The most important battle in competitive Pokémon history?

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  • @BKCplaysPokemon
    @BKCplaysPokemon  Рік тому +149

    The battle: ua-cam.com/video/_kBIFllIA8Q/v-deo.html
    Addendum: In Marriland's original video, he mentioned in his description that he was not really a good competitive player, and that if you wanted to find the great players they would be found on Smogon...directly leading many, such as myself, to go there in search of the best competition.

    • @nicholasschake8113
      @nicholasschake8113 Рік тому +6

      That line still pops into my head from time to time. I thought he was so good already that Smogon seemed so intimidating.

  • @boop53
    @boop53 Рік тому +628

    The most important battle of all time was actually Blunder vs that one Toxapex which shamoned his whole team

    • @shyguyfan
      @shyguyfan Рік тому +133

      As you can see the agency is up 5 to 1

    • @陳嘉宇-y4q
      @陳嘉宇-y4q Рік тому +73

      @@shyguyfanSwaps into clef as if he’s already won

    • @boop53
      @boop53 Рік тому +42

      @@陳嘉宇-y4qand he wants to knock the sludge so he can stop the recover

    • @Xultraman502
      @Xultraman502 Рік тому +45

      @@boop53but gets haxxed by the meli that’s an unlucky blunder

    • @hax4721
      @hax4721 Рік тому +42

      @@Xultraman502 Meli swaps to Peli and he died to the rocks

  • @marriland
    @marriland Рік тому +145

    Ok this was really fun to watch a play-by-play like this, especially on such an old battle, haha. I never expected THIS battle would somehow inspire a lot of people even a decade and a half later! And it was also great to hear the backstory of battling and competitive in the early days.
    I'll go through a few points here that I find interesting.
    One, soooo many people went "Why would Mew use Earthquake, what a noob" and you're one of the very few other people I've seen suggest that it might have been a misread. Misreads look soooo nooby if they don't pay off lol. Of course, yeeeeah, definitely not the case.
    I was going to mention something about Dragon Claw vs Outrage and why I chose Dragon Claw but then I edited my post after reading a helpful comment here that, oh yeah, Outrage wasn't until Platinum. 😅 However that was still a difficult decision to make for Garchomp in these early days!
    In regards to me knowing "a thing or two about competitive", that's basically it: a thing or two. I'd EV trained a few Pokémon in Gen 3, had some stuff from my Japanese Diamond version like the Garchomp (also I think this video was originally posted JUST before Garchomp was uber, and definitely before Salamence was-EDIT #2: was curious and it looks like Garchomp was banned to ubers in 2008), so I figured I'd EV train some of the newer stuff and try it out. I really wasn't good-thankfully neither was Untouchable-but I also never really tried to be. I just wanted to defend my home turf haha, but people enjoyed watching it.
    And last in regards to the "trick" at the end, yeah it was meant to be sent out earlier in the fight (against Arceus), but I wanted to use it and figured Blissey could win anyway, so I decided let's just go for it lol. Thankfully it worked out.
    Finally to address the reupload, it actually had to do with false DMCA attacks back in 2011 so I had to remove all of my videos or get permanently suspended. Gaming videos were in a very murky area back then and there was no real recourse :( I did get my channel strikes removed in 2012, but all of my videos were gone so I had to reupload it, and I added the sidebar and stuff since YT had switched to 16:9.
    Anyway this was fun, really enjoyed watching your perspective on it, and I'm glad it helped inspire you to get to the point where you can look back at it and see how "bad" it really was 😂 Cheers!

    • @Ragnellrok
      @Ragnellrok Рік тому +10

      Wonder how Untouchable is doing nowadays

    • @ewanphilip5604
      @ewanphilip5604 Рік тому +1

      I remember one of the first let's plays I watched on YT was your playthrough of PMD Gates to Infinity weirdly enough. I still have the Axew (now a Haxorus) that I named after you because of how much I loved that playthrough. Really cool to see the pokemon content creators of my childhood and my adulthood interacting in some capacity. Wishing you another 10 years (wow it's really been that long since that playthrough?) of great pokemon adventures :D.

    • @Dave_Chrome
      @Dave_Chrome Рік тому +2

      One of the first LPs I had ever watched was your Emerald Nuzlocke! Good times

    • @-_soy_-888
      @-_soy_-888 Рік тому +3

      Devon found Kevin lol
      Never expected you two to cross paths in a funny way like this

    • @orktv4673
      @orktv4673 Рік тому +3

      It's amazing how I once considered this to be some kind of battle of the gods, and now years later it comes out you were both essentially noobs, haha. That in no way changes the fact that this battle is essentially a modern-day legend, and just how much it inspired people (myself included) to learn about competitive Pokémon.

  • @Skyace13
    @Skyace13 Рік тому +73

    Shoutout to Marriland for still playing mons to this day. He has done so much for so long it’s hard to understate what a great guy he is.

  • @CubeBizz
    @CubeBizz Рік тому +99

    DP really was a huge stepping stone for competitive battles, you could battle over the internet now. And with Serebii's wi-fi chat you could find an opponent in mere minutes. This is how my journey started too.

    • @newjumpcityjosh9333
      @newjumpcityjosh9333 Рік тому +5

      Facts the days of WiFi battles via forums and link codes LOL. I remember one time me and my opponent both left our mic on and had a great battle and was complimenting each other. I left my mic off after that cuz people are weirdos but that was a nice memory from my early days of comp battle.

    • @Julford
      @Julford Рік тому

      @@newjumpcityjosh9333 Damn that just awakened a pretty similar memory in me, I hosted a forum tournament as my first ever competitive experience and left my mic on for my first match. It was against someone I knew well but had never talked with via voice, and we used the opportunity to voice chat for the first time.

  • @screwtokaiba
    @screwtokaiba Рік тому +51

    Fear Ratata being the LETS GO JUSTIN of Competitive Pokemon is wild

    • @LordDio
      @LordDio Рік тому +2

      Poke moment 37 fr

  • @catandfishfc
    @catandfishfc Рік тому +56

    I had a Dark Void Nightmare Dream Eater Darkrai in-game as a kid. Killing the AI trainers slowly was hilarious to me, I never even clicked Dark Pulse.

  • @GameFreakuser
    @GameFreakuser Рік тому +32

    From what I remember, Salamence learned Outrage from a move tutor in Platinum. Dragon Claw would have been the best STAB option for it during DP.

    • @BKCplaysPokemon
      @BKCplaysPokemon  Рік тому +24

      yes, that's correct! sorry if it came across as confusing that way, I just realized I didn't come back to that part lol (just left it implied by mentioning it was right after the d/p release)

  • @KeertikaAndFallenTree
    @KeertikaAndFallenTree Рік тому +6

    16:37 : Untouchable redemption’s arc

  • @walterrequiem6467
    @walterrequiem6467 Рік тому +10

    This video isnt just legendary for comp Pokemon but it was one of those vids from 2007-2008 that everyone watched and it just takes you back if you grew up with them. This vid, old UA-cam Poops, Fred, Gmod idiot box, Arby n the Chief, Brawl Taunts, ect. Just a great time to be a litte snot on the internet.

    • @yep9462
      @yep9462 Рік тому

      I'll never be 8 years old looking at shitty Pokemon image macros on Google Images (some of which were probably very inappropriate considering how much stuff used to get past the radar on there) again....
      Now I kinda understand why millennials never shut up about nostalgia.

  • @VJ-Vice
    @VJ-Vice Рік тому +10

    That’s not even mentioning how Marriland was the father of Nuzlockes and was the first one to popularize them on UA-cam. He’s unironically one of the most influential figures in the Pokémon community history

    • @TheRaidantDX
      @TheRaidantDX Рік тому +1

      He's the father of all poketubers

    • @matthewchen8452
      @matthewchen8452 Рік тому

      Technically he wasn’t the father of Nuzlockes - that would be Nick Franco, the guy who created the Nuzlocke comics that would inspire people to do Nuzlocke play throughs - which Marriland was one of the first to do,

  • @0ater
    @0ater Рік тому +20

    Also, a video on FEAR sets in general would be a silly fun look at some really stupid strategies that can catch people off guard who aren't as experienced or prepared. My favorite of all time was Endeavor+Recycle+Berry Juice+Sturdy Aron on sand teams, very funny set.

    • @xuanathan
      @xuanathan Рік тому +1

      I remember in gen 6 someone completely caught me off guard with a level 1 Pineco with berry juice, sturdy, pain split and I forget what else. I remember it was named Hitler

    • @marcelomelo9977
      @marcelomelo9977 Рік тому +1

      Men, toxic+recycle nossepass was on other level

  • @Magnemite_
    @Magnemite_ Рік тому +7

    this video didn't directly get me into competitive pokemon, but it certainly started my interest. i was 11 when it came out, and after seeing it i found smogon articles and analyses and wrote down my ideas for a competitive team on paper (of course it had gyaravire, lol). i (thankfully, i'm sure i would have made a fool of myself as an annoying 11 year old) never figured out that smogon had forums i could have joined or that they had a simulator that meant i didn't even need to raise my team ingame, so the idea of playing competitively was just something i'd imagine myself doing in my head on boring car rides, but this specific video was definitely important for leading me down the path to trying out showdown towards the end of gen 5. maybe i would have found out about it anyway, but i'd still like to think this video is part of the reason i met most of my current friends almost a decade later. this video proved that having stronger pokemon meant nothing if you didn't know how to use them properly, and that knowledge definitely inspired a lot of people as you said.

  • @kellenrist3973
    @kellenrist3973 Рік тому +5

    Man, this is a trip down memory lane. Used to watch Marriland, Superskarmory and a bunch more when i was a kid, those videos really helped push my interest in Pokemon. I still name name a lot of my east coast Shellos and Gastrodon Astro in honor of Marriland's from his Diamond walkthrough. Got me feeling all nostalgic now!

  • @xxProjectJxx
    @xxProjectJxx Рік тому +4

    Blast from the past. I used to watch this video over and over, not because the strategy was so mind-blowing, but more because the music was so good. Even if it was a little much for what basically amounts to a grown man beating a child in a video game lol.
    I would agree, it's probably one of the most important videos for competitive Pokemon's early spread. Not only was it extremely popular in and of itself, but it inspired a ton of others. Competitive Pokemon videos were absolutely everywhere on youtube back in the day, everyone of them reminiscent of Marriland. Camcorder pointed at a DS with some early 2000s era "epic BGM" playing over it.

  • @BluBirD-l7b
    @BluBirD-l7b Рік тому +2

    man, hearing the name superskarmory once again after so many years is just music to my ears, ty bkc.

  • @reverie9358
    @reverie9358 Рік тому +5

    so cool that this doubles as your origin story

  • @adamkahmann2937
    @adamkahmann2937 Рік тому +5

    These is the about the same time I started getting into competitive Pokémon. I remember hosting local tournaments with all of my high school friends & sharing with them Smogon articles to help them build stronger times. It was good times :)

  • @griffinburke1755
    @griffinburke1755 Рік тому +9

    A core memory!!!! I built my first true competitive team right after watchin that Marriland vid (poor me was convinced he was going to use blaziken and five actually good mons forever)

  • @0ater
    @0ater Рік тому +3

    saw the thumbnail and INSTANTLY knew what this was gonna be

  • @Ragnellrok
    @Ragnellrok Рік тому +4

    The mention of SuperSkarmory just unlocked core memories

  • @fahad468
    @fahad468 Рік тому +17

    Marriland is the father of Competitive Pokemon, he's how I got into it in Gen 4

  • @fennecfoxfanatic
    @fennecfoxfanatic Рік тому +6

    Shout out to theKillerNacho for that amazing magikarp sweep. Inspiration for generations

    • @cultreader9751
      @cultreader9751 7 місяців тому

      TheKillerNacho introduced me to Gen IV NU.
      Of all people, it was TheShadowProject that inspired to do start comp. I remember watching MTGXerxes and Wilechase religiously back then, though.

  • @JamesJones-ts5fl
    @JamesJones-ts5fl Рік тому +11

    HEY NOW…that infernape also had blast burn, so it’s actually really good, pleb.
    In all seriousness this is a great video. For me what got me into competitive was Killer nacho’s (ogs remember) magikarp sweep. Similar premise, I wanted to know how he got it that strong that it was killing ubers left and right, so I just did a cursory search for competitive pokemon/pokemon sweeps, and from there found TheFlamingSpade, EmperorNBZ, Shofu, Joey, etc., and I was hooked from there.
    It’s kind of awesome how much one rattata/magikarp can open doors for so many.

  • @waffloesh7862
    @waffloesh7862 Рік тому +1

    Could already tell what battle this was from the team in the thumbnail alone, love rewatching this one from time to time

  • @azeria1
    @azeria1 Рік тому +6

    The most important battle is the one which resulted in the unfortunate doesn't begin to describe copypasta

    • @nigamnation
      @nigamnation Рік тому +1

      unironically ive seen that copypasta in a bunch of other spaces and it's gotten people interested in competitive pokemon by proxy

  • @stuartshock
    @stuartshock Рік тому +12

    I remember watching this video back when it was released.
    After that Mtgxerxes was my gateway to proper competitive pokemon back around this time.

    • @foryoutubecomments2029
      @foryoutubecomments2029 Рік тому +4

      respect on the names of MTGxerses and Marriland

    • @landshark3509
      @landshark3509 Рік тому +2

      Xerxes was (and still is, even if he doesn't really make content anymore) the fucking man!

  • @hessiankyojin
    @hessiankyojin Рік тому

    ayy dat SuperSkarmory shoutout transported me back to 2007 with his on-going Diamond playthrough using our secondhand laptop. The nostalgia is real.

  • @wildersovereign9013
    @wildersovereign9013 Рік тому

    This video reminded me that SuperSkarmory was my introduction to Pokémon, all the way back in like 2009-2010. I cannot thank them enough.

  • @gino7325
    @gino7325 Рік тому +3

    my first pokemon game was emerald and then i remember them adding the GTS in diamond and pearl and that was so fun
    also I remember watching marriland with my older brothers and cousins and learning about the FEAR method hahaha and my brother first introduced me to paraflinch by owning me with a togekiss, now i play dpp ladder every now and then when i have time. Best gen

  • @brandonmassaro3222
    @brandonmassaro3222 Рік тому

    Just seeing the title of the video I would have thought of this battle. Watching that Marriland battle all the way back in the day when it came out got me into competitive pokes. Still playing to this day.

  • @tysondennis1016
    @tysondennis1016 Рік тому +5

    This was the birth of FEAR

  • @Isthatthegrimreaper170
    @Isthatthegrimreaper170 Рік тому +2

    I remember watching these battles back then, my favorite was Lueroi for his battles and his walkthroughs

  • @bkebradley
    @bkebradley Рік тому +3

    My first exposure to competitive was gen 3 but I didn't like playing on sims because my stupid 8-year-old brain thought it was illegal and "cheating" to play using Pokemon that you didn't raise in the game

  • @1314Bn
    @1314Bn Рік тому +1

    Now this is the competitive Pokémon I remember. I like battling on Pokémon showdown, especially with the state of the current games battle time debacle, but if feels a bit soulless when compared to playing competitive on the consoles.

  • @ReventonSpeed
    @ReventonSpeed Рік тому

    To this day we still wait for PokeMasterEmil to put the remainder of his FC at the end of his blogs 1 digit at a time. Only true OGs will know.

  • @mattlurking3136
    @mattlurking3136 Рік тому +1

    The story of the wireless adapter is exactly what happened with me. My parents would ask why aren’t you using that little do-hickey we got both of you to play with Nick

  • @gdrlss1535
    @gdrlss1535 Рік тому +1

    For competitive Pokémon, this was like the brute force caveman fighting against the technology using modern man.
    Incredible how it sparked an intergenerational phenomenon.

  • @hessiankyojin
    @hessiankyojin Рік тому

    I remember seeing this video on my Sony Ericsson phone with limited Cell Data in the 00s in the UA-cam feed as I was searching for Wi-Fi battles since they Gen 4 was new at the time, and I didn't think of the bad plays back then since I was a noob.
    Now it's hilarious and so big brained for all of us to handle. It's also where I learned about Stealth Rocks hurting Ho-oh and how it works, and the F.E.A.R. strategy. Inspiring as hell. Also, remember marriland's rivalry with Serebii. Good times.

  • @Markzard-World
    @Markzard-World Рік тому +1

    Wow this brought back memories.

  • @SoyFelipeCTM
    @SoyFelipeCTM Рік тому

    I saw the thumbnail and the title and I immediately knew what was this about

  • @王隆瑜
    @王隆瑜 Рік тому +6

    the content of this video is like rotom-frost in gen 4 and the video quality is like it in gen 5

    • @Rose-ez7yn
      @Rose-ez7yn Рік тому +1

      I dont think rotom frost is used in gen 4 so idk what you mean

    • @longyuwangou651
      @longyuwangou651 Рік тому +1

      ​@@Rose-ez7yn I guess it was ou in gen4 and pu in gen5

    • @Rose-ez7yn
      @Rose-ez7yn Рік тому

      @@longyuwangou651 it was ou in gen 4 because all the rotom appliances were tiered the same

  • @HenryZhoupokemon
    @HenryZhoupokemon Рік тому +1

    Shoutouts superskarmory lol that’s a name I haven’t heard in like a decade but he’s honestly goated

  • @viniciusbatista146
    @viniciusbatista146 Рік тому

    Also, I love how BKC is afraid of not spoiling the ratatta during the video while is on the thumbnail

  • @Orengi-kun
    @Orengi-kun Рік тому +1

    This fight reminds me of when I used to play gen 3 Baton Pass in Shoddy Battle and I swept a guy using 6 Mewtwos with a +6 Sunkern in all stats. Good times.

  • @LavaCreeperPeople
    @LavaCreeperPeople Рік тому +2

    The most important battle in competitive Pokémon history?

  • @D461Sage
    @D461Sage Рік тому +5

    Omg you also tried to do wireless adapter battling from your house?

  • @throwod2923
    @throwod2923 Рік тому +2

    You really remind me of cybershell sometimes I love your narration

    • @honjon666
      @honjon666 Рік тому +1

      That's a connection I've never made but I kind of agree with you. Cybershell is excellent

  • @PennyTradeYermum
    @PennyTradeYermum Рік тому +1

    omg i thought i was the only one who watched pokemasteremil. He just randomly disappeared. Hope he’s doing okay.

  • @LordDio
    @LordDio Рік тому

    That marriland replay is a modern classic

  • @thefinalskarm1754
    @thefinalskarm1754 Рік тому

    A blast from the past with all these names and this video.
    I want to say I was lucky enough to see it's original video, but time only knows.
    I remember bullying people in AG once in memory of this video with scrappy endeavor/quick attack tailow.
    then i remembered rocks, sand/hail annnnnnnnnd a leftovers smile.

  • @-_soy_-888
    @-_soy_-888 Рік тому

    I remember watching this on UA-cam in 2010 at my grandmas house. Safe to say one of the most important battles of Pokémon history. l dunno where Pokémon would be without Marriland

  • @melanie735
    @melanie735 Рік тому +6

    I love Ratyan Gosling! 🐀

  • @blackdot105
    @blackdot105 Рік тому

    Gotta love the great cropping

  • @honjon666
    @honjon666 Рік тому

    "There is nothing to fear but fear itself" Professor Rowan

  • @scottfitzgerald5944
    @scottfitzgerald5944 Рік тому +1

    I too felt wronged by the gen 3 wireless adapters 😅 surprisingly, looking back, I think the backlight was the biggest technological advance made by Nintendo until the DS came out 😂

  • @iamnorth9435
    @iamnorth9435 Рік тому +3

    Can we get a video on BWLC, I'm still hoping to see your thoughts on the meta cause it's currently flourishing with many incredible team structures being brought this LCPL! It's the most versatile LC oldgen, and the LC tier that's the most easily recognizable on how to play from an OU perspective, as there are many similarities in the balance between momentum and slowly gaining an advantage, without neccessarily betraying the core principles that defines LC.

  • @aquenture
    @aquenture Рік тому

    Its true this also inspired me and I also used to watch Marriland and I used the focus sash Rattatta successfully

  • @TheRaidantDX
    @TheRaidantDX Рік тому

    Mind giving us a history of the simulators? I remember using shoddy battle back in the day

  • @pedroide23000
    @pedroide23000 Рік тому

    great video!

  • @thereaIitsybitsyspider
    @thereaIitsybitsyspider Рік тому

    A coherent BKC video? Now I must be having a stroke 😂

  • @galaxian23
    @galaxian23 Рік тому

    the music in the original vid is badass tho

  • @newjumpcityjosh9333
    @newjumpcityjosh9333 Рік тому +1

    I miss gen 4 😢😢the sprites and quick animations were gorgeous

  • @hessiankyojin
    @hessiankyojin Рік тому

    Oh damn, we're the same age. I feel honored yet old at the same time. :D

  • @Dave_Chrome
    @Dave_Chrome Рік тому +1

    Ayyyy even I remember this battle

  • @immagns
    @immagns Рік тому

    this is my first comepititive gaem i watched

  • @LupeWilde21
    @LupeWilde21 Рік тому +1

    Marriland and mtgxerxes were the guys back then.

  • @StepBaum
    @StepBaum Рік тому +1

    Cool video. Also in the Marriland video, what is the soundtrack called, can't find the name anywhere?

    • @BKCplaysPokemon
      @BKCplaysPokemon  Рік тому +1

      "deceitful wings" from the game atelier iris! ua-cam.com/video/UzCNF-ZQVfs/v-deo.html

  • @vinny4765
    @vinny4765 Рік тому

    DP was the first stepping stone. XY was the second with how easy it made for people to ev train and breed.

  • @viniciusbatista146
    @viniciusbatista146 Рік тому

    I remember always ask my dad to battle me on pokémon stadium 2, he beat me once and never play me again :c

  • @shady8045
    @shady8045 Рік тому

    at first I was like "The first 2 turns, really?" and once I saw that focus blast I realize what standard you were applying the word "scrub" to. I thought you were talking about people like me or something lmao.

  • @_Opera_Ghost_
    @_Opera_Ghost_ Рік тому +1

    I got into Pokemon *just* after the DP era, but this vid still felt nostalgic somehow. Thanks for the good vibes

  • @tylerwaffles21
    @tylerwaffles21 Рік тому +3

    Oh my god I remember watching this battle when I was kid. Marriland is a Pokémon UA-cam GOAT.

  • @leoambard3134
    @leoambard3134 Рік тому +1

    Marriland player interview when?

  • @zinnias114
    @zinnias114 Рік тому +10

    I’m team Mew fr salamence a noob for staying in

  • @igeomagician
    @igeomagician Рік тому +1

    Was Mew immediately relegated to Ubers in dp?

  • @ryankeathley995
    @ryankeathley995 Рік тому

    the most important battle ever was the one where kalif swept KoiF with ice ball walrein

  • @CountGremlin
    @CountGremlin Рік тому

    Imagine going back in time and telling your child self that yes, there will be Pokemon that make regular Rayquaza and Terrakion look like babies 😂

  • @alexandercolefield9523
    @alexandercolefield9523 Рік тому

    For me it was Uutton and The Killer Nacho

    • @cultreader9751
      @cultreader9751 7 місяців тому

      Uutton and TheShadowProjekt for me. TKN got me into both ubers and NU though.
      I miss Roulette battles :(

  • @keiharris332
    @keiharris332 Рік тому

    Is this when tha money got different?

  • @gufishanemometer6450
    @gufishanemometer6450 Рік тому

    For me it was shofu vs maxprotect

  • @GHeinz
    @GHeinz Рік тому

    serebii vs marriland tho

  • @shady8045
    @shady8045 Рік тому

    You should have said something funny to that guy that called you "the greatest player of all time"

  • @boonteroner5435
    @boonteroner5435 Рік тому

    raw

  • @captains_mast
    @captains_mast Рік тому +1

    First