Dan, found your content from PokeDaxi’s recommendation and am now a loyal subscriber/consumer. Started playing 12/21/2023 and you’ve taught me so much about battling already, thank you for that! However, from what i understand i’m catching you on the back end of your POGO career and am understanding of the content burnout. If i could make a suggestion, perhaps run battle commentary to support just one video upload a day or do every other day with livestreams to supplement the lack of content one to two days a week for an hour or so? this would cut down on editing time and would give you an opportunity to interact with your community more to answer questions more directly and perhaps boost engagement! Keep up the great work brother, I will be here to support no matter what decision you make regarding your schedule going forward ! Cheers
Thank you so much for this type of video! I’m trying to become competitive as a PvP player but I’m a new player. I’ve been having a hard time finding more general but in depth advice for PvP.
The part about PVPoke overrating/underrating certain Pokemon via the ranking system is actually a very valuable lesson and is something a LOT of people don't think about. I think a perfect example of this is Dialga in Master League. According to PVPoke, it's not even Top 10 or 20, yet you'd be insane to think that it's still not one of the most dominating Pokemon in the format. Still, I see plenty of people asking on Reddit if Dialga is even worth building anymore all because of what PVPoke says, when in reality if they actually played the meta itself, they'd figure out really quickly just how good it still is. The opposite can be said about something like Carbink in GL, which you touched on. Hell, Poliwrath and its Shadow variant are ranked 20 and 36 respectively, when they're both easily Top 5/Top 10.
Love when you put out this style of content. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I continue to learn so much from this channel and am now a consistent legend rank player because of your team building vids
The first thing to know is that Pvpoke rankings are specifically in the 1 and 0 shields and are weighted based on who in the top performers perform well against each other. This is because you don't usually go into the 2 shield in most matchups. People tend to want to save their shields and spread the usage across all 3 mons. Which means people tend to be ignorant of what situations their mons are actually viable in. It's why electric types are always ranked so high as closers a lot of the time, but see no play, because building a team that gets that mon into that hyper specific scenarios is difficult People fail to grasp team building concepts like what teams need a shield advantage situation or a switch advantage situation. Usually, mons that are polarizing with hard wins and hard lossess need favourable alignment, but it's so hard to guarantee one good matchup every battle with over 1000 encounters. This exacerbates RPS and makes players ruminate to false conclusions about why they keep losing, such as the algorithm theory. Players that succeed routinely in GBL imo have mastered 1 of 2 skills 1. Teambuilding around mons that require less reliance on switch advantage and have either really great neutral play across the vast majority of the established meta or have very rare and underutilized counters. 2. Read limited metas quickly and push team compositions rhat are likely to hit and counter what is being seen or expected to be seen more and counter it before it counters you . I feel I fall into 2 because although I have made it to legend now 4 times, I'm not delusional in my own skill to not process that most of it is me farming elo off the anti meta team to the meta more than me being some spectacular battler.
This is another great video! I'd like to see a playlist on your homepage with this video, the "how to use PvPoke" video you said you would link in the description, and any other general "how to" videos you've done. Your videos of you walking us through using various teams are fun (and educational) but I haven't wanted to rewatch many of them. This is a video I can imagine going back to time after timg. The specific Pokemon you call out as overated may vary over time, but the tutorial on how to see if it's rank remains high or low.
This is a great starting point. However, pvpoke rankings and overall stat product alone don’t determine how viable a Pokémon is. Sometimes, the right team just makes a bad mon viable. I see shadow Vic more times than most of the top 100 mons simply cus of how strong it can be within the context of a grasshole team. Aim to build teams with synergy and you’ll never be disappointed. Build meta mons without knowing how to craft teams around them and you’ll always wind up disillusioned.
Ive been playing for about a year n when i firstv started playing i use get my team lineup from RUclips but i got Away from it cause i started to see alot of the same like top 5 teams pvping n also the other players know what your iineup wht you're running after you throw your first pokemon. Now im building my own teams n it help me to understand theb cp cut off pount for each league n every thing else to build a good team im great at it but im not bad in pvp i went from 1 win to 4 out of 5 wins
Love the videos boss, I hope your 10% goes up soon and Pogo drops something that puts fire into everyone... Cause I'm Losing the passion and playing less and less each week
I would like to see a video on: "How to build a team with the stuff you have in your storage" I have some good IV pokemon (ca.150) in my storage but most of them aren't the "top meta" and I don't have quazillion stardust to power up everything all the time. I don't necessarily want to waste resources either.
Thank you so much for this video. I was thinking what i really need is what makes a good lead, safe swap and closer!!! The reason why is youve said gligar is a great safe swap and i always get blown out using it!!! Thank you for all you do
Great video. I agree with a lot of what u said. My Cresselia never helps me win. Question: Does it matter what order i select my team. I noticed that if i lost lead, my last character would have won lead.
Hi, thanks. I gotta say, I'm a lil disappointed with that video. Idea looks great, but I thought there'd be a few picks further down the rankings for potentiel undervalued core breakers. Anyway, tomorrow is league switch, we'll all be relieved...
that is the thing that kills this meta saying things like Swamper its only weakness is Grass... but it can be overtaking easy by many other mons in the league so why say that he is good am that he can only be taking by grass!? All mud mons has the same problem weak to grass but cannot do much against Ice, Fly, water, ground, ghost... one thing is for sure the meta is determine by the content creators am those who come up with teams to take the content creators teams knowing that they will be copy by more of 1/2 of the GBL player base!
1:16 and that’s why I implore content creators not to run basic b*tch like registeel, verizion, and gligar. If something is not widely available and easy to get pvp ivs for, don’t run it.
![Blox Fruits Dragon Rework Update [Full Stream]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/EqDAp8udhm0/mqdefault.jpg)
![Felix "Unfair" | [Stray Kids : SKZ-PLAYER]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Oswujxm2Ag0/mqdefault.jpg)
Sableye is ALWAYS a winner… unless I run it, in which case it sucks.
Dan, found your content from PokeDaxi’s recommendation and am now a loyal subscriber/consumer.
Started playing 12/21/2023 and you’ve taught me so much about battling already, thank you for that!
However, from what i understand i’m catching you on the back end of your POGO career and am understanding of the content burnout.
If i could make a suggestion, perhaps run battle commentary to support just one video upload a day or do every other day with livestreams to supplement the lack of content one to two days a week for an hour or so?
this would cut down on editing time and would give you an opportunity to interact with your community more to answer questions more directly and perhaps boost engagement!
Keep up the great work brother, I will be here to support no matter what decision you make regarding your schedule going forward !
Cheers
Thank you so much for this type of video! I’m trying to become competitive as a PvP player but I’m a new player. I’ve been having a hard time finding more general but in depth advice for PvP.
I’ve been loving the opinionated and educational videos the past few days.
The part about PVPoke overrating/underrating certain Pokemon via the ranking system is actually a very valuable lesson and is something a LOT of people don't think about. I think a perfect example of this is Dialga in Master League. According to PVPoke, it's not even Top 10 or 20, yet you'd be insane to think that it's still not one of the most dominating Pokemon in the format. Still, I see plenty of people asking on Reddit if Dialga is even worth building anymore all because of what PVPoke says, when in reality if they actually played the meta itself, they'd figure out really quickly just how good it still is. The opposite can be said about something like Carbink in GL, which you touched on. Hell, Poliwrath and its Shadow variant are ranked 20 and 36 respectively, when they're both easily Top 5/Top 10.
Love when you put out this style of content. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I continue to learn so much from this channel and am now a consistent legend rank player because of your team building vids
The first thing to know is that Pvpoke rankings are specifically in the 1 and 0 shields and are weighted based on who in the top performers perform well against each other.
This is because you don't usually go into the 2 shield in most matchups. People tend to want to save their shields and spread the usage across all 3 mons.
Which means people tend to be ignorant of what situations their mons are actually viable in.
It's why electric types are always ranked so high as closers a lot of the time, but see no play, because building a team that gets that mon into that hyper specific scenarios is difficult
People fail to grasp team building concepts like what teams need a shield advantage situation or a switch advantage situation.
Usually, mons that are polarizing with hard wins and hard lossess need favourable alignment, but it's so hard to guarantee one good matchup every battle with over 1000 encounters. This exacerbates RPS and makes players ruminate to false conclusions about why they keep losing, such as the algorithm theory.
Players that succeed routinely in GBL imo have mastered 1 of 2 skills
1. Teambuilding around mons that require less reliance on switch advantage and have either really great neutral play across the vast majority of the established meta or have very rare and underutilized counters.
2. Read limited metas quickly and push team compositions rhat are likely to hit and counter what is being seen or expected to be seen more and counter it before it counters you .
I feel I fall into 2 because although I have made it to legend now 4 times, I'm not delusional in my own skill to not process that most of it is me farming elo off the anti meta team to the meta more than me being some spectacular battler.
Thank you for this analysis! It is very interesting for me and a resource saver.
This is another great video! I'd like to see a playlist on your homepage with this video, the "how to use PvPoke" video you said you would link in the description, and any other general "how to" videos you've done. Your videos of you walking us through using various teams are fun (and educational) but I haven't wanted to rewatch many of them. This is a video I can imagine going back to time after timg. The specific Pokemon you call out as overated may vary over time, but the tutorial on how to see if it's rank remains high or low.
This is a great starting point. However, pvpoke rankings and overall stat product alone don’t determine how viable a Pokémon is.
Sometimes, the right team just makes a bad mon viable. I see shadow Vic more times than most of the top 100 mons simply cus of how strong it can be within the context of a grasshole team.
Aim to build teams with synergy and you’ll never be disappointed. Build meta mons without knowing how to craft teams around them and you’ll always wind up disillusioned.
Ive been playing for about a year n when i firstv started playing i use get my team lineup from RUclips but i got Away from it cause i started to see alot of the same like top 5 teams pvping n also the other players know what your iineup wht you're running after you throw your first pokemon. Now im building my own teams n it help me to understand theb cp cut off pount for each league n every thing else to build a good team im great at it but im not bad in pvp i went from 1 win to 4 out of 5 wins
Love the videos boss, I hope your 10% goes up soon and Pogo drops something that puts fire into everyone... Cause I'm Losing the passion and playing less and less each week
I would like to see a video on:
"How to build a team with the stuff you have in your storage"
I have some good IV pokemon (ca.150) in my storage but most of them aren't the "top meta" and I don't have quazillion stardust to power up everything all the time. I don't necessarily want to waste resources either.
Thank you so much for this video. I was thinking what i really need is what makes a good lead, safe swap and closer!!! The reason why is youve said gligar is a great safe swap and i always get blown out using it!!! Thank you for all you do
Thanks again for pointing out you already did that video. It was really helpful
Nice video, thanks for the analysis… it’s why we come
Now this is the content I want to see!!!
You run what you got that gives you the best chance to win. If you can’t copy a team you like then get to effing work and build it
Ya the ones that’s featured in Wild is what I am using because I got enough candy to upgrade and get 2nd skill
I appreciate you sharing the knowledge.
Great video. I agree with a lot of what u said. My Cresselia never helps me win.
Question: Does it matter what order i select my team. I noticed that if i lost lead, my last character would have won lead.
Pretty nice explanation, thx mean!
You should do a challenge next season: hit legend using ninetails every battle
Is it worth using an elite TM on a charjabug to get volt switch instead of spark for GBL?
No, you can get volt switch with just regular TMs
@@RBEmpathyno, its a communuty day move man
@@isakbal6288 that's weird, I don't remember having to use an elite tm on mine, but maybe my memory is just bad. Appreciate the correction
I’d be into more videos like this
Great information, unfortunately the algorithm makes sure there is no “meta”
Hi, thanks. I gotta say, I'm a lil disappointed with that video. Idea looks great, but I thought there'd be a few picks further down the rankings for potentiel undervalued core breakers.
Anyway, tomorrow is league switch, we'll all be relieved...
Most controversional video. Resistances are important but not because of number (monotyped pokemons are not on top)
that is the thing that kills this meta saying things like Swamper its only weakness is Grass... but it can be overtaking easy by many other mons in the league so why say that he is good am that he can only be taking by grass!? All mud mons has the same problem weak to grass but cannot do much against Ice, Fly, water, ground, ghost... one thing is for sure the meta is determine by the content creators am those who come up with teams to take the content creators teams knowing that they will be copy by more of 1/2 of the GBL player base!
Tired of the match fixing algorithm
1:16 and that’s why I implore content creators not to run basic b*tch like registeel, verizion, and gligar. If something is not widely available and easy to get pvp ivs for, don’t run it.
You’re kidding …
No. If you can’t win using what’s widely available, you don’t belong on the leader board.