Azelf's willpower lends to its high spd, atk, and special atk to lead things off. Uxie's knowledge gives it a great amount of defensive bulk on both sides. Mespirit's emotions make it constantly run away from you when you try to catch it.
@@PikaSkill It's a slower Alakazam that hits both of the enemy's defenses, I wouldn't call it better, it just does different things. It's certainly more versatile tho
@@PikaSkill Not from the heavyweight attackers, that's for sure. It's not a tanky pokemon, it's a fast attacker. Alakazam does one of the possible jobs Azelf can do, which is special attacking, but with better speed and more power. Azelf can do 10 different things pretty well tho, and Alakazam can only do one
"As the being of willpower, it is theoretically the perfect Pokemon to think of the next time you need to force yourself to stop procrastinating." Why you gotta call me out like that?
You forgot another reason almost no one -thinked- thaught about Azelf in gen 8 UU: Broken Psychic types. Stealth rock sets are underwhelming even to this day due to Mew being the best mon in UU and Jirachi existing, Nasty plot sets were outclassed by Alakazam and Mew and choice/U-turn sets were outclassed by Victini and Latias. Now that Latias, Victini and Alakazam are banned Azelf can use his unique tricks and its Keldeo-beating speed.
What’s good pk, Azelf is a favorite of mine I figured another enthusiast would want to find a use for it……. Sadly wolfie isn’t gonna give it the amazing run to make it a star like Exeggutor lol
It has a role and frailty problem in the context of VGC. Yes, it has good offensive stats. Yes, it has a diverse movepool. Yes, it's a good overall Pokemon. Unfortunately, it's only ever added to the pool of legible Pokemon when box legendaries are also legible (until maybe the addition of Gen 4 remakes). By this time, however, it is now powercrept by non-legendaries who either performs its possible roles better, have better typing, have better stats, perform extra roles/utility, or a combination of the previous reasons. I like off-meta Pokemon but whenever I think of roles/niches that my strats need, Azelf never comes up into my top 5 considerations and I'm sure pros think the same...
Entry Hazards are really limited in VGC, Explosion got nerfed hard, it hates Trick Room, Knock Off and Sucker Punch smack it and it is vunenrable to spread moves aside from Earthquake.
If I had to choose Azelf > Uxie > Mesprit but I love them all pretty equally. They’re such a cool trio and they should’ve gotten the fairy typing in gen 6 imo
I don't think so. Psychic is there for a reason, not every Psychic needs to be slapped with a Fairy-type. Plus, to me Fairy seems like a type for mischievous pranksters, and the Lake trio does not fit this theme at all.
I used to use this as my lead. Outsped almost everything, 2HKOs almost everything, Taunt/SR/Psychic/Fire Blast with a Focus Sash. With the right prediction I could win the lead battle every time. If it stayed alive could be used as revenge killer later. Those were good times.
@@poejavelski148 Dont forget T-tar. There was no way to outright win that matchup since he can OHKO you with the sand, and it forced a prediction game.
@@GM.Nobody Lets be honest, HDB was 1 of the best items in competitive, that and the buffed Rapid Spin (now 50bp and raises Speed) & Defog (now ridding Terrains) hazards are a lot easier 2 deal with
I'm just constantly floored by how in-depth your generation-specific metagame discussion gets in these videos. Going into even counterplay to other threats that Azelf found itself coming across is above and beyond. This has just got to take a TON of work for each video.
@@EruditoGaming I don't think it was a mistake, it just steered the game into another direction which is also very interesting as well, neither is superior imo (though it would be better to give a choice on which we prefer) The game without team preview was a lot like Poker wheread with team preview it becomes a lot closer to chess
uxie azelf and mesprit need a signature move. maybe a physical variant of psycho boost for azelf, or something simular to close combat but psychic type
Perhaps this signature move could involve the red chain they're supposed to form together to control Palkia and Dialga. Not sure how it would work though.
Watching this video after watching BKC’s lead Azelf video is a real treat. Go watch that video for an even more in depth look at Azelf’s evolution as a lead in DPP. ua-cam.com/video/LYFZB0LPbP4/v-deo.html
I remember that when I was a kid I always chose Azelf for my DPP playthoughs because I liked how it looked next to the other pixies It was a good choice lol
A lot of event Legendaries were unbanned in Gen 5. Not only Deoxys, but also Mew, Manaphy, Darkrai and Shaymin-Sky. All but Mew got rebanned later, and in Shaymin's case, literally nobody voted for staying unbanned.
Hmm with 52 weeks a year idk if they could ever completely catch up with the gens releasing, especially if they continue the remakes of ones they've done before like Dragonite. Then again Gamefreak is slow af and they release (most of the time) less Pokémon each Gen so what do i know.
@OG Blitx Lite Fun fact: gen 4 arceus was technically the 2nd pokemon banned from ubers, getting banned just a bit before zacian-crowned in gen 8 and obviously several years after gen 6/7 mega rayquaza
decided to do the math for this. so far, 304 unique pokémon have been covered on this channel. excluding the revealed gen 9 starters, that's 304/905, leaving another 601 to go. HOWEVER, False Swipe has released remakes on Chansey/Blissey, Charizard, Skarmory, Scizor, Dragonite, and Tauros due to early videos basically ignoring the other tiers beyond OU. so we're likely due to see remakes on the other two gen 1 starters, snorlax, and plenty of others who didn't really have a fair shot in their videos. so at the rate of 1 video per week, it'd take him a little over 11½ years to cover all the current pokémon. nintendo generally comes out with the next gen every 3-4 years, with the next one right around the corner. 113 pokémon have been added per gen on average. So, taking these factors into account, we can estimate that ~440 pokémon will have been added by the time he's done the current 905, if he plans to do this for the next decade lmao.
I checked Azelf smogon pages this week, and Azelf is competitively the best of the lake guardians. Sadly, that leaves us with the competitively worst one next time: Uxie. Which is the worst one for falling to Untiered in gen 8. Prepare to hear outclassed by Cresselia a lot in that video.
Kind of up for debate if it's worse than Mespirit or not. Based on Mespirit's video and previous episodes with Gen 4 UU, Uxie seemed better then. Not as sure about later gens, but iirc it was better up until Gen 8. Then again, Mespirit actually saw use in VGC. Like you said, Uxie is completely outclassed by Cresselia, whereas Mespirit can at least differentiate itself a little bit.
btw those who want to learn more about the lead azelf, BKC (the person who writes the singles script for these videos) made a more detailed video and I highly recommend it. here is the link to his video ua-cam.com/video/LYFZB0LPbP4/v-deo.html
it would be cool if they made forms like rotom has for each of the trio, like Azelf gets a water type, Uxie gets electric and Mesprit gets fire, maybe give them a new hidden ability along side that as well (with slightly improved movepools)
It’s always been strange to me how something with stats like Azelf could drop to UU, or be used mainly as a suicide lead, but I guess the lack of a STAB move with a base power over 100 can do that.
My favorite thing to do with Azelf in Gens 6 and 7 was to use it as a Ferrothorn lure, since I often otherwise struggled with the damn spiky UFO. Luckily, Azelf learns Flamethrower, and even in Gen 6/7 was usually expected to use Explosion, or even better, I'd demonstrate the psychic portion of a more traditional offense set. This made it extremely common for my opponents to quickly toss in Ferrothorn as a supposed means to shut down Azelf via setting seeds, but it was in that turn that I would instead drop the spicy surprise and melt the damn thing out of existence. It should come as no surprise that Azelf has been my favorite pixie ever since.
The fact that stealth rock leads were even a thing in DPP singles OU is proof that stealth rocks is overcentralizing. Generations 1-3 were just fine without stealth rocks because spikes was manageable.
Azelf is fun! I use to run choice band Explosion and by bringing it, it's my puesdo lead, my opponent will lead off expecting Azelf, but get thrown off, with my different lead!
Today is a beautiful father's day So how better to spend the day than to discuss the DADDY of the lake guardians (Well, not ACTUALLY, but that might have been a fire intro tho😂😂🔥) P.S for the guys watching in the future, This video came out on father's day, so that's pretty cool!
You're implying that Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl would buff the Lake Trio instead of just giving a new form to Charizard again for some fucking reason.
Why don't we give ILCA a chance before we blame them for what Gamefreak does? Seriously the amount of people who don't realize that its a different company making it boggles my mind.
@@Emperor_Toxatine a chance to do what ? they aren't making their own game, they've been given a port with a graphics update & a few added features to work on
@@Marcusjnmc so in your mind theres nothing they can do to perhaps meet some of our expectations? Too many Pokemon fans are bitter these days. Gens 6-8 have a lot of flaws but im willing to support ILCA in hopes that other 3rd party developers can get a chance to make future games while Gamefreak does games like Legends.
@@Cobalt957 I did assume he would do the rotom forms seperatly(even remember him posting about form related video ideas for in the future in the community tab a while back). All be it that Rotom-Fan(spin) has a very limited amount of appearences both in singles beyond the bottom of the barrel itself each generation or any in doubles at all, rotom-heat or -wash alone are longer than most videos despite being here since "only" gen4.
@@rhydonphilip Poor Rotom-Fan got screwed over so hard. Still stuck with Air Slash all these years later since GF couldn't be bothered to update to the more fitting Hurricane (so it has a STAB on par with the other forms) when it was added in gen V
I didn't know these pixies were high up there as a fan favorite trio. Personally I was disappointed with them because they're all the same type. It mostly was just how I looked at Pokemon teams as a kid, where if I had Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres I could have them all in my team cause that's ice, electric and fire. The pixies are all psychic, on the other hand, so it doesn't make sense to have 3 of the same solo type Pokemon on a team.
Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, but I'm a UU main and I've never seen adrenaline orb used on any Pokémon, including Azelf. It sounds like a cool tech, but it seems weird that it's highlighted so much here.
I used to love leading with a king’s rock Azelf with fake out, fling, stealth rock, and Explosion. Nowadays I mostly play VGC doubles, so I haven’t used this set lately, it’s very much a singles set only.
Stop procrastinating? What do you think i came here to do? Oh sure, i do have my first two exams next week but i really need to know how important Azelf was for the pokemon metagame which i have never experienced first hand and probably never will because of breeding and stuff
I feel like we should start placing bets on whether Uxie will appear next week or he'll pull the rug out from under us and do something completely random instead.
In gen 6 UU, I would run an Anti-Anti-lead Azelf with Magic Coat. For how gimmicky it was, it gave rocks and denied my opponent's Azelf rocks and it did it pretty consistently
@@praisethesun8479 friend of mine told me and I saw it on Twitter from a few sources but yeah, it’s just a rumor at the moment. It would be really cool and I don’t think it’s a huge leap to say that the pixies will likely get some buffs in the remakes, and sheer force Azelf sounds within the realm of possibility.
I really didn't expect azelf to not use Close Combat, it's a strong move that destroyed tyranitar and dark types in general and paired well with u turn and explosion, idk tho
I was just thinking for VGC S9... perhaps a skill swap set paired with Heatran or Stakataka? Both of these are very weak to ground, and they also don't like fighting types, which Azelf can take care of. Could be an interesting strategy.
I would love to see this thing get will o wisp and recover. It would give it access to a really nice stall breaker set that would make it even more unpredictable
Imagine being the "Bringer of Willpower" and your moves are Rock Throwing, Threatening Taunts and Exploding.
Hell yeah.
It makes sense it bring willpower to its team by doimg things that help to them and takes willpower from the opponent
But it makes sense
”now go away, or I shall taunt you a second time” *Proceeds to throw rock
'.' taunts, rock throwing & explosions are a test of willpower for the opponent, running away with u-turn too
Azelf's willpower lends to its high spd, atk, and special atk to lead things off.
Uxie's knowledge gives it a great amount of defensive bulk on both sides.
Mespirit's emotions make it constantly run away from you when you try to catch it.
Lmao
Tis why you need throw balls at Mespirit until it gets caughy
I refuse to believe that anyone has actually caught Mespirit.
@@krullachief669 That is what master balls were made for, my child
@@DarkPlaysThings I refuse.
As esteemed Smogon user, UU player, and Azelf enthusiast BigFatMantis once said, “When I grow up, I want to be Azelf.”
Neat
lmao
Same
Oh good ol mantis
True
When i saw lots of people using lead Azelf i was like "lol how is that little thing strong". Then i took a look at its stats.
It's basically a better alakazam, along with nasty plot, the only counter to this pokemon becomes a well handled dark type or steel type
@Mr T its got a type of versatility that Alakazam couldn’t hope to have
@@PikaSkill It's a slower Alakazam that hits both of the enemy's defenses, I wouldn't call it better, it just does different things. It's certainly more versatile tho
@@matteofaccin6636 it can also handle physical hits
@@PikaSkill Not from the heavyweight attackers, that's for sure. It's not a tanky pokemon, it's a fast attacker. Alakazam does one of the possible jobs Azelf can do, which is special attacking, but with better speed and more power. Azelf can do 10 different things pretty well tho, and Alakazam can only do one
Uxie and Mesprit: are in PU
Azelf in UU: "I see no God up here, *other than me"*
how tf did uxie and mesprit dropped to PU
*uxie in ZU
@@Lightwar49 Power creep.
@@indiradevi8136now mesprit Is zu and uxie banned in pu
"As the being of willpower, it is theoretically the perfect Pokemon to think of the next time you need to force yourself to stop procrastinating."
Why you gotta call me out like that?
You forgot another reason almost no one -thinked- thaught about Azelf in gen 8 UU: Broken Psychic types. Stealth rock sets are underwhelming even to this day due to Mew being the best mon in UU and Jirachi existing, Nasty plot sets were outclassed by Alakazam and Mew and choice/U-turn sets were outclassed by Victini and Latias. Now that Latias, Victini and Alakazam are banned Azelf can use his unique tricks and its Keldeo-beating speed.
Fr mew gonna rise too, gonna keep getting better
Which gen we talkin about?
@@ScoutScoutScoutScoutScout Gen 8 I think, at least the description that Fernando made was quite adequate for what happened in Gen 8 UU
thinked
@@kstiemsma Which will ultimately make the Nasty Plot sets justifiable. Still not good with stealth rocks due to Jirachi being a thing.
I can't believe that Azelf has NO VGC appearances.
*No notablr appearances
What’s good pk, Azelf is a favorite of mine I figured another enthusiast would want to find a use for it……. Sadly wolfie isn’t gonna give it the amazing run to make it a star like Exeggutor lol
It has a role and frailty problem in the context of VGC.
Yes, it has good offensive stats. Yes, it has a diverse movepool. Yes, it's a good overall Pokemon.
Unfortunately, it's only ever added to the pool of legible Pokemon when box legendaries are also legible (until maybe the addition of Gen 4 remakes). By this time, however, it is now powercrept by non-legendaries who either performs its possible roles better, have better typing, have better stats, perform extra roles/utility, or a combination of the previous reasons.
I like off-meta Pokemon but whenever I think of roles/niches that my strats need, Azelf never comes up into my top 5 considerations and I'm sure pros think the same...
Entry Hazards are really limited in VGC, Explosion got nerfed hard, it hates Trick Room, Knock Off and Sucker Punch smack it and it is vunenrable to spread moves aside from Earthquake.
So have the likes of Magnezone and Skarmory, some Pokemon simply don’t work in doubles 🤷♂️
My favorite of the trio and its won me some key battles in the Sinnoh Battle Frontier
Is it your favorite because of its design?
If I had to choose Azelf > Uxie > Mesprit but I love them all pretty equally. They’re such a cool trio and they should’ve gotten the fairy typing in gen 6 imo
azelf would probably be broken with fairy typing or at least ou
@@saiyanscaris6530 I don't think so , it can't match the power of lele or can be better rocker than drill or lando
Funny how thats how god they are competitively
I don't think so. Psychic is there for a reason, not every Psychic needs to be slapped with a Fairy-type. Plus, to me Fairy seems like a type for mischievous pranksters, and the Lake trio does not fit this theme at all.
@@Sazandora123 They literally have Sprite, Pixie and Elf in their names.
I used to use this as my lead. Outsped almost everything, 2HKOs almost everything, Taunt/SR/Psychic/Fire Blast with a Focus Sash. With the right prediction I could win the lead battle every time. If it stayed alive could be used as revenge killer later. Those were good times.
Gen 4 really was a great gen. One of my favourites
It’s only nemesis was lead sash Metagross and Aerodactyl.
wait a Forever that also is on this channel?? Stream First.
@@poejavelski148 Dont forget T-tar. There was no way to outright win that matchup since he can OHKO you with the sand, and it forced a prediction game.
@@aespa690 Ah true, forgot about him.
"And then along came Tornadus" - Gen 7 OU, to Azelf
"He HUUURRRLED his hurricanes!"
Gen 4 Azelf: I am the best S-Rocker with Explosion
Gen 8 Azelf: Well time 2 drop my S-Rocks set
Heavy Duty Boots is a required item 4 most mons, change my mind
@@skullerclawerbandicoot7966 I fought a monofire sun team... He had 4 out of 6 with boots...
@@GM.Nobody Lets be honest, HDB was 1 of the best items in competitive, that and the buffed Rapid Spin (now 50bp and raises Speed) & Defog (now ridding Terrains) hazards are a lot easier 2 deal with
I'm just constantly floored by how in-depth your generation-specific metagame discussion gets in these videos. Going into even counterplay to other threats that Azelf found itself coming across is above and beyond. This has just got to take a TON of work for each video.
Azelf was always my favorite, and makes me like the fact that it’s a great mixed sweeper *:)*
Now remember we need a random blob to derail the trio
"How GOOD was Ditt..." Oh wait. XD
Sunflora this time?
Quagsire remake
Carnivine. A Quick 8 minute Adventure
@@satvikjain4088 How it walled the most dangerous pokemon of Gen 8, Zacian-Crowned
Holy moly that is a LOT of items in the Gen IV section. Lead metagame is that complex huh
Hidden teams was great. It would be great if we could have a "hidden team on" meta
Team preview was a mistake
@@EruditoGaming yup. Rip zoroark. It never got to shine.
@@EruditoGaming I don't think it was a mistake, it just steered the game into another direction which is also very interesting as well, neither is superior imo (though it would be better to give a choice on which we prefer)
The game without team preview was a lot like Poker wheread with team preview it becomes a lot closer to chess
So what item do you normally use?
Gen 4 Azelf: *Yes*
uxie azelf and mesprit need a signature move.
maybe a physical variant of psycho boost for azelf, or something simular to close combat but psychic type
Or a trio signature move that only the three of them (and smeargle as always) can use
Or a trio signature move that only the three of them (and smeargle as always) can use
Sadly BDSP are “faithful remakes”(aka remasters).
Perhaps this signature move could involve the red chain they're supposed to form together to control Palkia and Dialga. Not sure how it would work though.
@@Gimas96 Faithful does NOT mean a remaster or that there won't be new content.
Watching this video after watching BKC’s lead Azelf video is a real treat. Go watch that video for an even more in depth look at Azelf’s evolution as a lead in DPP. ua-cam.com/video/LYFZB0LPbP4/v-deo.html
"Kyuuun..."
- Sun Tzu, Art of War
I like how the pokemon with the ability to pass its soul to others (or whatever) and have incredible psychic powers has 120 attack with its small arms
It's about to give us a knuckle sandwich
I remember that when I was a kid I always chose Azelf for my DPP playthoughs because I liked how it looked next to the other pixies
It was a good choice lol
Kinda surprised to see deoxys forms in gen 5 OU…
A lot of event Legendaries were unbanned in Gen 5. Not only Deoxys, but also Mew, Manaphy, Darkrai and Shaymin-Sky. All but Mew got rebanned later, and in Shaymin's case, literally nobody voted for staying unbanned.
I think I heard even Deoxys-N was unbanned at the start of gen 5. For a brief time.
Or maybe that was gen 6.
@@HowlingOneify I think it was in both, I could be wrong however.
@@HowlingOneify deoxys normal in ou seems like a such bad idea that i want to see it.
If this series ever finishes all the pokemon, you should do the history of each tier. Probably starting with untiered/PU and going up from their
Hmm with 52 weeks a year idk if they could ever completely catch up with the gens releasing, especially if they continue the remakes of ones they've done before like Dragonite.
Then again Gamefreak is slow af and they release (most of the time) less Pokémon each Gen so what do i know.
@OG Blitx Lite Fun fact: gen 4 arceus was technically the 2nd pokemon banned from ubers, getting banned just a bit before zacian-crowned in gen 8 and obviously several years after gen 6/7 mega rayquaza
@@jacksonsmith2955 who was the first
@@thatonecookie242 mega ray
decided to do the math for this. so far, 304 unique pokémon have been covered on this channel. excluding the revealed gen 9 starters, that's 304/905, leaving another 601 to go. HOWEVER, False Swipe has released remakes on Chansey/Blissey, Charizard, Skarmory, Scizor, Dragonite, and Tauros due to early videos basically ignoring the other tiers beyond OU. so we're likely due to see remakes on the other two gen 1 starters, snorlax, and plenty of others who didn't really have a fair shot in their videos.
so at the rate of 1 video per week, it'd take him a little over 11½ years to cover all the current pokémon. nintendo generally comes out with the next gen every 3-4 years, with the next one right around the corner. 113 pokémon have been added per gen on average. So, taking these factors into account, we can estimate that ~440 pokémon will have been added by the time he's done the current 905, if he plans to do this for the next decade lmao.
5:11 Can we talk about how gigantic Crobat is, or how small Azelf is, either or the size difference is like wtf
I was just thinking that, lol
Azelf is like 1'00" including the tails, so that means its body is like 6-7"
Crobat's 5'11", larger than the average adult male
So both. Both is good
I checked Azelf smogon pages this week, and Azelf is competitively the best of the lake guardians.
Sadly, that leaves us with the competitively worst one next time: Uxie. Which is the worst one for falling to Untiered in gen 8. Prepare to hear outclassed by Cresselia a lot in that video.
Kind of up for debate if it's worse than Mespirit or not. Based on Mespirit's video and previous episodes with Gen 4 UU, Uxie seemed better then. Not as sure about later gens, but iirc it was better up until Gen 8. Then again, Mespirit actually saw use in VGC. Like you said, Uxie is completely outclassed by Cresselia, whereas Mespirit can at least differentiate itself a little bit.
I’d love to see a remaster of your Charizard video. It’s been two generations since then, and I think it deserves a touch-up.
VGC since 2014 aprox, and the king of NU for 3 gens straight...
It will be so long
This comment aged well
Gf added lots of psychic type with levitate in gen IV.
Gallade is the only one without levitate lol. But bronzong has a 2nd ability
@yossarian oh the irony
btw those who want to learn more about the lead azelf, BKC (the person who writes the singles script for these videos) made a more detailed video and I highly recommend it.
here is the link to his video ua-cam.com/video/LYFZB0LPbP4/v-deo.html
it would be cool if they made forms like rotom has for each of the trio, like Azelf gets a water type, Uxie gets electric and Mesprit gets fire, maybe give them a new hidden ability along side that as well (with slightly improved movepools)
When this little guy was meta, oh man we ran the smogon ladders Good times BW/BW2 metagame.
"RIP VGC lol" always gets me
The way I remember the lake trio is as follows: does it explode? yes: azelf. no: is it an annoyance to catch? yes: mespirit. no: uxie
It’s always been strange to me how something with stats like Azelf could drop to UU, or be used mainly as a suicide lead, but I guess the lack of a STAB move with a base power over 100 can do that.
Extrasansory isn't too bad I guess
Whenever I played Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky, I always envisioned Azelf having Marik's voice from Yu-Gi-Oh the Abridged series.
After this impressive history of gen 4 azelf Id love to see a whole video about lead meta game in gens 1-4
My favorite thing to do with Azelf in Gens 6 and 7 was to use it as a Ferrothorn lure, since I often otherwise struggled with the damn spiky UFO. Luckily, Azelf learns Flamethrower, and even in Gen 6/7 was usually expected to use Explosion, or even better, I'd demonstrate the psychic portion of a more traditional offense set. This made it extremely common for my opponents to quickly toss in Ferrothorn as a supposed means to shut down Azelf via setting seeds, but it was in that turn that I would instead drop the spicy surprise and melt the damn thing out of existence. It should come as no surprise that Azelf has been my favorite pixie ever since.
Knowing that my favourite Pokemon of all time had an important role in OU at one point makes me very happy.
I always run aero as my lead just because this thing exists
Azelf's stat disti is sex. Trying to create a jack of all trades like Mesprit backfired.
finished my shiny azelf hunt this morning, what a nice coincidence :)
Or is it?
My favorite Legendary! I'm glad to finally see it having its time
about a month ago azelf helped me getting 25th in a 700 + singles tournament, and since then I love it even more I did before
The fact that stealth rock leads were even a thing in DPP singles OU is proof that stealth rocks is overcentralizing. Generations 1-3 were just fine without stealth rocks because spikes was manageable.
Stealth rock wasn't in the series until gen 4
It’s been a long time, and I think it’s finally time we finish up the Gen 6 starters. Anyone else agree?
Azelf is fun! I use to run choice band Explosion and by bringing it, it's my puesdo lead, my opponent will lead off expecting Azelf, but get thrown off, with my different lead!
Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
I'll await the day Conkeldurr will be reviewed, till then #HowGoodWasConkeldurrActually
the length of Azelf in DPP was longer than some of the pokemon that FSG made vids on like Gallade Leavanny and Luvdisc lol
They’re just that bad
Despite its ups and downs, Azelf's sheer will kept it from being irrelevant, that, or Stealth Rocks.
Today is a beautiful father's day
So how better to spend the day than to discuss the DADDY of the lake guardians
(Well, not ACTUALLY, but that might have been a fire intro tho😂😂🔥)
P.S for the guys watching in the future,
This video came out on father's day, so that's pretty cool!
You're implying that Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl would buff the Lake Trio instead of just giving a new form to Charizard again for some fucking reason.
I don't get why people still think we're getting anything new in those games '.'
Why don't we give ILCA a chance before we blame them for what Gamefreak does? Seriously the amount of people who don't realize that its a different company making it boggles my mind.
@@Emperor_Toxatine a chance to do what ? they aren't making their own game, they've been given a port with a graphics update & a few added features to work on
Haha!
@@Marcusjnmc so in your mind theres nothing they can do to perhaps meet some of our expectations? Too many Pokemon fans are bitter these days. Gens 6-8 have a lot of flaws but im willing to support ILCA in hopes that other 3rd party developers can get a chance to make future games while Gamefreak does games like Legends.
Still waiting on "How good was Heatran actually: The Trilogy"
Rotom a documentary with 6 Parts.
@@Cobalt957 I did assume he would do the rotom forms seperatly(even remember him posting about form related video ideas for in the future in the community tab a while back). All be it that Rotom-Fan(spin) has a very limited amount of appearences both in singles beyond the bottom of the barrel itself each generation or any in doubles at all, rotom-heat or -wash alone are longer than most videos despite being here since "only" gen4.
@@rhydonphilip mow was pretty good
@@Cobalt957 landoT cinematic universe
@@rhydonphilip Poor Rotom-Fan got screwed over so hard. Still stuck with Air Slash all these years later since GF couldn't be bothered to update to the more fitting Hurricane (so it has a STAB on par with the other forms) when it was added in gen V
That gen 8 sprite was as animated as Zacian/Zamazenta's animation when it's trying to turn around
How to bough? Make all the Pixies Psychic Fairy and give them Moon Blast
I want a kyurem video, I feel like it would be interesting. Keep up the great work! 👍
I'd like to see a video on the generational gimmicks, particularly on gem's as they are rarely (but understandably to an extent) forgotten about.
Only one we still have is the normal gem
@@agentblackbird9435 didn't ask
I didn't know these pixies were high up there as a fan favorite trio. Personally I was disappointed with them because they're all the same type. It mostly was just how I looked at Pokemon teams as a kid, where if I had Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres I could have them all in my team cause that's ice, electric and fire. The pixies are all psychic, on the other hand, so it doesn't make sense to have 3 of the same solo type Pokemon on a team.
all near palette swaps of each other. i don't mind it but if the story had like... Uxie just three times, I don't think it'd be any different lol
azelf: exists
sucker punch: wazup, just got home from the shop
Nasty Plot and Baton Pass rock on it
Maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, but I'm a UU main and I've never seen adrenaline orb used on any Pokémon, including Azelf. It sounds like a cool tech, but it seems weird that it's highlighted so much here.
I used to love leading with a king’s rock Azelf with fake out, fling, stealth rock, and Explosion. Nowadays I mostly play VGC doubles, so I haven’t used this set lately, it’s very much a singles set only.
Hopefully the new company developing BD&SP will do the Lake Guardians, along with Regigigas, some justice.
clear body gigas please ilca
@@xx_lunchmeat_xx752 speed boost regigigas
To update:
BDSP did nothing for them
Legends didn’t help Regigigas but the Lake Trio got a signature move, Mystical Power
Stop procrastinating? What do you think i came here to do? Oh sure, i do have my first two exams next week but i really need to know how important Azelf was for the pokemon metagame which i have never experienced first hand and probably never will because of breeding and stuff
I feel like we should start placing bets on whether Uxie will appear next week or he'll pull the rug out from under us and do something completely random instead.
It’s be more of a rug pull to do a trio without something interrupting
i predict a “How GOOD was Sunkern ACTUALLY”
I'm gonna guess that the next video will be about Magcargo so he can say "Unfortunately" 6 times for an easy video.
Azelf has been a pretty often pick for my hyper offense teams as the big boom lead until Aerodactyl caught my eye
I wonder if this will be the longest lake trio video 🤔
I can't wait for a Video about Zyguarde
Azelf is my favorite Lake Guardian
The reference to The Pixies alone earned a like from me
i swear ive seen you do a vid on azlef before already
“Bringer of Willpower” and it’s primary function is suicide. Pretty much like real life
Gamefreak created Azelf to be the more offensive one out of the trio yet most players used it to set up some rocks
Guys!!! Let’s troll FSG with a derpy Pokémon pick again!! We can do it!!!
Either a quagsire remake or a shuckle remake.
Magcargo
Azelf and Infernape were always on my team in DPP and in BW/2 as well it was an essential member of my team, whether it was the Lead or a scarfer.
I think it’s about time we see rotom. I know I’m prepared for a 1 hour video
If azelf had like 20 pts taken from spattck to attack and got swords dance it would be pretty unique as one of the rare physical psychic attackers
Thinking about the inevitable "How GOOD was Deoxys ACTUALLY?" Saga
2 hours long video
Was always my favorite pokemon growing up
I've been waiting for this
In gen 6 UU, I would run an Anti-Anti-lead Azelf with Magic Coat. For how gimmicky it was, it gave rocks and denied my opponent's Azelf rocks and it did it pretty consistently
Azelf is rumored to be getting the Sheer Force ability in BDSP. If that’s true this thing will become an absolute monster
Wait hold up where did you hear that?
a sheer force user with high speed and attacking stats and great movepool. holy crap
Pure SPECULATION. Don't expect too much.
@@alibaba3568 yeah that’s why I said it’s “rumored”
Implying that it’s currently only speculation.
@@praisethesun8479 friend of mine told me and I saw it on Twitter from a few sources but yeah, it’s just a rumor at the moment. It would be really cool and I don’t think it’s a huge leap to say that the pixies will likely get some buffs in the remakes, and sheer force Azelf sounds within the realm of possibility.
Do Bastiodon, Skuntank, Purugly, Emolga, or Eevee next.
I loved Azelf so much in Pearl. I would use explosion a lot. He was soo good in gen 4. I’m gonna try using in vgc this week.
Next week is Uxie! The sinnoh lake trio is complete!
"When Salamence was in UU, it loved being paired with Azelf"
Wait, Salamence was in UU?
gen8
UUBL in Gen 6/7, UU in gen 8.
That's power creep for you.
It is now, too.
Dragapult and Dragonite fucked it
How good were corsola and cursola actually? Let's start covering the galarain forns and their evolution
Mesprit: You have taken everything from me!
Azelf: I do not know who you are
Wow didn't expect a Pixies pun in the first 30 seconds lol
Bibarel next to continue to tradition of interrupting trios
I really didn't expect azelf to not use Close Combat, it's a strong move that destroyed tyranitar and dark types in general and paired well with u turn and explosion, idk tho
I was just thinking for VGC S9... perhaps a skill swap set paired with Heatran or Stakataka? Both of these are very weak to ground, and they also don't like fighting types, which Azelf can take care of. Could be an interesting strategy.
I’ve been using Azelf in every single generation I’ve played… one of my favorite Pokémon, meta shifts be damned
Video starts and I already feel called out
I am satisfied, thank you
im so glad this is the first comment
Sup zelf
@@Centiwing same
Could you do Conkeldurr.
To hear mid-game Azelf being outclassed by its early-game counterpart is funny to say the least.
What game plays in the background of this video? I don't recognize it.
I would love to see this thing get will o wisp and recover. It would give it access to a really nice stall breaker set that would make it even more unpredictable