That's genius. And while they're at it working on light-based moves, GIVE HELIOLISK SUNNY DAY AND SOLAR BEAM. And maybe it could even buff status light-based moves. So for example, Flash would be more powerful at -2 Accuracy, and Sunny Day could maybe give an Accuracy or Special Attack boost on the turn the move is used to itself and allies, and the user in singles. Tail Glow (which I don't think any Illuminate Pokemon gets anyway) could be given to a select group of Pokemon such as the Mareep line, and then maybe give a +1 boost to the Special Defense stat.
@@reddragonair3147 illuminate is original from Volbeat, who also has as a signatute move Tail glow. So yeah, you basically want that bug to be arceuslike :3
Oml I love how I commented the exact same thing only to see other people had the EXACT same great ideas 😂 but it’s true there’s so many ways they could buff the ability!!
You could make anticipation work like download but defensively: giving you a boost in defense or special defense depending on the higher stat of the opposing Pokémon
I actually think the way foo described it is nice - your def or spdef would rise depending the type of opponent's "dangerous" attack, so this would even give you a clue whether it's a specially or physically oriented mon.
Absolutely , they could easily change it from like “Toxicroak’s Anticipation made it shudder” , to “Toxicroak’s Anticipation raised its (Special) Defense.”
@@OCmph you're totally wrong there. Most of those users like golem, magnezone, and aggron either only have 1 high defensive stat, have 1 or more key quad weaknesses, or suffer from both of these issues. Few if any pokemon with sturdy don't suffer from these drawbacks.
And Lightning Rod. It used to only attract the attention of Electric attacks to the occupying Pokemon and was useless in single battles, but starting in generation V it not only granted Electric immunity but also a Special Attack boost upon being struck.
@@twbro2001 this doesn't really nerf ice types. The only mons with Magma Armor are fire types, which already resist ice attacks, but thematically it makes more sense to reduce ice damage rather than water damage since Magma Armor prevents you from getting frozen
HowI would buff honey gather : Sweet scent and sweet kiss, pollen puff, aromatherapy, natural gift, lick and bug bite increase its speed by two stages.
How about Ice Body being capable of absorbing Ice type moves and restoring HP in the same way Dry Skin absorbs Water type attacks and heals HP. It would make some Ice types more usable.
On the subject of Attract, I wonder if it might be more viable if you had it on both one male and one female Pokemon? Y'know, on the same team. That 50/50 odds of doing nothing is pretty strong.
For Anticipation: Making it activate whenever the opponent switches would improve this ability too. Often, that's when you really need this ability to activate. Say your opponent has a Raichu, you switch in Whishcash to take a Thunderbolt. You hit Dragon Dance, and your opponent switches into a Xatu. Were they expecting an Earthquake? Or does their Xatu carry Grass Knot/Solar Beam? Another way to buff Anticipation is to change why it activates. Instead of activating with a OHKO or Super-Effective move, have it straight up reveal one damaging non-STAB move your opponent has. This could make it actually REALLY useful for scouting your opponent's coverage moves. In most cases you can assume your opponent is carrying at least one of their STABs, and detecting OHKO moves is just situational. Knowing coverage moves, on the other hand, is the difference between winning and losing sometimes.
@@eduvbs Forewarn reveals a move, but only the highest base power one. My suggestion would have it merely identify a coverage move, like Rock Slide, even if it is weaker than your other moves or not super-effective.
@@Imperiused Yes maybe, but Forewan in my opinion deserves this buff instead. For example, it obvious that Zygarde carries Thousand Arrows, but it is Coil, Sub or Dragon Dance?
I like your first suggestion, I think that it should totally work on every pokemon your opponent switches in but should also in my opinion tell what move it is. To use your example, it should tell you the xatu has solar beam. I dont like your second suggestion so much because it seems to strong, swapping in and learning your opponent move sets puts them at a real disadvantage. At least the other way, while strong, is much more limited.
If anticipation told you what move it was, it would basically become "Forewarn". I think the best thing that would make more sense is that because it antecipates the enemy's supereffective move, it takes less damage from it. So if a Croagrunk anticipates a earthquake, even if it doesn't tell you what move it was, but reduced its damage because the pokemon is prepared for it, i think that'd be cool. Or even instead of reducing the damage, even raising the chance of that move missing the user of this ability. Either one would be pretty good!!
@@OMalleyTheMaggot maybe it can absorb 33% instead of 50% then or then again, the person did say dodging is also good. A bright powder sword dancing toxicroak would love that
I did not know what forewarn was so i had to look it up lol. From what i read they are different, forewarn shows the move that is the strongest while anticipation would show the move that is super effective, i think that is a good enough difference
@@foofootoo and there isn't a worse feeling that having a Pokemon in your team having a worthless ability, like a Starmie with Illuminate, but as you proposed it would really benefit them, turning a weakness into neutral damage
I have thought about this for years, maybe game freak just thinks that havign the ability to lower both attacking stats for free is just to much, however they are introducing that move that is a physical snarl, i forget what its called, so maybe this ability will be revealed this generation or maybe the next
@@extonjonas6820 a physical version of snarl? What's it called haven't heard about that and yeah maybe they will ... I mean why not intimidate had ran rampant. Also to counter they should Introduce more Pokemon with competitive as an ability.
Even tho it sounds ideal,if that happens special attackers will lose viability in battle. There's already ways to stop special attackers. Assault best goodra, tyranitar w/sand storm and chansey are perfect special walls.
not quite tho - magician works for special attacks too. I think pickpocket should be upgraded exactly the way foo suggested - it should activate at ANY contact.
@@charliez077 Pickpocket works for Special Attacks bro... Moves like Draining Kiss, Infestation and Petal Dance are Special but make Contact activating Pickpocket.
@@poisonousgas9447 I think he just meant contact moves which generally speaking does not mean special moves. He is suggesting that pick pocket should work when the pokemon with pick pocket attacks, which i totally agree with
@@extonjonas6820 i understand what he is suggesting, i'm just saying his explanation of the buffed Pickpocket's difference to Magician is not exactly right since those moves i listed are Special and activate the ability. A better way of explain it would be that Magician works for any damaging move, making contact or not.
PlatinumHowler Keen eye is for enemy Pokémon’s evasiveness and your accuracy. The users’ Evasiveness has nothing to do with it. But perhaps Gale Wings users would be immune?
keen eyes prevent accuracy from dropping not your evasiveness. Defog makes it so you can get hit but it does not make it so your opponent cant, so it would not make sense for them to be immune to defog
@@jermainetalaepa8463 then why not make a new ability for it then. It would wreck doubles vgc, where protect is a necessity. Gamefreak not gonna let that happen any time soon...
My favorite part of the leak season before a new gen comes is seeing the news change for old mechanics anything from move and abilities to seeing new Egg Moves and base stat buffs
I totally agree with this! the only danger is Golisopod becoming too OP after this but I don't personally think he would - he could just make it to OU which would be awesome.
@@charliez077 Maybe, but an hurricane or a thunderbolt from most ou special attacker can take care of that, beside he still is incredible slow and probably not bulky enought to barely survive a brave bird from tapu koko whitout defense investment
@@charliez077 He wouldn't be OU even if he had something crazy like sheer force. He's a slow bug type that can't break past his common walls and doesn't have enough defensive utility to warrent use 99% of the time unless you REALLY like first impression on your team. Getting a good Ability won't let it suddenly beat toxapex, zapdos, ferrothorn, and the like.
That would make it too strong, because the ability would trigger any time you switch in, making you essentially a check for pokemon that should check you. The boost Foo suggested sounds like a better idea, because with your idea Ferrothorn would be even more busted seeing as it gets anticipation as a hidden ability
The exclusive ability of Silvally, RKS System. In the games we learn that Silvally was created by following the myths of Arceus, so it would make sense if it's ability works exactly like Multitype. When Silvally helds a memory disc not only it changes its type, also provides a boost of 1,2x too the moves of that same type. And just like Arceus this ability can work too by holding a Z-crystal. Unrelated to the topic of the video but i came up with another buff for Silvally. The aether foundation create this pokémon with the intention to hunt down ultra beasts. So what if that aspect of its lore its reflect in its signature move Multy-attack? Dealing extra damage to the pokémon clasified as Ultra Beats
I really like both of these ideas, especially the latter. Not only does that fit perfectly with its design and lore, but competitively it would make it much more viable and several Ultra Beasts in the higher tiers (looking at YOU, Celesteela) can definitely use a Gumshoos-esque Pokemon to hunt them down and flush them out. I love this idea.
I dont know if pokemon have mechanic based on things like that. what I mean is that a pokemon wont take more because its an ulta beast because being an ultra beast is not an actual mechanic of battle, perhaps the remedy is to have it deal 2x damage to pokemon with the ability beast boost.
Frisk - Should activate even when an opponent swaps their Pokemon and not be limited to the Pokemon with Frisk entering battle. Heavy Metal - Should reduce speed as well to make Trick Room set-up easier. Magma Armor - Should convert the damage type the Pokemon takes when it is hit by Water attacks to become Rock attacks. Magcargo would jizz to have this effect.
mate you mean that Golisopod would then basically be unhittable by a super-effective move? I think that's way OP for a mon with great stats like him. I think tho Emergency Exit activating at the end of the turn could make him very viable and maybe not OP.
The whole point of Emergency Exit is that it's just a cooler sounding Wimp Out. Golisopod is still the same wimpy Wimpod on the inside. He just puts up a front.
Illuminate could be an Evasion Intimidate. You know, make opponents more visible and easier to hit. That would be great for less accuarate moves. Flower Veil could have a different effect on Fairy and Grass types, with each protected against different things.
Wonder Guard on Shedinja is cool but it really needs some work. Instead of "Supereffective moves only hit", it should be "Supereffective type moves only would take effect." For example, Shedinja can't be statused by moves such as Toxic or Thunder Wave but can still be Will-O-Wisped. And it is immune to weather such as Hail, but not to Sandstorm because it is technically a rock move. It would be immune to spikes/toxic spikes but it would still faint to stealth rocks. It can't even be swaggered because it is a normal move but it can confused by confuse ray. It would make Shedinja much better than its current version but would still have counters.
magma armor should be buffed to resist water type moves, the only pokemons that get this ability are 4x times weak to water type moves gale wings should have its effects erased when the pokemon's health is below 1/2 not when it has received damage justified should make the pokemon immune to dark-type moves or at least halve its damage I thought that a good buff to illuminate would be to have a chance of making the opponent flinch or lower their accuracy water veil: either have the same effect as water bubble or make it affect allies as well
Idk, it would be great competitively but i don't think it makes that much sense for the pokémon. Water compaction just means it gets harder with the water. Maybe reduce the water damage, perhaps
sorry, I don't love this, not because Palossand doesn't need a buff (he does), but because it doesn't really make sense - as Lurgas pointed out, that ability is about making PS harder with water.
"Early Bird" should make the user recover more quickly from any status effect, that can "wear off" (such as: sleep, confusion, infatuated, or "frozen" status).
Illuminate could work either as a Compound eyes or as a No guard. Then, Starmie would be able to run Blizzard and Thunder more reliably and would have a perfectly accurate Hydro Pump. While deffensive Lanturn wouldn’t care, offensive ones would also benefit from the previous moves. Even Watchog might get a niche with a Hypnosis Swords dance set. For Healer I agree with you, but I would increase the odds of healing status to like a 50% for both pokémon. Another option would be a 33% for the user and a 100% for the ally, thus making it an actually good doubles ability. One of the weaknesses of pickpocket is that it can give you an item that you don’t want. I think that apart from being able to activate it with your own moves, there should be a chance of the enemy losing its item without you receiving it if you already have one, like a 20%. If you don’t have an item, you steal the enemy’s item with a 100% chance. For Flower Veil I was thinking that if the user is alone, it only gets the status/stat reduction immunity (just 1, I don’t know which since the status one is better but the stat reduction one seems to step less on Comatose territory), but if you get a grass type partner for it in doubles, both get the 2 boosts.
Even if it's an item you don't want you are better off having it then your opponent. Sure weavile can't really use the rocky helmet or leftovers but better in him than that skarmory or ferrothorn granted knock off already does this but it would be more useful than it is now which is the idea
@@dapes- if I read my comment I already addressed this. "Granted knock off exists but it would be more useful than it is now" I didn't say the ability would be great I just said it would be better than essentially not having an ability
3:38 Run Away: Perfect, I love that. 5:46 Illuminate: Reduced damage seems strong, but I wouldn't mind. I always thought Illuminate should be the Ability version of Brightpowder. 8:09 Healer: Oh my gosh, YES. That's my main gripe with Healer. 10:02 Pickpocket: I actually thought it worked that way already. Huh, it should probably work like that. 12:02 Flower Veil: I forgot this was an Ability. 13:37 Anticipation: That sounds very plausible, actually! Keen Eye got a buff in that it ignores evasion increases, but its still not quite useful enough. I'd like to see it boost the damage of moves that already don't miss by, like, 30% or something. Maybe those moves automatically score critical hits instead? Something like that would be great.
flowerveil might already protect the user, it's just that they aren't grass type, don't know if it works but try forest's curse, i do know that it's op with kartana as a partner. not what you asked for but i think solar power espeon, liquid ooz umbreon, and fluffy flareon would be coool.
That would be neat if all the Eevee evolutions had secondary abilities. Glaceon could have Slush Rush, or even a new ability that boosts either Special Attack or Defense in Hail. Leafeon could parallel Glaceon's ability with a sun-activated boost in either Attack or Special Defense. Jolteon could get Motor Drive or Lightning Rod (the latter would be much more useful, but the former fits Jolteon's theme better), and Vaporeon could get Water Veil or Storm Drain. Finally, Sylveon could get maybe Natural Cure. What do you think? Honestly, I think Sun needs to be buffed with more abilities to take advantage of it, and more Pokemon to use abilities that already do, so I would really love to see the Espeon and Leafeon ideas come to life especially.
Yes you're right, Flower Veil does protect the user if grass type, but none are. So I really meant that it should be changed to affect the mons that get it, whether that means that it affects fairy types and grass types, or just that it always protects the user regardless of type
I honestly think because of flower veils effects, it is perfectly fine, I think it would be cool if it affected both but only protected stats OR status like Foofootoo suggested but i still think its perfectly fine
I was going to mention that your proposed illuminate buff wouldn't translate well in Japan because of Dark being Evil type but you mentioned that. Although, someone in the comment section mentioned raising accuracy. I'm all for that. I think Pickpocket is fine. It's amazing and has great synergy with the aforementioned frail Pokemon. The only downside with that ability, in my opinion, is that it is only available to a few Pokemon. The one ability that *does* need a buff is Magician. It doesn't work like Pickpocket where you're able to steal the item during the turn you used your own. Makes no sense when Pickpocket does. Healer should honestly just apply the same effect in singles where you have the same chance of healing a pokemon of status condition in your party while the Healer is out. Your original thought on Flower Veil is fine, to be honest. There's only like 2 Pokemon that have it and said Pokemon aren't exactly turning heads. So applying that idea on single's for them sounds fine to me. However, some people in the comments theorize the reason it might not help the user is because the Pokemon that do have said ability aren't grass type. So, I think buffing the user's grass type moves sounds like a good addition; kind of like Dhelmise's Steelworker.
I think your idea for illuminate is a little too strong. Perhaps a one stage boost of accuracy for electric moves would be balanced - since Lanturn and Starmie can both learn them
Agreed, it's a little too op. I like your idea, but maybe it can work like intimidate except it lowers evasion. Just so it doesn't overlap with compound eyes.
frankly, I don't even think it's necessarily OP, it all depends on distribution. would Starmie (the only strong holder of Illuminate) go UBER thanks to it? I seriously doubt it.
well i dont think they would ever give a ghost normal this ability, also i think this ability should cut effectivness of dark in half, that would be much better
Ok, I got a bit of a list, feel free to critique if needed: - Honey gather: This ability sucks. Maybe make it so they can consume the honey item if they hit like 1/2 health or something, idk. - Keen eye: Add ignoring enemy evasion moves like Double Team. - Iron fist: 20% boost to 50% boost - Leaf Guard (or any "evade status moves in weather" abilities): These seem to be incredibly circumstantial. Maybe add a 20% def boost when activated or something - Plus/Minus: Arena trap on electric types in addition to effect - Pickup: Add the ability to pickup knocked off items (instead of just 1 time use items) - Power of Alchemy/Receiver: Change effect from just ally ability gain to any fainted Pokemon (ally or enemy) - Shell Armor: Def raise in addition to crit null - Solar power: Remove the HP drain. Seriously, it's so unnecessary. It's only a 50% boost. - Steadfast - Moves that cause flinch are nullified and speed is raised - Surge Surfer - Raise speed in electric terrain and/or when hit by water moves (cuz surfing). - Symbiosis - Change effect to all Pokemon, not just allies (So enemy receives item if they use theirs. It would be great with toxic/flame orb or choice items) - Telepathy - In addition to ally dodge, add +1 evasion (yes, I know evasion is annoying, but it's a crap ability in singles) - Tangled Feet - When a confusion move is used (psybeam, water pulse, confuse ray, etc), nullify move and boost speed. - Unnerve - Effect change from just berries to any one time use item and leftovers. Some of these are probably OP, and I'm sure some of them still suck. This is just what I came up with.
Not quite, but maybe stall should raise def and spdef x1.5 in exchange of always being last to move no matter what. In doubles it may suck since it ignores trick room, but in singles any slow wall pokemon will highly appreciate it :)
Stall : if this pokemon moves last that turn, it deals twice more damage. As Sableye isn't that bulky, it wouldn't be too broken. Other option : in trick room, moves first.
Gooey, Tangled Hair, Cotton Down...stop trying to make contact only speed drops happen! If these were combined with Sticky Hold you could punish Knock Off users and keep your item.
Damp: protects itself and partner from explosion moves while letting the oponent die and hit their partner. Also extends to sludge bomb, egg bomb, seed bomb, zap cannon... but not ball moves like gyro ball, pollen puff and focus blast. Lets it diferenciate itself from bulletproof.
I think Zap Cannon should be included with the ball moves, since it isn't really an explosion (if anything, being damp would make you more vulnerable to an electric blast than stop one).
@@reddragonair3147 oooooh totally right. Itd be funnier that way, actually. Because it should block it but because its electric, it just doesnt. Like: "you fell for it fool! Zap cannon cross split attack!".
Cursed body’s main problem is that its 2 main users, Froslass and Gengar, are too frail to receive hits. I have different ideas for it: - When they kill you, you apply Curse to them, making then lose 25% of the hp every turn starting from that turn. This would be a cool ability similar to Aftermath, but it probably strays too far from the original ability. - There’s a 10% chance at the end of every turn that the enemy (or enemies in doubles, 10% chance for each) that the last move they used dets disabled. The chance is lower from the original (the original Cursed body has 30% chance), but it can shut down stall with some luck. - Keeping it as it is, but increasing the odds of the disable happening in certain situations. One possibility would be if the enemy KOes the user, giving it like a 100% or similar. Another possibility would be increasing the odds to 50% if the enemy is locked into a move either by items or encore.
I like the guaranteed Disable on KO, it removes luck aspects, so it can be played much more tactically and can maybe allow your next Pokemon to come in and set up for a sweep!
Healer; has a # in 3 chance to heal a volatile status condition on your side of the field at the start of turn, # indicating the amount of Pokemon on your side with a status condition. Pickpocket; you've just given it the effect for the Magician ability, so perhaps it could act like both Knock Off and Snatch, stealing the 'effect' of the opponent's held item for a turn and also knocking it off the opponent. Flower Veil; heals status conditions of ally Grass type Pokemon at the end of turn (think Hydration). Anticipation; boosts Defense or Special Defense depending on the type of the opponent's most effective move. Triggers whenever opponent changes (could be useful when paired with moves like Dragon Tail and Roar). More Abilities: Gale Wings; not a complete reversal of the nerf, but perhaps it could give Flying-type moves Priority when you're over 50% HP. Heatproof; increases Defense and Special Defense when hit by a Fire-type move. Plus; increases Special Attack of every ally for every one stage for ally with Plus or Minus. Minus; increases Special Defense of every ally for every one stage for ally with Plus or Minus. Damp; prevents self-destructive moves and powder type moves. Stall; the Pokemon moves last in its Priority bracket, but increases the power of offensive moves by 20%. Stench; contact with this Pokemon will lower a random stat Vital Spirit; if put to sleep this Pokemon will immediately wake up Wonder Skin; ignores the effects of opponent's status moves. Cacophony (a removed ability); doubles the power of sound based moves.
Since the only pokemon to get stall is the super weak Sabaleye, make it a 50% boost. I know it sounds strong but people only run prankster and that powerful as hell so an equally powerful ability would be needed to get people to not use prankster all the time
another thing they could do with run away is give the pokemon switching in a +1 priority so when it comes in the opposing pokemon moves after the pokemon you switched in unless the opposing pokemon has priority of its own and is faster then the pokemon you switched in
and if the pokemon coming in didn't suffer from hazards that would be awesome because their is a part of me that wants to run a full hazards team in doubles
I think an accuracy boost for your mon and your partner (whole team seems too much) could be nice, but lowering opponent's accuracy - no please. that makes the competitive battling even more based on luck than it is now.
I think Illuminate should instead work like Intimidate but lowering the opponents evasion. Admittedly, this may be a little too powerful considering that Stamie or Lantern can run Blizzard, Thunder, and Hydro Pimp for practically 100% accuracy but I think it works. If too OP, it can lower accuracy instead of evasion.
Gamefreak hire this guy NOW! awesome content, I agree with everything like 100% the fact that Gamefreak still hasn't buffed Run Away with that effect imo speaks a lot about its total incompetence in some ways... it's so obvious!!! btw I would really love other vids from you like this one :) a similar topic would be "what pokes and moves could be buffed/nerfed and how" - some of my tips would be: 1) giving regular Pidgeot Gale Wings (and also Gale Wings should work above 50% health, that's imo balanced enough and rather fun - priority Mirror Move, Featherdance, Roost or attacking moves would make you consider when to mega evolve) 2) King's Shield causing just -1 Att - Aegislash is overpowered in many formats and imo needs a little nerf 3) similarly Blaziken is overpowered and I think he should maybe get a version of Speed Boost that only raises its speed ONCE, max twice. 4) Protect - one of my biggest issues currently, esp in Doubles. I think it there either need to be more attacks + an ability that bypass it or Protect needs to protect only against 100% HP, but any aditional damage goes through it. the rarer Detect - works like now. Protect is such a lazy, boring move in Doubles and there are almost no ways to punish it (except setting up and the rare and weak Feint) 5) Thunder Wave should work just like Toxic - perfect accuracy for Electric mons (except I think both Toxic and Thunder Wave should stop working on mons using Dig/Dive/Fly... - it doesn't make sense) 6) Forest Curse and Trick or Treat need to work like Soak, period. 7) I think Silvally should be able to hold one memory and one additional item. 8) imo rare signature moves should generally be always worth using! Submission could totally be a 130 BP move with like 90% accuracy, Toxic Thread could poison (or badly poison) and give -2 Spe (or work on both opponents), Fire Lash could be a 100 BP move with the same effect like now (seriously, give Heatmor something to work with!), etc. 9) a minor one: the already overpowered Intimidate should stop working on foes using Dig/Dive/Fly/etc. like what the actual hell. 10) Minimize is maybe the most ridiculous move in the game - I think it should either be banned from existence, or give you that +2 Evasion, but also at least like -1 to Def, SpDef and Att. 11) Emergency Exit - I dunno if it would make Golisopod OP, but I always thought unlike Wimp Out EE should activate AT THE END OF THE TURN.
On topic of the proposed healer buff. In gen 1 games (and remakes) we had the pokeflute that when played woke up everyone, even pokémon that are in the back of the party. If not for your proposed buff, a cool thing for healer to do is to also be able to heal a status problem of a random pokémon you have in the back. There's allready moves that do this (aromatherapy, heal bell) so having an ability that has a similar effect isn't that much of a stretch. Even better, you don't actually have to change the description of the ability, because the pokémon you have in the back are just as much your allies as any active pokémon that might be battling alongside the healer pokemon. I imagine there might be a translation problem with my next suggestion, but maybe anticipation could reduce the accuracy of the move it scouted. When you anticipate you react to something that can happen in the future, so in the scenario of pokémon battling, if you can anticipate a move, you could more easely make a more evasive reaction. It would be a brightpowder effect against a single move. Or another approach could be to brace yourself for impact, lowering damage taken from that move. So it would more or less function like the ability filter, but against 1 specific move from the pokémon that you scouted with anticipation. Not really a fan of your suggested illuminate buff, mostly because of the translation issue. The current effect to use a bright light to repel wild pokemon is fitting, but there's other stuff to do with bright lights. You can blind pokémon with it and make it a permanent brightpowder effect in ability form, which is gonna catch the smogon ban before you can say sword & shield and would therefor defeat the purpose of buffing it to get it to see more use. But you can also use light as search lights, you can see your surroundings better if there is sufficiently lit. So maybe an effect like compoundeyes, that increases accuracy is an option or, if not for improving accuracy it could also be an effect that ignores your opponents evasion boosts. I know this type of buff also is irrelevant under smogon rules, but it's a buff in vgc doubles at least. The flower veil ability has an easy buff. Keep the old effect that protects ally grass types but in addition, it also protects the user whenever grassy terrain is up. Pokemon are like wild animals that can be domesticated so it makes sense that when they create grassy fields those fields will also include wild flowers. grassy field -> wild flowers, wild flowers to make a flower veil, it just makes sense. In fact, it makes so much sense that needing hail to create an aurora veil sounds ridiculous in comparison, yet somehow that's an actual thing. Anyways, as allways, great video.
But Smogon doesn't own Pokemon, and the buff to Illuminate has little to do with their rules in competitive formats. Besides, there's always the AG metagame if nothing else. The buff should be concerned with not only making the Pokemon more viable, but also making sense with the Pokemon/ability's theme. So I think the Accuracy/Evasion idea would work fine. But as I've said to a few other commenters, what would be much more interesting and would still make perfect sense is if Illuminate could indeed be used as Dark-type insurance like Foo was saying. When looking at the Japanese translation of Evil-type, the concept would work as good light versus evil dark instead of in the physical sense. So moral light breaking through moral dark- or evil. It makes fine sense.
@@reddragonair3147 The Illuminate ability buff that is suggested by FooFoo comes from a cultural approach and it just so happens to be that cultural things don't allways translate well. As the creator of the games is Japanese it has to make sense in Japanese at the very least, but you have to take into consideration all other cultures where they sell the game. Light vs evil? Not really a good match. It's good vs evil and light vs dark. The analogy you make is close, but is close good enough? Someone can be good while operating in the dark after all.
@@DJarr216 Sure, I see what you're saying and I after with you. But what I'm saying is that light would represent the most widely depicted incarnation of good. I think it would fit in well, because Pokemon has always used cultural stereotypes for monster, move, and ability inspiration. Sort of like how the Fairy type is a hodgepodge of different aspects from several different cultures. Fairies in Japanese culture aren't there same as fairies in old English culture, after all, but the English culture seems to take precedence for the type's effectiveness, weaknesses, and resistances. And it doesn't make sense for Xerneas, who comes from Norse mythology, to learn Moonblast, which is inspired by old English sprite mythology- but the move is still a relatively colony learned move along Fairy type Pokemon because all the cultures are blended together. This is one example of course, but do you get what I'm saying?
And to add to this, not every culture depicts fairies or fairy-like creatures as sweet or good or innocent, but overall the Pokemon type itself represents the light, good, nature-loving fairies of English mythology- even though several of these Pokemon draw cultural inspiration from many different and even contrasting sources.
I really love the Healer suggestion, this would be better than my suggestion tbh, I like it a lot. For Anticipation, your suggestion is good, but I've seen some people say that it could raise the mon's speed instead, which I think would be really nice and less risky than an Evasion buff... though it's cool that you might be tempted to stay in against a super effective attack because it might miss!
Defeatist shouldn't halve Archeops attacks. Maybe reduce in one stage, that's already bad enough. Slow start should also take less turns to end. 2 or 3.
@@OMalleyTheMaggot Intimidate Archeops would be insane. Intimidate on U-Turn pokémon is insane in doubles, it is a large part of the reason why Landorus and Incineroar are so immensely popular there. And Archeops is significantly faster than Landorus and has STAB Rock Slide, I reckon it could be way stronger than Landorus in that case, it also has much better coverage with moves like Aqua Tail, Dragon Claw, Acrobatics, it also gets Head Smash.
@@OMalleyTheMaggot bruv, 140 atk and 110 speed... that's more atk than mega aerodactyl and only 40 less speed. that's both more atk and speed than garchomp...
I honestly think Gale Wings should work above 50% health instead of only being at 100%. One of the bigger problems with it was priority Roost but with that change then you'd either get diminished effects for priority or not have priority and get the full 50% heal. Plus Brave Bird still wears down
I'd just love a whole new ability that ignores entry hazards called Stealth, some ninja pokemon could get it. In terms of distribution on currently existing pokemon Ninjask would love this to ignore stealth rock, it has a free ability slot and everything!
Sturdy got a Buff too. Introduced in Gen 3, it blocked all 1 hit k.o moves from hitting the Ability user, then in Gen 5, it got a buff that if you are at Full HP, any move that would 1 shot you, would leave you with 1 HP always.
I feel like the Illuminate buff could still work in Japanese, cause it’s はっこう(Luminescence) and luminescent things are typically associated with good or as being opposed to evil.
Regenerator is a little bit weak, I think it should at least recover half when switched out, and maybe even cute status. I think this might give it a little competitive viability
Regenerator is already one of the best abilities in the series already. 1/3 health recovered upon switching out is already enough when bulky monsters like Toxapex or Tangrowth have it. 1/2 health recovered would be a bit much.
Hey Foofootoo ! I like your take on those abilities. Funny enough, I made a list of buffed abilities. For the abilities you mentionned, here's how I see it : 1. Run away : U-turn, baton pass, volt switch and parting shot have +1 priority 2. Illuminate : As long as the pokemon is on the field, opponents are like taunted (except for flash fire and keen eye pokemon) 3. Pickpocket : Moves stealing or exchanging items are used with X1.5 speed (instead of priority which would be blocked by psychic terrain :) 4. Healer : Healing wish, heal pulse and heal bell have+1 priority, restores ally's status condition with 50% chance at the end of the turn 5. Flower veil : Aromatherapy, floral healing, flower shield, petal dance and petal blizzard have +1 priority 6. Anticipation : if the ability activated, the first opponent attack will be avoided on the first turn (except if opposing move has over 100% accuracy, through compound eyes or no guard for instance) Only a few of the abilities on my list give priority moves, it just so happened you chose those abilities !
Some ability buff ideas.... Synchronize - can activate upon enemy switch ins/user switch ins not just on the turn it got statused. 50% chance on enemy switch ins or user switch ins. (not to make it too OP lol) Pickpocket - activates on the same turn user loses held item or during attacks after held item is lost Sticky hold - if user is attacked by a move like knock off or item stealing move they get afflicted with rocky helmet damage. Quick feet - If afflicted by burn or toxic the user takes damage every other turn Shed skin - 50% heal status Damp - fire attacks do 25% less damage Magma armor - water attacks no longer do super effective damage. steadfast - +2 speed Inner Focus - flinching moves do 25% less damage Flame body - Upon striking the foe with a contact move there is a 10% burn chance. Can stack with fire burn chance. Pressure - raises PP usage by 3 if the enemy use same move known to the user. Cursed body - can activate behind a substitute or if the enemy has been stopped by paralysis.
Aside from abilities that are straight up detrimental (Truant, Slow Start, Defeatist), I think Honey Gather may be the single most useless ability in the game. Not only is it completely useless in battle, but even in-game, it doesn't serve much of a purpose. It gathers Honey..... that's it. And Honey's not even that great of an item to begin with. It only sells for 50, and its ability is exactly the same as the move Sweet Scent being used on the field (with Sweet Scent having the added benefit of not consuming anything.... and Combee even starts off with Sweet Scent). Now, in its debut generation, it did have the unique ability of being slathered on trees and having a chance of attracting Pokemon to catch. Not a very popular mechanic, granted, and one that never returned for future gens, but it was nevertheless SOMETHING that Honey could be useful for, and it helped that some Pokemon (such as Burmy and Munchlax) were exclusively available through its usage. Oh, but what's this? You can just BUY the damn Honey. Sure, it's exclusive to one location (Floaroma Meadow), but it's not as if that was a particularly difficult location to access, and it costs less than a Pokeball, so it can EASILY be bought in bulk. What it comes down to is: Honey Gather is made horribly irrelevant AND redundant when the only not-so-good item it's used for is easily attainable via other means. Sure, you could argue that it's not used by many Pokemon anyway, and very weak ones at that, but still. Combee's a weak unevolved Pokemon, so maybe you could excuse it (though it IS permanent if it's a male). Then they made it a hidden ability for Teddiursa.... but okay, that's only while it's unevolved, it can be ignored, and while hidden abilities are typically something you need to go out of your way for, you can hardly expect them to be useful [cough]Delibird[cough]. THEN they give it to the Ribombee line.... yeah, by this point, I think they've spread it out enough that they could try to find just a BIT more usage for the thing. Anyway, I don't have any ideas for potential in-battle effects (maybe automatic Leftovers if it's not holding an item and/or holding Honey?). For in-game usage, though, maybe they should have it gather something besides just Honey. For instance, maybe there's a chance of acquiring a new item like Premium Honey or Royal Jelly, items which could sell for a lot of money and have some pretty good recovery effects in-battle. They could even do something like Pickup and have the chance of acquiring better items scale with the Pokemon's level. And of course, these items would be acquired exclusively through Honey Gather (or at least be EXTREMELY expensive on the market).
I've got another one that came to mind. It's not as bad as Honey Gather, but I think Normalize could use a buff. It's nice that they gave it increased damage (to match up with Aerialite, Refrigerate, and Pixilate, which came about the generation before Normalize got that buff), but it's still a very gimmicky Ability, especially since having your offense restricted to ONE TYPE is far from ideal, more so when Normal's not that great of an offensive type. I especially find it odd that they gave it to Delcatty, of all Pokemon. Quite possibly the single worst stone-evolved Pokemon (and using a somewhat rare Moon Stone, no less), and they give it a crappy Ability that heavily restricts it's offensive options (ironic when its diverse movepool is one of the few things going for it) and, at best, lets it use a predictable gimmick for paralyzing Ground-types? At the very least, I think this Ability should have a built-in Scrappy (Ghost-types are NOT something you wanna deal with when Normal's your only attacking option, though granted, they did let Delcatty learn Foresight). Hell, give it a built-in Scrappy, Adaptability, and Compoundeyes, it's still not gonna be even remotely broken (especially when it's exclusive to a lackluster Pokemon like Delcatty). Speaking of bizarre gen4 additions, Stall. I almost forgot this thing even existed, which really goes to show how fucking pointless it was. And again, why give an Ability that outright hinders a Pokemon to Sableye, a Pokemon that isn't even that great, with its best quality being its typing (and not even that seems like a very good excuse when Spiritomb debuted in the same generation as Stall)? Why couldn't they give it an attack boost like Analytic or something? Of course, Delcatty and Sableye still had their first Abilities as options, so it isn't all bad for them (and with the introduction of the Ability Capsule, they don't even have to worry about getting stuck with Normalize or Stall). Still, I can't help wondering what was the point of it all, introducing these Abilities to retroactively give to weak Pokemon introduced just a generation earlier, and then doing almost nothing with them afterwards.
Big Pecks- gives a 1.5 defense boost, defense cannot be lowered Damp- if the user is hit with a fire move, the opponent will not be able to any fire move until he switches Flower Gift and Flower Veil- give a 1.5 boost to grass moves when active Forcast - will set a random weather from the 3 (no sandstorm) Magma armor- gives resistance to water Normalize- disables super effective damage boosts on the field (bastiodon likes that) Overcoat- makes you also immune to leech seed Rivalry- will not get damage lowered if facing the opposite gender Slow start- will only take 3 turns to get the act together Stall- the more the opponent attacks with Stall on the field, the less damage it does [fatigue] Steadfast- +2 speed Stench- will have a 25% chance to flinch the opponent Symbiosis- acts like it uses 2 items, in singles, it also uses the opponent's, in doubles, the ally Telepathy- in singles, if it is hit by a move, it will read another random move from the opponent Water compaction- immune to water moves, however if hit with a water move, it gains the defense but loses electric immunity Zen mode- will switch between forms when using the move "Calm Mind" (or maybe a new signature move)
Illuminate wouldnt make any sense since the dark the type is the evil type in japenese maybe pokemon with illuminate would be able to see the exact hp stat of the opponent that would be cool
It makes sense if you're talking about moral light being strong against evil. I think it still works, and I frankly love that idea and would really like to see it put to use.
These are great. I would also want the following: Compound Eyes- in addition to the accuracy buff it comes with a 10% increase in critical hit rate Damp-If hit by a water move also increases special defense by 1 stage Early Bird- also twice as likely to snap out of confusion Gluttony-Same as before, but the effect is doubled of whatever the berry is
Dark was just a mistranslation and kind of a low key censorship to not say some Pokémon were evil. They're dark not in terms of the element of darkness but dark as in underhanded tactics sort of speak that's why it's Evil type in japanese. They resort to attack that would generally be considered ill-intended or socially looked down upon like Sucker Punch, Thief, Snatch, Torment, Throat Chop, etc. My suggestion for Illuminate would be that it would function as if it had the held item Bright Powder and reduce accuracy for the opponent. Or make Illuminate boost the user/ally efficiency of flashing or light based attacks: such as Dazzling Gleam, Flash Cannon, Power Gem, Seed Flare, etc. Edit: I wrote this when I had paused before he clarified the Evil type in japanese.
Even with the translation differences in mind, I still think it would make total sense for Illuminate to have the effects that Foo was talking about. In the case of the Evil type, it would be light versus dark morally, in which light breaks through dark and good conquers evil. And in the international translation- the Dark type- it would make sense on a more physical level, with light driving away darkness literally. I think that's a great idea, personally. But that's not to say that the accuracy idea is bad. That's a great one too, and I think either could work. I just personally would love to see Illuminate work as a defense against Dark types, which have been repeatedly buffed to a ridiculous level over the past few generations.
An idea for Run Away: Maybe avoiding pursuit would be dependent on the mon outspeeding the opponent. I think that would make sense. Other ability suggestions: - perhaps Slow Start could be tweaked a bit if the pokémon slowly regained its strength and speed instead of gaining it all at once. - maybe mummy would do 1/16 passive damage to non-ghost type pokemon that have this ability at the end of every turn? - Maybe suctions cups could prevent the opponent from switching itself or the mon with suctions cups out this turn if it is hit or hits with a physical attack, instead of the current effect. - Keen Eye could make it so that moves that don't miss (ie swift, aerial ace etc) have a higher crit chance or maybe even a straight damage buff - Stall could have an effect of increasing the power of the user's moves gradually for each turn that the user doesn't attack and then reset again after it attacks. - Big Pecks could, of course, increase the damage of beak-based moves, maybe to the effect of mega launcher i.e 50%, since there aren't that many. -Power of Alchemy could work like this in singles: if the pokemon switches in after an ally has fainted, it has a 50% chance to gain its ability: it is alchemy and not science after all. Certain abilities can't be copied. -Instead of its current effect, rattled could add weaknesses to bug, dark and ghost, but also increase the pokemon's attack power against these types.
1. Teravolt/Turboblaze: Erases the target's ability if the target is hit by Fusion Flare (for Turboblaze) or Fusion Bolt (for Teravolt) 2. Multitype: Allows Arceus to change type in battle. You can change type once every 3 turns and it happens on Arceus's turn (like Protean). They should convert the plates into 1 item that contains all the plates (like Life Plates or something) by collecting all the available plates. Without holding Life Plates, Multitype cannot be used. 3. Fullmetal Body: Reflects bad status changes, just like Corviknight's HA. 4. Plus and Minus: Also buffs defense and Sp.def 5. Water Veil: Protects the entire team from Burn. 6. Magma Armor: Makes the Pokemon immune against Ice type moves. 7. White Smoke: Protects the entire team from enemy debuffs 8. Solar Power: Only loses HP if the Pokemon attacks. So it works like Life Orb. Increase the HP decrease to balance it out. 9. Big Pecks: Also passively boosts the Pokemons defense. 10. Gale Wings: Removed the current HP restriction mechanics. Gives priority to all flying type once every time the Pokemon is on the field. It resets if the Pokemon is withdawn. To put it simply, it works like Fake Out but it doesn't have to be the 1st turn. 11. Honey Gather: If the user holds a Honey, it'll revive with 50% Health if the Pokemon's HP reaches 0. The Honey is consumed when this ability triggers. The Pokemon cannot execute the previous command given after reviving. 12. Sticky Hold: Also makes the pokemon immune against Knock Off.
Flower veil should be an effect that lasts 5 turns, like an ability that turns on safeguard automatically and maybe it can affect the user but also other grass, bug, and fairy types.
That Run Away buff would be dope. And very fitting - the Pokémon is so good at running away, nothing can stop it. It's a decent ability if you are searching for rare encounters but right now you will almost never have it in your party since only weak Pokémon get it (and Dodrio). But with a buff they could make some fast water or dark types that have a "hit-and-run" theme to them and decent stats. Super specific doubles abilities also need a singles buff - especially since many Pokémon only have those types of ability which just sucks. Anticipation could be a poor man's Disguise in that it halves the first direct damage a Pokémon takes in battle. Damp needs a buff since Explosion and Self-Destruct are basically no longer used. It could reduce fire damage from all sources as if Water Sport was used once. Stall is an actual hindrance and regular Sableye needs all the help it can get - so it should increase your damage as a trade-off for going always last.
Illuminate could also prevent all pokemon on the field from going to sleep. Like a permanent pseudo electric terrain effect while the pokemon is on the field. This would be a great counter against resto chesto, rest talk, and spore users in both singles and doubles. Plus if you strategized around it in doubles, you could potentially wake up early after using Rest. Simple concept, complex applications, just how an ability should function.
What I want is the end of the no competitive abilities. *Run Away* : The pokemon is immune to effects that prevent switch out (Shadow Tag, binding effects, block and etc) *Illuminate* : When the Pokémon enters the battle, it lowers the Sp. Attack of all adjacent opponents by one stage. Adrenaline Orb now activies with Illuminate too. *Honey Gather* : The pokemon that is holding Honey can consume it or give to an ally to cure any status condition, it have 50% chance of collect Honey in battle and during Grassy Terrain it is boosted to 100%. Like Harvest if Honey is Knocked Off, it's impossible to collect more Honey. Others: *Shield Dust* : Thousand Arrows properly fail if used against a target with Shield Dust that is a Flying type or is not touching ground. *Stick Hold* : Knock Off no more receive damage boost like happen with Z-Crystals and Mega Stones, Spectral Thief cannot steal stat boosts from a Stick Hold target. *Forecast* : It provide a Rock Type form to Castform in sandstorm, cannot be suppressed; Castform still in last form when the weather ends or is nullified by one more turn. *Analytic* : It ll provide the damage boost if the Pokemon moves after the target (actually it requires move last that everyone). *Anticipation* : I was thinking of Anticipation works when the enemie switch in too, but your idea is better than mine. *Leaf Guard* : It cures and prevent any status condition and reduce damage by 15% during harsh sunlight. *Pickpoket* : It boost damage of steal moves by 50%, Stick Hold ignore this boost. *Slow Start* : Turns required reduced to 3 including the switch in. *Truant* : The pokemon have 50% of execute the move in the turn of it is loafing around. *Forewarn* : It now prioritize reveal a random no damage move from enemie, or a no STAB move, or a random enemie move in this order of check. *Magician* : Bring back other Type Gems as exclusive item, the pokemon can use the Gem and steal the enemie item in same turn. *Prankster* : Dark Types are no longer imunne to it, but the move that target a Dark Type have regular priority.
I like illuminate working like intimidate: dropping accuracy each time it receives a physical or special hit. This was a great video, Foofy. I expect more next week...............or else. *dramatic music*
Magma Armor : Doubles the power of fire-type moves and halves the power of ice-type moves used agaisnt this pokemon. It also prevents the pokemon from getting frozen. Plus/Minus - Also boosts this pokemon and its allies special attack if there is an electric or steel type on the field. Forewarn - Reduce the power of the opponent's strongest moves by 10%. Slow Start - Everytime this pokemon enters the field, It's attack and speed is halved for 4 turns. Then it's attack and speed is boosted by 50% for 4 turns. (I originally made it 3 turns but decided it was too broken. You can just protect, do something else like setting up, protect and then you basically have a Dragon Dance boosted Regigigas by wasting only 1 turn) Emergency Exit - This pokemon is switched out everytime it uses a priority move. Water Compaction - Boosts this pokemon defense by 1 stage everytime it's hit by a water type move. Water immunity Corrosion - This pokemon can hit Steel type with Poison type moves. It can also poison the opponent even if : Steel type Poison type Immunity Magic Guard Pastel Veil Affected by Misty Terrain Affected by Safeguard Illuminate - Boost the power of light-based moves by 30% Aurora Beam, Solar Beam, Psybeam, Luster Purge, Signal Beam, Flash Cannon, Dazzling Gleam, Solar Blade, Photon Geyser Anger Point - Increases this pokemon attack and special attack by 2 stage if it is hit by a super effective move
Here are my personal changes: Limber: Sleep immunity and can't lose Speed. Honey Gather: While no item is held, heals 12.5% per turn. Vital Spirit: Speed immunity and can't lose Attack. Cute Charm: Also adds an effect such that gender doesn't matter for attraction. Anger Point: An attack that does more than 75% than max HP will also activate this. Illuminate: Resist Ghost and Dark moves (like thick fat). Pressure: Triples the PP the target uses instead of doubles. Damp: Prevents self destructive moves and resists Fire moves further.
I was hoping that Illuminate would act like Intimidate and instead of lowering the opposing Pokemon's Attack, it'll lower the Pokemon's Accuracy. Also, it would be interesting for Heavy Metal to remove entry hazards upon entering the field, Light Metal to double the Pokemon's speed upon getting hit by a super effective move, Corrosion to be able to hit through Steel types, Klutz to boost the Pokemon's Attack and Special Attack upon the Pokemon losing a held item and Battle Armour to not only protects you from critical hits but also flinching.
A cool in-game buff for Illuminate would be that it also raises the possibility of finding higher level Pokémon or Pokémon that have evolved (ie rather than making it easier to find Tentacool, also raise possibility of finding Tentacruel) or increasing chance that wild Pokémon will carry an item (with more rare Pokémon getting more rare items).
Since defog is a move that decreases evasiveness, I think a brilliant application for an Illuminate buff would be to negate Defog, it would introduce a type of "spin blocker" trait to the omnipresent entry hazards removal.
I had that exact same idea in mind for Run Away! Another thing I had in mind may be a bit crazy- I want Unnerve to change from eliminating the use of berries to being a special variant of Intimidate. And here’s my reasoning: when you are doing a SOS chain, the pokemon is more likely to call for help if you have a pokemon with the ability Intimidate, Pressure, or Unnerve in your party. All of these names are synonyms to fear- therefore Unnerve should have an effect similar to Intimidate. Of course, eliminating berries can be helpful, but I think a special variant of Intimidate would be more useful. (Also, way too many pokemon have the ability Pressure, especially most legendaries, and giving this powerful effect to all those pokemon would be OP)
I love this idea foo. Do more videos where you recommend buffs. For a few examples, Slow start only works for 2 turns, defeatist works at 25% HP, Mist Ball and Luster Purge increase base power to 100, flame charge goes to 60 power, stat redistribution on certain pokes, Drives increase the power of all Genesects attacks by 20%, stuff like that.
Illuminate buff: While pokemon with this ability is on the field, Evasion bonuses are ignored (apply to all pokemon present on the field). The user is also immune to dark type moves. Such buff would make this ability very handy in competitive play. Especially Starmie would love to use it, since Natural Cure and Analytic are not the best abilities for sweeping pokemon. Flower Veil buff: Should be changed to prevent status and stat drops from any ally, not just grass type. If no ally is present, you are protecting yourself instead. Corrosion buff: Should allow the user to hit steel type pokemon with poison type attacks (not just poison status). Damp buff: Should prevent the use of all moves that inflict self-damage (recoil). Struggle and Life Orb are exceptions. Anticipation buff: Should also prevent flinch from occuring (to itself and ally). Defeatist change: Instead of halving attack and special attack, when the user has 50% or less HP its base Attack should be swaped with its Defense and it's sp. attack with sp.defense. Emergency Exist change: Should instead make the user switch out IF the opponent's attack would make the user's HP drop below 50% HP BUT before the hit is done (so that other pokemon will take the damage instead). Would still work just once per battle. Flower Gift change: Instead of attack bonus it should give defense bonus alongside sp.def. Fur Coat debuff: In similar way to Fluffy and fire moves, the Fur Coat should make the user take doubled damage from water attacks. Healer buff: In addition to current effect, if the user switch out, the pokemon that switch in will have HP healed by 25% and their status condition cured. Heavy Metal buff: Sound based moves inflict steel type damage instead of their original type. All Steel attacks inflict 20% more damage. Light Metal buff: Sound based moves inflict steel type damage instead of their original type and they do 50% more damage. Honey Gather buff: Status moves used by this pokemon cannot miss. Has 30% chance to heal 25% of max HP after inflicting damage to the opponent. Hydration buff: In addition to current effect the status moves becomes priorities during the rain. Inner Focus buff: Prevent flinching to an ally as well. Insomnia buff: If the user lower other pokemon stats, changes those affected pokemon abilities to Insomnia. Vital Spirit buff: If the user stats are lowered by the opponent, the users speed increases by 2 stages. Liquid Voice buff: In addition to current effect, increase water type damage by 20%. Klutz buff: Upon entering the battle, the pokemon remove entry hazards on it's side of the field.
I feel like Healer's buff would just make it a better Shed Skin. Instead I suggest it being able to heal anyone in your party instead of just allies. So in singles you can switch to the Pokemon with Healer if the Pokemon out gets a status effect and keep it out for a couple turns to try and cure them.
I’ve actually personally thought of the buff to run away myself. I thought that would’ve been a great idea, being able to switch out of binding moves and abilities
Another important Pokemon that gets Healer is Chansey. Chansey actually has a great support movepool for doubles with moves like heal pulse, helping hand, and ally switch. The ability to heal itself and its partner of status without using a move slot would be amazing.
Illuminate could power up light based moves (Dazzling Gleam, Solar Beam, Flash Cannon, Signal Beam, Etc)
That's genius. And while they're at it working on light-based moves, GIVE HELIOLISK SUNNY DAY AND SOLAR BEAM.
And maybe it could even buff status light-based moves. So for example, Flash would be more powerful at -2 Accuracy, and Sunny Day could maybe give an Accuracy or Special Attack boost on the turn the move is used to itself and allies, and the user in singles. Tail Glow (which I don't think any Illuminate Pokemon gets anyway) could be given to a select group of Pokemon such as the Mareep line, and then maybe give a +1 boost to the Special Defense stat.
@@reddragonair3147 illuminate is original from Volbeat, who also has as a signatute move Tail glow. So yeah, you basically want that bug to be arceuslike :3
ToxicWyvern1 wow this is such a great idea better than accuracy changes!
Oml I love how I commented the exact same thing only to see other people had the EXACT same great ideas 😂 but it’s true there’s so many ways they could buff the ability!!
This is it chief
You could make anticipation work like download but defensively: giving you a boost in defense or special defense depending on the higher stat of the opposing Pokémon
I actually think the way foo described it is nice - your def or spdef would rise depending the type of opponent's "dangerous" attack, so this would even give you a clue whether it's a specially or physically oriented mon.
Ulysse ByG I love that idea because it wouldn’t be a bad forewarn clone and it would make sense
Yeah this would be cool too!
thats a fire idea
Absolutely , they could easily change it from like “Toxicroak’s Anticipation made it shudder” , to “Toxicroak’s Anticipation raised its (Special) Defense.”
Another good example of an ability being buffed is sturdy. It used to be pretty shit, but then it was changed to work like a reusable focus sash.
The issue here is, that the wrong Pokemon have it. Most of the users are quite bulky tbh
@@OCmph you're totally wrong there. Most of those users like golem, magnezone, and aggron either only have 1 high defensive stat, have 1 or more key quad weaknesses, or suffer from both of these issues. Few if any pokemon with sturdy don't suffer from these drawbacks.
@John H Player tegedemaru is no exception. quad weak to ground just like magnezone
And Lightning Rod. It used to only attract the attention of Electric attacks to the occupying Pokemon and was useless in single battles, but starting in generation V it not only granted Electric immunity but also a Special Attack boost upon being struck.
@@reddragonair3147 yes that one is a great buff!
Magma armor should be a poor’s man Desolate Land, it should just get immunity to water attacks
Or at least reduce water type damage by half
@@EmmaSenshi yeah, this makes more sense.
And ice damage too
Edit: and percent hail damage
@@akilw.3360 ice is already trash type, i dont think we need another nerf
@@twbro2001 this doesn't really nerf ice types. The only mons with Magma Armor are fire types, which already resist ice attacks, but thematically it makes more sense to reduce ice damage rather than water damage since Magma Armor prevents you from getting frozen
Honey gather - some sort of hp heal if holding honey in battle? 30% heal when 50% or less? With 20% chance of finding honey each turn in battle?
Yeah, basically like Harvest!
@@LucasF25 Yup, basically. At the moment, honey gather is trash in battle, and in game as honey barely has a useful effect anyway
30% chance to.lower enemy evasion every turn of the user is holding Honey. 30% chance to obtain Honey each turn of not holding an item.
Such a great idea!!!
HowI would buff honey gather :
Sweet scent and sweet kiss, pollen puff, aromatherapy, natural gift, lick and bug bite increase its speed by two stages.
I want to see ability buffs in Pokemon Sword and Shield so Galarian Weezing's Neutralizing Gas is even more annoying lol
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How about Ice Body being capable of absorbing Ice type moves and restoring HP in the same way Dry Skin absorbs Water type attacks and heals HP.
It would make some Ice types more usable.
I would like to restore berrys with harvest even after knock off
Which ability unlocks the National Dex?
On the subject of Attract, I wonder if it might be more viable if you had it on both one male and one female Pokemon? Y'know, on the same team. That 50/50 odds of doing nothing is pretty strong.
Maybe for illuminate it can buff accuracy
Fake Dude A boost in evasiveness would make more sense. Or decrease enemy accuracy.
Darth Void o yea u right
I'd be okay with either an accuracy buff or the an opponent's accuracy to be decreased, like a permanent bright powder
It literally does the oposite of increasing evasion but accuracy is right
I preffer boost allie Accuracy like a mild Victory Star
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John Flanagan understandable but he undoubtably needs more attention
He's a great poketuber.
Yeah, there’s like no hate here, which for a UA-camr in general is rare, let alone the PokeTuber community
I guess Illuminate could trigger a field condition that raises accuracy by maybe 1.33 or 1.67 kind of like gravity and lasts for 5 turns I guess
If it works like that it should be affected by terrain extender
illuminate should just double your accuracy
Ishan lower opponents accuracy makes more sense to me
That’s exactly what I thought! I even commented the same thing before I read your comment 😂😂😂
Illuminate should function like bright powder, or lower opponent accuracy by one stage like intimidate
For Anticipation: Making it activate whenever the opponent switches would improve this ability too. Often, that's when you really need this ability to activate. Say your opponent has a Raichu, you switch in Whishcash to take a Thunderbolt. You hit Dragon Dance, and your opponent switches into a Xatu. Were they expecting an Earthquake? Or does their Xatu carry Grass Knot/Solar Beam?
Another way to buff Anticipation is to change why it activates. Instead of activating with a OHKO or Super-Effective move, have it straight up reveal one damaging non-STAB move your opponent has. This could make it actually REALLY useful for scouting your opponent's coverage moves. In most cases you can assume your opponent is carrying at least one of their STABs, and detecting OHKO moves is just situational. Knowing coverage moves, on the other hand, is the difference between winning and losing sometimes.
My thoughs to Anticipation are the same as first suggestion, but Forewarn alread do like the second
@@eduvbs Forewarn reveals a move, but only the highest base power one. My suggestion would have it merely identify a coverage move, like Rock Slide, even if it is weaker than your other moves or not super-effective.
@@Imperiused Yes maybe, but Forewan in my opinion deserves this buff instead. For example, it obvious that Zygarde carries Thousand Arrows, but it is Coil, Sub or Dragon Dance?
I like your first suggestion, I think that it should totally work on every pokemon your opponent switches in but should also in my opinion tell what move it is. To use your example, it should tell you the xatu has solar beam. I dont like your second suggestion so much because it seems to strong, swapping in and learning your opponent move sets puts them at a real disadvantage. At least the other way, while strong, is much more limited.
Make rivalry work like:
If genders are equal:
Defenses -10%, Attacks +30%
If opposite:
Defenses +30%, Attacks -10%
Else:
No effect
I always thought Illuminate would act ast bright powder, I enjoy the rest of the lost though
If anticipation told you what move it was, it would basically become "Forewarn". I think the best thing that would make more sense is that because it antecipates the enemy's supereffective move, it takes less damage from it. So if a Croagrunk anticipates a earthquake, even if it doesn't tell you what move it was, but reduced its damage because the pokemon is prepared for it, i think that'd be cool. Or even instead of reducing the damage, even raising the chance of that move missing the user of this ability. Either one would be pretty good!!
That would just make it identical to abilities like Solid rock and filter, though.
@@OMalleyTheMaggot maybe it can absorb 33% instead of 50% then or then again, the person did say dodging is also good. A bright powder sword dancing toxicroak would love that
I did not know what forewarn was so i had to look it up lol. From what i read they are different, forewarn shows the move that is the strongest while anticipation would show the move that is super effective, i think that is a good enough difference
@@OMalleyTheMaggot it can have a .9 multiplier instead of a .75
Forewarn only alerts you to the opponent's strongest move, not a super effective one
Really interesting topic, I'm excited to see more videos like this (buffing certain abilities, moves, Pokemon, etc.).
I'm always excited when an old Pokemon is suddenly able to do wayyy more than it used to... and that always comes with new mechanics [:
@@foofootoo and there isn't a worse feeling that having a Pokemon in your team having a worthless ability, like a Starmie with Illuminate, but as you proposed it would really benefit them, turning a weakness into neutral damage
Anyone remember when all that Study did was make the Pokemon immune to OHKO moves? :p Gen 5 buff was insane lol
Yeah, that's the one that came to mind when he said Buffing Abilities
I would like to see a special version of intimidate called maybe:
"Menace" which lowers opponents Spc attack
I have thought about this for years, maybe game freak just thinks that havign the ability to lower both attacking stats for free is just to much, however they are introducing that move that is a physical snarl, i forget what its called, so maybe this ability will be revealed this generation or maybe the next
@@extonjonas6820 a physical version of snarl? What's it called haven't heard about that and yeah maybe they will ... I mean why not intimidate had ran rampant. Also to counter they should Introduce more Pokemon with competitive as an ability.
It's Breaking swipe. Flygon learns it.
Even tho it sounds ideal,if that happens special attackers will lose viability in battle. There's already ways to stop special attackers. Assault best goodra, tyranitar w/sand storm and chansey are perfect special walls.
Has anyone mentioned that the ability magician is basically what your suggested change for pickpocket is?
not quite tho - magician works for special attacks too.
I think pickpocket should be upgraded exactly the way foo suggested - it should activate at ANY contact.
@@charliez077 Pickpocket works for Special Attacks bro... Moves like Draining Kiss, Infestation and Petal Dance are Special but make Contact activating Pickpocket.
@@poisonousgas9447 I think he just meant contact moves which generally speaking does not mean special moves. He is suggesting that pick pocket should work when the pokemon with pick pocket attacks, which i totally agree with
@@extonjonas6820 i understand what he is suggesting, i'm just saying his explanation of the buffed Pickpocket's difference to Magician is not exactly right since those moves i listed are Special and activate the ability. A better way of explain it would be that Magician works for any damaging move, making contact or not.
Poisonous Gas Should have just corrected him by saying he means contact moves instead of special moves, then.
I've always wanted bird Pokemon with Keen Eye to be immune to Defog. Sadly they're not immune to evasiveness drops...
PlatinumHowler Keen eye is for enemy Pokémon’s evasiveness and your accuracy. The users’ Evasiveness has nothing to do with it. But perhaps Gale Wings users would be immune?
It is actually pretty good to anything goes format, Defog does't need another counter because Entry Hazards are alread too broken.
I think keen eye should give perfect accuracy to moves with 60 or less power, including status moves. NOW we can talk about an interesting ability
keen eyes prevent accuracy from dropping not your evasiveness. Defog makes it so you can get hit but it does not make it so your opponent cant, so it would not make sense for them to be immune to defog
Keen eye : attacks hitting multiple targets don’t lose power and don’t hit alliesin doubles
Pickup should remove/'pickup' all entry hazards on switch in.
(also Anticipation could work more like a defensive Download)
THIS
no guard should also mean neither pokemon can protect, hell yeah
or at least hit through protect
Its already pretty good tho, it doesnt need a buff
@@Aelsus yeah i like that idea too, like using a zmove on protect mechanic.
@@luisgutierrez8047 itd be a decent counter to stall, i just really like machamp so any buffs are welcome lol
@@jermainetalaepa8463 then why not make a new ability for it then. It would wreck doubles vgc, where protect is a necessity. Gamefreak not gonna let that happen any time soon...
My favorite part of the leak season before a new gen comes is seeing the news change for old mechanics anything from move and abilities to seeing new Egg Moves and base stat buffs
Emergency exit: I'll just let the pokemon with this ability attack before switching
I totally agree with this! the only danger is Golisopod becoming too OP after this but I don't personally think he would - he could just make it to OU which would be awesome.
@@charliez077 Maybe, but an hurricane or a thunderbolt from most ou special attacker can take care of that, beside he still is incredible slow and probably not bulky enought to barely survive a brave bird from tapu koko whitout defense investment
@@charliez077 He wouldn't be OU even if he had something crazy like sheer force. He's a slow bug type that can't break past his common walls and doesn't have enough defensive utility to warrent use 99% of the time unless you REALLY like first impression on your team.
Getting a good Ability won't let it suddenly beat toxapex, zapdos, ferrothorn, and the like.
emergency exit: every attacking move becomes u-turn
emergency exit is a dumb ability but its supposed to be so i dont mind, besides, golisopod makes for a good defensive pivot so its not all bad.
I think it would be cool if anticipation let the pokemon dodge the move it anticipated once
That would make it too strong, because the ability would trigger any time you switch in, making you essentially a check for pokemon that should check you.
The boost Foo suggested sounds like a better idea, because with your idea Ferrothorn would be even more busted seeing as it gets anticipation as a hidden ability
i'm just waiting for normalize to become absolutely ovepowered.
Well normalize now converts all damaging moves into normal type moves with a 20% boost in power.
@@Iamwolf134 yeah, but 20% is nothing when you have 65 base atk Dx Delcatty would need something as strong as Araquanid's ability to do something.
@@Iamwolf134 25%, but it really could be 50% like Araniquid
I see then, Normalize could use a bit more oomph then?
@@eduvbs araqunid is 100% if im not mistaken, water bubble doubles the power of water type moves.
The exclusive ability of Silvally, RKS System.
In the games we learn that Silvally was created by following the myths of Arceus, so it would make sense if it's ability works exactly like Multitype. When Silvally helds a memory disc not only it changes its type, also provides a boost of 1,2x too the moves of that same type.
And just like Arceus this ability can work too by holding a Z-crystal.
Unrelated to the topic of the video but i came up with another buff for Silvally.
The aether foundation create this pokémon with the intention to hunt down ultra beasts. So what if that aspect of its lore its reflect in its signature move Multy-attack? Dealing extra damage to the pokémon clasified as Ultra Beats
I really like both of these ideas, especially the latter. Not only does that fit perfectly with its design and lore, but competitively it would make it much more viable and several Ultra Beasts in the higher tiers (looking at YOU, Celesteela) can definitely use a Gumshoos-esque Pokemon to hunt them down and flush them out. I love this idea.
I dont know if pokemon have mechanic based on things like that. what I mean is that a pokemon wont take more because its an ulta beast because being an ultra beast is not an actual mechanic of battle, perhaps the remedy is to have it deal 2x damage to pokemon with the ability beast boost.
@@extonjonas6820 True, that would make more sense as a game mechanic
Exton Jonas It’s time for Pokemon to introduce tags, and release a flood of abilities that incorporate them.
ActualyArceus's abilty don't incrase power of moves. The plates do it and power boosting effects ocourse regardless of pokemon ability
Frisk - Should activate even when an opponent swaps their Pokemon and not be limited to the Pokemon with Frisk entering battle.
Heavy Metal - Should reduce speed as well to make Trick Room set-up easier.
Magma Armor - Should convert the damage type the Pokemon takes when it is hit by Water attacks to become Rock attacks. Magcargo would jizz to have this effect.
I think Emergency Exit should activate if the Pokemon was about to be hit by a super effective move. I think it makes more sense with the name.
mate you mean that Golisopod would then basically be unhittable by a super-effective move? I think that's way OP for a mon with great stats like him.
I think tho Emergency Exit activating at the end of the turn could make him very viable and maybe not OP.
The whole point of Emergency Exit is that it's just a cooler sounding Wimp Out. Golisopod is still the same wimpy Wimpod on the inside. He just puts up a front.
Illuminate could be an Evasion Intimidate. You know, make opponents more visible and easier to hit.
That would be great for less accuarate moves.
Flower Veil could have a different effect on Fairy and Grass types, with each protected against different things.
Wonder Guard on Shedinja is cool but it really needs some work. Instead of "Supereffective moves only hit", it should be "Supereffective type moves only would take effect." For example, Shedinja can't be statused by moves such as Toxic or Thunder Wave but can still be Will-O-Wisped. And it is immune to weather such as Hail, but not to Sandstorm because it is technically a rock move. It would be immune to spikes/toxic spikes but it would still faint to stealth rocks. It can't even be swaggered because it is a normal move but it can confused by confuse ray. It would make Shedinja much better than its current version but would still have counters.
Interesting ideas! Shedinja does have too many exploitable weak spots currently
I really like your idea for anticipation (the Defence/Sp. Defence boost if you shudder) because that would sync really well with weakness policy.
magma armor should be buffed to resist water type moves, the only pokemons that get this ability are 4x times weak to water type moves
gale wings should have its effects erased when the pokemon's health is below 1/2 not when it has received damage
justified should make the pokemon immune to dark-type moves or at least halve its damage
I thought that a good buff to illuminate would be to have a chance of making the opponent flinch or lower their accuracy
water veil: either have the same effect as water bubble or make it affect allies as well
Oh true, Gale Wings was destroyed too hard, I like your idea a lot better!
@@foofootoo thanks
For gale wings: talonflame should still be neutered by rocks. I say either 2/3 or 3/4.
Water compaction needs to prevent damage like:
Flash fire, storm drain, lightning rod, motor drive, etc.
Idk, it would be great competitively but i don't think it makes that much sense for the pokémon. Water compaction just means it gets harder with the water. Maybe reduce the water damage, perhaps
@@LucasF25 yeah but still -every other- most abilities that boosts your stats when hit by X-type move prevents damage as well
@@akilw.3360 That is straight up untrue. Justified, Rattled, and others don't give immunity.
sorry, I don't love this, not because Palossand doesn't need a buff (he does), but because it doesn't really make sense - as Lurgas pointed out, that ability is about making PS harder with water.
@@armoduesgrimlock7677 mb I forgot about those, but still the majority do give immunity
"Early Bird" should make the user recover more quickly from any status effect, that can "wear off" (such as: sleep, confusion, infatuated, or "frozen" status).
Healer: *affects you as well*
Shed Skin: Am I a joke to you?
I mean, there are lots of similar abilities, and even more, totally equal abilities. Huge power and pure Power, for example
Shed Skin could have 40% instead 30%
Illuminate could work either as a Compound eyes or as a No guard. Then, Starmie would be able to run Blizzard and Thunder more reliably and would have a perfectly accurate Hydro Pump. While deffensive Lanturn wouldn’t care, offensive ones would also benefit from the previous moves. Even Watchog might get a niche with a Hypnosis Swords dance set.
For Healer I agree with you, but I would increase the odds of healing status to like a 50% for both pokémon. Another option would be a 33% for the user and a 100% for the ally, thus making it an actually good doubles ability.
One of the weaknesses of pickpocket is that it can give you an item that you don’t want. I think that apart from being able to activate it with your own moves, there should be a chance of the enemy losing its item without you receiving it if you already have one, like a 20%. If you don’t have an item, you steal the enemy’s item with a 100% chance.
For Flower Veil I was thinking that if the user is alone, it only gets the status/stat reduction immunity (just 1, I don’t know which since the status one is better but the stat reduction one seems to step less on Comatose territory), but if you get a grass type partner for it in doubles, both get the 2 boosts.
Even if it's an item you don't want you are better off having it then your opponent. Sure weavile can't really use the rocky helmet or leftovers but better in him than that skarmory or ferrothorn granted knock off already does this but it would be more useful than it is now which is the idea
Those are not detrimental items. Black sludge and Choice specs are.
@@dapes- again I'd rather weavile have the black sludge then that toxapex and I'd rather have weavile with those choice specs than say that tapu lele
Knock off exists lmao. Its not like he’s forced to steal them in order to remove them.
@@dapes- if I read my comment I already addressed this.
"Granted knock off exists but it would be more useful than it is now" I didn't say the ability would be great I just said it would be better than essentially not having an ability
Now we see galarian Ponyta, a psychic type, with run away!
Alex Vice yeee
3:38 Run Away: Perfect, I love that.
5:46 Illuminate: Reduced damage seems strong, but I wouldn't mind. I always thought Illuminate should be the Ability version of Brightpowder.
8:09 Healer: Oh my gosh, YES. That's my main gripe with Healer.
10:02 Pickpocket: I actually thought it worked that way already. Huh, it should probably work like that.
12:02 Flower Veil: I forgot this was an Ability.
13:37 Anticipation: That sounds very plausible, actually!
Keen Eye got a buff in that it ignores evasion increases, but its still not quite useful enough. I'd like to see it boost the damage of moves that already don't miss by, like, 30% or something. Maybe those moves automatically score critical hits instead? Something like that would be great.
flowerveil might already protect the user, it's just that they aren't grass type, don't know if it works but try forest's curse, i do know that it's op with kartana as a partner.
not what you asked for but i think solar power espeon, liquid ooz umbreon, and fluffy flareon would be coool.
Flower Veil does indeed protect the user if they are a grass type.
That would be neat if all the Eevee evolutions had secondary abilities. Glaceon could have Slush Rush, or even a new ability that boosts either Special Attack or Defense in Hail. Leafeon could parallel Glaceon's ability with a sun-activated boost in either Attack or Special Defense. Jolteon could get Motor Drive or Lightning Rod (the latter would be much more useful, but the former fits Jolteon's theme better), and Vaporeon could get Water Veil or Storm Drain. Finally, Sylveon could get maybe Natural Cure. What do you think? Honestly, I think Sun needs to be buffed with more abilities to take advantage of it, and more Pokemon to use abilities that already do, so I would really love to see the Espeon and Leafeon ideas come to life especially.
flareon needs magic guard
Yes you're right, Flower Veil does protect the user if grass type, but none are. So I really meant that it should be changed to affect the mons that get it, whether that means that it affects fairy types and grass types, or just that it always protects the user regardless of type
I honestly think because of flower veils effects, it is perfectly fine, I think it would be cool if it affected both but only protected stats OR status like Foofootoo suggested but i still think its perfectly fine
I was going to mention that your proposed illuminate buff wouldn't translate well in Japan because of Dark being Evil type but you mentioned that. Although, someone in the comment section mentioned raising accuracy. I'm all for that.
I think Pickpocket is fine. It's amazing and has great synergy with the aforementioned frail Pokemon. The only downside with that ability, in my opinion, is that it is only available to a few Pokemon. The one ability that *does* need a buff is Magician. It doesn't work like Pickpocket where you're able to steal the item during the turn you used your own. Makes no sense when Pickpocket does.
Healer should honestly just apply the same effect in singles where you have the same chance of healing a pokemon of status condition in your party while the Healer is out.
Your original thought on Flower Veil is fine, to be honest. There's only like 2 Pokemon that have it and said Pokemon aren't exactly turning heads. So applying that idea on single's for them sounds fine to me. However, some people in the comments theorize the reason it might not help the user is because the Pokemon that do have said ability aren't grass type. So, I think buffing the user's grass type moves sounds like a good addition; kind of like Dhelmise's Steelworker.
I think your idea for illuminate is a little too strong. Perhaps a one stage boost of accuracy for electric moves would be balanced - since Lanturn and Starmie can both learn them
Agreed, it's a little too op. I like your idea, but maybe it can work like intimidate except it lowers evasion. Just so it doesn't overlap with compound eyes.
I think if it basically just raised the pokémon's evasiveness by 2% or something would already be good, tbh
I actually think Illuminate would work better if it reduced the Special Attack of opposing Pokemon, similar to Intimidate.
frankly, I don't even think it's necessarily OP, it all depends on distribution. would Starmie (the only strong holder of Illuminate) go UBER thanks to it? I seriously doubt it.
Imagine a ghost/normal type with your version of Illuminate, it would have 4 immunities and no weakness.
well i dont think they would ever give a ghost normal this ability, also i think this ability should cut effectivness of dark in half, that would be much better
Tobias Gund yos
Ok, I got a bit of a list, feel free to critique if needed:
- Honey gather: This ability sucks. Maybe make it so they can consume the honey item if they hit like 1/2 health or something, idk.
- Keen eye: Add ignoring enemy evasion moves like Double Team.
- Iron fist: 20% boost to 50% boost
- Leaf Guard (or any "evade status moves in weather" abilities): These seem to be incredibly circumstantial. Maybe add a 20% def boost when activated or something
- Plus/Minus: Arena trap on electric types in addition to effect
- Pickup: Add the ability to pickup knocked off items (instead of just 1 time use items)
- Power of Alchemy/Receiver: Change effect from just ally ability gain to any fainted Pokemon (ally or enemy)
- Shell Armor: Def raise in addition to crit null
- Solar power: Remove the HP drain. Seriously, it's so unnecessary. It's only a 50% boost.
- Steadfast - Moves that cause flinch are nullified and speed is raised
- Surge Surfer - Raise speed in electric terrain and/or when hit by water moves (cuz surfing).
- Symbiosis - Change effect to all Pokemon, not just allies (So enemy receives item if they use theirs. It would be great with toxic/flame orb or choice items)
- Telepathy - In addition to ally dodge, add +1 evasion (yes, I know evasion is annoying, but it's a crap ability in singles)
- Tangled Feet - When a confusion move is used (psybeam, water pulse, confuse ray, etc), nullify move and boost speed.
- Unnerve - Effect change from just berries to any one time use item and leftovers.
Some of these are probably OP, and I'm sure some of them still suck. This is just what I came up with.
Stall should just be another version of Analytic, the same way Pure Power is just another version of Huge Power.
Not quite, but maybe stall should raise def and spdef x1.5 in exchange of always being last to move no matter what. In doubles it may suck since it ignores trick room, but in singles any slow wall pokemon will highly appreciate it :)
pokemon with stall should get u-turn
Stall : if this pokemon moves last that turn, it deals twice more damage.
As Sableye isn't that bulky, it wouldn't be too broken.
Other option : in trick room, moves first.
Suki Di Nice So, basically, Sableye gets to keep its mega?
Stall is supposed to be a hindering ability. Let's not buff it, please.
Gooey, Tangled Hair, Cotton Down...stop trying to make contact only speed drops happen!
If these were combined with Sticky Hold you could punish Knock Off users and keep your item.
Sebasculin I think Cotton Down involves any attack, not just contact moves. But yeah I agree with what you’re saying
Knock off users and item stealing users should take a bit of damage from sticky hold. Kind of like rocky helmet damage.
Run Away giving +1 priority U-turn/Volt Switch could be a neat bonus
TMek42
It could be a built in shed shell as well, so that Dugtrio can’t trap you
Damp: protects itself and partner from explosion moves while letting the oponent die and hit their partner.
Also extends to sludge bomb, egg bomb, seed bomb, zap cannon... but not ball moves like gyro ball, pollen puff and focus blast.
Lets it diferenciate itself from bulletproof.
I think Zap Cannon should be included with the ball moves, since it isn't really an explosion (if anything, being damp would make you more vulnerable to an electric blast than stop one).
@@reddragonair3147 oooooh totally right. Itd be funnier that way, actually. Because it should block it but because its electric, it just doesnt.
Like: "you fell for it fool! Zap cannon cross split attack!".
@@Mngalahad Haha. Yeah, that be pretty funny. I didn't think of that.
Cursed body’s main problem is that its 2 main users, Froslass and Gengar, are too frail to receive hits. I have different ideas for it:
- When they kill you, you apply Curse to them, making then lose 25% of the hp every turn starting from that turn. This would be a cool ability similar to Aftermath, but it probably strays too far from the original ability.
- There’s a 10% chance at the end of every turn that the enemy (or enemies in doubles, 10% chance for each) that the last move they used dets disabled. The chance is lower from the original (the original Cursed body has 30% chance), but it can shut down stall with some luck.
- Keeping it as it is, but increasing the odds of the disable happening in certain situations. One possibility would be if the enemy KOes the user, giving it like a 100% or similar. Another possibility would be increasing the odds to 50% if the enemy is locked into a move either by items or encore.
I like the guaranteed Disable on KO, it removes luck aspects, so it can be played much more tactically and can maybe allow your next Pokemon to come in and set up for a sweep!
Healer; has a # in 3 chance to heal a volatile status condition on your side of the field at the start of turn, # indicating the amount of Pokemon on your side with a status condition.
Pickpocket; you've just given it the effect for the Magician ability, so perhaps it could act like both Knock Off and Snatch, stealing the 'effect' of the opponent's held item for a turn and also knocking it off the opponent.
Flower Veil; heals status conditions of ally Grass type Pokemon at the end of turn (think Hydration).
Anticipation; boosts Defense or Special Defense depending on the type of the opponent's most effective move. Triggers whenever opponent changes (could be useful when paired with moves like Dragon Tail and Roar).
More Abilities:
Gale Wings; not a complete reversal of the nerf, but perhaps it could give Flying-type moves Priority when you're over 50% HP.
Heatproof; increases Defense and Special Defense when hit by a Fire-type move.
Plus; increases Special Attack of every ally for every one stage for ally with Plus or Minus.
Minus; increases Special Defense of every ally for every one stage for ally with Plus or Minus.
Damp; prevents self-destructive moves and powder type moves.
Stall; the Pokemon moves last in its Priority bracket, but increases the power of offensive moves by 20%.
Stench; contact with this Pokemon will lower a random stat
Vital Spirit; if put to sleep this Pokemon will immediately wake up
Wonder Skin; ignores the effects of opponent's status moves.
Cacophony (a removed ability); doubles the power of sound based moves.
Since the only pokemon to get stall is the super weak Sabaleye, make it a 50% boost. I know it sounds strong but people only run prankster and that powerful as hell so an equally powerful ability would be needed to get people to not use prankster all the time
another thing they could do with run away is give the pokemon switching in a +1 priority so when it comes in the opposing pokemon moves after the pokemon you switched in unless the opposing pokemon has priority of its own and is faster then the pokemon you switched in
as well as giving the pokemon the ability to switch out with priority
and if the pokemon coming in didn't suffer from hazards that would be awesome because their is a part of me that wants to run a full hazards team in doubles
I LOVE this idea!!! It would make Anticipate mons so much better!
Maybe Magma Armor having a similar effect to Flame Body?
That would just make it flame body
Andrew Snyder Better Flame Body(Flame Body doesn’t prevent freeze).
I feel like illuminate should improve your teams accuracy and/or lower the opponents accuracy.
I think an accuracy boost for your mon and your partner (whole team seems too much) could be nice, but lowering opponent's accuracy - no please. that makes the competitive battling even more based on luck than it is now.
I think Illuminate should instead work like Intimidate but lowering the opponents evasion. Admittedly, this may be a little too powerful considering that Stamie or Lantern can run Blizzard, Thunder, and Hydro Pimp for practically 100% accuracy but I think it works. If too OP, it can lower accuracy instead of evasion.
Howie Thao
That’s what I’d like. It’d be like shining a spotlight on the enemy to get a better lock on them
Gamefreak hire this guy NOW!
awesome content, I agree with everything like 100%
the fact that Gamefreak still hasn't buffed Run Away with that effect imo speaks a lot about its total incompetence in some ways... it's so obvious!!!
btw I would really love other vids from you like this one :)
a similar topic would be "what pokes and moves could be buffed/nerfed and how" - some of my tips would be:
1) giving regular Pidgeot Gale Wings (and also Gale Wings should work above 50% health, that's imo balanced enough and rather fun - priority Mirror Move, Featherdance, Roost or attacking moves would make you consider when to mega evolve)
2) King's Shield causing just -1 Att - Aegislash is overpowered in many formats and imo needs a little nerf
3) similarly Blaziken is overpowered and I think he should maybe get a version of Speed Boost that only raises its speed ONCE, max twice.
4) Protect - one of my biggest issues currently, esp in Doubles. I think it there either need to be more attacks + an ability that bypass it or Protect needs to protect only against 100% HP, but any aditional damage goes through it. the rarer Detect - works like now. Protect is such a lazy, boring move in Doubles and there are almost no ways to punish it (except setting up and the rare and weak Feint)
5) Thunder Wave should work just like Toxic - perfect accuracy for Electric mons (except I think both Toxic and Thunder Wave should stop working on mons using Dig/Dive/Fly... - it doesn't make sense)
6) Forest Curse and Trick or Treat need to work like Soak, period.
7) I think Silvally should be able to hold one memory and one additional item.
8) imo rare signature moves should generally be always worth using! Submission could totally be a 130 BP move with like 90% accuracy, Toxic Thread could poison (or badly poison) and give -2 Spe (or work on both opponents), Fire Lash could be a 100 BP move with the same effect like now (seriously, give Heatmor something to work with!), etc.
9) a minor one: the already overpowered Intimidate should stop working on foes using Dig/Dive/Fly/etc. like what the actual hell.
10) Minimize is maybe the most ridiculous move in the game - I think it should either be banned from existence, or give you that +2 Evasion, but also at least like -1 to Def, SpDef and Att.
11) Emergency Exit - I dunno if it would make Golisopod OP, but I always thought unlike Wimp Out EE should activate AT THE END OF THE TURN.
Interesting ideas...
@@foofootoo thank u foo
On topic of the proposed healer buff. In gen 1 games (and remakes) we had the pokeflute that when played woke up everyone, even pokémon that are in the back of the party. If not for your proposed buff, a cool thing for healer to do is to also be able to heal a status problem of a random pokémon you have in the back. There's allready moves that do this (aromatherapy, heal bell) so having an ability that has a similar effect isn't that much of a stretch.
Even better, you don't actually have to change the description of the ability, because the pokémon you have in the back are just as much your allies as any active pokémon that might be battling alongside the healer pokemon.
I imagine there might be a translation problem with my next suggestion, but maybe anticipation could reduce the accuracy of the move it scouted. When you anticipate you react to something that can happen in the future, so in the scenario of pokémon battling, if you can anticipate a move, you could more easely make a more evasive reaction. It would be a brightpowder effect against a single move.
Or another approach could be to brace yourself for impact, lowering damage taken from that move. So it would more or less function like the ability filter, but against 1 specific move from the pokémon that you scouted with anticipation.
Not really a fan of your suggested illuminate buff, mostly because of the translation issue. The current effect to use a bright light to repel wild pokemon is fitting, but there's other stuff to do with bright lights. You can blind pokémon with it and make it a permanent brightpowder effect in ability form, which is gonna catch the smogon ban before you can say sword & shield and would therefor defeat the purpose of buffing it to get it to see more use. But you can also use light as search lights, you can see your surroundings better if there is sufficiently lit. So maybe an effect like compoundeyes, that increases accuracy is an option or, if not for improving accuracy it could also be an effect that ignores your opponents evasion boosts. I know this type of buff also is irrelevant under smogon rules, but it's a buff in vgc doubles at least.
The flower veil ability has an easy buff. Keep the old effect that protects ally grass types but in addition, it also protects the user whenever grassy terrain is up. Pokemon are like wild animals that can be domesticated so it makes sense that when they create grassy fields those fields will also include wild flowers. grassy field -> wild flowers, wild flowers to make a flower veil, it just makes sense.
In fact, it makes so much sense that needing hail to create an aurora veil sounds ridiculous in comparison, yet somehow that's an actual thing.
Anyways, as allways, great video.
But Smogon doesn't own Pokemon, and the buff to Illuminate has little to do with their rules in competitive formats. Besides, there's always the AG metagame if nothing else. The buff should be concerned with not only making the Pokemon more viable, but also making sense with the Pokemon/ability's theme. So I think the Accuracy/Evasion idea would work fine. But as I've said to a few other commenters, what would be much more interesting and would still make perfect sense is if Illuminate could indeed be used as Dark-type insurance like Foo was saying. When looking at the Japanese translation of Evil-type, the concept would work as good light versus evil dark instead of in the physical sense. So moral light breaking through moral dark- or evil. It makes fine sense.
@@reddragonair3147 The Illuminate ability buff that is suggested by FooFoo comes from a cultural approach and it just so happens to be that cultural things don't allways translate well.
As the creator of the games is Japanese it has to make sense in Japanese at the very least, but you have to take into consideration all other cultures where they sell the game. Light vs evil? Not really a good match. It's good vs evil and light vs dark. The analogy you make is close, but is close good enough?
Someone can be good while operating in the dark after all.
@@DJarr216 Sure, I see what you're saying and I after with you. But what I'm saying is that light would represent the most widely depicted incarnation of good. I think it would fit in well, because Pokemon has always used cultural stereotypes for monster, move, and ability inspiration. Sort of like how the Fairy type is a hodgepodge of different aspects from several different cultures. Fairies in Japanese culture aren't there same as fairies in old English culture, after all, but the English culture seems to take precedence for the type's effectiveness, weaknesses, and resistances. And it doesn't make sense for Xerneas, who comes from Norse mythology, to learn Moonblast, which is inspired by old English sprite mythology- but the move is still a relatively colony learned move along Fairy type Pokemon because all the cultures are blended together. This is one example of course, but do you get what I'm saying?
And to add to this, not every culture depicts fairies or fairy-like creatures as sweet or good or innocent, but overall the Pokemon type itself represents the light, good, nature-loving fairies of English mythology- even though several of these Pokemon draw cultural inspiration from many different and even contrasting sources.
I really love the Healer suggestion, this would be better than my suggestion tbh, I like it a lot.
For Anticipation, your suggestion is good, but I've seen some people say that it could raise the mon's speed instead, which I think would be really nice and less risky than an Evasion buff... though it's cool that you might be tempted to stay in against a super effective attack because it might miss!
The nicknames of your Pokemon are always amazing.
Defeatist shouldn't halve Archeops attacks. Maybe reduce in one stage, that's already bad enough.
Slow start should also take less turns to end. 2 or 3.
Archeops wouldn't even be overpowered if it had a good ability like Intimidate, desu.
@@OMalleyTheMaggot Intimidate Archeops would be insane. Intimidate on U-Turn pokémon is insane in doubles, it is a large part of the reason why Landorus and Incineroar are so immensely popular there. And Archeops is significantly faster than Landorus and has STAB Rock Slide, I reckon it could be way stronger than Landorus in that case, it also has much better coverage with moves like Aqua Tail, Dragon Claw, Acrobatics, it also gets Head Smash.
@@OMalleyTheMaggot bruv, 140 atk and 110 speed... that's more atk than mega aerodactyl and only 40 less speed. that's both more atk and speed than garchomp...
Slow Start should buff Regigigas' defenses while it is in effect and removes any status it gained when it ends.
These videos linking casual gameplay and competitive are really awesome to watch.
I honestly think Gale Wings should work above 50% health instead of only being at 100%. One of the bigger problems with it was priority Roost but with that change then you'd either get diminished effects for priority or not have priority and get the full 50% heal. Plus Brave Bird still wears down
I'd just love a whole new ability that ignores entry hazards called Stealth, some ninja pokemon could get it. In terms of distribution on currently existing pokemon Ninjask would love this to ignore stealth rock, it has a free ability slot and everything!
That would be cool!
Sturdy got a Buff too. Introduced in Gen 3, it blocked all 1 hit k.o moves from hitting the Ability user, then in Gen 5, it got a buff that if you are at Full HP, any move that would 1 shot you, would leave you with 1 HP always.
I feel like the Illuminate buff could still work in Japanese, cause it’s はっこう(Luminescence) and luminescent things are typically associated with good or as being opposed to evil.
And in English, while there’s the analogy of lighting up the dark, you could also see it as Illuminating someone as to their dark/evil ways.
Good points!
They need to buff the Pokémon total. . .
Regenerator is a little bit weak, I think it should at least recover half when switched out, and maybe even cute status. I think this might give it a little competitive viability
Regenerator is already one of the best abilities in the series already. 1/3 health recovered upon switching out is already enough when bulky monsters like Toxapex or Tangrowth have it. 1/2 health recovered would be a bit much.
@@thatoneguywhoowns2cats704 yikes
Hey Foofootoo ! I like your take on those abilities.
Funny enough, I made a list of buffed abilities.
For the abilities you mentionned, here's how I see it :
1. Run away : U-turn, baton pass, volt switch and parting shot have +1 priority
2. Illuminate : As long as the pokemon is on the field, opponents are like taunted (except for flash fire and keen eye pokemon)
3. Pickpocket : Moves stealing or exchanging items are used with X1.5 speed (instead of priority which would be blocked by psychic terrain :)
4. Healer : Healing wish, heal pulse and heal bell have+1 priority, restores ally's status condition with 50% chance at the end of the turn
5. Flower veil : Aromatherapy, floral healing, flower shield, petal dance and petal blizzard have +1 priority
6. Anticipation : if the ability activated, the first opponent attack will be avoided on the first turn (except if opposing move has over 100% accuracy, through compound eyes or no guard for instance)
Only a few of the abilities on my list give priority moves, it just so happened you chose those abilities !
Run away is almost entirely useless due to the ghost type being garenteed an escape, and not being trapable on top of it.
It could be used to escape mean look and infestation just puttin idea's
His idea for run away made pursuit not hit on switch out, so not useless
@@roninglastrier1996 That's what I mean. Ghost already does that.
Ghost typing is still weak to Pursuit, so my suggested buff would be pretty great for that. Ghosts are so susceptible to pursuit-trap
Some ability buff ideas....
Synchronize - can activate upon enemy switch ins/user switch ins not just on the turn it got statused. 50% chance on enemy switch ins or user switch ins. (not to make it too OP lol)
Pickpocket - activates on the same turn user loses held item or during attacks after held item is lost
Sticky hold - if user is attacked by a move like knock off or item stealing move they get afflicted with rocky helmet damage.
Quick feet - If afflicted by burn or toxic the user takes damage every other turn
Shed skin - 50% heal status
Damp - fire attacks do 25% less damage
Magma armor - water attacks no longer do super effective damage.
steadfast - +2 speed
Inner Focus - flinching moves do 25% less damage
Flame body - Upon striking the foe with a contact move there is a 10% burn chance. Can stack with fire burn chance.
Pressure - raises PP usage by 3 if the enemy use same move known to the user.
Cursed body - can activate behind a substitute or if the enemy has been stopped by paralysis.
Definitely agree with all of this
They could try to make Truant useful and make it double the user's defences, while it's active.
Truant was designed as a limiter
Except for the true ant's Truant
@@jeremyfaure1888 Kevin Durant
I'd do so for Slow Start. I'd also make Slow Start clear status when it ends.
Thank you! I've thought of this kind of Run Away buff for a while! Makes perfect sense to me
Aside from abilities that are straight up detrimental (Truant, Slow Start, Defeatist), I think Honey Gather may be the single most useless ability in the game. Not only is it completely useless in battle, but even in-game, it doesn't serve much of a purpose. It gathers Honey..... that's it. And Honey's not even that great of an item to begin with. It only sells for 50, and its ability is exactly the same as the move Sweet Scent being used on the field (with Sweet Scent having the added benefit of not consuming anything.... and Combee even starts off with Sweet Scent). Now, in its debut generation, it did have the unique ability of being slathered on trees and having a chance of attracting Pokemon to catch. Not a very popular mechanic, granted, and one that never returned for future gens, but it was nevertheless SOMETHING that Honey could be useful for, and it helped that some Pokemon (such as Burmy and Munchlax) were exclusively available through its usage. Oh, but what's this? You can just BUY the damn Honey. Sure, it's exclusive to one location (Floaroma Meadow), but it's not as if that was a particularly difficult location to access, and it costs less than a Pokeball, so it can EASILY be bought in bulk.
What it comes down to is: Honey Gather is made horribly irrelevant AND redundant when the only not-so-good item it's used for is easily attainable via other means. Sure, you could argue that it's not used by many Pokemon anyway, and very weak ones at that, but still. Combee's a weak unevolved Pokemon, so maybe you could excuse it (though it IS permanent if it's a male). Then they made it a hidden ability for Teddiursa.... but okay, that's only while it's unevolved, it can be ignored, and while hidden abilities are typically something you need to go out of your way for, you can hardly expect them to be useful [cough]Delibird[cough]. THEN they give it to the Ribombee line.... yeah, by this point, I think they've spread it out enough that they could try to find just a BIT more usage for the thing. Anyway, I don't have any ideas for potential in-battle effects (maybe automatic Leftovers if it's not holding an item and/or holding Honey?). For in-game usage, though, maybe they should have it gather something besides just Honey. For instance, maybe there's a chance of acquiring a new item like Premium Honey or Royal Jelly, items which could sell for a lot of money and have some pretty good recovery effects in-battle. They could even do something like Pickup and have the chance of acquiring better items scale with the Pokemon's level. And of course, these items would be acquired exclusively through Honey Gather (or at least be EXTREMELY expensive on the market).
Yeah this ability is increasingly redundant in game and has always been useless in battle... a buff is very much deserved!
I've got another one that came to mind. It's not as bad as Honey Gather, but I think Normalize could use a buff. It's nice that they gave it increased damage (to match up with Aerialite, Refrigerate, and Pixilate, which came about the generation before Normalize got that buff), but it's still a very gimmicky Ability, especially since having your offense restricted to ONE TYPE is far from ideal, more so when Normal's not that great of an offensive type. I especially find it odd that they gave it to Delcatty, of all Pokemon. Quite possibly the single worst stone-evolved Pokemon (and using a somewhat rare Moon Stone, no less), and they give it a crappy Ability that heavily restricts it's offensive options (ironic when its diverse movepool is one of the few things going for it) and, at best, lets it use a predictable gimmick for paralyzing Ground-types? At the very least, I think this Ability should have a built-in Scrappy (Ghost-types are NOT something you wanna deal with when Normal's your only attacking option, though granted, they did let Delcatty learn Foresight). Hell, give it a built-in Scrappy, Adaptability, and Compoundeyes, it's still not gonna be even remotely broken (especially when it's exclusive to a lackluster Pokemon like Delcatty).
Speaking of bizarre gen4 additions, Stall. I almost forgot this thing even existed, which really goes to show how fucking pointless it was. And again, why give an Ability that outright hinders a Pokemon to Sableye, a Pokemon that isn't even that great, with its best quality being its typing (and not even that seems like a very good excuse when Spiritomb debuted in the same generation as Stall)? Why couldn't they give it an attack boost like Analytic or something? Of course, Delcatty and Sableye still had their first Abilities as options, so it isn't all bad for them (and with the introduction of the Ability Capsule, they don't even have to worry about getting stuck with Normalize or Stall). Still, I can't help wondering what was the point of it all, introducing these Abilities to retroactively give to weak Pokemon introduced just a generation earlier, and then doing almost nothing with them afterwards.
Big Pecks- gives a 1.5 defense boost, defense cannot be lowered
Damp- if the user is hit with a fire move, the opponent will not be able to any fire move until he switches
Flower Gift and Flower Veil- give a 1.5 boost to grass moves when active
Forcast - will set a random weather from the 3 (no sandstorm)
Magma armor- gives resistance to water
Normalize- disables super effective damage boosts on the field (bastiodon likes that)
Overcoat- makes you also immune to leech seed
Rivalry- will not get damage lowered if facing the opposite gender
Slow start- will only take 3 turns to get the act together
Stall- the more the opponent attacks with Stall on the field, the less damage it does [fatigue]
Steadfast- +2 speed
Stench- will have a 25% chance to flinch the opponent
Symbiosis- acts like it uses 2 items, in singles, it also uses the opponent's, in doubles, the ally
Telepathy- in singles, if it is hit by a move, it will read another random move from the opponent
Water compaction- immune to water moves, however if hit with a water move, it gains the defense but loses electric immunity
Zen mode- will switch between forms when using the move "Calm Mind" (or maybe a new signature move)
Illuminate wouldnt make any sense since the dark the type is the evil type in japenese maybe pokemon with illuminate would be able to see the exact hp stat of the opponent that would be cool
It makes sense if you're talking about moral light being strong against evil. I think it still works, and I frankly love that idea and would really like to see it put to use.
Your pickpocket buff would work really well with gems or Z-crystals. I like it a lot
These are great. I would also want the following:
Compound Eyes- in addition to the accuracy buff it comes with a 10% increase in critical hit rate
Damp-If hit by a water move also increases special defense by 1 stage
Early Bird- also twice as likely to snap out of confusion
Gluttony-Same as before, but the effect is doubled of whatever the berry is
Dark was just a mistranslation and kind of a low key censorship to not say some Pokémon were evil. They're dark not in terms of the element of darkness but dark as in underhanded tactics sort of speak that's why it's Evil type in japanese. They resort to attack that would generally be considered ill-intended or socially looked down upon like Sucker Punch, Thief, Snatch, Torment, Throat Chop, etc. My suggestion for Illuminate would be that it would function as if it had the held item Bright Powder and reduce accuracy for the opponent. Or make Illuminate boost the user/ally efficiency of flashing or light based attacks: such as Dazzling Gleam, Flash Cannon, Power Gem, Seed Flare, etc.
Edit: I wrote this when I had paused before he clarified the Evil type in japanese.
Even with the translation differences in mind, I still think it would make total sense for Illuminate to have the effects that Foo was talking about. In the case of the Evil type, it would be light versus dark morally, in which light breaks through dark and good conquers evil. And in the international translation- the Dark type- it would make sense on a more physical level, with light driving away darkness literally. I think that's a great idea, personally.
But that's not to say that the accuracy idea is bad. That's a great one too, and I think either could work. I just personally would love to see Illuminate work as a defense against Dark types, which have been repeatedly buffed to a ridiculous level over the past few generations.
An idea for Run Away: Maybe avoiding pursuit would be dependent on the mon outspeeding the opponent.
I think that would make sense.
Other ability suggestions:
- perhaps Slow Start could be tweaked a bit if the pokémon slowly regained its strength and speed instead of gaining it all at once.
- maybe mummy would do 1/16 passive damage to non-ghost type pokemon that have this ability at the end of every turn?
- Maybe suctions cups could prevent the opponent from switching itself or the mon with suctions cups out this turn if it is hit or hits with a physical attack, instead of the current effect.
- Keen Eye could make it so that moves that don't miss (ie swift, aerial ace etc) have a higher crit chance or maybe even a straight damage buff
- Stall could have an effect of increasing the power of the user's moves gradually for each turn that the user doesn't attack and then reset again after it attacks.
- Big Pecks could, of course, increase the damage of beak-based moves, maybe to the effect of mega launcher i.e 50%, since there aren't that many.
-Power of Alchemy could work like this in singles: if the pokemon switches in after an ally has fainted, it has a 50% chance to gain its ability: it is alchemy and not science after all. Certain abilities can't be copied.
-Instead of its current effect, rattled could add weaknesses to bug, dark and ghost, but also increase the pokemon's attack power against these types.
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1. Teravolt/Turboblaze: Erases the target's ability if the target is hit by Fusion Flare (for Turboblaze) or Fusion Bolt (for Teravolt)
2. Multitype: Allows Arceus to change type in battle. You can change type once every 3 turns and it happens on Arceus's turn (like Protean). They should convert the plates into 1 item that contains all the plates (like Life Plates or something) by collecting all the available plates. Without holding Life Plates, Multitype cannot be used.
3. Fullmetal Body: Reflects bad status changes, just like Corviknight's HA.
4. Plus and Minus: Also buffs defense and Sp.def
5. Water Veil: Protects the entire team from Burn.
6. Magma Armor: Makes the Pokemon immune against Ice type moves.
7. White Smoke: Protects the entire team from enemy debuffs
8. Solar Power: Only loses HP if the Pokemon attacks. So it works like Life Orb. Increase the HP decrease to balance it out.
9. Big Pecks: Also passively boosts the Pokemons defense.
10. Gale Wings: Removed the current HP restriction mechanics. Gives priority to all flying type once every time the Pokemon is on the field. It resets if the Pokemon is withdawn. To put it simply, it works like Fake Out but it doesn't have to be the 1st turn.
11. Honey Gather: If the user holds a Honey, it'll revive with 50% Health if the Pokemon's HP reaches 0. The Honey is consumed when this ability triggers. The Pokemon cannot execute the previous command given after reviving.
12. Sticky Hold: Also makes the pokemon immune against Knock Off.
Flower veil should be an effect that lasts 5 turns, like an ability that turns on safeguard automatically and maybe it can affect the user but also other grass, bug, and fairy types.
In a way, Anticipation is a poor man's Forewarn
That Run Away buff would be dope. And very fitting - the Pokémon is so good at running away, nothing can stop it.
It's a decent ability if you are searching for rare encounters but right now you will almost never have it in your party since only weak Pokémon get it (and Dodrio). But with a buff they could make some fast water or dark types that have a "hit-and-run" theme to them and decent stats.
Super specific doubles abilities also need a singles buff - especially since many Pokémon only have those types of ability which just sucks.
Anticipation could be a poor man's Disguise in that it halves the first direct damage a Pokémon takes in battle.
Damp needs a buff since Explosion and Self-Destruct are basically no longer used. It could reduce fire damage from all sources as if Water Sport was used once.
Stall is an actual hindrance and regular Sableye needs all the help it can get - so it should increase your damage as a trade-off for going always last.
I am so happy you did this!
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Illuminate could also prevent all pokemon on the field from going to sleep. Like a permanent pseudo electric terrain effect while the pokemon is on the field. This would be a great counter against resto chesto, rest talk, and spore users in both singles and doubles. Plus if you strategized around it in doubles, you could potentially wake up early after using Rest. Simple concept, complex applications, just how an ability should function.
What I want is the end of the no competitive abilities.
*Run Away* : The pokemon is immune to effects that prevent switch out (Shadow Tag, binding effects, block and etc)
*Illuminate* : When the Pokémon enters the battle, it lowers the Sp. Attack of all adjacent opponents by one stage. Adrenaline Orb now activies with Illuminate too.
*Honey Gather* : The pokemon that is holding Honey can consume it or give to an ally to cure any status condition, it have 50% chance of collect Honey in battle and during Grassy Terrain it is boosted to 100%. Like Harvest if Honey is Knocked Off, it's impossible to collect more Honey.
Others:
*Shield Dust* : Thousand Arrows properly fail if used against a target with Shield Dust that is a Flying type or is not touching ground.
*Stick Hold* : Knock Off no more receive damage boost like happen with Z-Crystals and Mega Stones, Spectral Thief cannot steal stat boosts from a Stick Hold target.
*Forecast* : It provide a Rock Type form to Castform in sandstorm, cannot be suppressed; Castform still in last form when the weather ends or is nullified by one more turn.
*Analytic* : It ll provide the damage boost if the Pokemon moves after the target (actually it requires move last that everyone).
*Anticipation* : I was thinking of Anticipation works when the enemie switch in too, but your idea is better than mine.
*Leaf Guard* : It cures and prevent any status condition and reduce damage by 15% during harsh sunlight.
*Pickpoket* : It boost damage of steal moves by 50%, Stick Hold ignore this boost.
*Slow Start* : Turns required reduced to 3 including the switch in.
*Truant* : The pokemon have 50% of execute the move in the turn of it is loafing around.
*Forewarn* : It now prioritize reveal a random no damage move from enemie, or a no STAB move, or a random enemie move in this order of check.
*Magician* : Bring back other Type Gems as exclusive item, the pokemon can use the Gem and steal the enemie item in same turn.
*Prankster* : Dark Types are no longer imunne to it, but the move that target a Dark Type have regular priority.
A good buff for Illuminate is raise accuracy like Compoudeyes, imagine Starmie using Hydro pump, Thunder and Blizzard
I like illuminate working like intimidate: dropping accuracy each time it receives a physical or special hit.
This was a great video, Foofy. I expect more next week...............or else.
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Magma Armor : Doubles the power of fire-type moves and halves the power of ice-type moves used agaisnt this pokemon. It also prevents the pokemon from getting frozen.
Plus/Minus -
Also boosts this pokemon and its allies special attack if there is an electric or steel type on the field.
Forewarn -
Reduce the power of the opponent's strongest moves by 10%.
Slow Start -
Everytime this pokemon enters the field, It's attack and speed is halved for 4 turns. Then it's attack and speed is boosted by 50% for 4 turns. (I originally made it 3 turns but decided it was too broken. You can just protect, do something else like setting up, protect and then you basically have a Dragon Dance boosted Regigigas by wasting only 1 turn)
Emergency Exit -
This pokemon is switched out everytime it uses a priority move.
Water Compaction -
Boosts this pokemon defense by 1 stage everytime it's hit by a water type move. Water immunity
Corrosion -
This pokemon can hit Steel type with Poison type moves.
It can also poison the opponent even if :
Steel type
Poison type
Immunity
Magic Guard
Pastel Veil
Affected by Misty Terrain
Affected by Safeguard
Illuminate -
Boost the power of light-based moves by 30%
Aurora Beam, Solar Beam, Psybeam, Luster Purge, Signal Beam, Flash Cannon, Dazzling Gleam, Solar Blade, Photon Geyser
Anger Point -
Increases this pokemon attack and special attack by 2 stage if it is hit by a super effective move
Here are my personal changes:
Limber: Sleep immunity and can't lose Speed.
Honey Gather: While no item is held, heals 12.5% per turn.
Vital Spirit: Speed immunity and can't lose Attack.
Cute Charm: Also adds an effect such that gender doesn't matter for attraction.
Anger Point: An attack that does more than 75% than max HP will also activate this.
Illuminate: Resist Ghost and Dark moves (like thick fat).
Pressure: Triples the PP the target uses instead of doubles.
Damp: Prevents self destructive moves and resists Fire moves further.
I was hoping that Illuminate would act like Intimidate and instead of lowering the opposing Pokemon's Attack, it'll lower the Pokemon's Accuracy.
Also, it would be interesting for Heavy Metal to remove entry hazards upon entering the field, Light Metal to double the Pokemon's speed upon getting hit by a super effective move, Corrosion to be able to hit through Steel types, Klutz to boost the Pokemon's Attack and Special Attack upon the Pokemon losing a held item and Battle Armour to not only protects you from critical hits but also flinching.
This video was a great idea kudos to you foofoo I been rocking with your for 3 years now 👏🏾😁
A cool in-game buff for Illuminate would be that it also raises the possibility of finding higher level Pokémon or Pokémon that have evolved (ie rather than making it easier to find Tentacool, also raise possibility of finding Tentacruel) or increasing chance that wild Pokémon will carry an item (with more rare Pokémon getting more rare items).
Since defog is a move that decreases evasiveness, I think a brilliant application for an Illuminate buff would be to negate Defog, it would introduce a type of "spin blocker" trait to the omnipresent entry hazards removal.
I had that exact same idea in mind for Run Away! Another thing I had in mind may be a bit crazy- I want Unnerve to change from eliminating the use of berries to being a special variant of Intimidate. And here’s my reasoning: when you are doing a SOS chain, the pokemon is more likely to call for help if you have a pokemon with the ability Intimidate, Pressure, or Unnerve in your party. All of these names are synonyms to fear- therefore Unnerve should have an effect similar to Intimidate. Of course, eliminating berries can be helpful, but I think a special variant of Intimidate would be more useful. (Also, way too many pokemon have the ability Pressure, especially most legendaries, and giving this powerful effect to all those pokemon would be OP)
I love this idea foo. Do more videos where you recommend buffs. For a few examples, Slow start only works for 2 turns, defeatist works at 25% HP, Mist Ball and Luster Purge increase base power to 100, flame charge goes to 60 power, stat redistribution on certain pokes, Drives increase the power of all Genesects attacks by 20%, stuff like that.
Illuminate buff: While pokemon with this ability is on the field, Evasion bonuses are ignored (apply to all pokemon present on the field). The user is also immune to dark type moves.
Such buff would make this ability very handy in competitive play. Especially Starmie would love to use it, since Natural Cure and Analytic are not the best abilities for sweeping pokemon.
Flower Veil buff: Should be changed to prevent status and stat drops from any ally, not just grass type. If no ally is present, you are protecting yourself instead.
Corrosion buff: Should allow the user to hit steel type pokemon with poison type attacks (not just poison status).
Damp buff: Should prevent the use of all moves that inflict self-damage (recoil). Struggle and Life Orb are exceptions.
Anticipation buff: Should also prevent flinch from occuring (to itself and ally).
Defeatist change: Instead of halving attack and special attack, when the user has 50% or less HP its base Attack should be swaped with its Defense and it's sp. attack with sp.defense.
Emergency Exist change: Should instead make the user switch out IF the opponent's attack would make the user's HP drop below 50% HP BUT before the hit is done (so that other pokemon will take the damage instead). Would still work just once per battle.
Flower Gift change: Instead of attack bonus it should give defense bonus alongside sp.def.
Fur Coat debuff: In similar way to Fluffy and fire moves, the Fur Coat should make the user take doubled damage from water attacks.
Healer buff: In addition to current effect, if the user switch out, the pokemon that switch in will have HP healed by 25% and their status condition cured.
Heavy Metal buff: Sound based moves inflict steel type damage instead of their original type. All Steel attacks inflict 20% more damage.
Light Metal buff: Sound based moves inflict steel type damage instead of their original type and they do 50% more damage.
Honey Gather buff: Status moves used by this pokemon cannot miss. Has 30% chance to heal 25% of max HP after inflicting damage to the opponent.
Hydration buff: In addition to current effect the status moves becomes priorities during the rain.
Inner Focus buff: Prevent flinching to an ally as well.
Insomnia buff: If the user lower other pokemon stats, changes those affected pokemon abilities to Insomnia.
Vital Spirit buff: If the user stats are lowered by the opponent, the users speed increases by 2 stages.
Liquid Voice buff: In addition to current effect, increase water type damage by 20%.
Klutz buff: Upon entering the battle, the pokemon remove entry hazards on it's side of the field.
I think anticipation should say “___ shuttered!” and then they either
A. Get to go first
B. Dodge the first attack
I really liked all the ideas you had with Anticipation, and well Toxicroak is one of my favorite pokemon so I'd like that to happen
I feel like Healer's buff would just make it a better Shed Skin. Instead I suggest it being able to heal anyone in your party instead of just allies. So in singles you can switch to the Pokemon with Healer if the Pokemon out gets a status effect and keep it out for a couple turns to try and cure them.
I’ve actually personally thought of the buff to run away myself. I thought that would’ve been a great idea, being able to switch out of binding moves and abilities
Another important Pokemon that gets Healer is Chansey. Chansey actually has a great support movepool for doubles with moves like heal pulse, helping hand, and ally switch. The ability to heal itself and its partner of status without using a move slot would be amazing.