What Is THE BEST Competitive Pokémon In EVERY Generation?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- What is the best competitive pokemon in every generation? Every generation has a different meta, meaning different pokemon that are on the top. In this video i will be going over just that, the top competitive pokemon in every generation from gen 1 to the current gen, which is gen 9.
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since the move stealth rock was introduced, the best pokémon in every generation has been a stealth rock user, that’s kinda wild
Latios as stealth rock in gen5?
players that just use stealth rock and whirlwind are actually aids😂
Can you make a Uber version of this video? When you got to gen 4 I was expecting Salamence and then I remembered he got banned to Uber
Gen 1 is Mewtwo (duh)
GSC is likely Mewtwo
Idk enough about gen 3 but it's probably the latis, groudon of kyogre
Gen 4 is kyogre (duh)
Gen5 is either arceus ghost or kyogre (s rank Pokémon)
Gen6 and 7 is primal groudon
Gen 8 is probably yveltal
Gen 9 is miraidon
probably mewtwo, mew, latias/latios, deoxys speed, kyogre, primal groudon, necrozma dusk mane, yveltal and miraidon
i tried to avoid repeats
@@sheeplol2161 deoxys speed was never the best
@@vyktorehon5995 Snorlax is probably better than Mewtwo in gen 2
btw tauros has a 100% usage too, the missing % comes from people not bringing it out in battles
you need a tauros on every team, games revolve around getting damage ranges in range for tauros body slam + hyper beam late game, and maneuvering yourself into the very common tauros 50/50
same goes for chansey and snorlax they also have basically 100% usage but they don't warp the tier like tauros does
@@zeenoh5811 Snorlax should also have a 100% usage rate. It's arguably just as meta-warping as Tauros. A few teams can get away without using a Chansey, but nothing can replace having a Snorlax. Obviously Chansey should still have a near 100% usage rate (I think there were only one or two teams without it this SPL).
I feel Snorlax is more versatile, I never used tauros in gen 1 because I had snorlax, reflect snorlax is insanely good. I win way more then I lose even without tauros.
@@stick7535 skill w?
@@loftilywrongly3483 yeah snorlax is really ridiculous too in gen 1
Tyranitar being the best for 3 generations whist being good in almost every other gen as well: *gigachad meme*
Tauros who fell off almost immediately after gen 1: ow my back
the deliberately nerfed tauros
My two cents would be an honorable mention for toxapex in gens 7 and 8 but otherwise this was a very well researched and informed video. I mainly play ADV and skarm definitely has an argument for being number one a lot of top players are slowly starting to consider it the best just because of how you are basically guaranteed at least one spike each game no matter what the opponent brings
I actually think for Gen 7 I’d rather go with Magearna. Lando was a Swiss Army knife but Mag was one of those Pokémon that had completely different counters for its huge variety of sets and if you guessed wrong the price paid would be steep. I don’t think anybody was clambering for a Lando ban, but Magearna in my opinion was the most broken pokemon in the tier and should’ve been banned.
Agree with all but gen 5, as a significant portion of what makes tyranitar good is the fact it is one of the only checks to latios, and can pursuit it. Also, latios fits on rain weatherless and sand, while ttar only fits on sand.
how do you fit ttar not on sand
You forgot the fact that ttar is THE rain check,and pursuits more dangerous psychic types like zam and reun.
@@yeet8036 yea it is definitely close and it feels a bit splitting hairs arguing over which poke is #1 when they both do very different things for the meta. I can see the argument for both, but I would again point to the fact that every team style benefits from latios, while ttar is only essential for one style. Also latios keeps a crap ton of things in check too, like countering keldeo and revenge killing ever single dragon, and with a scarf, even stuff like +1 speed dnite. Also colbur berry latios can potentially beat ttar 1v1, same with specs latios surf with stealth rock.
@@th3pr0fil3 what?
@@th3pr0fil3 assuming you thought I said ttar isn’t essential for sand, which I agree it absolutely is.
you forgot to mention that gen 1 fighting type was practically inexistence and that's why the top 3 pokemon were normal types
Fighting types were bad because psychic types OP
Good video, just thought I'd try to add some information for people who don't know these tiers, especially gen 3 since that's my favorite.
Note that the usage stats appear to be taken from ladder matches. This is notable because the three normals mentioned in the video have 100% usage in tournaments. Chansey is the closest to being non-mandatory of the three, because there are extremely rare teams that forgo it, but there is never a reason to drop Snorlax or Tauros.
Tyranitar is definitely not slow after a dragon dance. Jolly 252 speed is quite common, being the most popular spread according to ladder stats, and that outspeeds everything besides Aerodactyl, Jolteon, and Dugtrio at +1. There is no choice scarf in gen 3.
Sand doesn't really "put Pokemon on a timer" in gen 3, instead just negating leftovers recovery. Pretty much the only Pokemon that actually gets worn down by sand is Choice Band Salamence because pretty much everything runs leftovers.
Swampert being used more commonly than Suicune is not entirely due to sand immunity, but also due to resisting rock. Having a rock resist is considered mandatory, and even offensive teams like to have a rock resistance like a Metagross to pivot around rock attacks.
I don't know what the narrator was saying about using Blissey over Celebi because of sand. Both are affected by sand, and both are very good despite that.
Skarmory as number 1 is a very fringe viewpoint. I think only Jirachee and ABR (two very good players, but only two) have it ranked as number 1, and everyone else in the history of gen 3 has ranked Tyranitar as number one. It's hard to explain the specifics without explaining a lot about the metagame, but here's a quote from Vapicuno in the viability ranking thread:
"I always say Tyranitar is the #1 mon to use and Skarmory is the #1 mon to beat."
A notable buff to Tyranitar in gen 4 is the physical-special split, which means that its pursuit is using its attack stat, which is much higher than the special attack stat pursuit used in gen 3.
Excadrill is also a contender for best Pokemon in gen 6, in fact being the rank 1 on the viability ranking. Clefable ranked 2 and also an S tier.
Just responded to a comment about gen 3 which was pretty much stating the same so to clarify:
Calling ttar 'slow' after a speed boost was a mistake on my part. Its fast enough, but still gets outsped by the mons you mentioned. Also forgot about the rock resist part. Blissey is moreso used over celebi as its raw special bulk keeps it around longer under sand.
I still think skarm a contender, because of spikes + toxic
Why is excadrill so good in ORAS
@@vyktorehon5995 Excadrill's the best hazard control in ORAS, a tier with deceptively poor hazard removal options. It beats Clefable and most defoggers, and it's able to run a ton of different sets tailored to what your team needs, be it offensive or bulky, mold breaker or sand rush.
Pokemon and Infinite sand *exists*
Tyranitar: “I’m about to ruin this mon whole career”
I'd argue that there isn't an argument for skarm vs Ttar in gen 3, because the reason skarm is so good is because Ttar's sand bring many other walls down.
Machamp even isnt even a true counter to standard lax bc it takes alot from double edge with spikes, and skarm can be beat by fire blast or thunder
True, its more a check than a hard counter
Great tusk is so great while having a relatively useless ability (except for sun teams) imagine if it had a useful one like mold breaker, adaptability, technician... Not to mention if it had a boosted one like unaware, tinted lens, magic bounce...
Scrappy great tusk to invalidate gholdengo's spin-blocking ghost typing and to remove gholdengo from the gene pool with a close combat.
@@OmolonFluidDynamicsEnjoyer ??? it has ground moves
@@itsmecleverleygood I know but gholdengo becomes a non existent switch-in if tusk had scrappy. Weak to ground and fighting, knock-off and will be outsped after being hit by a rapid spin (unless gholdengo is scarf) and can be KOed by a ground or fighting move next turn. Tusk would be even more busted as the only consistent switch in to close combat and rapid spin is no longer immune to those moves, gholdengo and ghosts in general. Also air balloon gholdengo exists.
Booster energy tusk is actually a nice cleaner w bulk up and rapid spin
Now you can just throw on lefties on this set to make it more versatile and more focused on team support, but hey it’s great fucking tusk, nearly any set is viable on it lmao
Adaptability/tinted lens/unaware Great Tusk would stand a very real chance of getting banned. The first two would just make it too strong, and unaware tusk would be just like dondozo as a gamewinner except it can boost its speed and has much better offensive stats/moves.
Before watching, my predictions are:
Gen 1 Tauros
Gen 2 Snorlax
Gen 3 Tyranitar
Gen 4 Latias
Gen 5 Tyranitar/Latios
Gen 6 Clefable/Mega Metagross
Gen 7 Landorous
Gen 8 Weavile
Gen 9 Great Tusk/Gholdengo
Edit: only really missed gen 4
i find it funny how gen 1 and 9 are the only gens where the best mons were ones who debuted in that generation, and those two have the most limited nat dex, with gen 1 obviously not having one at all
Gen 9 might change in the future with DLC, but I'm confident that Tusk will remain the best or at least among the best
by viability, excadrill is the highest in gen 6 right now
Love the video. I’m always astounded how it’s common knowledge that “psychic was broken in Gen 1,” but Zam and Egg were good but never considered the best
Solid list
Gen 7 is easily the most difficult one to rank with the top 4 running the Mets including Mag, Tran, Lando, and Ash-Gren
JIrachi should be Steel/fairy
Agreed
Kinda related to Celebi, which should have been grass/fairy
Fuck no
@@ChrisPTY507 both typibgs are pretty bad
Congrats, you just made Jirachi Ubers by giving an already obnoxious flinch-hax Pokemon arguably the best type combo in the game.
I find great tusk very easy to handle. Basicaly anything with surf just wipes him instaantly
uh... swampert isnt mainly used cuz its sand immune, its mainly used cuz its a rock resist while suicune isnt one, same with claydol over mie, its a rock resist for a team, sure sand can play a portion into that, but its not the main reason u want to use dol over mie. Bi and blissey are both affected by sand.. so dunno. Dragon dance ttar is pretty fast, outspeeding mie is pretty big and only mons that really threaten it after a dd are jolly dug, jolly aero, and yeah.... the meta isnt really that fast so once you get a dd you can worry less about being outsped unless you are running bulky dd tar, but bkc made an entire vid of why that is bad
Calling ttar 'slow' after a speed boost was a mistake on my part. Its fast enough, but still gets outsped by the mons you mentioned. Also forgot about the rock resist part. Blissey is moreso used over celebi as its raw special bulk keeps it around longer under sand.
If swampert was only used for it’s rock resist or sand immunity you’d see poliwrath or omastar used. Swamperts usage is more a combination of the above factors than any one thing including it’s stat distribution and movepool letting it counter all four of the best physical attackers of the gen and forcing stuff to use up move slots on hp grass just to hit it
@@Alexcoman51 i said its mainly used... yes ik it does more than be a rock resist but that is one of its big traits, resisting rock slide unlike others like mie, cune, and milo.
I haven’t played ORAS in like 3 years. What made keldeo not even be a consideration for top1? Back then I feel like it was undisputedly the best mon in the tier, with mega gross and clef closely behind
Keldeo should have had a mention on Gen 6 as well thinking back about it. Same goes for Excadrill
Needed just 2 seconds to hear you are Dutch
Great video! Where do you get your stats of usage?
These can be found online on smogon. Just search for smogon usage stats and you should be able to find it
9:38
*sad Iron Treads noises*
Nah but seriously, I think this is a good, fair list. It's crazy though that if you said Snorlax, Tyranitar, and Landorus-T, you'd arguably have seven out of nine generations covered with just those three.
I think at this point in gen 9 i would say either gholdango or Kingambit to be the best pokemon in gen 9. Gambit is a beast and i love it.
Also wasnt aegislash legal for most of gen 6? When i played it was and it was WAY better then clefairy.
Seeing all the comment about how dutch you sound are cracking me up. Can't disagree but it's not bothering me at all
The most Dutch accent i've ever heard lmao
I'd argue Gholdengo is the better Pokemon in Gen 9. Great Tusk is the most used Pokémon not because it's a great hazard remover, but because it's a great hazard remover AND it and Iron Treads are the ONLY hazard removers that can consistently threaten Gholdengo, and Tusk just so happens to be slightly better than Treads.
Eh, that's not entirely accurate. Gholdengo is likely the most influential mon, but Great Tusk is definitely better. It has a phenomenal matchup spread against a huge number of top threats, including not just Gholdengo, but also Kingambit, Ting Lu, and Garganacl. While it definitely has a lot of utility in terms of hazard removal, that's only a small facet of what makes it amazing.
Also, Iron Treads is not just slightly worse than Great Tusk. It's quite a bit worse, lacking the same ability to easily check a lot of the more destructive mons in the tier due to Steel being a weak offensive type compared to Fighting.
If GameFreak absolutely needs to nerf, or outright delete a Pokémon, it should be Lando-T.
this video seems to be poppin
7:58 Rozepanter007 v Why Lando So good, one of the greatest battles of all time
Je hebt echt t hardste Nederlands Engelse accent dat ik ooit gehoord heb
Gen 4 Scizor/Heatran
Gen 5 Ferrothorn/Latios/Keldeo
The rest are fine
Gen 4 was chomps when it was allowed, anyone who played the early knew how much it was required on every team. Scizor was popular as a ttar check, not best overall.
Gen 5 def Ferrothorn or Excadrill pre sand rush ban.
@@skynuggy5175 chomp is Ubers in Gen 4
I can 100% agree that scizor was the best pokemon in gen 4 ou.
Can you write me the list of anything goes best pokemon and not OU?
Garchop was MvP in gen IV. So much so that it got banned.
You mean gen IV. I don't recall Chomp getting banned in XY/ORAS
@@MegaWTFgamer yeah I meant IV. Ai shouldn't use roman numerals as a dyslexic.
i feel like from gen 5 is mamoswine because hits everything from neutral to super effective mostly and preety sure physical defensive lando that is more viable than sp def because of its own ability
Sorry if this seems rude, but that's simply not the case if you're familiar with the metagames. Gen 5 Mamoswine can be very powerful against some Sandstorm teams, but it is far from the best Pokemon. There's a lot more to viability than simply having STAB moves of good coverage. Intimidate doesn't mean Landorus Therian is best off with a physically defensive set. It means that it can easily switch in against some physical attacks while using its specially defensive investment to take those attacks better. Knowledge about the specific tiers are needed to come to a conclusion on what the best Pokemon is.
Can’t say I’ve seen anyone ever try and argue Chansey or Snorlax are better than Tauros in RBY
There are arguments for Zapdos in GSC, but Snorlax is holding that tier together.
I can definitely see arguments for Skarmory in ADV, but I’ve only ever really seen Tyranitar.
Nothing to say about DPP
Gen 5 is interesting. T-tar is really good, simply because it keeps the broken threats in check. Gen 5 could definitely go to Latios or several other Pokémon.
Nothing to say about 6-8
Idk if I’d call Great Tusk better than Gholdengo. Part of why tusk is so good, is that it beats Gholdengo. I don’t think Gholdengo is broken like Chi-yu or Flutter Maine or anything, but Gholdengo effects team building far more than Tusk. Tusk is consistent, but feels more like a symptom than a cause, a bit similar to t-tar in gen 5, but to a lesser extent than T-tar
Dude you can counter tyranitar with a chancy with sash and counter
Sash doesn’t exist in Generation 3.
Hot take, zapdos is better than lax in modern gsc. While you used to have fire lax and explosion lax and curse lax, now snorlax has essentially devolved into a sleep talk wall to be able to take on the mega game and other lax. Zapdos while not having as much usage as lax on ladder, both have 100 percent usage in tournaments. Both are pretty much necessary for a viable team. The difference is zapdos is still very versatile.
Hi BKC viewer
@@BatmannotBruceWayne1bkc gang in here
The bkc propaganda is spreading too far
I thought Gen 1 would be starmie
why are u calling lopunny lompani lol
gen 1 is mewtwo
Talking OU not UbersZ
Tauros
Snorlax
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
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Blud really called lando t best mon in gen 5-6
pult and melmetal both better than lando in ss
So are gonna pretend Uber isn't a thing.
Ubers vid coming soon dw
hello is that a greek accent
Nah, its Dutch
Competitive pokemon isnt just 1v1 but oh well... let's ignore the official format entirely.
This channel is about singles.
Not everything is about vgc
not everything is about VGC
Did u just get upset because the video wasn’t about the topic u wanted?
VGC sucks ass. Who gives a fuck if it’s the “official” format.
OK but if generation 2 is being dominated by snorlax at a 98% usage rate why don't they just know ban him to ubers and make him more interesting meta?
Because the first time they ever banned any non-legend non-mythical to ubers was in gen 4, where Garchomp tore apart the tier by being a practically unstoppable sweeper.
They could go back and look at dominant Pokemon in earlier gens but if you ban Snorlax in gen 2 you need enough of a playerbase to then do follow-up suspect tests on other top Pokemon like Zapdos that are kept in check by Snorlax's omnipresence. Gen 2 simply isn't played enough to perform those suspect tests.
Without snorlax gen 2 ou is slow garbage
@Leaf Finite and with it's garbage too
@@CodyTheBlackChickenSubscribe then why do you care either way
"More interesting meta"aka zapdos,raikou and other special attackers kills everything not named blissey.
Gsc ou is already balanced metagame, it doesn't need extreme tiering changes.
Damn, it took me a few seconds to realise you're not actually talking Dutch. That accent is just a bit much for me.