Baby Palafin becomes the adorable hero of huge Pokémon tournament with game-deciding KO

The Pokémon Scarlet and Violet Europe International Championship was full of intense matches all weekend in London. Fans saw unorthodox Pokémon like Orthworm and Klefki take the stage, but the finals came down to one very popular core—Flutter Mane, Amoonguss, Arcanine, and Palafin.

In fact, both finalists were running those four same Pokémon alongside Ting-Lu and a Dragon of their choice. Paul Chua went with Roaring Moon, while Gabriel Agati Madeira had a very scary Baxcalibur with the Clear Amulet. Paul even stated in an interview before the finals that Baxcalibur would give his team “a lot of issues” because it’d be hard to get strong hits off on it.