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@@bettyunicorn6132just "Gen 9", but the can't just say Paldea because with ogerpon (kitikami) and archaludon (blueberry academy/unova) it goes beyond paldea
@@wind64a39 understandable but if they weren’t insane with distribution it would be fine. GF reducing the distribution of stupid moves like knock off and scald is one of the best recent decisions they’ve made
@@ewwitscullen9132 They've made a nice start, but U-Turn and clones probably should be removed entirely. The move itself is the worst of the bunch because nothing is immune to it.
@@wind64a39 or reduce its BP. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be like 50. Although I guess maybe that could be problematic with technician. Pursuit should be brought back and work on switch moves like flip turn. Thoughts?
@@Travis-kt4rc well yeah but it just irked me that someone would bring up an argument against a mega heracross sweep by saying it’s too slow, while just ignoring the speed boost move that it not only has but was mentioned in the thing they were arguing with.
Heracross always puts in work. The lack of parity in power and accuracy of multi hit moves is insane though. They buffed bullet seed, the rest of them should all be 100% accurate, 25 power per hit so they make sense to use. That’s usually how move variations work in Pokémon anyway.
I'm gonna suggest this to the guy modding the Gen 3 ROM hack I'm playing. Unlikely to get implemented but if does I might do a run with a Heracross main.
The PP disparity is also a bit nuts. Now, them having different amounts of PP per type makes sense and it has consistency with physical Rock-type moves not having much PP and accuracy, but 10 PP and 90% accuracy when Bullet Seed and Icicle Spear have *30* is crazy. Only three Pokémon get Bone Rush and it's _still_ got the same numbers as Rock Blast, despite the only Ground-type that gets it being Marowak... who gets Bonemerang. The 60 separate Normal-type versions who all have less power and or accuracy still never reach 25 PP either, what the hell.
This thing is absolutely Psychotic in Hackmons using the Triage ability with stab Leech Life and Drain Punch then Bitter Blade for coverage with Sword Dance as icing on the cake for moves that'll out-priority Extreme Speed on top of healing. Almost the sole reason people have to run Queenly Majesty to counter it
Pretty sure GF knows that Heracross is a fan fav mon, no wonder it got a Mega & is available in all games except LGPE. Sad Pinsir life. Not to mention that even Ash had one
@@LexSchilperoord It sadly doesn't exist PLA & SV tho. They could have thought that most peeps would only pick Heracross. Although Stunky seems to be an exception for appearing in all the games
Okay, base ATK ranking: 1. The perfect Pokemon optimized even further for physical power 2. A bug 3. Little knife boi 4 (tied). The closest thing Pokemon has to a kaiju, the next closest thing Pokemon has to a kaiju, and an alien sacrificing any and all bulk to hit like a truck
Yoooo! I did your puzzle a little while ago and had the biggest brain blue screen when i saw "Johto + Fighting Type"so I'm glad there's now a whole video to school me on the mon I forgot 😂
I already played it early in the morning, was pleasantly surprised to see your name. :-) And just a few days after N0rtist's PokeDoku, I wonder which Pokétuber is next. :D
i was sooo sad when i saw it die to matt (i think thats the right name?) it carried so hard, and technically if krookodile hadnt died, he wouldnt have got heracross since krookodile would have been able to replace heracross for the pythagoras' first fight
Mega Cross always was more than a bit overshadowed by the bulky recovery oriented Mega Scizor or the Aerilate-boosted nukes and priority of Mega Pinsir, but he shined with a little love and some Sticky Webs support. Still alive and kicking over in Hackmons, at least. (Favorite weird tech set - 120~ Def EVs at most, Aerilate, Scarf, Double Edge. Oneshots Eviolite Impostor Chansey if it tries to come in. Can't say it's reliable, but when it works, it's always fun to wipe the smug smirk off that countersweeping bastard.)
Mega Heracross is one of my favorites and I was jipped in the Anime for any decent screen time to answer the question of if M. Hera is still capable of flying and how it shoots its claws like a needle gun (in its animation it shows it opening its arm shell and “reloading” its claws Sadly alongside Mega Garchomp my absolute favorite was robbed of greatness for the drop in speed
I know you did one on the ultra beasts as a whole but I'd love to see you do a powerpoint about Pheromosa/Buzzwole specifically, being the same typing and... well actually I'd love to see you do ANY of the ultra beasts individually (not guzzlord) because they're just so damn interesting and weird, but those two come to mind immediately from the fairly unique type combination
I personally always loved using hera both pre and post mega! Not the easiest guy to pilot, but ripping apart teams with either guts boosted facades or skill link enhanced pin missiles will never not be satisfying!
Had a team with 3 regenerator pokemon (mienshao , amongus and alomomola) , ditto a trapper and mega eracross , It was the best thing ever to get some chump out of position and hit them with pin missle
Are you insane, absolutely Not! Regular or mega heracross would Team everything to shreds, If their stats stayed unchanged. Remember, this thing could reliably Go swords dance + Focus sash so it gets pretty much one guaranteed, immensly painful Hit, If Not sweep outright.
In gen 6 speed wasnt updated in the turn when transforming into a mega all other stats do SO that was a heracross buff where You could hit as mega heracross pin misike with base heracross speed
Speaking of mega’s, I’m so torn between which Mega is my favourite: Aggron or Mawile Aggron is my #1 favourite Pokémon of all time, and his mega form just makes him even cooler. If you’ve seen that one video of the guy on showdown with Mega Aggron, with “The Wall” playing in the background, you know. Mawile though is so cool. It’s also really fucking good. I picked Mawile in a draft league once and it was able to get me some good wins so It’s grown on me ever since.
The first thing I do when playing fangames is take 20 points from its sp. atk and give it to its speed. I immediately regret it and change it back because 95 base speed is so unfair on this beefy boy.
Gamefrealk seems to have this one guy who just goes "Hey guys, let's evolve this guy by making its forearms swollen guns!" Rhyperior, magmortar, mega heracross... I mean, its a clever design with Galarian Slowbro, but its so random on a construction-themed rhinocerous, a fire tengu and a pugilist hercules beetle. I honestly would have rather gotten a Pinsir evolution with Skill Link and a different Heracross mega, ngl. (the mega pinsir design could have easily been retooled) Mega Heracross's ability just doesn't do much for me thematically, even though the design is pretty cool actually.
i’ve had this thought for a while and never really said anything, but fairy should not resist bug. if anything, bug should be super effective against fairy
WOAH is that an oldass like 2021 champions tierlist for NA????? The only team I don't recognize is the bm but this is like a flashbomb considering someone just tried insulting me about how "I clearly just started watching VCT" 3:12
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The area zero + paleda confused me what does that mean?
@@bettyunicorn6132pokemon from paldea/area zero
literally just immaculate grid but pokemon, my two very nerdy interests combined
@@bettyunicorn6132just "Gen 9", but the can't just say Paldea because with ogerpon (kitikami) and archaludon (blueberry academy/unova) it goes beyond paldea
If Arm Thrust, was 25 BP instead of 15, then... oh no the world isn't ready for that
"Friendship with Close Combat has ended, new friend is Arm Thrust"
My dream
@@GoldGuard let’s chill buddy lol
That moment when my Tepig evolved into Pignite and I realised that all I got as my fighting stab was fucking Arm Thrust.
Emboar gets hammer arm in gen 5 if you use a heart scale
My biggest dream is a Mega Heracross with Scale Shot
dear god
Are you trying to tear the fabric of reality and balance itself!?
It do look pretty scaly…
It doesn’t have scales, but it can have that move in Hackmons
Doesnt it have Trail Blaze in Gen 9 National Dex?
Mega Heracross: I fear no god... But that thing *points to a gust of wind*. That thing scares me.
I need a PowerPoint on why haxorus is the best archaludon counter
I need a PowerPoint PowerPoint about Haxorus
I need a hero
A PowerPoint on how to kill archaludon is indeed necessary. That MF is horrendous and everyone should know how to kill it.
@@octaviopaes1970 Are you holding out for a hero till the end of the night?
@@SakhotGamer Yeah, but he's gotta be strong, he's gotta be fast, and most importantly, he's got to be fresh from the fight
Fairy resisting bug has to be one of the random ass decisions they made.
Right, like did they not think it was resisted by enough?? Ugh
U-Turn's fault.
@@wind64a39 understandable but if they weren’t insane with distribution it would be fine. GF reducing the distribution of stupid moves like knock off and scald is one of the best recent decisions they’ve made
@@ewwitscullen9132 They've made a nice start, but U-Turn and clones probably should be removed entirely. The move itself is the worst of the bunch because nothing is immune to it.
@@wind64a39 or reduce its BP. I see no reason why it shouldn’t be like 50. Although I guess maybe that could be problematic with technician. Pursuit should be brought back and work on switch moves like flip turn. Thoughts?
The possibility of Mega Heracross with Trailblaze is insane
Eeehhh base 75 speed really isn't much to worry about especially nowadays in this powercrept generations
@@tonberry2670you do realize the point of giving it trailblaze is to overcome that low speed right?
@@AshleyoftheSwiftspear-pb8cseven 75 with a speed boost isn’t crazy with the current creep.
@@Travis-kt4rc well yeah but it just irked me that someone would bring up an argument against a mega heracross sweep by saying it’s too slow, while just ignoring the speed boost move that it not only has but was mentioned in the thing they were arguing with.
Pythagoras the goat. RIP to a real one 😔
Literally an anime death. Passed the baton off to shifu for the rest of the run
RIP for PChal haha
Earhart did it for Pythagoras, what a goat
That death was genuinely heartbreaking.
@@nickmoulton8702 he’s back bro
Heracross always puts in work. The lack of parity in power and accuracy of multi hit moves is insane though. They buffed bullet seed, the rest of them should all be 100% accurate, 25 power per hit so they make sense to use. That’s usually how move variations work in Pokémon anyway.
I'm gonna suggest this to the guy modding the Gen 3 ROM hack I'm playing. Unlikely to get implemented but if does I might do a run with a Heracross main.
The PP disparity is also a bit nuts. Now, them having different amounts of PP per type makes sense and it has consistency with physical Rock-type moves not having much PP and accuracy, but 10 PP and 90% accuracy when Bullet Seed and Icicle Spear have *30* is crazy. Only three Pokémon get Bone Rush and it's _still_ got the same numbers as Rock Blast, despite the only Ground-type that gets it being Marowak... who gets Bonemerang. The 60 separate Normal-type versions who all have less power and or accuracy still never reach 25 PP either, what the hell.
Heracross when the god with 75+ base speed shows up: 😰
that god better have a flying move or something
Arm thrust deserves to be a reasonable base power move. A fighting type multi hit that a lot of Pokémon could reasonably learn? It could be fun
This thing is absolutely Psychotic in Hackmons using the Triage ability with stab Leech Life and Drain Punch then Bitter Blade for coverage with Sword Dance as icing on the cake for moves that'll out-priority Extreme Speed on top of healing.
Almost the sole reason people have to run Queenly Majesty to counter it
Mega Heracross does not care if you're a legendary or a baby, you're getting Pin Missled
He'd better take me out to dinner first, before we can do any pinning with his missile.
I fear for the other reply
Christmas came early this year when electricwindgirlfriend gave us the PowerPoint of the best pokemon ever
Pretty sure GF knows that Heracross is a fan fav mon, no wonder it got a Mega & is available in all games except LGPE. Sad Pinsir life. Not to mention that even Ash had one
Mega Pinsir was also pretty baller though
@@LexSchilperoord It sadly doesn't exist PLA & SV tho. They could have thought that most peeps would only pick Heracross. Although Stunky seems to be an exception for appearing in all the games
Heracross is my favorite pokemon.
@@josephbulkin9222 That's great 🪲🥊
@@josephbulkin9222 That's great. Fingers crossed for Mega Heracross in Legends Z-A
I think it's crazy the M-Heracross becomes a nuclear bomb and yet isn't even on like the top ten megas(probably)
Shits nuts
Okay, base ATK ranking:
1. The perfect Pokemon optimized even further for physical power
2. A bug
3. Little knife boi
4 (tied). The closest thing Pokemon has to a kaiju, the next closest thing Pokemon has to a kaiju, and an alien sacrificing any and all bulk to hit like a truck
Give Heracross the Loaded Dice: “Today I will remind them”.
Yoooo! I did your puzzle a little while ago and had the biggest brain blue screen when i saw "Johto + Fighting Type"so I'm glad there's now a whole video to school me on the mon I forgot 😂
I'm sure you came out on top.
@@esosique5 I sure did- Top was the only gen 2 fighting type I remembered lol
Tyrogue and Hitmontop, is that it?
This video is literally about Heracross, how did I forget Heracross
@@LexSchilperoord 😂😂 you get me!!!
the 2021 NA val tierlist throwback is something I never expected in an EWGF video, I already forgot half these teams existed...
3:00 I want a powerpoint on why T1 is B tier
Another benefit to those multi-hit moves is that there is a greater critical hit chance on top of breaking Sashes and Sturdy.
Mega Heracross is what Mega Garchomp wishes it was
Is the Pythagoras a PChal Run and Bun reference? LET'S GOOOO
I already played it early in the morning, was pleasantly surprised to see your name. :-)
And just a few days after N0rtist's PokeDoku, I wonder which Pokétuber is next. :D
01:01 pythagoras run 5 goat
i was sooo sad when i saw it die to matt (i think thats the right name?) it carried so hard, and technically if krookodile hadnt died, he wouldnt have got heracross since krookodile would have been able to replace heracross for the pythagoras' first fight
"Letting the BUG use swords dance doubles attack" dear god this critter...
Love playing pokedoku to start my day. Also did my daily click!
PYTHAGORAS MENTIONED RAHHHH WTF IS A GYARADOS
This is the first vid I've seen linking the daily click for Palestine, thank you
Mega Cross always was more than a bit overshadowed by the bulky recovery oriented Mega Scizor or the Aerilate-boosted nukes and priority of Mega Pinsir, but he shined with a little love and some Sticky Webs support.
Still alive and kicking over in Hackmons, at least. (Favorite weird tech set - 120~ Def EVs at most, Aerilate, Scarf, Double Edge. Oneshots Eviolite Impostor Chansey if it tries to come in. Can't say it's reliable, but when it works, it's always fun to wipe the smug smirk off that countersweeping bastard.)
Thank you for getting me three new Pokédex entries bestie ElectricWindGirlFriend
bug and fighting, great when seperate, but when they combine they make the metagame epic... 🎵
I love how there is just a random valorant team tier list from like 3 years
Seeing a 2021 Valorant NA Challengers Tier List was not on my bingo card for today's presentation
I believe he fears a god. (Arceus-flying)
Sometimes all it takes is a ridiculously buff bug and a dream
Heracross and Pinsir have been one of my favorite pokemon pairings, and both of their mega evolutions rock!
I was so so happy to see your pokedoku when I played it today, nice video tie-in!
beetle strong
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WOOOO I LOVE HERACROSS
thank you EWGF for the coverage
Now imagine Mega Heracross but with -50 speed and +50 HP. I'd like to see that world
Congrats on the pokedoku 🎉
Mega Heracross is one of my favorites and I was jipped in the Anime for any decent screen time to answer the question of if M. Hera is still capable of flying and how it shoots its claws like a needle gun (in its animation it shows it opening its arm shell and “reloading” its claws
Sadly alongside Mega Garchomp my absolute favorite was robbed of greatness for the drop in speed
Can't wait for the PowerPoint on Haxorus
Based pythagoras reference rest in peace
One must imagine a Mega Heracross user not to struggle finding a spot for it in teams
This was my favorite Mega back in Gen 6. Glad to see it get some discussion
I know you did one on the ultra beasts as a whole but I'd love to see you do a powerpoint about Pheromosa/Buzzwole specifically, being the same typing and... well actually I'd love to see you do ANY of the ultra beasts individually (not guzzlord) because they're just so damn interesting and weird, but those two come to mind immediately from the fairly unique type combination
Still find myself (a certified Bug Catcher) asking why fairy resists bug instead of being weak to it
The typical fairy (as in tiny humanoid with wings) is usually portrayed riding on bugs or commanding them
To many people tryin'a be smart. Mega Heracross is the least picked in it's square
I totally should've guessed that clodsire and dracovish were in the pokudoku
Mega Heracross with Rapid-Bullseye is so busted in Rescue Team DX
thank you for always posting the daily click for palestine click, your videos are usually how i remember to do it :)
I do like alot how mega changes hera completely
Imagine Mega Heracross with trailblaze for the speed boost
if it wasn’t so hideous i’d adore mega heracross
This pokemon is the destroyer of high-tier staples. it dominated adv for a reason.
now mega mawile with 678 attack and kingambit like sucker punches with swords dance
I personally always loved using hera both pre and post mega! Not the easiest guy to pilot, but ripping apart teams with either guts boosted facades or skill link enhanced pin missiles will never not be satisfying!
The mega for my favorite Pokemon of all time, wished it was a bit better, but i´m happy it finds OU glory from time to time
Mega heracross fears flying type
Megacross and Megapin coulda just been evos. Toned down to compensate for getting an item obv.
The only thing, ONLY THING I dislike about mega heracross is the design. Why did they make my boy so dumpy 😭
Megahera was fun, I remember making one with all the multihit moves.
Had a team with 3 regenerator pokemon (mienshao , amongus and alomomola) , ditto a trapper and mega eracross ,
It was the best thing ever to get some chump out of position and hit them with pin missle
Should’ve made this guy 110 speed
Are you insane, absolutely Not! Regular or mega heracross would Team everything to shreds, If their stats stayed unchanged. Remember, this thing could reliably Go swords dance + Focus sash so it gets pretty much one guaranteed, immensly painful Hit, If Not sweep outright.
@@blu6295 yeah I am insane I wanted it to destroy everything
Alternate timeline Mega Heracross with an 80 HP, 195 ATK, 125 DEF, 40 SPATK, 125 SPDEF, 35 SPD stat spread: *NatDex OUBL*
wouldnt mega heracross fear arceus flying's judgment?
In gen 6 speed wasnt updated in the turn when transforming into a mega all other stats do SO that was a heracross buff where You could hit as mega heracross pin misike with base heracross speed
He fears flying plate arceus tho
Speaking of mega’s, I’m so torn between which Mega is my favourite: Aggron or Mawile
Aggron is my #1 favourite Pokémon of all time, and his mega form just makes him even cooler. If you’ve seen that one video of the guy on showdown with Mega Aggron, with “The Wall” playing in the background, you know.
Mawile though is so cool. It’s also really fucking good. I picked Mawile in a draft league once and it was able to get me some good wins so It’s grown on me ever since.
The first thing I do when playing fangames is take 20 points from its sp. atk and give it to its speed. I immediately regret it and change it back because 95 base speed is so unfair on this beefy boy.
The Pythagoras meme made me super happy, I'm assuming you're a pchal fan for that reference? Lol
Ha ha the Pythagoras refrence. Wonder how many others got it.
Gamefrealk seems to have this one guy who just goes "Hey guys, let's evolve this guy by making its forearms swollen guns!"
Rhyperior, magmortar, mega heracross... I mean, its a clever design with Galarian Slowbro, but its so random on a construction-themed rhinocerous, a fire tengu and a pugilist hercules beetle.
I honestly would have rather gotten a Pinsir evolution with Skill Link and a different Heracross mega, ngl. (the mega pinsir design could have easily been retooled)
Mega Heracross's ability just doesn't do much for me thematically, even though the design is pretty cool actually.
Is pokedoku down for anyone else? Lol, great video btw :)
Imagine Scale Shot on this thing 🔥🔥
Me when Gen 9 Heracross is PU (Slither Wing stole what was left of his RU career):
My god he's using an NA LCS tierlist on a pokemon video 😂
fun pokedoku today! Thanks!
He's no Hitmonchan.
Pythagoras reference
Goddamn Right
Mega Heracorss Fears no g-*Mega Mawile Used Play Rough* *Heracross Fainted*
i’ve had this thought for a while and never really said anything, but fairy should not resist bug. if anything, bug should be super effective against fairy
1:11 PCHAL REFERENCE???
1:12 pchal reference
I haven't thought about and box is so long 😭
scizor powerpoint when
"Fighting on its own is mid"
Eh?
aw heck I missed the EWGF pokedoku :(
On the topic of arm thrust, all multi-hit fighting type moves still being garbage even at their strongest should be something more people acknowledge.
please do a powerpoint about krookodile
guess what its ou by technicality cause its poggers
Lord forgive me
Why oh why does fairy resist bug?
Fairy was introduced to curb the unrivaled dominance of the Bug type.
@@Rainbro359 True, it was pretty overpowered in gen 1
Heracules Beetle.
WOAH is that an oldass like 2021 champions tierlist for NA????? The only team I don't recognize is the bm but this is like a flashbomb considering someone just tried insulting me about how "I clearly just started watching VCT" 3:12
If this mf get trailblaze and Mega Evolution 🎉then just call for ya mother😂