How GOOD was Floatzel ACTUALLY? - History of Floatzel in Competitive Pokemon

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  • Floatzel is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this overview of Floatzel in competitive Pokemon!
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    0:54 - DPP/Gen 4
    4:07 - Buizel
    4:48 - BW/Gen 5
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    8:55 - SM/Gen 7
    10:37 - SV/Gen 9
    12:46 - VGC
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  • @Slither.Wing.
    @Slither.Wing. ปีที่แล้ว +1919

    Funny how “Crasher Wake’s” ace became good when it got the move “Wave Crash”, the foreshadowing is crazy

    • @feraligatriscool5509
      @feraligatriscool5509 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      They foreshadowed something that will happen nearly 17 years later

    • @ihaterosa129
      @ihaterosa129 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      Funny how Rosa beat me with a screwdriver and cracked my head open like a watermelon

    • @malakimphoros2164
      @malakimphoros2164 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ihaterosa129 And you did't die? What a pity.

    • @Extra_Comfy_Robot
      @Extra_Comfy_Robot ปีที่แล้ว +77

      ​@@ihaterosa129 Should of had the ability Sturdy, dummy!

    • @hfactor66
      @hfactor66 ปีที่แล้ว

      BRUH

  • @mizu6891
    @mizu6891 ปีที่แล้ว +1830

    Another buff to Floatzel in Gen 9 is since its main set is physical, we don’t have to witness it spew water out of its ass.

    • @MaahirMomtaz12
      @MaahirMomtaz12 ปีที่แล้ว +348

      They changed its special animation. It finally shoots from its mouth lol

    • @Takintomori
      @Takintomori ปีที่แล้ว +58

      @@MaahirMomtaz12 BBBOOOOOOO LOL

    • @skeetermania3202
      @skeetermania3202 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Not that this matters if you play on Showdown.

    • @bananaspice1967
      @bananaspice1967 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      Welllll, some moves still get shat out

    • @sgt.milkshake3352
      @sgt.milkshake3352 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LOL

  • @bluebaron6811
    @bluebaron6811 ปีที่แล้ว +703

    Can we talk about how creative Floatzel is?
    An aquatic weasel with a life jacket and a propeller tail.

    • @jip0611
      @jip0611 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      Another fun thing with its design is that it holds the life jacket like it was a wet towel after taking a shower

    • @Spirit-pt1ib
      @Spirit-pt1ib ปีที่แล้ว +30

      ​@@jip0611 OMG thank you for pointing that out, I love Floatzel even more

    • @honguyenhoaibao3676
      @honguyenhoaibao3676 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      wHaT AboUT gEN 1 ?

    • @Destinum
      @Destinum ปีที่แล้ว +18

      "Aquatic weasel", you mean an otter?

    • @vasimbelim
      @vasimbelim ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Cant tell how many times i have used this guys in my gen 4 replays and even used it first time playing

  • @cristianordonez7976
    @cristianordonez7976 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Sometimes it’s as simple as clicking Tera Water Wave Crash in rain and watching entire teams eradicated from existence

    • @skeetermania3202
      @skeetermania3202 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      At least until it succumbs to recoil or priority.

    • @thetrashtrain3774
      @thetrashtrain3774 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Its always so satisfying to hit the tera water wave crash and seeing something that resists just get deleted

  • @90091
    @90091 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    ->Switches in
    ->Uses 2-3 wave crashes
    ->Either OHKOs or 2-hit KOs
    ->Faints
    Refuses to elaborate further

  • @floofzykitty5072
    @floofzykitty5072 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    Now we just need Wild Charge to be given the Wave Crash treatment. We seriously need a better physical electric move than a 90 BP move with recoil.

    • @bdt2002gaming
      @bdt2002gaming ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Volt Tackle exists, but to be fair, that’s Pikachu and Raichu’s thing.

    • @scrunkore
      @scrunkore ปีที่แล้ว +65

      literally just increase the distribution of volt tackle and it would do something

    • @marchedgie6838
      @marchedgie6838 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      ​​@@scrunkore either that, or make Wild Charge more widely available, and raise its power level. Either by 5 or by 10.

    • @goGothitaLOL
      @goGothitaLOL ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@marchedgie6838 you do know that Wild Charge's distribution is fairly big right?
      Raticate
      Arcanine (both forms)
      Rapidash (both forms)
      Paldean Tauros (all 3 forms)
      Snorlax
      Granbull
      Emboar
      Stoutland
      Sawsbuck
      Klinklang
      Boffulant
      Gogoat
      Gumshoos
      Solgaleo
      Greedent
      Zacian (and to an lesser extent Zamazenta)
      Wyrdeer
      Mabosstiff
      Cyclizar
      Dudunsparce
      Slither Wing
      Iron Treads
      Iron Leaves
      so Wild Charge's distribution is fine

    • @marchedgie6838
      @marchedgie6838 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@goGothitaLOL in that case, a buff would be better.

  • @amateraceon5202
    @amateraceon5202 ปีที่แล้ว +391

    Floatzel will always stick out in my mind as the prime “why would I ever use a physical Water type on my team when I need a Surfer” Pokémon, but the removal of HMs allows for so much more flexibility in team composition for situations like that and it definitely should’ve happened sooner

    • @JamienautMark2
      @JamienautMark2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I always felt bad running surf Gyrados.

    • @iBenjamin1000
      @iBenjamin1000 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      These days I just take the time to have a surf mon in the box so I don’t have to be constrained in my choices of water type

    • @wadespencer3623
      @wadespencer3623 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      HMs honestly always sucked and were bad

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      If HMs come back, they should be a separate thing. The justification would also be quite easy - since Sun and Moon made it clear that Pokémon are trained to use moves that ferry humans to other places so that they don’t hurt others, there could be battling slots and HM slots to indicate that the Pokémon is being trained for battle and for ushering humans elsewhere.

    • @lorddarkrai5753
      @lorddarkrai5753 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JamienautMark2 Thing is the best physical water stab lies in Aqua Tail at least till gen 4 i accept sacrifing 10 Acc points from Waterfall to gain an extra 10 points in Stab.
      Try a Gyarados with
      Dragon Dance
      Aqua Tail
      Earthquake
      Outrage
      What's worse to get all that in generation 4 was a pain as you also wanted many Earthquake TMs for other strong Pokémon as well and the Battle Frontier was the only choice.But winning so many battles there and ending up winning the TM was worth it , same with Outrage.Gyarados is known as one of the Pokémon that you yourself have to fix them to get good because in terms of game given moves they can never release their maximum potential.Gyarados is also part flying type which makes zero sense , as one of the official semi pseudo legendary Pokémon along with its special counterpart Milotic it should have been a Water/Dragon type.
      Thing will be a Death Star among Planetary Pokémon.I had managed to run 3 DDs at once in singles against a friend of mine , Gyarados had been left with 30 HP and it took down 4 of his Pokémon , lol.

  • @whatamidoing725
    @whatamidoing725 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    Floatzel being genuinely good because it got wavecrash brings a tear to my eye in gen 9

    • @IloveHildasfeet
      @IloveHildasfeet ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Still waiting for Lucdisc to have use

    • @heatran5717
      @heatran5717 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      That's mainly because skewda got gutted tbf,it would be a perma NU mon if skewda got flip turn and close combat back

    • @breloommaster12
      @breloommaster12 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@heatran5717 skewda still has close combat

    • @Magic_Ice
      @Magic_Ice ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@IloveHildasfeet it’s top tier in DNU

    • @wonderfulrose477
      @wonderfulrose477 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@IloveHildasfeet give Luvdisc a +80 buff in each stat

  • @roidadadou5456
    @roidadadou5456 ปีที่แล้ว +194

    I'm so glad that Floatzel saw the light as it did, truly an awesome moment for long forgotten Pokemon. Staraptor can finally leave UUBL too...

    • @MaahirMomtaz12
      @MaahirMomtaz12 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Staraptor hasn't been UUBL this gen yet. It's now manageable in UU

    • @roidadadou5456
      @roidadadou5456 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@MaahirMomtaz12 Yeah, that was my point. He's been freed from the curse.

    • @overland_brew8197
      @overland_brew8197 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@roidadadou5456 till the dlc comes out and he becomes a huge problem the destroys the meta game

  • @nonplayercharacter12333
    @nonplayercharacter12333 ปีที่แล้ว +57

    Floatzel is landing every Focus Blast in this video. I'd say it's pretty damn good.

  • @eerieeric834
    @eerieeric834 ปีที่แล้ว +637

    Pokemon has gotten a lot better due to the move waves crash

    • @Raziel_HHL
      @Raziel_HHL ปีที่แล้ว +38

      yup, was a pretty solid Swift Swim user in Season 1 of VGC even

    • @ZaidanDarmasakti
      @ZaidanDarmasakti ปีที่แล้ว +51

      I wish Barrakewsda could learn Wave Crash. Then again, it would be a broken Pokemon banned to Ubers with it's Swift Swim ability! 😂

    • @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy
      @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@ZaidanDarmasakti I mean there is still priority moves for barreskewda

    • @eerieeric834
      @eerieeric834 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      The only thing that would make this Pokémon better if it wasn’t a literal glass, Cannon and had a little more defense

    • @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy
      @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy ปีที่แล้ว +35

      This move should have existed at the same time the Fire and Grass counterparts, Flare Blitz and Wood Hammer

  • @chaosgallade2331
    @chaosgallade2331 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    If Floatzel had Wave Crash since D/P/Pt, it would have been a lot better in the older formats, especially B/W. I don't see why Wave Crash wasn't introduced in the same generation Wood Hammer and Flare Blitz were.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They hate Floatzel and only bothered when they had to enforce power creep

  • @amelie4789
    @amelie4789 ปีที่แล้ว +173

    With Pelipper dropping back down to gen 9 UU theres a good chance that floatzel will start seeing much more play back in that tier

    • @dragonslayer7724
      @dragonslayer7724 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Even in UU, it’s not without competition for physical swift swim water type, because Drednaw will probably go from RUBL to UU because of Pelipper dropping

    • @Skeloperch
      @Skeloperch ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@dragonslayer7724 Drednaw is outclassed by Floatzel and Barraskewda. Barraskewda is the one in trouble, though, since it doesn't even have the benefit of a dual-STAB like Drednaw. It's strictly outclassed by Floatzel now because Floatzel hits way harder with Wave Crash even though it has less Attack overall.

    • @cintronproductions9430
      @cintronproductions9430 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@Skeloperch Wow, that's insane. I used to think that Barra would drastically outclass Floatzel if they were to be in a same game simply because of its higher attack and speed but guess I was wrong. XD

    • @jubeat4451
      @jubeat4451 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ​@@cintronproductions9430 barraskewda also lost flip turn. If it still had turn it would probably be better

    • @heatran5717
      @heatran5717 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@jubeat4451 yea flip turn skewda is wayyy better than float,we know that because of this gen's natdex

  • @tysondennis1016
    @tysondennis1016 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Okay, I'm designing a Pokémon fangame. Here are some buffs and nerfs I think of implementing:
    Move Buffs:
    -Hyper Beam and its clones will skip the recharge turn if they score a KO.
    -Weight-based moves now have double power under Gravity.
    Ability Buffs:
    -Solid Rock and its clones now halve damage from super effective moves. (For example, Camerupt will act like it has only one weakness: a 2X weakness to Water)
    -Iron Fist now increases the power of punching moves by 50%.
    -Rock Head now protects the user from the recoil of moves that cause them to lose a set fraction of their max HP, such as Mind Blown and Steel Beam. However, moves that kill the user still kill.
    -Illuminate now allows stat stage-changing moves to bypass abilities, Clear Amulet, and Mist.
    Pokémon Buffs (hoping to salvage some stuck in Untiered purgatory):
    -Aromatisse's base HP and Sp. Atk are increased by 5 each, and it gets a few more moves.
    -Relicanth gets Wave Crash. It also gets its signature move Primal Pulverize, a Rock-type physical Steel Beam.
    -Wormadam gets +10 in all stats except Speed, and Mothim gets +10 in all stats except HP. They all learn a few new moves, and for secondary abilities, Plant Cloak gets Grassy Surge, Sandy Cloak gets Sand Stream, and Trash Cloak gets Heatproof.
    -Scovillain can now learn Solar Blade.
    -Both Arcanines can now learn Raging Fury.
    -Shiftry's Early Bird is replaced with Wind Rider. Shiftry's base stats are now 80-110-60-100-60-90. Shiftry can now learn Close Combat, U-Turn, and Switcheroo.
    -The Pidgey family, as well as some other Flying-types, get Swoop Strike (Flying-type Flame Charge).
    -Scyther and its evolutions, as well as some other Pokémon, get Steel Blade (Steel-type Slash).
    -Wailord's base stats are now 180-100-80-100-80-40, with Regenerator as a Hidden Ability.
    -Malamar's base stats are now 86-102-88-78-75-73, and it gets access to Hammer Arm, Ice Hammer, Close Combat, Confuse Ray, Gravity, Psycho Shift, and its signature move, Hypnoburst, a Psychic-type Overheat that attacks all adjacent Pokémon.
    -Lanturn's base HP and Speed are increased by +10 each.
    -Magmortar gets a Mega that boosts its Attack by 10, its defenses and Speed by 20, and its Sp. Atk by 30. Mega Magmortar has Mega Launcher as an ability, and Magmortar can now use Scald, Water Pulse, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse, Terrain Pulse, Aura Sphere, and Heal Pulse.
    -Electivire gets a Mega that boosts its Sp. Atk by 10, its defenses and Speed by 20, and its Attack by 30. Mega Electivire's ability is Iron Fist, and it can now run Bullet Punch, Mach Punch, Comet Punch, Drain Punch, and Shadow Punch.
    If those buffs and nerfs were implemented, how would they affect the metagame? What Pokémon would go up a tier or two, and what Pokémon would go down a tier or two? Are these buffs enough to salvage some previously-unusable mons?

  • @NeoGraena
    @NeoGraena ปีที่แล้ว +47

    Ladies and Gentlemen, the Floatzel Redemption Arc is going STRONG

  • @MaahirMomtaz12
    @MaahirMomtaz12 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    Current Gen 9 is the best Floatzel has ever been lol. Crazy how one move can change a Pokémon's viability

    • @JeremyCuddles
      @JeremyCuddles ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Helps having a limited dex. Also, it needed Tera to boost water moves because base 105 attack, while not bad, isn't all that great when not boosted by another source.

    • @skeetermania3202
      @skeetermania3202 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      “Sometimes being able to use one move is all a Pokémon needs.”
      Quoted from the Exploud video.

    • @MaahirMomtaz12
      @MaahirMomtaz12 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@JeremyCuddles Even with an expanded Dex, Wave Crash doesn't have huge distribution unless more get it. Since Barraskewda doesn't get it, Floatzel is unique in that regard

    • @JeremyCuddles
      @JeremyCuddles ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@MaahirMomtaz12 The issue isn't with more Pokemon having Wave Crash, it's stronger Pokemon being re-introduced into the game.

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson ปีที่แล้ว +9

      After the Chi-yu ban and before Walking Wake's release, Floatzel was arguably the best wallbreaker in OU

  • @WASD_ii
    @WASD_ii ปีที่แล้ว +18

    No cap, floatzel in gen 9 is terrifying in OU, like it's tier placement doesn't show it cause rain isn't super popular but when you see, you realize then and there you're dropping like 2 mons at least to that thing

  • @MrMoose-mf1oy
    @MrMoose-mf1oy ปีที่แล้ว +91

    Been a floatzel fan since it's debut and always used it on my teams every time I replayed gen 4. I think it has such a cool design, and am so happy it's getting the love it deserves now

  • @FirstLastname604
    @FirstLastname604 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Pelipper: You are viable now my sweet child
    Floatzel: I owe you my life

  • @smugsneasel
    @smugsneasel ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The fact that he said that it was faster than Sharpedo made me check what Sharpedo's speed was...and it's 95. HOW? It's a SHARK. TORPEDO. And it doesn't break 100?

    • @primrosevale1995
      @primrosevale1995 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Propeller tail go brrrrrrr

    • @scrunkore
      @scrunkore ปีที่แล้ว +2

      tbf sharpedo gets speed boost

    • @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy
      @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ​@@scrunkore it only got Speed Boost in Gen 5 as a hidden ability in the Dream World iirc, 2 gens after its introduction.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Sharpedo moves fast but probably rushes stuff down given the “speed” stat is an agility stat for some reason.

    • @GreatDG
      @GreatDG ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@iantaakalla8180 Then how do u explain slaking's high speed

  • @airayne5176
    @airayne5176 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    You know I had to show up early for my fav mon. The mon who was once used by crasher wake getting a move called wave crash that made it usable is very fitting to me, bro never forgot his roots

  • @619Slipk
    @619Slipk ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wasn't planning on using Floatzel in my Gen 4 playthrough but I found a Shiny Buizel, my first shiny... Took the team spot right away

  • @djroscurro9859
    @djroscurro9859 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Floatzel would be my favorite water type if not for Samurott and Milotic. Glad to see how much better it got in gen 9. Going from PU to having a niche in Ubers is insane

  • @zememerr2329
    @zememerr2329 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Floatzel’s dex entries mention that it tries to save struggling Pokémon with its life vest thing. I feel like Floatzel having Friend Guard would make sense knowing that, and it’d help to make it a lot better in VGC

    • @ispeakcockney5387
      @ispeakcockney5387 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It will be outclassed heavily by Maushold, who is bulkier, has fake out and feint

    • @zememerr2329
      @zememerr2329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ispeakcockney5387 I find it rather sad that 2 little mice are bulkier than Floatzel

    • @ispeakcockney5387
      @ispeakcockney5387 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@zememerr2329 well Floatzel has 20 more total base stats than Maushold

  • @draco2351
    @draco2351 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Finding a buizel in Gen 4 and training it up will always be a lasting memory for me. Glad to see the speedy weasel still getting great niche use to this day!

  • @RickRaptor105
    @RickRaptor105 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I love that Floatzel's attack animation from Gen VI onward makes it look like it's shooting Ice Beams and Hydro Pumps out of its butthole

  • @enickma910
    @enickma910 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    I know wave crash is just a reskin of wood hammer but for some reason wood hammer always feels like a wet noodle compared to the chad wave crash

    • @bignateismydad5167
      @bignateismydad5167 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      rain

    • @Metaknighttheloneswordsman
      @Metaknighttheloneswordsman ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Sad Wild Charge noises

    • @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy
      @Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Brave Bird, Flare Blitz, Volt Tackle and Double-Edge

    • @rossthemoss6827
      @rossthemoss6827 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Wood hammer has a lot of pretty great types that resist it to be fair

    • @goGothitaLOL
      @goGothitaLOL ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@rossthemoss6827 Fire, Flying, Dragon and Steel being the most notable and common (Bug is dodo, Poison is only used because it hits Fairies even when Steel is better, and Grass dittos are a rarity)

  • @ekkaj99
    @ekkaj99 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    I never really cared for Floatzel, but seeing it being viable in gen 9 does make me happy, always love seeing "weak" pokemon become useful in higher tiers

    • @goGothitaLOL
      @goGothitaLOL ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Floatzel and Gallade

  • @stupidflandrs4856
    @stupidflandrs4856 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I never played the original gen 4 games, so my first big introduction to Floatzel was in Legends: Arceus last year, and I became really fond of mine. Using it to rip UU to shreds with rain makes me so proud ;-;

  • @deftfkaubgup4669
    @deftfkaubgup4669 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Floatzel might make a comeback in gen 9 uu now that pelipper fell back down to that tier.

  • @mr.krustykrust
    @mr.krustykrust ปีที่แล้ว +37

    I forgot it swapped to Friday’s and this is a pleasant surprise. I love how in gen 9 it finally got good water stab in wave crash and now is incredible on rain teams

    • @skeetermania3202
      @skeetermania3202 ปีที่แล้ว

      Waterfall and Liquidation ain’t bad, though.

    • @mr.krustykrust
      @mr.krustykrust ปีที่แล้ว

      @@skeetermania3202 wave crash is just that but cranked to 11 and with only 105 base attack, it needs all the power it can get

  • @the_bookworm8281
    @the_bookworm8281 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    As of 4/7/23, Floatzel has recently dropped further down to NU, it is currently seen as decent in the tier. How successful it is there in the long run remains to be seen.
    However Pelipper also recently dropped to UU, so it is currently bring its rain terror there. It is unironically better in OU and UU than it is in RU and NU, but that kind of shows how much is it is synonymous with rain.

    • @kwayke9
      @kwayke9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not surprising, it's much better in higher tiers where rain actually exists (see its B tier placement in the ND OU viability rankings)

    • @RockHoward256
      @RockHoward256 ปีที่แล้ว

      If it wasnt for Sun thriving in OU it would be much better there, tbh

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว

      When Floatzel is getting the Arctovish treatment

  • @KaiKukumetsu
    @KaiKukumetsu ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I recently found a full odds shiny Buizel and with this video I think I might have something special on my hands

  • @ryans8081
    @ryans8081 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    If only Floatzel got Wave Crash before gen 9; it would've had a much better competitive history, and in turn a longer video here.

  • @calvinmatthews1527
    @calvinmatthews1527 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I wish they could do something like this for Bellossom. Gen 9 demonstrates how a little can be a lot.

  • @keiharris332
    @keiharris332 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love how you show love to each tier. Makes me very interested into watching lower tier pokemon battle it out within their tiering.

    • @iantaakalla8180
      @iantaakalla8180 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s a real improvement from the very beginning which was specifically OU-focused

    • @keiharris332
      @keiharris332 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@iantaakalla8180 I agree. It would be amazing if they make rom hacks with the tiers in mind. Like the first run though, only pokemon from the PU tier show up. Then when you defeat red and catch the post game legendary, you go to the next area which has pokemon up to NU, etc. That would make one heck of a rom hack

  • @primrosevale1995
    @primrosevale1995 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The most notable thing I remember Floatzel for is the gym battle against Crasher Wake, notable for being a worthy foe for Ash's Buizel and where it shows off what Incineroar's down special in _Smash_ should've been with Bulk Up.

  • @enzoforgets9456
    @enzoforgets9456 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Tera water wave crash is what Crasher Wake has always desired
    The legendary Wave (Crash)

    • @BeeEmpress
      @BeeEmpress ปีที่แล้ว

      You are the least funny person in this comment section, and considering there are toddlers in here, that’s a really big accomplishment

  • @ri33perzgoat50
    @ri33perzgoat50 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love it when overlooked and underrated pokemon are included in this series, keep it up!

  • @FarCritical
    @FarCritical ปีที่แล้ว +10

    As soon as I saw Floatzel my mind immediately went to the buff Wave Crash gave him

  • @Assy21full
    @Assy21full ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love the flame orb+water veil combination with switcheroo. 😂

    • @bdt2002gaming
      @bdt2002gaming ปีที่แล้ว

      Never let them know your next move 😂

  • @samuell8721
    @samuell8721 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Today we have The click wave crash and kill everything machine in Gen 9

  • @TLTheLegend
    @TLTheLegend ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Barraskewda: You took everything from me.
    Floatzel: I don't even know who you are.

  • @batchest2977
    @batchest2977 ปีที่แล้ว

    I looked to see if you had a video on Floatzel the other day and now you do! That's awesome!

  • @michaelfragoso6572
    @michaelfragoso6572 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Kinda wish Floatzel had an evolution probably a water/fighting type hopefully one day

  • @NanaKyoto
    @NanaKyoto 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Floatzel has always been one of my favorite Water types, and to see it get better is really heartwarming.

  • @SemiHypercube
    @SemiHypercube ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love when the lower tier Pokemon still gets a niche in Ubers for whatever reason

  • @smackjack78
    @smackjack78 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Floatzel is a cool design and a fun Pokémon to use despite how limited it is. A very fast and decent physical attacker (w/ priority just in case) is pretty reliable

  • @gabrielchee8470
    @gabrielchee8470 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Floatzel was nearly on my SV team...and then Tinkaton hammered her out.

    • @bluebaron6811
      @bluebaron6811 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Salutes to you for resisting the urge to use an early route Sinnoh 'mon.

    • @IloveHildasfeet
      @IloveHildasfeet ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I had a oinkologne but it left my team because it’s IV’s were near 0%

    • @AdminAbuse
      @AdminAbuse ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@IloveHildasfeet ok

    • @IloveHildasfeet
      @IloveHildasfeet ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@AdminAbuse This comment wasted exactly 0.04 bytes of space on my device.

    • @MoudM1
      @MoudM1 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@IloveHildasfeet ok

  • @esteban8471
    @esteban8471 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I usually struggle having a favorite Pokémon of each type, but Floatzel is my definite favorite water type. I'm really happy it got a video.

  • @sagacious03
    @sagacious03 ปีที่แล้ว

    Okay analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

  • @hunterXhamster
    @hunterXhamster ปีที่แล้ว +1

    " I've been waiting for this. " - Akihiko

  • @Will_7x
    @Will_7x ปีที่แล้ว

    Yeah! My second favorite poke, I've been waiting for this!
    I know Floatzel didn't had a lot to talk about previous to wave crash in higher tiers, but now he hits like a truck and finally is great and a force to be feared in singles.

  • @TDSDyno
    @TDSDyno ปีที่แล้ว

    I've been waiting for this video for literally years

  • @saltybot5449
    @saltybot5449 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Floatzel is one of my favorite Pokémon ever, so happy to see this video

  • @Matpit18
    @Matpit18 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Crazy how this autopilot ingame pick from Gen 4, alongside the likes of Infernape, Lucario, Staraptor, and Luxray, actually had a niche in Gen 9 Ubers

  • @JCBro-yg8vd
    @JCBro-yg8vd ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Amazing what the addition of one move could do for Floatzel.

  • @little_blaziken
    @little_blaziken ปีที่แล้ว

    these videos made me better at competitve pokemon keep creating great videos

  • @mouthwashjones6400
    @mouthwashjones6400 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I have been waiting for this overview of my favorite pokemon ever. Buizel and floatzel fans stay winning here!

  • @plantyquinn8444
    @plantyquinn8444 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    the first shiny I caught in SV ❤ fitting that a fav from gen 4 came back with an upgrade

  • @gengstar09
    @gengstar09 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Made it to the 1800s on the ladder thanks to this 🤗

  • @therealegr
    @therealegr ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Remember: this thing throws Hydro Pumps from his ass (at least in BDSP)

  • @kingofthekarps3066
    @kingofthekarps3066 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This thing is terrorizing SVUU atm truelly drizzle is terrifying.

  • @seantomlinson3320
    @seantomlinson3320 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why still RIP VGC? Made sense in 2020 with so much blown up, but now it's back. I don't understand. I'm happy to see this fierce little otter featured! Always loved this, just as you said, as a cornerstone of my Diamond team.

  • @GoldStorm07
    @GoldStorm07 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I've always been partial to speedy glass cannons with cool designs, something Floatzel exemplifies. Very glad to see it finally get some real success this time around.

  • @sasaki999pro
    @sasaki999pro ปีที่แล้ว +4

    You know, anytime I see Floatzel, I can't help but recall a certain *_dream_* I experienced once
    And it was apparently the most *_wonderful dream ever had_*
    😏🇩🇪

  • @TunaBear64
    @TunaBear64 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The impact of Wave Crash is so big, that BUIZEL is viable in Gen 9 ZU. Thanks to that absurd power in Rain, Buizel is a solid wall breaker in the tier. While it's frailty and doing tickle damage with its coverage makes it less consistent than Beartic and Lumineon, it holds an important spot in most Rain teams on ZU.

  • @DeadlySins-op1gl
    @DeadlySins-op1gl ปีที่แล้ว

    Its waterfall animation from the Battle Revolution game is so cool !

  • @ComboFood
    @ComboFood 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I absolutely love Floatzel, it was my first shiny ever in White 2 while surfing and it introduced me to shiny Pokémon

  • @suly5836
    @suly5836 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    >give a water type brave bird to floatzel
    >absolutely demolish barraskewda's movepool and also don't give him the move given to floatzel
    >floatzel proceeds to become a massive threat that to this day it can sweep OU teams with ease as almost nothing can handle a stab terra water wave crash/liquidation

  • @beebobber546
    @beebobber546 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It’s criminal Gyarados didn’t get wave crash. But ignore me, I’m just a Gyarados fan boy complaining on Floatzels video 😂

  • @Mcflyeon
    @Mcflyeon ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I would give Floatzel Swords Dance as a way to boost its attack and U-Turn (I thought it would be the kind of Pokemon who gets it). A buff for its Special Attack probably wouldn't hurt too.

  • @mattr75
    @mattr75 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glad to see Floatzel did well

  • @jordan3795
    @jordan3795 ปีที่แล้ว

    Agent Floatzel finally got a video!! Let's gooo Agency!!

  • @howlingarmadillo
    @howlingarmadillo ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of the better comeback stories in Pokemon.

  • @ultraismtruth4735
    @ultraismtruth4735 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    One of my favourite Gen 4 mons finally good in OU😍

  • @LEGEND-sp9ev
    @LEGEND-sp9ev ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video, but the long video is what we're really hyped for🌚

  • @stevesamuals2651
    @stevesamuals2651 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Floatzel became an Uber? In the same gen of such deadly water type introductions? HELL YEAH

  • @Kuesoth
    @Kuesoth ปีที่แล้ว

    On of my favorites pokes ever since I played Pokémon Platinum

  • @flamewing7851
    @flamewing7851 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think in gen 9, floatzel's tiering heavily depends on where peliper is at. when peliper is OU, floatzel will drop to RU. When peliper moves to UU, floatzel will tear up the tier.

  • @mushroomdude123
    @mushroomdude123 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Floatzel is my homie. I got so excited when I learned it got Wave Crash and Ice Spinner.
    And then Palafin showed up…

  • @LeRodz
    @LeRodz ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Floatzel used to be my favorite Pokémon. Ngl, i felt so happy seeing this weasel going from NU to actually fighting alongside/against the big guys in Ubers. And i don't even play competitve Pokémon.

  • @MGPW
    @MGPW ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Floatzel is one of my favourite few pokemon, and was my ace in playing DPPl single player. I also found some value as an anti-meta lead in Gen 6 OU on smogon. There would often be a Mega-Charizard Y lead, and they see a water type and click Solar Beam. Floatzel still outspeeds and activates Rain Dance, and they're sat there knowing they can't avoid the Waterfall OHKO next turn. Unfortunately, packing those + Aqua Jet (for Talonflame) meant only one remaining move slot, and of course if you lead with Floatzel and your opponent is not leading with Megazard Y, you probably aren't going to get much usage. But in that meta at the time, I found it filled an excellent role for a while.

  • @joseruizdiaz9622
    @joseruizdiaz9622 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Floatzel 🌊💙💙💙.
    Awesome design, awesome stats, awesome moves, awesome pokémon 😇

  • @Peelioka
    @Peelioka ปีที่แล้ว

    Floatzel was the first shiny I found so will always have a special place in my heart

  • @cinder8155
    @cinder8155 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So glad they got so buffed with the new moves they can learn in gen 9
    Such wave crash liquidation ice spiner

  • @EpiclyEpicGamer
    @EpiclyEpicGamer ปีที่แล้ว +2

    heres how gen 9 tiering for floatzel essentially is: is Pellipper ou or uu, if uu floatzel rises to uu, if ou floatzel will just barely miss out on the usage needed for ou due to some rain teams not using it and instead using barraskewda, floatzel will then fall down each tier one by one until pellipper is uu again, in which it will rise back to uu

  • @Cruzer108
    @Cruzer108 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basically gen 9 floatzel hits like a TANK and can outspeed anything in rain

  • @micheledaveluy3256
    @micheledaveluy3256 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Fun fact: EVERY Mega Evolution pokemon has been covered by FSG EXCEPT for Latios

  • @Lassoloc
    @Lassoloc ปีที่แล้ว +1

    floatzel didnt end up holding on in gen9uu, but in the first month it looked like the most threatening thing in the tier. going from a mon that languishes in the lowest tiers to tearing up RU and even very briefly UU is a hell of a glow-up for this guy, especially given that Barraskewda (an OU mon in gen8) is competing with it.

  • @shawnli4746
    @shawnli4746 ปีที่แล้ว

    Next week is surely the hour long special they've been teasing us with since 17 March right?

  • @Bluestar899
    @Bluestar899 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:22 - Ok, now I *really* want to see a redo of the Feraligatr video given how positive FSG was of him here.

  • @loudwhispre9406
    @loudwhispre9406 ปีที่แล้ว

    Legends Arceus really did a lot for some underrated pokemon as a whole. Goodra has a regional form with the same typing as Dialga, Qwilfish has a regional form that lets it run Eviolite thanks to it evolving into a threatening hazards setter, all of the Eeveelutions get Calm Mind, Basculin evolves into something with more than one type so it gets more use out of Adaptability, Arcanine gets an amazing (offensive) typing that lets it throw off STAB Head Smash without recoil, 3 awful starters get crazy regional forms, and Wave Crash becomes a phenomenal nuclear STAB for offensive Water types. Very pleasant surprise given that its a 75 power move in PLA.

  • @Chwarzerd
    @Chwarzerd ปีที่แล้ว

    Floatzel, a classic. Still love using it on rain teams

  • @gio9255
    @gio9255 ปีที่แล้ว

    I clicked this video just for the hype of Gen IX Floatzel. In the early days of SV, this thing was a absolute menace. Under rain and with tera water, it stomped defensive mons like Corviknight, Amoongus, non-water absorb Clodsire, Ting-Lu, Toxapex, and even heavily chunked specially defensive behemoth Dondozo with its banded wave crashes. It had almost zero safe switch ins with recoil and its low bulk the only things keeping it in check. Even its low tier status now truly doesn't reflect the absolute tera it can inflict upon the metagame.

  • @tomasbranco8199
    @tomasbranco8199 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We need a Porygon and Porygon 2 remake!

  • @CaptainJLinebeck
    @CaptainJLinebeck ปีที่แล้ว +1

    From Untiered to having a niche in Ubers, extremely impressive

  • @dnn6939
    @dnn6939 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    honestly surprised you havent done one for cresselia yet

  • @Toni-uk4ks
    @Toni-uk4ks ปีที่แล้ว

    My boy Floatzel. ❤

  • @mohamadaboualfa7037
    @mohamadaboualfa7037 ปีที่แล้ว

    Samurott coming back:
    Im about to end this guys whole career.