Lots of lessons to be leaned from this submission. Running triple glassy shadows is fun but very unforgiving if you make mistakes.

QOTD: Team building!! I'd say I've mastered the mechanics of GBL, but my disinterest in team building (and refusal to use boring meta teams) is what keeps from hitting legend

Bro. You blasted him for everything he did. Hahaha. This was brutal to watch but also entertaining at the same time.

QOTD what I struggle with the most is team reading, like predicting what my opponent has in the back. I can guess obvious teams like Basti, Victree, and Wiggly, but a lot of the times if I had read a team better I would've come out on top. I often fall victim to ABB teams a lot cause often they'll have a lead win, but swap out halfway through the lead anyways, and it's not until after the battle I realize they were trying to lure out my fighter or something.

QOTD: proper move timing. It's typically what makes or breaks games for me Also, respect to this trainer. This is not an easy team to run. Mistakes aside, this was still entertaining to watch

Again...idk who did it. But a big THANK YOU to who gifted me. Id love to know who did it, so maybe one day i can pay it back.

This video was refreshing. It shows what happens to most of us normal players.

5:00 btw suggestion for the trainer Go for closecombat Why? Cuz it'll debuff your defence therefore anni would got less counter farm and also you're not making to another move anyway

QOTD: Energy management. I'm seeing more and more trainers at lower elo throwing on good timing, or at least understanding the importance of it. But I feel like energy management is still something a lot of lower elo trainers aren't thinking about as much. I know, for me, this was the thing that really helped me get to the next level once I got the hang of move timing.

QOTD: I’ve always said playing with and in the right mindset is so underrated and hardly talked about. Thinking there’s an algorithm, playing tilted, playing when you’re stressed or distracted can be detrimental and tough to make good decisions and keep focused. Don’t get me wrong I fall victim to this but lately really trying to apply this. Also I think Dragon Breath would be an amazing upgrade for Salamence. With it being so frail having a three turn fast move is not doing it any favors. I’m a big fan of Sally so thanks for the submitter and yourself for showcasing! 🍻

Qotd:-Energy management charge move timing I said cm timing cuz I've seen people throwing on bad timing It could be maybe opp is bozo or its myself being clever af to not throw on cmp But energy management deff not all players learn it

Qotd: fast move timing. I'll add, that with the amount of frame drops I've been experiencing lately, it makes it almost impossible to properly time your moves at times.

QOTD: Simply counting the opponents fast moves. I know because I myself dont do this a lot of the time even if I really should, if you always know how much energy the opponent has it makes the battles much easier

Amazing that they keep bloating move pools instead of buffing niche mons

QOTD I’d be a lot better off if I always checked the sims for my team into some of the meta mons, sometimes I’ve checked my safe swap vs the meta and it can help a lot knowing when you need to shield or if you can just get by sacrificing the safe swap

People who still run a team of Bastiodon, Shadow Victreebel and Wigglytuff need to either delete the game or just pick a better team

I would love to build one of these for Master league. There are so few viable shadows for ML, but this and dragonite could make a cool ABB

Just a note, I believe that the lag could be due to this trainer having an autocatcher running while battling. This is a known issue/bug, easy to fix by disconnecting it before playing.

QOTD: gameplay IQ/game awareness. For those who think PoGo is a tap tap luck based game…it’s not. Some mons work because of their extreme bulk or fast move pressure, but most mons can’t play like that. Playing well and getting wins typically comes down to being aware of all the game mechanics: switch timer, timing/counts, shielding decisions based off your mon’s survivability, etc. Team reading/team building also largely plays into making smart in-battle decisions. I’ve won/lost many battles off of understanding/misreading what the backline was.

I’ve been running shadow arcanine as my lead in the ultra premier cup

QOTD: Learning move counts, I'm also guilty of not knowing the move counts too well so I mostly just time by feel

QOTD team building. So many people either run teams that simply dont make sense,teams they dont understand,often from a youtuber and when they do find a good team they give up on it due to a hard counter set or even a couple games. Also people fail to understand that different teams will do well at different elo ratings

Not the content I expected l, but it's content I needed. A good analysis video to stay sharp on the small things

Qotd: this is something I'm still working on and that's move timing as well as calling baits thankfully I am getting better at the latter but I still need to work on my move timing however

QOTD: For me it's move counts (to be more precisely, knowing exactly when Pokémon xy is at move z). This knowledge opens up so many advanced plays. Like Cmp'ing, catches, how much can i overfarm. Not knowing or willing to learn the counts (5 - 5 - 4 etc.) is the main reason why I won't make it to expert or legend.

QOTD: move counting. Honestly easy to memorise how many turns it will take for a meta pokemon to get to their move which will let you catch moves easier. Gotta anticipate tho but it comes easy to me :)

QOTD probably taking advantage of desynced timers

QOTD: Team Reading. Learning specific lines can be very helpful Even with GBL being as random as it is, some things just make sense together and making a correct prediction can completely flip a match.

Swift being 40 energy is criminal. It's okay for the elemental punches because of coverage

Even with a lot of mistakes, I like and respect that spicy shadow team

Love your content dude! Always look forward to it. Much love!

Swift on Uxie is good for what it's worth.

Qotd: toss up between move counts and team reading, both vital if you want to climb.

Salamence needs shadow claw!

Its very confusing why salamence doesn't have dragon claw

After the 20th time of Draco I’d try hitting with fly because it hits like a truck anyway

Qotd; move timing, hands down.

Lmao imagine TMing all those moves. Recording your battles, know that you lost most, and then getting roasted for it by callum… damnnnn

This was brutal to watch 😂 Ive definitely come a long way

qotd: swapping during 2 turn moves and sneaking in a quick move

The lag is a thing this time round, I've started games 1 pokemon down its really putting me off

QOTD: This applies to even the leaderboard players as well. Being unpredictable when throwing so people can't catch your moves easily or overfarming considerably so that people get thrown off on your counts and end up having to give up a shield unnecessarily.

Qotd:def move timing. It's everything and so many people don't know how or don't care to learn how. And I've seen uxie become meta. Jaytheunderdog and matbeer beast modded it

MAN I have such good shadows of almost every good buffed mon this season, if I wouldn’t have spent all my resources when deleting the game i would have installed it right now 😂 damn niantic you really made me do it huh

Shadow Salamence lickitung and whimsicot got me 17/25

QOTD: counting fast moves

they really couldnt make swift at least a night slash clone or something without the boost. WHat even is the point of having 2 moves of the same type with the same stats.

My GBL instincts are crying right now.

those battles are pain to watch :

QOTD: throwing moves on a bad timing, oponents getting fast moves for free. Sometimes it can decide who wins the game

QOTD: Counting moves lol.

QotD: counting

I love how everyone is getting random channel memberships xD

QOTD: As JamieFin would say, stay in school kids and learn to count

This was one long video of what not to do in GBL

Straight dogged him

Qotd: first off, i know exactly what jamie would say, because he fkn hates that😂 counting!! Thats irritating for me too because i always always count and im like… 1…2..3…4CATCH!!!!!! ……… No catch because they didnt count……. Could have won them the game.

I’m surprised you showcased this Callum. I mean not hating on the bad calls and charge move timing, this player is learning, but the massive lag and delays in the gameplay is unbearable and would make me quit playing lol. Watching that shadow Dragonaire destroy Usaring’s HP in the blink of an eye while only getting like 3 shadow claws in return because of lag would make me force close and restart my phone from frustration.

This player right here is why people think there is an algorithm BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST TERRIBLE AT THE GAME SO they BLAME SOMEHTING THATS NOT REAL ON the fake scrub algo THEM JUST BEING TERRIBLE PERFECT VIDEO SHOULD HAVE BEEN USED TO TALK ABOUT ALGO Horrible move timing clearly not counting not knowing when to throw I mean just being bad switching to wrong mons not switching switching for no reason let’s be real these are the people that think there is this imaginary algorithm

That was the worst set of battles I have ever seen. Literally !!

NIANTIC; pay a f**kin-tention, content creators cant make content because of a sh*tty outdated TM system. DO BETTER!!!

....I think these are the worst battles I've seen in your channel....tbh.. the worst....😅😅😅😅

Absolute crap battles... Do better next time

I love the video idea some friendly critique🙌🏻 we all need this as far as the QOTD I’d have to say move timing (it’s tough still working on it myself) but to the ppl who think it won’t change anything it definitely changes EVERYTHING!!💪🏻🫡