yeah aron, i believe you when you say you get more burns with sacred fire than will-o :(

That will-o-wisp joke had layers to it. That my friend is gold. I also laughed harder than I should have. Another amazing video as always while breaking everything down very well.

Shoutout to Dragonite, being an irreplaceable Pokemon among all of the Legends and Paradox mons in the format. That said... I really wish the power creep of SV VGC wasn't so fast. So many cool pokemon didn't get a chance to shine in their debut generation. That sucks.

Entei looks like itll be unruly in this reg. Its a nice halfway point between h-arcanine and dragonite. Always cool seeing older gen mons being able to keep up with powercreep.

QOTD: So far, I've struggled to deal with Ogerpon Wellspring. The team I'm renting to start the season has a lot of Water Tera options, so Ogerpon-W has a pretty comfortable time coming in and putting pressure on my team with Horn Leech. It's probably a skill issue, though, because I often find myself in positions where I leave the Pokemon that can stand up to it on the bench. All part of the learning process!

The perfect start to a sick day, some Road to Ranked featuring amazing content creator Aaron ‘Cybertron’ Zheng! Thanks for always adding a smile to my face and an hour (or more) of enjoyment to my day!!

I love these really long videos with teams Aaron. It just provides a more in depth analysis of the team and thus enjoyable content for myself. In just 3 games it’s truly hard to grasp how to adequately pilot a team against multiple opponents and/or teams.

Man this team was so good during that tourney run. I liked seeing Raging Bolt and Entei shine since they were "fresh" to the meta. QOTD: Archaludon can be so tough if you dont have the right special attacker or a big enough hitter to get it gone in 2 hits before its boosts stack up

Entei is one of my all-time fave Pokémon, so happy to see it do well!

Thanks for the showcase! Not used to piloting Chien-pao cores so it's nice to see this showcase and glad you went over the weaknesses since I also find myself struggling with Trick Room teams and opposing speed control teams. Still a great team to watch out for and learn. QOTD: Off-meta teams, often Hard Trick Room, has been tough to fight especially with a bulky Farigiraf and Ursaluna-Bloodmoon. Dondozo-Tatsugiri cores can also be a struggle when my team doesn't have a particular answer to it.

I like how the Pokemon are named after the teams from the finals

@3:20 I love that you still embrace the will-o-wisp memes after all these years lol.

Entei winning a regionals in VGC was not on my 2024 bingo card. Needless to say its about time Entei got some spotlight, it was always in the shadows of Raikou and Suicune.

The pokemons being called as The Finals' squad names is a cheeky one 😂

Love the reporting on the VGC tournaments, great way to start my work day.

I used to play this Entei on last generation, can counter easly Incineroar and is a THKO on Zacian, solid vs Special Attack and can fight Amongous... The perfect Pokemon.

That registeel crit was literally brutal

Sacred Fire being better Inferno... being a move that precedes Inferno. Sacred Fire: - 100 BP - 95 Acc - 50% chance of burning (scaled, it is something like 47.5%) Inferno: - 100 BP (same as Sacred Fire) - 50 Acc - Always burns (scaled, it is 50% - whenever it hits) In the end, you get more from the raw damage dealt the 45% of the unhit "Infernos" than the damage you uptick with the 2.5% advantage Inferno has over Sacred Fire on burning.

That game 7 was crazy also that registeel game

In that match you lost, I would’ve done Ice Spinner into Tatsugiri and Thunderclap into Dondozo, rather than Sucker Punch into it. Then in the next turn you could’ve done sucker punch tatsugiri to finish it off and Draco meteor into dragonite. That could’ve helped get the win for your team.

Nearly an hour and a half worth of content? Let's goooo

In the finals dondozo one shot the flutter twice and it caught you off guard. Gave me a chuckle as i assumed you'd have watched the finals. Nice vids

QOTD: Dondozo. I see it and I mentally surrender. Then I take it down... only to see the Sash Chien-Pao in the back. ._.

QOTD: Primarina has been hard to fight against because of that unique ability + type

wow mr. underhill really named all the team members after teams from the finals

entei winning anything is insane

QOTD: My case is a bit weird, but Chi Yu. Not because I can never beat it, but because I feel it either gives me no problems at all, or I lose my entire team to one.

Everytime Aaron drops I get paired against multiple players using the team he most recently showcased 😅 good thing he does a breakdown of the teams movesets and held items

YOOO im the guy on Game 5 I was so happy to be able to play with u good games :)

QOTD quick psyspam with Iron crown + Trick room and torkoal, also registeel, you get one turn wrong and you can't longer ko it.

Man game 3 was so intense. Really exciting to watch and absolutly intense.

Hey Aaron! I just battled you! Good game man, didn’t believe I’ve won haha. I hope that you make a video of it. Would be awesome. Greetings!

Great vid, Aaron! I was hoping to find this team

Damn, looks like I should keep working on my ribbon master entei then before this regulation ends lmao

57:40 Given how much damage Registeel did to Entei, it was at least 244+ Def AND got the highest roll with Body Press, +2 244+ Def Registeel Body Press vs. 68 HP / 20 Def Entei: 124-146 (62.3 - 73.3%) -- guaranteed 2HKO. The calcs are the same as if it had 252+, still a 93.8% chance to OHKO with the crit into Raging Bolt

Awww I didn't make the cut, played against you the other day using this team. I was using weezing and managed to just squeak out the win. Was such a good game!

Dang, I didn't make it in the video. GG sir I was the player with the stellar Terra'd feazandipiti. I also got lucky with that sludge bomb crit

Cool cool cool, I've been waiting for quite a long time for an Entei + Raging Bolt-combo team. I will use this team to climb ladder🥰

I tried to play different but you knew my moves, and the strategy so GG

Nice to see Aaron cosplaying a Charmander 😂

I played against you yesterday, I was using the Rampardos TR team, GG!

Lmaooo not the Pokémon nicknamed after team games from The Finals 🤣 great video as usual though! Perfect for future vgc draft league prep 🫡

the deal with the fluttermanes is: 1) if you see a booster energy SP ATT one you at the very least speed tie but most likely outspeed 2) if is not booster and it is specs or focus sash they probably outspeed cause the normal specs flutter is always EVed to outspeed adamant Chien Pao, hence why you have jolly Pao to 1v1 opposing flutters with ice spinner plus sucker punch 3) if its booster speed it always outpaces you.

Really glad for Entei to be in a format where it can shine! So good! Saw the match of Alex Underhill and was really great! And for the QOTD: I think that Latias is not easy to get rid off. Maybe it's just my team, but the combination of a bulky mon that loweres your spatk while hitting hard is not to scoff at. Yes - you do have fluttermane but after a tailwind it's often to risky for it to face it face first. But there is a ton of strong Pokémon right now.

I love the Finals team names on the showdown teambuilder pokemon!

Flutter Mane is one of the toughest Pokemon to face. It hits hard and with a lot of EV investment in physical bulk it's surprisingly tough to take down.

QOTD: Landorus-I has been super problematic for me, especially since I've been playing a lot of Raging Bolt

I love seeing new team cores do well. Just shows how vgc evolves as the seasons pass

Aaron Cybertron Zheng, what is your opinion on the move quash?

It was really cool to see Alex win this one, really cool team, great play and Tub Takes is a great resource

QotD: Trick room + psyspam is scaring me because too many people are using it at the top of the Best of 3 Ladder in pokemon showdown I feel like there will be more trick room in Charlotte especially if it top cut Portland

I love how I used that team on showdown randomly didn’t know he had it

lol the nicknames of the pokémon are the team names from “The finals”

Very good video as always, but why have you turned orange??

Looking like you got some sun, good for you. Frigid here 🥶

You should create shorts with VGC tips and tricks

I love entei great to see my favorite pokemon

I played you on Ladder yesterday! Our game got disconnected after about 3 turns which was a pain (you would've more than likely won anyways though)

Haha the finals reference in the nicknames

i used the iron crown psyspam team you showcased to get back to masters

I'm too sure if it's my phone or not. But you look like you took a dive through the cheeto dust

QOTD: I'm running TTar + Excadrill and the only mons giving me problems are random off meta mons like Muk, and really well played rain + Archaludon

Hey Aaron! Was wondering if you could add a "pace" criteria, explaining how many turns you expect to finish a game (team dependent) and what are good signs to notice impatience. Thanks for getting me into vgc!

Aron is an inspiration; even after all the times he's been burned by will'o, hes still willing to fire it off

there’s that intro i missed😌

I hope this settles once and for all the argument about whether the Legendary Beasts are canine or feline or whatever… cuz Entei got that DAWG in em 😤

Sacred fire should be nerfed in my opinion. The accuracy or burn rate should be severely limited for balance. Game freak should have never gave entei sacred fire. Its disrespectful to Ho-Oh.

QOTD: I am a casual, so I still hate Dondozo + Tatsugiri.

Couldn't you have thunderclapped dozo and ice spinner Koed Tatsu in game 3? It's defense is worse than SpD and the chien aura should've got it.

These were some really good games

that registeel was tough

Another amazing Showcase 👏 🙌

always a good day when you wake up to a new cybertron video

For QOTD I will say with my experience and my team beat up Whismocott plus grass tera justified terrakion is on pretty tough team I went up against. My hard counter Serpierior and heart flame mask ogrepon were no match for it XD.

I need help so bad in regulation F, Aaron. I cant seem to find my rhythm in this reg and Idk why. I really enjoyed the Toxapex/HGoodra team you featured last season, so much that I made my own with some mild changes. Please halp Aaron❤

Looks like you burned yourself with that sacred fire! Lighting has you looking orange lol. Great vid as always, love your work

Where you find these hole in the wall Pokémon tourneys outside of Pokémon regionals?

You will want to make some adjustments man. You look straight up orange in this video my dude.

I sew Cybertron has graduated from the Willy Wonka academy for assistant candy makers. His green hair is on backorder.

I watched the final match. I feel Cuppa shoulda won, but he got hella unlucky and alex played incredibly well.

Kingambit was the most difficult Pokemon for my team personally to face at Portland (I went 5-4 with a latias/kingambit team).

I’ve been having trouble with kingambit more than anything. A kingambit with a good tera type can do so much damage to a team.

Hello Aaron. Hope you have a good day. You make Awesome content❤

Hey i'm new to Pokemon VGC, i've watch a lot of your video and i realize you play with base stat, are you playing pvp with base stat or you just show the Pokemon base stat and modified later? Anyway keep it up fot he informative video✊🏻.

Loving the tan!

Do Entei and Chien-Pao not have almost the same roar animation at the end of every turn?

I like your shirt :D

i love when u post

I want to see that gallade team too Aaron!!

Subscribed. I feel educated

scarf darkshifu has been a nightmare for me this season

Whenever someone brings up Will-O, I always think about Aaron 😅

Years passed but the hate for will o wisp remain

Anything titled with Entei im watching

Lmao the will o wisp joke Also, they changed entei's 3d model slightly like Mewtwo and Charizad

i really disagree with Crash on Pao personally, we finally got a 100 acc physical ice move and we don't use it on the best offensive ice type in the game? That seems to me like just asking to lose games to a miss when you can avoid it. really like this one, i was testing a team that had 5 of those 6 mons actually, kinda reassuring to see the mons i currently like in the mega being successful :) i'm not a booster flutter fan tho, i think the mons is just too hard to use without sash, any slight missplay and you just die to any move.

Hey Aaron, do you ever think about doing BO3s on showdown? I think it would be great to get your thoughts on teams in those match ups

Get that suntan cast BOIII

How many gaming setups you got? Every time you are at a different location. Love your content tho✨❤️

Cyber, could you make a video featuring Archaludon plus Raging Bolt next time? Can these two pokemon combo have a good performance in this Reg?