Amazing Abilities on Terrible Pokemon

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  • @togakhan1274
    @togakhan1274 День тому +1243

    Love the genius of the Thumbnail. Not only does Ttar hit Shedinja with BOTH Dark and Rock moves but also nukes it with Sandstorm, but still my boy is scared.

    • @tytar2132
      @tytar2132 День тому +37

      X scissor is super effective on tytar

    • @Oscarus4250
      @Oscarus4250 День тому +101

      ​@@tytar2132 Shedinja is slower than Tyranitar, and even with adequate EV spreads, Tyranitar would tank X-Scissors without Swords Dance

    • @ismailkeskinklc5300
      @ismailkeskinklc5300 День тому +57

      ​@@tytar2132being able to hit super effective isn't an auto win, not only is unboosted shedinja too weak to probably even to get a guaranteed 2 hit ko on ttar, but it's also slower and dies to sandstream.

    • @paulmann8570
      @paulmann8570 День тому

      To be fair, National Dex made everybody fear Shedinja.

    • @Ignisvoid001
      @Ignisvoid001 День тому +24

      Yeah that's weird. Kyogre should be in the thumbnail instead

  • @sonofhades57
    @sonofhades57 День тому +478

    Amusingly, Innards Out ended up getting banned in metagames where Pokemon are allowed to have different abilities because people kept slapping it onto Chansey and Blissey.

    • @MaverickHunterDaniel
      @MaverickHunterDaniel День тому +61

      It's hilarious to see Innards Out Chansey/Blissey in Pure Hackmons, where OHKOs from full pretty much just delete any poor attacker who hits them. I nicknamed mine The Landmine, which is very appropriate I think.

    • @oldfrozenwolf6803
      @oldfrozenwolf6803 День тому +25

      Ya it was pretty funny but imagine if it wasn't now that we have moves that can revive Pokémon mid battle you could've re deployed your landmine and just watch your opponent cry

    • @MakoShiruba
      @MakoShiruba День тому +14

      I cannot fathom the image of a pink blob popping like a balloon and having it's...stuff splat all over the battlefield, yeah, I would also be knocked out after that.

    • @xtimekey2894
      @xtimekey2894 День тому +17

      Pretty much. Innards out also made WAILORD into an annoying stop-gap since it was arguably better at abusing the ability: enormous hp that very few pokemon pass and paper thin defenses on both sides.

    • @devenvandyke1114
      @devenvandyke1114 День тому +5

      I think even a Pokémon like Wiggly tuff could be viable with the innards out abillity due to it’s sky high up and paper thin defenses.

  • @brandontherabboat4850
    @brandontherabboat4850 День тому +359

    Okay, but you gotta admit the pure comedy of Shedinja being OHKO’d by Stealth Rock the moment it appears on the battlefield.

    • @508911
      @508911 День тому +15

      I prefer sandstorm or old hail or status. This way they survive until the turn ends, then just blips out of existance

    • @noahtaylor1721
      @noahtaylor1721 День тому +4

      It gets KO’d by a single layer of spikes

    • @rythvicr3240
      @rythvicr3240 День тому +5

      @@noahtaylor1721 That actually gives it a small niche in Gen 3 OU. Because of the different game mechanics, having a pokemon faint in a Single Battle causes the turn to end, which can be exploited, and since U-Turn didn't exist back then this acts a sort of 1 time pivoting move.

    • @vibra7
      @vibra7 7 годин тому

      Shedinja I choose YOU! SHEDINJA NO!

  • @BaniniThePanini
    @BaniniThePanini День тому +257

    I think Squawkabilly is a really funny case since it has *4* good abilities with Intimidate, Guts, Hustle and Sheer Force.
    But its stats are so bad and its typing so generic that it's still one of the worst Gen 9 mons.

    • @furretthefuzzynoodle3896
      @furretthefuzzynoodle3896 День тому +8

      Since when was hustle a good ability?

    • @eat_6429
      @eat_6429 День тому +3

      It dont got Sheer force big dawg

    • @Vortigern235Main
      @Vortigern235Main День тому +38

      @@furretthefuzzynoodle3896 uhhh there’s Durant in gen 5 , Durant in gen 8 and uh yeah, pretty much Durant and nothing else

    • @thepaintingbanjo8894
      @thepaintingbanjo8894 День тому +2

      I didn't even know that was a pokemon until I had to google it per your comment. These recent generations now are bleeding in all together.

    • @BaniniThePanini
      @BaniniThePanini День тому +25

      ​​@@eat_6429Blue and Green have Guts instead but Yellow and White have Sheer Force. Unfortunately it lacks any good moves for Sheer Force too.

  • @AhmedHussain-ju6xd
    @AhmedHussain-ju6xd День тому +293

    the nerve of gamefreak to make an ability thats basically fluffy for ice types, and ONLY GIVE IT TO 1 POKEMON has got to be acknowleged

    • @bulborb8756
      @bulborb8756 День тому +26

      Ice Scales?

    • @specs.weedle
      @specs.weedle День тому +71

      @@bulborb8756 yeah that
      also I have no idea why it's not on alolan sandslash considering it's covered with icy scales, but that would require giving a non-shillmon more than one ability that actually does anything meaningful and we all know GF can't do that

    • @bulborb8756
      @bulborb8756 День тому +27

      @@specs.weedle i wouldn't say those are "scales" per say on alolan sandslash, more so frozen quills in my opinion

    • @goGothitaLOL
      @goGothitaLOL День тому +4

      @@specs.weedleClefable? Gyarados/Salamence/Krookodile? Excadrill? Yanmega? Swellow?

    • @Riawil2
      @Riawil2 День тому +7

      ​@@goGothitaLOLNone of those pokemon are even ice type, for Salamance and Krookodile Marvel scales from Dragonite might be a good pick though.

  • @BlazingCyberKnight95
    @BlazingCyberKnight95 День тому +78

    Can forget about Wo-Chien. Amazing ability with Tablets of Ruin, but held back by its awful typing, causing it to be the least used member in the Treasures of Ruin.

  • @larrydonahue7502
    @larrydonahue7502 День тому +62

    Fun Golduck ADV fact: Showdown is currently bugged such that Cloud Nine stops working once Golduck switches out for the rest of the game

  • @jman2050
    @jman2050 День тому +35

    “If +4 attack in one turn can’t save you, nothing will”
    Well, nothing except a little ability called Moody I guess.

    • @breloommaster12
      @breloommaster12 23 години тому +2

      Yeah, because Moody doesn't give +4 in a single turn, two turns maybe.

  • @the_bookworm8281
    @the_bookworm8281 День тому +108

    One cool to note about Shedinja is that the mon is actually very broken/uncompetitive in a setting with Terastallization.
    Mon is banned from Gen 9 NatDex Ubers and is one of the biggest culprits behind the collapse of the Gen 9 NatDex AG ladder.
    There is a reason why that mon is not in Gen 9 normally; GameFreak must've realized the game-breaking potential of this mon being able to change its type.

    • @chonkystonks115
      @chonkystonks115 День тому

      It's not wrong to say it had contributed to its downfall, but its completely false to say its a major culprit, that honour would go to revivecats.
      Ironically, Shedinja is pretty manageable even without Basculegion and tera Stellar in existence, just bait it out and click Toxic/Hail (yes it's still not healthy but it's not worst limitation to play around with, and still has some utility outside of baiting Shedinja)

    • @ShenaniganBros1
      @ShenaniganBros1 День тому +8

      Still gets nuked by status and sandstorm

    • @josebuendiamartinez9944
      @josebuendiamartinez9944 День тому +15

      Let me guess, Electric Teratype and Baloon as the held item, right?

    • @chonkystonks115
      @chonkystonks115 День тому

      It's not wrong that shedinja has somewhat contributed to AG's demise, but it's definitely not the main culprit (which case that would be revivecats)
      Ironically, Shedinja is quite manageable, with simply just baiting it out with Toxic/Hail aside from the usual Mold Breaker counters

    • @the_bookworm8281
      @the_bookworm8281 День тому +18

      @@josebuendiamartinez9944 Yep, that's the most infamous one. But the worst part is that there is a chance that is could be an entirely different set that completely walls a different set of teams. For example, it could be Boots or Safety Goggles + certain Tera combos. The situation is even worse in AG where there is no Species Clause, meaning that you could have multiple different Shedinjas that can walls different teams.
      It is not just that Tera Shedinja is impossible to beat, but there is too much variance and too much instances of teams simply losing to Tera Shedinja simply on preview, making it extremely unhealthy.

  • @gotdamn4989
    @gotdamn4989 День тому +188

    why is tyranitar in danger on that thumbnail 😭 isnt ttar the most anti-shedinja pokemon of all time 😭😭

    • @beanslinger2
      @beanslinger2 День тому +85

      the hidden Golduck behind the chair letting Tera Electric Air Baloon Shedinja not die to sand:

    • @spiritbaki108
      @spiritbaki108 День тому +5

      ​@@beanslinger2Or tera ground

    • @SeriousStriker
      @SeriousStriker День тому +41

      That's the joke

    • @solidzack
      @solidzack День тому +4

      ​@@SeriousStrikerwhat's the joke

    • @superiortroodon3112
      @superiortroodon3112 День тому +7

      That it’s actually the shedinja in danger

  • @ragnaricstudios5888
    @ragnaricstudios5888 День тому +129

    For Compound Eyes, Galvantula has a lot of success and Lokix sees play with Tinted lens, I’d also like to say Frosmoth’s Ice Scales ability, Frosmoth probably would have been better if its type wasn’t abysmal

    • @RoninofCrimsonMaple
      @RoninofCrimsonMaple День тому +10

      And its speed wasnt so mediocre.
      If Frosmoth had a 100 base speed like Rona, she'd be 10x better.

    • @justinanderson2631
      @justinanderson2631 День тому +4

      Ice scales Frosmoth is actually a phenomenal Tera captain in draft.

    • @ragnaricstudios5888
      @ragnaricstudios5888 День тому +1

      @@RoninofCrimsonMaplespeed’s more forgiving due to Quiver Dance

    • @Dizzydizzydizzydizzydlzzydizzy
      @Dizzydizzydizzydizzydlzzydizzy День тому +2

      I don't think you listened to what he said

    • @thepaintingbanjo8894
      @thepaintingbanjo8894 День тому +3

      If only Frosmoth's speed wasn't pathetic. That's the the only main thing that's separating it from Volcarona. Even getting a +1 speed boost off with QD isn't going to outrun much on a base 65 speed.

  • @c.m.9369
    @c.m.9369 День тому +34

    X-D
    Great Thumbnail!
    Tyranitar literally JUST HAS TO ENTER THE FIELD, for Shedinja to faint, due to Sandstorm. It can‘t even be protected with a Focus Sash!
    It‘s the literal example of:
    Tyranitar: Exists.
    Shedinja: I guess I‘ll die.

  • @chasemiller3712
    @chasemiller3712 День тому +90

    Video ideas:
    - Items that save Pokémon
    - Dream items that can save Pokémon

    • @L_Nivale
      @L_Nivale День тому +5

      heavy duty boots and every pokemon

    • @georgecortes3416
      @georgecortes3416 День тому +1

      Reminds me of this one item I saw on Twitter called the Waking Stone where you'd allegedly get it after the sixth gym. What it does is it gives a Pokemon its stats for the final evolution without actually evolving them. Like a... "Super Everstone" if you will. The catch? Only works on starter Pokemon. So if they did a Pokemon Yellow and gave you Pikachu as your starter, you could have Pikachu holding a Light Ball while rocking Raichu's stats. Or you could have two identical VGC cats by having Incineroar and Torracat as they'd have equal stats. Now imagine all sorts of other applications without the starter restriction: Vigoroth with Slaking's stats and no Truant JESUS CHRIST, Togetic would get to be a Togekiss rocking Eviolite, Clefairy would finally have Clefable's stats and the Friend Guard Ability for amazing new support in VGC, there's a lot to consider when you give unevolved Pokemon their final forms' stats!

    • @antassingh2991
      @antassingh2991 День тому +1

      @@georgecortes3416 won't the Pokemon not be able to hold any other item (like the Light Ball Pikachu and Eviolite Togetic you mentioned) because it's already holding the Waking Stone? Or is it supposed to be a Key Item that makes a permanent change to the stats? If it's the first case then the only situation I can see it being useful is when the pre evolution has a better ability than the evolved form (Like the Vigoroth and Clefairy you mentioned) which isn't very common. If it's the second case with permanent change then literally everyone would be spamming it alongside Eviolite on everything that doesn't require some other mandatory held item

    • @georgecortes3416
      @georgecortes3416 День тому +1

      @ Yeah, I don't know if it's meant to be a key item or a held item. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a key item since technically, it's only supposed to work on starter Pokemon. So if you're doing an in-game playthrough where your best items are those type raising ones like the Miracle Seed or Charcoal, it makes sense to give your starter's favorite form a power boost. So if you like Wartortle more than Blastoise, but want it to still hold a decent item, the Waling Stone wouldn't take up an item slot. By the same token, if it were a held item, then yeah, people would find ways to bypass species clause by having two or even three Incineroars by giving it to both Litten & Torracat (that itself is a meme, imagine Wolfe Glick winning Worlds with three of his favorite cats).

    • @justaplayer8629
      @justaplayer8629 9 годин тому +1

      Focus sash saves a lot of pokemon from dying i think

  • @fabribe1683
    @fabribe1683 День тому +67

    The fact that in the Simple section Swoobat doesn't get a mention means he made it work at one point in his life. Waiting to know how good was swoobat actually now

    • @andreescalona8902
      @andreescalona8902 День тому +6

      electric seed + calm mind + stored power? it would still be pretty bad 'cuz it's a Swoobat (67/55/55 defences, 77 SPATK and not enough speed to outrun scarfers), but it probably had lower tier potential at some point

    • @fabribe1683
      @fabribe1683 День тому

      @andreescalona8902 I hope so. Swoobat is one of my favorites

    • @magicball3201
      @magicball3201 День тому +7

      Swoobat has Stored Power and Calm Mind. It's never been great, but with those two moves, it's had a place in lower tiers

    • @eimardgomes1128
      @eimardgomes1128 19 годин тому

      @@andreescalona8902 thank you. nice idea for a battle tree doubles team. I always thought swoobat was completely utterly bad.

  • @cursezero1125
    @cursezero1125 День тому +29

    Ohh I wish stakeout was on this, it is the most underrated broken ability but the pokemon that only has it are bad mons like thievul, gumshoos, and mabosstiff

    • @starmantheta2028
      @starmantheta2028 День тому +8

      I ran some calcs with Stakeout Thievul out of curiosity, and yeah, it's definitely a good thing that the Pokémon that get it are bad.

    • @matthewlasalvia7026
      @matthewlasalvia7026 22 години тому +1

      @@starmantheta2028 Guess we’ll never know how good it will actually be with Game Freak in charge.

  • @sussy3778
    @sussy3778 День тому +15

    As someone who genuinely tried to use Cloud Nine Golduck to counter Primal Groudon, I can attest I've never felt so disappointed when I realized that Golduck is so bad that not only it can't out speed Groudon, but it also doesn't have a guarantee OHKO on the *4X WEAK GROUDON* with Surf using the Scarf set it needs to not get demolished by it.

    • @HylianWindRider
      @HylianWindRider День тому +1

      I ran surf Rayquaza to nuke any unsuspecting Primal Groudon

    • @sussy3778
      @sussy3778 День тому +1

      @@HylianWindRider Congratulations, you are smarter than me. I guess I thought using Golduck would be funny.

    • @ekonthungcyrusngullie4391
      @ekonthungcyrusngullie4391 День тому +3

      I've always ohko P.Groudon with surf with Golduck. Did you give ev's?

    • @matthewlasalvia7026
      @matthewlasalvia7026 21 годину тому

      Did you max out its Special Attack?

    • @sussy3778
      @sussy3778 12 годин тому

      @@ekonthungcyrusngullie4391 I had to run Timid so that he doesn't gets demolished by other faster Pokémon since he is so sluggish for some reason.

  • @Jomisari77
    @Jomisari77 День тому +26

    Innards Out Chansey/Blissey would be hilarious.

    • @mr.badger3950
      @mr.badger3950 День тому +10

      It was so hilarious in fact that Innards Out was banned in Almost Any Ability, a fanmade metagame where pokemon are allowed to have Almost Any Ability (Go Figure). They would do that and it was perhaps too funny

    • @matthewlasalvia7026
      @matthewlasalvia7026 21 годину тому

      How would that even make sense lore wise?

  • @alathreon8315
    @alathreon8315 15 годин тому +4

    Note that Innards Out is banned in Balanced Hackmon because of Chansey. Just to show how powerful this ability is.

  • @GWFanSoftcoreBrony
    @GWFanSoftcoreBrony День тому +16

    I didn't even realize Lickilicky got Cloud Nine.
    Shedinja has always fascinated me because in spite of it's bad stats, it has had some legitimate strategic use over the years. It seems like it just needs that one tiny thing of something to really get it going. And yet, all it took was the ban for air balloon, electric tera Shedinja in Smogon's Gen 9 national dex to see how it could be pushed too far.

    • @M_Alexander
      @M_Alexander День тому +1

      It's always funny to me when Smogon bans something for being unexpectedly successful

    • @GWFanSoftcoreBrony
      @GWFanSoftcoreBrony День тому +5

      @@M_Alexander I think it's more like something that is overly successful, as in it requires that you have a very specific strategy, or one or two Pokémon specifically on your team to counter that one thing. For example, I remember Seismitoad was a common sight in early Gen 8 OU because it was the only thing that could stop Dracovish from dominating. Then it fell all the way to RU eventually after Dracovish was banned. Or at least that's what I understand the idea is behind bans.

    • @M_Alexander
      @M_Alexander День тому +3

      @@GWFanSoftcoreBrony when the top ten teams use only ten different Pokémon between them, anything that requires a different strategy sounds better than "Meta Strategy 1/2 vs Meta Strategy 2/2“

    • @rossthemoss6827
      @rossthemoss6827 21 годину тому

      @@M_Alexander
      "anything that requires a different strategy sounds better than "Meta Strategy 1/2 vs Meta Strategy 2/2“"
      - Except Revival Cats

    • @M_Alexander
      @M_Alexander 21 годину тому

      @@rossthemoss6827 I don't know what that means

  • @ES-dp6tw
    @ES-dp6tw День тому +17

    Thinking on it, a lot of newer abilities and moves could really spice up some older Pokemon. Haxorus with Sharpness, various shelled monsters with Anger Shell, 'healer' mons like Audino with Hospitality, Kingdra getting Snipe Shot, so on. What are your ideal examples?

    • @yuvalwh
      @yuvalwh День тому +2

      This might be too broken but giving pokemon with sniper 100% crit moves, like drapion having wicked blow, oh god

    • @matthewlasalvia7026
      @matthewlasalvia7026 21 годину тому

      @@yuvalwh That would actually be a good idea. Better than anything Game Freak has come up with.

  • @SaintBoar
    @SaintBoar 20 годин тому +1

    Appreciate you still narrating this either while really sick or recently mummified. Thanks for the hard work, hope you're feeling better.

  • @xeladas
    @xeladas День тому +9

    a less well known/obvious example: Protean Kecleon; Kecleon got Protean as a Hidden ability, and Protean (as well as it's clone Libero) are one of the most powerful Abilities in the game, but unfortunately it's just not good enough to make use of it in anything put the lowest tiers (and sadly is amongst the Dexit'd 'mons).

    • @inevitablecrit4869
      @inevitablecrit4869 15 годин тому

      honestly, id like some colour change buffs (at least in fangames), like being able to toggle if it will switch to the incoming moves typing or stay in for some stab. Maybe A 120bp move that changes type depending on the colour change adaption would be great, or sends away said typing instead and has an extra effect maybe

  • @ThisIsntAYoutuber
    @ThisIsntAYoutuber День тому +3

    Poor Cherrim…
    At the very least, Cherrim is a god in Mystery Dungeon. Being able to boost the stats of 2-3 other teammates is a godsend compared to normal Pokemon, and the attack disparity between it and other Pokemon is less meaningful because it still deals decent damage with things like Bullet Seed and Solarbeam.
    Cherrim/Jumpluff is one of the strongest combos you can have in PMD, and I love it.

  • @ivanbluecool
    @ivanbluecool День тому +6

    Cherrim deserved better. Have it change types under each weather effect. No weather. Grass. Sun. Fire grass. Rain. Water grass. Sand. Grass ground. Hail ice grass.
    It would be a better version of castoform and be able to have some viability as well as counter use if the foe is using weather teams meaning a free switch in.
    Also weather ball for coverage

  • @videakias3000
    @videakias3000 День тому +8

    I wish that you made a video about the "100 base speed" which you mentioned in your charizard video.

  • @Lord_Nexus14
    @Lord_Nexus14 День тому +4

    Shedninja fears no gods, but fears the rocks...
    Also potential thereom maybe? Why stab mores are/aren't everything: The Gengar thereom.

  • @chaosgallade2331
    @chaosgallade2331 День тому +18

    Seeing Shedinja get KOed by a critical Flamethrower was totally overkill.
    2:20 - Altaria didn't gain Cloud Nine until Gen V as a hidden ability. It was stuck with Natural Cure as its sole ability in Gens III-IV.

    • @Sadqueerguy69
      @Sadqueerguy69 День тому

      "stuck" wouldn't be the word I'd use tbh

  • @VVheeli
    @VVheeli День тому +5

    Butterfree with Compound Eyes did have a pretty solid placing during Gen 8 VGC. Before any of the DLC came out, it had a lot of things going for it. Accurate Hurricanes and Sleep Powder were good, but also strong support moves like Pollen Puff, Tailwind, even Electroweb and Rage Powder. Whimsicott was the better tailwind setter, but it also hated going up against Butterfree’s Hurricane. And in a pinch, Butterfree’s Gmax exclusive move was potentially game-ending.

  • @Gold_Gamer_100
    @Gold_Gamer_100 День тому +8

    Here before the self proclaimed uu fans that don't actually play the tier mention how lokix does one bugillion damage to basically everything thanks to tinted lens

  • @Darksilver740
    @Darksilver740 День тому +3

    The cherry on top is Shedinja being Ghost-Type. Meaning it gets 2 immunities to Fighting and Normal when it already gets an immunity to those types with that ability.

    • @IronGiant-vw2tu
      @IronGiant-vw2tu 19 годин тому +2

      It’s literally the “screw fighting in particular” Pokémon considering it’s bug which resists fighting, ghost is immune to fighting, and then wonder guard exists.

  • @reddragonpress
    @reddragonpress День тому +4

    I maintain that the weather wars of Gen 5 would've never been an issue had Cloud Nine removed weather completely instead of just temporarily blocking it.

  • @DrakonLameth
    @DrakonLameth День тому +4

    Special Mention for me: Guts on a fire type. Yes, I'm calling out Flareon. The other guts mons can take advantage of a Flame Orb to burn and ignore the attack loss for it, but the fluffy fire eevee cannot because it is fire type. And with toxic stacking damage every turn and Guts not removing paralyze's speed drop, Flareon has basically nothing viable to use to get the guts boost (outside of flame orb and Tera "something not fire" with something decent physical)

  • @jekfrumstotferm9830
    @jekfrumstotferm9830 День тому +10

    Cherrim’s Sunshine Form actually has better stats as of Legends: Arceus, with it’s Attack getting buffed to 90 and it’s Special Defense getting buffed to 117. Hopefully this change remains for the next mainline game it’s available in.

    • @noahtaylor1721
      @noahtaylor1721 День тому +3

      That’s the same 50% boost to its attack and special defense that it normally gets, just instead of being applied to its actual stats, it’s applied to its base stats, which is actually worse because it doesn’t apply the boost to EVs and IVs

    • @noahtaylor1721
      @noahtaylor1721 День тому

      It’s the same reason why a Pokémon with base 100 attack has effectively lower attack than a Pokémon with base 50 attack and huge power

    • @jekfrumstotferm9830
      @jekfrumstotferm9830 День тому +1

      @@noahtaylor1721 exactly, which is why I hope that Sunshine Cherrim keeps these base stat changes alongside Flower Gift to get boosted even further whenever it’s available again. If my math isn’t wrong, a 90 base Attack Cherrim with the Flower Gift boost and max investment + positive nature would have an effective base Attack of 159, so 1 turn Solar Blades off of that would mean business.

  • @malareon
    @malareon День тому +3

    the worst thing about sheddy is that it is a support pokemon with no support moves, like just give it u turn like ninjask has and watch it shoot up, it will wall something than u can get offensive momentum off of it, which is better than just an sd from a pokemon with base 45 speed. i would go further and add destiny bond and taunt to it's move pool and maybe even knock off, a move that i would give ninjask as well that would improve both of their utility massively.

  • @DaikoruArtwin
    @DaikoruArtwin День тому +2

    One of my favorite such case: Ambipom. Ambipom has two great abilities in Technician and Skill Link, but doesn't really have a good movepool to make use of them. For Skill Link, it only has Tail Slap, and nothing else of other types. For Technician, there are indeed a couple usable moves, but there's usually much better options (Knock Off > Thief, for example). And because it lacks the power to one-shot anything and has paper-thin defenses, it just dies before it gets to contribute enough to the battle. It still feels strong though, meaning you still see someone trying to use it anyway. So in Smogon XY, it got a moveset named "DON'T USE AMBIPOM".

  • @TheHero136
    @TheHero136 День тому +3

    I think a good candidate for a Pokémon that is bad but with a great ability has to be Mightyena. This thing has three potentially great abilities in Moxie, Intimidate and Quick Feet. However, even when gifted all three of those things Mightyena just can’t get by. It’s so weak and isn’t fast enough to be considered over any of its competitors. As a moxie sweeper it is outclassed by better mons like Gyarados, Salamence, Heracross and Krookodile. Even in the lowest tiers Scrafty and Honchkrow leave more of an impact. The only Moxie mon who is worse is debatably Pyroar but that is only because it’s a special attacker that doesn’t really care about Moxie. On the intimidate side there are still better options that provide more utility. Mightyena sadly sucks.

  • @meta1429
    @meta1429 День тому +2

    I was kind of hoping Kecleon would be here, seeing the one you get in Mossdeep Space Station happens to have Protean as its Hidden Ability.
    You know, the one that made Greninja absurd even in its debut generation. Though even Kecleon doesn’t necessarily need an explanation when it’s obvious.

  • @fraymakerfan3628
    @fraymakerfan3628 23 години тому +2

    I'm surprised you didn't mention Comfey, with its OP ability Triage.
    I mean this ability gives +3 priority to all healing moves, even the ones that DO DAMAGE, like Giga Drain for example.

  • @elYIiLy
    @elYIiLy День тому +4

    i thought you were going to mention ice scales (though i don't blame you for forgetting frostmoth)

  • @christianbuffum-robbins8904
    @christianbuffum-robbins8904 День тому +23

    How about Mons that are successful despite their typings? Or conversely, Mons that aren't effective despite their typing?

    • @Jfrost9101
      @Jfrost9101 День тому +15

      Volcarona in Gens 5 to 7 would be way high on that list probably

    • @bluebird4614
      @bluebird4614 День тому

      Bug fire is actually a good combo​@@Jfrost9101

    • @Kanbei11
      @Kanbei11 День тому +7

      The T-Tar theorem

    • @ragnaricstudios5888
      @ragnaricstudios5888 День тому +3

      Definitely Weavile

    • @sleazymeezy
      @sleazymeezy 23 години тому

      Mega zard y. Rocks or not, its gonna pick up a couple ko's just like volc

  • @XCodes
    @XCodes День тому +1

    I laughed way too hard at that Shedinja getting *crit* by Heatran's Flamethrower in that intro.

  • @ivanbluecool
    @ivanbluecool День тому +3

    Cherrim could have been fantastic if it's ability turned it into a fire grass type who's immune to water thanks to being under sunlight and a grass type meaning it'd absorb the water. Immune to grass as it'd Burn the grass before contact is made.
    Then it'd be an interesting sun Mon

  • @lyze8991
    @lyze8991 День тому +1

    I was looking for the Wishiwashi ability!
    Thats insane, huge stat boost
    Hoping for next part!

  • @Auron3991
    @Auron3991 День тому +1

    Shedninja is basically a teambuilding check. If your team consistently finds itself in a position where it gets walled, you have a bad team.

  • @zerozetta
    @zerozetta День тому +2

    I love the thumbnail omg

  • @kuitaranheatmorus9932
    @kuitaranheatmorus9932 День тому

    God, that's thumbnail is so well drawn it drew me into this video and it was worth it, coming back to this channel was a great idea

  • @3To3dSl0th
    @3To3dSl0th День тому

    Butterfree with compoundeyes helped me out a lot in my old Heartgold nuzlocke! Status with greater accuracy was quite useful for catching pokemon in the first half of the game.

  • @ness294
    @ness294 День тому +2

    Shield dust is another cool ability not mentioned in this video!

  • @Nirakolov
    @Nirakolov 22 години тому

    Possible upgrades:
    Castform as a trapper; When weather is up, Water pokemon cannot escape during Rain Dance, Fire pokemon during Sunny day and so on.
    Blunder Guard: Protects only from Super Effective damage, put it on a Grass/Ice or something and intentionally switch into fire moves

  • @josea.ruizquinones9262
    @josea.ruizquinones9262 День тому

    Cherrim Regional Form:
    - Swap physical & special stats
    - Flower Gift alt that boosts DEF & SpATK.
    - Secret Effect if used together: Boosts SPD.

  • @ItsAZues
    @ItsAZues День тому +1

    Leafeon with Flower Gift would be a fire combination. Dishing out more damage and maybe able to tank a Flamethrower.

  • @MissinDaSylveon
    @MissinDaSylveon День тому +2

    Shoutout to Frosmoth who gets Ice Scales which doubles its special defense, but is still in the lowest tiers due to its bad speed and atrocious typing.

  • @KeyboardKlutz_0
    @KeyboardKlutz_0 День тому +1

    tinted lens made venomoth of all things utterly terrifying

  • @TheFlashzap
    @TheFlashzap День тому +5

    Dear FSG
    I’m a amateur Fakemon designer and writer who loves to create Fakemon and unique ideas both in and out of the Competive field and these last few videos have been fueling my desire to create new Pokémon with underutilized abilities and strategies, sometimes gimmicky but those can be fun to think about.
    For instance I pitched a Steel Type Piggy bank with an ability to build up stockpile when damaged and now I’m trying to make a thorny sticker bush Pokémon with a built in Sticky Barb that threatens any physical attacker and a Leech Pokemon that heals itself when damaging, or a reverse Emergency Exit that forces the opponent out.

  • @TheNorthie
    @TheNorthie День тому +1

    Sturdy Shedinja in BH: I’m your God now

  • @beauvogames
    @beauvogames День тому

    Cherrim with Flower Gift is an INCREDIBLE Pokémon in the Dynamax Adventures from Sword and Shield's DLC. That Attack & Special Defense boost given to 3 ALLIES works wonders on legendary boss Pokémon with high Special Attack but who also don't have the greatest physical Defense such as Lunala 😊

  • @eimardgomes1128
    @eimardgomes1128 19 годин тому

    Flower Gift is an amazing abilty in doubles. Had so much fun paring it up with chlorophyl mons.

  • @Skyace13
    @Skyace13 День тому

    I definitely like the “many Pokemon got this and it didn’t really help” instead of “here’s a cool unique ability that that would be broken if anyone else got it”

  • @luckydragon6067
    @luckydragon6067 14 годин тому

    Compound Eyes Butterfree using Sleep Powder in Adv is so funny, I love bootleg Spore lmao.

  • @Connor_1989
    @Connor_1989 День тому +1

    Yet another FSG banger on this fine Sunday morning 😍

  • @PQRDG
    @PQRDG День тому

    Worth mentioning about Shedinja though is that in NatDex it is banned to Ubers. The reason is likely the same reason Shedinja is not in Gen 9; Tera Electric + Air Balloon makes it invincible to all direct damage, making it EXTREMELY DIFFICULT to deal with in the right contexts.

  • @thewerdna
    @thewerdna День тому +1

    Hey, lets give Cherrum some credit, it has at least seen some niche use in VGC to boost Groudon

  • @playersnake
    @playersnake День тому

    Perhaps the next theorem video could be why move sets (like mix attacking, fast physical, bulky special, etc) are close to everything or the Dragonite theorem

  • @DanteCrowlley
    @DanteCrowlley День тому +8

    As long as the ability makes sense with the design, it's good game design, yes I'm talking about the og jp design not the localized names

  • @Connowot387
    @Connowot387 21 годину тому

    Trivia: Drampa is tied with MEGA PIDGEOT *AND* BLOODMOON URSALUNA for having the highest Special Attack of any Normal-Type Pokémon.

  • @KeertikaAndFallenTree
    @KeertikaAndFallenTree День тому

    I think we forgot to mention how Tera broke Shedinja beyond belief in Nat Dex OU.
    Although not an official format, it shows how one change can make an awful Pokémon to the most ridiculous juggernaut, courtesy of one ability.

  • @analoghabits9217
    @analoghabits9217 День тому +1

    i've invented Venonat in adv OU, pass it agility, compound eyes sleep/stun spore 2 mons, then baton pass to pass the agility back out.

  • @carlosdeaustria4448
    @carlosdeaustria4448 День тому +5

    Id say give Flower gift to Meganium.

  • @ariechriswell2669
    @ariechriswell2669 23 години тому

    Shield Dust is an actually quite good ability that is only on shitty bug-type Pokemon (and Ribombee). Complete immunity to secondary effects means youre immune to Fake Out, functionally immune to Freeze, and so much more

  • @moshelaks1961
    @moshelaks1961 27 хвилин тому

    The funny part is that since gen 5, a Shedinja with Sturdy would be effectively immune to all direct damage, even super-effective

  • @anonymousmonkey9491
    @anonymousmonkey9491 23 години тому

    I'd like to think of Shedinja as something similar to an "Alternative win condition" in yugioh, in this case getting rid of pokemon that can hurt shedinja on the opposing side like yes you can win in the traditional way, but once you pull off the win con all you opponent can do is either give up or watch as their team crumble in the face of a soulless bug, which is even funnier.

  • @HaughtyToast
    @HaughtyToast 11 годин тому

    * Sits patiently and waits for Shedinja to get Destiny Bond for switch-in shenanigans. *

  • @MrJinglejanglejingle
    @MrJinglejanglejingle День тому

    ...Y'know, looking at Shedinja, my brain asked, "Yeah, but what about Terrastalization? Terra Normal it, and its only weak to Fighting Moves, along with the usual status, weather, etc. Could that, or similar, work?" I'm no big-time competitive player, but it was a thought I had.

  • @ThaStavo
    @ThaStavo День тому

    Shedinja was always one of my favorites just for the concept

  • @CaptainJLinebeck
    @CaptainJLinebeck День тому

    Shoutouts to Shedinja being one of the causes behind the collapse of Gen 9 NatDex Anything Goes because of Tera Electric Air Balloon.
    Ally Switch actually got nerfed in Gen 9 so that it fails if it was used successfully the previous turn, due to how much of an annoyance Shedinja was with it. Futureproofing for upcoming generations.

  • @JustJulyo
    @JustJulyo 19 годин тому

    Your thumbnails are OP

  • @quedtion_marks_kirby_modding
    @quedtion_marks_kirby_modding 9 годин тому

    What people often ignore about shedinja, is that its damage is so bad that any sligthly bulky pokemon can pp stall it.

  • @flareblitz198
    @flareblitz198 День тому

    Clicking the video because of its great content ✖
    Clicking the video because the thumbnail has a baby tyranitar in a meme format ✔

  • @lucykitsune4619
    @lucykitsune4619 День тому

    Shedinja is amazing, you just gotta somehow get sturdy onto it, while it's wearing safety-goggles and paralyze it

  • @Mecharuva
    @Mecharuva День тому

    At 11:56 that word is pronounced “uh-swayj” btw.
    At 16:22 that one is pronounced just like the bird, a crow.
    While I’m at it, I’ve heard “aplomb” a few times but that one doesn’t rhyme with “bomb,” it rhymes with “plume.”

  • @M1dg3t
    @M1dg3t День тому

    Personally my favorite thing to do as a bug type enjoyer is sleep powder nightmare butterfree. It has worked ONCE and I’ve also missed the 99% sleep powder. God I love pokemon

  • @ZeroZeke-
    @ZeroZeke- День тому

    The thumbnail should of been the “call the ambulance, but not for me”meme

  • @dannylopez5976
    @dannylopez5976 День тому

    Liked to mess around on Anything goes with Choice Scarf Golduck as a counter to Primal Groudon and mega Rayquaza.

  • @YOSSARIAN313
    @YOSSARIAN313 День тому

    I miss natdex AG. I loved spamming liepard so much. I once had 6 opponents forfeit in a row at team preview and was briefly #3 on the ladder

  • @JumboSizedRichard
    @JumboSizedRichard День тому

    0:01 STILL waiting for “How Good Was Amoonguss Actually…”

  • @josefarias5216
    @josefarias5216 День тому

    Still thinking on what could've been with the theoretical Air Balloon Tera Electric Shedinja. It would still crumple to weather/hazards, but it would've been very funny.

  • @Krazykarlton
    @Krazykarlton День тому

    Can yall do a vid on random battles? There’s so much that’s worth talking about

  • @razorshell3049
    @razorshell3049 День тому

    Shield dust. The cover cloak ability that exist since gen 3 but was only on worms pokemon.

  • @Lolitsme77
    @Lolitsme77 День тому

    innards out blissey is goated in pure hackmons for stopping a setup sweep you accidentally let happen

  • @Anthonyvideogame
    @Anthonyvideogame День тому

    Fun fact, Shedinja is the only Pokémon to not use the standard HP formula which is why it always has 1 HP

  • @eeveeswordsman4476
    @eeveeswordsman4476 День тому

    I think gamefreak made a major stumble when designing shedinja and wonder guard, one that allowed other pokemon to be insufferable when modded to give other abilities. Wonder Guard as an ability should have the effect that ANY pokemon that has it has their HP hardcoded to 1 as long as they have the ability, instead of hardcod8ng Shedinja specifically.

  • @ctnc6059
    @ctnc6059 3 години тому

    Correction about Could Nine Altaria in Gens 3 and 4: The bigger issue was that Hidden Abiities didn't exist yet so Altaria only had Natural Cure.

  • @maxstrike3022
    @maxstrike3022 День тому

    Im convinced Shedinja is the reason some pokemon didnt make it to SV, but banned other ones to not seem suspicious

  • @RictorPHX
    @RictorPHX 21 годину тому

    With skill swap, it's possible to give Wonder Guard to Sableye or Spirit Tomb who at one point had no weakness. Though, it would be very difficult to pull off

  • @inevitablecrit4869
    @inevitablecrit4869 15 годин тому

    "Prepare a Coffin". Shedninja says grimly, all the way up in OU on a quirky team comp. The T-Tar will come out, and if Shed doesnt switch, theyre done for. *Shedninja Used Sunny Day.
    or so the TTar would think.
    Now to get sand back up, Ttar would have to switch out and back in, and the momentum swing is occuring. If Ttar switches, Shed could get something going, and also bait it into returning back into the fight. Also, Shed can run hidden power fighting to get TTar out Early at the cost of its life. Serenes Grace Fire Blast Blissey in Sun or shielding from water attacks is blursed, and theres a chloropgyl aromatherapy mon out there.
    (in the greater picture, i suck at gen 3 OU, but ive definetly done a bit of some game steals when i have a status blocking pivot in the form of Rest Shedninja and other Stupidass strats like that. Sometimes Gengar doesnt run ghost moves and goes for the burn on shed, just to get rested up and be able to hit Gengar for free if Gengar stays in since Shed moves (and wakes up) slow, after a willo.

  • @9807036
    @9807036 День тому

    They did my favorite since Gen 3, shedinja so dirty… I’m still so mad I wasn’t allowed to run a gimmick tera electric, air balloon, shedinja in scarlet/violet for giggles. Sure still crumples to status/hazard but it woulda been fun to see how far I could be carried by my boy.

  • @jigglyppuff8
    @jigglyppuff8 23 години тому

    Cherrim Sunshine form actually did get a buff to its base stats in Legends Arceus! ...Which doesn't have abilities so it's literally just a boost to its stats equivocal to what the Flower Gift would've been giving it 90 base attack and 117 base sp. def... Which is actually worse because of how base stats are calculated vs how boosts are calculated in battle.

  • @josephinelilith3224
    @josephinelilith3224 4 години тому

    I tried very hard to make Komala work in my SV playthrough. And, well, it didn't not work, but it was still far and away the weakest member of my party.

  • @shiruotakuno28
    @shiruotakuno28 12 годин тому

    I know it's easy to make fun of these Pokemon for being terrible despite the beautiful gifts they were given, but I'm sure we can all agree that we'd rather Simple be given to Bibarel than Kingambit. Giving good abilities to otherwise bad Pokemon is key to maintaining a good game balance, and is essential in staving off power creep.

  • @NickNockClock
    @NickNockClock День тому

    Cherrim Groudon standing in the corner like 👀 did we not serve