@@Tchnfrq No, it was always intended. There were abilities as far back as Gen 3 like flash fire where it's worth hitting your own ally to give them the boost.
It's also just easier to code it like this since there's moves like helping hand to buff your teammate. Just give everything the same targeting code. Saves slightly on cartridge space, while simply just being less work. They had no reason to do anything different.
That would have been hype af. This is why Paul was good pre league defeat because bro was literally us. Catching Starlys and if he didn't like their move sets he let them go, Harming his own mon to activate Blaze. That's literally what this guy did here.
@@Monty2289i think paul is one of the few people to beat team rocket on screen without ash’s help. Too. They are admins and good at their jobs off screen.
I love how they just let you attack your own Pokemon like this even though it usually ends up being useless, just in case something like this scenario happens
beat up terrakion is another possible use also works with weakness policy annihilape and froslass using icy wind on fire paldean tauros to activate anger point for +4 attack
In 2014 (or 2015?), in the great era of VGC, my friend had a Kangaskhan and an Aegislash. The opponent predicted a fake out from Mega Kangaskhan, and an attack from Aegislash, but my friend predicted that, and he didn't mega evolve his Kangaskhan and instead attacked his own Aegislash with a power up punch (thanks to regular Kan's ability to hit ghost types), which gave him a single attack boost, and Aegislash had Weakness Policy and was in shield mode, so it got little damage, a x2 in Attack and another x2 boost with a Sword Dance. He got to do that play on the stream/proyector on Barcelona's Manga con that year. It was really awesome.
My dumb kiddie brain used to wonder why I’d ever let my Pokémon hold an item that self inflicts itself with a burn/poison. Then I discovered professional plays.
@@SuperLifestream@SuperLifestreamt he first summon happened in the previous turn when another one of his Pokémon got knocked out. So this turn Is just recall, summon, knockout.
"So now! I sacrifice my monster! Stakataka, I send you to the card bench!" _(But how could my Protect read have been wrong?!)_ "You'd better be prepared. I'm putting my pride on the line. You'll see the strength of my blade firsthand!"
Pokémon is a lot like Fighting games, you may *think* you are in an un winnable situation, but the truth is the set is not over until all 4 mons are down.
Even worse because I think you only have like 60 seconds to decide, that man took those 60 seconds and was like "I'm about to end this other guy's whole career"
Yeah, no, agreed. Best play of all time. The hard read on his opponent, the brilliant sack, like that was clean, and turned a nearly sure fire loss into a clean dub!
Yugi: "I cannot afford to lose. I switch my Kartana to Attack mode!" Mako: "Attack mode?! But why?! He cannot attack my Pokemon while they are protected!" Yugi: "But his target isn't your Pokemon. I'm having him attack a Pokemon I put on the field myself. Stakataka!" Mako: "No!" Yugi: "Now Kartana, destroy Stakataka!"
@@marioramirez6068 Ultra beasts will definitely return of course. The copium to believe mega's will return after already having two gens is crazy though
@@shi-chan5779 fr, one of my fave parts abt Gen 7 and 8 was just spamming choice scarf Blacephelon. It picked up one kill and it got beast boost, and it was basically game over
Man I had a game on Showdown once where I made a galaxy brain play to knock out my own pokemon which was just sitting on the field and I couldn't switch out because my opponent had a Gothitelle or Wobbuffet or something. Probably the best I've ever felt about winning a game.
I saw this in the twitter thread asking for people's best plays. Genuinely my favourite sequence of all time. Nothing will match the ingenious of this to me
That's why Pokemon is a real e-sport! The IQ the game allows you to build in plays while also staying true and simple for beginners is the same as putting a basketball into a hoop.
True and simple? Ivs, evs, held items, multiple abilities, 1000+ pokemon, too many moves for me to bother remembering how many there are… physical special split, type advantages, stats, natures, mints, hyper training…
@@SoraQuill simple as in simple to get into the game. Any kid can pick up a pokemon game, press a move and more or less understand types, etc... It's a game that's simple to play but difficult to master
I like to think Stakataka and Kartana recreated the Wrath fight from FMA, with Stakataka blocking their line of sight so Kartana can stab the enemy through him.
That play is so damn unexpected. Using a mon that doesn't really serve much purpose in that match up to waste a turn and basically give a plus 1 boost to a mon who required it
Shit like this is why I'll always adore Doubles as a format in Pokemon. The sheer ludicrousy of shit you can do that you couldn't do in singles is insane.
Being able to use moves against your own Mon is incredible useful, you can use surf for example and have your other pokemon having the ability that don't take damage from water moves and increases attack, lots of other strategy such as the move that increases your mom attack can be used in your other mon, I once created a strategy where my Incinerace used the move that makes it has 1hp and it had a berry that gave him more attack, he also had blaze ability which made Pyro Ball a incrideble strong move, all it took was a partner Earthquake
I love Pokémon. I’ve been obsessed for 25 years. But I will never understand this level of complexity necessary to bother with competitive. And that is soul-crushing. 😂
Back in my day, you just mashed the a button with your strongest Pokemon until you won. You kids now with yer confounded traits and yer dadgum ev's and iv's.
Stakataka was prolly pissed tho
Traitor
funniest comment 🏆
Stakataka is a steel type🤐
Can't be mad when your dead
A pissed off winner
Kaiba: "Now I sacrifice Obelisk to summon Blue eyes!"
"I TRIBUTE GOD TO SUMMON BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON"
"WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK-"
@@yuno-hx3he It's the best play 😂😂😂
Yessss this should be the top comment!
“IM SACRIFICING GOD!”
I remember the anime for the fact they had a card game over his little brothers life or something like that💀💀
For reasons like this is why being able to attack your own pokemon in doubles actually adds to the format
id give it 50/50 odd thatgamefreak put it in on accident, didnt fix it and the player base turned it into a feature making game freak look genius.
@@Tchnfrqnah. It was intended. They are on the record talking about it. You are mad jealous simply said.
@@Tchnfrq No, it was always intended. There were abilities as far back as Gen 3 like flash fire where it's worth hitting your own ally to give them the boost.
It's also just easier to code it like this since there's moves like helping hand to buff your teammate. Just give everything the same targeting code. Saves slightly on cartridge space, while simply just being less work. They had no reason to do anything different.
Heal Pulse exist
Kartana: "Sorry, paper beats rock."
Underrated comment
lmao
Yujiro: are you sure rock beats scissors?
Kartana is scissors though
@@mr_inconspicuous paper scissors
If you ever feel like your life is hard, remember Stakataka had to fight a 5v1.
4v1 actually
4 bro
6v1 add both trainers
@@Tree511Nah he had to fight himself too, internal conflict
@@Blade.5786So, with that, plus everything that’s been said, plus the total number of viewers, because they also root against him, 309,007 v 1
"As a friend, you are...replaceable. Farewell."
- Kartana Pokemon
Kartana then sacrifices the rest of its team for extra beast boosts to only then lose to a 4% crit in true Excelemblem fashion
Tommy himself dies from a 1% crit brain aneurysm in true excelblem fashion
If you want to be lore accurate type that in reverse and then it’s perfectly accurate
you're proposal is acceptable.
"Sa a dneirf, uoy era elbaecalper. Lleweraf."-🟠⚪✂️
And then he sacrifices.. THE ROOK!
Goddamn that fits so well here
Thats the best comment ive read this week, ty. Its such a great joke....
This is a certified GothamChess moment
Facts
this is exactly what I was thinking when I saw this
If a trainer did this in the Pokemon anime, I can imagine the outrage.
That would have been hype af. This is why Paul was good pre league defeat because bro was literally us. Catching Starlys and if he didn't like their move sets he let them go, Harming his own mon to activate Blaze. That's literally what this guy did here.
@@Monty2289i think paul is one of the few people to beat team rocket on screen without ash’s help. Too. They are admins and good at their jobs off screen.
It wasn't exactly the same but I think of Ash's Pikachu Swellow thunder combo. It was so bs and so unexpected lol
Irl competitive Pokemon players would just be abusing their mons if Pokemon was real
Either that or the crowd would get angry, but kartana and stakataka are buddys so they chill
"some of you may die. but that's a sacrifice I'm willing to make." - Lord Farquaad
Straight up Kaiba sacrificing Obelisk the Tormentor for Blue Eyes moment
imagine he makes that insane play and he double protects both his pokemon
This
The level of rage and disappointment he must feel if it happens , words can’t explain it
you dont need to imagine it thats literally what happened??
@@notster7114 Nono if he had done it again and gotten the 1/9 odds
@@notster7114double protects as in for a second turn
So.... he faked out a fake out, so he can fake out.
truly one of the fake outs of all time
👏 🎯
@@Warlord_Megatrontruly THE fake out of all time
💀💀💀💀💀
Yo dawg, I heard you like Fake Outs!
I love how they just let you attack your own Pokemon like this even though it usually ends up being useless, just in case something like this scenario happens
I has some uses beyond this niche. For example hitting your own Pokémon with weaknesses policy to get a stat boost
beat up terrakion is another possible use
also works with weakness policy annihilape and froslass using icy wind on fire paldean tauros to activate anger point for +4 attack
@@crispyfries2454 you mean frost breath, icy wind hits both opponents and lowers speed, it cant even hit ita allies with icy wind😅
I always remember Wolfey would pull off Aqua Jet on his own Coalossal to proc the steam engine ability and weakness policy in one go
@@chronosite such a cool trick
That’s a high IQ play, I don’t watch comp Pokemon but this seems like dude deserved that win for sure, predicted the opponent perfectly.
In 2014 (or 2015?), in the great era of VGC, my friend had a Kangaskhan and an Aegislash. The opponent predicted a fake out from Mega Kangaskhan, and an attack from Aegislash, but my friend predicted that, and he didn't mega evolve his Kangaskhan and instead attacked his own Aegislash with a power up punch (thanks to regular Kan's ability to hit ghost types), which gave him a single attack boost, and Aegislash had Weakness Policy and was in shield mode, so it got little damage, a x2 in Attack and another x2 boost with a Sword Dance.
He got to do that play on the stream/proyector on Barcelona's Manga con that year. It was really awesome.
I need to know that guy seems he's good at pokemon
Pokemon is like chess if chess had a 1000 pieces and eating your own pieces was an option. Insane
This description fits Pokémon so well, especially the VGC format.
@@veenadayma6514 IKR? Who would have thought a game with electric mice would be this complex
It also allows you to customize your peices.
@@shayonmitra8337 Yep, so many insane strats, and so insane predictions, and yet many of my friends say that Pokémon is a children's game.
@@veenadayma6514 everything is a children's game if you are bad enough
That's actually an insane play
grammar police
...
*writes ticket.. "an"
*drives away
Lol I'll fix it officer I swear
@@bailysmith9398 I'll let this one slide. But please be careful next time.
Attacking your own team is probably the best feature for big brain competitive players
My dumb kiddie brain used to wonder why I’d ever let my Pokémon hold an item that self inflicts itself with a burn/poison. Then I discovered professional plays.
This is a LEGENDARY play. I've seen it so many times and I never get tired of it
That is god level chess right there sacrificing your own piece for the checkmate
OMG Stakataka! I can’t believe my favourite Pokémon finally made it to pro pla- **instant knockout by own team**
lmao
Stakataka be ballin. I always name mine Henry.
@@danieljohnson9917my stakataka is named henry as well
Man that’s nuts, killing your own Pokémon is something that always amazes me
Mario_sacrifices_Yoshi.jpg
Itachi moment
being able to summon, recall, summon a new pokemon, and then resummon the first pokemon in 1 turn is proof the game has turned to shit
@@SuperLifestream@SuperLifestreamt he first summon happened in the previous turn when another one of his Pokémon got knocked out. So this turn Is just recall, summon, knockout.
@@SuperLifestream that stakataka had to die for the switch too occur it wasn’t a single turn.
Bro literally sacrificed the rook
And then, he brings out, THE PAWN
no, he sacrificed THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOK!!
Stolen comment
@@basedduck224 you cant be named based if you break basic bro code.
Bro literally stole a comment, what a joke
"So now! I sacrifice my monster! Stakataka, I send you to the card bench!"
_(But how could my Protect read have been wrong?!)_
"You'd better be prepared. I'm putting my pride on the line. You'll see the strength of my blade firsthand!"
I will forever regret not getting into pokemon and competitive pokemon earlier. Its just so interesting!
If I could, I would let this guy take every single choice I had in my life
Tommy: knock out your own father for the insurance cash out.
@@LawsofPaul I LAUGHED SO HARD
Yeah if your life is turn base 😂
He gonna invest your life savings into pokemon trading cards
God damn. I would've already accepted my L in this situation, but it takes a professional to see that out in this moment.
You sound like a 5:00 quitter in Pokemon Unite.
@@takomut9200 That's truly one of the insults of all time.
@@Warlord_Megatron going to put that quote on my wall. Thank you Ghandi
Pokémon is a lot like Fighting games, you may *think* you are in an un winnable situation, but the truth is the set is not over until all 4 mons are down.
its my 3 against his 2,i wouldnt even know im on the unwinnable side 😂 😂
the awareness to even see this as an option is insane
Even worse because I think you only have like 60 seconds to decide, that man took those 60 seconds and was like "I'm about to end this other guy's whole career"
@@Orangeninja5000 it’s actually 45 seconds so it is even crazier
man i just audibly gasped at what went down as you explained it. truly a 200 IQ moment
This is why double is levels beyond single.
Kartana: "Again! Again! I cut a worthless object!"
Stakataka, its friend: "Dafuq?"
Yeah, no, agreed. Best play of all time. The hard read on his opponent, the brilliant sack, like that was clean, and turned a nearly sure fire loss into a clean dub!
i do wonder how many other pros would have seen this opening. that's truly a genius play
The Ace Attorney music is hype for this.
It feels like a play Phoenix Wright would make just to wing it.
Bro used observation haki to predict that
I love the creativity in professional pokemon, it's like goddamn, who would've thought? And under crazy amounts of pressure
Yugi: "I cannot afford to lose. I switch my Kartana to Attack mode!"
Mako: "Attack mode?! But why?! He cannot attack my Pokemon while they are protected!"
Yugi: "But his target isn't your Pokemon. I'm having him attack a Pokemon I put on the field myself. Stakataka!"
Mako: "No!"
Yugi: "Now Kartana, destroy Stakataka!"
死 (death)
holy cow lmao
man, i miss kartana and all the ultra beasts. they were such cool pokemon in singles and doubles
Another reason why gen 7 is my favorite gen
They will return not this Gen but in the future. They always return. Megas will return too.
@@marioramirez6068 Ultra beasts will definitely return of course. The copium to believe mega's will return after already having two gens is crazy though
@@shi-chan5779 fr, one of my fave parts abt Gen 7 and 8 was just spamming choice scarf Blacephelon. It picked up one kill and it got beast boost, and it was basically game over
Idk for doubles but nah i don't want kartana in OU i tried it for a moment and victories felt undeserved (not at super high ladder tough)
"for this plan to work, i need you to do something for me."
"What's that, My Lord?"
"I need you... To Die."
That's actually a goated play 😂 Like a damm chess player
To quote fret from neo twewy, "galaxy brain, activate!!!"😂. That is a phenomenal play
noice reference fellow twewy fan
@@DanielYuStar_Pachirisu_Feet why thank you. It was my goty for 2021
Fret took [spoiler]'s advice and focused.
Man I had a game on Showdown once where I made a galaxy brain play to knock out my own pokemon which was just sitting on the field and I couldn't switch out because my opponent had a Gothitelle or Wobbuffet or something. Probably the best I've ever felt about winning a game.
bro really said "call an ambulance, call an ambulance! BUT NOT FOR ME"
👎
@@bestpokemonplayerofolltime למה ככה
Well… his stsckatacka might need one.
Just a perfect example of people remembering that a game is a game and staying calm enough to think
He really gave em the Gamora treatment 💀
I saw this in the twitter thread asking for people's best plays.
Genuinely my favourite sequence of all time. Nothing will match the ingenious of this to me
Stakataka: "i'll sacrifice for the team!"
love how pokémon battles is chess sometimes
Bro was like “YOU FOOL YOU FELL RIGHT INTO MY TRAP”
I love how Wolfey says "people are saying" it implies he thinks it's another play and probably one made by himself
Imagine if he did all of that only for charizard to pull off a double protect ☠️
But it is two to one so it is impossible to win
@Huỳnh Ken it depends on the incineroar's moveset charizard would 1 shot the kartana
@@CommodoreMudkipand then incin would just kill it afterwards
Tailwind would probably run out and he'll lose regardless
@@homerdough5389 even if it didn't run out, charizard couldn't have one hit killed incin, and he had 8 hp left
That's why Pokemon is a real e-sport! The IQ the game allows you to build in plays while also staying true and simple for beginners is the same as putting a basketball into a hoop.
True and simple? Ivs, evs, held items, multiple abilities, 1000+ pokemon, too many moves for me to bother remembering how many there are… physical special split, type advantages, stats, natures, mints, hyper training…
@@SoraQuill simple as in simple to get into the game. Any kid can pick up a pokemon game, press a move and more or less understand types, etc...
It's a game that's simple to play but difficult to master
@@Vivi-xn9iz _Like Othello_
This reminds me of smash doubles when somebody attacks their falling teammate to give them another chance to recover
Professor oak (in the background somewhere): you won because you care for your pokemon.
That is beyond spectacular, it's like the same thought pattern that a monkey has when it's trying to escape the zoo.
And he sacrifices... THE ROOOOOOOOKK
I like to think Stakataka and Kartana recreated the Wrath fight from FMA, with Stakataka blocking their line of sight so Kartana can stab the enemy through him.
wow that’s genuinely incredible
feels like yu gi oh, sacrifice one to summon another well played
Definitely one of those "I read your book" moments.
That play is so damn unexpected. Using a mon that doesn't really serve much purpose in that match up to waste a turn and basically give a plus 1 boost to a mon who required it
These are the kind of moves that seperate your average competitive player from the competitive champions.
This is an omega brain play
Galaxy Brain moves!
Would have been funny if the other guy just clicked flamethrower or whatever with charizard, not knowing incineroar got fake out
Me: *does the same thing*
My opponent getting another protection: 🗿
No one
Gotham Chess (Levy): AND HE SACIRFICES.......THE ROOOOOOOOOOOOOKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK
LEVY ROZMAN MENTIONNEDDDD
That is a fantastic play holy shit
He legit just played the best uno reverse card in VGC
"I sacrifice my alive building to summon the black cat with glowing eyes 🔥"
He stak
He atak
But most importantly
He got your bak
damn that realy was an outstanding way of finding an out ❤
RIP alien cinder block man 🫡
Is there a link for the set?
Bro literally just ass pulled like Ash Ketchum, real big brain gambit
Imagine getting chosen by your master to be in a championship and getting knocked out by your own mate the moment u touch the field
Stakataka be punching air rn
Why can I never find a video of the match in these shorts.
The beauty of VGC!
Shit like this is why I'll always adore Doubles as a format in Pokemon. The sheer ludicrousy of shit you can do that you couldn't do in singles is insane.
Now that's what I call a fake out.
So he faked him out with fake out?
Tommy became magnus carlson for a sec cause damn did he sacrifice that stakataka the tower.
Whenever i watch competitive i make the right calls and predictions perfectly but when im the one playing i fumble every turn lol
The original
"AND THEN HE SACRIFICES.............
THEEEEEEE ROOOOOOOOKKKKKK!!!!!!!"
Not to mention, even if Snorlax didn't KP, the double intimidate probably would have been just enough to keep either Pokemon alive.
Being able to use moves against your own Mon is incredible useful, you can use surf for example and have your other pokemon having the ability that don't take damage from water moves and increases attack, lots of other strategy such as the move that increases your mom attack can be used in your other mon, I once created a strategy where my Incinerace used the move that makes it has 1hp and it had a berry that gave him more attack, he also had blaze ability which made Pyro Ball a incrideble strong move, all it took was a partner Earthquake
I love Pokémon. I’ve been obsessed for 25 years. But I will never understand this level of complexity necessary to bother with competitive. And that is soul-crushing. 😂
I miss mega evolution, but I remember seeing that and thinking to myself: "holy fuck, that was a big brain move"
Bro it hit me like a truck once i seen him hit his own Pokémon. Big brain shit.
Ahh, yes. The gotham chess of pokemon.
"Now stone soldier! Attack the moon!"
There was no other way to win he had nothing to lose so he went for it. Genius
It’s moves like these, that work, that makes duos so satisfying
Ace Attorney OST. I never realized how much the OST is used before playing Ace Attorney
Victory cannot be achieved without sacrifice.
Damn, bro sacrificed an Ultra Beast. But it was all worth it. I mean, Ultra Beasts are considered Pokémon.
Stakataka: Tears? Really?
Incineroar: They are not for him
Kartana: Im sorry Massive one
Back in my day, you just mashed the a button with your strongest Pokemon until you won. You kids now with yer confounded traits and yer dadgum ev's and iv's.
Damn, that guy's a genius.
This is why VGC doubles is the greatest game of 4D chess vs. singles