I think Wobbufett is the absolute definitive example of this. Went from completely useless to Ubers quickban just one generation after it’s conception.
I feel like BW Dragonite should've gotten mentioned. The buff to Extreme Speed and Multiscale made it go from living in Salamence's shadow to being even better than it.
I stared for 2 minutes straight at the left pokemon, trying to figure out what it's supposed to be. I thought jirachi for a while. Then it dawned on me
That fact is probably also helped by the fact that Drizzle isn't even Pelipper's hidden ability like it is for Politoed. It's just its second base ability, since it already had Rain Dish as a hidden ability.
@@shatteredsentient5321Sharpness or swift swim wouldn't even save samurott, guy needs an entire overhaul or a mega. Plus in nuzlockes shell armor is actually really amazing.
7:08 "...And the reason Wolfe Glick lives in terror!" *Looks over to stats.* *Sees Wolfe Glick ranked as the player who pilots Inceroar with the highest consistent results.* You're not wrong, but it's always funny hearing Wolfe's hate/love relationship with that Pokemon.
He even mentioned in one of his most recent videos that despite his hatred of it, he's basically become the most successful Incineroar player and is starting to maybe... like it? Which is worrying, then what pokemon will he live in terror of?
“And that’s story of how I became a superstar in the Pokémon World Championships.” “Okay, okay, Grandpa Politoed, you’ve told us this story a million times!” “A good story bears repeating, kids.”
GF in Gen 5: This Poliwag was born into a mystic realm made out of dreams and therefore can reach untapped potential that can rival Pokémon of legend. GF in Gen 7: The bird can make it rain now.
Silliest part to me is, it's a seagull. A Pokémon found at the beach. What's one of the most disappointing things to happen on a day you plan to go to the beach? If it starts raining. Now 50% of all seagulls will ruin your beach day. And this buff was added in Hawaii.
One Pokemon buff that I was expecting to see in this video is Poison Heal Gliscor. While it was already a solid Pokemon in Gen 4, it would have not survived power creep all these generations later if not for that ability.
itemless and moveless chip heal and status immunity is incredibly powerful on such a good defensive mon. Gliscor definitely can survive without it if it has roost and another good ability, as natdex almost any ability has shown, but man toxic heal really vaults it to the stuff of legends. There should never be a gen where gliscor gets powercrept.
Ever since Gen 3, Pelipper has been my favorite Pokemon. I took it with me to the Elite 4 as an HM slave at a point in my life where I was too young to recognize how I beat Pokemon Gold, and after losing all my Pokemon to Steven but Pelipper, the little pelican that could dodged a Meteor Mash and Hydro Pumped Metagross down. Ever since, I have loved Pelipper dearly, even as I grew older and realized that it wasn't considered a good Pokemon. When Pelipper got Drizzle, I instantly knew the game had changed. I'd used Pelipper in every game it was in following Sapphire, even knowing how not good it was, but having Drizzle meant that my constant companion had hit the big time. I could not be happier for it. This is for you, Pelipper. Know you beat the odds and became a star.
Scizor getting Technician Bullet Punch and U-Turn in gen IV was a buff that literally redefined it as a Pokemon. It went from a mediocre mon that occasionally saw play on dedicated Baton Pass teams in Gens II and III to the vicious bulky physical attacker it is known as today. Other notable buffs would be Gen IV Mence getting physical Outrage and Draco Metor and getting itself banned, Gen III TTar getting Sand Stream (and then getting even better in Gen IV with it buffing its SpDef), Gen V Gliscor getting Poison Heal, or the myriad of buffs Azumarill and Weavile got over the years. Maybe Gyara getting DD in Gen III and physical Water STAB in Gen IV?
32:56 While he didn't mention it, the fact that Bisharp gained the ability to evolve into Kingambit in S/V meant it could now run a eviolite if it wanted
Honestly the eviolite doesn't help Bisharp. Kingambit is bulkier even after eviolite boost, and Bisharp needs life orb more for its damage, as it's not that bulky in the first place and is better off boosting what it is good at.
Here’s some more of theseI can think of off the top of my head: -Electric-Types arguably benefitting more than any other type from the addition of Hidden Power in Gen 2, to the point of a historic complex ban that doesn’t exist anymore -Several Dragon-Types benefitting from a significantly buffed Outrage in Gen 4 (DPP Garchomp and DPP Salamence especially) -Magic Guard being expanded to other Psychic-Type Pokémon in Gen 5, lowkey giving me Gen 1 vibes in the process -Alolan Ninetales’s rise to stardom in Gen 9 thanks to the changes to what is now Snowy weather
A few more good buffs I can think of to cover in the future would be Speed Boost Blaziken, the Physical/Special split allowing Gyarados to finally use its STABs effectively, and the Gen 2 Special stat split being one of many reasons Snorlax is king in that generation.
I think this was one of the best thumbnails of all time. Absolutely loved it, it cracked me up. 10/10 job by the artist, that Pelipper's face is god tier
The irony where Pelipper and Torkoal feel like defensive weather setters but both have Sp. Attacks higher than Politoad and Ninetales respectively by 4 or 5 points. Give Politoad and Ninetails +15 buff to their Sp. Attack stats.
I'm just gonna note that (with 31 IV, 252 EVs, and a Neutral= Nature) Alolan-Ninetales never-miss Blizzards hit exactly as hard as Vanilluxe's Ice Beam, or a Flamethrower from Skeledirge/Blaziken/Ho-oh/Houndoom Or Energy Ball from Tangrowth/Lilligant/Vileplume Or Thunderbolt from Jolteon Or Surf from Vaporeon Or Psychic from Latias/Farigiraf/Galarian-Slowking
waiting for the counterparts to complete: - Seviper - other gen 5 monkeys - Gothitelle - incineroar - Tornadus - Aromatisse And I guess we could finish up Gen 2 with Sunflora, Magcargo (Slugma Male Grindset paying off when?) and Corsola. I think those are the only gen 2 Pokemon left to wrap it up.
Players running level 99 Slowbro/Slowking to make sure their Teleport always goes second reminds of me of VGC Players running level 49 Primal Groudon/Kyogre to make sure their primal weather always goes up after the other primal’s weather
Imo serperior should have been at least mentioned. In gen 5 there was absolutely nothing special or remarkable about it, then contrary gave it one of the funniest offensive profiles ever
@@harrisontownsend910 serperior being a dragon/grass with draco meteor tends to be a common thing in rom hacks. it's got a pretty good track record lol
Bisharp being in a perfect position to take advantage of its changing surroundings without any buffs is actual poetry since its literally a chess piece.
Remember seeing comments talking about on Remakes of Slow Twins video before , I think this is what we got for now as numerous great buffs are all related to them, and thus the removal of Pursuit
Gastrodon - "YES! After languishing in your shadow, my Storm Drain ability will bring me to the top! What say you, Quagsire!?" Quagsire - ". . . .Huh? Sorry, I was Unaware."
Another game changing buff is Tyranitar getting Sand Stream in Gen 3. Went from simply being a great Pokemon in Gen 2 OU to one of the absolute faces of Gen 3-5 OU. I highly doubt the mon would have anywhere near the competitive longevity it has if it weren't for getting Sand Stream.
Especially in Gen 3 OU, where Tyranitar was THE face of meta. Outside the great variance of sets (Dragon Dance, physical, special and mixed with all the possible coverage) Sand Stream itself was a game changer: the fact that you can negate Leftovers recovery and place constant chip damage (putting certain sets on a timer) is immense. It says something that Swampert and Claydol manage to find genuine OU usage despite the competition (Suicune / Milotic for former and Starmie for latter) just for the boon of not having to deal with the damage from sand.
gotta love the pink blob? more like gotta bury it 6 feet under because man, this blob was the bane of my existence. Especially when Thunder Wave was a common thing for it to run in Gen 6 (still had 100% accuracy and paralysis making your speed 1/4ths instead of 1/2nd). Had a Calm Mind Reuniclus lose the war against it once despite having Psyshock because I kept getting hit with SpA lowerings from moonblast and constant full paras. it hurt
I will never forget what Gen 7 did for us Bug lovers. That buff to Leech Life was so phenomenal to the early game Pokemon that got it and it makes a lot of Pokemon have a viable healing move that can hurt the op.
The greatest buff ever given to a Pokémon is clearly giving Smash 4 Charizard the option to switch to a better character with down special in Smash Ultimate
FSG: Bisharp has the strongest Knock Off outside of Yveltal and Hoopa Unbound and ties with Honchkrow for the strongest Sucker Punch. Base Absol: *Am I a joke to you?*
It might be hard to pin down who got the biggest buff from it, but the Gen 4 Physical/Special split *definitely* made some mons better than they were before. Any physically strong mon who was one of the traditionally special types (Water/Fire/Grass/Dark to name a few) definitely appreciated the switch up.
idk why ppl never thought of using empoleon as a cloyster check in bw ou, with investment, a phys def empoleon, in theory, seems like a pretty solid check to it, & with moves like roar, stealth rocks, knock off, & grass knot, it could actually do things in front of it, whenever i have a defensive empoleon on my team & there’s a cloyster on the other team, cloyster never seems to get anything done
But then you have a defensive Empoleon on your team, that's the issue. Pokemon have to be viable outside of just being used to check something that may or not appear on the enemy team.
Surprised Sableye wasn't mentioned, completely forgotten in its first 2 gens before becoming a genuine annoyance in Gen 5 and getting its mega form banned in Gen 6
I recall using an incineroar once in one of the few battles I have done in VGC, and was absolutely shocked to see it live a hydro steam from a walking wake (no sun)
I think Technician should've been on here. It made Scizor a menace in Gen 4 OU. Also, Breloom was really good in Gen 5 considering it could use priority Mach Punch and Bullet Seed.
For Pokemon not mentioned in the video that got a massive buff: - Dragonite getting Multiscale basically turned it from "Salamence at home" to a modern competitive monster - Serperior getting Contrary is a bit of a weird case since it technically had it from the start, but it was locked away and GameFreak didn't give it the key until Gen 6 - Dugtrio got mentioned a lot here but really, it getting Arena Trap in Gen 3 is in and of itself a good example of a meta-defining buff
All this talk about teleport and future sight got me thinking about a hypothetical “future oracle” move that would act like future sight, except protecting the ally Pokémon sent out when it hits, instead of damaging the opponent. Also had me thinking about portals and what typing portal-based moves would have :P
I love how the only thing keeping Volcarona from becoming Uber was the lack of shoes and camouflage that can be used in a pinch both defensively and offensively
I kinda hate that they made Teleport negative priority, though! Making it useless for Alakazam. The line that is literally known for the move. Clefable and most bulky teleporters are already slow to begin with ffs!
I feel like Gen3 Dugtrio should have absolutely made the list. Dug was unusable in the first two gens, but became a meta defining threat with Arena Trap.
it's amazing how much chilly reception outclasses teleport, even without negative priority. slowking simply doesn't use teleport anymore because chilly reception exists. and slowking is slow enough that chilly reception might as well have negative priority in almost every circumstance.
The main issue here is that Teleport got cut from Slowking's movepool (and its Bro counterparts) in Gen9, so Slowking literally can't run Teleport even if it wants to. Because the important thing about Teleport that distinguishes it from Chilly Reception is that Teleport has Trick Room synergy, whereas Chilly Reception as a pivot move with no priority alterations can't do safe slow pivots in Trick Room. I'd say that both moves are comparable with different team synergies (Chilly Reception into Slush Rush mons go brrrrr, vs Trick Room'd Teleport into slow attackers go brrrrr), but one does not outclass the other as both tend to require very restrictive team compositions to make the best use of their full effects. Personally i really wish it was still available to them in Gen9 just to combat the obnoxious speed creep as a huge middle finger to that, and because anything that kicks down flutter mane is funny asf. Really miss the times of Trick Room'd Teleporting into Alolan Marowak. My favorite middle finger tactic to zacian's existence.
I think Wobbufett is the absolute definitive example of this. Went from completely useless to Ubers quickban just one generation after it’s conception.
I’m surprised this isn’t on the list
Bro almost has 'buff' in its name too
@@Nethaura it does OG commenter did a typo
WoBUFFet
It's name is Wobbuffet
"It was splash with less PP"
Not even a minute in and that's the most savage insult I've ever heard.
Having less PP make it better than Splash, I'd say, since it lets you use Struggle sooner. At least Struggle does something.
@@Mathster321 What if you want to stall and struggle recoil will kill you
I feel like BW Dragonite should've gotten mentioned. The buff to Extreme Speed and Multiscale made it go from living in Salamence's shadow to being even better than it.
Plus there’s Inner Focus getting buffed later.
@@skeetermania3202 And now in gen 9 got the normal tera + extreme speed combo.
@@algomaslejanoquiza3174and boots in gen 8
Honestly you could just talk about how Dragonite gets better in each generation lmao
That shot of our Drizzlers is probably the coolest I've seen them in a while
pls do not call them ‘drizzlers’
@@PogChampion45I like this name, and the thumbnail does indeed go hard
I stared for 2 minutes straight at the left pokemon, trying to figure out what it's supposed to be. I thought jirachi for a while. Then it dawned on me
"drizzlers" 💀💀
calling them drizzlers is crazy
I keep forgetting that Pelipper didn't always have Drizzle, that's how game-changing it was for Pelipper
That fact is probably also helped by the fact that Drizzle isn't even Pelipper's hidden ability like it is for Politoed. It's just its second base ability, since it already had Rain Dish as a hidden ability.
I'm just like that with Gastrodon. I came back to play Gen 4 OU and had to be reminded in a battle that it doesn't up the Sp.Atk or is immune there.
@Sleeper800 They changed Empoleons HA. Change Samurotts to Sharpness or Swift Swim.
I keep forgetting that Pelipper actually HAS drizzle with how mediocre most pokemon buffs in the 3D era were.
@@shatteredsentient5321Sharpness or swift swim wouldn't even save samurott, guy needs an entire overhaul or a mega.
Plus in nuzlockes shell armor is actually really amazing.
"This is where i watched my parents die, Pelipper."
"Cowabummer"
"THIS IS WHERE YOU SAW YOUR PARENTS DIE-"
“Stop trauma dumping bro”
That's rough buddy.
"Hurr durr do i care bro? Here, a hurricane to meet them"
7:08 "...And the reason Wolfe Glick lives in terror!"
*Looks over to stats.*
*Sees Wolfe Glick ranked as the player who pilots Inceroar with the highest consistent results.*
You're not wrong, but it's always funny hearing Wolfe's hate/love relationship with that Pokemon.
He even mentioned in one of his most recent videos that despite his hatred of it, he's basically become the most successful Incineroar player and is starting to maybe... like it? Which is worrying, then what pokemon will he live in terror of?
@@slavkei Stockholm Syndrome?
@@slavkeiSmeargle. He'll never forgive Smeargle.
*insert incineroar montage*
@@slavkei smeargle
“And that’s story of how I became a superstar in the Pokémon World Championships.”
“Okay, okay, Grandpa Politoed, you’ve told us this story a million times!”
“A good story bears repeating, kids.”
"A good story bears repeating, my little tadpoles, gero."
"once more, for emphasis."
GF in Gen 5: This Poliwag was born into a mystic realm made out of dreams and therefore can reach untapped potential that can rival Pokémon of legend.
GF in Gen 7: The bird can make it rain now.
I mean that bird can hold a lot of water man
GF in gen 7: BIRD UP
Silliest part to me is, it's a seagull. A Pokémon found at the beach. What's one of the most disappointing things to happen on a day you plan to go to the beach? If it starts raining. Now 50% of all seagulls will ruin your beach day. And this buff was added in Hawaii.
Totally
GF in Gen 9: The pile of gold can make it rain now
These thumbnails just keep getting better and better
I ain't gonna lie, I thought that Pelipper in the thumbnail was Jirachi.
@@Paperboy01234 LOL i see it
This is seemingly inspired by furry art.
One Pokemon buff that I was expecting to see in this video is Poison Heal Gliscor. While it was already a solid Pokemon in Gen 4, it would have not survived power creep all these generations later if not for that ability.
itemless and moveless chip heal and status immunity is incredibly powerful on such a good defensive mon. Gliscor definitely can survive without it if it has roost and another good ability, as natdex almost any ability has shown, but man toxic heal really vaults it to the stuff of legends.
There should never be a gen where gliscor gets powercrept.
@@LoDart210if gliscor kept roost every gen it would most likely be a landorus t that can heal
not to mention gen9 getting it briefly banned to ubers with tera and spikes on top of poison heal, even without roost
Ever since Gen 3, Pelipper has been my favorite Pokemon. I took it with me to the Elite 4 as an HM slave at a point in my life where I was too young to recognize how I beat Pokemon Gold, and after losing all my Pokemon to Steven but Pelipper, the little pelican that could dodged a Meteor Mash and Hydro Pumped Metagross down.
Ever since, I have loved Pelipper dearly, even as I grew older and realized that it wasn't considered a good Pokemon.
When Pelipper got Drizzle, I instantly knew the game had changed. I'd used Pelipper in every game it was in following Sapphire, even knowing how not good it was, but having Drizzle meant that my constant companion had hit the big time. I could not be happier for it.
This is for you, Pelipper. Know you beat the odds and became a star.
Scizor getting Technician Bullet Punch and U-Turn in gen IV was a buff that literally redefined it as a Pokemon. It went from a mediocre mon that occasionally saw play on dedicated Baton Pass teams in Gens II and III to the vicious bulky physical attacker it is known as today. Other notable buffs would be Gen IV Mence getting physical Outrage and Draco Metor and getting itself banned, Gen III TTar getting Sand Stream (and then getting even better in Gen IV with it buffing its SpDef), Gen V Gliscor getting Poison Heal, or the myriad of buffs Azumarill and Weavile got over the years. Maybe Gyara getting DD in Gen III and physical Water STAB in Gen IV?
32:56 While he didn't mention it, the fact that Bisharp gained the ability to evolve into Kingambit in S/V meant it could now run a eviolite if it wanted
I think it wasn't mentioned because by the time he got that he was power-crept
Honestly the eviolite doesn't help Bisharp. Kingambit is bulkier even after eviolite boost, and Bisharp needs life orb more for its damage, as it's not that bulky in the first place and is better off boosting what it is good at.
Here’s some more of theseI can think of off the top of my head:
-Electric-Types arguably benefitting more than any other type from the addition of Hidden Power in Gen 2, to the point of a historic complex ban that doesn’t exist anymore
-Several Dragon-Types benefitting from a significantly buffed Outrage in Gen 4 (DPP Garchomp and DPP Salamence especially)
-Magic Guard being expanded to other Psychic-Type Pokémon in Gen 5, lowkey giving me Gen 1 vibes in the process
-Alolan Ninetales’s rise to stardom in Gen 9 thanks to the changes to what is now Snowy weather
Okay, this is one of my favorite thumbnails that's ever been on the channel, on top of a topic that's dear to my heart. Boffo. A good one.
Scizor receiving technician and bullet punch. Oh man what a time it was to okay pokemon
A few more good buffs I can think of to cover in the future would be Speed Boost Blaziken, the Physical/Special split allowing Gyarados to finally use its STABs effectively, and the Gen 2 Special stat split being one of many reasons Snorlax is king in that generation.
Always enjoy the viedos 😊
dang w
I think this was one of the best thumbnails of all time. Absolutely loved it, it cracked me up. 10/10 job by the artist, that Pelipper's face is god tier
The irony where Pelipper and Torkoal feel like defensive weather setters but both have Sp. Attacks higher than Politoad and Ninetales respectively by 4 or 5 points.
Give Politoad and Ninetails +15 buff to their Sp. Attack stats.
I'm just gonna note that (with 31 IV, 252 EVs, and a Neutral= Nature)
Alolan-Ninetales never-miss Blizzards hit exactly as hard as Vanilluxe's Ice Beam,
or a Flamethrower from Skeledirge/Blaziken/Ho-oh/Houndoom
Or Energy Ball from Tangrowth/Lilligant/Vileplume
Or Thunderbolt from Jolteon
Or Surf from Vaporeon
Or Psychic from Latias/Farigiraf/Galarian-Slowking
I cant wait for the torkoal video,bro literally jumped from untiered to ou in one fell swoop, what a difference dru- i mean drought makes.
And there’s also much to say about VGC (and a strange placement courtesy of Ray Rizzo in 2013).
The thumbnail is just perfect 🤌🏼
waiting for the counterparts to complete:
- Seviper
- other gen 5 monkeys
- Gothitelle
- incineroar
- Tornadus
- Aromatisse
And I guess we could finish up Gen 2 with Sunflora, Magcargo (Slugma Male Grindset paying off when?) and Corsola. I think those are the only gen 2 Pokemon left to wrap it up.
That's the B E S T thumbnail so far. It's peak, mint, perfection. True art and I wish that I had it.
I think this thumbnail is a reference to something else because I know I have seen art with the same thing going on.
Pelipper looks amazing lol
Players running level 99 Slowbro/Slowking to make sure their Teleport always goes second reminds of me of VGC Players running level 49 Primal Groudon/Kyogre to make sure their primal weather always goes up after the other primal’s weather
Imo serperior should have been at least mentioned. In gen 5 there was absolutely nothing special or remarkable about it, then contrary gave it one of the funniest offensive profiles ever
Thank God only dragons get Draco Meteor. Imagine Serperior and Malamar getting Draco or Overheat.
@@harrisontownsend910 serperior being a dragon/grass with draco meteor tends to be a common thing in rom hacks. it's got a pretty good track record lol
@@harrisontownsend910 Imagine if Lurantis got its SpA and Atk swapped. 105 base SpA STAB Leaf Storm with a free +2
Honorable Mention should be Sheer Force+ Life Orb Nidoking/Nidoqueen
Or Feraligator which got D Dance aswell
Bisharp being in a perfect position to take advantage of its changing surroundings without any buffs is actual poetry since its literally a chess piece.
0:10 *_Foreshadowing is a narrative device-_*
Is mayonnaise a narrative device?
@AKdaJuiceGuy no patrick, *_mayo de noche_* is not a narrative device
Remember seeing comments talking about on Remakes of Slow Twins video before , I think this is what we got for now as numerous great buffs are all related to them, and thus the removal of Pursuit
Gastrodon - "YES! After languishing in your shadow, my Storm Drain ability will bring me to the top! What say you, Quagsire!?"
Quagsire - ". . . .Huh? Sorry, I was Unaware."
Incineroar is so game-changing that it gets mentioned in a video that isn't even concerned with doubles
The thumbnail for this video makes me unexplainably happy for some reason.
That Pelipper in the thumbnail is near perfection
I love this channel and I watch every video despite the fact I quit competitive months before SM release
alomomola should be mentioned if you do another one of these because flip turn shot its viability up heavily
This was NOT the video I expected to see a Wolfe Glicke Inciniroar joke in. I'm impressed.
Pelipper getting drizzle and proceeding to become amazing will always be my favorite competitive inspirational story
6:59 he will never sleep knowing that cat is creeping behind the door.
Another game changing buff is Tyranitar getting Sand Stream in Gen 3. Went from simply being a great Pokemon in Gen 2 OU to one of the absolute faces of Gen 3-5 OU.
I highly doubt the mon would have anywhere near the competitive longevity it has if it weren't for getting Sand Stream.
Especially in Gen 3 OU, where Tyranitar was THE face of meta.
Outside the great variance of sets (Dragon Dance, physical, special and mixed with all the possible coverage) Sand Stream itself was a game changer: the fact that you can negate Leftovers recovery and place constant chip damage (putting certain sets on a timer) is immense.
It says something that Swampert and Claydol manage to find genuine OU usage despite the competition (Suicune / Milotic for former and Starmie for latter) just for the boon of not having to deal with the damage from sand.
If Gallade was faster, I would have said him getting Sharpness was appropriate
Thumbnail pelipper looks like an optical illusion where you can see jirachi or pelipper, very cool
it takes 6:59 minutes of incineroar to appear in as video about singles
That thumbnail is beautiful
It took me a while to understand that the thumbnail was supposed to be a peliper opening it’s mouth lol
I physically showed confusion on my face when Bisharp was #1, but I completely get it. Bisharp wins by doing abdolutely nothing.
Azumarrill is so utterly buffed now compared to when it was in Gen 2, it might as well be a completely different pokemon.
Great video man, I really enjoyed it.
The Clefairy line is my favourite and I love how you mention it in most videos - gotta love the pink blob! ❤️
They really -double- slap
gotta love the pink blob? more like gotta bury it 6 feet under because man, this blob was the bane of my existence. Especially when Thunder Wave was a common thing for it to run in Gen 6 (still had 100% accuracy and paralysis making your speed 1/4ths instead of 1/2nd). Had a Calm Mind Reuniclus lose the war against it once despite having Psyshock because I kept getting hit with SpA lowerings from moonblast and constant full paras. it hurt
Thumbnail pelipper looks like a jirachi with a mailbox mouth 😂
For those who want to know it too approximately 7 minutes and 2 seconds for incineroar to show up 7:02
I will never forget what Gen 7 did for us Bug lovers. That buff to Leech Life was so phenomenal to the early game Pokemon that got it and it makes a lot of Pokemon have a viable healing move that can hurt the op.
Pelipper looks so silly. I love it
The greatest buff ever given to a Pokémon is clearly giving Smash 4 Charizard the option to switch to a better character with down special in Smash Ultimate
"I miss my rock, Tails..." 😢
Charizard needs to get his rocks off...
Correct. Squirtle best character
I really really prefer ivysaur and can hardly manage squirtle
Which is probably part of the reasons symptoms of being "not great" (tm) lol
@akarien1395squirtle is good because it has a lot of true combos at low %s. If you don’t know them and know the combos for chaining it’s useless
Best Pokémon channel ever
One of my first thoughts was the Physical/Special split and Gyarados
FSG: Bisharp has the strongest Knock Off outside of Yveltal and Hoopa Unbound and ties with Honchkrow for the strongest Sucker Punch.
Base Absol: *Am I a joke to you?*
Sadly, yes.
Yes,you are
“And the reason Wolfe Glick lives in terror”
Nice
Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
Almost ten years later and it's still funny to me the pokemon who can just set rain is the god of the sea, and a freaking pelican.
insane thumbnail
Top victims of the 4 Move-slot syndrome please.
Yes, this.
1: Iron Valiant
Infernape
Greninja
Weather this, Magic Guard that. When will it be Wigglytuff's time to shine?
This is the best thumbnail ever!
Might be my favorite thumbnail so far
Did it take anyone else way too long trying to figure out what is the Pokémon next to politoed in the thumbnail lmao
Good ol pelipper
12:51 STILL waiting for “How Good Was Amoonguss Actually…”
Incineroar his so good it got into a single focus video.
Incineroar.....Oh, yeah this is singles😅
I just love it when a formerly useless pick, becomes an absolute destroyer of worlds via one simple change
I remember the days of the Gen 5 Weather Wars… the scars still linger 😓
It might be hard to pin down who got the biggest buff from it, but the Gen 4 Physical/Special split *definitely* made some mons better than they were before. Any physically strong mon who was one of the traditionally special types (Water/Fire/Grass/Dark to name a few) definitely appreciated the switch up.
Sceptile unfortunately lost use of its signature move.
Goat Swipe Gaming
The Pelipper in the thumbnail cured my brain
Genius to make it
@@wafflesbeware-g9eThis is very similar to a piece of animated furry art, with Pelliper and Politoad instead of two dragons in the rain.
I saw the video drop, then saw the new thumbnail and it fucking killed me lmao. Excellent work 👌
Thumbnail gave me a smile
idk why ppl never thought of using empoleon as a cloyster check in bw ou, with investment, a phys def empoleon, in theory, seems like a pretty solid check to it, & with moves like roar, stealth rocks, knock off, & grass knot, it could actually do things in front of it, whenever i have a defensive empoleon on my team & there’s a cloyster on the other team, cloyster never seems to get anything done
Empoleon is worse than ferro and heatran in termf of defense
Ferro does everything better than empoleon besides checking cloyster.
But then you have a defensive Empoleon on your team, that's the issue. Pokemon have to be viable outside of just being used to check something that may or not appear on the enemy team.
@@federicopalacios7439 emp can check the lati twins pretty perfectly tho, but i do get heatran & ferro outclassing
Adding fairy type is actually insane as a buff tbf
I never thought Teleport being a negative priority switch would be a good thing.
Surprised Sableye wasn't mentioned, completely forgotten in its first 2 gens before becoming a genuine annoyance in Gen 5 and getting its mega form banned in Gen 6
I'm ashamed of how long it took me to realized that's a Pelipper in the thumbnail
20:07 Eruption actually looks really good in general 9
Best thumbnail on this channel
great thumbnail i’ll be back to watch more
BROT THAT THUMBNAIL!!😂
Cleflable being one of my favorites since gen 1 has been such a rewarding experience.
Love the thumbnail!
I recall using an incineroar once in one of the few battles I have done in VGC, and was absolutely shocked to see it live a hydro steam from a walking wake (no sun)
Cloyster really is the definition of "But we're not done yet!"
I think Technician should've been on here. It made Scizor a menace in Gen 4 OU. Also, Breloom was really good in Gen 5 considering it could use priority Mach Punch and Bullet Seed.
Damn who did that thumbnail!! It’s sooo good
The last time I was this early explosion would still neuter my defense stats! Looks like things really have changed
That's the best thumbnail ever
For Pokemon not mentioned in the video that got a massive buff:
- Dragonite getting Multiscale basically turned it from "Salamence at home" to a modern competitive monster
- Serperior getting Contrary is a bit of a weird case since it technically had it from the start, but it was locked away and GameFreak didn't give it the key until Gen 6
- Dugtrio got mentioned a lot here but really, it getting Arena Trap in Gen 3 is in and of itself a good example of a meta-defining buff
All this talk about teleport and future sight got me thinking about a hypothetical “future oracle” move that would act like future sight, except protecting the ally Pokémon sent out when it hits, instead of damaging the opponent.
Also had me thinking about portals and what typing portal-based moves would have :P
I love how the only thing keeping Volcarona from becoming Uber was the lack of shoes and camouflage that can be used in a pinch both defensively and offensively
I kinda hate that they made Teleport negative priority, though! Making it useless for Alakazam. The line that is literally known for the move. Clefable and most bulky teleporters are already slow to begin with ffs!
It already was, it's just that it ended the battle/did nothing instead of pivoting
I feel like Gen3 Dugtrio should have absolutely made the list. Dug was unusable in the first two gens, but became a meta defining threat with Arena Trap.
it's amazing how much chilly reception outclasses teleport, even without negative priority. slowking simply doesn't use teleport anymore because chilly reception exists. and slowking is slow enough that chilly reception might as well have negative priority in almost every circumstance.
Um Slowbro and slowking don't have teleport in gen 9
@@bluebird4614LOL "It's amazing how much Pokémon use moves they can actually learn more than moves they can't anymore."
@@Sleeper800 and since Slowbro lost teleport it has also fallen down to RU :(. At least King got chilly reception, bro didn't get anything
@@bluebird4614it also buffed galarian slowking, as it never had teleport and also got the chilly reception
The main issue here is that Teleport got cut from Slowking's movepool (and its Bro counterparts) in Gen9, so Slowking literally can't run Teleport even if it wants to. Because the important thing about Teleport that distinguishes it from Chilly Reception is that Teleport has Trick Room synergy, whereas Chilly Reception as a pivot move with no priority alterations can't do safe slow pivots in Trick Room.
I'd say that both moves are comparable with different team synergies (Chilly Reception into Slush Rush mons go brrrrr, vs Trick Room'd Teleport into slow attackers go brrrrr), but one does not outclass the other as both tend to require very restrictive team compositions to make the best use of their full effects. Personally i really wish it was still available to them in Gen9 just to combat the obnoxious speed creep as a huge middle finger to that, and because anything that kicks down flutter mane is funny asf.
Really miss the times of Trick Room'd Teleporting into Alolan Marowak. My favorite middle finger tactic to zacian's existence.