He Won by Doing Nothing

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[josemarioperozofuenmayor]

He just read luigi’s book on self love “doing nothing is key”

[saumyatyagi]

Your opponent can't predict your move when you don't make one.

[tbanime]

"You can do nothing to win"
Alex: "Ok, then I do that."
"Wait what?"

[serpentmaster]

For me it’s not that he did it, its that he understood that that was even an option. Wow

[shayonmitra]

It's not that he did it, it's the fact that he did in a tournament on stream that it absolutely messes with my mind.

[PoutyBats]

I can't do competitive play myself, but watching what these people come up with is so cool.

[Hornswroggle]

"There's nothing you can do!" vs. "There's nothing. You can do that"

[omega-xkgj]

Imagine if this was in the Anime, we'd be calling BS on Ash

Ash: Urshifu Punch the Ground
*Everyone Confused*

[olddog]

How amazing that they both use powerful water move. "water can crash (Hydro canon) or it can flow (surging strike)- Bruce Lee

[thebwoods]

"Sometimes you must lose to ultimately win" - Sun Pikatzu, The Art of Pokemon Battles

[franciscojaviermendezrinco]

If he attaked blastoise before that hydro canon the move would have gotten the boost of torrent, and by the lack of that boost allowed urshifu to survive the attack and win with two uninterrupted attacks.

[HR-pzts]

I swear doubles is the coolest thing in competitive Pokemon. I play singles and chicken out before even thinking about playing doubles.

[Felipe_Andre_]

I didnt even know you could attack your own slot. Its actually very smart in this situation

[ProfDragonite]

Interesting. If he attacked the empty spot next to Blastoise, I believe it would have automatically targeted Blastoise. I wasn't even aware you COULD attack the spot next to you if you have no partner.

[AndersonMallony-EricCF]

What I found really awesome is that it fits Urshifu as a Kung-Fu master Pokemon. "Patience is not passive, on the contrary it is concentrated strength." (Bruce Lee) Be water, my friend 😆

[DiaSynapsid]

Guy pulled an anime moment right here. I can imagine Ash pulling a stunt like this.

[britbongtankie]

"Is there anything I can do to win?"

"There's nothing!"

"Great idea, I'll try that"

[glumreaper]

Assuming both players even knew this was an option, it was a true 50/50. The blastoise could have read the self-slot stall and called the play using any other move turn 1 and then torrent boosted hydro cannon turn 2. But if Alex called that his opponent would call, and then just attacked blastoise turn 1, then Alex wins. It's basically like sucker punch shenangins but with advance mechanics that 99% of us didn't even know existed.

[FHGryphonIRL]

What I’ve learned from these shorts is if you can’t do anything attack your teammate

[Fsast]

wow that was a high risk high reward move/item from both sides