Top Player Ranks Every Team Style in Competitive Pokemon

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  • I offer one-on-one tutoring sessions to help you improve your team-building and/or battling skills! Sign up here: forms.gle/24CVdqtBZoTgRyJd8
    Teams used in video:
    Hyper Offense: pokepast.es/8209abbe22d2fbc0
    Sticky Web: pokepast.es/24bfb9439b24ca0b
    Trick Room: pokepast.es/e1dc8078de130084
    Screens / Aurora Veil: pokepast.es/e04baceab9db7892
    Hyper Offense Hazard Stack: pokepast.es/953eb8ad4f71bc33
    Electric Terrain: pokepast.es/8ea5540bc0ae203a
    Psychic Terrain: pokepast.es/1d724467b42b9fbc
    Grassy Terrain: pokepast.es/6f4e9f30a5729a02
    Misty Terrain: pokepast.es/518060ccc7b8bdce
    Offense: pokepast.es/2ebabc7a426a6316
    Rain: pokepast.es/02612fc52b1ab113
    Sun: pokepast.es/f16ec775fd6bdacd
    Sand: pokepast.es/480ff7f6d683ab61
    Bulky Offense: pokepast.es/1031b53db58f5f3d
    Balance: pokepast.es/c7adb79e93b68316
    Bulky Balance: pokepast.es/4d7bb91859c84da7
    Bulky Balance Hazard Stack: pokepast.es/53313f4e4940b648
    Semistall Hazard Stack: pokepast.es/697d8b19b0d33b88
    Stall: pokepast.es/ea07630b4864a081
    0:00 Intro
    0:15 Explaining the Rules
    2:00 Standard Hyper Offense
    3:13 Sticky Web Hyper Offense
    3:55 Trick Room Hyper Offense
    4:50 Aurora Veil Hyper Offense
    5:54 Hazard Stack Hyper Offense
    6:44 Electric Terrain Hyper Offense
    7:56 Psychic Terrain Hyper Offense
    9:21 Grassy Terrain Hyper Offense
    10:19 Misty Terrain Hyper Offense
    11:09 Standard Offense
    12:25 Rain Offense
    13:20 Sun Offense
    14:55 Sand Offense
    15:53 Standard Bulky Offense
    16:41 Standard Balance
    17:25 Standard Bulky Balance
    18:10 Hazard Stack Bulky Balance
    19:24 Hazard Stack Semi-Stall
    20:10 Standard Stall
    21:39 Final Ranking
    If you want to talk with me, get your teams rated, or you want a replay reviewed, you can contact me on Smogon (username Pinkacross), on Discord (tag: "pinkacross"), or by my gmail beigelordpkmn@gmail.com. You can also message me if you see me online on Pokemon Showdown, I'm always either on my Pinkacross account or Pinkacross Alt.
    Credits to Nintendo for the music and original designs of the Pokemon present in the video.

Komentáře • 235

  • @InsertFunnyThingHere
    @InsertFunnyThingHere Před 10 dny +151

    Clearly the best team style is running 6 Jirachi and simply iron-head flinching all my opponents to death

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +43

      It can work, yes

    • @eren-tv2et
      @eren-tv2et Před 10 dny +32

      Do NOT tell bro about species clause 😢

    • @InsertFunnyThingHere
      @InsertFunnyThingHere Před 10 dny +15

      @@eren-tv2et nah this is why you play AG for sextuple Jirachi strat

    • @Nah9746
      @Nah9746 Před 10 dny +12

      ​@@InsertFunnyThingHerei did this but 6 shaymin sky with air slash and it was accualy working

    • @osterbuuny3083
      @osterbuuny3083 Před 10 dny +2

      This must be the reason species clause exists.

  • @Winterbub
    @Winterbub Před 10 dny +191

    Electric terrain would be top tier if the only setter wasn’t a silly sea urchin

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +108

      If Koko existed, certainly it would be a very different story.

    • @Winterbub
      @Winterbub Před 10 dny +51

      @@pinkacross2042 free the tapus 😭

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +59

      @@Winterbub Agreed, they would make the meta more fun imo

    • @RuneKillerz109
      @RuneKillerz109 Před 10 dny +19

      @@pinkacross2042 oh yeah fini rain could be really fun.

    • @amop2102
      @amop2102 Před 10 dny +15

      brother has not been enlightened by the ‘Curch

  • @powerbolt2846
    @powerbolt2846 Před 10 dny +82

    after i got injected woth the pinkacross super serum, i peaked at 9999 on the OU ladder with a team consisting of avalugg, cherrim, lumineon, simisear, electrode and wyrdeer, thanks pinkacross.

  • @AvaluggEnjoyer420
    @AvaluggEnjoyer420 Před 10 dny +111

    Honestly id say tera steel Avalugg stall is the best team style and it truly luggs all over OU. Truly a shame that you forgot about this insanely dominating playstyle.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +72

      Yes this is true of course, but I was paid by anti-lugg interest groups to keep it out of this video

    • @FireShell8415
      @FireShell8415 Před 10 dny +8

      @@pinkacross2042 the avalugg in ou lore continues

    • @alejandrofernandezgarcia7773
      @alejandrofernandezgarcia7773 Před 9 dny +8

      @@pinkacross2042 You were not suposed to speak about the deal...

    • @ultimaterecoil1136
      @ultimaterecoil1136 Před 9 dny

      Nah nah man you benifit too much from stab on body press to go tera steel

    • @kenzoventurella1559
      @kenzoventurella1559 Před 8 dny

      Na fam hyper offense avalugg is peak

  • @zacmayes2802
    @zacmayes2802 Před 9 dny +10

    Gen 9 OU players try not to throw jackstones and pebbles onto the field for 1/3rd of the match challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

  • @ofelianatividad374
    @ofelianatividad374 Před 10 dny +15

    HE FINALLY BROKE THROUGH THE STALL TEAM

  • @RocketPropelledMexican
    @RocketPropelledMexican Před 9 dny +6

    Personally, if I was a pokemon trainer I'd run 1 pelipper and 5 choice band barraskewdas to save myself from going too big brain

  • @leonardobarbosatelles2779
    @leonardobarbosatelles2779 Před 10 dny +28

    Pinkacross, what do you think of SD Overqwill on rain teams? Unlike other Swift Swimmers, it dominates Rillaboom, and also is not to afraid of Kingambit’s Sucker Punch. With Tera Stellar, it can abuse a boost to both its stabs, as well as Liquidation, while still keeping its phenomenal base typing. Clear Amulet allows it to ignore speed drops from Sticky Web, as well as avoid Intimidate pivoting from Lando-T. It’s main problem imo is finding the spot to SD, but if it’s able to do so, it can be a nasty sweeper.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +33

      Very clever, and I think Tera Stellar is a very smart move on Overquil as well. It also provides the nice utility of absorbing Toxic Spikes. The only problem is how difficult it is to fit pokemon onto Rain. Rain needs Peli + Skewda/Legion + Treads + Rbolt, now we're down to 2 slots. For these last 2, can Overquil be justified over strong pokemon like Kingambit, Moltres, Tornadus, Kingdra, etc.? Maybe so, I'll give it a try!

    • @bencarter8803
      @bencarter8803 Před 10 dny +8

      As somebody that has used overqwil in OU on rain teams, it's definitely great. +2 LO hits are definitely powerful and it can be used as a pseudo steel type to help deal with grass types. You can also run aqua jet on it in order to free it up on barra, allowing it to run ice fang to destroy its usual checks.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +7

      @@bencarter8803 Thanks for sharing this perspective!

    • @zacmayes2802
      @zacmayes2802 Před 9 dny +3

      Tried SD Overqwill WITH Baraskewda. It doesn't pull through enough times to warrant a spot personally.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny +1

      @@zacmayes2802 Noted, thank you.

  • @Snowah
    @Snowah Před 10 dny +13

    happy to see my favourite styles BO and Balance doing do well!! great vid once again :D

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +4

      Glad you liked them! Yea BO and Balance are definitely strong this generation, balance is a bit weaker than usual but it'll probably continue to improve as the metagame progresses!

  • @annaangelic2318
    @annaangelic2318 Před 10 dny +16

    I would love if you remade this in 6 months to a year, as I think there will be a ton of development in the meantime and I’d love to be able to juxtapose them

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +5

      I may do that! Hopefully we get some bans that shake things up

    • @Zpice
      @Zpice Před 8 dny

      SV SU team style ranking when 😤

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 8 dny

      @@Zpice SU?

    • @Zpice
      @Zpice Před 7 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 SubZero Used is the unofficial tier below ZeroUsed. It's been a thing since around ORAS/USUM but it's gained more notoriety this generation. I tend to joke around with Anna here coz they own SU and I just noticed the comment here. This is more of a simplified explanation of it, but if you would like more in detailed information, lmk!

  • @thecommenter3580
    @thecommenter3580 Před 10 dny +6

    Love your videos bro they helped me acquire so much more knowledge and improve hopefully I can get on uu ladder because of you ❤

  • @tarotdactyl752
    @tarotdactyl752 Před 10 dny

    What a banger recap vid! Nice work!

  • @rickelmemonti1405
    @rickelmemonti1405 Před 10 dny +3

    first video i've seen from you, very informative 👍

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      Glad you liked it, and welcome to the channel! :D

  • @Uzimerked
    @Uzimerked Před 9 dny

    Great vid! Played you on the ladder a bunch these last few weeks GGs as always

  • @DragapultRules
    @DragapultRules Před 10 dny

    Thanks for making informational vids like these pink, I now know what team archetype to try to build next. Also, I learned the amazing look of gen 3 shiny heracross and am now spamming heracross offence on the gen 3 ou ladder.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      Glad you enjoyed it! And yea Heracross has some amazing sprites over the years

  • @Googlemaster190
    @Googlemaster190 Před 9 dny

    Banger as usual, hope we get some vids of laddering sessions or lives some time, u been doin great for the community man!

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      Thanks so much! :D And yes, some lives will definitely be happening!

  • @giannisantet1841
    @giannisantet1841 Před 10 dny

    Great video man. Well made and informative.

  • @ausma9350
    @ausma9350 Před 9 dny

    excellent video and breakdown. just wanted to say, wrt electric terrain, raging bolt with rising voltage and eject button + memento pincurchin to position it can be really spooky, esp if you pair it further with something like lucha. i think the playstyle has a smidge more flexibility than you give it credit for, but you're absolutely right that it isn't super reliant.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny +1

      Eject button is interesting, haven't seen that yet. I don't doubt that there are OK electric terrain teams out there, probably some of them could reach 2000s even. That being said... I don't think there are any GREAT electric terrain teams out there. Not a single one. That's what makes it a 1/10 for me, I don't think there are any great teams and I don't think one will ever be made (in gen 9 at least). I'd love to be proven wrong though! I'm glad you enjoyed the video as well, and thank you for the idea! :]

  • @rin-zj4dt
    @rin-zj4dt Před 10 dny +1

    I really enjoyed this video, and a big fan of your content in general! I looked at the Iron Crown set and I was interested by the AV? What matchups/mons is the crown looking for with that set?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      Glad you enjoyed the video! As for the Iron Crown, I can't say for sure. That was one of the few teams in the video that I did not create, and I am honestly not a huge fan of that team.

  • @justme14357
    @justme14357 Před 10 dny

    Nice and informative video, thx a lot.

  • @Calmmind75
    @Calmmind75 Před 10 dny +2

    As a hyper offense user, im happy that its actually viable. Tho I use hydrapple in hyper offense because I need atleast a tank, so I use assault vest and just spam fickle beam or use infestation on a heatran to counter it (because I have AV).

  • @devilex121
    @devilex121 Před 10 dny

    Very very good video. My only suggestion is adding Gen 9 OU to somewhere in the title as I'm sure the next gen would once again shake things up.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      Fair enough, thank you for the feedback and I'm glad you liked the video! :]

  • @yukii381
    @yukii381 Před 10 dny +3

    still quite a shame that only Jimothy Cool is the only person calling attention to the looming ever present iron muggulis.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +4

      Old Money sponsors my channel and he is good friends with Iron Muggulis so I can't speak ill of him.

    • @yukii381
      @yukii381 Před 10 dny +1

      @@pinkacross2042 oh my. please give us a sign if you need help

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +4

      @@yukii381 No worries. "Old Money corporations has treated me very well and I have no complaints whatsoever." *starts sweating

  • @ROSCOE16000
    @ROSCOE16000 Před 3 dny +1

    What is my answer for an offensive gliscor when using the bulky balance team? I'm pretty new and I have a hard time against it. Banger video as per usual 👍

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 3 dny

      ID Skarmory is the main answer, you can boost up and do enough damage with Body Press to force it out.

  • @remarqimp
    @remarqimp Před 9 dny

    Great video as always! Sad to see playstyles as gimmicky as misty terrain but not snow. It could be as simple as gslowking + kyurem, but there are other options such as a-nintetales, weather ball lando, a-sandslash, etc. Cinderace can help those teams as well.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      I don't consider Glowking + Kyurem to be a snow team, and I didn't consider Sandslash + Icy Rock Abomasnow / Tales to be worth reviewing since it's so rare. I would probably give it a 3/10 though.

  • @ShadowKibago
    @ShadowKibago Před 9 dny +2

    My dream is for Tyranitar to be OU again

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      Eh... maybe if pursuit returns or it suddenly gets Shift Gear or something...

  • @syah7991
    @syah7991 Před 9 dny +1

    Mono quick claw was a viable option for a little while lol

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny +1

      Dark times. Some people still use it, super annoying playstyle.

  • @irakyl
    @irakyl Před 7 dny

    Few people know this but Pinkacross actually got his name from Pinkurchin (its legs form the shape of a cross)
    It's impressive how you're responding to every comment, that involvement is inspiring. Hopefully you get 1 million subscribers tomorrow such that interacting with every comment is no longer feasible and you can save a couple hours of your day 😅

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 7 dny

      Haha it's no problem, responding to comments takes me like 10 minutes a day and I do it to relax while putting on some music. As for my name origin... it's about Shiny Heracross but I think you knew that lol

  • @CrossDuelBattleArena
    @CrossDuelBattleArena Před 2 dny

    Your videos are amazing. I been trying to get better at competitive singles. I hate that wile I’m trying to get better at that & figure out what Pokémon are good. Most other videos are mentioning weaker Pokemon that are only good in double battles smh do you have a discord server? Or are you on discord? I’m thinking about hosting a tournament. After i get better.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 2 dny +1

      I do not have a discord server, but I do have a discord! My tag is 'pinkacross'.

    • @CrossDuelBattleArena
      @CrossDuelBattleArena Před 2 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 i sent you a request I’m TPCtyquan i like playing competitive I’m just not one to copy & paste a meta winning team. I like understanding the game on a competitive level & then build my team a bit different then what everyone else is using. Like how you or other champion players can see the potential of underused Pokémon & win a tournament with it or rank high on ladder with it without having to wait for another player to discover the strategy & play test it 1st. I like the ou rules just no legendary or one per team to give other weaker Pokemon a chance to shine. But if I’m already at a disadvantage by not picking the most used Pokemon. Your team building & play style tips is need to help me bridge the gap

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 2 dny +1

      @@CrossDuelBattleArena I'm glad you've found my content helpful! :D

  • @TheShrike9
    @TheShrike9 Před 10 dny +5

    I love when I use stall
    But hate it when others use against me
    What is this condition called?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +4

      I have experienced this condition as well in the past. It has no name, but it can be lethal if not treated

    • @thamtonzerres4419
      @thamtonzerres4419 Před 10 dny

      Hypocrisy

    • @zacmayes2802
      @zacmayes2802 Před 9 dny +1

      Hypocrisy, "Not-so-good-when-the-shoe-is-on-the-other-foot" syndrome, etc.

  • @leonardobarbosatelles2779

    We have to be very happy that Pincurchin is utter garbage, imagine the chaos if we had Tapu Koko in SV…

    • @AliAksam-my6bx
      @AliAksam-my6bx Před 10 dny

      I agree with the statement above

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +2

      Maybe it would be too much... but it sure would be fun to see for a little bit!

  • @Nadid_Dhrabb
    @Nadid_Dhrabb Před 9 dny

    Great list overall, although you're vastly underestimating the potential of sand imo.
    Sand is only really locked into Ttar and Exca, both of which really aren't that bad compared to Pelipper or Torkoal. From there sand can have a lot of variation to cover different meta threats and I've seen successful builds that all look quite different. That aside, I also think Ttar and Exca have some nice variation themselves, Ttar having a vast movepool to work with accentuated by Knock off and Excadrill providing a great spinner under sand. Speaking of, I also think trying to Exca work as a sole sweeper in a meta infested with Dondozo, Corviknight, Skarmory, Ting Lu etc just doesn't work and it better works as a great revenge killer and cleaner late game. That way I find that it generally doesn't need to tera that often. The tera blast sets aren't that good imo, Eq Iron head Rapid spin filler are the way to go.
    As for other options, unlike sun or rain which struggle to fit in important resists or roles like removal, ghost resist, ground resist etc sand has a lot of options it can viable choose between to cover weaknesses like Rotom wash, Skarmory, Dragapult, Primarina, Great Tusk, Kingambit, Torn-T, Lando-T, Goodra-Hisui, Gholdengo, Gliscor, Alomomola, Heatran and even stuff that doesn't look like it fits but actually works quite well like Rillaboom (In which case you'd run high horsepower on drill)
    My rambling aside great vid as always!

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny +1

      You make good points on the matter of Sand, perhaps I am too harsh on it. That being said, the general lack of success of sand teams is rather suspicious. On paper it should be a solid weather, and yet it has had very few successful builds. Still, it's certainly a playstyle I'll try to develop in the future. I believe it is viable and I'd like to make a great team with it. :]

    • @Nadid_Dhrabb
      @Nadid_Dhrabb Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 Yeah that lack of successful builds does make your point stand out more. I personally think there's room for more experimentation, but for now yeah you're right for sure

  • @TetrisKing
    @TetrisKing Před 6 dny +1

    When he called Tyranatar and excadrill bad Pokemon my heart broke. Power creep is evil. 😔

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 6 dny

      Still viable probably... but yea they're not great pokemon

    • @TetrisKing
      @TetrisKing Před 6 dny

      @@pinkacross2042I can live my Gen 5 OU dreams in UU. 😂

  • @zacmayes2802
    @zacmayes2802 Před 9 dny

    In Natdex OU, if I'm feeling it, I run a hybrid rain/elec terrain team. It helps since Tapu Koko exists, and isn't just a dedicated setter. Rain teams already run Iron Valiant and Iron Treads a lot, so I can run an item on Valiant and Icium-Z on Iron Treads (common natdex strat to run Icium-Z on paradox donphans to beat Gliscor and Landorus-T). It's very weak against Rillaboom, but I can usually play against it.
    Edit: Oh yeah and Archaludon exists in Natdex OU. Crazy BP boost on Electro Shot and as a bonus it can often deal with Rillaboom. Only downside is I have to run Tera Fairy instead of Tera Flying. Rain is better in Natdex since M-Swampert exists. I don't see many people running this set often, but Swampert did gain Bulk Up this gen.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      NatDex Eterrain + Rain sounds busted LOL... might give that tier a try some time.

    • @jzplr
      @jzplr Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 i primarily play natdex, there is lots of fun stuff that isn't present in base OU. landorus' scarf sets are viable again, swords dance gliscor is powerful and not cringe, and lots of cool mons like mega tyranitar and mega scizor are good choices and coexist with the new picks like raging bolt.
      it is kind of a noob bait tier because it attracts people that just want to use their favorite pokemon so you'll find ? sets even in the 1600s, but other than that it's a great time and my favorite tier

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      @@jzplr Noted, thanks! :D Tier sounds fun.

    • @burstslinky7113
      @burstslinky7113 Před 8 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 joever-pon wellspring -> goodbye rain matchup
      shame its going to be assassinated shortly by the coward nat dex playerbase

  • @thunderbolt4567
    @thunderbolt4567 Před 9 dny

    Have you considered doing a ranking/tierlist of every viable OU pokemon? (Including lower tier pokemon that are usable in OU) Curious about your thoughts on that.

  • @Cas-Se78.97
    @Cas-Se78.97 Před 10 dny +1

    If Grassy Terrain is 7, Misty and Psychic are 3, and Electric is 1... clearly the best team style is to run all of them on the same team for a total score of 14! All four setters with terrain extenders of course, and to counter Ice Spinner Great Tusk, use your fifth slot to run your own Great Tusk to remove the terrain first!

  • @BiffTheBanana
    @BiffTheBanana Před 10 dny +3

    No Lokix archetype? Sad. Great video though :)

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +6

      Ah dang forgot Lokix archetype, can't believe I forgot the most dominant style

  • @benjihuynh2970
    @benjihuynh2970 Před 6 dny

    Is no one gonna talk about him hitting 3 straight focus blasts vs that blissey?!?!

  • @SquishyOfCinder
    @SquishyOfCinder Před 9 dny

    Floatzel is a great rain abuser btw. Wave Crash one shots a big chunk of the OU metagame and can two shot most resistant walls.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      Floatzel is not bad yea, personally I'm a skewda guy but Floatzel can wrok.

  • @ShadowDrakeZ
    @ShadowDrakeZ Před 9 dny

    Me:* painstakingly sets trick room *
    Priority moves : I'm going to pretend I didn't see that .

  • @dragonninja62
    @dragonninja62 Před 10 dny +1

    Who got the ground spam gravity team paste?

  • @ironicanimewatcher
    @ironicanimewatcher Před 10 dny +2

    your voice is cute so subbed 💜

  • @TunaPogluga
    @TunaPogluga Před 10 dny +2

    You should cut out the parts where you just *breathe* it’s kinda awkward, just a tip, love the video!

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +1

      Noted, I'll try to filter these sounds out in the future. Thanks and glad you enjoyed the video!

    • @FireShell8415
      @FireShell8415 Před 10 dny

      Agreed

  • @hessenic6862
    @hessenic6862 Před 10 dny +3

    How do you get that emblem underneath your sprite?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +4

      When you reach top 100, top 30, and some other levels, you get a medal beneath your sprite.

    • @hessenic6862
      @hessenic6862 Před 10 dny +2

      @@pinkacross2042 ooh, I see. Does this apply to any ladder or only a select few tiers?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +2

      @@hessenic6862 Not sure, I've only played OU seeing it

    • @Yas-gu1pj
      @Yas-gu1pj Před 10 dny +2

      ​@@hessenic6862it applies to metagames selected in that ladder season but it will always apply to ou and randbats

  • @mogalixir
    @mogalixir Před 10 dny +1

    Thank you, Pinkacross.

  • @whos_agent2129
    @whos_agent2129 Před 10 dny

    Now can you made a video going over all the playstyles of 8’s in above in details?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      I will certainly be making building and playing guides on these playstyles in the future!

    • @ZygonCannar
      @ZygonCannar Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 Patiently waiting for bulky offense video.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      @@ZygonCannar It will happen!

  • @krishnakannanlal7560
    @krishnakannanlal7560 Před 9 dny

    Dam this is so useful
    .... I don't think offense is easy to play with tho. ( standard offense)

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      Offense is the most difficult playstyle to play in my opinion, perhaps you misunderstood me? Glad you found the video useful! :]

  • @HarryvandeSunweb
    @HarryvandeSunweb Před 10 dny +3

    Could you make your videos a bit louder? They're usually so quiet I have to turn up my volume all the way.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +1

      Noted, I will up the sound in the future. I realized this as well.

  • @Raizekusu
    @Raizekusu Před 10 dny

    For SD Gliscor do you like Facade + Knock or EQ + Knock on hazardstack

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      I'm on the fence, I've run EQ + Knock in the past but I'm leaning toward saying Knock + Facade is better, since it beats other SD Gliscor and Tera Normal on defensive sets walls mixed Dragapult.

    • @Raizekusu
      @Raizekusu Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 thanks man and great vid

  • @ltg6225
    @ltg6225 Před 10 dny

    Question, what was the point of the Tera Ghost Tera Blast Dragapult at 16:25? I don't believe Ditto is very common right now, so is there another reason to run that over Shadow Ball? Even if you're still Tera Ghost, the two moves have the same BP.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +1

      It is Physical. The Dragapult is Choice Band.

    • @ltg6225
      @ltg6225 Před 10 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 Tbh I forgot about that property of Tera Blast lol, thanks

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      @@ltg6225 No worries! :]

  • @CRO-Palacinke-D.C
    @CRO-Palacinke-D.C Před 10 dny +1

    I feel like your videos (and this video in particular) are quite "watcher unfriendly".
    You talk about the different archtypes and and there is no noteable indication that the next one is about to start, only the rating and a short break in voice.
    Also if I missed the archtype name I have no idea what you are talking about. If I didn't miss the name, I may have very well missed the rating. Anyways, there are a lot of oppurtunities to lose my attention and you don't do much to win it back.
    In my opinion visualization would hugely help. Maybe have the archtype name show up shortly when you start discussing it or even the name staying in the corner of the screen. You could show the rating on the screen when you say it. Then in intervalls or even after every rating, you could blend in a list of ratings with the newest one being red for example. This would give us a type of ranking (like you did at the very end).
    This is obviously only my opinion and meant as constructive criticism. I don't feel like I have a particularly short attention span, but found myself struggling to continue on watching this otherwise very interesting content!

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      Thank you for the feedback, I will consider this in the future. More clarity is likely a good idea.

  • @GabuGaming
    @GabuGaming Před 9 dny

    I find it interesting that the very presence of Gholdengo has allowed hazard spam to stay as one of the best archetypes in this generation. Good as Gold and Steel/Ghost make it terribly ditfficult to deal with as both Defog and Rapid Spin get blocked by it. Additionally, Gliscor getting spikes only furthers this archetype's potential. I don't think they are strong enough to be banned, but I'm tired of it.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny +1

      Gliscor is certainly a big part of the success of hazard stack, but funny enough a lot of hazard stack teams no longer use Gholdengo, but rather Dragapult or some other random ghost type. Since Corviknight is really the only defogger, you can just structure your team to pressure Corviknight. That being said, even when a team doesn't use Gholdengo, the existence of it benefits them by making Defog less common.

  • @InsertFunnyThingHere
    @InsertFunnyThingHere Před 9 dny

    It'd be cool if trick room gave the slower mon +2 priority or something instead of just switching speeds but trick room is cracked in doubles so they don't got the balls to buff it
    Also I'm once again suggesting for pincurchin to get +50 on it's hp stat and no other changes

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny +1

      I agree with the +50 HP, and I'd like if they gave the poor man his Rising Voltage back.

    • @InsertFunnyThingHere
      @InsertFunnyThingHere Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 mega pincurchin in Pokemon Legends ZaZa is gonna be meta trust me bro (RUBL)

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny +1

      @@InsertFunnyThingHere Mega Pincurchin sounds oddly worse since it can't run terrain extender... poor guy can't catch a break

    • @InsertFunnyThingHere
      @InsertFunnyThingHere Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 mega pincurchin will have such attacking stats it'll be actually good still trust me bro RUBL

  • @shuaitailai1119
    @shuaitailai1119 Před 10 dny +1

    i want the tapus to come back, as fini is my favorite pokemon, but at the same time my entire being abhors the very thought.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +1

      I would love the return of Tapus, Lele is so fun

  • @tylerwall8105
    @tylerwall8105 Před 6 dny

    Please what do I do about zacian in doubles it's a menace and it walls me every time

  • @jmfordaliza3139
    @jmfordaliza3139 Před 9 dny

    can I apply this Hazard Stack Bulky Balance team on other tiers such as UU/RU/NU?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      Unfortunately I can't say for sure, a lot of why hazard stack is so strong in OU is because of the options we have, pokemon like Gliscor, Clefable, Skarmory, etc. I would recommend asking the community in the respective tier rooms on Showdown to see if hazard stack is good!

    • @jmfordaliza3139
      @jmfordaliza3139 Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 yeah I just talked to the RU rater, he said that it's technically difficult to apply in RU since the ghost types are too limited in the tier. So Imma have to readjust my team style.

  • @theknight1702
    @theknight1702 Před 10 dny +2

    Yippee new vid

  • @davidknopp1208
    @davidknopp1208 Před 10 dny

    Goat

  • @OverlyEpux
    @OverlyEpux Před 9 dny

    This gen they’ve been calling Balance Stall because HO is so prevalent

  • @DJRaptor1614
    @DJRaptor1614 Před 10 dny

    How do you feel about Snow Teams?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      Terrible. Very very bad, super cheese, they can work but there's no real reason to run them. I'd say 3/10. I'd love to be wrong but I've tried alolaslash snow and it just disappointed in every way.

  • @Raphanobi
    @Raphanobi Před 10 dny

    I love balance teams

  • @th2112
    @th2112 Před 8 dny

    Thank you for the comments pinkpantheress

  • @traiges414
    @traiges414 Před 9 dny

    Tapu Koko still being out buying cigarettes has a shocking resemblance to my own father

  • @DragapultRules
    @DragapultRules Před 8 dny

    Oof that semi-stall team is so outdated but its still better than what I could build.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 8 dny

      I couldn't find any others haha, everyone who made semistall shifted to bulky balance hstack

    • @DragapultRules
      @DragapultRules Před 8 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 Yeah semistall kind of weak now, it just feels like stall but worse right nwo to me.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 8 dny

      @@DragapultRules I'd say semistall is better than stall, stall is... bad

    • @DragapultRules
      @DragapultRules Před 7 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 True. Even hyper-offence can straight-up beat stall with a kingambit+taunt moon or psyshock CM Valiant. Stall just doesn't have enough answers to threats this gen.

  • @griffithcel
    @griffithcel Před 10 dny

    balance is the best archetype. muh dragon dance, swords dance, webs will not save a team from being neutralized by defensive strategy

  • @shaun7739
    @shaun7739 Před 10 dny +1

    How did Roaring Moon survive that moonblast?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +2

      Roaring Moon has solid special defense and HP, and since it activated Tera Flying, it was no longer weak to Moonblast.

    • @shaun7739
      @shaun7739 Před 10 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 ohh okay great vid

  • @blargghkip
    @blargghkip Před 10 dny

    I'm surprised you ranked stall so low when I semi-regularly see stall RMTs that peaked at #1 on ladder. Is that just due to random noise or are ladder peaks a poor indicator of a playstyle's strength?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +3

      Great question! Stall teams are often successful on ladder because they are very good at counterteaming, and you can curate your stall teams to beat whatever is popular at a given time. This also gives them a lot of consistency on ladder. For example, if Sun is popular at a given time, perhaps you can make your Blissey Tera Water. If you lose to a mixed Dragapult team, you can make your Blissey Tera Fairy for the next game. The famous Hydrapple stall worked well because it countered popular SD Gliscor and HDB Meowscarada teams that were popular at the time. Various changes like this, small adjustments, are very good for climbing on ladder. Furthermore, a lot of people just don't prepare for stall which leads to it peaking #1 more often. On top of that, a lot of very dedicated players just happen to be trying hard to make stall work, and there's an entire discord full of people trying to build and peak #1 with stall teams.

  • @utubeisawsomeify
    @utubeisawsomeify Před 9 dny

    I found some team Dasmer has been playing with through the replay channel. Im only a 1200 player so I been struggling to succeed consistently with it. Turns out its literally a hazard stack bulky balance team 😭😭😭damn im ass

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      There's nothing to be embarrassed about! Bulky balance hazard stack is one of the most difficult archetypes to play and it takes A LOT of practice and metagame awareness. You need to know when to stack, when to go on the offensive, how to limit your opponent's removal options... a lot of these things become flow-charty when you have a lot of experience, but for newer players I'd say this is easily the hardest playstyle to pull off. I'd recommend using Balance and Offense teams to practice, and try bulky hstack once you're a bit higher on ladder. :] Good luck!

  • @Z.P.1995
    @Z.P.1995 Před 9 dny

    Man you covered misty terrain but no snow?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      I've seen far more misty terrain than I have snow... unless you consider Glowking + Kyurem to be snow, which I don't. I've tested snow and it performed very poorly in many variations, I'd say snow would probably be a 3/10

    • @Z.P.1995
      @Z.P.1995 Před 9 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 dude, are you been serious more misty terrain than Snow 0_0

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 9 dny

      @@Z.P.1995 I'd have to say yea... if Volcarona gets banned though, I could see Frosmoth snow HO being a threat once again.

  • @xzeroxman
    @xzeroxman Před 10 dny +1

    Bulky Balance for life

  • @victorydarts1899
    @victorydarts1899 Před 4 dny +1

    did my earphones break or is the voice of this guy super low

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 4 dny

      Yes my sound was not great here, I will fix this in future videos

    • @victorydarts1899
      @victorydarts1899 Před 4 dny

      @@pinkacross2042 ah np, great video. Keep going.

  • @RecycleYourStyrofoam
    @RecycleYourStyrofoam Před 10 dny

    But ehat if i run specs weather ball lando t in snow

  • @Yas-gu1pj
    @Yas-gu1pj Před 10 dny

    You forgeted one team style and that is "the pokemon looked cool so i putted them on the team" also i ran into a guy that used talonflame stall and cooked him up with a team off the week

  • @jfrancis01
    @jfrancis01 Před 10 dny

    I’m curious why you choose to call it bulky balance over fat, I have never really heard it being called bulky balance

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +1

      The term "fat" is too broad in my opinion. Bulky balance, semistall, and stall are all "fat" teams.

  • @purnishekar
    @purnishekar Před 10 dny +2

    Hail

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +4

      In the current metagame, I don't consider that a real archetype. If I included it, I think it would be a 3/10.

    • @zacmayes2802
      @zacmayes2802 Před 9 dny

      Yeah!

  • @MegaDav1234
    @MegaDav1234 Před 10 dny

    I can't believe they banned sleep to nerf electric terrain teams

  • @nathanhayward7162
    @nathanhayward7162 Před 10 dny

    where does semi-stall rank?

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny +2

      7.5/10. It's the second to last archetype ranked in the video. All semistall is hazard stack (that I've ever seen) so I didn't bother creating a standard semistall category.

    • @nathanhayward7162
      @nathanhayward7162 Před 3 dny

      ​@@pinkacross2042 I do half stall and half HO hazard stack so that's what I mean by semi-stall. Probably not the best way of doing it though.

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 3 dny

      @@nathanhayward7162 Yes, that's called playstyle mixing and to be honest it is notoriously unviable. You end up with a team that does nothing particularly well. There is no defined playstyle for what you're describing, it would just be called a mix of HO and stall.

  • @ffvvv6301
    @ffvvv6301 Před 10 dny

    Pretty surprised I feel like balance sucks this gen everyone just spams offense

    • @pinkacross2042
      @pinkacross2042  Před 10 dny

      You'll see a lot more balance teams in higher ladder, generally mid ladder has a lot of offense in my experience.

    • @broidkanymore-zc4lt
      @broidkanymore-zc4lt Před 5 dny

      i always get destroyed by balance team

  • @oliverharris4719
    @oliverharris4719 Před 9 dny

    In PU the team I run currently is indeedee, hitmonlee, sceptile, delphox, sandslash, and bombardier, the team is based around psychic Terrain on indeedee and psychic seed on sceptile and hitmonlee keep in mind that sceptile and hitmonlee both have unburden that raises speed when item is lost, the main thing the team loses to is cramorant with defog. Defog is meant to get rid of hazards but somebody at GAMEFREAK WAS HIGH ENOUGH to make defog get rid of terrain. My point is that psychic terrain isn't entirely bad. In lower tiers. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

  • @GoTELuckyCharms
    @GoTELuckyCharms Před 10 dny

    Hi Pink

  • @realfishu
    @realfishu Před 10 dny

    Hi

  • @OliverSpencer-sd9ou
    @OliverSpencer-sd9ou Před 10 dny

    first