So a WORLD CHAMP built this SANDY SHOCKS team... • Pokemon Scarlet/Violet VGC Battles
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- In this video, I try out a team built by 2017 World Champion Ryota Otsubo featuring one of the brand new Paradox Pokemon, Sandy Shocks! Sandy Shocks can deal large amounts of damage, especially with a Booster Energy, and has unique coverage in this format. The team also utilizes Assault Vest Scizor, Sitrus Berry Brute Bonnet, and more!
Team Creator: / barudoru
Ryota's CZcams: www.youtube.com/@barudoru/videos
Rental Code: 5TCML3
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:18 - Team Breakdown
7:13 - Weaknesses
11:20 - Game 1
27:08 - Game 2
34:00 - Game 3
45:28 - Game 4
56:49 - Game 5
Competitive Pokemon Scarlet/Violet VGC Series 2 Battles
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Hearing that a top player has a 30% win rate when testing teams makes me feel so much better about my early games with a team. Thank you for humanizing yourself
I'm new to playing in ranked (singles) and as great as winning can be, I freakin *love* that trial and error process. Brainstorming, getting closer and closer to cracking a problem is so much freakin fun.
@saintxix1309 true, but when you've built the perfect team after dozens of trial & error - it still stings when you get rolled 😂 but yea I agree it's very fun
I think it was a very famous basketball player who said something like that :
Being the best doesn't mean you never lose. It means taking the most out of your losses every single time so you get motivated to do better the next time. If you want to get better than anyone at anything competitive, start by losing a lot. With the good mentality, that's how you improve the most.
^ this also works with artistic creation, btw. Failures are part of the process, not hard stops on your journey.
@@GreyPunkWolf Improving by learning through your mistakes
"bulk up, THATS SO COOL" youll never see someone enjoy the spirit of competition more then that
Aaron really reminds me of the animes gym leader who's excited to just be battling, winning or losing. You've got a great competitive spirit m8!
Competitive Pokémon is just so much more fun when you learn to feel good about how you played, even if you didn’t end up getting the win.
I liked how in-depth the team breakdown was, that's usually one of my favorite parts of the video.
So glad Scizor seems to be getting more of a look-in again. It was on my first ever rain team in 2015 and I'm thoroughly enjoying using it again this series.
You don’t understand the chokehold Scizor had on showdown in Monotype Steel teams
Brute Bonnet w/ Booster Energy and Thief 🔥🔥🔥
Sandy Shocks might be the most underrated mon and seems to be the best ground attacker, not being affected by Intimidate or Wisp lowering its offense. Pretty fast and good coverage.
Hear me out:
This exact team, but Tera Bug on Sandy Shocks.
Think about it:
What is Sandy Shocks weak to? Ground, Water, Ice and Grass.
Bug resists Ground and Grass!
Why not Tera Grass instead? It would resist Ground, Water AND Grass! But you'd still be weak to Ice (Think Iron Bundle).
With Bug you don't resist Water, but on top of Ground and Grass you also resist Fighting. Resisting those scary Close Combats would help a lot!
In the battle here against the Tera Fire Great Tusk, it couldn't haven't dealt any good damage (they don't run Terra Blast, trust me! *sweats a little*), but Sandy Shocks could've still hit back with that hard Earth Power!
Speaking of Fighting: Iron Hands. The optimal play is to always Close Combat or Drain Punch into Sandy Shocks, since it's usually immune to Electric. And if that happens, and you become Bug then... boom! Now you resist Fighting, take no damage and knock out that Iron Hands! Grass would still be hit for neutral.
Or in this video at the end against the Dondozo: Tera Bug would've resisted Earthquake, leaving Sandy Shocks at enough HP to potentially survive multiple Muddy Waters and beat the Tatsugiri and Garganacl combo. (Let's uuh... Ignore Garganacl's super effective Salt Cure for a moment...)
Fire, Rock and Flying would be Sandy Shocks' new weaknesses, but Ground and Electric threaten all of them, and its original typing resists both Flying and Rock already, so rarely you'd see them used against it in the first place.
And compared to Grass' Ice weakness, the Rock weakness isn't that big of a deal. Salt Cure and Rock Slide are really the only common Rock moves used these days, both not really really used for damage.
But I can feel you still being sceptical. 'Grass would've been just as good!' I hear you say.
But what you are forgetting is the potential offensive benefits for Sandy Shocks!
While Substitute can be a very effective way to get more value out of a turn or two, imagine running Bug Tera Blast!
...No really, think about it.
There's only one type in the game that resist both Electric and Ground, that's Grass, which can normally hit Sandy Shocks for super effective damage.
But Bug hits Grass for super effective damage AND resists it!
From what I've seen Tera Grass is a popular Tera Type for its good resistances (similar to Bug's resistences) and to not be effected by Spore and Rage Powder.
With only Electric and Ground Sandy Shocks is a sitting duck-shaped magnet against Grass Teras, but Bug will give it suddenly a way to hit them for super effective damage!
Imagine a Grass Tera Armarouge threatening Sandy Shocks with Energy Ball, no problem, surprise them with Tera Bug Tera Blast and: now YOU have the upper hand! (outside of trick room I suppose...)
Oh, and you can bring your own Brute Bonnet or Amoonguss to threaten the Grass Tera mon to pull the trigger prematurely and suddenly you're in such a good spot with Bug Sandy Shocks!
If they don't Tera into Grass when you threaten them, hey, now they are asleep, I'd take it.
(Bug also hits Indeedee for super effective damage! *wink wink*)
Honestly, I feel like Grass Teras are more common than a good Substitute. And I'm only half joking here!
Seriously though, I feel like it's rare that a Tera type can give a Pokémon a decent defensive and offensive benefit, Bug could kinda work surprisingly well with Sandy Shocks.
Whether or not you'd rather run offensive Tera Electric or defensive Grass to counter Palafin or something completely different is of course up to you and what you prefer or what the rest of your team looks like.
But in the end, I think Bug could actually work surprisingly well here.
Wow what excellent timing I was actually just about to start researching Sandy Shocks for team building
I've been trying to put together a gravity team with it. So far the three mons on it I've been enjoying are gravity sandyshocks with thunder, hypnosis speed boost espartha with lumina crash, and blizzard iron bundle.
i love how informative these videos are! i watch them on my lunch break everyday day learning new stuff! great content
I love these videos so much... Great stuff to put on to relax to at the end of the night when I just wanna chill and put on something casual yet entertaining at the same time. Keep up the awesome work Cybertron, your VGC videos are the best!!!
Yea knowing the strategy’s to certain Pokémon matchups mixed with personal play style is also a huge factor in teams which can usually indicate why someone might have better success with a team compared to another
I've been working on an Iron Treads focused team. Lead pincurchion for surge to set terrain, which activates a defense boost and electric seed on treads who starts dropping body presses. Arboliva in the back, built bulky, which we can hit with Iron treads' earthquake to set put grassy terrain. The kicker is the not often seen move of Steel roller on Treads to destroy and electric or grassy terrain for a 130 base power steel move, or to tear up Indedee's psychic terrain! I'm excited to try it out, still eving and hyper training atm
Looks fun to try out the team! GG!
1:06:19 Did you notice with Sandy Shocks, the Tera Crown spins on its head?
I actually didn't. Thanks for pointing that out, it's really cool!
Would love to see you try a Sandy Shocks gravity team! Seen some interesting variants flying around.
Really? Flying with Gravity around? Surely that's not accurate :P
In my opinion, booster energy for an offensive stat generally just isn’t that good cause it’s only a life orb boost, whereas booster energy speed is a choice scarf boost. The difference is that you lose the booster energy by switching out, so you’re better off just going life orb to keep the boost for the whole game.
As for QOTD, MoxieBoosted has some pretty interesting sets. He had a Tera fire slither wing with flame charge and a booster energy speed boost iron jugulis with rain dance that both seemed pretty good
Love this team. Literally just used it to get to Master Ball tier after being in rank 10 purgatory!!!! Thank you so much!!!! My go to team was Flutter Mane, Sandy Shocks, and Scizor almost every time. Taurus also came in clutch tooo!!!
Anyone else love watching his videos while eating?
Not something I faced but rather something I'm running (and made a rental team too) but I have a bulky iron bundle with a booster energy, but I have it paired with symbiosis florges to pass a life orb onto the iron bundle once it uses up the booster energy, giving it a +1 speed *and* a life orb at the start of a match.
Qotd: I've tried Focus Sash Iron Valiant with electric terrain where speed gets boosted and this can pair pretty well next to another Iron mon where a more useful stat gets boosted and you can hold a normal item. I was using AV Iron Treads and Iron Valiant would be able to drop electric terrain for it to boost its attacks and i was getting 40% knock offs into tanks. Then Iron Valiant could clean up with the quark drive speed boost on the following turn
the craziest set I've run into so far is bold max defense flutter mane with perish song
I love when Aaron contemplates something he says the word three times
I like how the Tera hat on Sandy shocks spins with the little screw thing on its head
I was just building a Brute Bonnet and saw this so perfect timing!
*Aaron gets mugged by a special attacker with a physical attack* Wow so cool!
I play sandy shocks on my series 2 rain team and i have to say, it puts in so much work! 😍
No way, that is the exact same Murkrow set I was running for an Arboliva team! It was max attack and speed I think though, but I definitely need to try out this spread. The sunny day was for x2 boosts with growth, caught so many people off guard especially OHKOing dondozo
I saw the title and knew it was Ryota
ive had some wild and exciting games since the start of series 2, i had two matches in a row that made me get out of my seat and walk around my office out of excitement and anticipation
Good to see Sandy Shocks, I love it.
QOTD: I saw a mimikyu set trick room next to a Scream Tail. Then it used shadow sneak to activate Scream Tail's Weakness Policy, which was then Baton Pass'd out to Torkoal. What a nutty play lol.
I played this set just a little bit ago. Turns out clicking trick room to shut it off the turn they click baton pass can hurt their brain
I saw a throat spray normal Tera boom burst scream tail next to flutter mane
I'm surprised you thought the brute bonnet was living that crit in game 3.. you were -2 in defense from the earlier Close Combats. I haven't run any calcs, but I am a bit curious.
Wow I’m surprised that Aaron Sandy Shocks Zheng was the first to come out. Alright, based. Let’s go 101 speed tier mons killing all those slow base 100s 😂
Now it’s time to wait patiently for a Iron Valiant team. I’m partial to using a mixed attacker for the stronger Moonblast + Close Combat, but I can’t wait to see that.
I’m calling it now: eventually someone is going to find a way to exploit CC/MB/Protect/Imprison because all of those moves are so common ATM. It won’t be me because I can’t break into great ball tier but I can smell it in the air 😂
Im at masterball tier right now with Iron Valiant naive nature. It's so good with the right team
@@SerDerpish I thought about that before, but I switched into Psychic / Psycho Cut for a third attacking move so you aren't walled randomly by Amoongus lmao.
@@DuskDawnVGC Nice who's their best partner for you so far? I'm trying to use it with Rain right now personally, so it's really fun with Drednaw.
I like how Sandy Shocks's tera hat spins on its head because it's attached to the spinning screw
I forget who I saw maybe moxie boosted but he posted a video with brute bonnet booster energy plus thief combo and it was pretty funny to see in a truck room team set up lol
QOTD: I lost on the ladder to a super cool Scream Tail set, I was so impressed.
They led Scream Tail + Mimikyu. Turn 1, protect Scream Tail and trick room with Mimikyu.
Turn 2, self-shadow sneak, activate weakness policy, baton pass the boosts to a sweeper.
The scream tail being so fast and bulky means goes last under trick room, giving you a free and safe switch in to the sweeper. it was SO COOL!
This may not be related to the QOTD, but on the topic of paradox pokemon, has anyone thought of using dragon tail to force pokemon who activate/use up booster energy to switch out?
Sandy helped me with a lot of raids as a sun setter vs. mons that would normally wash it away.
QOTD: Skill swap, imprison, trick room Iron valiant into a pinchurchin. That was wild
Love to see Scizor, my favorite pokemon🤩
I made a sandy shocks gravity team with flapple, squakabilly, and maushold and while it wasent a great team it's really fun utilizing gravity
I've been telling friends that, instead of considering Brute Bonnet to be a different form of Amoonguss, to consider it like a stronger version of Breloom. Somehow, seeing Close Combat on Bonnet makes me feel justified in that regard.
If you think of it in terms of IRL evolutionary theory, it makes sense that Brute Bonnet could be a common ancestor between the amoonguss line and the breloom line ☺️
@@SerDerpish I might be able to accept that a mushroom used to be a samurai dinosaur, but I refuse to believe that a group of megnets used to be a dinosaur that walked and had a weird spiny magnet hat with a tail. There’s got to be more to the story of paradox Pokémon.
What's your favorite paradox pokemon design wise, Cybertron? i'd like to know your answers for both past, present, and in general
So funny to see brute bonnet doin* work competitively. So many were memeing on it. Now I wanna see iron thorns do something.
I will say I have been loving Sandy Shocks with Life Orb, defensive grass tera. Not only does this account for weaknesses (except ice), but negates the spore/rage powder.
But I completely agree on his damage output, it can be impressive. On a sand team, I also think he thrives.
Round 1 of Orlando regionals my opponent was running Sandy shocks gravity espathra hypnosis and I had to Google what was going on after the set 😂
Im confused about something in the second battle. If Armarouge used trick room last (meaning its the slowest pokemon on the field) how come it also moved last in the next turn? Sometimes trick room is so weird lol! Great video as always Cybertron!
I didn't watch all of the battles yet, but Trick Room actually has a lower priority than average. Just like how moves like Helping Hand, Follow Me, and Fake Out have increased priority, Trick Room has decreased priority meaning it will be the last move in a turn most of the time if not always
@@osu5661 Unless they changed it in gen 9, Trick Room is -7 priority, the absolute lowest priority in the game, and no other moves are in that bracket, so it will always be the last move unless something slower also uses Trick Room
@@JuukaRock Thanks for confirming! I was thinking it was -7, but I couldn't remember for sure or if there were any other moves in that bracket or lower
This team is a lot of fun. !!!
How would imprison / trickroom do on fluttermane? it would help the trickroom team, or would that be committing too much for the matchup?
i think you forgot that brute bonnet close combat twice which proc the def and spdef drop, resulting in its getting ohko'ed by iron hand in game 3.
I was trying It with Sandy shocks tera Flying and i was thinking that maybe someone capable of learning ICE spinner could be useful in the indeede-armarouge matchup
@CybertronVGC I had a question. I'm new to VGC but actually did decently well on the ladder last season. I used a rain team and peaked at about rank 2000 on the last day, which might actually have made me the best rain user on the ladder. (if only due to lack of competition) now I want to write a team report on my team to talk about my experiences, but I have no idea where to go or how to get started on that. Could you offer any advice?
Substack or medium or blog spot
@@duckymomo7935 I have no idea what any of those are
@@QuinnWhite-xl2gf free to use sites to make long form text posts. Think tumblr if you've heard of that. You'll be going into detail about you team while providing things like their stats and move choices, the teams weaknesses and strengths. How well the team performs. Best opening moves, and so on.
best BGM in the video, platinum pokemon center (night)
In game 3 bonnet was one shooted because of the -2 defenses from close combat twice
I got stomped out by someone using agravity sandy shocks team. Just was amazed when it happened cause I was not scared of the sandy shocks when I saw it in team preview.
I think the cool thing about this team is that it baits the rain teams so well…
You expect to survive a crit Wild Charge after TWO Close Combats?!?
Thank you for giving us five games.
Correct me if I'm wrong but doesn't Raging Bull copy whatever element your Tauros is? So wouldn't Grass Tera make Raging Bull a Grass type attack?
Good luck to all the contestants in the Orlando regional
In game 3, brute bonet fainted to the wild charge because of the defense drops from 2 close combats.
The tauros name is beef curry 😂
Let’s go Ryota Otsubo
7:25 why is the Murkrow completely useless? I am sure he isn't great, but it isn't like psychic terrain stops the non-targeting support moves.
QotD: anti-physical bulky support Roaring Moon with Rocky Helmet, Jaw Lock, and Breaking Swipe. Don’t know what else was on it for sure, though.
Really like the shirt Aaron.
Man, your first opponent locked in immediately. Seems like they're going with a strategy regardless of what their opponent's team is.
Wait, does everyone lock in immediately? I'm confused
Ryota Otsubo is an absolute legend. Appears out of nowhere one day and becomes one of the most insane team builders to date. I love his take on taking unconventional mons and putting them into the spotlight. One of if not my all time favourite team builders
Shocking Sandy Shocks
Hariyama enjoying burn because of Guts, meanwhile Iron Hands suffer from burn. The IRONY
My favorite Paradox set right now is 252HP 252Def 4SpA Flutter Mane, with Intim/Burn/Screens support, it can actually survive multiple physical attacks and with a Choice Specs dishes out good damage, it's just been fun to use and see it tank Iron Hands' WIld Charges. I also quite like Scream Tail but unsure yet what my favorite set of it is
I feel sorry for Koraidon 😢 it has to have something going for it too
I-- wait, doesn't Brick Break NOT get boosted by Technician?? I thought technician only boosted moves of 60 BP or lower, did Brick Break get lowered from 75?
Like I don't necessarily think it's worth using Close Combat on scizor over BB since the goal of it is presumably to be bulky with Assault Vest, so maybe that doesn't change anything, but...
I made this exact team with Amoongus and Chi-Yu before series 1. Dunno how I feel.
So you made the exactly same team, besides the fact that it had some major differences?
So then it wasn't this exact team?
@@Gabriel64468 By major you mean an amoongus form and another fire type? it’s just kinda trippy.
I like using water tera Arcanine tbh
That sciz set needs more dmg
Aaron are you going to Orlando?
Are no more than 3 paradox mons allowed on a team in series 2?
You can use as many as you want. But i think 2 to 3 on a team is needed for a sorta balance
I’ve seen Encore/Disable on Scream Tailsurprise people on VGC ladder. Probably not as good with open team sheet.
106:17 AaronJackedtronZheng
I use a Sandy Shocks Gravity team w/Zap canon and Sing/Hex Skeldirge with throat spray
The rental code isn’t working. 😢
Nevermind. I was inputting S instead of 5 😅
Salt cure deals more damage to steel and water type Pokemon
QOTD: I ran into a scarf Brute Bonnet that did nothing except spam Spore the entire game. It was not the most fun ....
i love me a good paldean tauros spicy beef curry 😋
Hey man I'm a super noob, but I built a cool team and got to masters with mabostiff lol
Im a simple man I see scizor I click
Team ID?
I don’t know the lore but I think it might take the cake for worst designed
Such a weird gen. Iron hands is not made of iron. A magnet made of steel, is not steel.
played 15 matches with this team, lost every single one of them. not for me but appreciate letting me try it. (and no im not bad, i was master ball rank on scarlet last season)
O wow I won like 7/18 . Lol not that you're
bad , maybe you just didn't use the team correctly? This team is fun and easy to use 😊
Spore should have 1pp, 2 with pp up...
In my opinion.
Spore is annoying. Thats why all the pokemons that know it are slow. The only exception is toedscruel, but it has an "slowing down" ability.
gotta enjoy sandy shocks while it lasts. This pokemon will be unplayable once Landorus is back
Not really. If you utilize speed on shocks and booster energy to get the speed boost, have tera blast ice.
Lets hope Landorus never comes back
Curious to see what this will lead to. Not really a fan of letting everyone using all the Paradox mons on one team, so I hope they restrict it to one or two (later on)
Other early viewers, do the likes on the video outweigh the veiws for you also or is that just me?
Mine shows 10x the amount of views than likes
Not anymore, about 350 views,
I gotta be honest Sandy Shocks is one of the most disgusting Pokemon I've seen. I've hunted all Scarlet paradoxes for shinies except that one
The Tauros’ name is Beef Curry. So literal.
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