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@Almond19912Ай бұрын
Even in the intentionally losing category, Calyrex-S is too OP
@AndrewDevourerАй бұрын
god i hate that stupid horse
@leaDR356Ай бұрын
Just goes to show how strong the Horse council members are
@misalignedmisanthropistАй бұрын
@@leaDR356Calyrex-S is a fraud, he can't even learn High Horsepower
@sidhaarthnair8368Ай бұрын
@@leaDR356he doesn't learn High horsepower so should he be considered in horse council?
@RoninofCrimsonMapleАй бұрын
I still stand by that Grim Neigh is close enough to maintain its status as a horse.@@sidhaarthnair8368
@randomnessrules4971Ай бұрын
"Should I make this weird metagame?" "Sure, knock yourself out."
@Laezar1Ай бұрын
nice
@firemanking3271Ай бұрын
This comment is so good I could faint
@cranapple3367Ай бұрын
Familyguyhaha.mp4
@enigwa3286Ай бұрын
LOL it's hilarious to see this. I'm Adrian Marin, the creator of 'Suicide Cup' (later called The Loser's Game). I'm proud to have created such a cursed metagame 😂
@isaachiltyhilty680429 күн бұрын
@@enigwa3286 not trying to be that guy but how are we supposed to believe you?
@essenturesАй бұрын
So I was not bad at Pokémon, I was just playing the wrong format
@ioioi_prx4639Ай бұрын
I'd be a millionaire if I got 100$ after losing
@nellewoodruff6337Ай бұрын
@@essentures Cue that one gen 5 preschooler quote about changing perspective
@tonydai782Ай бұрын
@@ioioi_prx4639 But then everyone else would just start losing more than you, so you’d still end up broke.
@sunny3545Ай бұрын
You'd still lose (by winning)
@CM_68427 күн бұрын
@@nellewoodruff6337 change your perspective and the reality changes.
@JaxOf7Ай бұрын
"I fainted, making me the victor." "I must apologize for Sandshrew-Alola. He is an idiot. We purposely trained him wrong, as a joke."
@TheInfiniteAmoАй бұрын
Quote that film, if you're so great!
@miniyodadude660428 күн бұрын
@@TheInfiniteAmoKung pow enter the fist
@Gonshotbarz22 күн бұрын
Well you have to consider this freezaifaggot considers random battles as competitive just off the fact it has high traffic.. when it's just a bunch of randoms and scrubs not much better than him queuing constantly rolling the dice and hoping the odds are stacked enough against their opponent to make them feel as if they've done something skillful or accomplishment worthy. Way too insecure and full of themselves to teambuild and go thru trial and error gotta just pretend being given under leveled pokemon with weird useless sets is peak competitive play...
@nileprimewastaken20 күн бұрын
"not only is he a moron, he's the product of the greatest minds of a generation working together explicitly to create the stupidest moron to ever exist"
@MezzoForte410 күн бұрын
Betty approves. 👍
@werh227Ай бұрын
Playing Loser's Game to feel like I'm winning by not using loser strategies and oneshotting everything
@isaacsimpson8098Ай бұрын
It would be pretty fun to see a bottom ladder full of people just doing this lol, playing losers game but both trying to win
@woomyboy98Ай бұрын
@@isaacsimpson8098 technically they would be the true losers by losing at winning by winning which is losing
@isaacsimpson8098Ай бұрын
@@woomyboy98 yes
@aprinnyonbreak1290Ай бұрын
This Broke: Playing Loser's Game to lose, thus winning Woke: Playing Loser's game to win, thus losing Bespoke: Ignoring the conditions of Losers game, and playing it to boost your ego or pull off combos that are too inconsistent to use otherwise, but really cool to pull off Ascended: Funbro in Loser's Game
@jrodd13Ай бұрын
@@aprinnyonbreak1290 Funbro in losers game is just flat out evil 😂
@plhbuschannelАй бұрын
Fun Fact: In gen 7, Skill Swap Magic Guard is actually banned because people start running offensive alakazam to kill 5 pokemon and then skill swap magic guard and the opponent literally cannot die with heal pulse support
@olivergro7105Ай бұрын
Well shouldn't they have banned recycle leppa berry instead? :I
@irakylАй бұрын
The fact that you straight up win if you stop just 1 of your opponent's pokemon from dying is what makes this so interesting, for the tourney I was trying to see if I could make it an actual legit playstyle like steel beam and court change but it's too inconsistent. Realizing that you can intentionally faint their problematic pokemon so the final one is exploitable was a eureka moment, but it still wasn't enough.
@FurryCombatWombatАй бұрын
Fun fact: as the guy in the video that did this strat, it does *not* stop the hp cut from Curse :/
@ViciadoSocialempiresАй бұрын
LMAO
@The_Red_ScareАй бұрын
What if the opponent had something like Mold Breaker which ignored abilities? Would Mold Breaker on the Alakazam prevent Magic Guard from forcing the opponent to live? And yes, I know they could just switch pokemon, but I'm asking if receiving an ability that ignores other abilities would override the strat if you couldn't switch pokemon for whatever reason.
@VerbalLearningАй бұрын
When you try to escape Calyrex Shadowrider by playing The Loser's Game. Calyrex Shadowrider: Nah i'd lose.
@muishaggyblanco2349Ай бұрын
Finally… black sludge bisharp is its optimal set
@AMereFoolАй бұрын
The CTC foresight be shiesty.
@chavonjames8941Ай бұрын
Sticky Barb *Our battle WILL BE LEGENDARY!*
@500werewolfАй бұрын
Praise the almighty Calyrex-S! Even when it loses, it still wins.
@PatrickArcatoАй бұрын
I really can't like that pokemon, first it doesn't even look like one, second it's designed by 12 year old stoner, way too strong
@SeaOfPixelsАй бұрын
@@PatrickArcato What seems to be happening is that Gamefreak makes sure to make the latest generation's main important Pokemon blatantly overpowered, so that they stand out in the generation. Sometimes they'll nerf them the next generation so that they don't overshadow the new important Pokemon (Zacian). Seems like they're trying to avoid another Reshiram/Zekrom situation?
@500werewolfАй бұрын
@PatrickArcato Agreed, and the fact that the overpowered DLC 'mons from Sword & Shield didn't get nerfed is extremely concerning for where their priorities lie. (Clearly, it's money over game balance.)
@RiderOfPeppers22 күн бұрын
@@SeaOfPixelswhat happened with reshiramand zekrom?
@SeaOfPixels22 күн бұрын
@@RiderOfPeppers Neither were very good in their debut generation, and are even worse now.
@fabian6087Ай бұрын
The stealth rock strategy should be called 'Self-Rock'.
@brunoemf90Ай бұрын
I was waiting to hear Freezai do an 180 on his catchphrase “People play to win” when talking about tiers
@meadnex331Ай бұрын
Hey freeze sauce, ai here. People play to win...but what if they didn't?
@candlecordАй бұрын
@@meadnex331 *synth sound followed by drum beat*
@aldrichunfaithful3589Ай бұрын
a few ppl here were talking about endless battles, and it gave me a funny idea for a format which would basically be a race to trigger an endless battle. whoever gets their opponent stuck first wins
@GGreenHeartАй бұрын
This would be such a blast!! Shame it would be literally impossible to build a computer to recognize a win 😅 But human refs in a tournament could work!
@aldrichunfaithful3589Ай бұрын
@@GGreenHeart i don't think it's too hard tbh. every endless trapper has to have recycle, heal pulse and a leppa berry, so once you get it going a computer could probably recognise that. the only cringe part would be people denying the loss with timer stall which already happens lol. also now that i'm thinking about it all the trappers would have to click a very telegraphed move that you'd switch out of to trap you, so the game would likely be about killing 5 mons to trap the last which would be pretty boring
@FlygonkingVGC20 күн бұрын
Everyone would just run alolan exxeguttor with leppa berry and sunny day
@aedd330715 күн бұрын
@@aldrichunfaithful3589trying to solve the halting problem
@Aaa-vp6ug10 күн бұрын
@@aldrichunfaithful3589make it so there’s a turn timer akin to speed chess, if you take too long, you lose by default.
@zdelrod829Ай бұрын
Heal Pulse is insane in this format. Also, I didn't know Perish Song could be Baton Passed.
@firewall5189Ай бұрын
pokerogue taught me the hard way 😔
@sometijngАй бұрын
@@firewall5189 my reaction when that mf pulls out a spiritomb against my gator (its totover):
@zaleww5824Ай бұрын
All changes except status passes to pokemon
@vyor883727 күн бұрын
I'm surprised no one used Trick with Leftovers to disrupt things
@sup3760Ай бұрын
the format where tera ice is strong is the one where you want to lose, thats pretty funny
@PotatoPremАй бұрын
tera ice is strong in normal format too bozo. Bolt-beam regieleki, jolteon, etc
@jebalitabb8228Ай бұрын
@@PotatoPremno one uses those pokemon tho lmfao
@twilightsilver6230Ай бұрын
@jebalitabb8228 a lot of pokemon run Tera Ice offensively in OU, the main examples being Kyurem and Weavile. UU pokemon can run them as well, for example Sandy Shocks, Mamoswine, and famously the Tera Ice Tera Blast Hydrapple Stall that was common on the OU ladder a few months ago.
@Gonshotbarz22 күн бұрын
Well you have to consider this freezaifaggot considers random battles as competitive just off the fact it has high traffic.. when it's just a bunch of randoms and scrubs not much better than him queuing constantly rolling the dice and hoping the odds are stacked enough against their opponent to make them feel as if they've done something skillful or accomplishment worthy. Way too insecure and full of themselves to teambuild and go thru trial and error gotta just pretend being given under leveled pokemon with weird useless sets is peak competitive play...
@SmugLookingBarrelАй бұрын
I remember trying to make a team around intentionally forcing the Endless Battle Clause game loss, where I would use Block, Fling a Leppa Berry and then Recycle it. Was disappointed when that didn't win me the game.
@Emilia-_.Ай бұрын
what is endless battle clause?
@electrolapse7098Ай бұрын
@@Emilia-_.Endless battle clause is a clause that bans people from using specific moves that can create an endless battle, like using leppa Berry, fling and recycle. The idea of that is that nobody will run out of pp because the leppa berry will activate. It’s kind of hard to explain in one comment, but Freezai has a good video on it
@Skullhawk13Ай бұрын
@@electrolapse7098why don’t they just ban leppa berry straight up?
@rainbowthedragoncat6768Ай бұрын
@@Skullhawk13 bc you might want to use it for non endless battle purposes
@Skullhawk13Ай бұрын
@@rainbowthedragoncat6768 any examples?
@razorshell3049Ай бұрын
"Loser's Game" nah nah nah the OG Name is the "Suicide Cup".
@VixstraLargeАй бұрын
Ah yes, the chalice laced with cyanide
@zdelrod829Ай бұрын
@@VixstraLargeBoeing Whistleblower Bash.
@lorekeeper685Ай бұрын
@@zdelrod829 Like the guy from enumclaw?
@zdelrod829Ай бұрын
@@lorekeeper685 not that one. The one that was supposed to testify.
@lorekeeper685Ай бұрын
@@zdelrod829 you mean the recent two
@zachpro5475Ай бұрын
Funny uploaded after the meta game was unlisted for latter
@michabaron4129Ай бұрын
I like the deep dive into an obscure metagame and it was fun trying to come up with my own ideas about the format before learning the truth (i figured out SR court swap yay) but it would he nice to hear a smidge more about the final tournament match than "one guy lost other didnt" lol
@austinishАй бұрын
I imagine he didn't elaborate because the format seems a bit boring outside of the concept. The meta strategy says it all: you spam steel beam. The actual strategic bits were explained, but the rest was "player one clicked steel beam, player two clicked switch" for the majority of the battle. Doesn't seem like there's all that much to explain.
@Gonshotbarz22 күн бұрын
Well you have to consider this freezaifaggot considers random battles as competitive just off the fact it has high traffic.. when it's just a bunch of randoms and scrubs not much better than him queuing constantly rolling the dice and hoping the odds are stacked enough against their opponent to make them feel as if they've done something skillful or accomplishment worthy. Way too insecure and full of themselves to teambuild and go thru trial and error gotta just pretend being given under leveled pokemon with weird useless sets is peak competitive play...
@gengarisnotinsmash...Ай бұрын
Obligatory "Finally, a format I'm good at!" comment.
@JavierGomez-px8xhАй бұрын
Black sludge bisharp is about to cook↕️↔️
@inferno7892Ай бұрын
It was truly ahead of its time
@tomorchard6660Ай бұрын
Agency intelligence knew
@FriendlyNeighborhoodLamia15 күн бұрын
It’s fascinating that a niche metagame like losing on purpose can have such depth
@cryochick9044Ай бұрын
Im surprised torment isn't used. They wanna steel beam spam? They can't use it twice in a row
@underrated1524Ай бұрын
Too slow
@biospark4758Ай бұрын
I wonder if Pain Split would have a niche here. Run disruption tactics while your opponent is lowering their own HP and then equalize both your health bars
@Gonshotbarz22 күн бұрын
Well you have to consider this freezaifaggot considers random battles as competitive just off the fact it has high traffic.. when it's just a bunch of randoms and scrubs not much better than him queuing constantly rolling the dice and hoping the odds are stacked enough against their opponent to make them feel as if they've done something skillful or accomplishment worthy. Way too insecure and full of themselves to teambuild and go thru trial and error gotta just pretend being given under leveled pokemon with weird useless sets is peak competitive play...
@FlygonkingVGC20 күн бұрын
A great way to block steel beam is grassy terrain because they need to do one more steel beam so u can use one more alolan vulpix thanks wood hammer toxic orb grookey
@raywtАй бұрын
aww alolan sandshrew is one of my favorite pokemon.. i'm so proud seeing it be the best, even if it's just the best at being the worst
@noxiousroxieАй бұрын
I didn’t expect the perish song + Baton LOL
@kemosonicfan123lbpАй бұрын
This is like that one chess variant except there's enough layers to it that it's not solved
@warmwater9509Ай бұрын
hear me out on a new tournament format: loser's game, expect that every other battle in the tournament, including the finals, is won by winning, ie making the opponent lose all 6 pokemon. It would be interesting to see teambuilding that's both good at fainting and killing
@nickg53419 күн бұрын
bro is cooking with gas
@GenerichoneydewАй бұрын
"comment on the video too, thats an order" ON IT BOSS
@Iris_Descent28 күн бұрын
10:39 Oh, this is actually implemented wrong here. Steel Beam doesn't do any damage to the user if the move fails due to there being no target.
@davidknopp1208Ай бұрын
OGs remember when it was called Suicide Cup
@gregorymirabella1423Ай бұрын
I thought Sandshrew only became steel type after it evolved, I guess I had it mixed up with Vulpix.
@almightymudkip3856Ай бұрын
Can’t wait to try Jumpkick recoil strats
@TheRageBaiterАй бұрын
It sucks that this is a challengeable OM and not an other metagame with a ladder
@DIOderent14 күн бұрын
i just found out about it this year, but it used to have a ladder. not sure when they got rid of the ladder for it though
@Edujs23Ай бұрын
My mental cook was using Cinderace, a stealth rock mon, and 4 pokémon 4x weak to rock The stealth rock mon uses it, Cinder court change it, and then you just switch your mons arround The rock mon would need a way to ko itself tho
@sarraceniafellАй бұрын
found the one who didnt finish the video before commenting
@ohandthefrackingАй бұрын
@@sarraceniafell LMFAO GAG THEM FOR ME
@leandro-eo7bdАй бұрын
watch the vid until the end
@nellewoodruff6337Ай бұрын
My mental cook is rocky helmet, trick, contact multihit turbo. Also could pain split be good?
@tardigrade8019Ай бұрын
@@nellewoodruff6337I also feel like truck leftovers could do something
@thecornmaker849Ай бұрын
You love to see electrode winning
@jpmac1119Ай бұрын
Playing in this was such a blast! Hope for more weird gimmick events like this in the future
@axr1798Ай бұрын
At first I thought that the whole format was going to be about gholdengo and damp pokemon like golduck, but there's a surprising amount of depth, this could actually be an official ruleset.
@nowelltheowl561928 күн бұрын
Even when the objective is to lose, Stealth Rocks finds a way to be a core strategy.
@NagKai_GАй бұрын
It was fun playing this tournament and format. I didn't even think about black sludge strats, so i lost on the second game, but i used a stealth rocks comp (although it was very poorly made as i created the team minutes before the tournament) with shadow tag gothita to lock a mon that couldn't easily die by itself after i set up stealth rocks and heal pulse + taunt till gothita dies. Very poorly explained but at least i won 2/3 games (1 win in tournament and another in post tournament game)
@Gonshotbarz22 күн бұрын
Well you have to consider this freezaifaggot considers random battles as competitive just off the fact it has high traffic.. when it's just a bunch of randoms and scrubs not much better than him queuing constantly rolling the dice and hoping the odds are stacked enough against their opponent to make them feel as if they've done something skillful or accomplishment worthy. Way too insecure and full of themselves to teambuild and go thru trial and error gotta just pretend being given under leveled pokemon with weird useless sets is peak competitive play...
@therealx2907Ай бұрын
This format is just a full on comedy show on my little friend Sandshrew-A
@diduoup740729 күн бұрын
Pretty proud of myself for thinking about the stealth rock court change beford you mentioned it
@agisuruАй бұрын
I'd like to point out that Knock Off's item removal is still relevant in this meta, and Tera Ghost, in addition to the curse thing, has the more niche interaction of making you weak to Knock Off, potentially getting you KOd faster.
@Yas-gu1pjАй бұрын
İ feel like this video should have been a freezai live video
@blueice7906Ай бұрын
This is the single most funny pokemon video and I’m in suprised I never heard
@nickhelmerАй бұрын
Hi Jump Kick seems like the anti Calyrex tech. Also I imagine Trick + Leftovers would be interesting countermeta
@luislaracuenteАй бұрын
This is fun and creative!
@Undergroundrising-c4jАй бұрын
Black sludge sheninja is peak Paul mentality.
@slushbucket707Ай бұрын
finally a metagame where my goat Klefki is good
@LRXC127 күн бұрын
Great video!
@Ufo3208_Ай бұрын
Dude I had so much fun in this tournament, but sadly lost to the guy who ended up winning the whole thing by me throwing a little bit 😅
@emilygordbort7300Ай бұрын
I was instructed by Freezai's discord to watch and comment
@majorhoolahanАй бұрын
I never thought I'd hear about a metagame so fundamentally hilarious.
@Gonshotbarz22 күн бұрын
Well you have to consider this freezaifaggot considers random battles as competitive just off the fact it has high traffic.. when it's just a bunch of randoms and scrubs not much better than him queuing constantly rolling the dice and hoping the odds are stacked enough against their opponent to make them feel as if they've done something skillful or accomplishment worthy. Way too insecure and full of themselves to teambuild and go thru trial and error gotta just pretend being given under leveled pokemon with weird useless sets is peak competitive play...
@et34t34fdfАй бұрын
This is hilarious.
@meguy7735Ай бұрын
This is awesome
@SiinoryАй бұрын
FINALLY!! A category for me! 8D
@Gonshotbarz22 күн бұрын
Nah this is freezais for sure. You and anyone else are way beyond winners over this scrub lord
@elvenatheart98214 күн бұрын
Bro this is super funny😂
@TTLunarАй бұрын
Yo waddup here for support
@zEr-ne5riАй бұрын
When first hearing in this intro I thought I was having a stroke.
@leaDR356Ай бұрын
My awful plays will make me win (lose) in this game too 💀
@FishGamingRealАй бұрын
Cant wait for the day Freezai popularizes Balanced Hackmons and I can say I was there "before it was cool"
@Zorin1Ай бұрын
Still interesting to see the sweaty strats in a meme format
@dinoooooom29 күн бұрын
On the topic of weird strats, would wonder skin be optimal in that format? Being able to mess with heal pulse/taunt acc could be intresting to watch. Venomoth isnt great, but it gets sleep powder, baton pass and disable, so maybe?
@FlygoniaksАй бұрын
For those who just want the answer to the title: Alolan Sandshrew is so good in this format because it has the lowest Special Attack of any Pokémon that can learn Steel Beam. Since Steel Beam does recoil damage equal to half the user's max HP, it's a staple in this format, and Sandshrew can ensure that you don't kill your opponents faster than yourself.
@byrontheusurper650529 күн бұрын
You can baton pass perish song!? That's CRAZY!
@analoghabits9217Ай бұрын
another ruleset could be your opponent uses the team you bring
@user-yu8vu9xu5nАй бұрын
great video
@sloowbrooАй бұрын
Me when Freezai tells me to comment on his video (its an order)
@justme14357Ай бұрын
Sounds fun
@Brandon_HardieАй бұрын
FINALLY A W FOR MY BOY ALOLAN SANDSHREW
@gravityvertigo13579Ай бұрын
Finally... The time of Sandshrew is at hand...
@3liasBlue28 күн бұрын
2:37 “fanum tax evader”
@kentern751810 күн бұрын
Finally, a category i can excel in
@PrivateUser1667Ай бұрын
I have never heard Steel Beam so much in my Life
@DoggyP00Ай бұрын
baton passing perish song is so funny
@byrontheusurper650529 күн бұрын
What an awesome format
@timskrobot4025Ай бұрын
I'm surprised I didn't hear about the move False Swipe or the Sticky Barb item. If you're forced to attack, false swipe would be a good option and Sticky Barb would be good if there are restrictions on items like Black Sludge.
@baumina1706Ай бұрын
if youre forced to attack, snore always fails (except for a few nice scenarios)
@FunniClapboardАй бұрын
Electrode with self-destruct 💀
@VooshSpokesman13 күн бұрын
Love from a Pchal and Vaush fan!
@DiegoG2004Ай бұрын
How am i not shocked that even losing is hyper optimized to basically one strategy
@crazydovАй бұрын
So cool
@PatJamma28 күн бұрын
I would have lost horribly because my first thought was Dry Skin in the sun
@Giga-lemesh27 күн бұрын
Very interesting
@failurefiendАй бұрын
Hmm a doubles mode could be interesting
@MetroNomicon77723 күн бұрын
This is such a silly, yet interesting format.
@ashtonoak4370Ай бұрын
id use a mons magic bounce to give my own side hazards
@aquageistАй бұрын
I imagine if self destructs were allowed, you'd have people using some Damp pokemon to counter it.
@E4439Qv5Ай бұрын
Quagsire meta is back...
@tylerbrown963121 күн бұрын
I imagine switcharoo/trick with leftovers or some berry would be good.
@BlackReaper0Ай бұрын
Very interesting metagame.
@GeorgMaUlWurf29 күн бұрын
the perish song baton pass lmao
@ashross5860Ай бұрын
Kinda want to see a primary flying/grassy terrain combo being used to losing game equivalent of sand/hail chip
@jonathanclement877019 күн бұрын
Going into this format and then playing to defeat all 6 as fast as possible
@anonanim-9601Ай бұрын
This would a cool april fool's day exclusive event
@lilfrogman0395Ай бұрын
I'm surprised pain split isn't used bc if you use it on a low hp mon you heal them while you drop. Especially if at full hp idk might be a sleeper pick
@ExcellsionАй бұрын
Now this is podracing.
@ashtonoak4370Ай бұрын
i guess because id never do it, but never knew baton pass could pass perish song till now, and i now also see how i blew one of my pokerouge runs as i didnt know HOW perish song killed me after i baton passed out
@meepswag3525 күн бұрын
Imagine using espeons magic bounce to get rocks on yourself
@untossablesalad4423Ай бұрын
Could you make a playlist with videos of yours that are like this? :)
@esrohm6460Ай бұрын
i wonder if you could make a stall team in this so that you can stall out your opponents ways to die and when they start to struggle is that recoil slower than whatever other method you use. or if we want to be funky try to get a last pokemon scenario and then get on that pokemon normalize while having a ghost team/terra ghost.
@BasketChase9828 күн бұрын
I used to use Steel Beam klefki as a screens setter with prankster back in gen 8 OU. I’d set up screens and then use the recoil to knock myself out for the free switch in.
@the_machinery780026 күн бұрын
Your Pokémon should already be tanky enough with screens and you won’t be able to set them back up later. Steel beam klefki is a gimmick. A pretty bad one to.
@leonshirogane5541Ай бұрын
Calyrex shadow still at the top even when you play to lose.
@Timeflow_XАй бұрын
I've actually been hoping someone would cover the loser's game so much because I don't have a good handle on the meta just from the forums