How GOOD was Sandslash ACTUALLY? - History of Sandslash in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 1-7)
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- Sandslash is this week’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Sandslash in competitive Pokemon!
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0:00 - Intro
0:49 - RBY/Gen 1
2:35 - GSC/Gen 2
5:26 - ADV/Gen 3
6:21 - DPP/Gen 4
7:16 - BW/Gen 5
8:49 - Gen 5 VGC
9:22 - XY/Gen 6
10:03 - SM/Gen 7
11:43 - Gen 7 VGC
12:46 - Outro
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Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth. Now Popular does not mean official even though two of the formats I will be covering were official formats being Japan Nintendo Cup and VGC, but it is an indicator of what a good portion of competitive players thought was “optimal” at the time. Also sometimes the Pokemon Battle Historia doesn't provide enough information to talk about certain Pokemon so I add Smogon analysis to make sense of it. This is pretty rare though.
To the people asking why I don't cover Smogon Singles for Gens 1 and 2: It wouldn't really be a history video if I covered those because online Smogon gen 1 meta to my knowledge wasn't actually played until late 2000s. I wanted to cover tournaments/competitive battling that was actually played during the early years of Pokemon (late 90s).
To the people asking why I cover Smogon at all for singles: To my knowledge, Smogon was the most popular format for Gens 3-5 and held a number of tournaments throughout the years. As for Gen 6, I am not covering Battle Spot Singles because there is more information and explanations about sets being used relative to their own meta on Smogon. In other words, there are few written analyses about Battle Spot Pokemon besides the Top tiers and I would like to avoid theorycrafting because it may have a hint of bias (though I theorycraft if I REALLY couldn't find information on a certain Pokemon). The keyword here is explanations. Though I did find statistics of most Pokemon used and most moves used, there wasn't really any explanations on why. Also the few Pokemon I did find analysis of for Top Tier Battle Spot Singles had very similar move sets to the Smogon OU sets anyway.
For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent and I will not fault you for using evasion or whatever, I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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Too bad the children wont read this and still sperg out because they wanna know how good was their fursona
Could you say this information at the start of the video so everyone can hear it. Thanks
FalseSwipeGaming, I got an idea I would like to get feedback from you however I wrote this on the Misdreavus video. As your aware you have had different music and background colour than usual and it is nice to see a new idea, the same shade that was used on the icon image and I got thinking since you work a fair amount on the icon images why not use the same colour scheme on the background of that pokémons video instead of the boring blue? Another idea to make things more characteristic is with including their roar when you see their sprite every now and then. I hope this helps you with more ideas for an aesthetic approach.
Btw the trick or treat joke was great wordplay!
OK already did it
thanks for the good content! YOU SIR ARE AWESOME
In Pokemon Let's Go, Sandslash follows you around by rolling around in a cute little ball. Best pokémon, 10/10.
Sandslash is amoung the best mon for in game teams, imo, if can use tms for it
Alolan sandshrew spins horizontally behind you in its curled form
*Cues sonic x theme*
I HAVE ONE IN LETS GO AND IT'S SO CUTEEEEEE!!!!
Right! I love my spike-ball-rollie-pollie :D
I love Sandslash.
I love it's design normally and the Alolan form.
I wish it had better stats but it looks adorable.
It's also one of my favorite pokemon.
Same here!
Why ? he isnt even that cool he has a boring design and he has bad stats
@@lukepotter4579 Sandslash comes from a time where designs were a bit simpler. They don't need to be super cool or edgy, but that doesn't make it boring.
do how good was magikarp actually!
@@lukepotter4579 Because,i love it's simple design and it looks cute.
"Sandslaah has never been cool or cute"
Disliked, unsubscribed, reported.
Gen 1
SANDslash and it is born underground and burrows a lot...yet couldnt learn dig or ONE ground move outside of TMs
I didnt give it dig and thought it would learn EQ so grinded it to lv 53, my highest lv...So I gave up and gave it the TM at the Elite 4
Suprisely, it’s bulk, high lv and moves let me destroy Bruno and Agatha. It even survived a hyper beam from Dragonite. Sand Attack twice and destroy it with rock slide.
I was there when pokemon appeared in the US and sandslash was my favorite pokemon.
Wizard Lizard lol same
It's cool
It's the perfect combination of both cool AND cute
"Sandslash has never been cool, cute, o-"
excuse me shut
Yeah that was rude, Sandslash is both cool and cute!
Alolan Sandslash must at least be cool looking at how it is an ice Pokémon.
E X C U S E M E S H U T
*Excuse Me Shut*
He said as
Is that myy OC, Ground the Hedgehog?
I hate you lol
Lmao, brilliant
NO!
Really love your redesign into Icepike the Hedgehog
Hahahaha shut up hahaha
9:02 So, no one's gonna talk about why anyone would bring UNOWN to a competitive tournament?
I don't think he bought an unown, i think it is just a question mark represented by unown, maybe he only brought 5 pokemon(very unlikely), or maybe they did not record what he brought(which is also unlikely), I am not sure tho
It just means they couldn't find out what his 6th Pokemon was
Saw that and was like "excuse me, wtf?"
Its capable of covering any polemon type. Your opponent never knows what can switch in
Some people bring a sack mon which is used to bring in a safe switch in not risking anything as a example someone brought a pachurisu into the finals as a sack mon, While highly risky in the end it could very much pay off
I never knew that Sandslash had Sand Rush. I guess Excadrill really overshadowed it.
Roger Dodger But cute looking things.
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@@cooperm4185 wait what
@@XCodes I mean he has a spikey back as a shield, so maybe that's why he has high defense
@@cooperm4185 I prefer the fitness gram pacer test
I always liked Sandslash, but never thought it would be useful. Til I raised one in my Blue nuzlocke. And holy crap, he was good. Reliable physical defense really helped out if I needed to give my Blastoise a rest. Was crushed when my rival killed him. That freaking goddamn Kadabra.
RIP Ronin.
🙏 May Ronin Rest In Peace
f for ronin
F for Ronin
Pouring one out for Ronin
Rest In Peace my boy ronin
I’ve always loved Sandslash. Especially its shiny.
'Shiny sandslash' do you mean knuckles
Don't you mean kirishima
@@imlonely7565 If Sandslash had Harden the Kirishima reference would be more accurate, but I think most people just recognize it as Knuckles.
They think they know the way.
@@KahunaLagoona they both red spikey bois
I have shiny sandslash i will traded it for a deoxys not shiny
Alolan Sandslash's typing just makes me sad. Ice is so horrible as a defensive type it actually worsens every Pokemon its slapped onto. Sure, its amazing offensively, but when almost every Water Type learns Ice Beam and Fairies taking over the Dragon killer niche that there is very little reason to ever use an Ice Type that has no special gimmick like Alolan Ninetales. Hope GameFreak gives the Ice typing resistances, to probably Water and Dragon.
MD3 - MK agreed
Ice should resist grass and bug
Deny Flesh They need to buff ice somehow. If you took physics to heart in type resistances Pokémon’s type chart would be bs.
Alolan sandslash would be great with it's ice type if it had more speed and attack. And alolan sandslash is considered better than it's pure ground counterpart so...
Deny Flesh glaciers freeze running water to restructure themselves. I think ice should resist water. I don’t think it should be weak to rock considering glaciers level mountains
"How did [insert gen 1 Pokemon here] do, actually? Killed by power creep, with a brief resurgence due to introduced evolution or alolan form."
Clefable begs to differ, although admittedly typing change is almost as big as receiving an evol or alolan form. Oh and ditto.
@@fungmanhei When you counter your own comment. Good one.
Bar Starmie, who manages to not fall too quickly. And Tentacruel, who has consistently hung around UU. And Gengar, who was pretty solid even before its Mega. Magneton won the Ability lottery and functioned as a Steel check in Gen 3 before being just outclassed by Magnezone.
Accurate.
* *mewtwo would Like to know your location*
Whether he is good or not in competitive, this is one of my favorite pokemon because back when I played leaf green, I was just grinding in the tall grass and there I found a sandrew and I ran to my brother to ask him “what color is sandrew?” And he said a kind of yellowish. I replied “...this one is green” I used him throughout the game and sent him all the way through X and Y(never played sun an moon) unfortunately I lost my X and Y and so I lost him forever...but the memories will never fade.
RIP
"Sandslash has never been cool or cute"
Me: THIS IS NOT *OKIE DOKIE*
I still don't understand why sandslash is so slow, everything about that Pokemon screams speed
Hey I mean Vikavolt is supposedly a supersonic speed flyer... and is among some of the very slow Pokémon in the game.
Druddigon and Feraligatr (to a lesser extent), are also Pokemon that are said to be great at short sprints that sadly don't reflect that.
@@ThisIsntATH-camr Onix is also said to be really fast.
But Sandslash def looks faster than Dugtrio imo
Hedgehog
I mean it learns SWIFT. You know. The move whose name means FAST.
I really like Sandslashes design. It seems like a Pokemon for a protagonist.
Nice Video as always!
Could be cool to talk about their pre evolution form inside the LC cup tier
Yah but that would take too much time. The whole point is that he discusses the best form of the evolution line in each generation. Going over LC wouldn't make much sense really.
@@coolguyc4sey
makes sense, although, a small remark wouldn't take any time
@@Ecliptor. there are little cups from gen 1 to gen 7, it would take time, it would be like including reference to inverse battles or triple battle formats only covering much more time
LC cup
Little Cup cup
@@charlesbrownjr5618literally what i was thinking
"Sandslash has never been as cool, cute or weird"
Sandslash is fucking adorable.
Wow the power creep really destroyed some Pokemon careers. Glad they brought back some Staples with alolan forms and megas
Not really.... the Alolan form weren't that great, just underwhelming. Megas on the contrary, were AMAZING.
@@kazoorion7993 Alolan MUK on the other hand......
@@kazoorion7993 Ninetale, Muk, Marowak, and Raichu say hi.
Ace only ninetails is ou thought
@@Colaschnittchen So? If you want to get technical, both Weavile and Mamoswine were OU for 2 generations.
On top of this, this does not mean that they can not be used in OU effectively. _Scarf Weavile intensifies_
The Smogon tiers don't say how good a Pokemon is. It only dictates where a Pokemon can be used (ie if it is too broken for a tier). There are several instances where Pokemon rose up a few tiers because of a change in the meta game.
"Sandslash has never been cool, cute,"
*_SHUT UP_*
small brain: notification squad
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Galaxy brain: Patreon
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small brains have a life then while big brains are sitting at home refreshing channel pages
@@travelandwatchcouple sounds like jealousy but ok brainlet
Cerpin Taxt
H o w
"thanks to nintendo being obsessed with rebooting things from gen 1 for some reason"
He's right and he should say it.
Well you can get the reasoning behind it- gen 1 was when pokemon was at its peak cultural relevance for the longest time- but the kanto pandering can get tiring.
Not to me. Looking back, Kanto was bland. I love gen one, you could even call me a gen 1ner, but I appreciate any spice it can get.
Gen 5 is the best IMO but I'm glad gen 1 gets all the attention it deserves for putting Pokemon on the map.
@@jayanths1221 gen 5 competitively was RIDICULOUS. Bw/bw2 was a fun time in the meta.
Actually gen 2 was the peak
Except Nintendo doesn't control the IP or what happens in the games. All the games are determined by TPCi, and Game Freak determines what they do with them as the developers. Nintendo just part owns TPCi and gives them a platform.
Power creep really screwed my boy over.
The thing's a monster in-game, at least. Here's hoping GF gives it some much needed buffs, but since it got an Alolan form, I'm not holding my breath.
THANK YOU for covering Sandslash! Sandslash is such a good Pokemon. I remember multiple times when I was down and about to lose before my Sandslash would win back key battles in Pokemon Stadium 2. Too bad power creep and changes to the system really screwed Sandshrew over.
>1;20 great speed stat
>65 speed
>new meta
They should just give the poor guy a 20 boost to its base speed
Gen 1 was weak in most stats, to be fair. I’d guess back then 65 was actually pretty good.
@Zuki where was this said?
@@bananatassium7009 It had stat growth that made it so every stat could be maxed (with exception of DVs)
@@imaginaryboy2000 And yet even now a 65 speed pokemon with all investment into speed would be mediocre in speed, no?
Sandslash is a perfect example of a Pokemon that needs serious stat buffs to counteract the unrelenting power creep or an evolution were GF willing to do those anymore Statwise a buff to speed seems like it should be obvious especially with the connection to shrews which are one of the most extreme examples of life in the fast lane with only hummingbirds as any competition for the title. Even in that role Shrews take extreme to the next level with excellent sense of smell, echolocation and venom in addition to its hyper metabolism meaning it needs to hunt and kill a meal within an hour of its last or it will literally starve to death. Basically shrews are everything Sandslash isn't... really it probably should get speedboost as a shrew Pokemon in principal should be one of the fastest things in the game if it was represented accurately at all....
i'm pretty sure sandshrew/sandslash are pangolins, which are known for being similar to armadillos but with sharp scales instead of bone plates
sandslash could use a speed boost regardless of what animal people think it is, anyways
@@specs.weedle Its probabaly worth noting that very few if any pokemon are purely inspired by one kind of creature instad they tend to have traits from several.
Sandslash is definitely inspired more by a pangolin but Sandshrew does seem to have a bit more traits from shrews in particular its one of the few non poison type Pokémon in gen 1 to naturally learn poison sting for example and the only groups of mammals capable of producing venom are shrews and platypuses so yeah.
The problem with sandslash and so many other interesting pokemon is power creep destroys any use they may have
Early releases like this are always okay! Thanks!
Sandshrew & Sandslash are my favourite Pokémon, ever since I saw a documentary on the Pangolin ^^ they’re so cute and cool at the same time and would be an amazing companion IRL
Yes, finally. I love it's design. Had a sandslash Halloween costume when I was young.
I went as a Cubone 😊😊
Lol, I feel like I went as a Pokemon for Halloween, bit just can't remember which one.
Whoa, I hope you took a photo of that. That sounds amazing!
Hopeless Gamer I had a ditto
Thank You Patreons! I have been waiting so long for Sandslash!
Wow, sandslash is my favorite pokemon and i totally didn't expect you to have a video on it. Thats awesome
I remember the alolan form had a weird niche on a fairly common UU team with snow warning Aurorus, setting up Aurora Veil for a team of belly drum sweepers. I saw the team a lot for the short time it was popular. There was a z belly drum azumarill and a belly drum kommo o.
Alolan Sandslash: Does decently well and even has some nice placements in tourneys
Arcanine: *completely and thuroghly obliterates it*
Alolan Sandslash: I came here to have a good time and honestly I feel so attacked right now
I remember Sandslash from that episode where Onix is raging at Ash's gang and Bruno. It's because a Sandslash was hiding inside it's rocks. It's like one of the first episodes of season 1 I think
Every Sunday morning I wake up to these videos & it starts the last day of my freedom from work for the week perfectly. Tyvm!
It’s nice to hear that Mark Jackson went from coaching the Golden State Warriors several years ago to competing in VGC.
I really like sandslah, don't disrespect it. It's adorable and usable.
I’ve been watching this channel for more than a year now because one time I was hanging out with a friend and asked him “I wonder if Sandslash was ever used competitively” and he showed me this video. I’ve been hooked ever since
My favorite Pokemon finally got his video!!
It was worth the wait having him be my patreon list pick. Like Ruiz and Gallade, Slash got postponed slightly but I'm just glad to have such a slickly edited and well written episode just acknowledging my Boii 😭😍
I figured Slash never amounted to too much in competitive, but I was surprised at his effectiveness earlier on, and I figured sand rush would've been more beneficial. When Alolan Slash was announced a few summers back, I was hype. Sandshrew was my first ever shiny. It was already a top pick of mine beforehand. So when we got an Ice/Steel type variant, I was excited.
Great video guys! And, Kel, I'm hopping in next time I see you have an arena up. I won't stay long, i just wanna get my butt handed to me real quick 😅😅
That mood when Sandshrew is your favorite Pokemon
I love Sandslash
Same and do you know how useful Sandslash, he's awesome, cute, and the grandfather of TM moles
My favorite generation I ground type.
It should be noted that regular Sandslash had a brief moment of excellence in SM NU, when Gigalith and its Sand Stream was legal. During that time, SD Sand Rush Sandslash was one of the scariest threats in the tier that contributed to Gigalith eventually getting banned. Afterwards it went back to being terrible, but hey, it did something.
Been out of the loop for a while. Catching up on your videos. Noticed your intro. You've really sunk some money into your operation!
I really love sandslash it's so cute! I truly wish it could have been better... (Btw just letting ya'll know there is a community tab... You might wanna vote there for the pokemon you want to be in next week video)
no discussion of Aurorus+Slash as a strategy in Gen 7? That veil strat saw a good amount of usage as high as UU
I don't remember why, but ever since I first seen it in the anime, it became my most favorite Pokémon ever. No other Pokémon has caught my heart yet and most likely never will.
One thing I've certainly noticed about these videos is that most Gen 1 mons have been thoroughly destroyed by power creep (even fairly early on), so whether or not that's the reason we've seen so much Kanto rebooting over the years I appreciate it giving the lovable mons that started it all at least a chance at redemption.
I really like Sandslash, unfortunately it sucks in competitive
Sandslash is one of my favorites, no question. It's design is bad ass and the way it moves in the episode when Ash catches his cyndaquil is agile and awesome. Ya it lost but it still looked really cool
I love these earlier uploads so that I can watch this before work 🙌
Im glad that you realised that comment section is about talking about the video/pokemon and not for begging which one they should cover next.
Coming back to this video, a word of advice about facing Lance the first time around in HGSS:
Sand Veil + Bright Powder + Sand Storm = five turns of more or less ruining any chance of Dragon Rush hitting you, despite Lance spamming it. Sandslash can actually take one or two if there's a flub up.
After Sandstorm goes up, just mass spam Shadow Claw and wear it down alongside the chip damage from Sandstorm while fishing for critical hits. I actually beat one Dragonite and dented another using this method before Sandslash fell. Give it a try sometime.
Thanks!
@@luiseduardo8806 It's glaring, but I forgot to also mention Sandslash being Pure Ground also helps with the fact at least one Dragonite carries Thunder and there's so much Thunder Wave spam from his team that blanking both only further drives Lance to spam Dragon Rush.
With Bright Powder and Sand Veil/Snow Cloak, all moves operate at *72% of their normal Accuracy.* Ex. 100 Accuracy is now 72 Accuracy
If I recall right, at least one Dragonite had either Ice Beam or Blizzard. I could be wrong there, so be careful. Look it up to be sure.
Mamoswine could in theory run Snow Cloak with Hail for the same result with Bright Powder. It's got the natural bulk to make it function. But there is the consideration that Aqua Tail and any Fire moves from the Dragonites or Charizard make it harder to work out over Sandslash.
Dugtrio doesn't have the bulk to make this work, so that's out.
Or you can sweep his whole team with a Miltank's Def Curl Rollout given the whole team hates Rock and Miltank outruns over half of his team(the Def curl also makes it so Intimidate doesn't turn your KOs into ranges)
Sandslash had a special place on my Gold/Silver team. Always loved the little pangolin.
I just want to say that the intro's jingle is amazing. I mean, i love. it's just so cool.
I've always used Sandslash since gen 1, it's always been my fav. I hate how the rampant power creep and game freaks unwillingness to properly balance leave so many decent pokemon in the dust so the same dozen can continue to reign supreme
also he's always been cool and cute so STFU
@Chris Anderson To bad it dies if something so much as looks at it funny
That's the good thing about smogon tiers, it makes so much more pokemon viable.
I'm surprised you didn't talk about the Aurorus Alolan Sandslash Veil team, that was an interesting fad I feel deserved a mention
Yeah.
Hail teams are quite bad because of the shared weaknesses, but sharing x4 weakness is crazy
Excadrill is everything Sandslash wanted to be. Change my mind
YUS. My favorite gen 1 Pokémon finally gets a video!
I've been waiting years for this video. Sandslash has just about always been my favorite. Being a bit of an underdog has made it more fun to use. :)
I am always surprised how slow sandslash is. He looks like he should be faster.
Sandslash was my favorite evo line from gen1, I've used it whenever it's available
Thank you very much Patrons and FSG for giving us this gift. Sandslash is my #1 favorite Pokemon and I'm super happy to see it get some love here. During X and Y I was practically begging Game Freak to give Sandslash a Mega Evolution but that obviously never happened. We can only dream of what could have been with that but we did get an Alolan form which I love so I suppose I can't complain. I would just like to once again say thank you, thank you, thank you False Swipe Gaming for this gift.
One thing to take notice of is that during the reign of gogalith in NU, sandslaah and stoutland were actually quite the formidable offensive powerhouses. Sure, it fell apart faster than amber2 when gigalith got the ban hammer, but I think it was something worth noting
pokemon don't get blessed by an alolan form, they get outclassed by it making their original form even more garbage
facts
Unless you're Dugtrio. Not having Arena Trap hasn't helped its Alolan form.
Yeah proof of this is how aloatrio had dropped to PU and so did duggy when arena trap was bannex
Banned*
Regular Golem is also technically better than Alolan Golem, even if Alolan Golem has a small niche in OU.
HALLELUJAH! HALLELUJAH! YES! My little guy finally got covered! Thank you *SO* much!! I knew months of suggesting Sandslash on every video would get you to cover him.
Been subbed for years. Never saw this until now.
YES, I'VE WANTED THIS FOR WEEKS!
My name says it all. Even if it wasn't great, I still love Sandslash. Nice video.
Anarchist Sandslash what about your profile picture
So we gonna ignore the dude who was Ballsy enough to use Unown?
That just means we don't know what Pokémon this was. Team Preview wasn't around yet.
@@gengarzilla1685 thanks for clarifying that...
I should've known better...
Nobodies got Balls that big...
SSB Goku I WOULD love to see someone actually get results with Unown in VGC. If Pachi can, the strongest Movie 3 Pokémon can do so too!
tfw you know it's Sunday and keep refreshing TH-cam to catch FSG's latest video
This is legit one of my favorite pokemon of all time, I'm so excited
I looove Alola Sandslash🦔❄️💙
Fax
Sandslash will always have a special place in my heart, thanks to TFS' Leaf Green Nuzlocke.
I never realised how useful a Steel and Ice type can be early and mid game until I got a Sandshrew while wonder trading. I even continued to depend on it way into late game.
OMG I was thinking that could be great if you make a video of sandslash, and here it is xD
Sandslash is the coolest, cutest, strongest, and overall best Pokemon ever, and there's nothing that can change my mind *^*9
You love sonic
I played through Ultra Moon with an Alolan Sandslash named Sanders. We're best friends.
Could you imagine what gen 3 would've looked like if they introduced Sand Rush along with Chlorophyll and Swift Swim?
I have some great memories of using Sandslash in my first playthrough of Blue. Some kind of moveset like dig, rockslide, cut and strength or the like. I'll even admit I only used it because of that one episode of the anime but it did its job at the time, and was my 3rd longest lasting member after Blastoise, and Raichu
Speaking of Alolan forms, can we just mention how adorable Alolan Sandshrew is?
it looks cool too but 4x fire oop
@@grand7450 AND Fighting.
Then again, Ice and Rock are the only types that Steel can't really make a "best defensive combo of that type" 'Mon out of.
Yes, it is my favourite ice type pokemon and probably my second favourite pokemon in general. I just adore this little rodent
@@light0221 What is your number 1 gave Pokemon?
@@derekfoxwit3058 hard choice. Probably natu line.
I actually like Sandslash, as niche as it may be.
Sandslash has been one of my favorite Pokemon since I first played RBY back in the 90s.
I'm kind of surprised you didn't mention anything at all about Alolan Sandslash's role as a Veil setter in the higher tiers since you mentioned its role as a niche Sand Rush sweeper in Gen 5 OU (which probably worked way worse lol.) Enjoyed the video though. I always get excited for Sunday because of these. Thanks for making them! :)
Sandslash is definitely one of my favourite pokemon
I can't use the community link cuz I use a tablet.
Excadrill: *Imma bout to end this man’s whole career*
Hooray for Patreons!!!!
Is no one gonna talk about Asher K. using unown for VGC 13 at 9:03
I believe they put Unown there because that pokemon was never revealed.
Psycho3418 oh my bad hahaha thanks lol I would have lost my mind if someone actually brought one to a competitive tournament
Raffy Rosas no they put it there cuz they didn’t know 6th member
What a legend
6:02 Well obviously, only one hedgehog can be the fastest thing ever.
(And no, it isn't Alolan Sandslash)
Dark Bishop J excadrill under sand rush ?????????
@@eyadhindi6920
ED's more like a mole
I've always wondered where you get your footage from. How do you get footage from every pokemon in each gen? It's insane!
Since gen 1, Sandslash was always my favourite. I used to destroy my cousins with my Sandslash Bruticus back in those days. It's so sad to see how it's fallen.
I have shiny sandslash in pkmn crystal whit dig slash earthquake and toxic
People still don't get that you gotta vote in the community tab? It is literally in the video... so yeah, vote there.
Appearantly, you can't go to the community tab if you're on an iPad...
Which makes sense, because who the hell uses an iPad nowadays?
I'm using normal Sandslash in my shield playthrough and surprisingly is one of the tanks of my team, my Sandslash never let me down, I make sure to not put him against super effective types tho
I remember the very first shiny i ever encountered was a sandshrew that i immediately evolved. Sandslash will always hold a special place in my heart.
This was pretty sad, sandslash is my favorite ground type...
How good was magcargo actually?
It was lived up to it's name of usage. Horrendous pokemon of all time
I used Sandslash in 4th Gen OU after Garchomp was banned to Ubers. Most players used Donphan at the time, but I found Sandslash speed made him a much better Rapid Spin-er and could even beat Donphan that was not running Seed Bomb, given his superior Speed stat and investment.
After Sandslash received Sand Rush, he more exclusively became a Tyranitar killer for me, as he could easily out speed, even take a hit, and OHKO with Brick Break certain builds.
He is definitely underpowered in today's OU with so many Ultra Beast, Megas, and former Ubers legendaries running around, but he is still a decent Pokemon if played right.
He's decent in his home of untiered.
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@@yesicollectwarhammerfiguri9473 I have played Pokemon since way before Showdown was a thing and I really only play it for fun now. My current Elo is not reflective of my history with the game, as I have been well above 1300 in the past, not that it matters, as Sandslash being a Tyranitar killer is not common at all, but still known thing nonetheless.
What a COOL day for a false swipe gaming viy
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I really love Sandslash, it's my second favorite pokemon, and almost in every region I always had him in my team.