When I was younger, I wanted to build a team with Terrakion on my 3DS, but I didn't know how to hunt for a good one, so I settled on Sawk. I made it to the finals of a local tournament with Sawk, even though it was a downgrade in every way to Terrakion, basically.
Reminds me of other small differences that matter for commonly used terms in the community Like the difference between a mon being “viable”, “good in a tier” and “having a niche”
You could even be suboptimal by running *more* IVs. Special attackers are optimal at 0 attack IVs, so you could run one with an attack IV of 1 and be suboptimal.
@@blip_exists i watch freezai, and even bkc, and while i may have exagerated it back then, i still think this video of yours is remarkable in explaining the concepts at hand. By the way, ever since i said so, i have not used a single great tusk with 31 hp ivs, all of them named "Unoptimal" :3
Reminds me of Nidoking, if you're seriously having trouble with Blissey you might run focus punch instead of 4 special attacks, it's normally not viable to run physical Nidoking but in that one scenario it might be the best choice
You should know- the Eevee and Absol guy on r/stunfisk was a massive asshole and total weirdo. Upon realising that nobody was going to explain how to optimise his Pokemon beyond, you know, swapping them for viable ones, he started throwing out crazy insults and claiming his team was already good enough to win 'four out of five battles against an experienced opponent'. Obviously he was ridiculed and to this day lives on as a fond memory shared by the subreddit. But it gets worse. A little dig into this creature's post history revealed some INTERESTING things- requests for Pokemon porn roleplays, alongside activity in many other NSFW communities that many would consider downright disturbing, controversial views on transgender people, and also being really bad at competitive Pokemon. So yeah. That's the story of Absol and Eevee guy. And those posts are still up, you can go read everything he said right now.
That story is a lot crazier then I expected! I just new it as one of the copypastas on r/stunfisk, but seems the story goes even deeper then just the copypastas. Thanks for the extra info!
Another big thing that people need to realize is there is almost always a tier for a specific mon to be good in. Exeggutor in gen 1 ou for example, or Golbat in gen 1 7u.
Yep! You could just up and make your own tier (all tiers are just social constructs after all) and have some random Pokemon be the maximum power for that tier, in which case it would be the most viable Pokemon. So I guess any Pokemon can be Optimal or Viable then.
hey man, cool video. I havent finished watching yet, but I wanna say that you might want to mix the background music a little quiter. Its a little hard to hear what you're saying in certain sections of the video, which is frustrating because its well written and I'd like to listen. I dont mean for this to come off is hateful, I mean it only as constructive criticism.
Oh, its not bad criticism at all! Thank you for the feedback! In some of my future videos I actually ended up over correcting this and the music is to quiet lol.
When I was younger, I wanted to build a team with Terrakion on my 3DS, but I didn't know how to hunt for a good one, so I settled on Sawk. I made it to the finals of a local tournament with Sawk, even though it was a downgrade in every way to Terrakion, basically.
Great example!
Reminds me of other small differences that matter for commonly used terms in the community
Like the difference between a mon being “viable”, “good in a tier” and “having a niche”
Lmao the little tutorial to make your team unoptimal by definition by lowering it's IVs a little. Idk who that's for but it made me laugh
Can't wait to play on ladder and run into someone playing Lando-Tusk with 1 less HP IV named Unoptimal lol
@@blip_exists as your n°1 simp i will probably do that :)
You could even be suboptimal by running *more* IVs. Special attackers are optimal at 0 attack IVs, so you could run one with an attack IV of 1 and be suboptimal.
@@WingedEspeon science must now discover the world's most minimally suboptimal set 😂
Yeah i'm a little confused like..just run 31 in all? That's literally a perfect iv mon? Lol
We need an all-snom team to win in worlds. 🙃
Snom Sweep
@@blip_exists Translate to English translates that to: Dream Sweep
Even google thinks it’s needed.
Music’s a bit loud compared to your voice, but the video itself is a good one. I see people confuse these 2 terms all the time even not in pokemon.
Yah, I definitely goofed with the music. Glad you still enjoyed it tho!
You litterally said some of the wisest word ever uttered in pokemon man
If you think these are wise words, you should watch Freezai
@@blip_exists i watch freezai, and even bkc, and while i may have exagerated it back then, i still think this video of yours is remarkable in explaining the concepts at hand.
By the way, ever since i said so, i have not used a single great tusk with 31 hp ivs, all of them named "Unoptimal" :3
@@akarien1395 Well I thank you for the support! And of course, who would ever run such a Great Tusk, it would be sooo unoptimal.
Reminds me of Nidoking, if you're seriously having trouble with Blissey you might run focus punch instead of 4 special attacks, it's normally not viable to run physical Nidoking but in that one scenario it might be the best choice
You should know- the Eevee and Absol guy on r/stunfisk was a massive asshole and total weirdo. Upon realising that nobody was going to explain how to optimise his Pokemon beyond, you know, swapping them for viable ones, he started throwing out crazy insults and claiming his team was already good enough to win 'four out of five battles against an experienced opponent'. Obviously he was ridiculed and to this day lives on as a fond memory shared by the subreddit.
But it gets worse. A little dig into this creature's post history revealed some INTERESTING things- requests for Pokemon porn roleplays, alongside activity in many other NSFW communities that many would consider downright disturbing, controversial views on transgender people, and also being really bad at competitive Pokemon.
So yeah. That's the story of Absol and Eevee guy. And those posts are still up, you can go read everything he said right now.
> this creature's post
damn lol
Oh god
That story is a lot crazier then I expected! I just new it as one of the copypastas on r/stunfisk, but seems the story goes even deeper then just the copypastas. Thanks for the extra info!
that's obviously not good, but I found it hilarious you put asking for disturbing NSFW in the same category as being bad at competitive pokemon.
What the hell bro
Great video my man. Plenty of examples to help create a good distinction between the two
Thank you!
I came here for competitive tutorials and stayed for those nice handpan beats to relax to
cool vid, but the music is very loud.
Keep it up, you're doing great!
Yep, I'll try to work on the audio mixing in the next vid.
Great vid and explanation, love the vids
Another big thing that people need to realize is there is almost always a tier for a specific mon to be good in. Exeggutor in gen 1 ou for example, or Golbat in gen 1 7u.
Yep! You could just up and make your own tier (all tiers are just social constructs after all) and have some random Pokemon be the maximum power for that tier, in which case it would be the most viable Pokemon. So I guess any Pokemon can be Optimal or Viable then.
@@blip_exists That reminds me of a video I saw where someone created a theoretical tier where running metapod was optimal in RBY.
“You hear that Sceptile, I’m gonna mirror herb-unburden you to all heck now!” :)
"Optimum" in a noun. You reach the "optimum"
"Optimal" is an adjective, something is "optimal"
Its like "mountain" and "mountainous"
Ah, ok.Grammar is wack
congrats on 100 subs!!
Thank you!
when dragapult is your favorite pokemon :D
psyshock great tusk was deeply upset by this video
good video, I hope you grow
I liked the video. Wasn't interested in the topic and still managed to enjoy it. Just thought that music was too loud.
Yah, the music was definitely too loud, glad you still enjoyed it!
Nice vid my guy 🤠👍
Cool videos! Hope you can get more subscribers
1:30 the music is too loud
otherwise good vid
RIP, that's quite unfortunate.
And thanks!
Aria Math can never be too loud
Cool vid but the music is a bit loud
Good thing my favorite is calyrex shadow!
All hail King Shadowmere!
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hey man, cool video. I havent finished watching yet, but I wanna say that you might want to mix the background music a little quiter. Its a little hard to hear what you're saying in certain sections of the video, which is frustrating because its well written and I'd like to listen. I dont mean for this to come off is hateful, I mean it only as constructive criticism.
Oh, its not bad criticism at all! Thank you for the feedback! In some of my future videos I actually ended up over correcting this and the music is to quiet lol.
great video but tbh music's too loud
yah, i didn't mix it was well as I should have, will improve that for future vids!
cool vid