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Calling Smeargle his least favourite Pokémon is yet another layer to Wolfe’s fascinating tsundere relationship with Incineroar

700-800% for a normal move onto a ghost type is criminal behavior

"This artist is actually a war criminal" Reminds me of someone other than Smeargle....

"If i had to suffer, so should the kids today" Might be my favorite line ngl

Wolfey: it’s over it’s so jover Wolfey next turn: oh hey they forfeit

Imagine being just a cute little painter guy who draws inspiration from other Pokémans moves yet receiving more hate from Wolfey than Mega Incineroar

Love the Pokémon profile aesthetic!! It’s like smeargle drew every pokemon

Thanks for the 2-hour video documentary on why closed team sheet should never be the standard again!

Justice for my boy Darkrai.

Wolfey: "Least favorite" Smeargle: But I am a FAVORITE. Incineroar: Evidence that Wolfey also secretly loves me.

Not only did you bring Smeargle, you brought it to a best-of-1 closed-team-sheet toutnament. Evil.

I think it's cute how Wolfe never underestimates his opponents and plays as if they were on an equal skill level when in reality many, MANY "interesting" plays have been made by the opposing side during this video :'D

I think I would have enjoyed having a visual to track his progress between each match. Like either his W/L streak or his current rank in the corner would be nice. Good vid

I am so happy you requested that damage calc, 1178-1386 damage to dragapult is hilarious. In the words of Wolfey "Bye Bye"

I disagree. Smeargle isn't a war criminal. Don't be so judgmental, he just happens to be a bit sketchy.

As a person who doesnt play VGC, I genuinely like smeargle concept and how they dedicated one single spot in Emerald just for him. Art is limitless indeed haha.

Oh boy, a team of 5 pokemon with an essay description of why they are on the team. I wonder what the 6th pokemon is. Choice specs flutter mane : 😏

I played a match against an eject pack smeargle lead, it faked out, I ignored it, and the end of the turn it swapped out as Moody dropped its stats. Awesome.

I'm glad Wolfey mentioned the Open Team sheet bit being good for the game - When I first started watching him, I was confused about it, but as time has gone on I've realized how important it is for making Pokemon the best kind of competitive.

It's hilarious to me how often Wolfey will go "I've pretty much got it covered here, except if they do this it's over" and then they do exactly that (and yet it's usually not actually over)

Artists are capable of attaining the powers of gods by drawing a simple sketch. Remember this well.

That's a weird looking Incineroar

You can add transform to the list of moves Smeargle can't use anymore, because no joke, to fix a duplication bug that was found, they just made it so Smeargle no longer has access to transform

22:54 as a spanish native speaker, I appreciate the subtitles going out of their way for Puns !

Dang I can see how you got the commentator gig, the way this was explained mid-match and edited was entertaining the whole video!

Ya know, I keep hearing about this "world champ difference," yet you havent entered a tournament only using Regi's. Smh

0:11 "this artist is actually a war criminal" I wonder which historical figure this is alluding to

Here is the full team if you want to try it Ursaluna-Bloodmoon @ Life Orb Ability: Mind's Eye Tera Type: Normal EVs: 84 HP / 4 Def / 252 SpA / 164 SpD / 4 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Blood Moon - Earth Power - Hyper Voice - Protect Flutter Mane @ Choice Specs Ability: Protosynthesis Tera Type: Grass EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Moonblast - Shadow Ball - Dazzling Gleam - Power Gem Smeargle @ Focus Sash Ability: Own Tempo Tera Type: Normal EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Relaxed Nature - Decorate - Follow Me - Fake Out - Spore Ogerpon-Cornerstone (F) @ Cornerstone Mask Ability: Sturdy Tera Type: Rock EVs: 204 HP / 76 Atk / 36 Def / 4 SpD / 188 Spe Adamant Nature - Ivy Cudgel - Follow Me - Taunt - Wood Hammer Farigiraf @ Safety Goggles Ability: Armor Tail Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 HP / 100 Def / 156 SpD Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Trick Room - Dazzling Gleam - Psychic - Helping Hand Urshifu @ Choice Scarf Ability: Unseen Fist Tera Type: Dark EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Wicked Blow - Close Combat - Substitute - U-turn

Great video! Small note for the editor, when the teams show at the start of a match, could you keep those graphics on screen for an extra second or two? Its just a little too short to get a sense of without pausing. Keep up the great content!

The little drawings in the team introduction are amazing.

That's exactly why he's my favorite Pokemon :] He's just a silly little dude destroying gods and world-ending monsters playing him next to legendaries is like seeing an episode of Tom and Jerry translated into RPG.

Honestly, there should be a middle ground between closed sheet and open sheet thats like, limited sheet. Something that perhaps at least lets you know the pokemon, terra types and items, but not the moves. So that strategy and surprise can be a factor, but to limit blind gimicks.

Not gonna lie, I saw the ad and it's a perfect mother's and father's day gift for my older parents that I usually get jewelry for anyway. Love the style of this sponsor, love the vid Wolfey!

Smeargle is portrayed being the villain here, but I'd argue it's the exact opposite. Poor feeble Smeargle is not the criminal, he's the whistleblower that reveals the crimes! He's the archtitect that gets fired for pointing out fatal flaws in a construction project. Smeargle on its own isn't any good. Its stats are horrible to say the least, so the only way how it can become truly powerful is by not only taking the most overpowered moves, but also supporting the most overpowered Pokemon. Smeargle is not the villain, its the one fighter for justice that Pokemon has left, in a world filled with Incineroars, Urshifus and other staples, which is why its being shunned for being a villain, when in reality it has been fighting for balance ever since. It is said that Darkrai has paid for Smeargle's sins, but in reality, Dark Void has paid for Dark Void's sins and Smeargle got slapped on the wrist for pointing it out. Smeargle is a true hero!

LET'S GO, THIS CAME OUT EXACTLY WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO HAVE LUNCH. This'll be a good one

3:09, fitting considering Darkrai is literally the Nightmare Pokémon

The constant rollercoaster of you saying you’re going to lose then Hold on I’m gonna win, then nah I’m gonna lose - has given me whiplash.

@1:43:34 Schrodinger's Flutter Mane, it's both on the team and not on the team, and you have to load up the match to find out the answer!

Smeargle is one of my favourite Pokémon because of the fact that I like sketching and drawing and smeargle is that, sketching and drawing. At first I was disappointed of the low stats but after watching the intro, one of my favourite Johto Pokémon is broken… AND I LOVE IT!!!

1:28:40 "no my game AHHH" is such a good clip

Well done vid! I really like the “sketch” theme carried through the graphics. The little sketch portraits were so awesome they should stay!

1 MINUTE-1HOUR CREW!

Wolfey not setting up trick room and not using Helping Hand/ Decorate to buff Nuclear Hyper voice several times was so funny to me because Wolfey sets up a strat then choses not use it

Wolfy really lives his giraffe huh, swear this guy just chucks it on his team whenever he needs a trick room setter

"if the generation after you suffered as you did, you suffered for nothing" Wolfey: "that's the idea, kiddo"

Oh hype. I have only recently subbed in the last 6 months, but got to say your professionalism and humour is so on point. I especially love these tournament breakdowns. Thank you

The fact that this many people sketched dark void from a wild darkrai is arguably the most impressive.

The art!!!! I loved the mon portraits of your team!!!! It was a great video, thank you for supporting artist with your work

dude could make a living on commentating on sports and video game tournaments.

"THAT'S THE WOLFE CHAMP DIFFERENCE WORLDBIE" might be my new favorite quote

The Alcremie animation is so high quality! Keep it up Wolfeyyyy!!

I never knew how to use Smeargle and I never thought it was this broken.

I love Smeargle as a pokemon but I cannot battle with it for the life of me. This’ll be interesting to see it in the contemporary competitive!

The little sketches of your team are really cute and great. Props to you or whoever drew them. 😍

The editing in these is insane, great video.

We have been blessed by another well-timed wolf glicke video, thanks so much wolfey! Keep up with the amazing content

Oh hey that's my video @ 4:48 :) (Yes I allowed it to be used) Great video as usual Wolfey!

Wolfe's catchphrase throughout the first hour is "Agh, I should have Follow Me'd"

No you dont get the vision Own tempo tera normal smeargle choice band Thundurus swagger

Smeargle is one of my favorite pokemon of all time, so Im glad youre making the video... The title makes me a but sad but everyone has their own favorites which is freaking sweet... I am familiar with Smeargle's lifespan in VGC and other competitive formats and even I use Smeargle on the ladder! But in general I think its a cool mon, with unique mechanics, an awesome design...it has amazing range in potential for all levels of players and Im also just a big fan of Normal types...Normal and Ghosts are my favorite types (my Poké Yin and Yang) which is also why Hisuian Zoroark took my favorite position when released

It may not have been fun for you to play, but it was fun to watch! Thanks for the content!

Love watching Wolfe vids! They are so informative all the time and love learning from them! Hope you keep doing more! 😄

You’re content is consistently the perfect mix of entertaining and educational. You abd your editors keep it up I get excited for these videos to watch on my morning

Missed opportunity to call going to the void going to the shadow realn

Wolfey is the very best, like no one ever was! In VGC he wins them all, from Players Cup to Worlds! He has fans across the land, cheering by his side! Use Wolfey Blast to understand the power that’s inside!! WOLFEY GLICK! USE WOLFEY BLAST! (The best is he) HE WINS ALL THE VGC! WOLFEY BLAST! (Ooh we are the fans) OF THE BEST WIDEO MAN! WOLFEY GLICK! USE WOLFEY BLAST! (A trainer so true) HAS WIDEOS ON KZfaq! HAS THE WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE TOO! WOLFEY GLICK! USE WOLFEY BLAST (Use Wolfey blast) WOLFEY GLICK!

I love the little sketches of the Pokemon in the team overview. They remind me of Cassette Beasts's party menu tape art for its monsters.

Happy to stumble on this video. I'm not sure if you remember but I used to prep my meals while listening/watching you play a long form weekly tournament. I will happily listen while making my Chhole

Okay, I absolutely adore what you did for the background while explaining the team, adding the other footprints (or wing design for flutter mane) of the other Pokémon of your team. Absolutely amazing and cute detail and caught me smiling from it.

Let's goo it's saturday! Wolfey video

Absolutely Love this style of video! Gives me old vibes from the 1 Hour Intro times ❤

The giraffe was huuuuge. Most of the teams were so dependent on priority moves on their rillas, incins, urshis and raging bolts that it really really shut them down.

0:18 Magikarp: Am I joke to you

Bro made a 2 hour video about Smeargle😭

The Pokémon sketches for when they were introduced are hilarious, hats off to the artist

Really tight editing on this one, skipping team preview and having battles flow together directly really keeps the pace up

Dark void being lowered to 50% accuracy is actually entirely fair because of its multitargeting Pre nerf, 80% accuracy on dark void meant you had a 64% chance of putting both opponents to sleep and 32% chance to hit one, a terrifying 96% total chance to hit *something* with a sleeping move that grass types aren't immune to, just a 4% chance to whiff. Landing both opponents in a dark void was more likely than landing a single hypnosis, which is obviously bonkers busted. Post nerf, 50% accuracy causes a very even split: 25% chance to put both opponents to sleep, 50% chance to hit one, and 25% chance to miss. This is still potentially an on-the-spot game win if the opponent has no out to it, especially since Bad dreams breaks sashes and sturdy, but the lower consistency makes it less dominating. My guess for the accuracy nerf is just in case the pokemon company ever decided to host a format with mythicals allowed, they don't want a format dominated entirely by who wins a scarf Darkrai speed tie

i remember when Adolf the Smeargle commited war crime on the VGC scene by putting all the Jused Pokemon to sleep

Smeargle: The Con Artist Pokemon

Listening to Wolfe's commentary feels like watching a commentated chess match but all the pieces have funny names like smeargle and fluttermane instead of Bishop or rook, and there's 5x the board

When is regulstion G calyrex clefairy vid

I gotta admit that as a spectator, VGC 2016 was one of my favourite years to watch/experience live and smeargle was a big part of it. Sometimes a match was almost guaranteed lost and a speed/evasion/accuracy boost turned it on its head, making it more thrilling/exciting to watch because of its unpredictibility. The reactions of the players and casters to some of this unfairs turns was priceless. Obviously, this was extremely infuriating and unfair for the players, and felt more like gambling than actual skill. Competitive play should always focus on the welfare of its players and not their spectators, so it's for the best that it was nerf even though it was so fun to watch.

“YOU KNOW WHO ELSE IS AN ARTIST THAT COMMITTED WARCRIMES?!”

Let's make a protest for the 80 accuracy of dark void back

22:47 if i am correct the ursaluna can kill dragapult 8 TIMES OVER. This one attack can kill 8 dragapults...

Smeargle be like: Mustard?... how about mustard gas? Genneva convention?.. more like genneva suggestion Come fight my child soldiers!!!

Man I love this videos Wolfey pumps out I can watch them all day❤❤😅

Very fun video. Cool to see how extremely powerful the team can be if set up properly and how difficult it can be if it can't get set up.

I ADORE SMEARGLE

Smeargle is smeargle he is omnipotent.

I been learning japanese for a little bit now, and i cannot stress enough how hilarious it is to me that articuno's name is japanese is literally "furiza" in katakana, which translates to "freezer"😭

Not me trying to watch this right away and Wolfey's Indianapolis live cast at the same time

What The Smeargle Doin? ... Things Worse Than Warcrimes?!

6 views, man wolfey fell off…

Nice video! Although would have liked to see a ranking/score between the battles!

This is officially the fastest I’ve ever found a video after release

I’ve never seen the rock type ivy cudgel animation before this LOL

I love the drawings of pokemon when you explain your team Also great video 👍

A closed sheets best of one Pokémon tournament should be classified as psychological torture

i did actually enjoy the 2016 metagame as a whole, apart from one thing. Moody as an ability in a format as powerful as 2016 was, could lose you games and sets if your opponent got lucky RNG calls. Dark Void you could deal with during teambuilding to a good extent, moody luck was one thing you couldn't really control and losing to an evasion/accuracy boost or a speed boost even with smeargle's support moves wasn't a fun time. I got some of my best in life tournament finishes during that season and hoo boy smeargle was definitely something.