Please take care of yourself! We can wait for uploads. Honestly I'd be fine with two a month as long as you guys are okay and maintaining a good work-life balance.
The fact that sand stream doesn't automatically make you immune to sand damage feels like an oversight, since sand rush and sand veil do prevent the chip no matter what type you are
Probably wasnt ever considered in practice since the four Pokemon who do get Sand Stream are immune to the chip damage, and there's no practical reason to skill swap it to another Pokemon or change their type via soak.
@@_Rhatsody Snow Warning, as well as Ice Body and Snow Cloak only exist on ice types with the exception being Seel's HA. There was just never a reason to think of coding "If Snow Warning then Immune to Hail chip". Funny enough, Slush Rush doesnt make the Pokemon immune to Hail, but its not easily observed in a normal playthrough or battle setup because all Pokemon with it are Ice Type.
This is why the timing of your "Tyranitar Theorem" video was so ironic to me. I thought it was gonna talk about how T-tar lost its best teammate in Gen 9 in Excadrill.
I wouldn't say that's the only cause. Ever since XY Tyranitar has been getting progressively worse relative to the competition thanks to things like the Sand Stream and Pursuit nerfs, as well as general power creep.
Kingambit's typing is literally Ttar's ........ but better (outside of trading the Fire resist for a Fire weakness but that's a tiny setback in comparison with the rest). Add the much greater offensive potential and better Phys Bulk and the lower Special Attack and bulk feels negligible in comparison It's far from the only problem of Ttar, but it's the nail in the coffin : why use Ttar for it's defensive role when Kingambit does it better with it's much better mix of Offense and Defense
@@BeastOrGodjust wait for gen 20, they'll add a steel/fairy mon named Iron Phallus with 150/190/130/1240/60/140 stats and an ability that summons permanent rain that weakens ground moves and boosts its sp. atk and speed by x1.5
nah, scale shot was new. It is just power creep and fairies. He used to be the strongest and fastest mon around, and he had one of the best typings possible. Now none of those 3 things are true anymore@@derpolopolis8829
Unnerve Tyranitar would have been a joke in any other generation, but honestly with how much it's struggling it might be worth a try just so it can tera without hitting itself with sand.
Gen 9 is so bizarre for Tyranitar... it's like... everything is working against him to make him ridiculously unreliable, besides the loses he already took in Gen 8... Tyranitar is like THE ONE Pokémon that is completely unable to take advantage of Tera simply because their whole IDENTITY was being the offensive guy with Sand. And all the types that could make sense to turn it... it would kill them, because Sand Stream. I know it could seem absurd before this Generation, but having Sand Stream as an ability should make you inmune to the Sand damage the same way the abilities that interact with Sandstorm do.
Lol, you're talking too much. It's simply a too slow - and the 4x weakness to Fighting is _finally_ being exploited by the masses who used to run dead scared of it before for some weird reason.
@@netweed09 There were was always since Gen 2 good fighting types, but it wasn't as exploitable that weakness (even with Close Combat being a thing) as it's in currently. Also, Kingambit in theory has the same problems being around the same Speed Tier and being cripply weak to fighting type, but Tera works for him, and he has an ability that is always playing it's favor.
@@netweed09 lol, you're talking too much. yYu simply don't know a thing about that which you speak of, and you run your mouth anyway for some weird reason.
Power Creep too (Kingambit, Roaring Moon, Ting-Lu, Garganacl, Great Tusk in OU; Meowscarada, Tinkaton, Greninja, Quaquavel, H-Arcanine, Kleavor, Donphan in UU)
@@12jswilson I feel like it might cause if you look at it Tera won't exist so things can't just swap types away. The starters most likely will disappear, Tusk will disappear till at least Home or even DLC of Gen.10 and a lot of stuff like Clod and maybe Ghouldengo will also be gone so it will rise most likely
@@pokefanalex9504 Assuming they don't cut him from the game, though it's possible we might not see anyone get cut since they're giving themselves more time for the next one, maybe we'll even see something like journeys where all of the mechanics come back as a "pick one to use per battle" concept, I wonder how that would affect the meta 🤔.
@@homerman76the issue with “pick one” is Z moves and Megas are balanced, Terra is slightly unbalanced, and Dynamax is more than a little unbalanced. Official singles is 3v3, official doubles is 4v4, in either case Dynamax is basically 3 Z-moves in a row, AND it buffs your bulk. I rag on Smogon a LOT about silly bans but in hindsight Dynamax was justified.
I think what also went unmentioned in this video was how other weathers got even better this gen. Sun teams got the biggest buff with tons of crazy strong Paradox mons benefitting from sun, which also gives Sun teams vastly more options for coverage and team support. Rain teams benefit a lot from Terastallizing since Terastallizing out of water doesn’t mitigate any of rain’s benefits, so now they also have more coverage options. Hell, hail got REWORKED into snow which is a lot better than hail ever was. It also works well as a neutral weather to cancel out other weather teams, since it isn’t a hazard anymore and you can still benefit from no-miss blizzard spam if you want. Sand tightens your Tera-type options really badly and doesn’t provide enough meaningful benefits since plenty of non-sand teams run ground and steel types as their biggest threats, and can terra into steel on other things to ignore sand too.
Slowking has made Snow teams. Slowking loves having a slow switch move with Chilly Reception to abuse Regenerator so canceling your opponent’s weather and making Baxcalibur bulkier is just a bonus.
@@jdrmanmusiqking hail is absolutely worse only ice types being inmune to the chip sets such a constraint on teambuilding Snow barely doing anything is arguably better
The comforting thing is that this isn't going to be permanent. The main reason he fell is that the meta is bad for him and there aren't many sand abusers. That's not a permanent problem - and if a Pokemon like Pelliper can stay OU because it can set weather, Tyranirar will be back once it's friends do.
@@cynthiacrescent+ dracozolt. Lowkey it might be better than excadrill for abusing sand, it’s by far no question the best mixed weather abuser of all time. But excadrill role compresses so well so its slightly better
@@danka1167draco and exe are two different sand abusers. Draco is the one who says nah ah to waters and the like. Exe is the one who counters fairys and several others
I feel like there might be potential with bulky sand? Enamourous has over coat meaning it'll pair extremely well with tyranitar, taking care of some of it's checks. I think the main thing to consider would be stuff like kinggambit who curves stomp both.
Starmie and Dragonite are the only 2 gen1 pokemon still relevant at all in the tier lists huh? Or am I missing someone? Edit- yes, I did forget someone. Not just one poke, I missed quite a few. Zapdos, Moltres, Clefable, Nidoking, Slowbro, GENGAR, and more. I apologize for being bad.
@@eduardobranco8349 I forgot about those 2 birds. I was not aware Starmie got cut from SV, but I can guess it will eventually return. Gamefreak really wants that starfish to not be relevant anymore huh?
Every meta is shaped by its defining champions and those that serve to check and/or counter them or anti-meta them in this case. With Tyranitar having so many counters to it this generation, it's practically unreal to assume he has any place on any serious OU teams at this point, even if said meta 'mons comprised a team with him on it, especially since most of them are immune to Sandstorm's chip damage (Kingambit, Great Tusk, Gholdengo, Cornerstone Ogerpon, and Magic Guard Clefable to name a few). Role compression doesn't exactly make a Pokémon broken (see Heatran in Gen 4, and Landorus-Therian from Gens 5 through 8), either, as Tyranitar has effectively done that in past generations with its typing, well-distributed offensive and defensive stat spread, and vast move pool to complement it being able to run just about any set it wanted to meet the team's needs. Moltres, neither now nor before, is nowhere close to that level of versatility; it almost always ran special offense despite its high Attack stat, though nothing complemented it well if not consistently, or a defensive Defogger. That, in combination with its HA Flame Body and decent bulk, coupled with a typing that blanks both of Great Tusk's STABs, can come in on both Gholdengo and Kingambit attempting to spam their Steel-type STAB, and threaten to burn Tusk and Gambit with Will-O-Wisp or Flame Body on the switch, is why Moltres is used. It's an anti-meta 'mon.
This feels like when a group of friends are in the funeral of the most brilliant, smart and promising of them all and begin to wonder "How did this end like this?" "WHY did this end up like this?!" and they realise it was inevitable... (Obviously being in a funeral is a lot worse than having a talk about Pokemon, but I hope y'all get the idea)
@@rjante2236 pretty much, the start of it all was the loss of Pursuit, and there was that weird occasion where Ttar went to UU. Ttar did return to OU so not much of a fuss was raised back then and now the decline can be seen all over it
I'm starting to enjoy more of this podcast style videos it's makes the conversion feel more candid and a little but exciting too with how you guys are like excited to talk about the topics and have eachother thoughts and opinions on it
Slowbro deserves a mention. Wasn't always an OU pokemon (it was only OU by usage in gens 1, 6 and 8, but it was also UUBL in gen 4) but it was such a staple last gen and then they gut it by taking away Scald and Teleport, two moves you were going to see on virtually every Slowbro build. It's pretty good where it is in RU but it's still a bit sad to see
I feel like Tyranitar should have been given an honorary mention in the Volcarona theorem regarding how a typing’s usefulness can be generational and meta-dependent. Now that it can’t easily take advantage of it’s past niches in resistances to key threats, sand, and Pursuit, it was only a matter of time before it’s typing got exposed for being kind of bad.
Seeing Ttar fall so far just makes me so sad, he's legit my favorite non-Legendary Pokemon and it's just been a big face of competitive Pokemon for so long. Tera kind of created this "When everyone is super, no one is" scenario since any Pokemon can pivot out of their weaknesses and so the previous hard hitters fall because they no longer can keep up
Ttar's been my favorite since I played Pokemon XD and raised one to level 80-something. I didn't know anything about competitive at that point, I just knew I had this well-designed and very reliable mon with a million coverage moves. Made it even better when I found out that my favorite mon was also an OU king. I get that metas change but gen 9 just felt openly hostile to ttar specifically for all the reasons mentioned in this vid.
@@mr.sandman7339 it wasn't just ttar either. The meta game was also hostile to chomp. The introduction of an accurate, viable ice move probably killed it before it could even shine.
i'm surprised they didn't make sand stream grant sandstorm immunity in case you change your type. imagine if sand rush didn't protect you from sand damage.
That is genuinely saddening to me. Tyranitar was always such a rock in OU, you know? Enabled so many team archetypes, tanked through every bit of incoming damage like it was nothing... Lasted longer than Starmie and Gengar's OU runs, at least. Godspeed, you funky Godzilla pastiche.
I don’t think I can state how much I love these videos. This format feels great since its a bkc style video you can watch that wont ruin your sleep schedule.
I can't bare to see such an iconic conpetitive Pokémon fall out of OU after dominating it for 7 gens in a row. Plz give Ttar a buff that will raise it back to OU in the DLC, Game Freak.
Movepool changes and a different pokemon selection would change its viability. The big issue is that sun got a major buff in this generation. Another issue is that in general, t-tar's weaknesses have gained a lot of geound.
@RFDN0 even tho I haven't played SV yet, it's crazy how much stuff is stacked against ttar now. You know a generation's power creep is out of control when even Garchomp is on the edge of the cliff. With all this power creep, why can't they give old Pokémon more buffs to help them keep up with the new ones? I can't imagine what Gen 9's untiered list is gonna look like in the future. XD
@@christendo5733 Garchomp deserves it for being ugly and the ace of the most boring champion ever (Cynthia) I don't really care about ttar. I feel more bad for things like Flareon since it's never been good. Ever and it will never see the light of day.
@@shaqkage Garchomp is only scary when used by a competent player. When you put it in the hands of a toddler like Cynthia, it loses a lot of the fear factor and becomes very predictable and weak as it loses all its momentum. If you want a cool dragon, look at Haxorus or Salamence. Not this reject bargain bin excuse of a dragon named Garchomp. Cynthia isn't scary or competent and I swept her first try which is really sad since I didn't design my team to hard counter her or her Garchomp. People only like Cynthia because she makes their dicks hard. That's the only reason why, nobody actually thinks she is cool or genuinely strong. She's just a boring incompetent character and a wasted one too.
I still find it funny how zapdos has been ou since gen 1 (he dropped to uu in 5 but hes been ou for every other one) like no matter how much power creep there is, this spiky bird is still in ou
In response to 11:20 Tbf, Garchomp has had some close calls before in terms of dwindling usage in the past prior to this gen - almost sending it to UU. In Gen 7 for awhile it was barely scraping by in usage and viability because Zygarde was in the tier. It only shot back up to prominence once the Snek got banned.
i love these discussion videos, hearing BKC actually talk about the topic in the title is always a treat. Getting aim and blunder on was really good too
With how much switching happens now, they really should revamp pursuit, maybe even add a condition where it has priority against the likes of uturn and volt switch, there just wasn't much reason to kick it from the game like they did, though I guess that's true of a lot of moves that got cut from gen 8+
@@homerman76 honestly a BIG problem was how pursuit just kinda fucked over psychic type, a type that already struggles. When they did type effectiveness adjustments in gen 6, they should've made it so Steel lost its resistance to Psychic and Bug instead of Ghost and Dark. That would've lessened the effect of Pursuit on Psychic
@@juannaym8488Yeah and now ghost mons are allowed to run amok like Gholdengo (god that design is bad) and Dragapult, Pursuit would have been the thing keeping them in check
sometimes I use tyranitar in OU. I use this creative set: Tyranitar @ Assault Vest Ability: Sand Stream Tera Type: Rock EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD Relaxed Nature IVs: 0 Spe - Avalanche - Payback - Earthquake - Heavy Slam it's not great, but it is not terrible. a good teamate is garganacl since garganacl is a rock type and apreciates a lot the the sp.def buff from the sandstorm.
Well yeah with huge threats in Kinggambit, Great Tusk and all the huge new Grass and Fighting types like the Hisuian mons *AND* no good Sand Rush Sweeper thanks to Excadrill not being in the game it was time for Ttar to get the Metagross treatment
According to Wolfey, Rock + Dark is the 10th worst type combination. For so long Tyranitar's base stats, ability, and movepool have made up for this. But it seems the limitations of its typing have finally caught up with it. I hope Tyranitar manages to crawl back up to OU in the future.
defensively, Rock+dark is the worst type possible currently, as it has the worst array of the 7 weakness spread for the 6 types that share that number of weaknesses. the only reason its that high is because the sole rock/dark pokemon is a weather setter as well as being both strong offensive typings.
@@Rarest26the existence of tera hurts Ttar more than it helps, even if you exclude sand chip. Tera giving any mon stab fighting hurts Ttar. TTar also doesn’t particularly benefit from Tera either, because so much of what it is, has been its unique defensive profile.
Ttar was used for pursuit so the dark typing is good and sand stream boosts it's spDef and doesn't chip it so rock typing is good. Wolfey was probably talking about VGC not singles.
@@herhhetj5372 He's was refer to the types themselves at face value, their weaknesses and resistances. The many weaknesses are very problematic for the combination and their offensive synergy is mediocre. But in spite of that Tyranitar makes excellent use of the typing due to things the types do beyond their weaknesses, resists, etc, as you have stated.
Nah, not really. Just because you create a sandstorm, doesn't mean you are immune to it. It would be stupid if it was still immune to damage when Tera, because it incentives wasting your Tera so that your Mon can survive and removes any level of risk from Tera.
@@egbertmilton4003every other sandstorm ability grants immunity and every hail ability granted immunity back in the day. Terra already has an opportunity cost of one Pokémon only. The fact you think it’s “stupid.” Isn’t relevant to the discussion.
@@Skullhawk13 You do realise none of those sandstorm abilities and hail abilities were able to kick up the weather right? The typing or abilities adapted to boosting yourself in hail is what makes Pokemon immune, not the ability to make sandstorm, otherwise every Pokemon capable of learning Sandstorm should be immune, and that becomes so stupid. The fact you think the opportunity cost is enough to justify a weather setting Pokemon not facing any negative consequences of leaving its type bracket is an embarrassment.
Hey I just wanted to let you guys know that these chill discussion videos are superb and I love seeing BKC and other battlers feature in them and give their thoughts. Hope to see more of them and would also like to see other great players as well.
So there's all of that, but I'm confused that I don't see anything talking about Ting Lu replacing a lot of Tyranitar's defensive utility. Ground dark is such a better type than rock dark, and it tanks special hits just as well
Yep, Ting Lu took Ttar's defensive strengths and ran with it and since it doesn't rely on sand for its spdef boost, Lu can tera whenever it wants. A lot of these new mons feel very overtuned, like how Chien-Pao is just Weavile but with everything it could ever want.
Hey guys, I think Tyranitar can easily reclaim its OU placement in Gen 9 with a simple addition to its movepool! It'd be a physical Dark-Type move called Hunt! Hunt would be a 40 BP move that doubles if the opponent switches out and would give T-Tar a great niche: Coming in on prominent Psychic & Ghost-Types like Galarian Slowking and Dragapult, surviving their attacks, then using Hunt to trap them!
But, would it be an exclusive to Tyranitar? Say this move isn't, and plenty of other dark types get access to it. What if Bisharp, and by proxy, Kingambit, get access to this move? How will Tyranitar maintain its niche of this new move benefiting it, when a much better offensive Pokemon can use it for more devastating effects, while benefiting from sand. It would need a little more in order to not be outcompeted by Kingambit, and let's not even consider how match ups against Great Tusk aren't changed much for the better.
@@egbertmilton4003 Good question! It may not be top of the usage charts, but I think T-Tar would still regain its former glory if it got a move like Hunt. But hey, who's to say Hunt should be exclusive to T-Tar? You mentioned Kingambit, why not also Scizor, Krookodile, Alolan Muk, and Weavile? Maybe some lower tier 'mons like Spritomb & Skuntank could also enjoy using it as well!
@@georgecortes3416 Oohhh, magnificent, I like this. Allowing plenty of variety amongst Dark attackers, giving them a foothold to act as competition against Kingambit, as well as perform a vital role in punishing switches, not bad at all. If only this could ever happen though, we both know Gamefreak would never do something like that.
there are other reasons like it doesnt switch into dirge at all and the INSANE rise of bulky quaquaval as well as no longer handling the premier special attacking ghost basculegion-female. Cb isnt doing too much vs teams packed with top tier defensive mons like quaquaval tinkaton mola and so on.
Sand was usually a top two weather through out the generations, but now I think it's third above Snow, which makes me think it won't get much better with the DLC since all of the weathers are getting buffed... Still hoping his friends can bring T-tar back. I'm imagining the One Piece "I want to live" scene with T-tar is screaming "take me back to OU with you!" and all the sand bros are over the other straw hats lmao
GUYS WE DID IT TTAR IS BACK IN UU honestly I think the main reason it wasn’t used is because of meowscarada, now that meow is gone it can have a presence in UU
Seeing how much have changed in gen 9 is just insane. Power creep didn't do mercy to a lot of the previous gen mons. When I look at ou of this gen and gen 8, or any other meta from this and past gen I remember what Magcarjoe said in his Slowbro video: "Your role in the tier is temporary. There no kings, there are no eternal warriors. All of you will fall, all of you will suffer."
So i aint the only one feeling that power creep went crazy here? As a boring (and bad) stall player. I just kinda.. dont know. This gen feels so wierd. So ofencive and so many wierd threads. Gen 8 felt better in that regard. Though many thats just me
@@Nighterac that and for some unfathomable reason they neutered it by cutting Knock Off and Triple Axel from its movepool and forcing it to rely on weaker moves
@@Skullhawk13 Considering that Pokemon can set up sandstorm already and still take damage due to not being the right type, yeah, you shouldn't be immune to the damage of your weather should you change types. So its, not just nuh uh, you just have no braincells about how to balance weather.
@@BubbyBoy ironic coming from someone who can’t even see the logic staring right in your face. How does it feel to have so little intelligence about basic balance?
Watching the vid, it sounds like Tyranitar has been falling since gen 6 and the nerfs in Gen 8 was the big hit to it. The powercreep and the lack of a good foil for it finished it off. I wonder if Excadrill coming to Gen 9 will let it rise again.
Any normal mon would’ve dropped in gen 6, but since its ttar it got more usage that it probably deserved. At least it had pursuit back then, it doesn’t have that excuse since last gen.
*Plot twist:* the DLCs bring back Excadrill and the Galar fossils, Tyranitar usage skyrockets once again and it reclaims its throne. After all, Zapdos returned to OU after being outclassed by Thundurus in Gen V.
Even if Excadrill came back, the Sand team structures still finds itself with the same problems: Great Tusk and Ting-Lu are still too much of a nuisance for the team style, as they additionally deal with Drill arguably even better than they do versus Ttar, and other prominent mons like Hamurott, Zamazenta, Specs Enamorus, & Unburden Sneasler gives it problems. There is also in general a lot of ways to stop Sand in its tracks, with Chilly Reception Glowking, and the prominence of Rain and Sun as playstyles (more mons benefits from these two weathers). If Drill ended up being in UU last gen despite not having to deal with any of these problems, then I doubt that even its inclusion can get Ttar and itself back into the OU tier.
It was Inevitable. Nothing last forever. Theres been some noticable cracks in Ttars' OU career. Like I still find it to be Great in gen 3, 5,6,and 8 but 2,4, and 7 its merely and okay OU mon. I know a lot of people think TTar is the best in gen 4 OU but its so perdictable at this point most. Teams have no problem with it anymore
Also we are probably going to change our Daily uploads to Tues, Thurs, and Sat due to work constraints.
good. uploads every single day are insane lol
Please take your time, I don’t ever want anyone feeling too rushed to get content out ❤
Please take care of yourself! We can wait for uploads. Honestly I'd be fine with two a month as long as you guys are okay and maintaining a good work-life balance.
Do your thing man, I enjoy hearing ya
I was worried you guys were going to burn yourself out. Editing take times.
Imagine going back a few years and telling someone Tyranitar would be in RU and Moltres would be in OU.
We got to witness the fall and rise firsthand and it still feels weird
Bruh id send them to the mental asylum
Or telling someone that Arcanine would outclass it as a rock type.
Imagine telling someone that a new Regi would outclass Regice as an ice type
A few years ago was a time when Venomoth was in a higher tier than Snorlax, Raikou and Metagross.
The fact that sand stream doesn't automatically make you immune to sand damage feels like an oversight, since sand rush and sand veil do prevent the chip no matter what type you are
Probably wasnt ever considered in practice since the four Pokemon who do get Sand Stream are immune to the chip damage, and there's no practical reason to skill swap it to another Pokemon or change their type via soak.
@@GamingEelektrossbut they changed hail to snow in Gen 9 so they definitely could've edited the effect for Gen 9 as well
@@_Rhatsody Snow Warning, as well as Ice Body and Snow Cloak only exist on ice types with the exception being Seel's HA. There was just never a reason to think of coding "If Snow Warning then Immune to Hail chip".
Funny enough, Slush Rush doesnt make the Pokemon immune to Hail, but its not easily observed in a normal playthrough or battle setup because all Pokemon with it are Ice Type.
Fun fact: In Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team, Sand Veil did NOT make you immune to Sandstorm.
Yeah, feels like an oversight that should be fixed
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False Swipe + BKC + Agency + Pokeaim team up is absurd
just need nathanlikeschicken and freezai to create the ultimate singles pokemon team
This is a monumental moment
Now we need Moxie Boosted
Not as absurd as tyranitar in ru
The dream team fr
This is why the timing of your "Tyranitar Theorem" video was so ironic to me. I thought it was gonna talk about how T-tar lost its best teammate in Gen 9 in Excadrill.
ttar's bf died from dexit 💔
Reminds me of the best blunder thumbnail in history
@@unfunniestmanGive it time. They'll meet again soon enough.
I genuinely think that great tusk and king gambit was a huge factor
I wouldn't say that's the only cause. Ever since XY Tyranitar has been getting progressively worse relative to the competition thanks to things like the Sand Stream and Pursuit nerfs, as well as general power creep.
I'm glad, because Great Tusk is probably gonna be abandoned later generations, just like Ultra Beasts, so King Tyranitar can become OU again.
Kingambit's typing is literally Ttar's ........ but better (outside of trading the Fire resist for a Fire weakness but that's a tiny setback in comparison with the rest). Add the much greater offensive potential and better Phys Bulk and the lower Special Attack and bulk feels negligible in comparison
It's far from the only problem of Ttar, but it's the nail in the coffin : why use Ttar for it's defensive role when Kingambit does it better with it's much better mix of Offense and Defense
@@BeastOrGodjust wait for gen 20, they'll add a steel/fairy mon named Iron Phallus with 150/190/130/1240/60/140 stats and an ability that summons permanent rain that weakens ground moves and boosts its sp. atk and speed by x1.5
I’m hoping he won’t stay but I fear he will.
They were this close to claiming Garchomp, but Tyranitar wasn't spared.
I understand Tyranitar but what happened to Garchomp? Was it just power creep or did it get nerfed in some way too?
@@cicada8981 my guess is losing scale shot was a major factor on top of power creep
nah, scale shot was new. It is just power creep and fairies. He used to be the strongest and fastest mon around, and he had one of the best typings possible. Now none of those 3 things are true anymore@@derpolopolis8829
@@cicada8981Enamorous rolled it into a pack
@@Metaknighttheloneswordsmanterra steel iron head or poison jab terra poison
We are inching ever closer to the False Swipe Gaming collab with CTC, and I, for one, cannot wait.
The "black sludge bisharp theorem". How items can affect a pokemon's viability.
Nah I love CTC but bro has no filter to be on something as professional as FSG
@@Substantial-hf1rmthat's precisely why I want to see it happen. It's like introducing people from different circles of friends to one another.
@@herbertunkrautthey don’t see the vision😂
@@Neku109 I stopped laughing when he turned into a poison type though
Tyranitar in RU just doesn’t feel real.
It even fell out of the OU Viability Rankings entirely.
Bruh
This comment DOESN'T feel real
Like, a horrible typing and mediocre speed can only get you so far along indirect nerfs
He is a Rock Type, it was bound to happen.
It's a bit sad to see my boy down there tbh :(
Gen 9 power creep is one hell of a drug
Unnerve Tyranitar would have been a joke in any other generation, but honestly with how much it's struggling it might be worth a try just so it can tera without hitting itself with sand.
They should change its hidden ability to intimidate
the fact that berries see more usage now also makes it worth considering
@@homerman76Colbur Berry Galarian Slowking especially :o
Unnerve Tyranitar is a nice gimmick with Mega Evolution stone
Gen 9 is so bizarre for Tyranitar... it's like... everything is working against him to make him ridiculously unreliable, besides the loses he already took in Gen 8... Tyranitar is like THE ONE Pokémon that is completely unable to take advantage of Tera simply because their whole IDENTITY was being the offensive guy with Sand.
And all the types that could make sense to turn it... it would kill them, because Sand Stream.
I know it could seem absurd before this Generation, but having Sand Stream as an ability should make you inmune to the Sand damage the same way the abilities that interact with Sandstorm do.
Lol, you're talking too much. It's simply a too slow - and the 4x weakness to Fighting is _finally_ being exploited by the masses who used to run dead scared of it before for some weird reason.
@@netweed09 There were was always since Gen 2 good fighting types, but it wasn't as exploitable that weakness (even with Close Combat being a thing) as it's in currently.
Also, Kingambit in theory has the same problems being around the same Speed Tier and being cripply weak to fighting type, but Tera works for him, and he has an ability that is always playing it's favor.
@@netweed09 lol, you're talking too much. yYu simply don't know a thing about that which you speak of, and you run your mouth anyway for some weird reason.
@yoshiwoollyworld Sand Stream.
@yoshiwoollyworldtar would hit himself with his own sand
What no Sand Abusers and Rock/Dark type does to a mf...
R.I.P OU Tyranitar
There was one. But then he was banned and then the move that allowed him to be good was banned.
Power Creep too (Kingambit, Roaring Moon, Ting-Lu, Garganacl, Great Tusk in OU; Meowscarada, Tinkaton, Greninja, Quaquavel, H-Arcanine, Kleavor, Donphan in UU)
Well, at least the remake for How GREAT was Tyranitar ACTUALLY? will be almost entirely a glorious competitive legacy. Rest in Power Tyranitar.
Wait until gen 10 to see if it redeems itself
@@12jswilson I feel like it might cause if you look at it Tera won't exist so things can't just swap types away. The starters most likely will disappear, Tusk will disappear till at least Home or even DLC of Gen.10 and a lot of stuff like Clod and maybe Ghouldengo will also be gone so it will rise most likely
@@pokefanalex9504 Assuming they don't cut him from the game, though it's possible we might not see anyone get cut since they're giving themselves more time for the next one, maybe we'll even see something like journeys where all of the mechanics come back as a "pick one to use per battle" concept, I wonder how that would affect the meta 🤔.
The “UNFORTUNATELY” will be big
@@homerman76the issue with “pick one” is Z moves and Megas are balanced, Terra is slightly unbalanced, and Dynamax is more than a little unbalanced. Official singles is 3v3, official doubles is 4v4, in either case Dynamax is basically 3 Z-moves in a row, AND it buffs your bulk. I rag on Smogon a LOT about silly bans but in hindsight Dynamax was justified.
Tyranitar; "Maybe the real competitive was the friends we made along the way."
Just need to dig them out of the sand.
"Father! Is it over?" "At long last, no king rules forever, my son."
I think what also went unmentioned in this video was how other weathers got even better this gen. Sun teams got the biggest buff with tons of crazy strong Paradox mons benefitting from sun, which also gives Sun teams vastly more options for coverage and team support. Rain teams benefit a lot from Terastallizing since Terastallizing out of water doesn’t mitigate any of rain’s benefits, so now they also have more coverage options. Hell, hail got REWORKED into snow which is a lot better than hail ever was. It also works well as a neutral weather to cancel out other weather teams, since it isn’t a hazard anymore and you can still benefit from no-miss blizzard spam if you want. Sand tightens your Tera-type options really badly and doesn’t provide enough meaningful benefits since plenty of non-sand teams run ground and steel types as their biggest threats, and can terra into steel on other things to ignore sand too.
Slowking has made Snow teams. Slowking loves having a slow switch move with Chilly Reception to abuse Regenerator so canceling your opponent’s weather and making Baxcalibur bulkier is just a bonus.
Nah snow is trash Its pretty a slowguy exclusive move. Hail at least progresses the game state
Snow and hail should be combined like sandstorm
@@jdrmanmusiqking I mean it is better, just not good. Hail was just sandstorm but worse. Now if we had frostbite in gen 9 as well..
@@Zevox144 no. Hail is 1000% better
@@jdrmanmusiqking hail is absolutely worse
only ice types being inmune to the chip sets such a constraint on teambuilding Snow barely doing anything is arguably better
Tyranitar dying to its own Sand when Tera'd is really sad but absolutely hysterical. 7 Generations of Sand just to be betrayed by it.
*6. He wasn't a sand abuser in gen 2.
@@alejandro_rodriguez_99 My bad. I'm used to Tar always having Sand that I forgot it didn't always have it.
I think one thing to mention is Ttar's usage dropped dramatically after houndstone was banned early on.
BKC and the Agency? On a False Swipe Gaming? Insta classic. Now we only need a 2 hour podcast of them all
The comforting thing is that this isn't going to be permanent. The main reason he fell is that the meta is bad for him and there aren't many sand abusers. That's not a permanent problem - and if a Pokemon like Pelliper can stay OU because it can set weather, Tyranirar will be back once it's friends do.
Gen 10 will see Excadrill's return, where it'll join TTar in UU.
@@cynthiacrescent+ dracozolt. Lowkey it might be better than excadrill for abusing sand, it’s by far no question the best mixed weather abuser of all time. But excadrill role compresses so well so its slightly better
Your wrong this is only the beginning of the fall. You talk about sand abusers like excadrill is gonna be at the top. Not a chance.
@@danka1167draco and exe are two different sand abusers. Draco is the one who says nah ah to waters and the like. Exe is the one who counters fairys and several others
I feel like there might be potential with bulky sand? Enamourous has over coat meaning it'll pair extremely well with tyranitar, taking care of some of it's checks. I think the main thing to consider would be stuff like kinggambit who curves stomp both.
BKC, the Doctor, AND the Agency? This guest list is unstoppable.
Metagross, Salamence: First time?
Dragonite: Hidden Ablities do wonders eh?
Starmie and Dragonite are the only 2 gen1 pokemon still relevant at all in the tier lists huh? Or am I missing someone?
Edit- yes, I did forget someone. Not just one poke, I missed quite a few. Zapdos, Moltres, Clefable, Nidoking, Slowbro, GENGAR, and more. I apologize for being bad.
@@Not_interestEd-Zapdos
@@Not_interestEd- starmie is not in the game. moltres and zapdos are ou
@@eduardobranco8349 I forgot about those 2 birds. I was not aware Starmie got cut from SV, but I can guess it will eventually return. Gamefreak really wants that starfish to not be relevant anymore huh?
Starmie was like NU last gen, that thing is NOT viablr
"Tyranitar is buffeted by the sandstorm!"
TOP 10 ANIME BETRAYALS
Tyranitar being in RU and Moltres being in OU just goes to show how much of a chokehold Great Tusk and Kingambit have Competitive Singles in right now
But it’s ok! If it provides role compression it’s not broken right?
Every meta is shaped by its defining champions and those that serve to check and/or counter them or anti-meta them in this case. With Tyranitar having so many counters to it this generation, it's practically unreal to assume he has any place on any serious OU teams at this point, even if said meta 'mons comprised a team with him on it, especially since most of them are immune to Sandstorm's chip damage (Kingambit, Great Tusk, Gholdengo, Cornerstone Ogerpon, and Magic Guard Clefable to name a few).
Role compression doesn't exactly make a Pokémon broken (see Heatran in Gen 4, and Landorus-Therian from Gens 5 through 8), either, as Tyranitar has effectively done that in past generations with its typing, well-distributed offensive and defensive stat spread, and vast move pool to complement it being able to run just about any set it wanted to meet the team's needs. Moltres, neither now nor before, is nowhere close to that level of versatility; it almost always ran special offense despite its high Attack stat, though nothing complemented it well if not consistently, or a defensive Defogger. That, in combination with its HA Flame Body and decent bulk, coupled with a typing that blanks both of Great Tusk's STABs, can come in on both Gholdengo and Kingambit attempting to spam their Steel-type STAB, and threaten to burn Tusk and Gambit with Will-O-Wisp or Flame Body on the switch, is why Moltres is used. It's an anti-meta 'mon.
Gen 9 has been nuts so far.
So many new Pokemon with so much power.
And so many nerfs and buffs to most pre-existing pokemon
That's been pokemon since gen 5
This feels like when a group of friends are in the funeral of the most brilliant, smart and promising of them all and begin to wonder "How did this end like this?" "WHY did this end up like this?!" and they realise it was inevitable...
(Obviously being in a funeral is a lot worse than having a talk about Pokemon, but I hope y'all get the idea)
So what you're saying is, they saw the slow decline of their friend but didn't think anything of it at the time?
@@rjante2236 pretty much, the start of it all was the loss of Pursuit, and there was that weird occasion where Ttar went to UU. Ttar did return to OU so not much of a fuss was raised back then and now the decline can be seen all over it
@@hoshi314 So more like he had a couple of health scares, seemed to be improving, then got hit by a bus on the way home from the clinic.
@@mr.sandman7339goddamn bruh 😭😭😭 lol
Why hazards are almost EVERYTHING - The Ferrothorn theorem.
I'm starting to enjoy more of this podcast style videos it's makes the conversion feel more candid and a little but exciting too with how you guys are like excited to talk about the topics and have eachother thoughts and opinions on it
Slowbro deserves a mention. Wasn't always an OU pokemon (it was only OU by usage in gens 1, 6 and 8, but it was also UUBL in gen 4) but it was such a staple last gen and then they gut it by taking away Scald and Teleport, two moves you were going to see on virtually every Slowbro build. It's pretty good where it is in RU but it's still a bit sad to see
It was NU for a lot of gen 7 though, so it already dropped significantly more than it did this gen.
I feel like Tyranitar should have been given an honorary mention in the Volcarona theorem regarding how a typing’s usefulness can be generational and meta-dependent.
Now that it can’t easily take advantage of it’s past niches in resistances to key threats, sand, and Pursuit, it was only a matter of time before it’s typing got exposed for being kind of bad.
Seeing Ttar fall so far just makes me so sad, he's legit my favorite non-Legendary Pokemon and it's just been a big face of competitive Pokemon for so long. Tera kind of created this "When everyone is super, no one is" scenario since any Pokemon can pivot out of their weaknesses and so the previous hard hitters fall because they no longer can keep up
Ttar's been my favorite since I played Pokemon XD and raised one to level 80-something. I didn't know anything about competitive at that point, I just knew I had this well-designed and very reliable mon with a million coverage moves. Made it even better when I found out that my favorite mon was also an OU king. I get that metas change but gen 9 just felt openly hostile to ttar specifically for all the reasons mentioned in this vid.
'Sad'?? 🤨😂
Jeez, get a grip!
@@mr.sandman7339 it wasn't just ttar either. The meta game was also hostile to chomp. The introduction of an accurate, viable ice move probably killed it before it could even shine.
i'm surprised they didn't make sand stream grant sandstorm immunity in case you change your type. imagine if sand rush didn't protect you from sand damage.
That is genuinely saddening to me. Tyranitar was always such a rock in OU, you know? Enabled so many team archetypes, tanked through every bit of incoming damage like it was nothing... Lasted longer than Starmie and Gengar's OU runs, at least. Godspeed, you funky Godzilla pastiche.
I don’t think I can state how much I love these videos. This format feels great since its a bkc style video you can watch that wont ruin your sleep schedule.
FSG, you need to do the remake, How GREAT was Tyranitar actually???? Sometime in the forseeable future. Thank you for your hard work and dedication
UNFORTUNATELY
Maybe this is a prelude?
I really want a full competitive Pokemon podcast with these four. This is such a good listen for both the information and the comedy to
Tyranitar is trying his best to reach back into previous generations to grab his best friend, Excadrill.
I can't bare to see such an iconic conpetitive Pokémon fall out of OU after dominating it for 7 gens in a row. Plz give Ttar a buff that will raise it back to OU in the DLC, Game Freak.
Movepool changes and a different pokemon selection would change its viability.
The big issue is that sun got a major buff in this generation. Another issue is that in general, t-tar's weaknesses have gained a lot of geound.
@RFDN0 even tho I haven't played SV yet, it's crazy how much stuff is stacked against ttar now. You know a generation's power creep is out of control when even Garchomp is on the edge of the cliff. With all this power creep, why can't they give old Pokémon more buffs to help them keep up with the new ones? I can't imagine what Gen 9's untiered list is gonna look like in the future. XD
@@christendo5733 Garchomp deserves it for being ugly and the ace of the most boring champion ever (Cynthia)
I don't really care about ttar. I feel more bad for things like Flareon since it's never been good. Ever and it will never see the light of day.
@@PerfectAzraelah hell nah bro dissed not only the goat Garchomp but his baddie of a trainer??
@@shaqkage Garchomp is only scary when used by a competent player.
When you put it in the hands of a toddler like Cynthia, it loses a lot of the fear factor and becomes very predictable and weak as it loses all its momentum.
If you want a cool dragon, look at Haxorus or Salamence. Not this reject bargain bin excuse of a dragon named Garchomp.
Cynthia isn't scary or competent and I swept her first try which is really sad since I didn't design my team to hard counter her or her Garchomp.
People only like Cynthia because she makes their dicks hard. That's the only reason why, nobody actually thinks she is cool or genuinely strong.
She's just a boring incompetent character and a wasted one too.
I still find it funny how zapdos has been ou since gen 1 (he dropped to uu in 5 but hes been ou for every other one) like no matter how much power creep there is, this spiky bird is still in ou
Zapdos didn’t drop from being bad in 5 tbf. It was new toy syndrome with the pre-nerf genie. Was still totally viable.
@@Skullhawk13 Yeah im not arguing that he wasn't bad in gen 5, It's just funny how he only dropped tiers once
the agency responding to the T-tar controversy… glad to see it
In response to 11:20 Tbf, Garchomp has had some close calls before in terms of dwindling usage in the past prior to this gen - almost sending it to UU. In Gen 7 for awhile it was barely scraping by in usage and viability because Zygarde was in the tier. It only shot back up to prominence once the Snek got banned.
at least in gen 7, there's only zygarde, in gen 9 you need to ban like 5 more ground or dragon types to be considered
@@knightlancelot4003Dragapult, Baxcalibur, Roaring Moon, Great Tusk, and Ting-Lu
i love these discussion videos, hearing BKC actually talk about the topic in the title is always a treat. Getting aim and blunder on was really good too
I love how this needed to gather them like this, it's just historical
Lack of pursuit took a generation for its effects to be felt, and the loss of Excadrill hurt it even more.
Unless…
With how much switching happens now, they really should revamp pursuit, maybe even add a condition where it has priority against the likes of uturn and volt switch, there just wasn't much reason to kick it from the game like they did, though I guess that's true of a lot of moves that got cut from gen 8+
@@homerman76 honestly a BIG problem was how pursuit just kinda fucked over psychic type, a type that already struggles. When they did type effectiveness adjustments in gen 6, they should've made it so Steel lost its resistance to Psychic and Bug instead of Ghost and Dark. That would've lessened the effect of Pursuit on Psychic
@@juannaym8488Yeah and now ghost mons are allowed to run amok like Gholdengo (god that design is bad) and Dragapult, Pursuit would have been the thing keeping them in check
@@Nighterac after getting used to it, I love Gholdengo's design. Its goofy and serious at the same time
@@juannaym8488the Steel type was created to counterbalance Psychic types so it would never lose its resistance
TTar gets Knock Off via TM in the Teal Mask, while the Bisharp line does not. THE KING STAYS WINNING, THE OU DREAM IS STILL REAAAAAAL.
Tyranitar: Even if I never go back OU I’m not going down without a fight
Sand Stream should make the user immune to sandstorm damage just like Sand Veil, Sand Rush, etc.
There's character assassination, but then there's whatever they did to T-Tar good fucking lord
BRO THIS FEELS LIKE A PODCAST AND I LOVE IT 😭
Love seeing PokeaimMD and Blunder. Would like to see more videos done this way.
The fact that OU staples like Ttar and Garchomp are now both in UU is crazy.
Seeing ttar drop down to ru in real time after having played pokemon for so many years genuinely feels like watching history in the making
*[KNOCK OFF HAS ENTERED THE CHAT]*
Sand sucks, excadrill is gone, pursuit is gone, Garganacl exists, Kingambit exists, great tusk exists
Virgin Tyranitar vs Chad Pelipper
sometimes I use tyranitar in OU.
I use this creative set:
Tyranitar @ Assault Vest
Ability: Sand Stream
Tera Type: Rock
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
Relaxed Nature
IVs: 0 Spe
- Avalanche
- Payback
- Earthquake
- Heavy Slam
it's not great, but it is not terrible.
a good teamate is garganacl since garganacl is a rock type and apreciates a lot the the sp.def buff from the sandstorm.
Honestly it's super impressive the run it's had as not only a rock type, but as something with a 4x weakness to fighting.
Well yeah with huge threats in Kinggambit, Great Tusk and all the huge new Grass and Fighting types like the Hisuian mons *AND* no good Sand Rush Sweeper thanks to Excadrill not being in the game it was time for Ttar to get the Metagross treatment
The bigger they are the harder they fall.
Their tone really makes is feel like we're attending Tyranitar's funeral 😂
Protosynthesis & the PLETHORA of insane rain users, as well as the fact that there weren't any great sand abusers this gen were huge factors imo
According to Wolfey, Rock + Dark is the 10th worst type combination. For so long Tyranitar's base stats, ability, and movepool have made up for this. But it seems the limitations of its typing have finally caught up with it.
I hope Tyranitar manages to crawl back up to OU in the future.
defensively, Rock+dark is the worst type possible currently, as it has the worst array of the 7 weakness spread for the 6 types that share that number of weaknesses. the only reason its that high is because the sole rock/dark pokemon is a weather setter as well as being both strong offensive typings.
Ironic how its in the one time it can fix that issue. Fate is funny sometimes.
@@Rarest26the existence of tera hurts Ttar more than it helps, even if you exclude sand chip. Tera giving any mon stab fighting hurts Ttar. TTar also doesn’t particularly benefit from Tera either, because so much of what it is, has been its unique defensive profile.
Ttar was used for pursuit so the dark typing is good and sand stream boosts it's spDef and doesn't chip it so rock typing is good. Wolfey was probably talking about VGC not singles.
@@herhhetj5372 He's was refer to the types themselves at face value, their weaknesses and resistances. The many weaknesses are very problematic for the combination and their offensive synergy is mediocre. But in spite of that Tyranitar makes excellent use of the typing due to things the types do beyond their weaknesses, resists, etc, as you have stated.
It's a shame that Sand Stream doesn't come with a built-in immunity to its own weather condition, like Sand Veil.
Sand Stream really should give immunity to Sandstorm damage, especially in tjis generation
Nah, not really. Just because you create a sandstorm, doesn't mean you are immune to it. It would be stupid if it was still immune to damage when Tera, because it incentives wasting your Tera so that your Mon can survive and removes any level of risk from Tera.
@@egbertmilton4003every other sandstorm ability grants immunity and every hail ability granted immunity back in the day. Terra already has an opportunity cost of one Pokémon only. The fact you think it’s “stupid.” Isn’t relevant to the discussion.
@@Skullhawk13 You do realise none of those sandstorm abilities and hail abilities were able to kick up the weather right? The typing or abilities adapted to boosting yourself in hail is what makes Pokemon immune, not the ability to make sandstorm, otherwise every Pokemon capable of learning Sandstorm should be immune, and that becomes so stupid. The fact you think the opportunity cost is enough to justify a weather setting Pokemon not facing any negative consequences of leaving its type bracket is an embarrassment.
@@egbertmilton4003 you're arguing semantics at best.
@@Skullhawk13 No, it’s basic logic at worst, something you clearly don’t have
TTAR GOT KNOCKOFF WE’RE SO BACK
Hey I just wanted to let you guys know that these chill discussion videos are superb and I love seeing BKC and other battlers feature in them and give their thoughts. Hope to see more of them and would also like to see other great players as well.
So there's all of that, but I'm confused that I don't see anything talking about Ting Lu replacing a lot of Tyranitar's defensive utility. Ground dark is such a better type than rock dark, and it tanks special hits just as well
Yep, Ting Lu took Ttar's defensive strengths and ran with it and since it doesn't rely on sand for its spdef boost, Lu can tera whenever it wants. A lot of these new mons feel very overtuned, like how Chien-Pao is just Weavile but with everything it could ever want.
Would love to see the full unedited conversation with these goats released. Please, for the people!!!!
I was surprised to learn Tyranitar fell to RU
Using your Tera on Tyranitar only to be hit by your sandstorm and die is one of the funniest thing I've seen in a while.
I never thought I would see the day where TYRANITAR is in RU.
Keep your head up king. Your time will shine again soon.
Probably when Excadrill comes back
never forget CTCs line "let my Tar win (Tywin) like a Lannister
Hope you make a video on Zapdos, how it continues to stay so good.
FSG is slowly becoming the MCU of competitive pokemon
Hey guys, I think Tyranitar can easily reclaim its OU placement in Gen 9 with a simple addition to its movepool! It'd be a physical Dark-Type move called Hunt! Hunt would be a 40 BP move that doubles if the opponent switches out and would give T-Tar a great niche: Coming in on prominent Psychic & Ghost-Types like Galarian Slowking and Dragapult, surviving their attacks, then using Hunt to trap them!
Hmmmmmm.. golly jee willakers! This move hunt sounds verry familiar.. dont know how
But, would it be an exclusive to Tyranitar? Say this move isn't, and plenty of other dark types get access to it. What if Bisharp, and by proxy, Kingambit, get access to this move? How will Tyranitar maintain its niche of this new move benefiting it, when a much better offensive Pokemon can use it for more devastating effects, while benefiting from sand. It would need a little more in order to not be outcompeted by Kingambit, and let's not even consider how match ups against Great Tusk aren't changed much for the better.
@@egbertmilton4003 Good question! It may not be top of the usage charts, but I think T-Tar would still regain its former glory if it got a move like Hunt. But hey, who's to say Hunt should be exclusive to T-Tar? You mentioned Kingambit, why not also Scizor, Krookodile, Alolan Muk, and Weavile? Maybe some lower tier 'mons like Spritomb & Skuntank could also enjoy using it as well!
@@georgecortes3416 Oohhh, magnificent, I like this. Allowing plenty of variety amongst Dark attackers, giving them a foothold to act as competition against Kingambit, as well as perform a vital role in punishing switches, not bad at all. If only this could ever happen though, we both know Gamefreak would never do something like that.
We should also add a new ground/steel sand rush mon with high attack and speed! I wonder what it should be called...
Yo this is a fire colab! need more of this.
Wow, Sandstream is normally a great ability. I never thought that Sandstream and Snow Warning would hurt a Pokémon's competitive use.
i like how the top 10 uu usage stats for july is basically top 10 reasons tyranitar cannot exist
there are other reasons like it doesnt switch into dirge at all and the INSANE rise of bulky quaquaval as well as no longer handling the premier special attacking ghost basculegion-female. Cb isnt doing too much vs teams packed with top tier defensive mons like quaquaval tinkaton mola and so on.
Minecraft Boi just ended TTars entire career.
This video’s cast is the showdown Mt. Rushmore fr
Sand was usually a top two weather through out the generations, but now I think it's third above Snow, which makes me think it won't get much better with the DLC since all of the weathers are getting buffed... Still hoping his friends can bring T-tar back.
I'm imagining the One Piece "I want to live" scene with T-tar is screaming "take me back to OU with you!" and all the sand bros are over the other straw hats lmao
You guys' talks are more entertaining than every sports podcast put together.
Well, GameFreak, you made it. You powercrept Tyranitar
Are you happy now game freak?
Powercrept and simultaneously bullied him relentlessly with an influx of Fighting and Ground types
GUYS WE DID IT TTAR IS BACK IN UU
honestly I think the main reason it wasn’t used is because of meowscarada, now that meow is gone it can have a presence in UU
That and new toy syndrome meant that less people used it in favor of the new drops to UU.
Seeing how much have changed in gen 9 is just insane.
Power creep didn't do mercy to a lot of the previous gen mons. When I look at ou of this gen and gen 8, or any other meta from this and past gen I remember what Magcarjoe said in his Slowbro video:
"Your role in the tier is temporary. There no kings, there are no eternal warriors. All of you will fall, all of you will suffer."
So i aint the only one feeling that power creep went crazy here? As a boring (and bad) stall player. I just kinda.. dont know. This gen feels so wierd. So ofencive and so many wierd threads. Gen 8 felt better in that regard. Though many thats just me
Weavile went from top tier in OU (and good in Ubers!) to worse than fucking Oricorio
@@carucath97 I feel the same way with Krookodile, my guy fell to ru, and I think that with august update it will go lower.
@@carucath97It got replaced by Chien-Pao, literally does the exact same thing Weavile did and it's such a shame
@@Nighterac that and for some unfathomable reason they neutered it by cutting Knock Off and Triple Axel from its movepool and forcing it to rely on weaker moves
The Colab we always needed
the other thing to note is dlc 1 is coming. if tyranitar is in ru right now just wait until dlc 2 comes out
Remember guys! Teammates are everything!
Great episode and great guests
Sand Stream should 100% work like Sand Rush/Sand Force and make you immune to sandstorm damage
No, it shouldn't.
@@egbertmilton4003that’s not a counterpoint. “Nuh uh” isn’t. It’d be good for consistency cause losing immunity to the weather you set is illogical
@@Skullhawk13 Considering that Pokemon can set up sandstorm already and still take damage due to not being the right type, yeah, you shouldn't be immune to the damage of your weather should you change types. So its, not just nuh uh, you just have no braincells about how to balance weather.
@@egbertmilton4003says the brainlet who did nothing but reiterate the fact being disputed and acting like it's a reason why it's justified.
@@BubbyBoy ironic coming from someone who can’t even see the logic staring right in your face. How does it feel to have so little intelligence about basic balance?
No Jimothy Cool? :O.
Still great video! Tyranitar is so good! But I never would have expected it to be considering it's blaring weakness to FIGHTING.
Longest running OU Pokemon
Zapdos: "Seriously?"
UU in Gen 5
@@tobin2.0 With a very good niche in OU, Purely UU by Usage
These four together is absolutely lovely.
Watching the vid, it sounds like Tyranitar has been falling since gen 6 and the nerfs in Gen 8 was the big hit to it. The powercreep and the lack of a good foil for it finished it off. I wonder if Excadrill coming to Gen 9 will let it rise again.
Also they didn’t even mention how gen 6 and 7 giving it a mega evolution helped stave off the power creep a little bit.
Any normal mon would’ve dropped in gen 6, but since its ttar it got more usage that it probably deserved. At least it had pursuit back then, it doesn’t have that excuse since last gen.
Let's be honest that typing was always gonna catch up to it and the lack of any strong stab move that's reliable doesn't do it any favors.
*Plot twist:* the DLCs bring back Excadrill and the Galar fossils, Tyranitar usage skyrockets once again and it reclaims its throne. After all, Zapdos returned to OU after being outclassed by Thundurus in Gen V.
Even if Excadrill came back, the Sand team structures still finds itself with the same problems: Great Tusk and Ting-Lu are still too much of a nuisance for the team style, as they additionally deal with Drill arguably even better than they do versus Ttar, and other prominent mons like Hamurott, Zamazenta, Specs Enamorus, & Unburden Sneasler gives it problems. There is also in general a lot of ways to stop Sand in its tracks, with Chilly Reception Glowking, and the prominence of Rain and Sun as playstyles (more mons benefits from these two weathers).
If Drill ended up being in UU last gen despite not having to deal with any of these problems, then I doubt that even its inclusion can get Ttar and itself back into the OU tier.
Unban sand rush drill
@@ryanvo6955 Unbanned since gen 6. The loss of permanent Sand stopped from it being broken a long time ago.
BKC/Blunder/Joey/And False Swipe in one vid is wild
CTC too wild to be in vids like this tho LMAOOOOOOO
It was Inevitable. Nothing last forever. Theres been some noticable cracks in Ttars' OU career. Like I still find it to be Great in gen 3, 5,6,and 8 but 2,4, and 7 its merely and okay OU mon. I know a lot of people think TTar is the best in gen 4 OU but its so perdictable at this point most. Teams have no problem with it anymore
I'm just happy that Oricorio got buffed enough to be RU this gen. My favorite Pokemon didn't disappoint