My B. I forgot to mention that I will not do "Let's Plays" or "Guides" on the current game because those videos are literally everywhere and also I get sidetracked when I play a lot so I never really liked doing "Let's Plays." But thank you everyone so much for the suggestions so far! Keep em coming! :)
False Swipe Gaming that's fine. Most can't do it right anyway. What I want is some sort of pokemon vs series. Compare pokemon to yugioh cards. Or wait, what if you talk about ideas for pokemon games, what would you change about them? Make a new type of exp share? Make a better endgame? Pokemon get 5 moves now, but one of them has to be an hm move? Etc.
"In fact, Snorlax was so bulky, that the only Pokemon who could OHKO it without a critical hit was another Snorlax using self-destruct". I don't think I even need to explain how crazy that is
@@travisswartz3587 As today yes, but in Gen 2 the only exploders were Snorlax, Forretress, Electrode and Golem, and none of them could 1HKO a full HP Snorlax with Self-Destruct.
@@HannibalKantter You're missing quite a few. Golem(even graveler), cloyster, muk, and exeggutor are all able to 1HKO a full health Snorlax with explosion. Forretress, weezing, and Steelix come very close to being able to. Also is Ubers a mew with explosion is able to 1HKO a full health snorlax. Also snorlax doesnt learn explosion, only self destruct.
You forgot to mention that back in gen2 if sleep talk selected rest the user would get healed back to full normally instead of failling. Just one of the many reasons why snorlax dominated the gen 2 meta.
MrSafira13 yea I realized I forgot to record that during editing and the video was looking to be over 8 minutes anyway so I didn't go back and rerecord :/ my b
Not to mention that from gen 1-4 Explosion and Selfdestruct halfs the defense of its target(s) before applying damage which is one of the reasons even Gengar was used with Explosion up to Gen 4 before it was nerfed since it likely was too broken for doubles.
Agreed, watching this video really doesn't drive the point home that in Gen 2 Snorlax is basically the best OU pokemon in all of history. If you didn't know anything about GSC and watched that segment you'd think Snorlax was just a pretty good wall, not the 100% usage god it is
Yep, great comment. Even though it's not a starter, it's not a dragon, it has been increasing and increasing in popularity over the years. Great Pokémon
Back in the day it was quite good because it the highest atk monster in the game but the the low consistency made it not quite top tier,Affter the Invasion of Chaos set release it was being switch for better card,however in 2016 Konami printed leacy support include Blue Eyes this make Blue Eyes a decent deck but where this deck really shine it in the World Championship 2016 because it can counter every top tier deck in the meta,but in today meta Blue Eyes become a victim of power creep,it not top tier anymore because of inconsistency, and being too slow.... What this a joke and shouldn't have actually need to type any of that with my awful english?OMG.
I dont even play Pokemon anymore and tbh i never played online or competive in any way, but i am always looking forward to your videos, because you bring back a lot of childhood memories and it is super interesting. Keep up the good work!
Actually, I think very few people right now are analyzing the games in depth. Most people just do very broad reviews or just do Top 10s of obvious things.
It’s very interesting facts about the old meta you probably can’t find anywhere else. I’m playing the gen 3 games right now and these facts help out a lot deciding my move sets.
You see, Snorlax's trajectory has always fascinated me. At first, he was one of the most powerful Pokémon of all time. Back in Gen 1, he was one of the "Big 3" of RBY OU and undoubtedly the best Pokémon of the game, even surpassing all of Ubers. Then, it all went down as soon as Gen 3 hit. OK in RSE OU, confined to live in DPP OU despite having no good tools there, then finding himself as the king of BW UU only to lose that spot when megas came in and several other former BW OU stars took the least he had and meeting his end by being doomed to last as a lower-tier Pokémon in Gen 7 and 8. However, for some reason, his popularity in Battle Spot Singles rose. It might seems nuts that an OU that doesn't ban beasts such as Mega-Gengar, Blaziken, Mega-Salamence, Pheromosa or Aegislash is the right place for our bulky buddy, but he somehow works with a pretty unlikely set of Gluttony + Recycle + Iapapa Berry that Smogon OU would call gimmicky. In Doubles he also got some pretty cool achivements, with several placements in VGC and even being banned from Smogon Doubles. That's why I really like Snorlax's history in Competitive Pokémon. It shows that, as soon as the meta let them do what they can, every Pokémon can be considered a top-tier threat.
I personally love these videos about pokemon through the generations like this, dude. Top 10 lists I always enjoy too. Maybe you could do videos about the best teams to use in a play thru. Like best team for Pokemon Red, Gold, Ruby, etc.
Hey man I think you do a great job of researching and explaining why players play the way they do in games. I enjoy your content and would love more of that. Subscribed.
Great content! Very interesting videos and the footage of the old metagames give the videos a nice special touch. I think it would be interesting to see a top ten series, maybe about a specific Pokémon tipe or a specific role (wall, physical sweeper, special sweeper, supporters, legendaries for examoke). Congratulations and keep up the good work!
I'd like to see you tackle Gengar next! Also, you could do videos about the impact of specific moves, items or abilities in competitive play as they were introduced. A video about Scald and Knock Off would be interesting.
SgtMerkle Melee is so tired out & boring and it's pretty safe to assume a small percentage of his subscriber base wants to see melee. Even half of the smash community doesn't wanna see melee.
The smash community is divided between melee, brawl & 4 and the brawl & melee communities despise each other. Brawl players think melee is too fast, broken & see shine spam as a major game breaker meanwhile melee players think brawl is too slow, floaty & see random tripping as a major game breaker
RPGMaster ghost resists are limited and poison hits one of the most prominent types being fairy. It's special attack and speed let it serve as a great offensive spin blocker and breaker/sweeper with a life orb or boosting item. The ability nerf crippled it defensively but it still remains the same offensive monster. Not to mention that curse body could save you in some games if you're lucky. :]
Eipic That's only because of issues with smogon servers. It's still a really solid pokemon and it has an A+ viability in S/M OU where as in OR/AS it was only B+
The Sun and Moon meta is still in its infancy. It will be a while and a couple bans for the meta to even out and see where mons fall in the tiers. Plus monsters like Keldeo and Latias are in UU so that just shows how much the meta has time to change.
Great once again dude, well done. I'd personally love to see Jolteon next, I know it done well in gen 5 and below but it's not been doing so well right now, at least in smogon tiers. As for what pokemon content I'd love to see on the channel, how about playing some Pokemon Showdown? Or some Pokemon TCGO
Great content man keep it up! I'd love to see some smash bros vids. As for the next pokemon I think Arcanine would be a good choice considering how popular it currently is in 7th gen competitive
I'd love to see a history of the pokemon games themselves. Not just their origins and inspirations, but a look in detail at what they changed from previous games and how that shifted both competitive play and the games themselves!
I want to see Tauros. You always mention it was a top tier but nowadays no one uses it. I want to you to review the big fall. (That unlike top tier like Starmie and Chansey who are still OU)
Gen 1 was best time to be a normal type. Nothing in gen 1 ou resisted or was immune to normal move outside rhydon/golem(which could be hit by blizzard) and gengar(which could be hit by earthquake). It was second strongest normal type behind snorlax but with high 110 speed,high crit ratio(thanks to its speed) and of course stab hyper beam. Gen 2 is where his downfall as ou king began. No more hyper beam not requiring recharge if it kills a mon, no more high crit ratio, rest/sleep talk was common, special split made its sp.atk from decent to bad, and biggest thing, introduction of steel types like skarmory, fortress, steelix made it much harder to sweep.
I honestly believe its due to the lack of a Fighting move, it'd have so much coverage if it would have one It can't touch Bulky Dark types, and it can only hit steel and rock types using predictable Earthquake, and its Rock movepool isn't THAT great. Overall, Tauros' downfall its due to the lack of a better movepool
Now I looked up on Machamp. It has only 3 fighting moves on gen 1. Low Kick is at only 50 power. Submisson is on 80 but it makes a recoil damage and Sesmic Toss is fixed damage.
Yeah fighting types were completely bad in gen 1 ou. High hump kick was only decent fighting move back then but only hitmonlee learned it. Didn't help that psychic types were rampant in ou and fighting types had no super effective move to hit on most of them.
Snorlax in ZU sounds like the most dystopian thing in all of competitive Pokémon, but that’s the unfortunate reality we’re currently in as a result of “fake powercreep”.
Videos I'd like t see from you: 1.- History of Competitive Pokémon in the Videogame console generations (from Gameboy to 3DS) - mentioning general changes to the games like you talk about general changes made to Pokémon within the generations. 2.- History of Competitive Smash Brothers in the Videogame console generations (from N64 to Wii U). You could also make "Story of" in Competitive Smash Bros, and in general, if there are other games that have tournaments made for them, I'd be interested in watching such videos (say, The Story of Ryu in Competitive Street Fighter.)
This one might be hard, but can you look at Mew? I feel like it has had an interesting run being one of the most versatile Pokemon to ever exist. It started as an uber, and has always been banned from tournaments. But on the smogon side of things it has slowly descended to underused where it will most likely stay for a while.
Thomas Bleiswijk because seeing how a Pokémon did over the span of only 4 generations isn't as entertaining as 6 generations, especially with the first 2 being unfamiliar territory to a majority of Pokémon fans. Very few people played gen 1 & 2 competitively due to being too young to travel/understand the metagame, etc. You used whatever looked cool to you.
I mentioned this on another video but yeah I'd love to see an introduction to the meta, maybe different videos for different generations. As someone who does not have a great grasp, these videos are interesting but I'm only getting pieces of the puzzle and some phrases are over my head.
i would like to se you do more of this kinda vids,but i have no problem with adding something fresh to the chanel,keep doing a great job like always and it will work out for you prety well
this is really interesting, I love the history. I am comming into these videos from pokemon go, and from a little bit of the pokemon games like emerald on emulators, if you are looking for new content, I would appreciate a video or series that explains the competitive scene, especially all the terms you are using, like sweeper and wall, I dont understand any of it.
Tauros was so good in Gen 1 because Hyper Beam was so good (Hyper beam refreshed if you got a KO). Tauros had the second highest attack for a normal type behind snorlax at 100 base atk, although it had 110 speed to compensate making it the best Hyper beam user. The only viable pokemon to outspeed it were Alakazam and Starmie. You have to remember pokemon was very different. The game was pretty much composed of just a few attacks Hyper Beam, Blizzard, Earthquake, and Psychic as well as Rest and Thunder Wave. The best Pokemon were generally the ones who had STAB for those attacks.
Another Reason is that...In Gen 1 there were very few (if any)Pokemon that could wall it...Gen 2 Brought us Skamory and Forretress...He kindda lost Hyper Beam...And he got 40 sp atk...So weaker special coverage...
Wmar Pigniter yea but in generation 6 it is S class in NU which means it's a top tier threat in NU, and it's not PU, where NU was basically PU in gen 4
you should do a series in melee that talks about the meta game history. talk about what combos, tech knowledge, etc. made certain characters better than other at the time
I would love to see a video segment highlighting some unappreciated Pokemon. such as Girafarig, Arbok, Corsola, Swalot, Mothim, and others you literally don't see used in the modern day. Be they history segments like this one, or a new variety where creative and modern applications of the unloved mons gets discussed, I'd be all for it!! Some Pokemon just really don't get any attention, but they so deserve it; sure, everyone's seen the classic MegaZard-X sweep, but it's delightfully crazy seeing a Pokemon destroy someone before they have time to even remember that it is in fact a Pokemon.
+False Swipe Gaming This is an awesome series. Really takes me back. ^^ *Plus 1 subscriber. ;)* | Though I didn't have the means of playing against other players back then, I did have a lot of fun with the Stadium games. :> *As for next ep nominees:* Gengar / Tauros / Alakazam / Chansey / Exeggutor / Lapras
You seem quite knowledgable on the topic of competitive pokemon gaming. There's this format I know from a german Warcraft 3 player (ITrainHum) called "past cast" where he takes the replays from a past tournament or high ladder matches and casts the game as if it was live while giving hindsight info on the metagame and popular strategies. It's quite entertaining to do these little trips to the past and I think it could work well for pokemon matches too, provided you can get the footage.
Can you make a video about how to get into the competive scene? ie building a well-rounded team, strategys to know and watch out for etc, keep up the great job :D
Snorlax is probably consistently the best non legendary or pseudo legendary Pokémon tbh Also I’m not sure if this is based on Usage but immunity snorlax is by far better in gen 3
this DEFINITELY needs a remake, only a couple minutes in and there is already a big mistake tauros was never "used over" snorlax, nothing was, because the meta is so volatile that BOTH are borderline required on literally every team. now tauros was better, but while tauros was on 100% of teams snorlax was on 99% (not actual usage stats obv but you get what i mean)
It’s one of the big 4 along with Tauros, Chansey, and Exeggutor. There was no reason not to use Snorlax at all in Gen 1. Even in Ubers, Selfdestruct Snorlax was a decent check to Mewtwo ( without Barrier) and Non-Reflect Mew
You should do a video on Tauros. It'd be very interesting to see you talk about a pokemon that went from incredibly powerful to incredibly mediocre. Still a cool Pokemon though!
Have you ever considered in game analysis like talking about teams that cover certain regions really well, or maybe how a certain Pokemon fairs against each region?
My B. I forgot to mention that I will not do "Let's Plays" or "Guides" on the current game because those videos are literally everywhere and also I get sidetracked when I play a lot so I never really liked doing "Let's Plays." But thank you everyone so much for the suggestions so far! Keep em coming! :)
False Swipe Gaming that's fine. Most can't do it right anyway. What I want is some sort of pokemon vs series. Compare pokemon to yugioh cards. Or wait, what if you talk about ideas for pokemon games, what would you change about them? Make a new type of exp share? Make a better endgame? Pokemon get 5 moves now, but one of them has to be an hm move? Etc.
False Swipe Gaming Can you please do Lucario
Flipaclip Song's TBG I don't think he's doing anything above gen 1.
Galefuun Ninja Fairy oh ok then.............Onix
Galefuun Ninja Fairy oh ok then.............Onix
"In fact, Snorlax was so bulky, that the only Pokemon who could OHKO it without a critical hit was another Snorlax using self-destruct". I don't think I even need to explain how crazy that is
It's not true. Plenty of exploders can take it out in one hit
@@travisswartz3587 As today yes, but in Gen 2 the only exploders were Snorlax, Forretress, Electrode and Golem, and none of them could 1HKO a full HP Snorlax with Self-Destruct.
@@HannibalKantter You're missing quite a few. Golem(even graveler), cloyster, muk, and exeggutor are all able to 1HKO a full health Snorlax with explosion. Forretress, weezing, and Steelix come very close to being able to. Also is Ubers a mew with explosion is able to 1HKO a full health snorlax. Also snorlax doesnt learn explosion, only self destruct.
Trust nobody, not even yourself.
@Just Another Handy It doesn't matter to me if you don't care, I'm only correcting the statement. Don't speak for others.
You forgot to mention that back in gen2 if sleep talk selected rest the user would get healed back to full normally instead of failling.
Just one of the many reasons why snorlax dominated the gen 2 meta.
MrSafira13 yea I realized I forgot to record that during editing and the video was looking to be over 8 minutes anyway so I didn't go back and rerecord :/ my b
can you do slaking
Not to mention that from gen 1-4 Explosion and Selfdestruct halfs the defense of its target(s) before applying damage which is one of the reasons even Gengar was used with Explosion up to Gen 4 before it was nerfed since it likely was too broken for doubles.
M3rtyville is that why in doubles everything that isn't holding a choice item or assault vest must know protect even to this day in fear of explosion?
Also snore with rest
One of these days I’d like to see an updated Snorlax video.
GSC alone would probably take 9+ minutes.
Gen 1-4 should be maybe 30 -40 minutes long at least
I want a 1 hour epic. Still waiting as well.
Agreed, watching this video really doesn't drive the point home that in Gen 2 Snorlax is basically the best OU pokemon in all of history. If you didn't know anything about GSC and watched that segment you'd think Snorlax was just a pretty good wall, not the 100% usage god it is
@@Tyler-ob4qpnot just the best pokemon in ou, it was the best in the entire game, yes, even better than mewtwo
WE NEED A REMAKE OF THISSSSS
seriously
The King of Gen 2 needs more attention than 2 minutes. The remake's gen 2 section should be longer than this entire video.
Yeah, plus Snorlax has made quite the comeback in any metagame that doesn''t ban dynamax/gigantimax.
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@@cubedmelons876 yeah in vgc 2020 snorlax was everywhere
I agree, his crazy z move and g-max would make for a worth while remake
Snorlax is fucking awesome. I love this Pokémon, definitely one of the Pokémon that represents the franchise
Music4life 47 same it’s a tank a senpai reds team
@@DevourerOfShampoo human animations "am I a joke to you*
Yep, great comment.
Even though it's not a starter, it's not a dragon, it has been increasing and increasing in popularity over the years.
Great Pokémon
Definitely represents the franchise as in the attitude of the game devs nowadays
Ah yes, Snorlax. The pokemon that took 6 generations (or 17 years and 8 months) to stand.
Michael Cho LMAO
and then gigantamax happened
Bustin F
@@bustin1946 gotta wait for another 8 to make him stand again
@@bustin1946 And hes back down
Do Blue-Eyes White Dragon
ramesh sugrim Reshiram with blue eyes
@Luke T. No dude it's a Yo-Kai.
Back in the day it was quite good because it the highest atk monster in the game but the the low consistency made it not quite top tier,Affter the Invasion of Chaos set release it was being switch for better card,however in 2016 Konami printed leacy support include Blue Eyes this make Blue Eyes a decent deck but where this deck really shine it in the World Championship 2016 because it can counter every top tier deck in the meta,but in today meta Blue Eyes become a victim of power creep,it not top tier anymore because of inconsistency, and being too slow.... What this a joke and shouldn't have actually need to type any of that with my awful english?OMG.
What about my favorite digimon pikamon
@@bluefable3416 Well, blue eyes was the strongest, until five headed dragon came along.
I dont even play Pokemon anymore and tbh i never played online or competive in any way, but i am always looking forward to your videos, because you bring back a lot of childhood memories and it is super interesting.
Keep up the good work!
Get Pokemon Showdown. It's great.
Ship XHX Funny enough Veralis uses showdown all the time in his videos XD
I feel exactly the same. These videos are really interesting ^^
I haven’t played since gen 2. I can’t stop watching these.
2:20 SNORLAX DOES HAVE EYES!!
Can only be seen before he commits suicide!
oh no
HOLY FU-
c u r s e d
Always has been
Ah, Yes. Snorlax, the pokemon that is literally on 99.9% of OU teams in GSC.
And 99.9 percent of Uber Teams in GSC
I mean why wouldnt it be?
Snorlax has a win rate of 50% in GSC OU because every single battle has a winning side with a Snorlax and a losing side with a Snorlax.
I think it could be interesting to see more Pokémon concepts, like analysis of Gym Leaders and other aspects of the games
Actually, I think very few people right now are analyzing the games in depth. Most people just do very broad reviews or just do Top 10s of obvious things.
these videos are getting more and more entertaining (without losting the fact part) looking forward to more! :)
Please do a remake of this! It’s been so long and he deserves it! Especially with his success in vgc recently (recently ish)
...why can't i stop watching these? I don't even like pokemon.......subscribed...
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It's the high quality and attention to detail
BearPanther
You like the competitiveness of Pokémon..?
BearPanther it’s good
It’s very interesting facts about the old meta you probably can’t find anywhere else.
I’m playing the gen 3 games right now and these facts help out a lot deciding my move sets.
You see, Snorlax's trajectory has always fascinated me.
At first, he was one of the most powerful Pokémon of all time. Back in Gen 1, he was one of the "Big 3" of RBY OU and undoubtedly the best Pokémon of the game, even surpassing all of Ubers.
Then, it all went down as soon as Gen 3 hit. OK in RSE OU, confined to live in DPP OU despite having no good tools there, then finding himself as the king of BW UU only to lose that spot when megas came in and several other former BW OU stars took the least he had and meeting his end by being doomed to last as a lower-tier Pokémon in Gen 7 and 8.
However, for some reason, his popularity in Battle Spot Singles rose. It might seems nuts that an OU that doesn't ban beasts such as Mega-Gengar, Blaziken, Mega-Salamence, Pheromosa or Aegislash is the right place for our bulky buddy, but he somehow works with a pretty unlikely set of Gluttony + Recycle + Iapapa Berry that Smogon OU would call gimmicky.
In Doubles he also got some pretty cool achivements, with several placements in VGC and even being banned from Smogon Doubles.
That's why I really like Snorlax's history in Competitive Pokémon. It shows that, as soon as the meta let them do what they can, every Pokémon can be considered a top-tier threat.
I personally love these videos about pokemon through the generations like this, dude. Top 10 lists I always enjoy too. Maybe you could do videos about the best teams to use in a play thru. Like best team for Pokemon Red, Gold, Ruby, etc.
I'd like to see you do a video on Ninetales in the future. I know it isn't typically big in competitive play, but I still like using it
Please do Cpt. Falcon
Unviable.
Blaziken?
Falcon Punch kills everything.
@@MilesAway Thor?
They have listened to your prayers
You came a long way man, you used to be so stiff in these early video. You really got comfortable. Proud of you
Hey man I think you do a great job of researching and explaining why players play the way they do in games. I enjoy your content and would love more of that. Subscribed.
Great content! Very interesting videos and the footage of the old metagames give the videos a nice special touch. I think it would be interesting to see a top ten series, maybe about a specific Pokémon tipe or a specific role (wall, physical sweeper, special sweeper, supporters, legendaries for examoke). Congratulations and keep up the good work!
I'd like to see you tackle Gengar next!
Also, you could do videos about the impact of specific moves, items or abilities in competitive play as they were introduced.
A video about Scald and Knock Off would be interesting.
I wouldn't mind seeing some Countdown/Top 10 Videos! Interesting video, & thanks a bunch for uploading!
we need a remake of this video
I just noticed that snorlax is trying to stand up, generation to generation he's more close to get on feet 😂
6 generations later, he made it!
Finally!
Gen 8 he'll be standing on his hands
Nope, he laid back down.
@@UnethicalVoxel and gained an island on its belly
I'm always down for some melee.
As it seems for there is a lot of comments for Gengar but I'd like to see Arcanine
SgtMerkle Melee is so tired out & boring and it's pretty safe to assume a small percentage of his subscriber base wants to see melee. Even half of the smash community doesn't wanna see melee.
Swole Tommy Pickles well I'm sorry you feel that way. I personally could watch and play melee until the time.
SgtMerkle idk about my subscriber base since I got my first audience from a melee channel but your second point is most definitely not true
The smash community is divided between melee, brawl & 4 and the brawl & melee communities despise each other. Brawl players think melee is too fast, broken & see shine spam as a major game breaker meanwhile melee players think brawl is too slow, floaty & see random tripping as a major game breaker
False Swipe Gaming that's where I came from
I would love to see some really niche sets on Pokémon. Also, do Zapdos next :]
First video of yours I have seen, it was great! I recommend top tens for sure!
These are awesome. I hope you continue making them. :)
Do Gengar next!
Yes, l want
poor gengar got fucked with in gen 7...
PLS
It's not that bad, honestly
/watch?v=izcjoR_CPhU
9Final mega gengar is broken and it doesnt have levitate tho. focus sash gengar is still very cmon, and trolly
Gengar has Been OU Since gen 1. Can we get a gengar video next?
RPGMaster ghost resists are limited and poison hits one of the most prominent types being fairy. It's special attack and speed let it serve as a great offensive spin blocker and breaker/sweeper with a life orb or boosting item. The ability nerf crippled it defensively but it still remains the same offensive monster. Not to mention that curse body could save you in some games if you're lucky. :]
Gengar dropped to UU this gen. Press F to pay respects
Eipic You realize he's only covering gens 1-6 right? Gengar was OU in all 6 of those gens.
Eipic That's only because of issues with smogon servers. It's still a really solid pokemon and it has an A+ viability in S/M OU where as in OR/AS it was only B+
The Sun and Moon meta is still in its infancy. It will be a while and a couple bans for the meta to even out and see where mons fall in the tiers. Plus monsters like Keldeo and Latias are in UU so that just shows how much the meta has time to change.
Remake of this would be appreciated
Great once again dude, well done. I'd personally love to see Jolteon next, I know it done well in gen 5 and below but it's not been doing so well right now, at least in smogon tiers. As for what pokemon content I'd love to see on the channel, how about playing some Pokemon Showdown? Or some Pokemon TCGO
False Swipe Gaming I really like the content you do Pokemon and Smash Bros. Keep up the good work man.
There's something eerily calming about this channel, but I love it so much. Keep up the outstanding work. How about Nidoking, perhaps?
Great content man keep it up! I'd love to see some smash bros vids. As for the next pokemon I think Arcanine would be a good choice considering how popular it currently is in 7th gen competitive
Do Gengar! I'm curious to hear what you think about him in Gen 7
I want Gengar to get something that pushes em' up to OU if solely to be the only Pokémon who was OU in every generation.
Dragonite?
Explosion... lots of lots of explosion until gen 5.
No Name So Sad Yeah.. thanks to cursed body :/ his streak ended and rotom wash is catching up.
I'd love to see a history of the pokemon games themselves. Not just their origins and inspirations, but a look in detail at what they changed from previous games and how that shifted both competitive play and the games themselves!
Man, these videos have gotten a lot better.
"It was so OP that the only thing that could one-hit it without a crit was another snorlax using selfdestruct" Lmao
2:02 Actually, even including the Ubers, Snorlax is almost always considered the best GSC pokemon.
Even today?
@@cambamslam3510 Snorlax is like the juggernaut, they can't be stopped they can only be slowed down.
@@JoRgEChavez-to2xd is he viable?
@@cambamslam3510 Define "viable".
@@JoRgEChavez-to2xd if I use him online will I have a chance?
I want to see Tauros. You always mention it was a top tier but nowadays no one uses it.
I want to you to review the big fall. (That unlike top tier like Starmie and Chansey who are still OU)
Daakkuu Sama starmie's UU in gen 7 right now
Gen 1 was best time to be a normal type. Nothing in gen 1 ou resisted or was immune to normal move outside rhydon/golem(which could be hit by blizzard) and gengar(which could be hit by earthquake). It was second strongest normal type behind snorlax but with high 110 speed,high crit ratio(thanks to its speed) and of course stab hyper beam. Gen 2 is where his downfall as ou king began. No more hyper beam not requiring recharge if it kills a mon, no more high crit ratio, rest/sleep talk was common, special split made its sp.atk from decent to bad, and biggest thing, introduction of steel types like skarmory, fortress, steelix made it much harder to sweep.
I honestly believe its due to the lack of a Fighting move, it'd have so much coverage if it would have one
It can't touch Bulky Dark types, and it can only hit steel and rock types using predictable Earthquake, and its Rock movepool isn't THAT great. Overall, Tauros' downfall its due to the lack of a better movepool
Now I looked up on Machamp. It has only 3 fighting moves on gen 1. Low Kick is at only 50 power. Submisson is on 80 but it makes a recoil damage and Sesmic Toss is fixed damage.
Yeah fighting types were completely bad in gen 1 ou. High hump kick was only decent fighting move back then but only hitmonlee learned it. Didn't help that psychic types were rampant in ou and fighting types had no super effective move to hit on most of them.
This is an excellent series! Keep it up!
P.S. do the Kanto Eeveelutions next; start with Flareon~
False Swipe Gaming, you finally taught me the difference between a check and a counter in this video. Thank you for that.
I've been waiting for this!!!
Snorlax needs a Mega Form, an even fatter Snorlax. Also, Gliscor!
you are right brah that would be amazing
Dynamax take it or leave it
What if snorlaxs mega form turned into an energetic and motivated version.
Snorlax plus Motivation would equal a natural disaster.
Luke L THIS AGED WELL
@@kriblar98 Gigantamax. Take it or leave it.
when i was younger, i called my snorlax plushie, "pikachu" oh how stupid i was
If you really think about it, Snorlax is just Pikachu after gaining 1,000 pounds and changing color
@@ZenoCrasher No
@@kingbowser4542 Yes
Gen 1 Snorlax alone deserves a remake video of his own.
I enjoy all the references to competitive smash in your videos and i hope im not the only one
Do Gengar or Chansey, should be interesting.
*interesting*
let's do Lapras
Snorlax in ZU sounds like the most dystopian thing in all of competitive Pokémon, but that’s the unfortunate reality we’re currently in as a result of “fake powercreep”.
I would love to see best character match up videos for smash. Or videos about beating your main character weaknesses!
Videos I'd like t see from you:
1.- History of Competitive Pokémon in the Videogame console generations (from Gameboy to 3DS) - mentioning general changes to the games like you talk about general changes made to Pokémon within the generations.
2.- History of Competitive Smash Brothers in the Videogame console generations (from N64 to Wii U).
You could also make "Story of" in Competitive Smash Bros, and in general, if there are other games that have tournaments made for them, I'd be interested in watching such videos (say, The Story of Ryu in Competitive Street Fighter.)
Hey, this was uploaded on my birthday. Sweet.
I love Snorlax for that, I actually never knew he was nearly god-tier back in Gen 2
This one might be hard, but can you look at Mew? I feel like it has had an interesting run being one of the most versatile Pokemon to ever exist. It started as an uber, and has always been banned from tournaments. But on the smogon side of things it has slowly descended to underused where it will most likely stay for a while.
Other pokemon concept videos ! Keep up the good work !
I think you've found a great niche and should continue videos like this. Also, I'd love to see a T-Tar video.
My snorlax in gen 1 at lvl 35 tanked a freaking hyper beam from lance’s gyarados (lvl 59?)
My absolute favorite pokemon ever. Good to hear he shined, and is only a lil dimmer now. :)
Chansey and Blissey next, aka the No Fun Allowed Pokémon.
I would like Pokémon theories but right now you're really good with these vids
Keep up the good work bro I'm loving your videos
Hey, do Gengar next!
Robby Bobsquat is
Robby Bobsquat check out this similar video! it's about decidueye! th-cam.com/video/ivPfFd39NBQ/w-d-xo.html
And then he did one lol. I just started binge watching this guy and he really likes following people's suggestions
You spoken about Tauros a lot so can you do Tauros for next analysis please?
Tauros was only really good in gen 1. It could abuse the mechanics, but as soon as it lost that ability it died out very quickly.
If you feel like it do Blaziken Next!
I am pretty sure he is only doing gen 1
But it would be cool 😎
Thomas Bleiswijk because seeing how a Pokémon did over the span of only 4 generations isn't as entertaining as 6 generations, especially with the first 2 being unfamiliar territory to a majority of Pokémon fans. Very few people played gen 1 & 2 competitively due to being too young to travel/understand the metagame, etc. You used whatever looked cool to you.
I mentioned this on another video but yeah I'd love to see an introduction to the meta, maybe different videos for different generations. As someone who does not have a great grasp, these videos are interesting but I'm only getting pieces of the puzzle and some phrases are over my head.
i would like to se you do more of this kinda vids,but i have no problem with adding something fresh to the chanel,keep doing a great job like always and it will work out for you prety well
Please cover Bidoof next
Lucas Weiman Guitar YES!
No, it's too good, he won't have enough space to sit the stats
Lets just put it this way. 1 level 2 bidoof with tackle can take out an entire team of level 100 mega mewtwos
Please daddy!
We dont speak of that god, the god that was top tier every single gen so far, the almighty
*B I D O O F*
can you do Gengar or Zapdos next
Do Chansey next ! (Please)
this is really interesting, I love the history. I am comming into these videos from pokemon go, and from a little bit of the pokemon games like emerald on emulators, if you are looking for new content, I would appreciate a video or series that explains the competitive scene, especially all the terms you are using, like sweeper and wall, I dont understand any of it.
I'm happy with just Pokemon. that's the reason why I'm here. I think it might be better to put most of ur effort to make more of these videos.
Please do Lapras or Gengar!
Gengar next please!
do Tauros, That was so prominent in gen 1 and went NU gen 4, I kinda wanna know why
Tauros was so good in Gen 1 because Hyper Beam was so good (Hyper beam refreshed if you got a KO). Tauros had the second highest attack for a normal type behind snorlax at 100 base atk, although it had 110 speed to compensate making it the best Hyper beam user. The only viable pokemon to outspeed it were Alakazam and Starmie.
You have to remember pokemon was very different. The game was pretty much composed of just a few attacks Hyper Beam, Blizzard, Earthquake, and Psychic as well as Rest and Thunder Wave. The best Pokemon were generally the ones who had STAB for those attacks.
Wmar Pigniter another thing to note is that critical hit rate was based on speed so Tauros had a very high critical hit rate
Another Reason is that...In Gen 1 there were very few (if any)Pokemon that could wall it...Gen 2 Brought us Skamory and Forretress...He kindda lost Hyper Beam...And he got 40 sp atk...So weaker special coverage...
Wmar Pigniter Unfortunately the broken Gen 1 mechanics were the only reason Tauros was so good. I miss having him on my team
Wmar Pigniter yea but in generation 6 it is S class in NU which means it's a top tier threat in NU, and it's not PU, where NU was basically PU in gen 4
you should do a series in melee that talks about the meta game history. talk about what combos, tech knowledge, etc. made certain characters better than other at the time
I would love to see a video segment highlighting some unappreciated Pokemon. such as Girafarig, Arbok, Corsola, Swalot, Mothim, and others you literally don't see used in the modern day. Be they history segments like this one, or a new variety where creative and modern applications of the unloved mons gets discussed, I'd be all for it!! Some Pokemon just really don't get any attention, but they so deserve it; sure, everyone's seen the classic MegaZard-X sweep, but it's delightfully crazy seeing a Pokemon destroy someone before they have time to even remember that it is in fact a Pokemon.
+False Swipe Gaming This is an awesome series. Really takes me back. ^^
*Plus 1 subscriber. ;)* | Though I didn't have the means of playing against other players back then, I did have a lot of fun with the Stadium games. :>
*As for next ep nominees:* Gengar / Tauros / Alakazam / Chansey / Exeggutor / Lapras
Snorlax is the pokemon which cannot be hated.Truly an amazing pokemon
Tough ass Pokemon to face against in the first two gens.
For such a (literal) behemoth of so many generations video to be so relatively short is weird lol
Wtf is that pfp
You seem quite knowledgable on the topic of competitive pokemon gaming. There's this format I know from a german Warcraft 3 player (ITrainHum) called "past cast" where he takes the replays from a past tournament or high ladder matches and casts the game as if it was live while giving hindsight info on the metagame and popular strategies. It's quite entertaining to do these little trips to the past and I think it could work well for pokemon matches too, provided you can get the footage.
Can you make a video about how to get into the competive scene? ie building a well-rounded team, strategys to know and watch out for etc, keep up the great job :D
Make no mistake, even in RU Snorlax does really well in UU and even OU if you can play it right
Adam Birjees Sayed Snorlax is op
These videos are great, I'd love to see one on Slowbro or Chansey.
Snorlax is probably consistently the best non legendary or pseudo legendary Pokémon tbh
Also I’m not sure if this is based on Usage but immunity snorlax is by far better in gen 3
That hasn’t been true anymore since Gen 4.
Snorlax is amazing in Gen 1-3 Ubers but since Gen 4 it’s been lackluster
Would love to see more of these videos, top tens, and super smash bros melee content would be highly enjoyed!!!
Personally, I'm still waiting to see another history of pokemon TYPE in competitive. Loved the Ice type video.
How about Pidgeot next?
this DEFINITELY needs a remake, only a couple minutes in and there is already a big mistake
tauros was never "used over" snorlax, nothing was, because the meta is so volatile that BOTH are borderline required on literally every team. now tauros was better, but while tauros was on 100% of teams snorlax was on 99% (not actual usage stats obv but you get what i mean)
It’s one of the big 4 along with Tauros, Chansey, and Exeggutor.
There was no reason not to use Snorlax at all in Gen 1. Even in Ubers, Selfdestruct Snorlax was a decent check to Mewtwo ( without Barrier) and Non-Reflect Mew
Please do gengar
Like for gengar
LightningClaw300 Poke Vids and Shiny Hunting
Better yet, Alakazam...
LightningClaw300 Poke Vids and Shiny Hunting yeah gengar
Yes
I gave you a like for Gengar, but maybe after that, what about Swampert?
You should do a video on Tauros. It'd be very interesting to see you talk about a pokemon that went from incredibly powerful to incredibly mediocre. Still a cool Pokemon though!
This vid really needs a remake, it'd be so sick with the hype and everything in gen 1 and 2
do eggecutor! That mon was a beast back in the day
Gengar or Chansey next please!
While we are choosing top tiers:
Tauros or Chansey
Have you ever considered in game analysis like talking about teams that cover certain regions really well, or maybe how a certain Pokemon fairs against each region?
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