never noted how he responds to comments-- I generally don't fault youtubers for not replying to comments since it can take a lot of time and some of them have hundreds and hundreds of them... still, I'm glad you appreciate the engagement! :D I enjoy talking with all of you as well.
Why are you a pinkacross and not a navyblueacross?
@@blumwashere because shiny heracross is pink
NEW ROARING MOON SPRITE!!!!!
I like sinistea lemontea
@@aishaafreenarshad7579w but i just realized the new roaring moon sprite is same as its radical red sprite
Finally
I love the Freezai "shade" at 3:20 LMAO
Freezing a damn good player but someone gotta call him out lmao
Oh certainly no shade, I love watching his Random Battles to the top. Just that one thing I noticed was like "aaaah plz respond!" But yea he's the most level headed player I've ever seen, seems like a great guy
lokix is so sick, how can u be a route 1 starter and still be this strong. tinted lens first impression + sucker sure is a hell of a drug
Lokix is not on route 1 nor is it a starter.
Yea I agree lokix is an awesome mon
@@abscindingbruh ok just change it to route 3 bug you know what they meant cmon
A top OU player and a polite chatter: pinkacross is a role model to us all
Why thank you! :D
11:26 Underrated advice
I've lost tournament games due to not considering this kind of thing. You gotta consider everything; don' get caught out by a random weakness policy (or whatever it may be) that you would have lost nothing by scouting for
Well put! Yea I've learned this the hard way a few times myself
Faced you the other day on high ladder (I'm: "Quiero mucho a Mar", idk if you remember our game. You were using an Empoleon team and you forgot to add poison heal on gliscor) but I just wanted to tell you that I was really glad to play aganist you and that I really like watching your videos:)
I hope you have a wonderful day:)
Ooooh yes I remember that one! That was a fun one. Unfortunately that team ended up being a bit too passive, Empoleon in particular was a bit too easy to take advantage of. I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I look forward to facing you on ladder in the future! :D
Pinkacross is truly one of the best builders this gen. Idk anyone else that would have thought outside the box and ran a corv like that.
Aww thank you :D
I don't mean to rain on the parade but I'm pretty sure bulk up corv was a thing in gen 8
@@RocketPropelledMexican bulk up corv was a thing in this gen too, I was more talking about having speed investment with taunt
When I wanted to climb, I recognized that I was really bad at teambuilding, so I thought 'I'll only use teams from rate my team that have peaked top #1.' Like, half of those teams are by pinkacross. Man's built different (ha, ha).
Game two was crazy and the way you share your thought process is so insightful yet accessible!
I'm glad you found it helpful! :D
Love the fan respect. Truly.
:D
I really like these gameplay videos, you are the high level OU Butter to freezais high level randbats bread
Glad you like them! :D
LOKIX MENTIONED‼️
my favourite mon from gen 9 not including legends, amaxing in UU
Lokix might just have what it takes...
Nice vid. Just one thing, dunno if you mentioned it, but you can run Corv with Careful at 248/60/200 and get the same speed, but 243 spdef which is a bit higher
Ahhh noted, didn't realize I was running a non optimal spread! I'll fix that now! :]
I saw a meme about gholdengo chilling w/ all hazards in front of a corvinite. But then I realized how stupid that’d be if you were power trip corvinite.
Power trip corv is like the perfect Omni booster. Just the 1 300 power move built to terra
Avalugg hyper offense > Corviknight hyper offense
Shuckle Hyper Offense beats them all.
@@Victoria3WorldConquererHaha webs rocks go brr
Great video! Good luck with finals!
Thank you! :D I'll do my best!
The laser eye corvi on the thumbnail is heat. That is all.
Thank you! :D
YES SINISTCHA. This teacup deserves OU its so strong and can sometimes outheal the walls that should check it
Yea Sinistcha is definitely OU-viable, not necessarily as a sweeper (since it can be a bit inconsistent) but on offensive hazard stack teams, one could argue it should be a staple.
Have you ever considered streaming? Would love to see live teambuilding/testing on ladder
Yes I have indeed! I'm looking into it and I'll likely give it a try in the coming months. :]
Hi Pinkacross! I was wondering where you get such cool ideas for teams, I never know where to start when building.
Usually I scan the lower tiers until I see a pokemon that I think has potential. Other times, I have a very specific problem that needs solving so I look for a unique solution. That's what happened in this case, I realized I had issues with Gliscor, but what setup pokemon beats SD Gliscor? Only Corviknight.
@@pinkacross2042 Not if you run taunt
Goes insane
Best of luck at your finals 👍🏼
Thanks! :D
How do you do the calculations?Do you have a video about it?(I think it would be better if I could also learn that kind of skill)
I use an extension called ShowDex! Given how many comments I've seen about it, I'll probably make a video on it in the future!
Cresselia @ Electric Seed
Ability: Levitate
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Poison
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA
Bold Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Calm Mind
- Moonlight
- Moonblast
- Stored Power
Great Tusk @ Booster Energy
Ability: Protosynthesis
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 HP / 188 Atk / 68 Def
Impish Nature
- Headlong Rush
- Ice Spinner
- Rapid Spin
- Stealth Rock
Charizard-Mega-Y @ Charizardite Y
Ability: Blaze
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Fire
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
IVs: 0 Atk
- Air Slash
- Solar Beam
- Ancient Power
- Weather Ball
Tapu Koko @ Fairium Z
Ability: Electric Surge
Shiny: Yes
Tera Type: Electric
EVs: 4 Atk / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Rash Nature
- Volt Switch
- Dazzling Gleam
- Iron Head
- Grass Knot
Iron Crown @ Choice Scarf
Ability: Quark Drive
Tera Type: Steel
EVs: 252 HP / 124 SpA / 132 SpD
Calm Nature
IVs: 20 Atk
- Volt Switch
- Psychic Noise
- Tachyon Cutter
- Focus Blast
Gouging Fire @ Leftovers
Ability: Protosynthesis
Tera Type: Ground
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Adamant Nature
- Burning Bulwark
- Dragon Dance
- Raging Fury
- Earthquake
You probably won’t see this but I was wondering what you thought of this team I feel it’s really unique and very powerful but you’re more of a professional at team building so I was wondering what suggestions you had
Thanks for sending! I don't know much about NatDex but this appears to be a fairly threatening HO at first glance!
@@pinkacross2042 The cresselia set is the main inspiration give it a shot lmk what you think
What are your thoughts on power Trip corv? That is my white whale I've been trying to make it work. Unfortunately will o wisp is so common you kind of have to run tera fire.
I don't think Power Trip is viable honestly-- it struggles against too much. BU Taunt Power Trip Roost would destroy stall but sucks against every other playstyle. Brave Bird, I think is viable because it gives Corviknight an immediate, strong, 120 BP STAB move. Power Trip I don't think has a place at all.
do you think that clef is viable in OU anymore? I feel like its defensive presence has fallen hard, and am still somewhat suprised it hasnt fallen to UU
I also wonder, it has pretty mediocre defensive stats and its only real assets are moonlight+cosmic power and two great ability options.
Clef is always the lead trend when the meta becomes balance based
Definitely still viable, just not what it used to be.
Clef is definitely OU viable and quite good, just difficult to fit in building since it doesn't provide any massive walling power.
Corv fits on everything
yeah unless you have 100% acc moves it ain't over till the fat lady sings! in randbats the other day I had an opponent with a roaring moon and a gallade left and I missed 2x play roughs in a row... I still won it in the end but it's like SHEEESH man of course it would happen right now
I once got 6 flinches in a row in random battles to steal a win. Can't even imagine how my opponent must have felt.
@@ErikReischitz I remember back on omega ruby I had a scarf genesect in random battles and I lost my whole team- was up against (I think it was Ho-oh) or something insanely dangerous and I got 3 flinches in a row with iron head and then proceeded to mow down his whole team 😅 after one of his other mons that could have 1 shot me flinched he just turned his game off LOL
RNG can be pretty funny at times LOL
16:13 mispredicted specs thunderclap prob
great video! its dificult to find the right move even in winning situratinons
(im trinhg to type without looking at my keyboard)
Glad you enjoyed it! :D
good video
Thanks!
I've seen wincon corviknight in the smogon corviknight analysis page but i dont know it would fit this well!
It was a surprise to me as well! Especially with how effective it is against most stall teams in the current metagame.
bro was so nonchalant until the early gg in game 2 (real i wouldve tweaked out too)
I despite early ggs LOL
Skarmory with whirlwind. Fixed
This afternoon I was thinking about the corv set but with sub over taunt and white herb, but decided to trash it because of Gholdengo and similar Corviknight stopgaps, guess I just didn't see the vision
Sub certainly can work! White Herb would be useless though, I imagine you mean Mental Herb to prevent Encore/Taunt? It's not a bad set at all, and that Corviknight would be better against Garganacl. The main reason I prefer Taunt is just for the stall MU, but sub is very much valid.
@@pinkacross2042 yeah the anti encore herb, sorry. thanks for the answer, your doing goated work
I don't agree with the speed investment on corvinight... You ll outspeed what exactly? 🤔 Assuming you want to outspeed Kingabit,you d have probably have used a bulk up already,at least 1 time right? You won't lose to it and on top of that he can still use sucker punch so the speed means nothing. On top of that every serious special sweeper has more than 220 speed so corvi s speed will be wasted. My opinion always BUT i always believe a bulky pkmn doesn't need to have speed to outspeed its mirror match lol... It s not that you run body press to let s say after some bulk ups,you ll ohko kingabit or the other corvinights.
This is a gen 8 fenomenon... People were increasing the speed of clefable and conceldur so they d win the mirror matches etc etc BUT they were losing to other pkmn, Because they weren't as bulky as they should be. Like i said my opinion always,but i ll stay loyal to my belief,that each Pokémon should have EV s based on its role.
I mean it did save him in the stall matchup game 3...
@@jmcbango so? And focus sash Ratata with endeavor n quick attack had helped me sometimes,so use it 👍🏼
The goal is to outspeed Kingambit. The difference between a Kingambit that can SD versus one that cannot SD is significant. I can and will lose to Kingambit and I risk critical hits if I don't run a speedier variant. Furthermore it helps against Skarmory and Corviknight (which run Iron Defense) and try to outspeed Kingambit. To say that the speed means nothing because of Sucker Punch... I don't know what point you're trying to make. Sucker Punch will do absolutely no damage.
That second game was so triggering lol
Eh it happens, the risk we run when we use 90% moves
what;s that extension doing calcs in the side? Would love to use it
Showdex!: D
@@pinkacross2042sick, thanks dude
Get the 4.0, King
Thanks! :D
LOKIX MENTIONED!! (absolutely no idea what/whose team could possibly be tanking your rating... Total mystery...)
Haha Lokix I think has a chance but it is definitely awkward to build around. Most teams I make are pretty mediocre, it takes a lot of testing and failed teams to find ones that work really well!
This team looks more like bulky offense than Hyper offense. Also Freezai does reply to his fans at times 😢 I like the guy.
I like Freezai a lot too, not at all intended as a criticism of him as a person or player. Just sometimes he seems not to notice and it pains me lol. But yea, fantastic player and very level-headed. As for the playstyle, bulky offense and hyper offense operate in a fundamentally different way, bulky offense is not hyper offense with slower and bulkier pokemon. The main difference is that HO is ok with sacking pokemon (which generally, my team is OK with, thus making it HO, at least by my standards).
what is the little plugin you have on the side with the calculator and stuff? love ur vids btw : D
ShowDex! It's a great extension. Also, thank you! :D
what’s the calculator on the right side called? is it a chrome extension or something?
Yes, it's called ShowDex!
Im a simple man I see a fully set up corvaknight on stall and immediately click
Nice! :D
Still waiting for a a blimax response/ battle
Did he challenge or something?
@@pinkacross2042 video bout two months ago from him. Yall played each other on the ladder and it was spicy so i thought you’d fire back a challenge. The fans need this saga
@@YaBoySheeny Oh I see, I didn't realize I played against him. I certainly don't mind a friendly rivalry but I'd rather stay out of drama. Thanks for letting me know though!
whats the extension you use to check damage and calc while in showdown?
ShowDex! Great extension!
Oops thought this was Freezai
WHO LET MY BOY PINKACROSS COOK???🔥🔥
>:D
Corviknight viable on my favorite playstyle? Say less 😁
She corviknight viable on my favorite playstyle till I say less
@@BBG07endless ☹️
Corviknight has really surprised me-- I kinda added it for the memes but then it performed super well.
Lokix is so good in uu
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@@powerbolt2846 fr
I can believe it, seems so close to being crazy in OU and even in OU has some really dominant MUs
Hey can somebody please tell how to get the damage calc…
Showdex web extension
It's a browser extension called "Showdex"
It’s not as accurate as the original
go to the help room in ps
Chrome extension more spesificly showdex
Calc is lame
Winning is lame
You can open a Calc any time in the game the Calc he uses just does it for him