Walrein: Bro, close your eyes. Abomasnow: Ok, bro. Walrein: What do you see, bro? Abomasnow: Nothing, bro. Walrein: That's my life without you, bro. Abomasnow: Bro...
Run a revenge killer with sash, or make your lead pokemon resistant to Ice (the AI will avoid using the "not very effective" type move even if it's an OHKO - not sure if this gets fixed at some Gen though). Metagross lead, with a ground immune switch in will avoid Sheer Cold, Horn Drill and Fissure. Recommend Gyarados or a flying/dragon to also get the fire resist synergy. In that case you should trick a choice scarf onto a Fissure user rather than switch, to get free DD setup. Unless it's a mon that can get both fissure and quick claw in the same set. If you look on bulbapedia, there's only a certain amount of curated sets and you may be surprised what coverage you can leave out.
I’ve never played Gale of Darkness nor have I ever gotten into the competitive scene but when I used Walrein back when I played Ruby, I rather enjoyed using him. Sure, it’s slow but it packs a punch when used right and it was invaluable against Liz and Tate and some of the Elite Fours members and absolutely crushes Drake’s dragons
@@notscorchingsands9718 I've used both and while they're both fantastic in XD I think Walrein is better off availability alone, but yeah Surf is really really good and makes Dewgong work using
Playerbase: "AAAH! Help me! He's still trying to Hail stall me!" Smogon: "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old walrus?!" Walrein: "I love Ice Body."
It just goes show how powerful certain abilities are when paired with certain strats (even for NFE mons) E.g: *Diglett being used in gen 5 OU due to how powerful arena trap is (after Dugtrio was banned to ubers) *Fletchinder being a RU staple in gen 6 (with a niche in UU) that received more overall usage than Moltres due how broken (pre-nerf) gale wings was. *And even now in Gen 8, Thwackey is dominating NU with grassy surge while Leafeon is untiered (again).
I remember Vulpix being used in lower tiers just to have Sun which was broken causing Drought to be banned. Gen 5 had a lot of powerful NFE Pokemon thanks to eviolith and powerful abilities like Magic Bounce, Drought, Sandstream etc. or just being Dragon, Fighting or Ground Types with good boosting moves like Gurrdurr, Dragonair, Shelgon, Gabite, Monferno, Cumbustion, Pupitar etc. Also stuff like Rapid Spin was so important, people ran Warturtle or Staryu.
Probably because sandstorm is more versatile than hail. 3 types, two of which are the excellent steel and ground, are immune to sand damage. Only ice types have hail immunity, and ice is one of the worst defensive types, making hail stall significantly more challenging.
@@cintronproductions9430 Eiscue, You are the worst ice type in galar, so yes, YOU ARE A JOKE. Kyurem should be no lower than Uber with those monstrous stats as well, and Avalugg is a tier staple... in reverse because in real game he has just an awful defensive typing. Regular Lapras is also a joke, altough it has arguably the best Gmax form for doubles alongside Snorlax.
what's interesting to me about that challenge is that it can be done by either convincing you that the line actually is terrible or that plenty already thinks it's good. no one doubts spheal's cuteness!
It deserved a mega more than Glalie in my opinion. It was Glacia’s actual ace after all. Hell, the ability Refrigerate is wasted on her Mega Glalie in ORAS. It has NO Normal-Type attacks in its moveset!! It’s so stupid
"Walrein’s two massively developed tusks can totally shatter blocks of ice weighing 10 tons with one blow. Its tusks may snap off in battle." ..... How tf are you gonna make something that can break 10 tons of ice snap???
Well, there's a difference between hardness(ability to remain undamaged despite hits) and toughness(ability to take hits without breaking). Take diamond, for example. It's one of the hardest materials in the world and as a result is used often in mining operations. However, it can't easily take hits compared to other materials and will break much faster. The same applies to Walrein's tusks.
Loink additionally, there are certain kinds of saw-like disks used to cut through steel when spun extremely fast, but are easily snapped with your fingers
More like: Gen 3: Very viable in UU. Gen 4: Technically NU, and not the greatest there, but has a solid niche in OU and UU thanks to Abomasnow. Gen 5: Untiered, but has a niche in UU because apparently it's friendship with Abomasnow cannot be severed. Gen 6-7: Terrible.
Fun fact about the song I am the walrus: This song was written by the Beatles after they received a letter by a high-school student who had been receiving assignments in class that involved finding the meaning of the songs that the Beatles wrote. This inspired the gang to make a song that would make finding a meaning impossible and thus they made I am the Walrus
Another fun fact about it that I heard: Apparently, only the first line was written under the influence of cannabis - after that, Lennon decided it would be easier to write a bunch of weird lyrics from his completely sober imagination.
Fun story: When I was a kid playing through Pokémon White, I remember facing a post game trainer with a Spheal that landed FIVE Sheer Colds in a row, and for years I thought this line had No Guard. LMAO
Funny thing, I got Sheer Colded by a Walrein before in Emerald: I don't remember if it was in the Battle Frontier or the Elite 4, but that's a move I always relate to Walrein.
@@seismitoad9163 Mate you gave her a Froslass bruh, I gave her a Gothita and by the end Gracia (now in evolution stage 2) and her Gothitelle destroyed everyone.
@@seismitoad9163 Giving her a Froslass is still better than making her stay with Musharna the entire time until you gave up like 6 year old me did. Seriously though why the hell did they make Musharna so bad in Pokémon conquest.
With Generation 9’s change from Hail to Snow, Walrein could be powerful once again if it itself got access to Snow Warning, especially with Heavy-Duty Boots making switching in much easier.
It always makes me really happy when there is one random trainer out there that really loves one specific pokemon like that. Godspeed, Samuel and his Walrein
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I've always thought Walrein was good, I didn't expect that it would stoop to PU Tier, but I know that Walrein has potential and I need to find out Edit: I still hope to see How Good Was Liepard actually soon
I mean you're just making a new Pokémon at that point, and Walrein has bigger problems than its stats, which aren't even bad. Even still, Lapras outlcasses Walrein in nearly every way with even higher HP and bulk, better coverage with Thunderbolt and Freeze-Dry, and a more practical ability in Water Absorb, and even that thing is also floundering in the lowest tiers, so Walrein would comparatively need even more help to boost to relevancy
Since Aggron and Walrein were hyped up as rivals at one point, Give it a Mega. (lower speed ; boost attack, defense, special attack) let all who oppose its rein, taste cold frozen despair.
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Walrein has become one of my favorites ever since i used one in a BW2 nuzlocke and she basically carried my team-it was when i found out how sturdy they were ...and powerful!
Damn, to think that Walrein went from being a huge threat in UU to being deemed unviable in ANY tier in the same generation... I kinda feel bad for the guy.
Now that there are no megas, I’m hoping Walrein will get more usage, considering everyone and their mother is running ice moves for Garchomp, Dragonite, and Landorus Therian
I always had a hypothesis that Walrein was originally gonna be the gen 3 water starter but got replaced cause he didn't fit the tropical nature of most of the region
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Took them so long to figure out Water/Ice was better offensively than defensively. Began with Smash Cloyster, then Arctovish and now we have the insane Iron Bundle.
Everyone in VGC: Walrein? dude that things too weak to compete! Samuel Haarsma:"Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled Trainers should try to win with the Pokémon they love best."
I just recently used an icy wind support Walrein to beat Pokemon XD's Orre Colosseum for my first time ever. He was a tremendous help to my stronger teammates. They desperately needed his speed control because none of them were EV trained. The team consisted of Marowak, Walrein, Arcanine, Zapdos, Mr. Mime, and Salamence. He was by far my most consistent member, and I've found a great love for him as a Pokemon because of it.
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At least Freeze Dry and Slack Off. Scald would be great for it, but I can understand it not having it because it's also an Ice- type, as with Lapras. Knock Off and Brick Break would make sense as well, though.
@@reddragonair3147 Yeah Freeze Dry Slack Off and Knock off would be excellent pity it doesn't have them already and GF is taking away knock off access for a bunch of Pokemon so it seems unlikely to be given that move. That said regarding Scald it would make more sense than it does for Lapras as its based on a mammal rather than a sea turtle which lack the ability to fully regulate their body temperature. Pokemon rarely cares about these levels of details but it is more justifiable. It has fairly solid stats so it would probably be viable if it wasn't an ice type... GF seems to hate the type >_>
Wait... top 32 without even knowing Natures and EVs? Admittedly, it took me a long time to know as well, but that was incredibly good without knowing anything that important! (I distinctly remember all of my Water type Pokémon that I used in Soul Silver having incredible Def, because I hunted endless Graveler in Victory Road)
Ya know, I bet Walrein could really work as a Curse sweeper if it had the Sp Atk and Atk stats swapped and given Recover, it has some really good physical moves when I checked it out.
I am viscerally upset that at 3:18 you didn't say "It was initially thought of as just another wall, but it showed everyone that it could just as well reign."
I remember transfering and training a Walrein in Platinum named Bismarck and it destroyed Cynthia's Garchomp so hard, It even managed to get lucky against her Togekiss by surviving an Aura sphere while making that stupid bird eat a stab blizzard.
I remember using Walrein in my super gimmicky Hail team back in gen 4, and somehow managing to sweep my entire opponents team with blizzard cause his sableye tricked my leftovers for its choice specs
I'm honestly surprised that Walrein was just UU in Gen IV, the thing was all over the place in online during Platinum, and even until HGSS, at least in my experience.
How “”Good”” was the linoone and obstagoon competitively? Has the niche of having gluttony, belly drum, and extremespeed but still not that good Fun fact, before USUM, there was only 2 ways you were able to obtain a linoone with extreme speed legitimately: Be around for the 2015 jump fiesta mystery event which was japan exclusive. OR had to get the extreme speed zigzagoon egg from Pokémon box ruby and sapphire which was a game cube game that you connected to your gba to store Pokémon. You had to deposit a certain number of mons to be able to obtain the egg and then transefer that zigzagoon all the way up to the latest gen. It was just tedious and convoluted. Since USUM, extreme speed became an egg move and now you just gotta breed it with a male lucario or arcanine with extreme speed iirc.
@@Rarest26 Well, it's currently in UU again, but yeah, the fact it was banned once and is even perfectly usable in OU goes to show how much of a beast Goon is.
@@cintronproductions9430 Lol imagine how hilariously OP Obstagoon would be if it got access to Sucker Punch. It would become a dark type version of Grassy Glide Rilaboom.
Man I remember the old pre-Gen 5 rumor that Hail would give a 50% DEF increase to Ice types (to mirror Sand and rock types). Imagine what Stallrein could have done if that rumor was true...
Walrein: Bro, close your eyes.
Abomasnow: Ok, bro.
Walrein: What do you see, bro?
Abomasnow: Nothing, bro.
Walrein: That's my life without you, bro.
Abomasnow: Bro...
*underrated comment*
Daaawwwww!
Better love story than Twil... Wait, that´s too low.
When a walrus teamed up with abominable snowman to terror them tiers by ice
A complete normal phenomenon on pokemon universe
Bro what a ... Bromance!
Walrein's most notorious role in Pokémon history is screwing you over at the Battle Tower/Maison/Tree/whatever with Sheer Cold. 100% accuracy
At the place where Brelooms used to fire off 1-turn focus punches? Yeah i remember
Alongside Quick Claw Rock Slide Sandslash that always went first and flinch haxed the whole team.
Run a revenge killer with sash, or make your lead pokemon resistant to Ice (the AI will avoid using the "not very effective" type move even if it's an OHKO - not sure if this gets fixed at some Gen though). Metagross lead, with a ground immune switch in will avoid Sheer Cold, Horn Drill and Fissure. Recommend Gyarados or a flying/dragon to also get the fire resist synergy. In that case you should trick a choice scarf onto a Fissure user rather than switch, to get free DD setup. Unless it's a mon that can get both fissure and quick claw in the same set. If you look on bulbapedia, there's only a certain amount of curated sets and you may be surprised what coverage you can leave out.
Sturdy gives an immunity to Sheer Cold.
@@BlueAizu_ If I remember correctly that version of Walrein always holds Bright Powder.
Gen 3: How GOOD was Walrein ACTUALLY?
Gen 4-5: How GOOD was Hail ACTUALLY?
Gen 6-7: How BAD was Walrein ACTUALLY?
Gens 4-7 How RESTRICTING was Stealth Rock ACTUALLY?
@@dtexdarkus we wouldn't be using Walrein even if rocks didn't exist.
@@internetguy7319 I mean yes but stealth rocks are still just super oppressive
@ g
How good was gen5 hidden ability buff actually?
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Unfortunate was said at 7:17
This has been the Unfortunately Report
😂 i love his build up
Thanks for you're work comrade
lmao
Unfortunate was also said in the 5 minute mark as well
@@roninwarriorsfan specifically at 5:17
Walrein is essentially a better Dewgong in every way also I found Walrein to be my MVP in my Gale of Darkness play-throughs.
A Dewgong helped me defeat Ultra Necrozma, give the seal some credit.
Funny enough Dewgong is better in that game because surf
I’ve never played Gale of Darkness nor have I ever gotten into the competitive scene but when I used Walrein back when I played Ruby, I rather enjoyed using him. Sure, it’s slow but it packs a punch when used right and it was invaluable against Liz and Tate and some of the Elite Fours members and absolutely crushes Drake’s dragons
@@notscorchingsands9718 I've used both and while they're both fantastic in XD I think Walrein is better off availability alone, but yeah Surf is really really good and makes Dewgong work using
Same. It could take so many hits
To quote Jaiden: "Walreins are thick, can tank a lot of hits, and can do a lot of damage. I would know... because I have one."
A moment of silence for Blubby
You mean thicc
Well said, blubby was a force not to be reckoned with
@@jackcooney1651 lmao
F
Playerbase: "AAAH! Help me! He's still trying to Hail stall me!"
Smogon: "How many times do we have to teach you this lesson, old walrus?!"
Walrein: "I love Ice Body."
Its always ready
Walrein: Hi there Pokémon trainers! Nice hailstorm we are having!
Gamefreak: SO YOU LIKE HAIL STALLING PEOPLE? WELL WE WILL SHOW YOU OLD WALRUS
You guys are awesome! 😂
The fact that people were willing to waste a slot on snover JUST to activate Hail is hilarious to me
It just goes show how powerful certain abilities are when paired with certain strats (even for NFE mons) E.g:
*Diglett being used in gen 5 OU due to how powerful arena trap is (after Dugtrio was banned to ubers)
*Fletchinder being a RU staple in gen 6 (with a niche in UU) that received more overall usage than Moltres due how broken (pre-nerf) gale wings was.
*And even now in Gen 8, Thwackey is dominating NU with grassy surge while Leafeon is untiered (again).
@@lynxfresh5214 I wouldn't say Thwackey is dominating NU, but is decent
I remember Vulpix being used in lower tiers just to have Sun which was broken causing Drought to be banned. Gen 5 had a lot of powerful NFE Pokemon thanks to eviolith and powerful abilities like Magic Bounce, Drought, Sandstream etc. or just being Dragon, Fighting or Ground Types with good boosting moves like Gurrdurr, Dragonair, Shelgon, Gabite, Monferno, Cumbustion, Pupitar etc.
Also stuff like Rapid Spin was so important, people ran Warturtle or Staryu.
Magnet Pull Magneton
Well, I was willing to waste a slot on Skarmory/Aerodactyl just to be able to use Spikes/Stealth Rock so it's fine I guess.
Kellen has so many Pokémon in the works, he has to do his joke videos AND real videos in the same day.
Yeah I can’t believe this joke of a video, Furret is op man
So is he becoming anything like TheAuraGuardian?
I feel kinda bad for him.
I saw you in a video
Ron the Auraknight furret is bad though
"Uncontested hail meant that Walrein was free to, well, reign terror over the tier." - Quote from How GOOD was Abomosnow Actually?
Honestly the content is just getting slightly worse, and it’s showing.
@@emojifr... lol how
Teruteru The Rice Cooker I like that they didn’t just parrot lines from past episodes
@Omar Elzant Other than improved audio, longer videos and more research, that is. Look back at the Charizard video and you´ll see the difference.
I really love this. The writer loves his job and this bit of word play shows it.
In my opinion, this Pokemon was a pain in the ass to beat in the Battle Factory/Subway due to its OHKO moves.
S H E E R. C O L D
Because the in game abuses RNG to make the game more difficult
Gotta love those OHKO moves that gain the same accuracy as Aura Sphere and Shock Wave when used by the opposing AI.
What about dewgong? Horn drill sheer cold
@@rajt9996 *Horn Drill and Sheer Cold
Alternate Title: How many times did Walrein get Hail banned actually?
Everyone talks about Tyranitar and Excadrill but no one talks about Obamasnow and Stallrein :(
@Oxnard Darcy G. Darmanitan, Eiscue, Mamoswine, Weavile, Avalugg, Lapras, Vanilluxe, A. Ninetales, Cloyster and Kyurem: "Are we jokes to you!?"
Kyurem-Black And Kyurem-White: Yes, kyurem, you are.
Probably because sandstorm is more versatile than hail. 3 types, two of which are the excellent steel and ground, are immune to sand damage. Only ice types have hail immunity, and ice is one of the worst defensive types, making hail stall significantly more challenging.
Mainly because Ice types are so damn weak in general
@@cintronproductions9430 Eiscue, You are the worst ice type in galar, so yes, YOU ARE A JOKE. Kyurem should be no lower than Uber with those monstrous stats as well, and Avalugg is a tier staple... in reverse because in real game he has just an awful defensive typing. Regular Lapras is also a joke, altough it has arguably the best Gmax form for doubles alongside Snorlax.
You, a peasant: Stealth Rock
Me, a scholar: Sneaky Pebbles
oh yeah, I remember that cereal
Underhanded Gravel
Me an ascendant: Sinister Sediment
@@elevate07 ignoble igneous
@@elevate07 Silent Soil
I always remember Spheal in PokePark, as they used to roll around and bump into me. Thanks for the nostalgia!
That was my favorite zone
Ruin zone had the coolest pokemon
@@ruicosta6342 i was soo hyped going throught it, not only the pokemon but the design was perfect for a "close to endgame" dungeon
The Walrein line is underrated, change my mind. Spheal is freaking adorable, Sealeo is pretty good, and Walrein is beastly!
what's interesting to me about that challenge is that it can be done by either convincing you that the line actually is terrible or that plenty already thinks it's good. no one doubts spheal's cuteness!
Spheal is a round boi. Another frendshaped frend next to Furret who is a long boi.
I used a Walrein in my first ORAS playthrough and became a great partner with my ace: Mega Altaria
It deserved a mega more than Glalie in my opinion. It was Glacia’s actual ace after all. Hell, the ability Refrigerate is wasted on her Mega Glalie in ORAS. It has NO Normal-Type attacks in its moveset!! It’s so stupid
@@M3rtyville if your ace was mega altaria, than I feel bad for you.
"Walrein’s two massively developed tusks can totally shatter blocks of ice weighing 10 tons with one blow. Its tusks may snap off in battle."
..... How tf are you gonna make something that can break 10 tons of ice snap???
By being able to break 11 tons of ice, duh
We shouldn't believe most things the Pokédex says. XD
@@cintronproductions9430 Hey Furret is taller than Gamefreak's favorite pokemon.
Well, there's a difference between hardness(ability to remain undamaged despite hits) and toughness(ability to take hits without breaking). Take diamond, for example. It's one of the hardest materials in the world and as a result is used often in mining operations. However, it can't easily take hits compared to other materials and will break much faster. The same applies to Walrein's tusks.
Loink additionally, there are certain kinds of saw-like disks used to cut through steel when spun extremely fast, but are easily snapped with your fingers
Basically this:
Walrein in Gen's 3-5: Unstoppable and very good with Hail Up.
Walrein in Gens 6-7: Bad just super bad
More like:
Gen 3: Very viable in UU.
Gen 4: Technically NU, and not the greatest there, but has a solid niche in OU and UU thanks to Abomasnow.
Gen 5: Untiered, but has a niche in UU because apparently it's friendship with Abomasnow cannot be severed.
Gen 6-7: Terrible.
Now: OU
@@microwave8931 Uh that was just a tiering shift. UNFORTUNATELY it scored it's 4th generation of untiered
So basically the Hail version of Cacturne.
@@goldenhydreigon4727 but with hp regen instead of evasion
Fun fact about the song I am the walrus: This song was written by the Beatles after they received a letter by a high-school student who had been receiving assignments in class that involved finding the meaning of the songs that the Beatles wrote. This inspired the gang to make a song that would make finding a meaning impossible and thus they made I am the Walrus
The irony being that the lack of meaning became the meaning itself.
"Let the fuckers work that one out."
--- John
For a second i thought you were talking about "obey the walrus"
Another fun fact about it that I heard: Apparently, only the first line was written under the influence of cannabis - after that, Lennon decided it would be easier to write a bunch of weird lyrics from his completely sober imagination.
and then multiple people have tried to discern meaning from the song anyway just cause they can
Fun story: When I was a kid playing through Pokémon White, I remember facing a post game trainer with a Spheal that landed FIVE Sheer Colds in a row, and for years I thought this line had No Guard. LMAO
Funny thing, I got Sheer Colded by a Walrein before in Emerald: I don't remember if it was in the Battle Frontier or the Elite 4, but that's a move I always relate to Walrein.
You'd have a grand old time in the Emerald Battle Frontier
The opponents never seem to miss, which is bollocks.
I guess you had to learn to Spheal with it.
@@moonjelly5 Goddamit
Shoutouts to the two guys with Spheal for carrying me during Gracia's story early game in Pokémon conquest.
Bro Gracia's story was so hard to do even with me making sure she had a Froslass before I even attempted it.
@@seismitoad9163 Mate you gave her a Froslass bruh, I gave her a Gothita and by the end Gracia (now in evolution stage 2) and her Gothitelle destroyed everyone.
@@3.2187_Kilometres Yeah looking back I should have done that but I pulled through anyhow.
@@seismitoad9163 Giving her a Froslass is still better than making her stay with Musharna the entire time until you gave up like 6 year old me did. Seriously though why the hell did they make Musharna so bad in Pokémon conquest.
@@3.2187_Kilometres I know right, Musharna is way too situational to be any good.
Furret: *Walks away.*
Walrein: CANT STALLREIN THE WALREIN
Idc If he is good or bad, he is a beefy boy
True, I loved using in emerald as my 6th team member
@@williamcox632lol
@@williamcox632 For some reason i find Walrein cute
With Generation 9’s change from Hail to Snow, Walrein could be powerful once again if it itself got access to Snow Warning, especially with Heavy-Duty Boots making switching in much easier.
Walrein was one of those that definitely deserved a mega at it's time, still one of my favorite pokemon from the third gen.
It always makes me really happy when there is one random trainer out there that really loves one specific pokemon like that. Godspeed, Samuel and his Walrein
He must have followed Karen's advice.
You forgot it had a Key Role in the Pokemon Deoxys Movie: Giving a Child a Mental Trauma by almost stampeding the kid.
And parenting a Manaphy by literraly dragging it into the ocean.
Setsuna he stole my child
Yeah wallrien might be tanky, but sheal is OU in terms of cutness.
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17:24 “the plan was simple” ludwig7
Gen 3 in a nutshell:
It was once seen as a simple wall. Then it reigned.
The last episode invited a certain ferret Pokémon to walk for 10 hours in sadness, how will Walrein fair?
9 hours sad walk for this chungus
A weird Wobuffet/Quagsire kinda eppisode.
@@arta1924 Reddit moment.
You would know if you watched the video.
In Gen 4-5, it's the epitome of Hail Stall. It even got some VGC placements in restricted formats.
Can we just start calling Stealth Rock “Sneaky Pebbles”
Clandestine Cobblestone
@Mason Abney I like how Espionage Emeralds sounds like a Sonic reference. 😎👍
stealthy stalagmites
Mischievous Masonry
I am more partial to "Hidden Gems", myself.
R.I.P Blubby
You were a true mad lad.
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I've always thought Walrein was good, I didn't expect that it would stoop to PU Tier, but I know that Walrein has potential and I need to find out
Edit: I still hope to see How Good Was Liepard actually soon
Ah, just when I was watching a seal documentary. Probably should've watched walruses instead, but that's what I'm here for now.
Ha ha, I was actually just watching a Pusa Hispida video about a seal.
Walrein in hail: I am ienvitable!
Walrein without hail: Gamefreak, I don't feel so good.
Me: simply tendin' to Necrozma.
FSG: Here's Walrein!
Me: BLUBBY!
*memories of Jaiden's nuzlocke*
Imagine it with a 115 Spa and some sorely needed coverage moves
@@bradschaefer2387 Damn, i thought it already had it
It also really needs scald!!
I mean you're just making a new Pokémon at that point, and Walrein has bigger problems than its stats, which aren't even bad. Even still, Lapras outlcasses Walrein in nearly every way with even higher HP and bulk, better coverage with Thunderbolt and Freeze-Dry, and a more practical ability in Water Absorb, and even that thing is also floundering in the lowest tiers, so Walrein would comparatively need even more help to boost to relevancy
PinkPikaBean i think it being an ice type is why it doesn’t get scald
From the Home datamines, it's shown to get stuff like Swords Dance, Liquidation and Body Press
"Walrein was so OP in Gen 4 UU thanks to hail!"
Kabutops and rain teams: "Allow me to introduce myself!"
Politoed, tyranitar, hippowdon, and ninetales: I’m about to end this mans whole career
Since Aggron and Walrein were hyped up as rivals at one point, Give it a Mega.
(lower speed ; boost attack, defense, special attack) let all who oppose its rein, taste cold frozen despair.
spheal is like a better furret. it has funny face. he is a fat ball. he is epic... change my mind
I cant
Wait can it *WALK?*
Battle droid MK12 it can flop, which is superior
𝔂𝓮𝓼
Here y’all go again, putting 2 bad bitches against each other for no reason
Nobody:
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Dear god
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Walrein has become one of my favorites ever since i used one in a BW2 nuzlocke and she basically carried my team-it was when i found out how sturdy they were ...and powerful!
Damn, to think that Walrein went from being a huge threat in UU to being deemed unviable in ANY tier in the same generation... I kinda feel bad for the guy.
YEEEEAAAAHHHHSSSS!!! Thank you SO much for finally covering my dear Wally! One of my fave Ice types!!
Walrien's history is so much more interesting that I thought. It's cool how it and Parasect had niches in restricted VGC formats.
I was waiting so long for this, one of my favorites
Now that there are no megas, I’m hoping Walrein will get more usage, considering everyone and their mother is running ice moves for Garchomp, Dragonite, and Landorus Therian
I used to cheese with Sheer Cold versus my friends back then. Was fun
You ruthless monster.
Douche alert
You're that guy ehh!
I always had a hypothesis that Walrein was originally gonna be the gen 3 water starter but got replaced cause he didn't fit the tropical nature of most of the region
Thanks so much for doing walrein
Walrein has one of the more crazy paths. It was everywhere, nowhere, dealing with banned abilities, and utter madness.
Walrein in gens 3 - 5: Bow before your king!
Walrein post gen 5: Well that's the end of me.
This upload marks the mighty 200th Episode of False Swipe Gaming, this includes the other analysis videos such as the Ice Type and Stealth Rock analysis.
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Took them so long to figure out Water/Ice was better offensively than defensively. Began with Smash Cloyster, then Arctovish and now we have the insane Iron Bundle.
Furret walked
SO WALREIN COULD STALL
Hell yeah, double upload!
I remember how Wallace's Walrein would always kill me with Sheer cold that sht pissed me off so bad
I’ve been waiting so long for this thank you
Everyone in VGC: Walrein? dude that things too weak to compete!
Samuel Haarsma:"Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled Trainers should try to win with the Pokémon they love best."
Nice, got the notification during the outro for the previous video. More FSG is always a good thing.
It’s funny to imagine encore being performed by this weapon as the standard seal clap after seeing a move It wants ya to do again.
And they obey it
I just recently used an icy wind support Walrein to beat Pokemon XD's Orre Colosseum for my first time ever. He was a tremendous help to my stronger teammates. They desperately needed his speed control because none of them were EV trained. The team consisted of Marowak, Walrein, Arcanine, Zapdos, Mr. Mime, and Salamence. He was by far my most consistent member, and I've found a great love for him as a Pokemon because of it.
Je tiens à citer le meilleur représentant de son espèce, Michel Trou le maire de Saint-Sernin sur Rance qui fut et restera une légende pour les siècles à venir.
Wait another one? That's crazy.
Walrein should get access to Freeze-Dry, Scald, and Slack-Off
At least Freeze Dry and Slack Off. Scald would be great for it, but I can understand it not having it because it's also an Ice- type, as with Lapras. Knock Off and Brick Break would make sense as well, though.
Reminder that Thick Fat Walrein is the only water type resistant to Freeze Dry
@@sephikong8323 Thick Fat Dewgong is crying
@@GrassSquid bruh -_-
@@reddragonair3147 Yeah Freeze Dry Slack Off and Knock off would be excellent pity it doesn't have them already and GF is taking away knock off access for a bunch of Pokemon so it seems unlikely to be given that move. That said regarding Scald it would make more sense than it does for Lapras as its based on a mammal rather than a sea turtle which lack the ability to fully regulate their body temperature. Pokemon rarely cares about these levels of details but it is more justifiable. It has fairly solid stats so it would probably be viable if it wasn't an ice type... GF seems to hate the type >_>
This channel has like the top 5 most consistently good content of anyone Im subbed to
Wait... top 32 without even knowing Natures and EVs? Admittedly, it took me a long time to know as well, but that was incredibly good without knowing anything that important!
(I distinctly remember all of my Water type Pokémon that I used in Soul Silver having incredible Def, because I hunted endless Graveler in Victory Road)
Best video so far. No debate available, trust me I have a completely unbiased opinion
It took me a while to realise that walrein has an 8× resistance to Ice with thick fat.
Damn.
it's also one of the very few ice types that resist fire which is pretty cool
Revisit this one, just for Gen 8. Some great things are shaking up out in the snow.
Nobody:
Fsg: Another One
Ya know, I bet Walrein could really work as a Curse sweeper if it had the Sp Atk and Atk stats swapped and given Recover, it has some really good physical moves when I checked it out.
I am viscerally upset that at 3:18 you didn't say "It was initially
thought of as just another wall, but it showed everyone that it could just as well reign."
you have no idea how long I've waited for this video
Walrein, with its hail, brought a wall of pain wherever it went, provided it's not banned.
Wuuu!!! Thank you so much for the video, guys! 💙
Walrien's on your parade.
My most wonderful memories are getting hit by sheer cold...twice in OR.
It was not fun.
You think two times in a row is bad? Just find my comment and you´ll see.
That is pretty rare
mine is having a battle tree streak end from quick claw blizzard hit AND freeze BOTH of my mon
Rarest Could you just, like, tell us?
Dewgong: Who are you?
Walrein: I'm you, but good
I remember transfering and training a Walrein in Platinum named Bismarck and it destroyed Cynthia's Garchomp so hard, It even managed to get lucky against her Togekiss by surviving an Aura sphere while making that stupid bird eat a stab blizzard.
Walrein may have fallen down but it’s probably supporting its pal Abomasnow from the sidelines.
I remember using Walrein in my super gimmicky Hail team back in gen 4, and somehow managing to sweep my entire opponents team with blizzard cause his sableye tricked my leftovers for its choice specs
“Despite not even knowing about Natures or EVs” and he made it that far!?
I'm honestly surprised that Walrein was just UU in Gen IV, the thing was all over the place in online during Platinum, and even until HGSS, at least in my experience.
I have been subsrived around 40ish subs man. I am glad of your succes in your channel
The ice face Pokemon with base 80 in all stats we ask. How GOOD was Glalie ACTUALLY? - History of Glalie in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 3-7)
I got into top 10 on Smogon in Gen 6 with a team built around a rest talk walrein. My favorite Pokémon
Ah yes. The one pokemon that reins over a tier when hail was permanent but gets walled once it was removed. An ironic fate to be sure.
“To catch the adorable spheal”
literally every time I went to shoal cave, I just went down to the Ice Room to catch a Snorunt lol
14:19 wtf??? He made it to top 32 without knowing about natures and evs?
JUST.... HOW...?
Walrus
That is Blizzard spam to you.
I love walrein so much, Ive used it in my ORAS team and it was an amazing player in the party making me love it even more from personal experience
How “”Good”” was the linoone and obstagoon competitively?
Has the niche of having gluttony, belly drum, and extremespeed but still not that good
Fun fact, before USUM, there was only 2 ways you were able to obtain a linoone with extreme speed legitimately:
Be around for the 2015 jump fiesta mystery event which was japan exclusive.
OR had to get the extreme speed zigzagoon egg from Pokémon box ruby and sapphire which was a game cube game that you connected to your gba to store Pokémon. You had to deposit a certain number of mons to be able to obtain the egg and then transefer that zigzagoon all the way up to the latest gen. It was just tedious and convoluted.
Since USUM, extreme speed became an egg move and now you just gotta breed it with a male lucario or arcanine with extreme speed iirc.
Obstagoon got banned from UU. That´s quite impressive.
@@Rarest26 Well, it's currently in UU again, but yeah, the fact it was banned once and is even perfectly usable in OU goes to show how much of a beast Goon is.
@@cintronproductions9430 Wait, they unbanned it? I should be more up to date before saying anything...
@@cintronproductions9430
Lol imagine how hilariously OP Obstagoon would be if it got access to Sucker Punch. It would become a dark type version of Grassy Glide Rilaboom.
joshua kim Why would it be OP?
(13:53) I never get tired of VGC segments. I love it when dedicated fans find use of their favorite Pokemon and go into battle against Olympus mons.
To everyone who reads this have a good day!
You too :DD
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you too
I’ve been looking forward to this one for god knows how long
I love using Aqua ring, Left overs with ice body especially in gen 4- infinite healing
Man I remember the old pre-Gen 5 rumor that Hail would give a 50% DEF increase to Ice types (to mirror Sand and rock types). Imagine what Stallrein could have done if that rumor was true...
I love how “unfortunately” has become this channels catchphrase
I like your taste in pf pics
Tycoon Raptor to you as well compadre
6:33 *I have been listening to this song on a loop for so long....but I am still not bored*