Best Pokemon to Use in Every Game
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Here are the Pokemon I believe to the best to use on a playthrough team in every main series Pokemon game, no matter which starter you pick
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To those who are incapable of trading: Damn really? My condolences. For you Nidoking is best in Gen 1, Ampharos best in Gen 2.
To those complaining I picked Nidoking despite overlapping with Venusaur, yet disqualified other Pokemon for overlapping types: As I said in the video, the Poison type does not matter for offense, so neither of these Pokemon really even need their Poison typing. It makes them share a weakness to Psychic, but that is the only drawback. Nidoking's VAST movepool more than makes up for that overlap, like how later in the video I talk about Mega Lucario's power making up for overlapping with Chesnaught. Venusaur and Nidoking are both Poison types but do very different things. Overlaps that aren't okay are ones where the Pokemon do the same things. Hariyama is a good Fighting type...and so is Blaziken. They fill the same role, so the typing overlap matters.
OK thanks for information
I feel as though the overlap doesn't really apply to Incineroar and Alolan Muk, though, since they share only a weakness to Ground, and the poison type offsets Alolan Muk's common ground with Incineroar.
Okay
@@demi-femme4821 also fighting
@@demi-femme4821 True there's not much overlap defensively, but the Dark type offense matters more. They'd both be filling the role of Dark type offense, whereas with Venusaur and Nidoking, there's a very solid chance they don't even run Poison attacks since only three fully-evolved Pokemon in Gen 3 Kanto are weak to it.
Alakazam in Gens I and II: “I’m the best Pokémon in the game!”
Alakazam in Gen III and onwards: “My time has come.”
he's still very good tho so what's your point
*mega Alakazam has entered the chat*
01001100 01101001 01110110 00111100 00110011 oh no
@@Queen_K_Rool nice name Liv
*[Insert Giorno’s Theme]*
16:35 during my first playthrough in HGSS I won against Whitney kinda by accident, I used Togepi and used metronome and it got Perish Song against Whitney's miltank, which was hilarious
Lucky snom
@@WrathHowler it was satisfying, I was prepared to try a few times because everyone says Whitney is hard to beat and then the rng gods blessed me
@@-Dovahkiin rnJESUS*
Lol I had my heracross use brick break and it managed to crit on my first try ohkoing the miltank. I just laughed
Nothing happens by accident
I'm a simple man: if I can get my hands on a Magikarp early game, I grind to lv 20 and cruise on the back of my Gyarados
Legit same lol
or just leave it at a daycare uptill lvl-19🙃
Right. As soon as I see that guy in the poke center I’m trading for that Magikarp and going through it to get my gyarados.
Its why I very rarely use water starters...there's always gyrados
… can that beat a team of legendary Pokemon? 😰
Seriously, we need a Grand Theft Spearow T-shirt. That phrase is just too hilarious
UnovaKid 24 yeah, I would buy that
I'll take your entire stock (I'm here before there are around 500 comments
Ok where is the 500 comments at, guess I'm kinda early.
Agreed
Even though its a fearow
"You can paralyze Whitney's Miltank"
Lum Berry: *Am I a joke to you?*
*yes*
I was lucky my mareeps static paralyzed it then I used thunder wave in the same turn
Maddox Godwin Actually, that only applies to HGSS. In GSC, it has no held item, so you can paralyze it without worrying.
It's one-time only, so YES, YOU ARE!
let it use a physical move and static triggers
"Don't use Plusle or Minun"
You remember that scary Plusle that TheAuraGuardian used.
Mikey: *scared flashback noises*
Whitney Level Horror
2joJotoro, nah, nothing can be Whitney level except Whitney herself
A good replacement for Ampharos in Crystal is Electabuzz.
Elekid is one of, if not, the best Baby Pokémom obtainable from the Odd Egg and can learn the three Elemental Punches, just like Alakazam. It also learns Psychic as an Electabuzz, so you can make it into a psuedo-Alakazam
Unfortunately Psychic is not obtainable before any of the battles that it would be useful for since it's in Saffron city.
PokeMOM?
Alakazam: loses coverage moves
Andy(toy story) & Mikey: I dont wanna play with you anymore
Dank
But my boi has now STRONGER COVERAGE MOVES these being:
Psychic
Shadow Ball
Dazzing Gleam
Focus Miss (aka focus blast)
@@deeepioviewer333 you forgot energy ball
Thats okay because in gen 5 its usage goes right back up thanks to magic guard, allowing it to be the best revenge killer in OU!
@@deeepioviewer333 Lmao focus miss😭
Corviknight is amazing, both mechanically and aesthetically. One of my all-time favorites
Same, it’s on my competitive team
It’s up there with Talonflame :3
@@alicemitch09 talonflame lost gale wings, rip
Corviknight is now my favourite regional bird
@@FlyingHoovesEquestrian Pokemon White 2 (Challenge mode)
conkeldurr or Lucario for playthrough
(Want to use conkeldurr because never used one.
lucario because he is strong)
If you have maxed friendship with Kenya the Spearow,the guys friend will let you keep it so it's not stealing
Pokemon White 2 (Challenge mode)
conkeldurr or Lucario for playthrough
(Want to use conkeldurr because never used one.
lucario because he is strong)
@@tejaskutal2922 conkeldurr is cool
You can also give the mail to another pokemon you don't mind loosing and get to keep the spearow after delivering the mail.
Still friendship sucks
@@Vegitoblue66return move
For gen 6 I think recommend Aegislash because you can get it after the first gym and it's good against grant, korrina defensively, Ramos defensively, Valerie, Olympia and wulfriv and it's good against drasna defensively and destroys 4 of dianthas pokemon.
Plus, when you catch one, you can Super Train it right away, if you’re patient enough (my favorite feature from Generation 6). I suggest max HP for bulk, and then either max Special Defense (for more durability) or max Attack (for purely physical builds).
The only downside is the lack of dusk stones available in the game. Only way to get it before post game is by super training it to the max so you can potentially get a dusk stone from the secret training. Almost not worth it for kalos tbh
@trulytobi6464 you can get the dusk stone in terminus cave before the 8th gym
@@defeatstatistics7413 might as well just super train it atp to get it as early as Ramos
used it and cleared the game with ease
"Grand Theft Spearow"
A reference to the no catch johto run
"I commit Grand Theft Spearow and claim Kenya as my own!"
He should make a shirt with that quote. I would buy it.
Nah.
@Aditya Chandra •0•
...
Pidgeot and Noctowl: Noooooo we're the more iconic regional birds! You can't be better than us!
Fearow: haha drill peck go brrrr
@XScizor lol
Accurate.
Pidgeot with Brave Bird making it hit harder and a mega:Oh how the turs have tabled
@XScizor what was that punk?
Staraptor: am I a joke to you
MandJTV: “You can also find Plusle and Minun here, but dear GOD do not use them”
Me, who had a minun named Liam on my final team: *laughs in too late now*
Lol they're actually not that bad. My plusle SWEPT Wallace in emerald. One fake tears in per pokemon and wallace developed ptsd due to my plusle.
Same i actually used a plusle, i just really loved his design so i used him purely because i liked him, but he's not that terrible for a playthrough team tbh he has decent speed and special atk for in-game battles
I used Plusle and Minun on my Emerald playtrough and it sucked
Noobs my uncle used both plusle and minun to destroy wattson's team call that an anime comeback
What about AuraGuardian Plusle?
For BW2 i feel like flygon is a very good pick as well. You get it pretty early as a Trapinch in the Desert Resort, which is pretty useful for Elesa. It is a bit weak, but once you evolve it, it becomes very strong against a lot of battles, like Clay, Drayden, and Iris. Its ability is very useful as well, especially if you have Emboar, Magnezone or Lucario.
It's annoying that in Flygon's debut Gen, you don't get it until AFTER the Electric and Fire gyms!
People clicking on this video: "I'm ready to see the variety of great pokemon to use throughout the games"
Michael: *"Alakazam is broken"*
People who can't trade: Well this was a perfect waste of my time.
sooooooo, can someone list a good amount of useful pokemon in the game?
CNR_Noodle Doodle Doo he said kadabra is still good
@@mrvespuccia.k.ameganite1747 red/blue: alakazam, nidoking, raichu, dugtrio
gold/silver: alakazam, ampharos, arcanine/ninetales, gyarados
ruby/sapphire: manectric, gardevoir, breloom, shiftry/ludicolo
diamond/pearl/platinum: staraptor, garchomp, luxray, lucario
black/white: excadrill, krookodile, gigalith, scolipede
black 2/white 2: lucario, arcanine, magnezone, ampharos, krookodile, excadrill
x/y: mega lucario, either of the mega kanto starters, jolteon/vaporeon/sylveon, hawlucha, garchomp, gogoat, goodra
oras: same as ruby/sapphire
sun/moon: toucannon, vikavolt, crobat
usum: toucannon, vikavolt, crobat, hawlucha, zoroark
swsh: corviknight, barraskewda, centiskorch
BoppoVEVO thanks for the list as this will be perfect for creating the dream team
I honest thought that Gardevoir deserved a mention in ORAS! fairy typing, better coverage and a mega made it amazing through the game and allowed it to dent through a lot of the important enemies, and access to Hypnosis let it give a huge support throughout the game
Gardevoir is great in OR/AS but the reason it wasn’t mentioned was because of Ralts’ very low encounter rate, so it’s hard to get unless if you pour a lot of time into it. Thankfully DexNav in those games allows you to easily track down Pokemon you have already caught.
yeah, gardevoir is pretty good in oras too
But gardwvoir has less special attack and it's slower
Gardevoir is great. I haven’t used one yet and the stats are good and good coverage. I have used Gallade in Alpha Sapphire and it was great.
@@staringcorgi6475 Less special attack than what? Manectric? Gardevoir's base special attack is 20 points higher, and it has higher defenses (both special and physical). It's a solid Pokemon and definitely deserved at least a mention.
"Useful against Elesa"
Emolga's Flying Type: *_A FOOLISH MISCALCULATION_*
Yep i've been there
But if you recalculate, you can just teach Drilbur Rock Tomb from the TM you find at the desert resort
@@Unovakid24 That 80% accuracy though. I used an archen with ancient power despite the electric weakness.
Am I the only one who grinded (too much) to have rock slide on it
Alexis Santerre your not the only one :(
Eelektross is also pretty useful in Gen 5. It has no weakness, decent stats, and a huge movepool. It might not be too easy to find, but it’s really a good Pokémon to use.
I would agree (mainly cos I love the eelektross line), but Tynamo is rare and comes pretty late, plus has a limited move pool before evolving into Eelektrik.
People who cant trade to evolve when they see someone with an Alakazam on their team: "Impossible"
not only that but abra has a super low incounter rate
And if you play on a game boy you will never get alakazam
no
i cant trade
@@nonickname8634 What?
Petition for Michael to do a video talking about if there was a game with all regions, what Pokémon would be the best
Sounds like a headache. He must do it!
Michael: Alakazam is very accessible
Me: Yeah, for people with friends who own the game or a lot of money
Amy Moreau bruh just get some friends who have Pokémon 🗿🗿🗿🗿
@@gucciusgangi5282 r/whoooooosh
Guccius Gangi easier said than done. Especially when we’re all quarantined
Amy Moreau ...or you can use the gts...
@@erinsneedham Not in gen 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5. (and 6 and 7 eventually to not date this comment too much)
One that I absolutely love to use, especially in Nuzlockes, is Gyarados.
Yes, it is a pain in the ass to level up. Yes, its typing is awkward in Gen 3 and before. On the other hand... it still has a solid enough physical moveset (that gets even better after the physical-special split, which allows it to use its STAB moves), which allows it to use its INSANE base stats. Plus, Intimidate is brilliant for managing any physical threats. But there's more: in the lategame, it learns Dragon Dance, which can make it basically no-diff some of the hardest battles in the games if given a chance to set up a sweep.
Then there's the fact that, in Nuzlockes in particular, it is extremely easy to get it: just toss an old rod at the nearest pond in any city (or one of the ten million water routes in Hoenn, if you use Repel to save their encounters), and you get a free Magikarp. So, if you lose your Gyarados in battle, you can have multiple backups!
I understand that it doesn't make the list because it's a Water-type, and that clashes with the starters. Still, if you don't start with a Water-type, Gyarados can easily break the game.
Not putting Gyarados in such a video buffles me. Magicarp is easy to catch so you can get the best nature easily. Easy to train since it needs only level 20. If you have exp share that is nothing. Only it is a little grindy if you want it at the start of the game. Stat wise it is a monster.
@@onursenduran961 And you get a free shiny one in HeartGold
@@Exeggutor_Enjoyer I use 2 Gyarados in that game. Blue and red.
e5
I'm backing up this comment. In my latest Platinum play, my Gyarados wiped the floor with Cynthia's entire team, using Dragon Dance. And it was only at level 52 at the time, which is about 10 levels lower than Cynthia's team.
Gyarados is OP af.
1:35 Gen 1 - Nidoking
11:30 Gen 1 remake - Nidoking
3:04 Gen 1 - Alakazam
5:30 Gen 2 - Kenya Fearow
6:20 Gen 2 - Ampharos
7:10 Gen 2 - Alakazam
9:40 Gen 3 - Hariyama
10:25 Gen 3 - Manectric
22:38 Gen 3 Remake - Manectric
13:40 Gen 4 - Staraptor
14:55 Gen 4 remake - Ampharos,Fearow
17:10 Gen 5 - Excadrill
18:15 Gen 5 sequel - Lucario
19:03 Gen 5 sequel - Magnezone
20:11 Gen 6 - Mega Lucario
23:25 Gen 7 - Toucannon
25:08 Gen 7 sequel - Hawleucha
Gen 4 remake?
@@leospanl27764 platinum
@@The_WyattGuy But he said platinum is also Staraptor. Now I realized is HGSS
What would be the best one for the gen 4 remake? I’m trying to make a team for legends
thanks
Alternate Title:
Pokemon:The Rise and Fall of Alakazam
I’m surprised he said “Whitney’s gonna suck no matter what u use” when Geodude or Machop can both solo her Gym
You need to grind up you machop like crazy and you need female geodude to win
@@trent800 with the boosted exp from the trade machop i got it to like level 18 from level 10 with just the gym trainers
Don’t you mean a Geodudette?
@@the_real_tabby because the monstrous abomination called Milktank exists, I dread every night remembering the battle with Whitney when i didn't have heracross.
@@bilasmaharana2080 I remember my first time playing Silver I breezed through Whitney because I didn't know how to play that much, so I only had my Feraligaoltor on my team that was already fully evolved at that point. Then after that I had other Pokémon on my team and I remember dreading Whitney untill I traded Drowzee for a Machop.
I really want to mention Geodude for gen 2 and even HGSS. Strong against the first two gyms, resists everything Whitney's Miltank has to throw at it and is generally very strong. Admittedly it falls off a bit after that, but is still strong against Morty, Jasmine, Pryce and others. Especially if you can get Golem.
In HGSS Morty's ghost have levitate and golem is weak to steel(Jasmine) and ice(Pryce)
"You can get around that."
Me playing on an emulator: *confused screaming*
you can use either PkHex, UpRandomizer, or YetAnotherPokemonEditor to make kadabra evolve into alakazam realy easily
Some emulators also allow you to link between roms like I do using MyBoy on my Android. I always have an Alakazam on my FireRed and LeafGreen teams doing that
If you're using pc then I know tgb dual will let you trade in gen 1 and 2. Vba works for gen 3.
I don't play on a pc, I play on an offline emulator that can't link games which is pathetic. I don't have enough money to buy a gba, gbc, gb or anything, even the Nintendo Switch. This is sad.
If you play on emulators, you can actually do trades because one version allows LAN connection and another one allows for multiple in the same computer. I should know.
Scrafty needs more gen 5 love, he has AN AMAZING TYPE late game. So team Plasma grunts are majority dark type (some poison), the shadow triad (and it’s 4x effective against his bisharp), absolutely destroys Colress, and can ohko ghetsis’s hydreigon with a hi jump kick, and is strong against 3 OF 4 ELITE FOUR MEMBERS.
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But one problem in gen 6 fairy types can one shoot it with a moonblast
@@zoeymorris9910 But he is talking about the games, fairy types didn't exist yet
Lucairo am I a joke to you
Sp def kinda lacking.it slow.ghestis hyfreigon got focus blast
10:53 “Ok technically Plusle and Minun are in the same spot but dear god do not use them!” *sad Minun noises intensify*
And there's also the guy who beat emerald with only plusle and minun
But I used a plusle in Alpha Sapphire... and... she was good...
BettyCreeper / Sayuri-Chan I did the same
Mine Was Minum In Ruby....He's Mai Babee
sword and shield is 4 years old... 👁👄👁
Bro the same day
What the
Dang
Are, not is!
@@Amelia4111it works either way, since most people I see refer to Sword and Shield as one thing since they are technically the same game with some changes
Michael: useful against elesa
Emolga: you don't fear me I see I suppose you'll die braver then most
drilbur used rock slide
The trick that worked for me- (In Black 2 you might be talking about a different game) -was to catch (and accidentally over-level) a Trapinch and teach it rock throw (I think that's what it was)
Drilbur gets Rock Slide at Level 27. You can get that realistically on both games without powerleveling him.
An Excadrill with rock slide earthquake x scissors and iron head simply kills all Unova
9:40 another pokemon i highly recommend is gardevoir since it is pretty great it has high spe. atk and spe. def and a mediocre speed plus it gets acess to psychic a tm found only in VICTORY ROAD also ralts is in route 102 that's like the 3rd route you find plus it WILL destroy brawly
And kirlia gets psychic at level 26. Thats really early, around Flannerys gym
That was my highest level pokemon. Because I used Treecko once I reached the Elite 4 its level was already 57. The rest are all 51-53
Idk if you made a typo, but Gardevoir's speed isn't mediocre. 80 Speed is quite decent. I always use Gardevoir in my Hoenn playthroughs, and most of the time it outspeeds opponents.
@@picklejuice7041 And it goes up to 100 as Mega Gardevoir, I believe. Plus that absolutely insane 165 Special Attack.
Hey, a gardevoir was one of the Pokémon I used throughout most of ruby and even used it in my team to win the Pokémon league
Michael: Only talks about hariyama and manectric when covering gen 3
Gardevoir: Am I a joke to you?
Gardevoir is one of the Strongest Pokemon when there is a Mega Evolution in Gen3
To be fair gardevoir is not as good as you might think since ralts dies to any physical attack and while abra also dies to any physical attack alakazam has much higher special attack and speed however gardevoir has mediocre speed and lack luster defenses so in conclusion gardevoir is just a weaker version of alakazam who isnt even that amazing in the Hoenn
Techpod 05 ok, you’re right that alakazam has higher special and speed, but Alakazams physical stats are very mediocre, while gardevoir can actually take a physical hit and it’s speed and defenses are definitely not mediocre as you said, just not as good as alakazam. I do agree with you that Alakazam is a lot better than gardevoir until it gets a mega evolution and it’s fairy typing in gen 6 tho.
@@yist4150 but alakazam also has nasty plot a mega and dazzling gleam so that might do something I guess
@@axlr8deathpls294 you need to trade for alakazam , which means you need 2 gbas and the cable
For the Alola region I would still pick Alolan Muk as a must as it is bulky, with minimize it can be extremely evasive, give it Black Sludge and it becomes a threat equal to Snorlax with Leftovers. It learns good moves such as minimize and poison fang early on. This means that even without a type advantage in most cases it can effectively poison, stall, heal itself and be a wall. I loved this video, great job!
Having a wall is not bad at all, for playthroughs most people prefer heavy hitters, so even if they had Alolan Muk they'll use it for offense not stalling, cause it's not competitive
@@Martin724K Enh, in the OG games... bad moves and unfortunate type balance is the only reason Muk wasn't a great pokemon. It had good enough stats. But in gen 1 poison sucks.
Someone committed grand theft spearow
Michael: *why can’t you all just BEHAVE YOURSELF!!!!*
lmao
y o u r e a t i n g s w i g g y p a n t s m i c h a e l h e r e
Pikachu Gamer0001 “You’re eating! Swiggy pants, Michael here!”
moral of the story : always take a starting bird
Nah, just starly
Yeah that's True in every Game you want a Flying Type
Zero63X howww
Zero63X all right that was some strong arguments they are better than pidgeot in battles. But Pidgeot has a better look than them and I want a pretty team too :( I guess you prefer power over looks so you’re right 😂
Lisa-Marie bruh dodrio was an hydraigon before it was cool
When you realize that almost a third of the video was about Alakazam...
Ooooooofff
He's a beast i used in him silver and it was unfair
Alakazam: "I am an incredibly powerful Pokémon! My Special Attack and Speed stats are massive and my movepool is deeper than the Mariana Trench! You shall bow to Alakaz..."
Foe: (uses Sucker Punch)
Alakazam: "NOOOOOOOOOO!!!"
That's the kind of video I want to see
Kinda got annoying lol
alt title: simping for alakazam while slightly talking about other pokemon
4:30
Mikey:
While switch-training it to evolve into a Kadabra is a bit annoying, once it evolves, you can make it an Alakazam immediately since it evolves by trading.
Me, a person who doesn't live with anyone who plays video games:
No, you can NEVER make it an Alakazam since it evolves by trading.
I just started a new run and traded to my myself lol
@@ZK16987 Not everybody has multiple DS and the multiple of the opposite or same Pokemon game cartages.
Not everyone has all the money in the world.
Grow up.
And stop being a Kindergartner.
emulator has entered the chat
@@thatuzikinnie6077 i have a fricking phone and using quick save to do the trading never heard of a emulater idiot
@@ZK16987 wait so do i how do you do this?
michael : makes a legit list of pokemon that are strong in game
people who play pokemon showdown : if it's not a lv 100 shiny legendaries then it's wrong
Pokemon showdown in a nutshell
Seth Colby plz dont be dumb. you know your being dumb and fishing for likes.
@@SparkyP3nguin ok boomer
@@SparkyP3nguin bro, I don't fish for likes, I meme for HAHAs
Solar Cat you know this meme is wrong stop denying it.
This whole video is just Mikey saying “Vastly Superior”
In my opinion, Krookodile with moxie is just a beast in gen 5.
I agree krookadile does better because of its dark typing as well👍👍
@@legendsofspeed7756 Drilbur and Excadrill can learn Earthquake much earlier than Krokorok and Krookodile though, Drilbur and Excadrill at 33 and 36, respectively, and Krokorok and Krookodile at 48 and 54, respectively.
Raticate DOMINATES let’s go it solos the game easily due to its great move pool and its high physical attack and if its nature is adamant it’s DEATH
Snorlax is a way better Normal type
Yeah radiate is pretty underrated
Yeah, but, it's a normal type, and eevee is a normal type, maybe in let's go Pikachu.
81 physical attack is high? really?
Ok, but Nidoking is definitely better. It can learn a lot more moves, it's bulkier and it has a higher attack.
honestly nidoking is so underrated, he is so good, people don't understand, His design is pretty solid too, use this man, give him more love
Nidoking isn’t underrated it’s just there are better things to use like alakazam or venusaur
Good playing through the story at least. Swiss Army Knife of a pokemon.
Competitive, on the other hand... less than stellar
I think this too, I really like him.
Nidoking has found a niche, though: Being the pokemon who can get through Red and Blue the fastest. A different type of competitive pokemon, but still.
In my place, it was pretty overrated that is why I stay away from it
I didn’t use a Manectric, I just used a Modest Nature Gardevoir with Thunderbolt.
Fax, special stats meant every thunderbolt was a OHKO
Noice
yeah, I just didn't bother bringing a lightning type.
Tbolt Gardevoir is the best and just completely destroyed Wallace. Manectric is cool looking though.
Gardevoir was the true MVP because of it being able to learn thunderbolt + calm mind that its literally STAB
10:20 I absolutely LOVE Manectric and seeing it mentioned here made me smile :)
Thank you
"You can use it to paralyze Whitney's Miltank"
Lum berry: _>
Wrong gen
Me: laughs in gen 2
yb better
Underrated comment
Totodile profile pic🤔🤨🧐
Not really. 😒
@@blueheaven1048 shut up
@@_roninx996_8 the best starter
Corviknight has the special ability that reflects all stat decreasing moves back at the opponent.
It's the secret, the normal is Unerve.
Hidden abilities are almost impossible to get in a normal playthrough.
@@weirddudes5543 5 star raid den homie
Weird Dudes Do more raids. It's actually quite easy to get.
Competitively though, you'd actually want pressure over Mirror Armor.
One thing to note about Nidoking in gen 3, a lot of its best TMs come from the game corner, which you can easily buy after just a little money grinding with the amulet coin and VS seeker.
in LeafGreen, while female Nidoran is more common than male Nidoran, you can get a male Nidoran by in-game trading a female Nidoran
In my Y playthrough, as soon as I got access to Eevees and breeding, I got myself a team of Eeveelutions (Flareon, Jolteon, Vaporeon, Umbreon, Espeon and Sylveon) and used those throughout the rest of the game.
Fully EV-trained them and rose their friendship and affection to max before using stones and leveling up once (they all had Charm as well) to get a lvl 1 Flareon, Jolteon and Vaporeon, and a lvl 2 Umbreon, Espeon and Sylveon.
Then I just boosted them in the grass until they were high lvl enough to continue where I left off.
Espeon was a fricking beast with its high SP. ATK and having maxed it out. Sylveon was pretty good too. The three stones... meh.
Umbreon was okay, but the two pink ones were BEASTS!
Sylveon is a beast in Y. Good choice on that one
@@elscherix3099 Yeah, Sylveon wiped out the opposing Pokémon with Moonblast, freaking strong Fairy attack.
For some reason I thought it would be fun/make sense to max out one stat of each Eeveelution, specifically the stat they are highest in.
So I maxed out Espeon's SP. ATK, Flareon's ATK, Vaporeon's HP, Jolteon's Speed, Sylveon's SP. DEF and Umbreon's DEF (I know Umbreon's highest stat is SP. DEF, but I wanted Umbreon on my team rather than Leafeon, who for some reason has the highest DEF among the Eeveelutions).
I realize now I was a complete fool XD
I also have realized that's why Espeon and Sylveon were my best ones while Flareon was wasted with the ATK stat (why does the Fire type have the highest ATK stat, when it mainly uses SP attacks?!), and while Jolteon with max speed was probably good, Vaporeon with max HP and Umbreon with max DEF didn't do much for their combat expertise...
Also, when I later at the end of the game checked their IVs, Sylveon was judged with the best IVs among my Eeveelution team. The others... were not so good. Espeon's might have been a bit better than the others' but Sylveon was my strongest.
Next time I decide to do a playthrough with Eeveelutions, I must try to just raise their ATK/SP. ATK and Speed and see how much stronger they will be then.
Shedinja made me realize that DEF, SP. DEF and HP don't really matter much. It's SP. ATK or ATK and Speed that really matter.
I think it's weird that, since Shedinja only has 1 HP, that its DEF and SP. DEF are higher than 1. Like, they don't even work, the stat points are kinda wasted on defense.
If they had just made HP, DEF and SP. DEF all 1 and put everything else into ATK and SP. ATK (and maybe Speed too), Shedinja could do so much better.
Also, Shedinja is the most ideal Pokémon for catching Kyogre (in Alpha Sapphire anyway), since Kyogre can't hurt it, Struggle does nothing and prolly won't hurt Kyogre either, and Shedinja can learn False Swipe and Heal Block, which works well against Aqua Ring. I helped my brother train a Shedinja via trading so he could catch his Kyogre that way.
And I just went from talking about Sylveon to talking about Shedinja in the same comment. XD
@@Rubywing4 it just shows how enthusiastic you are about Shedinja 😂
@@elscherix3099 XD I mean, it is kind of a cool Pokémon.
When I was younger, I didn't know how to get a Shedinja. I even looked at Serebii.net, but I didn't understand what they meant by "Free slot in party" or something. I dunno.
Eventually though I found out and I got one easily.
It's kind of fun that you get 2 Pokémon by evolving 1. And that the Shedinja even has the same IVs and is even Shiny if the Nincada was! (I think, at least...)
I also began to see Shedinja in a different light after playing Undertale. Shedinja is basically Sans. XD (Which would make Papyrus a Ninjask? Hm...)
I also mainly used a Ninjask in Alpha Sapphire instead of my starter. The fastest Pokémon in the game (without form changing) is pretty cool to fight with.
I've been considering breeding the Pokémon with some of the highest respective stats in the game, such as Rampardos for attack (or Ninjask for speed) and then try to get best IVs in that specific stat, and then max the EV of the stat to see how powerful the Pokémon would get.
Though that would probably be a bit too much effort on my part, and I don't think I have enough time to do that XD
U abandon your starter?
Since you watched Smallant1’s Pokémon Platinum no damage run, watch Gamechamp3000’s Pokémon Red with no damage, as it is more insane as if he took damage at all, he goes back to the start. It is hugely insane.
DAAAAAAYUM ALL RESPECT TO HIM GEEZ
Omg I would never that
Can we please like this comment more so that Michael sees this!
So this may be a weird choice, but my Ribombee freaking SWEPT through USUM. I love fairy types and knew I wanted one, but I honestly wasn't expecting Ribombee to be that team member. Even if it didn't have effective damage against something, it''s super fast and knew stun spore so it made for an easy paralyze switch :)
Ribombee is my favorite Pokémon!! It’s so cute
@@elissafrasure8523 It is!!! It deserves more love!
It’s also hilarious to consider that it’s the size of Kirby at 8 inches, and it happily OHKOs the series’ equivalent of Ghidorah (Hydreigon).
I took your advice on using Toucannon and it really paid off! I was leveling up on route 5 and came across a shiny Pikipek, (wasn’t even hunting at the time, just needed to level up since I was way too low level for the next totem) I added it to my team and nicknamed it Petree, it’s been a mainstay on my team ever since and I’m just about to go into the elite 4 with it (for those that may ask, it’s a legitimate cartridge that I’m playing on so I found it at base odds; way too early in the game to get shiny charm)
You lucky thing
Michael: I pull the “Blame it on Whitney Card,” this card makes me blame Whitney for ruining my life and use it as a excuse
Its a pretty legit card though
True
John (PokeMEN7): I want that card, but instead make it the “Blame it on Mikey Card”
Gen 3: Manetric
Me: *laughts with my Gardevior sweep of elite 4 while being strongly underleveled*
Thisssss, Gardevoir sweeps every Hoenn playthrough.
Me laughing with a dancing altaria
Gardevoir can sweep the entire game w/ Psychic, Thunderbolt, Calm Mind, and Hypnosis. No need for an Electric type because Gardevoir can take advantage of Thunderbolt w/ Calm Mind and sweep Winona, Juan, and Wallace, which is something Manectric couldn't do because it can't set up.
@@picklejuice7041 or HP if you are lucky
@@picklejuice7041 why would you want hypnosis with an accuracy rate of only 60!?
I think that Nidoking actually has some pretty good moves. Also it can poison.
In gen III it got better moves such as Megahorn. But it got its moves mostly from TM's.
Pokemon White 2 (Challenge mode)
conkeldurr or Lucario for playthrough
(Want to use conkeldurr because never used one.
lucario because he is strong)
Fun fact: you can get a Speerow in soulsilver/hg as early as you have access to pokeballs, since theres a grasspatch after going through the gate north of route 29 to route 46, you can also get there a geodude between the lvls of 2-4, that is if you don´t want to wait untill after bugsy
6:28 You can't actually catch Mareep before beating the first Gym in Gen 2. They guy north of the tall grass won't let you pass unless you have the Zephyr Badge.
no, a guy called primo in the violet city pokemon center can give you a mareep egg if you type the write quote depending on your save file. There is a website in which you can find out what to type by your id number.
you can also get slugma and wooper egg along with some pc wallpapers
I think u can in Gen2, but not in the remake... I'm not sure though
@@fernandohenriqueporto4019 you said the complete opposite
It's available in the remakes but not in the originals
I am talking about the primo guy
@@aaryayt7747 Primo's only there in the remakes. He's not in the original Gold/Silver/Crystal.
@@danielquinlan2457 yeah my bad
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Lol
I am a big boogie fan 💃🏼💃🏼
Yt subtitles prefer Pokémon contests than battles
Dancing with Pokémon is cool too
GOURI DINGS BOOK FANS MICHAEL HERE
Hey vsauce Micheal here
Nobody:
The comments: I can't trade :(
yeah, I feel you guys. I don't have any way of getting trade evolutions either
I used to not understand the big issue speaking I always had two 3ds sadly one broke and I understand the struggle is real especially if you planned on completing the pokedex
Worst for me is that nrly all of my favourite pokemon needed to be traded to evolve.
Wait
I'm bad at making favourite pokemon decisions..
They should just ditch trade evolutions and introduce the "Trade Stone" or something.
Just trade some random guy it's the best (if you don't have a friend) and can be funny
Scarfy_ Nova do you need to trade rn? I can help
I think that Chandelure is a very solid choice for B&W. It has a monstrous special attack, but it does overlap with emboar.
There are quite a few pokés that are amazing to use that just happen to overlap with a starter type. Would've been cool for a second video on this with those pokés, where you have stuff like Gyarados and cohorts.
Why would you pick emboar if darmanitan and chandelure is better
Why does it bother me whenever Michael says, "times accuracy?" I thought it was just called x accuracy
It bothers a lot of people actually. Seen the comments on the vid where he reacts to the WR pokemon red speed run? And yes, it's x accuracy, you're not wrong.
because x in math can be used to multiply things like: 2 times 2 is the same as 2 x 2, so he is not reading x like the letter but like the symbol in math.
K9 normal math people usually use an asterisk or dot to convey multiplication, due to X also being the symbol used for the variable in most cases
@@aiezar I know, but its the only explanation in this case, that I can think of course.
@@aiezar 'x' is still used in cases like 100x magnification (read 'one hundred times magnification'); nobody writes 100* magnification. I assume it's this sort of usage that Michael is basing his pronunciation off of.
So I just started replaying Heart gold today - mostly inspired by this video - but I have to point out that you skipped out on Golem for some reason. You can get Geodude before the first town, it's strong against all the three first gym leaders (like for real, Miltank can't really hurt it) and once you get graveler, you can just trade it. Also rock types stomps in Lance's entire team. And there really aren't any Dangerous water or grass type trainers until super late game
Not to mention, it's one of the few Pokemon that naturally learn Earthquake, so there's that. Also, in Gen 2, it destroys Morty because the Gastly line didn't have Levitate yet.
Bird keeper Lance
heracross is a must for whitney
Mikey: “Use it to paralyze Whitney’s Miltank”
*Lum Berry has entered the chat*
Just use it again.
I thought in Gen II the Lum Berry didn't exist
So true lol
Cat Gacha he’s talking about hgss
Also Miracle Berry existed.
I will say you should NOT pick Incineroar so you can use Alolan Muk. Alolan Muk and Mudsdale can wall that entire region with no problem. Use another wall, like Magnezone who is better than Vikavolt, and you are set.
I always use decidueye anyways since I love that Pokémon
@superyoshi_1889 I used Decidueye in Sun. I was extremely proud of the nickname of Legolas.
I picked Primarina in Ultra Sun as my sister gave me a Litten to use as a fire type, as none of the others called to me. Alolan Marowak did but I didn't want to double up on Ghost type.
I second this, I have both Alolan Muk and Mudsdale on my team in UM and they are both extremely useful members.
@pokemondude04 your are a good man! Out of curiosity what is the rest of your team?
I used Primarina, Alolan Muk, Mudsdale, Magnezone, Totem Marowak, and Hawlucha
@@seanwilliams823 Thanks, I can see you have good taste as well! My team consisted of Decidueye (fav gen 7 starter), Vikavolt, Alolan Muk, Hariyama (Didn't plan on using him but I ran into a shiny Makuhita on route 2), Mudsdale, and Vaporeon. Funny thing is I didn't plan on using Alolan Muk initially either but I just loved it's new design so much I just had to have it on my team. He turned out to be the MVP against Ultra Necrozma.
Now you can make a "Best Team In Every Game" Video
Watch mysticumbreon
@@Hugm4lsecondaccount half of mystic umbreon's vid about the best teams are bad lack luster picks
@@Hugm4lsecondaccount half of it is what Pokemon he likes and that's it
I want
I used a Corviknight in my sword playthrough team it was a beast
I am using Corviknight myself and it’s really good.
And i did in my shield playthrough of shield,his namr was hollow
Me too, it's a beast, but I'm not using it cuz I'm trying to complete the pokedex.
@@liketrainslol420funni I love that reference
It got me through so many fights that it became my favorite Pokémon
Emboar's access to fighting type moves is limiting. Lucario is definitely the pick imo for B2W2. Even if you pick Emboar.
14:53 which is surprising considering they are other decent flyers such as Hounchcrow Giscor Crowbat and Tougekiss but still none can give Staraptor a fly for it's money
Crobat is arguably better. Higher base stat total, is EXTREMELY fast, hits pretty hard, not as frail as Staraptor is, and doesn’t take neutral damage to fighting cuz it isn’t normal flying type. Plus the extra poison STAB is much more useful than normal.
@@sub-zer0189 Intimidate > Inner Focus (Gen IV)
"you can make it an Alakazam instantly"
You think we have friends?
☹️
Well yes
@@corporatelettings1786 Well no
@@KiwiSnidvongs well yes
I play on a phatetic emulator.
17:02 - Props to you, you electric kangaroo, or whatever you're supposed to be.
Mareep and Flaafy: are we a joke to you?
It is a L O N G S H E E P
It's a sheered sheep, and its a pretty good pokemon, but it's inferior to wooloo in every way besides usefulness
Mikey: "Ramos can't touch it"
Gogoat with bulldoze: Am I a joke to you?
You get Poison Jab in the Pokemon Center of Shalour City, right before Ramos. Mega Lucario would, after 1 Swords Dance(you can set that up on his Weepinbell), be guaranteed to one-hit KO Ramos' Gogoat with Poison Jab, plus, Lucario would still be able to KO Ramos' Gogoat even if it doesn't KO with Poison Jab, since Lucario will actually survive a Bulldoze from Gogoat, even with a Hasty nature, which lowers Defense.
@@TornadoZX825 that is not the point he said ramos could not touch it meanwhile Bulldoze would very much hurt it
11:15 I think you also fight Team Aqua a lot more often than Magma. That's three Water specialists in one game, and suddenly I start to understand a certain notorious review. Of course, there's also Winona, who is one of the most difficult gym leaders, although her ace isn't weak to Electric and has Earthquake.
“You can evolve him immediately because he evolves by trade”
Ok I’ll just grab my game boy adapter cable and my friend during quarantine, be right back
A bit of a salty Pringle about this if I’m honest
Don't you have two game boys??
I used to have game boys, but either they broke or we lost them, as well as the games
I wanna tell Michael Thats a FOOLISH MISCALCULATION!!!
Im just happy our lord and saviour Ampharos is finally getting the recognition she deserves
Suggestion: when the dlc comes out do a randomized nuzlocke
Poketips: ._.
@@SantiagoCR17 lol
Poketips
@@SantiagoCR17 ya man.
I was waiting cause I subbed to him
it would be awesome to see a full walkthrough with a randomiser and in the nuzlocke format, but i think mikey would prefer to do maybe Alola bc he hasn't done Alola since Ultra Sun. i might be wrong tho :)
Another contender for best mon in Hoenn is Gaefevoir. Calm Mind combined with Psychic Thunderbolt is amazing
Michael: Manetric is a necessity in Hoenn because it's an electric type.
Me: *doesn't have a single grass or electric type on my team and chose torchic
Oh, sh*t.
Uh oh
@@the_real_tabby Fire is needed for some important battles like Glacia, Steven
@@AeroLeaf4 Fighting is good against Wattson and your evil teams too
@@AeroLeaf4 Unfortunately in Emerald
Wallace is the Champion and if you think Steven would be easy with Blaziken, yes it is.
The intro of today:
Greetings boogie fans Michael here.
Eh. Could be better
Lol
Mine was gar eatings kookie fans
People: saying they can't get trade evolutions
My brother: ●-●
Lucky no one in my family likes pokemon
@@ROYEWITHNOE me too I can't trade with someone in my family to evolve a pokemon by trading so I let them in there middle evolution
Sir tenko dang didn’t know so many were in the no trade gang.
@@icantbelieveyoudonethis4059 yup are you one from this gang?
I had one friend with a GBA and neither had a trade cable until after the DS had come out. Then I didn’t get a DS until college (2015) so now playing the old games I have nobody to trade with. Sad life
When Michael picks Manectric for Hoenn:
Happiness noise
Manectric without the Mega is... good? Wow.
Cintrón Productions in galar manectric is good to use especially if you have a pokemon with soak against raihan its an amazing strategy
Cintrón Productions With high special attack and speed, it makes for a sort of glass cannon type Pokemon (if you’re like me an put all your EVs in special attack and speed)
I personally think Manetric needs more love. All this stuff I’m gonna say is in my opinion so don’t kill me-
Manetric is one of the coolest Pokémon out there. As somebody who likes mostly cute Pokémon, Manetric is my second favorite Pokémon (furret is my first, no not because of the meme lol) it has the coolest design of any Pokémon, and pretty underrated!! I am glad that gamefreak gave it a mega and put it in swsh!!
• pasteliaa • Yeah, Manectric just has such a cool design and premise. Getting a mega was one of the best thing it got
mike:"drillburr is good against elisa"
Me:"2 of elisas pokemon are flying type"
Rock slide
@@dukegaming5129 90% accuracy
@@pembertoons4576 still better rock tomb
@@pembertoons4576 90 percent is still not bad at all. I bodied Elesa's team with Krokorok every time with Rock Tomb and Sand Tomb.
@@pembertoons4576 and Emolga is helpless against Excadrill anyway.
When he said Manetric . . .
Me: Vietnam Flashback at Jaiden animation's Sperky
Poor Sperky..
a little fun fact about kenya in heartgold and soul silver what the game checks for is the mail kenya is holding onto so you could just take the mail put it on another pokemon and show the guy that pokemon you can complete the mission and get to keep kenya
Michael: "Honestly, you shouldn't have picked Chestnaught anyway."
Me, who has done Chestnaught "solo" X and Y Playthroughs: "You can't tell me what to do."
Seriously, my only problem in the games was Hawlucha because it was so fast. Also the TM being unlimited use combined with Chesnaught's pretty decent movepool made pretty quick work on a number of the major battles.
Edit: Also going to point out that Cha the Hawlucha is either Adamant/Jolly Nature with 31 IV in Attack iirc. Making it insanely strong
Chestnaught is heavily underrated. My favourite gen 6 starter.
Cha the Hawlucha can only have a Brave nature though.
I just recently played pokemon x for the first time and I thought he was okay but I only kept him in my team bc he was decently over lvled and I was too lazy to lvl my other pokemon tbh
@@joelbond7440 it's one of the three i think
Jaidenanimations: Tells everyone to say stellar more
Mikey: says stellar more
Me: I see u are a man of culture as well.....
Ahhhh how did I just notice that
"Alakazam is the best Pokemon to use in Gen 2."
I would agree; I remember taking out Lance the "Flying type Master" with just a Alakazam that knew Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, Psychic and Recover in one of my Crystal runs.
playing omega ruby, i luckily got abra when i wasnt even hunting for pokemon. Even though i couldnt trade, i kept using kadabra as my top 6 pokemon and it was THE BEST. I was literally knocking most pokemon just by using psychic and psybeam. Totally cool.
Alakazam remains powerful
The Riolu has a 1% (probably) chance to encounter. I nearly gave up when one appeared. So yeah dont give up.
And then you realize that you get a Lucario gifted
It has a 1% in which game (I think you forgot to mention which game your talking about)
@@petermcdonnell6428 black 2 and white 2
Mikey: states good Pokémon to use
Me: still over levels starter
7:05 true for the most part, but you should've mentioned Heracross and his megahorn attack
Heracross come late dude.
HERACROSS IS AN IT, NOT A HE!
@@Amelia4111 who cares it’s a fictional creature in a video game. Heracross can literally be both genders in the games too lol
@@Amelia4111 what's your problem with men ? You seem to hate us males. Your search Too much feminist videos I guess
@@Amelia4111 lmao wtf is this account?
I recently replayed leaf green and I loved Mr. Nido. Definitely useful with learning moves like poison sting, double kick and peck through level up then evolve it and double kick or thrash through the third gym and many more
One thing to note: In Gen 2, you can't get a Mareep before Falkner. You need to use the in-game trade Onix for that.
Pokemon White 2 (Challenge mode)
conkeldurr or Lucario for playthrough
(Want to use conkeldurr because never used one.
lucario because he is strong)
When you use Manectric in gen 6 hoenn
That's close right?
Also never used a fighting type in gen 5 black and white...It wasn't so bad.
Shauntal still destroyed me.
Huh lots of flying types
i never even played gen 3
I had emboar as a fighting/fire.
Flying types are the best
I think this is a great video idea, but it’d be super nice if you also recommended NEW Pokémon from each generation, as that’s what a lot of long time fans want to use on their first play through of a new region. And I think it would be a lot more helpful than a video like this where most people already know most of this information. :)
Honorable mentions for gen 2 are geodude and gastly. Geodude's rock/ground typing and access to early rock throw and magnitude helps with so much of the game. And gastly's ghost/poison typing being immune to the early normal attacks and poison status, and it's similar stats and ability to learn the elemental punches to alakazam makes it perform similarly to it.
The video is basically: “Alakazam is OP”
Also: Nidoking is a BEAST