@@gengarzilla1685 since many Dynamax moves lower stats, clear body prevents activating Eject Pack when you dont need to, the combo allows you to basically use a strong move that drops stats as a pivot move (it's like using U-turn but with 120 base power). It's not redundant, just niche.
idk how anyone could call this a gimmick when you realize more than half of weedle's team benefits immensely from having a sweeper's dmg turned into a typing they either resist, negate, or outright benefit from runerigus: ground type advantage boltund, dragapult: resist elec pikachu: lightning rod it's actually a great teamcheck. might not be a "good" gimmick but it's definitely not bad when it mitigates a lot of the threat that gmax brings to the table
Oddly enough I fought a buddy who used fairy terrain to prevent my Guts Flame Orb Konk from getting burned. I haven’t considered how useful terrains are until that point. I ended changing my whole move set cause of that battle. 😅
and don’t forget, you have to be grounded or else you’re not immune! I got confused for the longest time why my electric terrain wasn’t keeping my Vikavolt awake...
@@Nosretep I just imagine your opponent being like that one squidward gif just slamming his face against the cash register like "WHY CAN I NOT PUT TO SLEEP?!"
@@roxas4930 Bruh. Not only did my brain shut down because of their sheer idiocy. All of my organs immediately shut down. Never before was I ever that dead inside.
Important to note you can't use electrify if you have a lightning rod pokémon out because it'll absorb the electrify. You need to have the Mold Breaker ability on your electrify mon to avoid that
@@Gr4ceful4life Mold Breaker ignores abilities. So Boltund having mold breaker and using electrify lets it ignore lightning rod when it would otherwise not work.
Holy shit actually one of the most well-utilised tactics. Things he did that were 1000 IQ: - Electrify opponent to have resisted hit on Boltund and Dragopult and immunity for Pikachu and Runegrigus - Electrify max Pokemon (his and opponents) to set up Electric Terrain for Rising Voltage and avoiding sleep from Yawn - Stall out opponent's max move with the resisted and immune hits - Electrify Dragopult to OHKO Braviary
Why do these people dismiss fun strategies as "gimmicks"? Pokemon is a game, you're supposed to have fun. If all you're doing is copying the same old OU Smogon strats and getting angry when you lose, why even bother playing?
A gimmick only works under certain circumstances so it's not suited to get to the top in a competitive setting. The joke is that none of the players who complain about Weedle's strats are anywhere near the top anyway.
Meta strats are so boring anyways and as a casual player I've stopped playing OU. I don't have the time/desire to team build, and use some semi stall balance squad. I know that's true at least for singles. No idea about doubles.
@@seeibe I got to 1500+ in doubles ou 7 gen with what could be considered a gimmick. Though it was the perfect storm really. Mega Charizard Y to set sun with chlorophyll venusaur to use grass pledge+fire pledge. The pledge moves function as a 150 power move with the type that was used second, so I was basically hitting with a fire type hyper beam under sun every turn that basically burned the whole opposing team for 3 turns. It hit hard enough to OHKO a Landorus and because it goes by which pokemon is faster (in this case a chlorophyll venusar) it outsped them too.
You are literally the only thing keeping me in pokemon rn. I use to be so obsessed but the last couple gens have sucked my soul out honestly. I've been watching you for so long now and it's just ONLY quality. Thanks weedle I hope you're happy or on the road to it.
The Jaida Essence Hall cameo, the DBZ teleport sound effect on Ally Switch, the "It's what she deserves" on Urshifu hitting itself with confusion? MA'AM this is top tier content, we stan.
Love the editing jobs on these videos. I tend to find a lot of pokemon battles uncompelling but the way you put everything together with the well timed soundbites and vids really completes the whole package.
Hope you guys enjoyed the video, let me know what other pokemon strats you'd like to see me use in a future video. Music Used in Video: 0:00 Super Mario RPG - Armed Boss 1:05 Wild Arms XF- Princess Army 2:47 Sunburn Club - Tiki Tiki 3:09 Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness - Wild Pokemon Battle 4:40 Samurai Shodown - Walts of Nature 5:45 Hunter x Hunter - Mystic Land 6:30 FFXIV - Seiryu's Theme 8:43 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Wrath of the Reset Bomb 10:52 RaisiK/GetAtLilSteve Super Mario World - The Bonus 12:26 Mario Party 3 - Star Lift
I like how that one guy responded knowing full well what had just happened to him and gave mad props. It's honestly a really good strat so I wouldn't blame him for saying something about it.
5:39 Now, most people on Showdown would have been like “That’s bullshit, it shouldn’t work on Max Moves, I should’ve won here, bad gimmick.” But this guy, this guy is a diamond in a load of garbage, he recognizes that the combo Weedle pulls off not only saves his Pokémon, but also powers up his Pikachu and he calls it cool after realizing what the combo is capable of. You love to see it!
Your editing makes your battles so enjoyable to watch. You're genuinely my favourite pokemon TH-camr. I really like the effort you put in, it really shows.
I just want to thank you for your videos and amazing strategies and combos. You really are inspiring, and although not everybody on Showdown may treat you with kindness and fairness, I just want you to know you are loved and appreciated! Stay safe and be happy
Going back through your old vids, and this is probably the best one. The start is that perfect combination of gimmick but viable and it’s cool to see it be used competitively successfully in so many different ways with so many different combos.
I barely understand Pokémon tactics on a good day so I have incredible respect for you and all these insane moveset gimmicks. It shows just how well you understand the mechanics and it's so amazing seeing what you come up with
The hunterxhunter music and cheetu bung bong at 6:00 gave me life. Thank you, perfect choice when talking about insane tactics. That is like like %80 of the show.
This video was amazing! I always make sure to set aside special time to watch your uploads when they come out. You put so much effort into building teams and decision making in games AND go the extra mile to edit everything together. Your content is not only intellectually compelling, but also entertaining and extremely fun to watch. I can tell you really gave it your all in this video. Big respect and love what you do!
I really appreciate the fact that you use sound effects and music from Super Mario RPG and Ocarina of Time. Those were some of my favorite games as a kid, and I love recognizing them whenever I rewatch your videos. You’re the best Weedle and your content is amazing! Don’t let anyone say otherwise
Hahahhaha I'm dead this part 5:48 is sooo hilarious man explaning the whole gimmick with the hunterxhunter song that just fit soo well good job on the editing 😂
Was not expecting the Duraludon to KO Pikachu in the second battle. I know this is the least important part of the video but I'm still surprised. ...Unless it had Specs or something? I don't know of any offense Duraludon sets
I'm a Raichu enthusiast. Raichu all da way. Pikachu is really good but if played right I feel like both raichu forms can do more than a light ball pika
Our Themperor working to give us content even though it got corrupted, love to see it. ty for feeding your children some very tasty content in quarantine!
I just got to appreciate the fact that Dragapult has both Eject Pack and Clear Body. So it only activates its item when it uses Draco Meteor.
Eject Pack with Clear Body looks redundant af but it's also a big brain play.
@@gengarzilla1685 since many Dynamax moves lower stats, clear body prevents activating Eject Pack when you dont need to, the combo allows you to basically use a strong move that drops stats as a pivot move (it's like using U-turn but with 120 base power). It's not redundant, just niche.
I mean, he didn't say it was redundant. You don't need to correct him lol.
Exactly, I said it looks redundant. Not that it is redundant.
5:43
That guy couldn't resist going full anime with the whole explanation how the gimmick works.
True.
The music made it better
To be fair, at least he wasn’t salty, he was definitely interested in learning a new tactic.
Avatar also checked out pretty well!
I read it in Brock's voice
"I don't fall for bad gimmicks."
Lost to a seemingly not gimmicky strategy.
It’s not a gimmick if it works.
@@Aflay1 Strictly speaking, almost everything is a gimmick.
idk how anyone could call this a gimmick when you realize more than half of weedle's team benefits immensely from having a sweeper's dmg turned into a typing they either resist, negate, or outright benefit from
runerigus: ground type advantage
boltund, dragapult: resist elec
pikachu: lightning rod
it's actually a great teamcheck. might not be a "good" gimmick but it's definitely not bad when it mitigates a lot of the threat that gmax brings to the table
@@Aflay1 You . . . actually believe that
CamTheKitty
Wait, what
The guy who acknowledged the gimick and thought it was cool gives me hope in Showdown!
Thought the same
Yeah! They even said it was good
That guy is a giga chad.
Not all people in showdown are sorry excuses for humans I've met a few chill people playing before
In lesser played tiers/gens there's mostly chill players
that Hawlucha's reversal on that salty ass guy with his Volcarona was THE DISRESPECT lmao
Their entire team was cancer.
@@Nosretep okay but thats the tea tho
gen 3 reversal realness
@The one and only 2:50
4:20 also
5:45 this is like some anime where the side-characters are giving exposition dumps about what the characters are doing during a battle.
It is exactly like that and she even used the same theme Hunter X Hunter uses for the same shit, this was absolutely perfect.
I guess that's even why he/she was using Cheren as the av
hxh narrator explaining theme, queen knows what soundtrack to use on perfect time like this
*Corrects glasses*
I love that part hahah
Can’t get enough of Ash saying
“No Charizard!”
Same here. Every time I see Charizard, I keep on saying to myself, “do it! Say the line!”
Can't get enough of "protect" as well :p
Personal favorite is the “bitch, I can’t see!” meme lol.
"Encore whyyyy???!"
Brave Burd itz goin' doooown!!
“OH NO, CHARIZARD!” never gets old
That electrify on incineroar to prevent yawn sleep was 300000iq
Oddly enough I fought a buddy who used fairy terrain to prevent my Guts Flame Orb Konk from getting burned.
I haven’t considered how useful terrains are until that point.
I ended changing my whole move set cause of that battle. 😅
I've made plays like that before in randoms, it's situational but really funny when it works.
6:20 Pikachu knocking out every other Pokemon on the field with Surf was just beautiful.
A 1 A 2ooo A 3eee
Weedle is one of the 7 people who remember electric terrain blocks sleep
I had somebody try to spam Spore on me when Electric Terrain was up. I was a Rhyperior fighting a damn Amoongus...a Grass Type.
:/
and don’t forget, you have to be grounded or else you’re not immune! I got confused for the longest time why my electric terrain wasn’t keeping my Vikavolt awake...
No its a relatively common thing to do in front of an amoongus for that exact reason
@@Nosretep I just imagine your opponent being like that one squidward gif just slamming his face against the cash register like "WHY CAN I NOT PUT TO SLEEP?!"
@@roxas4930 Bruh. Not only did my brain shut down because of their sheer idiocy. All of my organs immediately shut down. Never before was I ever that dead inside.
Basically, it's converting someone's gigamax moves into elettric type and putting in a lighting rod Pokèmon.
That's evil af.
I love it
I want to know how well it works with seaking
Important to note you can't use electrify if you have a lightning rod pokémon out because it'll absorb the electrify. You need to have the Mold Breaker ability on your electrify mon to avoid that
@@mme.veronica735 So THATS why Weedle was doing moldbreacker shenanigans, I was so confused wondering what it was meant to do lmao.
@@mme.veronica735 so that means if mold breaker wasn’t on the field then the electric move will just aim at whoever they chose?
@@Gr4ceful4life Mold Breaker ignores abilities. So Boltund having mold breaker and using electrify lets it ignore lightning rod when it would otherwise not work.
my personal big-brain experience with electrify was making someone kill there gyarados with its teammates earthquake
Lol sounds embarrasing to lose to your own attack as the opponent ngl
your MIND...urgh we STAN
Amazing!
I almost chocked for the laughing
It was this moment, he knew, he fucked up
Holy shit actually one of the most well-utilised tactics. Things he did that were 1000 IQ:
- Electrify opponent to have resisted hit on Boltund and Dragopult and immunity for Pikachu and Runegrigus
- Electrify max Pokemon (his and opponents) to set up Electric Terrain for Rising Voltage and avoiding sleep from Yawn
- Stall out opponent's max move with the resisted and immune hits
- Electrify Dragopult to OHKO Braviary
They*
Also to get +1 Sp. Attack on Pikachu
That’s not 1k iq that’s the basics. Although electrify is a neat strat, I got 5th with it on my Groudon team in s8
Michael Wellington the actions they showed are definitely not what a normal person can think of. 1000 iq is correct
@@zibra4137 not if u actually pay attention to the game and are competitive with it.
One of the best birthday presents ever: a WeedleTwineedle video.
Happy birthday, anon!
Happy birthday ! ^^
Happy birthday!
same i had weedle video released on september 3 which was also my bday
also happy bday to you hun
happy birthday
Why do these people dismiss fun strategies as "gimmicks"? Pokemon is a game, you're supposed to have fun. If all you're doing is copying the same old OU Smogon strats and getting angry when you lose, why even bother playing?
A gimmick only works under certain circumstances so it's not suited to get to the top in a competitive setting. The joke is that none of the players who complain about Weedle's strats are anywhere near the top anyway.
Meta strats are so boring anyways and as a casual player I've stopped playing OU. I don't have the time/desire to team build, and use some semi stall balance squad. I know that's true at least for singles. No idea about doubles.
@@seeibe I got to 1500+ in doubles ou 7 gen with what could be considered a gimmick. Though it was the perfect storm really. Mega Charizard Y to set sun with chlorophyll venusaur to use grass pledge+fire pledge. The pledge moves function as a 150 power move with the type that was used second, so I was basically hitting with a fire type hyper beam under sun every turn that basically burned the whole opposing team for 3 turns. It hit hard enough to OHKO a Landorus and because it goes by which pokemon is faster (in this case a chlorophyll venusar) it outsped them too.
🧚♀️period🧚♀️
But they are gimmicks
Clicked away from blunder vs aim monotype to watch this. That is the highest honor I can bestow
I came from the latest megas to high ladder video.
Trubbish and Garbodor SAMEEE
Trubbish and Garbodor same
@@3.2187_Kilometres same
@@3.2187_Kilometres same
That "Oh no! Charizard!" never fails to make me smile.
That was so smart setting up electric terrain to stop yawn.
"Oh, I'm coming" is how I felt when you cancelled Torkoal's Yawn by setting up Electric Terrain with Electrify
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO YOU CAN'T JUST KILL MY TEAM WITH LOW TIER POKÉMON! MY POKÉMON ARE THE STRONGEST!"
"haha pikachu go bzzrt"
Haha boltund go rawr
Pikachu go P I I I H
@@AB-ee5tb more like Boltund go bork bark bork
Hahahahhaha pewpew
The ones that talk down to Weedle are always the ones who get bodied the hardest...
and I *LOVE* it.
Big egos only make you more prone to falling over and embarrassing yourself.
The thing I love to see the most is appreciation for a strat instead of calling it 20iq while they lose to it.
Same, never hate, just enjoy the game.
I like the guy explaining it after it happened to him like hes Brock in the pokemon anime
That Guy is rare to see
You are literally the only thing keeping me in pokemon rn. I use to be so obsessed but the last couple gens have sucked my soul out honestly. I've been watching you for so long now and it's just ONLY quality. Thanks weedle I hope you're happy or on the road to it.
The Jaida Essence Hall cameo, the DBZ teleport sound effect on Ally Switch, the "It's what she deserves" on Urshifu hitting itself with confusion? MA'AM this is top tier content, we stan.
AND THE VINE AUDIO
Period. Period.
And the Tana Mongeau audio when Dragapult used Beat Up!
@@winterycold I almost choked tbfh
"NINGERUDAYOOOOOO" ma'am she's cultured, rpdr, memes AND jojo??? i stan
"With a wave of my finger"
Was that JaboodyDubs Electro? That is just too perfect
TitanoEdo: I don't fall for bad gimmicks
WeedleTwineedle: I am about to destroy this man's whole career
Love the editing jobs on these videos. I tend to find a lot of pokemon battles uncompelling but the way you put everything together with the well timed soundbites and vids really completes the whole package.
petition for everytime weedle sees a way too overused team, the clip from rpdr plays that says "CHANGE YOUR COSTUME MIMI CHANGE IT AROUND"
This would be iconic
@@iAdriann ikrrr
That sounds good lol
Whenever weedle posts a video: “I am eating at the most expensive restaurant” feed us mom!
the "no charizard" clip kills me every time
“NOeee CHARYZAAARRDD” 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
It kills Charizard too.
@@ProfessorScorbunny "Oh, no! Charizard!"
"Bitch I can't see" has GOT to be my favorite voice line it makes me laugh every time
Hope you guys enjoyed the video, let me know what other pokemon strats you'd like to see me use in a future video.
Music Used in Video:
0:00 Super Mario RPG - Armed Boss
1:05 Wild Arms XF- Princess Army
2:47 Sunburn Club - Tiki Tiki
3:09 Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness - Wild Pokemon Battle
4:40 Samurai Shodown - Walts of Nature
5:45 Hunter x Hunter - Mystic Land
6:30 FFXIV - Seiryu's Theme
8:43 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate - Wrath of the Reset Bomb
10:52 RaisiK/GetAtLilSteve Super Mario World - The Bonus
12:26 Mario Party 3 - Star Lift
Hey mom :)
The best poketuber
Maractus strats next plz.
nice
0:16 why did you give mold breaker to boltund ?
4:45 ah, fighting the ultimate trainer, "banana icecream"
TH-cam: *gives me a 1 minute ad after the video is over*
Me: *watch the whole ad without skipping*
"It's what she deserves"
He*
you have to click on it so it does something
@@Mngalahad really? I thought watching without skipping already counted for something... I'm going to click the next time then
@@ViniLaghi only facebook charges for simply showing ads. google only charges if people click.
King!
I like how that one guy responded knowing full well what had just happened to him and gave mad props. It's honestly a really good strat so I wouldn't blame him for saying something about it.
Oh my GOD the electrify incineror to stop sleep.... THE MIND OF A MASTER
5:39
Now, most people on Showdown would have been like “That’s bullshit, it shouldn’t work on Max Moves, I should’ve won here, bad gimmick.” But this guy, this guy is a diamond in a load of garbage, he recognizes that the combo Weedle pulls off not only saves his Pokémon, but also powers up his Pikachu and he calls it cool after realizing what the combo is capable of. You love to see it!
best pokemon content on TH-cam right now
Stuff like this is why I feel fear when I see even a remotely unorthodox team.
Glad to see you use electrify again :3 Thanks for brightening my day
Your editing makes your battles so enjoyable to watch. You're genuinely my favourite pokemon TH-camr. I really like the effort you put in, it really shows.
12 MINUTE WEEDLE VIDEO? DON'T MIND IF I DO
yesssss the HxH reference LOL. Beautiful
I don't mind when weedle doesn't post in a while, but every time i see a new video in my feed its the first thing i watch
Icr
Always love these vids, lol. The music and edited sounds in is honestly wonderful along with these team ideas! Ty for another good vid Weedle!
Titano: i don't fall for bad gimmicks
Literally everyone: stop the cap right now!
I just want to thank you for your videos and amazing strategies and combos. You really are inspiring, and although not everybody on Showdown may treat you with kindness and fairness, I just want you to know you are loved and appreciated! Stay safe and be happy
imagine watching weedle and think you can outsmart her 10 gimmicks by being cocky, they were electrified
Wheedle is a dude
Mike Hawk no they’re nonbinary
Weedle is a dude pretending to be a girl ffs
Woah that's homophobic! Maybe respect people next time?
i don't even play VGC but i get so excited for your vids
That HxH Cheetu edit gave me life
7:01 i liked the “thank you ma’am” for female incineroar
Boltund, the best friend of the human.
Going back through your old vids, and this is probably the best one. The start is that perfect combination of gimmick but viable and it’s cool to see it be used competitively successfully in so many different ways with so many different combos.
WeedleTwineedle after inventing gimmicks: It's like printing my own money!
I barely understand Pokémon tactics on a good day so I have incredible respect for you and all these insane moveset gimmicks. It shows just how well you understand the mechanics and it's so amazing seeing what you come up with
Oh mighty TH-cam algorithm: please make this channel grow
The hunterxhunter music and cheetu bung bong at 6:00 gave me life. Thank you, perfect choice when talking about insane tactics. That is like like %80 of the show.
Weedle this video was incredibly high quality content. We love you
Thank you for using Kid Icarus Uprising music this game deserves love
No joke, i was literally thinking about where were you 20 minutes ago xD
Entrainment Mold Breaker to Electrify Lightning Rod...what an absolutely sick strat. I love it, keep it coming, Weedle!
This video was amazing! I always make sure to set aside special time to watch your uploads when they come out. You put so much effort into building teams and decision making in games AND go the extra mile to edit everything together. Your content is not only intellectually compelling, but also entertaining and extremely fun to watch. I can tell you really gave it your all in this video. Big respect and love what you do!
Omgg I loved the HxH music in front of the tactic explanation at 5:55 ahahha tthis is really funny! Love your videos
That snarl + Max Flutterby play was iconic
That Electrify on Incineroar to stop the Yawn... Sweet Jesus that was immaculate
That "Oh No! Charizard!" Will always get me
man dragapult really is the most versatile mon. He can support literally any idea.
Also, thanks for the daddyroar footage
I was so thirsty for another Weedle's video, this makes me really satistfied.
Easily the most unpredictable gimmick I’ve seen you post yet. I can’t wait to see other moves that might seem useless become overpowered strategies
Excellent content as usual! I think my favorite play this time was using Electrify to set Terrain to block Yawn.
Flashbacks from that video with lightning rod mega sceptile in gen 7 lmao great job weedl ♡
Literally, all of the tactics used in this channel that I've seen has been entertaining, not to mention the edits as well. Love your content man.
7:44 I appreciate the PREDICTABO
I hope you've been doing alright with quarantine. Great video all around.
We stan a talented lady who thinks of fun strategies 💅
Thought it was a guy
@@WaikitLie-ed8uf he isnt a guy?
@@WaikitLie-ed8uf they're nonbinary so you're both wrong
@Emmanuel Araujo true
Huh I guess you learn something new everyday
6:39 FF14
“How to use Electrify-“
I’M SOLD
I love how you have a backup strat in your original strat,and another backup strat behind that,just to make your team that much impossible to counter
"I RIP THE SKIN" THE MEME IS ADVANCING
I really appreciate the fact that you use sound effects and music from Super Mario RPG and Ocarina of Time. Those were some of my favorite games as a kid, and I love recognizing them whenever I rewatch your videos. You’re the best Weedle and your content is amazing! Don’t let anyone say otherwise
Fellow gays, this is where we chant: “werque iconique kvveen
Missed a "OH BABY, A TRIPLE" at 6:20
Great video as always!
5:56
This does put a smile on my face
gameplay and editing absolutely unhinged. please make more before i go into withdrawal
that reversal on hawlucha took me off guard , now i'm laughing so much xD
Hahahhaha I'm dead this part 5:48 is sooo hilarious man explaning the whole gimmick with the hunterxhunter song that just fit soo well good job on the editing 😂
Omg omg Weedle giving music and timestaps this means she is becoming popular!! Praise queen 💋💖💖
At 2:00 the Indeedee with accented "Follow Me" is fabulous. As if it will show you to your room. Glorious.
BROOO, as soon as I heard the mario rpg boss theme I went apeshit
And also, thanks Mommy Weedle for making meme strats for us to enjoy
The voice on the one who was congratulating you made it look like he was an anime character explaining the villain's strategy
Weedle you never seize to amaze me ;)
Omg hearing Seiryu's theme made me pumped! Nice Strat!!
Was not expecting the Duraludon to KO Pikachu in the second battle. I know this is the least important part of the video but I'm still surprised.
...Unless it had Specs or something? I don't know of any offense Duraludon sets
pikachu is too frail
Sadly Pikachu has like a 40 base point in both defenses only :(
Even Dynamax can't fix Pikachu's awful bulk.
I'm a Raichu enthusiast. Raichu all da way. Pikachu is really good but if played right I feel like both raichu forms can do more than a light ball pika
This is the exact type of content I like. The background music and sound effects are nostalgic and enjoyable. Thank you! Please keep this coming!
so weird to hear the jimmi intimidate sound clip, used to watch that guys camcord-in-front-of-ds gen 4 battles when i was 11
The kid at 5:50 was wholesome as hell, I hope he lives a happy life
3:00 pal if only u knew what fate had in store for ya
The true mark of a sportsman is acknowledging when someone beats you and appreciating that they had a better strategy.
Phenomenal
Our Themperor working to give us content even though it got corrupted, love to see it. ty for feeding your children some very tasty content in quarantine!