Hey Aaron, I was your opponent game 4. Just wanna say you are the one who got me into vgc about 10 or so years ago so it was a big honor to get to play you :). I've started taking vgc more seriously since SV and have been going to tournaments. Thanks for inspiring and teaching me hopefully we can meet at an IC or play again sometime :).
QOTD: I would buff Banette. Right now I don't really see anything this Pokémon can do reasonably well, which is unfortunate, because it has such a cool and creepy design.
@@egrettacaerulea it has Prankster and a respectable attack stat, but the defenses are really lacking on both ends. Wolfe used it back in the days to win a regionals with a full support set in ORAS which means pre-nerfed Destiny Bond. Not having an item to hold is really holding it back it feels like, also making it your 1 mega per game feels like too expensive of an opportunity cost
@@egrettacaerulea Debatable. It has access to Prankster + Destiny Bond and also a really high attack stat, which is both great. However, it's still slow, frail and has quite a limited physical movepool with only getting STAB on ghost type attacks. I still like it, but I'll be honest, there are probably a lot better megas (Salamence, Kangahskan and Mawile to name a few). Since you can only use one Mega, it's hard to justify using it on Banette if you care about winning. However Megas don't even exist in current day Pokémon, but I think they will return in the next games (at least so I've heard).
@sandwich4763 In Legends Z-A? Absolutely. Megas have already been announced. In Gen 10? If they introduce new megas in PLZA, they'll most likely want to let you use them in their keystone games. (That doesn't mean they won't wait for DLC expansions.)
Imagine banette just straight up evolved into its mega form, receiving prankster as an ability change for insomnia or cursed body. Fixed the issue of mega banette being lackluster with no item and normal banette not having enough bulk to utilize its great support pool
QOTD: giving base forme rotom prankster as a hidden ability could be cool! a ghost prankster other than sableye and mega banette could give it a real purpose outside the secondary formes
The thing I love about CybertronVGC is just how chill and analytical he is about his games. He's never upset, and if the opponent makes a strong play he'll walk you through it. Cybertron, it's always fun hearing you think through the matchup and explaining why certain plays work or don't work. Keep up the great content! P.S. Try pausing the video on turn start to think through what *you'd* do in that position, and compare it to what ends up happening!
It's got good doubles tools like Rage Powder/String Shot in gen 9 and Regulation H's highest BST pokemon are the pseudos (Dragons and Metagross). Bug lets Poison take Ground and Psychic attacks neutrally. If they buffed Bug and gave Ariados some extra defenses I think it'd be perenially good in Doubles, or at least keep a small niche. It is fun to see it lol 😅
I didn't even know Trevenant was in Scarlet and Violet. >_< I used to enjoy Skill Swapping Harvest to G-Max Snorlax in Gen 8 as a gimmick. Sometimes you'd eat the same berry three times in a turn.
I wasn't sure if it was you that I fought yesterday until this video dropped. I'm glad that I got the chance to play against you even if I wasn't an interesting opponent to face
It's not the end of the world if you don't. Mixed attack stat pokemon do really suffer for this though 😅 And what if Klefki Swagplay ever makes a return? Lol
Last time I answered QotD, you asked for an ice type to buff and I said Frosslas...tempted to pick that again because I like it a lot, but I'm gonna say Jellicent, it's so close to being a really solid bulky support pokemon, but it just falls short. Most of all I'd say replace it's hidden ability with just about anything that's genuinely useful for that role? Maybe give it a few points in defence while they're at it... doesn't really even need particularly more support moves than it's fairly impressive Gen VIII list, although instead of a HA update, Rage Powder or Follow Me would launch it up in viability, possibly a bit too far even.
I've always loved Chandelure's design. Glad to see it here. Sad to not see Gengar, but I get that it's mostly underrated/fewer seen Pokémon. Opening music is on point 🤘🏽
I would buff golurk by giving it the ability power spot. I'd probably give it wide guard as well. Could be a cool option that could both support and dish out damage
QOTD: Gengar received Nasty Plot this gen, but isn't enough, it needs Levitate again as second ability or even Shadow Tag Also I think the nerf on Mimikyu disguise was completely unnecessary, they also should reverse that nerf, almost no one uses Mimikyu nowdays
To be fair it was only +30 in each and Fairy-typing if you remember Mismagius. But yeah lol. On the other hand I think Mismagius might be underrated in regulation H (I never see it). I wonder if Cybertron will find a Mismagius team before the end of reg h.
QOTD: I'd make a fog weather condition that increases the critical hit chance of all ghost type pokemon and moves by 50%, so essentially any Ghost type using STAB has a 100% Crit rate while the weather is active.
@RastaSkateLik fair enough, I wanted to try for something outside the typical damage or defense boosts from the other weather's but I agree. Thank you for the response! 😊
Yo Aaron, can you read Kanji? Or have you just seen the names so much you can recognize them? Its always really cool to see you know what pokemon is coming out to battle just based on the name. either way really impressive! Love the content man!
Official pokemon names in Japanese aren't in kanji. They are written in katakana. Trainers can nickname them in kanji if they want but the official spelling is in katakana. And no, Aaron can't read Japanese, that's why sometimes he mistakes which pokemon is coming out or why he wasn't sure which one had the grassy seed in game 3. He's just used to seeing them a lot so now he recognizes a lot of the common ones.
Hey guys wake up! Aaron "CYBERTRON" Zheng is back with another episode of road to rank, where he climbs the online H VGC ladder and provides live commentary as he goes! 😱
QotD: Banette definitely deserves a buff of some sort. Maybe even an evolution. I mean, Dusclops got one back in gen 4, but all Banette got was a mega evolution which was definitely cool but it wasn't enough
QOTD: Froslass could be really cool if it was just a touch better in any stat. If it's SpA was just a touch higher OR it's bulk was just a bit thicker it would be waaay more useful.
Hi there! Im excited to watch Aaron "cybertron" Zhang here back with another episode of road to ranked where you climb the online regulation H vgc ladder in pokemon Scarlet and Violet. With live commentary as he goes. Spoopy pokemon time! 🎃
Great Halloween theme! I actually want an Ariados buff. Spiders are fast! Give it at least 100 speed and also 100 in both attacks! For all Ghosts in general I would actually nerf the move Knock Off, so that it doesnt do bonus damage to Ghost types who get their items Knocked off.
QotD: Why not all of them! Ghost is desperately lacking a good, reliable physical STAB move so how about Shade Smash. "The user jumps from the victim's shadow and attacks" 90BP, 100ACC, and hits enemies behind a substitute. Nothing crazy, just a reliable move to click with a niche but useful secondary effect
I have a team rn with Annihilape Gholdengo and Bloodmoon, as well as a tera ghost Kilowattrel for some spice, and so far it’s 11-0 on Showdown bo3 ladder. Pretty fun stuff. Glad to see a team that goes full on the spooooookiness though.
I adore palossand's design, but it's just so weak. I think changing water compaction to make it immune to water-type attacks while keeping the defense boost would help a lot. If an immunity would be too strong you could always make it a resist like purifying salt or reduce damage like thick fat
I would buff Seed Bomb. 2 years ago, it was nerfed to take 6 Shadow Claws to reach instead of 5. This nerf drastically reduced the viability of the move and it's most prominent user, Trevnant. I truly miss the days of Trev's dominance in Pokemon GO. Bring back 5 Shadow Claw Seed Bomb!
I will buff Gengar with levitate and by the way Dusknoir, I will give him a new ability, an intimidate type ability but for special attack. While this, taking 10 points of his sp.Def to his HP.
Ghost buff? Dusknoir. It's less bulky than Dusclops with Eviolite without any real offensive benefit cause it's only 100 attack and physical ghost moves are scarce. My proposed buff would be to give it 20 more base HP so it can at least have a bit of bulk to go with the offensive investment, and then give it a strong ability, either something like Shadow Tag or Magic Guard to ignore Life Orb recoil, or even Sheer Force if you wanna make use of all that coverage it has in its moveset
i would buff runerigus by giving it 65 hp and 105 attack and give it headlong rush because its funny and runerigus doesnt get any physical one hit ground moves
MOM I'M ON TV!! Thanks Aaron for featuring our team 😁 happy halloween!
Id love to see theme/meme teams every once in a while
Christmas: all Delibirds
I'm literally shaking, this vid is way too scary
Ghost buff? Give levitate back to Gengar
Completely agreed
Hey Aaron,
I was your opponent game 4. Just wanna say you are the one who got me into vgc about 10 or so years ago so it was a big honor to get to play you :). I've started taking vgc more seriously since SV and have been going to tournaments. Thanks for inspiring and teaching me hopefully we can meet at an IC or play again sometime :).
QOTD: I would buff Banette. Right now I don't really see anything this Pokémon can do reasonably well, which is unfortunate, because it has such a cool and creepy design.
Is its Mega any good?
@@egrettacaerulea it has Prankster and a respectable attack stat, but the defenses are really lacking on both ends. Wolfe used it back in the days to win a regionals with a full support set in ORAS which means pre-nerfed Destiny Bond. Not having an item to hold is really holding it back it feels like, also making it your 1 mega per game feels like too expensive of an opportunity cost
@@egrettacaerulea Debatable. It has access to Prankster + Destiny Bond and also a really high attack stat, which is both great. However, it's still slow, frail and has quite a limited physical movepool with only getting STAB on ghost type attacks. I still like it, but I'll be honest, there are probably a lot better megas (Salamence, Kangahskan and Mawile to name a few). Since you can only use one Mega, it's hard to justify using it on Banette if you care about winning.
However Megas don't even exist in current day Pokémon, but I think they will return in the next games (at least so I've heard).
@sandwich4763 In Legends Z-A? Absolutely. Megas have already been announced.
In Gen 10? If they introduce new megas in PLZA, they'll most likely want to let you use them in their keystone games. (That doesn't mean they won't wait for DLC expansions.)
Imagine banette just straight up evolved into its mega form, receiving prankster as an ability change for insomnia or cursed body. Fixed the issue of mega banette being lackluster with no item and normal banette not having enough bulk to utilize its great support pool
I love the spooky music in the intro lol
QOTD: giving base forme rotom prankster as a hidden ability could be cool! a ghost prankster other than sableye and mega banette could give it a real purpose outside the secondary formes
The thing I love about CybertronVGC is just how chill and analytical he is about his games. He's never upset, and if the opponent makes a strong play he'll walk you through it. Cybertron, it's always fun hearing you think through the matchup and explaining why certain plays work or don't work. Keep up the great content!
P.S. Try pausing the video on turn start to think through what *you'd* do in that position, and compare it to what ends up happening!
Ariados NEEDS an evolution. There's so much you can do with the creepy spider design and give the line a huge buff
I quite like the double evolution diversity.
Since bugs typically are quite species rich
Perhaps just make many variants of the pokemon?
A chilling, thrilling video from Scareon 'Spookertron' Zheng? Why, it must be... a holiday. 🎃
An Ariados in a road to ranked video, I never thought I’d see the day lol
It's got good doubles tools like Rage Powder/String Shot in gen 9 and Regulation H's highest BST pokemon are the pseudos (Dragons and Metagross). Bug lets Poison take Ground and Psychic attacks neutrally. If they buffed Bug and gave Ariados some extra defenses I think it'd be perenially good in Doubles, or at least keep a small niche. It is fun to see it lol 😅
I LOVE seeing random teams on ladder, even if they aren’t meta. Hope you do more videos like this in the future. Thank you Aaron!
I didn't even know Trevenant was in Scarlet and Violet. >_< I used to enjoy Skill Swapping Harvest to G-Max Snorlax in Gen 8 as a gimmick. Sometimes you'd eat the same berry three times in a turn.
We MUST applaud for the THEME TEAM!!
I wasn't sure if it was you that I fought yesterday until this video dropped. I'm glad that I got the chance to play against you even if I wasn't an interesting opponent to face
GG Aaron! Sorry about the flinch in game 7 lol I was screwed without it
Trick room is always spooky. This team just makes it terrifying
I will always be of two minds about Foul Play. I love that it makes Ariados useful. I hate that I have to min IV Attack on every Special Attacker.
It's not the end of the world if you don't. Mixed attack stat pokemon do really suffer for this though 😅 And what if Klefki Swagplay ever makes a return? Lol
@@rawkhawk414 I actually think the best Klefki set now is a weird, bulky Stored Power offensive build.
Last time I answered QotD, you asked for an ice type to buff and I said Frosslas...tempted to pick that again because I like it a lot, but I'm gonna say Jellicent, it's so close to being a really solid bulky support pokemon, but it just falls short. Most of all I'd say replace it's hidden ability with just about anything that's genuinely useful for that role? Maybe give it a few points in defence while they're at it... doesn't really even need particularly more support moves than it's fairly impressive Gen VIII list, although instead of a HA update, Rage Powder or Follow Me would launch it up in viability, possibly a bit too far even.
Thanks for doing a Halloween special :) makes me feel like a kid. Have a good night
Did not expect to watch two of your videos in a day, but here i am
Happy Halloween and thank you for all your videos. Love all your content
I've always loved Chandelure's design. Glad to see it here. Sad to not see Gengar, but I get that it's mostly underrated/fewer seen Pokémon.
Opening music is on point 🤘🏽
I would buff golurk by giving it the ability power spot. I'd probably give it wide guard as well. Could be a cool option that could both support and dish out damage
Nice costume! You look just like Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng
We need Gengar to have Levitate again 🗣🗣🗣🗣🔥
Happy Halloween Aaron! Happy to always see your videos in my notifications! I click on them as soon as I can! Keep up the great work ❤
We love Ariados representation
QOTD: Gengar received Nasty Plot this gen, but isn't enough, it needs Levitate again as second ability or even Shadow Tag
Also I think the nerf on Mimikyu disguise was completely unnecessary, they also should reverse that nerf, almost no one uses Mimikyu nowdays
This is best quality content for Halloween
Woohoo, a Halloween special of Aaron "Cybertron" Zheng climbing the Reg H ladder. All while providing live commentary as he goes!
I would buff Misdreavus with +50 Special Attack, +50 Special Defense, +50 Speed, and the Fairy Type.
Why has no one done this yet?!
Maybe also a better ability that can boost any of its best stats
I think for balance purpose, you want to reduce 5 stats from each of hp, def, & atk!
😂
To be fair it was only +30 in each and Fairy-typing if you remember Mismagius. But yeah lol. On the other hand I think Mismagius might be underrated in regulation H (I never see it). I wonder if Cybertron will find a Mismagius team before the end of reg h.
I clicked as soon as I read spooky 😂 HAPPY HALLOWEEN 🎃 ❤
Wooo! Can’t wait to watch this later 👻 thanks for the Halloween treat!
THIS TEAM LOOKS SO FUN!
no gengar, unsubscribed
Or mimikyu - literally wearing a costume
Gengar's overrated imo
Best comment lol
D:
I thought the same lmao
QOTD: I'd make a fog weather condition that increases the critical hit chance of all ghost type pokemon and moves by 50%, so essentially any Ghost type using STAB has a 100% Crit rate while the weather is active.
The affects don’t match the outcome you described, and this sounds like a balance disaster. Creative thinking though.
@RastaSkateLik fair enough, I wanted to try for something outside the typical damage or defense boosts from the other weather's but I agree. Thank you for the response! 😊
I would love to see Aegisplash get a mega in Legends ZA that would be an awesome generational buff for my favourite ghost type
You a legend king. Keep going. Happy Halloween.
QOTD: Those Pumpkin ghosties 🎃👻 (I forget their names right now).
I love their designs, but they see no usage. So something to make them usable
Pumpkaboo? Even I'm questioning if that's correct...hah.
@tomwolfe7782 Yeah, that one and its evolution
Yo Aaron, can you read Kanji? Or have you just seen the names so much you can recognize them? Its always really cool to see you know what pokemon is coming out to battle just based on the name. either way really impressive! Love the content man!
Official pokemon names in Japanese aren't in kanji. They are written in katakana. Trainers can nickname them in kanji if they want but the official spelling is in katakana. And no, Aaron can't read Japanese, that's why sometimes he mistakes which pokemon is coming out or why he wasn't sure which one had the grassy seed in game 3. He's just used to seeing them a lot so now he recognizes a lot of the common ones.
Never stop never stoppin, Aaron!
I have been spamming BM Ursaluna + Dusclops nonstop since the bear came out. For me dusclops is is the most suitable support for him.
Evil cybertron be like: i will descent the local TCG ladder without any commentary. Bye guys aaron cybertron zheng out!
Hey guys wake up! Aaron "CYBERTRON" Zheng is back with another episode of road to rank, where he climbs the online H VGC ladder and provides live commentary as he goes! 😱
Aaron just pumping those videos out lately. Leaving a comment and a like!
Loved this
❤
Game 2 ending was CINEMA
To buff Dusknoir, give it a new ability soul sap that grants all contact moves the ability to recover 25% of the damage dealt as HP
That'd be gella broken
@@angelitabecerrabut dusclops basically sealed dusknoir's fate. I don't think people would still choose it given its limited moovpool.
Happy Halloween 🎃👻🎉 Can’t wait to see this team
QOTD: With all the power creep in Pokemon, it’s time to give Gengar back his old ability, levitate!!
I notice game 3's opposing team had a theme as well, even went out of the way go get the Rillaboom as a 12.5% female.
QOTD: I would buff Dhelmise by adding it to the game. He would see a lot more play I think.
Ok, I have severe arachnophobia and despise the spider Pokémon, but shiny Ariados is a pretty color.
Shiny Trevenant is sick
Happy Halloween Aaron
You got this on the background music ahahaha
QotD: Banette definitely deserves a buff of some sort. Maybe even an evolution. I mean, Dusclops got one back in gen 4, but all Banette got was a mega evolution which was definitely cool but it wasn't enough
QOTD: Froslass could be really cool if it was just a touch better in any stat. If it's SpA was just a touch higher OR it's bulk was just a bit thicker it would be waaay more useful.
Hi there! Im excited to watch Aaron "cybertron" Zhang here back with another episode of road to ranked where you climb the online regulation H vgc ladder in pokemon Scarlet and Violet. With live commentary as he goes. Spoopy pokemon time! 🎃
I love ghost and spoopy pokemon
Great Halloween theme! I actually want an Ariados buff. Spiders are fast! Give it at least 100 speed and also 100 in both attacks!
For all Ghosts in general I would actually nerf the move Knock Off, so that it doesnt do bonus damage to Ghost types who get their items Knocked off.
theme teams for the win!
Very unique team I like it
He provided live comentary as he went 😊
OMG MY BOY DAKOTA???
ARIADOS GETS RAGE POWDER?!?!
Gotta love CybertronVGC
QotD: Why not all of them! Ghost is desperately lacking a good, reliable physical STAB move so how about Shade Smash. "The user jumps from the victim's shadow and attacks" 90BP, 100ACC, and hits enemies behind a substitute. Nothing crazy, just a reliable move to click with a niche but useful secondary effect
Shiny chandelure is a good one.
happy spoopy day!!
I see Ariados, I click 😂 it’s rubbish obviously but must surely work in particular situations!
I'd guess that the Inteleon had Scope Lens for Sniper.
I have a team rn with Annihilape Gholdengo and Bloodmoon, as well as a tera ghost Kilowattrel for some spice, and so far it’s 11-0 on Showdown bo3 ladder. Pretty fun stuff. Glad to see a team that goes full on the spooooookiness though.
very spooky!
This is a W video you should do a bonfire one and a Christmas one to cybertron🎉🔥🔥🔥
I adore palossand's design, but it's just so weak. I think changing water compaction to make it immune to water-type attacks while keeping the defense boost would help a lot. If an immunity would be too strong you could always make it a resist like purifying salt or reduce damage like thick fat
Hey Aaron curious what you think about the new Tyler album. What are your faves?
Woo! Spook team!
I would buff Banette, my favorite ghost type, by upgrading his stats to Mega Banette's, thus making him a much more viable option =)
I'm down with anything including Ariados!
I would buff Seed Bomb. 2 years ago, it was nerfed to take 6 Shadow Claws to reach instead of 5. This nerf drastically reduced the viability of the move and it's most prominent user, Trevnant. I truly miss the days of Trev's dominance in Pokemon GO. Bring back 5 Shadow Claw Seed Bomb!
Thanks 🎉
Honestly the scariest team they could make is a team full of urshifu
QOTD: Banette. Give it like 20 more base points in speed.
Sableye definitely needs a buff now that megas are obsolete
Fun team but I wish the Trev was a harvest set, that's such a fun build
I will buff Gengar with levitate and by the way Dusknoir, I will give him a new ability, an intimidate type ability but for special attack. While this, taking 10 points of his sp.Def to his HP.
Ghost buff? Dusknoir. It's less bulky than Dusclops with Eviolite without any real offensive benefit cause it's only 100 attack and physical ghost moves are scarce.
My proposed buff would be to give it 20 more base HP so it can at least have a bit of bulk to go with the offensive investment, and then give it a strong ability, either something like Shadow Tag or Magic Guard to ignore Life Orb recoil, or even Sheer Force if you wanna make use of all that coverage it has in its moveset
QOTD: idek if this would be a buff, but I'd give Houndstone rock type
QOTD: Dusknoir, they did him so dirty
ghost buff, give gourgeist intimidate
can you do a team with gengar or blastoise?
Look at these divas 36:31 😂
Never been this early! Happy Halloween everyone!
froslassd needs buff- love my ghostie
i would buff runerigus by giving it 65 hp and 105 attack and give it headlong rush because its funny and runerigus doesnt get any physical one hit ground moves
QOTD i would make dragon darts ghost type and call it ghost darts
I'm more scared of dire claw sleep
QOTD: give decidueye chlorophyll !!!!