"Remember, no build is bad, alright? I'd like to make that very clear. No build is bad, you just don't understand what's going through their head, and if they have a plan? They have a plan. That's the power of draft league, baby. The only builds that are bad, are Leo's. 'Cause he's stinky." - Supreme Beneral, 2024.

Watching the two teams that I followed the whole season go against each other with THESE stakes is amazing!

This match was the epitome of: It's so over We're so back

I just got done watching Shady’s side of the battle. I can’t wait to see the reactions from Play More’s point of view. Insane battle!

Spoiler Shield This is one of the best draft matches of all time. The hype with Glastrier, the panic after it got crit, the slow rebuilding with Vaporeon and Weezing shutting Shady's attackers down. That playoff place is well deserved, can't wait to see how you match up against Emvee.

Yo pm7 personally thank you for creating Pokémon content that an OG 33-year-old can enjoy watching. I think you’re pretty smart that you reach out to many markets creating content that a seven-year-old kid could enjoy or someone that’s 33 that played since red and blue. Successful king

8 kills for garchomp (Talonflame, Revavroom, Tyranitar, Excadrill, Moltres, Tentacruel, Clefable, Bloodmoon Ursaluna) 6 kills for glastrier (Jirachi, blastoise, Drifblim, Gyarados, Sylveon, Jolteon) 6 kills for valiant (Enamorus, Meowscarada, H-Qwillfish, G-Zapdos, Baxcalibur, Hariyama) 6 kills for metagross (Tornadus-T, Ting-lu, Darkrai, Beartic, Glimmora, Azelf) 3 kills for Vaporeon (Landorus-T, Magmortar, Thwackey) 2 kills for Weezing (Rotom-Wash, Sneasler) 1 kill for cyclizar (Vikavolt) 1 kill for amoonguss (Ursaluna) 1 kill for krookodile (G-Slowking) WOW. That was an absolutely insane battle, vaporeon and weezing fighting side by side to keep play more in the running for champions of the SPL. Absolutely incredible battle.

Every time it zooms I'm already crying

This might be the most intense draft league battle I have ever seen. The steaks, the RNG, the crazy plays, everything. I was biting my nails for the entire duration of that battle, it's hard to make a 1 hour battle this intense, but the editing was fire as well. Props to Play More!

26:54 For those who dont know, Shady's whole team is actually Fire Emblem 3 Houses names so wrong Caspar there lol

I didn’t watch competitive Pokemon until Play More and suddenly I’m cheering at the top of my voice. What an unbelievable game, I absolutely love this. Makes my week, every Sunday! Well done Ben, absolutely amazing, especially after losing Glastrier like that! 👏🏼👏🏼

Kudos to Ben for coming up with a strategy like that and executing it perfectly to win a do or die match

Can't believe there were comments suggesting/ wondering if they would replace the coach! He is THE one and only Beneral! Props to him for playing out of his mind, such a great battle 👏 Edit: love Ben's mindset about no builds inherently being bad, it's so healthy and supportive of the other coaches in the league

Man John, I feel like the hax gods were mad at you and decided to take it out on your coach. Because this second season for Play more was rough, even though you guys still pull through. I am glad both teams are going in after watching Shadys pov, & hope both of make semi finals or to the finals to see who wears the boss shades.

My god, I've never seen a battle more hype then this, its a work of art.

**Spoilers** Just finished watching Shady's perspective and man this was an insane battle, I honestly thought you guys were done for, but that Vaporeon Weezing combination was brutal, so glad that both teams are moving into the playoffs and I can't wait to see more from Play More

Love Shady's fire emblem names >.>

I’m so obsessed with this season of SPL… Shady and PM getting back into the rhythm of Draft, then you got Drewby, Kyle, and Leo coming off crazy irl shit alongside the Gator Plot Armor, and Nexus getting these close ass matches… 😭😭 Congrats Tarheel, that win was WELL DESERVED this match went insane, thanks for playing your heart out man. Looking forward to playoffs, I think Val might put in more work for you if you go booster speed + taunt, for me it shuts down so many counters if you can keep it healthy enough to pick off chipped mons in the endgame

This was the match I was waiting for all season and you two both played out of your minds. Happy to live in a world where you both make the playoffs.

🛡️SPOILER SHIELD🛡️

Spoiler shield! Seriously, the BEST draft league battle I’ve ever watched, incredible resilience from the Beneral. Can’t wait for playoffs babyyyy!

Spoiler: PLAY MORE GETS TO PLAY MORE 🎉

This is a battle I’ve been hoping to see for the whole season, the heat both sides are bringing are scorching this earth we ain’t ready for this battle cause the floor is lava from where I’m standing

My two favorite teams in one of the most intense battles I’ve ever watched… that. Was incredible. Congratulations!! I hope you guys continue to do well throughout the rest of the season.

The Beneral showing why he's the coach fr

I cried mid battle, it was so stressful for the coach! Im so glad y'all go all out on this!

I have been watching Shady and Play More all season and I’m not ready to see how this ends 😭

LFG! Love the pop off at the end that’s a seasons worth of frustration leaving that man’s body all at once. Records don’t mean anything in the playoffs let’s go Ben 🐐 Great call by Tyler and John too

Watched the game from shadys side already. Holy stall team batman. That was a heck of a match. Brought me back to those games in the gbl.

Best draft game of all time 🔥🔥

For those wanting clarification on the foul play burn mechanics: Burn doesn’t reduce the attack stat, it reduces the damage dealt by physical attacks. So, it reduces the damage of moves like foul play or body press if the user is burned. If the target of foul play is burned, damage will not be reduced since the attack stat of the target has not been reduced. this is also why critical hits have their damage reduced by burn rather than ignoring the damage reduction. The same follows for choice band. It increases the damage of physical attacks rather than the attack stat itself, so it does increase foul play and body press damage if the user is holding it, while targeting a choice band holder with foul play will not result in more damage than usual.

I'm 50 minutes in and this is CRAZY. I have whiplash from this rollercoaster, what the hell!!!

Tyler Used Rapid Spin - It’s Super Effective!

I've been waiting for this! The two teams I've been following all season!

If we go down let’s go down in history

Early upload, I trust in bubby Edit:I don’t see the issue with a stall team? Its just a strategy, why are so many people complaining over a strategy

What a comeback. Compliments to chef Tarheel

“Penguins don’t wear pants” is great This battle was great. I look forward to the playoffs and to see what you do in the future

Such a good battle on both sides. in my opinion the best battle of both seasons that Play More has taken part of and might also be the best battle of Play More history. could be wrong and something might happen in the future to just throw this crazy battle out the window but only time will tell.

I never cheered so hard for a group of guys playing pokemon more than watching this video. INCREDIBLE match by two amazing creators that i started watching over the last year plus.

33:09 that crit of all things smh damn but that ending….what a battle who knew?!?!?!? Great stuff

First draft league I've ever watched and it's been great so far. Sad to see Shady lose but great to see Play More make it into the playoffs.

I feel absolutely compelled to post this on both viewpoints on this battle, but this was the most stressful and enjoyable draft battle I’ve ever watched. Well done to both!

HOW DID WE WIN THAT LETS GO BENERALLLLLLLLLLLLLLL NEVER DOUBT THE GOAT

i love everything about this match as Tyler pointed out, the stakes, the RNG, the history, everything!

1 hour long and i watched every single moment of it. VAPOREON MY FAVORITE SHINY DID IT!! LETS GO BEN!!! This was the best battle from the season what a roller coaster of emotion. That crit on glastrier was crazy unfortunate and the face of defeat of Ben was very SAD, very surprise shady didnt foul play with rotom wash from the start while the hourse was setting up, im going to watch his video too to understand why he did that. We got unlucky with burns and crits BUT with got lucky with burns and most importantly if we poisoned the landorus terion that was the end of the game. This is pokemon and this happen. NEVER SURREND until is very OVER. This are the pokemon battle we love to see it. Congrats Ben keep strong 💪 isnt over yet! You can do this. We are in playoff!

Well done beating one of the best coaches in the SPL keep up the good fight John, Tyler and The Beneral

Wow! Even with all the cheese Ben brought, this was an amazing match to watch! What a rollercoaster of emotions!

While I have been and will continue to be rooting for Shady to win the season overall. It’s great to see you guys still in it. You deserved to make it to the playoffs for sure after the season you’ve been having

I feel like the person who made that meme of making fun of people who consider Vaporeon their favorite pokemon is crying in a corner somewhere. That was such an incredible match! And after the way Ben played in the last one, I knew we were in for something special. That was a nail biter! See. I like games with a bit of an element of luck just so we can see cool creative strategies. And this one didn't disappoint! Well done, Ben!

This was the greatest nail-bitter, edge-of-your-seat thriller I've ever seen in Pokémon history! What a game by both coaches, excited for Playoffs!!!

Spoiler warning BEN YOU ARE A WIZARD! Honestly man that was one of the best matches I've ever seen. Not losing your nerve after losing the horse and managing to come back! That right there was a victory earned through pure skill. Hats off to you man honestly incredible.

DAANG! what a battle between 2 OGs, great game shady, tarheel, and john!

well played tarheel

Spoilers: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . I WAS AT THE EDGE OF MY SEAT THE ENTIRE GAME. WHAT A MATCH! PLAYMORE MAKES THE PLAYOFFS! 🌟💚

Good luck in the playoffs!

I said it once I saw the draft, WE'RE GOING TO THE PLAYOFFS!

What a battle 👏🏻 I couldn't fully root for PM (i know it will come the moment I chose to follow 2 teams in the SPL...) but the outcome is the best! I get to see both of you again And the rematch will be even more exciting for sure (although it will be again a dilemma for me 😵‍💫) But no matter what in my eyes your always winners, play some more great games like this ❤

Was looking forward to this match ALL SEASON!! I already watched Shady’s side! Crazy game! I can’t argue that as Shady was already in the Playoffs, I was rooting for your team in the end. Still, to this day, toooooo many years later - one of my favorite plays of all time in draft team format is GBA Season 4, with that clip you showed at the start, when Milotic took down your Raikou with a Mirror Coat! SPOILERS!! I love that Shady did get 2 crits to finally take down the 2 really slow recovery sets (Vaporeon and Glastrier. It was some kind of poetic justice with that Crit Woodhammer on the last turn, even though it didn’t matter for the end result XD

Such a great battle! I still think Shady had a turn to clutch up after Sneazler went down by terablasting vaporeon twice and even after that apparently thwacky killed vaporeon with one wood hammer? I def think there was something that coulda been done there

This was absolutely INSANE. I counted Ben out after that crit

Ben you f*cking legend, all the love for playmore playoffs

Just from the watch time alone the Electrode did it's job

Let’s go my dude! What a match, I enjoyed every moment of it😁! Vaporeon my favorite Pokémon with the clutch plays

"They see me rollin, they hatin" Kizaru

This was such an epic battle. Matches like this are why I both love to do and watch draft. It's always a joy to watch.

I watched both videos simultaneously it was amazing to hear and know both sides of the thought process and each couches predicting move sets of each other amazing stuff

Tyler with the neigh rhymes, top commentary from Tyler right there 😂 The horse is amazing but also Vaporeon being a defensive menace to Shady's team makes me happy 🔥

First half of season: 1:3 Second half of season: 3:1 Very impressive performance

Loved watching these two teams all season so being able to watch them both at the end is so much fun. Gonna watch Shadys after this

Spoiler Shield :) MAN, what a match!!! To see my two teams go against each other was absolutely riveting! I was on the edge of my seat - Play More's Beneral really showed that he has what it takes here. I do sadly think about the missed Protect in the last battle and am glad to see it used lots here. You all did so wonderful, and thank you so much for making competitive Pokemon digestible and easier to understand!

Never in my life have I been more on my toes for an entire battle. So, so well played y'all 🎉

@GeneralTarheel great job coming back in this match! The last couple matches have been super close and nail biting to watch! Keep up the great work in the playoffs! Why don't you post these videos on your own channel as well?

LETSS FUCKING GO!! SO HYPE FOR THIS MATCHUP BABBYY

What a battle I only found out ShadyPenguinn was in this when he was mentioned last week, I'll be watching his side of the battle soon

Good thing you were sweating bullets, Beneral. You were about to pick up and fire back with some outstanding plays to pull off a win.

I highly recommend going to Shady's channel and watching his side of the battle! So good!

Listen lads, as much as I love Play More, I’m always going to be rooting for any team named after Fire Emblem characters 🖤🖤 Very well played as always by the Beneral!

This was such a sweaty battle. So good from both sides. So glad both teams are in the playoffs. Can’t wait for them to

John it's a stapler not a bridge 😜

I just wanna put this out there ik alot of people on shadys and what can happen in this comment section r saying ben played stall and shouldnt have won I want people to understand ben had to win to guarantee at least 7 or 8th at most and sometimes u have to bring sets that may be stall but u have to do what u can to win now I also agree stall is never fun to do and im sure ben didnt want ro bring stally sets but he had to do what he needed to do to win and at the end of the day a win is a win I say instead of complaining lets congrat and give ben some support for the playoffs

One of the best games of the season, what a rollercoaster of a match. Time for playmore to play more.

What a game. Been supporting both teams all season glad you both made it. Congrats on the win.

I've waited for this fight all season

The ultimate defense!

🐸 Spoiler Frogs 🐸 Anyone complaining about stall needs to grow up. 💚 I didn’t want to win with wish and protects but I also didn’t want to get crit after only three foul plays. It happens. I ain’t gonna quit if I have an out. We needed a win. We got it. Don’t frog with the Beneral.

I do know of a penguin that wears pants: He’s not a real penguin, he’s a shapeshifter called Frobisher who lives life in the shape of a penguin. In order the protect modesty, he wears a black and white pair of pants that you can’t tell he’s wearing, because they look like regular penguin legs

WELL. DONE.

38:10 I know Magmortar gets Thunderbolt because that was it’s community day move in Pokémon Go

Great game, I am glad I stayed until the end. I didn't expect that outcome after I hovered over later in the video track.

This battle was so hype to watch! Gg Playmore!

Outstanding match 👏👏👏👏

That was an AMAZING battle congratulations on your win!!! I’ll be cheering for you all in the playoffs🎉

I watch both of yalls battles side by side. That crit was insane

I was at the edge of my seat!!!! Good job Play More!!!!

Awesome battle! One thing I noticed is that the two Pokemon that did the most work were Weezing and Vaporeon which are both gen 1 But AMAZING battle though!

That Psybeam strat was brilliant! Congrats and see you in play-offs!

I'm loving the kingdom hearts music. Also congrats to making it to the finals

Having watched Shady's video I already know the result, but I wanted to still watch this video to see Play More's perspective. This was a great game. Both coaches put their heart and soul into this and I'm so glad the the game with my two favorite teams was such a nail biter. It would have been a bit depressing if I had to watch either Play More or Shady get completely blown out against each other.

Insane matchup. An absolutely thrilling hour of battle.