thats fine isnt it? The only reason Xerneas is a threat is because of geomancy. The idea is you whirlwind out Xerneas, wasting her white herb and essentially removing her as a threat. Even if it is 1 for 1. Also, didn't he say in the vid that Mega-Gengar couldn't 1 hit Lugia? Lugia might still die but Gengar isnt exactly tanky, would still be an iffy matchup
@@jordanious7711 Not exactly. Of course we don't get to see the situation of the match but in ORAS ubers teams usually have more than one win-conditions. Xerneas without Geomancy is still not a deadweight and could even setup again if the opposing team lacks good answers to it. And dragging out Mega Gengar more or less guaranteed Lugia's demise since a weakened Lugia will be ohko'd by Shadow Ball. And in other situations Gengar can taunt Lugia and prevent it from doing anything it wants. And once rid of Lugia other mons like Arceus-Normal and Primal Groudon can go to town.
The reason for Lugia’s psychic typing comes in an interview where they stated: To start, the first type was decided to be Flying-type since Lugia have wings. At the time Psychic-type was the symbol of powerful Pokemon. As we wanted Lugia to give the impression of being a powerful Pokemon, we settled on Psychic-type for the second type, instead of Water-type. In short, the reason why Lugia is not a Water-type despite being underwater, is due to its Flying-type-like appearance, and Psychic-type being the symbol of a powerful Pokemon. Legendary duos represent opposite concepts, for example Groudon and Kyogre represent land and water, while Dialga and Palkia represent time and space. In the case of Ho-oh and Lugia, although they do not have a direct connection in the story, we imagine that they represent the sun and the moon, day and night, yin and yang (positive and negative), bottom of the sea and the sky, above and below. Ho-oh and Lugia were born in the world of Pokemon Gold and Silver, for the new feature, time system, gave us day and night cycle. Thus, they represent the sun and the moon, day and night.
i think ho-oh and lugia represent something similar to groudon and kyogre, but instead of being sea and ground it's sea and sky. silver and gold if you will
@@jonathano503 Zekrom and Reshiram represent the concepts of black and white; opposite ends of a spectrum. This explains why Kyerum, the third legendary of Black and White, is colored gray, representing a midpoint or a neutral ground. This is also why it can fuse with Zekrom and Reshiram, since it symbolizes leaning towards a single ideal or standard, or possibly symbolizing taking aspects of another idea to strengthen one's own position or beliefs, which also fits in with the idea of there being more than just opposite ends of a spectrum, as arbitrarily adding in a central point is no different than simply having two opposite ends. In a way, Zekrom and Reshiram represent the idea of there even *being* a kind of Yin and Yang in the first place, with Kyreum representing the fact that there is a mid-ground, and Fused Kyreum representing the idea of influencing neutrality towards one side, and mixing the ideals of pure neutral position and an absolute position, as well as how there is not merely a gray-area, but an array of possible positions. It's actually pretty meta in a way.
Given that it’s heavily associated with oceans, and you find it in the -Seafoam- Whirl Islands hiding behind a waterfall, I’d say you weren’t the only one who thought it would be a Water type. Although tbh water flying would have made a terrible wall
When he said, “business as usual” about Luigia’s control over new monsters it was so genuine idk. Like this old, should be retired Pokémon is still handling all these fancy new threats, never fading out like others have. Like each generation Luigia watches a new Pokémon knock a good chunk off it’s health and it’s just like watching the world grow it’s no longer like a handful of Pokémon he takes on and even tho it gets harder and harder he isn’t ready to not be viable yet.
I'm more surprised how tanky it was even before multiscale. Psychic/Flying isn't the best defensive typing out there(it's okay of course) and yet Lugia lol'd at the big threats and lol'd even harder when it got multiscale. There's plenty of pokemon with great defensive stats that can't do their job simply because their typing sucks lol.
It's no longer really viable in Uber, but not because it's bad per se (with Boots it's actually better than ever) but because it gives free entry to the biggest offensive threat in the Metagame (Shadow Rider) and is both weak and outclassed by the number one pokemon in the tier : Yveltal. Lugia is weak to Astral Barrage wheread Yveltal is one of the few resists to it, and Yveltal is offensively potent as well whereas Lugia is more passive. Lugia would be definitely excellent if the metagame were different as it has a lot of amazing traits, but it simply matches up poorly against the top dogs of the metagame (similar to Zekrom in gen 6 and 7 in a sense)
Dang, I knew Lugia was bulky, but Multiscale just makes it ridiculous. Also, I know that you've tried to start getting people to stop spamming in the comments but maybe you should say that towards the beginning. I'm willing to bet a lot of people click off the video after the summary and miss anything in the end credits.
Man I still really like how Lugia looks. One of my favorite pokemon, and I'm glad it does so well in competitive. I never play Ubers and only really play Smogon OU or lower, but it's nice to hear Lugia is so well known.
@@saiswanpyaenaing6080 Imagine 120 base hp with 140 base every other stat. That would even be logical because every mega gets 100 additional stat total. And then Protean to still kinda have the normal concept.
Pre-Gen 5 Pokemon: "Lugia is a formidable beast, but with enough force, even the mightest of walls will crumble!" Multiscale: "Allow me to introduce myself."
I'm so happy Lugia has been amazing all throughout! A while back I finally finished my full odds soft reset on Pokémon silver for shiny lugia, and managed to transfer it over with a bold nature and multiscale! An absolute wall. I don't normally use legendaries as I feel they're unfair , but I love my Lugia so much 😁
mega gengar traps lugia with shadow tag" lugia: whatever i can still destroy you with psychic but since your faster ill let you hit first mega gengar used destiny bond" M. gengar: if im going down YOUR COMING WITH ME! lugia cant switch out" lugia: so this is why your in ubers
I never thought of using Lugia either competitively or in any playthrough of a Pokemon game. Now seeing how strong and bulky it is in almost every generation it was featured in, I might need to use one one day tbh. Thanks for the insight False Swipe Gaming! :)
Lugia has been my favorite Legendary for so long, and I’m sure that will never change. I had thought Zamazenta would be be a threat, but Lugia still remains on top! He’s one of my signature Pokémon, alongside Feraligatr and Blastoise.
Whirligig it's pretty easy to find anything faster than Kartana and hit it on the special side with anything. It's pretty much everything a piece of paper is. It it hurts, it FUCKING HURTS, but it's weak otherwise.
Luisar 2002 those stats....... Honestly id be in favor of a pokemon reboot after gen 4 remakes because power creep just keeps getting worse and worse I mean for fucks sake regular scizor is UU now and Azumarrill is UUBL Also why did GameFreak nerf Gengar WHY
@@punishedwhirligig3353 Uh, I agree that powercreep is being a problem in tiers that aren't uber, but the point (or part of the point) of your comment was complaining about why kartana isn't banned even though he is far from the best pokemon in OU. Or maybe your point is that the fact that kartana is just another OU shows how much powercreep exist, but like, heatran is gen 4 and he is landorus T levels of powerful, so...
@@dannylopez5976 Because people making suggestions are not getting upvoted anymore, so you see none of them in the top comments. Have a glance at the latest comments and tell me.
Awesome, Jirachi and FSG have finally granted my wish, and now there's finally a video on how good Lugia was in competitive play! Lugia is my favorite Pokémon, and upon seeing how good it has really been, I now love it even more! My life is now complete, Lugia forever! :)
0:15 - Mention's Lugia's starring role in Pokemon the Movie 2000 and being on the box art for Pokemon Silver Version. Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness: "Am I a joke to you?!?"
Its so sad that after so many years of being a consistantly excellent defensive cornerstone of the metagame its no longer good in gen 8 metagame as the the top pokemon of the metagame all hit lugia supereffective and being outclassed by lunala as a defensive pokemon as it can do everything that lugia does and also has some offensive presence. HOPE IT GETS BETTER
This video made me so happy. For years I’ve touted how absurd this pokemon is. The first few times I played Ubers I instantly slapped on a bulky Lugia, and against my equally novice opponents, it proved to be an immovable object through and through. I’m glad there are at least a couple of pokemon who can hard counter it now, but Lugia will always be the omnipresent ruler of Ubers in my eyes.
Lugia has everything going for it as a Pokemon honestly. Cool design, good typing, iconic scenes in the anime and AMAZING IN COMPETITIVE. Love this guy. Looking forward to more things from you guys at FSG
I love Pkm that are defensive and fast. its just a very good niche cauz you dont have to be afraid to use moves like recover to late. You can just use the Status moves you want to and dont have to risk that your Pkm gets killed before you do. I wish there were more fast and defensive Pkm.
Latias also has stats like that, too. And when Deoxys Defense Forme dropped to OU last generation, it was also considered to be fast for a wall. But yeah, for the most part, Pokemon with that kind of stat spread are pretty rare, to put it mildly.
Depends on how you *can* dispose of that speed. Lugia is too slow to do something against Yveltal, or Necrozma, or Toxic-possessing Arceus formes. Lugia's strength lies into having Multiscale *and* refreshing it with Roost. Along with Whirlwind and Psychic or Aeroblast, Lugia can potentially cripple powerhouses forever. Aside from that, anything in Uber under 120 Speed is slow by default: not because they are really slow, but relatively. *That and honestly you can't realistically make a Pokemon statistically good by not investing in that stat unless we are talking about astronomical values like KyogreP's SpA.*
@@matthewkuscienko4616 And hopefully not having awful typing like his. Cause, trust me, when Necrozma evolves, it's gonna regret it having dropped the previous typing and ability.
Been years but lugias apperance in sword and shield with crown tundra has been its most horrifying apperance yet, the giant hp boost with multiscale, weakness policy, and aeroblast for max airstream is just insane
I'm so happy that Lugia is actually great! Lugia is my second favorite legendary, and it has been for a loooong time. Glad to see that it isn't one of those awesome Pokémon that is unviable in the meta.
Lugia's ability to learn a wide variety of moves made it deadly too. Outside of Fire type like Flamethrower, it can learn just about anything. I usually went full offensive and had Aeroblast, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, and Psychic, sometimes dealing with Earthquake instead of Psychic.
smh forgot to mention about a gimmick of lugia in VGC along with fast mons like whimsicott, you fling a lansat berry on lugia to boost it's critical hit ratio and activate it's weakness policy so it could land +2 always critical aeroblast, possible since generation 6.
For me, Lugia does extremely well in the Gen 8 metagame. Run a Calm nature, max out Speed and Special Attack EVS, Dynamax Lugia, get a couple of Max Airstreams up so it outspeeds everything, and sweep. With Multiscale and Recover, and it's really good defensive stats, it can take hits just as well as I can dish them out. Lugia is an absolute tank! I've taken out entire teams with just Lugia alone!
@@40mihirkulkarni44 it's not really reliable because very few pokémon (even in ubers) try to brute force their way into Lugia rather than toxic it, but it's not a bad set. You can catch people off guard if you predict well
40 Mihir Kulkarni Even at +2 it has pretty meh power by Ubers standards so there’s just better options. Also its STAB combo leaves it hard countered by defensive steel types. Not to mention every Marshadow in Ubers would be licking their lips at the sight of it
After seeing this video and compare it to the previous mighty aggron video, now i know the importance of HP stats, and recovery moves Great video as always Anyway, can someone give me opinion/calcs/example which is better, to have high HP with mediocre defence stats or the opposite stats for walling?
@@amithist4455 That’s an interesting take for sure, but as a Calm Mind user, it’s outclassed by Kyogre. Even if it did have Oblivion Wing, Kyogre only needs one Calm Mind to be threatening and comes with the bonus of STAB Scald. It could probably work, as the comp scene is very unpredictable, though.
Lugia has always been a special Pokémon to me since I saw the second movie. The design was always so cool and I ended up playing Silver instead of Gold so the thought of getting the incredible behemoth was a childhood goal. The build up it (and Ho-Oh) got in Gen 4 was stupendous. Just this whole event which felt like the game itself was saying “yeah, we knew how big a deal this was when you were a kid, we know how this was for you, now let’s make that imagination into video game reality.” Lugia is the face of Generation 2 and is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Johto. I mean, it’s no #WhitneysMiltank but c’mon.
Yeah. In pokemon go he's a beast. The 2 I have in the game aren't even that high level yet and they already pack a punch. In several lvl 3 raids when I used him he'd come in and take out the boss pokemon just before the timer ran out.
Gotta admit, hearing Lugia laugh in the face of powercreep for 5 generations straight is immensely satisfying.
Partly thanks to multiscale though, the powercreep was strong.
Wasn't laughing very much against mons like Zekrom and Kyurem White though
True, but that's still just 3 (with Dusk Mane Necrozma) mons out of ~40
Lunala
@@mr.cheese1865 Still laughed but go ahead and have your time.
>Whirlwinds out Xerneas. Threat neutralised.
>Mega Gengar dragged out. Welp.
thats fine isnt it? The only reason Xerneas is a threat is because of geomancy. The idea is you whirlwind out Xerneas, wasting her white herb and essentially removing her as a threat. Even if it is 1 for 1.
Also, didn't he say in the vid that Mega-Gengar couldn't 1 hit Lugia? Lugia might still die but Gengar isnt exactly tanky, would still be an iffy matchup
@@jordanious7711 Not exactly. Of course we don't get to see the situation of the match but in ORAS ubers teams usually have more than one win-conditions. Xerneas without Geomancy is still not a deadweight and could even setup again if the opposing team lacks good answers to it.
And dragging out Mega Gengar more or less guaranteed Lugia's demise since a weakened Lugia will be ohko'd by Shadow Ball. And in other situations Gengar can taunt Lugia and prevent it from doing anything it wants. And once rid of Lugia other mons like Arceus-Normal and Primal Groudon can go to town.
Me: okay, xerneas ‘s power herb is dead, time to win!
Games decision: I’ll send out mega gengar to troll him
Me: AAAAAAAA
F
Or psychic boost, if you have the pokemon xd one
How good was Pokémon the Movie 2000?
Macro love the vids
Lugia for noobs
Ask slowking))
The world will turn to ash....
I’d rate it as 4.9/5
Still my favorite, game though a lot of that owes to the music.
"A certain fiery ape" AWWW YEAH HOW GOOD WAS SIMISEAR!
*What have you brought upon this cursed land*
Gigas0101
Nah darmanitan
No joke, I legit like the simis, at least their designs. I've always liked monkey or ape-like characters.
It sucks
Design, Battle, Everything
Azelf Da Boi damn bro it do be like that
Ferrothorn: u are weak
*gen 5 gives Lugia multi scale*
Lugia: no u
Wtf why??? This pokemon is already broken.
@@lifeof_bi9982 broken as fk
Lugian: Pathetic upstarts
Ferrothorn: Is this some kind of a *Multiscale* joke that I'm too *Toxic* to understand?
The reason for Lugia’s psychic typing comes in an interview where they stated: To start, the first type was decided to be Flying-type since Lugia have wings. At the time Psychic-type was the symbol of powerful Pokemon. As we wanted Lugia to give the impression of being a powerful Pokemon, we settled on Psychic-type for the second type, instead of Water-type.
In short, the reason why Lugia is not a Water-type despite being underwater, is due to its Flying-type-like appearance, and Psychic-type being the symbol of a powerful Pokemon.
Legendary duos represent opposite concepts, for example Groudon and Kyogre represent land and water, while Dialga and Palkia represent time and space. In the case of Ho-oh and Lugia, although they do not have a direct connection in the story, we imagine that they represent the sun and the moon, day and night, yin and yang (positive and negative), bottom of the sea and the sky, above and below.
Ho-oh and Lugia were born in the world of Pokemon Gold and Silver, for the new feature, time system, gave us day and night cycle. Thus, they represent the sun and the moon, day and night.
Laugh in Solgaleo and Lunala
So I guess Solgaleo, Lunala, Zekrom, and Reshiram don't represent anything.
Solgaleo and Lunala: Who are you?
Lugia and Ho-Oh: We are the sun and moon, but better.
*Lunatone and Solrock cry in the corner*
i think ho-oh and lugia represent something similar to groudon and kyogre, but instead of being sea and ground it's sea and sky. silver and gold if you will
@@jonathano503 Zekrom and Reshiram represent the concepts of black and white; opposite ends of a spectrum. This explains why Kyerum, the third legendary of Black and White, is colored gray, representing a midpoint or a neutral ground. This is also why it can fuse with Zekrom and Reshiram, since it symbolizes leaning towards a single ideal or standard, or possibly symbolizing taking aspects of another idea to strengthen one's own position or beliefs, which also fits in with the idea of there being more than just opposite ends of a spectrum, as arbitrarily adding in a central point is no different than simply having two opposite ends. In a way, Zekrom and Reshiram represent the idea of there even *being* a kind of Yin and Yang in the first place, with Kyreum representing the fact that there is a mid-ground, and Fused Kyreum representing the idea of influencing neutrality towards one side, and mixing the ideals of pure neutral position and an absolute position, as well as how there is not merely a gray-area, but an array of possible positions. It's actually pretty meta in a way.
how GOOD are reuploads ACTUALLY
it was the worst pokemon in all generations
I was about to say "Suggestions are not in the comments anymore"
Yes
Reupload?
@@fledbeast5783 mistaken typing for Gen 5, was psychic grass instead of flying
So am I one of several people who thought Lugia was water type?
As a kid I was sure it was
I had Pokemon Stadium 2, so it wasn't hard to know its typing.
Given that it’s heavily associated with oceans, and you find it in the -Seafoam- Whirl Islands hiding behind a waterfall, I’d say you weren’t the only one who thought it would be a Water type. Although tbh water flying would have made a terrible wall
No
Thought the same too for waaaaay too long...
When he said, “business as usual” about Luigia’s control over new monsters it was so genuine idk. Like this old, should be retired Pokémon is still handling all these fancy new threats, never fading out like others have. Like each generation Luigia watches a new Pokémon knock a good chunk off it’s health and it’s just like watching the world grow it’s no longer like a handful of Pokémon he takes on and even tho it gets harder and harder he isn’t ready to not be viable yet.
Even Mewtwo has dropped down significantly in Gen 8. But when Lugia comes back in the next dlc, he'll still be the great wall he is.
I'm more surprised how tanky it was even before multiscale. Psychic/Flying isn't the best defensive typing out there(it's okay of course) and yet Lugia lol'd at the big threats and lol'd even harder when it got multiscale. There's plenty of pokemon with great defensive stats that can't do their job simply because their typing sucks lol.
It's no longer really viable in Uber, but not because it's bad per se (with Boots it's actually better than ever) but because it gives free entry to the biggest offensive threat in the Metagame (Shadow Rider) and is both weak and outclassed by the number one pokemon in the tier : Yveltal.
Lugia is weak to Astral Barrage wheread Yveltal is one of the few resists to it, and Yveltal is offensively potent as well whereas Lugia is more passive. Lugia would be definitely excellent if the metagame were different as it has a lot of amazing traits, but it simply matches up poorly against the top dogs of the metagame (similar to Zekrom in gen 6 and 7 in a sense)
The Pokemon equivalent of "nope, not getting out of this chair"
"When life gives you Dusk-Manes, you gotta become outclassed..."
Dang, I knew Lugia was bulky, but Multiscale just makes it ridiculous. Also, I know that you've tried to start getting people to stop spamming in the comments but maybe you should say that towards the beginning. I'm willing to bet a lot of people click off the video after the summary and miss anything in the end credits.
Man I still really like how Lugia looks. One of my favorite pokemon, and I'm glad it does so well in competitive. I never play Ubers and only really play Smogon OU or lower, but it's nice to hear Lugia is so well known.
man I laughed so hard when Lugia phazed the Xerneas only to bring in mega genger LOOOOL
Actually psychic lugia can 0HKO a mega gengar.
@@denguefevah2727 that's a really bad move to use on lugia my friend
@@denguefevah2727 Did you type "Zero-Hit KO?"
@@KaizerHuter maybe it's because standard lugia in ubers actually don't OHKO mega gengar with psychic, only doing a max of 83.5%
@@TheOnlyGBeast Then Lugia can use Psyshock or even Psycho-Boost.
9:25 Oh god, I was glad I've never seen Mega Gengar's legs till now...
I was right! Mega Gengar does have legs!
I TRIGGER PEOPLE what
Too bad I can't field him with Mega Swampert to make a "skipped leg day" themed team
ISSOU LA CHANCLA EL BANADOR AYAAAAAA
Bad touch
Lugia one day gets a mega.
Mega Rayquaza: "Hello Uber. I'm back for more."
Mega Lugia: "Sorry. You're walled off."
Imagine giving arceus a mega
@@saiswanpyaenaing6080 more like a Primal Reversion
i need the shadow lugia
@@saiswanpyaenaing6080 Imagine 120 base hp with 140 base every other stat.
That would even be logical because every mega gets 100 additional stat total.
And then Protean to still kinda have the normal concept.
@@saiswanpyaenaing6080 arceus is nab af
"A certain fiery ape"
If he does Simisear to troll everyone
AWWW YEAH MONKE TIME BOIS
GUYS WE’RE GETTING SIMISEAR NEXT WEEK (obviously the fire monkey we asked for)
are you sure it is not Darmanitan
@@joshuaelliott4666 Darmanitan is a rock. Easy mistake though./s
Joshua Elliott psssh NOBODY asked for darmanitan don’t be ridiculous
Good thing I scroll'd through the comments, or would have make a fool of me by thinking it was Infernape.
Thanks for the correction, good sir/ma'am.
Flame orb Primeape obviously
How good were the fans at listening?
About as Good as Ledian is at competitive battling.
@anthony gomez
Thats a trick question, right?
About as good as LowTierGarbage in street fighter
About as funny and original their jokes are.
I like this one.
It’s because of the grass mistake right
Bonnie 158 Correct, Whenever there’s an obvious mistake, I take the opportunity to point it out.
The video used Natural Cure and removed its "mistaken" status effect.
and natural cure instead of pressure in gen 3 footage
And the Natural cure for gen 4
Pre-Gen 5 Pokemon: "Lugia is a formidable beast, but with enough force, even the mightest of walls will crumble!"
Multiscale: "Allow me to introduce myself."
White Kyurem & Zekrom: A Yin & A Yang here you go *BANG*
@@zekrom320 Focus Sash (the idea is insane, but it's unarguably a counter to them)
BW2 is just a montage of lugia surviving everything with multiscale and I'm here for it
I don’t play Pokémon, but this series always provides something interesting as a turn-based strategy nerd
This is why lugia will always be my absolute favorite
Same here
Lugia is my all time favorite Legendary, I'm so happy to hear he was great!
Same here
Same!
Same
He just has the coolest look
Techically, Lugia is a she beacuse it's creator design it that way but yeah, she's a beatiful one.
the level 70 lugia i caught in heartgold could single handily defeat red
Mine did :D
My lugia in soul silver was the only thing carriying me trough the 6 level 100 cheated arceus of my friend back then
The level 45 Ho-oh I caught in HG tanked a slugebomb from his Venusaur.
@@pacifierjunkee6016 i jerked off to that visual
What a beast
I’m glad Lugia is great because silver was my first Pokémon game and he means a lot
Why was the video made private ACTUALLY?
Zyrus Smith because there was an error with Lugia’s typing during the gen 5 section, in that it was a Grass/Psychic Type.
They accidentally said Lugia was Psychic/Grass in Gen 5
and i the gen 3 section lugias ability was natural cure.
Wait its not a grass type?????
I fail to see how that is an error, lugia is just a deformed celebi
Why did i read the title as "How GOOD was Luigi ACTUALLY?"
lol wut
Good by doing absolutely nothing
i always thought of luigi when thinking of lugia
i had to re-read that ~3 or 4 times before i realized how it was different than the actual title >
The best pokemon
I'm so happy Lugia has been amazing all throughout! A while back I finally finished my full odds soft reset on Pokémon silver for shiny lugia, and managed to transfer it over with a bold nature and multiscale! An absolute wall. I don't normally use legendaries as I feel they're unfair , but I love my Lugia so much 😁
I'm glad Lugia was so well liked. It's one of my favorite legendaries
mega gengar traps lugia with shadow tag"
lugia: whatever i can still destroy you with psychic but since your faster ill let you hit first
mega gengar used destiny bond"
M. gengar: if im going down YOUR COMING WITH ME!
lugia cant switch out"
lugia: so this is why your in ubers
huh
-Shoot your last pathetic Shadow Ball, Mega Gengar!
-My moveset has no pathetic move, Lugia! It does however contain the unstoppable Destiny Bond!
Jérémy Faure nice reference there
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@@xxunoriginal_edgy_namexx859 N O I C E
So what he did was correct the psychic grass type for Lugia in Gen 5
I forgot if it was in the Gen 3 or 4 section, but it seems like he also corrected Lugia's ability being Natural Cure
Lugia, just might be, the BEST defensive pokemon EVER. Hands down.
Btw, no lugia's song, u deserve scorn FSG!
Suika Ibuki I think Giratina is actually a bit more bulkier statwise
Yeah but doesnt have recovery.
Lugia's song is amazing.
@@crazycoolkids00 Giratina also doesn't have multiscale to cut any damage it takes in half while at full HP.
Nah, support Arceus and Zyg-C are better
I never thought of using Lugia either competitively or in any playthrough of a Pokemon game. Now seeing how strong and bulky it is in almost every generation it was featured in, I might need to use one one day tbh. Thanks for the insight False Swipe Gaming! :)
Lugia has been my favorite Legendary for so long, and I’m sure that will never change. I had thought Zamazenta would be be a threat, but Lugia still remains on top! He’s one of my signature Pokémon, alongside Feraligatr and Blastoise.
And yes, I hate fighting electric types as a result.
Surprisingly, Zamazenta-C has only used offensive sets despite it's high physical bulk.
@@holymolyitsashinyeternatus Well it doesn’t have a very good defensive type. That somehow went to Zacian, who’s the more offensive one.
b-b-b-but you said Infernaype would be made in January
January isn't over yet.
I hear a furry
@@williamhowe1 this is the last Sunday of January so unless there's a surprise video at the end of the month Infernape will have to wait
Ensign Shepard so basically you’re telling someone to kill themselves because they enjoy something.
What has this world come to?
Key word: made
This video was so epic :D Every time I thought Lugia would go down, it hung on!!! Love this one so much
HOW GOOD WAS POWER CREEP ACTUALLY
bad, seriously why isnt Kartana banned
Kartana is definitively not the best pokemon in OU, far from it (-A tier iirc), the big guys of OU are landorus T, heatran and greninja ash.
Whirligig it's pretty easy to find anything faster than Kartana and hit it on the special side with anything. It's pretty much everything a piece of paper is. It it hurts, it FUCKING HURTS, but it's weak otherwise.
Vacuum Wave exists for a reason.
Luisar 2002 those stats.......
Honestly id be in favor of a pokemon reboot after gen 4 remakes because power creep just keeps getting worse and worse
I mean for fucks sake regular scizor is UU now and Azumarrill is UUBL
Also why did GameFreak nerf Gengar WHY
@@punishedwhirligig3353 Uh, I agree that powercreep is being a problem in tiers that aren't uber, but the point (or part of the point) of your comment was complaining about why kartana isn't banned even though he is far from the best pokemon in OU.
Or maybe your point is that the fact that kartana is just another OU shows how much powercreep exist, but like, heatran is gen 4 and he is landorus T levels of powerful, so...
*How GOOD was [Insert Patreon vote] ACTUALLY?*
*I WILL NEVER GIVE UP*
@Annadog40
Wow
Gen 8, with heavy duty boots: *heavy breathing*
Omg nooop 🤣🤣🤣🤣😫😫
did you mean
*heavy duty breathing*
sorry I had to
10:58
*S E A R I N G S U N R A Z E S M A S H*
How GOOD are people at FOLLOWING INSTRUCTIONS actually?
None at all. People are still suggesting Pokemon in the comment section.
Well, on one patron pick, both the comment section and patrons voted for the same thing so maybe it will happen again?
Honestly I've seen more people complaining about people making requests then actual requests.
@@dannylopez5976 Because people making suggestions are not getting upvoted anymore, so you see none of them in the top comments.
Have a glance at the latest comments and tell me.
Lugia is one of the best legendary Pokémon.
lugia is just an amazing Pokémon and my most memorable Pokémon in the uber tier
Awesome, Jirachi and FSG have finally granted my wish, and now there's finally a video on how good Lugia was in competitive play! Lugia is my favorite Pokémon, and upon seeing how good it has really been, I now love it even more! My life is now complete, Lugia forever! :)
0:15 - Mention's Lugia's starring role in Pokemon the Movie 2000 and being on the box art for Pokemon Silver Version.
Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness: "Am I a joke to you?!?"
*SoulSilver crying in the corner*
Its so sad that after so many years of being a consistantly excellent defensive cornerstone of the metagame its no longer good in gen 8 metagame as the the top pokemon of the metagame all hit lugia supereffective and being outclassed by lunala as a defensive pokemon as it can do everything that lugia does and also has some offensive presence. HOPE IT GETS BETTER
Lugia is way too reliant on Multiscale right now too, at least he’s been good for about 20 years before this
It won't
Tbf it was already suffering in gen 7 due to Necrozma-DM and Ho-oH outclassing it outside stall.
@@N12015and lunala existing aswell.
one of my favorite pokemon as a kid. i remember watching the movie and playing gale of darkness and pokemon silver. those were the days...
This video made me so happy. For years I’ve touted how absurd this pokemon is. The first few times I played Ubers I instantly slapped on a bulky Lugia, and against my equally novice opponents, it proved to be an immovable object through and through. I’m glad there are at least a couple of pokemon who can hard counter it now, but Lugia will always be the omnipresent ruler of Ubers in my eyes.
Yay! Birthday present!!!! Keep up the awesome work FSG!!!!
What a tank!
Lugia's been a regular member of my teams for 23 years now and that's not gonna change any time soon! ❤
How GOOD was Psychic/Grass Lugia ACTUALLY?
Something tells me he was looking at Celebi when he was making that video...
I thought Lugia was Psychic and Grass in Gen 5?
TheBhoy No. Psychic Flying always
Tommy Marino He was joking pleb.
Oh. It’s hard to detect jokes and sarcasm on the internet
I found a mobile reddit user
@@tmarino721 The original upload had a mistake that said Lugia was Grass/ Psychic in Gen 5, as well as having Natural Cure in Gen 4.
I love false swipe gaming
Im currently building my first competitive team around my Shiny Lugia i got on home, a rain team ^^ im honestly having fun building it
Lugia has everything going for it as a Pokemon honestly. Cool design, good typing, iconic scenes in the anime and AMAZING IN COMPETITIVE. Love this guy. Looking forward to more things from you guys at FSG
I love Pkm that are defensive and fast. its just a very good niche cauz you dont have to be afraid to use moves like recover to late. You can just use the Status moves you want to and dont have to risk that your Pkm gets killed before you do. I wish there were more fast and defensive Pkm.
Latias also has stats like that, too. And when Deoxys Defense Forme dropped to OU last generation, it was also considered to be fast for a wall. But yeah, for the most part, Pokemon with that kind of stat spread are pretty rare, to put it mildly.
Depends on how you *can* dispose of that speed. Lugia is too slow to do something against Yveltal, or Necrozma, or Toxic-possessing Arceus formes.
Lugia's strength lies into having Multiscale *and* refreshing it with Roost. Along with Whirlwind and Psychic or Aeroblast, Lugia can potentially cripple powerhouses forever. Aside from that, anything in Uber under 120 Speed is slow by default: not because they are really slow, but relatively. *That and honestly you can't realistically make a Pokemon statistically good by not investing in that stat unless we are talking about astronomical values like KyogreP's SpA.*
@@matthewkuscienko4616 And hopefully not having awful typing like his. Cause, trust me, when Necrozma evolves, it's gonna regret it having dropped the previous typing and ability.
Serperior is meant to fit the fast and bulky role
I'm just wondering if Psycho Boost Lugia was ever used?
The Lugia that can be caught in Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness.
Probably not...
I use mine in sumo with z psycho boost and calm mind. Not terrible.
Someone actually used one in a Double Battle video of Gen 7 and won.
@@kazoorion7993
Sulfurian5267
What moveset did it use?
I can't exactly remember it because I haven't see the video since forever but I can show you a link.
Dusk mane is so good. I mostly use it as a xerneas/kyogre counter.
Huzzah! My favourite legendary gets its vid! Great rundown as usual.
Honestly this is my favorite part of my week
Muh boi Lugia
Best Lugia set ever
Toxic
Roost/recover
Aeroblast
And also...
Flash
flash?
Flash
To accuracy lower
*N E W M E T A*
Garbodors: I'm so proud of this community
*inserts steel*
"one of the most majestic Pokemon ever"
*Ho-oh wants to know your location*
*_MILOTIC LAUGHS IN THE DISTANCE_*
Lugia stomps ho-oh everyday... Everybody knows this
No
*Sirfetch'd quacks in chilvary*
@@sayvionwashington1939
*_Hydreigon laughs with three heads_*
the fact that its even possible to survive a +6 super effective move for any mon is insane to me
Been years but lugias apperance in sword and shield with crown tundra has been its most horrifying apperance yet, the giant hp boost with multiscale, weakness policy, and aeroblast for max airstream is just insane
"PP stalling... with pressure"
*How good is Ho-Oh actually?*
*Find out next time, on Stall Central!*
Being a competitive Luigi main (but just a casual Pokémon player), I want Lugia’s spelling tone spelled as Luigia
A luigi main, in smash?
Awesome video!
Lugia has always been _so cool_ to me man. I wanna make him work.
Gen 2: wall
Gen 3: wall
Gen 4: wall
Gen 5: wall
Gen 6: wall
Gen 7: wall
Gen 8?
@@Nosretep wall
@@DavideKuras But worse because of Dynamax.
@@Nosretep Is it in gen 8?
@@PT5-Shorts Yes.
I'm so happy that Lugia is actually great! Lugia is my second favorite legendary, and it has been for a loooong time. Glad to see that it isn't one of those awesome Pokémon that is unviable in the meta.
Is unviable in gen8
I've been binge watching these for the last two weeks and all I really have to say is: How GOOD was Farfetch'd actually?
Lugia's ability to learn a wide variety of moves made it deadly too. Outside of Fire type like Flamethrower, it can learn just about anything. I usually went full offensive and had Aeroblast, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, and Psychic, sometimes dealing with Earthquake instead of Psychic.
2:23 I could listen to those words several times over and still smile when I hear them.
smh forgot to mention about a gimmick of lugia in VGC along with fast mons like whimsicott, you fling a lansat berry on lugia to boost it's critical hit ratio and activate it's weakness policy so it could land +2 always critical aeroblast, possible since generation 6.
Lugia is such a powerhouse. One of my Favourite Birds in Pokemon
Powerhouse is not exactly the right word here.
Lugia will always be my favorite legendary, then again i only know up to gen 2.
haha same
100,000 views in a day? Congrats on the progress, man!
For me, Lugia does extremely well in the Gen 8 metagame. Run a Calm nature, max out Speed and Special Attack EVS, Dynamax Lugia, get a couple of Max Airstreams up so it outspeeds everything, and sweep.
With Multiscale and Recover, and it's really good defensive stats, it can take hits just as well as I can dish them out. Lugia is an absolute tank!
I've taken out entire teams with just Lugia alone!
How GOOD looking is False Swipe Gaming ACTUALLY? 😍
I hope Lugia stays relevant forever
Seeing Lugia: "I'm gonna destroy everything with aeroblast"
Reality: stall
Still OP, tho
Multiscale with weakness policy can turn it into an offensive sweeper, I'm actually surprised nobody's used this set before
@@40mihirkulkarni44 it's not really reliable because very few pokémon (even in ubers) try to brute force their way into Lugia rather than toxic it, but it's not a bad set. You can catch people off guard if you predict well
40 Mihir Kulkarni Even at +2 it has pretty meh power by Ubers standards so there’s just better options. Also its STAB combo leaves it hard countered by defensive steel types. Not to mention every Marshadow in Ubers would be licking their lips at the sight of it
To this day, I can still distinctly hear that Gen 2 “ woo woo woo woooshhhh” Aero Blast sound effect in my mind.
As lugia being my third favorite pokemon, this makes me sooooo happy
In gen 8 i used this lugia set:
Leftovers
Multiscale
Calm mind
Toxic
Roost
Aereoblast
252 hp 252+def 4spd
It works really good
if lugia was water would it be bulkier then kyogre?
Basically, a great wall with amazing stats/moves
lugia and aggron are my 2 favorite pokemon, i love to hear that lugia is good in competitive
Lugia is such a beautiful pokemon with a great design. Love this thing.
After seeing this video and compare it to the previous mighty aggron video, now i know the importance of HP stats, and recovery moves
Great video as always
Anyway, can someone give me opinion/calcs/example which is better, to have high HP with mediocre defence stats or the opposite stats for walling?
Hey there's a mistake in the Gen 5 section it says that Lugia is Flying Psychic but it's actually Psychic Grass
He must have accidentally forgot to replace that info from Celebi.
@@shadowtitanx3962 yeah I know
Oblivion Wing
Imagine if Lugia learned it.
Lugia would be Anything Goes if it learned oblivion wing
Now if only it had a higher Special Attack stat than Seviper.
@@ryukthedarkrai4259 Doesn't it learn calm mind? It's a thicc boy so it could run something like
Calm mind
Oblivion wing
Earth power
Psychic
@@amithist4455 That’s an interesting take for sure, but as a Calm Mind user, it’s outclassed by Kyogre. Even if it did have Oblivion Wing, Kyogre only needs one Calm Mind to be threatening and comes with the bonus of STAB Scald. It could probably work, as the comp scene is very unpredictable, though.
@@ryukthedarkrai4259
Imagine using Scald on Kyogre.
Made by Water Spout gang
Nice! One that overall stayed good over time
Lugia has always been a special Pokémon to me since I saw the second movie. The design was always so cool and I ended up playing Silver instead of Gold so the thought of getting the incredible behemoth was a childhood goal.
The build up it (and Ho-Oh) got in Gen 4 was stupendous. Just this whole event which felt like the game itself was saying “yeah, we knew how big a deal this was when you were a kid, we know how this was for you, now let’s make that imagination into video game reality.”
Lugia is the face of Generation 2 and is the first thing that comes to mind when I think of Johto.
I mean, it’s no #WhitneysMiltank but c’mon.
great,Lugia is now a Psychic/Flying type😁
It always was.
Or are you trolling?
@@MandalorOrdo in the deleted video Lugia was Psychic Grass type
Never realized Lugia was such a boss
Just don't make him angry or he'll fire you !!!!!
Yeah. In pokemon go he's a beast. The 2 I have in the game aren't even that high level yet and they already pack a punch. In several lvl 3 raids when I used him he'd come in and take out the boss pokemon just before the timer ran out.
Togepi's metronome turning into an Aeroblast is more terrifying.
FSG is now my favourite poketube.
""No Pokémon is perfect"
Gen 6 Primal Groudon: Hold my beer
Soul Dew Latias in Gen 3: Hold mine too