Another thing that made Regigigas from trash to broken is that it finally got access to Protect after nearly 15 years so it can more reliably stall its Slow Start
Stalling the slow start is not really an option in vgc because the opponent can just focus down the regigigas’s opponent when regi protects and attack regi the turn after it protects. But Protect is still nice because of its importance in doubles in general.
I've been doing this with a Slaking team, it's been a lot of fun. It's especially great if you're able to doodle an Intimidate, since it gives Intimidate to both Grafaiai and Slaking, triggering it twice and dropping the opponent's attack stats by 2 stages. Turn 1 I typically Bulk Up with Slaking and Taunt with Grafaiai, then turn 2 I Doodle with Grafaiai and start hammering away with Slaking's Drain Punches or Body Slams.
My favorite interaction of Grafaiai was when my opponent leads with Toarkoal + Hydraigon and I clicked to copy levitate and hit Toarkoal with Double switched Hydreigon for Skeriledge and I had superpower And he was like... "it was at this moment he knew he fucked up" Slaking was able to use a 120 move with no drawbacks Of course I was not able to hit earthquake but that was a pretty good sweep
I love the fact that regigigas-weezing started more as a meme in the pre-crown thundra speculations, and everyone hoped it to be good but it seemed too cool to be true, but then the second DLC came out and it revealed itself to be super broken 😂
I will say. Neutralizing Gas ALSO doesn't turn off Arceus' ability or RKS System, which is Silvally's ability. I actually tried using Weezing and Silvally for a little bit in Sword and Shield
Abilities that change form, are vital to a pokemon's function, utilize an item, or Calyrex combos for some reason can't be turned off This will be notable for gen 9 in that you can turn off the abilities of the ruin quartet, but you can't turn off paradox pokemon since they use the booster energy item. Another odd interaction is Koraidon and Miraidon, who like Calyrex you can't turn off their abilities
With confirmation that Weezing is coming back in the DLC's we can also see Toedscruels finally being able to do 100 Speed Spore And Slaking being able to crush with no Truant
In Gen 5, Regigigas could have his ability cut of with Cofagrigus’s Mummy ability. It had a more complicated set-up than with Koffing’s Neutralizing Gas, but it’s definitely worth mentioning.
I guess the main benefit to that strategy is that even if the partner go down, Slow Start would remain shut off and Mummy could also get passed to anyone punching Regigigas.
Ever since Regigigas was introduced people have been coming up with ways to bypass slow start. I'm surprised Worry seed on Regi never got popular, Slow start is strangely missing from the list of abilities that it doesn't affect.
yeah it's just weird how the dev's like giving pokemon poor defenses with high HP for some reason, despite how this formula hasn't really worked out very well, for the most part
@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 It is not my fault GF doesn’t give them good speed or offensive stats to make up for its low bulk. But yes, that is the only way to prevent many pokemon from becoming unstoppable walls.
Honorable mention (for VGC) being Nidoking and to an lesser extent Nidoqueen They became solid HO monsters under Tailwind since they got Sheer Force in Gen 5, but then the speed standards kept getting higher and higher since then, to the point that anything under 110 Spe is unusable nowadays unless you got bulk or less then 50 Spe for Trick Room, and thus you don’t see them much anymore (and that’s without mentioning restricted formats). Dynamax also didn’t help in Gen 8.
I normally much prefer watching/learning about singles history like on FSG, but I have to say that your editing and general content really pulls me in and makes me enjoy hearing about doubles a lot more than usual!
The team I put the most effort into back in VGC17 was a Gigalith/Stoutland team that did the same thing as Lilligant/Torkoal only worse; you didn’t have the same power as a Sun-boosted Eruption, but getting off fast powerful hits with Gigalith was a ton of fun
Could you do a video on bad/mediocre pokemon with good (maybe more unusual/rare) abilities. Can think of a couple of examples like Pincurchin - Electric Surge, Toxtricity - Punk Rock and Dachsbun- Well-Baked body. I really liked your video on bad pokemon with good moves, as this is a similar concept. I have subscribed.
I always thought that, since ants are know for their physical strength, Durant should've have Huge Power as ability (even if the thought of a 109 base Attack and Speed with Huge Power is terrifing)
If I remember correctly, Mega Mawile had base 105 attack back in the day and also had huge power, and Mawile was a monster in gen 6 since it was rocking the highest attack stat in the game.
@TrueBladeSoul it was used as an example. The top comment suggested Durant with Huge Power because ants are very strong relative to their body size, even though with a 109 base attack stat, that would translate to an absolutely massive attack stat. I brought up how Mega Mawile had the biggest attack stat in the game at the time despite only having 105 base attack. Just goes to show that Huge Power is a pretty crazy ability
Im honestly not the type to watch these kinds of videos and clicked on a whim.. I'm pleasantly surprised that your style hooked me. Good consistent editing, very good choice of music and a very good voice-over. Well done mate :D
How regigigas, toedscruel and slaking are useful: *WHEEZING NOISES* (Mycelium might gets nullified by neutralising gas, meaning you can have a Pokémon WITH SPORE faster than RAYQUAZA)
Honestly glad to see regi moving up in the world. I had used a skill swap pure power medicham with slaking in regulation b amd it was honestly really fun. I cannot wait to do these shaninagans with weezing and regi
Great video! Random thought, but it feels weird seeing Durant with Pelipper and Drifblim in a discussion about viability. Durant was never actually bad and could do something on occasion, very much unlike the other two; it was just very outclassed. Likewise, the main two bugs that shot it into the stratosphere in terms of viability were an indirect buff with Dynamax and a metagame which not only did not have mons directly outclassing its role, but also had few fire types outside of Arcanine
It does help in singles as it's usable in ru. But not vgc where Alolan Ninetail have the same ability but having better type,afaster and access to Aurora Veil which is very useful in both single and vgc
Your videos are getting better and better. I subscribed. Just something I would like to see more are for the stats to have bars like in Smogon so I can have a better visual understanding. That would help. :)
since now more pokemon are getting Drizzle and Drought or weather abilities you think they should remake Kyogre and Groundon base forms to just set perm weather again. Since to be honest most people play the legendaries in a different tier list
@@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis I know be nice for the legendaries to have their signature abilities back and the weather settings having the modern versions
When they annouced the new passive for weezing that disables passives, i can hear the choir singing while i myself on my kness crying tears of joy because my boy regigigas is not on a wheel chair anymore, hes now walking freely.
This video is such a full circle moment for me because your video on why Weezing doesn’t make Regigigas good is the first piece of your content I ever saw, having been sent it by a friend and I’ve watched every single video from that point until now.
Despite watching competitive content, I'm not sure how they balance the game, it gives me a Riot balancing team vibe for some changes, not that I actually understand competitive in any type or form in any field, I just like to win
Riot has only around 150 champions and they can barely balance them. Pokemon has essentially 1000 Pokemons. Only a handful of them can be viable in any metagame
6:12 Yikes, you know you stink when you get a buff comparable to Pelipper and Torkoal and you are still considered the worst... And I am not talking about Gigalith. We didn't get 3 buffed Pokémon with weather abilities in gen 7, we got 4, with Vanilluxe getting Snow Warning.
Also another way Regigigas can be good is Grafaiai prankster doodle, not only getting rid of slow start, but replacing it with something possibly even better!
So the sword dog now hits it's opponents as a ford F-150 running at 90 MPH instead of it's usual Semi Truck running at 100 MPH. Regardless that thing hits like truck :0
I think slaking is going to be even more scary than Gigas beside weezing. Truant means that you dont need weezing on the field every single turn, letting you pivot more and protect weezing, while getting better partners beside it for a turn
I actually prefer to run Worry Seed on Prankster Whimsicott to shut off Slow Start, with the added bonus of sleep powder being shut down as well; it's a lot harder to deal with than just KOing a Weezing, and it had extra functionality outside of Regigigas, like stopping Coalossal etc
Weezing also stops coal. Side worry seed works I guess but we've had that option for years and it didn't get any results due to the set up turn being too much for the pokemon to be worth it
I feel like Vanilluxe could have also been mentioned alongside Gigalith as the pokemon that became a weather setter in gen 7 but ended up being outclassed in the long run (this time by Ninetales-A)
@@LAIDDN24 yeah, I'm saying if it ever got more practical, cause sacrificing a slot on your team for a buff to one of them that could be chance not work at all is just a bit risky for it to be worthwhile as it stands, and thus, slow start will kill regigigas until it either gets lower to 3 or 4. And maybe even using a move to neutralize abilities for fun. I think neutralizing gas as an ability does but it only lasts until the wheezing is gone.
Sunflora has been pretty great in random singles. Specs leafstorm does like 80% into everything that resists it and it’s got decent coverage if you want a surprise nuke.
As someone who really loves Regigigas' design, I was always diasspointed with how its ability completely nutered any usage it might have had. Was really stoked with SwSh to finally be able to use the big boi, plus Dynamaxing making Regigigas look as massive as I often imagine it should is perfect. If GF ever decides to throw Regigigas a bone, I've seen some interesting ideas where it could have Stall as an ability. So it can still hit hard, but only at the end of a turn, but also can take advantage of moves like Payback, Avalanch, and Revenge
I was doing an Ultra Moon nuzlock, and my one and only Ultra space Pokémon was Regigigas, and I nicknamed him Alexander after the iconic Final Fantasy summon.
On March 26th 2022, just past midnight, I was laying restless in bed, and I had a heart attack. My arms became tingly and numb, then my chest got tighter, and then my heart felt like it was being crushed. So I sang out to God and Jesus, about my pain, my feelings, my faults and my inabilities. As I sang, I began to feel like a river, and His hand's fingers where skimming the surface, separating the waters, causing ripples through my body. Then His hand reached inside, and lit my heart on fire, the heat moved like waves through my body. When I was done singing, all the pain was gone, and I looked at the clock, it was past 1am, I had been singing near an hour. Then the voice of my guardian angel called my name from above, and there was a hymn of energy in the air, the same hymn I hear in my dreams of God. Hallelujah for the Lord my God! Hallelujah for His son Jesus! Hallelujah for every day! Hallelujah for every breath!
Neutralising gas can easily back fire on slow start, because even if slow start has taken a turn or two as soon as weezing comes in that’s gone and as soon as it goes it starts at 5 again, not to mention if an intimate hits and then weezing, as soon as weezing goes the intimate hits again without the opponent ever needing to switch, even worse, if its intrepid sword activates first, and then weezing hits the field, and then it dies, intrepid sword will activate again, if people think +1 Zacian is scary, imagine a +2, it’s not even that rare unless you always lead with weezing
i got Regigigas in legends arceus and it soloed the final boss team and nearly giratina on its own, so proud of my boy even with slow start hes doing his best
Weezing: AWAKEN MY MASTER!!!!
Regigigas: After 10,000 years I’m free to conquer VGC
Regig! *Death punch*
AYE AYE AYE AYE~
Regigigas, Archaeops, and Golisopod: *pose menacingly as Aztec dubstep plays*
As regigigas slaking and archeops pose
Medicham and regigigas when they heard about doubles being official comp format.
Go, go, Regi Rangers!
Go, go, Regi Rangers!
Go go, Regi Rangers!
Mighty Morphin Regi Rangers!
I like to imagine that in doubles, Regigigas just rips Galarian Weezing like a bong and goes absolutely insane.
I did not need the mental image until now.
someone needs to make a fan art of this
I think about this comment sometimes
Dank fairy fumes
Regigigas needs the boost to get over his crippling performance anxiety
"Durant truly is the greatest example of a meta-game being warped by limited options"
Murkrow: *ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT!?*
Pachirisu:
@@angle4096pachirisu was used on like one team
I wasn’t even a stample In 1 gen -It was a stamped in 1 regulations
@@angle4096Pachu wasn't meta, it just fulfilled a very, very, specific niche
Another thing that made Regigigas from trash to broken is that it finally got access to Protect after nearly 15 years so it can more reliably stall its Slow Start
Or just protect in a bad position in general
Stalling the slow start is not really an option in vgc because the opponent can just focus down the regigigas’s opponent when regi protects and attack regi the turn after it protects. But Protect is still nice because of its importance in doubles in general.
You, I remember you. Glad to still see you kicking around in comment sections I'd never suspect you to be in.
@@MatfisMatfis who
I though Protect was one of those universal TMs, everything that can learn TM moves, could learn Protect.
I, for one, welcome our lore-accurate regigigas overlords.
I actually ran Regigigas with an Entrainment Iron Fist Pangoro and Lord have mercy the damage that my boy layed out was absolutely biblical.
That sounds absolutely horrifying
I thank you for making people respect my boi for at least one game
Hoping we get Regigigas in SV soon so I can use Grafaiai to doodle away slow start, mayhe give him something like effect spore
i used simple beam swoobat/latios with rock polish (transferred from gen 5) and then dynamaxed with drain punch/max knuckle to increase attack further
Pangoro: Uses entrainment
Regigigas: Points at enemy “Throughout heaven and earth, you alone shall be broken.”
Can you explain the terror as I have no idea how terrifying that is.
*A neutralizing gas fills the area!*
Regigigas: …My favorite
Regigigas: Smells like victory
Regigigas: Did you pray today?
@@BRUH-lx3jv
The other enemy team: ah shit
You know Gigalith wasn't the worst because Vanilluxe wasn't even mentioned.
lmao did it get hail?
@@user-lh7mt7zo7lyep, Snow Warning…….sounds familiar
I guess it’s because of two factors. A. Why use Vanilluxe when Alolan Ninetales is right there. And B. Why the hell are you using a Hail based team?
Prob for ice boosted bizzards in doubles
@@thepuppet4321 yeah that about right
You can also enable Regigigas or Slaking with Grafaiai and using Doodle to copy the opponents ability onto Regigigas
I've been doing this with a Slaking team, it's been a lot of fun. It's especially great if you're able to doodle an Intimidate, since it gives Intimidate to both Grafaiai and Slaking, triggering it twice and dropping the opponent's attack stats by 2 stages. Turn 1 I typically Bulk Up with Slaking and Taunt with Grafaiai, then turn 2 I Doodle with Grafaiai and start hammering away with Slaking's Drain Punches or Body Slams.
My favorite interaction of Grafaiai was when my opponent leads with Toarkoal + Hydraigon and I clicked to copy levitate and hit Toarkoal with Double switched Hydreigon for Skeriledge and I had superpower
And he was like...
"it was at this moment he knew he fucked up"
Slaking was able to use a 120 move with no drawbacks
Of course I was not able to hit earthquake but that was a pretty good sweep
“Torkoal is the best sun setter besides Groundon”
Koraidon:
To the editor:
I need that Regigigas gif, it's amazing
I love the fact that regigigas-weezing started more as a meme in the pre-crown thundra speculations, and everyone hoped it to be good but it seemed too cool to be true, but then the second DLC came out and it revealed itself to be super broken 😂
I will say. Neutralizing Gas ALSO doesn't turn off Arceus' ability or RKS System, which is Silvally's ability. I actually tried using Weezing and Silvally for a little bit in Sword and Shield
Neutralizing Gaz doesn't work on ability that changes form (so it doesn't work on Mimikyu either).
I hope to god mycelium might is included to this, because 100 speed spore is...
Abilities that change form, are vital to a pokemon's function, utilize an item, or Calyrex combos for some reason can't be turned off
This will be notable for gen 9 in that you can turn off the abilities of the ruin quartet, but you can't turn off paradox pokemon since they use the booster energy item.
Another odd interaction is Koraidon and Miraidon, who like Calyrex you can't turn off their abilities
@@warmwater9509from what I heard it will get surpress so yeah, 100 speed spore let's goo
@@peco595 could this mean palafin would be able to transform when switched in still?
My man Serperior getting Contrary was the best thing that could have possibly happened to it
TBF we knew it's Hidden ability while still in Gen 5. So...
With confirmation that Weezing is coming back in the DLC's we can also see Toedscruels finally being able to do 100 Speed Spore
And Slaking being able to crush with no Truant
Inb4 "Neutralizing Gas doesn't affect Mycelium Might"
*Dear Arceus no.*
@@teajohnny7809 Yeah, Mycelium Might was very intentionally designed.
sounds really good but falling apart if the linchpin mon is dropped
@@cptcolgenltmajor9246 the what
Also for Pelipper, something that wasn't as big as Drizzle but still a buff is that Gen 7 changed its Sp Atk from 85 to 95
In Gen 5, Regigigas could have his ability cut of with Cofagrigus’s Mummy ability. It had a more complicated set-up than with Koffing’s Neutralizing Gas, but it’s definitely worth mentioning.
I guess the main benefit to that strategy is that even if the partner go down, Slow Start would remain shut off and Mummy could also get passed to anyone punching Regigigas.
Ever since Regigigas was introduced people have been coming up with ways to bypass slow start. I'm surprised Worry seed on Regi never got popular, Slow start is strangely missing from the list of abilities that it doesn't affect.
Its interesting Drifblim's HP is unusually high for a ghost type. Very cool to see the Valley Windworks boi get some love.
Giratina, Jellicent, lunala, basculegion, skeledirge, and Annihilape joined the chat
yeah it's just weird how the dev's like giving pokemon poor defenses with high HP for some reason, despite how this formula hasn't really worked out very well, for the most part
@@bulborb8756 It’s to keep them balanced. Ting Lu is a great example of a pokemon with great defenses and HP, and look how good it is.
@@mangoandsalmon3498I mean if your idea of balanced is nonfunctional I guess.
@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 It is not my fault GF doesn’t give them good speed or offensive stats to make up for its low bulk. But yes, that is the only way to prevent many pokemon from becoming unstoppable walls.
I can't wait for regigigas to be back because of skill swap pure power medicham
and you can even do that currently with slaking
or if you want to do something really funny, do it with Pixelate Sylveon and then Tera-fairy
Honorable mention (for VGC) being Nidoking and to an lesser extent Nidoqueen
They became solid HO monsters under Tailwind since they got Sheer Force in Gen 5, but then the speed standards kept getting higher and higher since then, to the point that anything under 110 Spe is unusable nowadays unless you got bulk or less then 50 Spe for Trick Room, and thus you don’t see them much anymore (and that’s without mentioning restricted formats).
Dynamax also didn’t help in Gen 8.
In fairness they were both quite usable in gen 1 and 2, being OU and UU respectively
@@tsawy6only gen 2 where they're useable
Both of them are in Nu and Pu in gen 1
@@13thKingMu Thank you for the correction
Regigigas: "I love the smell of Neutralizing Gas in the morning."
That Regigigas sprite moving fast improve my life. Wanna live to see it another day.
Love the whole video too
I normally much prefer watching/learning about singles history like on FSG, but I have to say that your editing and general content really pulls me in and makes me enjoy hearing about doubles a lot more than usual!
The team I put the most effort into back in VGC17 was a Gigalith/Stoutland team that did the same thing as Lilligant/Torkoal only worse; you didn’t have the same power as a Sun-boosted Eruption, but getting off fast powerful hits with Gigalith was a ton of fun
Could you do a video on bad/mediocre pokemon with good (maybe more unusual/rare) abilities. Can think of a couple of examples like Pincurchin - Electric Surge, Toxtricity - Punk Rock and Dachsbun- Well-Baked body. I really liked your video on bad pokemon with good moves, as this is a similar concept.
I have subscribed.
i guess Komala's Comatose can also count since it's immune to pretty much every status condition, but hasn't seen use at all as Komala is really bad
Dachsbun is really fun to use alongside Armarogue. Those two and Houndoom were my best team so far, with both of the fire types having flash fire.
@@peco595 One time I fought a dude who somehow transferred well-baked body onto his Scizor, I then proceeded to lose that battle
@user-sx8ti1on5o That's definitely a top tier ability for Scizor
I always thought that, since ants are know for their physical strength, Durant should've have Huge Power as ability (even if the thought of a 109 base Attack and Speed with Huge Power is terrifing)
Too strong. Straight up
If I remember correctly, Mega Mawile had base 105 attack back in the day and also had huge power, and Mawile was a monster in gen 6 since it was rocking the highest attack stat in the game.
@@conorb.1901yeah but that’s a mega
@TrueBladeSoul it was used as an example. The top comment suggested Durant with Huge Power because ants are very strong relative to their body size, even though with a 109 base attack stat, that would translate to an absolutely massive attack stat. I brought up how Mega Mawile had the biggest attack stat in the game at the time despite only having 105 base attack. Just goes to show that Huge Power is a pretty crazy ability
That dancing Regigigas f*cking broke me lmfao
Im honestly not the type to watch these kinds of videos and clicked on a whim.. I'm pleasantly surprised that your style hooked me. Good consistent editing, very good choice of music and a very good voice-over. Well done mate :D
How regigigas, toedscruel and slaking are useful: *WHEEZING NOISES*
(Mycelium might gets nullified by neutralising gas, meaning you can have a Pokémon WITH SPORE faster than RAYQUAZA)
I don't even play Pokemon competitively but i recently started watching your videos and they are really enjoyable
RIP Vanilluxe. Got Snow Warning in Gen 7 but didn’t even get mentioned :(
Dancing Regigas got me in stitches
Honestly glad to see regi moving up in the world. I had used a skill swap pure power medicham with slaking in regulation b amd it was honestly really fun. I cannot wait to do these shaninagans with weezing and regi
Im built like durant. The pokemon not the hall of famer.
Great video! Random thought, but it feels weird seeing Durant with Pelipper and Drifblim in a discussion about viability. Durant was never actually bad and could do something on occasion, very much unlike the other two; it was just very outclassed. Likewise, the main two bugs that shot it into the stratosphere in terms of viability were an indirect buff with Dynamax and a metagame which not only did not have mons directly outclassing its role, but also had few fire types outside of Arcanine
My boy's on his GRIND! Love the content, love the quality, love the consistency!
Gigalith's shiny is what carries it imo. So cool you have to get it to work somehow.
I love the really sped up Regigigas dance
Drifblim is a Tailwind user that's also immune to Fake Out. So while Ghost/Flying isn't a great type combination, it has some perks.
Vanilluxe also got Snow Warning as an ability in Gen 7 alongside the other three weather setters. I'm surprised you didn't mention it.
Because at the same time came A-tales
It does help in singles as it's usable in ru. But not vgc where Alolan Ninetail have the same ability but having better type,afaster and access to Aurora Veil which is very useful in both single and vgc
Loving the content schedule and the update in quality keep it up my guy!!
Ah yes, hyper offense. Large damage attackers, large scary Pokémon, and a durant and whimsicott
Regiggas: Slow start
Weezing: Let me just let out some neutralizing gas here annnddd
Regiggas: REAL SHIT
Your videos are getting better and better. I subscribed.
Just something I would like to see more are for the stats to have bars like in Smogon so I can have a better visual understanding. That would help. :)
since now more pokemon are getting Drizzle and Drought or weather abilities you think they should remake Kyogre and Groundon base forms to just set perm weather again. Since to be honest most people play the legendaries in a different tier list
That's their intention with primals but then they removed primals lol
@@iwannaseehowlongyoucanmakethis I know be nice for the legendaries to have their signature abilities back and the weather settings having the modern versions
Bring back primals and have their abilities be permanent
I can’t wait for Slaking to cook. It’s about time the king reclaimed his throne. 👑
🦍
Also my favorite thing with durant is for entrainment it on enemy mons, so they also get it. Pretty useful to counter gimmic team
Also Moxie love your vids always so entertaining and informative
When they annouced the new passive for weezing that disables passives, i can hear the choir singing while i myself on my kness crying tears of joy because my boy regigigas is not on a wheel chair anymore, hes now walking freely.
Davide Carrer: *Exists, and gets second place with Regigigas.*
Me: ITALIAN SUPREMACY!!!!!!
Really want more competetive pokemon discussions
This video is such a full circle moment for me because your video on why Weezing doesn’t make Regigigas good is the first piece of your content I ever saw, having been sent it by a friend and I’ve watched every single video from that point until now.
That thumbnail lmaooo
Regigigas confirmed for NBA 2k24
Great Video!! 🎉 very helpful, put some light on questions I had for before and after on things I missed. Much appreciated ❤
I played modern gen1 and slaking was banned from ubers iirc (modern gen1 is basically just gen1 custom with gen9 natdex)
Despite watching competitive content, I'm not sure how they balance the game, it gives me a Riot balancing team vibe for some changes, not that I actually understand competitive in any type or form in any field, I just like to win
it's not that easy since Power Creep is always going to be a thing
Riot has only around 150 champions and they can barely balance them. Pokemon has essentially 1000 Pokemons. Only a handful of them can be viable in any metagame
Can we talk about how cool Regigigas and Drifblim sound?
‼️‼️YALL NEED TO MAKE REGIGIGAS DANCING A FULL VIDEO‼️‼️
Actually hall of fame thumbnail
I can't believe you didn't mention Pelipper with drizzle getting 100% accurate hurricane!
7:05 what is this I need it as a gif 😭
6:12 Yikes, you know you stink when you get a buff comparable to Pelipper and Torkoal and you are still considered the worst... And I am not talking about Gigalith. We didn't get 3 buffed Pokémon with weather abilities in gen 7, we got 4, with Vanilluxe getting Snow Warning.
Weezing might just hit OU this gen. Neutralizing Gas is REALLY good.
Game Freak knew from the start Regigigas was crap.
They literally gave Riley one in the Battle Tower.
7:39 Don't be, I love gifs of regigigas too
Also another way Regigigas can be good is Grafaiai prankster doodle, not only getting rid of slow start, but replacing it with something possibly even better!
Huge Power Regigigas
So the sword dog now hits it's opponents as a ford F-150 running at 90 MPH instead of it's usual Semi Truck running at 100 MPH. Regardless that thing hits like truck :0
I'm just here to say that the thumbnail goes unfathomably hard
The Thumbnail goes hard
Me when i get an ingrown nail
Vgc is so interesting in how strategic playing changes everything
The GBA Fire Emblem Miss sound effect was the cherry on top of this video discussing Hustle
I think slaking is going to be even more scary than Gigas beside weezing. Truant means that you dont need weezing on the field every single turn, letting you pivot more and protect weezing, while getting better partners beside it for a turn
Another thing to note from what I remember slaking has a more diverse move pool then regigias correct me if I’m wrong.
@@valentinonieves5809 they are fairly even in movepools
@@valentinonieves5809 Slaking also has a reskinned Recover
You forgot to mention that pelipper got a minor but useful +10 SpA boost in Gen 7 along with getting drizzle (before that it had 85 SpA)
"Durant was the face of Hyper-offence next to...Wimshicott" while looking like a happy little plant.
I actually prefer to run Worry Seed on Prankster Whimsicott to shut off Slow Start, with the added bonus of sleep powder being shut down as well; it's a lot harder to deal with than just KOing a Weezing, and it had extra functionality outside of Regigigas, like stopping Coalossal etc
Weezing also stops coal. Side worry seed works I guess but we've had that option for years and it didn't get any results due to the set up turn being too much for the pokemon to be worth it
Dude came back and was like "NOW YOU UNDERSTAND MY LIMITATIONS "
That Regigigas gif is amazing
4:07 I can't believe you did my boy Ninetales dirty like that.
5:40 “the last of the weather trio is gigalith” lmao
Dinamax Durant looks like an ant from "Them!"
I think one way that Gigalith could be made to rival Tyranitar would be to give it Shore Up.
Would neutralizing gas be good with toedscruel for a fast spore?
Does it outspeed breloom tho?
Edit: lol I just checked, yes it does. Lvl 50 Jolly toedscruel hits 167. Lvl 50 Jolly breloom only hits 137😅
Ok you have weezing and toad on field what then…like seriously what do they do lmao they have no offense
thumbnail goes so hard
I feel like Vanilluxe could have also been mentioned alongside Gigalith as the pokemon that became a weather setter in gen 7 but ended up being outclassed in the long run (this time by Ninetales-A)
Iirc Vaniluxe got Snow Warning in Gen 8 tho
That said, I wouldnt say he is that outclassed, since it has less weaknesses than Ninetails
Regigigas lovers unite✊ one of my favorites that I wish didn’t get shafted😂😂
turning off an ability would just make slow start NOT set regigigas's stats up at the 5th turn. That's why there's no skill swap strats used with it
Huge power regigas sounds like it could be the most cruel thing since zacian. But only if it becomes practical to use it.
think about it, pure power medicham, skill swap it with regigigas
its kinda underwhelming ngl its so predictable that you can focus either the regigigas or the medicham
@@LAIDDN24 yeah, I'm saying if it ever got more practical, cause sacrificing a slot on your team for a buff to one of them that could be chance not work at all is just a bit risky for it to be worthwhile as it stands, and thus, slow start will kill regigigas until it either gets lower to 3 or 4. And maybe even using a move to neutralize abilities for fun. I think neutralizing gas as an ability does but it only lasts until the wheezing is gone.
Me back in Gen 4: One of these days Regigigas is going to be a beast.
It took awhile, but it finally happened.
I need the gif of Regigigas just going off
There’s something about hearing sword dog being compared to automobiles that makes me so happy
Gigalith sandroom team with dracovish got me alot of wins in gen 8
These are a great style of video for you. It works well
Man, I remember when galarian wheezing trailer came out. At that moment, I was ready to get a regigas tattoo
Sunflora has been pretty great in random singles. Specs leafstorm does like 80% into everything that resists it and it’s got decent coverage if you want a surprise nuke.
I love how regigigas's buff is not actually regigigas himself XD
As someone who really loves Regigigas' design, I was always diasspointed with how its ability completely nutered any usage it might have had. Was really stoked with SwSh to finally be able to use the big boi, plus Dynamaxing making Regigigas look as massive as I often imagine it should is perfect.
If GF ever decides to throw Regigigas a bone, I've seen some interesting ideas where it could have Stall as an ability. So it can still hit hard, but only at the end of a turn, but also can take advantage of moves like Payback, Avalanch, and Revenge
I was doing an Ultra Moon nuzlock,
and my one and only Ultra space Pokémon was Regigigas,
and I nicknamed him Alexander after the iconic Final Fantasy summon.
On March 26th 2022,
just past midnight,
I was laying restless in bed,
and I had a heart attack.
My arms became tingly and numb,
then my chest got tighter,
and then my heart felt like it was being crushed.
So I sang out to God and Jesus,
about my pain, my feelings,
my faults and my inabilities.
As I sang, I began to feel like a river,
and His hand's fingers where skimming the surface,
separating the waters,
causing ripples through my body.
Then His hand reached inside,
and lit my heart on fire,
the heat moved like waves through my body.
When I was done singing,
all the pain was gone,
and I looked at the clock,
it was past 1am,
I had been singing near an hour.
Then the voice of my guardian angel called my name from above,
and there was a hymn of energy in the air,
the same hymn I hear in my dreams of God.
Hallelujah for the Lord my God!
Hallelujah for His son Jesus!
Hallelujah for every day!
Hallelujah for every breath!
Neutralising gas can easily back fire on slow start, because even if slow start has taken a turn or two as soon as weezing comes in that’s gone and as soon as it goes it starts at 5 again, not to mention if an intimate hits and then weezing, as soon as weezing goes the intimate hits again without the opponent ever needing to switch, even worse, if its intrepid sword activates first, and then weezing hits the field, and then it dies, intrepid sword will activate again, if people think +1 Zacian is scary, imagine a +2, it’s not even that rare unless you always lead with weezing
i got Regigigas in legends arceus and it soloed the final boss team and nearly giratina on its own, so proud of my boy even with slow start hes doing his best
The curent slacking strat involves a certain posion painting monkey giving slacking a opponent ability
Unfortunately it's not particularly good
@@MoxieBoosted never said it was good