Personally, I much prefer the route of trying to improve older or weaker Pokemon with direct buffs. Evolutions, forms, regional gimmicks... While they aren't inherently bad concepts, it feels more like they are tools to upstage older Pokemon rather than tools that highlight them.
I'd argue that all 3 shouldnt be normal/flying. Only Pidgey line. (Maybe Farfetch'd too actually, it really likes slash). Fearow pure flying. And Dodrio Flying/Ground? Maybe Flying/Fighting. Maybe not even flying at all lol. It's a flightless bird...
@supersaiyaneevee1573 Dodrio being Ground/Flying makes sense due to it lacking wings and prefering to stay on the ground, yet still (somehow) being able to learn Fly. Fearow _could_ become pure Flying, since a lot of its dex entries focus on how it can stay in the sky for a whole day, but I'd argue that Dark/Flying fits it more because it is also known to steal people's food (i.e., use Thief) and has historically been given Dark-type moves via level like Pursuit and Assurance as early as Gen 2. This means it would directly compete with the likes of Honchkrow and Bombirdier, but it having much higher Speed than either of them solidifies its niche.
@@christiancinnabars1402 yea, i can see Dark/Flying for Fearow. It really does make sense. I would just like to see more pure Flying types. Not sure why GF just refuses to do pure flying types. Pretty much just Tornadus (and Corvisquire but then it evolves into a Steel/Flying type...). Almost had an eeveelution if you believe the leaks, but that didn't happen.
Fearow could get Hyper Drill in the future which is currently the signature move of Dudunsparce. It would be a strong normal-type STAB move that hits through protect and follows the theme of Fearow relying on moves with drill in their name (drill run and drill peck).
@@slothape That would be cool. Unrelated, but It's also really a shame how Excadrill was associated a lot with the move drill run in the anime and in the main games but it can't compete with Earthquake.
Considering how before the special split Hypno's SpA was as high as its current SpD, seeing it be cut even more and become a physical attacker kinda bugs me
I really like Hypno as an odd physical attacking Psychic-type, but I get what you mean. To me, the spirit of Hypno is a big slow monster that puts victims to sleep before rending them with its powerful muscles. Sort of like a sleep-inducing troll.
@@HesGotaGun505 While the niche of physical attacking psychic types is definitely an interesting one, if only for the fact there are barely any pokemon in it, Hypno never gave me that vibe. In fact it always came across to me as the exact opposite, it's a slow bulky trickster that uses disturbing status moves to circumvent it's very unimpressive offenses. Like Sableye but more malicious, despite not being dark type Though I suppose if you had to pick an offense going for physical attacks like Malamar isn't a bad call.
Hypno used to get belly drum but no longer does in scarlet and violet. That said a belly drum set required Hypno to use the slightly inaccurate zen headbutt which is not ideal. Drain Punch as a move for sustain on such a set is a cool idea though. Hypno also got trailblaze in scarlet and violet which would have worked well on belly drum sets. These are just my thoughts about a physically offensive set for Hypno. I do wish it had a easier time using hypnosis since that was supposed to be his gimmick.
Tbh, Fearow is arguably the second best normal flying type in Gen 1, it's better than Pidgeot & Farfetche'd, it's only beaten by Dodrio in Gen 1, it's not amazing but it's also not as bad as people make it out to be.
Exactly. So many trainers picked Pidgeot just because it looks cooler--myself included, sadly--but Drill Peck is absolutely huge in Gen 1. What’s Pidgeot going to do? Wing Attack the opponent to death? With 35 base power in Gen 1? Meanwhile, the Fearow you met within the first 20 minutes of the game already KO’d that opponent in one, maybe two hits. Pretty Privilege is real.
Hopefully Venemoth gets something someday to make it better. Its so unloved it holds the record for longest gap of appearing in between regional dexes.
I kinda like Fearow not getting Brave Bird. Fits its persona as more underhanded and less charismatic than most other birds. I say double down on its currently half-baked "crit spam" direction and give it Hyper Drill so it has a strong Normal STAB to threaten big damage even against Protect. I like the idea of giving it Sharpness, but I'd also suggest buffing the ability to power up "piercing" moves like Slash and all the peck-based attacks. After all, having a "sharp" point can also make thrusting and jabbing strikes more effective.
Fearow is such an unfurtonate Pokémon, outclassed in every way possible by every other first-route bird. So underwhelming, and yet it has a very cool desing despite of its simplicity. A regional form could be dope to save him from the pit of irrelevance.
tbh parasects type being changed to bug/ghost or something would do wonders for it its not a crazy good defensive typing but its better than having 6 weaknesses with 2 of them being 4x mold breakers a fine choice tho i think it still needs a bit more bulk though
problem is, the reason it's Bug Grass is because it's a Bug with a giant mushroom on its back controlling its actions; thus it's also a Grass type and what's actually considered the Pokemon over its host.
Paresect evolving into 2 different pokémon A Grass/Ghost type that is just the mushroom taking complete control of the bug And a Bug/Dark type where the bug for Control of its body again
@@weeaboowrangler6321 well it's how they make the Grass types, anything that's grown from the grown by nature. Fruits, Veggies, Trees, Fungi, and Grass... They also made all the other Mushroom mons Grass, so it's kinda par for the course.
I've always pictured Dewgong less as a special attacker and more as a physical attacker thanks to its amazing move pool. Honestly I think a mild buff to its Speed and Attack and giving it Technician would be a huge buff for it. Technician Triple Axel, Aqua Jet, Ice Shard, Flip turn, and coverage with knock off, drill run, and smart strike would be finally be threatening
@@SolarFlare If not technician, gamefreak could give dewgong belly drum which would be fun because dewgong has both ice shard and aqua jet. One problem with this would be overlap with walrein who also has belly drum. Dewgong already suffers from being outclassed by lapras and walrein. Technician doesn't have this problem though.
I'm a huge Parasect fan, and have thought about ways to make it better for years. I don't think Attack will really help it all that much, since it's too slow and frail to actually pull off anything. In singles the Sleep Clause prevents Parasect from being a menace, and in doubles you'll have to cover your back from two different mons who'll probably have at least 1 of your weaknesses. I've used Parasect in National Dex Showdown, and giving them Tera Fire with Dry Skin allows them a chance at getting started (though, this is through the fact opponents try to hit me with a move they think is super effective). The ideas I came up with was honestly an Evolution. There's not much you can do to fix Parasect themselves due to their already low bulk and Snorlax levels of speed, while also having two of the worst types in the game. If you wanted to increase their stats to be viable, you'd have to really roid Parasect out, and at that point you might as well give them an Evo. The Evolution I thought of was gonna be a split. One would be Pure Grass, showcasing that the Mushroom has fully taken over, the Bug's presence almost gone; I had the idea of the name "Parashroom". It would be more physical with a boost to HP and DEF, while Sp.DEF and ATK don't change. They would lose more Sp.ATK since Parasect wasn't really using it before, while Speed is lowered even more since the evolution would basically be a mushroom; losing the host that carried it around. So stats would be redistributed in some areas and buffed in others to keep up with the power creep, while also not keeping too close to Parasect's base stat total. Taking this a step further you'd have a new hidden ability in "Home Remedy" or something along the lines of self curing. This ability would allow Parashroom to be immune to any statuses caused by primary or secondary effects, but would still allow for buffs, de-buffs, confusion, infatuation, taunt, ect. to affect them. Another thing to keep Parashroom in the game would be to give it the move "Spore Slash", a move that's used in the Pokemon TCG that would work the same way. It would be base 60 power physical Grass move with a 50/50 chance of putting the target to sleep; allowing the new evolution to be more offensive at the cost of losing a 100% sleep status move (Spore Slash probably wouldn't work on Grass-Types for its secondary effect, to keep the idea of proper counters). The reason I didn't have Parashroom be a Grass/Ghost is because it's just the Mushroom left, no spirit in sight. Now freed from its life of luging a mushroom around, Parasect's other split evo is one I call Paraspecter; a Bug/Ghost type. This one would be the opposite of Parashroom, being a Special and Speedy glass cannon with not much bulk. It would keep its HP, DEF, and a 10 point raise to Sp.DEF, but have its ATK lowered, allowing those points to go into Paraspecter's Sp.ATK and Speed while getting a hefty boost to those stats. Paraspecter would be unique, as it still retains the move Spore despite not having the mushroom anymore (maybe shown in its design of a phantom mushroom(s) but this is to pay respect to the OG spore user). Gaining new Ghost Type moves, Paraspecter would also have new abilities as well. First is the classic Levitate (kind of like a joke to it not being a Flying Bug, but can still hover by being a Ghost) and a new Hidden Ability in "Spiteful Conditions". The new HA would cause different effects to the pokemon that inflicted them with a status (unless self-inflicted), the idea being that Paraspecter still feels spite over the Mushroom that controlled it and would lash out at anything trying to give it a type of illness like the statuses do. But that's just my mad ramblings. I should stop here before I get even more into it >_>
I absolutely love your idea. Split evolutions are really cool and underutilized outside of Eevee, and God knows Parasect needs the help. Poor thing had THREE 4x weaknesses in Gen 1 with Poison in the mix. The lore, abilities, concepts...even your name ideas are cool. It’s great when someone loves Pokémon enough to put in this much effort. Thank you for taking the time to write this, sincerely! It was a great read.
Instead of sharpness, Fearow should get a new ability that works like the item "loaded dice" since fury attack is basically what Fearow and Spearow are known for. It wouldnt be crazy, since its still a fearow, but it would give it some extra firepower while still letting it use an item.
I mean yeah, these stat changes are buffs, but they still don’t do anything that makes that Pokemon unique. There are plenty of fast physical Water types for buffed Seaking to deal with, for example. One thing that always bugged me is how Hypno is supposedly all about sleep and dreams, and yet it’s never viable to run Hypnosis/Dream Eater or whatever. Keep its stats the same and give it a Psychic type equivalent of Spore, and that’s its niche right there. Gives VGC players a non-Grass non-Smeargle option for Sleep.
It kinda bugs me that in the Anime, Hypno's whole shtick is that he puts people to sleep, but Hypnosis is not a very good move. I would give him an ability that makes it so that his moves have 100% accuracy. A one sided No Guard if you will. At 67 speed, he is still slower than Breloom who is the fastest Spore user. And it would open up some interesting support options, like 100% acc Thunder Wave and Toxic. I don't think it would be OP with the amount of powercreep we have anyways.
Give it an ability that gives it priority against sleeping opponents even over switch out (kinda like pursuit), that way if you hit the sleep you get a guaranteed hit and you also refund your turn by being one turn ahead in term of speed (balancing out the low speed a bit). Not sure if that'd be enough but was trying to find an ability that might make dream eater actually usable and that's the best I could come up with =p
At that point just give it no guard, the ability is already one sided for the most part, no need to complicate things I do like the change though, no guard status is something we've somehow never really seen, Hell I didn't even know it worked untill I played a fangame with a regional lapras with no guard sing
Too broken and exploitable. I would give it 100% accuracy on non-attacking moves only, and/or a signature move that deals mild damage, but also causes sleep
Honestly Parasect was actually quite useful in Let's Go Pikachu. Despite the game being relatively easy, it was fun to use Parasect in a meaningful way.
My personal thought on Parasect is that it would be amazing if Parasect got a ghost type evolution where the mushrooms finishes the host and it regains control of itself as a ghost. That would make it the absolute best Pokemon for catching since it would now prevent most of the common recoil moves.
I once theorycrafted a Hypno Mega Evolution that was Psychic-Dark type with an exclusive ability called “Incriminate” which acted like a Dark-type Pixilate and gave it a bonus accuracy multiplier, which encouraged using Hypnosis
@@haidynwendlandt2479 that’s interesting. I thought up that it should have it’s own thematically accurate personal held item. Like chansey got. Like a Rare Monocal or Pendulum. That boost its stats…maybe makes it attacks unavoidable.
In Gen1 Hypnos Special Status (Special Attack and Special Defense combined, I'm pretty sure you know) is 115. In the split in Gen2, they made it not being a slower Alakazam
Honestly one of my big issues with this video is that it forgets that trick room exists. Keeping some of these mons slow but distributing the stats to HP or defenses would do wonders toward making them more viable in trick room, particularly hypno.
And You know they had a chance to be better example like you said a buff into the new gen like in alola Plus if they do a pokemon stadium remake for 30th anniversary They could have a complete Kanto meta game Imagine let’s go but with everything added in 3 decades (Regional Variants, new types, moves, added abilities and Ph/Sp split, base stats buffed, egg moves, gimmicks, held item etc)
For Dewgong, I think giving it Belly Drum would go a long way. It already gets Aqua Jet and Ice Shard, which I believe is more priority than any current Belly Drum user plus it's got STAB for both. Another move to hit water types that resist both would go along way towards completing that set, maybe Power Whip since Gyarados gets it but idk
I'd either have Fearow straight up evolve into a new type with better stats or change its abilities and buff some uncommon moves in its kit. IMO, giving it Wind Rider and then changing Sky Attack to make it a physical Electro Bolt clone that adds +1 Att and also skips the charge in Tailwind? Fantastic. Now it can set up or come out during Tailwind and spam Sky Attacks. It also gets Drill Run and Knock Off for fun coverage already. Also give it Dudunsparce's Hyper Drill and now our bird boy might just be cooking. Also I'd put money down that Golduck is our next surprise Kanto mon getting a third stage out of nowhere. It already gives "Primeape energy," so I feel this one happening soon.
I like the idea of replacing fearows normal typing with dark type, gen 1 lacks dark types (despite steel and and fairy being retconned into gen 1) and it'll help differentiate it from the million other normal flying types I think the hypno line is also a good candidate for a dark type, psychic/dark and itll differentiate it from all the other gen 1 psychics
fun fact: in g1, the Paras line were the only mons capable of having 3 4x weaknesses since bug and poison were super effective against each other but in inverse, i think steel fire holds the crown with 5
@@captainpolar2343 yeah thanks for the correction I got what you are saying but it may be more difficult than that to calculate dry skin real damage impact as it isn’t a simple multiplier it’s a 25% more damage take … What of stab, terra type, critical ? Generally on standard hit it is indeed x5 you’re right but apparently on a terra it goes x10
Parasect is actually really good in the gen 1 games, which might surprise a lot of people. It gets access to Spore at 30, a 100% sleep move in a generation where sleep is busted, as well as Slash at 39, which has basically a guaranteed crit in gen 1 because of the critical hit mechanics. Its movepool other than that is kinda underwhelming, but that could be said about 95% of Pokémon in RBY, so I don't hold that against it. That said, Spore followed by two Swords Dance (TM03) followed by Leech Life spam can easily get you through Sabrina. It also doesn't have the Poison type like most of the other Grass types in the game, so it's not weak to the OP Psychic type. In today's landscape, though...
I Think Parasect deserves an evolution where the Mushroom Parasite becomes a Castle. But made of Mushrooms. It gains a new ability making Fire type moves only Neutral Damage because the Mushrooms have Hardened itself to combat threats. I say fire types only specifically so it still has a glaring 4x flying weakness. The rest can just be standard stat bumps an evolution would entail and moves like you suggested. However maybe things like Baneful Bunker as well since it's a Castle Bug now.
fun fact: fearow is based on the Anhinga. Take that as you will. If anyone wants to use that fact to buff it, it wouls be interesting. Though, being water/flying if basing it closer to its reference (Anhinga) in that case seems not necessarily great,
1- Horn fish Just boost his attack and special attack stat / add a few moves, speed can be fixed through Swift Swim or/and item… 2- Fearow Attack and speed boost might indeed be much welcome as well as getting various additionnal moves… Sniper may not need to be changed if more critical moves are learned. As for his second ability well there are so many abilities deserving boost and rework… 3- Hypno Making him a physical attacker is contradictory with the Dream Eater aspect of this Pokémon… I’d instead change his ability to a signature one dedicated to this specific Pokémon that could go like this : With every switch in or passing second against him, there is a chance that the Pokémon instantly gets to sleep and a few damage from it. (Like Darkrai’s ability over sleep but with a different approach). That would be so OP that any stat boost might be too much I don’t know 🤔 I do see him a little bit more bulky maybe ? 4- Dewgong Give him a bit more HP, plus him Scald, Freeze Dry, Aurora Veil. His existing abilities point him as a staller rather than a sweeper 5- Paras Bulk bulk bulk. More HP, more defenses… As for abilities I adore the idea that if you hit a mushroom you get a status effect out of it, makes it more deadly, so I would rework the Effect Spore ability to make it pop a « cloud of spore » that has a chance to put to sleep, deal small poison damage like weathers and dispellable through windy moves.
Would Parasect be too broken with prankster? Also Have you considered type changes/secondary type adds for some of these mons? I.e. ghost/bug for parasect or psychic/dark for hypno?
Dewgong looks primed and ready for a modern day evolution, but I'd be very happy with the slight offensive stat increase and the Snow/Rain-based speed increase you've suggested as an alternative. I do like the minimalist approach you've taken with these buffs, but Fearow getting 'Sharpness' just seems like a plaster fix. I understand the reasoning, but I prefer the potential offense that Sniper provides. I've seen a suggestion that Fearow should get Hyper Drill, which falls nicely into the 'drill' theme its had for a while now with moves like 'Drill Peck' and 'Drill Run', which it unfortunately shares with fellow Normal/Flying type Dodrio (but as you mentioned, Dodrio gets Brave Bird while Fearow doesn't). It now becomes a single-target crit machine that hits for 2.25x damage, can ignore defense boosts, and possesses a Normal move that bypasses protection if it can set up, which I think is enough to help seperate it from the otherwise faster and stronger Dodrio. While we're at it, lean into the theme even more and give Drill Peck a high critical hit ratio, like Drill Run, for better synergy.
If you really wanted to go the more offensive route for Parasect, how about you give it some devious STAB priority moves like First Impression and Grassy Glide?
@@user-AADZ First Impression should definitely need to be spread around to other bug types. I can see beedril and ariados also getting the move in the future. Parasect's typing really is unique in a way that it makes sense for parasect to get both grassy glide and first impression and get STAB on them. One problem with first impression is that psychic terrain will block it in singles and doubles when psychics are one of the types bug types have an advantage against.
@@Madara_Ghost_of_the_Uchiha OP speaks english already though, and he knows the first evolution is pronounced "spee row". Farrow for fearow is not even in the ballpark of possible pronunciations. I would maybe accept the eh in pheasant, but that would be fehrrow, not farrow.
@@WooliteMammoth well again. Lead and lead, read and read. Even if you speak English you require context to know if i mean lead as in leading or as in the Metal OR the past tense of leading. Just caust spearow is pronounced one way doesn't mean fearow MUST be pronounced the same way. Yes it is LIKELY and LOGICAL that they are pronounced the same, but there is no direct way of 100% knowing how to pronounce it, just by looking at the name alone.
Giving fearow an ability like precisive drilling which gives to all "Drilling" Moves an auto-crit bonus would make it stand out immediately. Drill Peck would be 120 BP like Brave Bird and its best (and only, but it doesnt need more) coverage move is Drill Run getting that boost too. Slap on Quick Attack for stab priority and U-Turn and its good to go (+ that 105 Attack). You could argue that Cross Poison and X-Scissor go through as drilling moves, so giving him that is okay too I guess Hypnos ability forewarn is useless and it has a lot of physical moves, but that BP stinks. 75 is garbage and it gets no stab. Psycho Cut is too weak without sharpness, so it will always run Zen Headputt. But what if there was an ability which could boost punching moves by 20%, oh wait there is. Nice! Give it shadow punch. Give it Bullet Punch. Give it Meteor Mash. Give it Ghost or Dark secondary typing for more resistences to get some bulk ups going. But ghost makes it 4x weak to ghost and dark to bug soo ehhhh? maybe not.
don't you dare say get rid of damp on parasect. He's the only false swiper with damp and spore. He's great for helping to catch legendaries and pokemon that love to explode
an interesting series...if you get to gen 2 there is...a lot to go over since Johto has the weakest batch of mons by far, and some that are still terrible are Sunflora (please don't make it grass/fire, i get it's got sun in it's name and its a sunflower...but it's a very weak reason in my eyes to make it a fire-type), Meganium, Furret, Ariados, Delibird, Sudowoodo, Octillery, Shuckle, Magcargo, Corsola (i know this got a regional form back in gen 8...but the original is still bad), Noctowl and of course Ledian No wonder a lot of Johto mon's where given new evolutions in later gens (Togetic, Sneasel, Piloswine, Murkrow, Aipom, Yanma, Misdreavus, Girafarig, Ursaring, Dunsparce, Gligar, Porygon2 and Stantler)
Not gonna lie you could’ve just not make the drastic shift of HP ans Speed swap of Dewgong if u planned to give it Slush Rush and Swift Swim that thing becoming 190 speed in weather is crazy
I did something similar with Macargo. First off all make Macargo have the ability Storm Drain, making it immune to water type attacks and getting a special attack boost. Give it a fire type attack that is unaffected by rain, something like lava bubble. Having a Rock/Fire type that can function in the rain would be a cool niche. Slugs and snails love the rain, so let it shine in it.
Sorry but I want Parasect to keep Damp because it is the only pokemon with the combination of Spore and Damp (and false swipe) The perfect counter when trying to shiny hunt Pokemon that want to use Explosion or Self-Destruct
Parasect's proposed buffs don't do much for it. The problem with Parasect is that it can't make a move without fainting. So giving it more ATK which it can't use because it's too slow and too frail is pointless. It needs significantly more bulk at minimum. Real talk, the only solution is a genuine evolution. ATK buffs + Mold Breaker aren't gonna cut it.
I disagree with your choices for dewgong a lot, as you're basically turning it into special cloyster (fast special set up sweeper). Instead of leaning into its more bulky supportive role. I would change the two abilities to simple and liquid voice respectively, and add in freeze dry and calm mind like you said - but also hyper voice. Some of the animals dewgong was based on were mistaken by sailors as sirens and mermaids, so giving it the option as a bulky ice/water primarina fits well (primarina is based on the same concepts, after all, just if they were actually mermaids). Simple is because, well, look at that face. It's weird it wasn't given the ability already. This would make it a truly terrifying simple sweeper with some rest/sleep talk/calm mind/freeze dry or blizzard sets. None of these changes really effect its current role, but give it new niches that aren't filled by other pokemon, as primarina is frailer and faster, while other simple sweepers don't synergize with snow.
I feel like you are to lenient. Like, seaking would still probably be untiered with the changes you make. Basculin itself needs a lot of buffs so idk why you'd compare seaking to it. Why are you so scared to give it a stat over or even at 100
Parasect is almost perfect as it is. I have won a LOT of games with it. Have it run focus Sash and the ability damp. Pair it with Politoed, Pelipper or Kyogre with spects and spam surf. He heals so much off it, plus the rain, plus he can spore, plus if it's ubers he can learn wide guard to protect the partner pokemon. He is actually a beast when given the right chance on a rain team or like back in 2014 when primals were running around, his move set plus his spore was a force to be respected.
I honestly just think Dewgong needs to have its type changed to Water/Fighting, and then get an ability similar to Bombirdier's Rocky Payload that gives it Ice STAB. Water/Ice is just so oversaturated in all ways.
Ah yes, the evolution of Spearow, the sparrow that pecks like a spear, the fearsome sparrow, Pharaoh
Hidden mechanic for Pharaoh: uses harden when cursed or infested, and instantly goes down to surf when used by the Red Sea. 😂
@bobjob2514 hidden ability mummy
I've never heard anyone pronounce it this way before. Pokémon content creators continue to surprise me.
@@StoicForce You've heard of hooked on phonics... Now get ready for hooked on Bahamian cough medicine
Personally, I much prefer the route of trying to improve older or weaker Pokemon with direct buffs. Evolutions, forms, regional gimmicks... While they aren't inherently bad concepts, it feels more like they are tools to upstage older Pokemon rather than tools that highlight them.
if it were up to me I'd make fearow pure flying type. it NEEDS something to actually differentiate itself from other bird mons
That would be interesting
Fearow actually likes to have normal STAB though.
I'd argue that the other normal/flyings (Farfetch'd and Dodrio) need changing.
I'd argue that all 3 shouldnt be normal/flying.
Only Pidgey line. (Maybe Farfetch'd too actually, it really likes slash).
Fearow pure flying.
And Dodrio Flying/Ground? Maybe Flying/Fighting. Maybe not even flying at all lol. It's a flightless bird...
@supersaiyaneevee1573 Dodrio being Ground/Flying makes sense due to it lacking wings and prefering to stay on the ground, yet still (somehow) being able to learn Fly.
Fearow _could_ become pure Flying, since a lot of its dex entries focus on how it can stay in the sky for a whole day, but I'd argue that Dark/Flying fits it more because it is also known to steal people's food (i.e., use Thief) and has historically been given Dark-type moves via level like Pursuit and Assurance as early as Gen 2.
This means it would directly compete with the likes of Honchkrow and Bombirdier, but it having much higher Speed than either of them solidifies its niche.
@@christiancinnabars1402 yea, i can see Dark/Flying for Fearow. It really does make sense. I would just like to see more pure Flying types.
Not sure why GF just refuses to do pure flying types. Pretty much just Tornadus (and Corvisquire but then it evolves into a Steel/Flying type...). Almost had an eeveelution if you believe the leaks, but that didn't happen.
Fearow could get Hyper Drill in the future which is currently the signature move of Dudunsparce. It would be a strong normal-type STAB move that hits through protect and follows the theme of Fearow relying on moves with drill in their name (drill run and drill peck).
Do that and create a new sharpness/iron fist ability for drill moves.
I was thinking more along the lines of Rattled, Scrappy or intimidate tbh..
@@slothape That would be cool. Unrelated, but It's also really a shame how Excadrill was associated a lot with the move drill run in the anime and in the main games but it can't compete with Earthquake.
Considering how before the special split Hypno's SpA was as high as its current SpD, seeing it be cut even more and become a physical attacker kinda bugs me
I really like Hypno as an odd physical attacking Psychic-type, but I get what you mean. To me, the spirit of Hypno is a big slow monster that puts victims to sleep before rending them with its powerful muscles. Sort of like a sleep-inducing troll.
@@HesGotaGun505
While the niche of physical attacking psychic types is definitely an interesting one, if only for the fact there are barely any pokemon in it, Hypno never gave me that vibe.
In fact it always came across to me as the exact opposite, it's a slow bulky trickster that uses disturbing status moves to circumvent it's very unimpressive offenses.
Like Sableye but more malicious, despite not being dark type
Though I suppose if you had to pick an offense going for physical attacks like Malamar isn't a bad call.
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@@user-AADZ Mikey…
Hypno used to get belly drum but no longer does in scarlet and violet. That said a belly drum set required Hypno to use the slightly inaccurate zen headbutt which is not ideal. Drain Punch as a move for sustain on such a set is a cool idea though. Hypno also got trailblaze in scarlet and violet which would have worked well on belly drum sets.
These are just my thoughts about a physically offensive set for Hypno. I do wish it had a easier time using hypnosis since that was supposed to be his gimmick.
Tbh, Fearow is arguably the second best normal flying type in Gen 1, it's better than Pidgeot & Farfetche'd, it's only beaten by Dodrio in Gen 1, it's not amazing but it's also not as bad as people make it out to be.
It's always my go to red/blue/yellow bird since Duduo shows up too late.
Yeah I’ve used a Fearow before and frankly its pretty decent honestly
Exactly. So many trainers picked Pidgeot just because it looks cooler--myself included, sadly--but Drill Peck is absolutely huge in Gen 1. What’s Pidgeot going to do? Wing Attack the opponent to death? With 35 base power in Gen 1? Meanwhile, the Fearow you met within the first 20 minutes of the game already KO’d that opponent in one, maybe two hits. Pretty Privilege is real.
Hopefully Venemoth gets something someday to make it better.
Its so unloved it holds the record for longest gap of appearing in between regional dexes.
If we could pull 6 points out of its Atk and put it on any other stat it'd be great
its close to being really good i mean having quiver dance and tinted lens is insane but its stats are just too low sadly
Not to mention sleep powder@@MirageIslander
@@nav3346that's what I thought first but then I realized before the split Bug/Poison is Physical
@@TotalAnalyst2 Really? Never tried it. Please tell me more about physical Venomoth
I kinda like Fearow not getting Brave Bird. Fits its persona as more underhanded and less charismatic than most other birds. I say double down on its currently half-baked "crit spam" direction and give it Hyper Drill so it has a strong Normal STAB to threaten big damage even against Protect. I like the idea of giving it Sharpness, but I'd also suggest buffing the ability to power up "piercing" moves like Slash and all the peck-based attacks. After all, having a "sharp" point can also make thrusting and jabbing strikes more effective.
Fearow is such an unfurtonate Pokémon, outclassed in every way possible by every other first-route bird. So underwhelming, and yet it has a very cool desing despite of its simplicity. A regional form could be dope to save him from the pit of irrelevance.
tbh parasects type being changed to bug/ghost or something would do wonders for it
its not a crazy good defensive typing but its better than having 6 weaknesses with 2 of them being 4x
mold breakers a fine choice tho
i think it still needs a bit more bulk though
problem is, the reason it's Bug Grass is because it's a Bug with a giant mushroom on its back controlling its actions; thus it's also a Grass type and what's actually considered the Pokemon over its host.
Paresect evolving into 2 different pokémon
A Grass/Ghost type that is just the mushroom taking complete control of the bug
And a Bug/Dark type where the bug for Control of its body again
@@TheMrShanmao i guess bug/poison could work
@@TheMrShanmaoTbf mushrooms aren't plants
@@weeaboowrangler6321 well it's how they make the Grass types, anything that's grown from the grown by nature. Fruits, Veggies, Trees, Fungi, and Grass... They also made all the other Mushroom mons Grass, so it's kinda par for the course.
I've always pictured Dewgong less as a special attacker and more as a physical attacker thanks to its amazing move pool. Honestly I think a mild buff to its Speed and Attack and giving it Technician would be a huge buff for it. Technician Triple Axel, Aqua Jet, Ice Shard, Flip turn, and coverage with knock off, drill run, and smart strike would be finally be threatening
@@SolarFlare If not technician, gamefreak could give dewgong belly drum which would be fun because dewgong has both ice shard and aqua jet. One problem with this would be overlap with walrein who also has belly drum. Dewgong already suffers from being outclassed by lapras and walrein. Technician doesn't have this problem though.
big fan of the ideas for dewgong. Consider doing another one of these for some of the other older gen, nice vid overall
6:09 Unfezant doesn't learn Brave Bird either :(
Game Freak fixed this in Sword and Shield, so now it does
@itszyworn4874 damn I've been out of the loop then
3:39 Uh mate I think you put Motor Drive there instead of lightning rod...
Obscure TH-camrs make blatantly obvious mistakes like that all the time, how about you read a book (jk, not too harshly)
I'm a huge Parasect fan, and have thought about ways to make it better for years. I don't think Attack will really help it all that much, since it's too slow and frail to actually pull off anything. In singles the Sleep Clause prevents Parasect from being a menace, and in doubles you'll have to cover your back from two different mons who'll probably have at least 1 of your weaknesses. I've used Parasect in National Dex Showdown, and giving them Tera Fire with Dry Skin allows them a chance at getting started (though, this is through the fact opponents try to hit me with a move they think is super effective).
The ideas I came up with was honestly an Evolution. There's not much you can do to fix Parasect themselves due to their already low bulk and Snorlax levels of speed, while also having two of the worst types in the game. If you wanted to increase their stats to be viable, you'd have to really roid Parasect out, and at that point you might as well give them an Evo.
The Evolution I thought of was gonna be a split. One would be Pure Grass, showcasing that the Mushroom has fully taken over, the Bug's presence almost gone; I had the idea of the name "Parashroom". It would be more physical with a boost to HP and DEF, while Sp.DEF and ATK don't change. They would lose more Sp.ATK since Parasect wasn't really using it before, while Speed is lowered even more since the evolution would basically be a mushroom; losing the host that carried it around. So stats would be redistributed in some areas and buffed in others to keep up with the power creep, while also not keeping too close to Parasect's base stat total. Taking this a step further you'd have a new hidden ability in "Home Remedy" or something along the lines of self curing. This ability would allow Parashroom to be immune to any statuses caused by primary or secondary effects, but would still allow for buffs, de-buffs, confusion, infatuation, taunt, ect. to affect them. Another thing to keep Parashroom in the game would be to give it the move "Spore Slash", a move that's used in the Pokemon TCG that would work the same way. It would be base 60 power physical Grass move with a 50/50 chance of putting the target to sleep; allowing the new evolution to be more offensive at the cost of losing a 100% sleep status move (Spore Slash probably wouldn't work on Grass-Types for its secondary effect, to keep the idea of proper counters).
The reason I didn't have Parashroom be a Grass/Ghost is because it's just the Mushroom left, no spirit in sight. Now freed from its life of luging a mushroom around, Parasect's other split evo is one I call Paraspecter; a Bug/Ghost type. This one would be the opposite of Parashroom, being a Special and Speedy glass cannon with not much bulk. It would keep its HP, DEF, and a 10 point raise to Sp.DEF, but have its ATK lowered, allowing those points to go into Paraspecter's Sp.ATK and Speed while getting a hefty boost to those stats. Paraspecter would be unique, as it still retains the move Spore despite not having the mushroom anymore (maybe shown in its design of a phantom mushroom(s) but this is to pay respect to the OG spore user). Gaining new Ghost Type moves, Paraspecter would also have new abilities as well. First is the classic Levitate (kind of like a joke to it not being a Flying Bug, but can still hover by being a Ghost) and a new Hidden Ability in "Spiteful Conditions". The new HA would cause different effects to the pokemon that inflicted them with a status (unless self-inflicted), the idea being that Paraspecter still feels spite over the Mushroom that controlled it and would lash out at anything trying to give it a type of illness like the statuses do.
But that's just my mad ramblings. I should stop here before I get even more into it >_>
I absolutely love your idea. Split evolutions are really cool and underutilized outside of Eevee, and God knows Parasect needs the help. Poor thing had THREE 4x weaknesses in Gen 1 with Poison in the mix.
The lore, abilities, concepts...even your name ideas are cool. It’s great when someone loves Pokémon enough to put in this much effort. Thank you for taking the time to write this, sincerely! It was a great read.
You make excellent content. Just finished your signature abilities legendary videos. You will have 50k subs in no time
Seaking already gets Drill Run
Instead of sharpness, Fearow should get a new ability that works like the item "loaded dice" since fury attack is basically what Fearow and Spearow are known for. It wouldnt be crazy, since its still a fearow, but it would give it some extra firepower while still letting it use an item.
Seaking gets facade and drill run
Funnily enough I had two ideas for regional forms for some of these guys!
the way u pronounce fearow as “pharaoh” makes me feel icky 😭
It’s one of the easiest names to figure out too. Literally just fear + sparrow
I know right? The only other time I've heard 'Pharaoh' used so many times in a row is Yugioh.
Parasect gets dry skin, prankster, pure power.
5:03 i was actually thinking guts on goldeen would be the thing i would change too!
I mean yeah, these stat changes are buffs, but they still don’t do anything that makes that Pokemon unique. There are plenty of fast physical Water types for buffed Seaking to deal with, for example.
One thing that always bugged me is how Hypno is supposedly all about sleep and dreams, and yet it’s never viable to run Hypnosis/Dream Eater or whatever. Keep its stats the same and give it a Psychic type equivalent of Spore, and that’s its niche right there. Gives VGC players a non-Grass non-Smeargle option for Sleep.
It kinda bugs me that in the Anime, Hypno's whole shtick is that he puts people to sleep, but Hypnosis is not a very good move.
I would give him an ability that makes it so that his moves have 100% accuracy. A one sided No Guard if you will.
At 67 speed, he is still slower than Breloom who is the fastest Spore user.
And it would open up some interesting support options, like 100% acc Thunder Wave and Toxic.
I don't think it would be OP with the amount of powercreep we have anyways.
Sounds like No Guard. It definitely would see more usage, regardless how good it is
Give it an ability that gives it priority against sleeping opponents even over switch out (kinda like pursuit), that way if you hit the sleep you get a guaranteed hit and you also refund your turn by being one turn ahead in term of speed (balancing out the low speed a bit). Not sure if that'd be enough but was trying to find an ability that might make dream eater actually usable and that's the best I could come up with =p
At that point just give it no guard, the ability is already one sided for the most part, no need to complicate things
I do like the change though, no guard status is something we've somehow never really seen, Hell I didn't even know it worked untill I played a fangame with a regional lapras with no guard sing
I like it with bad dreams as a rare hidden ability.
Too broken and exploitable. I would give it 100% accuracy on non-attacking moves only, and/or a signature move that deals mild damage, but also causes sleep
Honestly Parasect was actually quite useful in Let's Go Pikachu. Despite the game being relatively easy, it was fun to use Parasect in a meaningful way.
Effects
X-Scissor deals damage with no additional effect.
Except in PLA where it has a high crit rate
The chapter names are gold!
My personal thought on Parasect is that it would be amazing if Parasect got a ghost type evolution where the mushrooms finishes the host and it regains control of itself as a ghost. That would make it the absolute best Pokemon for catching since it would now prevent most of the common recoil moves.
Pronouncing Fearow like Pharoh is something I've never heard anyone do before...
I once theorycrafted a Hypno Mega Evolution that was Psychic-Dark type with an exclusive ability called “Incriminate” which acted like a Dark-type Pixilate and gave it a bonus accuracy multiplier, which encouraged using Hypnosis
@@haidynwendlandt2479 that’s interesting. I thought up that it should have it’s own thematically accurate personal held item. Like chansey got. Like a Rare Monocal or Pendulum. That boost its stats…maybe makes it attacks unavoidable.
In Gen1 Hypnos Special Status (Special Attack and Special Defense combined, I'm pretty sure you know) is 115. In the split in Gen2, they made it not being a slower Alakazam
Legit every single one of these pokemon need a buff for real. An evolution or mega evolution ideally.
And abilities that give it immunities.
Honestly one of my big issues with this video is that it forgets that trick room exists. Keeping some of these mons slow but distributing the stats to HP or defenses would do wonders toward making them more viable in trick room, particularly hypno.
PikaSwole was a riot
There are also Pokemon who've been personally buffed.
And You know they had a chance to be better example like you said a buff into the new gen like in alola
Plus if they do a pokemon stadium remake for 30th anniversary
They could have a complete Kanto meta game
Imagine let’s go but with everything added in 3 decades
(Regional Variants, new types, moves, added abilities and Ph/Sp split, base stats buffed, egg moves, gimmicks, held item etc)
Seaking doesn't deserve the title of Worst Gen 1 Water-type. Dewgong does.
For Dewgong, I think giving it Belly Drum would go a long way. It already gets Aqua Jet and Ice Shard, which I believe is more priority than any current Belly Drum user plus it's got STAB for both. Another move to hit water types that resist both would go along way towards completing that set, maybe Power Whip since Gyarados gets it but idk
Pretty sad that Fearow doesn't learn Ariel Ace...
@@camillalapolentona84480 it definitely does! I specifically recall spearow learning it at lv34 in firered.
Parasects Damp needs to be there, it gets False swipe, Spore, and Damp which makes it perfect for catching Pokemon
I'd either have Fearow straight up evolve into a new type with better stats or change its abilities and buff some uncommon moves in its kit. IMO, giving it Wind Rider and then changing Sky Attack to make it a physical Electro Bolt clone that adds +1 Att and also skips the charge in Tailwind? Fantastic. Now it can set up or come out during Tailwind and spam Sky Attacks. It also gets Drill Run and Knock Off for fun coverage already. Also give it Dudunsparce's Hyper Drill and now our bird boy might just be cooking.
Also I'd put money down that Golduck is our next surprise Kanto mon getting a third stage out of nowhere. It already gives "Primeape energy," so I feel this one happening soon.
I like the idea of replacing fearows normal typing with dark type, gen 1 lacks dark types (despite steel and and fairy being retconned into gen 1) and it'll help differentiate it from the million other normal flying types
I think the hypno line is also a good candidate for a dark type, psychic/dark and itll differentiate it from all the other gen 1 psychics
12:17 give my man soundproof and u'll have a (good) perish song user
Parasect is still the only Spore user who can also learn False Swipe, I think
fun fact: in g1, the Paras line were the only mons capable of having 3 4x weaknesses
since bug and poison were super effective against each other
but in inverse, i think steel fire holds the crown with 5
Isn’t it x8 Fire Weakness for Paras thanks to Dry skin ?
@@TheWarnvenoda only x5, dry skin is +25%
@@captainpolar2343 yeah thanks for the correction
I got what you are saying but it may be more difficult than that to calculate dry skin real damage impact as it isn’t a simple multiplier it’s a 25% more damage take …
What of stab, terra type, critical ?
Generally on standard hit it is indeed x5 you’re right but apparently on a terra it goes x10
Parasect is actually really good in the gen 1 games, which might surprise a lot of people. It gets access to Spore at 30, a 100% sleep move in a generation where sleep is busted, as well as Slash at 39, which has basically a guaranteed crit in gen 1 because of the critical hit mechanics. Its movepool other than that is kinda underwhelming, but that could be said about 95% of Pokémon in RBY, so I don't hold that against it. That said, Spore followed by two Swords Dance (TM03) followed by Leech Life spam can easily get you through Sabrina. It also doesn't have the Poison type like most of the other Grass types in the game, so it's not weak to the OP Psychic type.
In today's landscape, though...
I Think Parasect deserves an evolution where the Mushroom Parasite becomes a Castle. But made of Mushrooms. It gains a new ability making Fire type moves only Neutral Damage because the Mushrooms have Hardened itself to combat threats. I say fire types only specifically so it still has a glaring 4x flying weakness.
The rest can just be standard stat bumps an evolution would entail and moves like you suggested. However maybe things like Baneful Bunker as well since it's a Castle Bug now.
you really made this video when dewgong got some usage-
fun fact: fearow is based on the Anhinga. Take that as you will. If anyone wants to use that fact to buff it, it wouls be interesting. Though, being water/flying if basing it closer to its reference (Anhinga) in that case seems not necessarily great,
Hypno was actually used in vgc recently although I think that was the first time in history
1- Horn fish
Just boost his attack and special attack stat / add a few moves, speed can be fixed through Swift Swim or/and item…
2- Fearow
Attack and speed boost might indeed be much welcome as well as getting various additionnal moves…
Sniper may not need to be changed if more critical moves are learned.
As for his second ability well there are so many abilities deserving boost and rework…
3- Hypno
Making him a physical attacker is contradictory with the Dream Eater aspect of this Pokémon…
I’d instead change his ability to a signature one dedicated to this specific Pokémon that could go like this :
With every switch in or passing second against him, there is a chance that the Pokémon instantly gets to sleep and a few damage from it. (Like Darkrai’s ability over sleep but with a different approach).
That would be so OP that any stat boost might be too much I don’t know 🤔 I do see him a little bit more bulky maybe ?
4- Dewgong
Give him a bit more HP, plus him Scald, Freeze Dry, Aurora Veil.
His existing abilities point him as a staller rather than a sweeper
5- Paras
Bulk bulk bulk.
More HP, more defenses…
As for abilities I adore the idea that if you hit a mushroom you get a status effect out of it, makes it more deadly, so I would rework the Effect Spore ability to make it pop a « cloud of spore » that has a chance to put to sleep, deal small poison damage like weathers and dispellable through windy moves.
Would Parasect be too broken with prankster? Also Have you considered type changes/secondary type adds for some of these mons? I.e. ghost/bug for parasect or psychic/dark for hypno?
Dewgong should get an evo named Lepurzeel with 110+ atk and technician ability.
Dewgong looks primed and ready for a modern day evolution, but I'd be very happy with the slight offensive stat increase and the Snow/Rain-based speed increase you've suggested as an alternative.
I do like the minimalist approach you've taken with these buffs, but Fearow getting 'Sharpness' just seems like a plaster fix. I understand the reasoning, but I prefer the potential offense that Sniper provides. I've seen a suggestion that Fearow should get Hyper Drill, which falls nicely into the 'drill' theme its had for a while now with moves like 'Drill Peck' and 'Drill Run', which it unfortunately shares with fellow Normal/Flying type Dodrio (but as you mentioned, Dodrio gets Brave Bird while Fearow doesn't). It now becomes a single-target crit machine that hits for 2.25x damage, can ignore defense boosts, and possesses a Normal move that bypasses protection if it can set up, which I think is enough to help seperate it from the otherwise faster and stronger Dodrio. While we're at it, lean into the theme even more and give Drill Peck a high critical hit ratio, like Drill Run, for better synergy.
If you really wanted to go the more offensive route for Parasect, how about you give it some devious STAB priority moves like First Impression and Grassy Glide?
@@user-AADZ First Impression should definitely need to be spread around to other bug types. I can see beedril and ariados also getting the move in the future. Parasect's typing really is unique in a way that it makes sense for parasect to get both grassy glide and first impression and get STAB on them. One problem with first impression is that psychic terrain will block it in singles and doubles when psychics are one of the types bug types have an advantage against.
Righteous Red does a good job of making all the Gen 1 Pokémon viable, highly recommend it 👌
How do you see the word Fearow and think ah yes, Farrow.
Bomb and Tomb and Comb, Lead and lead, read and read, there, they're, their.
Dont act like the English pronunciation ever had any logic behind it.
@@Madara_Ghost_of_the_Uchiha OP speaks english already though, and he knows the first evolution is pronounced "spee row". Farrow for fearow is not even in the ballpark of possible pronunciations. I would maybe accept the eh in pheasant, but that would be fehrrow, not farrow.
@@WooliteMammoth well again. Lead and lead, read and read. Even if you speak English you require context to know if i mean lead as in leading or as in the Metal OR the past tense of leading. Just caust spearow is pronounced one way doesn't mean fearow MUST be pronounced the same way. Yes it is LIKELY and LOGICAL that they are pronounced the same, but there is no direct way of 100% knowing how to pronounce it, just by looking at the name alone.
SEAKING WILL ALWAYS BE MY GOAT 😭🙏
Every mon, eh? I only wish it was that simple. Poor Glalie, unable to deal or receive damage. ditto for Froslass as well.
Giving fearow an ability like precisive drilling which gives to all "Drilling" Moves an auto-crit bonus would make it stand out immediately. Drill Peck would be 120 BP like Brave Bird and its best (and only, but it doesnt need more) coverage move is Drill Run getting that boost too. Slap on Quick Attack for stab priority and U-Turn and its good to go (+ that 105 Attack). You could argue that Cross Poison and X-Scissor go through as drilling moves, so giving him that is okay too I guess
Hypnos ability forewarn is useless and it has a lot of physical moves, but that BP stinks. 75 is garbage and it gets no stab. Psycho Cut is too weak without sharpness, so it will always run Zen Headputt. But what if there was an ability which could boost punching moves by 20%, oh wait there is. Nice! Give it shadow punch. Give it Bullet Punch. Give it Meteor Mash. Give it Ghost or Dark secondary typing for more resistences to get some bulk ups going. But ghost makes it 4x weak to ghost and dark to bug soo ehhhh? maybe not.
ah yes special attack...when the video clearly shows that it currently is speed due to you showing the motor drive description instead for seaking-
I’d make Fearow Flying/Dark and Parasect Bug/Ghost
Have I been saying Fearow wrong all these years?
don't you dare say get rid of damp on parasect. He's the only false swiper with damp and spore. He's great for helping to catch legendaries and pokemon that love to explode
an interesting series...if you get to gen 2 there is...a lot to go over since Johto has the weakest batch of mons by far, and some that are still terrible are Sunflora (please don't make it grass/fire, i get it's got sun in it's name and its a sunflower...but it's a very weak reason in my eyes to make it a fire-type), Meganium, Furret, Ariados, Delibird, Sudowoodo, Octillery, Shuckle, Magcargo, Corsola (i know this got a regional form back in gen 8...but the original is still bad), Noctowl and of course Ledian
No wonder a lot of Johto mon's where given new evolutions in later gens (Togetic, Sneasel, Piloswine, Murkrow, Aipom, Yanma, Misdreavus, Girafarig, Ursaring, Dunsparce, Gligar, Porygon2 and Stantler)
Not gonna lie you could’ve just not make the drastic shift of HP ans Speed swap of Dewgong if u planned to give it Slush Rush and Swift Swim that thing becoming 190 speed in weather is crazy
I did something similar with Macargo. First off all make Macargo have the ability Storm Drain, making it immune to water type attacks and getting a special attack boost. Give it a fire type attack that is unaffected by rain, something like lava bubble. Having a Rock/Fire type that can function in the rain would be a cool niche. Slugs and snails love the rain, so let it shine in it.
Give hypno an ability that deals double damage to sleeping mons =solved
Give dewong ligthing rod
Just buff parasects stats or give evo
Sorry but I want Parasect to keep Damp because it is the only pokemon with the combination of Spore and Damp (and false swipe)
The perfect counter when trying to shiny hunt Pokemon that want to use Explosion or Self-Destruct
well they could give poliwhirl false swipe as a kind of replacement
@ if Hold Back (False Swipe clone) wasn’t an event exclusive move then it could be given to Pokemon like Poliwhirl
Poor parasect. Already weak 4x to fire and they gave it dry 🙄
parasect should be steel-bug, and also have much higher hp.
Parasect's proposed buffs don't do much for it. The problem with Parasect is that it can't make a move without fainting. So giving it more ATK which it can't use because it's too slow and too frail is pointless. It needs significantly more bulk at minimum.
Real talk, the only solution is a genuine evolution. ATK buffs + Mold Breaker aren't gonna cut it.
more please, giving me ideas for my romhack
Fearow is my fav flying type in kanto. But is because is very essy to get and to evolve
1:46 I'll be honest I don't think having a pre-vo is a disqualifier. Having Mime.Jr certainly didn't make Mr. Mime better
Seaking is already perfect 🐟🐟🐟
i was gonna say what about giving fearow intimidate but staravia has it already
Hey, if you use Parasect correctly he can work! I used an alpha one throughout my P:LA playthru
A casual play through of PLA isn't the same as competition. In competition, Parasect is virtually useless.
Hey in my opinion every Pokemon can work if you use them correctly.
Paras needs a new typing, grass/bug is irredemable.
Dont you DARE put fearow in this
I disagree with your choices for dewgong a lot, as you're basically turning it into special cloyster (fast special set up sweeper). Instead of leaning into its more bulky supportive role.
I would change the two abilities to simple and liquid voice respectively, and add in freeze dry and calm mind like you said - but also hyper voice.
Some of the animals dewgong was based on were mistaken by sailors as sirens and mermaids, so giving it the option as a bulky ice/water primarina fits well (primarina is based on the same concepts, after all, just if they were actually mermaids).
Simple is because, well, look at that face. It's weird it wasn't given the ability already. This would make it a truly terrifying simple sweeper with some rest/sleep talk/calm mind/freeze dry or blizzard sets.
None of these changes really effect its current role, but give it new niches that aren't filled by other pokemon, as primarina is frailer and faster, while other simple sweepers don't synergize with snow.
would appreciate if you start adding timestamps
I’ll start doing so, and just fixed it for this video. Gonna go back and add timestamps for the others videos later.
Pusab font spotted
I feel like you are to lenient. Like, seaking would still probably be untiered with the changes you make. Basculin itself needs a lot of buffs so idk why you'd compare seaking to it. Why are you so scared to give it a stat over or even at 100
hypno got worse... sad
Don’t ever disrespect Fearow again 🤦🏻♂️
Also Hypno wtf you saying 🤦🏻♂️
Parasect is almost perfect as it is. I have won a LOT of games with it. Have it run focus Sash and the ability damp. Pair it with Politoed, Pelipper or Kyogre with spects and spam surf. He heals so much off it, plus the rain, plus he can spore, plus if it's ubers he can learn wide guard to protect the partner pokemon. He is actually a beast when given the right chance on a rain team or like back in 2014 when primals were running around, his move set plus his spore was a force to be respected.
"and the ability damp"
"He heals so much off it"
I think you mean dry skin, damp doesn't do that
I honestly just think Dewgong needs to have its type changed to Water/Fighting, and then get an ability similar to Bombirdier's Rocky Payload that gives it Ice STAB. Water/Ice is just so oversaturated in all ways.
Why fighting? Wouldn’t a type like fairy make more sense for it?
Why on earth would Dewgong of all pokemon become part FIGHTING?