Can You Win a Tournament with Only RANDOM Moves?
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Is it possible to win a tournament using ONLY Random moves? World Champion Wolfe Glick decided to give it a shot!
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That splash after explosion probably did giganta-damage to opponent's mental health.
Of course I’m super late but I saw it happen as soon as I read this comment.
You’re so right hahaha.
Time stamp?
@@Ommethaphobia1:15:56
@@user-fd3vn5yq3h thank you!
I'll never forget the explosion into a ghost into a disrespect metronome splash lol
The fact that Pokemon did this is hilarious. I honestly hope they do this again, or maybe even see a fanmade Metronome tournament pop up in Showdown and see a shifting metagame lol
Smogon kinda does have a Metronome meta, but it’s very different because they ban all of the lame stuff (leftovers, Cursed Body, Pressure, etc), it’s Double Battles, just 2v2, and you can use illegal stuff like Intrepid Sword Mega Heracross with max EVs.
It’s a very fun format with actual strategy involved, and I like it much more than the official version, but they’re VERY different haha.
Mandjtv had that?
Has no one here heard of the Metronome Battle Federation?
@@davidsandrock7826 yeah has nobody heard of it
@@Zorua3 Yup, they make it an actual format people play for fun rather than this slog here.
The first time I used metronome as a kid my Togepi used Hyper Beam. It was the first time I saw Hyper Beam and I did not read Metronome, I thought Togepi was about to be the strongest Pokemon in the game.
Love how dusknoir made 400% sure to ko machamp
+6 -1 Super effective psychic fangs
one thing I want to see is like an AI that makes like 1000 different teams. each team totally random mons, random moves, natures, abilities, items. place them in a tournament and every move is selected at random. wonder what the top 5 teams would look like.
This is a perfect idea
Some guy made a tournament with all the trainers in Kanto, maybe you should suggest that to him, he already has the infrastructure
Go and challenge a friend to hackmons cup on showdown, its literally that
top 5 would be completely arbitrary past being semi functional teams, because even if a team is crazy a pokemon could just roll like 5 times into protect and the team would lose the game
edit: this is actually wrong upon reflection. a better team would consistently have a slight advantage, BUT that advantage is very unlikely to actually be cashed in. i think maybe in 1000 games a good team would be able to see a noticeable differential to a worse one. i still feel it would mean very little due to that. and in the first place ai could probably build teams and play deliberately given enough training time. google's deepmind built an ai to play starcraft 2, an imperfect game, better than several pros, so pokemon is likely well within the capabilities of ai to near completely crack as well, you kinda dont need to mess with all these teams in a bracket
imagine an AI fed every pokemon and move and ability and item and then a certain ruleset and it was made to decide the statistical "best team" using average w/l against what the bot narrowed down to be the best teams in the format taking into account all the others.
I love this idea for a tournament. My sister and I would do this exact same thing on pokemon stadium when we were kids, it was always so funny to see a flying snorlax or alakazam using guillotine
Anytime I got a pokemon with metronome in stadium I would spam it and used to love the flying snorlax animation. Thanks for the nostalgia trip :)
i would like this comment but its at 69...nice
I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THING
Alakazam using Guillotine... Imagine being decapitated by a spoon. :P
Trust in the metronome and it’s a blast any way it goes.
I would love a video where Wolfey talks about the hidden abilities of pokemon types. Such as Dark Types being Immune to Prankster, and Ghost types can always run, etc.
Also
fire immune to burn,
electric immune to para,
poison immune to poison(steel technically isnt its just all moves that poison its immune to)
Poison cant miss toxic
Rock gets spdef boost in sand
Grass immune to powder moves
Unless you count weather immunities or innate immunities then i believe thats it
@chargestone96 Technically that’s not true in gens after 2. Twineedle is bug type and has a chance to poison. It can poison steels in gen 2, but I believe from every gen onward it can’t.
@@chargestone96 I didn't know that grass was immune to powder moves. Thank you for teaching me something new today
@@BobBob-bm9kz i think its recent, like SwSh recent. It was because of how strong spore was in competitive basically
@@chelronin7843 makes sense
Love the translators note at 19:22
(Translator's note: keikaku means plan)
In fact it says plan means keikaku
48:15 I genuinely felt so much second hand frustration
i love that german is one of the few languages that has its own pokemon names cause it makes it easy to spot my brethren in the chaos of international battles haha
deutschland jaaa
I feel like poison point would be VERY strong in this meta. Pp stall the gengar then just a free win if they get a physical move
It's funny to see gengar grimace when it's taking 1 damage from things.
The self destruct on game 6 was the funniest shit ever 🤣 thats so rough
I was SO surprised, when did they change Self-Destruct to be a loss anyway even when it kills the opponent's last Pokémon?
The he used splash 😂
For me the most interesting thing turned out to be the pokemon animations for moves they would never have.
Petition for a 3 part Wolfe glick series explaining why metronome is the worst move, how to make it s tier, and then challenging Aaron to a metronome only battle
Seeing dusknoir self-destruct made my day
My favourite pokemon is Togekiss. Honestly metronome is one of the reasons, it's so damn fun!
This was hella fun to watch. This was rly like adventurous paint drying. Love the content brother!
Ok I laughed seeing that Keikaku means Plan (19:20)
It's so funny how such a near useless move like imprison is broken in this format, weird Pokemon formats really change how the meta works immensely lol
Imprison has its niche as an anti-lead move to setup stealth rock, disable u-turn or other moves on turn 1 6v6 singles. Mew has a trapping set of whirlpooling on switch in, imprisoning, then transforming to struggle the other mon to death. In 1v1 format, it's been banned because of this set, with no extra turn needed to trap it can essentially win in just two moves. And a bulky mew is hard to kill
In doubles it's a niche anti-trickroom option that bypasses mental herb.
@@Junya01 Thanks for writing that btw! I'd be curious to know about more niche stuff like that.
It’s also great for anti-trick room, or mixed trick room and fast teams. If you imprison, you can stop the opponent setting it up when it’s bad for you, and when it’s beneficial you can choose to use it. The imprison mon either has to stay in, or you get rid of their trick-rook setters. It helps if you know that trick room in general or a specific team archetype that counters your team and relies on trick room and you can find a win-condition by shutting it down before you get destroyed. It takes two move slots but you either really really need it so it’s worth it, or you can bring something else (if it’s not 6v6). It helps either to surprise the opponent and mess up their set up, or you are playing with open team sheets and you have the advantage of knowing exactly when you do or don’t need it.
It’s also kinda funny, so there’s that too I guess lol. Bringing trick room just so they can’t have it 😂
@@notmyrealname3576 That's true, I actually saw some of this in action in gen 9 too. It's pretty interesting to see
Yeah imprison is really common on indeedee-f to take away protect, trick room, and follow me, which is actually huge
hi wolfey it's 04:45 am where i live and i'm here to tell you that your wideos really help me through my insomnia
Snorlax doing oblivion wing might be the coolest thing I've seen today
My favorite metronome moment was playing another kid in a link battle in Red, and his Mewtwo metronomed... I think he first got Splash, then Selfdestruct
Regenerator and Harvest would be ridiculously good in this event.
3:47
Wolf: "Jacoba berry"
The literal actual item on screen: "AM I A *JOKE-OBA* to you?
It's ok I also have always said Jacoba, rolls of the tongue better than Jaboca
Belly drum Dusknoir had me rolling out of my seat, lol. He was trolling you!
1:15:55 imagine the face of the other guy when you rolled splash after explosion
"That wasn't luck! That was pure skill!"
The Game:
I love love love the longer videos. thanks wolfey!
19:20 explaining “plan” in japanese
This is the kind of quality content I come to Wolfy's channel for.
1:13:15 the chances of that happening are 0.05%. That's 1/20th of a single percentage point.
54:40
Wolfey sounding like that one part from Disturb's "Down with the Sickness" before the guitar riff kicks in.
Ok but that plus six psychic fangs deserved to win
Holy cow Dynamax Dusknoir sounds terrifying!
You said you would do more custom formats if we asked, so... Since corsola has a new regional form, why not bring back corsola cup?
I would love to see more official gimmick tournaments like this! 😅
Imagine one with only OHKO moves with No Guard banned! 😂😂
This is actually top tier content 😂
0:55 When I heard FOURTY games, so many of my doubts faded, & I got excited! I am READY for this!
21:45 That is such a tragedy.j
33:29 Wolfey, didn't you play as the AI in Gen 1 in that 1 collaboration & have that used against you, lol?
35:56 Nani?!
27:30 Poliwrath on that ultra-healthy animal bi-products only diet, lol.
30:13 & now it's trying out being a plant, lol.
38:23 Beautiful animation.
39:03 Nice!
43:21 Shore Up, throw up.
45:23 Wow, OUCH.
46:46 In so many other situations, that would have been GREAT!
47:37 Nice, Trick Room sped it up so it got to Struggle before you spent a PP!
48:06 If only that had been Dusknoir using it....
48:18 NOOO!!!
49:13 What is with these Tadpoles & healing?!
49:33 Deja Vu.
49:55 WOW.
50:40 I think you just won.
50:57 Pffft. Hoo boy.
51:25 THE LUCK!
51:51 DANG!
52:40 Lol.
53:00 Oh heck!
53:56 Dangit, Dusknoir!
54:43 The double layers!
57:03 Lol.
1:40:01 Nani.
1:43:13 Lol, Coil, No Retreat, & Teleport.
1:44:22 Lol.
2:01:02 OUCH. Well, good try.
2:01:42 That could be an exciting sequel! 2:01:51 Another singles Metronome tournament would be welcome, too!
Great video, thanks for uploading!
My guy got no life he literally watched 2 hour of this video💀
ok that gengar explosion into dusknoir splash was something
i feel a bulky regenerator pokemon with rocky helmet would also work really well in this format.
cause if a pokemon knocks you out but dies to your rocky helm in a final 1v1, you win.
It also gives your team a reliable means of healing and damage on the opponent, also helps with the PP stall by swap healing with your dusknoir.
EDIT: realized no pokemon with regenerator learns metronome, sad.
hear me out, assault vest struggle snorlax, max attack, max defense, and sp defense boosted by assault vest making is super FAT
Yo i had no idea about no escape until watching this, and funnily enough the first falinks i ever encountered in the game was shiny, so i have a shiny one to use and now im considering actually building him up cuz that move seems nutty strong lol
😂 nobody gengar during battle : 🥰😘❤️💋
Drinking game idea: every time Wolfe says “PP”
47:58 HAHAHAHA YOU THOUGHT
lmao that was so funny tho fr
I've probably watched this like 3 times and I'm biting my fingernails every time
Great vid! Can't wait to see more like this!
Wolfey need to do this in SV against against VGC youtubers. Doubles preferably.
The all according to plan TL note back to JP is hilarious
A lot of moves that cannot be used with Metronome don't make sense to me like "branch poke", "diamond storm" and "nature power". I mean they are just regular damaging moves
BTW the pronounciation of Relaxo was really german, did you study german to play Pokemon in german?
I've never seen this many dusknoirs use self-destruct
My only thought during this was is there a flame body Pokémon that would be viable?
1:15:42 LMAO that was some quite incredible BM
QOTD: Imprison, easily. That pretty much auto-wins you the match
Honesly this was such a fun tournament. And it was fun to lose against Wolfes :D
I did around 33 matches and then rage quit. The 32th match was Memento Mori from Opponent, One turn after this Memento Mori from my Dusknoir, then endless clutch moment after clutch moment. 33th match lost because of a berry stealing move just before the berry would have been activated, which then ended just before I could get one last struggle in for the win. That was too much. So infuriating.
I’d be really interested in a tournament limited to one Pokémon, similar to when you described your friend-held tournament where everyone was only allowed one corphish
I think it was Corsola, not Corphish
A smeargle only tournament, maybe?
The match where u got 2 spikes 2 burns was brutal
“Gengar, the prankster Pokémon”
Idk why but it's funny to me whenever Wolfe doesn't know what a move does but I do. It's like, he's spent so much time playing competitive that trash moves aren't even on his radar. Meanwhile I'm like "sabrina has killed me before because of kinesis 😢"
I CAN'T HANDLE THE DUSKNOIR 3V1 SELF-DESTRUCT
Wouldn't a bulky regenerator core be unbeatable? you just keep switching and don't even use PP
0:44 lmao doo-doo, frickin got 'em
Gemjar vs. Gengar
Watched this once on my own halfway. Then restarted with my god son, he's 6 and loves metronome. (I think we all do as kids right?) Thank you from us both for another fun video
Yo oblivion wing Animation with dusknoir actually looks fantastic
Roflmao Belly Drum, Leer, super effective Psychic Fangs 😂
Funny thing about this challenge. Gengar and Snorlax are my favorite mons'. I love seeing them in a competition
Bro berry costume snorlax is my guy. Dont be rude to my mans
"how the turns have tabled" pmsl
5:13 A lot of the players are actually chinese instead of japanese, ive seen way more chinese names than japanese names throughout the video
imprisonment is a good move for this kind of tournament if the metronome move choose it
dusknoir and gengar about to immunize two different types and make you use up all your PP
I was also surprised by the amount of sweaty players in this tourney with only participation rewards...lol
24:28 It failed because metronome would have to use fly again for it to work
this is so fun to watch. i want bets placed
Shout out to that Japanese player who had to deal with double Spikes in a Metronome tourney lol.
AND burn AND cursed body right after each other
Wolfey not expecting Gengar to grief when it's literally the trollface pokemon
I had entered this tournament from a completely casual standpoint, and, like Wolfey, I figured others would do the same. So I was shocked when I wound up fighting Wolfey during the tournament (though I wasn't certain until after the battle when I tuned into his stream), even moreso that I got lucky enough to outright win the battle. Of course, the Snorlax Land's Wrath did all of the work.
I was the 2nd fight in the video.
Nice when you fought wolfey
lol you can say you beat a world champ
Glorious man, that was such perfectly timed luck, like a Greek tragedy coming to it’s surprising yet inevitable conclusion.
@@The13thKnight is my hoenn team good I have pikachu salamence septile Aaron swallow and absol
@@krishonboucher-best2550 no
Another request:
I’d like to see Wolfey create a new type and how he’d implement it competitively and thematically
Lets make it 1 funny wolfey-humor style type, and 1 real competitive type that makes sense. I’d watch that wideo 12 times at least (i usually watch wolfeys wideos only 5 - 8 times each)
OMG Wolfey... you have to. This is brilliant
WolfeGlick type, it doesn't affect most the pokemons but OHKOs Pokemon like Xerneas and Smeargle
We know you're an undercover game freak employee, no Need to hide it
This is what we need in our lives! 2 types like Thomas S. Said, funny and super serious. I would love to watch a wideo like that!
Wolfey: "Ima need Dusknoir to solo this somehow"
Dusknoir: "I gotchu homie" *OHKOs Clefable*
I've never seen the fissure animation until now but it's so funny, the pokemon just... falls... and is gone
@@pielord177 the year was 201X, a child was climbing Mt.Ebot
Love the introduction! Explains the metronome meta and team very well
The intros explaining his teams in these videos has always been my favorite part
1 Year later, Korean players are disqualified for this.
1:15:33
This is the most beautiful sequence of random events I have ever seen in pokemon
The absolute audacity of Dusknoir to dance with splash after gengar sacrificed himself for nothing
That's genuinely masterful. The ultimate salt move
Dusknoir just T bagged Genger
literally used splash and won the match up, ultimate rng manipulation
@@dylanmueller7304umh, achtually ☝️🤓, that Gengar was female
Alternate title of this vid: "Luck is a skill and wolfe is very skilled"
Imprison immediately followed by whirlpool...I bow to your "skill" 😂😂
But for real, the amount of luck to have imprison and then a trapping move is unreal. That's the world champ difference baybeeee
I got imprisoned during this tournament and it affects the whole team, I had no choice but to forfeit
what does that do? i have 0 pokemon knowledge
@@desuvult8463 No problem! So Imprison prevents any pokemon on the opposite team from using any of the moves that the current pokemon who used Imprison has. For example, if the pokemon has water gun, no pokemon on the other team can use water gun. In a metronome-only battle, it means that your opponent's entire team can't use metronome, their only move. When a pokemon has no moves to use, they use a default, physical, typeless move known as Struggle. Struggle isn't too strong and drains a quarter of the user's hp.
When your whole team can only use Struggle, it's a big issue. The only way to get out of it in a metronome battle is to PP stall the pokemon that used Imprison by switching out constantly, preferably to a pokemon with the Pressure ability, so they themselves eventually have to use Struggle or switch out, ending Impridon's effect. BUT, when a trapping move is used (one that prevents switching), even that strategy can't be used. With the pokemon constantly hurting themselves and unable to switch out, it's a guaranteed KO. A huge advantage. Hope that helped!
@@phantom31971 That was a very clear explanation, thanks for taking your time write in such a detailed way!
the Dusknoir rolling a belly drum then leer was too only to troll not rolling a attack was too funny the super effective psychic fang at the end was the cherry on top
Pokémon really should have a turn limit rather than a time limit. Like have a timer for making your move, but a timer for the whole battle encourages people to wait to make their moves, slowing the game down.
Fun Fact: Some people used Poliwrath or Politoed with Damp to prevent themselves from selfdestructing, which in my opinion seems more beneficial in a way since Gengar, Dusclops and Dusknoir are already immune to them, although it's like investing towards stopping a rare event of bad luck.
Metronome battles are always funny to watch, but painful to play
Getting into the top 50 in competitive Metronome battles is quite respectable. What better way to demonstrate that luck is a skill than practicing Metronomy. I was surprisingly amused so have a like and some algorithm juice.
bro shut up
Just imagine walking on a route and finding a Snorlax, being so excited to catch it and once you run up on it it pulls this shi😭 25:43
Super fun! I reaaaally wish they did something about timer stall tho, like halved the time you're allowed to take per move or something. Watching people take the max ammount of time per turn just to waste everyone's time feels unsportsmanlike despite being a valid strat.
Some people had bread to eat
Gengar consistently tanking your games was absolutely hilarious
The second I thought about how absurd Pressure and Pickpocketing Leftovers would be, I immediately though of Weezing for its Neutralizing Gas, but of course Weezing can't learn Metronome.
I liked the reverse “keikaku” explanation at 19:22 lol
I feel like Slaking could be good in this, to help counteract pressure, along with actually having beast stats. Whether or not you can use it is a different question, I ain't about this gen 8 stuff 😂😂
Slaking's not in SwSh, and even if it was it can't learn Metronome anyway.
Hmm, wouldn't it have been better to have shiny mons to waste extra time from the animation? Or does it not affect it?
Put this on in hopes to fall asleep to and finish later and casually enjoy.
Ended up staying up through the whole thing. So intense (when edited of course) so many hype moments.
This is Pokemons version of a Russian roulette for sure hahah