The Greatest Bug-Type in Gen 3 OU.

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  • Pokemon Competitive Singles in Gen 3 has a long history. Heracross has been a consistent presence in the format for over a decade, and even today it maintains its relevance in high level play.
    Heracross is the premiere wallbreaker of Gen 3 OU with its powerful STAB Megahorn, the anti-status ability Guts, and even Swarm for additional Bug-type power. Heracross has myriad different sets it can use and in the hands of a skilled player, it can tear teams apart.
    Heracross is considered the greatest Pokemon in human history by many geniuses of Entomology.
    This is insane.
    Iron Mugulis and Iron Fellow know all about it. Old Money doesn't know a thing.
    Only JimCool knows about the viability of Heracross. All other sources of information are liars and are inaccurate.
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    Some will never figure out how to get Heracross in Pokemon Scarlet and Heracross Violet. But famous player Jim Cool is well aware of the Best Heracross Moveset in Competitive, and even how to Heracross Shiny Farm. Many aren't and never will be. That's just the unfortunate reality of the world.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 167

  • @jimothycool
    @jimothycool  9 місяців тому +24

    I'm hosting a $3500+ Gen 3 OU Tournament. Check out the commentary here:
    www.youtube.com/@jimothygaming/videos

  • @asprinjuice8877
    @asprinjuice8877 9 місяців тому +51

    The fact that the swarm boosted megahorn could beat Jimothy Cool despite him being a ghost steel type is crazy

    • @usernametaken017
      @usernametaken017 Місяць тому +1

      he used to be steel/normal before The Incident

  • @chess_fella
    @chess_fella 9 місяців тому +193

    This is insane. Bug infestation moment.

  • @amb1ance
    @amb1ance 9 місяців тому +357

    Heracross is great for a metagame. Insane wall breaking but not braindead clicking with all the checks it's lack of leftovers brings

    • @EggscellentTree
      @EggscellentTree 9 місяців тому +20

      Imagine if it had close combat instead of brick break or focus punch.

    • @funkymachine
      @funkymachine 9 місяців тому +2

      It can definitely be brain dead, you ever seen the sub salac set? Actually disgusting

    • @youri7229
      @youri7229 9 місяців тому +45

      @@funkymachinemy brother in christ run some phasing moves on your squad❗️❗️

    • @GIR177
      @GIR177 9 місяців тому +14

      Leftovers on Heracross is the standard though, so not sure what you mean. Band has its uses but is greatly limiting on mons that aren't immune to sandstorm or spikes already. Even Medicham prefers Lefties more nowadays because it becomes much harder to play around.

    • @funkymachine
      @funkymachine 9 місяців тому

      @@youri7229 *ohkos your offcune at +2*

  • @singingcrow439
    @singingcrow439 9 місяців тому +106

    Gen 3 has a pretty interesting rule when it comes to physical attackers. The stronger you are, the more weak you are to passive damage and the harder it is to stick around.
    By strength, im not just talking about attack stats, but also move bp and stab type.
    On one end there's aero, who is immune to both sand and spikes, but compare to the psuedos and hera it has a far lower attack stat that basically required cb. It stabs are also rather weak with 75 rockslide and 70 hp flying.
    The three psuedos; ttar, mence and grosse, share the same problem with a weak stab (except for grosse, but we'll get to that) and are all immune to only one sand or spikes, making them easier to wear down. But their naturally higher attack stats allows them to use other items than cb, but they become destructive with cb.
    Now grosse does has a high attack stat and a high base power move in meteor mash, but its steel stab means that bulky waters and skarmory can resist its attacks, though it can potentially get through with a lucky attack boost or explosion.
    Then there is hera, whose is without question not just a glass Canon, but a glass tactical nuke. It is weak to both sand and spikes, so sets without leftovers can be outlasted, but it wont be without causties. Its attack is 10 points lower than the psuedos, but where they suffer from weak moves and stab, hera is here with 120 megahorn that whallops waters and a 150 focus punch that even skarm needs to respect. It also has access to swords dances and two abilites that can increase its power even more at the cost of health.

    • @CjqNslXUcM
      @CjqNslXUcM 9 місяців тому +17

      I wonder how much of this was intentional. They couldn't've thought of all that way back then.

    • @telstraRobs5
      @telstraRobs5 9 місяців тому +16

      ​@@CjqNslXUcMlooking at gen 9 I very much doubt this was intentional.

    • @tobin2.0
      @tobin2.0 9 місяців тому +6

      God I love gen 3

    • @ahassani
      @ahassani 9 місяців тому +9

      The moment gamefreak started minmaxing pokemon specifically for competitive play (gen 6 onwards, gen 5 was an obvious oversight by gamefreak) was when competitive pokemon became an absolute joke. It lacks any creativity now, and everything feels like it was designed for a specific purpose.

  • @finnasnowman5083
    @finnasnowman5083 9 місяців тому +20

    This is a "Heracross has invaded my home" moment.

  • @BiffTheBanana
    @BiffTheBanana 9 місяців тому +265

    Beetelmon is one of my favourite Pokémon of all time, so I must say I'm conflicted to hear confirmation of the news he has taken a criminal action, killing renowned player JimothyCool

    • @SeventhGod77
      @SeventhGod77 9 місяців тому +3

      Mm, bug type supremacy. He didn’t believe hard enough.

    • @etymonlegomenon931
      @etymonlegomenon931 9 місяців тому +3

      Heracross is Forgiven

    • @beechteeth
      @beechteeth 9 місяців тому +2

      could he have been hired by Old Money, sent to silence the truth

  • @Swndl3
    @Swndl3 9 місяців тому +60

    The problem with using Heracross is you’ll eventually tilt so hard after missing 5x mega horns that you’ll need a new computer 😢

    • @tree_tape
      @tree_tape 9 місяців тому +5

      -Margaret Thatcher

  • @hangry5318
    @hangry5318 9 місяців тому +85

    As a Heracross enjoyer, Gen 3 OU has quickly become my favourite metagame. On top of that, Mr Cool and his very epic tournament, ADV Revival, has begun to rapidly invade my home. This video is insane.

    • @Wing_cap
      @Wing_cap 9 місяців тому +7

      Since the next couple of sets are being held in your living room, will you be commentating?

    • @hangry5318
      @hangry5318 9 місяців тому +2

      @@Wing_cap only if Mr Cool, the leader of the invasion, the Napoleon if you will, allows me to. Otherwise, I might have to do it from the closet I am currently hiding in.

  • @toolofthelord
    @toolofthelord 9 місяців тому +16

    Heracross has invaded my home

  • @n34nt1s
    @n34nt1s 9 місяців тому +12

    I love the reference to the heracross donation message, it’s hilarious

  • @evanherynk5863
    @evanherynk5863 9 місяців тому +3

    Rumor has it that Iron Mugulus ordered the hit on Jimothy from behind bars.

  • @fizhing
    @fizhing 9 місяців тому +6

    Cant believe the popular pokemon youtuber jimothy cool recently passed away
    Rest in peace 😔

  • @Dad_Shoes
    @Dad_Shoes 9 місяців тому +10

    Wow, I can't believe that great UA-camr Jimothy Cool is dead. Let's hope that Decidueye used Spirit Shackle at the last second so he may still be able to give commentary on the mortal plane.

    • @miked5163
      @miked5163 9 місяців тому +3

      I’ve heard reports that past paradox form of Decidueye, Phantom Foliage, arrived just in the nick of time to rescue the megahorned man

  • @Drby_
    @Drby_ 9 місяців тому +14

    Listening to this video while opening at work on Halloween. It’s dark out and I’m scared when I go around a corner a Hera in swarm range with salac boost will be waiting for me. This is insane folks.

  • @diegbro1215
    @diegbro1215 9 місяців тому +22

    Dude your videos are seriously entertaining. As someone who’s favourite gen is gen 3, I never thought it had the complexity that you’ve shown it does in competitive Pokémon. Keep up the good work!

  • @liampouncy7808
    @liampouncy7808 9 місяців тому +10

    This is the best new copypasta that I've seen. I'm glad that you have built a community strong enough to enable such amazing content.

  • @shoogles_
    @shoogles_ 9 місяців тому +3

    The Meta-morphosis, with Gregor Samsalamence

  • @boop53
    @boop53 9 місяців тому +14

    i actually love band heracross. I focus punch salamence and i do like 37% at -1
    by the way, i love the intro, reminds me of those donation messages you keep getting in the adv revival tournament

    • @tsawy6
      @tsawy6 9 місяців тому +6

      (it was originally a dono message, and started out the memes. Read in one of the vids, posted on his community page, and now here. It flashed on the screen after he read it here!)

  • @tecul1
    @tecul1 9 місяців тому +5

    that's a big horn

  • @MPOTW
    @MPOTW 9 місяців тому +3

    Picked up on the Phoenix Wright background music - great choice, one of my favourite PW tracks

  • @chrisfacchiano7356
    @chrisfacchiano7356 9 місяців тому +1

    Rest in peace JamNCam, you will be missed

  • @sagetmaster4
    @sagetmaster4 9 місяців тому +6

    ADV OU is so incredible

  • @TayoAAdetola
    @TayoAAdetola 9 місяців тому +2

    I love this format for videos. Much more in depth and informative with some lore. Sorry that you got KOed by Heracross but glad you found it in your heart to forgive the gigantic bug type.

  • @DoodleWill
    @DoodleWill 9 місяців тому +11

    Been really enjoying Gen 3. I dipped into it for a couple of months now since Gen 9 got too turbulent and frankly having to keep track of so many Pokémon and Moves gets pretty exhausting after a few games.
    Heracross has been a surprise staple on my Porygon2 teams. While risky (and debatably not too viable), Endure Salac has been good at dealing with Dugtrios for times I feel like ditching the plastic ducky. Gen 3 really does let you play around with silly sets and its nice to run dumb stuff and still have a somewhat viable team. Gen 9 lately has been feeling a bit to suffocating.

    • @GoldStorm07
      @GoldStorm07 9 місяців тому +1

      Endure Reversal Hera is very fun to break out every once in a while when you just need to see the biggest numbers on your screen.

  • @jeremystinson2124
    @jeremystinson2124 9 місяців тому +1

    YAY! LET'S GO! THE HERACROSS VIDEO IS HERE! THANK YOU, JIM!

  • @virtualcolt
    @virtualcolt 9 місяців тому +2

    Heracross is the best example on how to make a bug type right. Give it a great design, the best possible stats it can have, and it has access to two great stab moves. *this applies to Scizor and Volcarona, those two are awesome too without being too broken before tera)

  • @Oliver-uz1fs
    @Oliver-uz1fs 9 місяців тому +1

    The venomoth into something idea could be how he was inversing power creep, getting better and better for each generation, from being trash, to niche, to alright in NU with niches above, to great in RU and banned from in Gen 5 and 6 and 7 to finally being legitimate into Gen 7 UU

  • @simonhoran9775
    @simonhoran9775 9 місяців тому +2

    The thing that you can never deny about Heracross is that it hurts really, really bad

  • @sandysimis8290
    @sandysimis8290 9 місяців тому

    Herracross was so scary that the gholdengo in the picture frame disappeared

  • @ThatGuyThai
    @ThatGuyThai 9 місяців тому +3

    In early ADV for Japan, Heracross was actually banned for a while

  • @doublem1975x
    @doublem1975x 9 місяців тому +1

    Porygon2 finally getting some love.

  • @SilentDragonite149
    @SilentDragonite149 4 місяці тому

    That’s one bug I would not mind keeping in my house.

  • @immortalmachine5839
    @immortalmachine5839 9 місяців тому

    Glad you survived heracross invading your house so you could make this video

  • @glumreaper8885
    @glumreaper8885 9 місяців тому +1

    Two of my favorite breakers are Mamoswine and Heracross. They are healthy additions to any metagame without being dishonestly powerful like modern metas would often introduce.
    Heracross does cool things. Fighting is generally great for breakers, and the bug type complements it to handle the common psychic type counter to fighting. But it isn't a guaranteed kill because poison and flying are still natural counters to the STABs. It's a balanced breaker that isn't pure min/maxed.

  • @5minvsarefer
    @5minvsarefer 9 місяців тому +3

    You forgot to mention how Weezing can check most of Heracross variants.

  • @thewhatness
    @thewhatness 9 місяців тому +1

    Literally the most iconic Jimothy opening out there.

  • @Manivilization
    @Manivilization 9 місяців тому +2

    This is one of the most interesting bug-type moments in recent history.

  • @gamezharks
    @gamezharks 9 місяців тому +1

    My favorite silly billy thing to do is running a suprise sleep talk on guts Heracross to punish sleepers in the funniest way possible.

  • @tfd8598
    @tfd8598 9 місяців тому +1

    lets see iron mugulis wallbreak this good

  • @doma3554
    @doma3554 9 місяців тому

    Blissey’s cute little smiling face with the text saying “I’m going to perish” is too funny, in the video’s thumbnail.

  • @kasaibouF29
    @kasaibouF29 6 місяців тому

    Heracross was so good, your rival has it when you rematch him in FRLG.

  • @lekoe961
    @lekoe961 9 місяців тому +1

    Loving these intros as well as just the content in general. Fantastic stuff all around. Insane, even

  • @zekmaster644
    @zekmaster644 9 місяців тому +1

    I am in shambles right now. I cannot imagine our favorite bug would commit such a crime against Jimothy Cool. Surely the dastardly Iron Mugulis has some sort of involvement in this catastrophic occurence.

  • @thekrampusclaus4148
    @thekrampusclaus4148 8 місяців тому

    Heracross deleting Skarmory will never not be funny

  • @mistyeggs7898
    @mistyeggs7898 9 місяців тому

    bro your voice is so relaxing and your commentary skills are cookin'! keep it up!

  • @Bobombist
    @Bobombist 9 місяців тому

    thats my favorite pokemon of all time, very cool jimothycool

  • @Neli2789
    @Neli2789 9 місяців тому +1

    I wish gen 5 had people analyzing the meta like this

  • @michaelk9080
    @michaelk9080 9 місяців тому

    Always been my favorite pokemon. Reminds me too that though i was so excited to see this insane buga get a mega evolution that the playstyle of megahera just felt different.
    We just love heracross don't we folks? This is insane.

  • @RralRonaldo
    @RralRonaldo 9 місяців тому

    Another great Jimothy cool video. Your format makes Pokémon extremely interesting, and you are really good at making the info digestible. Good job

  • @lesqueegee
    @lesqueegee 9 місяців тому

    Heracross is by far my favorite Mon in the tier. Adamant Hera with the sub salac has won me so many games that were lost otherwise. If setup properly by removing physical checks, megahorn after an SD and swarm proc is so beautiful. Seeing suicune die in one hit without an explosion is feral. The elation on my face when I clicked focus punch with my guts heracross in front of a blissey who had just clicked toxic and shot my attack up to obscene heights, only fueling its eggstinction… insane.

  • @41gguy
    @41gguy 9 місяців тому

    Im not going to lie, when you were talking about needing to get rid of a giant bug infestation, I thought you were about to plug Raid shadow legends

  • @azeria1
    @azeria1 9 місяців тому +1

    That's why you use gust flygon obviously

  • @prutprut6324
    @prutprut6324 9 місяців тому

    I think it would be cool if you also included some tips for teammates in these vid. Great job as always

  • @MmadA-lg6ix
    @MmadA-lg6ix 9 місяців тому

    0:47 hell yeah love that song

  • @Jcage22
    @Jcage22 9 місяців тому

    Herracross, has invaded my home

  • @Zo3yX
    @Zo3yX 9 місяців тому +1

    Heracross, liechi aero, and slaking are some of my favs in adv. you just click buttons and things get obliterated

  • @haidynwendlandt2479
    @haidynwendlandt2479 9 місяців тому

    Happy Halloween to the most insane community on UA-cam

  • @thomasw1371
    @thomasw1371 9 місяців тому

    Heracross is by far and away my favorite pokemon. The design, the coverage, the usefulness in game and in competitive, my team building starts and ends with Heracross. A true gamer's pokemon.

  • @genmaicha_
    @genmaicha_ 9 місяців тому

    when is jimothy gonna acknowledge the future paradox form of gordon ramsay, "iron chef"

  • @JamNCam
    @JamNCam 9 місяців тому +3

    Despite costing my life, I have nothing but love for the beetle 🪲❤️

  • @user-uo4uf6mi3m
    @user-uo4uf6mi3m 9 місяців тому

    It's easy being the best when you got the strongest STAB move and the best dual typing at the time

  • @kalarse
    @kalarse 9 місяців тому

    I loved the usage of Chrono Trigger battle music

  • @williamdrum9899
    @williamdrum9899 2 місяці тому

    Makes me wonder how good bugs would be if X Scissor existed back then. As frustrating as Gen 3 can be with some mons not having usable STAB, I'm beginning to believe this was a feature not a bug.

  • @Sunaki1000
    @Sunaki1000 9 місяців тому

    Nintendo plz buff Heracross. The King of Bugs deserves to reclaim his Throne.

  • @DoctorThundah
    @DoctorThundah 9 місяців тому

    That intro was outstanding

  • @dadiscoverychannel
    @dadiscoverychannel 9 місяців тому +1

    Let's take a look at all of the different ways you could use Heracross, and examples of it being used in high level play.

  • @mountainwalk
    @mountainwalk 9 місяців тому +1

    The Elite 4 doesn't want you to know this but the Heracross in the National Park are free you can take them home. I have 214 Heracross.

  • @donlyphans7801
    @donlyphans7801 9 місяців тому

    Hera lead on hyper o is pretty crazy too

  • @tobin2.0
    @tobin2.0 9 місяців тому +1

    Gen 3 is a work of art, such a well-designed Gen

  • @nibblerdoo
    @nibblerdoo 9 місяців тому

    RIP to Venomoth in Something

  • @shawverno.1130
    @shawverno.1130 9 місяців тому

    Thank you JamNCam for such an instant classic

  • @CjqNslXUcM
    @CjqNslXUcM 9 місяців тому

    Heracross used to be one of my favorite pokemon back in the day. His design is strangely appealing, even though he's just a beetle.

  • @Nintendofan184
    @Nintendofan184 9 місяців тому

    your music playlist on your videos is good

  • @Eclipsmon8421
    @Eclipsmon8421 9 місяців тому

    Heracross is probably my favorite pokemon to use in gen 3 OU, and that's a metagame full of gigachad mons, so that's impressive.

  • @christopherballero866
    @christopherballero866 9 місяців тому

    In Emerald Heracross was one of my go to Pokemon for the Battle Fromtier

  • @urnanaman
    @urnanaman 9 місяців тому +1

    She swarm on my megahorn till i wallbreak

    • @boop53
      @boop53 9 місяців тому +1

      she slides on my rocks till i flinch

  • @SilverScarletSpider
    @SilverScarletSpider 3 місяці тому +1

    could you imagine if we had genesect or mega charizard y in gen 3 ou? lol

  • @Arktic06
    @Arktic06 9 місяців тому

    Heracross has such a cool design. This is insane.

  • @HawkBreland
    @HawkBreland 9 місяців тому

    always loved this fella since his debut in gen 2. he is cool and this is insane.

  • @semi-useful5178
    @semi-useful5178 9 місяців тому

    Heracross is one of my favorite pokemon and always winds up on my teams. Though Swords Dance Heracross Sweep is not very meta.

  • @movezig5
    @movezig5 9 місяців тому

    Heracross is one of my favorite Pokemon, even if it's fallen off in recent generations. I nicknamed mine Slug Bug.

  • @AI-DreigonGPT
    @AI-DreigonGPT 9 місяців тому

    I hope we got more story like the Swarm Megahorn Heracross like maybe a Titan Ariados

  • @caiof1103
    @caiof1103 9 місяців тому +2

    i love heracross

  • @nebulimes2143
    @nebulimes2143 9 місяців тому

    I know it’s not really a hot take but I feel like Heracross is such perfect Pokémon - has a unique+lovable design but not overdone,is extremely powerful but not gamebreaking and easily punished, 2 (4 if you count HA+ME) that gives a lot of versatility with different sets, and is just fun to use

  • @twobrosgamers8426
    @twobrosgamers8426 9 місяців тому

    Glad to see that one of my faves is amazing in Gen 3

  • @paulh462
    @paulh462 9 місяців тому

    To bad Ubers Hera was not mentioned atleast for a hot second. It might be even stronger there.

  • @rikajougasaki3296
    @rikajougasaki3296 9 місяців тому +3

    Don't you 4x resist Megahorn?

  • @M3rtyville
    @M3rtyville 9 місяців тому

    good video. Can we get videos on the best Ice Types in Gen 3 OU?

  • @BigMamaGamer
    @BigMamaGamer 9 місяців тому +1

    NOW THIS IS EPIC

  • @feelsokayman5656
    @feelsokayman5656 9 місяців тому

    Jimmy, i love u as much u love Heracross

  • @PhantomBunny888
    @PhantomBunny888 9 місяців тому

    Modest Moltres is my favourite band.

  • @_belial
    @_belial 9 місяців тому

    happy Halloween everybody

  • @Croagunk.Collector
    @Croagunk.Collector 9 місяців тому

    This is enormous.

  • @globalistgamer6418
    @globalistgamer6418 9 місяців тому

    I saw a Heracross the other day. Horrible creatures.

  • @chester1882
    @chester1882 9 місяців тому

    Of course there are some clips from SEA here :p

  • @Exquailibur
    @Exquailibur 9 місяців тому

    Haracross is a really cool pokemon, great shiny and great everything honestly. It really is too bad power creep shafted it so hard but it still puts in work in lower tiers where all the op bs isnt around.

  • @krosshair450
    @krosshair450 9 місяців тому

    Heracross is the #1 Bug of all time

  • @moyai5317
    @moyai5317 9 місяців тому +1

    I love how in gsc heracross is a menace bc theres few fire mons in the tier although skarm walls it , also i love heracross can be used on adv ubers bc the tier is full of psy mons

    • @jimothycool
      @jimothycool  9 місяців тому +1

      Hera is excellent in Ubers yeah. Salac sets are also enhanced by the lack of Sand.

  • @daniel9869
    @daniel9869 9 місяців тому

    Been watching your channel for a while and I have one question:
    How do I play Gen 3 OU?