SO MANY different mons would have been viable in Gen 1-3 in lower tiers atleast if Dark was Physical and Ghost was Special in 😶 Mightyena, Sneasel, Gengar with STAB etc.
It's so baffling how Dark was special and Ghost was physical for 2 generations in a row, the Pokémon and the moves were so clearly designed around the opposite
@@dragonslair951167 I can't remember what I did in the original Diamond, but in my recent Brilliant Diamond playthrough her earthquake one shotted my weavile. My crobat hit it with toxic and I let that slowly kill it. lol
Weavile fills me with childhood memories. Back in the DPPt days, my best friend and I loved to battle and our battles would often come down to Weavile (mine) vs Garchomp (his). Weavile was the ONLY thing I had that could counter that overpowered beast.
@@montmito Because the *overall* difference in animation quality and/or cohesion is still absurd. No one is asking for every single pokemon to have a unique animation for every single move. The problem is that we're not even remotely close to that.
Pokémon Renegade Platinum (a Hackrom based on Pokémon Platinium) makes Technician Weavile true and... it's literally a beast with Ice Shard, Faint Attack and a good part of its movepool boosted by this ability coupled with 120 in its attack stat. He is like Scizor but faster, frailer with a better dual-type offensively.
LionHeartXII an eveelution thing would be nice but i feel that is not doable the current way he does things (talking about the best pokemon in that format). it would be a special set of videos probably.
@@notafan3949 So... what? Dragonite, Salamence, and Garchomp are 4x weak to Ice so if you teach them a Steel Move, they can easily beat Ice Types and Fairy Types. That's why I always run Flash Cannon on my Hydreigon
I love Weavile's coverage capabilities though. I usually run Night Slash, Swords Dance, Ice Punch, and either Brick Break or Revenge. Sometimes I'll trade out one of those moves, usually Swords Dance, for Aerial Ace to cover its weakness to fighting types. I feel like that just gives it so many different types that it can be super effective against. But I'm very biased because it's one of my most favorite Pokémon.
Lol I posted this comment 2 years ago when I barely knew anything at all about competitive Pokémon battling. I still don't really do competitive battles ever, but I know a lot more now. So yeah, I would run brick break over revenge now. I'd also probably not use aerial ace cause it's just too low on base power and Weavile doesn't need to be anywhere near any fighting types to begin with lol. Weavile does get Technician as its hidden ability though, right? So in that case it could be pretty good at 90 base power. And I'd never use ice punch when Weavile could use Icicle Crash or Triple Axel now. And yeah, knock off is better for actual competitive battle, but less useful in a playthrough of pretty much any of the games except for maybe BDSP where certain trainers will use items. But at that point that's still so rare that you might as well run night slash anyway, or throat chop in Sw&Sh. But yeah, I'm still by no means an expert in competitive play, but 2 years ago I was still very ignorant about how to optimize a Pokémon for battling. At that point I had only ever done standard playthroughs of maybe like half of the main series games. Never had access to online features like trade evos or pvp battles back then either.
@@taywimzzz i wish weavile had technician💀the only thing holding it back is it's terrible ass ability (Pressure is ok i guess, pickpocket is lmfao) and it's pretty shallow movepool. In a perfect world,we could've a weavile with acrobatics,close combat, wicked blow and ice hammer (the last two are signatures moves but idc). Such a shame for one of my favorites mon but hopefully sneasler become better
Weavile, the Garchomp slayer, this ability to os Garchomp and knock off will propably let him stay OU for a while, until someone else can do this in better, just like Magnezone. Talking about Garchomp, how about the history of gen 4 most feared beast?
Je regarde d'en haut Bad news, Weavile isn't OU anymore. Coincidentally, the UA-camr njnp just did an in depth video on Garchomp, including gen 7, and why Garchomp sucks now
A lot of things can be "the garchomp slayer" now lol. I doubt garchomp will ever suck but I take he isnt used as much because of landorus t and new enemies in gen 7 like naganadiel
How good was Tentacruel actually would be really interesting to me :o gonna do anymore how good were [insert type] Types actually with guest youtubers. Doing the beefy amount of water types with pokeaim would be really cool
nah, i mean ones with actual competitive knowledge, with accolades to back them up such as pokeaim, blunder, njnp, cybertron, wolfe glick, baz anderson etc. + pokeaim has already helped out a bit :3
Well, a lot of people hate Tentacools/cruels for always appearing when surfing, but contrary to that, Tentacruel is actually a really solid choice. Tenacruel's been a very reliable UU, BL and even OU pokémon in some generations.
Sneasel/Weavile has a especial place in my heart because it was the first shiny I got at full odds and without even trying, I kept it boxed until I decided to use it and what a strong little fella!
In UsUm, Cloyster now has access to Liquidation. If you wanna run a Physical set, Liquidation is better than Razor Shell. Heres the Set I run For Cloyster. Its Amazing with Psychic Terrain, Taunt and Defog/Rapid Spin support to cover it: Cloyster @ Focus Sash Ability: Skill Link Evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Hp Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SpA) - Rock Blast - Liquidation - Icicle Spear - Shell Smash I've trolled so many People with this set. Even Legend Noobs and Hackers.
How good are Exclusive moves ACTUALLY? Meaning you would cover how good exclusive moves are (Aeroblast, Fleur Cannon, Glare, etc) and on their respective mons
Cindy Phour Glare use to be Exclusive to Arbok, but was given to other Pokémon in Gen 3 I believe. I’m suggesting he would cover moves that are/were exclusive to certain Pokémon (Besides Smeargle and Ditto).
John Dims Glare use to be exclusive to Arbok and Ekans, but was given to other Pokémon in I believe Gen 3. So if he were to make a video on it he would cover moves that are/were exclusive to certain Pokémon. Glare, for example.
Agreed, feels like they really were trying to tone down dark types/dark moves, but Weavile in particular for some reason got nerfed pretty hard in addition to being outclassed by Chien-Pao even after the latter got it’s attack stat nerfed to match Weaviles. It’s just as physically strong, still faster, slightly bulkier, and it’s a legendary at that. Really hoping Weavile gets some of the moves it lost but this one stings.
Even if Weavile got the two moves back it needs to be good again, it still will never be chosen so long as Chien-Pao exists as it is faster and inherently hits harder because of its ability. But given that this is a balance thing, Weavile will never be as good as he was in Galar.
Weavile is one of my favorite pokemon to use competitively. I feel as if it's kind of under used in Competitive play. It's a really good pokemon with an amazing move pull.
10/10 if you can KO every opposing Pokemon that has a super effective move, as well as every Pokemon that has access to Toxic/Poison Gas/Will O Wisp. Bad in every other circumstance. I mean you might be able to find a use for Destiny Bond if they have to switch out into something that can deal with you (Destiny Bond whatever comes in, Protect/Destiny Bond troll them until they fuck up somehow)... But that's about it. I suppose in a double battle you can also use a Soak + Lightningrod combo to cut Shedinja's weakness down to 1 outside of Discharge... But that's unreliable *at the very best.*
Focus sash shedinja is useful for disrupting things a bit provided hazards are out of play and your opponent doesn't have toxic/will o wisp/multi hit super effective moves since it generally forces a switch or will at least be able to tank a hit and baton pass a swords dance or the like to your chosen mon. Outside of that, though, its role is to be bait so you don't have to take damage on a swap in with a mon that can manage whatever you're up against but would do very poorly if it had to take a free hit first. And that's a role any pokemon on your team can serve depending on the situation.
Man i love weavile. My favorite set is swords dance, fake out, ice punch and night slash with pickpocket and focus sash as the item. Swepped so many times with her.
King Daniel The Dandy i can understand the Focus Sash, but why the fuck would you run Fake Out, Ice Punch and Night Slash?? Fake Out is piss weak and does no damage whatsoever, Icicle Crash is stronger than Ice Punch, and Knock Off is both more powerful and more useful than Night Slash. It removes items and has almost 100 BP while doing it, while Night Slash sits at a measly 70
Victor Beguito I have a reason for that actually. Other focus sashes wreck that set so i needed somthing to break them without getting hit. Also alot of people run no item to avoid getting knocked off and the crit chance can help me aginst bulky ir set up mons. And ive missed icicle crash to many times to trust it, plus the lucky freeze is always nice :)
Things are low tier because they're outclassed in every niche they would have or they don't have a niche in the first place. Ampharos doesn't have a good niche and is pretty useless because of it. "Needing a lot of support" basically means it relies on either Baton Pass or the opponent lacking skill, and using something better would give you better results against them as well as actually serious players.
I love Sneasel/Weavile so much! I love the designs and it being dark and ice type makes it even better. I really fell in love with them in Pokke Tournament, and will now remain my favorite Pokémon with Absol coming in close second.
My literal favorite pokemon ever made, the first one I ever saw that made me truly fall in love with the entire design, character, and typing. I still to this day have Weavile figures and posters in my place, even though I haven't played pokemon in years. Weavile was just my childhood.
Despite Weavile being my favourite ice type, I can admit it isn't perfect as it does have a fairly limited move-set and most of its great moves are special which is hindered by Weavile's below average special attack.
In Gen 1-2 it was was UU and only advantage it had over the other electric was being able to learn surf, Gen 3 the same as 1-2 only change was it had a niche of being a fast encore user and a threatening sweeper in UU, Gen 4 it got Nasty Plot and went from UU to NU, and Gen 5-6 was used a bit in VGC due to its new dream world ability Lighting Rod.
I adore this thing. On an online game server of a few thousand, I was the Ice Type Gym Leader, and later the Dark and Ghost Type Elite Four. Weavile was my baby in both cases, where I set up heavily around diversity - giving her Aerial Ace, Icicle Crash, Night Slash, and Swords Dance. Held items were banned in the Gyms due to server issues, but at the Elites, giving her a Focus Sash allowed a free Swords Dance that often meant she was the last pokemon I had to use.
Wayofalex's Gaming I’m pretty sure it’s a reference to (leveling up with at night) razor fang vs razor claw-their respective methods of evolution introduced in Gen IV.
Wayofalex's Gaming both are Gen 2 late game Pokémon and both got an evolution in Gen 4. Evolve by holding the Razor Claw and Razor Fang respectively. They are definitely counterparts. Not rivals.
Yeah the Sneasel family's Gen 8 has been really interesting (Sneasel being better than Weavile in VGC, Weavile being really good in OU, etc.), and if Hisuian Sneasel and Sneaseler get into gen 9 there will likely be a lot to talk about there.
Sneasel stayed a relevant threat down in the lower tiers as well thanks to mostly the same reasons and the addition of Eviolite. Sneasel even got up to RU in gen 6, and currently resides in NU in gen 7.That's a mighty testament to just how important those changes were.
Respawned - Remy Yanma was never good in high tiers but it is real broken in LC nowadays. Yanmega has seen better days back in gen IV. Even today it isn't entirely useless but it isn't great either. It has two great abilities in Tinted Lens and Speed Boost, with good speed and SpA too, but its typing really holds it back, and so does its lack of high base power moves The thing about its abilities is that, although both are great, it'd need to be able to use both at once to real good. That is, obviously, impossible. If Yanmega chooses Tinted Lens, it really helps make up for its poor coverage (Bug/Flying is real bad both offensively and defensively), since it has NO way to hit Steel types without the help of this ability, which doubles the power of not very effective moves If it picks Speed Boost, it becomes extremely hard to outspeed after a single turn, which helps it a lot due to it not wanting to get hit at all due to frailty and bad typing; but then it has to deal with its real awful coverage.
I'm going to copy a comment I made on an older video: Delibird first showed up in Gen 2, where everyone immediately laughed at it. Its typing was poor, its Defenses were laughable, its offenses were lacking, and even TMs couldn't do much. But once people stopped laughing, they noticed had access to Spikes and Rapid Spin, thanks to an event and breeding respectively. The best strategy it had was starting with Spikes, following up with Toxic, and then using Thief to swipe the enemy's Leftovers. Ice Beam is the best offensive option it has, and it could also use Hidden Power for a Flying STAB move. Rapid Spin was not a bad idea, since Delibird was the only user of Rapid Spin that wasn't hurt by Spikes, but neither set was that great. Besides, plenty of mons could shrug off Ice Beam due to their typing or at least tank it before obliterating Delibird. So Delibird ended up in Underused. In Generation 3, Delibird lost the ability to use Spikes, which was a big problem for it. Fortunately, it got the abilities Hustle and Vital Spirit. Of the two, Hustle was more frequently used, since its power boost was sorely needed. Hustle also worked well with the new Aerial Ace, since it ignored the Accuracy loss. Ice Beam was still valuable, and was worth using thanks to its typing and tolerable Special Attack. Quick Attack gave it a way to counter Endeavor users, Focus Punch gave it a decent way of punishing switches, and Rapid Spin was still an option. It might have kept its place in Underused if it could still use Spikes, but was instead demoted to Never Used, though it sometimes saw service in UU. Gen 4 was the time when things went from bad to worse for Delibird. Not only did Stealth Rock take half of its HP, it also made it useless as a Rapid Spinner. That effectively means it lost both of its original main uses. The Aerial Ace and Hustle combo was still essential. Ice Beam was replaced with Ice Punch and Ice Shard, so it could invest its EVs and nature entirely into Physical offense. Ice Shard also made Quick Attack obsolete as a priority move, thanks to STAB. Focus Punch (or Brick Break) and Seed Bomb could help it counter the Rock/Steel bulky Water types that would otherwise devastate it. But in all honesty, it was firmly rooted in Never used. Generation 5 didn't help much. Even that new Hidden Ability Insomnia was almost the same thing as Vital Spirit.It was still relying on the same mix of Hustle, Aerial Ace, Ice Shard, Ice Punch, and Focus Punch that it relied on last generation. But honestly, nothing was improving. Never Used In Generation 6, Delibird finally got some good news, in that it had access to Spikes once again, along with Rapid Spin. It could lead and get off one or two layers of Spikes. It also got its grubby little hands on Destiny Bond, which could be used as an unwelcome surprise. Freeze Dry gave it a way of dealing with Water types, many of which would normally be used to Defog Spikes. Icy Wind could be used to lower speed and better set up Destiny Bond. All of this new stuff was good, but it wasn't enough to reverse the past couple of gens of damage. Besides, Delibird had loads of counters still out there. Faster Pokemon kept it from using more than one layer of Spikes, Taunt users prevented Spikes from being used, priority moves could negate its relatively decent speed, and users of Rapid Spin and Defog made it worthless as a Spikes user. Delibird was stuck in PU. So how good was Delibird? It wasn't. Though it had a bit of promise for two generations, thanks to Spikes and Rapid Spin, it has always had a limited movepool, and the metagame changed in ways that hurt Delibird quicker than it could keep up. The sad part is that if it got access to its Generation 6 tricks earlier on, it might have found a niche. But even then, the existence of Stealth Rock crippled it, both in terms of removing a load of HP and making its ability to Rapid Spin Spikes obsolete.
Salnax Very well done! I didn’t read the whole thing, but it sounded exactly like his video! You should find a way to contact him directly, you could be a writer for him or something.
actual trash She was only good in gen 1 and even then her best role was a subpar lead. You'd be better off running a gengar or Alakazam lead. After gen 1 she fell into the low tiers and was never heard from again.
Flame Freezer cool, I can take out a zapdos with a level 1 rattata running focus sash and quick attack/endeavor. Does this make Rattata a good pokemon? No.
With 6 awful weaknesses and a horrible 35 base defense it's not that great, sure Lovely kiss is ok but not enough to put her in the high tiers, fast Pokemon like Lucario, Weavile, Infernape, Keldeo and the rest of the fighting beast can destroy Jynx pretty easily, and bulky steel types like Metagross, Jirachi and Magnezone can give it loads of trouble too, Aerodactyl can out speed Jynx and wrecked her with either Rock slide or Stone edge, bulky water types like Slowbro, Suicune, Swampert and Milotic can give Jynx loads of trouble as well, also Jynx do not like facing against Choice scarf Pokemon since the majority of Pokemon (especially sweepers) have a coverage move against most Pokemon with lots of weaknesses like Jynx. I'm by no means saying that Jynx is a bad Pokemon, I do like the fact that it has 115 base sp.attack and a semi decent 95 base speed, but she has an awful typing and it's pretty disappointing, she was decent in Gen 1 with just 3 weaknesses (fire, rock, and bug) but Gen 2 doubled the amount of weaknesses wight ghost now super effective against psychic types along with dark and Steel types because of her ice typing and checks and counters kept growing throughout the years....poor Jynx :(
Jynx... I remember it was decent in UU in some generation, but it's pretty much trash. It has a decent speed in the UU tier, and a pretty good special stat. I found it to be best with scarf as a revenge killer, or soaking resisted/neutral special attacks. Would still instantly die if even a Magikarp used Tackle though.
It just sucks and even in Gen 6 with its Mega it was ok but because you wasted your Mega slot to use an above average Pokemon no one used it. There. You can go home now.
BetaDanU Pretty good in Gen 6? Oh, right. I forgot that Landorus-T, Ferrothorn, Skarmory, and Talonflame weren't the most popular Pokemon there to wall and kill it (even Gyro Ball from Ferrothorn blows it back), and Megas like Metagross and Medicham weren't there to take up the role of physical sweeper with much better stats and matchups. Yup. Such a splash it made that it isn't used as much as Azumarill which isn't even a Mega.
Andrei Valdez You've clearly taken this whole thing very seriously. The BEEDRILL requesting is nothing more than a joke stemming from Game Grumps (Arun tried to solo FireReds Elite 4 with a level 93 Beedrill) You can relax and take a breath now.
Weavile is one of the very few Ice-types who have traits that match the type. Solid offensive capabilities, laughable defensive ones for the type that is very good offensively but horrible defensively.
Wasn't Chan more defensive? couldn't it have been a bulky fighting type? EDIT: Well... then again it kinda got bodied by every psychic type under the sun. and gen 5 didn't do anything great for it either.
Milotic = Powerhouse in every generation so far. Especially in Gen 5 and onward thanks to it's Hidden Ability Competitive (basically Defiant but with Special Attack instead of Attack). Flygon = 'meh' competitively. Not "bad" per se but there are way better Dragon, Ground, and even Dragon/Ground types to use. Gen 7 gave it a buff though so that's nice.
+GarlicBread TV Gen 3: Bulky special wall which can Rest to activate Marvel Scale, combine that with Leftovers & support options and you've got a Pokemon that - while Suicune can do it's job better (which was true for just about every bulky water type) - it's still able to hold it's own very well among the best water types. Gen 4: Same as Gen 3, but now with Aqua Ring & the ability to self inflict status in singles (inbetween Flame Orb & Rest you have Marvel Scale constantly active. Rest, Sleep Talk, Ice Beam, & Surf is once again standard). Gen 5: Competitive as a Hidden Ability and Scald, need I say more? Gen 6: Same as Gen 5, but with Intimidate everywhere (and thus Competitive becomes even more useful). No, no I am not joking. Milotic was the designed to be the graceful counterpart to Gyarados and it succeeds in and out of combat from Gen 3 onwards (obviously much stronger in later gens than in earlier gens).
Jaer Nihiltheus Notice how you refer to milotic as a ‘Powerhouse’ in your original post. Milotic is mediocre at best. It sees no competitive play whatsoever. Marvel scale is utterly useless when you’re poisoned which will be most of the time if you’re status’d. If marvel scale is there to lessen the damage taken then what’s the point when you’re taking damage over time with toxic? All the sets you mentioned before aside from the bulky set are literal troll sets, like come on flame orb milotic? Really? The compeitive set is just bad. Milotic’s physical defense isn’t good and you’ll rarely have the chance to gain the boosts from competitive, not to mention that you’ll be investing your EV’s in speed and special attack if you want it to do any damage at all. Overall milotic has been a very mediocre pokemon. Like you mentioned bulky water types fulfill its role much better. Milotic is just really useless if your opponent has anything from a calm mind celfable to a defensive tangrowth. I know the truth hurts but milotic just isn’t that good.
Tomato TCG Azumarill: Great Plusle/Minun: Mediocrity personified Pachirisu: Random niches that prevent its weak ass from becoming obsolete Emolga: Not the worst Dedenne: Bad Togedemaru: Semi-Relevant
lol Plusle and Minun wish they were mediocre. Mediocre is too good for them. They're downright useless. They're SO useless, they make Pachirisu look good. And that is saying a lot because Pachirisu is utter shit Same goes for Emolga and Dedenne. Togedemaru is likely the least bad of the bunch, since it has an actually nice typing, a kinda cool signature move and it walls non-HP Ground Tapu Koko, even preventing it from Volt Switching due to Lightning Rod. It is still heavily outclassed though. Azumarill is not a Pikaclone, and Mimikyu isn't either (although it really tries) but if we are to count these two, then they are the best Pikaclones by leaps and bounds. Both have excellent typings, broken abilities, and as far as movepools go Azumarill is very well off while Mimikyu could use a better Ghost STAB than Shadow Claw, but is otherwise serviceable too.
Tyler Vincent it isn't the gen 2 Pikaclone. It isn't Electric type and doesn't have the electric sacs all Pikaclones have. The gen 2 Pikaclone is, weirdly, Pikachu's own pre-evolution Pichu. Which, needless to say, is Pikachu made worse. Very sad because Pikachu is already downright awful. But Pichu is cuter, at least.
Stormpike Lumi Fun fact, a Pachirisu won VGC World Championships in 2014. Not saying you're generally wrong, but it's a neat achievement. Togedemaru also had a semi-popular niche in VGC '17 ^^
Why in the heck was Dark a special attacking move type in Gen 2 rather than a physical one? All of the attacking moves I can think of for it were physical if they were used in real life. Bite, crunch, and beat up anyone?
Weavile in Gen 9 was **unfortunately** outclassed by a even better Dark/Ice type, Chien Pao, which is faster and has a better ability, Sword of Ruin. Weavile also lost Knock off and Triple Axel in the gen, making Ice Spinner and the pathetic Night Slash it's best STAB options. (As someone who loves Weavile, Gamefreak really did butchered this pokemon)
Hoping the next update will buff Weavile as its movepool nerf for especially its dark STAB and being outclassed by Chien-Pao even after the latter got it’s attack nerfed is silly. It baffles me why they thought both these routes were a good idea.
From the pts my best friend received a shiny weavile with pickpocket, maxed evs and ivs in attack speed and sp def (not def or hp unfortunately). He knew it was my favorite Pokemon so he gave it to me for my birthday. Turns out it had ice shard, icicle crash, knock off, and protect, which is exactly what I was wanting. One of my happiest Pokemon moments lol
It’s interesting how normal sneasel has a 4x weakness to fighting type Pokémon but hisuian sneasel becomes 4x weak to psychic types, but at least weavile was able to become a pretty good revenge killer for teams in the later generations and sneasel got a new evolution form in legends of arceus.
I sometimes use a Counter Weavile with Focus Sash. Nobody expect you to use Counter. After that, I often roll the dice with Icicle Crash for the Flinch and Throat Chop as a STAB move.
It's funny that 2 days ago I searched if you had a video on how good Weavile actually was, and I didn't find anything. Now it's as if you read my thoughts, False Swipe Gaming :D
Poor Gen 2 Sneasel. Imagine being statted like a physical attacker and both of your STABs working off your worst stat.
SO MANY different mons would have been viable in Gen 1-3 in lower tiers atleast if Dark was Physical and Ghost was Special in 😶 Mightyena, Sneasel, Gengar with STAB etc.
@@Kristalya Gengar was still good, tho, just not for STABing
@@vengefulbale atleast it had a good movepool
@@Kristalya idk what you're talking about. Gengar was OU gen 1 to 3 and extremely centralizing in Gen 3
@Cedric Reyes Alakazam was UUBL in gen 3
I wish that Silver’s Sneasel and Magneton evolved in the post game battles against him in HGSS.
sadly no
Hey, aren't you supposed to be trapped in a computer somewhere?
@@retr0848 I am, that’s why I can use UA-cam
@@M3G4T3RR4 good point
@@M3G4T3RR4 wait... did our universes cross over? Is this CWC rules?
Making Dark a special type before the split may have been a mistake, considering every single Dark type attack was made physical.
Not houndoom
@@marinaaaa2735 no he meant every dark type move
It's so baffling how Dark was special and Ghost was physical for 2 generations in a row, the Pokémon and the moves were so clearly designed around the opposite
@@summerset779 I am pretty sure every dark type move before gen 4 ended up being physical while ghost was the opposite.
@@LegendaryCaptain Lick is still a physical move.
Cynthia's garchomp pissed me off so much, I ended up falling in love with the weavile I had to rise for it
I just brute-forced it with Palkia, iirc. Best counter to a dragon-type is a stronger, faster dragon-type.
@@dragonslair951167 I can't remember what I did in the original Diamond, but in my recent Brilliant Diamond playthrough her earthquake one shotted my weavile. My crobat hit it with toxic and I let that slowly kill it. lol
@@darrenmacqueen9884 how did it outspeed you ???
@@AZUAW Kinda surprised me too. I remember my weavile on my original diamond team being pretty fast. This weavile must have pretty poor stats I guess.
@@darrenmacqueen9884 yeah but weaviles base speed is higher. probably got bad ivs and nature tho
Weavile fills me with childhood memories. Back in the DPPt days, my best friend and I loved to battle and our battles would often come down to Weavile (mine) vs Garchomp (his). Weavile was the ONLY thing I had that could counter that overpowered beast.
4:55 Trainer: Weavile use low kick!
*Weavile attacks with claws*
Trainer: ಠ_ಠ
lol
Pokemon Logic
So why do they praise this and only criticize Cinderace’s kicking Headbutt?
Trainer having it's kindra use meteors and not its signature whirlpools //-《• × •》-\\
(Thats metagross)
@@montmito Because the *overall* difference in animation quality and/or cohesion is still absurd. No one is asking for every single pokemon to have a unique animation for every single move. The problem is that we're not even remotely close to that.
“The ability to kill Garchomp will always be useful”
SWSH: allow us to introduce ourselves
Hydreigon: Finally, I can have some OU to myself.
Garchomp: I SMELL A RETURN!
Hydreigon: AHHH-
expansion pass: why do i hear boss music
@@hydrovortex7723 *Cynthia's theme starts playing*
@@hydrovortex7723 Triple Axel Spam
Haha triple Axel go brrr
The era before physical/special split was wild. There were so many Pokemon that were just dead on arrival.
With a good ability like technician it would be Uber in gen 4
Pokémon Renegade Platinum (a Hackrom based on Pokémon Platinium) makes Technician Weavile true and... it's literally a beast with Ice Shard, Faint Attack and a good part of its movepool boosted by this ability coupled with 120 in its attack stat. He is like Scizor but faster, frailer with a better dual-type offensively.
Yo, imagine technician Weavile with the new ice move "Triple axel"
@@rike971 I was just about to mention this. I'm glad I'm seeing someone else mention it in the comments.
@Tricki Folf he was my late game sweeper
@@Astrojandro or ice shard jesus christ the potential of technician weawile is off the charts
Why doesn’t this thing have U-Turn?
Like, seriously.
D/p remakes lessgo
I feel like it would just make it impossible to hit
@Jamie Shepherd shut up
@Jamie Shepherd shut up
@@karot1137 not impossible but a team with spikes control would help uturn weavile so much cuz no rocks
Currently S- in OU.
How helpful Triple Axel must have been.
Is still good
In ubers.
Can't forget heavy duty boots
@The OG Ferrothorn is better than Heatran and Weavile by a significant margin.
blaze black 2 redux gave it both triple axel and technician, way too op that it lost technician a day after
*How GOOD was* ESPEON actually?
Yes I have posted this on every episode the oast 3 times because Eeveelutions are awesome!!
keep doing it! I do Umbreon all the time. We'll get it one day.
how good were all the eeveelutions
I appreciate your consistency
LionHeartXII an eveelution thing would be nice but i feel that is not doable the current way he does things (talking about the best pokemon in that format). it would be a special set of videos probably.
I just want to know how GOOD Jolteon was actually
Gen 6's effect on ice types in a nutshell:
worse dragon counter because fairy exists
Can't be countered by Fairies if you use Steel Moves on your Dragons
@@goldenhydreigon4727 steel also destroys ice so...
@@notafan3949
So... what?
Dragonite, Salamence, and Garchomp are 4x weak to Ice so if you teach them a Steel Move, they can easily beat Ice Types and Fairy Types. That's why I always run Flash Cannon on my Hydreigon
@@goldenhydreigon4727 so ice types are still inferior
@@notafan3949
Yeah that's fair
I love Weavile's coverage capabilities though. I usually run Night Slash, Swords Dance, Ice Punch, and either Brick Break or Revenge. Sometimes I'll trade out one of those moves, usually Swords Dance, for Aerial Ace to cover its weakness to fighting types. I feel like that just gives it so many different types that it can be super effective against. But I'm very biased because it's one of my most favorite Pokémon.
Use knock off if in gen6 or above
@@jagjitpradhan2038 Or Throat Chop if Knock Off isn’t available.
Why revenge tho? Weavile gonna die in one hit anyway so why are you running a - priority move?
Lol I posted this comment 2 years ago when I barely knew anything at all about competitive Pokémon battling. I still don't really do competitive battles ever, but I know a lot more now. So yeah, I would run brick break over revenge now. I'd also probably not use aerial ace cause it's just too low on base power and Weavile doesn't need to be anywhere near any fighting types to begin with lol. Weavile does get Technician as its hidden ability though, right? So in that case it could be pretty good at 90 base power. And I'd never use ice punch when Weavile could use Icicle Crash or Triple Axel now. And yeah, knock off is better for actual competitive battle, but less useful in a playthrough of pretty much any of the games except for maybe BDSP where certain trainers will use items. But at that point that's still so rare that you might as well run night slash anyway, or throat chop in Sw&Sh.
But yeah, I'm still by no means an expert in competitive play, but 2 years ago I was still very ignorant about how to optimize a Pokémon for battling. At that point I had only ever done standard playthroughs of maybe like half of the main series games. Never had access to online features like trade evos or pvp battles back then either.
@@taywimzzz i wish weavile had technician💀the only thing holding it back is it's terrible ass ability (Pressure is ok i guess, pickpocket is lmfao) and it's pretty shallow movepool.
In a perfect world,we could've a weavile with acrobatics,close combat, wicked blow and ice hammer (the last two are signatures moves but idc).
Such a shame for one of my favorites mon but hopefully sneasler become better
I always have a soft spot in my heart and on my team for Weavile, even if there are better options...
same bro same...
Weavile, the Garchomp slayer, this ability to os Garchomp and knock off will propably let him stay OU for a while, until someone else can do this in better, just like Magnezone.
Talking about Garchomp, how about the history of gen 4 most feared beast?
Je regarde d'en haut Bad news, Weavile isn't OU anymore. Coincidentally, the UA-camr njnp just did an in depth video on Garchomp, including gen 7, and why Garchomp sucks now
I’d like to see that
Heatran is gen IV's most feared beast, but Chomp's would be pretty good as well.
A lot of things can be "the garchomp slayer" now lol. I doubt garchomp will ever suck but I take he isnt used as much because of landorus t and new enemies in gen 7 like naganadiel
Naganadel is banned and Zygarde is now good. Go fuck yourself.
My boy
Riahisama :]
This peace is what all true warriors strive for.
Your boy
Mvp on my team xD
it's such a cool Pokemon, even more so because it's a great ice type for once.
How good was Tentacruel actually would be really interesting to me :o
gonna do anymore how good were [insert type] Types actually with guest youtubers. Doing the beefy amount of water types with pokeaim would be really cool
Just google ''Serena and the Tentacruel'' and you have your awnser.
nah, i mean ones with actual competitive knowledge, with accolades to back them up such as pokeaim, blunder, njnp, cybertron, wolfe glick, baz anderson etc. + pokeaim has already helped out a bit :3
Well, a lot of people hate Tentacools/cruels for always appearing when surfing, but contrary to that, Tentacruel is actually a really solid choice. Tenacruel's been a very reliable UU, BL and even OU pokémon in some generations.
Sneasel/Weavile has a especial place in my heart because it was the first shiny I got at full odds and without even trying, I kept it boxed until I decided to use it and what a strong little fella!
Gamefreak: adds hdb, gives weavile triple axel, and brings back lando-t
Weavile: oh yeah, it’s all coming together
*How Good Was Cloyster Actually?*
It's my favorite Gen 1 pokémon.
In UsUm, Cloyster now has access to Liquidation. If you wanna run a Physical set, Liquidation is better than Razor Shell.
Heres the Set I run For Cloyster. Its Amazing with Psychic Terrain, Taunt and Defog/Rapid Spin support to cover it:
Cloyster @ Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
Evs: 252 Atk / 252 Spe / 4 Hp
Jolly Nature (+Spe, -SpA)
- Rock Blast
- Liquidation
- Icicle Spear
- Shell Smash
I've trolled so many People with this set. Even Legend Noobs and Hackers.
Just the thought of figthing a cloyster frightens me lol, not even Tapu Koko is safe from it haha xD
Love cloyster, more people need to up vote this
Matt Hinton Cloyster is such a cool pokémon. :'3
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How good are Exclusive moves ACTUALLY? Meaning you would cover how good exclusive moves are (Aeroblast, Fleur Cannon, Glare, etc) and on their respective mons
Th3WhiteLotus Glare isn't exclusive.
Th3WhiteLotus what’s glare exclusive to?
Cindy Phour Glare use to be Exclusive to Arbok, but was given to other Pokémon in Gen 3 I believe. I’m suggesting he would cover moves that are/were exclusive to certain Pokémon (Besides Smeargle and Ditto).
John Dims Glare use to be exclusive to Arbok and Ekans, but was given to other Pokémon in I believe Gen 3. So if he were to make a video on it he would cover moves that are/were exclusive to certain Pokémon. Glare, for example.
Th3WhiteLotus interesting
Weavile has the second largest falloff from Gen 8 to Gen 9. Rivaling only Tauros from Gen 1 to Gen 2.
Agreed, feels like they really were trying to tone down dark types/dark moves, but Weavile in particular for some reason got nerfed pretty hard in addition to being outclassed by Chien-Pao even after the latter got it’s attack stat nerfed to match Weaviles. It’s just as physically strong, still faster, slightly bulkier, and it’s a legendary at that. Really hoping Weavile gets some of the moves it lost but this one stings.
Even if Weavile got the two moves back it needs to be good again, it still will never be chosen so long as Chien-Pao exists as it is faster and inherently hits harder because of its ability. But given that this is a balance thing, Weavile will never be as good as he was in Galar.
Munchlax from Gen 4 LC to Gen 5 LC it's worse, from S+ meta pick to outclassed and almost useless
doesn't surprise me. A lotta things were wrong with gen 8 onward. Some pokemon like Umbreon got completely screwed due to movepool removal
It got knock off and triple axcel back
Dark Ice typing is so badass. Symbolically, it's a counter to both Psychic and Dragon, the 2 most powerful types for most of the games.
Psychic was strong in gen 1 now is a normal type
Weavile is one of my favorite pokemon to use competitively. I feel as if it's kind of under used in Competitive play. It's a really good pokemon with an amazing move pull.
How GOOD was Shedinja ACTUALLY?
hell ya
10/10 if you can KO every opposing Pokemon that has a super effective move, as well as every Pokemon that has access to Toxic/Poison Gas/Will O Wisp.
Bad in every other circumstance.
I mean you might be able to find a use for Destiny Bond if they have to switch out into something that can deal with you (Destiny Bond whatever comes in, Protect/Destiny Bond troll them until they fuck up somehow)... But that's about it.
I suppose in a double battle you can also use a Soak + Lightningrod combo to cut Shedinja's weakness down to 1 outside of Discharge... But that's unreliable *at the very best.*
Jaer Nihiltheus I just say this every time because it would be a lot more interesting to see a Pokemon basically never used
Focus sash shedinja is useful for disrupting things a bit provided hazards are out of play and your opponent doesn't have toxic/will o wisp/multi hit super effective moves since it generally forces a switch or will at least be able to tank a hit and baton pass a swords dance or the like to your chosen mon.
Outside of that, though, its role is to be bait so you don't have to take damage on a swap in with a mon that can manage whatever you're up against but would do very poorly if it had to take a free hit first. And that's a role any pokemon on your team can serve depending on the situation.
No i think he should do Unknown
ive watched all the competitive videos and i still rewatch them, these are great to watch
Man i love weavile. My favorite set is swords dance, fake out, ice punch and night slash with pickpocket and focus sash as the item. Swepped so many times with her.
King Daniel The Dandy so you used a hidden ability one from which gen?
Dr.Weavile, PhD Well i couldnt tell between your picture and name lol
King Daniel The Dandy i can understand the Focus Sash, but why the fuck would you run Fake Out, Ice Punch and Night Slash?? Fake Out is piss weak and does no damage whatsoever, Icicle Crash is stronger than Ice Punch, and Knock Off is both more powerful and more useful than Night Slash. It removes items and has almost 100 BP while doing it, while Night Slash sits at a measly 70
Victor Beguito I have a reason for that actually. Other focus sashes wreck that set so i needed somthing to break them without getting hit. Also alot of people run no item to avoid getting knocked off and the crit chance can help me aginst bulky ir set up mons. And ive missed icicle crash to many times to trust it, plus the lucky freeze is always nice :)
Sneasel is my cutest cat.
How GOOD were Yanma and Yanmega ACTUALLY?
@@autistickidwhoisactuallyau1246 no stop
Jennifer Shope is misty
@@autistickidwhoisactuallyau1246 no u
Mewsixtynine / kknvmn m. No gjn nn
Weavile just got sent to Ou this week. Well done!
History of AMPHAROS?
Gsnunag256 ampharos is sadly really bad. Even its mega is RU. Its been consistently UU since gen 2
its not bad at all mate it just depends how you play and support it. Its only low tier because it needs a lot of support so its an unpopular choice
Girthquake Ik but I still love it
Things are low tier because they're outclassed in every niche they would have or they don't have a niche in the first place. Ampharos doesn't have a good niche and is pretty useless because of it. "Needing a lot of support" basically means it relies on either Baton Pass or the opponent lacking skill, and using something better would give you better results against them as well as actually serious players.
Gsnunag256 p
I love Sneasel/Weavile so much! I love the designs and it being dark and ice type makes it even better. I really fell in love with them in Pokke Tournament, and will now remain my favorite Pokémon with Absol coming in close second.
How good was AMPHAROS in competitive ACTUALLY?
Bottom tier every gen
Still an extremely underwhelming mega, almost never a good reason to run it.
RedPirateMercenaries the fabulous hair will distract the opponent and make them switch over and over
The defense tank as a mega but still need light screen or something
Nik Brusk yeah, I realized that after commenting.
My literal favorite pokemon ever made, the first one I ever saw that made me truly fall in love with the entire design, character, and typing. I still to this day have Weavile figures and posters in my place, even though I haven't played pokemon in years. Weavile was just my childhood.
Despite Weavile being my favourite ice type, I can admit it isn't perfect as it does have a fairly limited move-set and most of its great moves are special which is hindered by Weavile's below average special attack.
How good was RAICHU actually?
YES
Clayton Chang Tbh I think they should for Raichu just so we could see Alolan coverage
In Gen 1-2 it was was UU and only advantage it had over the other electric was being able to learn surf, Gen 3 the same as 1-2 only change was it had a niche of being a fast encore user and a threatening sweeper in UU, Gen 4 it got Nasty Plot and went from UU to NU, and Gen 5-6 was used a bit in VGC due to its new dream world ability Lighting Rod.
In Gen 7 it looks like it got kinda outclassed by its Alola form and is still considered kinda niche.
How GOOD was "THE ROCK" Type ACTUALLY?
They rocked
lol
They're rock solid 😏😏😏
www.imdb.com/name/nm0425005/
about this good
Can you smell what the type is cooking.
Wait till gen 9 came out and you will be like unfortunately weavile saw no use at all
I adore this thing. On an online game server of a few thousand, I was the Ice Type Gym Leader, and later the Dark and Ghost Type Elite Four. Weavile was my baby in both cases, where I set up heavily around diversity - giving her Aerial Ace, Icicle Crash, Night Slash, and Swords Dance. Held items were banned in the Gyms due to server issues, but at the Elites, giving her a Focus Sash allowed a free Swords Dance that often meant she was the last pokemon I had to use.
*start of gen 9* : It’s weavover
Now: we’re so weaback
Do it’s counter part gligar and glicgor
Rock Radiance123 how is gligar sneasel's counterpart?
Wayofalex's Gaming bc you know that emo kid at the beginning struggled with who he like more lol
Wayofalex's Gaming I’m pretty sure it’s a reference to (leveling up with at night) razor fang vs razor claw-their respective methods of evolution introduced in Gen IV.
Wayofalex's Gaming both are Gen 2 late game Pokémon and both got an evolution in Gen 4. Evolve by holding the Razor Claw and Razor Fang respectively. They are definitely counterparts. Not rivals.
Finally someone else who wants gliscor. I was starting to lose hope
Do Ninetales
ninetales
You forgot to mention, Mega Lopunny became the fastest Fake Out user in gen 7. Lmao lol
Ay yes, Sneasel, the sneeze weasel Pokemon
Just got a new job, a ds lite in ice blue and heart gold. Got fried as heck and can’t wait to play
My favorite mon. Built a team around it last week for VGC and I can’t stop laddering with it now. Such a fun mon xp
I think this video might need a remake once Gen 8 comes to an end!
Yeah the Sneasel family's Gen 8 has been really interesting (Sneasel being better than Weavile in VGC, Weavile being really good in OU, etc.), and if Hisuian Sneasel and Sneaseler get into gen 9 there will likely be a lot to talk about there.
And now Weavile is currently one of the strongest Pokémon in SwSh and NatDex OU.
Fun fact: Weavile is used in Gen 8 Ubers
Sneasel stayed a relevant threat down in the lower tiers as well thanks to mostly the same reasons and the addition of Eviolite. Sneasel even got up to RU in gen 6, and currently resides in NU in gen 7.That's a mighty testament to just how important those changes were.
How GOOD was Yanma/Yanmega ACTUALLY?
Or
How GOOD was Rapidash ACTUALLY?
Both have always been from meh to bad, and that makes me sad. :'(
Jaer Nihiltheus But Yanmega with Speed Boost is a killing machine.
Respawned - Remy Both are awesome
Joel David Ramos Rivera lel Rapidash has always been awful
Respawned - Remy Yanma was never good in high tiers but it is real broken in LC nowadays. Yanmega has seen better days back in gen IV. Even today it isn't entirely useless but it isn't great either. It has two great abilities in Tinted Lens and Speed Boost, with good speed and SpA too, but its typing really holds it back, and so does its lack of high base power moves
The thing about its abilities is that, although both are great, it'd need to be able to use both at once to real good. That is, obviously, impossible. If Yanmega chooses Tinted Lens, it really helps make up for its poor coverage (Bug/Flying is real bad both offensively and defensively), since it has NO way to hit Steel types without the help of this ability, which doubles the power of not very effective moves
If it picks Speed Boost, it becomes extremely hard to outspeed after a single turn, which helps it a lot due to it not wanting to get hit at all due to frailty and bad typing; but then it has to deal with its real awful coverage.
Weavile would be so cool with Technician, Tough Claws, Guts, Sheer Force, Refrigerate, Adaptability, or Pure Power.
Delibird, Christmas is coming.
I'm going to copy a comment I made on an older video:
Delibird first showed up in Gen 2, where everyone immediately laughed at it. Its typing was poor, its Defenses were laughable, its offenses were lacking, and even TMs couldn't do much. But once people stopped laughing, they noticed had access to Spikes and Rapid Spin, thanks to an event and breeding respectively. The best strategy it had was starting with Spikes, following up with Toxic, and then using Thief to swipe the enemy's Leftovers. Ice Beam is the best offensive option it has, and it could also use Hidden Power for a Flying STAB move. Rapid Spin was not a bad idea, since Delibird was the only user of Rapid Spin that wasn't hurt by Spikes, but neither set was that great. Besides, plenty of mons could shrug off Ice Beam due to their typing or at least tank it before obliterating Delibird. So Delibird ended up in Underused.
In Generation 3, Delibird lost the ability to use Spikes, which was a big problem for it. Fortunately, it got the abilities Hustle and Vital Spirit. Of the two, Hustle was more frequently used, since its power boost was sorely needed. Hustle also worked well with the new Aerial Ace, since it ignored the Accuracy loss. Ice Beam was still valuable, and was worth using thanks to its typing and tolerable Special Attack. Quick Attack gave it a way to counter Endeavor users, Focus Punch gave it a decent way of punishing switches, and Rapid Spin was still an option. It might have kept its place in Underused if it could still use Spikes, but was instead demoted to Never Used, though it sometimes saw service in UU.
Gen 4 was the time when things went from bad to worse for Delibird. Not only did Stealth Rock take half of its HP, it also made it useless as a Rapid Spinner. That effectively means it lost both of its original main uses. The Aerial Ace and Hustle combo was still essential. Ice Beam was replaced with Ice Punch and Ice Shard, so it could invest its EVs and nature entirely into Physical offense. Ice Shard also made Quick Attack obsolete as a priority move, thanks to STAB. Focus Punch (or Brick Break) and Seed Bomb could help it counter the Rock/Steel bulky Water types that would otherwise devastate it. But in all honesty, it was firmly rooted in Never used.
Generation 5 didn't help much. Even that new Hidden Ability Insomnia was almost the same thing as Vital Spirit.It was still relying on the same mix of Hustle, Aerial Ace, Ice Shard, Ice Punch, and Focus Punch that it relied on last generation. But honestly, nothing was improving. Never Used
In Generation 6, Delibird finally got some good news, in that it had access to Spikes once again, along with Rapid Spin. It could lead and get off one or two layers of Spikes. It also got its grubby little hands on Destiny Bond, which could be used as an unwelcome surprise. Freeze Dry gave it a way of dealing with Water types, many of which would normally be used to Defog Spikes. Icy Wind could be used to lower speed and better set up Destiny Bond. All of this new stuff was good, but it wasn't enough to reverse the past couple of gens of damage. Besides, Delibird had loads of counters still out there. Faster Pokemon kept it from using more than one layer of Spikes, Taunt users prevented Spikes from being used, priority moves could negate its relatively decent speed, and users of Rapid Spin and Defog made it worthless as a Spikes user. Delibird was stuck in PU.
So how good was Delibird? It wasn't. Though it had a bit of promise for two generations, thanks to Spikes and Rapid Spin, it has always had a limited movepool, and the metagame changed in ways that hurt Delibird quicker than it could keep up. The sad part is that if it got access to its Generation 6 tricks earlier on, it might have found a niche. But even then, the existence of Stealth Rock crippled it, both in terms of removing a load of HP and making its ability to Rapid Spin Spikes obsolete.
Salnax Very well done! I didn’t read the whole thing, but it sounded exactly like his video! You should find a way to contact him directly, you could be a writer for him or something.
did someone noticed the walls on the cave at 00:00 is a delibird face?
No, abomasnow
“...made everything not named Kingdra shiver in fear.”
Me, a Garchomp, helplessly begging my trainer to rename me Kingdra
Can you do ampharos
a. crisp I think you’ve been commenting this on multiple videos
I appreciate persistence
PLZ!
My Ampharos brother, we must band together and make this guy do a video on Ampharos.
a. crisp I have been begging for Ampharos for months
a. crisp Ampahros
Sneasel is one of my favorite pokemon, i didnt really like weavile all that much because of its head feathers
How good was Tyrogue/Hitmons?
How GOOD was jynx ACTUALLY?
actual trash
She was only good in gen 1 and even then her best role was a subpar lead. You'd be better off running a gengar or Alakazam lead. After gen 1 she fell into the low tiers and was never heard from again.
I believe I once saw Pimpnite take out a Zapdos with a Jynx
Flame Freezer cool, I can take out a zapdos with a level 1 rattata running focus sash and quick attack/endeavor. Does this make Rattata a good pokemon? No.
With 6 awful weaknesses and a horrible 35 base defense it's not that great, sure Lovely kiss is ok but not enough to put her in the high tiers, fast Pokemon like Lucario, Weavile, Infernape, Keldeo and the rest of the fighting beast can destroy Jynx pretty easily, and bulky steel types like Metagross, Jirachi and Magnezone can give it loads of trouble too, Aerodactyl can out speed Jynx and wrecked her with either Rock slide or Stone edge, bulky water types like Slowbro, Suicune, Swampert and Milotic can give Jynx loads of trouble as well, also Jynx do not like facing against Choice scarf Pokemon since the majority of Pokemon (especially sweepers) have a coverage move against most Pokemon with lots of weaknesses like Jynx. I'm by no means saying that Jynx is a bad Pokemon, I do like the fact that it has 115 base sp.attack and a semi decent 95 base speed, but she has an awful typing and it's pretty disappointing, she was decent in Gen 1 with just 3 weaknesses (fire, rock, and bug) but Gen 2 doubled the amount of weaknesses wight ghost now super effective against psychic types along with dark and Steel types because of her ice typing and checks and counters kept growing throughout the years....poor Jynx :(
Jynx... I remember it was decent in UU in some generation, but it's pretty much trash. It has a decent speed in the UU tier, and a pretty good special stat. I found it to be best with scarf as a revenge killer, or soaking resisted/neutral special attacks. Would still instantly die if even a Magikarp used Tackle though.
WE NEED A REMAKE OF THIS PLEASE
The video I was waiting for for a long time ! Great to actually see it, props
BEEDRILL
(I've written this for months now lol)
L I'm with you on that
Gen 1: Shit Gen 2: Shit Gen 3: Shit Gen 4: Shit Gen 5: Shit Gen 6: Pretty good
It just sucks and even in Gen 6 with its Mega it was ok but because you wasted your Mega slot to use an above average Pokemon no one used it.
There. You can go home now.
BetaDanU Pretty good in Gen 6? Oh, right. I forgot that Landorus-T, Ferrothorn, Skarmory, and Talonflame weren't the most popular Pokemon there to wall and kill it (even Gyro Ball from Ferrothorn blows it back), and Megas like Metagross and Medicham weren't there to take up the role of physical sweeper with much better stats and matchups.
Yup. Such a splash it made that it isn't used as much as Azumarill which isn't even a Mega.
Andrei Valdez You've clearly taken this whole thing very seriously.
The BEEDRILL requesting is nothing more than a joke stemming from Game Grumps (Arun tried to solo FireReds Elite 4 with a level 93 Beedrill)
You can relax and take a breath now.
Weavile is one of the very few Ice-types who have traits that match the type. Solid offensive capabilities, laughable defensive ones for the type that is very good offensively but horrible defensively.
hitmons?
It was fast..
Wasn't Chan more defensive?
couldn't it have been a bulky fighting type?
EDIT: Well... then again it kinda got bodied by every psychic type under the sun.
and gen 5 didn't do anything great for it either.
Hitmonchan sucks
Hitmonlee is pretty good in singles
Hitmontop is pretty good in doubles
Guess what.
@@-KnightOfTheWind damn forgot I commented this
I look forward to a how GREAT were sneasel, weavile, and sneasler video as gen 9 progresses
I love sneazel. Going through pearl for the first time and definitely can't wait to use him. Don't think I'll evolve him though.
Do milotic or flygon
Milotic = Powerhouse in every generation so far. Especially in Gen 5 and onward thanks to it's Hidden Ability Competitive (basically Defiant but with Special Attack instead of Attack).
Flygon = 'meh' competitively. Not "bad" per se but there are way better Dragon, Ground, and even Dragon/Ground types to use. Gen 7 gave it a buff though so that's nice.
Jaer Nihiltheus
“Powerhouse in every generation so far”
Please tell me you’re joking.
IAmGolden The two that should have gotten mega evolutions.
+GarlicBread TV
Gen 3: Bulky special wall which can Rest to activate Marvel Scale, combine that with Leftovers & support options and you've got a Pokemon that - while Suicune can do it's job better (which was true for just about every bulky water type) - it's still able to hold it's own very well among the best water types.
Gen 4: Same as Gen 3, but now with Aqua Ring & the ability to self inflict status in singles (inbetween Flame Orb & Rest you have Marvel Scale constantly active. Rest, Sleep Talk, Ice Beam, & Surf is once again standard).
Gen 5: Competitive as a Hidden Ability and Scald, need I say more?
Gen 6: Same as Gen 5, but with Intimidate everywhere (and thus Competitive becomes even more useful).
No, no I am not joking. Milotic was the designed to be the graceful counterpart to Gyarados and it succeeds in and out of combat from Gen 3 onwards (obviously much stronger in later gens than in earlier gens).
Jaer Nihiltheus
Notice how you refer to milotic as a ‘Powerhouse’ in your original post.
Milotic is mediocre at best. It sees no competitive play whatsoever.
Marvel scale is utterly useless when you’re poisoned which will be most of the time if you’re status’d. If marvel scale is there to lessen the damage taken then what’s the point when you’re taking damage over time with toxic?
All the sets you mentioned before aside from the bulky set are literal troll sets, like come on flame orb milotic? Really?
The compeitive set is just bad. Milotic’s physical defense isn’t good and you’ll rarely have the chance to gain the boosts from competitive, not to mention that you’ll be investing your EV’s in speed and special attack if you want it to do any damage at all.
Overall milotic has been a very mediocre pokemon. Like you mentioned bulky water types fulfill its role much better. Milotic is just really useless if your opponent has anything from a calm mind celfable to a defensive tangrowth. I know the truth hurts but milotic just isn’t that good.
How about all the Pikachu clones
Tomato TCG
Azumarill: Great
Plusle/Minun: Mediocrity personified
Pachirisu: Random niches that prevent its weak ass from becoming obsolete
Emolga: Not the worst
Dedenne: Bad
Togedemaru: Semi-Relevant
Stormpike Lumi mimikyu:Great
lol Plusle and Minun wish they were mediocre. Mediocre is too good for them. They're downright useless. They're SO useless, they make Pachirisu look good. And that is saying a lot because Pachirisu is utter shit
Same goes for Emolga and Dedenne. Togedemaru is likely the least bad of the bunch, since it has an actually nice typing, a kinda cool signature move and it walls non-HP Ground Tapu Koko, even preventing it from Volt Switching due to Lightning Rod. It is still heavily outclassed though.
Azumarill is not a Pikaclone, and Mimikyu isn't either (although it really tries) but if we are to count these two, then they are the best Pikaclones by leaps and bounds. Both have excellent typings, broken abilities, and as far as movepools go Azumarill is very well off while Mimikyu could use a better Ghost STAB than Shadow Claw, but is otherwise serviceable too.
Tyler Vincent it isn't the gen 2 Pikaclone. It isn't Electric type and doesn't have the electric sacs all Pikaclones have. The gen 2 Pikaclone is, weirdly, Pikachu's own pre-evolution Pichu. Which, needless to say, is Pikachu made worse. Very sad because Pikachu is already downright awful. But Pichu is cuter, at least.
Stormpike Lumi Fun fact, a Pachirisu won VGC World Championships in 2014. Not saying you're generally wrong, but it's a neat achievement. Togedemaru also had a semi-popular niche in VGC '17 ^^
That Weavile and Smeargle being Conway and Averman is awesome (7:06). Ducks fly together!
An update of this would be dope
Agreed kinda surprised with Gen.8 launching it to being one of the best in Gen.8 OU Pokemon hasn't warranted it a new video yet
make a video
How to be good with misdreavus/Mismagius
...this is the one true comment XD
EnderPlayzGames
thank u
Weavile took the biggest hit in gen nine
Raichu. Please. I've been waiting for weeks and my electric mouse boyo is the only thing that keeps me going.
I second that.
Ass every gen
All I want for Christmas is how good was Exeggutor actually?
Why in the heck was Dark a special attacking move type in Gen 2 rather than a physical one?
All of the attacking moves I can think of for it were physical if they were used in real life. Bite, crunch, and beat up anyone?
Ghost is used to be physical for some reason.
How good was gligar/gliscor actually
Golem
I wanna wait till he starts doing Gen 7 meta so he can do Alolan forms too.
pls
Weavile in Gen 9 was **unfortunately** outclassed by a even better Dark/Ice type, Chien Pao, which is faster and has a better ability, Sword of Ruin.
Weavile also lost Knock off and Triple Axel in the gen, making Ice Spinner and the pathetic Night Slash it's best STAB options.
(As someone who loves Weavile, Gamefreak really did butchered this pokemon)
It just got knock off back! (if you fork Gamefreak over $30)
Hoping the next update will buff Weavile as its movepool nerf for especially its dark STAB and being outclassed by Chien-Pao even after the latter got it’s attack nerfed is silly. It baffles me why they thought both these routes were a good idea.
From the pts my best friend received a shiny weavile with pickpocket, maxed evs and ivs in attack speed and sp def (not def or hp unfortunately). He knew it was my favorite Pokemon so he gave it to me for my birthday. Turns out it had ice shard, icicle crash, knock off, and protect, which is exactly what I was wanting. One of my happiest Pokemon moments lol
You still friends with that legend?
How GOOD were *Misdreavus and Mismagius* ACTUALLY?
Marth and Aegislash are your header, so sense you're doing Smash videos, how about a Marth video?
Aegislash is banned
Marth with Choice Band is really good tbh
Techno Spyform1 Personally I always ran Choice Scarf.
Seeing as he did do a Jigglypuff video, I'm sure we'll see another smash vid in 2-3 months
Disciple of Shaun I kinda dislike choice items overall so I like a good ol’ Life Orb on Marth.
How good was gligar and gliscor??
Suj Cat Shit until Gen 4, godlike from 4-7
Professor Nichols Gligar was actually pretty good in gen 3 UU. I know it’s UU, but I also wouldn’t say that it was shit in gen 3.
I clicked on this just cause and watch your stuff often. I respect you not change your style!
It’s interesting how normal sneasel has a 4x weakness to fighting type Pokémon but hisuian sneasel becomes 4x weak to psychic types, but at least weavile was able to become a pretty good revenge killer for teams in the later generations and sneasel got a new evolution form in legends of arceus.
How good was Quagsire actually? (Not just because Wooper is best Pokemon *cough cough*)
:0 i feel offended
How good was entai suicune and rakiou? Also good video
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Arcademan09 ABSOL
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I would also like absol but it is a bit early
Arcademan09 yes gumball fan
Nara Zyrena why?
I would love to see Electabuzz/Electivire, pokemon that I always have loved, but don’t always do well competitively.
I sometimes use a Counter Weavile with Focus Sash. Nobody expect you to use Counter. After that, I often roll the dice with Icicle Crash for the Flinch and Throat Chop as a STAB move.
How good was the heavyweight champion Pachurisu
Cap. Orange Soghda McGuffiepans
Not that good.
Shirotaka the Vent It won a national championship. That's pretty good in my book
@@triattackambipom1961 not national world championship
Please do Weezing. He's super fun to use
How good was Flygon ACTUALLY?
Never giving up
I often wonder what the Gen 3 meta would have been like if there was a physical/special split
It's funny that 2 days ago I searched if you had a video on how good Weavile actually was, and I didn't find anything. Now it's as if you read my thoughts, False Swipe Gaming :D
Salamence or metagross plz
How good was Ampharos actually?
How Good was Feraligatr ACTUALLY?
DUDE! You’re so close to 100k subs! Nice job, bro!
I really enjoy this series. May you consider doing Vaporeon sometime in the future?
How good was Dunsparce actually? Dunsparce was always one of my favorites.