That trenchcoat being its 4th ability, as it makes non Gen 7 Players underestimate the giant enemy spider till it oh-ko's all their neutrals And resists if they failed to spec any into Defense.
I came up with a fun new ability. "Ultimate Homie" mixes Intimidate with Friend Guard so that your opponents basically can't hurt your partner while you're on the field. I feel like we should give this to a niche Pokemon. Maybe the possible Mega Incineroar in Pokemon Z-A. Yeah, I feel like he needs it.
Idk if it's that good of an ability Don't get me wrong, having intimidate+friend guard sounds busted, but the whole purpose of intimidate is cycling that, and friend guard's purpose is to stay on the battlefield as much as possible, so they kinda clash
Not including Parental bond is crazy. This was THE ability that changed the trend “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to a bad pokemon” to “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to any pokemon”.
I'm guessing the main reason he didn't is that it literally doesn't exist anymore as it was exclusive to a pokemon form that is currently unobtainable and we don't even know if the return of megas will affect vgc or if every previous mega will return to begin with
I love how there's an ability that only protects you from status IN THE SUN, and now there's two abilities that protect you from status unconditionally. One of them also makes you resist Ghost attacks... And the other completely blocks Defog on a Pokemon that already is immune to Rapid Spin AND Mortal Spin.
Leaf guard is the one ability that I think should just be deleted due to it ruining potential good pokemon by doing practically nothing *cough cough meganium cough*
@@aronspiker72 I'd throw a couple other abilities onto that pile. The big offenders to me are Plus and Minus, Heavy and Light Metal, and the "information gathering" abilities (Forewarn, Anticipation, Frisk).
I like how As One was marketed as like “OHOHO THIS ABILITY IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT COMBINES TWO INTO ONE”, but like… Good as Gold is at least 8 abilities in one.
The reason Pure Power is different from Huge Power is because Huge Power is a rabbit pun in Japanese (hence why only rabbit-like Pokemon get it) Also, shoutouts to Orichalcum Pulse and Hadron Engine. Weather/Terrain-setting abilities are already extremely powerful, and this is just that but it also makes them hit higher Atk/SpA than the Mega Mewtwos (and that's not even factoring in the boost from the environment)
We've gone from abilities that do literally nothing in battle, like Illuminate, to "Pokémon will ignore protect, ignore stat raises, +6 atk spd when pokemon are KOd, and KOs enemy on contact moves"
The 2 illuminate pokemon I can think of are Illumise and Lanturn. One also has Prankster, the other has both water/volt absorb. Why talk about Illuminate like its the only thing those mons would ever use?
The Pokemon Company: Yeah sure give the Gen 9 mons some good broken shit Also TPC: ahh lets keep Slow Start on the big Regi in a game where abilities don't exist 🤡
I think they deliberately chose that not for game balancing purposes but because they thought the joke was funny. It's akin to getting the 100 Korok seed reward in Breath of the Wild.
Gen 10 will introduce a boosting ability that hits through protect, ignores immunities, blocks status moves, and has a built in moldbreaker And it will be behind a $30 paywall
That's where you're wrong. Mewtwo got Pressure which is so good it even got banned to Ubers for that reason. Raikou, Entei, and Suicune got Pressure, Pressure, and Pressure, respectively, to make sure you're wasting your PP attacking them. Lugia and Ho-oh, on the other hand, got Pressure. Kind of refreshing seeing Legendaries with some new abilities, if you ask me. Dialga and Palkia really stood out with their new ability called Pressure.
Gen 6, you could argue Gen 5, was the start. The Gen 5 boxes have Mould Breaker, the genies are the genies, and the Swords kill everything after switching into Knock Off
Well, as I was saying, more like giving Zapdos Static, Articuno Ice Body, and Moltres Flame Body. Doesn't have to be game-breaking. Just a bit more on-brand.
I've always wondered why they've never made Intimidate for Special Attackers. Physical Attackers in general get a shorter end of the stick with thing like confusion using Physical Attack along with burns (even though Legends gave us frostbite which is 10x better than freeze but of course we can't just have all the good things from one game to the other). I feel like giving a few good Pokemon Special Intimidate would even the disparity a bit. We could call it.....idk Mystic Aura. Name is a work in progress.
I think the joke behind Purifying Salt is that not only does it remove impurities from Garganacl’s salt (status effects), but Garganacl’s spirit is also pure of evil spirits, hence the ghost resistance
@@typemasters2871 I sure love when people are talking about traditional practices believed by hundreds of generations of real life human beings or a mythological creature/concept that goes back thousands of years in multiple cultures on multiple continents and someone chimes in to tell them about how some anime is a good reference because it borrowed something from a dozen different religions and intentionally adapted it for narrative purposes.
@@dotgone sorry, I do recognise the real world mythology and history of salt’s connection with spirits and ghosts, and I apologise for contributing to the “Naruto-ification” of history, but sometimes someone is more likely to have seen a piece of modern media that includes references or a layman’s understanding to information that is not widely known. History and documentation: very deep and nuanced explanation of how salt is connected to ghosts and spirits Popular Anime and Manga: “ghosts and spirits are weak to purified salt so table salt will have no effect”
In terms of box art legendaries’ abilities, the creation trio (minus giratina-o) and the tao trio really got the short end of the stick. The light trio’s signature moves even have mold breaker/turboblaze/teravolt built into them
Even the light trio didn't get anything unique Solgaleo got clear body Lunala got multyscale And necrozma got filter Aside from ultranecrozma(he had a built-in expert belt if I remember correctly) they weren't that original with them either outside of the fact that mold breaker doesn't work on them(at least it's something)
@@dse763Magician would've been so OP in the era of Gems in GenV. Dark Gem Sucker Punch, Flying Gem Aerobatics, Bug Gem U-Turn and Water Gem Flip Turn, etc. with Magician would absolutely go hard.
@aghadlarhen9397 hell even just something faster than the fastest User we have right now. Delphox at 104 is not really cutting it for an ability that requires you to hold no item to proc consistently.
@@Bladius_ True. I also noticed that none of the current "Magician" users get access to any sort of damaging priority moves. It's like they gimped the ability on purpose.
i think -ates (glaciate, aerilate, pixilate, etc), poison heal and guts deserve some attention for just how much they end up doing for a mon with them also triage but considering only comfey has it it's easy to forget about it and the weather set ups
The thing is that, apart from Mega-salamence, who's should not even exist, is the only one that breaks the balance with an -ate ability imho. The others, are very good, but have some drowbacks, like the need of an item. Also, they just make some Pokémon reliable, when otherwise would not be. Gliscor before without poison heal, was good just in gen 4 ou, and not even that. Flareon is still useless even with guts. Same goes for Luxray. Breloom, without poison heal, is just good for nothing. The real problem is giving broken abilities to broken Mons. Like unaware on Dondonso
And then there's the power crept version of the ridiculous abilities. Orichalcum Pulse power creeping Drought and Hadron Engine power creeping Electric Surge.
tbh shadow tag chandelure in singles still would have been out of this world broken. but most of the other ones are hilariously tame compared to what we're getting nowadays, yeah, hahaha
Wonder what kind of abilities will be introduced next gen. I always wanted powder to return as a weather condition that increased bug type Pokémon’s accuracy on top of the effect it had on fire.
The only other abilities i think would be on that level of all-importance is the weather abilities. Drizzle, drought, sand stream, snow warning, and of course the primal weathers
Nice FSG reference. Also shout out to the weather summoning abilities even after they’re necessary nerves and generation 5 some people still mess around with them
13:56 Speed boost is one of those bosted abilities. In singles it can make a pokemon uber worthy. The only reason why it has almost never seen usage in doubles is because there are no speed boost pokemon who are good in doubles (blaziken, scolipede, yannega and ninjask) (Also, maybe a change to as one could be to boost special defense and defense respectively instead of offensive stats)
abilities: you take double damage from water type moves (ability is on a fire rype Pokémon) also abilities: if you go first, opposing Pokémon faints immediately
Abilities are becoming playing with your elementary school friends. "I punch you no blocking no dodging" The more these abilities do, the more I will sing the praises of my favorite abilities Moldbreaker, Terravolt, and Turboblaze. The latter two are on my favorite legendary pokemon, the BW Dragon trio. Plus they sound cool
Love how you acknowledge the fact that singles exist, and it easily makes your content better than another vgc TH-camr who we can probably all think of
a lot of older ice types get stuck with the same terrible ability’s ice body, snow cloak etc hopefully one day they get switch for something more suiting imagine slush rush mamoswine
I think that zero to hero should have been covered with intimidate and regenerator because of just how popular arcanine, amoongus, and Palafin were together but great video regardless
I'm suprised weather setting abilities were not mentioned. These are like the Tapu's Terrain before it existed (sort of). The things weather effects can do, especially when combined with Weather boosted abilities like Swift Swim is crazy in both doubles and singles alike
I know many people have said it, but I believe it too, only a matter of time before they introduce an ability that just sets up Trick Room on a switch in.
3:02 ive been watching comp pokemon videos recently even though i havent kept up with anything in the new games since sun and moon. you cannot convince me that "raging bolt" is a real pokemon.
We need for Gen 10 to go back and fix so many of the power creep issues with old Pokémon. Not everything needs to be viable but a lot of them are downright awful (Onix’s stats are a joke)
Side note I Know it isn't in the game anymore, but the true Huge Power user is Mega Mawile With that 105 base attack, it could surpass even the hardest hitters in the game like Deoxys Attack or Mega Mewtwo X Not even an HP Fire Xerneas or Primal Groundon were safe when Mawile clicked Swords Dance
I like that Gen 8 not only marks a decline in quality in terms of content, but I guess Game Freak decided to enact Chaos Mode and simply give everything minmaxed stats and the most insane abilities. You know Raticate's ability lets it flee from wild battles? Meanwhile we have a fish with its head on backwards with an effective base 300 power move because I don't know.
Idk how good they would be in vgc but Fluffy/Fur Coat and Ice Scales are also really good abilities that are just on mid mons. In singles, Poison Heal and Magic Guard are def up there too. Good vid for sure.
With all the unhinged abilites Gamefreak has been releasing every new gen, I'm surprised that they still have not made the obvious ability that sets up Trick Room and/or Gravity when the Pokémon switches in. We've had the primal weather trio with improved versions of their own weathers that also negate their weaknesses, the Tapus that set up the special terrains, intrepid sword raising Zacian's already massive attack to ridiculous levels for absolutely free, and As One wich as you've said, is two excellent abilities just mashed together and given to an already busted legendary mon, but somehow, there is one person at the game balance team who is aware of how the game would be completely warped for the worse around those hypothetical abilities and fights their hardest to not let them happen.
if the terrain abilites make the list i'd say the weather ones deserve a spot too, with special shoutouts to the new weather and terrain ability which are just the old ones, but with additional upside
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Video start at 14:53 lot of yapping
Significantly too much yapping
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Unfortunate that TH-cam can’t translate the video to English from Yapanese
Pin of shame
@@Jul1nPin of Fame*
Araquinid has 3 abilities under a trenchcoat pretending to be a single one.
That trenchcoat being its 4th ability, as it makes non Gen 7 Players underestimate the giant enemy spider till it oh-ko's all their neutrals And resists if they failed to spec any into Defense.
@-libertyprimev1-902 people are still underestimating the giant enemy spider all the way in gen 9
@-libertyprimev1-902 I believe in giant enemy spider supremacy.
Choice band araquanid is also the funniest lead ever. Enemy's like "oh he's setting up webs, i'll set up on it" then gets VAPORIZED
Water Veil, Heatproof, and Adaptability (only for Water) all in 1 ability slot like a complete package
*Mimicking old man voice* back in my day we thought Moxie was a busted ability...
Hey I know that reference!
“We used to wear a moxie gyarados on our belt, which was the style at the time”
@@realistic_delinquentand you say give me five combees and i’ll give you a colbur berry
It’s still pretty good.
Rip krookidile:Steve Irwin
Broken ability: *Exists*
Weezing: YALL HEAR SUMTHIN??
Shadow rider and Ice riders As one:
as one users laughing in the corner
Pretty sure Tera Shift on Teropagos still works
@@SkillHunterThousandManPlanmy kinggambit🗿🗿🗿
Palafin and tatsugiri: *smug water type laughter*
I came up with a fun new ability. "Ultimate Homie" mixes Intimidate with Friend Guard so that your opponents basically can't hurt your partner while you're on the field. I feel like we should give this to a niche Pokemon. Maybe the possible Mega Incineroar in Pokemon Z-A. Yeah, I feel like he needs it.
I can already see how Wolfey would react to that. He would at the very least be crying a corner cursing at the buff cat 🤣🤣😅
Mega incin should automatically parting shot back out on entry.
Pivot God.
Not gonna lie. I could see a Mega Pangoro having an ability like that.
Idk if it's that good of an ability
Don't get me wrong, having intimidate+friend guard sounds busted, but the whole purpose of intimidate is cycling that, and friend guard's purpose is to stay on the battlefield as much as possible, so they kinda clash
Why incineroar of all mons it’s not like it’s already the best Pokémon with absurd amount of tools
Not including Parental bond is crazy. This was THE ability that changed the trend “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to a bad pokemon” to “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to any pokemon”.
I'm guessing the main reason he didn't is that it literally doesn't exist anymore as it was exclusive to a pokemon form that is currently unobtainable and we don't even know if the return of megas will affect vgc or if every previous mega will return to begin with
@@aronspiker72 Legends A-Z: Am I a joke to you?
@@RaidFiftyOneconsidering the last legends game didn't even HAVE pvp... yes
Pla didn't have abilities (except Regigigas)
@@CabinetGremlin I more meant the "we don't even know if megas will even return
10:10
Small mistake here, I think you meant to say,
"Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Rillaboom."
Press F to pay respects for Tapu Bulu
F
Don’t forget “Chi-Yu, Chien-Pao, Incineroar, Ting-Lu”
Ah yes tapu pincurchin, tapu indeede, tapu rillaboom and tapu galarain weezing
F
Nice false swipe reference
Why turning on the game is everything, the Pokemon theorem
@@Bigparr43 why saving might be everything
@@Bigparr43 the battery theorem
Why buying the game is everything, the game theorem
@@EcdemaniacNice, Game theory reference.
I love how there's an ability that only protects you from status IN THE SUN, and now there's two abilities that protect you from status unconditionally. One of them also makes you resist Ghost attacks... And the other completely blocks Defog on a Pokemon that already is immune to Rapid Spin AND Mortal Spin.
Leaf guard is the one ability that I think should just be deleted due to it ruining potential good pokemon by doing practically nothing *cough cough meganium cough*
Leaf guard should increase defenses in sun, leaf armor.
@@aronspiker72 I'd throw a couple other abilities onto that pile. The big offenders to me are Plus and Minus, Heavy and Light Metal, and the "information gathering" abilities (Forewarn, Anticipation, Frisk).
Good as gold doesn't protect you from status conditions inflicted by attacking moves like nuzzle.
@@jaredparks4713 Heavy Metal and Light Metal are only bad because there isn't enough weight based moves like Heavy Slam
I like how As One was marketed as like “OHOHO THIS ABILITY IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT COMBINES TWO INTO ONE”, but like… Good as Gold is at least 8 abilities in one.
It combines 100gp into one.
The reason Pure Power is different from Huge Power is because Huge Power is a rabbit pun in Japanese (hence why only rabbit-like Pokemon get it)
Also, shoutouts to Orichalcum Pulse and Hadron Engine. Weather/Terrain-setting abilities are already extremely powerful, and this is just that but it also makes them hit higher Atk/SpA than the Mega Mewtwos (and that's not even factoring in the boost from the environment)
Oh that's interesting. Gotta wonder what's "rabbit-like" about Mega Mawile though.
Probably the two jaws that look kinda like rabbit ears.
@@castform7 Well, they're both carnivorous
@@castform7 Maybe she is a bunny girl with those, uh, long ears
@@TwoHeadedMeerkat bro, rabbits are herbivores
We've gone from abilities that do literally nothing in battle, like Illuminate, to "Pokémon will ignore protect, ignore stat raises, +6 atk spd when pokemon are KOd, and KOs enemy on contact moves"
Yes urshifu does all that with its ability and totally not just the first part of that
The 2 illuminate pokemon I can think of are Illumise and Lanturn. One also has Prankster, the other has both water/volt absorb. Why talk about Illuminate like its the only thing those mons would ever use?
Illuminate at least got buffed in gen 9
@@Marco-fs9bsonly for it to be a clone of Keen Eye, another useless ability
This is Insomnia and Vital Spirit all over again, but completely useless
In gen 10 theyre going to add an ability that makes you immune to losing
4:14
Wait, Iron Hands has an ability? I thought it's ability was literally "can carry your team on its back"
Bryan Hands stonks going up!!!
iron hands is a fking monster
The Pokemon Company: Yeah sure give the Gen 9 mons some good broken shit
Also TPC: ahh lets keep Slow Start on the big Regi in a game where abilities don't exist 🤡
I think they deliberately chose that not for game balancing purposes but because they thought the joke was funny. It's akin to getting the 100 Korok seed reward in Breath of the Wild.
@numberhunter62 I had never thought of this but that is absolutely my headcanon for why it still has slow start.
Which game?
@@eavyeavy2864 Legends Arceus.
They 100% did that as a joke. TPC has no issues doing stuff just to troll people, just look at Dudunsparce.
Good as gold its the kind of Ability that you come up with when you are 11 years old and just found that pokemon it's not only an anime
Brilliant lmao
Gen 10 will introduce a boosting ability that hits through protect, ignores immunities, blocks status moves, and has a built in moldbreaker
And it will be behind a $30 paywall
Make that $60
Bold of you to assume it is only $30.
Think about inflation bro, it's gonna be $35
And it’ll probably lower your opponent’s attack and special attack by 2
Wait I thought it would be on switch lowering attack and special attack stat also set up trick room.
5:50 Technically, only Ice Rider got nerfed with Glacial Lance going from 130 to 120 base power. But Shadow Rider was the one untouched…
Exactly
No, even shadow rider's astral barrage got nerfed to 120 base power.
@@pokechannel9758 No, 120 was the base power in Sword and Shield and was never touched.
The only thing Gholdengo cant stop is my grubby fingers tearing it apart like a cheesestring
U sure? Ghost is immune to Normal
Mayby hes just that scrappy. :v
and here i am with my favourite pokemon being fucking furret. with three useless abilities
It does have that cool niche of clearing hazards in from of ghold tho
@@MoxieBoostedmaus is just infinitely better at that though
@@JayVGC he can also climb an escalator.
@@JayVGChe's also just a little critter
Run Away can be situationally useful.....in a playthrough.
Can't wait for a gen 10 min maxed pokemon with 5 speed, 200 defences and spa, that activates trick room whenever it enters battle
Mega Shuckle you say?
Trick room should have been a signature ability of dialga. Time distortion sets up trick room upon entry.
Palkia gets gravity since it's space.
i found it weird that legendary pokemon almost never had a good ability up until like gen 7 or something
Yeah. Like they didn't have to amazing, but at least something unique rather than stapling "Pressure" onto everyone's head.
That's where you're wrong. Mewtwo got Pressure which is so good it even got banned to Ubers for that reason. Raikou, Entei, and Suicune got Pressure, Pressure, and Pressure, respectively, to make sure you're wasting your PP attacking them. Lugia and Ho-oh, on the other hand, got Pressure. Kind of refreshing seeing Legendaries with some new abilities, if you ask me. Dialga and Palkia really stood out with their new ability called Pressure.
Gen 6, you could argue Gen 5, was the start. The Gen 5 boxes have Mould Breaker, the genies are the genies, and the Swords kill everything after switching into Knock Off
then reshiram and zekrom got something cool and unique called mold breaker
Well, as I was saying, more like giving Zapdos Static, Articuno Ice Body, and Moltres Flame Body.
Doesn't have to be game-breaking. Just a bit more on-brand.
Gholdengo, the ultimate “Nuh uh” Pokémon.
his uncle actually did own nintendo.
13:43 Shedinja to Kyogre: "Hi..."
Ubers has fallen. Billions must run Ancient Power
I've always wondered why they've never made Intimidate for Special Attackers. Physical Attackers in general get a shorter end of the stick with thing like confusion using Physical Attack along with burns (even though Legends gave us frostbite which is 10x better than freeze but of course we can't just have all the good things from one game to the other). I feel like giving a few good Pokemon Special Intimidate would even the disparity a bit. We could call it.....idk Mystic Aura. Name is a work in progress.
Imagine if regular poison reduced special attack.
Blissy
@@jakariashafin8685Assault Vest too
@@jakariashafin8685and now Ting-Lu’s fatass too
*Takes a drag of my cigarette* *Blows out smoke* I got ya, fam. *Starts to go to work*
I think the joke behind Purifying Salt is that not only does it remove impurities from Garganacl’s salt (status effects), but Garganacl’s spirit is also pure of evil spirits, hence the ghost resistance
A circle of salt is also a traditional way of repelling evil spirits.
Also if you have watched Mob Psycho 100 then you would know how salt is connected to spirits
You reference mob, I reference supernatural. We are not the same (I'm degenerate)@@typemasters2871
@@typemasters2871 I sure love when people are talking about traditional practices believed by hundreds of generations of real life human beings or a mythological creature/concept that goes back thousands of years in multiple cultures on multiple continents and someone chimes in to tell them about how some anime is a good reference because it borrowed something from a dozen different religions and intentionally adapted it for narrative purposes.
@@dotgone sorry, I do recognise the real world mythology and history of salt’s connection with spirits and ghosts, and I apologise for contributing to the “Naruto-ification” of history, but sometimes someone is more likely to have seen a piece of modern media that includes references or a layman’s understanding to information that is not widely known.
History and documentation: very deep and nuanced explanation of how salt is connected to ghosts and spirits
Popular Anime and Manga: “ghosts and spirits are weak to purified salt so table salt will have no effect”
0:02 it might have been the "wrong channel" but you nailed the theorem's name
Also Unseen Fist is amazing in Smogon singles cause it makes Gliscor and wish passers Clefable and Umbreon think twice about Protect spam.
Or it would if Shifu wasn’t banned to Ubers months ago.
It doesnt make them think, its practically useless when facing off urshifu in singles.
In terms of box art legendaries’ abilities, the creation trio (minus giratina-o) and the tao trio really got the short end of the stick. The light trio’s signature moves even have mold breaker/turboblaze/teravolt built into them
Even the light trio didn't get anything unique
Solgaleo got clear body
Lunala got multyscale
And necrozma got filter
Aside from ultranecrozma(he had a built-in expert belt if I remember correctly) they weren't that original with them either outside of the fact that mold breaker doesn't work on them(at least it's something)
@@Marco-fs9bs true but those abilities are pretty good, better than what the tao trio and most of the creation trio got
let's not forget how some mons like Pelipper or Torkoal basically almost wouldn't exist without the rain and sun abilities
Video starts at 0:00
wondered why the video wasn't playing I was starting at 14:54, thanks nathan
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Thank you :D
Not all heroes wear capes
i needed that help
Weezing also makes toedscruel the fastest spore user in the game. And I don’t know if I can sleep knowing that.
Maybe you can't but almost everyone else sure can
They will sleep
Oh they'll sleep alright
Oh now I get it.
Surprised intrepid sword wasn't mentioned, it was so broken that even game freak decided to break it's ankles
Even than, it's still busted.
“Meanwhile me wondering when Decidueye will get to use his funni long reach ability”
Still better than having "offensive Pickpocket".
@@dse763Magician would've been so OP in the era of Gems in GenV. Dark Gem Sucker Punch, Flying Gem Aerobatics, Bug Gem U-Turn and Water Gem Flip Turn, etc. with Magician would absolutely go hard.
@aghadlarhen9397 hell even just something faster than the fastest User we have right now.
Delphox at 104 is not really cutting it for an ability that requires you to hold no item to proc consistently.
@@Bladius_ True. I also noticed that none of the current "Magician" users get access to any sort of damaging priority moves. It's like they gimped the ability on purpose.
Meowscarada should have Magician instead of post-nerf Protean
i think -ates (glaciate, aerilate, pixilate, etc), poison heal and guts deserve some attention for just how much they end up doing for a mon with them
also triage but considering only comfey has it it's easy to forget about it
and the weather set ups
The thing is that, apart from Mega-salamence, who's should not even exist, is the only one that breaks the balance with an -ate ability imho.
The others, are very good, but have some drowbacks, like the need of an item.
Also, they just make some Pokémon reliable, when otherwise would not be.
Gliscor before without poison heal, was good just in gen 4 ou, and not even that.
Flareon is still useless even with guts. Same goes for Luxray.
Breloom, without poison heal, is just good for nothing.
The real problem is giving broken abilities to broken Mons. Like unaware on Dondonso
videos from this channel are always a treat, genuinely funny on top of informative, and the thumbnail art is always peak
And then there's the power crept version of the ridiculous abilities. Orichalcum Pulse power creeping Drought and Hadron Engine power creeping Electric Surge.
To be fair, those surges.kinda lost their lustre when they started to be given to regular mons...
I remember as (not so) a child where the Gen V Hidden abilities was the most busted thing ever exist
tbh shadow tag chandelure in singles still would have been out of this world broken. but most of the other ones are hilariously tame compared to what we're getting nowadays, yeah, hahaha
I definitely think Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, and the weather-setting abilities should've been mentioned
The first two are only seen in OU/Singles and almost never in VGC/Doubles
The banlists for Almost Any Ability are a good quick way to identify strong abilities, at least in a singles context.
So called neutralizing gas when Tera Shift hits the field
the other day fighting on the ladder, Gholengo took my kids to school and then to the soccer training, which surpirsed me a lot since i dont have kids
omd ive been waiting for this video, powercreep doesnt just apply to the moves it applies to abilities too, glad someone else realized this
And of course, the mons themselves
@@goGothitaLOL of course of course
Wonder what kind of abilities will be introduced next gen. I always wanted powder to return as a weather condition that increased bug type Pokémon’s accuracy on top of the effect it had on fire.
Thanks for reminding me to subscribe. I definitely would have thought I'd been with how often you show up in my feed.
Ty lol
THAT'S A PRINCIPLE NOT A THEOREM im gonna become the joker
They say dragonball power creep is the craziest.
But they're wrong
Reggi after smelling gas: "OH YEAH" *breaks the 4rth wall with how strong it is*
great video, would also consider shadow tag as we all saw what happens when its on anything with offensive pressure and speed (aka mega gengar)
My favorite part is when he said It's Neutralizing gas time and neutralizing gassed all over the place
Old protean was broken, gen 7 kecleon could be a menace
Kecleon has protean?
@@mrtrollnator123 That should tell you how utter dog it was, even with a railgun strapped to it's forehead
@@sayvionwashington1939Poor Kecleon, he needs an evolution.
He needs his PMD colours back. I can live with it not being viable
Oh god no not that god forsaken shopkeeper@@HazeEmry
This channel is single handedly helping me to use Pokemon efficiently in-game.
The fact that the thumbnail is a fucking spongebob reference shouldve added some peanuts to the thumbnail
Sheesh, whats next? An ability that hits through every form of protect?
Oh.
New ability:
Don't Fuckle With Shuckle
Exclusive to Shuckle. All Pokemon that aren't Shuckle get fuckled.
dude this channel is just so quality... love the consistent quality. Hope you read this comment and feel good about your efforts.
Tysm
You got me. I opened in a new tab, and didn''t look at the video right away. Hearing "this is the Gholdengo theorom" threw me for a loop for a second.
Moxie boosted has the ability to make me watch him cry about “broken abilities” for 15 minutes @ 1am. Knowing idgaf 😂
The only other abilities i think would be on that level of all-importance is the weather abilities. Drizzle, drought, sand stream, snow warning, and of course the primal weathers
Water Bubble
A.K.A. An ability package of Water Veil, Heatproof, and Adaptability all in one combined
Gamefreak creating gen9 pokemon- "and if every pokemon is broken no one will be"
I remember getting back into the game and learning about magic bounce and magic guard the hard way
Shoutout to Moody for being my gambling addictions best friend AND worst enemy
Babe wake up, new Moxie Boosted video!!
She's already dead from being over 200 years old, just like the "babe wake up" line.
Nice FSG reference.
Also shout out to the weather summoning abilities even after they’re necessary nerves and generation 5 some people still mess around with them
13:56
Speed boost is one of those bosted abilities. In singles it can make a pokemon uber worthy. The only reason why it has almost never seen usage in doubles is because there are no speed boost pokemon who are good in doubles (blaziken, scolipede, yannega and ninjask)
(Also, maybe a change to as one could be to boost special defense and defense respectively instead of offensive stats)
abilities: you take double damage from water type moves (ability is on a fire rype Pokémon)
also abilities: if you go first, opposing Pokémon faints immediately
I feel like we're in the great age of power creep, can't escape it wherever I go
Love that thumbnail 😂
“tell it to the judge tubby”
Real moxingtons remember belly drum azruill ohko dusclops with max darkness
Eviolite Dusclops???
@@HazeEmry yes
Abilities are becoming playing with your elementary school friends.
"I punch you no blocking no dodging"
The more these abilities do, the more I will sing the praises of my favorite abilities Moldbreaker, Terravolt, and Turboblaze. The latter two are on my favorite legendary pokemon, the BW Dragon trio. Plus they sound cool
4:42 the WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT when he mentions that neutralizing gas releases the beast known as regigigas
We need a special equivalent of Huge Power
Love how you acknowledge the fact that singles exist, and it easily makes your content better than another vgc TH-camr who we can probably all think of
I’m surprised he didn’t talk about the Box Legendaries’ abilities being improved versions of Groudon and Tapu Koko
a lot of older ice types get stuck with the same terrible ability’s ice body, snow cloak etc hopefully one day they get switch for something more suiting imagine slush rush mamoswine
I still don't understand why people freaked out about "Good as Gold" it's just a worse version of Magic Bounce
I think it's because of the combination of the ability + being on a steel/ghost tank
It blocks defog (used in singles) unlike magic bounce which would remove hazard either way.
I love these videos, especially the memes. Makes it more enjoyable than what it already is!!!
I think that zero to hero should have been covered with intimidate and regenerator because of just how popular arcanine, amoongus, and Palafin were together but great video regardless
Good as Gold : Exist and considered OP
Magic Bounce : "Am I a joke to you"
I'm suprised weather setting abilities were not mentioned. These are like the Tapu's Terrain before it existed (sort of). The things weather effects can do, especially when combined with Weather boosted abilities like Swift Swim is crazy in both doubles and singles alike
13:55 so we not acting like Scizor would’ve been NOTHING if it didn’t get Technician?
I like a lot of the broken abilities because they make the pokemon feel unique, but Good as Gold is just dumb
Honestly thought you’d mention zero to hero in the intimidate regenerator part due to Palance
Love this format! Your script is quite amusing ❤
Also the Religion of Araquanid will rise, I swear
I know many people have said it, but I believe it too, only a matter of time before they introduce an ability that just sets up Trick Room on a switch in.
3:02 ive been watching comp pokemon videos recently even though i havent kept up with anything in the new games since sun and moon. you cannot convince me that "raging bolt" is a real pokemon.
Urshifu being patrick on that episode on the thumbnail. Loved it
I'm surprised that there's still not a special version of Intimidate.
W Video W Humor W Mans. Please don’t stop making videos, you’re awesome 🤩
We need for Gen 10 to go back and fix so many of the power creep issues with old Pokémon. Not everything needs to be viable but a lot of them are downright awful (Onix’s stats are a joke)
Side note
I Know it isn't in the game anymore, but the true Huge Power user is Mega Mawile
With that 105 base attack, it could surpass even the hardest hitters in the game like Deoxys Attack or Mega Mewtwo X
Not even an HP Fire Xerneas or Primal Groundon were safe when Mawile clicked Swords Dance
When I saw the title I knew that it will make me regret playing competitively
Ayo your transitions in this video were pretty insane
2:11 its a beautiful day outside, glimora is leading, kingambit is sweeping, on days like this, threats like you, SHOULD BE SENT TO BL
I like that Gen 8 not only marks a decline in quality in terms of content, but I guess Game Freak decided to enact Chaos Mode and simply give everything minmaxed stats and the most insane abilities. You know Raticate's ability lets it flee from wild battles? Meanwhile we have a fish with its head on backwards with an effective base 300 power move because I don't know.
Triage is amazing. Also the ates, like pixilate were so busted they got nerfed
Idk how good they would be in vgc but Fluffy/Fur Coat and Ice Scales are also really good abilities that are just on mid mons. In singles, Poison Heal and Magic Guard are def up there too. Good vid for sure.
With all the unhinged abilites Gamefreak has been releasing every new gen, I'm surprised that they still have not made the obvious ability that sets up Trick Room and/or Gravity when the Pokémon switches in. We've had the primal weather trio with improved versions of their own weathers that also negate their weaknesses, the Tapus that set up the special terrains, intrepid sword raising Zacian's already massive attack to ridiculous levels for absolutely free, and As One wich as you've said, is two excellent abilities just mashed together and given to an already busted legendary mon, but somehow, there is one person at the game balance team who is aware of how the game would be completely warped for the worse around those hypothetical abilities and fights their hardest to not let them happen.
if the terrain abilites make the list i'd say the weather ones deserve a spot too, with special shoutouts to the new weather and terrain ability which are just the old ones, but with additional upside
How ridiculous has things gotten ohhhh pretty damn ridiculous
Stop cursing its a sin.....
@@gregkareem9824 I'm just saying the word damn it's not like I'm saying the F word or anything else like that
@@douglaspope-gz1eq still a curse
@@gregkareem9824 whatever dude I'm not going to let a complete stranger police the way I speak have a nice life and I wish you prosperity farewell