I imagine Slaking to be the pre-promoted unit that you get later on in the course of the story in the Fire Emblem series. A juggernaut when first joined, but later fell of due to the other units that you spent training and leveling up for most of the game finally caught up in strength and reliability.
One of the biggest reason why I love Colosseum. Shame that a 17 year old game had way better animations than a cercain Switch game that it's now scumming their customers again...
@@TLtimelord yes they are. they wasted ressources on the wrong thing, resulting in the bad looking and lackluster game we got. and you know what? we will never get a good pokemon game again, bc 1. there are zombie that buy everything no matter how bad it is and 2. because in the end, pokemon games today are just advertisement for the real money maker: the merchandise.
@@N_IRL less of lacking a good ability and more of being burdened with a terrible one. Imagine Slaking with a useless ability like Illuminate, or no ability at all. Absolute powerhouse bar the spdef
@@blakeslone9820 Any physical-hitting Ghost-type or special Dark-type invalidates Wobb. The thing that makes Wobb good is almost entirely Shadow Tag; without that, its kit basically breaks.
Mister Bad Guy Although, it also has Destiny bond, so to completely invalidate it, the enemy has likely have something else to kill it to avoid db. Maybe Houndoom with Will-O-Wisp?
@@blakeslone9820 or just use the biggest wobb counter, switch out, there is no point in hitting wobbuffet when you know that you can't ohko him, and he is slow, so safeguard is useless against status without shadow tag
The limit Slaking by giving it a hindering ability...and then bring in monsters like Mega Mewtwo and Megachomp. I think it's time to get rid of Truant and give the Great Ape of Hoenn a REAL ability.
@@r.a.c.5754 breaker: truant mixed with slow start, normal truant (Slaking is taking a break) after 5 turns (Slaking is ready to break!) instead of doing nothing, it moves slower but temporarily has huge power
slaking has giratina-origin hp and defense and more hp and spdef than melmetal with 15 more base attack than landorus-t and speed tying with mega medicham it also has return (or double edge if in gen 8) earthquake superpower fire punch ice punch thunder punch etc. oh yeah it can also run slack off due to it having incredible coverage with just its stab and superpower while having crunch or knock off to beat ghosts slaking would break ou without truant without a doubt
@@pedrohdalla it is the single strongest pokemon what are you on? It has better stat spread than the mighty rayquaza. When it has a neutralizing gas pokemon in doubles it becomes the best pokemon ever. It also has a moveset on par with rayquaza and deoxys. Seriously what did you think whilst writing this sentence
7:25 Haha, I was like "Oh cool, he actually stood up and ran over to attack!" Then after decking Rhydon, he immediately flops over and starts rolling back to his side of the arena.
Yeah, neutralizing gas cancels out all abilities, though the abilities reactivate on switch out or ko(as in, slow start or intimidate will start up if wheezing switches out)
@@atree86 Without an ability slaking would be Uber borderline or a decent pokemon in uber but even with a fairy or steel typing I doubt it would be that good.
@@dary7083 yes you can skill swap it, but it wastes a turn on a Pokémon that would then no be able to move, so you are wasting a Pokémon to make slaking try to sweep, but the person would then just double it and it dies
@@emperorsunnyshore9272 you know another pokemon who didn't need an intentionally awful ability: Archeops seriously this ancestor to all flying-types is already a glass cannon with how poor his HP & defenses are, giving him Defeatist was just overkill and made this thing next to impossible to use as when it's HP goes to half or less...it becomes completely useless
Buff Kangaroo “Regigigas doesn’t deserve it. He is a legendary and plenty of Pokémon outspeed him” If speed was the only thing that mattered in Pokémon, then Ninjask would be in Ubers tier. You’re saying that Pokémon that are slow don’t deserve to be legendary!
Slaking: I will always be useless... Regigas: I know how you feel... Galarian weezing: *Thou shall not hunger anymore!* Slaking and Regigas: *OUR SAVIOUR*
Hey Slaking, will you ever be good? Slaking: Mmmm, I don’t feel like it...ask me later krabby. Galarian Weezing: ... Slaking: I mean, I’m viable all day for free! My treat! Galarian Weezing: That’s what I thought you said.
Slaking isn't in gen 8 so it's more like it heard of Galarian Weezing and how much it could help it be useful but couldn't be asked to get off the couch and missed the flight.
I wouldn't mind not attacking every other turn if there's an actual concrete benefit on that dead turn, like healing 25% of max HP. Something of this sort would already be a nice step up.
Curing stats, healing 18% but having a 5% chance every turn you are not Truanting to fall asleep (so essentially you lose a turn, since you are gonns be cured next turn)
That's actually more common than you might think. Chansey and Dusclops were consistently higher tier than their evolved forms ever since Eviolite became a thing, and just recently we got unbreakable eviolite Corsola and a Mime that actually has a niche as a fast ice type that Rime lacks.
That's true. However, it was Dusclops only for Gen 5, and Chansey didn't take over until Gen 6. Also, Gen 8 isn't covered, though what you said is true. 😉
I wonder if Slaking would be more viable if Truant only blocked you from using offensive moves during it's Truant phase, still allowing you to do stuff like Rest, Protect, Slack Off, etc. which would make it predictable but maybe a bit more viable. Maybe give it Baton Pass and maybe either Swords Dance/Belly Drum or Nasty Plot too so the opponent has to predict if this is a Baton Passer set and thus they shouldn't protect, or a sweeping/choice set and they should protect.
I swear whitney and norman are related or something because they are both so hard and they specialize in normal types usually not highlighted in competitive unless they have something very broken(flashback to gen 6) which is interesting. Sorry for the mini rant
Brandon Games prob bc of it only having 1 weakness, and early game fighting and steel types are hard to come by. You could find some rocks in Johto but I can’t remember in Hoenn. In the Johto remakes, they also got Heracross with Brick Break
JoeBro915 thanks for telling me that... even though I played gen 2 and 3. Gen 2 I barely remember the story and gen 3s story is burned in my mind but some parts my be incorrect (multiple omega ruby playthroughs you can ask if you want).
Slack Off (the move) should count as loafing around so Slaking can heal AND THEN attack or heal again the next turn. If Slaking attacks, it has to wait a turn before it can Slack off via Truant. I think this expands his dynamic as a tank/psuedo-staller with toxic/burn/Sandstorm while giving him some viability as a prediction sweeper especially with some U-turn support
Slaking's Special stats should be swapped, base 95 special Def and 65 special attack! Probably would have been a better pokemon overall maybe able to take a hit or 2 more
@magic bouncer lol Don't! Fans of the line have it good. They get a cute first form, a useable middle form, and a strong but gimmicky final form for when they're just trying to have fun.
The best thing to do with Slaking, is make him part of a double/triple battle, have one of the other Pokémon have a move/ability that'll cancel out Truant and you're good. Exs -Gastro Acid will cancel out Truant. -Worry Seed with change it to Imsomnia. -Entrainment will change Truant into the user's ability. --Best users: Pangoro, Araquanid, Alcremie, Hawlucha, Pyroar, Dewgong. --Each one has an ability that help Slaking out offensive or defensively. -Mummy will make Mummy their ability on contact. -Wandering Spirit will swap abilities.
Imagine: Gorilla tactics slaking No guard slaking Intimidate slaking Anger point slaking Regenerator slaking Truant, but it activates every third turn slaking
Just think about Gorilla Tactics Slaking for a second. If Darmanitan’s 140 attack and 95 Speed makes it scary, Slaking’s 160 Attack and 100 Speed would be truly horrifying.
@Sidney J. Duffy in the first 2 expansion yes!But they said there are more Dlc in the work! And there is only 220 pokémon missing after the 2 expansion Isle of armor and Crown Thundra
The only change I think Slaking needs would be this: Truant only activates when Slaking uses an attack. This would open up Slaking's movepool, letting it use other sets for a change.
Also, FSG said Slaking lack recovery. That's not true since it can use slack off; the thing is that slaking's hability forces him to use sets with 4 attacks.
Unlike Regigigas, however, Slaking's Ability actually seems warranted. I mean, rather than being a legendary (and one of the hardest legendaries to obtain outside of mythicals, at that), Slaking is really just an average Pokemon with a stat total rivaling Groudon and Kyogre. That said, its Ability is horribly crippling, but at least it can work decently enough as a one-turn nuke, since it can operate upon switching in and doesn't have to worry about its handicap until AFTER it uses a move. That sounds way better than what Regigigas has to put up with, considering it has to survive FIVE turns, with practically no healing or guard options, without ever switching out that entire time. Getting Regigigas to go well is like having the planets align perfectly in your favor, whereas Slaking just requires a decent enough prediction.
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Or go play balanced hackmons after Slaking is released in dlc and see it Except if you're trying to make Slaking an overkill 'mon GT prolly isn't the way to go about it Cute idea though. Not only as he's a gorilla, but guerrilla tactics would be a good strategy for a glass cannon. Jump out and attack hard, run and hide before they retaliate.... Still likely not enough to compete in balanced hacks except maybe as a simple extreme speed double tap-er...... But cute
I've noticed something from watching your background footage... 🤔 Despite what GameFreak may or may not have said about upgrading animations for Sword and Shield, the old Stadium line of games actually had the most animated pokemon. The newer games animate the attacks but the pokemon themselves are stiff and lack so much personality compared to the Stadium style games. Even the camera be putting in work on regular moves in the Stadium games! 🤓 It would be AMAZING if they kept the new models they're clinging to so hard and reanimated them including idle, fainting, and damage taken animations for newer installments! Maybe even (and I know this may be asking way too much) have different animations between the two game versions the way older games had different sprites. 😍
yeah that last part was asking way too much lmao, there's 900 or so pokemon now, hell, it'd be too much work just to reanimate them at ALL at this point
@@happygamer_18 I feel like they should've stopped making new pokemon around Gen 4 or 5 and just use pokemon from those gens as starters. Add new mechanics like mega and tera type and possibly new legendaries but no more new pokemon. Sadly that ship has sailed...
At least its getting some kind of reward of it. Doing nothing for one turn leads to devastating result for you especially when it originally does nothing. That is also why no one uses Hyper Beam/Giga Impact post Gen 1
how's about a Giga Impact then? Adamant with max attack and choice band?. I don't think it survives that one, and it's already not moving the next turn anyway.
@@hoanganphanle Slaking has a base stat total only 10 lower than Mewtwo. People might be willing to give it team support if they can get an earthquake that powerful on a non-restricted pokemon.
Despite being one of the worst in competitive, in single player is arguably one of the best, since you can just switch out the Pokemon to another one after fainting the opponent. With a choice band, you basically have the best Pokemon to launch incredible powerful hyper beams with no recharge or truant wasting turns. You would OHKO everything. Imagine if the Pokemon who switch is another Slaking for another titanic hyper beam? Oh man....
@@josephbulkin9222 the game is literally designed for you to trade and battle other people. On top of that, the difficulty in single player is a joke that any strat can work.
An ability suppressing item would be amazing for slaking and regigigas. Trick and switcheroo with such an item would cripple a lot of pokemon as well. Do it gamefreak!
Technically it's not durability, but lack of sustain... Well, in combination with being countered by any pokemon with subsitute or protect in its move pool on top of relying heavily on prediction.
Gigas and Slaking begging Weezing to be it's doubles partner reminds me of that one kid who plays a niche sport, so when that's being played in PE everyone wants to partner with him XD
In a cave Slaking: *bashes Mewtwo into a rock wall* Trainer: Good work Slaking, now let's finish this! Slaking: *loafing around* Trainer: Oh come on! Mewtwo: *psychic flicks the trainer directly into a stalactite*
Alas, we'll have to wait and see if the big oaf gets added in the SwSh DLC to see that. As well as whether or not Galarian Weezing's ability even works on Truant.
Norman’s Slaking was the bane of my existence back in Gen III, not quite as bad as Whitney’s Miltank but pretty close! Thanks for another great vid FalseSwipe 💙🐱💙
migil likes memes good for you dudes ... Wait are we talking Gen II Whitney or Gen IV-remake Whitney? Cos Gen IV-remake Whitney was easy because I remembered how bad she trounced me back in Gen II 😖😖😖
Whitney was fucking easy in both the original and remake (especially the original) it's just that you were a kid and kids are dumb and due to this people struggled. I know I experienced the same thing with gen 5 electric gym leader's Emogla when I was a kid because I thought my overleveled Pignite could handle it easily.
Defeatist might be a good choice to give as a hidden ability for Slaking. Keeps the idea of it not being TOO broken power wise by giving another ability that sucks but isn't nearly as bad as Slow Start
Regigigas: Ok, here. Slaking: I wasn't planning on doing anything. I just wanted someone else to hold my beer, it gets tiring having to hold 0.78 pounds, y'know?
as an avid fan of Slaking I have to say, knowing you can avoid truant by simply switching out changed how I used it and made if one of my all time favourite pivots, also surprise hyper beam gets the best reactions from people
I used to use Slaking competitively in Pokemon Showdown. From what I remember, Slaking wasn't actually that bad. I give him Giga Impact since he couldn't move next turn anyway. Also, Slaking is bulky enough to survive a few turn if there are no hazards on the field like stealth rock. Give slaking an assault vest to help boost his sp defense. In my honest opinion I would say Slaking is okay.
Currently waiting for Slaking and Regigigas to come out so Weezing can bless them🥰 PSA: everyone that’s saying Neutralizing Gas isn’t causing as big of an impact is because currently we don’t have the Pokémon available that has an ability that makes or breaks a game...
Yeah but that only works in double battles and if weezing get's knocked out then slaking's truant would re-activate and we would be back in square one .
I just wanna share that my name is Norman, and pokemon Ruby was the first game where my character's name was "Norm". My dad IRL is also named Norman, and growing up, he was very involved in mine and my sibling's love of pokemon. Finding out that the gym leader was my dad, named Norman was so surprising that I cried. I hope someone enjoyed that.
Slaking is like an RPG boss who joins your team, a true terror when you fight them first but then becomes the worst party member.
Literally Dragon Ball
I mean, not every RPG boss is like that. Magus wasstill pretty badass after joining your team in Chrono Trigger.
As when you battle it in Colosseum. It was so terrifying there when the final boss had it.
I imagine Slaking to be the pre-promoted unit that you get later on in the course of the story in the Fire Emblem series. A juggernaut when first joined, but later fell of due to the other units that you spent training and leveling up for most of the game finally caught up in strength and reliability.
@@rhuniizada Yamcha lol Tien lol Piccolo lol
Slaking’s fainting animation in colosseum looks like he’s going through more pain than the pain of using Slaking in battle
He looks tormented. I'm sad for him.
every time he fainted I felt bad
One of the biggest reason why I love Colosseum. Shame that a 17 year old game had way better animations than a cercain Switch game that it's now scumming their customers again...
@@kazoorion7993 First off they aren't scumming their customers. They would be if we got swsh2.
@@TLtimelord yes they are. they wasted ressources on the wrong thing, resulting in the bad looking and lackluster game we got. and you know what? we will never get a good pokemon game again, bc 1. there are zombie that buy everything no matter how bad it is and 2. because in the end, pokemon games today are just advertisement for the real money maker: the merchandise.
I think video should have been named "how lacking was Slaking actually"
underrated comment of the decade
its not really lacking anything except SpDef, its problem is the ability
@@sakuraflares7054 So it's lacking in a good ability lol
@@N_IRL less of lacking a good ability and more of being burdened with a terrible one. Imagine Slaking with a useless ability like Illuminate, or no ability at all. Absolute powerhouse bar the spdef
@@sakuraflares7054 Lemme rephrase, it's lacking a not completely horrible ability
Slaking's mega evolution should have just been him standing up and losing the truant ability
So Funky Kong
I’ve been saying that for years
Maybe with vital spirit, resembling his preevolution, Vigoroth
just give it huge power and now you have a truly Unstoppable monster
Or Run Away, cuz why not.
As he mentioned, it’s a pretty good testament that there is literally an entire move that just invalidates Slaking.
*Protect*
This post definitely wasn't made by Unown gang, who are single-handedly murdered by Sucker Punch.
Justin Hughes
Your right. Also, I’m sure that there is a move that invalidates Wobbufet, like Assist or something.
@@blakeslone9820 Any physical-hitting Ghost-type or special Dark-type invalidates Wobb. The thing that makes Wobb good is almost entirely Shadow Tag; without that, its kit basically breaks.
Mister Bad Guy Although, it also has Destiny bond, so to completely invalidate it, the enemy has likely have something else to kill it to avoid db. Maybe Houndoom with Will-O-Wisp?
@@blakeslone9820 or just use the biggest wobb counter, switch out, there is no point in hitting wobbuffet when you know that you can't ohko him, and he is slow, so safeguard is useless against status without shadow tag
I fully understand that Gamefreak was trying to limit Slaking by giving it Truant, but they limited it a bit too hard.
The limit Slaking by giving it a hindering ability...and then bring in monsters like Mega Mewtwo and Megachomp. I think it's time to get rid of Truant and give the Great Ape of Hoenn a REAL ability.
@@r.a.c.5754 Mega Garchomp isn't actually used too often to be fair
@@r.a.c.5754 breaker: truant mixed with slow start, normal truant (Slaking is taking a break) after 5 turns (Slaking is ready to break!) instead of doing nothing, it moves slower but temporarily has huge power
What if he had skill swap
@@WhateverYouWantToDraw I hate Durant with it, no
“Higher attack then rayquaza but essentially as good as ledian” best quote of the year
They still talking but with galarian weezing his ability is nullified making him a pseudo legendary as he has a base stat of over 600
@@boyofjoygwarth-omaou3245 to be a pseudo legendary you have to have *exactly* 600 as you're base stat
At least it's better then reggigeuas or however you spell that
@@LK23567 Arguable. Regi at least does SOMETHING in gen 6. But it's more of picking your poison.
@@Entelarmer slacking also does somthing in gen 3
Nickname slaking “bread” so when it’s truant kicks in it says: “Bread is loafing around.”
Slaking should be in OU just for that, since doing that will likely cause the opponent to forfeit out of respect.
Slaking would be in ubers after that
Mine was named Sofa King
I hate that I laughed at this.
How about King Kong?
Slacking and Regigigas could honestly be brothers, they'ed both be in OU or Ubers if they had an ability like pressure like 99% of other pokemon
I'd say you are right if it was gen 6
Now with so much power creep, I guarantee that slacking would be just an ok OU pokemon
69th like
slaking has giratina-origin hp and defense and more hp and spdef than melmetal with 15 more base attack than landorus-t and speed tying with mega medicham
it also has return (or double edge if in gen 8) earthquake superpower fire punch ice punch thunder punch etc.
oh yeah it can also run slack off due to it having incredible coverage with just its stab and superpower while having crunch or knock off to beat ghosts
slaking would break ou without truant without a doubt
This is funnier since Regigigas got Rest and Protect alongside Body Press to mitigate its Slow Start.
@@pedrohdalla it is the single strongest pokemon what are you on? It has better stat spread than the mighty rayquaza. When it has a neutralizing gas pokemon in doubles it becomes the best pokemon ever. It also has a moveset on par with rayquaza and deoxys. Seriously what did you think whilst writing this sentence
Hidden ability:
Defeatist
Honestly, defeatist wouldn't neuter it nearly as badly given its good bulk and recovery.
Hidden Ability should be Slow Start.
@@gabrielfarkas257 It has recovery so it can stall it out.
It should just receive a mega evolution that has a new ability that makes it truant every 2 turns instead of every other turn. Simple.
Hidden ability: Gorilla Tactics
Slaking is so lazy even his sprite hasn't moved in 18 years.
While during that time, Snorlax learned to stand up.
Slacking: *hasn’t moved since debut*
Snorlax: I’m 4 parallel Universes ahead of you
Mel Palaganas i really wish it was lying on its back again
@Michael Mathers Emerald and the Kanto remakes came out in 2004. R/S came out in 2002.
@@chaosbreaker657 and then gigantimax happened
I’ll always remember the time I beat Norman’s Slaking with a level 15 Zigzagoon cause the AI kept trying to use a focus punch
Lol
@Yevgeny Allen Kristoffe Alverio you... know they said focus punch, not focus blast.
maybe he should retire cause cmon using focus punch again and again
The AI was trying to get super effective damage since the move is fighting type lol
Smart AI went for the super effective move. It was just a dumb idea. 😂
7:25 Haha, I was like "Oh cool, he actually stood up and ran over to attack!" Then after decking Rhydon, he immediately flops over and starts rolling back to his side of the arena.
"OOGA BOOGA! Oh wait,yk what,imma go"
"Look, can I just pair with the Weezing with the fancy hats?"-Slaking
Regigigas can.
Will that work?
Yeah, neutralizing gas cancels out all abilities, though the abilities reactivate on switch out or ko(as in, slow start or intimidate will start up if wheezing switches out)
My favorite Pokémon Weezing.
@@alexandradordzhieva3835 plus we have confirmation he's coming back.
its phenomenal how just an ability turns a pokemon with the stats of an uber, into a PU pokemon
Maybe if it had a good typing or just no ability, it wouldn't be untiered.
@@atree86 Without an ability slaking would be Uber borderline or a decent pokemon in uber but even with a fairy or steel typing I doubt it would be that good.
Can't u use skill swap on him?, Well only in doubles with a tanky psychic type that is
@@dary7083 yes you can skill swap it, but it wastes a turn on a Pokémon that would then no be able to move, so you are wasting a Pokémon to make slaking try to sweep, but the person would then just double it and it dies
And then g.weezing comes out and makes it the best pokemon ever
Slaking should get a hidden ability. Doesn’t even have to be a good one. Give it swarm or something and it will be good lol
Give it honey gather and it’s still an improvement lmao
How about Pick-Up or Run Away
Adaptability
Even DEFEATIST would be better
Can be oblivious
3:24 Snorlax with open eyes is cursed.
Holy Jojo References that's blursed
@@mr.walter6973 is that a Jojo reference
Now that is not nice to look at
Kkkkk
curselax
Blissey: I'm outclassed by my pre- evolution...
Dusknoir: Same, I hate eviolite.
Slaking: I know how you both fe... *Falls asleep*
blissey is better actually
@@coldore6734 chansey is bulkier thanks to eviolite
@@coldore6734 most of the time these days Chancey is used over blissey due to not crumbling to the smallest physical hit
@@mainzer45 in the current meta blissey is actually better thanks to the access to heavy-Duty boots
@@mainzer45 in the current meta blissey is actually better thanks to the access to heavy-Duty boots
Galarian Weezing: “AWAKEN, MY MASTERS!”
AYAYAYAAAA
>Insert techno Aztec music
Pillar men are replaced with slaking, regigigas and archeops
This comment is perfect
He's going to need rattata to press the "commence Endgame" button first.
So sad that Game Freak likes trolling normal types with amazing stats that could be OU easily
@@emperorsunnyshore9272 you know another pokemon who didn't need an intentionally awful ability: Archeops
seriously this ancestor to all flying-types is already a glass cannon with how poor his HP & defenses are, giving him Defeatist was just overkill and made this thing next to impossible to use as when it's HP goes to half or less...it becomes completely useless
@@emperorsunnyshore9272 My eyes hurt after reading those sentences
@@emperorsunnyshore9272 I don't care, for real check your sentences structures. I'm not gonna end with a period on this one either
Buff Kangaroo “Regigigas doesn’t deserve it. He is a legendary and plenty of Pokémon outspeed him” If speed was the only thing that mattered in Pokémon, then Ninjask would be in Ubers tier. You’re saying that Pokémon that are slow don’t deserve to be legendary!
Buff Kangaroo no ur prolly not good and just don’t know how to use it correctly lol
Slaking: I will always be useless...
Regigas: I know how you feel...
Galarian weezing: *Thou shall not hunger anymore!*
Slaking and Regigas: *OUR SAVIOUR*
wait, slacking is in the game?
wait, neither of them are in the game ;-; (as of writing this)
*d o u b l e b a t t l e s*
@@Cat-ki3hy Considering the new regis being added, it's safe to say Regigigas will return
@@doubleace11554 HOPEFULLY WITHOUT SLOW START
Hey Slaking, will you ever be good?
Slaking: Mmmm, I don’t feel like it...ask me later krabby.
Galarian Weezing: ...
Slaking: I mean, I’m viable all day for free! My treat!
Galarian Weezing: That’s what I thought you said.
Best comment ever lol
I swear, I hope Slaking gets into SwoShi DLC. I wanna run it and Galarian Weezing in Doubles.
@@raddreokami6892 Yeah, ore any Pokemon whit this kind of Skill for that matter.
Slaking isn't in gen 8 so it's more like it heard of Galarian Weezing and how much it could help it be useful but couldn't be asked to get off the couch and missed the flight.
@@raddreokami6892 At the very least we know Regigigas will be back
If neutralizing gas works on slow start it will be beautiful
"Higher attack than rayquaza and just as useful as Ledian"
F for the Poke-Harambe
Dicks out?
even it's pre-evolution was more viable in PU.
@@M3rtyville I was just wondering about the pre-evolution Vigoroth, since it doesn't have the ability that's somehow worse than Slow Start.
@@megaflop6312 It's banned in XY PU. It was NU in every generation prior and in Gen 4 UU it was still viable.
It's better than slow start. Slacking is better in ZU than regigigas since he's a decent revenge killer with retaliate.
I wouldn't mind not attacking every other turn if there's an actual concrete benefit on that dead turn, like healing 25% of max HP. Something of this sort would already be a nice step up.
@Jerry Edward Franken To prediction reliant plus passive damage
25% of max hp every turn would be stupid or useless depending on the mechanicd
25% of its current missing health sounds more balanced
Curing stats, healing 18% but having a 5% chance every turn you are not Truanting to fall asleep (so essentially you lose a turn, since you are gonns be cured next turn)
mate its got 670 base stats truant is fair considering how it's not even a legendary or even pseudo legendary
Everyone: "Slaking has always been bad."
Gen 3: "Actually..." XD
I was so surprised at that. Slaking? USABLE? OU??? But.... wow
Actually He Was Bl
Why was Slaking BL?
@@bryanc1772 No Idea
@@sceptilethehedgehog5862 I doubt anything in Gen 3 UU could take a Choice Band hit from Slaking... Even Intimidate Arcanine.
How bad was Slaking actually?
As it turns out, so bad, that its prevolved form, Vigaroth, outclassed it in Gen 6. 😂
That's actually more common than you might think. Chansey and Dusclops were consistently higher tier than their evolved forms ever since Eviolite became a thing, and just recently we got unbreakable eviolite Corsola and a Mime that actually has a niche as a fast ice type that Rime lacks.
That's true. However, it was Dusclops only for Gen 5, and Chansey didn't take over until Gen 6. Also, Gen 8 isn't covered, though what you said is true. 😉
TheLaXandro so a whopping total of 6-10 Pokémon makes it more common than he thinks? That’s a stretch
Justin Time evolite simple numel is also a thing that exist.
I was talking about in the actual competitive format. Not Little Cup. Nine isn't viable in standard smogon, but Pawniard is viable in PU. 😃
I wonder if Slaking would be more viable if Truant only blocked you from using offensive moves during it's Truant phase, still allowing you to do stuff like Rest, Protect, Slack Off, etc. which would make it predictable but maybe a bit more viable. Maybe give it Baton Pass and maybe either Swords Dance/Belly Drum or Nasty Plot too so the opponent has to predict if this is a Baton Passer set and thus they shouldn't protect, or a sweeping/choice set and they should protect.
I think Truant should be that you can only use Slack Off or Rest or other relaxing sorts of moves during the Truant turn.
It 100% should have gotten belly drum. Look at the thing! Plus its a gorilla so its even more bs that it didnt
Just get rid of Truant already. They can't use the "OP" excuse anymore since they created monsters like Mega Mewtwo, Megachomp, and Zacian.
@@r.a.c.5754 Mega Rayquaza too, that thing is so OP.
@@r.a.c.5754 Megachomp was kinda mid though.
"Norman used it to terrorize his own son" XD the opening was genius
i still have nightmares
I swear whitney and norman are related or something because they are both so hard and they specialize in normal types usually not highlighted in competitive unless they have something very broken(flashback to gen 6) which is interesting.
Sorry for the mini rant
Or Daughter if your A Girl
Brandon Games prob bc of it only having 1 weakness, and early game fighting and steel types are hard to come by. You could find some rocks in Johto but I can’t remember in Hoenn. In the Johto remakes, they also got Heracross with Brick Break
JoeBro915 thanks for telling me that... even though I played gen 2 and 3. Gen 2 I barely remember the story and gen 3s story is burned in my mind but some parts my be incorrect (multiple omega ruby playthroughs you can ask if you want).
Slack Off (the move) should count as loafing around so Slaking can heal AND THEN attack or heal again the next turn. If Slaking attacks, it has to wait a turn before it can Slack off via Truant. I think this expands his dynamic as a tank/psuedo-staller with toxic/burn/Sandstorm while giving him some viability as a prediction sweeper especially with some U-turn support
personally I think truant, instead of just skipping every other turn, should make ever other turn a random move
idea: truant should be using slack off every other turn without your control even without knowing it
Slaking's Special stats should be swapped, base 95 special Def and 65 special attack! Probably would have been a better pokemon overall maybe able to take a hit or 2 more
And GF just had to give Durant Truant as a hidden ability.
To be fair, Truant Druant has niche as it can pass Truant to other Pokemon.
True to its name, it is an ant
Entrainment Truant Durant is the bane of battle tower
Though Truant can swap it's ability with the opponent, which is something Slaking can't.
@@kanibelazy0585 I've seen it all too well
"They prefer using an actual good pokemon"
Ouch...
LMFAOOO!!! In PU, of all tiers...
In hackmons he's reasonably effective using huge power and extreme speed so I'd say without truant he'd actually be a great pokemon
He would probably be ubers, albeit a niche one
Huge Power is just a whole other beast though. How about Slaking with just a so-so ability?
Isnt huge power banned in hackmons?
@@jaden8923 that's balanced hackmons
@@buckygree3619 Well they didnt specify and you cant select gen 8 pure hackmons on showdown
"To exorcise Gengar"
This had me laughing
Never thought I'd ever hear the word "slaking" and "exercise" used in the same sente-
wait, wrong spelling.
When you are outclassed by your own prevolve, even in the lowest tier in the game
@Wow_ItsEricc I failed to explain myslef, in gen6, Slaking was (PU), while its prevolve Vigoroth is PUBL. I found that out and it made me snicker
@Ericifyed
Slaking*
Dusknoir and Porygon Z:First time?
@@suchomimustenerensis Actually Porygon-Z is UUBL and Porygon² is RU in Gen 7.
@magic bouncer lol Don't! Fans of the line have it good. They get a cute first form, a useable middle form, and a strong but gimmicky final form for when they're just trying to have fun.
The best thing to do with Slaking, is make him part of a double/triple battle, have one of the other Pokémon have a move/ability that'll cancel out Truant and you're good.
Exs
-Gastro Acid will cancel out Truant.
-Worry Seed with change it to Imsomnia.
-Entrainment will change Truant into the user's ability.
--Best users: Pangoro, Araquanid, Alcremie, Hawlucha, Pyroar, Dewgong.
--Each one has an ability that help Slaking out offensive or defensively.
-Mummy will make Mummy their ability on contact.
-Wandering Spirit will swap abilities.
I remember Skill Swap Xatu + Slaking was pretty good in the advance days.
Simple beam/neutralizing gas nowadays
Imagine:
Gorilla tactics slaking
No guard slaking
Intimidate slaking
Anger point slaking
Regenerator slaking
Truant, but it activates every third turn slaking
Huge power slaking
Moxie Slaking. Would make a
great Scarf set
Honestly since it would be pretty scary if boosted, imagine Beast Boost Slacking.
Anything-That-Isn't-Truant slaking.
wonder guard slaking! (existant within power swap sheninja)
That gen 4 sprite still bothers me to this day...
He's being uneducated
"draw me like one of your french girls."
That’s one of my favourite Pokémon sprites lol
Yeah that gen 4 sprite though was something else
is he picking his nose? lol
Just think about Gorilla Tactics Slaking for a second.
If Darmanitan’s 140 attack and 95 Speed makes it scary, Slaking’s 160 Attack and 100 Speed would be truly horrifying.
The best part of this entire video is definitely Chuggaaconroy getting mentioned, and I haven't even finished watching the video yet.
Galarian Weezing: I’ma save this man’s whole career...
Nonexistent Nationaldex: Imma End this man’s whole career
Soon
@@dustin3294 Gamefreak lied there are no Dex cut they will add all pokémon in DLC!
@Sidney J. Duffy in the first 2 expansion yes!But they said there are more Dlc in the work! And there is only 220 pokémon missing after the 2 expansion Isle of armor and Crown Thundra
Sidney J. Duffy they’re gonna add them sooner or later as DLC, after all they lied about adding more Pokémon
Slaking in “The Isle of Armor”, sheer force...
The only change I think Slaking needs would be this: Truant only activates when Slaking uses an attack.
This would open up Slaking's movepool, letting it use other sets for a change.
That would also allow him to somewhat counter protect setups, because that would switch the timing of truant.
Then the ability wouldn't be called Truant, but Procrastinate, hehe.
Also, FSG said Slaking lack recovery. That's not true since it can use slack off; the thing is that slaking's hability forces him to use sets with 4 attacks.
"As strong as Rayquaza, as bad as Ledian." Damn. Better get a burn heal for that.
Slaking: *sucks*
Weezing: "I'm about to save this man's whole career."
*Regigigas and Archeops has entered the chat*
*Durant has entered the chat*
Unfortunately slaking is not in sword and shield
@@eddietheguy13 he is in BDSP though
Damn I remember finding this channel around blastoise/dragonite episode, its been nearly 3 years already
Same and I didn’t even know anything about Competitive side of Pokémon then haha.
Never thought I'd hear chuggaaconroy mentioned on this channel
Same. I went to the comments to see if he said something 😂😂
Unlike Regigigas, however, Slaking's Ability actually seems warranted. I mean, rather than being a legendary (and one of the hardest legendaries to obtain outside of mythicals, at that), Slaking is really just an average Pokemon with a stat total rivaling Groudon and Kyogre. That said, its Ability is horribly crippling, but at least it can work decently enough as a one-turn nuke, since it can operate upon switching in and doesn't have to worry about its handicap until AFTER it uses a move. That sounds way better than what Regigigas has to put up with, considering it has to survive FIVE turns, with practically no healing or guard options, without ever switching out that entire time. Getting Regigigas to go well is like having the planets align perfectly in your favor, whereas Slaking just requires a decent enough prediction.
"kids should go to school or they won't be viable in the competitive metagame"
I has a lot to say about society, and yet, we live in one.
ANARCHY
The definition of society can mean organized union of inteligent beings, thats a good meaning what's your point?
Do you mean the law dictation aspect?
@@revelred my point is that it's a joke not to be taken seriously
Kids will only go to school if they want, some get forced to it because they are loved, if there are threats, mistreat or violence then its crime, they got the right to ask for help and the choice to flee away into the unknown, many people would help them, many will but they can be far away, from all of this experience, they can learn.
Schools pourpose include avoiding the harsh dificulty of being by yourself, also true that various schools teach diferent things, and there's been miss-information spread, sometimes partially on pourpose, but the people that seek to learn can learn.
Imagine it getting Gorilla Tactics!!
Or huge power
Oops I commented that didn’t see yours
NO!
@@obinnanwakwue5735 Agreed.
Or go play balanced hackmons after Slaking is released in dlc and see it
Except if you're trying to make Slaking an overkill 'mon GT prolly isn't the way to go about it
Cute idea though. Not only as he's a gorilla, but guerrilla tactics would be a good strategy for a glass cannon. Jump out and attack hard, run and hide before they retaliate....
Still likely not enough to compete in balanced hacks except maybe as a simple extreme speed double tap-er...... But cute
To be fair, both slaking and regigigas have 670 base stats, but have abilities that effectively cut their attack and speed in half.
No. Regi has that. Slaking keeps all of its evil stats but truant just makes it useless because of protect
I made a pause at the half of the video, I'll continue it the day after tomorrow
You are loafing around
L'assistant du Professeur Chen i’ll miss u
OP is loafing around!
1:30 "solid defense stat of 90", small mistake, it's actually 100 as shown in the video.
But overall, great content, as always
Just scrolling through to see if someone else had caught this.
Then again, it's the internet. More people caught it than watched it.
I've noticed something from watching your background footage... 🤔
Despite what GameFreak may or may not have said about upgrading animations for Sword and Shield, the old Stadium line of games actually had the most animated pokemon. The newer games animate the attacks but the pokemon themselves are stiff and lack so much personality compared to the Stadium style games. Even the camera be putting in work on regular moves in the Stadium games! 🤓
It would be AMAZING if they kept the new models they're clinging to so hard and reanimated them including idle, fainting, and damage taken animations for newer installments! Maybe even (and I know this may be asking way too much) have different animations between the two game versions the way older games had different sprites. 😍
yeah that last part was asking way too much lmao, there's 900 or so pokemon now, hell, it'd be too much work just to reanimate them at ALL at this point
@@happygamer_18 I feel like they should've stopped making new pokemon around Gen 4 or 5 and just use pokemon from those gens as starters. Add new mechanics like mega and tera type and possibly new legendaries but no more new pokemon. Sadly that ship has sailed...
Ledian has become a meme by now in this channel.
I love that
FSG's Ledian video was just FSG lying about Ledian the whole time, it's great, you should re-watch it XD
Truant buff: Recovers 20% of the max hp at the end of the lost turn.
Too op? Not enough?
U have a mini wish after every other turn thats way over the top
Considering you are literally giving up a turn to gain that health back i don't think it's over the top.
That sounds good to me
At least its getting some kind of reward of it. Doing nothing for one turn leads to devastating result for you especially when it originally does nothing. That is also why no one uses Hyper Beam/Giga Impact post Gen 1
@@Smart1529 that's not true, hyper beam and giga impact were used with z-crystals on certain pokemon
Legend says if you look at "consistent quality" in an encyclopedia, a picture of FSG is shown.
Slaking in Gen 3 OU:
Exists and One-Hit Ko's most Pokemon
Snorlax: Pathetic.
how's about a Giga Impact then? Adamant with max attack and choice band?. I don't think it survives that one, and it's already not moving the next turn anyway.
Gen 3 OU, Giga Impact didn't exist back then
@@obinnanwakwue5735 in gen 3 u still could use hyperbeam
@@maxxe2108 but he said Giga Impact
@@obinnanwakwue5735 but does it survive? And then when it did get Giga Impact, does it really change anything about the survivability of some Pokemon?
I can't wait for Slaking and Regigigas to be available in Gen 8, then in VGC a lot of people will use Regigigas/Slaking and Galarian Weezing Pair
Or, ya know, just use a pokemon that is already good and pair with an even better one than Wheezing ?
Would they still be Good ? I mean even with support Normal-STAB isnt that spammable with Aegislash and other Steels running everywhere
@@hoanganphanle Slaking has a base stat total only 10 lower than Mewtwo. People might be willing to give it team support if they can get an earthquake that powerful on a non-restricted pokemon.
Despite being one of the worst in competitive, in single player is arguably one of the best, since you can just switch out the Pokemon to another one after fainting the opponent. With a choice band, you basically have the best Pokemon to launch incredible powerful hyper beams with no recharge or truant wasting turns. You would OHKO everything. Imagine if the Pokemon who switch is another Slaking for another titanic hyper beam? Oh man....
Using single player as an example is a bad analogy. I've seen people beat the game with just a Magikarp.
You cannot switch out on a hyper beam recharge turn and post gen 3 hyper beam is special
@@vDeadboltwhy? Pokemon is a single player RPG.
@@josephbulkin9222 the game is literally designed for you to trade and battle other people.
On top of that, the difficulty in single player is a joke that any strat can work.
I always wanted to see a Galar Slakqueen. Similar to Slaking stats, Swap it's Attack with defense while Sp. Att with Sp. Def.
Does it have truant?
@@lordmolag45000 Slow Start lol.
@@lordmolag45000 Defeatist
@@lordmolag45000 It can...or give it a new ability...
"Children should go to school or else they won't be viable in the competitive metagame"
Y'all out here running toddler fights?
Nah i run a elder fighting ring (gen 1(
An ability suppressing item would be amazing for slaking and regigigas.
Trick and switcheroo with such an item would cripple a lot of pokemon as well.
Do it gamefreak!
I think i have a idea for that item: The Pressure point: This Needle puts pressure on the Pokemon turning their ability into the pressure ability
@@jakoblent4694 caffeine could give them insomnia maybe?
@@turbo8628 ohh thats good
“Slaking is loafing around.”
Slaking is confirmed to be bread
this
Nah, it's a shoe.
@Who Cares
Outclassed by most of the meta
@Who Cares
But it covers most of ham's and cheese's weaknesses making for a deadly combo in the lower tiers checking ketchup and mustard nicely.
Moral Of The Story: If you're gonna hit like a truck, you gotta be more durable than a toy truck and pack some extra firepower
Technically it's not durability, but lack of sustain... Well, in combination with being countered by any pokemon with subsitute or protect in its move pool on top of relying heavily on prediction.
Slaking has very good bulk. Very few things will kill it in one hit.
cocomunga STAB Focus Blast
Always loved watching Pimpnite bring out a Slaking in his random builds and wrecking with it because people didn't expect it xD.
CHUGGACONROY'S TEDDYYY!!!!!!
Famous Teddy
:)))
ThePokemonKage those were the days of OMG I was in 5th grade when I watched it(I found it during his Mario 64 ds lp)
That is some nostalgia! Remember watching that let's play back in the day!
Always fun when FSG mentions Chuggaa
Slaking and Regigigas are begging for Galarian Weezing to be their doubles partner 😂
Regigigas is back with the second DLC. It will be utterly terrifying
At least regigigas can beat slaking. Protect then insert a move
Gigas and Slaking begging Weezing to be it's doubles partner reminds me of that one kid who plays a niche sport, so when that's being played in PE everyone wants to partner with him XD
Kellen: Says base 90 defense
Me: DoN’t YoU mEaN bAsE 100 dEfEnSe
New drinking game. Watch the how good was series and take a shot every time they say “This generation’s UU resembling last generations OU”.
Or whenever he says
*UNFORTUNATELY*
Or whenever he says:
Unfortunately
Power creep
Alliterative sentences
In a cave
Slaking: *bashes Mewtwo into a rock wall*
Trainer: Good work Slaking, now let's finish this!
Slaking: *loafing around*
Trainer: Oh come on!
Mewtwo: *psychic flicks the trainer directly into a stalactite*
ouch
slaking is one of my favorite mons. Been using him alot in in nat dex lately. With a choice band he gets a kill every time he comes out
Imagine they gave this thing gorilla tactics as the hidden ability
They'd have to make a new tier above anything goes
it would be more broken than galarian darm bc then burning it wouldn't even be a good answer thanks to stab facade
Nose laser BWAHH
It’s chuggaaconroy’s Teddy
I love Chuggaaconroy’s Emerald LP
Do How Bad was Glalie Actually
He's done that
I don't care how bad it is. I still use it everytime I can.
I like slacking but I like vigoroth more. It has awesome design and decent stats for a middle evolution allowing it to hold eviolite
the fact that you remembered Teddy the Slaking made me happier than it should've
The gen 4 sprite looks like it wants to sell me some different kind of rare candies
Great video as usual. Any chance you'd cover Little Cup 'mons? I'd love to see a video on Meowth
Everyone's making fun of Slaking until Galarian Weezing decides to walks in
Something similar was when I used skill swap, my slaking was too good after losing its ability
Alas, we'll have to wait and see if the big oaf gets added in the SwSh DLC to see that. As well as whether or not Galarian Weezing's ability even works on Truant.
Norman’s Slaking was the bane of my existence back in Gen III, not quite as bad as Whitney’s Miltank but pretty close!
Thanks for another great vid FalseSwipe 💙🐱💙
Whitney was pretty easy for me.
Lady Leomon Whitney was one of the easiest battles ever
migil likes memes good for you dudes ... Wait are we talking Gen II Whitney or Gen IV-remake Whitney? Cos Gen IV-remake Whitney was easy because I remembered how bad she trounced me back in Gen II 😖😖😖
Lady Leomon the only gym leader that people should be getting mad about is kogas muk
Whitney was fucking easy in both the original and remake (especially the original) it's just that you were a kid and kids are dumb and due to this people struggled. I know I experienced the same thing with gen 5 electric gym leader's Emogla when I was a kid because I thought my overleveled Pignite could handle it easily.
Defeatist might be a good choice to give as a hidden ability for Slaking. Keeps the idea of it not being TOO broken power wise by giving another ability that sucks but isn't nearly as bad as Slow Start
Wow I never realized Slaking has legendary stats. Higher than pseudo-legendaries. But his ability is so cruel.
HOW TO MAKE SLAKING GREAT
N E U T R A L I Z I N G
G A S
@Pokémon Nerd 98 isn't it returning when the dlc releases? I Hope so .
@@Rramuh
Regigigas does.
Really hope he returns
I'd legit learn VGC only to use that, I love Slaking even tho it's always been unplayable
@Pokémon Nerd 98 2 words: Pokemon Home
There's something so funny about the way gen 5 gets described, weather, fighting types, dragons everywhere, it sounds wild lmaoo
I began dabbling in competitive play back then, and you are absolutely correct.
Imagine this: a fighting-dragon pokemon that has weather effects
Regigias: I’m the worst normal type
Slaking: Hold my beer
Nah. It's vigoroth's pre evo
Regigigas is definitely worse lol
G Weezing tho
*berry juice
Regigigas: Ok, here.
Slaking: I wasn't planning on doing anything. I just wanted someone else to hold my beer, it gets tiring having to hold 0.78 pounds, y'know?
I feel like even with the accuracy drop, Hustle Slaking would be scary
Dynamax.
Huge power slaking
Obviously.
Imagine being in doubles and using gastro acid on slacking.
This guy actually mentioned Chuggaaconroy's Teddy.
👍👍
I watched that whole chugga playthrough
as an avid fan of Slaking I have to say, knowing you can avoid truant by simply switching out changed how I used it and made if one of my all time favourite pivots, also surprise hyper beam gets the best reactions from people
We all deserve to know
How GOOD was Sunflora ACTUALLY?
Come on, FSG, I know you wanna talk about the Uber Flower.
Better than Slaking
Yea it can kill a primal groudon with choice specs
SUNKERN.
@@htyfg11 with grass knot
no one:
fsg: and with UU resembling the previous generation's OU...
Gen 9 pu will be gen 4 ou at this rate lol
@@sleazymeezy
Yep, the power creep continues.
This whole "no one: youtuber:" trend needs to end - it's painfully unfunny and unoriginal.
@@Totherphoenix no one:
this one guy: this trend that people seem to enjoy needs to end because I personally don't enjoy it
and the Fighting Types, Latios, Ferrothorn, Terrakion etc lol
I used to use Slaking competitively in Pokemon Showdown. From what I remember, Slaking wasn't actually that bad. I give him Giga Impact since he couldn't move next turn anyway. Also, Slaking is bulky enough to survive a few turn if there are no hazards on the field like stealth rock. Give slaking an assault vest to help boost his sp defense. In my honest opinion I would say Slaking is okay.
Yes a pokemon thats considered a joke by pu standerds is "ok"
Man i remember chuggaaconroy's emerald playthrough
Slaking is so good that Truant was Game Freak's way to "balance" it.
Also GameFreak: Mega Rayquazza,Gorrila Tactics,Surge Abilities,Megas,Dynamax,Z-Moves,UBs,Psudeo Legendaries,) and ect.
@@Nosretep
You forgot Fishious Rend
@@ace-trainer-aj That too. Along with Delta Stream and Desolate Land.
@@Nosretep dont forget hustle bolt beak lol thats still a thing
@@bewarebewear1507 GameFreak simply needs to get rid of Truant and Slow Start.
God tier stats
Unfit for any comp scene
Perfectly balanced, as all things should be
"Teddy is loafing around".
- Chungacoonroy.
Currently waiting for Slaking and Regigigas to come out so Weezing can bless them🥰
PSA: everyone that’s saying Neutralizing Gas isn’t causing as big of an impact is because currently we don’t have the Pokémon available that has an ability that makes or breaks a game...
Yeah but that only works in double battles and if weezing get's knocked out then slaking's truant would re-activate and we would be back in square one .
I just wanna share that my name is Norman, and pokemon Ruby was the first game where my character's name was "Norm". My dad IRL is also named Norman, and growing up, he was very involved in mine and my sibling's love of pokemon. Finding out that the gym leader was my dad, named Norman was so surprising that I cried. I hope someone enjoyed that.
Can't wait to see Slacking and Regigigas get good in VGC when they're added to Galar. Neutralizing gas Weezing will make them amazing