The best part of having garchomp in platinum is that you can bring it to one of the shard move tutors and it can learn Iron head. takes advantage of it's great attack stat and was THE coverage move against Ice types and now fairies.
@@blacksheep7741 Garchomp has the attack stat to body most Pokémon of those types. Good coverage comes a long way. I’m not sure what you’re trying to get from stating the obvious
I wasted 2 to 3 hours in SV to first get a Mankey and Magikarp to evolve and just move around beating the bug gym and a titan and then I went to get gible, larvitar and a deino from the cave in the west area after that I went to capture a riolu. Also I captured a ditto from near that port city. Then I basically bred them one by one which took more time. Also I only remembered riolu after I was done with breeding every other pokemon on my team. I forgot riolu was a baby pokemon and wasted some time trying to breed him with ditto. When I remembered it took some time to evolve and breed Lucario. And now I am playing with my team from the start and already reached lvl 20+ for all Pokemons.
Getting a Larvitar on silver is what I think contributed to Tyranitar being my favourite mon, PERIOD. It was like Metagross in that you could only get it in the post game, except it was at the very end of postgame and it is the only pseudo that no NPC in its base game had. Out of all the pseudos, Ttar was the one that made me feel the most like the "very best like no-one ever was" as a kid, and I'll never forget that.
I love all pseudo legendary, but in metagross case. What makes it special is that you’ll need to earn it and train it to be strong. Its special. Its not like bagon where everyone can catch one. Just look it in another way. Lots of love everyone ❤️
Garchomp is my favourite Pseudo Legendary Pokemon. It's a great member of my Ultimate Team, even though it was hard to get any battle experience for him on Showdown due to my team having a combination of all of the gimmicks in the franchise.
1:41 One of my original disappointments regarding Tyranitar was that Karen never used it, despite being dark-specialist. Instead a Gengar and Vileplume made up parts of her team.
@@stephenveerasammy3074 If memory serves she also skipped Sneasel which ofc is not as strong but yet a dark type for a team that felt pretending there weren’t more dark types.
Honestly, Tyranitar's more suitable for Lance. Because of how hard it was to create Dragon type teams in Generations 1 and 2, Lance had to rely on several Pokemon that RESEMBLE Dragons instead of the type itself. Toss out 2 of his Dragonite and replace them with Tyranitar and Kingdra and he's set. Karen was doing fine without Tyranitar. Gengar and Vileplume suit her philosophy of choosing Pokemon that she just likes, regardless of whether they're her signature type. Plus, their inclusion on her team have gotten even better with time due to their ability to obliterate Fairy types.
@@tomnorton4277 Good points I can agree with! Even though Kingdra might been more suitable for Lances upgraded team (HG/SS) since Kingdra is the dragon gym leaders signature Pokémon.
I'm sorry bad take. Hisuian goodra is amazing but in comparison to all other pseudo's the original version just has nothing to offer. Which is probably why they felt like they had to fix it.
Goodra isn't underrated. It is statistically the worst pseudo-legendary in the game. Can you use it? Sure. But it can't do anything that any other pseudo could do but better.
You actually can get larvitar through the safari zone in HG and SS before the elite four, which I did on my latest playthrough. Real nightmare of a process just catching it but goddamn did it feel like I was cheating using that overpowered tyranitar for the rest of the game.
Actually, there were no abilities in Gen 2, they were introduced in Gen 3. So Tyranitar didn't have Sand Stream and Red's team wasn't hit by it as you said. I even remember people using Tyranitar with a moveset which included Sandstorm in competitive battles back in the days.
8:30 thats not what soundproof does. It means that pokemon with soundproof are immune to the move. Not that Kommo'o with soundproof don't get the defense drop
Ironically...my two favorites are Metagross and Tyranitar. That's also probably because I was in that sweet-spot agegroup when Silver/Gold/Crystal and Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald came out. I mostly played the original Pokemon games in preschool and very early Elementary school back in like 1999-2001 or so and then had Crystal version and Ruby and those two games just utterly sucked me in. But they also look so cool!!!! And IDK, personally at least, I've always found them to be really great in my teams and be able to dish out damage AND take a beating.
You know Metagross is good when one of the only two complain he could came up was the fact that you get it at Lvl 1 in RSE. I mean damn bro, I vividly remembered that you can catch a wild one in DPPt and it was like Lvl 50+. Still freaking hard to catch even with ultra ball spams though. Plus I also remembered you could trade one with Steven in HGSS with Forretress.
Tyranitar is probably my favorite Pokémon overall. Awesome kaiju design on par with charizard or rayquaza. Incredibly strong with great stab moves. But in terms of OP, Garchomp is the goat.
The Beldum you get from Steven’s house is level 5, not 1. I’m switch training it to a Metagross right now, as I’m watching this lol. My dex will be completed once I get it to level 45
Garchomp can deal supper effectective damage to every other Pokémon in the list. Dragon type attacks for the dragon and ground type attacks for Tyranator and Metagross.
Thank you for respecting Goodra as much as you did. A lot of players think it's a piece of crap but I remember wrecking almost everyone in and out of game using that pokemon although I got it through BS methods like trading early in the game.
Placed low for being a pure dragon type is disrespecting it tbh, praising salamence for having a spatk stat that is decent so it can use both but not mentioning the same for Goodra's Attack stat. Not to mention it has an immunity to grass that actually powers it up on the physical side when hit by grass type moves. How it got ranked below Kommo-o is beyond me. With so many Ultra Beasts etc running around Alola I don't blame people for even forgetting Kommo-o is a thing.
@@blackout6411 I got to admit that I have some bias as I really only like it (and it being in my top 5 of all pokemon) and Dragapult among all the pseudo's
Dragapult, dragonite and tyranitar are my favorites. Dragapult is always in my party, love its signature move, dragon darts, shooting the poor pair of dreepy away like they were missiles 😂
Not sure if this was stated, but you can get larvitar in hgss at around the 6th johto gym due to the safari zone at and at higher levels than mount silver.
It's weird that you ignored re-makes, as they're also the Pokemon's home regions just spruced up a bit. In Metagross' case it doesn't matter since it's still postgame unless you played them at launch and got the event one. Tyranitar is only slightly better because you get get Larviatar in the safari zone; but good luck having a Tyranitar before Kanto. Dragonite is way better in gen 3 kanto because even with them not being physical attacks yet, it actually gets dragon moves on top of all the other great things about it. Also Salamence just seems way too high if we're going by playthrough viability. You can only have one for victory road and the elite 4, which no matter how good intimidate is doesn't seem worth it considering the last 3rd of the e4 just decimates the thing unless you can kill all of Drake's team in 1-hit before he does it in return to you; and by this point in Hoenn you've had access to other good dragons not usually available in the previous 2 gens. Baxcalibur is completely reasonable that thing is ridiculous and you can mess with the game physics to get a Frigibax before having ANY GYM BADGES, I know because I've done it!
frigibax can be caught earlier at dalizapa pasage right outside the pokemon center without the swim ability. Just head from zapapico and head up till u see a giant hole with a pokemon center down below and just jump down. There is a tunnel where it can be caught
Dude literally yapped about Tyranitar’s ability while ranking psuedo legendaries based on their debut generation and didn’t see a problem with that. Definitely a watch Mojo type list
Baxcaliber is the most accessible pseudo… it was my second Pokémon after praying while chucking a shit ton of pokeballs. I got after beating the first titan by BLJ’ing.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Tera Dark Frigidbax that can be found on the mountain and has the Egg move Icicle Sphere which makes it absolutely destroy nearly anything if it has that held item that increases the amount of times consecutive moves can strike
@@blacksheep7741 Metagross isn't nowhere in Paldea, the point of the video is how well the Psuedo legendaries do within their own game of origin, and their no Metagross trainers anywhere within Paldea to stop it
Man didn’t even know abilities didn’t exist in gen 2 or that hyper beam would’ve still did more than dragon claw for Dragonite in gen 1, so I’d find it hard to believe that he would’ve known about that Frigibax.
I like Dragonite and Goodra, because in the middle of these ginormous, horrifying dragons that could kill you, there just there enjoying life, having fun, being huggable.
In XD gale of darkness you can get access to larvitar fairly early (just before the factory area) and its pretty reliable when you use a ground team along with flygon and aggron.
Don't mean to that person, but I should mention that Tyranitar doesn't have access to Sand Stream in the original Gold, Silver, and Crystal since abilities aren't introduced until Gen 3. Also I think you forgot Haxorus. Good video regardless.
You're absolutely right I had a scatterbrain moment and forgot abilities still weren't a thing in those games. But I suppose him not have that ability further solidifies his spot at number 10 haha
Dragonite in gen 1 was kinda op tho. Wrap attack was immobilizing the enemy fully xD and hyper beam had no rest turn if it defeated the enemy, so you could potentially spam it iirc
Interesting that you say about TTar's ability causing passive damage. That's true, after GSC, but the lack of abilities IN GSC meant that TTar wasn't quite as effective, especially as the battle starts with Hail, and Red's team sets up Rain and Sun. At least in HGSS it could negate the hail that starts automatically and Red's team had no way of setting up weather outside of it.
Came here to say this. One correction though, in GSC there is no hail during the Red fight because that weather condition didn't exist until Gen 3. The only weather in Gen 2 was rain, sun, and sand.
When I was playing thru SV I found a dreepy rlly early near a river and caught it immediately at level 23. I didn’t realize how late it evolved into drakloak and how useless it was until I got it to level 40 😭
The only thing that held back Dragonite's potential back then was it really lacked some move pool and was the ONLY Dragon type in Gen 1... Really glad he's still viable now and possibly one the most viable Pseudo following Garchomp, Dragapult and Hisuan Goodra.
Oh I just realized that Hydreigon's evolution chain are making reference to the German numbers 1 2 3. So, Deino: ein; Zweilous: zwei; and Hydreigon: drei. Ein= 1 Zwei= 2 Drei= 3 So Zweilous would actually be more like "zv-eye-lous"
An added layer of how much of a pain getting a Dreepy is in Sword and Shield: You get the upgrade to cross water with your bike after the 6th gym, but you can only catch a up to level 50 Pokémon with six badges, so if you head straight to the Lake of Outrage you not only have a 1% chance to find a Dreepy in certain weather, but the Dreepy might be level 51 or 52, so you can’t actually catch it.
I disagree with Dragonite being too low. Getting it at the game corner before the 4th gym is massive, especially since you won’t run into anything that will have super effective moves against it. It can also learn Hyper Beam and OHKO most Pokémon with it. Gen 1 doesn’t require a recharge if you KO and you also have the option to get ice beam from an NPC at the roof top of the celadon marketplace when you give her a drink (forgot which one off the top of my head). Dragonite is a menace in RBY. The Gen 3 remake also has Dragonair learn outrage at level 56, so you can run a Dragonite with it by just waiting another level. TLDR; Dragonite deserves at minimum top 3 based on your requirements.
Even then, the most broken thing Dragonite has in gen 1 is "wrap". Since it locks away the opponent for attacking in subsequemt turns, you just have to attack first... and Dragonite has agility!!!! Dragonite is really broken and too good in Gen1. At least for the story
Larvitar in Soul Silver/Hearth Gold safari zone way before elite 4. Usable. Lv 55 is the only downside since you wont have it at that level by the elite 4.
@2:38 It seems like you were jumping back and forth between GSC & Heart Gold/Soul Silver. There was no Sand Stream in Generation 2 nor were there abilities (Intimidate Gyrados was not a thing in GSC). The physical/special split hadn't happened yet and all Dark type moves were Special in the first 3 generations, meaning Tyranitar wasn't using Crunch on the physical side if being used against Red. Sand Storm also didn't boost the Special Defense of Rock, Steel and Ground Types in Generation 2. Everything you said only applies to Heart Gold and Soul Silver.
DragaGOAT has to be #1 can one shot every single other dragon pseudo, and it out speeds to boot. Funny enough Tyranitar is the biggest problem for it despite it falling out of favor in recent gens.
Tyranitar MetagrossSalamence and Dragonite are my top candidates. I had all those on a squad for an elite four run with a Gyarafos and an Alakazam and i cleared house. None of them ever fainted and these were high 50s and low 60s level Pokemon. I barely needed any potion. Hell, Metagross and Tyranitar can clear the first 3 elite four solo!
Yeah, man. Seeing metagross make the last place just because it wasn't as easily accessible as the others made me sad. It is a friggin' beast in battle.
wdym sand stream there were no abilities in gen 2, pokemon that have soundproof are immune to clanging scales not ignoring the defence drop, hau is not the champion and goodra doesn't evolve from fog
It's funny that baxcalibur is the strongest attacking psuedo with 145 and 87 speed, yet Haxorus, which isn't pseudo, has 147 attack and 97 speed. Haxorus may not be technically a pseudo but it's far better optimized than almost any pseudo (super low special attack to compensate), and functions basically like a pseudo-legendary. This is also why Garachomp is the best pseudo; it has the lowest special attack and put all those stats towards speed
Beyond the lower base stat total, Haxorus has a few other issues compared to Bax. It's vulnerable to burns, doesn't have a reliable priority, Glaive Rush being better than Outrage and lacks a great second STAB. The power difference between the two is negligible. Bax took a backseat in the opening days of Gen 9 because of Mega-Weavile. Also, Garchomp actually sacrificed its Special Attack for bulk rather than Speed. Yes, it was the faster than Salamence... but only by two points. Garchomp's natural bulk beats Swampert's. It had the most HP of any pseudo until Baxcalibur showed up.
The best part of having garchomp in platinum is that you can bring it to one of the shard move tutors and it can learn Iron head. takes advantage of it's great attack stat and was THE coverage move against Ice types and now fairies.
Well dragons are weak to fairy and garchomp 4x times weak 2 ice
@@blacksheep7741 Garchomp has the attack stat to body most Pokémon of those types. Good coverage comes a long way. I’m not sure what you’re trying to get from stating the obvious
Throw in Poison Jab for Garchomp, you'll thank me later.
I used to run a Poison Jab Garchomp and my opponents never saw it coming! Such a satisfying time!
@@chaoticjersey Poison Jab is good, but Iron head is my personal preference. steel is a better coverage typing
Is he complaining about not getting PSEUDO LEGENDARY POKEMON EARLY?!
No he’s complaining about getting them way too late
They should fix it so you can get the fully evolved pseudo legendary by the time you get to 8th gym/victory road. Not post game.
@@PintoBeeanthat’s a subtle difference that I almost missed. Thank you 🙏🏾
I wasted 2 to 3 hours in SV to first get a Mankey and Magikarp to evolve and just move around beating the bug gym and a titan and then I went to get gible, larvitar and a deino from the cave in the west area after that I went to capture a riolu.
Also I captured a ditto from near that port city. Then I basically bred them one by one which took more time. Also I only remembered riolu after I was done with breeding every other pokemon on my team. I forgot riolu was a baby pokemon and wasted some time trying to breed him with ditto. When I remembered it took some time to evolve and breed Lucario. And now I am playing with my team from the start and already reached lvl 20+ for all Pokemons.
No he's saying it should be earlier than post game. Not "early"
2:37 there are no abilities in gen 2. They were introduced in gen 3. In Heart Gold and Soul Silver you can get him in the Johto Safari Zone though.
That bothered me so much, im not sure if it was comment bait
You took the words right out of my mouth.
Glad I wasn't the only one. Glaring
Yeah, that was a pretty big mistake
@@funwithcoding2818 selfish but ok
Not to mention the Baxcalibur Line's Ability: Thermal Exchange. Makes them a dangerous opponent against even Fire Types.
Yeah I know its an awesome brand new ability.
@@angelinarobbins1567 agreed.
Getting a Larvitar on silver is what I think contributed to Tyranitar being my favourite mon, PERIOD. It was like Metagross in that you could only get it in the post game, except it was at the very end of postgame and it is the only pseudo that no NPC in its base game had. Out of all the pseudos, Ttar was the one that made me feel the most like the "very best like no-one ever was" as a kid, and I'll never forget that.
That’s exactly how I felt getting Hydreigon in Black!
I always think Goodra is Dragon/Poison for some reason. It would certainly help it stand out in the fairy-heavy gens it's had to live in.
Dragon/Steel does give it leverage over Fairy.
I love all pseudo legendary, but in metagross case. What makes it special is that you’ll need to earn it and train it to be strong. Its special. Its not like bagon where everyone can catch one. Just look it in another way. Lots of love everyone ❤️
He was talking about its overall grinding potential not whether or not it’s special
The symbolism doesn’t really matter
Lol what a cope
@@TheCrankyTechnician lol you two are such clowns
@@yotetoob lol what a clown
then its just useless since you wouldn't have the time to use it for battle anyways
I have always felt like haxorus and aggron should be sudos
*PSEUDOS, NOT SUDOS! FIX IT NOW!*
@@Amelia4111shut up
@@Amelia4111sudowoodo!!!!!!
Pokemon G/S/C didn’t have abilities…
3:00 Just a reminder that in OG Gen 2 Pokémon didn't have abilities. Abilities were first implemented in Gen 3.
Garchomp is my favourite Pseudo Legendary Pokemon. It's a great member of my Ultimate Team, even though it was hard to get any battle experience for him on Showdown due to my team having a combination of all of the gimmicks in the franchise.
Garchomp looks so cool
Garchomp and Salamence are my 2 faves
@@stevenceja4706 me too
Garchomp is my favorite Pokemon of all time even when the first Pokemon i took to level 100 that wasnt my starter was a Hydreigon.
@@thunderred5263 For me Hydreigon looks the coolest among all+Hydreigon's my favourite
1:41 One of my original disappointments regarding Tyranitar was that Karen never used it, despite being dark-specialist. Instead a Gengar and Vileplume made up parts of her team.
Oh my gosh, I never considered that...
@@stephenveerasammy3074 If memory serves she also skipped Sneasel which ofc is not as strong but yet a dark type for a team that felt pretending there weren’t more dark types.
Honestly, Tyranitar's more suitable for Lance. Because of how hard it was to create Dragon type teams in Generations 1 and 2, Lance had to rely on several Pokemon that RESEMBLE Dragons instead of the type itself. Toss out 2 of his Dragonite and replace them with Tyranitar and Kingdra and he's set.
Karen was doing fine without Tyranitar. Gengar and Vileplume suit her philosophy of choosing Pokemon that she just likes, regardless of whether they're her signature type. Plus, their inclusion on her team have gotten even better with time due to their ability to obliterate Fairy types.
@@tomnorton4277 Good points I can agree with! Even though Kingdra might been more suitable for Lances upgraded team (HG/SS) since Kingdra is the dragon gym leaders signature Pokémon.
The boss battles in the gen 2 games were horrendously designed
Goodras is my GOAT. extremely underrated
Can you tell me the strat u use in which game
True, he is so cute
I'm sorry bad take. Hisuian goodra is amazing but in comparison to all other pseudo's the original version just has nothing to offer.
Which is probably why they felt like they had to fix it.
Goodra isn't underrated. It is statistically the worst pseudo-legendary in the game.
Can you use it? Sure. But it can't do anything that any other pseudo could do but better.
@@wuguxiandi9413 The same can't be said for Hisuian Goodra, though.
You actually can get larvitar through the safari zone in HG and SS before the elite four, which I did on my latest playthrough. Real nightmare of a process just catching it but goddamn did it feel like I was cheating using that overpowered tyranitar for the rest of the game.
Yup. Should definetely be known more.
- video started
- metagross last
- video closed
Hydreigon took hella time to evolve for me but once I had him I could rely on him to literally defeat anything
Actually, there were no abilities in Gen 2, they were introduced in Gen 3. So Tyranitar didn't have Sand Stream and Red's team wasn't hit by it as you said.
I even remember people using Tyranitar with a moveset which included Sandstorm in competitive battles back in the days.
8:30 thats not what soundproof does. It means that pokemon with soundproof are immune to the move. Not that Kommo'o with soundproof don't get the defense drop
Ironically...my two favorites are Metagross and Tyranitar. That's also probably because I was in that sweet-spot agegroup when Silver/Gold/Crystal and Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald came out. I mostly played the original Pokemon games in preschool and very early Elementary school back in like 1999-2001 or so and then had Crystal version and Ruby and those two games just utterly sucked me in. But they also look so cool!!!! And IDK, personally at least, I've always found them to be really great in my teams and be able to dish out damage AND take a beating.
Metagross is a tank bro. This guy is hating on Metagross because it’s rare 🤦♂️
You know Metagross is good when one of the only two complain he could came up was the fact that you get it at Lvl 1 in RSE. I mean damn bro, I vividly remembered that you can catch a wild one in DPPt and it was like Lvl 50+. Still freaking hard to catch even with ultra ball spams though.
Plus I also remembered you could trade one with Steven in HGSS with Forretress.
So I’m guessing your 30 lol 😂
yes indeed haha@@krayzie281
Metagross is the best. Steel and psychic typing is just too strong. Bruh you really knocked metagross because it was hard to get??!
My fav pseudo's are probably Metagross, Tyranitar and Salamence.
Tyranitar is probably my favorite Pokémon overall. Awesome kaiju design on par with charizard or rayquaza. Incredibly strong with great stab moves. But in terms of OP, Garchomp is the goat.
As always gorchomp da goat and the bringer of nightmares will always be remembered as the one of the only Pokémon to be better than some legendarys
Boring
@@mihaimercenarul7467 boring my ass tf you mean
@@ruminate1906 yawn
@@mihaimercenarul7467 tf you mean
@@mihaimercenarul7467 you mad that gorchomp just him
Tyranitar didn’t have sand stream until gen 3
Salamence can get a dragon claw under lvl 50. Just dont let bagon evolve into shelgon until lvl 49, as bagon learns dragon claw at this level
The Beldum you get from Steven’s house is level 5, not 1. I’m switch training it to a Metagross right now, as I’m watching this lol. My dex will be completed once I get it to level 45
Garchomp can deal supper effectective damage to every other Pokémon in the list. Dragon type attacks for the dragon and ground type attacks for Tyranator and Metagross.
TYRANITAR, NOT TYRANATOR!
Thank you for respecting Goodra as much as you did. A lot of players think it's a piece of crap but I remember wrecking almost everyone in and out of game using that pokemon although I got it through BS methods like trading early in the game.
Placed low for being a pure dragon type is disrespecting it tbh, praising salamence for having a spatk stat that is decent so it can use both but not mentioning the same for Goodra's Attack stat. Not to mention it has an immunity to grass that actually powers it up on the physical side when hit by grass type moves. How it got ranked below Kommo-o is beyond me. With so many Ultra Beasts etc running around Alola I don't blame people for even forgetting Kommo-o is a thing.
@Kay Schut Exactomundo! Thank you, it has so much potential.
@@blackout6411 I got to admit that I have some bias as I really only like it (and it being in my top 5 of all pokemon) and Dragapult among all the pseudo's
@@kayschut9327 Still, you gave it a chance.
@@blackout6411 I think you misread haha, Goodra is in my top 5 all time favourite pokemon.
Dragapult, dragonite and tyranitar are my favorites.
Dragapult is always in my party, love its signature move, dragon darts, shooting the poor pair of dreepy away like they were missiles 😂
Tyranitar, Garchomp & Dragonite are my favourite of all the pseudo Legendaries.
Not sure if this was stated, but you can get larvitar in hgss at around the 6th johto gym due to the safari zone at and at higher levels than mount silver.
You only need 4 badges and to give Amphy medicine in order to access the safari zone. Great place to get kanto mons like houndour and murkrow too!
@@RadiogumdropI need to replay hgss now and get larvitar, murkrow and houndour on my team. I forget about the safari zone lol
@@Radiogumdrop Neither houndour or murkrow are gen 1
@@Dominic13337 I didn’t mean Gen 1. In HGSS Houndour and Murkrow are only found in the HGSS safari zone or kanto
My guy...Sand Stream didn't exist in Gen. 2.
Like, it works in HGSS, but not in GSC.
Drakloak is quite easy to find in the lake of outrage if the weather is storm cloud
Metagross but the event one in ORAS. Include that possibility lol
It's weird that you ignored re-makes, as they're also the Pokemon's home regions just spruced up a bit. In Metagross' case it doesn't matter since it's still postgame unless you played them at launch and got the event one. Tyranitar is only slightly better because you get get Larviatar in the safari zone; but good luck having a Tyranitar before Kanto. Dragonite is way better in gen 3 kanto because even with them not being physical attacks yet, it actually gets dragon moves on top of all the other great things about it.
Also Salamence just seems way too high if we're going by playthrough viability. You can only have one for victory road and the elite 4, which no matter how good intimidate is doesn't seem worth it considering the last 3rd of the e4 just decimates the thing unless you can kill all of Drake's team in 1-hit before he does it in return to you; and by this point in Hoenn you've had access to other good dragons not usually available in the previous 2 gens.
Baxcalibur is completely reasonable that thing is ridiculous and you can mess with the game physics to get a Frigibax before having ANY GYM BADGES, I know because I've done it!
He's ranking them based on their viability when they came out, ranking them on how well they do in their home region is a different conversion
Right over your head Carter.
frigibax can be caught earlier at dalizapa pasage right outside the pokemon center without the swim ability. Just head from zapapico and head up till u see a giant hole with a pokemon center down below and just jump down. There is a tunnel where it can be caught
Dragonite is such a big adorable friend and well as being duoer strong and versatile. Its my favourite pokemon. Always will be.
8:20 Funnily enough, you could actually get a LEVEL 10 SALAMENCE on ISLAND 1 through the backup system
Dude literally yapped about Tyranitar’s ability while ranking psuedo legendaries based on their debut generation and didn’t see a problem with that. Definitely a watch Mojo type list
Out of all these awesome pseudos I love Dragapult 💛 it’s design, typing and overall how cute it’s I love this dragon 🐉🥰🥰🥰
peak pokemon design, I love its inspiration too, u know from where the design was inspired from
You can get larvitar in the safari zone in the gen 4 remakes
Garchomp not learning Earthquake on its own is still the biggest crime of Pokemon history to date.
there weren’t abilities in GSC so Ttar didn’t have sandstream but did have the move sandstorm
Baxcaliber is the most accessible pseudo… it was my second Pokémon after praying while chucking a shit ton of pokeballs. I got after beating the first titan by BLJ’ing.
Ive only ever used two Psuedo Legendary Pokémon. Tyranitar and Garchomp, I loved them both.
The macho man cream of the crop promo clip made me subscribe
Goodra can learn Hydropump, Thunder, Blizzard, Fireblast. That's really cool, but that's about it.
Garchomp is always the king lmao
I'm surprised you didn't mention the Tera Dark Frigidbax that can be found on the mountain and has the Egg move Icicle Sphere which makes it absolutely destroy nearly anything if it has that held item that increases the amount of times consecutive moves can strike
This is true that's if you outspeed your opponent Metagross is resistant to ice
@@blacksheep7741 Metagross isn't nowhere in Paldea, the point of the video is how well the Psuedo legendaries do within their own game of origin, and their no Metagross trainers anywhere within Paldea to stop it
Man didn’t even know abilities didn’t exist in gen 2 or that hyper beam would’ve still did more than dragon claw for Dragonite in gen 1, so I’d find it hard to believe that he would’ve known about that Frigibax.
metagross is confirmed to be in dlc
Yes tough we talking about vanilla though. Also dragapult can be caught in the dlcs as well
baxcallibur is pretty underrated. im happy that you brought him the attention he deserves
THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE L IN BAXCALIBUR!
@@Amelia4111 we don't care
He only has sandstream in gen IV, no abilities in II
I am 100% certain that you can get Larvitar at the Kanto game corner in GSC and use a ttar for the Kanto gyms
I like Dragonite and Goodra, because in the middle of these ginormous, horrifying dragons that could kill you, there just there enjoying life, having fun, being huggable.
Pseudo doesn't need to be scary to be good. I stand by goodra
Every time i watch a video like this i learn something new. GEN 1 ELITE 4 AERODACTYL DIDNT KNOW A ROCK MOVE?? 😭
I feel like goodra should of been a Water dragon type
Or poison
As much as I love Metagross, i gotta agree with the facts
Garchomp has been my fav mon since Gen4
In XD gale of darkness you can get access to larvitar fairly early (just before the factory area) and its pretty reliable when you use a ground team along with flygon and aggron.
I'm glad you pronounced Arceus correctly
Salamence will always be my favorite. Drake was just kicking me so much with it
Don't mean to that person, but I should mention that Tyranitar doesn't have access to Sand Stream in the original Gold, Silver, and Crystal since abilities aren't introduced until Gen 3. Also I think you forgot Haxorus. Good video regardless.
You're absolutely right I had a scatterbrain moment and forgot abilities still weren't a thing in those games. But I suppose him not have that ability further solidifies his spot at number 10 haha
Haxorus isn’t a pseudo
Haxorus isn't a pseudo, everyone mistakes this and Idk why. Not every dragon is a pseudo
@@duttashree it's big ol atk stat is probably why
@@duttashree I cringe everytime they call it a pseudo
Evolving Hydreigon is the most painful thing created in pokemon.
Dragonite in gen 1 was kinda op tho. Wrap attack was immobilizing the enemy fully xD and hyper beam had no rest turn if it defeated the enemy, so you could potentially spam it iirc
Garchomp with Scale shot + Swords Dance literally can destroy anything except some fairies
Interesting that you say about TTar's ability causing passive damage. That's true, after GSC, but the lack of abilities IN GSC meant that TTar wasn't quite as effective, especially as the battle starts with Hail, and Red's team sets up Rain and Sun.
At least in HGSS it could negate the hail that starts automatically and Red's team had no way of setting up weather outside of it.
Came here to say this. One correction though, in GSC there is no hail during the Red fight because that weather condition didn't exist until Gen 3. The only weather in Gen 2 was rain, sun, and sand.
When I was playing thru SV I found a dreepy rlly early near a river and caught it immediately at level 23. I didn’t realize how late it evolved into drakloak and how useless it was until I got it to level 40 😭
Yes but u can catch drakloaks once u go a bit further in the game
my fav pseudo is arguably salamence(and tyranitar larvitar cute tho)
meanwhile Volcarona... I dont need that title to destroy all of you
The only thing that held back Dragonite's potential back then was it really lacked some move pool and was the ONLY Dragon type in Gen 1... Really glad he's still viable now and possibly one the most viable Pseudo following Garchomp, Dragapult and Hisuan Goodra.
Oh I just realized that Hydreigon's evolution chain are making reference to the German numbers 1 2 3. So, Deino: ein; Zweilous: zwei; and Hydreigon: drei.
Ein= 1
Zwei= 2
Drei= 3
So Zweilous would actually be more like "zv-eye-lous"
An added layer of how much of a pain getting a Dreepy is in Sword and Shield: You get the upgrade to cross water with your bike after the 6th gym, but you can only catch a up to level 50 Pokémon with six badges, so if you head straight to the Lake of Outrage you not only have a 1% chance to find a Dreepy in certain weather, but the Dreepy might be level 51 or 52, so you can’t actually catch it.
Man I wasn’t aware getting Dreepy was that much of a hassle
I got mine early in the game by doing wonder trades like a year or two after SWSH came out
Kommo-o is underrated
Garchomp is love, Garchomp is life.
"Metagross's Unique Psychic/Steel Typing"
Jirachi and Bronzong:
"Ttars sig ability sand stream"
Hippowdon:
Tyranitar had the ability before Hippowdon
I disagree with Dragonite being too low. Getting it at the game corner before the 4th gym is massive, especially since you won’t run into anything that will have super effective moves against it. It can also learn Hyper Beam and OHKO most Pokémon with it. Gen 1 doesn’t require a recharge if you KO and you also have the option to get ice beam from an NPC at the roof top of the celadon marketplace when you give her a drink (forgot which one off the top of my head). Dragonite is a menace in RBY. The Gen 3 remake also has Dragonair learn outrage at level 56, so you can run a Dragonite with it by just waiting another level.
TLDR; Dragonite deserves at minimum top 3 based on your requirements.
Even then, the most broken thing Dragonite has in gen 1 is "wrap".
Since it locks away the opponent for attacking in subsequemt turns, you just have to attack first... and Dragonite has agility!!!! Dragonite is really broken and too good in Gen1. At least for the story
I don’t think he’s aware of that fact since he didn’t even mention it
You put Metagross below TTar based on how hard they were to get and then explained how TTar was harder to obtain. How does that make any sense
You can get a Larvitar in the safari zone after the 5th gym in HGSS…
At least you could get a Larvitar on the Safari Zone on the remakes
Larvitar in Soul Silver/Hearth Gold safari zone way before elite 4. Usable. Lv 55 is the only downside since you wont have it at that level by the elite 4.
@2:38 It seems like you were jumping back and forth between GSC & Heart Gold/Soul Silver. There was no Sand Stream in Generation 2 nor were there abilities (Intimidate Gyrados was not a thing in GSC). The physical/special split hadn't happened yet and all Dark type moves were Special in the first 3 generations, meaning Tyranitar wasn't using Crunch on the physical side if being used against Red. Sand Storm also didn't boost the Special Defense of Rock, Steel and Ground Types in Generation 2. Everything you said only applies to Heart Gold and Soul Silver.
Garchomp so close to being in UU 😨
And tyranitar is in RU 💀
DragaGOAT has to be #1 can one shot every single other dragon pseudo, and it out speeds to boot. Funny enough Tyranitar is the biggest problem for it despite it falling out of favor in recent gens.
DragaGOAT is at a type disadvantage against Tyranitar too
I used to have a shiny, rough skin ability garchomp with the rocky helmet. It'd know earthquake, stone edge, outrage, and iron head.
Tyranitar MetagrossSalamence and Dragonite are my top candidates. I had all those on a squad for an elite four run with a Gyarafos and an Alakazam and i cleared house. None of them ever fainted and these were high 50s and low 60s level Pokemon. I barely needed any potion. Hell, Metagross and Tyranitar can clear the first 3 elite four solo!
Title can be renamed as "Ranking All 11 Pseudo Legendary Pokémon Based on Their Accessibility!"
How does availability of a pokemon affect how good it is? I though this was a competetive ranking
Yeah, man. Seeing metagross make the last place just because it wasn't as easily accessible as the others made me sad. It is a friggin' beast in battle.
Gold and Silver after beating elite 4 has another elite 4 run I believe more buffed pokes
They add a handful of dark types in gold/silver and Karen doesn’t use the ones available. Should have made her the poison leader 😢
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I've never understood why they didn't make Flygon a pseudo-legendary
*AGAIN, WE DON'T USE A HYPHEN IN PSEUDO LEGENDARY!*
wdym sand stream there were no abilities in gen 2, pokemon that have soundproof are immune to clanging scales not ignoring the defence drop, hau is not the champion and goodra doesn't evolve from fog
I just wish Garchomp would get Dragon Dance cause it's been long overdue.
Some people just want the metagame to burn, I believe you are one of those people.
Tyranitar didn’t have Sand Stream in gen 2 since… there weren’t abilities until gen 3. You even show on-screen generation 3 onward.
It's funny that baxcalibur is the strongest attacking psuedo with 145 and 87 speed, yet Haxorus, which isn't pseudo, has 147 attack and 97 speed. Haxorus may not be technically a pseudo but it's far better optimized than almost any pseudo (super low special attack to compensate), and functions basically like a pseudo-legendary. This is also why Garachomp is the best pseudo; it has the lowest special attack and put all those stats towards speed
Beyond the lower base stat total, Haxorus has a few other issues compared to Bax. It's vulnerable to burns, doesn't have a reliable priority, Glaive Rush being better than Outrage and lacks a great second STAB. The power difference between the two is negligible. Bax took a backseat in the opening days of Gen 9 because of Mega-Weavile.
Also, Garchomp actually sacrificed its Special Attack for bulk rather than Speed. Yes, it was the faster than Salamence... but only by two points. Garchomp's natural bulk beats Swampert's. It had the most HP of any pseudo until Baxcalibur showed up.
If you give bagon the everstone to hold it learns dragon claw at level 49. Level 51 salamence with dragon claw.
There 11 pseudo's? I thought there was nine
(Nvm my bad)
"Unless the player picked Charmander"
Every single gen 1 pokemon player BTFO.
The garchomp still give me PTSD to this day