@@ghostofthesea630 Yeah, Flutter Mane never even bothered attacking and was just trolling Roaring Moon the entire time, which fits with Flutter Mane's and Mismagius's personalities.
If I have learned anything from these Battle Royales, it’s that Ghost-types have the best advantage by simply hiding in the shadows/walls until the end, then picking off the remaining combatants one by one.
I thought the Iron Swords of Justice Megazord idea to make the Violet Book image a reality was a really neat creative liberty, loved this battle royale.
The Iron swords combining is a great idea cause well their bots. It was funny the Scarlet paradox’s try to become one then it’s revealed their just on top of one another
flutter mane getting disabled and then encored was absolutely hilarious, I've never even seen that strat before but now I gotta use it in game whenever I can
If you want to use that in an actual battle, it only works the other way around, unless you can guarantee going second with Disable and then first with Encore.
Saybleye can be obnoxious with this because of prankster and already good support options like Will-O-Wisp because of burns and Knock Off because Knock Off. Heck, this thing even learns Recover, so if you can’t hit it with priority, can’t OHKO it (usually ends up just being multi hits due to sash) and aren’t a dark type then you just lose to this thing because you get forced to struggle to death as this thing keeps healing itself.
@@kamekmechanic80 The strategy is almost never seen in actual competitive play, since the opponent can just switch. The Sableye user is usually better off with just Encore rather than waste a move slot on Disable, since it already struggles to fit everything it wants such as Fake Out, Helping Hand, Quash, and Protect in doubles, as well as Knock Off, Recover, Will-O-Wisp, Taunt, and Foul Play in general.
4:43 “While EATR runs on biomass for fuel, it is currently unable to consume bodies, as that would go against the Geneva Convention’s rules against desecrating bodies.” *Currently* unable.
Fun fact: iron bundle isn’t just fast, slap a choice scarf on it and it goes fast enough to CANCEL OUT TRICK ROOM. That thing deserves all the respect it got here
It's also quite strong in the meta, since they used that as reference too. I love that of all the paradox, the one based off DELIBIRD, is such a damn powerhouse
@@w1nther930 Iron Bundle is my favorite for that fact alone since I really love Delibird, even if I would never consider it competitively viable in any capacity 😅
"None are particularly Meta" The VGC data for this is well out of date. Raging Bolt is very much meta. Animations take a lot of time though so that makes sense.
@@mysticpumpkin8520 While Miraidon is doing well competitively, the big difference between fluttermane and miraidon is that miraidon needs a lot more support to work well (but when supported works REALLY well), while fluttermane is more of a well rounded offensive beast that can be easily slotted into, which also means every team needs to factor in fluttermane and have counters for it.
I've always thought it was ironic regarding Iron Valiant's lore that the scientist's goal was to create the ultimate Psychic type by fusing a Gardevoir and Gallade but instead got a Fairy/Fighting type terminator instead. Also good to know the funni snowcone machine got so far, it's the only shiny paradox I have :3
16:40 As someone who plays the tcg, this card is so strong people will run lightning energy in decks with no other lightning attackers just for the Amp attack. It may not hit for huge numbers, but being able to cut off the enemy's support while keeping the prizes even cannot be understated (for those who don't play the tcg, the main win condition is taking 6 prizes, and a lot of decks use 1 prize pokemon to not only support and keep the deck functioning, but also to make so the opponent falls behind on the prize trade and has to take 4 knockouts instead of taking 3 2 prize pokemon if they go out of their way and force the support into the active, and iron hands can keep you on a 3 knockout game while crippling their deck)
I don't play the TCG so I may be completely wrong here, but your explanation means that Iron Hands is useful in a team setting. But that doesn't apply in a battle royale.
@soldierstride554 Sure, but that's true about every finalist in this video, and less true for hands. Bundle forces them out of the active and discards itself, only good if they have a bad set-up. Mane is only good against decks that rely on their active's ability (very niche) and is useless against everything else. Scream tail is only good on an archetype that's not top tier anymore. Miraidon does create its own archetype but is usually not the main attacker. Hands can work in Miraidon, Chien Pao, Lugia, lost zone, and a lot of other decks as a very threatening attacker. The paradox trio are the only ones that work as the main hard-hitting attackers, and gouging fire is the only one that can fit in a fire deck as a one of attacker, meaning you have to build your deck around the other two (wake needs bonnet+booster, bolt needs ogerpon), which limits creativity.
@@hershy1594 hmmm-hmmm... Thanks! Alright then, if you were to rewrite/edit the script of the animation, how would you implement Iron Hands' strengths?
@soldierstride554 He might have a stronger top 4 case, although the only one I can see him replacing is bundle. Mane destroys him in vgc and singles, screams pokedex entry is just too OP, and miraidon is miraidon. Bundle is better in singles, but hands has the better card and is a world champ. Even if it didn't change, calling his card "not particularly noteworthy" just got me riled up. And if I needed to edit the video, maybe just him crushing Bonnet because he eats them for breakfast in the tcg
4:43 | I just realized that is basically the reason on how eventually humanity extinguish itself on Ultrakill, as the robots of Ultrakill use blood as fuel, and as they are for war, blood is everywhere.
I loved watching all of the Iron ‘Mons lean full into being weird robotic toys, Treads as a vacuum and Bundle as a decapitated yo-yo alongside Moth shooting their legs like bullets was all such a treat! Also props to Sandy Shocks and Valiant, well-fought y’all :)
By the way, one of Iron Hands's cards IS very noteworthy, Iron Hands ex's amp you very much is a great attack that allows you to take an extra prize card. Which means it basically can count as 2 kos instead of 1 It currently sees quite a bit of play
I think a great next one could be 'Ashdex battle royale" where you take all the pokemon ash ever caught on his journey and have then duke it out. Its hard to imagine who could beat ashs greninja, aside from maybe pikachu, but its be cool to see nontheless.
Side Note: If you haven't seen Prehistoric Planet I highly recommend watching both seasons. It's probably the best dinosaur documentary series since Walking with Dinosaurs.
My favorite moment was Sandy shocks in general, I love him going to chill with his fellow electric type before coming out of the to be so close to wiping out a ton of the other combatants, really is nice considering how little focus the magnemite line gets in these battle royales
Or watched Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans. The mobile armors in that are self repairing by eating other machinery and went beyond it's own programming to eliminate all humanity.
Dont worry, it felt off in competitive. Now you just need to be aware of Iron Leaves, Iron Valiant, Miraidon, Iron Crown, Iron Bundle.....lots of Iron really
Iron Valiant’s death feels unfair. It’s been OU since release and I don’t get why it loses to a freaking PU comic relief mon. Lore-wise, it “cuts down foes mercilessly”, but in the video it just. Holds and stares at Scream Tail for ten seconds? It’s the equivalent of Roaring Moon in terms of base stats, and both of them are the AI professors’ aces in respective games. It should’ve had at least one kill at least.
I absolutely agree that it got done dirty, it hurts like a spear considering it is also my favorite paradox by far. I also don’t like the fact that this is one of the very few times that they straight up ignored lore and turned a blind eye to a really awesome Pokémon. Honestly I think that this one is shaping up to be my least favorite battle royal. :(
@@CertifiedSoapEater admittedly though, this is basically the worst matchup it could have run into at the start. Dual type advantages from flutter mane, bulky wall which can take its hits and heal off its damage. It however probably would be able to just easily eliminate iron hands, brute bonnet and similar mons
I also thinks that Scream Tail’s screaming ability is a bit of a biased assessment against the future paradox, like yeah it malfunctions machinery, but given how loud it is, I think pretty much any organism that can hear is gonna be bothered by it, not just the machines. So realistically, the future paradox inherently doesn’t have any major weakness towards the scream, since everybody would be effected equally by it
I was super happy to see Iron Bundle last so long. As an ice type specialist it’s always a pleasure to see ice types do well in these battle royale scenarios
Mad respect to you for specializing in ice types! I know it ain't easy to constantly use a type with a lot of weaknesses but they really shine if used well (And besides, ice types have some BANGER designs, i don't think i can name a single ugly ice type pokemon) -sincerely, a grass type specialist
@@Roseberry606 I can name an ugly ice type design. Crabominable. If it weren’t for the fact that he’s actually kind of good, he’d be the only ice type I hate lol.
More than anything else, I think Flutter Mane's typing is what makes it deserve the win. Being immune to Dragon- and Fighting-type attacks while having STAB against Dragon- and Psychic-types is a massive advantage when most of the heavy-hitters among the Paradox Pokemon are some combination of those three types (including both of the Box Legendaries, and especially Koraidon). Meanwhile, the only opponents who could prey on its type weaknesses were the Steel-types (as Flutter Mane is the only Ghost Paradox): Iron Treads (who went out early) and Iron Crown (who was never going to win the Battle Royale on its own). When almost every other Paradox Pokemon's typing could theoretically be kept in check by others, the one-two punch of having easily the best defensive typing and one of the best offensive typings in this scenario is something that would be hard to top. Sure, you *could* make the argument that, because the future Paradox Pokemon are robots, Fairy-types should have "logically" been weak to any of them, but gameplay-wise? Flutter Mane was always going to be the one to beat.
While miraidon technically isn't super effective against fluttermane, it's sheer power makes it basically on nearly even ground, since even neutral hits would do massive damage; None of the paradox mons are immune to both electric and dragon. Though fluttermane still beats it by it's protosynthesis being able to make it faster even if they technically have the same base speed. Competitive-wise it was always going to come down to these two, but fluttermane is just more flexible; While fluttermane isn't doing as well competitively currently, part of the reason is because every team has to be able to counter fluttermane.
15:40 in addition, a Battle Royale like this is all about getting your enemies to fight each other so you don't have to. Screaming to confuse enemies means that Scream Tail can avoid taking too much damage until the end
I loved Iron Bundles representation. I also love the fact that it lost it's paint, referencing its shiny. Also, TerminalMontage made it look adorable as well.
I think Flutter Mane winning here just rubs me the wrong way because that way of winning was what got Giratina disqualified in the Legendary Battle Royale
@confuseddragonedits2294 Flutter Mane got hit by 3 electric moves from Miraidon + a scream from scream tail. And with its Defense not being too high, I'm questioning why it survived without a scratch
That’s different though, Giratina straight up left the fight while Flutter Mane simply ‘dodged’ the attack by avoiding it through hiding in an alternate space.
@confuseddragonedits2294While that may be true, he has been hit by a ton of attacks already so even if the Phantom Force wouldn’t normally drop him the accumulated damage he had worked against him.
@@dariouscollins575Because it was attacked the least, out of every combatant here she dodged the most attacks and tanked the least amount of hits and damage.
8:00 Oh. Ohhhhh! The whole “being the Three Musketeers” and semi-French deal made me kind of forget that there’s actual overlap here. And also explains a little about Cobalion and Iron Leaves’ coloration. On top of all that you said, if that connection is true, then they might be an offshoot of France’s assistance in the American Revolution, and the famously greenish-teal Statue of Liberty (and other French gifts made of copper [which can be interpreted as Terrakion’s brown color]).
Of course flutter mane the strongest competitive paradox won, i do think iron hands would have done better cause of how strong he is in competitive too
Fluttermane *is* great, competitively, but it's usage has dropped off a cliff in Reg G - not because it's bad, just that Calyrex-S is just the same but even *better* In contast, Miraidon and Koraidon are actually doing pretty well for the most part in Reg G
Probably because it was still in the experimental phase of the meta during research. That's the issue with playing with new information, it's a lot more easily foiled by people looking deeper into it
I'm saying! Great Neck be out here clapping pokes up with that thunder.😂 Also, shouldn’t vgc be referenced more since it's the official play vs smogon?
Scream Tail is also really good in VGC thanks to being one of the most ANNOYING supporters you could imagine. Disable + Encore is the most infamous (even seen in the royale itself lol), but it can also Perish Trap when paired with Gothitelle, so have fun dealing with that. I think the guy who'll vouch for Scream Tail's viability would be 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick.
16:44 Amp You Very Mush attack is quite a powerful move since it can give you extra prize cards when knocking out smaller basics like Ralts or Charmander which were popular when the card first released.
So were pokedex entries just not considered? Koraidon splitting the land with it's fists ensures it overpowers any physical opponents, and Miraidon being able to turn the land to ash would mean its strong enough to instantly take out anything else there
@@LightA28 Only half of the Dex entries are fake, the others are the actual real lore for the Paradox The entries stating that Koraidon can split apart the whole region and Miraidon can scorch it are from the real halfs Also they took into account the entries for other Paradox, so this just seems like an excuse to not have Miraidon or Koraidon win when they are the only correct answers for who wins. They would obliterate everyone else on the battlefield.
Dex entries need to be taken with a grain of salt since most have to be exaggerations, otherwise these Pokemon would never lose in a normal Pokemon battle not involving another Legendary
9:59 I would like to note that this is actually the reason scream tail is one of the only paradoxes banned in competitive 1v1. Yep, turns out bulky encore/disable is cracked in a meta where you cant switch out. Not sure if this was intentional but it made me really love this video.
Brute Bonnet being the first fatality was fricking hilarious, god I love these video they make me feel so much more smarter overall great video Can't wait to see more of this
Really good explanation. If I had to name any complaints it'd be that despite what you said, scream tail still feels shoe horned in to make it a 2 future vs 2 past finale and that this video doesnt take into account of miraidons recent overwhelming success competitively
Agreed. I do admit that Flutter would probably still get the win for typing alone, but Scream feels like such a sneak pick. Like sure, bring up the frequency thing and have it live longer than one would expect, but being bad in all actual mechanics ways it totally shouldn't have made it to the finale.
I feel like scream tail would’ve been easily beaten by a past paradox since they wouldn’t be affected by its screaming, also if they didn’t make iron valiant incompetent it could’ve easily sliced scream tail before it screamed
4:43 Has no one in the realm of any sort of military anything heard of Horizon: Zero Dawn? War machines that eat biomass are how we get the apocalypse. Please, let’s not do that.
Great video! I do wanna add some rep to poor Iron Hands though, he's a beast in the Tera Raids. Provided he's allowed to, he can hit hard and survive as long as he does so!
"Iron Valiant mercilessly cuts down foes without hesitation", which is why it holds up Scream Tail and stares at it for a solid ten seconds instead of doing anything and dies for it. ...okay?
@@drawingdragon Zero _attacks_ more like. I'm not saying Valiant would win the whole thing (Flutter obliterates it easy) or make top four, or that it even beats Scream Tail (to be perfectly honest, it probably does lose). But it walked in, was used for a gag, did nothing and died. Surprising snub.
Actually Iron Valiant chose a horrible opponent due to scream tail's bulkiness and type advantage. If you check out damage calculations, Iron Valiant loses to Scream Tail. Not to mention Valiant being a robot.
I just happened to rewatch all the battle royale and explanation videos yesterday! waking up to see these master pieces this morning was awesome! thank you both for the great content!
As glad as I am that the future Paradoxes were given a proper showcase (things like Iron Moth's missile legs, Bundle's snow machine and Jugulis' drone heads which go largely unnoticed got the spotlight here), I feel there could have been a bit more added to them. Iron Hands could have used its defibrillator hands (seen during Thunderbolt) to revive a fainted participant, Moth could've shot some concentrated attacks after assembling its wings into a sun (seen during a few of its special moves including the Beams), Valiant could've tried long-range options against Scream Tail with the gun on its chest spike before going physical, Treads could've rolled around at the speed of sound which is the whole point of its design. Not surprised Flutter Mane won though, that thing is a menace.
Valiant has been done so dirty. Like, its a literal killer robot, they even mention that it cuts down anyone without hesitation. And its only fight was literaly picking up screamtail and then waiting to die. Like, of all paradox mon, valient should be the last to die due to "sensory overload".
I feel the arena was biased against them, having an arena that floods singles out like 4 future paradox Pokémon that can live, it feels stacked against them. Not to mention the Iron Hands Pokémon card is actually good
with the series basically done, I think it would be a good idea to redo the original battle royal, not only because there's been two whole new generations worth of pokemon, but also because the winner being ditto as magikarp landing on magikarp feels like such a non-answer compared to the research put into the other battle royals. However at the same time I do get not wanting to try to research a winner for a thousand pokemon
I just realized, Meri never used it signature move in the Battle Royale. Towards the end it was either using parabolic charge or discharge, Thunderbolts trying to snipe bundle, Dragon claw I think I saw, but it never used drift
Agreed on everything except first place. I think it should be Miraidon, base on the lore and also that he recently became one of the most powerful meta Pokemon in the game.
I'm not sure if it was intentional, but the info we get on Iron Hands in the game sounds like the backstory of Cyborg from the DC comics. A football player who was involved in an accident and was rebuilt into a machine body.
I personally don't like how RM and Koraidon got taken out. It felt a little forced how Roaring Moon decided that the only way to beat Koraidon was taking itself out with it, and how Koraidon somehow got easily manhandled by Roaring Moon.
Tfw the Winged King, terror of the ancient world, at full power, gets tackled into a wall and dies instantly, but a really loud balloon makes it to final four
I always love your explanations. Always viewing the animation and immediately heading towards your video to get the knowledge for my gnoggin. Also I like how the background poster shows the final four before showing them off.
My favourite part was when Flutter Mane, who has 55 HP and 55 Defense tanked multiple attacks from Pokemon with Attack and Special Attack stats over 130 and then knocked out Miraidon, who has 100 Defense, with Phantom Force, a physical attack, even though it's Attack stat is also 55
aaaaand no justification for why Iron Treads died. Not even an animation - other future pokemon survived the magnet, but not him? Sure, the flood probably finished him off... but no confirmation. Ouch.
Something I learned playing Pokerogue, with its floors 190-200 being all paradox pokemon, is that fairy type is super effective against half of them, and only like 3 are resistant, so of course the best fairy type makes it to the end.
Fun fact relating to TCG Flutter Mane: It is the most atrociously trolly lead against most decks in the meta when using an ancient box deck, as it has a single energy retreat cost and since it shuts down the opponent active's ability, it often means it's possible to prevent opponents from setting up while you set up
Fr if we're talking online battle viability so much, that robot nuked my entire team more times than I could count. The heck you mean the murder robot dies to someone screaming-
@@silver_was_found Agreed, I feel Scream Tail got favoritism carried. "Useless in every game format, but I can make a real life reference that's interesting, but also not something actually mentioned as the 'mon being able to do." I understand Valiant still might not have made the top 4 otherwise (not much VGC presence) but it was absolutely taken out just for "lol, you thought Scream Tail would be an early death" fake out.
Awesome video! Great breakdown of everything we missed. I talk about FlutterMane frequently on my channel so to see how the finale played out was incredibly accurate. Would it be cool if I used the FlutterMane sections of the battle in a “but it’s only” video I’m working on? Again keep up the amazing work!
Real nice how you still came up with research/jokes with the paradoxes even though the pokedex entries are pretty much barren this time. The fusion of Proto Beasts will always be in our hearts...... 😔😔😭😭
14:53 I'd call it "joker immunity" but that's for villains, not comic relief. Let me check TVTropes... Ah here we go, it's called "Iron Butt-Monkey" apparently. Flattering. Also the term you're looking for is "rule of funny" which of course what determines if the butt-monkey is made of iron or not.
I was wondering how the "lore" of this video came into fruition since I was 101% that these were NOT in ScaVio. OF COURSE IT'S FROM TCG. As someone who plays TCG daily, I even forgot that there are flavor texts in these.
??? Where do you think those TCG flavor texts were taken from? Wikis? Fanfiction? They como from the games, they 101% are *IN* ScVi. They just aren't spoon fed to you, you have to find half of them cuz the Dex doesn't give you the entirity of it.
@@jvbon646 No they're right, a lot of this is just explicitly not mentioned anywhere in the game. Iron Moth being able to launch its "feet" like bullets, Iron Jugulis launching its smaller heads as projectiles, Sandy Shocks having that kind of insane magnetic power, even the joke about Iron Hands bulldozing through walls. The game info is almost nonexistent, and everything that IS given to us comes from a dubious narrator.
@@drawingdragon The Iron Moth legs and Iron Jugulis head things are actually present ingame as their second physical attack animations, they're just very obscure to get since the former isn't played by any of Moth's moves and the latter is only played by Dragon Tail. The best option is to use Synchro Mode with them and spam the attack button until you get their "rare" animation.
Ngl I feel like Raging Bolt would've had a much better chance than scream tail or Iron bundle. It's only real weaknesses would be Great tusk, Brute Bonnet, Miraidon, and Flutter mane, but it can OHKO flutter mane with priority thunderclap, unless flutter mane runs a max spdef set
@@iantaakalla8180 Yeah, and simply having priority and being to OHKO most everything (not taking into account the grounded terrain boost on electric types brought by miraidon), Raging Bolt has the best VGC performance of any paradox mon. I understand if it didn't win because it wasn't in other games or the anime or smth, but I assumed it would've made it further
@@iantaakalla8180 Miraidon setting the Electric Terrain boosted Iron Bundle's speed even further with its Quark Drive ability - that's why there was such a dramatic difference in speed between them.
Raging Bolt and "Not particularly meta" don't mix in the same sentence. It was the single most used pokémon in VGC in regulation F, and the fourth in regulation G. Even above the powerful Miraidon (who finally had its chance in G) and the tricky Fluttermane. I'm gonna guess this used data from several months ago, because it's not exactly new that the electric proto beast is a competitive monster.
Really hoping there will be a large collaboration between TerminalMontage and a bunch of other people to give us a Smash Bros battle royale sometime in the future
I mean it does have a standard type advantage, even if in the span of a real 1v1 ST would have no chance. But as a jigglypuff fan it was just fun to watch it go so far if just for the jokes, and at the end of the day thats the most important thing in a TM video lol
there’s like no logic behind it, it isn’t even using a psychic or fairy move, but the most important thing is that people enjoy the funny stuff i guess :shrug: idk i feel like I might be hyperfixating
@@silver_was_found I dunno, I'm pretty sure its using Psychic Noise here, a sound based psychic move. But I could see the argument if it won and using the sound messing up mechs argument could only carry it so far. But even if that did actually work, it would still lose in a 1v1 to FM, so FM coming out on top is the 'canon' part, and everything else is just the jokes they could fill with.
Amp you very much is not only good, it's terrifying. Anything that says "take an extra prize card" immediately has literally everyone watching it to throw it onto the ban list
Tbh I find it somewhat ironic Flutter Mane wins for her VGC performance JUST when it started to fall off because of Calyrex shadow, Miraidon and Zamazenta
I mean to be fair when your checks are The Second most busted pokemon from SS, The OP Box art from ScVI and The SS Box art that wasn't nerfed, you'd still deserve the win
It's an exaggeration to say a pokémon fell off when the usage is lower is because people are building teams half dedicated to checking it so they don't instantly lose.
So for the Iron Hands card, "Amp You Very Much" is very much a localization pun. In Japanese (ごっつあんプリファイ 'Gottsuanpurifai') it loosely translates to "Thank-plify" and is a portmanteau of gottsuan (a slang word among sumo meaning "thank you") and amplify. Still not that good of a pun but it's a good localization.
Roaring Moon going toe to toe with Flutter Mane and coming out alive… That must be the strongest Roaring Moon to have ever lived, and the ballsiest.
Pretty sure Flutter Mane was mocking them since .... Moonblast
@@ghostofthesea630 Yeah, Flutter Mane never even bothered attacking and was just trolling Roaring Moon the entire time, which fits with Flutter Mane's and Mismagius's personalities.
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Must've been tera bug Roaring Moon
Flutter mane wasn't taking it seriously at all lmao
Just laughing in Uber
If I have learned anything from these Battle Royales, it’s that Ghost-types have the best advantage by simply hiding in the shadows/walls until the end, then picking off the remaining combatants one by one.
That *is* what gets rewarded in a battle royale, yes.
I mean mind powers be damned, being abstract or ghostly makes you incredibly opportunistic for 95% of the things out there lmao
Truuuuuuuue
Or they're trying to get the highest K/D ratio in the entire royale. (Mainly just Gengar)
@@noahlake9300 Whenever we see Gengar its safe to say he isn't out to win. he's out to kill as many mons as he can.
I thought the Iron Swords of Justice Megazord idea to make the Violet Book image a reality was a really neat creative liberty, loved this battle royale.
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With the proto-beast gag following was a grade A joke, too.
The Iron swords combining is a great idea cause well their bots. It was funny the Scarlet paradox’s try to become one then it’s revealed their just on top of one another
Fr best battle royale
Would've been cool if they used the Go Go Power Rangers song as they combined
flutter mane getting disabled and then encored was absolutely hilarious, I've never even seen that strat before but now I gotta use it in game whenever I can
Scream Tail was an absolute menace for that moment alone.
If you want to use that in an actual battle, it only works the other way around, unless you can guarantee going second with Disable and then first with Encore.
@@dysrDouble battles?
Saybleye can be obnoxious with this because of prankster and already good support options like Will-O-Wisp because of burns and Knock Off because Knock Off. Heck, this thing even learns Recover, so if you can’t hit it with priority, can’t OHKO it (usually ends up just being multi hits due to sash) and aren’t a dark type then you just lose to this thing because you get forced to struggle to death as this thing keeps healing itself.
@@kamekmechanic80 The strategy is almost never seen in actual competitive play, since the opponent can just switch. The Sableye user is usually better off with just Encore rather than waste a move slot on Disable, since it already struggles to fit everything it wants such as Fake Out, Helping Hand, Quash, and Protect in doubles, as well as Knock Off, Recover, Will-O-Wisp, Taunt, and Foul Play in general.
4:43 “While EATR runs on biomass for fuel, it is currently unable to consume bodies, as that would go against the Geneva Convention’s rules against desecrating bodies.”
*Currently* unable.
And not because it can't. But because it's against the Geneva Convention
Horizon Zero Dawn…
🌚
Ultrakill
Shhhh…
Fun fact: iron bundle isn’t just fast, slap a choice scarf on it and it goes fast enough to CANCEL OUT TRICK ROOM. That thing deserves all the respect it got here
Yeah its like if Regieleki didn't have to rely on Tera blast to be relevant against every ground type and volt absorber ever
Iron Bundle made it to the final 4 because you gave it toon force. i love it
It's also quite strong in the meta, since they used that as reference too. I love that of all the paradox, the one based off DELIBIRD, is such a damn powerhouse
@@w1nther930 Iron Bundle is my favorite for that fact alone since I really love Delibird, even if I would never consider it competitively viable in any capacity 😅
It is just that silly.
The power of silly penguin (and metagame in VGC) compels it😅
We stand our cute penguin
ngl, i was rooting for the lil guy the moment i recognized the battle droid voice
The B1 droids' portrayal of Iron Bundle was amusing, and it was amazing to hear them recognize a line from Jedi Survivor regarding stims.
"None are particularly Meta"
The VGC data for this is well out of date. Raging Bolt is very much meta.
Animations take a lot of time though so that makes sense.
As does researching something like this I imagine, and since the research needs to come first... yeah...
Yeah. Raging Bolt, Miraidon and Iron Bundle specially
Flutter Mane ironically fell off
I thought this was particularly singles-centric, especially in the beginning of Scarlet/Violet.
@@mysticpumpkin8520 We DON'T talk about the menace that is Calyrex (especially SHADOW)
@@mysticpumpkin8520 While Miraidon is doing well competitively, the big difference between fluttermane and miraidon is that miraidon needs a lot more support to work well (but when supported works REALLY well), while fluttermane is more of a well rounded offensive beast that can be easily slotted into, which also means every team needs to factor in fluttermane and have counters for it.
Iron Bundle being voiced by the B1 droids was hilarious even recognizing the lines from Jedi Survivor was great with the line about stims
I was NOT ready for sandy shocks to absolutely wreak havoc for the 10 seconds it had.
Like gmax hatterene in the gmax battle royal
And it was epic during every single second.
I've always thought it was ironic regarding Iron Valiant's lore that the scientist's goal was to create the ultimate Psychic type by fusing a Gardevoir and Gallade but instead got a Fairy/Fighting type terminator instead.
Also good to know the funni snowcone machine got so far, it's the only shiny paradox I have :3
The Skooks bit absolutely killed me, loved that reference. Also Iron Bundle sounding like a battle droid was very fitting, I liked how he moved.
16:40 As someone who plays the tcg, this card is so strong people will run lightning energy in decks with no other lightning attackers just for the Amp attack. It may not hit for huge numbers, but being able to cut off the enemy's support while keeping the prizes even cannot be understated (for those who don't play the tcg, the main win condition is taking 6 prizes, and a lot of decks use 1 prize pokemon to not only support and keep the deck functioning, but also to make so the opponent falls behind on the prize trade and has to take 4 knockouts instead of taking 3 2 prize pokemon if they go out of their way and force the support into the active, and iron hands can keep you on a 3 knockout game while crippling their deck)
I was just about to say this! Iron hands is a complete menace in the TCG exclusively for that attack lol
I don't play the TCG so I may be completely wrong here, but your explanation means that Iron Hands is useful in a team setting. But that doesn't apply in a battle royale.
@soldierstride554 Sure, but that's true about every finalist in this video, and less true for hands. Bundle forces them out of the active and discards itself, only good if they have a bad set-up. Mane is only good against decks that rely on their active's ability (very niche) and is useless against everything else. Scream tail is only good on an archetype that's not top tier anymore. Miraidon does create its own archetype but is usually not the main attacker. Hands can work in Miraidon, Chien Pao, Lugia, lost zone, and a lot of other decks as a very threatening attacker. The paradox trio are the only ones that work as the main hard-hitting attackers, and gouging fire is the only one that can fit in a fire deck as a one of attacker, meaning you have to build your deck around the other two (wake needs bonnet+booster, bolt needs ogerpon), which limits creativity.
@@hershy1594 hmmm-hmmm... Thanks! Alright then, if you were to rewrite/edit the script of the animation, how would you implement Iron Hands' strengths?
@soldierstride554 He might have a stronger top 4 case, although the only one I can see him replacing is bundle. Mane destroys him in vgc and singles, screams pokedex entry is just too OP, and miraidon is miraidon. Bundle is better in singles, but hands has the better card and is a world champ. Even if it didn't change, calling his card "not particularly noteworthy" just got me riled up. And if I needed to edit the video, maybe just him crushing Bonnet because he eats them for breakfast in the tcg
4:43 | I just realized that is basically the reason on how eventually humanity extinguish itself on Ultrakill, as the robots of Ultrakill use blood as fuel, and as they are for war, blood is everywhere.
I was looking for the Ultrakill connoisseur
MANKIND IS DEAD
HELL IS FULL
BLOOD IS FUEL
MANKIND IS DEAD
BLOOD IS FUEL
HELL IS FULL
moment
terminalmontage should do a video on ultrakill
MANKIND IS DEAD
BLOOD IS FUEL
HELL IS FULL
MACHINE IS KING
MANKIND IS DEAD
BLOOD IS FUEL
HELL IS FULL
I love how expressive Iron Hands was, given the whole "theoretical former human" thing, adding to it's type awareness.
I loved watching all of the Iron ‘Mons lean full into being weird robotic toys, Treads as a vacuum and Bundle as a decapitated yo-yo alongside Moth shooting their legs like bullets was all such a treat!
Also props to Sandy Shocks and Valiant, well-fought y’all :)
The "Check Engine" Light bit got me good.
Misdreavus is probably my favorite Pokemon, so seeing a version of it come out on top was fantastic.
I share that sentiment. =D
By the way, one of Iron Hands's cards IS very noteworthy, Iron Hands ex's amp you very much is a great attack that allows you to take an extra prize card. Which means it basically can count as 2 kos instead of 1
It currently sees quite a bit of play
THANK YOU. I WAS THINKING THIS THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT!
lost box my beloved
@@flambo6554Shrouded Fable Kyurem would like to have a nice talk
@@enhidri160
friendship ENDED with colress’s experiment
now dusknoir/lost city is my best friend
though traditional lost box variants run bench barrier manaphy anyways, so it shouldn’t be a massive issue… probably
I think a great next one could be 'Ashdex battle royale" where you take all the pokemon ash ever caught on his journey and have then duke it out. Its hard to imagine who could beat ashs greninja, aside from maybe pikachu, but its be cool to see nontheless.
Side Note: If you haven't seen Prehistoric Planet I highly recommend watching both seasons. It's probably the best dinosaur documentary series since Walking with Dinosaurs.
Speaking of: Walking With Dinosaurs is getting a second season
Who produced that wondering where to find it?
New walking with dinosaurs is in the works :)
@@jamesmccarthy962 Apple TV
My favorite moment was Sandy shocks in general, I love him going to chill with his fellow electric type before coming out of the to be so close to wiping out a ton of the other combatants, really is nice considering how little focus the magnemite line gets in these battle royales
4:34 Apparently, no one in the military higher ups has ever played Horizon.
Exactly what I was thinking 😭
Or Ultrakill
or worse, they have and thought it was a great idea.
@Pencilknight360 oh no
Or watched Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans. The mobile armors in that are self repairing by eating other machinery and went beyond it's own programming to eliminate all humanity.
I am just happy to see Scream Tail and Iron Bundle getting shine as they are sort of mascot for their paradox lines
The menace that is Flutter Mane will never end... may Arceus have mercy on us all.
Dont worry, it felt off in competitive. Now you just need to be aware of Iron Leaves, Iron Valiant, Miraidon, Iron Crown, Iron Bundle.....lots of Iron really
the disgusting gremlin wins! woooo
@@mysticpumpkin8520 Smogon would like to say otherwise.
@@mysticpumpkin8520 Many-a-reasons why I'm more of a casual Pokémon player. :p
@@silver_was_found Thank the lord that it doesn't evolve, could you imagine the stats on it... 0_0
Iron Valiant’s death feels unfair. It’s been OU since release and I don’t get why it loses to a freaking PU comic relief mon. Lore-wise, it “cuts down foes mercilessly”, but in the video it just. Holds and stares at Scream Tail for ten seconds? It’s the equivalent of Roaring Moon in terms of base stats, and both of them are the AI professors’ aces in respective games. It should’ve had at least one kill at least.
I absolutely agree that it got done dirty, it hurts like a spear considering it is also my favorite paradox by far. I also don’t like the fact that this is one of the very few times that they straight up ignored lore and turned a blind eye to a really awesome Pokémon. Honestly I think that this one is shaping up to be my least favorite battle royal. :(
It can even hit ranged attacks too, that weird chest plate it has actually functions as a gun, meaning it could’ve shot at scream tail
@@CertifiedSoapEater admittedly though, this is basically the worst matchup it could have run into at the start. Dual type advantages from flutter mane, bulky wall which can take its hits and heal off its damage.
It however probably would be able to just easily eliminate iron hands, brute bonnet and similar mons
@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 I don’t care that it lost, I just hate how dirty it was done, also type advantages don’t matter as much in these royales
I also thinks that Scream Tail’s screaming ability is a bit of a biased assessment against the future paradox, like yeah it malfunctions machinery, but given how loud it is, I think pretty much any organism that can hear is gonna be bothered by it, not just the machines. So realistically, the future paradox inherently doesn’t have any major weakness towards the scream, since everybody would be effected equally by it
"Am I glad he's frozen in there and that we're out here and that HE'S the sheriff!"
Would you like to see the strongman?
I found kinda funny because scream tail was used by Wolfe glick (world champion of VG 2016) to win a tournament
I was super happy to see Iron Bundle last so long. As an ice type specialist it’s always a pleasure to see ice types do well in these battle royale scenarios
Same, I love the lil guy❤
Mad respect to you for specializing in ice types! I know it ain't easy to constantly use a type with a lot of weaknesses but they really shine if used well
(And besides, ice types have some BANGER designs, i don't think i can name a single ugly ice type pokemon)
-sincerely, a grass type specialist
@@Roseberry606 I can name an ugly ice type design. Crabominable. If it weren’t for the fact that he’s actually kind of good, he’d be the only ice type I hate lol.
I actually like Crabominable. Avalugg looks boring imo 😭@@Gold_the_Wyvolf
what good offensive type, godly speed tier and perfect coverage stab in freeze dry + hydro pump do to an mf
More than anything else, I think Flutter Mane's typing is what makes it deserve the win. Being immune to Dragon- and Fighting-type attacks while having STAB against Dragon- and Psychic-types is a massive advantage when most of the heavy-hitters among the Paradox Pokemon are some combination of those three types (including both of the Box Legendaries, and especially Koraidon). Meanwhile, the only opponents who could prey on its type weaknesses were the Steel-types (as Flutter Mane is the only Ghost Paradox): Iron Treads (who went out early) and Iron Crown (who was never going to win the Battle Royale on its own). When almost every other Paradox Pokemon's typing could theoretically be kept in check by others, the one-two punch of having easily the best defensive typing and one of the best offensive typings in this scenario is something that would be hard to top.
Sure, you *could* make the argument that, because the future Paradox Pokemon are robots, Fairy-types should have "logically" been weak to any of them, but gameplay-wise? Flutter Mane was always going to be the one to beat.
While miraidon technically isn't super effective against fluttermane, it's sheer power makes it basically on nearly even ground, since even neutral hits would do massive damage; None of the paradox mons are immune to both electric and dragon. Though fluttermane still beats it by it's protosynthesis being able to make it faster even if they technically have the same base speed.
Competitive-wise it was always going to come down to these two, but fluttermane is just more flexible; While fluttermane isn't doing as well competitively currently, part of the reason is because every team has to be able to counter fluttermane.
Then again, Fairies are tricksters, and robots are notoriously easy to trick.
@@spindash64 Yes.... but redirection doesn't matter when it's spamming discharge. :P
@@sinteleon flutter mane not doing good competitively is because of a particular horse-riding pokemon spamming the strongest ghost move I assume?
@@tuan-chan actually, which outspeeds, ghost rider, or fluttermane with ptotosynthesis speed boost?
15:40 in addition, a Battle Royale like this is all about getting your enemies to fight each other so you don't have to. Screaming to confuse enemies means that Scream Tail can avoid taking too much damage until the end
As I stated in the other video, love seeing the “Pokemon battle” under the “Pokemon Battle explained”
I loved Iron Bundles representation. I also love the fact that it lost it's paint, referencing its shiny. Also, TerminalMontage made it look adorable as well.
I liked the bit where Oongaboongus got to Oongaboongus for two whole frames
the 1v1 between iron bundle and miridon is my favorite part, especially with the abilities being activated, and THE MUSIC! it fits so well!
I loved the shaggy YTP moment. I never expected that ancient video to be referenced in 2024.
Thank you for including some of the memes used! I wouldn't have recognized a lot of them if you hadn't pointed them out
I think Flutter Mane winning here just rubs me the wrong way because that way of winning was what got Giratina disqualified in the Legendary Battle Royale
Fair, but Giratina just left, Flutter Mane actually used a move that forced it to return shortly after
Edit: also, it could just hide in the floor
@confuseddragonedits2294 Flutter Mane got hit by 3 electric moves from Miraidon + a scream from scream tail. And with its Defense not being too high, I'm questioning why it survived without a scratch
That’s different though, Giratina straight up left the fight while Flutter Mane simply ‘dodged’ the attack by avoiding it through hiding in an alternate space.
@confuseddragonedits2294While that may be true, he has been hit by a ton of attacks already so even if the Phantom Force wouldn’t normally drop him the accumulated damage he had worked against him.
@@dariouscollins575Because it was attacked the least, out of every combatant here she dodged the most attacks and tanked the least amount of hits and damage.
I just knew Lockstin was going for that "now is a gift, that's why it's called the present" type spiel.
i'm also reminded of a line from rvb where caboose goes
"time...line? time is not a line. it is a circle. that's why clocks are round."
8:00 Oh. Ohhhhh! The whole “being the Three Musketeers” and semi-French deal made me kind of forget that there’s actual overlap here. And also explains a little about Cobalion and Iron Leaves’ coloration.
On top of all that you said, if that connection is true, then they might be an offshoot of France’s assistance in the American Revolution, and the famously greenish-teal Statue of Liberty (and other French gifts made of copper [which can be interpreted as Terrakion’s brown color]).
Of course flutter mane the strongest competitive paradox won, i do think iron hands would have done better cause of how strong he is in competitive too
And of course miraidon came the closest to beating it, because it's arguably just as cracked
Fluttermane *is* great, competitively, but it's usage has dropped off a cliff in Reg G - not because it's bad, just that Calyrex-S is just the same but even *better*
In contast, Miraidon and Koraidon are actually doing pretty well for the most part in Reg G
I had it as a coin flip with it and Miraidon bc the latter was in AG for a while but flutter mane was a counter right?
Ok nvm just remembered it’s in unite and I still have the PTSD from early EX meta
@@EnderPryde Do keep in mind that Flutter Mane is a check for Calyrex-S due to it being faster.
7:34 the only thing funnier than the text to speech would’ve been the “grrrr” from Bounty Hamster 😂 the TtS thing is more fitting tho
17:24 “None are Particulary Meta” Raging Bolt in VGC “Are u sure about 🤨”
raging bolt is pretty notable in the tcg as well
Probably because it was still in the experimental phase of the meta during research. That's the issue with playing with new information, it's a lot more easily foiled by people looking deeper into it
I'm saying! Great Neck be out here clapping pokes up with that thunder.😂 Also, shouldn’t vgc be referenced more since it's the official play vs smogon?
Raging Bolt is literally top 10 in usage stats in OU
Scream Tail is also really good in VGC thanks to being one of the most ANNOYING supporters you could imagine. Disable + Encore is the most infamous (even seen in the royale itself lol), but it can also Perish Trap when paired with Gothitelle, so have fun dealing with that. I think the guy who'll vouch for Scream Tail's viability would be 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick.
16:44 Amp You Very Mush attack is quite a powerful move since it can give you extra prize cards when knocking out smaller basics like Ralts or Charmander which were popular when the card first released.
Just thought of this channel again for the first time in a while, it's a joy checking it out again
So were pokedex entries just not considered? Koraidon splitting the land with it's fists ensures it overpowers any physical opponents, and Miraidon being able to turn the land to ash would mean its strong enough to instantly take out anything else there
They got distracted by a sandwich
Yeah, I think miraidon should’ve won especially because if it’s Pokédex entries stating that it can turn the land to ash.
I guess it's because most of the Paradox Pokemons entries read like myth magazines or stuff like that
@@LightA28
Only half of the Dex entries are fake, the others are the actual real lore for the Paradox
The entries stating that Koraidon can split apart the whole region and Miraidon can scorch it are from the real halfs
Also they took into account the entries for other Paradox, so this just seems like an excuse to not have Miraidon or Koraidon win when they are the only correct answers for who wins. They would obliterate everyone else on the battlefield.
Dex entries need to be taken with a grain of salt since most have to be exaggerations, otherwise these Pokemon would never lose in a normal Pokemon battle not involving another Legendary
9:59 I would like to note that this is actually the reason scream tail is one of the only paradoxes banned in competitive 1v1. Yep, turns out bulky encore/disable is cracked in a meta where you cant switch out. Not sure if this was intentional but it made me really love this video.
Brute Bonnet being the first fatality was fricking hilarious, god I love these video they make me feel so much more smarter overall great video
Can't wait to see more of this
Really good explanation. If I had to name any complaints it'd be that despite what you said, scream tail still feels shoe horned in to make it a 2 future vs 2 past finale and that this video doesnt take into account of miraidons recent overwhelming success competitively
Agreed. I do admit that Flutter would probably still get the win for typing alone, but Scream feels like such a sneak pick. Like sure, bring up the frequency thing and have it live longer than one would expect, but being bad in all actual mechanics ways it totally shouldn't have made it to the finale.
I feel like scream tail would’ve been easily beaten by a past paradox since they wouldn’t be affected by its screaming, also if they didn’t make iron valiant incompetent it could’ve easily sliced scream tail before it screamed
4:43 Has no one in the realm of any sort of military anything heard of Horizon: Zero Dawn? War machines that eat biomass are how we get the apocalypse. Please, let’s not do that.
Not biomass, other robots.
Anddd I missed the bit where they say it eats corpses too, mb
We will be fine if it does
we're gonna have another human-caused apocalypse before human-eating robots, don't worry about that (:
Or Ultrakill.
Great video! I do wanna add some rep to poor Iron Hands though, he's a beast in the Tera Raids. Provided he's allowed to, he can hit hard and survive as long as he does so!
"Iron Valiant mercilessly cuts down foes without hesitation", which is why it holds up Scream Tail and stares at it for a solid ten seconds instead of doing anything and dies for it.
...okay?
It's literally a killing machine, and dies to a loud puffball after getting 0 kills.
Bruh
@@drawingdragon Zero _attacks_ more like. I'm not saying Valiant would win the whole thing (Flutter obliterates it easy) or make top four, or that it even beats Scream Tail (to be perfectly honest, it probably does lose). But it walked in, was used for a gag, did nothing and died. Surprising snub.
OU staple loses to PU puffball. Makes total sense lmao
@@blivveriesI expected more from Iron Valiant. I’m convinced TerminalMontage just hates it for some reason.
Actually Iron Valiant chose a horrible opponent due to scream tail's bulkiness and type advantage. If you check out damage calculations, Iron Valiant loses to Scream Tail. Not to mention Valiant being a robot.
I just happened to rewatch all the battle royale and explanation videos yesterday! waking up to see these master pieces this morning was awesome! thank you both for the great content!
4:39 that is just ultrakill robots lol.
Edit:thanks for the likes.
ULTRAKILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Or Murder Drones Disassembling Drones
yeah what I thought too ahah
blood is fuel
Or horizon
The derpy iron bundle getting to the final four was hilarious.
As glad as I am that the future Paradoxes were given a proper showcase (things like Iron Moth's missile legs, Bundle's snow machine and Jugulis' drone heads which go largely unnoticed got the spotlight here), I feel there could have been a bit more added to them.
Iron Hands could have used its defibrillator hands (seen during Thunderbolt) to revive a fainted participant, Moth could've shot some concentrated attacks after assembling its wings into a sun (seen during a few of its special moves including the Beams), Valiant could've tried long-range options against Scream Tail with the gun on its chest spike before going physical, Treads could've rolled around at the speed of sound which is the whole point of its design.
Not surprised Flutter Mane won though, that thing is a menace.
Valiant has been done so dirty. Like, its a literal killer robot, they even mention that it cuts down anyone without hesitation. And its only fight was literaly picking up screamtail and then waiting to die. Like, of all paradox mon, valient should be the last to die due to "sensory overload".
I feel the arena was biased against them, having an arena that floods singles out like 4 future paradox Pokémon that can live, it feels stacked against them. Not to mention the Iron Hands Pokémon card is actually good
I appreciate y'alls characterization of the future paradox fellas
amped up the goofiness, making them more loveable
with the series basically done, I think it would be a good idea to redo the original battle royal, not only because there's been two whole new generations worth of pokemon, but also because the winner being ditto as magikarp landing on magikarp feels like such a non-answer compared to the research put into the other battle royals. However at the same time I do get not wanting to try to research a winner for a thousand pokemon
When I saw the screamtail/Iron Valiant scene, my mind went more towards the Jurassic park scene instead of the meme.
For me was terminator reference.
For me it was a disappointment to the reputation of lock and term
I just realized, Meri never used it signature move in the Battle Royale.
Towards the end it was either using parabolic charge or discharge, Thunderbolts trying to snipe bundle, Dragon claw I think I saw, but it never used drift
"none are particularly meta"
raging bolt in reg f/g:
Agreed on everything except first place. I think it should be Miraidon, base on the lore and also that he recently became one of the most powerful meta Pokemon in the game.
5:27 Wow so Iron Valiant is literally just Metal Sonic
11:42 why is there two great tusk pictures
I'm not sure if it was intentional, but the info we get on Iron Hands in the game sounds like the backstory of Cyborg from the DC comics. A football player who was involved in an accident and was rebuilt into a machine body.
I personally don't like how RM and Koraidon got taken out. It felt a little forced how Roaring Moon decided that the only way to beat Koraidon was taking itself out with it, and how Koraidon somehow got easily manhandled by Roaring Moon.
The two aggressive Paradox mons that commit to recoil moves the most? They weren't going to win a Battle Royale
@@commonviewer2488 I didn't say they were going to win, but the way they went out was a little underwhelming to me.
Tfw the Winged King, terror of the ancient world, at full power, gets tackled into a wall and dies instantly, but a really loud balloon makes it to final four
@@drawingdragonperfectly fits this stupid series lol
@@drawingdragonThat really loud balloon could scream at volumes that break half the opponents of this battle.
I always love your explanations. Always viewing the animation and immediately heading towards your video to get the knowledge for my gnoggin.
Also I like how the background poster shows the final four before showing them off.
considering how weak screamtails attack is, it seems weird that you decided to make it a universal emp.
My favourite part was when Flutter Mane, who has 55 HP and 55 Defense tanked multiple attacks from Pokemon with Attack and Special Attack stats over 130 and then knocked out Miraidon, who has 100 Defense, with Phantom Force, a physical attack, even though it's Attack stat is also 55
aaaaand no justification for why Iron Treads died. Not even an animation - other future pokemon survived the magnet, but not him? Sure, the flood probably finished him off... but no confirmation. Ouch.
You just answered your own question, it was probably the flood. Iron Treads is just at the bottom, their body being unable to float
They can’t float, the poor thing
sadly it is a heavy boi
I was NOT expecting the YTP Shaggy-Ice thing, totally forgot that existed, but was happy to get at least a few of the references!
I'm old, so thanks for catching me up on the new gen
Something I learned playing Pokerogue, with its floors 190-200 being all paradox pokemon, is that fairy type is super effective against half of them, and only like 3 are resistant, so of course the best fairy type makes it to the end.
Aaaaaaand, the first thing Lockstin says in the video is a Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared reference 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Loving life
... It's a Kung Fu Panda reference, though. More than likely. That's the more famous version of the quote.
Not necessarily a reference, just a common thing people say.
THE PAST IS FAR BEHIND US 🔥🔥🔥 THE FUTURE DOESN’T EXIST 🗣🗣🗣
It wasn't a reference to anything, that phrase has been around since at least the early 1900s
Fun fact relating to TCG Flutter Mane: It is the most atrociously trolly lead against most decks in the meta when using an ancient box deck, as it has a single energy retreat cost and since it shuts down the opponent active's ability, it often means it's possible to prevent opponents from setting up while you set up
I'm just disappointed that Iron Valiant was eliminated so early on.
Fr if we're talking online battle viability so much, that robot nuked my entire team more times than I could count. The heck you mean the murder robot dies to someone screaming-
Not me I didn't care who wins.
@@drawingdragonHe's literally just Metal Sonic!
@@ShayTheValiant EXACTLY, I’m still salty that the murder machine died to “haha funni screaming comic relief puffball”
@@silver_was_found Agreed, I feel Scream Tail got favoritism carried. "Useless in every game format, but I can make a real life reference that's interesting, but also not something actually mentioned as the 'mon being able to do."
I understand Valiant still might not have made the top 4 otherwise (not much VGC presence) but it was absolutely taken out just for "lol, you thought Scream Tail would be an early death" fake out.
Awesome video! Great breakdown of everything we missed. I talk about FlutterMane frequently on my channel so to see how the finale played out was incredibly accurate. Would it be cool if I used the FlutterMane sections of the battle in a “but it’s only” video I’m working on? Again keep up the amazing work!
Favorite moment was easily the disable into Encore for Fluttermane, that had me laughing so hard
I'm glad their was enough info for this battle royale to happen. It's always such a delight.
Real nice how you still came up with research/jokes with the paradoxes even though the pokedex entries are pretty much barren this time.
The fusion of Proto Beasts will always be in our hearts...... 😔😔😭😭
14:53 I'd call it "joker immunity" but that's for villains, not comic relief. Let me check TVTropes... Ah here we go, it's called "Iron Butt-Monkey" apparently. Flattering. Also the term you're looking for is "rule of funny" which of course what determines if the butt-monkey is made of iron or not.
I was wondering how the "lore" of this video came into fruition since I was 101% that these were NOT in ScaVio.
OF COURSE IT'S FROM TCG. As someone who plays TCG daily, I even forgot that there are flavor texts in these.
???
Where do you think those TCG flavor texts were taken from? Wikis? Fanfiction?
They como from the games, they 101% are *IN* ScVi. They just aren't spoon fed to you, you have to find half of them cuz the Dex doesn't give you the entirity of it.
@@jvbon646 Right! From the books scattered in the library and some in the lab too.
@@jvbon646 No they're right, a lot of this is just explicitly not mentioned anywhere in the game. Iron Moth being able to launch its "feet" like bullets, Iron Jugulis launching its smaller heads as projectiles, Sandy Shocks having that kind of insane magnetic power, even the joke about Iron Hands bulldozing through walls. The game info is almost nonexistent, and everything that IS given to us comes from a dubious narrator.
@@drawingdragon The Iron Moth legs and Iron Jugulis head things are actually present ingame as their second physical attack animations, they're just very obscure to get since the former isn't played by any of Moth's moves and the latter is only played by Dragon Tail. The best option is to use Synchro Mode with them and spam the attack button until you get their "rare" animation.
I love how the video explaining the fight is trending more than the fight itself
Ngl I feel like Raging Bolt would've had a much better chance than scream tail or Iron bundle. It's only real weaknesses would be Great tusk, Brute Bonnet, Miraidon, and Flutter mane, but it can OHKO flutter mane with priority thunderclap, unless flutter mane runs a max spdef set
They were playing up the 1 speed difference between Iron Bundle and the legendaries a bit too much.
@@iantaakalla8180 Yeah, and simply having priority and being to OHKO most everything (not taking into account the grounded terrain boost on electric types brought by miraidon), Raging Bolt has the best VGC performance of any paradox mon. I understand if it didn't win because it wasn't in other games or the anime or smth, but I assumed it would've made it further
And Raging Bolt is VERY good in both VGC and TCG
@@iantaakalla8180 Miraidon setting the Electric Terrain boosted Iron Bundle's speed even further with its Quark Drive ability - that's why there was such a dramatic difference in speed between them.
I'm just happy a past form came out on top, also the scream tail documentary was much appreciated.
4:40 ultrakill ref in the military ? no fricking way !!
Raging Bolt and "Not particularly meta" don't mix in the same sentence. It was the single most used pokémon in VGC in regulation F, and the fourth in regulation G. Even above the powerful Miraidon (who finally had its chance in G) and the tricky Fluttermane.
I'm gonna guess this used data from several months ago, because it's not exactly new that the electric proto beast is a competitive monster.
The iron bundle vs miraidon fight at the end is the best fight in these battle royales by FAR.
Miraidon trying to take the fight seriously while Iron Bundle is throwing nothing but trash talk the whole time
But it makes no sense
The logic This thing is so freaking stupid
@@HerrscherOfAll全之律者 why you say that?
@@alexander1274 Tell me why in the world does Iron Bundle live a hit from Mirai, even a Thunderbolt ohkoed him, I ran the cals
8:44 look. I’m salty as heck the proto beasts got taken out by creative liberty. But it was very creative.
Really hoping there will be a large collaboration between TerminalMontage and a bunch of other people to give us a Smash Bros battle royale sometime in the future
I think its funny how badly Iron Valiant destroys OU while the PU scream tail somehow defeats it
I mean it does have a standard type advantage, even if in the span of a real 1v1 ST would have no chance. But as a jigglypuff fan it was just fun to watch it go so far if just for the jokes, and at the end of the day thats the most important thing in a TM video lol
there’s like no logic behind it, it isn’t even using a psychic or fairy move, but the most important thing is that people enjoy the funny stuff i guess :shrug: idk i feel like I might be hyperfixating
It’s not funny. Just annoying how they actively ignored both lore AND gameplay just for a joke kinda disappointing tbh
@@silver_was_found I dunno, I'm pretty sure its using Psychic Noise here, a sound based psychic move. But I could see the argument if it won and using the sound messing up mechs argument could only carry it so far. But even if that did actually work, it would still lose in a 1v1 to FM, so FM coming out on top is the 'canon' part, and everything else is just the jokes they could fill with.
"The future doesn't exist" I know he means it doesn't exist YET, but on the other hand he's right, there is no future, and we're all screwed
Not with that attitude it won’t! We all can make a difference, and our oceans depend on such. Actions add up.
Don't Hug Me I'm Scared reference 🗣️🔥🔥
Are you sure that isn't like depression speaking?
@@Glory2Snowstarneed more of this in the world. We are the present that write the future
HAHA ye we're cooked
Amp you very much is not only good, it's terrifying. Anything that says "take an extra prize card" immediately has literally everyone watching it to throw it onto the ban list
I love these collabs, i get to watch a cool animation and then lockstin EXPLAINING the cool animation? its so fun
Lockstin: ‘None of the Protobeasts or Iron Swords are particularly meta.’
Raging Bolt: ‘Am I a joke to you?’
Tbh I find it somewhat ironic Flutter Mane wins for her VGC performance JUST when it started to fall off because of Calyrex shadow, Miraidon and Zamazenta
based it got checked.
I mean to be fair when your checks are The Second most busted pokemon from SS, The OP Box art from ScVI and The SS Box art that wasn't nerfed, you'd still deserve the win
Falling off only due to powerful legendaries being allowed is damn impressive for a pokemon that's neither mythic nor legendary
It's an exaggeration to say a pokémon fell off when the usage is lower is because people are building teams half dedicated to checking it so they don't instantly lose.
I’m so glad my boy Iron Bundle held his own
I thought that scream tail was also included because of Wolfey and his perish trap team
damm timing, first! now i shall watch le terminal montage vid
So for the Iron Hands card, "Amp You Very Much" is very much a localization pun. In Japanese (ごっつあんプリファイ 'Gottsuanpurifai') it loosely translates to "Thank-plify" and is a portmanteau of gottsuan (a slang word among sumo meaning "thank you") and amplify.
Still not that good of a pun but it's a good localization.