Thanks for the feedback! Will keep working on being more consistent. Need to get better at tracking counts. My highest ELO ever was 2940 a few seasons ago. So close. I definitely didn't throw that crunch sooner in that one matchup because for some reason I thought there was still one pokémon in the back. Lolz
Awesome to see another Zygarde showcase! I would argue that the only aspect of luck when it comes to Zygare are the IVs you get. Past that, its just a 3 month grind to evolve and tons of resources to power up. I wanted to evolve mine bad enough that I created routes in areas I frequent, and can complete from a vehicle. If the routes are 4 to 5km long, you can get 3 cells for completing just 1 route. So now I have a 100% form Zygarde and 250 cells in reserve......in case they ever release a shiny 🤞🏻
It’s far enough into the season that I decided to stop running the spice teams so I can actually get legend this season. Ran Zygarde, Shadow Gator, and Armored Mewtwo yesterday and it’s genuinely night and day how different it is to use pokemon like that after a few weeks of trying to make things like Vespiquen or Magmortar work.
That catch on the machamp was very nice indeed! @10:11, in a battle earlier this morning I did some perfect fast move timing against my opponent. Who was on his last pokemon. In the red. While I had a charged move ready to go. I am not a clever man. Pretty heads up with the crunch on the machamp too later. Good battles!
I had an interesting Ultra League moment last night where I had Ampharos on lead, they switched, my Feraligatr came in and beat their safe swap and then beat their lead, and their third Pokemon was Skeledirge. It got two fast moves off to beat Feraligatr, so it had some energy now. Ampharos was low enough to only be a catcher, and my final Mon was Decidueye. Decidueye comes in, fast, fast, attempt to catch fails, Ampharos goes down. I still had one shield. The only win condition available was if they bait me, so I No Shield.... a Disarming Voice. Spirit Shackle for the win. I can only imagine that player's cell phone got thrown out the window.
Zygarde-Feraligatr(s), Gastrodon is so so good to run, probably helps that my Gastrodon is a rank #4 UL so it has extra bulk, can easily take 2 shadow feraligatr hydro cannons and keep going 👌
I actually run a similar team before but i had Tentacruel in back instead of Drapion.. It was an ok team but i didn't play long enough with to gage it properly but after seeing this vid i might run it again...
If you do decide to try it, i would recommend trying g weezing or gastro instead of gatr which imo makes the backline a bit less awkward. ive gotten around 50 elo today at about 2350s with g-weezing
Its definitely subjective, and this is strictly my opinion, but a Mon like Zygarde shouldn't be knee capped well under max level when you only get one. But I also prefer master league to ultra league and wouldn't invest that many resources like XLs into a Mon that isn't going to hit level 50. There are a bunch of Mons that are top tier for ultra league as XLs and could have duel functionality as raid attackers, which is part of why I prefer master league. It ultimately depends on your dust/candy scenario. I just finished my 1st year, so mine is limited to the point that I can't even build great league Mons when the meta shifts.
@apexarms5737 ah that's a good insight I agree Been playing since around May, level 46 now and free to play. But used to be an OG 2016 player that quit and deleted account in 2020. (Yes. Very very very much regret that) XLs are tough to come by but Dust is worse I've built a lot of GL meta before the massive shift. Now it's a grind again Since Day 1 been dumping resources into Zygarde including XL rares and over 600 km walked with that mon. Still level 47 (+best buddy boost) It's gonna be a while to get the last 120+ XLs but atleast it's kinda usable at level 48 now. Similiar case with Palkia O and Dusk Mane Necrozma both around 48-46 cuz that's all the XLs I could get from raids until ran out of coins and passes I wish they keep the 2 raids a day feature permanent. And make XL rares and dust more accessible I still don't have a LOT of mons. I don't have a Blastoise 😂 😭 or a Mewtwo or a Garchomp Have candies for Blastoise and Chomp but no point without legacy moves plus bad IV mons Hope for more legacy move events
Thanks for the feedback! Will keep working on being more consistent. Need to get better at tracking counts. My highest ELO ever was 2940 a few seasons ago. So close. I definitely didn't throw that crunch sooner in that one matchup because for some reason I thought there was still one pokémon in the back. Lolz
Awesome to see another Zygarde showcase!
I would argue that the only aspect of luck when it comes to Zygare are the IVs you get. Past that, its just a 3 month grind to evolve and tons of resources to power up.
I wanted to evolve mine bad enough that I created routes in areas I frequent, and can complete from a vehicle. If the routes are 4 to 5km long, you can get 3 cells for completing just 1 route. So now I have a 100% form Zygarde and 250 cells in reserve......in case they ever release a shiny 🤞🏻
It’s far enough into the season that I decided to stop running the spice teams so I can actually get legend this season. Ran Zygarde, Shadow Gator, and Armored Mewtwo yesterday and it’s genuinely night and day how different it is to use pokemon like that after a few weeks of trying to make things like Vespiquen or Magmortar work.
Armored mewtwo is trash don’t run it use a real Pokémon your team is very slow need quickness
That catch on the machamp was very nice indeed!
@10:11, in a battle earlier this morning I did some perfect fast move timing against my opponent. Who was on his last pokemon. In the red. While I had a charged move ready to go. I am not a clever man.
Pretty heads up with the crunch on the machamp too later.
Good battles!
I had an interesting Ultra League moment last night where I had Ampharos on lead, they switched, my Feraligatr came in and beat their safe swap and then beat their lead, and their third Pokemon was Skeledirge. It got two fast moves off to beat Feraligatr, so it had some energy now. Ampharos was low enough to only be a catcher, and my final Mon was Decidueye. Decidueye comes in, fast, fast, attempt to catch fails, Ampharos goes down. I still had one shield. The only win condition available was if they bait me, so I No Shield.... a Disarming Voice. Spirit Shackle for the win. I can only imagine that player's cell phone got thrown out the window.
Bulldoze is way better for Zygarde now. Earthquake takes 24 turns to hit.
I deff want to try my zygard out with my buddy before battle league
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Zygarde-Feraligatr(s), Gastrodon is so so good to run, probably helps that my Gastrodon is a rank #4 UL so it has extra bulk, can easily take 2 shadow feraligatr hydro cannons and keep going 👌
Wow didn’t know you could get Zygarde for the great league 😅
Yeah double screw up this morning. Changed it to UL.
Still need 82 cells 😅
Thats ultra league!
I actually run a similar team before but i had Tentacruel in back instead of Drapion..
It was an ok team but i didn't play long enough with to gage it properly but after seeing this vid i might run it again...
If you do decide to try it, i would recommend trying g weezing or gastro instead of gatr which imo makes the backline a bit less awkward. ive gotten around 50 elo today at about 2350s with g-weezing
I have zygarde but not shadow drapion
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Upgrading my zygard to get higher candy chance is one think I regret :/
For the algorithm 🎉
If you aren’t good at PvP and want to hit legend just run Zygard and weezing maybe throw malamar in there it’s auto legend 😂
Zygarde makes battles take too long.. way too bulky, in the main games, it can't go full form until it's at low HP, which makes a lot more sense
I regret powering up mine to level 48 now
Its definitely subjective, and this is strictly my opinion, but a Mon like Zygarde shouldn't be knee capped well under max level when you only get one. But I also prefer master league to ultra league and wouldn't invest that many resources like XLs into a Mon that isn't going to hit level 50.
There are a bunch of Mons that are top tier for ultra league as XLs and could have duel functionality as raid attackers, which is part of why I prefer master league.
It ultimately depends on your dust/candy scenario. I just finished my 1st year, so mine is limited to the point that I can't even build great league Mons when the meta shifts.
@apexarms5737 ah that's a good insight
I agree
Been playing since around May, level 46 now and free to play. But used to be an OG 2016 player that quit and deleted account in 2020. (Yes. Very very very much regret that)
XLs are tough to come by but Dust is worse
I've built a lot of GL meta before the massive shift. Now it's a grind again
Since Day 1 been dumping resources into Zygarde including XL rares and over 600 km walked with that mon. Still level 47 (+best buddy boost)
It's gonna be a while to get the last 120+ XLs but atleast it's kinda usable at level 48 now.
Similiar case with Palkia O and Dusk Mane Necrozma both around 48-46 cuz that's all the XLs I could get from raids until ran out of coins and passes
I wish they keep the 2 raids a day feature permanent. And make XL rares and dust more accessible
I still don't have a LOT of mons. I don't have a Blastoise 😂 😭 or a Mewtwo or a Garchomp
Have candies for Blastoise and Chomp but no point without legacy moves plus bad IV mons
Hope for more legacy move events
This is a toxic team....
not much you can really change to the team to make it not toxic if it includes zygarde😂
Terrible player
For the algorithm 🎉