To this day, I'm still angry that Goodra wasn't a Dragon/Poison type, when it was introduced in the game that added Fairy Type. What a missed opportunity for a creative and unique Pseudo-Legendary that would have even made sense lorewise having evolved poison-typing as a self-defense against the region's fairy types. Would it have been better competitively? I have no idea. Would it have been more interesting than a pure dragon type? Yes.
The animal Goodra is inspired by has the abilty to take the poison it's immune to from other animals and wield it in its fins. So it'd have been cool if it was like pure Dragon and then gains like Poisonate by absorbing a move.
@@aquashuriken1634 *flashbacks to the Ghetsis battle at the end of BW* Yeah, no, Hydreigon does not go to Heaven, or at the very least not that specific one. You should've seen my face when I found out this thing knows Surf.
Fun fact: Incineroar did not win at the 2024 world championships. This is the first time Incineroar has been legal but hasn’t won worlds since it gained access to its intimidate ability.
More varied bsts like dragapult would also be nice. Aside from a few outliers pseudo legendaries are all pretty much uniform in terms of stats and typing - dragon types with good bulk, speed and offense
@@XCodes Mainly because of the popularity of clear amulet and covert cloak. Also, most top tier legendaries are special attackers, or Zamazanta whose body press ignores intimidate.
@@Lortius I dunno. He almost seemed frustrated when talking about how he felt like he had to stick to the top meta picks this year since he likes to innovate. If anything he’s probably more frustrated with himself for buying too much into his own Incineroar bias.
I like how you can sum Garchomp being at 1st as: "It's Tyranitar, but they took out the bad stuff and didn't remove any of the good stuff while giving it MORE good stuff."
As a singles player, everytime Wolfe says something that doesn't make sense to me, I have to remember that he is talking about doubles, specifically vgc
@@cameronscott9399 recalibrate? Wait.. is Metagross good or mediocre in singles? I don’t play singles, but I would imagine he’s prob been super good in singles in the past, at least. Similarly to doubles/VGC
@@jacobtridef48 mega metagross is generally banned lol, and is p highly rated in ubers drafts as well, so when he was being like "its pretty good but is one of the most balanced and fair and manageable megas" I had to remind myself vgc follows v diff rules
Hey bro. I’m trying to get into singles and I’m just getting back into the game, do you have any good channel recommendations or good websites to get a good basis of singles right now?
Love whenever there is a Wolfey post because it is a chance I can learn SO much more about the game! It is incredible the different strats I see ran and love making some of my own! Really enjoy learning from a World Champion and hope you keep creating more! 😄
But it still evolves really fast compared to the rest because its EXP rate is *Medium Fast* While every other pseudo evolves with a *Slow* EXP rate. Archaludon is triggering my OCD because it's the odd one out (if most people consider it a pseudo)
And apparently the official term for them is "Powerhouse Pokémon". Add that alongside "First Partner Pokémon", "Individual Strengths" and "Base Points" (aka EVs, wtf is base about EVs) to the list of official terms nobody will use
@@nicocchii honestly disagree with it being official. it was only used once to describe a raid den and they often have different names for those that never get used again.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE GCHOMP COMMENT I SUBSCRIBED - bro actually knows gchomp's potential especially with this moveset: swords dance, dragon claw/outrage, earthquake, iron head, tera type: steel
@11:54 This entire explanation about Dragonite's competitive history is a good example for as to why it should've gotten a mega back in the day. Instead, we got Salamence and Garchomp, which made absolutely no sense for either to get a competitive boost before Dragonite.
For those who might want to know, Haxorus has 540 bst, the HP, special defense and special attack is notably low, that's why it's not a Pseudo-legendary/powerhouse
i dont know if the editors gonna see this but i greatly appreciate your use of sound effects and emotes from ragnarok online, its giving me nostalgia whiplash in all the right ways
"It was just like, the 🐐🤷." Is the perfect description of Tyranitar for the past 15 years for VGC. As well as in various Singles formats over the past 22 Years and 11 months between Gold and Silver and Scarlet and Violets release date.
1:50 Technically not "when it was first introduced"; Clangorous Soulblaze wasn't introduced until Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. And Clangorous Soul was introduced in Sword and Shield to make up for Kommo-o losing its Z-Move.
Garchomp can match fighter jets in the air and literally fells trees with the side effects of running by, but a weird looking bunny somehow outspeeds it XD...
I barely play story mode Pokémon, certainly don’t play competitive. But I still watch all of these videos. It’s so cool to listen to someone explain in depth something they’re so passionate about.
It’s funnier when Tytar is bulky enough to switch in and out. Then you keep the sand up which really boosts both tytar and garchomp evilness and synergy on the field.
@@TrueVitalYT Evasion is banned in the Smogon metagame, VGC doesn't restrict anything (except for mythicals and legendaries, and there are some formats/regulations in which they're allowed).
If you want a real sense of how strong Hydreigon is, Hoopa-Unbound came out in Gen 6 and was absolutely destroying Singles OU, while Hydreigon was reigning as king of UU, the tier below. When Hoopa-Unbound was banned from OU, people began looking for a Special Attacker who could pick up where Hoopa left off. Turns out, Hydreigon fit into that slot perfectly, performing the same role without being overwhelming and even being superior in some places. Pursuit completely ripped through Hoopa-Unbound's low Defense, while Hydreigon both resisted the move and had decent Defense to make it even tougher to get rid of without a Fairy type, and Fairy types always feared a Flash Cannon on the switch, making up Hoopa's STAB Psychic. Mega Metagross got banned in Gen 7 from OU because of the Mega Speed and Ability Boost. Megas got their new Speed Stat on the first turn and their ability as well, so Mega Metagross immediately began hitting harder and was faster than before, making it unhealthy for Singles. But yeah, Mega Mawhile and Mega Khanga were banned back in Gen 6 without that, so I guess it was more fair in Doubles where those two also thrived, same with Mega Salamance. Dragonite is definitely a stronger Singles Pokémon, as Multiscale is not as good in a Doubles format due to double targetting breaking the ability and leaving it vulnerable for the next move.
Two most surprising placements for me have to be Metagross and Dragapult. I feel like Metagross has been trending down whereas with its stat line Dragapult is extremely unlikely to do the same, especially if it eventually gets a good physical ghost move.
I was introduced into pokemon with sword and shield, and had the whole pandemic to learn it, and without even knowing about pseudo-legendaries yet, I knew dragapult was way more than a reg pokemon. Honestly, not giving dragapult a gigantamax form was a missed opportunity. It's design is just PERFECT for a mega evolution or G-max form.
Honestly, it'd be kinda funny seeing another 'mon get the Chansey treatment after all these years, especially a pseudo-legendary of all things Although it does kinda beg the question what a pre-evo for Duraludon would even be, considering even just the two stages the line is now is a bit of a weird through line, going from a building to a bridge
From the dlc storyline and even the mechanic itself being so well balanced I think there is a chance terrastilization stays as a permanent mechanic. Unlike dynomax, megas, and Z moves, Terra is used by way more Pokémon, is less centralized in its role, and offers more versatility and strategies. We have seen plenty of traditionally bad Pokémon become amazing off the mechanic. Even with the damage buff helping offensive threats it’s more commonly being used defensively. It’s just the best gimmick they have tried and the one I hope they stick with.
It's just his personal opinion. In fact, Garchomp struggled in every format where Landorus-T was legal. For the record, both Salamence and Tyranitar had more formats where they were viable and competitive.
@@honestshao6160 It's my favourite Pokemon but Garchomp is arguably a jack-of-all-trades, master of none these days. The Pseudo that been powercreeped the most to the point where what used to be massive selling points, are just kinda, par for the course these days. Definitely feels carried by how dominant it used to be in formats without Lando-T until SV.
This year marks the first time since it got Intimidate that Incineroar didn’t win Worlds. In fact, in the Master’s Division, not one of the top 8 teams featured an Incineroar.
Garchomp being the goat as usual He’s so strong that they couldn’t give him a good mega. Like imagine if they gave the extra special attack to speed 170 atk + 141 speed or smth
Wow I’m suprised Kommo-o was outclassed by Goodra when it seemed to be genuinely pretty good earlier this gen. I guess grouping the two together will do that
@@petrie911 Makes me wonder; would there be a lot of outrage if Smogon one day decided to ban Stealth Rock? It is extremely unlikely, given that Stealth Rock has been a central element of their metagame for so long, and they only make bans for things that are too overcentralizing, and there isn't enough support for banning Stealth Rock.
@@MaahirMomtaz12 Oh you're right. I was so mad about them removing the obscured effect that I forgot it raised defense by 2 stages. Still just Iron defense clone
@@olafmikoaj3121 tbf, Obscure condition in PLA was stupid, your pokemon can't hit and misses the wild pokemon but you can Casillas throw a pokeball at it while it's obscured?
I would like to emphasize on his ask, ive watched wolfeys videos for long time, one time he said to double check and i did and sure enough he was right, i actually wasnt subscribed (i swore i was), its worth checking, these are the best quality videos any pokemon creator is putting out and he deserves it.
0:24 I will never miss a chance to complain about the fact that Bulbapedia includes how much experience the Pokémon needs a level 100 to be a pseudo, legendary, when it doesn’t remove any Pokémon from the list and it’s just something they all share. If a future game had a 600 bat second stage Pokémon that had a different level of experience at level 100 no one would care and still call it a suit of legendary.
So far it seems pokemon even has an internal name for them, as every pseudo legendary to get a raid has had the internal designation of "Powerhouse Pokémon," and was used for a merch line with the pseudos as well. So even if they did care, just gotta wait for a raid.
Um, about that, the Japanese fans consider Archaludon to be part of this group because they only look at the 600 base stat total and ignore that it has only two stages and requires 250k less experience. So yes, there are some fans arguing over those qualifications (albeit not making the biggest fuss over it).
Seeing Metagross in the position of this list makes me so happy, it's my favorite pseudo and it bring so much diversity to this fanmade concept we made with its typing (plus the shiny looks amazing, even more so on the mega)
Hey Wolfe. Really enjoy your series on who was the best Pokémon of a group from history, but on a video like this with a top 10 + most having already been on your other lists I think I'd be really cool if we got to hear YOUR thoughts on the power of these Pokémon outside of regional mechanics.
Real talk, Kommo-o would be so much better if Moonblast was prevented by Bulletproof. I cannot believe that a move with the word 'blast' in it isn't prevented by the Bulletproof ability.
I think a video made solely on the top 3 pseudo legendaries could honestly be really entertaining. Going into even more depth about how these pokemon perform (especially salamence with aerilate) would be very interesting
@@jaysavage1957yeah, I hit about half. I’ve been playing a lot of scarlet violet singles- and I kinda forgot about older gens. Undersold ttar hard, and oversold hydreigon. Though I am a bit biased. I remembered dragapult being on more teams- but I didn’t keep up with sw/sh competitive. Some really awful takes but also some good calls. Dragonite might be my favorite pseudo, but I know they’re not the best.
@@monarchy028putting TTar below top 3 is ridiculous, not just because of what it does by itself, but how well it supports it's team. It's the kind of pokemon you build your whole team around. It's one of the best pokemon of all time in singles and doubles formats whenever legal
@@davidmagrass6728 Early S/V singles it dropped to UU, it’s a good Pokémon- I’m not giving it the credit it deserves. I admit that. However, I haven’t used it a lot in recent memory- and I’ve found there are Pokémon I’d rather use instead. This is also coming from a stall player- so it’s not exactly my forte.
Time to watch the third explanation of why Salamence and Garchomp are good LET'S GOOOO
😂
and tyranitar, which i put at top2 before watching the video (just cause i guess he puts garchomp#1)
I would say metagross is better then salamance
Only third time? Pffff!
@@redmist6131 agreed, especially because salamence has "replacements", metagross is kind of unique
"There are 2 Goodras" basically, the Goodra and the Badra.
Where is the Uglyra?
@@variumi Pokémon legends ZA
@@variumi the Hisuian one looks like the Oldra
@@variumi Nowhere. :)
That names sound like kaiju names
For anyone interested, it takes 174 seconds for incineroar to appear in a video about pseudo legendaries
I was looking for this comment. Not because I was curious, but just for the meme.
I think that’s a new record, isn’t it?
@@supsasthe record for the longest time to incineroar was the normal type rankings at 374 seconds, over 6 minutes
Hah
@@cyphatebrother has been keeping track. Respect lol
To this day, I'm still angry that Goodra wasn't a Dragon/Poison type, when it was introduced in the game that added Fairy Type. What a missed opportunity for a creative and unique Pseudo-Legendary that would have even made sense lorewise having evolved poison-typing as a self-defense against the region's fairy types.
Would it have been better competitively? I have no idea.
Would it have been more interesting than a pure dragon type? Yes.
Water would make more sense as Goodra isn’t particularly poisonous and its evo or even fairy, look at how cute it is.
Thing is : there's already a Dragon/Poison type in Gen 6 that is also stupidly specially bulky : it's called Dragalge
I like it being a pure dragon but I prefer the Hisuian
The animal Goodra is inspired by has the abilty to take the poison it's immune to from other animals and wield it in its fins.
So it'd have been cool if it was like pure Dragon and then gains like Poisonate by absorbing a move.
@@dse763dragalge is my goat
10 - Kommo-o - 1:11
9 - Goodra - 4:13
8 - Baxcaliber - 7:59
7 - Dragonite - 10:18
6 - Dragapult - 13:22
5 - Hydreigon - 16:54
4 - Metagross - 21:10
3 - Salamence - 24:50
2 - Tyranitar - 28:20
1 - Garchomp - 31:50
Goodra feels like it forgot it's a Pseudo-Legendary (I love it so much)
I love the lad but it's just bad the only reason why it isn't at last place is because it had two forms
Love you patterrz
Too chill, eepy goopy boi
Hisuian Goodra quite literaly is my favorite dragon type, I wish it was better.. I just dont know how you would make it better
I unfortunately agree , its my fav Pseudo 🥲
I swear, with all the Incineroar meme comments. Wolfey will actually make a "top 10 Incineroar" and it's just Incineroar in every spot.
He can actually make a top 10 Pokémon and it will be different sets of incineroar
Sounds like an amazing April Fools vid
@@Aaa-vp6ugYeah just rank different types of Tera Incineroar.
I mean top 10 incineroar sets could be a viable video
If it is an April Fool's video #1 would be dual tera Fairy and steel Incineroar
Best pseudo legendary: incineroar
One minute damn
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@@VortexVoyager00he posts every Saturday at 11:00am
Forgot about Fluttermane :p
Next rank the pseudo-legendaries by how likely they are to get into Heaven.
Hydreigon at last lol
@@aquashuriken1634 *flashbacks to the Ghetsis battle at the end of BW*
Yeah, no, Hydreigon does not go to Heaven, or at the very least not that specific one. You should've seen my face when I found out this thing knows Surf.
@@nataliaborys1554 lol I meant hydreigon is at the lowest place, as in LEAST LIKELY
Can we all appreciate the editors a little bit more, I love the Kingdom Hearts Menu Sounds when Wolfe lists something up
Fun fact: Incineroar did not win at the 2024 world championships. This is the first time Incineroar has been legal but hasn’t won worlds since it gained access to its intimidate ability.
Not only that, Incineroar didnt even finish in the top 4. There was only one in the entire top 8
It is a shame a bot reposted this comment and has so many likes on it, people gotta use their eyes
your comment was copied by a bot and now it has more likes than yours
Fun fact: Your mom didn’t win the 2024 world championships.
Not surprising considering she died in 2004 💀
Would be cool if we got more non-Dragon psuedo's.
Yeah more Metagross and T-Tars
Yeah im so tired of dragon pseudos, give me an ice type pseudo legendary, or a normal type one
@@ezelalia5739baxcalibur
I like the dragon pseudos cause they tend to to make sure there is a good dragon type
More varied bsts like dragapult would also be nice. Aside from a few outliers pseudo legendaries are all pretty much uniform in terms of stats and typing - dragon types with good bulk, speed and offense
25:05 "Incineroar will inevitably win worlds" that didn't age so well
Amoongus almost got the 4th but lost in the final, so he was almost right on a technicality.
Good old Midcineroar
Didn't even make it to the finals.
Is Incineroar done?
Good
@@XCodes Mainly because of the popularity of clear amulet and covert cloak. Also, most top tier legendaries are special attackers, or Zamazanta whose body press ignores intimidate.
Metagross always will be my GOAT no matter where you end up ranking him
real
Been my favourite since Pokemon Colosseum!
My banded Metagross one-shotted almost everyone in the Battle Frontier in Emerald.
Garchomp being an all time favorite of mine feels good seeing him as number 1
Same
Agree with you religiously
Man, a Dragon/Fighting type before Gen 6 would have been absolutely broken. Almost perfect coverage.
I really really want a dragon fairy pseudo legendary in gen 10, that would be epic, i will surely have it in my playthrough team
Seriously, Kommo-o is just born two gen too late.
@@videos43334dhdjj774h Wow, another Dragon-type Powerhouse. So thrilled.
pre gen6 kommo-o is kinda just hydreigon tbh
@@videos43334dhdjj774h you'd get to use mega altaria in ZA so there's that
25:05 I bet Wolfey is happy that statement aged like milk.
Considering he was using Incineroar, I bet he'd be happier in a certain situation where it did win
@@Lortius I dunno. He almost seemed frustrated when talking about how he felt like he had to stick to the top meta picks this year since he likes to innovate. If anything he’s probably more frustrated with himself for buying too much into his own Incineroar bias.
@@edmg7 He would absolutely be happier with a win lmao
@@XCodes yeah last year it was that nobody had ample time to prepare.
@@edmg7 I mean, not losing a single single battle in Swiss soynds like the bias was definitely effective.
Incineroar first appearance at 2:55
Honestly surprised it didn't appear earlier
why does it look like Incin is introducing his girlfriend Tapu Fini to his friend group
Huh later than usual
Pretty late tbh
@@HeckYep He's intimidating her to do so
Im sensing Wolfey is playing Ragnarok with all the sound and visual effects he’s using.
I like how you can sum Garchomp being at 1st as:
"It's Tyranitar, but they took out the bad stuff and didn't remove any of the good stuff while giving it MORE good stuff."
As a singles player, everytime Wolfe says something that doesn't make sense to me, I have to remember that he is talking about doubles, specifically vgc
Yeah I had to recalibrate when he was talking abt megagross lmao
@@cameronscott9399 recalibrate? Wait.. is Metagross good or mediocre in singles? I don’t play singles, but I would imagine he’s prob been super good in singles in the past, at least. Similarly to doubles/VGC
@@jacobtridef48 mega metagross is generally banned lol, and is p highly rated in ubers drafts as well, so when he was being like "its pretty good but is one of the most balanced and fair and manageable megas" I had to remind myself vgc follows v diff rules
@@cameronscott9399 oh ok, that 100% makes sense tbh. I kinda figured it would be super good on Singles, i just don’t rly play singles
Hey bro. I’m trying to get into singles and I’m just getting back into the game, do you have any good channel recommendations or good websites to get a good basis of singles right now?
25:05 Incineroar proceeds to get 8th at Worlds.
Aged like fine milk.
Wolfe: *"Good."*
Curious to see how Wolfey acknowledges the Metagross buffs in gen 9 with Heavy Slam and Psychic Fangs
I could’ve sworn Metagross was introduced in Gen 3.
It was introduced in gen 3
Gen 3 is the only gen that didn't introduce just 1 pseudo is what he meant, because it introduced 2 in Salamence and Metagross
Yes, he said all gens added 1 except gen 3 because gen 3 added 2. He didn't say that as if it added none. Gen 3 had metagross and salamence
Love whenever there is a Wolfey post because it is a chance I can learn SO much more about the game! It is incredible the different strats I see ran and love making some of my own! Really enjoy learning from a World Champion and hope you keep creating more! 😄
0:15 MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL
Sap Sipper Tera Water Goodra sounds like a nightmare to deal with.
Drop a Meowscarada with Petal Blizzard next to it and you get what I used at the start of SV.
I tried Hisuian Goodra with tera water and sap sipper and its incredibly hard to deal with. Give it leftovers or assault vest and it will just survive
@@angelmatesmolan What about Electric attacks? Just curious.
Fun fact: in Japan this group is called "the 600 bst club", so Archaludon is one of them (no 3-stage evolution requirement)
But it still evolves really fast compared to the rest because its EXP rate is *Medium Fast*
While every other pseudo evolves with a *Slow* EXP rate.
Archaludon is triggering my OCD because it's the odd one out (if most people consider it a pseudo)
And apparently the official term for them is "Powerhouse Pokémon". Add that alongside "First Partner Pokémon", "Individual Strengths" and "Base Points" (aka EVs, wtf is base about EVs) to the list of official terms nobody will use
@@Scizor-212it’s because dlc pokemon.
Even if it is, it's not a psuedo, this is about pseudo leegnds
@@nicocchii honestly disagree with it being official. it was only used once to describe a raid den and they often have different names for those that never get used again.
JUST BECAUSE OF THE GCHOMP COMMENT I SUBSCRIBED - bro actually knows gchomp's potential especially with this moveset: swords dance, dragon claw/outrage, earthquake, iron head, tera type: steel
@11:54 This entire explanation about Dragonite's competitive history is a good example for as to why it should've gotten a mega back in the day. Instead, we got Salamence and Garchomp, which made absolutely no sense for either to get a competitive boost before Dragonite.
ngl gamefreak probably wanted to give it a mega but had no clue how to pull it off
For those who might want to know, Haxorus has 540 bst, the HP, special defense and special attack is notably low, that's why it's not a Pseudo-legendary/powerhouse
Super funny that kommo-o and Tyranitar’s Gen 9 results are almost all directly because of Micheal Zhang lol
i dont know if the editors gonna see this but i greatly appreciate your use of sound effects and emotes from ragnarok online, its giving me nostalgia whiplash in all the right ways
I’ll be damned, his “please subscribe” pitch finally got me
What was the timestamp?
"It was just like, the 🐐🤷." Is the perfect description of Tyranitar for the past 15 years for VGC. As well as in various Singles formats over the past 22 Years and 11 months between Gold and Silver and Scarlet and Violets release date.
1:50 Technically not "when it was first introduced"; Clangorous Soulblaze wasn't introduced until Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. And Clangorous Soul was introduced in Sword and Shield to make up for Kommo-o losing its Z-Move.
Dragonite having 80 speed while the pokedex claims it can go around the world in like a day is criminous
yet another proof that dex entries are not canon
Garchomp can match fighter jets in the air and literally fells trees with the side effects of running by, but a weird looking bunny somehow outspeeds it XD...
@@theamazingspooderman2697 Nah, if anything it's just proof that the game mechanics are not canon.
Speed stat is the agility stat I believe. Its not your max speed its how agile u are
I think the stats would be noncanon. Game balance dhouldnt be based on lore or the game would be broken@theamazingspooderman2697
I barely play story mode Pokémon, certainly don’t play competitive. But I still watch all of these videos. It’s so cool to listen to someone explain in depth something they’re so passionate about.
Production in this video is very impressive. Kudos to the team!
The editor is bring back that RO itch. Seeing the emotes and hearing the upgrade sounds at Garchomp just hits different.
It is so funny the disparity between Dragonite in singles VS doubles
1:20 most worthy pokemon of getting into heaven top 10 list when?
Chamsey/Blissey is number 0. It has a free pass to Heaven just by existing
least worthy would definetely be Incineroar
@@_shadiness fr
It’s funnier when Tytar is bulky enough to switch in and out. Then you keep the sand up which really boosts both tytar and garchomp evilness and synergy on the field.
But the evasive boosting ability is banned in vgc I think so realistically that's only being used to make friends mad or in game bad ai double battles
@@TrueVitalYT Evasion is banned in the Smogon metagame, VGC doesn't restrict anything (except for mythicals and legendaries, and there are some formats/regulations in which they're allowed).
Whoever did the animations, flairs, and transitions needs a raise. they killed it
Thank you for all the effort ❤
BRO NO WAY THE DSCIMMY CURSOR AT 12:15 WOLFE EDITOR IS GOATED
If you want a real sense of how strong Hydreigon is, Hoopa-Unbound came out in Gen 6 and was absolutely destroying Singles OU, while Hydreigon was reigning as king of UU, the tier below. When Hoopa-Unbound was banned from OU, people began looking for a Special Attacker who could pick up where Hoopa left off. Turns out, Hydreigon fit into that slot perfectly, performing the same role without being overwhelming and even being superior in some places. Pursuit completely ripped through Hoopa-Unbound's low Defense, while Hydreigon both resisted the move and had decent Defense to make it even tougher to get rid of without a Fairy type, and Fairy types always feared a Flash Cannon on the switch, making up Hoopa's STAB Psychic.
Mega Metagross got banned in Gen 7 from OU because of the Mega Speed and Ability Boost. Megas got their new Speed Stat on the first turn and their ability as well, so Mega Metagross immediately began hitting harder and was faster than before, making it unhealthy for Singles. But yeah, Mega Mawhile and Mega Khanga were banned back in Gen 6 without that, so I guess it was more fair in Doubles where those two also thrived, same with Mega Salamance.
Dragonite is definitely a stronger Singles Pokémon, as Multiscale is not as good in a Doubles format due to double targetting breaking the ability and leaving it vulnerable for the next move.
Two most surprising placements for me have to be Metagross and Dragapult. I feel like Metagross has been trending down whereas with its stat line Dragapult is extremely unlikely to do the same, especially if it eventually gets a good physical ghost move.
23:54 Our boy Drewby aka Mr. Talent getting some recognition 🙏
I was introduced into pokemon with sword and shield, and had the whole pandemic to learn it, and without even knowing about pseudo-legendaries yet, I knew dragapult was way more than a reg pokemon. Honestly, not giving dragapult a gigantamax form was a missed opportunity. It's design is just PERFECT for a mega evolution or G-max form.
0:30 just to clarify, Gen 3 has 2 pseudo legendary Pokémon
Isn't that what he said?
"With the EXCEPTION of gen 3"
@@GGS_EquinoX but he didn’t clarify whether there were none or 2+. There were 2
@@realistic_delinquent fair point, my bad there
Well u can easily figure that out like pretty sure everyone knew he meant 2
@@Samurai-wj3jtno, I was actually pretty confused when he said that...
I love Dragonite's little smirk in the thumbnail 😭
No matter where he ranks Tyranitar, TTar will always be my favorite and #1 Pseudo legendary.
agreed
This but goodra
I get you, but Dragonite.
ZUBL next gen lmfao
Real
Garchomp has always been my fave, so glad to see it where it is! Validation!
Dragapult deserves more respect. It puts in all of this work while also being a single mother of two
Archaludon is so close to these criteria, I wonder if They’ll release a pre evo of that line in the next Gen
Honestly, it'd be kinda funny seeing another 'mon get the Chansey treatment after all these years, especially a pseudo-legendary of all things
Although it does kinda beg the question what a pre-evo for Duraludon would even be, considering even just the two stages the line is now is a bit of a weird through line, going from a building to a bridge
According to GameFreak he IS a pseudo
@@iancastro1327when did mr. gamefreak say this
@@Magic_Ice from what I've heard, it's more of a Japanese fan term. Their criteria is non-legendary 600base stat club which Archaludon qualifies for.
@@naimulislam923 ok so game freak doesn’t consider Archaludonna psudo
From the dlc storyline and even the mechanic itself being so well balanced I think there is a chance terrastilization stays as a permanent mechanic.
Unlike dynomax, megas, and Z moves, Terra is used by way more Pokémon, is less centralized in its role, and offers more versatility and strategies. We have seen plenty of traditionally bad Pokémon become amazing off the mechanic. Even with the damage buff helping offensive threats it’s more commonly being used defensively. It’s just the best gimmick they have tried and the one I hope they stick with.
Its a boring design and just not enjoyable im glad it will be going
this comment will not age well, GF definitely removing Tera next gen
@@theamazingspooderman2697 honestly
Megas were the best in story and tera is the best in competitive... unfortunately, low chance it sticks around
Mega evolutions are better then any other gimmicks
If Tyranitar even had a half-decent secondary typing, it'd be a true menace.... imagine a rock dragon Tyranitar ☠️☠️
Dear God...
Whoever does the editing in these videos is so top notch holy cow.
Editor did a great job this video. Always cool seeing the old Ragnarok Online emotes.
Funny how the dragon that had been a meme because it can't learn Dragon Dance ended up being the strongest among the rest.
How dancing isn't everything: the Garchomp theorem
Weirdly good balancing move by gf, it would've been an absolute monster with that
It's just his personal opinion. In fact, Garchomp struggled in every format where Landorus-T was legal. For the record, both Salamence and Tyranitar had more formats where they were viable and competitive.
@@honestshao6160 It's my favourite Pokemon but Garchomp is arguably a jack-of-all-trades, master of none these days. The Pseudo that been powercreeped the most to the point where what used to be massive selling points, are just kinda, par for the course these days. Definitely feels carried by how dominant it used to be in formats without Lando-T until SV.
@@AriehAnkri Ahahaa, False Swipe Gaming, my bro!
I wonder how Tyranitar would function if they changed its type to Ground/Dark, and changed its ability from Samd Stream to something like Intimidate
Moxie or Guts could be a cool alt and hidden ability
i don't think its gonna be better
This year marks the first time since it got Intimidate that Incineroar didn’t win Worlds. In fact, in the Master’s Division, not one of the top 8 teams featured an Incineroar.
Garchomp being the goat as usual
He’s so strong that they couldn’t give him a good mega. Like imagine if they gave the extra special attack to speed 170 atk + 141 speed or smth
Gppd job on keeping the laat entries so concise. That in itself heckin achievement honestly
We call 'em Pseudo-Legends and yet Garchomp was banned before Regirock and Articuno ever could have dreamed to be
Wow I’m suprised Kommo-o was outclassed by Goodra when it seemed to be genuinely pretty good earlier this gen. I guess grouping the two together will do that
It really wasn't, Wolfey just massively undersold USUM Kommo-o, no Goodra was ever as popular as it was back then
25:05 In a shocking twist Incin didn't even make it to the finals
4th video I've binged of yours today, so I subscribed finally lol.
Very enjoyable video for someone like me who just loves pokemon and loves other competitive games
I am never scared of a dragonite that should tell you how good it is.
We know that in Wolfey's heart, Incineroar is a Pseudo legendary, so that must mean it's first.
When Wolfey says "competitive" he means Nintendo official competitive.
To be fair, vgc has been the better competitive format for a while now. Rocks and offense creep just made singles too unbalanced without tons of bans.
@@petrie911 True
@@petrie911 Makes me wonder; would there be a lot of outrage if Smogon one day decided to ban Stealth Rock? It is extremely unlikely, given that Stealth Rock has been a central element of their metagame for so long, and they only make bans for things that are too overcentralizing, and there isn't enough support for banning Stealth Rock.
For real for real, thanks for the intro. I watch the big Pokémon tour events, but I'm just a spectator.
You make great videos and I can tell a lot of time is put into them. Keep crushing it.
Also, Hisuian Goodra doesn't learn Iron Defense. It instead uses Acid Armour/Shelter
They really destroyed shelter this gen. Now it's glorified harden
@@olafmikoaj3121 It's an Iron Defense/Acid Armour clone
@@MaahirMomtaz12 Oh you're right. I was so mad about them removing the obscured effect that I forgot it raised defense by 2 stages. Still just Iron defense clone
@@olafmikoaj3121 It should either also increase Sp.Def by one stage or be overhauled to being a Protect clone that raises defense by one stage.
@@olafmikoaj3121 tbf, Obscure condition in PLA was stupid, your pokemon can't hit and misses the wild pokemon but you can Casillas throw a pokeball at it while it's obscured?
*He* first appears at 10:31
Wrong at 2:55 unless you are taking about the meme
@@yadielrodriguez8180Yeah, but 4 me I count it for when wolfy is at the very least directly referencing it
We need a Soundprood Perish Song runback!
I would like to emphasize on his ask, ive watched wolfeys videos for long time, one time he said to double check and i did and sure enough he was right, i actually wasnt subscribed (i swore i was), its worth checking, these are the best quality videos any pokemon creator is putting out and he deserves it.
I was about to crash out with him putting dragonite in 7, then I realized he always just means in doubles
0:24 I will never miss a chance to complain about the fact that Bulbapedia includes how much experience the Pokémon needs a level 100 to be a pseudo, legendary, when it doesn’t remove any Pokémon from the list and it’s just something they all share. If a future game had a 600 bat second stage Pokémon that had a different level of experience at level 100 no one would care and still call it a suit of legendary.
Well no because of the two-stage.
@@ShenaniganBros1 Sorry, I had the TCG terminology in my head where it’s basic,stage one, stage two
So far it seems pokemon even has an internal name for them, as every pseudo legendary to get a raid has had the internal designation of "Powerhouse Pokémon," and was used for a merch line with the pseudos as well. So even if they did care, just gotta wait for a raid.
"no one would care and still call it a suit of legendary" - SSR typo
Um, about that, the Japanese fans consider Archaludon to be part of this group because they only look at the 600 base stat total and ignore that it has only two stages and requires 250k less experience. So yes, there are some fans arguing over those qualifications (albeit not making the biggest fuss over it).
It's pretty great that the worst pseuodo-legendary pokemon is still pretty good
Dropping a video this High quality every week.while playing Pokemon competitively is insane..keep it up wolfe😊😊
The dragon scimitar cursor is a nice and funny touch by the editors
Seeing Metagross in the position of this list makes me so happy, it's my favorite pseudo and it bring so much diversity to this fanmade concept we made with its typing (plus the shiny looks amazing, even more so on the mega)
It takes 2:55 for incineroar to appear in a video about pseudolegendaries
I refuse to get baited by “no pseudo legendary mons in gen 3” even if commenting about is the equivalent anyway
Thank u for a distraction while I’m severely hungover
this is so real
You too huh 🥴🍻
The RuneScape reference at 12:15 with the D Scim was a nice touch!
Hey Wolfe. Really enjoy your series on who was the best Pokémon of a group from history, but on a video like this with a top 10 + most having already been on your other lists I think I'd be really cool if we got to hear YOUR thoughts on the power of these Pokémon outside of regional mechanics.
Real talk, Kommo-o would be so much better if Moonblast was prevented by Bulletproof. I cannot believe that a move with the word 'blast' in it isn't prevented by the Bulletproof ability.
It's a blast, not a bullet.
Tyranitar didn’t have knock off for most of its life
Garchomp has been number one on three lists so far 😭for good reqson ofc.
The editing is phenomenal
I think a video made solely on the top 3 pseudo legendaries could honestly be really entertaining. Going into even more depth about how these pokemon perform (especially salamence with aerilate) would be very interesting
I’m gonna try to predict the list.
#10 Goodra
#9 Kommo-o
#8 Baxcalibur
#7 Dragonite
#6 Tyranitar
#5 Metagross
#4 Salamance
#3 Garchomp
#2 Hydreigon
#1 Dragapult
Wow, terrible guess
@@jaysavage1957yeah, I hit about half. I’ve been playing a lot of scarlet violet singles- and I kinda forgot about older gens. Undersold ttar hard, and oversold hydreigon. Though I am a bit biased. I remembered dragapult being on more teams- but I didn’t keep up with sw/sh competitive. Some really awful takes but also some good calls. Dragonite might be my favorite pseudo, but I know they’re not the best.
@@monarchy028putting TTar below top 3 is ridiculous, not just because of what it does by itself, but how well it supports it's team. It's the kind of pokemon you build your whole team around. It's one of the best pokemon of all time in singles and doubles formats whenever legal
@@davidmagrass6728 Early S/V singles it dropped to UU, it’s a good Pokémon- I’m not giving it the credit it deserves. I admit that. However, I haven’t used it a lot in recent memory- and I’ve found there are Pokémon I’d rather use instead. This is also coming from a stall player- so it’s not exactly my forte.
@@monarchy028 if great tusk ever falls in usage, ttar will be back in OU
13:33 so first you ranked dragonite so low and then dragapult??? *I would like to know your location*
Spoiler alert: its not Joltik
Wolf, you are a MANECE of pokemon knowledge VGC. We love it
Masterfully edited video👏🏻