It’s wild to think that some type combinations, regardless of anything else, automatically makes a Pokemon “glass” Ground/Rock sounds very thematic because of how similar Rock and Ground are, but is automatically considered “glass” because of 4 regular weaknesses and 2 quadruple weaknesses
While Ground/ Rock is extremely "Glass", it's also extremely "cannon" cause only 8 mons (maybe more with some levitate mons that resists Rock) can resist the combo Earthquake/Stone Edge.
Great video! Excluding the increase in sneasler stocks in Reg H, excadrill historically matches the rough description of a glass cannon and does pretty well in VGC
@@EmbracingVGCpersim berry Hit is with swagger +2 attack with no confusion, it consumes the berry and unburden activates, use acrobatics Basically sd and agility in the same turn
@@afriendlycampfire260Unless you miss swagger with the partner mon, in which case a turn goes by where both mons are exposed and you only do a quarter of the damage you expected to do.
Good video. It seems like having more mons on the field results in winning requiring strategies with a bit more depth than [set up → sweep with outspeed + one shot]
Flutter Mane is kind of like Kartana in that its good base stats are so high (and can be boosted by its ability) that it lets you dump a bunch of EVs into its two bad stats (HP and defense). Plus it's only weak to two types that are usually more defensive than offensive (Steel and Poison).
I think the number should be redone. 4 times weakness on somethin that isnt op is bad. Only go as high as 2.5 times weak if they have two types weak to the same thing.
Alot of things you bring up really just stem from problems with Pokemon's battle system and gsme design. I like to use Yo-Kai Watch 3 as an example because many of these issues you bring up just don't exist in that game's battle system. Becsuse Yo-Kai Watch 3 has actual board movement like an actual chesss game, you can move your bulky pieces with high HP and DEF to stand in front of a glass cannon ally and Guard so their allies do not get targeted for regular physical and magic attacks. That mechanic alone lets bulky monsters focus on defense and glass cannons focus on offense. Alot more glass cannons also have ways to do consistent spread damage in that game because of Soultimate tile coverage. Jibanyan S, an S Ranked version of the mascot monster Jibanyan, for example, has a Soultimate that covers the front 2 rows of the 3x3 grid. That 6 out of the 9 total tiles unsafe for the opponent to stay on lest they get hit by a high powered multihit physical attack that exploits Jibanyan S' Skill that boosts its crit rate massively in echange for it being more prone to being crit. It also has a much faster charging Soultimate compared to most S Ranks. Jibanyan S is very much a glass cannon that can effectively play as one in its 3v3 system. It also helps that healing and revival are WAY stronger in YKW3 than Pokemon even if Jibanyan S DID get hurt. Pokemon does not have alot of perks or as much depth by comparison in its battle system, hence alot of things have to rely on Protect to play defensive and the top stuff tends to lead towards bulky offense.
@@1nkFNyea I was about to say? They sure as hell don't balance around singles lol dynamax, gems, tera, OHKO moves, widespread access to stealth rock. All manageable or just plain bad in VGC, broken or unfair in singles.
i'd say the game is balanced with 90% casual singles in mind for the mainline games and 10% for vgc. no sane person would release zaician and calyrex if the game was balances solely around competitive doubles@@1nkFN
A glass cannon is a character with high damage output but low durability. The term is pretty old but was popularized for use in table top games. This lead to the adoption of it in rpg video games and spreading out to many other genres.
Its because of time. Playing one 6v6 match on console with full animations will take 30min+ unless both players are playing HO. And if both players have a defensive team its going over an hour easily.
Lol SMOGON Singles is more fun. Official singles are 3v3 and nothing is banned. Sleep, evasion, moody, baton pass is all legal but the worst part is the ITEM CLAUSE This rule right here is the single biggest restriction in all of Pokemon where official or smogon. Some pokemon just NEED to run certain items so those mon can simply never be put on the same team Official singles is just pure degeneracy and i think Smogon goes too hard on bans (like banning freakin sleep smh). But official singles is just too unhinged
Sneasler while having mild VGC usage being called bad in VGC:
Mild for a reason
It’s wild to think that some type combinations, regardless of anything else, automatically makes a Pokemon “glass”
Ground/Rock sounds very thematic because of how similar Rock and Ground are, but is automatically considered “glass” because of 4 regular weaknesses and 2 quadruple weaknesses
Fighting/Ice could be a glass cannon type too, if it had a pokemon that had speed and power.
@@mesplin3fighting ice isn’t a glass type but a type that helps a pokemon be a cannon
While Ground/ Rock is extremely "Glass", it's also extremely "cannon" cause only 8 mons (maybe more with some levitate mons that resists Rock) can resist the combo Earthquake/Stone Edge.
Great video! Excluding the increase in sneasler stocks in Reg H, excadrill historically matches the rough description of a glass cannon and does pretty well in VGC
Sneasler is pretty good right now
Required to have sash
@@EmbracingVGCpersim berry
Hit is with swagger
+2 attack with no confusion, it consumes the berry and unburden activates, use acrobatics
Basically sd and agility in the same turn
@@afriendlycampfire260Unless you miss swagger with the partner mon, in which case a turn goes by where both mons are exposed and you only do a quarter of the damage you expected to do.
A video on tyranitar would be highly appreciated.
Good video. It seems like having more mons on the field results in winning requiring strategies with a bit more depth than [set up → sweep with outspeed + one shot]
I thought you had 170k subs you deserve it
I think a certain Fluttered Mane would like to talk to you about the viability of glass Canons
135 spdef. just... 135 spdef
It also has only 2 weakness and 3 immunities
@@evilded2 2 of which are steel and poison, not very common attacking types
so basically only ghost as a weakness
@@buycraft911miner2 exactly, not super frail
Flutter Mane is kind of like Kartana in that its good base stats are so high (and can be boosted by its ability) that it lets you dump a bunch of EVs into its two bad stats (HP and defense). Plus it's only weak to two types that are usually more defensive than offensive (Steel and Poison).
Nice
I think the number should be redone. 4 times weakness on somethin that isnt op is bad. Only go as high as 2.5 times weak if they have two types weak to the same thing.
Finally a coll end sprach bout likes 👍 also cool video
Alot of things you bring up really just stem from problems with Pokemon's battle system and gsme design.
I like to use Yo-Kai Watch 3 as an example because many of these issues you bring up just don't exist in that game's battle system.
Becsuse Yo-Kai Watch 3 has actual board movement like an actual chesss game, you can move your bulky pieces with high HP and DEF to stand in front of a glass cannon ally and Guard so their allies do not get targeted for regular physical and magic attacks. That mechanic alone lets bulky monsters focus on defense and glass cannons focus on offense. Alot more glass cannons also have ways to do consistent spread damage in that game because of Soultimate tile coverage. Jibanyan S, an S Ranked version of the mascot monster Jibanyan, for example, has a Soultimate that covers the front 2 rows of the 3x3 grid. That 6 out of the 9 total tiles unsafe for the opponent to stay on lest they get hit by a high powered multihit physical attack that exploits Jibanyan S' Skill that boosts its crit rate massively in echange for it being more prone to being crit. It also has a much faster charging Soultimate compared to most S Ranks. Jibanyan S is very much a glass cannon that can effectively play as one in its 3v3 system. It also helps that healing and revival are WAY stronger in YKW3 than Pokemon even if Jibanyan S DID get hurt.
Pokemon does not have alot of perks or as much depth by comparison in its battle system, hence alot of things have to rely on Protect to play defensive and the top stuff tends to lead towards bulky offense.
Imagine pokémon, designed to hit hard in a singles format; sucking in double battles. Crazy.
nope the game is designed around the official format of VGC is which doubles. the game is balanced around doubles.
@@1nkFNyea I was about to say? They sure as hell don't balance around singles lol dynamax, gems, tera, OHKO moves, widespread access to stealth rock. All manageable or just plain bad in VGC, broken or unfair in singles.
@@jazzercise300 yeah idk what he is yapping about
Stop yapping bro
i'd say the game is balanced with 90% casual singles in mind for the mainline games and 10% for vgc. no sane person would release zaician and calyrex if the game was balances solely around competitive doubles@@1nkFN
Bro did NOT just explain what a glass cannon is what the hawk tuah
A glass cannon is a character with high damage output but low durability. The term is pretty old but was popularized for use in table top games. This lead to the adoption of it in rpg video games and spreading out to many other genres.
I don't know why doubles is the official competitive format. Singles is much more fun
More room for strategy but yea i prefer singles
Nah doubles has more to offer, if it’s balanced (it’s never balanced)
Its because of time. Playing one 6v6 match on console with full animations will take 30min+ unless both players are playing HO. And if both players have a defensive team its going over an hour easily.
Hell nah
Lol SMOGON Singles is more fun. Official singles are 3v3 and nothing is banned. Sleep, evasion, moody, baton pass is all legal but the worst part is the ITEM CLAUSE
This rule right here is the single biggest restriction in all of Pokemon where official or smogon. Some pokemon just NEED to run certain items so those mon can simply never be put on the same team
Official singles is just pure degeneracy and i think Smogon goes too hard on bans (like banning freakin sleep smh). But official singles is just too unhinged