Decidueye and Vikavolt have incredible designs that absolutely do NOT match their stats, they should both be strong, fast and frail, but whoever decided a bettle based on a jet and an archer bird should be slow must have been high as a kite.
I don't like it either but with a little thought it does make sense why they're so slow. Decidueye needs to aim with precision which isn't always gonna be very fast, even for a master archer like him and Vikavolt probably takes alot of time to charge it's railgun pincers to blast the energy at it's target. The latter could also explain Clawitzer but that thing has a big howitzer claw, that's gotta be uncomfortable to move in so it probably moves slow too.
@@kaelanmcalpine2011 Thing is, Golisapod is slow, but it at least gets access to priority moves like First Impression and Aqua Jet. Making its low speed stat almost non-existent. Decidueye doesn't have that.
I mean, even though birds can be fast, an archer must be incredibly steady and still to aim IRL. Even though I am disappointed with their design choice and Pokémon is a game, not real life, I can still kinda see why they made it a bit slow.
I feel like talonflame’s ability should only be disabled if it’s below 50% hp. I’d say this would be able to make our flaming bird get back on top while still keeping it balanced. Edit: so clearly I didn't think everything through with this idea, so I came up with a new idea. Instead of full hp, I think having the first 3 flying type moves be prioritized and only flying type moves meaning you can't waste them by choosing a different type move. I was also thinking about having the 3 priority moves would refresh upon swapping, but I'm gonna need the insight for the ok on this decision.
It wouldn't be enough. Set-up moves would take a decent enough chunk out of Talonflame that Brave Bird would almost certainly be enough to drop it below that threshold.
Imagine if Castform got a stat buff in different weather forms. Like, it gets more defense in hail form, more attack in sun form, and more health in rain form.
Why? Ice form should not get def boost. It should get the attack buff. Fire should be speed because it can use fire to propell itself and be faster. And rain should be the defs boosted
Turn Vikavolt into a Pseudo-Legendary. Dump all of the 100 stat increase for 600 BST to it's Speed. Give it base 143 Speed. Insult the heck out of Dragapult.
If they were worried about it being too overpowered, they could cut its sp atk to like 115 and then give it a base 100 speed. Which would give it a base stat total of 527 but it would hardly be overpowered with its cut sp. atk
I actually think that 43 speed makes sense because maybe Pokémon thinks that Vikavolt should usually stand on it’s feet instead of flying. Vikavolt would be pretty slow if it wasn’t flying so it makes perfect sense.
@Sceptile UX And Flying. Aerodactyl, Dragonite, and other non-birds need something better than Aerial Ace, and Gyarados needs something better than Bounce.
@@jawadtufaif7208 That's what I was thinking. And Aqua Tail is also a great move, though it's barely ever used over the weaker Waterfall and Liquidation due to its slightly imperfect accuracy. But people use Fire Blast over Flamethrower and Hydro Pump over Surf all the time, which have even lower accuracy, in favor of higher damage output. So I don't know. Waterfall and Liquidation also have useful secondary effects, so that's probably a big factor. Anyway, it's a bit funny to me how more things get useful Physical Psychic moves than useful Physical Electric, Ice, or especially Flying moves. And seeing how Ghost was originally a Physical type, one would think there would be more Physical moves to its name. If it's not a signature move, then the only powerful Physical Ghost attack really is just Phantom Force, which is useful but easy to play around and isn't a great primary STAB.
@@dannyemaynard6531 Honestly, imo, Staraptor has always been better, even when Talonflame didn't suck. Besides, Gen VII had a few signature abilities that negated priority moves, and the real Priority King was taken down by the nerf to Prankster, which is STILL really powerful. Next to Klefki, Talonflame was nothing major.
Dannye Maynard yes, it needed a nerf and "over 50%" would be totally enough. Also, regular Pidgeot should get Gale Wings! (and Mirror Move should return and have a more functional mechanics)
How to fix Castform: Boost Forecast. Forecast: Depending on the weather, Forecast will change Castform's form, which also changes its type, and increase the SpA. and Speed by 1.5 . That's it.
A other buff idea for Castform is give it a hidden ability: Odd Cloud, dependent on Castform teammates or Castform held item Castform ability change to Drizzle, Drought or Snow Warning and other pokemon can't change the weather in anyway until the weather become normal again. This will make Castform a flexible weather setter and a counter to weather as well.
It should summon a random weather and receive a stat boost as long as a weather is present, making the opposition in a bind because they don't gain anything by changing the weather themselves. If he had u turn he could be a good pivot to change an opposing weather
@@spookyspukii but he desserve a good treat. Mawile, Farfech'd, Loppuny, Corsola, and others isn't meant to be powerful too, but they we are, sweeping teams in certain generations. Darmanitan was powerful in gen 5, but now it's even MORE powerful. Why Castform wouldn't be the same now in gen 8? It's not like Darman because their power it's conditional.
I don't like luxray, but that's because I've never loved pokemon with a more special typing that have the attack stat higher, especially if electric type. The reason is because, as said in the video, there are not so many physical moves of those typings and GF programs with a random generator their games. But maybe, if luxray was simply electric-dark probably I would have liked it.
I started in gen 1 but I'm no genwunner, but the one I guess design flaw for me is those ears on luxray. That is the only issue I have with it, and the lack of dark typing when it looks to me like it would have been a good fit. But hey they all cant be winners, and it didnt stop me using luxray in any of my playthroughs either.
Talonflame can use Protect on the first turn to keep up its health and guard against Fake Out. Next turn, you can get Tailwind up. From there, you can use some combination of defog, roost, and brave bird. Also, it outspeeds Kilowattrel by one base point, and is faster than Murkrow, allowing it to out-priority it.
That nerf was more than justified lol Singles Were a hell back in gen 6 lol Just imagine nowadays getting hit by a talonflame tera flying with choice band / life orb Priority brave bird Probably and instakill in most of the pokemons of the format
Grass types always have 5 weakness, so when they get dual typing, they usually still do, taking a weakness, but gaining one. Tropius is no longer weak against bug, but gains rock, and 4x ice.
i have an idea on how to buff castform: make the ability like protean but for the weather effects it has like if you used ice beam it would summon hail and turn into the hail form this concludes my TED talk
PlazTM that’s an absurdly high base stat total. I love the mob, but let’s try and even it out. Give it 110 in speed and special attack. That’s 220. Now keep the seventy for everything but attack. And now drop it’s physical attack to ten. That ways it stays close to its original total but strong ish
@@onebuffalo5402 25-30 BST over starters, and it's a unique mon. And Atk and SpA being 110 overlap, which only allows you the ability to run a physical and special sets, only making a mixed set viable under weather (which Castform should be under anyway). And an ability which summons the weather before it uses that type of move, then changes its form to match that weather before the move comes out would be amazing. So protean, but changes weather. With that, he should be a little more frail at 70 HP, 65 Def, 65 SpD. That puts him at a 530 BST, less than Swampert.
@@cintronproductions9430 bro you don't know true frustration until your trickroom sweeper who you set up to sweep perfectly is revenged killed because a player happened to have a talonflame in the back.
If I was designing Castform, I would have its ability as something that changes the weather every 1-3 moves or so. Then I would buff its stats from 70 across the board to 100 special attack and 100 speed. You wouldn't have to waste space in its move pool for weather moves, and you could have flamethrower, thunder, surf, and blizzard! Hail yeah!!
Well, it having its form change every 3 turns would hurt its strategy chance (eg. Using Sunny Form for a grass type then changing into the Rainy Form) and I also think its stats should change with the forms, maybe having its Sunny Form boost its atk. and speed, its Rainy Form boosting its Speed and Sp.Atk and its Snowy Form boosting its Defense and Sp.Def.
I think Castform should have the same gimmick as Rotom, So you could for example choose to keep Castform as it's base form and have access to all of it's weather forms, OR in the same style as Rotom forms, use an out of battle item to make your Castform stay in a weather form,.. This would give GF the chance to Buff Castform's ability to act as the other switch in weather abilities while it is in that weathers form. Example: choose Castform to stay as Snowy Castform, and when sent into battle Forecast instead causes it to Hail. This would work the same with the Sunny and Rainy forms causing Forecast to make it Harsh Sunlight or Raining. This buff would also be the perfect way to introduce a Sandstorm form 'Sandy form?' i can image it to look like a mini dust devil with it's head peeking out at the top. Making the Forecast ability to cause the weather when Castform is in it's respective form would be easy because it won't have any effect unless a Castform is sent out already in a weather form. This might also make the Normal form a viable option in 2 v 2, Normal Castform uses a weather attack, change form, second turn switch out, now when it is sent back in it restarts it's form's weather. So you can essentially have a multi' weather switch in ability battery tied to a single pokemon.
Oh my God. I remember cheesing another person with Klefki when they had a Speed form Deoxys. It was hilarious confusing and paralyzing them before they had a chance to attack.
For Drednaw, in order to make use of Strong Jaw, they should add new biting moves for its type. In Radical Red, it got Aqua Fang. For rock, it could be Stong Fang or Rock Fang
Decidueye being so limited depressed me. It had no need for that special attack whatsoever, but it got pumped up while its speed, something it desperately needed, remained awful.
To make Talonflame much better, remove 25 base points in Special Attack and it give it to it's physical attack. Gale Wings only works if Talonflame is above half health.
@@Amelia4111 you mean "possessive", "it" is always a pronoun. But, yeah, "its" is possessive, "it's" is a contraction of "it is". To be fair, it's the _only_ possessive to simply add an "s" to the root word without an apostrophe in English and autocorrect _loves_ to change "its" to "it's", even when the former is correct, so it's the most understandable of all the mix-ups. Edited to fix an error in my wording that rendered my statement incorrect.
Agree with most of this video. I would also add Ninetales. Such an elegant design, but it's stat spread isn't great. Wish they lowered its attack and upped it's special attack and speed.
Also hail yeah! Castfom ability idea: barometer: sets weather when castform enters the battle( the weather that will be summoned is depended by its nature ) and gives a sp. Attack boost to allies in hail and rain and an attack bonus in sun and sandstorm
Hmm Idk about being dependent on nature, what about a boosting type item, that way it has a little buff to a stab attack. For example of castform were to hold a mystic water/splash plate it would summon the rain. Just a suggestion but I like your idea.
özgür ruh Even the Gen 1 Pokémon they chose were a joke. Exeggutor is the only one that even makes sense considering the type of evolution these forms are supposed to be based on. If no post-Gen 1 mons already, they at least could have given them to plants, bugs and sea creatures. You know, life forms that actually evolve differently in an environment like that? Nope, better give them to Ratata and Meowth, even though the circumstances for those changes literally could have anywhere else, no need for a tropical environment.
Chimecho! It has an amazing design, was adorable in the anime, and inspiration form Japanese folklore. Yet every regional dex it’s in also has Alakazam and/or Gardivor making it severely outclassed
With base 145 spA it will hit like a truck if it got quiver dance, and atleast outspeed average speed pokemon to pick up quick kos. It aill be good enough, but not the best :) It needs it
It would have made sense to have made it so Castform can evolve into various forms, based on the weather. Like maybe you level it up with high friendship, while it is raining, it will evolve into a a water pokemon permanently. Maybe give each of the evolutions the abilities that set up the weather for their types. Like the Ice one gets Snow Warning. Maybe even go further by making the evolutions represent different kinds of storms. Water/Electric for thunderstorms, Flying/Water for hurricanes, etc.
I actually finished a Shield nuzlocke recently, and my Hulbury encounter was an adamant Chewtle with Strong Jaw. Koopa is now one of my favorite team members.
Gen 6 Talonflame still haunts my dreams. priority Tailwind, and Brave bird and Roost was far to much. If you couldnt take out 75% of its HP in one shot it could just roost stall you because it has a move that heals 50% of its HP first turn. So it could just sustain a heavy attack while a partner Pokemon took out any threats
Talonflame is a fire flying, but have you noticed the most types begin with the letter F, including fire flying fairy and fighting. Next, in my research is G with ghost, grass and ground then D with dragon and dark.
I feel your pain. When I got my random shiny Grapploct at the Lake of Outrage, I was excited, but I was quickly disappointed when I found out it was slow and it’s moveset wasn’t the best. I was so sad.
Because they appeared in the emerald title sequence, I used manectric and Volbeat in my emerald team. But man, I really wish manectric had a more varied movepool and Volbeat had better stats. Still use them both, even if there are better options.
Sableye is my favorite Pokemon but even though it has bad base stats I still always find ways to abuse prankster. Sableye with Dracovish Sableye with Quash and Prankster Dracovish with the move you know that really benefits from going first
@@ImprisionArchieves And Fire neutrality.. But then 4x to Ground, a very widely used attacking type, and Fighting, a component of one of the "perfect coverage" type combinations, even with the Fighting type being pretty garbage to use nowadays, because Fairy
If Steel can't save you then you know you're an irredeemably bad defensive type. This is why I'd place Bug higher than Rock and Ice on defense, those Ground and Fighting resists are genuinely better than any resists from Rock and Ice.
Dannye Maynard Dusknoir is a super bulky and defensive Pokémon. Vikavolt isn’t supposed to be an attacker, it would be a great sweeper if it wasn’t slow. Completely different Pokémon, not comparable.
@@groudon3524 the problem is more the ability shouldn't have existed as giving automatic priority to a huge amount of moves will always be either too powerful or too situational, as there's always going to be a cheap option. You can set up tailwind basically for free with this ability, which can on its own allow for more priority afterwards, regardless of your health, so it's not like you can't work around it easily.
@Mala Ghosh Missed the joke, mate. Actually, missed two jokes. Also, gonna go straight into "Arceus is best 'cause it's strong," eh? Not even going to talk about any competetively decent mons. Just. Mythical or nuttin. I'm a filthy casual and I don't actively use mythicals or legendaries even for competetive.
@Mala Ghosh The joke was that it had even stats across the board. Also, @Samantha kim Caballero was being sarcastic, which you completely missed. Also also, an overpowered God-mon is considered the complete antithesis of balanced. Also also also, Mega Rayquaza, Primal Kyogre, Primal Groudon, Mega Mewtwo(both versions I believe) and Ultra Necrozma are _all_ stronger than Arceus. So I guess Arceus isn't balanced.
I think Luxray should be made an Electric/Dark type. I know it's supposed to be a really loyal Pokemon but if Absol can be a Dark type (Dark type is originally called Aku type in Japanese, which translates to Evil), so can Luxray.
Increase its base HP by 20 The rest by 15 Give it a sandstorm form Make Weather Ball have 75 power (125 when a weather is in effect) when used by Castform Profit
I just realized the true reason why Michael loves Castform so much... *Its base stat total is 420* Edit: *HOLY CHICKEN NUGGETS-* Oh uh sorry, I’m just surprised that a comment posted by me got 72 likes & 9 replies in 2 weeks. I mean the most I’ve ever gotten is like 10 so uh... thanks!
@@sageblast3143 gen 2 was the split of the special stat(special atk/special defense). It was gen 4 where actual attack moves got split up into being either physical(using your attack stat) or special(using your special attack stat)
2:48 i always wished castform had like a hidden ability where it’d cycle through all the weather on every turn so it’s form would keep changing, which couldve probably made it a lot more decent
Nah,That would make it too unpredictable & you would not be able to build around the ability,You would have 0 coverage since 3 move slots will be used for stab moves.
@@idosomethingiguess3680 So, having a Fire-Move, Water-Move and Ice-Move isn‘t good coverage? You could hit 9 of the 18 types super effective and only Water-Pokémon non-effetive!
@@RandomizerX3 Huh. Your team doesn't cover many types at all. Intelleon covers Fire, Rock, and Ground; Rapidash and Hatterene covers the exact same types, which are Dark, Dragon, Fighting and Poison, the latter of which they are also weak to; Alcremie doesn't help you cover any more types; and Dubwool is a Normal type; Frosmoth covers more types including Grass, Flying, Dragon, Ground, Psychic and Dark, but it has a lot of weaknesses that isn't covered by it's teammates. Your team share many weaknesses, an example being Steel, which 4 out of 6 members are weak to. They simply don't have synergy together. This may be why you think these Pokemon need buffs when in reality they don't. The Pokemon on your team all have potential to do well on a more thought out team. I know not everyone cares about this, and you should keep using them if you prefer but I think you will have a better experience if you take team diversity into consideration next time.
One pokemon i have to include is my favourite mon dusknoir. His defenses are sky high but his hp is dog poop. So he now is in the tierless limbo of untiered .
this is a fact!! since dual abilities is a thing in those games..chlorophyll + solar power = look out this thing is dangerous. i was hoping that at one point or another they would incorporate the double ability thing in the main games…i was terribly dissapointed
Mikey:“Tauros is my favorite Kanto Pokemon.” His fans: *Sad Helix noises* Edit: I forgot Lord Helix was a God, I am now worried he will smite me where I stand
At the time of my comment, it's been 4 years, and at least 1 of these pokemon got some new love from gamefreak. Tauros getting 3 new forms in Paldea, and each of them getting a new typing. Way to go, Mikey, for the gold star prediction!
Drednaw is my favorite from Gen 8. I still use it, though glad I’m not the only one who hoped it would of been a Water/Ground type. We already have Carracosta for a Water/Rock turtle, and I thought Water/Ground would fit more since snapping turtles seem to mainly lice in swampy areas.
I think a unique buff for Castform would be that it changes the weather when entering play based on what weather rock it holds (would also change type to match that like normal). This would allow it to be a weather setter for every weather type. If they do this though, should Castform’s form remain Normal outside of battle? Or should it’s form just change based on its held item? (i.e. if you look at your opponent’s team before a battle starts, would you see what form Castform they have?)
For me it's Tentacruel - the type combo works well for my teams, I love the ability Clear Body and it has a great move learnset. Unfortunately despite a decent BST all of its stats other than SpD are just not good enough for competitive
One of my favorites from Gen one, Taorus was a beast in gen one and they nerfed it way to hard. And instead of evolving it they created Buffalont. Taorus needs an update and could really benefit from an evolution.
Since this video came out, Decidueye got a new form in Legende Arceus and Tauros got multiple new forms in Scarlet and Violet. Glad to see some of the Pokémon he mentioned actually got some attention. Same cannot be said about Zebstrika though. That Pokémon hasn’t appeared in any Nintendo switch game, and was last found in the wild in Pokémon black and white 2 😬
"Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites." - Karen If your favorite Pokemon sucks, go use it man! If WolfeyVGC can make an Applin or a Bulbasaur pretty competitively viable you go out there and kill everything with your Magikarp!
It's just if I want to use spinda in a playthrough, I have to breed one with contrary and superpower Without those tools he's hardly viable in a main game story
And that quote is why I almost always have the starter a ninetales a eeveeolution and almost no legendaries except maybe box art (the main exception is my black play though where ninetales is post game and there are no eeveeolutions)
In my own personal pokemon region (Untaro) I made/found a few moves that could (most likely) really help Zebstrika. 1. electro arc: electric type physical quick attack. 2. Stampede: ground type physical move that boosts in power for each teammate it has in battle. 3. Crashing bolt: physical electric type move with 120 power, so fairly high, a 50% chance to paralyze but sadly only 85% accuracy and deals large recoil (I actually made this Zabstrika's signature move)
My battle tower team in Sword was Cinderace, Seismitoad and Grapploct and Grapploct was the MVP. It was always the last one standing to beat the opponent and it gave me my first 10 win streak despite its terrible moveset which I don't bother to change (Octolock, Dig, Reversal, Superpower). I was still so excited
I agree. Vikavolt is undoubtedly the coolest bug type. It is ridiculous that they dropped its speed like that. I get it supposed to be balanced but like, drop its sp atk or def or something
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Im so shocked that vikavolt is so slow, its design makes it look extremely fast
Yea bug and electric are such fast types too!
Here’s a way to make it better:
HP:67
Atk:40
Def:70
Sp Atk:145
Sp Def: 65
Spd: 118
@@vikavoltisepic3507 YES
@@vikavoltisepic3507 would nerf the speed to 100 because 90 is about the average or just need abit to 105
@@swablu_gamingsyt4697 the thing is it zips around everywhere so it kinda has to be fast
Decidueye and Vikavolt have incredible designs that absolutely do NOT match their stats, they should both be strong, fast and frail, but whoever decided a bettle based on a jet and an archer bird should be slow must have been high as a kite.
Agreed! I was SOOOO disappointed when I found out Vikavolt was so damn slow for an Electric type.
Maybe if vika was based on a bomber which tend to be more slow
I don't like it either but with a little thought it does make sense why they're so slow. Decidueye needs to aim with precision which isn't always gonna be very fast, even for a master archer like him and Vikavolt probably takes alot of time to charge it's railgun pincers to blast the energy at it's target. The latter could also explain Clawitzer but that thing has a big howitzer claw, that's gotta be uncomfortable to move in so it probably moves slow too.
@@kaelanmcalpine2011 Thing is, Golisapod is slow, but it at least gets access to priority moves like First Impression and Aqua Jet. Making its low speed stat almost non-existent. Decidueye doesn't have that.
I mean, even though birds can be fast, an archer must be incredibly steady and still to aim IRL. Even though I am disappointed with their design choice and Pokémon is a game, not real life, I can still kinda see why they made it a bit slow.
I feel like talonflame’s ability should only be disabled if it’s below 50% hp. I’d say this would be able to make our flaming bird get back on top while still keeping it balanced.
Edit: so clearly I didn't think everything through with this idea, so I came up with a new idea. Instead of full hp, I think having the first 3 flying type moves be prioritized and only flying type moves meaning you can't waste them by choosing a different type move. I was also thinking about having the 3 priority moves would refresh upon swapping, but I'm gonna need the insight for the ok on this decision.
Defeatist 2.0, still really sucks for Archeops. It would be terrible on Talonflame
It wouldn't be enough. Set-up moves would take a decent enough chunk out of Talonflame that Brave Bird would almost certainly be enough to drop it below that threshold.
I think with psychic terrain so prevalent now, Gale wings should function as it was in gen 6 because priority moves are not that op anymore.
@@NicolasClark7732 well it can set up tailwind before that also thats talonflame s main job support
No... never. Gen 6 Talonflame was godawful and it should never be buffed back up to that level.
10:23 Shell armour is actually really good for nuzlockes since you don’t have to worry about random crits.
Ok boomer
Yeah
That's right
@@samd2612 "Back in ma day, we didn't have those fancy new crit-related deaths you young-uns really seem to think is fair and balanced."
"play around the crit"
Imagine if Castform got a stat buff in different weather forms. Like, it gets more defense in hail form, more attack in sun form, and more health in rain form.
Both defense and sp. defense in hail
Attack and sp. Attack in sun
And also a tornado form for speed just like the guy above me said
That's a brilliant idea
Why? Ice form should not get def boost. It should get the attack buff. Fire should be speed because it can use fire to propell itself and be faster. And rain should be the defs boosted
Hail yea!
You're wish, has been granted!
On the Hail form at least.
Castform’s stats have one redeeming quality:
It’s base stat total is *420*
imagine if it evolved at level *69*. Now that would be *nice*
@@motomoto.1751 Funny weed and sex numbers give me likes
Hail yeah
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Stone Cast Steve Form
Vikavolt
expected base speed: 110-130
actual base speed: 43
130 base speed is a bad idea,it would be 80-90 at most
Turn Vikavolt into a Pseudo-Legendary.
Dump all of the 100 stat increase for 600 BST to it's Speed.
Give it base 143 Speed.
Insult the heck out of Dragapult.
If they were worried about it being too overpowered, they could cut its sp atk to like 115 and then give it a base 100 speed. Which would give it a base stat total of 527 but it would hardly be overpowered with its cut sp. atk
I actually think that 43 speed makes sense because maybe Pokémon thinks that Vikavolt should usually stand on it’s feet instead of flying. Vikavolt would be pretty slow if it wasn’t flying so it makes perfect sense.
Vikavolt also learns Agility by level up to greatly help with its Speed.
Side note: You need Castform to encounter the legendary genies in ORAS.
Legendary genies?
Tornadus,Thundurus and landorus
Plus you get a free mystic water to boost your water type moves damage
Wait wait what?
Where ?
Gamefreak should make more water and electric physical moves. That's really necessary
And Ice and Ghost.
@Sceptile UX And Flying. Aerodactyl, Dragonite, and other non-birds need something better than Aerial Ace, and Gyarados needs something better than Bounce.
Water already has waterfall and liquidation
@@jawadtufaif7208 That's what I was thinking. And Aqua Tail is also a great move, though it's barely ever used over the weaker Waterfall and Liquidation due to its slightly imperfect accuracy. But people use Fire Blast over Flamethrower and Hydro Pump over Surf all the time, which have even lower accuracy, in favor of higher damage output. So I don't know. Waterfall and Liquidation also have useful secondary effects, so that's probably a big factor.
Anyway, it's a bit funny to me how more things get useful Physical Psychic moves than useful Physical Electric, Ice, or especially Flying moves. And seeing how Ghost was originally a Physical type, one would think there would be more Physical moves to its name. If it's not a signature move, then the only powerful Physical Ghost attack really is just Phantom Force, which is useful but easy to play around and isn't a great primary STAB.
@@reddragonair3147 Ice has icicle crash which is actually pretty good
Just give Zebstrika the ability "Galvanize"
And boom, lots of powerful physical stab moves!
YES
Perfect
Yes
Yes please
Oh god, a Galvanized Return from that thing would be terrifying.
Micheal: Can i get a hail yeah?
Me that knows i still have class later: **tired hail yeah**
Well I hope you pass :)
The Gale Wings nerf should have been "over half HP" as opposed to "only at full HP"
Nah, Talonflame was overpowered so it needed a nerf(and that means Staraptor is better than it)
@@dannyemaynard6531 Honestly, imo, Staraptor has always been better, even when Talonflame didn't suck.
Besides, Gen VII had a few signature abilities that negated priority moves, and the real Priority King was taken down by the nerf to Prankster, which is STILL really powerful. Next to Klefki, Talonflame was nothing major.
Dannye Maynard yes, it needed a nerf and "over 50%" would be totally enough. Also, regular Pidgeot should get Gale Wings! (and Mirror Move should return and have a more functional mechanics)
@@dannyemaynard6531 That's not really a nerf though. They basically ruined Talonflame. Nerfs shouldn't completely ruin an aspect of a game.
Some of us are gale wings.
Some of us only work at full HP
How to fix Castform: Boost Forecast.
Forecast: Depending on the weather, Forecast will change Castform's form, which also changes its type, and increase the SpA. and Speed by 1.5 .
That's it.
A other buff idea for Castform is give it a hidden ability: Odd Cloud, dependent on Castform teammates or Castform held item Castform ability change to Drizzle, Drought or Snow Warning and other pokemon can't change the weather in anyway until the weather become normal again. This will make Castform a flexible weather setter and a counter to weather as well.
Another idea: It has an ability called god, where it destroys all mortals around it
It should summon a random weather and receive a stat boost as long as a weather is present, making the opposition in a bind because they don't gain anything by changing the weather themselves. If he had u turn he could be a good pivot to change an opposing weather
@@spookyspukii Then why Galarian Darmanitan exist?
They will be the same thing.
@@spookyspukii but he desserve a good treat. Mawile, Farfech'd, Loppuny, Corsola, and others isn't meant to be powerful too, but they we are, sweeping teams in certain generations.
Darmanitan was powerful in gen 5, but now it's even MORE powerful. Why Castform wouldn't be the same now in gen 8? It's not like Darman because their power it's conditional.
Michael: I don’t Think any Pokemon fans hate Luxray
Me: Genwunners
They hate most pokemon tho...
No offense but I don't know if I'd call them pokemon fans...
@Random Songs In Locrian Well, I can understand that, when I first saw it I didn't like it, but it design started to grow on me
I don't like luxray, but that's because I've never loved pokemon with a more special typing that have the attack stat higher, especially if electric type. The reason is because, as said in the video, there are not so many physical moves of those typings and GF programs with a random generator their games. But maybe, if luxray was simply electric-dark probably I would have liked it.
I started in gen 1 but I'm no genwunner, but the one I guess design flaw for me is those ears on luxray. That is the only issue I have with it, and the lack of dark typing when it looks to me like it would have been a good fit. But hey they all cant be winners, and it didnt stop me using luxray in any of my playthroughs either.
Talonflame can use Protect on the first turn to keep up its health and guard against Fake Out. Next turn, you can get Tailwind up. From there, you can use some combination of defog, roost, and brave bird. Also, it outspeeds Kilowattrel by one base point, and is faster than Murkrow, allowing it to out-priority it.
Amazing bro . Seems like you have gr8 competitive knowledge . Wish I was as good as you
Gale Wings. Roost. Etc. It had an infamous moveset a few gens back.
So lose out on first turn tailwind?
That nerf was more than justified lol
Singles Were a hell back in gen 6 lol
Just imagine nowadays getting hit by a talonflame tera flying with choice band / life orb
Priority brave bird
Probably and instakill in most of the pokemons of the format
Grass types always have 5 weakness, so when they get dual typing, they usually still do, taking a weakness, but gaining one. Tropius is no longer weak against bug, but gains rock, and 4x ice.
sad Tropius noises
Except Ferrothorn
Grass should resist fairy types they should get a buff in sinnoh remakes and get a resistance to fairy and even fairy types will also get nerfed
@@tnoor836 also should reduce some weaknesses
@@tnoor836 It even makes sense for grass to resist fairy since flowers and medical herbs are commonly used to ward off magical creatures in legends
i have an idea on how to buff castform: make the ability like protean but for the weather effects it has like if you used ice beam it would summon hail and turn into the hail form
this concludes my TED talk
Yes, amazing. And give it base 110 in atk, spa, and spe, and 75 in defenses, with 80 hp.
PlazTM that’s an absurdly high base stat total. I love the mob, but let’s try and even it out. Give it 110 in speed and special attack. That’s 220. Now keep the seventy for everything but attack. And now drop it’s physical attack to ten. That ways it stays close to its original total but strong ish
I would give it stat boosts based on which form it's in
@@PlazDreamweaver So give it a 560 base stat total? you realize thats nearly on par w/ legendary trio totals right lol
@@onebuffalo5402 25-30 BST over starters, and it's a unique mon. And Atk and SpA being 110 overlap, which only allows you the ability to run a physical and special sets, only making a mixed set viable under weather (which Castform should be under anyway). And an ability which summons the weather before it uses that type of move, then changes its form to match that weather before the move comes out would be amazing. So protean, but changes weather. With that, he should be a little more frail at 70 HP, 65 Def, 65 SpD. That puts him at a 530 BST, less than Swampert.
The sad thing is the thumbnail is true talonflame got hella nerfed in sun and moon
Thank God it did. Gale wings was such a retarded ability and it made the game less fun when everyone had priority due to this stupid moltres ripoff.
@@3.2187_Kilometres You're as mad as a Hippowdon with a hernia. XD
@@cintronproductions9430 i love that!
@@cintronproductions9430 bro you don't know true frustration until your trickroom sweeper who you set up to sweep perfectly is revenged killed because a player happened to have a talonflame in the back.
@@cintronproductions9430 also great analogy.
If I was designing Castform, I would have its ability as something that changes the weather every 1-3 moves or so. Then I would buff its stats from 70 across the board to 100 special attack and 100 speed. You wouldn't have to waste space in its move pool for weather moves, and you could have flamethrower, thunder, surf, and blizzard! Hail yeah!!
Well, it having its form change every 3 turns would hurt its strategy chance (eg. Using Sunny Form for a grass type then changing into the Rainy Form) and I also think its stats should change with the forms, maybe having its Sunny Form boost its atk. and speed, its Rainy Form boosting its Speed and Sp.Atk and its Snowy Form boosting its Defense and Sp.Def.
If it were random, yes. However, if it cycled in a specific order, you could strategize around that, no?@@r.ndomperson
@@cxpKSip i mean prob, really depends on how it works
I think Castform should have the same gimmick as Rotom, So you could for example choose to keep Castform as it's base form and have access to all of it's weather forms, OR in the same style as Rotom forms, use an out of battle item to make your Castform stay in a weather form,.. This would give GF the chance to Buff Castform's ability to act as the other switch in weather abilities while it is in that weathers form.
Example: choose Castform to stay as Snowy Castform, and when sent into battle Forecast instead causes it to Hail.
This would work the same with the Sunny and Rainy forms causing Forecast to make it Harsh Sunlight or Raining.
This buff would also be the perfect way to introduce a Sandstorm form 'Sandy form?' i can image it to look like a mini dust devil with it's head peeking out at the top.
Making the Forecast ability to cause the weather when Castform is in it's respective form would be easy because it won't have any effect unless a Castform is sent out already in a weather form. This might also make the Normal form a viable option in 2 v 2, Normal Castform uses a weather attack, change form, second turn switch out, now when it is sent back in it restarts it's form's weather. So you can essentially have a multi' weather switch in ability battery tied to a single pokemon.
Micheal: greetings pokefans Micheal here
Captions: greetings bookie Finn’s Micheal here
Travis Sulewski lol
Travis Sulewski that is what I got
He says that all the time greeting pokefans Michael here
What I get usually is greetings poker fins Michael here
Yup
Do the opposite
“Ten pokemon I wish were awful”
#1: Miltank
@@camarokidbb4347 I was gonna comment that
10: landorus therian
9: landorus therian
8: landorus therian
7: landorus therian
6: landorus therian
5: landorus therian
4: landorus therian
3: landorus therian
2: landorus therian
1: miltank
Klefki better be on that
Oh my God. I remember cheesing another person with Klefki when they had a Speed form Deoxys. It was hilarious confusing and paralyzing them before they had a chance to attack.
For Drednaw, in order to make use of Strong Jaw, they should add new biting moves for its type. In Radical Red, it got Aqua Fang. For rock, it could be Stong Fang or Rock Fang
Giving it Fishious Rend might be a good idea. Paired with Scarf and it's going to be somewhat better
Decidueye being so limited depressed me. It had no need for that special attack whatsoever, but it got pumped up while its speed, something it desperately needed, remained awful.
Same, but its still my fave
Despite the fact it is based on a archer ghost clearly fast design owl thing
@@MaggieFox45 no it is worse
@@MaggieFox45 bruh they made primarina look too feminine
Welcome to alola!
“You can’t be bad if your base stat is 530...”
Hahahaha Meganium hahahaha
Justin Pruett W H E E Z E
Ouch
Go fish. Meganium has a base stat total of 525.
Meganium is cool, and a better starter than Feraligatr in GSC
I used Meganium in my playthrough of HeartGold and she was pretty good.
To make Talonflame much better, remove 25 base points in Special Attack and it give it to it's physical attack. Gale Wings only works if Talonflame is above half health.
WE DON'T USE THE WORD ITS AS A PRONOUN IF THERE'S AN APOSTROPHE IN IT! STOP THAT!
@@Amelia4111 no u
@@Amelia4111 you mean "possessive", "it" is always a pronoun. But, yeah, "its" is possessive, "it's" is a contraction of "it is". To be fair, it's the _only_ possessive to simply add an "s" to the root word without an apostrophe in English and autocorrect _loves_ to change "its" to "it's", even when the former is correct, so it's the most understandable of all the mix-ups.
Edited to fix an error in my wording that rendered my statement incorrect.
Yeah
@@RabblesTheBinxfalse. "His" and "hers" are possessive pronouns with the letter "s" in them.
Agree with most of this video. I would also add Ninetales. Such an elegant design, but it's stat spread isn't great. Wish they lowered its attack and upped it's special attack and speed.
Also hail yeah! Castfom ability idea: barometer: sets weather when castform enters the battle( the weather that will be summoned is depended by its nature ) and gives a sp. Attack boost to allies in hail and rain and an attack bonus in sun and sandstorm
It would be cool as Castform's hidden ability
@@jorgegonzalezavila9376 aww thank you for thinking its good!
Hmm Idk about being dependent on nature, what about a boosting type item, that way it has a little buff to a stab attack. For example of castform were to hold a mystic water/splash plate it would summon the rain. Just a suggestion but I like your idea.
@@omarpride3021 Hail Yeah; Charcoal/Flame Plate -> harsh sunlight and Nevermeltice/Freeze Plate -> hail.
@@jorgegonzalezavila9376 Mystic Water/Splash Plate - Rain , Softsand/Earth Plate - Sandstorm
I'm still so pissed that tropius didn't get sun/moon/us/um variation. THIS WAS SUCH A MISSED OPPORTUNITY
You know alolan. Forms only gen 1 pokemons right
Maybe they will give it a galar form because it is rumour that dustox from gen 3 will get one
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Even the Gen 1 Pokémon they chose were a joke. Exeggutor is the only one that even makes sense considering the type of evolution these forms are supposed to be based on. If no post-Gen 1 mons already, they at least could have given them to plants, bugs and sea creatures. You know, life forms that actually evolve differently in an environment like that? Nope, better give them to Ratata and Meowth, even though the circumstances for those changes literally could have anywhere else, no need for a tropical environment.
@@rainpooper7088 You forgetting Marowak bruh
Kartik Saha it makes sense because of fire dancing
Chimecho! It has an amazing design, was adorable in the anime, and inspiration form Japanese folklore.
Yet every regional dex it’s in also has Alakazam and/or Gardivor making it severely outclassed
Delete Alakazam And Gardevoir
Boom problem solved
@@jebacpis869 not worth it. Gardevoir and alakazam are way cooler and way better
I love Chimecho. Used a Chimecho named Sleigh Belle in my original playthrough of X.
@Ayanokouji Kiyotaka n o t t h a t f u n n y
@Ayanokouji Kiyotaka uh lol when did you become an expert in comedy? And four likes? Wow so many
Imagine giving Vikavolt Quiver Dance
It’d still be too slow and frail to utilize it effectively. It needs trick room to function competitively.
But with base 125 special attack and speed
@@BladeTNT2018 actually 145 base
With base 145 spA it will hit like a truck if it got quiver dance, and atleast outspeed average speed pokemon to pick up quick kos. It aill be good enough, but not the best :)
It needs it
Imagine giving vikavolt speed boost
Mikey should rename the video "I wish my favorite pokemon were better".
Lol facts
He wants the pokemon to be better and usally Your fav pkmn are the ones you want to be better
I mean.... he could have talk about other pokemon
@@royalgecko5683 Then it wouldn't be "Pokémon *I* (Michael) want to be better"
?
This video in a nutshell: "I love you, but you're all terrible."
“at your job” xD
I’m gonna leave it at a perfect hundred
Me when playing games with multiple characters
Keep comments respective bro
Bob
Me at the beginning of the vid: Soooo castforms number 1
It’s not a top 10
@@hpUP. yes it is tho
So that was great but yeah
It would have made sense to have made it so Castform can evolve into various forms, based on the weather. Like maybe you level it up with high friendship, while it is raining, it will evolve into a a water pokemon permanently. Maybe give each of the evolutions the abilities that set up the weather for their types. Like the Ice one gets Snow Warning.
Maybe even go further by making the evolutions represent different kinds of storms. Water/Electric for thunderstorms, Flying/Water for hurricanes, etc.
“All of the good physical-type electric moves are signature moves”
Zing Zap is crying in the corner
He also said "but only like 2 pokemon have it" which describes zing zap.
Two of the pokemon that have it are pretty likable for me, so I dont have a problem, other people probably need it tho
With spark
Isn't Zing Zap the signature move of Togedemaru?
@@Jay-nh6um I think Pincurchin got it too I’m Gen 8. It still might as well be a signature move.
Me as soon as it releases: *D e f i n a t e l y N o t C a s t f o r m.*
RealisticBanana
You did another joke in TrueGreen7 vid
Definitely* 😉
Yes yes castform I am so happy hail ha
@SlayZy On iPad HNNNNNNNNGH
@A Wild Courupt Mhm, they did polar-opposite videos.
“For every OP Pokémon their is a useless Pokémon to balance out the universe”
*there
Worlds first chair with 3k subs *there*
Perfectly balanced as all things should be
Ela thicc
How about ditto
One redeeming quality about castform is that you could have half special moves and the other half physical moves.
"Wow, im impressed many of you said it"
Mom can i get a new phone, Mikey is listening to me
Mikey: Wild Charge is bad because of recoil!!
Also Mikey: BrAvE BiRd TaLoNfLaMe
Yep, the true difference are 30 more base damage.
wild charge only 90 base power while brave bird is 120
Jivansh Malik Yeah I know, this was intended as a joke, I just thought it was funny lol.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
*Cough cough* roost *cough cough*
I wish that Meowstic was stronger in battle because it’s one of my favorite Pokémon and wish it got more love
if its gen 6 i like it
so i love meowstic
I actually finished a Shield nuzlocke recently, and my Hulbury encounter was an adamant Chewtle with Strong Jaw.
Koopa is now one of my favorite team members.
Gen 6 Talonflame still haunts my dreams. priority Tailwind, and Brave bird and Roost was far to much. If you couldnt take out 75% of its HP in one shot it could just roost stall you because it has a move that heals 50% of its HP first turn. So it could just sustain a heavy attack while a partner Pokemon took out any threats
Anyone crying over the Gale Wings nerf clearly never played against this horrible sort of Talonflame themselves. Good bloody riddance, I say.
“Not all of the Pokémon are unusable”
1. Castform
Him: jokes on you i have beaten alpha sapphire with ONLY castform
101 like
Talonflame is a fire flying, but have you noticed the most types begin with the letter F, including fire flying fairy and fighting. Next, in my research is G with ghost, grass and ground then D with dragon and dark.
Does that reall matter?
In my research every pokemon typing always starts with the word "type"
I mean,it doesn't really matter or anything
It's a good fact, and I like facts
Thats not realy relevant, the types have 9 diferent names each
Radical Red Castform is amazing. Better stats and forecast now makes weather happen automatically depending on the held item, using the weather rocks
Micheal: Can I get a hail yeah
Me: Hail yeah
Hail no
HAIL YEAH AND IF YOU DIDN’T SAY IT I WILL FIND AND DESTROY YOU
Hail yeah
Idk why like 2/3 people dont say hail yea but i will HAIL YEA
Hail Yah
Second I saw this title, I knew castform would force it’s way on this list.
*castforce its way
Nice channel icon dude
OMG it’s Miachel thank u yaveltal
MandJTV I wish I thought of that earlier 😂
Hail yeah
I feel your pain. When I got my random shiny Grapploct at the Lake of Outrage, I was excited, but I was quickly disappointed when I found out it was slow and it’s moveset wasn’t the best. I was so sad.
Also hail yeah
Well at least you would rather have him than well febas
@@faridabdifatah303 what's wrong with feebas?
You know how long It takes to Evolve
I got a shiny blastmoise
Because they appeared in the emerald title sequence, I used manectric and Volbeat in my emerald team. But man, I really wish manectric had a more varied movepool and Volbeat had better stats. Still use them both, even if there are better options.
If it makes you feel better, Manectric is one of the best megas in gen 7 UU along with aerodactyl
me: sees title
also me: tropius is gonna be on this list
jeff lmao I had the exact same thoughts
Well... And castform
I love its design SO MUCH but it's really only good for Fly
@@sapphiresupernova And a bushel of other HMs. In Generation III, between it and Tentacruel you can cover all the HM moves.
Sableye is my favorite Pokemon but even though it has bad base stats I still always find ways to abuse prankster.
Sableye with Dracovish
Sableye with Quash and Prankster
Dracovish with the move you know that really benefits from going first
Quash Sableye and Murkrow were all I spammed during vgc 2017. I don't know why Quash is so underrated
watching this on 4/20 to find out castform has a BST of 420, "hail yeah"
OfficialGushContent I watched this in the same date and it was 4:20 “ HAIL YEAH”
OfficialGushContent nice 👌🏻
weed rules
Hail yeah
me watching this on 6/9 to find out castform’s BST is 420 “hail yeah” “69420 blaze it in the sea dungeon”
Aggron was cool af even his mega was cool yet still in NU
Aggron is still a competitive staple though. It has been used many time especially mega Aggron on stall/wall teams.
Hes still amazing just that rock typing is like a curse
@@ironwarriors4lyfe635 oh yeah the only good thing that comes from the rock typing is stab rockslide and head smash
@@ImprisionArchieves And Fire neutrality.. But then 4x to Ground, a very widely used attacking type, and Fighting, a component of one of the "perfect coverage" type combinations, even with the Fighting type being pretty garbage to use nowadays, because Fairy
If Steel can't save you then you know you're an irredeemably bad defensive type. This is why I'd place Bug higher than Rock and Ice on defense, those Ground and Fighting resists are genuinely better than any resists from Rock and Ice.
Michael: I wish Vikavolt wasn't so slow
Me: *Dusknoir would like to have a word with you*
Also all your favorite Pokemon suck lololololololol
HAHAHA I SAID SUCK LOL
Dannye Maynard Dusknoir is a super bulky and defensive Pokémon. Vikavolt isn’t supposed to be an attacker, it would be a great sweeper if it wasn’t slow. Completely different Pokémon, not comparable.
The funny thing to me about Dusknoir is that it's supposed to be a tank with its high defenses, but it has the HP stat of a base form starter.
@@quadrewplex6782 But even that works in it's favor with Pain Split, and it's defenses are good enough for it to rarely matter.
“I guess the devs thought that was too OP?” Lol yes priority Brave bird was broken af Michael.
Yeah you're right but I guess they nerfed it too hard. Atleast it should be no priority to flying moves if hp is lower than 50%.
@@groudon3524 the problem is more the ability shouldn't have existed as giving automatic priority to a huge amount of moves will always be either too powerful or too situational, as there's always going to be a cheap option. You can set up tailwind basically for free with this ability, which can on its own allow for more priority afterwards, regardless of your health, so it's not like you can't work around it easily.
Michael: "Castform has a base 70 in all stats."
Me: "Perfectly balanced. As all things should be."
Litteraly stronger than deoxys
Instead of You, it should be Thanos saying that
Perfectly balanced. Nice.
@Mala Ghosh Missed the joke, mate.
Actually, missed two jokes.
Also, gonna go straight into "Arceus is best 'cause it's strong," eh? Not even going to talk about any competetively decent mons. Just. Mythical or nuttin. I'm a filthy casual and I don't actively use mythicals or legendaries even for competetive.
@Mala Ghosh The joke was that it had even stats across the board.
Also, @Samantha kim Caballero was being sarcastic, which you completely missed.
Also also, an overpowered God-mon is considered the complete antithesis of balanced.
Also also also, Mega Rayquaza, Primal Kyogre, Primal Groudon, Mega Mewtwo(both versions I believe) and Ultra Necrozma are _all_ stronger than Arceus. So I guess Arceus isn't balanced.
I think Luxray should be made an Electric/Dark type. I know it's supposed to be a really loyal Pokemon but if Absol can be a Dark type (Dark type is originally called Aku type in Japanese, which translates to Evil), so can Luxray.
I totally agree, I wish Castform was stronger because its design and mechanics are already unique
I wish luxray was better😭
Just Some Guy without a Mustache
Huh, didn't expected you to be here
Increase its base HP by 20
The rest by 15
Give it a sandstorm form
Make Weather Ball have 75 power (125 when a weather is in effect) when used by Castform
Profit
Nicholas Slager
Wut
*COURUPT IS CONFUSED!!*
I just realized the true reason why Michael loves Castform so much...
*Its base stat total is 420*
Edit: *HOLY CHICKEN NUGGETS-* Oh uh sorry, I’m just surprised that a comment posted by me got 72 likes & 9 replies in 2 weeks. I mean the most I’ve ever gotten is like 10 so uh... thanks!
Idontknowgoddamnit OwO and it’s a cloud, and let’s imagine Castform isn’t a regular cloud
Idontknowgoddamnit OwO snoop dog approved
:O
Why dont you guys just treat 420 like a regular number, okay?
Why dont you guys just treat 420 like a regular number, okay?
Gen 1 Tauros was a beast. It was so perfectly tailor made for that meta game. Fast for crits, good attack, STAB Hyper beam, STAB Body Slam.
2 years later and Tauros has a regional form 🎉🎉🎉
Actually it has 3
They should give castform an ability that would set the weather and change its form depending on what elemental move it chooses.
5:57 and there’s an episode where they race them!?
My favorite pokemon is sceptile, the special attacker with one of the best physical movepools..... I wish it was a physical attacker
Mega
Special/Physical split hit Sceptile real bad.
@@blyzer7373
Wasnt the Physical/special split in Gen 2?
@@sageblast3143 gen 2 was the split of the special stat(special atk/special defense). It was gen 4 where actual attack moves got split up into being either physical(using your attack stat) or special(using your special attack stat)
@@thomaswyma1926
Then what was the point in introducing "special attack" in Generation 2?
2:48 i always wished castform had like a hidden ability where it’d cycle through all the weather on every turn so it’s form would keep changing, which couldve probably made it a lot more decent
Nah,That would make it too unpredictable & you would not be able to build around the ability,You would have 0 coverage since 3 move slots will be used for stab moves.
@@idosomethingiguess3680 So, having a Fire-Move, Water-Move and Ice-Move isn‘t good coverage? You could hit 9 of the 18 types super effective and only Water-Pokémon non-effetive!
This video is about every of my favorite pokemon
Michael: do you have a pokemon that looks cool cute or awesome that you wish was better
Me: *expecting my entire galarian team to be on this list*
What was your team?
@@cody6850 Inteleon
Galarian rapidash
Froshmoth
Dubwool
Alcrieme
Hatterene
@@RandomizerX3 that's a cool team
Lilligant
Luxray (why)
Zebstrika and Eelectross
@@RandomizerX3 Huh. Your team doesn't cover many types at all. Intelleon covers Fire, Rock, and Ground; Rapidash and Hatterene covers the exact same types, which are Dark, Dragon, Fighting and Poison, the latter of which they are also weak to; Alcremie doesn't help you cover any more types; and Dubwool is a Normal type; Frosmoth covers more types including Grass, Flying, Dragon, Ground, Psychic and Dark, but it has a lot of weaknesses that isn't covered by it's teammates. Your team share many weaknesses, an example being Steel, which 4 out of 6 members are weak to. They simply don't have synergy together.
This may be why you think these Pokemon need buffs when in reality they don't. The Pokemon on your team all have potential to do well on a more thought out team. I know not everyone cares about this, and you should keep using them if you prefer but I think you will have a better experience if you take team diversity into consideration next time.
One pokemon i have to include is my favourite mon dusknoir. His defenses are sky high but his hp is dog poop. So he now is in the tierless limbo of untiered .
Dude, you just read my mind
Doesn't everyone with high defenses have low HP?
I am still complaining that grapploct is on this list,
Blissey is also really beefy on the special side.
I really hope a lot of pyshical electric types get galvanize. It would really boost the viability of a lot of pokemon
If it’s any consolation, Tropius is terrifying in the Mystery Dungeon games.
this is a fact!! since dual abilities is a thing in those games..chlorophyll + solar power = look out this thing is dangerous. i was hoping that at one point or another they would incorporate the double ability thing in the main games…i was terribly dissapointed
You got a like for “Can I get a hail yeah?”
alone. Well done, sir.
Mikey:“Tauros is my favorite Kanto Pokemon.” His fans: *Sad Helix noises* Edit: I forgot Lord Helix was a God, I am now worried he will smite me where I stand
R.I.P lord helix🤲🦑
He has said it before Lord Helix is his favorite god
What the f happened to my popularity!
-Squirtle
Tauros is his favorite POKEMON. Lord Helix is his favorite god.
It’s spelled Arcoos
At the time of my comment, it's been 4 years, and at least 1 of these pokemon got some new love from gamefreak. Tauros getting 3 new forms in Paldea, and each of them getting a new typing. Way to go, Mikey, for the gold star prediction!
What I've learned today is that Apatosaurus has been Mikey's favorite dinosaur since he stopped wearing coats - since he was five years old.
You guys are babys it's not that cold I haven't worn a coat since I was 5 years old
@@justsomeguywithfacialhair4987 we got a badass ice type here
Drednaw is my favorite from Gen 8. I still use it, though glad I’m not the only one who hoped it would of been a Water/Ground type. We already have Carracosta for a Water/Rock turtle, and I thought Water/Ground would fit more since snapping turtles seem to mainly lice in swampy areas.
I always wondered why talonflame disappeared in 7G... Now I know why
I think a unique buff for Castform would be that it changes the weather when entering play based on what weather rock it holds (would also change type to match that like normal). This would allow it to be a weather setter for every weather type. If they do this though, should Castform’s form remain Normal outside of battle? Or should it’s form just change based on its held item? (i.e. if you look at your opponent’s team before a battle starts, would you see what form Castform they have?)
For me it's Tentacruel - the type combo works well for my teams, I love the ability Clear Body and it has a great move learnset. Unfortunately despite a decent BST all of its stats other than SpD are just not good enough for competitive
Fun fact it was amazing in gen 5 singles because it resisted keldeo and terrakion
@@felicepompa1702 same in gen 6 till Mega Sableye got banned
isn´t tentacruel still a amazing staller, and was during lets go?
It's a UU staple so you are just incorrect here.
Didn’t expect Grapploct would be on this freaking list
Sameeee
Yeah i thinked like it would be gotten a special role in OU
The banana says that you do not watch this channel enough.
Ah yes,
Because thumbnails don’t mean anything.
(Joke)
*he has hurt my feelings*
13:19 is also the reason for lucario
For me, I wish Magnezone Line got levitate for an ability and better move pool, and that's all I want it to be upgraded to.
Magnezone is a top tier Pokémon lmao
One of my favorites from Gen one, Taorus was a beast in gen one and they nerfed it way to hard. And instead of evolving it they created Buffalont. Taorus needs an update and could really benefit from an evolution.
Persian is similar. Gen one normal type who got nerfed too hard
They abused some broken mechanics. Their demise was necessary.
16:25 Michael: your pokemon will take damage
Smallant1: am i joke to you?
Gamechamp3000: Hold my beer
I laughed out loud at “hit like said truck”
Since this video came out, Decidueye got a new form in Legende Arceus and Tauros got multiple new forms in Scarlet and Violet. Glad to see some of the Pokémon he mentioned actually got some attention. Same cannot be said about Zebstrika though. That Pokémon hasn’t appeared in any Nintendo switch game, and was last found in the wild in Pokémon black and white 2 😬
"Strong Pokemon. Weak Pokemon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites." - Karen
If your favorite Pokemon sucks, go use it man! If WolfeyVGC can make an Applin or a Bulbasaur pretty competitively viable you go out there and kill everything with your Magikarp!
It's just if I want to use spinda in a playthrough, I have to breed one with contrary and superpower
Without those tools he's hardly viable in a main game story
i can make a Swoobat a threat if i can do that any pokemon can be a threat
@@123g4ever uh.. swoobat is not a bad pokemon tho, Simple is an epic ability, what do you mean?
This is exactly why I have an Arbok in my HGSS team.
And that quote is why I almost always have the starter a ninetales a eeveeolution and almost no legendaries except maybe box art (the main exception is my black play though where ninetales is post game and there are no eeveeolutions)
Good news about Luxray: It gets Agility, Play Rough and Psychic Fangs! Meaning Guts + Agility allows it to basically Dragon Dance
I'm gonna use Magnezone in the Sinnoh remakes
Now we need to grant Luxray good 97/97/97 defenses
Alola was known for having a lot of cool Pokémon with super low speed stats
100% agree
Yet sinnoh,the slowest Pokémon game ever had a lot of speedy Pokémon
In my own personal pokemon region (Untaro) I made/found a few moves that could (most likely) really help Zebstrika. 1. electro arc: electric type physical quick attack. 2. Stampede: ground type physical move that boosts in power for each teammate it has in battle.
3. Crashing bolt: physical electric type move with 120 power, so fairly high, a 50% chance to paralyze but sadly only 85% accuracy and deals large recoil (I actually made this Zabstrika's signature move)
Michael: You're going to take damage in pokemon battles
Gamechamp3000:Oh Yeah?
Me: Glaceon Glaceon Glaceon Glaceon GLACEON
:D
My favorite Ice Type😊
Man, I just wish it was more available in the games-
I think they need to buff ice types in general
What about Flareon ?
Castform: has a total of 420 power
*Snopp Dogg breathing intensifies*
*drampa
@Elio Guri snoop dogg*
My battle tower team in Sword was Cinderace, Seismitoad and Grapploct and Grapploct was the MVP. It was always the last one standing to beat the opponent and it gave me my first 10 win streak despite its terrible moveset which I don't bother to change (Octolock, Dig, Reversal, Superpower). I was still so excited
I love how Truegreen 7 literally just posted a similar video, how neat
i assumed they are all friends
Laprasrules12 Yeah, how dare Pokétubers have similar ideas!
Before watching: Im gonna guess castform is #1
Edit: technically im right, but i expected it at the end of the video
Castform should be able to evolve by leveling up in a specific form, and then it gets an ability that makes a weather effect when it swaps out.
I agree. Vikavolt is undoubtedly the coolest bug type. It is ridiculous that they dropped its speed like that. I get it supposed to be balanced but like, drop its sp atk or def or something