Ubers Replay Archive
(Takeover Approved by Fireburn and Sweep)
(Takeover Approved by Fireburn and Sweep)
This thread seeks to assemble interesting replays across all generations of Ubers and to promote discussion on said replays. Here you can post replays of good matches from tournaments, with friends, or with randoms. The OP will be updated with replays and commentaries that are of good quality. Please only post if sharing a replay or providing an interesting commentary on a previously posted replay.
Rules:
- Please no replays involving "look at this dumb random on the ladder" or "look how bad this hax was". The ladder can yield good matches, but these types of replays are not what this thread is looking for
- This isn't a place for you to shame other users; don't post replays where the opponent choked hard or made numerous bad plays
- You may submit old replays, and doing so can be interesting as to highlight how the metagame has shifted since then
- You may submit good replays that were already shared in the old version of this thread
- If posting a commentary on a replay, do not be overly critical or attack the players featured in that match. Depth and analysis is good, but making personal attacks on players isn't cool
- Ubers replays only please (if it wasn't already obvious)
WreckDra vs. Konzern
steelpheonix vs Orch
Steeljackal vs. kebabe
Kangaskhan was a nice lead versus his team; I assumed his Arceus was an offensive variant based on scouting previous replays and the fact that it fits there quite easily (doesn't have to be a Defog Arceus since Giratina-O defogs for him, having an offensive answer to Ho-Oh would be nice as it's a threat in sun otherwise, SD Arceus isn't mandatory but is possible in spite of certainly not being a Kangaskhan switch-in) and since offensive Arceus isn't a Kangaskhan switch-in by any means and Kangaskhan 2HKOs Giratina-O with Crunch, I went for it. Kebabe picks Dialga, a fair lead vs my team since it's not super-strong versus that. I go for the safe Fake Out to mega evolve; I didn't want to get blasted turn 1 by a surprise fast Draco Meteor. I then Crunch anticipating a Giratina-O switch-in to scout for the Low Kick or Earthquake. He instead switches in Mewtwo, perhaps thinking I would go for Low Kick as I had a tendency to prefer that on Mega Kangaskhan in XY (I still like it). He reveals that it's Mega Mewtwo X and makes a nice play by clicking Ice Beam as I go for the safe and obvious switch-in to Giratina-O; Kangaskhan not having Sucker Punch is a fair assumption since Fake Out / Crunch / Return / Sucker Punch leaves it unable to hit Dialga, which is sub-optimal coverage not befitting of a threatening lead vs Kebabe's team. Kebabe goes to Klefki as I'm forced to Shadow Sneak with Giratina-O, shifting the momentum briefly in his favor by letting him set up a layer of Spikes until I click Shadow Force and force the switch-in to Arceus-Electric. He is forced to Recover as I click Dragon Tail, leaving his Arceus slightly weakened and his next switch-in up in the air. Dialga unfortunately gets phased out and I'm forced into my own Arceus-Electric on his Life Orb Flash Cannon. I click Calm Mind so as to not faint to a possible Draco Meteor and to pressure his team. He then sacs MMX to get Palkia in and Toxic Arceus-Electric so as to beat a pivotal member of my team easier.
I pivot to Dialga on the forced Toxic or Dragon Tail, as it's able to shrug off both. He stays in with Palkia so as to get a bit of damage on my Dialga (this would greatly benefit his Arceus-Electric later in the game), likely anticipating me to set Stealth Rock. Instead I click Draco Meteor on an unfortunate crit and his Palkia faints. Kebabe then proceeds to bring in his offensive Dialga, his biggest threat to my team. I'm forced to sacrifice something to the incoming Draco Meteor or Aura Sphere, and I choose Giratina-O as it's no longer in the condition to Defog. We basically trade mons turn 13-14; Kebabe takes my Giratina-O but this in turn opens up space for my Timid Specs Kyogre to get a free kill. He sacrifices Klefki since it isn't doing much for him and then proceeds to bring in Giratina-O. I feel like he anticipated Scarf Kyogre on this turn and therefore expected it to 3HKO his Giratina-O; instead, I reveal the Specs and get a large amount of chip damage on it as he clicks Shadow Force in what seems like a misplay. I feel like clicking Dragon Tail was his safest bet, since it would almost take Kyogre out of the picture later in the game; instead, Shadow Force gives Kangaskhan a free turn to come in and KO another thing. It takes down his Giratina-O after the damage inflicted upon it by Kyogre. He then brings in what's almost his last line of offense in Arceus-Electric.
This could be a threat at this point of the game. You'll notice the conspicuous lack of Power Whip or Toxic on Ferrothorn in the importable, something that I didn't change. This means that Ferrothorn isn't a reliable check to his Arceus-Electric. My Kyogre isn't scarf so it can't take it on, Mega Kangaskhan is in the range of a KO from an Electric move after hazards, and Dialga is weak enough to faint to Arceus-Electric should it attack the switch-in. Had this played out differently, my best bet would have been forcing a Calm Mind war versus his Arceus-Electric with my own, a scenario where I would be at a statistical disadvantage given the fact that he'd be attacking far more than I in the beginning. Turn 18 he makes the logical Calm Mind play as I'm forced into Ferrothorn, and then clicks Ice Beam on the Leech Seed, possibly anticipating a freeze or hasty switch to Dialga. Turn 20 was the point I was probably the most tense that game, since had he attacked I would have been in an awkward position. Instead he clicks Recover anticipating my Power Whip and Dialga gets in for free and is able to Rest on the Arceus-Electric. The game is all but over by the time Dialga wakes up after taking a +4 attack like a fucking champion. I'm able to Toxic the Arceus-Electric and it is gradually worn down. Dialga faints and Kebabe essentially loses. I keep Dialga alive for no particular reason as he clicks Fire Blast and my Ferrothorn faints. My Timid Specs Kyogre is faster than his Dialga so I go to it and KO his last mon.
I pivot to Dialga on the forced Toxic or Dragon Tail, as it's able to shrug off both. He stays in with Palkia so as to get a bit of damage on my Dialga (this would greatly benefit his Arceus-Electric later in the game), likely anticipating me to set Stealth Rock. Instead I click Draco Meteor on an unfortunate crit and his Palkia faints. Kebabe then proceeds to bring in his offensive Dialga, his biggest threat to my team. I'm forced to sacrifice something to the incoming Draco Meteor or Aura Sphere, and I choose Giratina-O as it's no longer in the condition to Defog. We basically trade mons turn 13-14; Kebabe takes my Giratina-O but this in turn opens up space for my Timid Specs Kyogre to get a free kill. He sacrifices Klefki since it isn't doing much for him and then proceeds to bring in Giratina-O. I feel like he anticipated Scarf Kyogre on this turn and therefore expected it to 3HKO his Giratina-O; instead, I reveal the Specs and get a large amount of chip damage on it as he clicks Shadow Force in what seems like a misplay. I feel like clicking Dragon Tail was his safest bet, since it would almost take Kyogre out of the picture later in the game; instead, Shadow Force gives Kangaskhan a free turn to come in and KO another thing. It takes down his Giratina-O after the damage inflicted upon it by Kyogre. He then brings in what's almost his last line of offense in Arceus-Electric.
This could be a threat at this point of the game. You'll notice the conspicuous lack of Power Whip or Toxic on Ferrothorn in the importable, something that I didn't change. This means that Ferrothorn isn't a reliable check to his Arceus-Electric. My Kyogre isn't scarf so it can't take it on, Mega Kangaskhan is in the range of a KO from an Electric move after hazards, and Dialga is weak enough to faint to Arceus-Electric should it attack the switch-in. Had this played out differently, my best bet would have been forcing a Calm Mind war versus his Arceus-Electric with my own, a scenario where I would be at a statistical disadvantage given the fact that he'd be attacking far more than I in the beginning. Turn 18 he makes the logical Calm Mind play as I'm forced into Ferrothorn, and then clicks Ice Beam on the Leech Seed, possibly anticipating a freeze or hasty switch to Dialga. Turn 20 was the point I was probably the most tense that game, since had he attacked I would have been in an awkward position. Instead he clicks Recover anticipating my Power Whip and Dialga gets in for free and is able to Rest on the Arceus-Electric. The game is all but over by the time Dialga wakes up after taking a +4 attack like a fucking champion. I'm able to Toxic the Arceus-Electric and it is gradually worn down. Dialga faints and Kebabe essentially loses. I keep Dialga alive for no particular reason as he clicks Fire Blast and my Ferrothorn faints. My Timid Specs Kyogre is faster than his Dialga so I go to it and KO his last mon.
Orch vs. Monsters of Men
polop vs. Ogasian
I've recently come to realize just how good Tornadus-T is in Gen 5. Its incredible speed tier (121, which allows it to outspeed Arceus) combined with rain to spam perfect-accuracy Hurricanes allows it to threaten offense and balance / stall alike. In this battle, Polop brings an interesting Ludi balance team while I bring Tornadus-T balance. At first glance, I notice that Polop has no flying resists save for possibly the Arceus-Forme. Therefore, I made it my goal to bring in Torn as much as possible as he had no real switch-ins for it. After Gira-O takes some chip damage and dies to Palkia's Rend, Torn is basically free to sweep his team.
Sweep vs. Ogasian
Ogasian vs. Benbe
I brought a team inspired by shrang (his post on lead Haban Gira-A piqued my interest), absdaddy (Scarf Garchomp for the win), and iris (kabutops o_O). Turn 1, I hax benbe and crit his mew with Draco Meteor, although I don't know exatly how much it affected the end result. My goal for this team was to spread paralysis with Rachi and Ogre and sweep with Kabutops. By turn 16, I realize that ScarfChomp absolutely destroys his team, his only two EQ switch-ins being Rayquaza and Latios. As such, I make it my goal to bring in Chomper as much as possible. With SR up, Rayquaza has very limited switchins. By turn 20, I just start sacking mons to bring in chomp / kabu and basically threaten his whole team. There's not really a bigger message with this replay, just that ScarfChomp is a boss and so is Kabutops.
absdaddy vs. Ogasian
I bring the Triple Water Spam team while he brings some sort of Mewtwo balance. If you watch the replay, you'll notice that I got destroyed. However, this game could have gone either way, which is why I wanted to share it. The biggest threat to my (his?) team is his LO Mewtwo, while my wincon is Kingdra (it's safe to assume that his last mon wasn't a Kingdra check, as he didn't bring it out). Turns 10 and 11 are really the key plays here. I have Kingdra out versus his Spdef Rachi. Obviously, the safest play here would be to go to Garchomp, which shrugs off pretty much anything Jirachi can throw at it. However, due to the pressure that Mewtwo put on my team (ha get it Pressure cuz Mewtwo has pressure...no...ok), I anticipate his double switch into Mewtwo and elect to go for Waterfall. Although the play would have been epic had it worked out, there was really no reason for Absdaddy not to go for Twave. If I switched to Garchomp, then he could have gone out into a check or simply sacked a mon and brought back in Mewtwo. If I stayed in, he got to cripple the biggest threat to his team. After my Kingdra got paralyzed, the rest of the battle was a formality. I think this replay shows the value of analyzing your opponent's options. Oftentimes, the safest play is the best play.
This match showcases how powerful offensive CM + T Wave Kyogre is, being able to force Latias to flee and would have cleaned Kyogre if not for the Hydro Pump miss. Floppy brings some interesting sets, such as Mean Look + Baton Pass Umbreon in addition to White Herb Deoxys-A, which successfully bluffs a Choice Band. Fireburn retaliates with Pursuit Metagross which was kept hidden for most of the match and ends up winning with Calm Mind Mewtwo.
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