Does Lanturn have comparable bulk to Rotom Wash? Wanna run the calcs. Also, I think Lantern needs a stat buff since the abilities are all either too useful or fitting for a change.
I had a lilligant and it basically killed everything. It had own tempo so you could use Petal Dance, set up some quiver dance and with Giga Drain you could restore your health.
I found out about it by accident. That would be super powerful! You should give Lilligant a try. Try to use sleep powder on the first turn, if it's works you can just set up quiver dances and with Giga Drain and Petal Dance you're all set!
I was playing Moon and I caught a Petilil 'cause I felt like trying it out, since I liked Liligant. Then I looked at it's ability, and it was Own Tempo. I knew that Liligant got Petal Dance, so I was pretty happy that I got to use that combo. If I could, I would breed one for Dream Eater. NO ONE expects Dream Eater on Liligant (Obviously, I'd run Sleep Powder too).
Yeah, i was playing a pokemon fan gaem, and i face a bug/ poision type gym, i only have a sylveon, riolu, and petilil, it took so long to beat the leader, then he send out his gengar and only petilil alive, thank god she have sleep powder and the gengar are in low heath, thank you petilil
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Interesting note: Ash's Aipom/Dawn's Ambipom was actually female. Dawn always referred to Aipom as a girl and May confirmed it in the Japanese dub of the episode "Aipom and Circumstance" (Battle Frontier Episode 38).
sludge yeah, the problem is that it has waaaaay too many weaknesses and not that good defences. Especially with arcanine being incredibly popular in vgc
I love grass types, but I used to be one of those people who always picked the fire starter. then I played X and picked Fennekin, so when I got to pick a Kanto starter, I picked Bulbasaur for diversity. he was so cute and lovable, and after he evolved into Venusaur, he was one of the strongest members of my team. not only did Bulbasaur break my starter bias, but he's my favorite Pokémon of all time now. I'm really happy to see him get some love 💚
The oddish line isn't that good when it comes to actual grass moves. It learns the absorb moves, which is good, but that's really it in the grass department. Great poison type moves though. The Bellsprout line is even worse with its rather pathetic choice of grass moves, no absorbing moves to make up for its moves with lackluster power, and worse yet it doesn't have side typing to offer any coverage moves. The bulbasaur line really was the only good grass choice in the 1st generation. The other 2 choices were merely ok and terrible, although you can make do with the ok choice. It is fun to slowly leech the life from your enemy like a vampire after all.
Well,i thought that bellossom was a pretty bad grass type pokemon.But when i played heartgold,i found an oddish in ilex forest.I grew her up but then I had to make a decision between evolving it to vileplume or bellossom.I won the bug catching contest many times so a had plenty sun stones.My sister loved bellossom and I evolved my gloom to a bellossom.And suprisingly she was REALYY good.Now I think that bellossom is a cute,cool,pokemon
Bellossom is surprisingly durable for something it's size and while not an offensive powerhouse, base 80 attack and 90 special attack are still decent, making it work. I've ran it at least a couple of times, once in gen 2 and 3 on full play-throughs. Whenever I can another copy of one of the gen 4 remakes I'll be running one again. I was extremely happy when I found out it can learn Quiver Dance in Sun & Moon. I definitely took advantage of the move re-learner when sending my little Bellossom troupe over. The only minor annoyance I have is that gen 2 introduced both the Chikorita line(my only favorite grass starter so far) and Bellossom. I'm not fond of doubling up on types, so picking a different starter is the way to go for me. Both lines have Magical Leaf in gen 4, so they can function similarly in certain situations.
The bug type in general, I've grown to appreciate. For a very long time I just wrote the type off as useless and never used it, until I had a shiny Larvesta in my Y playthrough. I figured, why not. Oh my god. That Larvesta/Volcarona opened my effing eyes to what I was missing. Since then I've done playthroughs featuring Galvantula, Beedrill, and more. Gen 5 did a lot of good for the bug type and using them in gens 6 and 7 is excellent
I also came to appreciate Venusaur too, but that wasn't until my Pokemon X playthrough, where I picked a Bulbasaur to support my Fennekin, and grew to love Venusaur and Mega Venusaur. Also in my Pokemon X, I really came to appreciate Raichu. I'd always liked it more than Pikachu(who I still like anyways), but X was the first time I'd ever used a Pikachu in a main series game that wasn't Yellow Version, and he really pulled his weight in getting me through the story. Then, for Pokemon Sun, I used an Alolan Raichu who was also amazing. Needless to say, Raichu has now become one of my favorite Pokemon
Ribombee when I first saw looked like another bug type filler pokemon but when I did a wonderlocke and got traded a ribombee it was amazing with its high special attack and speed and it's combination of pollen puff and moonblast.
Ribombee is my favorite alolan pokemon and my 8th favorite pokemon over all becuase of how powerful it was in my Ultra Moon playthrough. My friend told be ultra necrozma was really hard and I one shot it after getting off a quiver dance and pollen puff. I than sent him a picture and said "EZ PZ" and didn't get responce back
Skitty is one of my favorite Pokemon, so I'm glad you've come to appreciate Delcatty. Also, even before I knew about the secret "difficulty settings," Bulbasaur was the only Kanto starter for me. And anyone who thinks Jumpluff is weak has never played Battle Revolution. With the combination of Sunny Day, Solarbeam, and Synthesis, those things are such a pain to take out in that game.
I absolutely love videos like this cause it's so nice and positive. Makes you look and think differently about pokemon that on the surface might not look great to you at first but, then over time, you grow fond of them for different reasons like from having one on your team, reading up on it's origin, watching how it acts in the anime, or even just playing with the pokemon in amie/refresh. This has definitely happened to me with a lot of pokemon! Example: nosepass and its evolution! I love them both now.
Mimikyu i actually thought Mimikyu would be a ripoff of Ditto at the start of Sun and Moon, but it actually turned out to be 1 of the best pokemon in alola competitively and (imo) the best backstory so far. I have swept many teams with Mimikyu and I wish that there would be a Mimikyu evo in Gen 8 through friendship. all that has made it my favorite pokemon.
I used Ludicolo recently. It's now one of my favourite Hoenn mons, reason #1, he swept everything on Drake's team with Rain dance + ice beam, #2 that dance is epic.
For me, it's Mantine, Exploud, Gastrodon, Bronzong, Jellicent, Durant and Barbaracle. - Mantine just wasn't good enough until Generation 7 boosted its stats, and it's actually very fun to raise. - I was hesitant about raising Exploud until Gen 5, and Jellicent in Gen 6. - While I do love bugs more than most other types, I simply forgot about Durant until Gen 6 when I found one as an ambush encounter. - I had to play through X/Y multiple times before I finally decided to experiment with Barbaracle. It's now my favorite Gen 6 water-type after Greninja. - I am currently doing an Egglocke with a Gastrodon and Bronzong in my team. I'm only sad that I never gave them a chance before now. [My team is Sceptile, Luxray, Pyroar, Gastrodon, Bronzong and Cofagrigus.]
Oh goodness, Bronzong. I was inches away from deciding my Bronzor was just too weak for me. It had like 30 Atk and Sp. Atk despite being around level 30, and I just couldn't do much with it. I figured I'd let it get Gyro Ball before evolving since it might be a useful STAB, but with Extrasensory (a disgustingly good psychic move) already performing mediocre at best, I was hesitant. Not to mention, leveling up a pokemon who struggles to get a KO? Not easy. But, I got him Gyro Ball and then leveled up into Bronzong and... holy crap. Seventy-something Atk instantly! Suddenly Extrasensory was a kill switch, and the thing STILL had tank potential on both fronts. It's a tough road to evolve, but totally worth the effort.
I love the Nuzlocke community in a large part because of the fact that you are forced to use Pokemon that you wouldn't normally, and get to appreciate them for what they are. Due to my ruleset (don't use anything I've used before), I've grown to love a bunch of new Pokemon, namely Slowbro (I had 2 on my team in LeafGreen and both kicked butt), Hypno (surprisingly strong psychic type from the generation where they were king), Lanturn (saved my team after Claire's Kingdra killed my Glaceon in SoulSilver), Bibarel (who's not only the best HM user but amazingly a solid first-route catch I was able to take to the Elite Four and have it do well), Tangrowth (never really gave it thought until I got one on my team in SoulSilver), and Musharna (I soloed Cynthia with one in Black 2 Challenge Mode. Seriously).
I started to appreciate Vanniluxe, I felt like it was unnecessarily hated, while Muk and other such Pokémon were not as hated, it’s one of my favorite Pokémon to this day.
One I've grown to especially appreciate is Galvantula. I at first have the usual thought that it's just another Bug type, but I realized I was getting into something special once I started using it in battle. That's why my perspective on the term "Favorite type" has changed from an aesthetic perspective to "what can I have fun pushing to the limit in a battle?".
I think that sunflora is the most bestest pokeman ever. I lovey the dank face of pure death and the awesomest pre-evolution to it. That kern of sun sure can roast its opponents with a stab dragon pulse and a quin effective double hit. 10/5 would catch again.
Do you not accept Sunkern as your true God? Sunkern has destroyed the likes of magikarps with a single attack. You should be praising him as the one true king.
I have a theory that the pokemon team knew what they where doing with the starters in gen 1 and they knew that the bulbasaur line is not the best visual appealing so they made it the strongest of the 3 to punish the trainer who judged it by its cover. Also the best looking pokemon is charizard and lets be honest he sucks real bad. And then blastoise its not that bad. Also i think the anime support this on how ash had his charizard but never listened all the way until Jotho
If anything wouldn't this theory apply more to Charmander since he has a hard time with the first two gyms, and it would thus be teaching a similar message to Magikarp about sticking with it and continuing to train a pokemon even if its hard(and learn metal claw in leafgreen). Either that or Charmander teaches you to think outside the box by using pokemon like Mankey for fighting type moves, or nidoran for double kick thus teaching you not to rely on only one pokemon, or type of pokemon, and help encourage a more varied team composition. Bulbasaur on the other hand creams the first two gyms and squirtle has no problem with brock, and can atleast resist mistys water type moves. Thus charmander forces the player to learn more about the environment and type matchups earlier in the game when compared too Squirtle or bulbasaur.
Seviper 200 Yes. It was even stated by Dawn in the episode “Steamboat Willies”. When Dawn saw the dresses Buneary and Aipom were wearing she exclaimed “Buneary and Aipom you girls look so cute! You’re all so cute!”
I gotta throw out my two favorite pokemon: Hypno and Seviper... Hypno is a nice wall with special attack and physical attack option that surprise me a lot... It sucks he lost his hypnosis in sun and moon (from 70% accuracy which sucks to 60% which sucks more), but he did gain Dazzling Gleam which has served me well against the Dark types he is weak to... Seviper makes my day in story playthroughs because he is like a lesser rayquaza, and that's really handy... I use Sludge Wave/Earthquake/Flamethrower/Crunch and he's a good mixed sweeper for that, but Coil, Swords Dance, Gastro Acid, and Shed Skin with Rest is nice when it pulls through too!! Great video, I dig this channel!!
My grow to love Delcatty is slightly similar to yours. I had caught a Skitty and kept her on my team for no reason in Omega Ruby. When I got to Normans gym a good number of my Pokemon had been fainted by the gym trainers and I didn't want to go all the way back to the Center so I was stuck with just little old Skitty. With the help of a couple of Oran Berries Skitty defeated all three of Normans Pokemon on her own! Once I got the Moon Stone I rewarded my unexpected NVP team member. After that day...Skitty and Delcatty moved from my "Most Likely to Forget" List to my "Forever Memory" List.
Swalot might be a forgettable Pokemon to some but he's part of my first team in any Pokemon game! He's super strong but not strong enough to KO Legendaries making him a good catcher with yawn. Back then I didn't know there were better options for Poke-Catching Pokemon but throughout the Hoenn Region, he was super fun to use! I never knew how much a playthrough affected your feelings on Pokemon. Right now I'm playing through Ultra Moon and I chose Sylveon as my eeveelution in the team, Sylveon was one of my least favorite eeveelutions but oh boy that changed quickly. The Drain Kiss with Big Root plus Misty terrain combo is so good! In the same playthrough I wanted to pick a fire type that I've never used and I chose Salazzle for the job, I already really liked Salazzle so why not make it part of my team. To this day Salazzle is my favorite Poison type, I don't think that'll change anytime soon.
it's true that a playthrough can really affect how you feel about a Pokémon. I used to not really like Gurdurr before I had one in White. I had planned on only using him for the normal type gym, but then he basically ended up carrying my entire team, so I have a soft spot in my heart for him now ☺️
that would be pile of trash known as my current favorite pokemon XD. i picked him up in X wanting to use him specifically to take out the fairy gym but he did so well for me that i ended up keeping him though the elite 4 and into some online battles!
I think that's partially why i like him XD but yeah i do know that gamefreak kinda designed some nerfs into him, but i think I found a good setup for him :D Stockpile to boost tankyness! then Payback, Body Slam and Gunk shot for attacking!
Mine would be Galvantula/Joltic. I played through Black as my first game and got really annoyed in the Chargestone Cave, which had way too many Joltic. Not to mention that it had way too many plot points in it. So, a few years later, I was playing a randomizer Nuzlocke, and only having a few Pokemon, I pretty much had to catch a Joltic. It was a pretty decent Pokemon, and lasted quite a while.
I, for one, have grown to appreciate garchomp. When I first saw its prevolve, I had very low hopes for it. I didn't even really care if it was a pseudo legendary. That is, until it became a gabite. For the last few gyms, it was pretty useful. I kept overleveling it until it reached a level high enough for the elite 4. I finally evolved my gabite into a garchomp, and believe me, I was SHOCKED. This thing SWEEPED Cynthia, and OWNED the elite 4 in Pokemon X. From then on, I always put a garchomp on my team. I traded it to the new Pokemon games I got, and then assembled the rest of my team. We'll always be bros forever, Godzilla
Meganium was my first Pokemon, being chikorita as my starter in pokemon gold, and I've loved her since. The pokemon I've come to love and use more often would have to be Volcarona. I don't know what it is about the sun pokemon that allows me to love it so.
Gulpin and Swalot. In a normal game, i would have never even thought of capturing one. Then Pokemon Rejuvenation come to my attention, i saw a shiny gulpin and decided to capture it. Pokemon Rejuvenation was a hard game, and i needed to try everything i had in hand, so i decided to use gulpin to help me against venam, poison vs poison. This little guy had a good defense and was able to help me endure a lot of pokemon, acid spray is a devastating move, add a good yawn before it, and slowly you eliminate all special defense the enemy had. Making even not effective moves really powerfull. This guy helped me a lot in those pokemon bosses.
@@emperorcubone Pokemon Rejuvenation and Pokemon Reborn, those 2 are pokemon fan games, really hard but with a really interesting story to boot. I feel obligated to warn you, that those games you will worry of their IV and EV training as soon as posible. And unlike the normal pokemon games, you can see in the summary how good are those numbers (IV/EV), also both of them are not finished yet (thought you will be playing for days because they are massive). The community can help you if you are in a hard spot, and you can even ask for a pokemon if you really wan something specific. Though the charm of the game is trying to pass with what you have at hand. Another warning, is time consuming too xD.
9:02 It evolves earlier too, Ivysaur at 32 opposed to Wartortle/Charmeleon at 36. Maybe even the first stage into second at 16/18, I don't quite remember.
Mine was Marowak. It never really appealed to that much. I used it in a couple battles and was surprised at how well it did. I looked some stuff up about, and now its my favorite Pokemon, which is actually how I found you're channel. Then I heard that it was going to be Fire/Ghost in gen 7, which made me so excited since those are in my top 3 favorite types. (Ghost, then Bug, then Fire,)
For me, it would definetly be Roserade. I always thought it Was kinda cool, and left it at that. And then i played through omega ruby again. I decided to catch a roselia, and Oh boy Was it a good choice. Roserade Was like the second best pokemon i used in that playthrough, Only bested by flygon. Roserade has incredible special attack, and demolished nearly anything it their path.
I just got one for the first time ever in Pokémon shield. I was struggling to find a good grass type with leech seed until my friend recommended roselia. I can’t believe I never caught her before
The Pokemon I grew to appreciate is Alolan Persian. When the design was reviled, I was one of the people who were less than thrilled about it's flat, round muzzle. However, once I started playing Pokemon Sun, I ended up catching a male Alolan Meowth very early one. He quickly became one of my favorite Pokemons to use. Once he evolved, he became even better and I realized that Alolan Persian looks in fact pretty regal.
I'm a rabid decideueye fan but I did a competive battle and the other person had a primarina it was so pretty looking that i was shocked about it it was sk stro ng and it's its eyes are gorgeous I liked it so much I even got a plush of it just so i can look at it😅 i never knew how pretty it was cause i was blinded by my love for decidueye (btw I'm still rowlet for life) now primarina is my fave water type
Lovely video. I think the Pokémon that have surprised me the most on a team have been Granbull and Jynx. When I played through LeafGreen I traded for the Jynx because she was the only gen 1 ice-type I had never used at the time, and LOVED it. I used Granbull on an all normal-type Crystal team and was amazed by how much damage it was dishing out. It has a base attack stat of 120!
Someone who *grew* on me is Shiinotic, a wierdo fungi pokemon that i simply leveled up for the pokedex helped me grind wild encounters with it's iluminate ability and versatile moonblast with spore and moonlight. It was actually perfect for catching other pokemon with its bulk and resistant typing.
Competitive battles made me appreciate a lot of Pokémon I didn't like at first. When I didn't know anything about natures and breeding, I just followed tutorials, and tried Skunktank and Furfrou sets that I found interesting. They did so well in battle that they quicky became some of my favorite Pokémon !
Two Pokemon I’ve grown to appreciate are Gogoat & Drapion. For gogoat, i decided to use it in my Y team, because I already had a froakie & charmander, & felt it was appropriate to round out the fire-water-grass trio. Turns out it was better than I ever expected. I particularly remember 3 things about it; 1, it was holding a rocky helmet, which is always convenient. Secondly, when I was fighting Ramos, I was struggling against his gogoat, & my own skiddo was somehow able to beat it. But the highlight for me was the 3rd instance; where I was fighting the champion. I had just used gogoat to beat one of the Pokemon, causing gogoat to level up & want to learn EARTHQUAKE. It was as if gogoat was truly giving it’s all at that moment & I will forever cherish it as a result. For Drapion, I wanted to use a new team for the isle of armor. And I caught a skorupi. I was interested in using Drapion because I liked its design and ... not much else. Turns out I underestimated the difficulty of the isle of armor & it was a great help. When it evolved it became one of my strongest team members & I appreciate it as a result. I definitely plan on using it when legends arceus comes out.
When I first saw Breloom, I never really payed much attention to it but when Black and White 2 came along, I used one in the battle factory and fell in love with it. Easily my favorite grass type besides Sceptile and Tsareena and my favorite fighting type besides Mienshao and Bewear.
I was not expecting Staraptor, Lopunny, or Stoutland to be the absolute beasts they ended up being, but they were staples on my Pearl, Platinum, and Black teams respectively. It also took several generations for Mr. Mime to grow on me, but I love it now!
Dedenne is a Pokemon I learned to love. I thought it was just a Pikachu rip-off but then I noticed that pick up is a good ability, and it is a fairy type too.
For me, one Pokemon that I've grown to appreciate is Probopass. I was planning my team for my playthrough of Pokemon X, and needed a Pokemon that was super defensive. Much to my dismay, Probopass seemed like the only viable option when it came to it's stats. I was not fond of Probopass AT ALL at the time, but I decided to give it a go. And much to my surprise, I really enjoyed having it on my team. In fact, I ended up using it again on my team in Pokemon Moon, and it has become my favorite Rock type overall.
You mention Ludicolo but make zero reference to Pokémon Coliseum?? Miror B’s theme with dancing Ludicolos is the only reason you need to love that Pokémon.
it was in the thumbnail of your "6 pokemon I've grown to dislike" video, but I've actually grown to like Chatot. I wasn't much of a fan of it in the mystery dungeon games, but I gave him a chance in my first Pokemon X playthrough. I actually kept him throughout the whole playthrough and even used him against the Elite 4. Obviously it isn't the best thing in the world, but I've grown to cherish it.
I was disgusted by Tsareena at first and I had no idea how its evolution line would end up, but I gave it a chance and it’s one of my favorite gen 7 pokemon Kinda the same with ribombee, I thought it was just another bug. I have one on my team and she’s great! For me glalie (since he’s in your thumbnail) was just... there. I preferred Froslass and I thought its Mega was odd looking. I never played oras so I didn’t know how it was competitively. Well one day I was on bulbapedia and I was reading about mega glalie. Apparently the energy from mega evolving dislocated its jaw. I thought that was so cool and then its crazy design made sense. And its ability refrigerate is really good! And finally, Snorlax. I wasn’t a big fan of how slow it was and i thought he was just that annoying Pokémon blocking the bridge or whatever. When I got Sun the snorlium z event was going on so I got the munchlax. I decided to use it on my team. It’s a pretty decent wall on its own so now I’m trying to work on his speed. His Z move is so cute and I love it!
I absolutely adore Bibarel. Not only can he learn every HM but Fly, but he's got the muscle and the typing to use them effectively in battle. A Bibarel with Strength, Cut, Surf, and Waterfall is usually a standard team member in games where he's available and will always be part of my Hall of Fame.
For me, two that I learned to love was (I’m bad at spelling Pokémon names), Chattot, and Nosepass. I had the two in a gen4 nuzlock and hated then at first. Found out they filled my team well and decided to go with it. I absolutely fell in love with the two. They both were bulkier than I expected, and managed to hit back hard.
Still not a huge fan of how Venusaur looks- but I'm doing a Nuzlocke on Pokemon X and (for once) got Bulbasaur of the 3 Kanto starters; because it is my wife's favorite haha. It has been surprisingly useful so far, and I'm definitely excited for its Mega having thick fat as its ability!
But like you pointed out- it is definitely cool how doing a Monotype run will show you if you really like or dislike a Pokemon. It has forced me to use many mons I wouldn't have likely used otherwise: Tentacruel in Soul Silver Poison run, Azumarill in ORAS water run, Mimikyu in Sun fairy run, Gliscor in Platinum flying, Tyrantrum in X Dragon run, Mienshao in Fighting Black 2 run, etc. All ones I love to use, or at least tolerate now, that I hadn't been big on before. Also- a video about any special runs you've done like monotypes, Nuzlockes, etc, would be really cool!
I just did my first Nuzlocke a few weeks ago- I had never been able to do one either. It was brutal, but it was a blast. Throughout the game I ended up having 10 "rotation pokés." 4 survived to the end, 5 died, and 1 was just replaced and not brought back to the team. The hardest part was how late in the game 3 of the 5 deaths were haha. Keep up the good work with these videos man- they're great!
Ive never really liked it much, because Im not a competitive battler, so I usually judge on Design, Backstory, and Characteristics. It is pretty powerful though.
Your opinion of and experience with Swanna is nearly identical to mine with Girafarig. Impressively competent little guy, given that I caught him on a whim.
Cottonee/Whimsicott in Sun - didn't expect the fluffball to do much, but it could take more than a few hits, and combining Leech Seed, Toxic, and Giga Drain with debuff moves made the little guy my go to easy-button on the team. It didn't even have Prankster and it was good!
I grew to appreciate jumpluff’s line because of x and y, I was trying to get an umbreon, so I used hordes on route 7 and found a shiny hopping, I ended up using it on my team. Not my first shiny, but the first good one.
Cinccino was a fantastic team member for black 2. I don't know why I picked it but You get a minccino with skill link when you're introduced to hidden grottos. It was the fastest pokemon on that team, and having charm made it super useful for nerfing physical attackers. Sing puts them to sleek and then tail slap/return/wake up slap and it fought a lot of battles.
One that actually surprised me was Kingler. In one of my early playthroughs of Heart Gold, I caught a Krabby for the role of HM slave, and then discovered that Kingler was actually a beast. Despite not having good moves, it kept on par with the rest of my team.
A pokemon I have grown to appreciate is Pelipper. When I was playing pokemon Y, I wondertraded when my starter, chespin, had just evolved. I received a level 30 Pelipper. It was about 10 levels ahead of all opposing pokemon and had an awesome move set. Eventually it brought me up and dominated the elite 4. Then I fought my friend after we both beat the game and I destrotyed his Mewtwo, Moltres, Articuno, and Moltres in that battle. Now he calls it "The Holy Pelipper". Never thought I would like pelipper, But now i do.
A bit late to the party, but the two that have surprised me were Xatu and Togedemaru, which I used both of in my playthrough of Ultra Sun. With Xatu being a speedy special attacker and Togedemaru hitting harder than you'd think with a Muscle Band, they really grew on me by the end of the game.
A pokemon I've grown to appreciate is wingull and its evolution I first got it because I was capturing every pokemon I could at the beginning of ruby and it surprisingly became one of my best on the team.
Vileplume really grew on me. I wanted to train one after watching ProJared's FireRed Nuzlocke run (glory to Nuptup) and I had a lot of fun using it. Using its Chlorophyll ability on a Sunny Day team with Solar Beams for days was so satisfying and it made me appreciate moves I never really used before like Sludge Bomb.
I'm currently using Dunsparce in my Gold VC playthrough and even after doing the cloning glitch to use the three starters and planning to use Girafarig instead, I kept Dunsparce since it was helpful when I needed it. I named it Donnel after Fire Emblem Awakening for being a weak guy but has a lot of potential, especially after using Rage a lot.
For me, it was Starly line. I always have the early bird pokemon for the sake of having a flyer and of course do the same in my Platinum playthrough. It was quite meh until it become Staravia, but then it evolve into Staraptor and get Close Combat. Get to hit two types it weak against with super effective hit is really awesome. Combined with Intimidate for more defensive or Reckless to make its strongest STAB attacks to hit even harder, make it one of my favorite Flying type
I enjoyed training a Throh once. He was tough, learned bulk up, revenge, and payback. He may not be OU in Smogon, but he was a good pick for a physical wall in my playthrough.
My whole team in Ultra Sun; Beheeyem, Zoroark, Toucannon, Carracosta, Klefki and Crobat. I never thought much of any of these pokemon until I used them all on that team, and now I love them all.
For me, this happened with Magnezone, Dunsparce, Ferrothorn, Sigilyph and Qwilfish(they all shocked me with how good they were in the story pkaythroughs, especially Dunsparce, I took him as a challenge but he was actually not bad back in Crystal).
I had a Flareon in Black 2 that just destroyed anything it battled. It was an attack demon and it went great with flame charge! It also had amazing speed and special Defense!
I was always a Blastoise kid, and never gave the Bulbasaur line much thought. It wasn't until my playthrough of Y that I grew to appreciate it. I picked Froakie as my starter and already had a Fletchinder on my team, so I didn't really need Squirtle or Charmander for my team, so I picked Bulbasaur. Poison being strong against Fairy, plus Leech Seed and Poison Powder/Toxic really helped catching Pokemon, especially when my Pokemon inevitably got much stronger against the wild Pokemon I encountered. When I played Diamond for the first time, I picked Murkrow because I figured having a Dark type Pokemon couldn't hurt, plus it still filled my Flying type slot. Through my playthrough, it really did help a lot, especially against the Ghost gym. During my first playthrough of Alpha Sapphire, I picked Torchic as my starter since it was my starter in my first playthrough, and I figured that a Grass Pokemon could be useful. Since Breloom's Fighting type would've been redundant, I picked up a Roselia to try it out. It proved to be a really useful addition to my team, especially once I evolved it.
Really all the great normal typed Pokémon’s I overlooked for the longest time. More specifically Persian and Miltank, Now I always have at least one normal type on my team to conquer whatever may attempt to thwart me
A pokemon that was suprising for me was lanturn as it was a good electric/water for my soul silver team
Emperor Cubone I think lantern would've been better with either levitate or drizzle because rotom wash literally destroyed it
I always thought Lantern was cool. I may use one in the new games. This may be the first gen I pick my pokemon in advance
Does Lanturn have comparable bulk to Rotom Wash? Wanna run the calcs. Also, I think Lantern needs a stat buff since the abilities are all either too useful or fitting for a change.
Yes the ball fish shall rise
(Also their my favourite Pokémon so yeah)
Do not subscribe to this channel m8! Same
I had a lilligant and it basically killed everything. It had own tempo so you could use Petal Dance, set up some quiver dance and with Giga Drain you could restore your health.
I found out about it by accident. That would be super powerful! You should give Lilligant a try. Try to use sleep powder on the first turn, if it's works you can just set up quiver dances and with Giga Drain and Petal Dance you're all set!
I was playing Moon and I caught a Petilil 'cause I felt like trying it out, since I liked Liligant. Then I looked at it's ability, and it was Own Tempo. I knew that Liligant got Petal Dance, so I was pretty happy that I got to use that combo. If I could, I would breed one for Dream Eater. NO ONE expects Dream Eater on Liligant (Obviously, I'd run Sleep Powder too).
Yeah, i was playing a pokemon fan gaem, and i face a bug/ poision type gym, i only have a sylveon, riolu, and petilil, it took so long to beat the leader, then he send out his gengar and only petilil alive, thank god she have sleep powder and the gengar are in low heath, thank you petilil
Team wipe
Lilligant is my favorite Pokémon! It’s other version exclusive, Whimsicott, is in SWSH, yet Lilligant isn’t.
Chandelure, my brother still doesn't know why he couldn't hit me.
You probably dont care at all but does anyone know a way to log back into an instagram account??
I somehow lost my login password. I love any tips you can offer me!
@Marcelo Jamari Instablaster ;)
@@hunterjamal6970 8p⁸88o⁸88p
Interesting note: Ash's Aipom/Dawn's Ambipom was actually female. Dawn always referred to Aipom as a girl and May confirmed it in the Japanese dub of the episode "Aipom and Circumstance" (Battle Frontier Episode 38).
In that episode, it shows Aipom putting a crown of flowers on. In that scene, May's Japanese dubbed line is "Aipom is a girl after all."
Thank you! For some reason I was triggered by him calling Aipom a "he" haha
"Aipom and his circumcision"
POMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE NEVER ESCAPES O_O
Parasect just consistently disappoints me. I just love its design, but it seems like it was made to be as bad as possible...
PARASECT IS A TRASH POKEMON . I HATE IT BECAUSE THIS IS A BAD POKEMON
It's actually pretty neat in VGC! It has some very cool moves like Rage Powder and Spore, and a neat ability in Dry Skin.
sludge yeah, the problem is that it has waaaaay too many weaknesses and not that good defences. Especially with arcanine being incredibly popular in vgc
I used a Parasect once with spore and false swipe. He helped me catch wild pokemon. As for actual on-level fighting? Not so great.
Dry skin. Because already being 4x weak to fire wasn't good enough. :P
Your comments on ludicolo perfectly explained why he's my favorite pokémon
where did that Glalie on the thumbnail come from, you didn't talk about it at all?
Because clickbait/the thing about Delcatty.
Game man or maybe it was a honorable mention
@@antebabic3130 If so he'd atleast would/should've said it was an honorable mention.
It probably meant he was going to put it but didn't or it was to refer to the delkatty on the list
I came from future, when he did a continuation to this video that is said about glalie
Dude, you *have* to do a playthrough of any Pokemon game with those "restrictions" of only Pokemon with a specific typing. IT WOULD BE SOOO COOL!!
Emperor Cubone (*enter that grandma sass*)
YOU BETTER DO IT SWEET CHILD, MMHMMM
Also, it would be a cool sort of lets play series thing. I would like to see that. (I don't know if anyone on UA-cam has done it before)
ALL HAIL EMPEROR CUBONE
Except sinnoh fire
I love grass types, but I used to be one of those people who always picked the fire starter. then I played X and picked Fennekin, so when I got to pick a Kanto starter, I picked Bulbasaur for diversity. he was so cute and lovable, and after he evolved into Venusaur, he was one of the strongest members of my team.
not only did Bulbasaur break my starter bias, but he's my favorite Pokémon of all time now. I'm really happy to see him get some love 💚
"There's no other grass type that can do what you need to do." Huh. My level 53 Vileplume begs to differ.
Victreebel is good too
The oddish line isn't that good when it comes to actual grass moves. It learns the absorb moves, which is good, but that's really it in the grass department. Great poison type moves though. The Bellsprout line is even worse with its rather pathetic choice of grass moves, no absorbing moves to make up for its moves with lackluster power, and worse yet it doesn't have side typing to offer any coverage moves. The bulbasaur line really was the only good grass choice in the 1st generation. The other 2 choices were merely ok and terrible, although you can make do with the ok choice. It is fun to slowly leech the life from your enemy like a vampire after all.
Well,i thought that bellossom was a pretty bad grass type pokemon.But when i played heartgold,i found an oddish in ilex forest.I grew her up but then I had to make a decision between evolving it to vileplume or bellossom.I won the bug catching contest many times so a had plenty sun stones.My sister loved bellossom and I evolved my gloom to a bellossom.And suprisingly she was REALYY good.Now I think that bellossom is a cute,cool,pokemon
I hope so because she is really good
Yeah, one should never underestimate that little hula girl. I did a nuzlocke of X using her and wrecked everything
Bellossom is surprisingly durable for something it's size and while not an offensive powerhouse, base 80 attack and 90 special attack are still decent, making it work. I've ran it at least a couple of times, once in gen 2 and 3 on full play-throughs. Whenever I can another copy of one of the gen 4 remakes I'll be running one again.
I was extremely happy when I found out it can learn Quiver Dance in Sun & Moon. I definitely took advantage of the move re-learner when sending my little Bellossom troupe over.
The only minor annoyance I have is that gen 2 introduced both the Chikorita line(my only favorite grass starter so far) and Bellossom. I'm not fond of doubling up on types, so picking a different starter is the way to go for me. Both lines have Magical Leaf in gen 4, so they can function similarly in certain situations.
@@Nekosage pfp and username checks out
I do really like Bellossom. Off topic though, did anyone else try to click the links?
Wait Blizzard never misses if Hail is in effect? Huh learn something new everyday.
And hurricane in the rain too!
Huh...now that explains a lot...
Same with Fire Blast and Sunny day! I use that one quite a bit myself!
I knew that like 10 years ago lol
FaceOff Power do we care?
Jumpluff suprised me too when I caught shadow Skiploom and evolved it in Pokemon Coloseum. I also had a Delcatty on my team in ORAS. Lol.
The bug type in general, I've grown to appreciate. For a very long time I just wrote the type off as useless and never used it, until I had a shiny Larvesta in my Y playthrough. I figured, why not.
Oh my god. That Larvesta/Volcarona opened my effing eyes to what I was missing. Since then I've done playthroughs featuring Galvantula, Beedrill, and more. Gen 5 did a lot of good for the bug type and using them in gens 6 and 7 is excellent
I also came to appreciate Venusaur too, but that wasn't until my Pokemon X playthrough, where I picked a Bulbasaur to support my Fennekin, and grew to love Venusaur and Mega Venusaur.
Also in my Pokemon X, I really came to appreciate Raichu. I'd always liked it more than Pikachu(who I still like anyways), but X was the first time I'd ever used a Pikachu in a main series game that wasn't Yellow Version, and he really pulled his weight in getting me through the story. Then, for Pokemon Sun, I used an Alolan Raichu who was also amazing. Needless to say, Raichu has now become one of my favorite Pokemon
Ribombee when I first saw looked like another bug type filler pokemon but when I did a wonderlocke and got traded a ribombee it was amazing with its high special attack and speed and it's combination of pollen puff and moonblast.
Ribombee is my favorite alolan pokemon and my 8th favorite pokemon over all becuase of how powerful it was in my Ultra Moon playthrough. My friend told be ultra necrozma was really hard and I one shot it after getting off a quiver dance and pollen puff. I than sent him a picture and said "EZ PZ" and didn't get responce back
All you had to do was talk to me about Bulbasaur to realize its value.
He's my favorite Pokemon ever.
Skitty is one of my favorite Pokemon, so I'm glad you've come to appreciate Delcatty. Also, even before I knew about the secret "difficulty settings," Bulbasaur was the only Kanto starter for me. And anyone who thinks Jumpluff is weak has never played Battle Revolution. With the combination of Sunny Day, Solarbeam, and Synthesis, those things are such a pain to take out in that game.
Bulbasaur was always one my faves to be honest cause it went from a tiny baby dino plant, to a fracking plant Kaiju.
I absolutely love videos like this cause it's so nice and positive.
Makes you look and think differently about pokemon that on the surface might not look great to you at first but, then over time, you grow fond of them for different reasons like from having one on your team, reading up on it's origin, watching how it acts in the anime, or even just playing with the pokemon in amie/refresh. This has definitely happened to me with a lot of pokemon! Example: nosepass and its evolution! I love them both now.
Mimikyu
i actually thought Mimikyu would be a ripoff of Ditto at the start of Sun and Moon, but it actually turned out to be 1 of the best pokemon in alola competitively and (imo) the best backstory so far.
I have swept many teams with Mimikyu and I wish that there would be a Mimikyu evo in Gen 8 through friendship.
all that has made it my favorite pokemon.
I used Ludicolo recently. It's now one of my favourite Hoenn mons, reason #1, he swept everything on Drake's team with Rain dance + ice beam, #2 that dance is epic.
Ever since Mirror B in XD I've always loved Ludicolo
For me, it's Mantine, Exploud, Gastrodon, Bronzong, Jellicent, Durant and Barbaracle.
- Mantine just wasn't good enough until Generation 7 boosted its stats, and it's actually very fun to raise.
- I was hesitant about raising Exploud until Gen 5, and Jellicent in Gen 6.
- While I do love bugs more than most other types, I simply forgot about Durant until Gen 6 when I found one as an ambush encounter.
- I had to play through X/Y multiple times before I finally decided to experiment with Barbaracle. It's now my favorite Gen 6 water-type after Greninja.
- I am currently doing an Egglocke with a Gastrodon and Bronzong in my team. I'm only sad that I never gave them a chance before now. [My team is Sceptile, Luxray, Pyroar, Gastrodon, Bronzong and Cofagrigus.]
Oh goodness, Bronzong. I was inches away from deciding my Bronzor was just too weak for me. It had like 30 Atk and Sp. Atk despite being around level 30, and I just couldn't do much with it. I figured I'd let it get Gyro Ball before evolving since it might be a useful STAB, but with Extrasensory (a disgustingly good psychic move) already performing mediocre at best, I was hesitant. Not to mention, leveling up a pokemon who struggles to get a KO? Not easy. But, I got him Gyro Ball and then leveled up into Bronzong and... holy crap. Seventy-something Atk instantly! Suddenly Extrasensory was a kill switch, and the thing STILL had tank potential on both fronts. It's a tough road to evolve, but totally worth the effort.
I love the Nuzlocke community in a large part because of the fact that you are forced to use Pokemon that you wouldn't normally, and get to appreciate them for what they are. Due to my ruleset (don't use anything I've used before), I've grown to love a bunch of new Pokemon, namely
Slowbro (I had 2 on my team in LeafGreen and both kicked butt),
Hypno (surprisingly strong psychic type from the generation where they were king),
Lanturn (saved my team after Claire's Kingdra killed my Glaceon in SoulSilver),
Bibarel (who's not only the best HM user but amazingly a solid first-route catch I was able to take to the Elite Four and have it do well),
Tangrowth (never really gave it thought until I got one on my team in SoulSilver),
and Musharna (I soloed Cynthia with one in Black 2 Challenge Mode. Seriously).
Great video! I am most surprised with Sawsbuck. I'm currently using it in a nuzlocke and its amazing
The Frozen Garchomp It is?
I started to appreciate Vanniluxe, I felt like it was unnecessarily hated, while Muk and other such Pokémon were not as hated, it’s one of my favorite Pokémon to this day.
One I've grown to especially appreciate is Galvantula. I at first have the usual thought that it's just another Bug type, but I realized I was getting into something special once I started using it in battle. That's why my perspective on the term "Favorite type" has changed from an aesthetic perspective to "what can I have fun pushing to the limit in a battle?".
I think that sunflora is the most bestest pokeman ever. I lovey the dank face of pure death and the awesomest pre-evolution to it. That kern of sun sure can roast its opponents with a stab dragon pulse and a quin effective double hit. 10/5 would catch again.
Do you not accept Sunkern as your true God? Sunkern has destroyed the likes of magikarps with a single attack. You should be praising him as the one true king.
Zander Milburn lel :P
Umm what's up with this comment chain?
I have a theory that the pokemon team knew what they where doing with the starters in gen 1 and they knew that the bulbasaur line is not the best visual appealing so they made it the strongest of the 3 to punish the trainer who judged it by its cover. Also the best looking pokemon is charizard and lets be honest he sucks real bad. And then blastoise its not that bad. Also i think the anime support this on how ash had his charizard but never listened all the way until Jotho
Danie-L i have used all 3 on a team, and venusaur is nothing without it,'s hidden ability. Punised for picking Charmander? I think not.
If anything wouldn't this theory apply more to Charmander since he has a hard time with the first two gyms, and it would thus be teaching a similar message to Magikarp about sticking with it and continuing to train a pokemon even if its hard(and learn metal claw in leafgreen). Either that or Charmander teaches you to think outside the box by using pokemon like Mankey for fighting type moves, or nidoran for double kick thus teaching you not to rely on only one pokemon, or type of pokemon, and help encourage a more varied team composition. Bulbasaur on the other hand creams the first two gyms and squirtle has no problem with brock, and can atleast resist mistys water type moves. Thus charmander forces the player to learn more about the environment and type matchups earlier in the game when compared too Squirtle or bulbasaur.
Imo bulbasaur is the best designed anyways soooo yeah
How is Charizard the best designed lol, it looks ugly in my eyes and very generic compared to something like Venonat.
Blastoise is my favorite but boy does it need a non mega buff
Hey isn't Ash's Aipom female
Seviper 200 Yes. It was even stated by Dawn in the episode “Steamboat Willies”. When Dawn saw the dresses Buneary and Aipom were wearing she exclaimed “Buneary and Aipom you girls look so cute! You’re all so cute!”
I gotta throw out my two favorite pokemon:
Hypno and Seviper...
Hypno is a nice wall with special attack and physical attack option that surprise me a lot... It sucks he lost his hypnosis in sun and moon (from 70% accuracy which sucks to 60% which sucks more), but he did gain Dazzling Gleam which has served me well against the Dark types he is weak to...
Seviper makes my day in story playthroughs because he is like a lesser rayquaza, and that's really handy... I use Sludge Wave/Earthquake/Flamethrower/Crunch and he's a good mixed sweeper for that, but Coil, Swords Dance, Gastro Acid, and Shed Skin with Rest is nice when it pulls through too!!
Great video, I dig this channel!!
Thanks for the bit about Jumpluff~ I was thinking about using one on my SoulSilver re-play, so I'm glad to hear it can do relatively well
My grow to love Delcatty is slightly similar to yours. I had caught a Skitty and kept her on my team for no reason in Omega Ruby. When I got to Normans gym a good number of my Pokemon had been fainted by the gym trainers and I didn't want to go all the way back to the Center so I was stuck with just little old Skitty. With the help of a couple of Oran Berries Skitty defeated all three of Normans Pokemon on her own! Once I got the Moon Stone I rewarded my unexpected NVP team member. After that day...Skitty and Delcatty moved from my "Most Likely to Forget" List to my "Forever Memory" List.
You NEED more subs your videos are great
I'm being honest here.
I thought Aipom was from generation four, with Ambipom. It doesn't feel like a generation two pokemon to me.
Happy to see this video because Jumpluff? I love her! Always have. One of my favorites ever
Bulbasaur is my favorite pokemon, so i always got it when i was able to
For me it was Poliwrath. Was a pokemon I ignored in gen 1, now I like his design alot. Poliwrath and Nidoking are my favorite gen 1 pokemon.
Me too! They're my swole boys
LOL Bulbasaur was always my _first_ choice of Kanto starter as a kid, Charmander in a very respectable second place.
Swalot might be a forgettable Pokemon to some but he's part of my first team in any Pokemon game! He's super strong but not strong enough to KO Legendaries making him a good catcher with yawn. Back then I didn't know there were better options for Poke-Catching Pokemon but throughout the Hoenn Region, he was super fun to use! I never knew how much a playthrough affected your feelings on Pokemon.
Right now I'm playing through Ultra Moon and I chose Sylveon as my eeveelution in the team, Sylveon was one of my least favorite eeveelutions but oh boy that changed quickly. The Drain Kiss with Big Root plus Misty terrain combo is so good!
In the same playthrough I wanted to pick a fire type that I've never used and I chose Salazzle for the job, I already really liked Salazzle so why not make it part of my team. To this day Salazzle is my favorite Poison type, I don't think that'll change anytime soon.
it's true that a playthrough can really affect how you feel about a Pokémon. I used to not really like Gurdurr before I had one in White. I had planned on only using him for the normal type gym, but then he basically ended up carrying my entire team, so I have a soft spot in my heart for him now ☺️
that would be pile of trash known as my current favorite pokemon XD.
i picked him up in X wanting to use him specifically to take out the fairy gym but he did so well for me that i ended up keeping him though the elite 4 and into some online battles!
I think that's partially why i like him XD
but yeah i do know that gamefreak kinda designed some nerfs into him, but i think I found a good setup for him :D Stockpile to boost tankyness! then Payback, Body Slam and Gunk shot for attacking!
Garbodor?
Mine would be Galvantula/Joltic. I played through Black as my first game and got really annoyed in the Chargestone Cave, which had way too many Joltic. Not to mention that it had way too many plot points in it. So, a few years later, I was playing a randomizer Nuzlocke, and only having a few Pokemon, I pretty much had to catch a Joltic. It was a pretty decent Pokemon, and lasted quite a while.
Same here
*Joltik
I, for one, have grown to appreciate garchomp. When I first saw its prevolve, I had very low hopes for it. I didn't even really care if it was a pseudo legendary. That is, until it became a gabite. For the last few gyms, it was pretty useful. I kept overleveling it until it reached a level high enough for the elite 4. I finally evolved my gabite into a garchomp, and believe me, I was SHOCKED. This thing SWEEPED Cynthia, and OWNED the elite 4 in Pokemon X. From then on, I always put a garchomp on my team. I traded it to the new Pokemon games I got, and then assembled the rest of my team. We'll always be bros forever, Godzilla
Meganium was my first Pokemon, being chikorita as my starter in pokemon gold, and I've loved her since. The pokemon I've come to love and use more often would have to be Volcarona. I don't know what it is about the sun pokemon that allows me to love it so.
Gulpin and Swalot. In a normal game, i would have never even thought of capturing one. Then Pokemon Rejuvenation come to my attention, i saw a shiny gulpin and decided to capture it. Pokemon Rejuvenation was a hard game, and i needed to try everything i had in hand, so i decided to use gulpin to help me against venam, poison vs poison.
This little guy had a good defense and was able to help me endure a lot of pokemon, acid spray is a devastating move, add a good yawn before it, and slowly you eliminate all special defense the enemy had. Making even not effective moves really powerfull. This guy helped me a lot in those pokemon bosses.
I love that story! Also, I've never heard of Pokemon Rejuvenation before, so that will be an interesting thing to look up!
@@emperorcubone Pokemon Rejuvenation and Pokemon Reborn, those 2 are pokemon fan games, really hard but with a really interesting story to boot.
I feel obligated to warn you, that those games you will worry of their IV and EV training as soon as posible. And unlike the normal pokemon games, you can see in the summary how good are those numbers (IV/EV), also both of them are not finished yet (thought you will be playing for days because they are massive).
The community can help you if you are in a hard spot, and you can even ask for a pokemon if you really wan something specific. Though the charm of the game is trying to pass with what you have at hand. Another warning, is time consuming too xD.
9:02 It evolves earlier too, Ivysaur at 32 opposed to Wartortle/Charmeleon at 36. Maybe even the first stage into second at 16/18, I don't quite remember.
Mine was Marowak. It never really appealed to that much. I used it in a couple battles and was surprised at how well it did. I looked some stuff up about, and now its my favorite Pokemon, which is actually how I found you're channel. Then I heard that it was going to be Fire/Ghost in gen 7, which made me so excited since those are in my top 3 favorite types. (Ghost, then Bug, then Fire,)
Sorry Im late by the way. had a lot of school stuff to do
I’ve grown to love Dodrio since I used one when I used Yellow’s team in my Let’s Go Pikachu game
I’ve grown to appreciate Gastrodon a lot since mimicking Cynthia’s team I gotta say it’s really good
In Emerald, I had a Dodrio, and it took every battle with relative ease. I have grown to appreciate Dodrio that way.
For me, it would definetly be Roserade. I always thought it Was kinda cool, and left it at that. And then i played through omega ruby again. I decided to catch a roselia, and Oh boy Was it a good choice. Roserade Was like the second best pokemon i used in that playthrough, Only bested by flygon. Roserade has incredible special attack, and demolished nearly anything it their path.
Solarbeam is basically just Roserade's free KO button. Sunny Day to accompany it basically just lets her demolish any trainer.
I just got one for the first time ever in Pokémon shield. I was struggling to find a good grass type with leech seed until my friend recommended roselia. I can’t believe I never caught her before
2:36
Who told you that Heracross and Skarmory got overshadowed?
I'm so happy someone finally appreciated choosing Bulbasur as a starter...😭😭😭👍
Venusar was my favorite Pokemon growing up
The Pokemon I grew to appreciate is Alolan Persian. When the design was reviled, I was one of the people who were less than thrilled about it's flat, round muzzle. However, once I started playing Pokemon Sun, I ended up catching a male Alolan Meowth very early one. He quickly became one of my favorite Pokemons to use. Once he evolved, he became even better and I realized that Alolan Persian looks in fact pretty regal.
I'm a rabid decideueye fan but I did a competive battle and the other person had a primarina it was so pretty looking that i was shocked about it it was sk stro ng and it's its eyes are gorgeous I liked it so much I even got a plush of it just so i can look at it😅 i never knew how pretty it was cause i was blinded by my love for decidueye (btw I'm still rowlet for life) now primarina is my fave water type
Lovely video. I think the Pokémon that have surprised me the most on a team have been Granbull and Jynx. When I played through LeafGreen I traded for the Jynx because she was the only gen 1 ice-type I had never used at the time, and LOVED it. I used Granbull on an all normal-type Crystal team and was amazed by how much damage it was dishing out. It has a base attack stat of 120!
"Is there even a choice"
No, Bulbasaur was always the answer
No squirtle squad
You’re right. “no bulbasaur” is the answer
Someone who *grew* on me is Shiinotic, a wierdo fungi pokemon that i simply leveled up for the pokedex helped me grind wild encounters with it's iluminate ability and versatile moonblast with spore and moonlight. It was actually perfect for catching other pokemon with its bulk and resistant typing.
+Emperor Cubone Funny thing about the hoppip line on your list, I actually found a shiny Hoppip a month ago and named it Dandy!
I’m glad you grew to appreciate your fill-in for Milotic, “Swanna.” After all, Milotic is my favorite Pokémon . . . ever.
Competitive battles made me appreciate a lot of Pokémon I didn't like at first. When I didn't know anything about natures and breeding, I just followed tutorials, and tried Skunktank and Furfrou sets that I found interesting. They did so well in battle that they quicky became some of my favorite Pokémon !
Two Pokemon I’ve grown to appreciate are Gogoat & Drapion.
For gogoat, i decided to use it in my Y team, because I already had a froakie & charmander, & felt it was appropriate to round out the fire-water-grass trio. Turns out it was better than I ever expected. I particularly remember 3 things about it; 1, it was holding a rocky helmet, which is always convenient. Secondly, when I was fighting Ramos, I was struggling against his gogoat, & my own skiddo was somehow able to beat it. But the highlight for me was the 3rd instance; where I was fighting the champion. I had just used gogoat to beat one of the Pokemon, causing gogoat to level up & want to learn EARTHQUAKE. It was as if gogoat was truly giving it’s all at that moment & I will forever cherish it as a result.
For Drapion, I wanted to use a new team for the isle of armor. And I caught a skorupi. I was interested in using Drapion because I liked its design and ... not much else. Turns out I underestimated the difficulty of the isle of armor & it was a great help. When it evolved it became one of my strongest team members & I appreciate it as a result. I definitely plan on using it when legends arceus comes out.
Oh I did plan some of my own Pokemon teams before, yours are interesting too.
When I first saw Breloom, I never really payed much attention to it but when Black and White 2 came along, I used one in the battle factory and fell in love with it. Easily my favorite grass type besides Sceptile and Tsareena and my favorite fighting type besides Mienshao and Bewear.
So I have been watching your stuff and this seals the deal. You’re so cute explaining them and it’s making me Stan 🥰. Sub smash
Swanna was my flier and horde battle fighter in Kalos and also my first level 100! Used it on my main team as well.
I was not expecting Staraptor, Lopunny, or Stoutland to be the absolute beasts they ended up being, but they were staples on my Pearl, Platinum, and Black teams respectively.
It also took several generations for Mr. Mime to grow on me, but I love it now!
Dedenne is a Pokemon I learned to love. I thought it was just a Pikachu rip-off but then I noticed that pick up is a good ability, and it is a fairy type too.
For me, one Pokemon that I've grown to appreciate is Probopass. I was planning my team for my playthrough of Pokemon X, and needed a Pokemon that was super defensive. Much to my dismay, Probopass seemed like the only viable option when it came to it's stats. I was not fond of Probopass AT ALL at the time, but I decided to give it a go. And much to my surprise, I really enjoyed having it on my team. In fact, I ended up using it again on my team in Pokemon Moon, and it has become my favorite Rock type overall.
You mention Ludicolo but make zero reference to Pokémon Coliseum?? Miror B’s theme with dancing Ludicolos is the only reason you need to love that Pokémon.
I always loved Jumpluff
Despite not being the strongest, it still has a lot of use
As Karen said
Talented trainers win with their favourites
it was in the thumbnail of your "6 pokemon I've grown to dislike" video, but I've actually grown to like Chatot. I wasn't much of a fan of it in the mystery dungeon games, but I gave him a chance in my first Pokemon X playthrough. I actually kept him throughout the whole playthrough and even used him against the Elite 4. Obviously it isn't the best thing in the world, but I've grown to cherish it.
Black and White force you to play using gen 5 pokemon only until you beat the game, one of the reasons they are my favorites
I was disgusted by Tsareena at first and I had no idea how its evolution line would end up, but I gave it a chance and it’s one of my favorite gen 7 pokemon
Kinda the same with ribombee, I thought it was just another bug. I have one on my team and she’s great!
For me glalie (since he’s in your thumbnail) was just... there. I preferred Froslass and I thought its Mega was odd looking. I never played oras so I didn’t know how it was competitively. Well one day I was on bulbapedia and I was reading about mega glalie. Apparently the energy from mega evolving dislocated its jaw. I thought that was so cool and then its crazy design made sense. And its ability refrigerate is really good!
And finally, Snorlax. I wasn’t a big fan of how slow it was and i thought he was just that annoying Pokémon blocking the bridge or whatever. When I got Sun the snorlium z event was going on so I got the munchlax. I decided to use it on my team. It’s a pretty decent wall on its own so now I’m trying to work on his speed. His Z move is so cute and I love it!
I absolutely adore Bibarel. Not only can he learn every HM but Fly, but he's got the muscle and the typing to use them effectively in battle. A Bibarel with Strength, Cut, Surf, and Waterfall is usually a standard team member in games where he's available and will always be part of my Hall of Fame.
For me, two that I learned to love was (I’m bad at spelling Pokémon names), Chattot, and Nosepass. I had the two in a gen4 nuzlock and hated then at first. Found out they filled my team well and decided to go with it. I absolutely fell in love with the two. They both were bulkier than I expected, and managed to hit back hard.
Still not a huge fan of how Venusaur looks- but I'm doing a Nuzlocke on Pokemon X and (for once) got Bulbasaur of the 3 Kanto starters; because it is my wife's favorite haha. It has been surprisingly useful so far, and I'm definitely excited for its Mega having thick fat as its ability!
But like you pointed out- it is definitely cool how doing a Monotype run will show you if you really like or dislike a Pokemon. It has forced me to use many mons I wouldn't have likely used otherwise: Tentacruel in Soul Silver Poison run, Azumarill in ORAS water run, Mimikyu in Sun fairy run, Gliscor in Platinum flying, Tyrantrum in X Dragon run, Mienshao in Fighting Black 2 run, etc. All ones I love to use, or at least tolerate now, that I hadn't been big on before.
Also- a video about any special runs you've done like monotypes, Nuzlockes, etc, would be really cool!
I just did my first Nuzlocke a few weeks ago- I had never been able to do one either.
It was brutal, but it was a blast. Throughout the game I ended up having 10 "rotation pokés." 4 survived to the end, 5 died, and 1 was just replaced and not brought back to the team. The hardest part was how late in the game 3 of the 5 deaths were haha.
Keep up the good work with these videos man- they're great!
Ive never really liked it much, because Im not a competitive battler, so I usually judge on Design, Backstory, and Characteristics. It is pretty powerful though.
Your opinion of and experience with Swanna is nearly identical to mine with Girafarig. Impressively competent little guy, given that I caught him on a whim.
Cottonee/Whimsicott in Sun - didn't expect the fluffball to do much, but it could take more than a few hits, and combining Leech Seed, Toxic, and Giga Drain with debuff moves made the little guy my go to easy-button on the team. It didn't even have Prankster and it was good!
I grew to appreciate jumpluff’s line because of x and y, I was trying to get an umbreon, so I used hordes on route 7 and found a shiny hopping, I ended up using it on my team. Not my first shiny, but the first good one.
Cinccino was a fantastic team member for black 2. I don't know why I picked it but You get a minccino with skill link when you're introduced to hidden grottos. It was the fastest pokemon on that team, and having charm made it super useful for nerfing physical attackers. Sing puts them to sleek and then tail slap/return/wake up slap and it fought a lot of battles.
One that actually surprised me was Kingler. In one of my early playthroughs of Heart Gold, I caught a Krabby for the role of HM slave, and then discovered that Kingler was actually a beast. Despite not having good moves, it kept on par with the rest of my team.
A pokemon I have grown to appreciate is Pelipper. When I was playing pokemon Y, I wondertraded when my starter, chespin, had just evolved. I received a level 30 Pelipper. It was about 10 levels ahead of all opposing pokemon and had an awesome move set. Eventually it brought me up and dominated the elite 4. Then I fought my friend after we both beat the game and I destrotyed his Mewtwo, Moltres, Articuno, and Moltres in that battle. Now he calls it "The Holy Pelipper". Never thought I would like pelipper, But now i do.
A bit late to the party, but the two that have surprised me were Xatu and Togedemaru, which I used both of in my playthrough of Ultra Sun. With Xatu being a speedy special attacker and Togedemaru hitting harder than you'd think with a Muscle Band, they really grew on me by the end of the game.
A pokemon I've grown to appreciate is wingull and its evolution I first got it because I was capturing every pokemon I could at the beginning of ruby and it surprisingly became one of my best on the team.
Vileplume really grew on me. I wanted to train one after watching ProJared's FireRed Nuzlocke run (glory to Nuptup) and I had a lot of fun using it. Using its Chlorophyll ability on a Sunny Day team with Solar Beams for days was so satisfying and it made me appreciate moves I never really used before like Sludge Bomb.
A pokémon that really surprised me was Hitmontop. I was doing a Fire red randomizer Nuzlocke and that thing was the MVP of the team
I love this comment section, I love reading people's stories about growing to love pokemon
I'm currently using Dunsparce in my Gold VC playthrough and even after doing the cloning glitch to use the three starters and planning to use Girafarig instead, I kept Dunsparce since it was helpful when I needed it. I named it Donnel after Fire Emblem Awakening for being a weak guy but has a lot of potential, especially after using Rage a lot.
For me, it was Starly line. I always have the early bird pokemon for the sake of having a flyer and of course do the same in my Platinum playthrough. It was quite meh until it become Staravia, but then it evolve into Staraptor and get Close Combat. Get to hit two types it weak against with super effective hit is really awesome. Combined with Intimidate for more defensive or Reckless to make its strongest STAB attacks to hit even harder, make it one of my favorite Flying type
I had a lunatone in white 2 that had a modest nature and i only caught it because it ohkod my toxicroak first turn. Became a great special attacker
I enjoyed training a Throh once. He was tough, learned bulk up, revenge, and payback. He may not be OU in Smogon, but he was a good pick for a physical wall in my playthrough.
A pokemon that was surprising for me was xatu in my crystal play through althougth a very limited movepool its still was fun to use
My whole team in Ultra Sun; Beheeyem, Zoroark, Toucannon, Carracosta, Klefki and Crobat. I never thought much of any of these pokemon until I used them all on that team, and now I love them all.
For me, this happened with Magnezone, Dunsparce, Ferrothorn, Sigilyph and Qwilfish(they all shocked me with how good they were in the story pkaythroughs, especially Dunsparce, I took him as a challenge but he was actually not bad back in Crystal).
I had a Flareon in Black 2 that just destroyed anything it battled. It was an attack demon and it went great with flame charge! It also had amazing speed and special Defense!
I was always a Blastoise kid, and never gave the Bulbasaur line much thought. It wasn't until my playthrough of Y that I grew to appreciate it. I picked Froakie as my starter and already had a Fletchinder on my team, so I didn't really need Squirtle or Charmander for my team, so I picked Bulbasaur. Poison being strong against Fairy, plus Leech Seed and Poison Powder/Toxic really helped catching Pokemon, especially when my Pokemon inevitably got much stronger against the wild Pokemon I encountered.
When I played Diamond for the first time, I picked Murkrow because I figured having a Dark type Pokemon couldn't hurt, plus it still filled my Flying type slot. Through my playthrough, it really did help a lot, especially against the Ghost gym.
During my first playthrough of Alpha Sapphire, I picked Torchic as my starter since it was my starter in my first playthrough, and I figured that a Grass Pokemon could be useful. Since Breloom's Fighting type would've been redundant, I picked up a Roselia to try it out. It proved to be a really useful addition to my team, especially once I evolved it.
delcatty had a paw print on its head??
once it has been seen it cannot be unseen
I love jumpluff! So glad someone mentioned it! I also used it for a soul silver run.
Emperor Cubone yes, actually. I love him! I have kept all my Pokémon since gen 3 so he’s sitting in bank and I stop by to appreciate him sometimes :]
Really all the great normal typed Pokémon’s I overlooked for the longest time.
More specifically Persian and Miltank,
Now I always have at least one normal type on my team to conquer whatever may attempt to thwart me