Something I find very fascinating about Blaziken in Sword/Shield is its history in Nat Dex OU. It was initially in the Ubers tier by default. However with how Blaziken not being Ubers in SS OU when the Crown Tundra came out (with it to this day being UUBL), players in the Nat Dex tier though about testing Blaziken to Nat Dex OU. Initially, players thought this was a waste of time, and that the mon was easily going to be broken with the buffs it got in gen 8 combined with Z-moves, which is cited as the primary reason why it was broken in gen 7. However after testing, turns out that not only it was not overwhelming for the tier, it was straight up pretty mediocre in Nat Dex OU, so much so that it dropped to UUBL and ended up getting ranked in C tier in the VR to this day. It was so underwhelming that MEGA Blaziken ended up later on getting tested for Nat Dex OU, and it was ALMOST not too overwhelming for the tier (still is overall at the end of the day). It is crazy to see how much differences in metagame and surroundings can drastically change the viability of the Pokemon.
Mega Blaziken is so much better than Regular for so many reasons. It doesn't need to run life orb for damage meaning it has more longevity and has a much greater speed tier at +1
@@i_like_chomp6382 call me crazy but i could’ve sworn i heard somewhere that blaziken was better than mega? could’ve sworn that it was bc life orb dmg output was slightly better than mega’s, and longevity on both is so tiny that the recoil didn’t even matter. furthermore, regular blaz could run z-moves and break past walls like tapu fini, where mega-blaz couldn’t
@Waiter1986 yea that is the main reason why people used it with life orb,but in nat dex blaziken Its in ru and mega blaziken is ubers,that is a huge difference ,still don't know , it was like ou for a month for some,then got banned
@@Waiter1986 I believe it was false swipe gaming who said that, but I think that was before the Gen 8 meta had fully developed. Pokeaim did a video about why Life Orb sucks in Gen 8, and you're better off accepting a slight drop in power if it means you can have more longevity.
@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy taking notes, Ill edit Leavanny next time xD AGENCY! Blunder and Joey score is currently 3-0 but I'm sure Blunder will make an EPIC comeback.
I always wondered why Talonflame, one of the kings of Gen 6 OU, didn't keep Blaziken in check? I suppose it was because Talon was also a decent partner for it as well, because Talon's scaring it out wasn't that big of a deal, especially since Talon couldn't really sweep through non weakened teams
Talonflame is also very frail so despite it resisting Blaziken's STAB combination, it couldn't switch in too often, especially if Stealth Rock was up. Thunder Punch would one shot if it tried to come in. Talonflame was a mere check, not a counter.
Stealth Rock weakness + fraility means Talonflame is at like 20% health tops switching in on a STAB move, and completely gone if Blaziken uses Stone Edge or Thunder Punch. Roost won't save you, as you could just hit it with a HJK as it loses its Flying-type
@@grunkleg.2934 Was Gen 6 not the best Talonflame ever was? I thought Talon didn't fall off until Gen 7 with the Gale Wings Nerf. I meant to mention stealth rocks but I suppose I forgot, but I never said it was a counter, just could potentially keep Blaziken in check. Especially when Blaziken was first legal, Talon was everywhere, as Gen 6 hadn't become the Stally mess it ended up being in the end, due to all of the hyper offense bans.
@@TsuikeNovaus It fell off later, the big thing is that Blaze gets Stone Edge so it was always threatening to kill on a switch in. Also IIRC it lives Brave Bird w/ a berry and then kills with Edge.
A lot of people are talking about how it can get destroyed on switch-in, by thunder punch or stone edge or anything else. That was never really the problem, the issue was that setting up Blaziken was so easy. Say you get a KO will Blaziken after setting up, one swords dance and one speed boost. Enemy sends in Talonflame to outspeed with gale wings brave bird and return KO. The issue with Blaziken is, it can just switch out because setting up again is so easy. Just swap into something that can wall brave bird and flare blitz (hard, but obviously talonflame wasn't good for no reason) and then send Blaziken in again later and do it again. Talonflame is more susceptible to chip than Blaziken because of it's stealth rock weakness and it's best moves doing recoil damage. It does have roost, but overall this is why talonflame was a check and not a counter. With other sweepers, if you run an item like sash or shell smash with a white herb you only get that one chance for the best setup and it's pretty unlikely you'll get a boost again. At least one boost with Speed Boost + protect is always guaranteed so at the cost of a moveslot Blaziken is effectively always at 430+ speed
It is actually OU by usage, but due to tiering shifts being locked as gen 8 ended it is unofficially OU, it currently hovers around 6.6% usage, which is honestly, pretty respectable. It also commonly runs air balloon to screw ground types like hippowdon and lando.
Something I think you didn't mention is Blaziken suffering heavily from 4MSS in gen 8. Without Swords Dance it struggled to break past stuff, but without Protect it struggled to get going. In terms of coverage it had to choose between Knock Off and Thunder Punch, so alongside STAB there were effectively 6 moves you wanted to run. That, and contact-punishing strategies being everywhere. Garchomp, Ferrothorn, Rocky Helmet, Baneful Bunker, etc. Its longevity was already poor but that made it even more difficult to let it sweep. Also I think in general, set up wasn't super good in Gen 8. Defensively, everyone and their mother ran Toxic or T-Wave and/or Clefable, and offensively there were some stupid fast and strong mons going around which prevented you the opportunity to set up (not to mention the gazillion priority users). The meta game was more centered around immediate breaking power and carefully chipping away walls than sweeping. Day 51 of asking you to use all three Volcarona forms in one team to promote moth supremacy :) And day 35 of asking for it to be a Blimax collab :)
Another excellent video joey :] would be cool if you could examine Talonflame, since its attack stat is actual trash, yet because of the ability its so good in gen 6
@@pokeaimMD What a chad, even went through the effort to go back in time to ensure the video was out to be seen on time for the comment. Absolutely based.
I love me some Blaziken, as a Gen 1er, it is still my favorite fire starter. I'd love to see a video on how Rotom W has remained such a staple in every gen it has been in
The increase in production quality is perfect to balance the high-density info you narrate. Overall quality boost is noticeable, good stuff, thanks for the quality content man.
Blaziken has been my baby since I was seven. I've kept the *SAME ONE* since I played gen 3, improving it over time. The sooner it's allowed into gen 9, the better. I must destroy NPCs and players alike with my boy, Kindle.🥺
Hey Joey, suggestion: give these extra-work videos a categorizing title + thumbnail overlay to make them more distinct. Ex: "History of:" and the overlay could be an episode count + the custom art you commissioned. Just so the stick out more from your usual content :]
Blaziken is an awesome pokemon, just rocking design. Absolutely love the flow of the script while editing this video, and I'm happy to see so many people enjoying this. Comrades be sure to leave suggestions, constructible criticism. Joey from my observation really takes viewers suggestions, opinions serious. Your feedback matter here. Thanks for watching, have a kickass day.
@@antoinepolnareff8970 more like the Steel type nerf let it's Psychic typing bring it down since every mon ever spammed Knock Off and Dark/Ghost type mons keep getting even better each generation. It's base 70 speed is just more and more awful with each passing gen too. The moment Mega Metagross ceased to exist nobody ever heard of Metagross again
You should do urshifu-S getting banned next. Most casual players assume Urshifu-R would be better due to a lack of a 4x fairy weakness, so im sure a title like "Why Urshifu Single Strike is better than Rapid strike" would get their attention.
Yeah had to use some of his content while editing, such good video quality he had, used to watch his league battle lives, Leo is a legend and I'm sure most in the pokemon community knows this
I remember absolutely wrecking everyone with my life orb set in Gen 7. It hurt seeing it become banned to uubl in Gen 8. I hope Terestalization makes it the god it was back then.
I think the script would flow better if you keep it a little tighter. It got a little choppy with extra words. Still a nice vid and Ill be watching whatever you got tomorrow too homie
I love Blaziken, he has been my starter pokémon since the First time i play trought Ruby. Every other game i found a way to bring Blaziken back, and start a New playtrought with him, i did this in SW/SH and it was the most broken playtrought i've made so far. It was easy easy
Since you’re a Gen 4 guy and already did a video on one psuedo legendary, I’m interested to here your thoughts on the rise of Dragonite from Gen 4-5 to now and the slow decline of Tyranitar from ADV to now. Edit: I know False Swipe Gaming has done these, but it’s cool to hear these takes from a certified great mons player like aim rather than a mons historian.
Because it lost an effective 40 BST It lost 20 in his offenses in Sword form (so the one where he attacks) and 20 in his Shield form (the one where he tanks hit), combine that with the King's Shield nerf and Aegislash's power level went WAAAAAAAY down, the defensive sets became almost completely unviable overnight
Sceptile could be at least decent if it got the move-pool & ability love that Blaziken has always gotten smh. Not to mention getting screwed out of a second type.
@@thedapperbear5354 yeah they really didn’t give him any good ability. Even his Mega only got Lightning Rod. I would love if they gave us a new form or something like that.
This might be the hottest of hot takes but I think it would have been worth it to test Blaziken in OU in gen 7. Mega should still be banned for obvious reasons, but I think that its frail enough to be dealt with by opposing priority and Z moves
I think that gen 8 is the first gen where he would have been workable, gen 6 it would still have been WAY too much since Talonflame revenge killing isn't that reliable of a strat (especially now that Talonflame fell off) and Mega Slowbro is quite niche. Gen 7 it would have been more palatable definitely with the Toxapex and Tapu Fini etc but it would still have been really tough to handle for the tier (but I agree that at least it's the first generation where testing it could be conceived as there are arguments, I don't think it would have stayed but you could at least make an argument that the defensive power creep had somewhat catches up to it
Note: Tiers are about usage, not power. Just because the meta is currently hostile to Blaziken does NOT make it weak or bad or any other negative adjective.
I like how the only starter currently (or rather, in its most recent appearance) in ubers is cinderace! technically the best starter of them all (not counting mega or gmax forms)
Great video, but will have to disagree with its viability in ubers. It's always been a suboptimal to outright bad pick in oras ubers and beyond, where in black and white it didn't see much usage even on sun teams, and these days is not run on sun at all.
I was gonna ask would people go for that extra 10 BP with high jump kick instead of CC until I realized it can't even learn high jumpkick any more. I find this dumb because somehow it just forgot how to jump high and kick?
@@Kali_Krause i know that its still good i just wanna see a vid about it cuz it has stayed good in like every gens OU while other gen 1 mons have fallen off
Even more interesting thing about it is that it faced the opposite effect of most early gen pokemon with power creep, starting off being outright unviable in early generations and overall very unimpressive until gen 4 gave it the gift of the physical special split and gen 5 gave it Multiscale. It did start to fall off a little around gen 6 to 7 because of fairies and megas, but it still had its place in the meta. The introduction of HDB in gen 8 brought it back to being a strong mon, but gen 9 is probably the most powerful it has been yet, with Tera Normal turning it into a mini-ESpeed Arceus. Overall, just a weird case of a mon starting off unimpressive and then getting tools that make it more and more powerful until it has become one of the most powerful, meta-defining threats that it is today.
It just got good stuff every gen Gen 5 gave it multiscale Gen 6 gave it more defoggers so it can keep multiscale even with hazards Gen 7 gave it Z moves to nuke mons Gen 8 gave heavy duty boots so hazard removal isnt even needed Gen 9 gave it tera normal so it can sweep with stab extreme speed
Can you do a video on the best pseudo legendary (not including megas)? Dragonite is a gen 1 pokemon that is still relevant in gen 9 OU despite over 20 years of powercreep and not getting any love from Gamefreak in the form of a mega or Gmax form. Garchomp is a gen 4 pokemon that I have never seen drop below OU. It has always found a place in every OU metagame. It's one of the most versatile pokemon I've ever seen, having sets that let it be a revenge killer/late game sweeper with Choice Scarf, wall breaker with Swords Dance or even a physical tank with Rocky Helmet. And it still has space for Stealth Rocks on all these sets to make it a hazard setter. Dragapult is a newer pseudo legendary boasting very high speed, almost un-resisted STAB combination and a wide move pool letting it pivot and sweep using a physical or special move set. Plus a dark type nerf in the move Pursuit being deleted means Dragapult and other Ghost types are a lot stronger in the recent generations. I personally believe one of these 3 are the best. I'm leaning towards Chomp the most tbh. All the other pseudos have dropped from OU and are now UUBL, UU or below. I haven't played any gen 9 at all so I don't know anything about the new pseudo.
i run blazekin on a few teams. air balloon, flare blitz, thunder punch, close combat, swords dance. really good closer. i havent used him in gen 9 at all
Blaziken has been my favourite starter since I got Ruby back when I was 4. I was really happy when it dropped from Ubers in Gen 8 and I was able to use it in competitive
Im still annoyed that my favourite Swampert got screwed over ability wise in Gen 5. You give this dude Speed Boost, and what does Swampert get? Damp as a hidden ability (not even too great given the explosion and self destruct nerf), and Swift Swim on mega.
Sooo the answer's power creep. No surprise there. I'm worried about some kind of critical threshold being overtaken, where there's no point in running anything except hyper offense anymore and the entire game becomes a sacfest Day 124 asking for the Choice Band Reuniclus meme
Bro you are doing God's work my guy, Thank You! I've been asking so soooo long why the hell did this dude KFC GOD get unbanned but now I have insight and I can see why now. But I do have a huge question about why did Blaziken get unbanned in Gen 8 OU National Dex and Cinderace was still banned completely? In my opinion Blaziken is way better than Cinderace and Greninja being literally the same as Cinderace with the same ability and utility plus with an innate Immunity being dark type can still out speed and check Cinderace in a 1v1 but wasn't banned. I would like to see a video like this on Cinderace being banned from all of gen 8 - national dex showdown and why he got unbanned in gen 9 would be amazing and I could easily share with my friends that video lol. Thanks a lot Joey aka the fierce, the legend himself PokeaimMD!
What i dont understand is that why was the ability speed boost wasn’t banned, instead of blaziken itself. It has another usable ability, so they could just ban the ability, of course mega blaziken would still be banned, because it only has one ability
Joey is working on a new script which he will send to me for a video later this week :) He clearly enjoyed making the educational scripts so expect many more to come. Thank you for watching.
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It amazes me that this Mon got power crept. This is the most time to be alive of all time.
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Power Creep just got more insane over time since Gen 5
Zamazenda regular is uubl on nat dex lmao
@@miguelmatheus2502 Gen 9 is horribly power crept. Weavile I think is PU or Untiered because of Chien-Pao
@@Kali_Krause no, it just lost his best moves, can't do shit now
Something I find very fascinating about Blaziken in Sword/Shield is its history in Nat Dex OU.
It was initially in the Ubers tier by default. However with how Blaziken not being Ubers in SS OU when the Crown Tundra came out (with it to this day being UUBL), players in the Nat Dex tier though about testing Blaziken to Nat Dex OU. Initially, players thought this was a waste of time, and that the mon was easily going to be broken with the buffs it got in gen 8 combined with Z-moves, which is cited as the primary reason why it was broken in gen 7.
However after testing, turns out that not only it was not overwhelming for the tier, it was straight up pretty mediocre in Nat Dex OU, so much so that it dropped to UUBL and ended up getting ranked in C tier in the VR to this day. It was so underwhelming that MEGA Blaziken ended up later on getting tested for Nat Dex OU, and it was ALMOST not too overwhelming for the tier (still is overall at the end of the day).
It is crazy to see how much differences in metagame and surroundings can drastically change the viability of the Pokemon.
Mega Blaziken is so much better than Regular for so many reasons. It doesn't need to run life orb for damage meaning it has more longevity and has a much greater speed tier at +1
@@i_like_chomp6382 call me crazy but i could’ve sworn i heard somewhere that blaziken was better than mega? could’ve sworn that it was bc life orb dmg output was slightly better than mega’s, and longevity on both is so tiny that the recoil didn’t even matter. furthermore, regular blaz could run z-moves and break past walls like tapu fini, where mega-blaz couldn’t
@Waiter1986 yea that is the main reason why people used it with life orb,but in nat dex blaziken Its in ru and mega blaziken is ubers,that is a huge difference ,still don't know , it was like ou for a month for some,then got banned
@@Waiter1986 I believe it was false swipe gaming who said that, but I think that was before the Gen 8 meta had fully developed. Pokeaim did a video about why Life Orb sucks in Gen 8, and you're better off accepting a slight drop in power if it means you can have more longevity.
What emboar deserved, Blaziken got.
LMAOOOOO the blunder rematch is insane
Should have used Leavanny, it's the best Blaziken check. You blundered blunder.
@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy taking notes, Ill edit Leavanny next time xD AGENCY! Blunder and Joey score is currently 3-0 but I'm sure Blunder will make an EPIC comeback.
You know it bro, I'll make it more insane next time haha
@@XENON3120 I'm in the video let's goo
@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy you know it pal
I always wondered why Talonflame, one of the kings of Gen 6 OU, didn't keep Blaziken in check? I suppose it was because Talon was also a decent partner for it as well, because Talon's scaring it out wasn't that big of a deal, especially since Talon couldn't really sweep through non weakened teams
Talonflame is also very frail so despite it resisting Blaziken's STAB combination, it couldn't switch in too often, especially if Stealth Rock was up. Thunder Punch would one shot if it tried to come in. Talonflame was a mere check, not a counter.
Stealth Rock weakness + fraility means Talonflame is at like 20% health tops switching in on a STAB move, and completely gone if Blaziken uses Stone Edge or Thunder Punch. Roost won't save you, as you could just hit it with a HJK as it loses its Flying-type
@@grunkleg.2934 Was Gen 6 not the best Talonflame ever was? I thought Talon didn't fall off until Gen 7 with the Gale Wings Nerf. I meant to mention stealth rocks but I suppose I forgot, but I never said it was a counter, just could potentially keep Blaziken in check. Especially when Blaziken was first legal, Talon was everywhere, as Gen 6 hadn't become the Stally mess it ended up being in the end, due to all of the hyper offense bans.
@@TsuikeNovaus It fell off later, the big thing is that Blaze gets Stone Edge so it was always threatening to kill on a switch in. Also IIRC it lives Brave Bird w/ a berry and then kills with Edge.
A lot of people are talking about how it can get destroyed on switch-in, by thunder punch or stone edge or anything else. That was never really the problem, the issue was that setting up Blaziken was so easy. Say you get a KO will Blaziken after setting up, one swords dance and one speed boost. Enemy sends in Talonflame to outspeed with gale wings brave bird and return KO.
The issue with Blaziken is, it can just switch out because setting up again is so easy. Just swap into something that can wall brave bird and flare blitz (hard, but obviously talonflame wasn't good for no reason) and then send Blaziken in again later and do it again.
Talonflame is more susceptible to chip than Blaziken because of it's stealth rock weakness and it's best moves doing recoil damage. It does have roost, but overall this is why talonflame was a check and not a counter. With other sweepers, if you run an item like sash or shell smash with a white herb you only get that one chance for the best setup and it's pretty unlikely you'll get a boost again. At least one boost with Speed Boost + protect is always guaranteed so at the cost of a moveslot Blaziken is effectively always at 430+ speed
It is actually OU by usage, but due to tiering shifts being locked as gen 8 ended it is unofficially OU, it currently hovers around 6.6% usage, which is honestly, pretty respectable. It also commonly runs air balloon to screw ground types like hippowdon and lando.
I forgot how sick Blaziken's backsprite looks like gen 5.
Something I think you didn't mention is Blaziken suffering heavily from 4MSS in gen 8. Without Swords Dance it struggled to break past stuff, but without Protect it struggled to get going. In terms of coverage it had to choose between Knock Off and Thunder Punch, so alongside STAB there were effectively 6 moves you wanted to run. That, and contact-punishing strategies being everywhere. Garchomp, Ferrothorn, Rocky Helmet, Baneful Bunker, etc. Its longevity was already poor but that made it even more difficult to let it sweep.
Also I think in general, set up wasn't super good in Gen 8. Defensively, everyone and their mother ran Toxic or T-Wave and/or Clefable, and offensively there were some stupid fast and strong mons going around which prevented you the opportunity to set up (not to mention the gazillion priority users). The meta game was more centered around immediate breaking power and carefully chipping away walls than sweeping.
Day 51 of asking you to use all three Volcarona forms in one team to promote moth supremacy :)
And day 35 of asking for it to be a Blimax collab :)
If you're about moth supremacy, then where is dustox?!
@@taiscommentingaccountusedf1908 Not in Gen 9.
Would be cool to see the history of some mons that were OU since Gen 1 like Alakazam or Chansey
Didn't Blissey outclass Chansey until eviolite was introduced, then again once heavy duty boots were introduced?
There's a channel that does exactly this. false Swipe Gaming.
@@ShinoHolmes 🤢
@@seanscott2677 cringe take
This this guy trolling? There ain’t no way he doesn’t know about false swipe gaming
Another excellent video joey :] would be cool if you could examine Talonflame, since its attack stat is actual trash, yet because of the ability its so good in gen 6
right here: th-cam.com/video/ypKLpOWBSG0/w-d-xo.html
@@pokeaimMD What a chad, even went through the effort to go back in time to ensure the video was out to be seen on time for the comment.
Absolutely based.
@@pokeaimMD Ight how did I miss, need to watch. Thanks!
I love me some Blaziken, as a Gen 1er, it is still my favorite fire starter. I'd love to see a video on how Rotom W has remained such a staple in every gen it has been in
Actually surprised me how many people use rotom heat in scarlet violet
@@DefinitelyNotAFerret honestly electric fire is is a insane typing and levitate removes ground weakness
The increase in production quality is perfect to balance the high-density info you narrate. Overall quality boost is noticeable, good stuff, thanks for the quality content man.
Blaziken has been my baby since I was seven. I've kept the *SAME ONE* since I played gen 3, improving it over time. The sooner it's allowed into gen 9, the better. I must destroy NPCs and players alike with my boy, Kindle.🥺
W imo
Same lmao
It was SO satisfying to finally transfer my Blaziken from Emerald into Violet and finally give it perfect EVs, IVs, Nature and its Hidden ability!
@@Horns122122 Infernape ain't got shit on our baby bois. >:V
Hey Joey, suggestion: give these extra-work videos a categorizing title + thumbnail overlay to make them more distinct. Ex: "History of:" and the overlay could be an episode count + the custom art you commissioned. Just so the stick out more from your usual content :]
Blaziken is an awesome pokemon, just rocking design. Absolutely love the flow of the script while editing this video, and I'm happy to see so many people enjoying this. Comrades be sure to leave suggestions, constructible criticism. Joey from my observation really takes viewers suggestions, opinions serious. Your feedback matter here. Thanks for watching, have a kickass day.
Yo dude gotta say the amount of time and effort you put into editing these discussion vids can clearly be seen and know its much appreciated :)
@@MAVERICKSHOOTERS Thank you friend.
Man those draft league overlays take me back, Gen 6 and 7 were some good times
Can you do a video about Metagross’ fall from OU to RU? It’s my favorite pseudo legend!
Simply he had no role anymore
@@antoinepolnareff8970 more like the Steel type nerf let it's Psychic typing bring it down since every mon ever spammed Knock Off and Dark/Ghost type mons keep getting even better each generation. It's base 70 speed is just more and more awful with each passing gen too. The moment Mega Metagross ceased to exist nobody ever heard of Metagross again
GameFreak hate Metagross.
The Explosion nerf and the Steel type nerf do be hitting different
The Metagross Curse is also affecting Tyranitar, although Tyranitar is by no means useless, SV is beginning Tyranitar's Downfall
You should do urshifu-S getting banned next. Most casual players assume Urshifu-R would be better due to a lack of a 4x fairy weakness, so im sure a title like "Why Urshifu Single Strike is better than Rapid strike" would get their attention.
Both urshifus are basically always dying to moonblast anyways lmao
@@Greatbabyredtera poison vibes
Blaziken with Tera sounds frightening
I was a kid when this guy got banned and man gen 5 was crazy.
When I first played gen 3, I saw the cute little chicken and fell in love and was proud to have Blaziken. I wish his shiny was better though.
His Shiny Mega is definetly where it's at
@@alibitter6361 It just has a yellow tint placed over it, that isn't any better. Plus megas aren't coming back unless it's gen 6.
@@rockowlgamer631 Oh yeah I forgot, but I still like the black bits added to his mega forms, shiny or or not.
@@alibitter6361 -_-
Yooo love the 6fthax footage. Brings me back to watching all y’all back in gen 4
Yeah had to use some of his content while editing, such good video quality he had, used to watch his league battle lives, Leo is a legend and I'm sure most in the pokemon community knows this
That thumbnail is just perfection
This video stands out as great. Well done Aim. Love the content.
Its not only my fav starter but my number 1 of all time since i started with Pokémon even before i knew how strong he could be and is
I remember absolutely wrecking everyone with my life orb set in Gen 7. It hurt seeing it become banned to uubl in Gen 8. I hope Terestalization makes it the god it was back then.
Damn that Blazinkickinchicken throwback transported me to about 10 years ago
I think the script would flow better if you keep it a little tighter. It got a little choppy with extra words. Still a nice vid and Ill be watching whatever you got tomorrow too homie
I fucking love the videos using game play across all of those games especially colosseum
I’m a huge Blaziken fan and all I could say for this video was, WAIT I KNEW IT WAS THIS OP BUT IT WAS SO OP IT WAS BANNED?!
Fake fan, hes been banned since obama served his 2nd term. Hes been banned since the wii was Nintendo's main home console
The way you remind me to like and then give me just enough time to skip forward 15 seconds is perfect Joey.
Love the blaziken jumping from the wall.
Torchic is still the best starter to this day.
Shoutouts to the baton pass ban for bringing back my favorite fire fighter
I love Blaziken, he has been my starter pokémon since the First time i play trought Ruby. Every other game i found a way to bring Blaziken back, and start a New playtrought with him, i did this in SW/SH and it was the most broken playtrought i've made so far. It was easy easy
Since you’re a Gen 4 guy and already did a video on one psuedo legendary, I’m interested to here your thoughts on the rise of Dragonite from Gen 4-5 to now and the slow decline of Tyranitar from ADV to now.
Edit: I know False Swipe Gaming has done these, but it’s cool to hear these takes from a certified great mons player like aim rather than a mons historian.
Blaziken has been my favorite Pokémon as long as I could remember
Very much enjoying these types of videos Joey, keep 'em coming
Idea: Why did Aegislash's 10 point drop make such a difference for it?
10 points were dropped for both forms. So aegislash technically lost 20 instead of 10, cuz it has 2 forms
Because it lost an effective 40 BST
It lost 20 in his offenses in Sword form (so the one where he attacks) and 20 in his Shield form (the one where he tanks hit), combine that with the King's Shield nerf and Aegislash's power level went WAAAAAAAY down, the defensive sets became almost completely unviable overnight
oh ye Aegi's always an interesting topic
Garchomp *Death from Puss and Boots voice*: Every mon thinks they’ll be the one to defeat me…but no one has.
"blazing kicking chicken" goat of yt
That first sentence hurt 😢
Sceptile Gang 💪🏾❤️
Sceptile could be at least decent if it got the move-pool & ability love that Blaziken has always gotten smh. Not to mention getting screwed out of a second type.
@@thedapperbear5354 yeah they really didn’t give him any good ability.
Even his Mega only got Lightning Rod.
I would love if they gave us a new form or something like that.
This might be the hottest of hot takes but I think it would have been worth it to test Blaziken in OU in gen 7. Mega should still be banned for obvious reasons, but I think that its frail enough to be dealt with by opposing priority and Z moves
No boots + pursuit trapping and blaziken having a zmove is still too much for OU. We did room tournaments with blaziken allowed, he’s broken
I think that gen 8 is the first gen where he would have been workable, gen 6 it would still have been WAY too much since Talonflame revenge killing isn't that reliable of a strat (especially now that Talonflame fell off) and Mega Slowbro is quite niche. Gen 7 it would have been more palatable definitely with the Toxapex and Tapu Fini etc but it would still have been really tough to handle for the tier (but I agree that at least it's the first generation where testing it could be conceived as there are arguments, I don't think it would have stayed but you could at least make an argument that the defensive power creep had somewhat catches up to it
Editor needs a raise
Lol. Joey is an awesome person to work for. Thank you for enjoying my video edits.
Note: Tiers are about usage, not power. Just because the meta is currently hostile to Blaziken does NOT make it weak or bad or any other negative adjective.
Blaziken getting released from vgc jail after 10 years seeing that the current meta is 1v2ing your opponent with a giant dumb looking catfish
The graphics in this vid are truly next gen.
I like how the only starter currently (or rather, in its most recent appearance) in ubers is cinderace!
technically the best starter of them all (not counting mega or gmax forms)
Great video, but will have to disagree with its viability in ubers. It's always been a suboptimal to outright bad pick in oras ubers and beyond, where in black and white it didn't see much usage even on sun teams, and these days is not run on sun at all.
I was gonna ask would people go for that extra 10 BP with high jump kick instead of CC until I realized it can't even learn high jumpkick any more. I find this dumb because somehow it just forgot how to jump high and kick?
the funny thing is that all this happened because Blaziken was outclassed by Infernape during everything in the gen 4 meta
Im interested in Dragonite cuz despite being around since gen 1, it has stayed relevant despite powercreep
Dragonite is in the top 10 for gen 9 OU. It is the 4th most used pokemon in OU because of Tera Normal Dragonite
@@Kali_Krause i know that its still good i just wanna see a vid about it cuz it has stayed good in like every gens OU while other gen 1 mons have fallen off
Even more interesting thing about it is that it faced the opposite effect of most early gen pokemon with power creep, starting off being outright unviable in early generations and overall very unimpressive until gen 4 gave it the gift of the physical special split and gen 5 gave it Multiscale. It did start to fall off a little around gen 6 to 7 because of fairies and megas, but it still had its place in the meta. The introduction of HDB in gen 8 brought it back to being a strong mon, but gen 9 is probably the most powerful it has been yet, with Tera Normal turning it into a mini-ESpeed Arceus. Overall, just a weird case of a mon starting off unimpressive and then getting tools that make it more and more powerful until it has become one of the most powerful, meta-defining threats that it is today.
It just got good stuff every gen
Gen 5 gave it multiscale
Gen 6 gave it more defoggers so it can keep multiscale even with hazards
Gen 7 gave it Z moves to nuke mons
Gen 8 gave heavy duty boots so hazard removal isnt even needed
Gen 9 gave it tera normal so it can sweep with stab extreme speed
From Uber to not OU viable, yikes
Try Celebi, thing went from Ubers in Gen 2 to RU last gen lmao
Sheesh Aim, this video was reeeally good dog
It shocks me that blaziken is so slow without speed boost
Basically Blazekien is more like a superhero that can take down anyone
Can you do a video on the best pseudo legendary (not including megas)?
Dragonite is a gen 1 pokemon that is still relevant in gen 9 OU despite over 20 years of powercreep and not getting any love from Gamefreak in the form of a mega or Gmax form.
Garchomp is a gen 4 pokemon that I have never seen drop below OU. It has always found a place in every OU metagame. It's one of the most versatile pokemon I've ever seen, having sets that let it be a revenge killer/late game sweeper with Choice Scarf, wall breaker with Swords Dance or even a physical tank with Rocky Helmet. And it still has space for Stealth Rocks on all these sets to make it a hazard setter.
Dragapult is a newer pseudo legendary boasting very high speed, almost un-resisted STAB combination and a wide move pool letting it pivot and sweep using a physical or special move set. Plus a dark type nerf in the move Pursuit being deleted means Dragapult and other Ghost types are a lot stronger in the recent generations.
I personally believe one of these 3 are the best. I'm leaning towards Chomp the most tbh. All the other pseudos have dropped from OU and are now UUBL, UU or below. I haven't played any gen 9 at all so I don't know anything about the new pseudo.
Hydreigon was the reason fairy types even existed
Best is def coming! Tho i gotta include megas haha
Dragapult is nuts now. Tera ghost Tera Blast just allowed it run good physical STAB
i run blazekin on a few teams. air balloon, flare blitz, thunder punch, close combat, swords dance. really good closer. i havent used him in gen 9 at all
love these typa videos ❤️
this series is so much better than the other one
I like how Blaziken in the thumbnail looks as if shouting "My time has come!"
Unbanned Blaziken 10 years.
Same time free "El Chapo" scape from prision Almoloya Ö
Chapo is a beta cuck chump all narcos should be hanged and display their corpses as a cutionary tale.
Love these types of videos. Keep it up, Joey.
I want it to become broken again. I like your support for Blaziken
Meanwhile Feraligatr: *You guys are getting appearances?*
Blaziken has been my favourite starter since I got Ruby back when I was 4. I was really happy when it dropped from Ubers in Gen 8 and I was able to use it in competitive
Im still annoyed that my favourite Swampert got screwed over ability wise in Gen 5. You give this dude Speed Boost, and what does Swampert get? Damp as a hidden ability (not even too great given the explosion and self destruct nerf), and Swift Swim on mega.
Blaziken: The first starter banned to Ubers
really expected chicken on a balloon to make a cameo at the end but I see how it is, we do a little revisionist history
Loved the edit!!!
Thank you very much, glad to hear it.
Gotta love blakiken. That crazy chicken be putting holes in other pokemon like kung pow.
Blaze kickin' Chicken 😂 Joey you go so hard
Great vids aim! I really like the context since taking time off the franchise from Ruby to BDSP
Now just imagine if its mega had gotten tough claws... oh god...
In summery, Mega Ultra Chicken is Legend.
Can you do an episode for Blaziken now in Scarlet and Violet?
Itd be kinda nasty if it was able to learn Power Trip
God tier thumbnail 😂
Blaziken is forever my favorite pokemon
Blaziken is my favorite mon imagine my shock when 13 yo me hopped on showdown during gen 6 and saw him banned from ou
I love these Joey
I would like to see a vid about how tyranitar and it’s fall off somewhat
Sooo the answer's power creep. No surprise there. I'm worried about some kind of critical threshold being overtaken, where there's no point in running anything except hyper offense anymore and the entire game becomes a sacfest
Day 124 asking for the Choice Band Reuniclus meme
greninja nerfs discussion please
Now Blaziken is in Gen 9. Whatever will it do to break everything now?
I cant wait for Megas to High Ladder and BL Knights to return!!
I love these videos Joey, thanks for giving us amazing content 😁
Bro you are doing God's work my guy, Thank You! I've been asking so soooo long why the hell did this dude KFC GOD get unbanned but now I have insight and I can see why now. But I do have a huge question about why did Blaziken get unbanned in Gen 8 OU National Dex and Cinderace was still banned completely? In my opinion Blaziken is way better than Cinderace and Greninja being literally the same as Cinderace with the same ability and utility plus with an innate Immunity being dark type can still out speed and check Cinderace in a 1v1 but wasn't banned. I would like to see a video like this on Cinderace being banned from all of gen 8 - national dex showdown and why he got unbanned in gen 9 would be amazing and I could easily share with my friends that video lol. Thanks a lot Joey aka the fierce, the legend himself PokeaimMD!
Great script
The visuals are a little overkill tho
this is my fav pokemon and im happy to see its amazing and can be used to some extent now
0/10 you didn't make a chicken in a balloon reference
Justice for our boy Blaziken
Still got PTSD from Blaziken hyper offense lol
Also dragapult help keep it in check
Give it Victory Dance goddamnit
This god like thumbnail 😂
What i dont understand is that why was the ability speed boost wasn’t banned, instead of blaziken itself. It has another usable ability, so they could just ban the ability, of course mega blaziken would still be banned, because it only has one ability
finally, someone with my love of the flame chicken himself 🐓🔥 BLAZE GANG
Can we get more vids like this? Plz?
Joey is working on a new script which he will send to me for a video later this week :) He clearly enjoyed making the educational scripts so expect many more to come. Thank you for watching.
So basically there's spicier peppers now