I love how the description started by describing its mediocre stats but it ended up being viable to a degree even in Ubers. That's the power of niches, right there.
Just look at Quagsire, that guy just doesn't care about anything. Quagsire can be staring down Arceus or Kyogre and just still find some way to not care and win.
Niches are indeed devastating in some cases, especially in certain formats. Having a powerful, metagame-efficent niche can bring a low-tier Pokémon to a high-tier level (Gen 5 Politoed & Ninetales are especially true for this, as well as the infamous Mega Kangaskhan and Z-Move Eevee), or can, in rarer case, turn a high-tier Pokémon into a god-tier, metagame-efficent defining behemoth, such as Gen 2 Snorlax in OU, Primal Groudon (who I think should be banned from Ubers along with Mega Rayquaza), and Gen 4 Garchomp.
@@bdt2002gaming Z move Eevee has a niche? Even inside the lowest teir (ZU) Eevee isn't even ranked so how does it have a niche. Unless you mean anything goes in which case just do a strong enough hit and it will die
It's funny how some pokémon work. You have the sweepers, tanks, walls and then you have pokémon who prevent pokémon who prevent pokémon who use a specific move. Metagame sure is crazy. Not to mention a goddamn magnet who didn't move from OU for four generations of it's existence just because it can stop a certain bird from switching out. Gotta love pokémon. There sure is a role for a lot of pokémon. Even you, Dunsparce. You're a mini Togekiss and not even a bad one. Great vid as always, by the way
@@coolguyc4sey power creep has made our old favourites (what kallen covers) suffer throughout the years...to the point where the newer games just aren't as fun... And sealth rock Jesus Christ! What a game.changing move that became...1 turn to set And only rapid spin gets rid of it...
Froslass is one of those cases that proves one thing. Specialized Pokemon are only as good... as that Specialization is relevant in the current meta. Hence why i love it.
I ran a sub disable set w icy wind, snowcloak and brightpowder in black and white on my mono ice team that was super fun and crazy good at the time. Paired it with screens rapid spin cryogonal, scarf abomosnow, stallrein w hp fire and sash endeavor mamo. The nerf to weather and powercreep really hurt it tho :( rip frosslass
@@grapenut6094 my froslass (ice beam, thunderbold, destiny bond, shadow ball) worked well together with weavile and scizor. froslass was a good confirmed kill with destony bond and since it wasn't weak to fighting, it was good at baiting out fire types. so what i did was that i would usually lead with weavile (sub, dance, knockooff protect), have weavile lead with sub, if the enemy uses a non attacking move, i'd follow up with swords dance, if they did destroy the substitute i'd either make another sub or use protect to gain extra helath as my weavile was carrying leftovers. the idea was to use weavile to PP-stall fire type moves so scizor could just dominate from that point on, froslass was my contingency for when my opponent uses fighting type moves against weavile as froslas can safely switch onto those and then end that threat with destiny bond. so after weavile and froslass did their jobs, the opponent had one pokemon cripled, one dead and choise-stab-technician bullet punch scizor to contend with and few things could deal with that.
I love how Froslass is such a specific Pokémon. Its niche is unusual, but highly effective. I even used it in my recent Platinum run, and it was so fun that I now rank it as my favorite Ice-Type.
That’s awesome man! How you build her up? I’m considering using one too and wanted a advice if is really viable. I mean, is not the greatest Pokémon ever and not the weakest, but the play style is very unique. So I ask which move set you build on Froslass, if you can remember of course.
@@lucasmoreiraribeiro I tend to always run a Froslass with a large focus on speed (vs Magikarp with fishing or vs fisherman Andrew on route 205) and sp. attack (vs Gastly in the old chateau) EV's- always use set up hail to take advantage of snow cloak, with blizzard (120 base power 100% accuracy in the hail), shadow ball and either water pulse for fire and rock coverage, or, double team to take advantage of the snow cloak evasion boost. With a good number of special attack and speed EV's, its ridiculously quick and is a hard special attack hitter. Though, if you want, you can put your EV's more heavily into special attack and make it a good bolt/beam user for coverage- Ice Beam, Thunderbolt and then Shadow Ball for STAB and psychic or dark pulse for further coverage
@@adamsamess2163 awesome! I was planing to make a hybrid build too! Thanks for the EVs farming spots! So I will set Hail Blizzard Shadow Ball Double Team/Water Pulse
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I like Froslass. It gave me chills. I like it better than it's Counterpart. I should try it again in platinum. How GOOD was Latios and Latias ACTUALLY?
Hate to tell you this, but they're two different mons. There's a couple of shared sets but for the most part they've always operated very differently. Separate vids for each please.
At the end Froslass' design was indicative of her playstyle: a freezing ghost capable of lulling opponents in a frigid torpor and who could still avenge herself in many ways if she was bested in combat.
Lets start a good year by talking about How GOOD was Shedinja ACTUALLY. You cannot ignore the underglorified fallen prince from Balanced Hackmons forever!
I do love me some Froslass, one of my favorite Pokémon. It’s kinda fun to use in the battle tree super doubles with z-destiny bond and cursed body, then letting its partner encore a disabled move.
This was mentioned in another video by someone else, but I want to mention it here because it is a good idea. Voting for candidates should be moved out of the video comments section. Maybe there should be a video set aside just for voting, or maybe as a post directly on the channel. However the ultimate point is that the voting shouldn't take place on the actual "how GOOD was..." videos. It would be nice to have some actual discussions on these great videos, but if you have a pokemon you want to see (like my manta waifu Mantine *NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK*) you have to use your comment to boost your horse into the race. It would be nice to not have to rush onto the comments section just to leave another vote in the cacophony of suggestions, having to ignore the actual content of the video.
Maybe, given that they're promoting their twitter profile in the video anyway, they can run twitter polls as a way of determining the next mon for the video?
@@light-chemistry but they need people spaming comments and upvotings. It is annoying AF for the user but thats how youtube works. Discussions are more likely to work on other social media, like a patreon/dischord enviroment
Yea I can definatly understand and even agree where you're coming from, seeing virtually the exact same comment over and over and over and over and over in almost every single False video can get really repetitive, just for people who want their pokemon, I honestly try to find a comment that has... ANYTHING to do with the video content like people talking about the pokemon that was in the video even if it's a hate comment like "lol why are you talking about Smogon that is trash." Just give me something. I just feel like people now only want to get what pokemon they want as a video and nothing else and not actually comment about _anything_ that happened in the actual video. It makes me think people don't care what the video was and just want to get their request/comment out there hoping False will notice and do what they specifically want. (Just my views on it don't harm me please.)
@@BasementSkeleton97 i dont know if you remember but in every trio the last one is changed for other pokemon ( typloshon,feraligart,quagmire) That happends always
Infernape's next you say? So that means we'll have another trio of videos.... Would be a real shame if a derpy blue Pokémon interrupted said trio... How GOOD was Whiscash ACTUALLY?
I miss the dedicated leads of gen4 so much. Later gens has brought much good stuff and while I like team preview in vgc for obvious reasons, I really wish they'd remove it from singles. Give me back dedicated leads and tge concept of hiding pokemon.
@@bluemoss9831 imagine hiding a Ditto in current gen and just let the enemy Dragapult set up to infinity and then sweep him back, only to get greeted by some obscure Clefable blocking your Ditto's Dragon Darts
@@khub5660 that was like 2 weeks ago, my guy. Meta back then was just "haha g-darm good let's spam it" and nothing else. How could have I known that Clef would be a premiere tank?
Keksauce Tanks are always going to be a natural counter to Mons like G-Darmanitan, and Clefable is one the best tanks to use. Once G-Darmanitan gets the axe, Clefable may not be as relevant but good tanks are hard to come by this time around since everything before Galar got the boot
I have a friend who was convinced that Frostlass got rapid spin from Snorunt. He swore we remembered reading that Frostlass was unique for being a spin blocker that could remove hazards as well as set them.
Hey so I'm sure most of the comments you guys ever get are just how good was ____ actually, so I wanna mix it up and thank you guys. Me and my little brother love your guys' content and it gives us something to bond over so thank you. You guys are doing some good stuff so keep it up!
I genuinely love this channel. The concept is brilliant, the community and interaction feels natural and great. I wait giddily for Sunday mornings to watch an episode. It's like being in elementary again... but like... with a hangover and a cup of coffee instead of cereal and OJ.
One of the bigger nerfs it received in gen 7 is the destiny bond nerf, which prevents it from using it multiple times in a row without a risk of failing.
Just wanted to comment and say your videos are always so well analyzed and thought out. You're always consistent with how you present and it's much appreciated.
Happy New year FSW! Love your videos and they're the best part of my (non holidays) Sundays, when they're not joke mons. Happy 2019 and cheers for another year of gaming!
They probably won't turn to little cup. This video series goes over how the pokemon do in terms of the main Smogon tiers (and VGC/Nintendo Cup), so metagames like little cup, monotype and such probably won't be gone over.
Well, if he wants to do Little Cup pokemon, he will make a separate channel for it since it makes a lot more sense than just putting it on the channel where adult pokemon are covered.
I'm not really sure what you expect from the Ditto video, Up until gen 5 Ditto was pretty lack luster or could pull off using Choice Scarf to potentially get a transform off and then change moves. After that it just became a potential revenge killer. It is only as good as what it transforms into, ability to do so without wasting a turn or not.
I like how Gen 5 UU is often described as resembling Gen 4 OU, and then you have Froslass and Staraptor who both tore the former apart and were banned despite their issues in the latter.
banette guy You know man.. I really hope she does :/ She’s one of THE MOST beautiful Pokémon who deserves either a buff or mega, thoroughly balancing out her stats. If she received a mega, her stats could be like this, Froslass stats- Hp- 70 Att- 110 Def- 80 Sp.Att- 110 Sp.Def- 80 Speed- 130 Total: 580
Hmm...Froslass not as good as I thought from when I used it in a platinum play through a couple years ago. Literally just had blizzard ice beam shadow ball and like, shadow claw or something else irrelevant. These days giving a pokemon double stab moves makes me cringe.
That said, you could build it both ways since Offensively it's Stats are the same. Ice for Special, Ghost for both Physical and Special, and Utility like Will O Wisp.
Hey Falseswipe, wanted to thank you for all your hard work! It's tradition at this point to watch your newest episode before I head out to the gym in the morning! Keep it up 😄
I've been using Choice Scarf and Cursed Body, with triple axel, poltergeist, and switcheroo. Choice scarf switcheroo/trick is just fun in general but triple axel is such a cool move and it actually hits hard on froslass
TBH, I've always liked using Froslass as a special sweeper with Thunderbolt + Ice Beam + Shadow Ball. I know it's not the most effective, and often you need something like a Choice Specs to make it work, but it was fun and I liked it.
Around the 11:00 mark - "its weakness to common physical attacks was now somewhat augmented..." To augment a weakness would be to make something even weaker. I think you meant "offset" here, or might have been trying to say "its low defenses to common physical attacks were somewhat augmented..." Defenses being augmented is a positive. Weaknesses being augmented is not! Keep up the great work!
i knew weather wars was were she was going to thrive in vgc but I'm glad she got some love in gen 7 too. That makes three competitive ice type pokemon in a row from Delibird, Mamoswine and Froslass!! :D
In gen 5 my brother and I bred and trained competitive pokemon. He absolutely hated seeing my frostlass, I was always playing in a way where I could kill one or two of his sweepers with an offensive set and destiny bond
I love how the description started by describing its mediocre stats but it ended up being viable to a degree even in Ubers. That's the power of niches, right there.
Just look at Quagsire, that guy just doesn't care about anything.
Quagsire can be staring down Arceus or Kyogre and just still find some way to not care and win.
Magnezone stayed in OU for generations just for killing Skarmory.
Niches are powerful.
Niches are indeed devastating in some cases, especially in certain formats. Having a powerful, metagame-efficent niche can bring a low-tier Pokémon to a high-tier level (Gen 5 Politoed & Ninetales are especially true for this, as well as the infamous Mega Kangaskhan and Z-Move Eevee), or can, in rarer case, turn a high-tier Pokémon into a god-tier, metagame-efficent defining behemoth, such as Gen 2 Snorlax in OU, Primal Groudon (who I think should be banned from Ubers along with Mega Rayquaza), and Gen 4 Garchomp.
@@bdt2002gaming Z move Eevee has a niche? Even inside the lowest teir (ZU) Eevee isn't even ranked so how does it have a niche. Unless you mean anything goes in which case just do a strong enough hit and it will die
@@3.2187_Kilometres I had just realized that the Z Move strategy would be banned under Baton Pass Clause.
It's funny how some pokémon work. You have the sweepers, tanks, walls and then you have pokémon who prevent pokémon who prevent pokémon who use a specific move. Metagame sure is crazy. Not to mention a goddamn magnet who didn't move from OU for four generations of it's existence just because it can stop a certain bird from switching out. Gotta love pokémon. There sure is a role for a lot of pokémon. Even you, Dunsparce. You're a mini Togekiss and not even a bad one.
Great vid as always, by the way
Competitive Pokemon is awesome
BataNeske and quagsire, dont forget quagsire
@@santtu3586 the derpiest of all
@@coolguyc4sey power creep has made our old favourites (what kallen covers) suffer throughout the years...to the point where the newer games just aren't as fun...
And sealth rock Jesus Christ! What a game.changing move that became...1 turn to set And only rapid spin gets rid of it...
@@Matanumi and defog
Froslass is one of those cases that proves one thing. Specialized Pokemon are only as good... as that Specialization is relevant in the current meta. Hence why i love it.
I ran a sub disable set w icy wind, snowcloak and brightpowder in black and white on my mono ice team that was super fun and crazy good at the time. Paired it with screens rapid spin cryogonal, scarf abomosnow, stallrein w hp fire and sash endeavor mamo. The nerf to weather and powercreep really hurt it tho :( rip frosslass
@@grapenut6094
my froslass (ice beam, thunderbold, destiny bond, shadow ball) worked well together with weavile and scizor.
froslass was a good confirmed kill with destony bond and since it wasn't weak to fighting, it was good at baiting out fire types.
so what i did was that i would usually lead with weavile (sub, dance, knockooff protect), have weavile lead with sub, if the enemy uses a non attacking move, i'd follow up with swords dance, if they did destroy the substitute i'd either make another sub or use protect to gain extra helath as my weavile was carrying leftovers.
the idea was to use weavile to PP-stall fire type moves so scizor could just dominate from that point on, froslass was my contingency for when my opponent uses fighting type moves against weavile as froslas can safely switch onto those and then end that threat with destiny bond.
so after weavile and froslass did their jobs, the opponent had one pokemon cripled, one dead and choise-stab-technician bullet punch scizor to contend with and few things could deal with that.
Apply this to Magnezone as well. OU since its debut mainly for trapping Steels.
@@beta511ee4 not even steels,Just skarmory which Makes It funnier
can we all just take a minute to appreciate her design though, like damn, gorgeous
Cold Wifu
Mainak Biswas it’s a frostitute
ultimate Recoil your answer was way better than Fucking Butter’s.
*a frostitute*
@ultimate Recoil
+100 respect
I remember drafting Froslass and ended up using willo many times. One of my favourite stuff.
I misread drafting as dating BJF YUNG FHVF
I remember killing my brother's whole team In ultra moon including his mega Lucario which is why it's my favorite ice type.😃
I love how Froslass is such a specific Pokémon. Its niche is unusual, but highly effective.
I even used it in my recent Platinum run, and it was so fun that I now rank it as my favorite Ice-Type.
That’s awesome man! How you build her up? I’m considering using one too and wanted a advice if is really viable. I mean, is not the greatest Pokémon ever and not the weakest, but the play style is very unique. So I ask which move set you build on Froslass, if you can remember of course.
@@lucasmoreiraribeiro I tend to always run a Froslass with a large focus on speed (vs Magikarp with fishing or vs fisherman Andrew on route 205) and sp. attack (vs Gastly in the old chateau) EV's- always use set up hail to take advantage of snow cloak, with blizzard (120 base power 100% accuracy in the hail), shadow ball and either water pulse for fire and rock coverage, or, double team to take advantage of the snow cloak evasion boost. With a good number of special attack and speed EV's, its ridiculously quick and is a hard special attack hitter. Though, if you want, you can put your EV's more heavily into special attack and make it a good bolt/beam user for coverage- Ice Beam, Thunderbolt and then Shadow Ball for STAB and psychic or dark pulse for further coverage
@@adamsamess2163 awesome! I was planing to make a hybrid build too! Thanks for the EVs farming spots! So I will set
Hail
Blizzard
Shadow Ball
Double Team/Water Pulse
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you need to update this list, Mamoswine isn't here.
Eevee
And since I’m a Patreon I read the Patreon comments so I know who’s next.
Weekly? That's the first time I see this, probably because I was early this time... that's pretty cool though
@@voltingmaster5458 spoil us boi
Crown Tundra DLC:
Froslass: Well, I guess I'm a physical attacker now.
I like Froslass.
It gave me chills.
I like it better than it's Counterpart.
I should try it again in platinum.
How GOOD was Latios and Latias ACTUALLY?
I thought this was going to be a poem then it wasnt. Im kinda dissapointed
Froslass is cute :^T
@@pokemaniacmasterx3132 Froslass is ironically one of the most hot pokemon :^)
Hate to tell you this, but they're two different mons. There's a couple of shared sets but for the most part they've always operated very differently. Separate vids for each please.
@@vinny4765 true
At the end Froslass' design was indicative of her playstyle: a freezing ghost capable of lulling opponents in a frigid torpor and who could still avenge herself in many ways if she was bested in combat.
Woo! Infernape!
But since it's already coming, I'd say how good was Celebi actually?
Torterra*
*ya gotta commit to the trio*
@@TerraTuso You right. Next week, I'll be voting Torterra. My bad haha.
CELEBI PLEASE!!!!
@Kevew123 We'll get there. Be patient.
I’d love to see Celebi because there so much to say, the video would last 25 minutes
"You will never ever see a Froslass without Spikes, ever."
He's obviously never watched a Pimpnite video.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
Max Speed, Max Attack Adamant Nature!
@@filthypenguintv4931 love how this is viable in some sense now lmao
Lets start a good year by talking about How GOOD was Shedinja ACTUALLY. You cannot ignore the underglorified fallen prince from Balanced Hackmons forever!
Balanced hackmons... I loved playing that back in gen 5...
Twas fun...
>prince of BH
*looks at poison, toxic, burn, sandstorm, hail, mold breaker, gastro acid and everything else*
yeah seems legit
@@cjer6040 ...which is why I said "fallen prince"
@@deathboo5535 lol
Hear hear!
I do love me some Froslass, one of my favorite Pokémon. It’s kinda fun to use in the battle tree super doubles with z-destiny bond and cursed body, then letting its partner encore a disabled move.
How good was 2018 actually? Edit: Oh my god thank you for 200+ likes! Edit: Make that 400+!
AAHHHHH!! That's hot! That's hot!
2/10 *NOT GOOD*
Not good
To be honest, it was pretty good
2018
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IS OVER
(I've been watching crab rave memes)
This was mentioned in another video by someone else, but I want to mention it here because it is a good idea.
Voting for candidates should be moved out of the video comments section. Maybe there should be a video set aside just for voting, or maybe as a post directly on the channel. However the ultimate point is that the voting shouldn't take place on the actual "how GOOD was..." videos.
It would be nice to have some actual discussions on these great videos, but if you have a pokemon you want to see (like my manta waifu Mantine *NUDGE NUDGE WINK WINK*) you have to use your comment to boost your horse into the race. It would be nice to not have to rush onto the comments section just to leave another vote in the cacophony of suggestions, having to ignore the actual content of the video.
I wholeheartedly agree with this sentiment. Commenting here with the hope that @False Swipe Gaming sees this.
Maybe, given that they're promoting their twitter profile in the video anyway, they can run twitter polls as a way of determining the next mon for the video?
@@light-chemistry but they need people spaming comments and upvotings. It is annoying AF for the user but thats how youtube works. Discussions are more likely to work on other social media, like a patreon/dischord enviroment
There's many other places where you can discuss pokemon anyways.
Yea I can definatly understand and even agree where you're coming from, seeing virtually the exact same comment over and over and over and over and over in almost every single False video can get really repetitive, just for people who want their pokemon, I honestly try to find a comment that has... ANYTHING to do with the video content like people talking about the pokemon that was in the video even if it's a hate comment like "lol why are you talking about Smogon that is trash." Just give me something.
I just feel like people now only want to get what pokemon they want as a video and nothing else and not actually comment about _anything_ that happened in the actual video. It makes me think people don't care what the video was and just want to get their request/comment out there hoping False will notice and do what they specifically want.
(Just my views on it don't harm me please.)
How good was aggron
I’ll never give up
Me to I wont give up getting Aggron to see how good it is.
We have your back, my mighty aggron deserve a spot
A nobal aggron once saved my game
I love aggron i win a tournament thanks to him!
@@BasementSkeleton97 i dont know if you remember but in every trio the last one is changed for other pokemon ( typloshon,feraligart,quagmire)
That happends always
Infernape's next you say? So that means we'll have another trio of videos.... Would be a real shame if a derpy blue Pokémon interrupted said trio...
How GOOD was Whiscash ACTUALLY?
How good was Aggron actually?
after the patreon pick
Jigglypuff Thank you for having common sense!
I was going to ask that but then I remembered Aggron has 2 4x weaknesses unless Mega.
Do you know he's probably going to cover infernape
I miss the dedicated leads of gen4 so much. Later gens has brought much good stuff and while I like team preview in vgc for obvious reasons, I really wish they'd remove it from singles. Give me back dedicated leads and tge concept of hiding pokemon.
I understand, but I still think that team preview is a healthy thing for the meta
@@bluemoss9831 imagine hiding a Ditto in current gen and just let the enemy Dragapult set up to infinity and then sweep him back, only to get greeted by some obscure Clefable blocking your Ditto's Dragon Darts
Keksauce if you’re not expecting a tank like Clefable then you need to review your decisions in teambuilding
@@khub5660 that was like 2 weeks ago, my guy. Meta back then was just "haha g-darm good let's spam it" and nothing else. How could have I known that Clef would be a premiere tank?
Keksauce Tanks are always going to be a natural counter to Mons like G-Darmanitan, and Clefable is one the best tanks to use. Once G-Darmanitan gets the axe, Clefable may not be as relevant but good tanks are hard to come by this time around since everything before Galar got the boot
Good timing too since it _finally_ started snowing here.
Shiro-Luna hasn’t snowed in my small town in Ohio at all :(
I live in Texas what's snow?
Illinois and it finally snowed yesterday
@@huydinni I live in Hawaii so again what's snow?
I live in a suburb near Atlanta and I still haven’t seen snow yet
I have a friend who was convinced that Frostlass got rapid spin from Snorunt. He swore we remembered reading that Frostlass was unique for being a spin blocker that could remove hazards as well as set them.
Dude that would be pretty awesome ngl
Hey so I'm sure most of the comments you guys ever get are just how good was ____ actually, so I wanna mix it up and thank you guys. Me and my little brother love your guys' content and it gives us something to bond over so thank you. You guys are doing some good stuff so keep it up!
and let me thank you for making that comment. :)
This is so sweet :’)
I genuinely love this channel. The concept is brilliant, the community and interaction feels natural and great. I wait giddily for Sunday mornings to watch an episode. It's like being in elementary again... but like... with a hangover and a cup of coffee instead of cereal and OJ.
One of the bigger nerfs it received in gen 7 is the destiny bond nerf, which prevents it from using it multiple times in a row without a risk of failing.
I still remember in college where my froslass was notorious for its incredibly high freeze rate like it was legit 17/20 freezes from move 1 blizzard
How *GOOD* was *Celebi* ACTUALLY?
I really liked how in-depth this episode is structured
Since it’s TIME for a new year. How good was Celebi actually?
I honestly thought you had over 2m subs because of high quality these videos are and how useful and informative they are
Now back to asking how good Nidoqueen was Actually ?
Just wanted to comment and say your videos are always so well analyzed and thought out. You're always consistent with how you present and it's much appreciated.
How GOOD was Ditto ACTUALLY?
Happy New year FSW! Love your videos and they're the best part of my (non holidays) Sundays, when they're not joke mons. Happy 2019 and cheers for another year of gaming!
has this channel ever considered delving into the little cup meta? or would any first evolution be looked over in favor of a more competitive pokemon?
About 8 or so years from now, when they run out of Pokemon, they'll probably turn to little cup.
They probably won't turn to little cup. This video series goes over how the pokemon do in terms of the main Smogon tiers (and VGC/Nintendo Cup), so metagames like little cup, monotype and such probably won't be gone over.
Well, if he wants to do Little Cup pokemon, he will make a separate channel for it since it makes a lot more sense than just putting it on the channel where adult pokemon are covered.
@@splitsee2526 bud I asked that a year ago
@@splitsee2526 wynaut
Frosslass was a great partner in doubles with agislash or gengar. Love that pokemon
HOW GOOD WERE YANMA AND YANMEGA ACTUALLY
@@anden4518 May you please stop spamming the same comment?
Ande N sorry man but I'm tired of getting lost in the comments
Can you just mind your business and allow him to comment?
Yanma is a good low tiered mon, while its evolution is great
12:56
Now in Gen 8 you can see Froslass with Choice Band thanks to Poltergeist and Triple Axel
Now she landed in PU. Just curious: Is she still good?
For a New Year’s Wish
We need to know.
How GOOD was Jirachi ACTUALLY?
It has serene grace and iron head.
victor sandeen He covered Mewtwo and Dunsparce. I think obviousness isn’t a factor against potential analysis candidates.
How good was Forretress ACTUALLY?
Start off 2019 with a buggy bang.
How good was Ditto ACTUALLY? Actually, I hope the Patrons give us something like that next week.
@@anden4518 dude chill with the anger and edgy behaviour
The Patrons do those things...
I'm not really sure what you expect from the Ditto video, Up until gen 5 Ditto was pretty lack luster or could pull off using Choice Scarf to potentially get a transform off and then change moves. After that it just became a potential revenge killer. It is only as good as what it transforms into, ability to do so without wasting a turn or not.
Huh cool its good to know that one of my favorite Pokemon is high tier.
Give me boi golem a chance
I love your videos and this series. They are very informative and entertaining.
How GOOD was Celebi ACTUALLY? pls I beg
Your plea has been heard my son.
I'm curious... How good was Walrein actually?
How GOOD was Pelipper actually?
Toilet bird needs recognition.
I love your vids!!and this is the channel we didn’t ask for but really wanted
How GOOD Were Murkrow/Honchkrow ACTUALLY?
Dudes a simp and doesnt watch
Y’all are being rude to the guy...chill out
I like how Gen 5 UU is often described as resembling Gen 4 OU, and then you have Froslass and Staraptor who both tore the former apart and were banned despite their issues in the latter.
U no with the new ⚔️🛡️ coming out, one of the trailers shows Froslass using Aurora veil, it may have it's comeback very soon...
banette guy You know man.. I really hope she does :/ She’s one of THE MOST beautiful Pokémon who deserves either a buff or mega, thoroughly balancing out her stats. If she received a mega, her stats could be like this,
Froslass stats-
Hp- 70
Att- 110
Def- 80
Sp.Att- 110
Sp.Def- 80
Speed- 130
Total: 580
@@Es97Coqui throw that wasted attack into defensive stats
It was a horrible day for me, an even worse year, and at the end of it you release the video with my favorite pokemon. I fucking love you guys
I liked using Froslass in gen 4. I always thought she was hard to set up but once you knew how to use her she could be a heavy hitter.
How good was False Swipe Gaming Actually
Dont question what i mean with this
Dammit, you stole my comment
Pretty damn good.
ledian roast? lets start witch hunting again
lol rip vgc
Nice vid! I was hoping for this Pokemon
Obey the law. UNLEASH THE MAW. How good was MAWILE actually?
Congrats on 200K Subscribers 👏👏
If we keep going we’ll eventually reach Unova.
I’m excited.
You always explain everything so well
Hmm...Froslass not as good as I thought from when I used it in a platinum play through a couple years ago. Literally just had blizzard ice beam shadow ball and like, shadow claw or something else irrelevant. These days giving a pokemon double stab moves makes me cringe.
That said, you could build it both ways since Offensively it's Stats are the same.
Ice for Special, Ghost for both Physical and Special, and Utility like Will O Wisp.
Hey Falseswipe, wanted to thank you for all your hard work! It's tradition at this point to watch your newest episode before I head out to the gym in the morning! Keep it up 😄
Well then... how good was Empoleon actually?
False swipe gaming seriously these videos are amazing
Still hoping for a how good was Sableye.
This is the most surprising competitive Pokemon video I've ever remembered seeing.
As well as infernape, can you do empoleon and Torterra too
I did not expect this video, but I am happy because Froslass is my #1 Favorite Pokemon. Thank you for this video
I love Froslass so much. I used her frequently when I played competitively and she has a permanent slot on my Shield team. 😍❤
I've been using Choice Scarf and Cursed Body, with triple axel, poltergeist, and switcheroo. Choice scarf switcheroo/trick is just fun in general but triple axel is such a cool move and it actually hits hard on froslass
Can we do the mythicals now? How GOOD Was Celebi ACTUALLY?
Gen 8 DLC comes around and now Froslass is a powerful physical attacker
How good is Cacturne actually #NeverGiveUpOnYourDream 🔥🙏
My favorite ghost type!! Thank you!
How good was Rayquaza actually?
I'll take anything goes for 1000
Broken since it got that Mega Evolution
raquaza is BANNED
KittyKake 44 yes please
Boring video tho cause the answer always was and always is fuckin bonkers lmao
I woke up this morning, haven't even opened my eyes completly and caught a shiny Snurunt in Pokémon Go. So this episode is very special to me. :)
I got shiny delibird
Let's do it! Celebii!!
Best way to end the year, tbh. I'm glad.
TBH, I've always liked using Froslass as a special sweeper with Thunderbolt + Ice Beam + Shadow Ball. I know it's not the most effective, and often you need something like a Choice Specs to make it work, but it was fun and I liked it.
How GOOD was False Swipe Gaming ACTUALLY? (2018)
Gokou Blacc it was great
How GOOD was the first Uber to drop to OU Celebi actually?
It wasnt Mew the first?0
It now resides in uu.
Luis Eduardo Ruizgodoy Hijuelos no mew was an uber till DP, and dropped to UU in BW. Celebi dropped to OU in RSE
@@thefisherman0074 i mean , i meaned bc it was gen 1 , not when It dropped
How good was Bannete actually?
Around the 11:00 mark - "its weakness to common physical attacks was now somewhat augmented..."
To augment a weakness would be to make something even weaker. I think you meant "offset" here, or might have been trying to say "its low defenses to common physical attacks were somewhat augmented..."
Defenses being augmented is a positive. Weaknesses being augmented is not!
Keep up the great work!
I WILL NEVER GIVE UP ON REQUESTING BEEDRILL!
And *I* never stop asking for the Eon duo!
This makes me really happy
Lugia or Ho-oh next then?
Frosslass is one of my favorite Pokémon and coincidently so is glalie
How good was Mawile ACTUALLY?
I think this video really shows the pure insanity of the pokemon metagame
The fact that Froslass is primarily a choice band attacker in gen 8 feels so wrong.
Froslass is my second favorite pokemon ever, i love her : P. Leafeon next?
If Shuckle is your favorite, we share two favorites. Sweet!
How good was Glalie actually?
I need Glalie
The only pokemon to share my favourite types and i have come to LOVE FROSLASS ❤️
12:10 “I apologize if I butcher your name right now”
*proceeds to butcher it on purpose and call the guy a body part*
i knew weather wars was were she was going to thrive in vgc but I'm glad she got some love in gen 7 too. That makes three competitive ice type pokemon in a row from Delibird, Mamoswine and Froslass!! :D
You should do a video breaking down leads for each gen
In gen 5 my brother and I bred and trained competitive pokemon. He absolutely hated seeing my frostlass, I was always playing in a way where I could kill one or two of his sweepers with an offensive set and destiny bond
How good was Politoed *Actually*
Frostlass gotta be one of if not my favourite pokemon
how good was sableye actually
Love the new intro!