As a casual who plays randbats all the time, hearing "if your team has a bad matchup, it's not too different than being down a Pokemon" is very eye-opening. I really need to think about how I play to not just let the bad matchup be an automatic loss
Definitely, playing a bad MU, an even MU, and a good MU are different. That being said, in random battles you don't really know the MU at first which makes it a bit tough.
Ayo that Pory-2 name at 6:17 In all seriousness this is a very useful video, wanting to play better when i am losing and this video is perfect to at least help me out in these situations
one more point i’d say for mid-high level play is that to not count out your opponent randomly throwing the game. i’ve had so many gifted wins on ladder 🙏🏾
It's better for me to always make safe middle plays no matter what because I am so terrible at predictions that it often leads me to losing, which is likely because I often play lower ladder so I can mess with unconventional Pokémon which has alot of people who often don't know what plays are good and make a terrible play which saves them from my prediction for a good play. One great example is when I had a powerful physical attacker and my opponent had a blissey out which walled many of my special attackers, so I switched to my special attacker because I predicted they'd switch to their physical wall, yet they just used their blissey to set up rocks despite the fact that my physical attacker would one-shot it before it could do so and they needed the blissey to survive all my powerful special attackers.
especially on lower ladder, your opponent may not be aware of how good certain pokemon are (like blissey in your example); or they just made an aggresive play (you said this was late game, so did you make the same double many times throughout the game? if so he could have predicted you).
@@Avacatdo It was the first time they brought out their blissey and they lost a good amount of Pokémon to my special attackers, they brought out their blissey while my physical attacker was setting up then set up rocks despite none of my Pokémon being that weak to rocks.
@@saphirestorm7952 if that's the case then I would assume that they just didn't know what blissey does (since you got many kills with special attackers before they ever brought out blissey). Also, if none of ur mons are weak to rocks why does it even matter? Sounds like ur in a winning position anyway
Great video! I wanted to see the reaction from the opponent when your lead kingambit clicked steel beam and also did you lose much elo during the production of this video?
I just wanna say, after getting acquainted with showdown and playing around 1300- 1500. Kingambit is the dumbest pokemon, ever. Will o wisp misses im praying on your downfall
Tera ice tera blast the Lando Tera water slowking switches in Volt tacke Crit volt tackle the ogerpon Tera ice tera blast the raging bolt, getting +1 spatk with lightning rod Brick break crit the kyurem Sub on gambit sucker Brick break the gambit twice
In the thumbnail it would be an impossible win as kingambit sucker punch is an OHKO after everything else has died let alone being outsped and killed by lando
It's not REALLY a comeback if you're just positioning a Kingambit win-- as I said, a comeback is about being in a bad position in a game, not just being down in pokemon.
This is a bit random, but I have got a video idea for you: you and a friend have $20 to build a pokemon team and than you will fight each other. It is inspired by a video series feom the makeshift project, where they have a $1 to $5 dollar option to make the perfect (insert random thing here) and the higher the dollar amount, the better the thing. I think you could do this with a pokemon team. For example: lets say you pick your wallbreaker, $1 could be specs luvdisc,$2 could be cb crabominable, $3 could be regular hoopa, $4 could be any darkrai set and $5 could be any kingambit set. It might be a bit complicated, bit I hope that I explained it well enough and that I might have given you a good idea for a video
Ay Pink! How you feelin’ about National Dex thus far? Also do you think it makes sense for Gliscor to be banned while Kyurem + Wellspring still remain?
NatDex seems fun! As for Gliscor getting banned, I'd say Kyu and Wellspring should be higher priorities, but broken is broken and Gliscor deserves a ban, so it's fair.
It's an addon for showdown which helps a lot. It provides live calculations for matches. It is not perfect however, there will be some errors in terms of what sets calcdex provides
Vincent watching in horror at the scarf steel beam gambit lead
thats me!
@ what were u thinking when u saw that?
i though he was trolling lmao
@@vincentchen2887 I would have thought smt similar
As a casual who plays randbats all the time, hearing "if your team has a bad matchup, it's not too different than being down a Pokemon" is very eye-opening. I really need to think about how I play to not just let the bad matchup be an automatic loss
Just stick to flipping coins for victories in random battles kid
@@Gonshotbarzi‘d say that less than 20% of Games are Automatic wins or losses
@@rethardotv5874 wait till you get an intimidate mon first out against a defiant annihlape-
Definitely, playing a bad MU, an even MU, and a good MU are different. That being said, in random battles you don't really know the MU at first which makes it a bit tough.
I know a comeback can happen, but i dont think you can sweep an entire team with Pikachu.
Nah he wins these
Wow! Great analysis!!!!
Tbf when the second DLC came out I sweeped many teams with nasty plot plusle, don't underestimate unlikely Pokémon.a
Zippy zapp pikachu enters the chat
You can do whatever you want with the power of friendship
i wasn't ready for scarf steel beam gambit ngl
Nobody is :)
Ayo that Pory-2 name at 6:17
In all seriousness this is a very useful video, wanting to play better when i am losing and this video is perfect to at least help me out in these situations
I thought it said "Slappin Ares" at first and I was confused lol
I'm happy to hear you found it helpful! Good luck in your future bad MUs!
Real Pinkacrossers will remember when Pinka dropped down to the 1600’s because of Choice Scarf Steel Beam Kingmabit for a long time
Yea, I lost about 6 games before this... 3 of them I actually very nearly made the comeback but lost to RNG / missed prediction.
one more point i’d say for mid-high level play is that to not count out your opponent randomly throwing the game. i’ve had so many gifted wins on ladder 🙏🏾
That's true for top-level play. Throwing is ALWAYS a possibility.
I was having hard time after losing so much in a draft league I went back to basics and really thought my friend recommended me u thanks :)
Glad I was able to help! :D
liked the gameplay segment at the end
I got requests for more gameplay examples, so I complied!
Really good example at the end there, thanks
Glad you found it helpful!
I just beat a stall most comfortably today I am thankful for ur advice ☺️☺️
That's awesome! :D
great video pinkacross!
Thank you! :D
A new video by goatacross, time to get to my peak elo just to tank it all again
Good luck soldier!
It's better for me to always make safe middle plays no matter what because I am so terrible at predictions that it often leads me to losing, which is likely because I often play lower ladder so I can mess with unconventional Pokémon which has alot of people who often don't know what plays are good and make a terrible play which saves them from my prediction for a good play. One great example is when I had a powerful physical attacker and my opponent had a blissey out which walled many of my special attackers, so I switched to my special attacker because I predicted they'd switch to their physical wall, yet they just used their blissey to set up rocks despite the fact that my physical attacker would one-shot it before it could do so and they needed the blissey to survive all my powerful special attackers.
It sounds like it was early in the game so you probably didn’t need to make reads.
@jacobjensen7704 It was late game, in low ladder people sometimes wait awhile to actually set up hazards.
especially on lower ladder, your opponent may not be aware of how good certain pokemon are (like blissey in your example); or they just made an aggresive play (you said this was late game, so did you make the same double many times throughout the game? if so he could have predicted you).
@@Avacatdo It was the first time they brought out their blissey and they lost a good amount of Pokémon to my special attackers, they brought out their blissey while my physical attacker was setting up then set up rocks despite none of my Pokémon being that weak to rocks.
@@saphirestorm7952 if that's the case then I would assume that they just didn't know what blissey does (since you got many kills with special attackers before they ever brought out blissey). Also, if none of ur mons are weak to rocks why does it even matter? Sounds like ur in a winning position anyway
I nicknamed my Kingambit "Nah I'd win" because I reverse sweep with it too much lmao.
solid name
A pinkacross vid a day keeps the low elo away
I hope so! :D
The worst comeback was Kyurem
Best
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this team is actually making me see what natdex is cooking, its kinda fire
Glad you found it cool! Mega Pinsir is a lot of fun.
"Even at the top level games are thrown all the time." Cue Kanye West music.
Fire thumbnail
Thanks! :D
Great video! I wanted to see the reaction from the opponent when your lead kingambit clicked steel beam and also did you lose much elo during the production of this video?
Lost about 150 ELO
I just wanna say, after getting acquainted with showdown and playing around 1300- 1500. Kingambit is the dumbest pokemon, ever. Will o wisp misses im praying on your downfall
Use encore instead
Yea gambit is... a lot
13:34 SCARF GAMBIT 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣🗣
Time to completely forgot all this advice as soon as i start actually playing!
I hope some of it sticks!
I love the NatDex background footage
:D
Tera ice tera blast the Lando
Tera water slowking switches in
Volt tacke
Crit volt tackle the ogerpon
Tera ice tera blast the raging bolt, getting +1 spatk with lightning rod
Brick break crit the kyurem
Sub on gambit sucker
Brick break the gambit twice
Ez W
In the thumbnail it would be an impossible win as kingambit sucker punch is an OHKO after everything else has died let alone being outsped and killed by lando
You forget about misclicks on the opponent's part
I just wanna know how Pikachu made that comeback.....
trust it did
*How to Make Comebacks in Competitive Pokémon - Condensed Version:*
Kingambit
It's not REALLY a comeback if you're just positioning a Kingambit win-- as I said, a comeback is about being in a bad position in a game, not just being down in pokemon.
Pinkacross is there a video you made dealing with elo anxiety and losing streaks by chance?
He doesn't play random battles religiously
Yes, I did! I have a video on managing ladder anxiety and ladder rage.
@@pinkacross2042Thanks!
Steel Beam Kingambit may be even better than Avalugg! :O
naah Avalugg #1
Not sure if Pinkacross is underrated or Showdown in general
:D
vro, my friend is in the last battle "vincent 727"
This is a bit random, but I have got a video idea for you: you and a friend have $20 to build a pokemon team and than you will fight each other. It is inspired by a video series feom the makeshift project, where they have a $1 to $5 dollar option to make the perfect (insert random thing here) and the higher the dollar amount, the better the thing. I think you could do this with a pokemon team. For example: lets say you pick your wallbreaker, $1 could be specs luvdisc,$2 could be cb crabominable, $3 could be regular hoopa, $4 could be any darkrai set and $5 could be any kingambit set. It might be a bit complicated, bit I hope that I explained it well enough and that I might have given you a good idea for a video
So similar to a speed draft
@@patrickstar8132I guess
This ain't unique
I'd be open to something like this, for sure!
is it weird that im learning to play offense via gen 9 AG?
Whatever works is fine!
Ay Pink! How you feelin’ about National Dex thus far?
Also do you think it makes sense for Gliscor to be banned while Kyurem + Wellspring still remain?
NatDex seems fun! As for Gliscor getting banned, I'd say Kyu and Wellspring should be higher priorities, but broken is broken and Gliscor deserves a ban, so it's fair.
the clickbait thumbnail bro 😭🙏
Tera ice tera blast volt tackle brick break sub beats 4 mons in that team tho, trust
not clickbait, I win those
Nice vid and can i have the pokepaste of the team at 3:31 i want to try that team
It's garbage, but here ya go: pokepast.es/0e2930a32aac2bd0
What's calcdex?
It's an addon for showdown which helps a lot. It provides live calculations for matches.
It is not perfect however, there will be some errors in terms of what sets calcdex provides
@hoovybeast0594 thank you
Pokepaste of team used by you
In description
@@pinkacross20422:45 this one
nah i'd win
ye
Sleek
Your team is Very glastrier-weak
In theory, yea