The ADV OU Lead Metagame

#pokemonshowdown #pokemon #competitivepokemon

[Jammburger]

Choice Band Metagross is the best lead because Explosion OHKOs every pokemon (I don't believe in ghosts)

[meetRS]

ah 75 minutes long, the same length as James Whales 1935 classic "The Bride of Frankenstein" truly a wonderful film that came out during the Great Depression, and this can be seen through the somber tone of the film.

This is my best impersonation of BKC.

[boop]

i like leading band flygon and going "You wont switch you think im defensive let me ohko your tar" and then they switch into skarmory and i give them a spike for free

[avibi]

I built a team loosely following vapicuno's ADV OU teambuilding guidelines earlier this week featuring Lum Medicham as its lead and I'm having a bunch of fun with it. The lack of lefties bluffs Choice Band really well, especially when sand is up. Speaking of sand, Medicham scares lead Ttar shitless, leading to immeasurable joy as I get to click Focus Punch turn 1 roughly every other game, something I'm extremely grateful for. And if the opponent gets cheeky and tries switching into Gengar expecting to cast a free Will-O-Wisp, it'll get lured to hell and back by the Lum Berry. On top of that, I EVd Medicham to live one hit from many of the tiers' flagship revenge killers after one round of sand (it might even survive them after 2 rounds sometimes), meaning Medicham can potentially land a 2-for-1 while concealing the rest of my offense, for which it is a great enabler. In case that wasn't enough bliss for me, Medicham has been my 3rd favourite Pokémon since I was but a wee lad (Fighting/Psychic was the coolest thing to me, plus that unforgettable dance move in the 7th opening of the anime won me over). Its Mega (needless to say, I also love it) is just Pure Power in Gen 7, and back when it was the current gen I got my share of jollies (some Adamant ones too) from clicking HJK from virtually 250 base attack, but this is a whole nother dynamic (ngl, it does, if only very vaguely, remind me of lead Machamp in DPP OU) and I'm having a real blast!

[catandfishfc]

This is all pretty complicated, I'm just going to lead Choice Band Regirock and blow up

[rickelmemonti]

weird lack of coverage of the OU lead threat that is trick Choice Band Alakazam

[wildcamlmusic]

i started getting into adv ou a couple weeks ago and im pretty hype rn cuz when you said there were six leads i was in my head like "ttar, meta, skarm, dos, mence, and maybe cune"

i never thought id learn enough to be competitive but its happening :)

edit: ive also been watching your videos like crazy. good shit, very informative

[xoxaxoth]

RIP STEVE. I’m the person I am today cause of his bands. BKC THANKS FOR MAKING simply some of the most interesting videos discussing competitive games of any kind.

[irakyl]

This upload streak is conducive to my wallet running around and wreaking havoc on the BKC patreon

[azeria]

I want to learn about the sapphire and ruby meta game and how much emerald changed things same with the diamond and pearl meta before platinum

[mystic]

Thank you BKC for forming my opinion on the ADV lead metagame

[duncansmith]

Cool one I've been seeing a lot more of recently is regirock. Threatens zap and tar w slide and eq/sp, cripples skarm (or anything) w twave, blows up on waters for your agiligross/ddmence, flips the table w counter on meta in ways tar never could, even has the benefit harder to put in dug range than tar. Super neat really customizable way to make headway at the start of the game for ur other phys guys I like it a lot.👍

[aldrichunfaithful]

one of my favourite mons to lead in adv is glalie, for anyone unaware it has a great matchup into zapdos, salamence, suicune and especially skarmory, so it's amazing as an agro spikes lead. you ev to live two zap tbolts and run salac berry to get a third move off, then you have spikes, ice beam, taunt to ruin lead skarm's life, and explosion if you get all 3 layers or need to deny a setup turn. against ttar and metagross you can either die for one spike or just go to pert and come back later

[BorkBigFrighten]

One of the biggest losses from the advent of Team Preview. The Lead metagame was so intricate and fun.

[名前ここへ]

Wow referencing the reason why Ttar is good in ADV OU? Man that was a great video! How I first got introduced into ADV OU. I'm so happy that I've been continually watching these! Thank you BKC!

[sshade]

You have now convinced me to spike with skarmery in the zapdos matchup

[EarselBill-bixr]

Sleep Venusaur is one of my go-to leads, it out speeds several other common lead and threatens either sleep or damage. Be careful when looking at opposing lead Salamence and maybe Zapdos…..it’s super bulky when pulling off a sleep plus a Leech Seed…..if you wanna go super defensive, I go with Roar and maybe Giga Drain, or replace Roar with Protect….Growth + Giga Drain can be pretty deadly with a defensive Venusaur

Venusaur is UUBL, I feel like its more viable than it’s tiering suggests (I’m sure there’s plenty of Pokémon in tiers they maybe don’t deserve to be in haha)

Take me with a grain of salt, I’m not the greatest player by any means, but I’ve found success with Venusaur

[Rose-ezyn]

okay, i see! in order to win in adv, i need to feel my opponent out at first, before i start applying pressure by digging into them (with spikes of course)

[justanotherguy]

I've been waiting so long for this video

[DecrontheWarrior]

Loved the vid - would love to hear more about the lead mirror matches and how best to prepare for/play them