4 Overlooked Fearow Buffs In Pokemon Ultra Sun and Moon
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Fearow is my favourite bird Pokemon from generation 1, but it has been severely under appreciated and overlooked for many generations. However, recently it has received some critical improvements - I can't wait to show you these awesome new sets!
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I think this is the perfect example of making do with what you have. Definitely got me interested in trying out fearow
I wish drill peck had a high crit chance too :/
That is weird that it doesn't
Never, on God's green Earth, have I ever seen a Fearow on the ground.
I wish that Fearow had access to Super Luck. That, or this ability should be one of the options for a potential Mega Fearow.
I'm glad that US/UM gave Fearow access to Throat Chop via Move Tutor. It's more viable than the egg move Feint Attack.
These are moves that I think Fearow should gain access to at some point:
Brave Bird, Sucker Punch, Swords Dance, Baton Pass, Smart Strike, Lunge, Poison Jab, Knock Off, Retaliate, Foresight, Me First, Foul Play, Hone Claws, Parting Shot, Power Trip, Punishment, Acrobatics, and Wing Attack(early level-up move for Spearow).
If Fearow had Super Luck, it wouldn't have Sniper
It doesn't even get slash rn, that definitely needs to be a move it gets.
This is the longest amount of time I have ever dedicated to Fearow!
I'll give "Fearless" Fearow a try!
Great video, Foo!!
Fearow would really benefit from getting slash as a move or having drill peck have a higher crit chance
I love it when a underrated Pokémon gets videos like this you really open the eyes of CREATIVE players!
Fearow is a threat now??? Oh yes!
Definitely needed the love
Not a threat, just a niche it could use in the lower tiers
@@Sai4651 It's not even a big threat in ZU. Now if there is another tier below that i can see it doing well.
I’ve been running special fearow with tri attack, heat wave, and uproar with silk scarf lmao. I hate that it doesn’t get air slash
LMAO UPROAR I'M DONE just shows how sad the move pool is
@@SuperPokekami its sp. Atk is unusably low. Why would they waste their time worrying about its special move pool?
Fearow is the fast attacker not a special attacker
If it works for them then either they're doing something right, or we're doing something wrong.
Keen eye actually does ignore evasion buffs on the opponent, making it more viable against Pokémon like Chancey that like to stall with minimise.
The most popular pokemon battling format is "Smogon OU Singles" which bans the use of evasion boosting moves.
Tew Liter yes, but in the video he says that keen eye doesn’t ignore evasion buffs, which is incorrect.
Tew Liter why should we follow Smogon rules?
@@laurasanya Because there the most popular hub for competitive Pokemon and have spent years fine tuning reasonable rule sets for multiple formats.
I'm sad that my boi fearow didn't get a mega or a stat buff🙁
Just give him like 10 speed and 10 attack and hed be great.
Yeah that'd be cool. It still would be outclassed tho
@@aranxd6298 really they just need to give him a 3rd evolution. Bring him in line with usual base 500 stat pokemon give him some bulk so he can survive to actually get his inner focus off. Maybe +20 speed and attack.
Same
As of gen6 keen eye also ignores the opponents evasion boosts, not something that usually comes into play but you missed that, btw love this serie!
Fearow needs stat buffs more than anything as well a few more moves. I say give it either more health/defenses or buff Attack and Speed by 20
Smart1529 honestly farrow can be good, but it’s just outclassed by Dodrio and other physical birds
@@notoriouscasual5004 True even it got Drill Run so Rock and Steel cant wall it that hard
Maik Römer drill run works nice but dodrio has Superior attack, speed, and access to jump kick And knock off
@@notoriouscasual5004 True >.< I forgot that i actually play more the older games^^
Yes Fearow I had been wondering when or if you would cover this guy! Always loved this guy probably my favorite Normal/Flying Pokemon it is quite disappointing that Fearow has been so neglected left out from stat buffs.
Fearow getting Focus Energy was indeed a huge deal since focus energy gives it a set up option though the lack of a good base high crit STAB does hinder it as Sky attack is... just situational to bad especially on such a frail Pokemon. I would suggest access to Slash but honestly Slash is pretty weak at 70 base power off 90 base attack so it would be a limited improvement but it certainly would be an improvement.
Regarding Sky attack, in general it is an interesting but ultimately nonviable move as is but what if it were buffed to skip its charge up turn in intense sunlight or more interestingly tailwind? After all it does involve light and moreover was originally Moltres's "signature" move back in gen 1. Giving it a condition like Solarbeam where it can be used without a charge turn would be a boost in usability as it would make it potentially usable outside of z moves and or power herbs.
Additionally what about giving a crit boost effect to Drill Peck? The move currently has no extra effect and just does damage as the flying counterpart of Dragon Claw/Seed Bomb/Strength/X-Scissor the boring strait physical damage moves while also having a smaller distribution than those other moves(at least prior to gen 7 in case of strength)
Regarding Keen Eye as one of the early game trash abilities I personally would buff it to provide a 10% accuracy boost and or to perhaps ignore evasion boosts of the foe(such as sand veil, snow cloak, double team etc.). It still wouldn't make it a flashy ability by any stretch but it would at least have some viability.
Another factor worth addressing is that Fearow actually still has an unused ability slot which offers another potential buff in the future though I can't really think of any stand out abilities for it that would fit it perfectly right now. The best ones that come to mind would be tossing it a OP ability like speed boost, tough claws, gale wings, technician etc. but I can't really justify any of those aside from maybe tough claws. >_<
Stats are arguably the most obvious elephant in the room particularly as its former Normal/Flying gen 2 nocturnal counterpart Noctowl received a 10 point stat boost while it hasn't (a situation it shares with Dustox and Ledian off the top of my head)
With GF having officially given stat buffs to other Normal/Flying mons it is an abomination that it hasn't been buffed.
Currently the BST breakdown for Normal/Flying Mons and gen 6&7 buffs where applicable is:
Pidgeot(469->479*, +10 speed, Mega*),
Fearow(442 :( ),
Noctowl(442->452, +10 Special Attack), *yes it had a more dire need of a buff but still
Dodrio(460->470, +10 Speed)
Farfetch'd(352->377, +25 Attack),
Swellow(430->455,+25 Special Attack),
Staraptor(475->485, +10 Special Defense)
Chatot(411 :( )
Unfezant(478->488, +10 Attack)
Braviary(510)
Toucannon(485)
Additionally for reference as they both start out as normal flying mons before evolving out of the typing
Altaria(490->490*,Mega*)
Talonflame(499 Galewings nerfed)
In general of the Normal/Flying mons only Fearow, Chatot and Braviary(which already has a way higher BST than the others listed) have received boosts.
The reason for which they didn't give fearow access to slash avoids me.. It would have been amazing, even in doubles, i mean stab boosted sniper crit hit? Sounds powerful 2 me. I mean, pair it with smeargle, amoonguss or cleafairy and you might pull of the crit hit ratio up, and speed boost, that means it's crit land to kick incineroar in the face with drill run and the ln be able to at leasr chip at some other pkmn
After coming in clutch in DARK RISING 2 of all things, Fearow is pretty chill in my book.
Also, they are forever christened Mr. Turtle, regardless of gender, named in honor of that same Fearow.
I name all of them Fury.
Staraptor recieved a buff in special defense.
You're right, it's one of the birds that didn't get any buffs. I didn't know Unfezant got a +10 in attack.
I'm using Choice Band Fearow with U-Turn in ZU right now and it does alright. Thanks for giving it some love :)
Swellow's special attack is almost as high as he's regular attack
Note from early video- Keen Eye ignores Evasion buffs, as well as accuracy drops. So yes, if you are expecting evasion boosting from say a friend of yours it is quite viable. Competitively otherwise not really still however.
man I love these kind of videos thank you for this
Me and my friend have learned about two interesting situations while in the Battle Tree recently so maybe you could put them in a video.
1: If a Pokémon is choiced and gets hit with Torment, what happens?
2: If a Pokémon uses Jump Kick/ High Jump Kick and there is no target(both opponents' Pokémon dead), will the user take recoil?
Hope you enjoy our little scenarios.
Nichlas Simmons 1) The Choice Banded/Scarfed/Speced Pokèmon struggles
2)The move fails so you don’t take damage
Poor birb, he/she just wants some love
I've got a shiny Fearow in Sun and now I can finally use it.
Also Fearow is cute.
I love these kinds of videos. Keep it up!
Please make a video on Unfezant. I need some ideas to use one a the Battle Tree and I would like to test it out.
Scarf
Is it a bird? Or is it a plane? No, it must be Dave who's on the train.
"Critical improvements" - I see what you did there
Hehe
Good video more Pokemon buff videos please
I remeber using this for pokemon tower defense 2. ;)
That Pokemon TCG music, tho.
Noice!
A hypothetical Fearownium-Z will give you Hypersonic skylash based on drill peck of all things, base 150, and provides a shift gear + focus energy effect afterward.
That would be the most broken thing in existence.
@@KingStr0ng Clangorous Soulblaze is a thing, nuke on both opposing pokemon and +1 to all stats. Giving Fearow a nuke with afterward +1 to attack, +2 to speed, and high crit chance is a big Z move, but it's based off Fearow's stats... which are not good at all. Adamant max attack Kommo-o after boost is 525 attack, hypothetical max attack adamant Fearow is 612 after boost. But Kommo-o also would have over twice the defense. Fearow is easily going down to any sort of priority from OU, not to mention intimidate is a thing.
So no, not the most broken thing in existence. It's just Fearow would probably jump from ZU to OU.
@@rainbowunicode8352 Imagine assuming that I dont know that Soulblaze exists. Obviously Soulblaze is broken but this move is *even more* broken since you ar e douboing Attack, Speed *and* Crit rate at the same. Thats clearly worse than a Simple +1 to every stat. If youre combining Sniper with this it means that it can one-shot literally everything as well as outspeed.
So yes, it woukd be the most broken thing in existence.
Soulblaze already exists, and thats more than enough broken garbage in the metagame.
@@KingStr0ng More broken than mega-ray?
@@rainbowunicode8352 I like how youre trying to take the "in existence" part literally even though it clearly isnt.
I don't know if it would be a good idea, because I don't even know of it ever had a noticeable use. Nonetheless, did Lanturn get a buff of any kind ? Just wondering. It's a pokemon I tend to forget about, because you don't see it too often.
Nope, Lanturn is still the same. I suppose you could count Z-Stockpile as a buff though. And Soak is kind of a neat combination with Alolan Golem's Explosion if you run Volt Absorb, I think that OHKOs Primal Groudon.
@@bananatree2527 well thank you for the information those are very interesting ideas, I might want to try out.
Whenever I played a gen1 game, fearow was always my choice flier
Ok that z-tailwind is exactly what fearow needs. That alone convinced me to make one.
i waited since 2012 for this moment
I’m running a jolly fearow w drill run, sky attack, whirlwind, and focus energy. Good to see some other people are excited about this niche. It’s out of left field too. Nobody plays against this mon
Ah now I miss my fire red...I actually named my fearow birby...yeah I know its a dumb name haha 😂
Personally, along with a stat-boost, I think it might get a regional variant at some point. Probably Flying/Dark.
This thing needs boosts, it is waaaaay too frail. It's insanely frail.
Salazzle is also frail but it has a high speed and respectable special attack and typing, being frail isnt the issue, being frail and bad offensively stats and mediocre at best speed, limited movepool with a bad typing is... this thing is beyond repair
I'll watch this in the morning foo
Night everyone:))
Dotrio got a buff with Jump Kick
Dodrio
Wtf, I literally just was busy to make a team around Fearow and then this popped up
Z-Laser Focus is nothing to scoff at as I believe that it gives +1 attack which provides more consistent damage and a Z-Move crit sniper is a bit of a one time nuke compared to more of a consistent method with fearow. I think Weedle used this but I forget.
Z focus energy Fearow set
Focus Energy
Drill Run
Drill Peck
Throat Chop
Nature: Jolly
Item: Normalium z
Despues te pasan en velocidad y te matan facil 😂😂😂
@@justusoconnor3243 siempre puedes usarlo en un equipo con soporte de Sticky Web 😂😂😂
@@Buenosaurus-Rex ah bueno bueno ta bien, aunque aun así es riesgoso alguien rapido de tipo volador o con levitate puede ejecutarte.
The trainer looks like they are t posing with the force God in the thumbnail.
OK so i didnt bother reading all comments but the top few didnt state it. Keen Eye also ignores evasiveness boosts of the opponent so if someone is raising their evasiveness this ability will help.
Wait wait wait... Swellow got a +25 Sp.Atk boost??? But it still uses Guts??? I am bewildered right now.
I had a shiny one and used it competitively.
4:44 Unless your a Boss Character or Champion
I wish Fearow got Brave Bird, Unfezant too.
I alread did 1 time a Fearrow sweep with Z-Tailwind, but Drill Peck need a buff as Fearrow itself too...
I was thinking on flyium z for both sets mirror move and tailwind you don't know what you gong to get hit with
Fearow is my favorite of the birbs.
Congrats on the 35k Foo!:]
Wait how does Fearow use throat chop? Thats terrifying, it just stabs its beak into your neck. There ya go! No more sound based moves!
loads of pokemon get throat chop coverage its actually kinda mad
@@joegod9488 Ah, well im just talking about the practicality of it, throat is hitting someone in the throat...and fearow doesnt have hands and its talons are not long enough, but its beak....is perfect
Fearow gets Throat Chop? That's cool!
What fearow really needs is a evolution so that it can be on par with pigeot and pigeot should get a significant buff since game freak won't include mega's anymore
I'd give the fearow evolution a 20 boost to HP, a 10 boost to defense, a 25 boost to attack, and a 3 boost to speed this way it isn't so fast that it can't be dealt with but is deals enough damage and is fast enough to be a decent sweeper also I'd give it slash and give drill peck an increased crit rate
Actually I might even consider changing its evolution to a dark flying type and giving it night slash
as for Pidgeot it would be more bulky with a higher special attacking
My BOIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII FEAROW!
You know, keen eye bypasses evasion stages on opponents.
Still not better than sniper, but I had to point that out.
Damn i really wanna run a fearow now
Can you do delphox next?
It’s good in crystal! As the gift Pokémon.
That was not a gift :P
Its called Stealing
Ultra Aryan 10 true that!😃 stealing is soooooo fun!😁
Aaah yes,the best gift mon in crystal is shuckle btw
4:00 aka Lansat Berry Drapion with night slash cross poison fell stinger and agility(Drapion is not that fast so agility helps him sweep)
I love Fearow as well it look badass :D
FEAROW YES
Heeell yeahh
I traded a Lunala for a shiny fearow now that I have moon I can just get a new lunala
I call it a pro gamer move
Hell yeah! I used Pidgeot only once, but i only use freaking Fearow on gen 1 xD
How do u decide what Pokémon to cover in these videos? Do you take suggestions?
I generally check which Pokémon have the most interesting buffs to talk about, but if a buffed Pokémon is frequently suggested I would look into it
Keen Eye also ignores the opponents evasion boosts as of Gen 6. So actually not bad to have competitively, since people love Minimize in Anything Goes. If you're playing with Evasion Clause though then not much point
I got a shiny Fearow that i accidentally bred, and man did my opinion change when playing around with it for a while.
This video made me feel sorry for and then chuffed for Fearow so I think you did your job! Go Fearow you bland birb you 😄
When will game freak finally stop introducing new mechanics like dynamaxing and start looking at improving what they already have seriously so many pokemon would benefit from a third stage evolution for example fearow
Lansat berry sniper endure fearow is fun
Yo ... this is pretty good
Liked for the Hitmonchan nickname
Honestly giving it sniper was stupid. It is no where near bulky enough to get its crit rate up. Compare it to kingra who can easily survive the first turn to get its focus energy off.
Overlooked dunsparce buffs please
Fearow is so cool
Agreed!
Doesn't Keen Eye ignore evasion boosts? And, you said that every 24 hits a critical hit will occur, even though the chance is 4% and that way it's every 25th hit. Great video still! Keep it up!
He rounded it down to 4%, when it's 4,0625%
He need more speed...
I love Fearow
So I totally forgot about Bird Pokémon have an animation for the ground, so when they use Roost, why don't they land for the turn like this? This is so obvious..............
Because that would require some work from Lazyfreak
Still waiting for someone to explain why Ho-oh isn't a super Saiyan version of Fearow. Everything seems to point that way.
It's quite hard to set up with fearow as it's so frail.
Yeah, maybe you could have a Pokemon set up some screen support.
Paris Chilton. 😄 Everyone loves Gilmore Girls.
I'd rather see a Mega Zangoose. Mostly raise its Speed & Attack, & then defensive stats. Give it the new ability "Poisoned Power" which raises both Attack & Speed by 20% each, when poisoned. "Poisoned Power" will also switch the "poisoned/badly poisoned status" to "mildly poison"-- reducing poisoning damage by half. Zangoose should learn a new physical poison-type move called "Poison Claw"-- PP 15; Power 70; Accuracy 100; 20% chance of "mildly poisoning" even steel & poison-types, but will always "mildly poison" the user when it lands. This allows Zangoose to poison itself & activate "Poisoned Power", while attacking foes. Everything will work well with "Facade".
You didn't count pelipper as an early route bird Pokémon? 🤔
Only the Normal/Flyings (Talonflame got in on the technicality of Fletchling xD). But I mean with Drought it kinda is the prime example of huge buffs going to Pokemon other than Fearow so maybe it should have been there lol
I’ve always preferred pidgeot but honestly its a shame how gamefreak has basically shafted fearow for its entire existence
Yeah it's a really cool Pidgeot alternative but it never got any attention
Should have just given it a big 30 point Attack boost.
Weak birbs need an equivalent to Bug type's Quiver Dance
Why doesn’t drill peck have a higher crit chance
Its an awful move, they should increase its crit chance
Hopefully in Gen 8 we get some more stat buffs and move pool buffs like:
Spe: 100->120
Moves:
+extreme speed
+sucker punch
+dragon claw
+crush claw
And it should get the adaptability/tough claws ability to improve upon its attack OR just get like a +10 to its attack stat
Still no brave bird?
Why would they give Swellow a special attack buff? Theres no good reason to use a special Swellow
Because he gets Boomburst, so he can use it better ig
Specs swellow is used way more than guts swellow lol.
Actually i wanna see minun next!
Wait Sniper Frost Breath?
I definitely FEAR that ROW😆
Fearow is better than Pidgeot, you cannot change my mind.
I wasn’t going to
staraptor did gain a stat buff in 6th gen saddly it was 10 point is special def. Also Keen eye bypass evasion boosts
Fearow is so cool but they make it look so dumb with its 3D battle animation
8:53 mmmm Hambre
Fearow is one of those Pokémon that are super weak, but if you don’t have a counter to it then it can decimate your team