Can You Win a Tournament with Only RANDOM Moves?
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2022
- Is it possible to win a tournament using ONLY Random moves? World Champion Wolfe Glick decided to give it a shot!
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I love this idea for a tournament. My sister and I would do this exact same thing on pokemon stadium when we were kids, it was always so funny to see a flying snorlax or alakazam using guillotine
Anytime I got a pokemon with metronome in stadium I would spam it and used to love the flying snorlax animation. Thanks for the nostalgia trip :)
i would like this comment but its at 69...nice
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING
Alakazam using Guillotine... Imagine being decapitated by a spoon. :P
Trust in the metronome and it’s a blast any way it goes.
Shout out to that Japanese player who had to deal with double Spikes in a Metronome tourney lol.
AND burn AND cursed body right after each other
That splash after explosion probably did giganta-damage to opponent's mental health.
Of course I’m super late but I saw it happen as soon as I read this comment.
You’re so right hahaha.
Time stamp?
@@The.Cat.Ghost.Thingy1:15:56
@@user-fd3vn5yq3h thank you!
The fact that Pokemon did this is hilarious. I honestly hope they do this again, or maybe even see a fanmade Metronome tournament pop up in Showdown and see a shifting metagame lol
Smogon kinda does have a Metronome meta, but it’s very different because they ban all of the lame stuff (leftovers, Cursed Body, Pressure, etc), it’s Double Battles, just 2v2, and you can use illegal stuff like Intrepid Sword Mega Heracross with max EVs.
It’s a very fun format with actual strategy involved, and I like it much more than the official version, but they’re VERY different haha.
Mandjtv had that?
Has no one here heard of the Metronome Battle Federation?
@@davidsandrock7826 yeah has nobody heard of it
@@Zorua3 Yup, they make it an actual format people play for fun rather than this slog here.
I'll never forget the explosion into a ghost into a disrespect metronome splash lol
Wolfey: "Ima need Dusknoir to solo this somehow"
Dusknoir: "I gotchu homie" *OHKOs Clefable*
I've never seen the fissure animation until now but it's so funny, the pokemon just... falls... and is gone
@@pielord177 the year was 201X, a child was climbing Mt.Ebot
I had entered this tournament from a completely casual standpoint, and, like Wolfey, I figured others would do the same. So I was shocked when I wound up fighting Wolfey during the tournament (though I wasn't certain until after the battle when I tuned into his stream), even moreso that I got lucky enough to outright win the battle. Of course, the Snorlax Land's Wrath did all of the work.
I was the 2nd fight in the video.
Nice when you fought wolfey
lol you can say you beat a world champ
Glorious man, that was such perfectly timed luck, like a Greek tragedy coming to it’s surprising yet inevitable conclusion.
@@The13thKnight is my hoenn team good I have pikachu salamence septile Aaron swallow and absol
@@krishonboucher-best2550 no
Wolfey not expecting Gengar to grief when it's literally the trollface pokemon
the Dusknoir rolling a belly drum then leer was too only to troll not rolling a attack was too funny the super effective psychic fang at the end was the cherry on top
Love how dusknoir made 400% sure to ko machamp
Another request:
I’d like to see Wolfey create a new type and how he’d implement it competitively and thematically
Lets make it 1 funny wolfey-humor style type, and 1 real competitive type that makes sense. I’d watch that wideo 12 times at least (i usually watch wolfeys wideos only 5 - 8 times each)
OMG Wolfey... you have to. This is brilliant
WolfeGlick type, it doesn't affect most the pokemons but OHKOs Pokemon like Xerneas and Smeargle
We know you're an undercover game freak employee, no Need to hide it
This is what we need in our lives! 2 types like Thomas S. Said, funny and super serious. I would love to watch a wideo like that!
one thing I want to see is like an AI that makes like 1000 different teams. each team totally random mons, random moves, natures, abilities, items. place them in a tournament and every move is selected at random. wonder what the top 5 teams would look like.
This is a perfect idea
Some guy made a tournament with all the trainers in Kanto, maybe you should suggest that to him, he already has the infrastructure
Go and challenge a friend to hackmons cup on showdown, its literally that
top 5 would be completely arbitrary past being semi functional teams, because even if a team is crazy a pokemon could just roll like 5 times into protect and the team would lose the game
edit: this is actually wrong upon reflection. a better team would consistently have a slight advantage, BUT that advantage is very unlikely to actually be cashed in. i think maybe in 1000 games a good team would be able to see a noticeable differential to a worse one. i still feel it would mean very little due to that. and in the first place ai could probably build teams and play deliberately given enough training time. google's deepmind built an ai to play starcraft 2, an imperfect game, better than several pros, so pokemon is likely well within the capabilities of ai to near completely crack as well, you kinda dont need to mess with all these teams in a bracket
imagine an AI fed every pokemon and move and ability and item and then a certain ruleset and it was made to decide the statistical "best team" using average w/l against what the bot narrowed down to be the best teams in the format taking into account all the others.
The first time I used metronome as a kid my Togepi used Hyper Beam. It was the first time I saw Hyper Beam and I did not read Metronome, I thought Togepi was about to be the strongest Pokemon in the game.
1:15:33
This is the most beautiful sequence of random events I have ever seen in pokemon
The absolute audacity of Dusknoir to dance with splash after gengar sacrificed himself for nothing
That's genuinely masterful. The ultimate salt move
Dusknoir just T bagged Genger
literally used splash and won the match up, ultimate rng manipulation
@@dylanmueller7304umh, achtually ☝️🤓, that Gengar was female
Love the introduction! Explains the metronome meta and team very well
The intros explaining his teams in these videos has always been my favorite part
Alternate title of this vid: "Luck is a skill and wolfe is very skilled"
I liked the reverse “keikaku” explanation at 19:22 lol
Getting into the top 50 in competitive Metronome battles is quite respectable. What better way to demonstrate that luck is a skill than practicing Metronomy. I was surprisingly amused so have a like and some algorithm juice.
bro shut up
Fun Fact: Some people used Poliwrath or Politoed with Damp to prevent themselves from selfdestructing, which in my opinion seems more beneficial in a way since Gengar, Dusclops and Dusknoir are already immune to them, although it's like investing towards stopping a rare event of bad luck.
Pokémon really should have a turn limit rather than a time limit. Like have a timer for making your move, but a timer for the whole battle encourages people to wait to make their moves, slowing the game down.
It's so funny how such a near useless move like imprison is broken in this format, weird Pokemon formats really change how the meta works immensely lol
Imprison has its niche as an anti-lead move to setup stealth rock, disable u-turn or other moves on turn 1 6v6 singles. Mew has a trapping set of whirlpooling on switch in, imprisoning, then transforming to struggle the other mon to death. In 1v1 format, it's been banned because of this set, with no extra turn needed to trap it can essentially win in just two moves. And a bulky mew is hard to kill
In doubles it's a niche anti-trickroom option that bypasses mental herb.
@@Junya01 Thanks for writing that btw! I'd be curious to know about more niche stuff like that.
It’s also great for anti-trick room, or mixed trick room and fast teams. If you imprison, you can stop the opponent setting it up when it’s bad for you, and when it’s beneficial you can choose to use it. The imprison mon either has to stay in, or you get rid of their trick-rook setters. It helps if you know that trick room in general or a specific team archetype that counters your team and relies on trick room and you can find a win-condition by shutting it down before you get destroyed. It takes two move slots but you either really really need it so it’s worth it, or you can bring something else (if it’s not 6v6). It helps either to surprise the opponent and mess up their set up, or you are playing with open team sheets and you have the advantage of knowing exactly when you do or don’t need it.
It’s also kinda funny, so there’s that too I guess lol. Bringing trick room just so they can’t have it 😂
@@notmyrealname3576 That's true, I actually saw some of this in action in gen 9 too. It's pretty interesting to see
Love the translators note at 19:22
(Translator's note: keikaku means plan)
In fact it says plan means keikaku
I would love a video where Wolfey talks about the hidden abilities of pokemon types. Such as Dark Types being Immune to Prankster, and Ghost types can always run, etc.
Also
fire immune to burn,
electric immune to para,
poison immune to poison(steel technically isnt its just all moves that poison its immune to)
Poison cant miss toxic
Rock gets spdef boost in sand
Grass immune to powder moves
Unless you count weather immunities or innate immunities then i believe thats it
@chargestone96 Technically that’s not true in gens after 2. Twineedle is bug type and has a chance to poison. It can poison steels in gen 2, but I believe from every gen onward it can’t.
@@chargestone96 I didn't know that grass was immune to powder moves. Thank you for teaching me something new today
@@BobBob-bm9kz i think its recent, like SwSh recent. It was because of how strong spore was in competitive basically
@@chelronin7843 makes sense
Imprison immediately followed by whirlpool...I bow to your "skill" 😂😂
But for real, the amount of luck to have imprison and then a trapping move is unreal. That's the world champ difference baybeeee
I got imprisoned during this tournament and it affects the whole team, I had no choice but to forfeit
what does that do? i have 0 pokemon knowledge
@@desuvult8463 No problem! So Imprison prevents any pokemon on the opposite team from using any of the moves that the current pokemon who used Imprison has. For example, if the pokemon has water gun, no pokemon on the other team can use water gun. In a metronome-only battle, it means that your opponent's entire team can't use metronome, their only move. When a pokemon has no moves to use, they use a default, physical, typeless move known as Struggle. Struggle isn't too strong and drains a quarter of the user's hp.
When your whole team can only use Struggle, it's a big issue. The only way to get out of it in a metronome battle is to PP stall the pokemon that used Imprison by switching out constantly, preferably to a pokemon with the Pressure ability, so they themselves eventually have to use Struggle or switch out, ending Impridon's effect. BUT, when a trapping move is used (one that prevents switching), even that strategy can't be used. With the pokemon constantly hurting themselves and unable to switch out, it's a guaranteed KO. A huge advantage. Hope that helped!
@@phantom31971 That was a very clear explanation, thanks for taking your time write in such a detailed way!
That Explosion + Splash combo made my day
Metronome battles are always funny to watch, but painful to play
I just love the way how gengar keeps swingin that butt to the rhythm of the music throughout these matches lol
i love that german is one of the few languages that has its own pokemon names cause it makes it easy to spot my brethren in the chaos of international battles haha
Gengar consistently tanking your games was absolutely hilarious
I think the funniest part of this in retrospect was how in character it was for gengar to be the biggest inconvenience on the team for no reason like I could see this happening in Pokémon canon
Super fun! I reaaaally wish they did something about timer stall tho, like halved the time you're allowed to take per move or something. Watching people take the max ammount of time per turn just to waste everyone's time feels unsportsmanlike despite being a valid strat.
Some people had bread to eat
48:15 I genuinely felt so much second hand frustration
Just imagine walking on a route and finding a Snorlax, being so excited to catch it and once you run up on it it pulls this shi😭 25:43
The second I thought about how absurd Pressure and Pickpocketing Leftovers would be, I immediately though of Weezing for its Neutralizing Gas, but of course Weezing can't learn Metronome.
That one Psychic Fangs attack was an absolutely perfect roll.
dusknoir using oblivion wing looks amazing
Put this on in hopes to fall asleep to and finish later and casually enjoy.
Ended up staying up through the whole thing. So intense (when edited of course) so many hype moments.
This is Pokemons version of a Russian roulette for sure hahah
1 Year later, Korean players are disqualified for this.
It's funny to see gengar grimace when it's taking 1 damage from things.
I love the fact that, though it is a literally "test your luck" tournament, Wolfey really strategized for this. It speaks a lot about how good Wolfey truly is.
I feel like poison point would be VERY strong in this meta. Pp stall the gengar then just a free win if they get a physical move
This videos feels like 8 year old me deleting all the stat changing moves
I thought this would be awful but getting to see a bunch of animations you probably would never see in any other scenario is unironically so cool
For me the most interesting thing turned out to be the pokemon animations for moves they would never have.
The self destruct on game 6 was the funniest shit ever 🤣 thats so rough
I was SO surprised, when did they change Self-Destruct to be a loss anyway even when it kills the opponent's last Pokémon?
The he used splash 😂
Seeing dusknoir self-destruct made my day
Something about seeing Politoed looking up into heaven as he uses Healing Wish sends me every time
The editing on this one is crazy good. Kudos to whoever handled this!
Dusknoir’s softboiled animation is literally perfection
Petition for a 3 part Wolfe glick series explaining why metronome is the worst move, how to make it s tier, and then challenging Aaron to a metronome only battle
The splash after the opposing gengar explosing itself for nothing was absolutely perfect!! 1:15:42
Nearly spit my coffee out when the "Never forget the Japanese" graphic popped up.lol I recently discovered your channel and has REALLY reignited my love of pokemon. I love the content. Keep it coming.
I would love to see more information about the person that went 28-4, their team, strategy, etc. that's insane!!!!
i know! what could they have possibly been doing to go on such a tear when everyone has the same move and essentially the same 5 pokemon?
The quality of wolfeys content had gotten so good, it's amazing only 4% of viewers are subscribed. Definitely gotta pump those numbers up
I'm loving the style of better edited content, I was super worried at first because we were losing daily uploads, but the editing brings the content to another level
*Gengar uses Heavy Slam*
Snorlax: "I don't think you have the facilities for that Big Man"
Besides Black Sludge and Leftovers, I found Rocky Helmet to be incredibly strong. It's just consistent damage with a lack of a third recovery item.
I ended up around 1600 but nowhere near these levels, and like you I expected most players to be casual XD
The thing with that is, when 2 of their 3 Pokemon have Leftovers, and they're getting a contact move once every 10 moves, it's most likely that your Rock Helmet damage will just get outhealed. Whereas stealing their Leftovers via berry -> Pickpocket, basically does a whole lot of damage to them
imagine how tilting it would be to have a metronome battle in gen 9 and your opponent gets revival blessing
Back in the good ol days of pokemon showdown a very popular set was Clefable @Leppa running Cosmic Power (or Calm Mind)/ Metronome / Softboiled / Recycle. It was such a fun build on ladder, just putting a slot machine on the field & letting it run until your opponent gets a lucky crit, you get a sweep, or self destruct
I've done quite a few metronome battles on pokemon showdown, and the best move to call there was always Imprison-- instantly forces the opponent to struggle, and because the format there was always 2v2 doubles, they couldn't swap to avoid recoil and it would effect both opponents
calling imprison was an instant gg, though other moves with similar effects (such as torment and taunt) were great for instantly denying a single pokemon
Oh dang, it's so cool that Game Freak actually made a legit Metronome tournament! I remember watching other Poketubers doing Metronome battles with each other, with hilarious results 🤣, and it was always a fun time, so it's amazing that they're an official thing now 🥰
Wolfey: Luck is a skill
Also Wolfey: 1:13:17
Hmm, wouldn't it have been better to have shiny mons to waste extra time from the animation? Or does it not affect it?
This tournament frustrated the hell out of me, but yeah, everyone had the same few tactics. The stuff you didn't have that I tried, scrappy miltank (with so many ghosts and a ton of normal moves metronome can pick from this was good), rocky helmet. Sticky barb clefable was great when it worked but I found relied too much on my grimmsnarl getting a successful steal. I also tried aroma veil alcremie that was immune to cursed body and guts choice band machamp which if you got lucky hit like a tank (was going to do no guard but that benefits the opponent just as much as you in this format).
Whenever I saw a team with dusclops, dusknoir and gengar I knew I was about to waste the next 20 mins of my life though
Also some games you just picked something like misty explosion and were screwed
This was hella fun to watch. This was rly like adventurous paint drying. Love the content brother!
Dusclops doing 1 hp with water spout is so funny 😂😂😂
If you like the craziness of metronomo battles, italian biggest pokemon channel colonia hosts a series calle dumbattle, double battles with only metronome users. The amount of random conbos is insane and they are hilarious!
I feel like Slaking could be good in this, to help counteract pressure, along with actually having beast stats. Whether or not you can use it is a different question, I ain't about this gen 8 stuff 😂😂
Slaking's not in SwSh, and even if it was it can't learn Metronome anyway.
My favourite pokemon is Togekiss. Honestly metronome is one of the reasons, it's so damn fun!
this is so cool & insanely more in-depth than i ever would have thought
if that psychic fang play isn't proof that luck is a skill, i don't know what is
Just found this channel and have been binging content. I laughed so hard when you Noir self destructed on that Togekiss. World champ difference and content creator curse. Gotta love it
omg I could really feel you opponents pain during the explosion splash turn - especially after being hit by fissure earlier the same battle D:
This was really interesting. The constraints make trainers think outside the box
This tournament : metronome has to call one hit KO Moves or dark or Ghost type Moves lol
He isn’t showing all the footage OHKO moves are good for thumbnails and videos in general
@@cursedcat6467 i know bc money
competitive paint drying pokemon battles. This is the content we all know and love from Wolfey
19:21 is so good.
Hilarious if you figure out what's happening.
I've never laughed so hard in my life😂 when dusknor used splash after Gengar used explosion 😂 you could make this stuff up lmao
After years of MetroMania tournaments seeing someone else finding broken strategies like Cursed Body really makes me smile.
One of the most intriguing things about battles, is to use pokemon with moves that are not expected!! For example a Cubone with Fire Blast, a Zebstrika with Flame CHarge, Pidgeot with Ominous Wind etc etc
That's called throwing away the game for no reason. Cubone has atrocious special attack, zebstrika needs more in everything but speed and ominous wind on pidgeot is a waste of a move slot etc.
What is fun is a pokemon using a move that actually helps it deal with something it previously struggled with like blissey running counter.
Watched this on stream. Pretty funny stuff. Unfortunately I missed the stream for the last day. Glad this was uploaded.
Ok I laughed seeing that Keikaku means Plan (19:20)
1:15:32 more psychic damage than a fully setup stored power
I think I speak for a lot of people when I say this is my favorite format of videos you do. I know it's circumstantial to what's available in the world but these are my favorite and I'm actually engaged for the hour +
I'd imagine a pokemon with scrappy would be the best choice to "counter" this strat
incidentally, there IS a pokemon with scrappy which can learn metronome: Miltank.
@@sinteleon insert Whitney joke here
These were hella fun streams, what an interesting format
This video was really fun
Would love to see more
hi wolfey it's 04:45 am where i live and i'm here to tell you that your wideos really help me through my insomnia
🤣 that self-destruct at the end there against Togekiss
This is the kind of quality content I come to Wolfy's channel for.
lmfao I loved the "Translator's note: "Plan" means "Plan" in Japanese" :D What an obscure reference
i absolutely love smogons metronome battle format, 2v2 doubles with any ability on any pokemon allowed besides a few crazy op ones like huge power, and any items besides recovery
since u cant switch out its actually essential to have a low speed mon in case anyone rolls perish song
Here’s a question…
…was ditto banned? I assume so due to not seeing any but infinite metronome PP by default would have been funny.
(For those wondering, yes I know it only “learns” transform but it’s ability imposter instantly negates that fact)
Doesn't learn metronome, so it's banned I think
@@Junya01 it should be allowed not like it would be good
@@cursedcat6467 It has infinite PP it would be great
I love love love the longer videos. thanks wolfey!
More formats like this please, I love them!
I think the best move to call is probably imprison, seeing as it locks your opponent into essentially suiciding all of their mons until the Mon that used imprison is knocked out
Such a fun vid, Wolfe. You had me cracking up
Belly drum Dusknoir had me rolling out of my seat, lol. He was trolling you!
This was interesting. I'd certainly love to see something like it as doubles.
Mandjtv plays has something like that
Your splash after their self-destruct was the ultimate insult..
I actually registered for this tournament, but now I'm so glad I completely forgot about it