There's a meta in the entire Great League. Lower rank players just decide to not run meta out of lack of knowledge, skill lack of resources to build meta teams, feeling as if meta is "uncool" etc. I'm in ace as well and I still play against some of these pokemon. I've played against Skarmory, Altaria, Drifbloom, Obstagoon, Galvantula, Pelipper, Swampert, Azumarill, Umbreon, A-Wak, Mew, G-Fisk, Registeel, Venesaur, Grasshole lines and more all in Ace Rank. Nobody can convince me that there is not an algorithm of some kind in this game. Anytime I decide to switch teams I get a comparable team that has counters of pokemon I did not see for 30 games when I was using the other team. GBL is not random, there's an algorithm of some kind and certain teams forces it to pair you with certain line ups opponents are using. I guarantee it.
@@dominicklee9145 haha you’re totally right. There is totally an algorithm. Gaming companies know the pattern of how frequently a player needs to win in order to stick around. Pretty heftily ruins the experience when you acknowledge this
@@dominicklee9145 I believe churn is the term for people who come in to a game, play, have a bad experience, then quit. So gaming companies realize we need win 2-3 matches a set. If you ever go too negative they’ll give you a win streak to give you that dopamine hit that keeps us going. If we’re being real. This is a dangerous game and we’re dabbling in games where their primary objective is to get us addicted and spending as much money as possible. That’s what going on with FIFA and the loot boxes. These companies don’t care about us. Only our time, money and attention
I run Politoed with mudshot and surf/earthquake (this thing does so much work btw with the spammy surf and surprise earthquake). I’m just wondering now if Weatherball is better than surf? I dont know if the damage/energy tradeoff is worth it since it’s already very spammy with the surfs
I’ve been looking for a Pelipper team! Tried this team today and went 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 5-0, 2,3. Altaria lead was kinda tough. Faced 2 Grass Hole today and when I switched in Pelipper (who looses to Bastiodon), they always switched into S Vic, allowing me to get both shields and sweep with Gfisk 👍🏻 this team may have even more play when Razor Leaf & Rock Slide get debuff.
I’ve been running Pelliper, g-Fisk, and scrafty all season. Since catch cup actually. It did really well for me, then ultra league kicked my ass, and now it’s kinda just okay... galvantula leads kill me tho. Haha.
Galvantula was on my 1st team in the great leauge only mon I had did great. Been playing since last march hit rank 10 last season myself at rank 18 now.
Been using stunfisk and galvantula with varying degrees of success. I think because I'm pairing them with either wigglytuff or umbreon. I'm gonna build a pelliper now
I dropped like 400 in two days after losing lead 14 times in a row with various teams. This team has set me on the path to redemption, Pelipper in the lead instead. Both things in the back can handle most bad leads. Thanks!
Just tried this and first team I encountered was grasshole. Ran it just like you but went triple rock slide and still came out with a win. Heck yea man thanks!
Azumarills have been abundant in great league but I wonder if they will still be on Monday when the nerf takes into effect. Same goes for grasshole teams
Galvantula/Gfisk core is always sweet, never run it was a pelipper ss tho; I’m still having success with you tox/skarm/sable team. Well other than last night lol. Still shooting for expert
I really like this team will definitely use soon. I'm currently working on my master league battle trying to reach expert it's very hard after rank 20. What teams do you like to us for master league ? Have you reached expert level?
Make that three sets with no favourable leads and now 5/15. I should have learned by no not to use the teams content creators use. Either the meta is vastly different at their level, there really is an algorithm that benefits them or they just are extra lucky
I'm trying this party, so far it's ok, but I guess down here (at 2500-2600 rating), different picks are being played. There was this guy with Shadow Flygon. He completely shut me down :D And no Umbreons at all
@@cancermelon2155 i think its actually enjoyable when it does what its supposed to do. high level competitive sweaty battles are fun when theres no lag but sometimes that feels like a lot to ask for
Hey I’m super into go battle league and I managed to push to ace trainer fairly early in the season but I lack the amount of candy and certain pokemons for meta teams is there any replacement for Pelipper in your team that would do the trick?
That Grass matchup was pretty clutch. Though, I suppose running into an unfavorable matchup would be inevitable, seeing as how GO just loves to pair players up against perfect/near-perfect counters.
We go in blind with Teams of three that are structured to be as consistent as possible and provide as much coverage as they can. Your Opponent anticipating the Flyer behind your Mud Boy lead and being prepared for it for example is not a coincidence against all odds.
Pelipper !!!! I been wanting to play with him he strong bulk and couldn’t thing of a team I was thinking double water pelipper and swampert with and Electric or fighting cause I’d be a lot of darks when I battle
my suggestion is that you can post the battle you lost and how can we improve from the lost battles? many people post their win and we get nothing from that
I agree there's often a lot to be learned from losses- but I'm halfway through the video and there's 2 losses already? Nobody's going to post a video entirely of losses
I always show my losses, but it just so happens that I didn’t lose very much with this team. I’ve only ran the team for 5 sets of battles, and one of those sets I wasn’t recording.
maaan i ran this same team and i encountered like 2 of the 5 battles of every set, it is really annoying that bastiodon shadow victribel team im so glad that razor leaf is nerfed, thank you Niantic!!
Same here. I’m thinking it’s partly because I’m not using PvP IVs, I’m using good IVs, and partly due to a lack of experience. I’m often losing by a tiny sliver. That can only mean that I’ll get better as time progresses. I just need to practice more.
Anyone else experiencing an unbelievable amount of lag today? I've lost 18 of 20 and dropped from 2984 to 2755. Never been this frustrated with GBL. Been unable to switch or hit charge moves every 3rd game with lots of lag in between. Anyone else?
3:49 the rock slide swipes match the music so well lol
ok this comment is underrated. hahaha well spotted!
Watching these gbl videos help me so much as a competitive player and hopefully ill reach the legend tier to get those items!!
This man is legend...
Again
True
quite literally
Wait for it... DARY
@@namesurname509 ain’t he #1 in the world
Your battle is so enjoyable to watch and learn.
I'm still floating around in ace. Lost yesterday to a team with I think ninjask? I don't even think there is a meta around my elo range haha
That party was on Reis2TheOcaisson’s channel!
There's a meta in the entire Great League. Lower rank players just decide to not run meta out of lack of knowledge, skill lack of resources to build meta teams, feeling as if meta is "uncool" etc. I'm in ace as well and I still play against some of these pokemon. I've played against Skarmory, Altaria, Drifbloom, Obstagoon, Galvantula, Pelipper, Swampert, Azumarill, Umbreon, A-Wak, Mew, G-Fisk, Registeel, Venesaur, Grasshole lines and more all in Ace Rank. Nobody can convince me that there is not an algorithm of some kind in this game. Anytime I decide to switch teams I get a comparable team that has counters of pokemon I did not see for 30 games when I was using the other team. GBL is not random, there's an algorithm of some kind and certain teams forces it to pair you with certain line ups opponents are using. I guarantee it.
@@dominicklee9145 haha you’re totally right. There is totally an algorithm. Gaming companies know the pattern of how frequently a player needs to win in order to stick around. Pretty heftily ruins the experience when you acknowledge this
@@dominicklee9145 I believe churn is the term for people who come in to a game, play, have a bad experience, then quit. So gaming companies realize we need win 2-3 matches a set. If you ever go too negative they’ll give you a win streak to give you that dopamine hit that keeps us going. If we’re being real. This is a dangerous game and we’re dabbling in games where their primary objective is to get us addicted and spending as much money as possible. That’s what going on with FIFA and the loot boxes. These companies don’t care about us. Only our time, money and attention
@@dominicklee9145 and yet... here we are watching this video
Thanks FPSticks this team has motivated me to play again after getting smashed from 2200 to 1700 :)
This team got me to Expert 2823 tonight, thank you for the insight bro!
Man, this team is everywhere now, thank you for that. It has like zero chance against Jan11 version of grasshole, i have never climbed so fast! :-)
Great team. I don't have a strong peliper. Is there a good alternate like mandibuzz or skarmory?
that was me @ 12:47. the lag on my side was crazy its why i got stuck against your pelipper when you swapped but i guess it worked out in the end lol
I tried Galv in the lead lately and ran into 7 Altaria in the lead in 2 sets. Seems like you had more luck.
I try this Team and im so hard counterd By amowak altaria in the lead
And gfisk
Lucky shots 'coz sometimes (always) appears hard counters
I run Politoed with mudshot and surf/earthquake (this thing does so much work btw with the spammy surf and surprise earthquake). I’m just wondering now if Weatherball is better than surf? I dont know if the damage/energy tradeoff is worth it since it’s already very spammy with the surfs
I’ve been looking for a Pelipper team! Tried this team today and went 3-2, 3-2, 3-2, 5-0, 2,3. Altaria lead was kinda tough. Faced 2 Grass Hole today and when I switched in Pelipper (who looses to Bastiodon), they always switched into S Vic, allowing me to get both shields and sweep with Gfisk 👍🏻 this team may have even more play when Razor Leaf & Rock Slide get debuff.
I’ve been running Pelliper, g-Fisk, and scrafty all season. Since catch cup actually. It did really well for me, then ultra league kicked my ass, and now it’s kinda just okay... galvantula leads kill me tho. Haha.
I’ve tanked a lot since hitting legend. Opponents getting in extra fast moves has killed me
pvp still broken 😂
@@andrewwilson1750 nooo, its eSports ready
@@CM_684 money 💰💵🤑 grab go
I was at 2960 and dropped to 2620.. 🥲
@@111TheViper that sucks :(
Galvantula was on my 1st team in the great leauge only mon I had did great. Been playing since last march hit rank 10 last season myself at rank 18 now.
ah this is why seeing this team everywhere...
No cap I discovered this team a few weeks ago and I guess I just underestimated it.
I'm quite good with my team:
Castform (fire form)
Lanturn
Noctowl
you are ranked 3rd worldwide currently. congrats, man
Love how your first matchup was against tho!! What a legendary battle
Been using stunfisk and galvantula with varying degrees of success. I think because I'm pairing them with either wigglytuff or umbreon. I'm gonna build a pelliper now
I dropped like 400 in two days after losing lead 14 times in a row with various teams. This team has set me on the path to redemption, Pelipper in the lead instead. Both things in the back can handle most bad leads. Thanks!
Great battles! I was also a victim of this team & inspired to start experimenting with Galvantula as a result xD
Just tried this and first team I encountered was grasshole. Ran it just like you but went triple rock slide and still came out with a win. Heck yea man thanks!
When the rock slide nerf comes into play tm. What do you think a good replacement for stun fish could be? Or will it still be ok to run in this team?
I love the spice on that last team lol
Almost my team. I would like to know how you handle G-fisk or Altaria leads since I face them alot.
Love your videos! Is it possible to show the IVs of your mon too?
Do you make all your music?
The smile on FPSticks face while engage umbreon, must very hate this pokemon haha
What a guy Linden.. I was watching his play like when Im watching Marvel movies
I'm running this team but with new n improved politoad. I love running galvantula in the lead
Great team. I just ran against a player using your team. I won using flygon, deoxys defense and lanturn.
Great content! Greetings from Chile.
Nice! I made a similar team a few days ago with flygon instead of Fisk
Is swanna a good replacement for pelipper with air slash, bubble beam, and hurricane?
Wow you are currently ranked second on the leaderboards. You're killing it FPS. I might try this team. possibly Subbing out peliper for Jellicient.
Not gonna lie I thought you didn't have arms there for a minute
How would play Pokémon then?
Feet
Without fail:
Me: Sees new video on UA-cam
Video: uses Pokémon I don’t have
Also grasshole would have won if they didn’t swap out. Bastio could have put quite a bit of hurt on that Peliper
Number 3 on the leaderboard... Hats off man and Big Congratulations 🤟🏻💫👏🏻
Thirsty
Azumarills have been abundant in great league but I wonder if they will still be on Monday when the nerf takes into effect. Same goes for grasshole teams
Was crushing it with mandibuzz azu shadow champ then you post this...brutal, thanks for the content!
What moveset do you with mandibuzz?
Is it a good Mon?
Snarl aerial ace and shadow ball and yeah it’s great, super tanky and flexible, highly recommend
@@alexlaube361 and is Azu still good even after the Nerf?
And what about foul play?is shadow ball better for it.
Galvantula/Gfisk core is always sweet, never run it was a pelipper ss tho; I’m still having success with you tox/skarm/sable team. Well other than last night lol. Still shooting for expert
I really like this team will definitely use soon. I'm currently working on my master league battle trying to reach expert it's very hard after rank 20. What teams do you like to us for master league ? Have you reached expert level?
Decided to give this team a try. Used it for two sets and didn't get a favourable lead once. Went 5/10
Make that three sets with no favourable leads and now 5/15. I should have learned by no not to use the teams content creators use. Either the meta is vastly different at their level, there really is an algorithm that benefits them or they just are extra lucky
I've fought a good amount of that team. Let's just say, Galv doesn't like SHypno in the 2s.
Awesome team bro! Thank you.
dang dude, just noticed the kit in the bg! makes me curious; did you make your own intro music? where can we listen to you rock?
What do you do with this team if u encounter a grass hole team, i encountered it 3 times and lost because i keep swapping in g.fisk
Can you review my team I am using talon flame lead with azumarril and venasur at the back
Wonder what would happen if there were Bastiodon lead...
What could i swap pelliler with?
Dude 200 points over the required limit for legend!!! . Ridiculous!!!! 🤯 keep the grind
I'm trying this party, so far it's ok, but I guess down here (at 2500-2600 rating), different picks are being played. There was this guy with Shadow Flygon. He completely shut me down :D And no Umbreons at all
What do you do against a gfisk lead?
Id assume he would get crushed. Switching to his own Gfisk wouldn't be good and his other two mons get wrecked by rockslide.
What is the brids name ?
Song @ 3:30?
Didn't expect so many missplays at that elo. The late swap on azu into pelipper down a shield with galv back is kinda pepega
that was me LOL it was just lag trust me when i say i did not want to throw debuffed weather balls into that pelipper or swap azu that late
@@stevenhidalgo1278 i trust u this game sucks
@@cancermelon2155 i think its actually enjoyable when it does what its supposed to do. high level competitive sweaty battles are fun when theres no lag but sometimes that feels like a lot to ask for
Quick question..will the Elo be reset in the second half?
Can you please do a video about the pros
And cons of the new moves after Monday?
This team is OP 🔥 .... Thanks man 👍
Carry On
Hey I’m super into go battle league and I managed to push to ace trainer fairly early in the season but I lack the amount of candy and certain pokemons for meta teams is there any replacement for Pelipper in your team that would do the trick?
What can i replace galvantula with?
Give this guy more subscribers.
Better than people like Branton tan, TrnrtpsNick, Mystic7 and Reversal
Right, he's the best in terms of discussing strategy and post-battle analysis.
All I want to say is that it's 4am where I live and I just dropped about 400k dust to build this team. Hopefully no regrets
THANKS FPS, i win 19 of 25 today, great team!
i wanna know what kan i do against gfisk with this team as lead
That Grass matchup was pretty clutch. Though, I suppose running into an unfavorable matchup would be inevitable, seeing as how GO just loves to pair players up against perfect/near-perfect counters.
We go in blind with Teams of three that are structured to be as consistent as possible and provide as much coverage as they can.
Your Opponent anticipating the Flyer behind your Mud Boy lead and being prepared for it for example is not a coincidence against all odds.
Pelipper !!!! I been wanting to play with him he strong bulk and couldn’t thing of a team I was thinking double water pelipper and swampert with and Electric or fighting cause I’d be a lot of darks when I battle
my suggestion is that you can post the battle you lost
and how can we improve from the lost battles?
many people post their win and we get nothing from that
I agree there's often a lot to be learned from losses- but I'm halfway through the video and there's 2 losses already? Nobody's going to post a video entirely of losses
I always show my losses, but it just so happens that I didn’t lose very much with this team. I’ve only ran the team for 5 sets of battles, and one of those sets I wasn’t recording.
This was almost the same team I used except The g Fisk with perserker
I reeeeally like this team. Unfortunately SO many people lead Gfisk at the ~2500 ELO range.
Most people run grasshole bastiodon lead in that elo range
maaan i ran this same team and i encountered like 2 of the 5 battles of every set, it is really annoying that bastiodon shadow victribel team im so glad that razor leaf is nerfed, thank you Niantic!!
GFisk in the back is almost instant lose if you are down in shields
Guys how do we undertap ??
I love this background music❤️
This team is okay. Consistent 3-2 sets. I was not a fan of abomisnow over galv. Here's my OP build for you to test. Scrafty, stunfisk, cresselia
Duuude I was running kinda the same team and it really works good GALVANTULA as lead is GOD haha Swampert and Registeel in the back
Is that galvantula shiny as it is looking much brighter than the normal one😅
He’s just got a good phone mate 😂
It's because we're all trying to use our Azus before we have to say goodbye because of the nerf
Sorry, Im dumb but I dont see what Pelipepper's role is. Seems like a better pkmn could do the job. Plz explain
Pelipper is the safe swap to handle awak. Azu can also do a great job in this role
thats funny, im currently building this team, i started like 5 days ago, but i dont have pelipper
U got pika shiny limbre??
did you know your the only pokemon go content creator that i watch where i can also do my homework at the same time?
also bad english
Just checked the leaderboard and you’re sitting at number 3 this team is beastly
Wow. G-Fisk... wonder how you got that Elo
Good Pokémon are good
@Little Lizard I’m not desperate thanks.
Basically saying to use grasshole.
I played 2 battles today, 2 times this team. Thanks for the wins man.
I just faced against this team and won. But I felt like the trainer I was battling against didn't know how to use the team well
Why I just keep losing with the same teams that all of the top players are recommending? Why!!
Same here. I’m thinking it’s partly because I’m not using PvP IVs, I’m using good IVs, and partly due to a lack of experience. I’m often losing by a tiny sliver. That can only mean that I’ll get better as time progresses. I just need to practice more.
Galvantula has been my MVP is Season 4 and 5.
never forget the Screenshot for the Flex kidz :D
The Legend FP sticks In the very First Match goes up against another legend 😎
Linden plays the abom team better than anyone else I’ve faced. No wonder he’s so high up
Yeah, super solid plays
Congrats!
That last team was quite interesting...
Very spicy!
Damn, I’ve been running this team for a minute, I thought I came up with it 😂
just hit ace with my drifblim, jigglypuff, raichu team.... not happy that you released this galvantula team because i HATE galvantula leads
Anyone else experiencing an unbelievable amount of lag today? I've lost 18 of 20 and dropped from 2984 to 2755. Never been this frustrated with GBL. Been unable to switch or hit charge moves every 3rd game with lots of lag in between. Anyone else?
Caleb Peng the best builder team in GBL
FPSticks the best destroy team in GBL
i try this team and 8/10 opponents lead were awak and gfisk and hard counter in the back) i’m lost 150 points)
Can you playing your drum? Good gameplay