Any fans of Big Black will note the alt name in the opening replay, as well as the nicknames on the big six shown in the teambuilder. For those unfamiliar, they were an extraordinary band led by the consummate artist Steve Albini, who just passed. Here's my favorite song of theirs, crank it loud: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i7R7lsyFrMqufIk.html

Choice Band Metagross is the best lead because Explosion OHKOs every pokemon (I don't believe in ghosts)

ah 75 minutes long, the same length as James Whales 1935 classic "The Bride of Frankenstein" truly a wonderful film that came out during the Great Depression, and this can be seen through the somber tone of the film. This is my best impersonation of BKC.

i like leading band flygon and going "You wont switch you think im defensive let me ohko your tar" and then they switch into my skarmory and i give them a spike for free

I built a team loosely following vapicuno's ADV OU teambuilding guidelines earlier this week featuring Lum Medicham as its lead and I'm having a bunch of fun with it. The lack of lefties bluffs Choice Band really well, especially when sand is up. Speaking of sand, Medicham scares lead Ttar shitless, leading to immeasurable joy as I get to click Focus Punch turn 1 roughly every other game, something I'm extremely grateful for. And if the opponent gets cheeky and tries switching into Gengar expecting to cast a free Will-O-Wisp, it'll get lured to hell and back by the Lum Berry. On top of that, I EVd Medicham to live one hit from many of the tiers' flagship revenge killers after one round of sand (it might even survive them after 2 rounds sometimes), meaning Medicham can potentially land a 2-for-1 while concealing the rest of my offense, for which it is a great enabler. In case that wasn't enough bliss for me, Medicham has been my 3rd favourite Pokémon since I was but a wee lad (Fighting/Psychic was the coolest thing to me, plus that unforgettable dance move in the 7th opening of the anime won me over). Its Mega (needless to say, I also love it) is just Pure Power in Gen 7, and back when it was the current gen I got my share of jollies (some Adamant ones too) from clicking HJK from virtually 250 base attack, but this is a whole nother dynamic (ngl, it does, if only very vaguely, remind me of lead Machamp in DPP OU) and I'm having a real blast!

This is all pretty complicated, I'm just going to lead Choice Band Regirock and blow up

weird lack of coverage of the OU lead threat that is trick Choice Band Alakazam

This upload streak is conducive to my wallet running around and wreaking havoc on the BKC patreon

One of the biggest losses from the advent of Team Preview. The Lead metagame was so intricate and fun.

I want to learn about the sapphire and ruby meta game and how much emerald changed things same with the diamond and pearl meta before platinum

RIP STEVE. I’m the person I am today cause of his bands. BKC THANKS FOR MAKING simply some of the most interesting videos discussing competitive games of any kind.

Thank you BKC for forming my opinion on the ADV lead metagame

Cool one I've been seeing a lot more of recently is regirock. Threatens zap and tar w slide and eq/sp, cripples skarm (or anything) w twave, blows up on waters for your agiligross/ddmence, flips the table w counter on meta in ways tar never could, even has the benefit harder to put in dug range than tar. Super neat really customizable way to make headway at the start of the game for ur other phys guys I like it a lot.👍

one of my favourite mons to lead in adv is glalie, for anyone unaware it has a great matchup into zapdos, salamence, suicune and especially skarmory, so it's amazing as an agro spikes lead. you ev to live two zap tbolts and run salac berry to get a third move off, then you have spikes, ice beam, taunt to ruin lead skarm's life, and explosion if you get all 3 layers or need to deny a setup turn. against ttar and metagross you can either die for one spike or just go to pert and come back later

Wow referencing the reason why Ttar is good in ADV OU? Man that was a great video! How I first got introduced into ADV OU. I'm so happy that I've been continually watching these! Thank you BKC!

7:29 a fate worse than death

You have now convinced me to spike with skarmery in the zapdos matchup

Sleep Venusaur is one of my go-to leads, it out speeds several other common lead and threatens either sleep or damage. Be careful when looking at opposing lead Salamence and maybe Zapdos…..it’s super bulky when pulling off a sleep plus a Leech Seed…..if you wanna go super defensive, I go with Roar and maybe Giga Drain, or replace Roar with Protect….Growth + Giga Drain can be pretty deadly with a defensive Venusaur Venusaur is UUBL, I feel like its more viable than it’s tiering suggests (I’m sure there’s plenty of Pokémon in tiers they maybe don’t deserve to be in haha) Take me with a grain of salt, I’m not the greatest player by any means, but I’ve found success with Venusaur

okay, i see! in order to win in adv, i need to feel my opponent out at first, before i start applying pressure by digging into them (with spikes of course)

Loved the vid - would love to hear more about the lead mirror matches and how best to prepare for/play them

I like the video and I think it's smart to include Suicune as one of the big leads of the tier. I think Skarmory has become much weaker as a lead pokemon because of how terrible it is into Zapdos and how immediately concerning ZapDug strategies are into Skarm lead teams. This is combined with the fact that Skarm lead teams are typically going to be very reliant on spikes but are often forced into risky situations with it being out turn 1

I've been waiting so long for this video

Take a shot every time bkc says CB As someone who has never played older gens hearing how dominant choice band is is quite interesting

Love the vid, but as a heads up the microphone distorts due to too high gain quite often.

BKC is the goat of Pokémon commentary

Great video, but how will this effect the Donphan vs Dusclops legacy?

Any lead into Lanturn is always the boss play

GEEZE FINALLY finally you're talking about it. took so much time! the lead meta in ADV OU is an highlight compared to gsc's and rby's

Another 1h+ video for commute

I really like lead Hariyama. Sleeper pick. Knock off is really hard to play around.

play call of duty cold war while watching this thank you for the insight bkc

Salamence is the most consistent lead ive used imo. It has something on everything and intimidate can sponge physical attacks for teammates

the mad lad actually did it

Can you do a video about why Gen 3 UUBL is so massive? I find it hard to believe all those mons are actually broken in UU. I mean there’s more mons in UUBL than in OU proper

wild this video didnt already exist

This question just came to mind and I'm shocked I've never asked it on an ADV video, but is there any mons you think would be banworthy if Sand Stream didn't exist?

I'm a dumb lil baby that likes running a very specific hp ice typhlosion with thunderpunch and overheat and brick break as a suicide anti lead, obliterates the steels and mence and can smack zap and tar into important ranges. Cune eats t punch and the pert switch sucks hard, but the surprise factor does help

ADV always had a lead metagame. The only difference is that it didnt make or break the game simply because ADV has relatively more tools to deal with it, and the stall-type damage are usually longer in turns. In DPP, theres SR and Spikes but Rapid spinners are too weak to survive for long and stealth rock deals more damage in just one turn compared to spikes.

Lead Zapdos my beloved. Either BP out to the ttar creeping cb metagross and jumpscare vapicuno or sub up and then pass to something

Video idea: would magic guard Zam be broken in DPP?

Thx for the stream of amazing content, I very much appreciate you. Now I'd like to come up with a smart joke, but I'm sure the entire comment section community has already got you covered. Thanks.

Where my Smeargle leaders at

that's the lead metagame

Is there a video about how future gens have influenced past gen metas? like knock off in ADV

WOOO LES GO BABY

Anyone know what the song that starts at 9:26 is?

Is Mirror Coat Suicune, to counter offensive Zapdos, a thing?

You forgot about Ariados 😮

45:23 252+ SpA 30 IVs Salamence Fire Blast vs. 128 HP / 0 SpD Metagross: 278-328 (83.4 - 98.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO after 3 layers of Spikes kzfaq.info/get/bejne/aa10pZCW3s7Xg4E.html

i swear, so many teams make advantage of skarmory opening

When I’m in a mood to go crazy, I’ll run YOLO Skarmory WITH a CHOICE BAND as a lead haha….yes, a Choice Band….not a good choice for a lead…well, not a good choice for Skarmory AT ALL, but the surprise factor CAN do wonders I’ll run HP Ground, Steel Wing, Drill Peck, and Spikes on lead Choice Band Skarmory….Steel Wing can be better against Tyranitar since you’ll get STAB, and good for neutral damage against things that maybe resist flying types Don’t take this set serious, obviously, but it CAN be a lot of fun lol

Smeargle nowdays used Spore, Spike, Encore, Destiny Bond, allowing Smeargle to abuse the long duration of encore to punish set up with Spikes or pressure, Destiny bond to trade with other threats which perfect harmony with encore because if you set up as smeargle Destiny bonds it's completely safe to encore into pressure.

My favourite ttar bait isnt zap, its glalie ! A spike on others, icebeam + dug kills ttar ; lifes good

hey guys this videos a little long, can someone timestamp me to all the times BKC talks about a film or sex in the city?

This is why I lead Regirock. Good ol' Rock beats everything.

i like lead lanturn

You forgot to include yourself in the thumbnail

Always leading with sub DD ttar

Regirock lead always bb.

Blead Killer Cacturne???

BKC

Suicune :(

kino

Hey guys. Just wanted to say, I fracking hate gen 9. Tera is a dog dooo mechanic.

the GOAT dropping big secrets