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00:00:00 – 00:25:20
The video provides an extensive analysis of pitching skills in the MLB Nine Innings game, focusing on their effectiveness for starting pitchers. Key skills discussed include **Slow Starter** and **Control Master**, both positioned as top-tier Legend skills with unique benefits for maintaining pitcher performance deep into games. **Gold skills** like **Finesse Pitcher** and **Last Boss** are highly valued, especially when paired together, forming robust combinations that optimize a pitcher’s effectiveness. **Touch** (Untouchable) and **Dominant Pitcher** are examined, with Touch noted for its consistent activation and Dom for its potential drawbacks, like increased walks. The video also delves into situational skills like **Cleaning Up Your Mess** and attributes like stamina, emphasizing their specific contexts of use. Ultimately, the video highlights the importance of skill pairings, recommending combinations such as Finn Boss for optimum performance and advising on the gradual acquisition of Legend skills for all starting pitchers.
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In this part of the video, Swanson discusses starting pitcher skills in MLB Nine Innings, focusing on which skills are beneficial and how they pair together. He separates Legend and Gold skills, explaining you can only pull one Legend skill per card and which Gold skills complement them. He highlights two top Legend skills for starting pitchers:
1. **Slow Starter**: This skill boosts stats of the starting pitcher each inning until reaching a cap after the fifth inning, helping pitchers stay effective deeper into games. Although it may be prone to giving up runs in the first inning before fully kicking in, it is generally a very strong skill.
2. **Control Master**: This skill enhances the pitcher’s location and breaking ball stats while reducing the opponent’s contact and power. Swanson believes it outperforms the similar Fireballer skill, which increases fastball and velocity stats while lowering the opponent’s power and eye, due to better overall performance.
00:03:00
In this segment of the video, the discussion focuses on various pitching skills and their effectiveness in a gaming context. “Control Master” is highlighted as a highly valuable skill due to its impact on reducing opponents’ contact quality, making it highly desirable. “Fireballer” is acknowledged as a solid skill but is deemed less effective than “Control Master” and “Slow Starter,” especially at higher play levels where it may lead to walks unless paired with “Finesse Pitcher.” “Co-op Pitching” is also mentioned as a viable skill but requires pairing with other good skills to be effective; however, it is seen as a stepping stone rather than a long-term solution. Lastly, “Bullpen Day” is discussed and considered underrated for starting pitchers, placing it in a tier between usable and unusable skills.
00:06:00
In this segment, the discussion focuses on various pitching skills and their effectiveness. The main points include an analysis of the “Bullpen Day” skill, which, while usable, is considered inferior to “Cooperative” and “Fireballer” for starting pitchers. “Pitcher’s Insight,” which activates when an opponent’s batter is in scoring position, is deemed ineffective as it’s situational. “Pitcher’s Chemistry” is also dismissed for starting pitchers unless in lower leagues like bronze. The speaker then transitions to discussing gold and silver skills, highlighting “Finesse Pitcher” as the top gold skill, especially when it comes to pairing with other skills. They also rate “Last Boss” as a highly effective gold skill for starting pitchers, particularly when upgraded to level eight, as it diminishes key batting statistics of opponents.
00:09:00
In this segment of the video, the presenter discusses various pitching skills in the game and their effectiveness. The skills evaluated include Dominant Pitcher, Untouchable (referred to as “Touch”), and Cleaning Up Your Mess. Dominant Pitcher is highlighted for its reliance on fastball and velocity, although it’s considered slightly less effective than Finesse Pitcher due to its tendency to give up walks. Despite this, it is utilized by the presenter on several pitchers. Untouchable is noted for being consistently active against every batter, making it a reliable, though less powerful, skill compared to others like Boss, Dom, or Finesse. Cleaning Up Your Mess, once one of the top skills, now takes a backseat to more active skills but remains valuable by enhancing pitcher stats when an opponent gets on base and negating negative effects from batters’ skills.
00:12:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses various baseball pitching skills and their utility. Master Base Thief is highlighted for its ability to address walks paired with “Dom.” However, “Touch” is favored for its consistent activation. “Clean Up Your Mess” is valuable but not optimal for high-tier gameplay. “Pitching Machine” also boosts performance despite uncertainties about its mechanics; it’s a reliable third skill but may face nerfs. “Stability” is beneficial if the catcher has at least 110 fielding, making it good for skilled catchers. Lastly, “Giant Crusher” and “Inning Eater” are mentioned as situational skills that are helpful but not top-tier.
00:15:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the importance of stamina for starting pitchers, stating higher stamina can lead to inducing soft contact, but ideally, no contact is preferred. However, achieving high stamina is challenging with normal pitchers unless they possess a high base stamina stat. The conversation moves to the value of different pitcher skills, noting that while some like “Iron Will” induce soft contact, they activate under undesirable conditions (like when a batter reaches base). The speaker highlights “Winning Streak” as beneficial in club challenges but less so in ranked modes due to inconsistent activation. Skills like “Fixer” are acknowledged for their utility when losing but are not preferred. The speaker concludes by stating the best skills for starting pitchers on a tier list, emphasizing the value of combining certain skills for optimal performance.
00:18:00
In this part of the video, the presenter discusses various skill pairings for pitchers, focusing primarily on gold skills combinations. The presenter highlights “finboss” as the best pairing due to its elite gold skills, recommending level eight training for the Finesse bonus, which significantly improves pitcher performance. They also mention that supplementing with a third skill like touch or Dom further enhances effectiveness. Emphasis is placed on ultimately acquiring Legend skills for all starting pitchers, although acknowledging this is a long-term goal. The “Finn and Dom” pairing is also praised, as it balances finesse and dominance, compensating for lower velocity with training and making it a viable second-best option for pitchers.
00:21:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the effectiveness and ranking of different skills in a tier list, specifically focusing on Finn Touch, Boss Dom, and other related skills. Finn Touch, while considered weaker than Finn Diamond Boss, is still versatile and pairs well with many skills. Boss Dom is described as a solid skill that can work well until a certain competitive level, but it has the drawback of giving up walks. Boss Touch and Dom Touch are less favored; Boss Touch is noted for giving up many hits despite being two solid gold skills, and Dom Touch is criticized for causing a lot of walks and big hits, making it the least preferred active gold skill for starting pitchers.
00:24:00
In this part of the video, the speaker discusses the relative strengths of different pairings, specifically addressing the pairing of ‘touch’. They note that ‘touch’ is not as strong as other skills, placing it lower in the tier list, with its pairing with Finn being a notable exception. In contrast, ‘boss’ and ‘dom’ skills are ranked higher, with ‘boss’ being the best. The advice given is that while ‘boss’ is preferable, landing ‘Finn boss’ is ideal and provides significant satisfaction. Conversely, if one ends up with ‘Dom touch’, it is suggested that they should plan to transition away from it eventually. The segment concludes with the speaker thanking viewers and encouraging them to leave questions or comments about the tier list.