Being able to maintain a UU presence across so many gens (particularly 5 and 6) is really impressive for a UU Pokemon, as opposed to the many OU that have fallen all the way to RU and PU.
To be fair, there were a couple of cases where Nidoqueen started out the generation as RU, and only got into UU or higher later down the line. Still, It's impressive to be able to pull herself out of those low tiers without something like an event gifting her something, and instead is just a case of her potential being realized. All in all, better to be consistently decent/good rather than flash-in-the-pan amazing.
Im not denying that they are good, heck i love nidoking he was my first lvl 100 in red n blue XD, but a mega would give it that extra kick, a steel type mega for the king and a fairy for the queen would do wonders, plus king should get a chance to give mewtwo those hands after that first beat down lol i mean even charizard got to give it too mewtwo, he at least deserves that
"Right, so the 2 nido lines will swap their respective color schemes for the shiny forms, but, hear me out, nidoqueen will break this pattern entirely for a sickly shade of green"
She's a Nido... Queen Superpower and Ice beam She knows bite, and hyper beam Guaranteed to blow your mind Anytime Recommend by Giovanni Insatiable in UU Wanna Try?
Damn i was hoping i would get mentioned in this one for using it in VGC 14 and getting top 8 with it haha! As long as i get mentioned in the jellicent one hehehe
I loved running a Kumatora-based Nidoqueen in lower tiers - Flamethrower for PK Fire, Thunderbolt for PK Thunder, Ice Beam for PK Freeze and Earth Power for PK Ground
Dragrath1 There are some items that are clearly better and more useful than others. Often regardless of generation. Choice items, leftovers, life orb, assault vest, etc are all good regardless of what generation they are in and are good compared to most other items.
I feel like if they decided to do a video on this topic, it'd most likely talk about what kinds of Pokemon most often used a particular held item and why. For example, if you used a Pokemon with a choice item (specifically a choice band or specs), you'd be giving it that item because the extra power granted by it would allow you to get 1 or 2 hit kills on things that you'd fail to otherwise. The life orb also works in a similar fashion, but tends to be preferable if you want your Pokemon to be able to switch it's moves without needing to switch it out of battle, but it also carries the drawback of causing the holder to lose 10% of it's maximum HP per attack, and it also doesn't give as much extra power as a choice band/specs.
The sheer force/ life orb combo with the Nido family is ridiculous. I use Nidoking a lot in Doubles paired with fake out/intimidate Incineroar. Once my opponents lead Pokemon are down, the rest fall like dominos.
@@TheRibottoStudios never thought I'd see somebody call Nidoqueen "cute" XD, but yeah she's pretty awesome. From an era when lots of pokemon used to be cool, dinosaur-looking things. Probably one of the best designed pokemon of all time, along with King.
something like that happened to me in soul silver, I left ice pass with a team of level 70's. I loved that whole team so much, especially my feraligatr nidoking and ampharos
I actually think the gen 6 base stat change should have given the boost to her spAtk and not boost her Atk. I think that would have kept her in UU for gen 7
Nidoqueen is a boss who I’ve been slotting into in game teams for years, especially in GSC where half your team needed ice coverage Such a nice, versatile tank
Unusual and worthwhile notes of interest on the 4th gen natural move pool for Nidoqueen's evolution line: Unless you grind to stupid high levels as Nidoran and Nidorina, you actually can't get any solid Poison moves outside Poison Sting and Toxic Spikes. Poison Fang takes level 45 as Nidoran and level 58 for Poison Fang on Nidorina. Nidoqueen herself actually loses access to almost every move it's pre evolutions have when fully evolved. And short of TMs below and whatever you can get from Tutors, her actual move pool is heavily neutered (not unlike her odd state of sterility, but I don't ever breed much if at all) and has NO Poison moves for actual offense. And all this does not counting getting Sludge Bomb and Poison Jab from TMs. Why did Gamefreak not actually deal Nidoqueen anything actually worthwhile for a STAB outside busting your butt for TMs and/or massive grinding? Breeding doesn't fix this issue and even if you are careful about keeping certain moves, you forget them and there's no getting them back. Nidoqueen's line really did not get a fair deal in 4th gen. I'm surprised people could make it work.
@@joshuakim5240 Honestly I've heard that multiple times but I have always felt that is a bit of an ad hoc justification people have made to try and justify why Nidorina and Nidoqueen can't breed. I do buy the argument for the legendaries, semi-legendaries and or mythical pokemon where there is some evidence that there are multiples in existence within the pokeverse (excluding the infinite alternate timeline thing)
@@Dragrath1 This makes me wonder if Gamefreak will ever in the future have some random scientist/biologist npc reference this as either a joke reference or explanation.
@@joshuakim5240 .....Actually, I think it has something to do with the way the game was coded that was never fixed. I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that this wasn't actually intentional like you think it is. If it WAS intentional, than the same treatment would've been given to Nidoking for EXACTLY the reason you stated. That, and Pokemon not being able to breed after reaching a certain evolutionary stage despite being able to before then (please note that Nidoran is able to breed just fine) is completely backwards; Nidoqueen is the only evolutionary line were this specifically is the case, and the only other case were you cannot breed a Pokemon if it isn't at a certain evolutionary stage is with baby Pokemon, as they're not yet sexually mature enough to.
Fun Drinking Game: Watch all of Kellen's videos on Gen 1 Pokemon but everytime he says "Unfortunately" or "Sadly" at the beginning of the Kanto analysis take a shot
I run nidoqueen in gen 2 ou. I use an underused attract set. I pretty much use her to either force switches from Pokémon that want to setup, or get rid of jolteons, zapdos, and the occasional magneton
Groudon and Kyogre are coming in June. Groudon won the vote a few weeks ago, but due to the large amount of research needed, FSG felt it was better to wait rather than rush out a video.
(Not the case for this video) But in my opinion mons that aren't that good in later gens should get a cover for their pre-evolution in LC (Little Cup) if its decent enough.
The High Queen of Giovanni's Team. She gave me so many problems in Gen 1, to the point I had to train a Nidoking (Ver. Blue) just to counter her strength!
Nidoqueen pairs great with smackdown and earthquake. The underused move of smackdown is good against surprising opponents who think they're safe from a ground typer. Smack downs 100 percent accuracy is unusual for a rock type move. This move counters moltres, arcticuno, talonflame, charizard Y and thunderus/ Zapdos to lead up to an earthquake
@@Goose-fafo that seems like a huge stretch. I can't think of any animal or fantasy creature that loses child-bearing when building up strength. I think it's more likely that GameFreak took inspiration from real life rhinos, which usually lose their ability to breed while being kept in captivity.
@@Goose-fafo nah it probably had to do with the technology limitations of the Gen 1 era, and it just sort of stuck. I'm pretty sure Nidoqueen can canonically breed.
It is an impressive feat for Nidoqueen remaining in UU for the majority of her career in the competitive scene as other Pokémon often end up in the lower tiers as the new generations debut.
Though incredibly niche having many placings in VGC including Worlds is commendable. I'd give her HP and defenses +10-12. Probably a bit much, but given how ridiculous power creep is? I think it'll be fine! (Maybe)
In Nintendo cup 1997 the first ever competitive format there was an interesting way you could use Nidoqueen effectively. The format was bring 6 pokemon, pick 3 while the total combined levels of your pokemon could not exceed 155. This means your pokemon were lv50 with 5 levels to dish out in team building. This added several layers of depth to the game. You could have multiple lv55 pokemon on your team as long as you only brought 1 into battle along with two lv50 pokemon (lv53 lv52 lv50 etc etc). Nidoking was a rather great pokemon to invest levels in as your "Ace" so to speak. At lv55 it was actually Faster then Jynx (The best pokemon in the format) and could threaten it hard with Earthquake. Nintendo cup was also played on Japanese cartridges which meant Blizzard had a 30% chance to freeze the opponent. This meant that Nidoking's ability to hit Exeggutor with it looking to wall it's Earthquake was even BETTER then in OU. Lastly OHKO moves and double team were both allowed which meant Nidoking could set up for free against common electric types, and potentially get free KOs on anything slower then it although it threatened most things slower then it anyway with Earthquake, Blizzard, and Thunder. Now here's where Nidoqueen comes in handy... due to the pick 3 nature of your team it meant you often had "free slots" you could afford to fill with more specific options that would be a lot more useful given that you weren't forced to rely on them every game and there was team preview (like Having Ninetails on your team and only choosing it when you see both a Jynx, and an Exeggutor on your opponent's team) anyway lv55 Nidoking had plenty of weaknesses so there would often be situations where you'd rather bring one of your different lv55 pokemon like Ace Jolteon, or Ace Starmie etc etc... But at the same time then you'd be locked out of using your ground type because the levels would be too much. Well if you really needed a ground type still that's where your lv50 Nidoqueen would come in. It would function just like Nidoking with it's speed still being good enough at lv50 to outpace Exeggutor, and Cloyster etc, and in fact it could potentially also come in a pinch tanking a super effective Psychic or Blizzard by the skin of it's teeth. Anyway having a lv55 Nidoking and a lv50 Nidoqueen was a FANTASTIC way to use Nidoqueen and a clever way to use your extra team slots to have your cake and eat it too so to speak regarding your level conservative and team building!
I loved my Modest/Sheer Force/Life Orb Nidoqueen in Doubles last year. I'd finally add an old personal favourite to my M-Gardevoir Trick Room team. Damn Queen ended up sweeping almost everything that came before her. (Even before Trick Room was even down and in play. :'D)
If they continue to make more tag team gx Pokemon in the future, I think it'd be pretty likely to get that pair; provided it is able to do something the others cannot, especially considering how many of them are psychic types, or need psychic energy in the case of Latios and Latias (or the Guardians of Altomare, as I like to call them).
There's my girl! Nidoqueen has been my pokemon since day one. So versatile and amazing, she does whatever you need her to do. Love the video thank you so much!
Ugh. I have been playing a LOT of Pokemon Go the last few months, you don't know how good it felt to see that Blissey go down to just one Dyanmic Punch instead of like 8 of them
Nidoqueen is my favorite generation 1 Poison type not named Venusaur. Poison Point & Rocky Helmet was so much fun, especially when paired with a decent special attack stat and strong coverage moves. If Nidoking can get a remake video, hopefully Nidoqueen can get one as well. She deserves it
I really like Nidoqueen in general, so in nearly every Generatiopn I try to use one. I had one in my USUM Gen 1 only Team and it worked wonders. I mostly use a defensive one with some variations of Toxic Spikes and Super Fang.
I think you should do a series for pokemon competitive items, an example for something that would make a good episode is "How GOOD was Eviolite ACTUALLY?"
I know you’ve done some eeveelutions, but could you do just regular Eevee? Everyone please vote Eevee in. He’s my favorite and I know he’s not an Uber tier poke; but when I run my Eevee with Adamant Nature, Evolite, quick attack, last resort, bite, and protect, I manage to find some fun moments where he is surprising powerful. Anyway, whether you do one on Eevee or not I hope you enjoy the comment. Your videos are great and I love listening to all your Pokémon content. 👍🏻
This is interesting, seems like Nidoqueen covers a really specific set of niches pretty well, and on the right team can be deadly. Basically it needs good team support to work, but with the right team, it works as well as anything. Cool video, will have to think about using Nidoqueen sometime. It hits a nice sweet spot of offense and defense to be a threat in the right situation.
I like that Nidoqueen ended up having a much better niche than first glance throughout the gens. You'd think it'd just be completely inferior to Nidoking since its stats aren't very good for a defensive Pokemon these days, but its unique qualities save it from mediocrity.
@@reinerbazzi9744 unfortunately we probably won't see each other again, because I've given up. Their new videos seem more and more formal every week and in a couple of weeks we'll probably lose more little things like "Sorry if I butcher your name" and get something like "Excuse me if I mispronounce your name" I know that they are growing and want to look as professional as possible, but I feel like they lost their magic on the way. I watched Lucario video yesterday, just to see if it's me or the channel and, unfortunately, it's the channel. So how GOOD was Fsg ACTUALLY? Like Golem, they used to be amazing, then they had niches and now, well, they are... watchable I guess. Thanks for reading everyone and as always if you wanna see more make sure you subscribe to False Swipe Gaming for more weekly pokémon content and as always comment on what pokémon you wanna see next. Also thank you to all patreons with their continuous support and thank you for watching as well. Aaaaand follow my crew on these social media platforms Yadiyadiyada and that's all I got! See you next time everyone! (
Reading these comments, I'm literally mind blown. How is it a deal breaker for anyone that he doesn't say a phrase or word you like? Is this what our generation is reduced to? Offense at every turn? Get over it. Grow up, and understand that people don't have to conform to the same old same old routine. They're changing up, making videos more informative. And no one can deny they have funny quibs here and there. I don't watch these videos to hear his ignoramus political correctness, I can't stand it. "Sorry if I butcher your names." What? He's speaking English. There's not a person on this Earth who's native and primary language is not English, who can pronounce everything we speak correctly. Dumb how it's only the white English speaking Christian male who has to watch his pees and ques. I watch these videos for the information. Thank goodness for the day he finally stops wasting time with political correctness. It'll never happen, but wouldn't it be a dream? For me, yeah. I'm going to make my TH-cam channel one of these days, just to be thee most brash person on this planet, because I'm sick of the eggshell pussyfooting everyone can't seem to stop!
I dont know about Nidoqueen but Nidoking is busted af. I played through Leafgreen just with him. He can do anything, Water, Ground, Electro, Fire and he is so tanky
Dragon tail on Nidoqueen is great with set up toxic spikes and stealth rock. basically you force them to switch due to dragon tail and then the new pokemon sent in gets poisoned and hurt by the rocks. paired with skarmory's spikes and nidoqueen's sandstorm, you can do some pretty nasty damage spread out over the enemy's team.
Similar looking stats, drastic differences in their use and dominance over the other in their respective metas. Gotta love the nidos. I prefer king myself
Nidoking and Nidoqueen are a dynamic duo in mono-poison teams. Ran them both alongside Roserade, Crobat, Tentacruel, and Weezing way back in the early stages of DPP. Speaking of which, when's how good was poison actually coming out??
How GOOD was "Sorry if I butcher any of your names" ACTUALLY?
@Jokers Jack uber*
Mega Rayquaza, watch out!
not as overused as hold my beer
Since when is this a meme now?
Poor "knee-all" Niall, and "Lewis" Luis
The nidos would have been a great choice for megas in X&Y Nidoqueen in X, Nidoking in Y.
Edwin Centeno clever
Their pre evolution NidoranM and NidoranF are version exclusives in those games.
@@oatmeal0 not really, you can get both nidos in hoards
Huge missed opportunity by Game Freak.
But no, instead we get two fricking Charizards, wich is bs
That animation Nidoqueen had in pokemon stadium made me question a lot of things in pokemon...
Good thing I wasn't the only one thinking about that
Especially when she was playing with her breasts on one of her idle animations.
gamefreak needs to remind itself these are children's games they're making *cough* Lopunny *cough*
"Is Nidoqueen shaking her assets at me?" -SomecallmeJohnny, Pokemon Stadium review
Yeah right
Being able to maintain a UU presence across so many gens (particularly 5 and 6) is really impressive for a UU Pokemon, as opposed to the many OU that have fallen all the way to RU and PU.
To be fair, there were a couple of cases where Nidoqueen started out the generation as RU, and only got into UU or higher later down the line. Still, It's impressive to be able to pull herself out of those low tiers without something like an event gifting her something, and instead is just a case of her potential being realized.
All in all, better to be consistently decent/good rather than flash-in-the-pan amazing.
Having access to Sheer Force + Life Orb and a move pool equal to that of a Gen 1 Normal type certainly helps.
i just want to know why nidoqueen was the only non-legendary/mythical pokemon that could learn superpower in gen 3. not even nidoking got it.
It was for balance.. Nidoking got megahorn.
Because being a mom is a superpower.
@@golternator333 but why JUST nidoqueen? why not give it to a single fighting type?
@@ByrneBaby and being a fighting type isn't?
@@gregorymirabella1423 I guess it's a balance because of how lower Nidoqueen's attack are
Nidoqueen and nidoking need some megas, it's a shame they never got one
They're good enough as is, but I'd LOVE to see Mega Nidos.
True in some way their Evolutionline are iconic! (They are the first pokemon that poseses a Gender)
@@Acacius1992 and they still have one of the most unique type combinations as well.
@@andresmarrero8666 True. The only Thing they messed up is Nidoqueen in shiny (Realy i think it would awesome in Purple!)
Im not denying that they are good, heck i love nidoking he was my first lvl 100 in red n blue XD, but a mega would give it that extra kick, a steel type mega for the king and a fairy for the queen would do wonders, plus king should get a chance to give mewtwo those hands after that first beat down lol i mean even charizard got to give it too mewtwo, he at least deserves that
Mother's Day...
Only sterile female Pokemon
And Cresselia
Latias
Only female Pokemon which evolved from a fertile one, yet herself is sterile
Latias and Cresselia are female and unbreedable too, actually.
@@personalRCH It's a feminazi then
2:00 Before I die... Draw Me Like One Of Your French Girls!
Omg... That's amazing! XD
Why did I read that in Rarity's voice?!
@@Sungura_Kaiser because it fits
How GOOD was Mother's Day ACTUALLY? 🤔
thewhatness
OU
Ubers
Better than most peoples Father’s Day 😂😂
@@malcolmmartinez5245 my father's days are always very good. Me and my father go to the movies or watch another mafia movie at home
Excelent
I hope Nidoking and (possibly) Nidoqueen get remake videos, they've REALLY made a splash as of late.
Shiny Nidoqueen should be purple and tan
Agree perfect with nidoking colour and it's shining
@@abhijeetpandule5102 delete your comment right NOW
@@chinafangirl4879 why
But she has the worst shiny ever.
"Right, so the 2 nido lines will swap their respective color schemes for the shiny forms, but, hear me out, nidoqueen will break this pattern entirely for a sickly shade of green"
Loved using Nidoqueen in Soul Silver. Didn't actually know it had a decent niche in competitive play, so great video! Happy Mothers Day everyone!
I had mine fuckin destroy lance
She's a Nido... Queen
Superpower and Ice beam
She knows bite, and hyper beam
Guaranteed to blow your mind
Anytime
Recommend by Giovanni
Insatiable in UU
Wanna Try?
........Nah im good
this queen gets bopped by everything in the meta and those stats are nothing noteworthy either
@@supaboy339 Sheer Force makes it better tho AND it's pretty bulky also the Poison Type can make it a decent Fairy switch in
NIDOQUEEN, DAISAN NO BAKUDAN!
BITES ZA DUSTOX!
Damn i was hoping i would get mentioned in this one for using it in VGC 14 and getting top 8 with it haha! As long as i get mentioned in the jellicent one hehehe
Wow you got top 8 in VGC? Congratz
Good job man
Congratulations with getting in 8th place in VGC man! What setup did you use for Nidoqueen?
Cool! 💙
I had no idea Nidoqueen had Moonlight as an event move in GSC.... OMG how I wish you could use this today....
I loved running a Kumatora-based Nidoqueen in lower tiers - Flamethrower for PK Fire, Thunderbolt for PK Thunder, Ice Beam for PK Freeze and Earth Power for PK Ground
Does she spam flamethrower then?
Could we get a video going over competitive held items per generation? How good was each held item actually?
Also movesets
@@alfredkruse1517 Too Pokemon and generation specific and its already brought up along with abilities when discussing each Pokemon through the gens
Dragrath1
There are some items that are clearly better and more useful than others. Often regardless of generation. Choice items, leftovers, life orb, assault vest, etc are all good regardless of what generation they are in and are good compared to most other items.
@@wschippr1 I know I didn't have any issue with that my response was aimed at the suggestion to do videos on moves.
I feel like if they decided to do a video on this topic, it'd most likely talk about what kinds of Pokemon most often used a particular held item and why. For example, if you used a Pokemon with a choice item (specifically a choice band or specs), you'd be giving it that item because the extra power granted by it would allow you to get 1 or 2 hit kills on things that you'd fail to otherwise. The life orb also works in a similar fashion, but tends to be preferable if you want your Pokemon to be able to switch it's moves without needing to switch it out of battle, but it also carries the drawback of causing the holder to lose 10% of it's maximum HP per attack, and it also doesn't give as much extra power as a choice band/specs.
My girl Nidoqueen! I adore her design, her movepool is _incredible_ and she's freaking cute AF.
The sheer force/ life orb combo with the Nido family is ridiculous. I use Nidoking a lot in Doubles paired with fake out/intimidate Incineroar. Once my opponents lead Pokemon are down, the rest fall like dominos.
Hey someone swapped your comment with mine earlier or it was a bug
@@Firetrigger2110 Damn that's kind of everything.
I only can agree! Nidoqueen rocks!
@@TheRibottoStudios never thought I'd see somebody call Nidoqueen "cute" XD, but yeah she's pretty awesome. From an era when lots of pokemon used to be cool, dinosaur-looking things. Probably one of the best designed pokemon of all time, along with King.
Nidoqueen has a special place in my heart. As a kid i was stuck and couldnt pass mt moon. It was level 80. I loved that pokemon.
something like that happened to me in soul silver, I left ice pass with a team of level 70's. I loved that whole team so much, especially my feraligatr nidoking and ampharos
"time to sleep"
*FSG uploads*
"dammit"
It's like there's no tomorrow for fsg videos lol
I watch him to sleep lmao
I actually think the gen 6 base stat change should have given the boost to her spAtk and not boost her Atk. I think that would have kept her in UU for gen 7
Same for Nidoking, no thoughts about their move sets, movepool and abilty
nidoqeen is a legit UU mon in gen 7. dw.
Nidoqueen is a boss who I’ve been slotting into in game teams for years, especially in GSC where half your team needed ice coverage
Such a nice, versatile tank
How GOOD was the community tab ACTUALLY?
Judging how people still don’t read the posts first, it may be on its way RU
Safely RU
NU at best
PU BL
@@SofterSideStudios *ZU BL
I like it how they are going back through their videos and adding the timestamps
Unusual and worthwhile notes of interest on the 4th gen natural move pool for Nidoqueen's evolution line:
Unless you grind to stupid high levels as Nidoran and Nidorina, you actually can't get any solid Poison moves outside Poison Sting and Toxic Spikes. Poison Fang takes level 45 as Nidoran and level 58 for Poison Fang on Nidorina.
Nidoqueen herself actually loses access to almost every move it's pre evolutions have when fully evolved. And short of TMs below and whatever you can get from Tutors, her actual move pool is heavily neutered (not unlike her odd state of sterility, but I don't ever breed much if at all) and has NO Poison moves for actual offense.
And all this does not counting getting Sludge Bomb and Poison Jab from TMs.
Why did Gamefreak not actually deal Nidoqueen anything actually worthwhile for a STAB outside busting your butt for TMs and/or massive grinding? Breeding doesn't fix this issue and even if you are careful about keeping certain moves, you forget them and there's no getting them back.
Nidoqueen's line really did not get a fair deal in 4th gen. I'm surprised people could make it work.
This was legit the most informative video I loved your description of its niches within higher tiers
AFTER OVER A YEAR OF COMMENTING IT'S FINALLY HERE ;w;
Hey I saw you on another TH-cam video comments section last night!
Yep, see you later, Bran Flakes
PERFORMING FOR YOU
nightrale814 what a nice Celebi...
These videos have really been helping learn more about mechanics
She’s my favorite Pokémon I’m so glad you did this!
Why can Nidoqueen not breed?
After more then 20 years they should fix it.
I know right? We have the technology!
I think it's a implied reference to how certain animals don't breed in captivity, like rhinos (even thought Rhyhorn and Rhydon breed just fine...).
@@joshuakim5240 Honestly I've heard that multiple times but I have always felt that is a bit of an ad hoc justification people have made to try and justify why Nidorina and Nidoqueen can't breed. I do buy the argument for the legendaries, semi-legendaries and or mythical pokemon where there is some evidence that there are multiples in existence within the pokeverse (excluding the infinite alternate timeline thing)
@@Dragrath1
This makes me wonder if Gamefreak will ever in the future have some random scientist/biologist npc reference this as either a joke reference or explanation.
@@joshuakim5240 .....Actually, I think it has something to do with the way the game was coded that was never fixed. I'm pretty sure I saw somewhere that this wasn't actually intentional like you think it is. If it WAS intentional, than the same treatment would've been given to Nidoking for EXACTLY the reason you stated. That, and Pokemon not being able to breed after reaching a certain evolutionary stage despite being able to before then (please note that Nidoran is able to breed just fine) is completely backwards; Nidoqueen is the only evolutionary line were this specifically is the case, and the only other case were you cannot breed a Pokemon if it isn't at a certain evolutionary stage is with baby Pokemon, as they're not yet sexually mature enough to.
Awesome videos mate, loving the content. I think Golduck would be a good choice as it came across as a strong water type, plus Psyduck is popular
When I was a kid, I had a copy of Heart Gold. I picked up a Nidorina to fight Whitney, and it one-shot Miltank. I use Nidoqueen whenever possible now.
Fun Drinking Game: Watch all of Kellen's videos on Gen 1 Pokemon but everytime he says "Unfortunately" or "Sadly" at the beginning of the Kanto analysis take a shot
Yeah fam, I’m not ready for that. I like keeping a healthy liver and not dying from alcohol poisoning
@@lukastanovic8371 its a meme/joke not taken literallly
@@minigungameryt2525
I know it is, I was going along with the joke
@@lukastanovic8371 oh ok sorry
Nidoqueen is also my favorite pokemon in my team, alongside with Nidoking on Leafgreen.
How good was Detective Pikachu ACTUALLY?
Is over power
Better than it has any right to be on paper tbh
Soooo it’s like waaaaaaaaaaaaa-buffet
Ryan Reynolds is the kid's dad
Andrei Valdez
Damn just full on spoiled it, how many F*** given.....0..0 given
Mama: mama knows whats best for you son!
Nidoqueen: Hold my beer.
Kangaskhan: Hold my lemonade
Marowak: Hold my spirits
Maiasaura: you are peons to me
I run nidoqueen in gen 2 ou. I use an underused attract set. I pretty much use her to either force switches from Pokémon that want to setup, or get rid of jolteons, zapdos, and the occasional magneton
Amazing video as usual!
The only time I found Nidoqueen to have some mileage for me from the Nidorina trade from Fire Red.
Nidoking was always cooler for me
I've never used one. Then again I've only used King twice
What on Earth is your pfp?
@@ASHtheSLUGCAT Take a guess, no really.
Also how good was Groudon Actually? We need to finish the Weather Trio with Kyogre after
Jason Sharpless I think he said he’s gonna do it soon, he said there was a lot of info so the videos will take time.
Groudon and Kyogre are coming in June. Groudon won the vote a few weeks ago, but due to the large amount of research needed, FSG felt it was better to wait rather than rush out a video.
Do it on the tab
Jason Sharpless you should read his updates
@@purpleheartneptune6267 I know, just ralleying everyone here!
Thank you, Nidoqueen takes me back to my childhood💜😻 And Please, cover ALL the Kanto Pokemon✨
"Only countering Machamp"
Oh boy thats gonna help later
(Not the case for this video) But in my opinion mons that aren't that good in later gens should get a cover for their pre-evolution in LC (Little Cup) if its decent enough.
Yeah I think Meowth really should've gotten a LC spotlight. Onix too
The High Queen of Giovanni's Team. She gave me so many problems in Gen 1, to the point I had to train a Nidoking (Ver. Blue) just to counter her strength!
I'm surprised of her performance, hopefully she keeps the head up in this year
Nidoqueen pairs great with smackdown and earthquake. The underused move of smackdown is good against surprising opponents who think they're safe from a ground typer. Smack downs 100 percent accuracy is unusual for a rock type move. This move counters moltres, arcticuno, talonflame, charizard Y and thunderus/ Zapdos to lead up to an earthquake
Nidoqueen kicked Red's Charizard in the face. That was so cool, like nothing will ever be as cool as that
When did that happen?
@@joncook7510 in the manga
@@joncook7510 Pokemon Origins? Legends? That one cool special that was shown before X/Y were released.
Nidoqueen always gets a spot whenever I play a pokémon game. The absolute best design there is imo.
Honestly I like Nidoqueens Red/Blue sprite a lot more than its 3d sprites from stadium and later games
Finally my queen
Thank you so much
Oooooh did you release Nidoqueen intentionally on Mother's Day? 😏
If he did its pretty ironic to choose a Pokémon that is able to breed in its first form but is sterile one it evolves.
@@edmg7 That's how women get in the final STAGE of their lives
@@neilxdavis5359 so Nidorina has already gone through menopause?
@@Goose-fafo that seems like a huge stretch. I can't think of any animal or fantasy creature that loses child-bearing when building up strength. I think it's more likely that GameFreak took inspiration from real life rhinos, which usually lose their ability to breed while being kept in captivity.
@@Goose-fafo nah it probably had to do with the technology limitations of the Gen 1 era, and it just sort of stuck. I'm pretty sure Nidoqueen can canonically breed.
It is an impressive feat for Nidoqueen remaining in UU for the majority of her career in the competitive scene as other Pokémon often end up in the lower tiers as the new generations debut.
What’s more, it’s stats isn’t impressive….
It has gen1 stat distribution…
Having good moveset and ability really matters
Though incredibly niche having many placings in VGC including Worlds is commendable.
I'd give her HP and defenses +10-12. Probably a bit much, but given how ridiculous power creep is? I think it'll be fine! (Maybe)
So before you comment on what Pokemon you want for the next video...
Heres a list of every Pokemon that has not been done yet (up to Generation 4)
How GOOD was/were:
Butterfree
Raticate
Fearow
Arbok
Vileplume
Golduck
Primape
Victreebel
Rapidash
Farfetch'd
Dodrio
Dewgong
Hypno
Kingler
Electrode
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Lickitung/Lickilicky
Seaking
Mr. Mime
Pinsir
Kabutops
Omastar
Furret
Noctowl
Ariados
Lanturn
Xatu
Bellosom
Sudowoodo
Politoed
Aipom/Ambipom
Sunflora
Yanma/Yanmega
Murkrow/Honchkrow
Unown (Oh wait, TheAuraGuardian)
Girafarig
Forretress
Granbull
Ursaring
Magcargo
Corsola
Octillery
Mantine
Stantler
Miltank
Mightyena
Linoone
Beautifly
Dustox
Shiftry
Swellow
Pelliper
Masquerain
Slaking
Ninjask
Exploud
Hariyama
Nosepass/Probopass
Delcatty
Sableye
Medicham
Manectric
Plusle and Minun
Volbeat and Illumise
Swalot
Sharpedo
Wailord
Camerupt
Torkoal
Grumpig
Spinda
Cacturne
Altaria
Zangoose
Seviper
Lunatone and Solrock
Whiscash
Claydol
Cradily
Armaldo
Castform
Kecleon
Banette
Dusclops/Dusknoir
Tropius
Chimecho
Absol
Glalie
Walrein
Huntail and Gorebyss
Relicanth
Luvdisc
The Regis
Latias
Latios
Kyogre
Groudon
Jirachi
Deoxys
Bibarel
Staraptor
Kricketune
Luxray
Rampardos
Bastiodon
Wormadam
Mothim
Vespiquen
Pachirisu
Floatzel
Cherrim
Gastrodon
Drifblim
Purugly
Skuntank
Bronzong
Chatot
Spiritomb
Hippowdon
Drapion
Toxicroak
Carnivine
Lumineon
Abomasnow
Leafeon
Glaceon
Rotom
Uxie
Mesprit
Azelf
Dialga
Palkia
Heatran
Regigigas
Giratina
Cresselia
Phione
Manaphy
Darkrai
Shaymin
Arceus
ACTUALLY?
Do the history of little cup Pokémon! Start with any Pokémon but preferably rhyhorn or one of the starters!
In Nintendo cup 1997 the first ever competitive format there was an interesting way you could use Nidoqueen effectively. The format was bring 6 pokemon, pick 3 while the total combined levels of your pokemon could not exceed 155. This means your pokemon were lv50 with 5 levels to dish out in team building. This added several layers of depth to the game. You could have multiple lv55 pokemon on your team as long as you only brought 1 into battle along with two lv50 pokemon (lv53 lv52 lv50 etc etc). Nidoking was a rather great pokemon to invest levels in as your "Ace" so to speak. At lv55 it was actually Faster then Jynx (The best pokemon in the format) and could threaten it hard with Earthquake. Nintendo cup was also played on Japanese cartridges which meant Blizzard had a 30% chance to freeze the opponent. This meant that Nidoking's ability to hit Exeggutor with it looking to wall it's Earthquake was even BETTER then in OU. Lastly OHKO moves and double team were both allowed which meant Nidoking could set up for free against common electric types, and potentially get free KOs on anything slower then it although it threatened most things slower then it anyway with Earthquake, Blizzard, and Thunder.
Now here's where Nidoqueen comes in handy... due to the pick 3 nature of your team it meant you often had "free slots" you could afford to fill with more specific options that would be a lot more useful given that you weren't forced to rely on them every game and there was team preview (like Having Ninetails on your team and only choosing it when you see both a Jynx, and an Exeggutor on your opponent's team) anyway lv55 Nidoking had plenty of weaknesses so there would often be situations where you'd rather bring one of your different lv55 pokemon like Ace Jolteon, or Ace Starmie etc etc... But at the same time then you'd be locked out of using your ground type because the levels would be too much. Well if you really needed a ground type still that's where your lv50 Nidoqueen would come in. It would function just like Nidoking with it's speed still being good enough at lv50 to outpace Exeggutor, and Cloyster etc, and in fact it could potentially also come in a pinch tanking a super effective Psychic or Blizzard by the skin of it's teeth. Anyway having a lv55 Nidoking and a lv50 Nidoqueen was a FANTASTIC way to use Nidoqueen and a clever way to use your extra team slots to have your cake and eat it too so to speak regarding your level conservative and team building!
Wait how does Nidoqueen get moonlight
I loved my Modest/Sheer Force/Life Orb Nidoqueen in Doubles last year. I'd finally add an old personal favourite to my M-Gardevoir Trick Room team. Damn Queen ended up sweeping almost everything that came before her. (Even before Trick Room was even down and in play. :'D)
I want Nidoqueen & Nidoking Tag Team GX.
If they continue to make more tag team gx Pokemon in the future, I think it'd be pretty likely to get that pair; provided it is able to do something the others cannot, especially considering how many of them are psychic types, or need psychic energy in the case of Latios and Latias (or the Guardians of Altomare, as I like to call them).
There's my girl! Nidoqueen has been my pokemon since day one. So versatile and amazing, she does whatever you need her to do. Love the video thank you so much!
Hey, my birthday is next Sunday and I would love to see my favorite Pokemon, Drapion appear next Sunday
My birthday is next Saturday
@@davidsegovia7560 Nice! Happy Early Birthday
Hey I appreciate that and a happy early birthday to u to 🎂🎉
As i was little i never liked Nidoqueen but nowadays it is one of my Favorite pokemon
We need a Nedoknight in gen 8. Steel/Ground
Ugh. I have been playing a LOT of Pokemon Go the last few months, you don't know how good it felt to see that Blissey go down to just one Dyanmic Punch instead of like 8 of them
"Albeit" is pronounced all-be-it
Nidoqueen is my favorite generation 1 Poison type not named Venusaur. Poison Point & Rocky Helmet was so much fun, especially when paired with a decent special attack stat and strong coverage moves.
If Nidoking can get a remake video, hopefully Nidoqueen can get one as well. She deserves it
In Ruby Sapphire you kept calling it Nidoking.
I really like Nidoqueen in general, so in nearly every Generatiopn I try to use one. I had one in my USUM Gen 1 only Team and it worked wonders. I mostly use a defensive one with some variations of Toxic Spikes and Super Fang.
Amusingly enough Nidoking was actually quite good in speedruns of gen 1.
I think it would be cool for a mega-Nidoqueen/Nidoking
Nidoking will make a comeback in OU (cuz its my most favorite Pokemon)
Loved Nidoqueen as a pokemon.haha I love its pre-evo even more tho. Nidorina is just such a cute pokemon.
Mother, there is no other like mother - Mr T.
I think you should do a series for pokemon competitive items, an example for something that would make a good episode is "How GOOD was Eviolite ACTUALLY?"
Happy mother's day, Nidoqueen 😁😁
Could we sometime get a gen 7 update video for those pokemon who were only reviewed for gens 1-6 previously?
heres the time line uu-uu-uu-ou/nu-uu-uu-ru
You should remark on the stat buff Nidoqueen got in Gen 6
I know you’ve done some eeveelutions, but could you do just regular Eevee? Everyone please vote Eevee in. He’s my favorite and I know he’s not an Uber tier poke; but when I run my Eevee with Adamant Nature, Evolite, quick attack, last resort, bite, and protect, I manage to find some fun moments where he is surprising powerful. Anyway, whether you do one on Eevee or not I hope you enjoy the comment. Your videos are great and I love listening to all your Pokémon content. 👍🏻
Also, I use adaptability as his ability to increase the amazing power of last resort.
This is interesting, seems like Nidoqueen covers a really specific set of niches pretty well, and on the right team can be deadly. Basically it needs good team support to work, but with the right team, it works as well as anything.
Cool video, will have to think about using Nidoqueen sometime. It hits a nice sweet spot of offense and defense to be a threat in the right situation.
When can it breed with Nidoking?
Also I would like it in Pokken.
I like that Nidoqueen ended up having a much better niche than first glance throughout the gens.
You'd think it'd just be completely inferior to Nidoking since its stats aren't very good for a defensive Pokemon these days, but its unique qualities save it from mediocrity.
Your videos are depressing without Yadiyadiyada
What does "yadiyadayada" mean?
@@danielr3254 it's like blablabla but in fsg videos. I loved that little detail, used to brigthen up my Sundays
@@bvd_vlvd Yeah, it's funny because he says the Word quickly. 🤣
Thank you 👌
@@reinerbazzi9744 unfortunately we probably won't see each other again, because I've given up. Their new videos seem more and more formal every week and in a couple of weeks we'll probably lose more little things like "Sorry if I butcher your name" and get something like "Excuse me if I mispronounce your name"
I know that they are growing and want to look as professional as possible, but I feel like they lost their magic on the way. I watched Lucario video yesterday, just to see if it's me or the channel and, unfortunately, it's the channel.
So how GOOD was Fsg ACTUALLY?
Like Golem, they used to be amazing, then they had niches and now, well, they are... watchable I guess.
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Reading these comments, I'm literally mind blown. How is it a deal breaker for anyone that he doesn't say a phrase or word you like? Is this what our generation is reduced to? Offense at every turn? Get over it. Grow up, and understand that people don't have to conform to the same old same old routine. They're changing up, making videos more informative. And no one can deny they have funny quibs here and there. I don't watch these videos to hear his ignoramus political correctness, I can't stand it. "Sorry if I butcher your names." What? He's speaking English. There's not a person on this Earth who's native and primary language is not English, who can pronounce everything we speak correctly. Dumb how it's only the white English speaking Christian male who has to watch his pees and ques. I watch these videos for the information. Thank goodness for the day he finally stops wasting time with political correctness. It'll never happen, but wouldn't it be a dream? For me, yeah. I'm going to make my TH-cam channel one of these days, just to be thee most brash person on this planet, because I'm sick of the eggshell pussyfooting everyone can't seem to stop!
Gotta love the Nido pair
How good was AVENGERS ENDGAME _actually?_
To briefly summarize: it was FUCKING AWESOME!!!
I dont know about Nidoqueen but Nidoking is busted af. I played through Leafgreen just with him. He can do anything, Water, Ground, Electro, Fire and he is so tanky
How good was Exploud ACTUALLY?
I won't give up as his #1 fan
Use the tab
Which tab
They should do a mega episode of all Pokémon that they didn’t do a gen 7 analysis.
I'm just making sure Toxapex is save for 2030. So: How GOOD was Toxapex ACTUALLY?
Actual cancer
this is a joke right?
@@curtisbreillat666 No absolutely not
Curtis Breillat couldn’t be more fucikng serious
No gen 7 that isn’t a alola form has been done so.. I don’t know maybe he’s waiting for more than just one gen review with a couple of vgcs
Dragon tail on Nidoqueen is great with set up toxic spikes and stealth rock. basically you force them to switch due to dragon tail and then the new pokemon sent in gets poisoned and hurt by the rocks. paired with skarmory's spikes and nidoqueen's sandstorm, you can do some pretty nasty damage spread out over the enemy's team.
Similar looking stats, drastic differences in their use and dominance over the other in their respective metas.
Gotta love the nidos. I prefer king myself
Nidoqueen has always been my favorite 'Mon to use beside Nidoking. She's been an absolute beast no matter what team I put her on.
Always found Nidoqueen to be underrated, so I'm glad she's actually decent in Competitive😊~
So glad to see Nidoqueen had a good role in the tiers it settled into.
How good was *CRAWDAUNT* actually?
Boi wait for the tab
@@purpleheartneptune6267 I'm just dropping ine because why not
I love Nidoqueen. I run a Assault Vest bulky offensive variant is Gen 7 UU.
How good was ARCEUS actually? I wanna see more ubers
Love the vids!
FSG: Nidoking outclasses Nidoqueen
Feminists: 😡
Nidoking and Nidoqueen are a dynamic duo in mono-poison teams. Ran them both alongside Roserade, Crobat, Tentacruel, and Weezing way back in the early stages of DPP. Speaking of which, when's how good was poison actually coming out??