How GOOD was Shiftry ACTUALLY? - History of Shiftry in Competitive Pokemon
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Shiftry is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Shiftry in competitive Pokemon!
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10:51 - Gen 6 VGC
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Wow, I never thought about how Shifty was the "Sun Team" MVP counterpart to Ludicolo being a "Rain Team" MVP
ludicolo is better though because water is usually weak to grass but not ludicolo. Plus ludicolo has rain dish and combined with rain dance and water attacks he can be quite a threat. And Ludicolo worked equally as good on sun teams because he has sunny day, synthesis and those combined with grass attacks makes ludicolo quite a good pokemon. He's my go to grass pokemon the majority of the time. Also nothing quite as annoying as being leech seeded or giga drain
@@GrowingDownUnder ludicolo has swift swim is what makes him good.
Hence its being in the version with groudon, while ludicolo's in the version with kyogre.
@@knightarcane4920 I think ludicolo's best feature is his typings....grass/water isn't very easy to beat well i'm sure you can find a way to beat it but ludicolo is resilient as well especially with rain dish which allows him to heal when rain dance is active plus synthesis ability to heal and even if you had leftovers item it would allow him to basically recover almost full health fairly quickly this is good when combined with like substitute or something which is going to stop direct attacks from hitting for a few turns.
Imagine abusing gass knot gass knot
“Those who played R/S/E will remember Sidney’s Shiftry with great irritation”
>proceeds to one-shot it
Get brick break from Sootopolis and spammed that shiii
I mean, when your team is a Level 67 Blaziken and a few level 5 - HM slaves of course it won't be annoying
Literally one shot it was muddy water once.
It was only scary if it outsped and in main game back in the day, that rarely happened
@@RonaKurona You don't even need a overleved Blaziken, a Swellow or Skarmory do the trick
Fury cutter ninjask intensifies
Can we talk about the beauty that is gen 5 Nature Power? Converting to Earthquake was honestly a really cool way of giving a lot of Grass-types some extra coverage.
And then they gitted it later, who wants Tri Attack?
@@marcstutsman4861 Porygon
@@marcstutsman4861 In Gen 6, I can honestly agree it got super gutted. The only notable user that immediately comes to mind for XY/ORAS is Aurorus. It's been a while though since I've played the Gen 6 metas, so I forget if it ever got Hyper Voice later on, but I do remember in XY that Nature Power was the play for a while.
Refrigerate Hyper Beam was funny too
@@Torpadorp it got hyper voice via ORAS tutors, but by then, it was mainly running snow warming iirc. Refrigerate was definitely still good though.
@@Torpadorp personally I liked that in gen 6 they made it always turn to a special move. Having it potentially physical or special depending on terrain always left it with a chance to be rubbish for a given Pokemon.
4:35
I know it was a typo, but gas knot sounds like an awesome name for a poison type move.
Happens to the best of us. I had typos in my videos even when I try to look for them. It is barely noticeable sometimes.
"Gas knot" sounds like constipation
Taco Bell aftermath
came to the comments looking for this
Gas knot
The user traps the foe and lets go a horrinle stench, forcing the foe to smell it
It may cause confusion or poisoning
"How thrifty was Shiftry actually?"
It is a crime you didn't make that the title.
shifty?
Shitty?
@@appieLol Yes, but also no
@@theraginginfernape9496 well yes but actually no.
Infernape is the goat
Lol
The fact that it was (and still might be) able to carve out niches in the the highest tier is a testament that tenacity means just as much as power
Parasect had a niche in gen 4 ubers so yeah you're right
only move not discussed on here that is a great tool of shiftry's for poison types especially toxicroak is extrasensory which while 80 power can flinch and gives psychic coverage to a pokemon with already great type coverage. Honestly the only move I want on shiftry now is acrobatics as I feel it would give more reliable flying type coverage which would help more for its huge bug weakness, fighting weakness and even helps take on grass types alongside heat wave. Otherwise i love how shiftry's stats are :)
Can you use some punctuation?
Shifty has that 4 Moveslot Syndrome problem. There's a lot of moves it wishes it can run but sadly can't run them all.
HP Fire and Heat Wave can both dent Toxicroak since it normally runs dry skin
It has rockslide for flying cover
Oof ignore that I misread
shiftry already has hurricane, it was excellent as a Z-move
"Those who played Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald will remember Sydney's Shiftry with great irritation"
- he says, as said Shiftry gets one-shot without getting to do anything
Lmao every video I see is Sydney's team getting annihilated by every team.
Lol
Dark being a mediocre defensive type? Probably
Sydney is weak trash
@@GM.Nobody nope grass is a terrible deffensive type (the best grass are in ou and there rillaboom and ferrethorn)
Shiftry is a lot better than I thought. I was so sure that his typing was going to ruin him.
As long as Heracross is no where near, Shiftry is decent.
Wait until Cacnea's evolved form. That will be a surprise
By the end of the day typing is what matters the least. Bisharp was always good while eeleekross and spiritomb were kinda bad despite no weaknesses
If you can hit hard and fast enough, you have a place in competitive Pokemon. It doesn’t really matter how good or bad your typing is defensively so long as you got that.
@@Drakorre Well Spiritomb had no weakness until Gen 6
Shiftry: exists
Bug type move: Ima bouta end this mans whole thrifty career.
Sucker Punch Swords Dance Shiftry: Exists
First Impression: imma end this mans whole career
The bug type was bad in advanced OK, but in DPP that is true
*Aerial Aces behind you*
Exeggutor: First time?
Rock slide/rock tomb since gen 3, Aireal ace in gen 3 as well and now heat wave and air slash make bug hardly an issue for shiftry. I only wish he got heat wave sooner as it makes so much sense for him to have had it from the start but glad gen 8 helped him ❤️👍
I was hoping you'd mention that Nuzelaf was the origin of the term Nuzlocke, but great vid!
Really! I never knew that
How
@@roccopiosaracino3681 the original Nuzlocke comic showed the player catch a Seedot named Locke that died as a Nuzleaf
Damn i didnt know that
It was pretty obvious, no?
We need the two hour long special "How good were the Lati Twins actually"
Or the week long special for landorous
They're exposing Landorus and the Latis in every video for us to piece everything together and get a little video of them in our head lol
@Gabriel Mota mediocre in every gen. get crushed by the mighty Bidoof everytime. sad but true
@@luketheduke225 he can do landerous but, not the latis.
Agreed. I know they require quite a bit of work to make a video for them. But will continue waiting and looking forward to how fun that video will be.
0:33 T-Pose to assert dominance.
tree-pose *
@@aaleven4728 but why would you do that you need to rethink life
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But why, why would you do that
Shift + 3 ist this thing § on a german keyboard. I will so call my next Shiftry 'Paragraph' which is the german name for that thing, because 'Section Sign' sounds stupid. I also just leaned its called 'silcrow' as well, which is a surprisingly good name for Shiftry.
it's £ on a UK keyboard
Now you've just got me picturing a silcoon/murkrow hybrid :s
I'm calling it now: We are getting a Halloween Surprise Episode on Banette/Mega Banette.
Your probably right
Or maybe Trevenant.
Don't do that....
Don't give me hope.......
It's gengar
In gen 7 ZU shifty was by far the most used pokemon with its coverage, strength, and strong knock off getting rid of eviolite. There was even discussion to ban it towards the end of gen 7’s lifespan
Which it eventually was.
I want more discussion about ZU on this channel, instead of just saying a Pokémon is Untiered.
Not a real tier
4:34
Ah yes, my favorite Poison attack- Gas Knot.
@person person Must consume berry before use
@@fujoshitrash688 lmao
You know, for a Pokemon based off a Youkai know for its wind powers, shiftry doesn’t get many flying type moves
abd is weak to it
I mean it gets Hurricane, which is pretty much as good as it gets.
it can learn defog and tailwind too, that's a lot considering it's weak to that
Lmao
I mean it gets heat wave whose Japanese name translates to "hot wind," so that's something. But that is still a fire type move.
Shiftry has become one of my favorites.
Shiftry.
One of the few Pokémon scared to death by “Ight Ima head out” (U-Turn)
malamar too
Don't forget Celebi.
And Zarude
Hoopa🙄
@@martinprado5133 Calyrex, Exeggutor, Cacturne, Hoopa-Unbound.
I always thought it was Brelooms counterpart because of Grass/Fighting and Grass/Dark. But now it makes so much more sense with Ludicolo
Nope. Since day 01 of pokemon sapphire on 2003 i already knew that seedot and lotad are like from same mom and dad thats why they are siblings not shroomish though.
Grass/dark was the grass/poison of gen 3.
Or the grass/ghost of gens 6 & 7
With two whole pokemon lines having it (and not even on the full line)? Get real.
Anything/Dar in gen 3
That combo gives bad facing against bugs
In what way? Theres only 2 grass/dark LOL
“How thrifty was Shiftry”
Another alternative title would be “How nifty was Shiftry”
or how shitty
How thrifty was nifty
@@baseballs1742 but it was pretty good
It's also a top tier Pokemon in Pokemon GO - Great League tier :D
Shiftry looks like an awesome pokemon to use. Any excuse to bring it to battles is quite welcomed.
@@RoyRogersNews I like his nose a chin. On hoomans - the distance between your nosetip to your Chin tells how long your ekans is.
*Remember u said any excuse is welcome👈👀👈
+Pksparkxx DatHottneSS hey PK how are you I rememeber you had a shiny shiftry nicknamed B.N.A. what does that even mean
@@ItsJustKaya Someone's mind is in the gutter today.
Shiftry needs a buff badly. The idea of a tengu Pokémon is an awesome one, yet he sucks. I would say give him a mega, but Gamefreak decided to get rid of that
I think it'd do well with just a 10-20 BST boost
Getting rid of megas and Z-moves did help it though... Lol. Considering it's moved up in tiers and managed to get itself banned in one, it's gotten quite a decent buff. Getting good coverage moves like Heat Wave and Solar Blade has also helped out. Maybe giving it a +10 boost to it's attack stat would be fine. "Give him a mega" yeah that could be said for like every pokemon lol.
@@mr.zahsome7254 I think it's ATK and speed are good enough, especially when on sun teams. I think what it needs especially is some good bulk. Maybe +10 or +15 to both its Defs could help, or maybe to its HP
Shiftry is not that bad its just outclassed. It really needs stat buffs mostly on attack so it could be 110 or 120
@@honeyham6788 +10 to it’s defenses could do wonders. With several Pokémon coming back, I doubt it will stay in BL for long
I know this isn’t related to shiftry but why can the machop line learn flamethrower and fire blast? It makes absolutely no sense. I guess it’s just gen 1 weirdness. Also I had wondered for the longest time why sneasel and weavile can learn surf, but then I found out the the animal that their based off of (weasels) are extremely good swimmers.
Maybe he has bad breath.
Because Gen 1 is a beautiful gen. Just like Tauros being able to learn Fire Blast, Blizzard, and Thunder.
That's because Machamp ate too much Spicy Sauce (:
@@Nebula6874 they’re fighting and yeah normal types have a lot of coverage moves that’s why they’re one of the best types
@@atroll6677 just because their fighting types doesn’t mean that they should. Like do you know another fighting type that isn’t also fire type that can learn flamethrower?
Shiftry has such a cool design, it was always one of my favorites.
I like how the 3d model for shiftree is him t-posing XD
Tree-posing.
Toxicroak does a better 3d t-pose. He is aiming at the opponent.
Like most 3D models.
Lol
I thought this guy would end up in the unranked placement. Cool that it was actually good.
It did in Gen 5 if you listen closely in the video
@@agentblackbird9435 that was due to its usage stats, not its strength.
I love cool, unique Pokemon like this that aren't top tier beasts but have interesting little niches that make them truly stand out.
Meanwhile in Pokemon Go:
Shiftry is a solidly strong pokeon in the Go Battle League, since its moveset is one of the best ones for any spamming pokemon. It gets STAB to both Foul Play and Leaf Blade, each of those moves being very low energy cost and decently efficient in terms of damage. Additionally, it has a place in the meta for both the Great League and the Ultra League, since its Grass typing and Leaf Blade allow it to threaten the strongest Great League pokemon, Azumarill, while also still having solid neutral matchups against the Galarian Stunfisk and Skarmory that usually can support the godly Azu. In the Ultra League, the ever-present Giratina has to be worried about Shiftry's Dark typing and Foul Play spam.
UNFORTUNATELY, Shiftry is held back by its higher Attack stat and lower Defense and HP stats, which make it far too squishy to be safe. Even though it beats Azumarill in an even matchup, it almost always needs to have an energy or shield advantage to actually beat it safely. Azu can win if it lands an Ice Beam or Play Rough otherwise. And that's just Azu--several other very common pokemon that can still be chipped by Shiiftry still beat it, and if the Shiftry is ever at a disadvantage then it falls far too easily.
Still, Shiftry is a completely viable and versatile pokemon, and with its amazing moves and solid typing it remains meta-relevant and versatile, despite the fact that it is a bit higher maintenance than other pokemon.
Nnneeeerd
Shoutouts to the Shift Tree in Pokemon Ranger, which had 5 Shiftry pop out at once.
Even bigger shoutouts to those who actually managed to capture all 5 Shiftry in one battle
Breloom vs Shiftree was Gen 3's version of the Victrbell vs Vileplume question
One dominates the higher tiers of UU and RU while the other dominates the lower tiers of NU and PU
This whole video can be summarized with "And then Shiftree dominated the NU meta game for 3 straight generation in a row and was also theoretically Ubers compliant."
Shiftry: Lets do this
U turn: *AHHHHHHGOODBYE*
Shiftry: _"Ah, call an ambulance. Call an ambulance!"_
**sucker punch**
Shiftry: _"... but not for me."_
SHIFTRY STONKS BABYYY
It brings me joy knowing that shiftry has been consistently good in the tiers he's been in, definitely one of my favorite pokemon
For the longest time I never noticed Shiftry had a mouth
Shiftry needs to eat
I have no mouth and I must shift.
It's a nutcracker
It's hard to miss, especially when it opens it all the time.
I never saw Shiftry outside of his R/S sprite and art. So I thought his mouth was part of his fur
I love it’s design. Always wanted to use it but never got the chance.
Dude you hit the jackpot doing these videos you legit will never run out of Pokémon you can even redo them when new gens come out keep it up
Im glad youve finally found a sponsor. Keep it up guys, this channel is awesome
And so we ask, "How SPOOKY does Kellen want the Pokemon to be ACTUALLY?"
To be fair shiftry is based off of a yokai being the tengu so it’s count
I love how in the intro, the Sword and Shield model of Shiftry isn't even moving. Strangely accurate to the actual game.
Thank god, been jonesing for a new episode
I have been waiting so long.... And it's finally here!
Dang i remember finding these pokemon infuriating trying to use it in gen 3. Never learns a grass attack and only one dark move and on top of that primarily a physical attacker
It literally learns leaf blade as nuzleaf.
@@calculus3661 not in gen 3 it had no grass moves
@@calculus3661 Not in Gen 3. Literally your only options are Bullet Seed, Giga Drain, and Solar Beam.
Fun fact in gen 5 shiftry has a role in Uber’s
I played with a mono-Dark Sun team once, making use of Pokémon such as Shiftry, Mega Houndoom, and Sableye with Prankster Moonlight. It was a fun and silly gimmick that puts a smile on my face with the fact that it exists.
One of my favorites! I made a Shiftry costume for Acen years ago and it was fun to participate in group pictures (especially ones based on type, since Shiftry is grass/dark!)
Gas Knot was a brutally powerful move
And now it has wind rider, what will that lead to?
da hell are all those analogies? xD most / most fitting puns i've ever heard in an analysis lol great work!
Please do Swellow next! It changed so much from a Guts sweeper to a special one using Boomburst!! I think it would be a really interesting episode.
I expected Shiftry to be a terrible pokemon, but this made me confortably surprised. Keep it up little plant tengu boi
That typing...and also, bug typing buffs gen-by-gen...yea, shiftry is kinda on the same fate as claydol
Yup, definitely... (Looks at Shiftry jumping up from Untiered to RUBL with only 2 new moves)
Great video this is what I needed
Thanks for making this vid, this is my fav pokemon ever
Shiftry has Jiraiya Sensei's hair and the same type of shoes and he's a dark type like a ninja and grass like the village hidden in the leaf's
I love shiftry's design! But apparently I'm the only one...:(
Shiftry's design is quite epic, but Hitmonlee's model in Pokemon Stadium is much cooler.
my favourite pokemon design alongside gourgeist and the fact the leaf fans on shiftry give it moves like heat wave, hurricane air slash and defog is such clever touches of detail :)
It’s feet are weird af
@@JoeBro915 it's based on tengu and the sandals they are often depicted in have that stilt in the middle
Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness made Shiftry be my favorite Dark type, so you're not the only one :)
Been watching for years, through the recommendeds. But Shiftry finally got me to subscribe. Happy holidays
My favorite memory of this thing was of a specific spot in the original Pokémon Ranger game that literally has nothing but Shiftry there. Trying to catch multiple of them at once is actually lowkey really challenging.
(0:39) NordVPN: „You challenge me, mortal?“
When can we have another Competitive history of Smash Characters (the best pokemon Yoshi (dragonite's evolved form) please)/ How GOOD was a type ACTUALLY/Gen 2 Battling explained?
Yes
Ah yes, my favorite Pokémon, Yoshi.
Honestly... I think they've been working on them, but the amount of videos they have one their backlog is pretty immense, so it's a lot less frequent than the usual one pokemon video.
Besides, the one pokemon video was brought up & voted by the community. They feel a lot more necessary as of late.
I remember that Dragonite evolves into Yoshi hoax. Alongside Pikablue and Mewthree (which wasn't far off Mega Mewtwo Y)
@@iCABALi I also remember there was a joke or something about Lickitung evolving into Luigi, if I'm not mistaken. XD
will be realy interesting to see what the tiers will look like in the end of november when the tiers have been somewhat stable afther the last expansion
Great vid! Almost as good as the Masquerain video will be!
Another Pokemon that actually got better in gen 8.
Yess Shiftry, finally! My favourite evolution line!
😐
@mouthbreathing hick 😂
I also love shiftry, its great to see it is someones favourite
You should check out Dragonite. Evolution line wise, that is my favorite since Dragonite maintains its cuteness and can be a monster in OU.
@@RoyRogersNews my dad can beat up your dad!
Yo I'd just like to say that Shiftry does have a niche in Gen 3 OU. After some testing, this specific set does a lot of work against crucial pokemon like celebi, Swampert, Alakazam, Gengar, non ice beam milotic and suicune, banded Ttar, etc.
Shiftry @ Black Glasses/Miracle Seed
Ability: Early Bird/Chlorophyll
EVs: 76 HP / 252 SpA / 180 Spe
Modest Nature
IVs: 3 Atk
- Giga Drain/Hidden Power [Grass]
- Hidden Power [Dark]/Feint Attack
- Rest/Hidden power [Fire]
- Sleep Talk/Extrasensory
I've listed more then one set that could potentially work based upon what you want to accomplish with Shiftry, but the first set is what is most optimal at getting 2HKOs on crucial mons and still giga draining waters and swampert for high amounts of damage. Rest seems unconventional, but if timed right with early bird will award you all of your health back in two turns.
Just some fruit for thought, I used it with team support in Gen 3 OU for quite a while and it did it's job pretty effectively at removing those threats from the game, especially with hazard stacking, as I would argue some matchups become 100% winnable once spikes are on the field.
I love the move Gass Knott. 💨❤
So, much like Ludicolo, Shiftry, in summation, was weird. While nominally a low to bottom tier Pokemon, it still had its uses in serious competitive play, but while Ludicolo thrived in the rain, Shiftry thrived in the sun.
And they were game exclusives! The Ludicolo line being in Sapphire only and Shiftry's line being in Ruby only (until Emerald).
Ludiloco is way better tho.
@@cintronproductions9430
This is mostly because Shiftry embodies the worst part of gen 3 pokemon design (Slow, frail mixed attacker with no movepool), while Ludicolo embodies the best (balanced tank with great support moves).
Also because Grass/Dark is horrible, while Grass/Water is fantastic.
And then it got wind rider
Im still waiting for the video on the Rotom formes. Will there be 1 hour long video? Or 6 separate vids?
I recently got a second copy of Emerald so I could finally replay it. Me and my friend intend to create teams to fight by the time I finish the game. Gonna mix my old mons with my new ones, kinda wanna add Shiftry :p
"I believe this is all happening for a reason"
Can we all agree that Shiftry's walking animation in Battle Revolution is cursed?
"Gas knot" perfect poison type move. OP in ubers
Can you do this series about how the pokemon are in core games/ broadly how they would do in general rom hacks?
Just different pokemon that you're able to get consistently in games and it tells you how good they are. Im sure neon umbreon would love to do collabs with you aswell to combine your content!
Machop how good was it in game actually?
How amazing was Marshadow actually I'm just requesting to see how good my favorite ghost type actually was
It was very bad
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*cough* Spectral Theif *cough*
Hoenn has some great grass types to choose from! I love grass types and I love the Hoenn region
Yeah. Breloom is my favorite Pokémon of all time.
Isaiah Hauff you have great tastes! Breloom is also my all time favorite
0:33 that t pose though
16:05 - Well Gamefreak did kinda listen I suppose, seeing that it now has Wind Rider. AKA: Can't be touched by the best special Flying move in the game, can't be touched by one of the best special Fire moves in the game, and can't be touched by one of the best special Ice moves in the game.
To think of all tiers this thing could work well in, it fit in ubers of all things. Granted it was niche, but like at least it had a role. Pretty sick mon
You can say that about Parasect as well.
Silk Scarf Shiftry with Fake Out + Explosion basically won Orre Colosseum for me back in the day.
On a British keyboard shift + 3 is a £ sign. The octothorpe (#) is just left of return/enter.
I’ve always loved this guys design ever since I first saw it in ruby or the anime I forget which came first in the states
I’m happy that Shiftry is finally too good for a tier
Can we show some love for Falseswipe gaming? These guys release content every week consistently and the production value is incredible. Highly highly underrated channel.
300k subs isn't that bad
>underrated
>a channel that has passed the 5 digit mark a long time ago.
Pick one bro.
4:34 Ah yes, my favorite Grass type move, *Gas Knot.*
Has he made a weezing video!?!?! 🥺 Weezing was one of my fave team rocket Pokémon 🤣
Can we see how good Drifblim was Actually?
Unburden + Flying Gem + Acrobatics
Strength Sap Tank for Gen 8
@Pintlebert + aurora veil
No mention of shiftry's dominance in ZU?
Shame.
If you ever do Liepard. Liepard had a decent use in gen 6 ubers. It feel to the side in gen 7 with the prankster nerf though. Liepard made an amazing xernas check with prankster encore, switching into xern on geomancy along with sub toxic and knock. Toxic sub with leftovers can kill any one mon and if they switch off, that is another mon toxiced and knocked
After watching this series of videos for a while and having been a pokemon fan for years I do wonder how much things would change if pokemon could have even 1 or maybe 2 more moves. I know some pokemon wouldn't be heavily affected by it but there are some where it is like in this video where that extra slot or two would ramp some pokemon way up there just because of that extra coverage or utility that they normally have to leave behind.
Honestly after seeing gigalith in uu in gen 8 i want a gigalith video now.
Wait what? How did that thing ever find itself in UU lol
My favorite rock type
It probably won't be that interesting before Gen 7 gave it Sand Stream, but if Beedrill already has a video then it's definitely possible.
"How GOOD was Reuniclus actually?"
I've always used Rock Tomb with the Sunny Day runner. Yeah Rock Tomb is weak, but it helps slow down things in case the Sun goes out
And now he is amazing with his new wind rider ability 🤙🏻
Finally the buff he deserved
was an edgy grass type 4x weak to bug before it was cool
...Except it was introduced alongside the far edgier, literally, Cacturne.
Wellp wouldn't that have been Exeggutor? Or Celebi?
In what universe are Exeggutor and Celebi "edgy"?
I used a shiftry on my first every playthrough on omega ruby and I liked it but it was very challenging due to the major amount of weaknesses it has
glad to see that my boy’s found his way into uu in the end (even if he’s technically rubl)
I have only used Shifty once and that was out of necessity in a Nuzlocke and even though I lost that run Shifty was still awesome.