At 16:44 it is mentioned that the annihilape got too low, but the switch clocks needed to be desynched to prevent losing switch. What else could have been done to prevent taking that charm damage?
If I realize the clocks arent back in sync, i should bring in the ape right away and don't wait my clock, I get counters onto basti while they are locked, giving me a night slash to chip the wigglytuff and burn the remainder of my clock after they switch. If I can wait out my clock, I will, but if I can't, getting counters into basti is good as I can night slash wiggles to stall the rest of my clock :)
11:49 yeah the shadow dragons have been everywhere recently, both D-nair and D-nite. Working on building a shadow A-slash since I can finally TM away Frustration
One thing to note as Annihilape whether you are running Ice Punch or Night Slash into a dps heavy pokemon with low bulk like Shadows or Dragonair they will tend to almost shield everything thrown at them so having quicker charge is always a good thing as well if you are running NightSlash as it is 1 counter cheaper and also a chance to boost attack as well. Giving up Ice coverage against Gligar but in exchange you will charge at the same pacing as they do and you also win Charge Attack against them as well which does not seem bad either but another good benefit is while you cannot deal higher damage onto pokemon without that Ice coverage it can also put them down to farmdown range.
Considering Night Slash as the first and most used charged attack, is there any advantage in Shadow ball over CC? At least in these matches, it didn't look so useful (or used)
Shadow ball is a good neutral move in a lot of matchups and can hit Cresselia, Medicham and other Annihilapes for super effective damage. The matchups where CC is good are matchups where Annihilape can probably win without it anyway.
@@alsonaarif7367 Yeah but close combat is such a good move that can give it the edge in shield advantage situations, like a late game sweeper. Not saying it's better than shadow ball, but sounds like an interesting approach to ape
Yeh i switched to Night Slash from Ice Punch a week into release. Pacing is much better, infact i beat a Talonflame going 1 shield to his 2 with it..this obviously is the exception to the usual but it wouldnt have been at all possible with ice punch because of pacing
Night Slash in UL because yiu can outpace Dirge depending on IVs but even then my rank 1 Anni 0 15 15 wins CMP over Dirge with NS. I'd say if you cam build two Annihilape for UL, one with Ice Punch and the other Night Slash
Just build Annihilape, Maney is spawning in the wild and old players should have some candies already. And it's cheap, so no reason to limit yourself to just old meta mons.
Started running it with night slash since it started because of pacing, lack of bulk, and boosted counters are just nasty. I’m sad you posted this because I loved being different now every one will be copying this move set 😭
"lack luster" that pretty much completely replaced Medicham in regionals? Probably best fighter in GL meta rn? Only Poliwrath competes with it really but a debuffer works quite differently. Medi now only has more bulk but way worse typing. Are u really saying possibly best fighting type in open and show6pick3 great league metas is "lack luster"??
@samamies88 yes in my opinion it is lack luster, I feel like its missing something. Poliwrath is the better fighter without the typing right now because of the debuff it does. It almost feels out of place in the GBL great league meta right now. In the show 6 pick 3 I haven't watched very much of the tournaments so I can't give my own opinion on that
@@MrThammagotcha you should watch the Liverpool Regionals. The Grand finals featured Annihilape with Shadow Ball and either night slash or ice punch, and both have their pros and cons.
also on charlotte side league tournament someone swept 8-0 everyone with annihiliaape. Thotechnical had recap of that. Altho it is side event the are still championship points on line (getting enough those guarantee or help to get into worlds). Worth watching either whole event vod or if you are busy that recap Tho made.
When you cast for Play Pokemon, you must say "charge attack priority". They do like many syllables. I don't. I also hate it when they say "protect shield". Totally unnecessary, since there are no attack shields.
Can you please please please please start saving your lives? I was enjoying watching you commentate the battles in Liverpool, but your stream ended before I caught up. :(
At 16:44 it is mentioned that the annihilape got too low, but the switch clocks needed to be desynched to prevent losing switch. What else could have been done to prevent taking that charm damage?
If I realize the clocks arent back in sync, i should bring in the ape right away and don't wait my clock, I get counters onto basti while they are locked, giving me a night slash to chip the wigglytuff and burn the remainder of my clock after they switch.
If I can wait out my clock, I will, but if I can't, getting counters into basti is good as I can night slash wiggles to stall the rest of my clock :)
@@HomeSliceHenry ah, I hadn't thought of that condition. I like that play style.
How do you play a wigglytuff safeswap?
Yup, I too went over both movesets and think that Night Slash is way better for the shorter energy, DPE, and chance of boost.
DAN THE MAN! Just finished watching your Hisui Cup vid…making my rounds i guess lol😅
I had someone double boost, then I hit them with icy wind, and they immediately boosted again. Christ
I am using in the master league also night slash instead of the ice move... its just better since there are so many mewtwos
15:16 - that's a phone break moment
I agree 😂 and it's the game's fault, brand new s23 ultra and still lags sometimes 😑
@@miraak2027 seems like Niantic doesnt care about Pogo anymore lol
@miraak2027 bro, I have the new Galaxy Z Fold 5, and the game is still terrible. It's Niantics servers that fucking suck!
Time to run into Azumarill, Gligar, Shadow Gligar, Trevenant, Sableye, Wigglytuff, Mantine, Pelipper, and Jellicent leads every game :D
Night Slash Ghost Monkey going absolutely bananas on the meta.
Edit: 15:20 Holy crap, one of the most egregious technical errors I've seen in GBL.
1:01 Dewgong, the unsung hero of every team 🥹
15:15 they really need to fix this issue. I've lost so many winnable games because of the denial.
Also, 15:13 could have just thrown drill peck
*I* have to fix that in my gameplay, aswell
11:49 yeah the shadow dragons have been everywhere recently, both D-nair and D-nite. Working on building a shadow A-slash since I can finally TM away Frustration
One thing to note as Annihilape whether you are running Ice Punch or Night Slash into a dps heavy pokemon with low bulk like Shadows or Dragonair they will tend to almost shield everything thrown at them so having quicker charge is always a good thing as well if you are running NightSlash as it is 1 counter cheaper and also a chance to boost attack as well.
Giving up Ice coverage against Gligar but in exchange you will charge at the same pacing as they do and you also win Charge Attack against them as well which does not seem bad either but another good benefit is while you cannot deal higher damage onto pokemon without that Ice coverage it can also put them down to farmdown range.
So this is why I’ve been running into a bunch of nightslash annihilape lol
Considering Night Slash as the first and most used charged attack, is there any advantage in Shadow ball over CC? At least in these matches, it didn't look so useful (or used)
In this team it's useful for opposing annihilapes I think. But CC annihilape looks very interesting too, especially as a closer
@@nathanbegel4505its atk weighted so counter is enough for the most part in great league
Shadow ball is a good neutral move in a lot of matchups and can hit Cresselia, Medicham and other Annihilapes for super effective damage. The matchups where CC is good are matchups where Annihilape can probably win without it anyway.
@@alsonaarif7367 Yeah but close combat is such a good move that can give it the edge in shield advantage situations, like a late game sweeper. Not saying it's better than shadow ball, but sounds like an interesting approach to ape
Does a regular zapdos hit with this team ? I have a 69 iv shadow and a 91iv zapdos too with two moves already
What about running night Slash plus ice punch Anihilape? 🤔
I'm using Vigoroth, Obstagoon with Hyper Beam and Night Slash and Annihilape with Night Slash as well.
Why did I never hear about charge attack priority term in your old video
whoa I had been running this team for a few days now but with a slightly different backline! might try SZapdos, currently Legend pushing (again)
Which is the third one as I don't have Szapdos please reply
@@harshsahu9528 Lanturn, but the team stopped working for me today, meta shifted and Ape isn't as good
I played a leaf tornado serperior and it debuffed my lanturn 3 times in a row before swapping into a talonflame.😅
I was originally an ice punch believer but converted to night slash. NS annihilape can reach two moves vs shadow vic compared to only one ice punch
Yeh i switched to Night Slash from Ice Punch a week into release. Pacing is much better, infact i beat a Talonflame going 1 shield to his 2 with it..this obviously is the exception to the usual but it wouldnt have been at all possible with ice punch because of pacing
12:20 if that’s me, I’m afraid that may be a Close Combat, as I’ve been nuked by a couple off meta CC rage monkeys!
If I run Annihilape in the ultra league, do I put ice punch or night slash?
Night Slash in UL because yiu can outpace Dirge depending on IVs but even then my rank 1 Anni 0 15 15 wins CMP over Dirge with NS. I'd say if you cam build two Annihilape for UL, one with Ice Punch and the other Night Slash
@@andreacruz42069 I only have one, but I'll change ip to ns then, thanks :)
@@andreacruz42069 Btw, can you add me? I need more friends, got 2 accounts 5877 4297 3465 and 2695 2922 7367
I have a new found respect for leaf tornado on serperior BUT only when the debuff hits
The one & only spice lord of gbl , who doesn't need to stay in the pits to make content 🎉🎉
Remind me of Obstagoon
That shiny, white Guzzloard was top moment of the video
I have returned to the game after sometime and dont have the latest meta mons except for some so can you make a meta team video using old meta mons ?
Just build Annihilape, Maney is spawning in the wild and old players should have some candies already. And it's cheap, so no reason to limit yourself to just old meta mons.
What a timely vid of a Dewgong showcase 😂. I went positive with it too😅
Anyone know a good sub for zapdos?
I've tried shadow mewtwo lol
i ran night slash over ice punch as soon as i evolved mine, i see too much giratina in UL to run ice punch lmao
Dang this team is really good. I don’t have the shadow Zapdos so I’m using lanturn instead and the team just got me to ace really easily
I'm glad you converted to team NS/SB
Ice Punch loyalist but I respect y’all
Night Slash Annihilape > Ice Punch Annihilape
Shadow zap is amazing
Just needed a team around it
This seems nice
Watching gameplay like this makes me realize how much better people can be than me lol
No S.Zapdos here. RIP
Wow that lag at CMP between Wiscash and Zapdos was tilting. Mald Spray Initiated
I feel you with the game lag re CMP HSH...my ape lost CMP to basti 😂
Oooof that trainer deserves a Mike Tyson punch to the face just for using Basti alone, yet someone at Niantic gets multiple Mike Tyson punches lol
Def gonna run this team! Also, I dug the longer video format. Keep crushing it!
True mvp zapdos. 👏👏
fun fact: bastiodon has over 1000 more of a stat product than zapdos in the gl
night slash is great and all, but whatcha know about low sweep 🤔
Started running it with night slash since it started because of pacing, lack of bulk, and boosted counters are just nasty. I’m sad you posted this because I loved being different now every one will be copying this move set 😭
Same :/
The game stuttering has been my lose condition so many times.
Ice punch should only be used in master league bc of all the dragons and flyers
Am I going mad or did he used to say “CMP Tie” and recently started saying “charged attack priority” for some reason?
making an annihilape video and Zapdos stole the show :D
Shadow Zapdos is so cool... good thing all players have access to it....
Shadow Zapdos is so good as a sweeper
You sure this is an Annialape feature and not a shadow zapdos one?😂
Rage fist is needed..even with night slash it's a bit lack luster in my opinion
"lack luster" that pretty much completely replaced Medicham in regionals? Probably best fighter in GL meta rn? Only Poliwrath competes with it really but a debuffer works quite differently. Medi now only has more bulk but way worse typing. Are u really saying possibly best fighting type in open and show6pick3 great league metas is "lack luster"??
@samamies88 yes in my opinion it is lack luster, I feel like its missing something. Poliwrath is the better fighter without the typing right now because of the debuff it does. It almost feels out of place in the GBL great league meta right now. In the show 6 pick 3 I haven't watched very much of the tournaments so I can't give my own opinion on that
@@MrThammagotcha you should watch the Liverpool Regionals. The Grand finals featured Annihilape with Shadow Ball and either night slash or ice punch, and both have their pros and cons.
@@kevinsaludares4575 I will definitely have to watch that thank you!
also on charlotte side league tournament someone swept 8-0 everyone with annihiliaape. Thotechnical had recap of that. Altho it is side event the are still championship points on line (getting enough those guarantee or help to get into worlds). Worth watching either whole event vod or if you are busy that recap Tho made.
GGs again man, well played
Looks like I hard counter this team well enough, thanks Henry!
Charge attack priority? No bro, is cmp, always
charge move, charge attack.. potayto poteyto, tomayto, tomeyto.. it means the same anyway
@@samamies88 always cmp
When you cast for Play Pokemon, you must say "charge attack priority". They do like many syllables. I don't. I also hate it when they say "protect shield". Totally unnecessary, since there are no attack shields.
Absolute perfection 👌
Love annihilape, so much coverage
Rage Fist is going to break the game...
My tms☠️☠️☠️
As always. Quite the banger.
Zyonik approves of this team!
Due to Ape here, I see Counter getting some sort of nerf next season.
Can you please please please please start saving your lives? I was enjoying watching you commentate the battles in Liverpool, but your stream ended before I caught up. :(
This. Even though he uses non copyright music when streaming regionals, they're usually never published afterwards. Sadge.
@@TailOfThePup yay I think he heard us!!!!
@@8jakeP8 I'm a too pessimistic of a person to start celebrating just yet, but I do admit, so far it's looking real good!!
Lost 2 games in a row because people ran Night slash instead of ice punch ... 😡
10 min ago and early also 3rd comment
Best battle YT but commentary live is a pain. Youre yelling like a goat :( trying to watch mamy times but simply cant.