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yep, i find all three of those to be great and definitely up there on my list, spinda especially another less popular pick which is among my favorites would be cacturne, which i feel is heavily underappreciated and needs more love, or the pumpkaboo line, which i feel always gets overshadowed by the other version exclusive ghost grass line from x and y, the trevenant line another one close to my heart is duosion which was the first pokemon i ever saw in the games excluding zekrom, so it's also pretty high (reuniclus is awesome too) (also no way it's the metal guy)
@@ashleyisanidiot Reuniclus was my favourite for years, Pokepark 2 contributed heavily to that. That game was amazing, needs more love. I've alwawys pledged my loyalty to Maractus but I do quite respect Cacturne
I love Beheeyem, its design encapsulates loads of different types of 1950s paranoia, and it hits like a truck. I used to use it in Gen 6 with an Assault Vest and it would hit so hard that people thought it was Specs and switched out into something that resists that one move.
One of my favorites that I think gets the ugly duckling treatment is probably Barbaracle. There's just something really interesting about it being this living colony that functions in a way to make such a body work, and its a pretty neat pokemon to use in game as well, what with tools like Shell Smash, Razor Shell, and pretty solid coverage. Also whenever I pick one up, I absolutely always name it Up-Top. It's just too perfect.
"You look like you could use a hand. How about I lend you seven?" As offputting as barnacles are, this lad has grown on me. Pretty decent defenses, Tough Claws, the rare Cross Chop...
Since you guys brought up Raichu, I just wanted to share a story when I last played Pokemon Red on an emulator: one of the many glitches in the first two games the player can exploit is evolving a Pokemon that requires a stone, by leveling up a different Pokemon. I remember I was in the Team Rocket hideout, fighting with a Pikachu that went down, so I threw out a Growlithe that leveled up after the battle. What I didn't expect was Pikachu to then start evolving, which I permitted not knowing this was indeed a bug in the game. I was too perplexed why this was happening. I was immediately grateful for the extra stat buffs, but then realized I missed out on Pikachu finishing up it's level up moves. The Thunder Punch TM came in the clutch though.
3:51: From Pokémon Stadium 1 all the way up to Battle Revolution, if you somehow manage to get Surf onto a Raichu, it uses its tail as the surfboard. ^^
I'm a big fan of lumineon and seaking's families. Idk. I just think fish are really cool. I even went out of my way to get a lumineon and a goldeen sitting cuties plush. Ledian is also a favorite of mine.
I hear so many poeple say pikachu is better at sweeping than raichu But this is only true if A - the entire enemy team is paralyzed, slowed by sticky web, or pikachu has its speed boosted And B - the entire enemy team doesn't have a single priority move Raichus higher bulk and speed matters a whole lot when going for a sweep. Furthermore, if pikachu loses its light ball (knock off, thief, trick), it's damage becomes immediately pitiful. Raichu will never have its damage drop unless you're running choice specs - but in that case, it's less for a sweep and more for wall breaking. Raichu not having to run light ball allows it to be more consistent and splashable on teams, able to fit into more roles.
I was thinking the same thing. Raichu overall has much better natural stats and a free item slot. That and Pikachu refused to evolve it wasn't Ash that didn't let it
I wish Raichu could also use Light Ball for a 1.5x boost. The flaw with Light Ball is that, as mentioned, Pikachu is kind of bad outside of very niche situations, where its insane damage can shine without it getting smacked in return. Raichu's main issue, conversely, is that it has good speed and not absolute paper thin survivability, but its damage is extremely low even compared to its fellow Gen 1 Electric types (Jolteon just casually having higher stats in every category besides Attack, being a lot faster and naturally doing ~14% more damage with special attacks at max investment). If Light Ball could be used on Raichu, then it would be a win for both of them. Light Ball could be utilized outside of pretty much a gimmick, and Raichu wouldn't be dogwater in competitive. Or they could at least boost Pikachu's base Speed to 120, and Raichu's Speed to 130. Pikachu's whole thing is its Speed, yet it loses to Jynx and freaking _Lumineon_ in a race.
Love that Gorebyss was on here, because Huntail is one of my top 5 favorite pokemon. My #1 is Loudred, so I’m _definitely_ in the camp of giving underappreciated mons a second look now and then haha. This was a really good list that broke away from the typical few people usually talk about!
Y'all had me until Shiinotic that's been my sleep paralysis demon the past eight years 😭😭 I think if I had to pick one of my own, I'd pick Sigilyph. It's SO cool and no one ever talks about it. Good Speed and SpAtk, respectable bulk, a plethora of great moves, and they're the wandering, living relics of an ancient civilisation nobody understands, still travelling the same routes they used protecting nobles and castles that were buried under sand hundreds upon hundreds of years before.
@@shepskydad Mine dodged or Protected against every single Stone Edge and Rock Slide thrown at her by Marshal's team. :D but then again she was also one of the reasons why I struggled with Dark and Ghost types, so it evens out :v
I think another Pokemon that is underappreciated is Granbull, I mean, it was one of the fairies before the Fairy Type even existed. Plus it's actually pretty good, with access to the elemental bites, and STAB return and 120 base attack?? Yeah, that's a powerhouse if I ever saw one.
Raichu is one of my favourite Pokemon, probably tied with Ampharos as my favourite Electric type. I hate that Pikachu overshadows it. There are some "fans" that don't even know Raichu exists and it breaks my heart. I think part of the problem for why some Pokemon are underappreciated, is because of the games' format. Stats mean a lot in the games to have a strong team. Easy access to them is also important. Gorebyss, for example, will have never been obtainable for me, because I didn't have friends to trade with. Even if I did, it didn't seem worth the effort.
Klinklang deserves better. Only EIGHT physical moves in its SwSh movepool. Mostly normal with ONE dark. Signature steel move has 85 accuracy. Pure steel is rare, and I really like the "mechanical" design. It's far from the ugliest or laziest, and its stats are pretty okay. Stat total of 520, 100 base Attack, and 90 base Speed. A former signature move Shift Gear gives +1 Attack and +2 Speed, essentially giving Rayquaza's Attack combined with Deoxys-Nyoom's Speed. The gears got did dirty
3:06 i thought it was Ash's Pikachu's wish to not evolve? In the original Anime when Ash tried to used a Thunderstone on his Pikachu, Pikachu denied and Slapped his hand away.
They're from gen 9 so there may be some "New mons bad, old mons good" bias, but I think the future Paradoxes are very underappreciated. They've been upgraded/modified from the originals in a lot of different ways, but many of these are still very obscure due to only being visible if you use a handful of specific moves, and the only ones that are common knowledge right now are Iron Bundle's spring-loaded head and the obvious Iron Valiant's lightsaber. You'd think their dex entries would mention these changes like they do for other mons (e.g. Clodsire's spikes), but instead you get random blurbs about athletes on life support and Hydreigon intercoursing with a robot. They're a group of Pokemon with their fair share of merits, that are cursed by having said merits being unreasonably hard to access _in their own debut games._
Honestly, I find the past paradoxes cooler, but the future ones are _creepier,_ and there’s equal value in both. Robots and living machines are a personal TERROR of mine. For some people, it’s dolls or puppets, but for me it’s giant hunks of sentient but unfeeling metal. It’s kinda a shame that *all* of the future ones got the lazy ‘future = robot!’ treatment, but the first few I saw were reeeeally effective at freaking me out, and I appreciate them for it. 🤖
@@Asm0d3u5 In general, the "main" changes are on the big neon parts, and there are "secondary" changes on non-neon ones. - Iron Treads' trunk is now an actual wheel which rolls independently, and the legs can withdraw into the body to make a sphere, so the Pokemon is like a monowheel now. - Aside from the head, Iron Bundle has also had its bag turned into a snow cannon, which doubles as means of propulsion, and its feet are skis to take advantage of that (shown in a couple of its TCG arts and the run animation). - Iron Hands' palms are defibrillators in reference to Hariyama's old signature move Smelling Salts (called Resuscitation in JP) as seen when using Thunderbolt, plus the hands themselves have a much longer range for physical attacks. - Iron Jugulis' side heads are also detached, but instead of being just range extension they act like homing drones, which can be sent at the enemy and retrieved later as seen during Dragon Tail. There's a possibility that they have their own brains unlike with Hydreigon, but that's not confirmed. - Iron Moth's wings aren't needed for flight, so they're now a sun-related device (likely solar panels but could also be lamps or something else) as they're combined into a sun shape to fire certain attacks such as the Beam moves and Bug Buzz. Also, its legs are missiles supplied from inside its body, as shown in its "rare" Synchro Mode attack animation and the TCG art. - Lightsaber aside, Iron Valiant's chest spike is now a gun that extends to shoot attacks like Shadow Ball or Psybeam (Gardevoir's side of the mon). Plus, its upper body can rotate independently from the lower one letting it perform walking spin attacks, another one from the "rare" Synchro attack animation. - The blades of the Iron Swords of Justice have been adapted to each member's role: Virizion is the fast one, so Iron Leaves gets 3 slim longswords; Terrakion is the strong one so Iron Boulder gets one giant sword/axe; Cobalion is the middle ground so Iron Crown gets 2 medium-sized horns, which are also the only ones with a ranged attack since it's the leader. Speculation-wise, the latter two spin their heads while fainting, which could be used together with said blades to make a drill (for Boulder) or a 360° projectile turret (for Crown), but that's unconfirmed. Yes, I've spent too much time looking into them.
@@bluekirby_64 Somehow knew about most of them, except Iron Jugulis, Iron Valiant's gun heart spike, and Iron Moth! Thank you, this makes them so much cooler!
Beheyeem is such a weird Pokémon. I mean, i used one in my team on my first playthrough. And, i guess like everyone else, i always remember the first team i sued in each game the most. But every time i try toracll my team always forget him. Its like "I pick Oshawott as my starter, then i got Sawk, then Swaddle, Sandile, Litwick and... Klink ?"
One of my favorite under appreciated Pokémon is Sigilyph. It’s a Psychic Flying type with a base stat total of 490, it’s one of the few Pokémon in gen 5 with good speed, and it has Magic Guard, so you can do some crazy stuff like bringing it out while stealth rocks are around, give it a life orb with no downsides, put it on a sandstorm team without worrying about the damage, and give it a fire orb so you have immunity to other statuses, because you won’t take burn damage, and you don’t need that attack stat anyway. It’s also one of the few gen 5 Pokémon (the region full of Pokémon with absurd level requirements for evolution) that doesn’t evolve, so you don’t need to worry about it slugging through most of the game.
I love sigilyph but it’s just outshined by reunicluss or gothitelle most of the time. Even then it gets the gen 5 physic type treatment of being against the highest density of dark types in any gen(to my knowledge… why does gen 5 have so many dark type trainers)
A fairly unpopular mon I like is Watchog. It's grumpy in a cute way, but people don't realise it's yellow body highlights glow! Explaining why it gains access to Flash/Confuse Ray etc.
idk why people don't like Raichu. Design-wise it's better in every way compared to pikachu (The aololan form just looks dumb to me, he looks like he's made of rubber), It's not exactly a strong pokemon but it's good enough to have on your team while Pikachu needs a special item to make him viable. I've loved Raichu ever since I was little and never understood why everyone sleeps on it. The only reason I don't use it more in playthroughs is simply because getting a Pikachu in the first place is either too tedious or by the time I get one, I already have a better pokemon on my team.
i just discovered these channel im definitely binging everyone’s videos, it’s full whimsy and unseriousness but still full of passion that i really missed from Poketubers im excited to eat it all up along with DeliciousJames vids!
Ever since I first got beheeyem in gen 5 I always adored it’s dex entries and use in the anime. It always came along as so cryptic and mysterious but undeniably powerful. Like a being who could exploit your every weakness by learning everything about you (hence Analytic as it’s ability) Then when gen 6 came out and malamar was brought into existence and basically stole beheeyems thunder/gimmick by hypnotizing and erasing people’s memories through flashing lights, I got so immensely upset, especially when malamar became popular. It really felt like nobody even knew about beheeyem.
Speaking of overlooked older siblings, Peyton Manning, the Hall of Fame quarterback and biggest commercial pitchman athlete since Michael Jordan has an older brother, Cooper, who had a medical condition in college that kept him from playing competitive football
You cant talk about underappreciated pokemon without talking about the lake trio, but then again people forget about them often. Absolute cutie pies of legendaries that are important to the story in gen 4 and pla with some connections to cool characters, with some pretty cool dex entries. Theyre triplets that drive humanity, but in pla, its described that if someone upsets them they will drain their respective gifts to make them husks of their former selves or puppets. I will defend them with my life Azelf is one of my favourite pokemon ever
How about Minior? Appeared in ONE area in Gen 7 and then didn't appear again until SV DLC. Almost literally a fallen star. Gorgeous colored cores, a black shiny, and a gimmick that bodied the DLC champion. Shell Smash until below half health then Explosion. Bonus points for holding a Life Orb. Cosmic Power, Acrobatics, Power Gem, a fair 100 in both offenses or both defenses depending on health... I only wish they kept the altered Home shinies.
So many of the best pokemon don't get the appreciation they deserve! And I love that you did Gorebyss because Lumineon is the *poster child* for forgettable water-types, to the point the Clamperl line is completely forgotten about, and I just love the lore that is very unappreciated, same with Beeheeyem, so mysterious and creepy
Bruh, what is this narrative of Ash actively working against Pikachu evolving? As far back as the Surge episode, Pikachu didn’t want that noise. Ash is being a respectful friend and trainer.
Pyukumuku actually does have some cuteness to it so I can see why the duo chose that. Plus that stress ball idea might still pop off. Maybe in Japan only but I digress
Raichu was my favorite Pokemon for most of my life because i'm an older sibling and felt more discarded growing up because of it. It's still my 2nd favorite next to Shaymin.
Poor Raichu. As if being overshadowed by the mascot of the biggest multimedia franchise in the world was already bad enough. He is also overshadowed by his baby form Alola form all 9 Pika Clones and Mimikyu and all unique forms of Pikachu such as all 5 Cosplay Pikachu Pikachu's Gigantamax form and more
I think that the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games have really helped with my, and undoubtedly other people's, impressions of under-appreciated Pokémon. Beeheeyem are actually fairly important characters in the story of Super Mystery Dungeon, and the series has given me better appreciation of Pokémon like bidoof, chatot, sunflora, dunsparce, torkoal, and xatu by giving them a bit of extra character.
One of the things I rlly like on the pokemon anime/movies is that the trainers have non meta pokemon and still kick ass, not everyone have a Garchomp and swarm of Beedrills is terrifying even if you have a Charizard with you.
One of my favorite underappreciated pokemon is Boltund, it's so cute and i also love Yamper, when playing Pokemon Shield he was a valuable member of my team, i wish people could love it more.
In the case of beheeyem I think the reason it’s so undervalued is cause of how prominent dark types are in gen 5 and it also just shows up at the same time as litwick and the angry candle is just more memorable
Cottonee is one of my favorite Pokemon. I say this because it was the first Pokemon I ever had. In elementary school (3 or 4 grade), my friend at the time gave me my first Pokemon card, which was a Cottonee, and I'll probably always remember how happy I was that day.
It’s crazy to me that most Pokemon on this video are probably less popular than Trubbish, the trash bag Pokemon people used to hate only for people now defending it by calling it “underrated”. If Trubbish is “underrated” and you are a Pokémon that’s less popular than that, then you truly are overlooked by most people.
I've always liked Gorebyss and Huntail ever since I saw them in Emerald as a kid. Them being exclusively trade evolutions helped add some mystic qualities to them, since I never had a link cable, and them being evolutions to Clamperl also added to their charm since me and my siblings all loved finding Clamperls in the underwater areas. Nowadays, I wish that they had ways to stand out more from the wave of mono-Water mons that have been piling up in Pokemon. Shell Smash was a good start, but they still ended up ultimately outclassed by Cloyster and Blastoise, who have more Speed, better overall defenses, and in Cloyster's case an ability and moveset combo that really let it be a team sweeping menace. With Clamperl not only evolving with its exclusive items, but also getting actual stat boosts from holding them - unlike a lot of other items specific to single evolution lines (Electrizer, Magmarizer, Protecter, etc) - one idea I had was to let those items boost the evolutions as well, just to a lesser extent. Deep Sea Scale could boost Gorebyss's Sp. Atk by 1.5x, while Deep Sea Tooth could boost Huntail's Attack by 1.5x (I never understood why Deep Sea Tooth, the item that evolves Clamperl into its physical attacking counterpart, boosts its _Sp. Atk_ while Deep Sea Scale boosts _Sp. Def,_ which is the exact same between both evolutions, but it's whatever). That way, Gorebyss at max Sp. Atk investment could have Sp. Atk equal to ~195 base Sp. Atk, and Huntail at max Attack investment could have Attack equal to ~180 base Attack. This would allow them to put serious hurt in with both Swift Swim under rain and especially after a Shell Smash, but would be balanced by them still being naturally slow and being very susceptible to moves like Knock Off and Trick.
Wishiwashi is SO cool. A sardine Pokemon that takes their schooling instinct and makes it really awesome, the absolute weakest Pokemon ever transforming into a hivemind war submarine with Legendary-tier stats. He holds a special place in my heart for tanking Ultra Necrozma at 1 HP with Affection twice in a row and taking him down in Solo Form.
Even with recency bias, I don't see anyone talk about Lokix. That's wild to me, since the whole extra switchblade-y set of legs is insanely cool, and it's also a good first impression user.
I did a playthrough with a Shiinotic once. Then I battled my friend with it. He found it so infuriating and he needed several Pokémon just to take it down. Strength Sap is a helluva drug.
I will ALWAYS remember Shiinotic, and happily let Spore+Dream Eater live rent-free in my head. Used one during a playthrough, and it worked wonders for me.
Oh I adore pyukumuku! Also has a fantastic shiny. I never knew how to use it in battle but I always thought he was a cute little guy. I had an orphan sock back in the day that I made a pyukumuku plush out of since I thought it’d be easy
All the ones that deserve to be appreciated also include: Exploud, Cacturne, Furret, Ariados, Masquerain, Armaldo, Lanturn, Banette, Grumpig, Beartic, Mandibuzz, Gourgeist! This is just a few honestly.
Beheeyem is my fave Pokémon of all time and Pyukumuku is up there too! I love Shiinotic too it’s so creepy and weird it really fits the creepy side of fairies.
I really like klefki and luvdisc. Like, I'm not going to pretend that they're good competitively, but I think they're great examples of a kind of "elegantly simple" visual design. They're cute and appealing despite there not being a lot of different parts to look at!
I get weird looks because yes, I love Arcanine, Feraligatr, Corviknight and Boltund… But I love Smeargle and Kecleon and Cramorant just as much, if not maybe more and I’ll never not show them the undying love they deserve. And no, I don’t play competitively. I just love everything about what they are, stats or otherwise.
A lot of pokémon are underrated, but my favorites are: Wigglytuff: it's adorable and way more charismatic than Jigglypuff, it learns a lot of moves (like, a lot, seriously), and it's special attack and ability (competitive) can make it dangerous in unexpected situations if it is used correctly. Seaking: it's attack is ok, and has decent hp and special defense, it's ability also makes it good if the enemy thinks electric moves would destroy Seaking. Jynx: I never saw it as ugly, to me, it's hilarious and stylish, it's stats are also good and lovely kiss is also a very good move. It's abilities aren't bad either. Illumise: to me, it's better than Volbeat (I don't like Volbeat's design that much, I think it could have been better), it's a good support pokemon even when it is a bug type.
first off, I actually used Beheeyem on my champion team in Omega Ruby. I blame the anime episode "Beheeyem Duosion and the Dream thief" for giving me the love for this odd lil pokemon. second, I love muk, I understand why people don't care for it, but I love the giant pile of sludge :) funnily enough, used it alongside the beheeyem from earlier
Glad I'm not the only one saying this, but will also chime in that Beheeyem is already one of my favorite pokemon. 😊 Such a cool design! I love his little coat lol.
I do really like pyukumuku and shiinotic. For pyukumyuku it doesnt learn a single attaking move besides counter which is such as funny And I love shiinotic for how incredibly creepy it is. That is my favourite aspect about a lot of fairy types. The open parallels to real world fey stories really influences it to make the fairy type tied in first with ice as my favourite.
My favorite Pokémon is Stoutland, not sure if it’s underapretiated since it’s the star of the black and white 1 speedruns, but still I feel like people always overlook my sweet little Yorkshire
I've had the same experience with Amoonguss. It's a giant tank with okay defenses 70 Def and 80 SpDef in base stats, but 114 HP stats. Using an 85 SpA stats with something like Giga Drain and then Toxic makes it hard to deal with this shroom, almost requiring a OHKO.
I was considering using a Beeyehem next time I play BW or it's sequel. In general I hope to have the opportunity to try move unused Pokémon in the future
Thanks for having us, this was a great time! Pyukumuku forever
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I LOVE PYUKUMUKU !!!!!!!!!!!!
How dare u.
I fucking love Shiinotic
I absolutely love Beheeyem. Its such an easy design for psychic but they did it very well.
The thumbnail already speaks to me. Beheeyem is one of my favourite pokemon ever, alongside Sigilyph and Spinda. I have some very strange tastes.
yep, i find all three of those to be great and definitely up there on my list, spinda especially
another less popular pick which is among my favorites would be cacturne, which i feel is heavily underappreciated and needs more love, or the pumpkaboo line, which i feel always gets overshadowed by the other version exclusive ghost grass line from x and y, the trevenant line
another one close to my heart is duosion which was the first pokemon i ever saw in the games excluding zekrom, so it's also pretty high (reuniclus is awesome too)
(also no way it's the metal guy)
spinda is so awesome! love to see it :)
@@ashleyisanidiot Reuniclus was my favourite for years, Pokepark 2 contributed heavily to that. That game was amazing, needs more love.
I've alwawys pledged my loyalty to Maractus but I do quite respect Cacturne
Sigilyph is peak.
I love Beheeyem, its design encapsulates loads of different types of 1950s paranoia, and it hits like a truck.
I used to use it in Gen 6 with an Assault Vest and it would hit so hard that people thought it was Specs and switched out into something that resists that one move.
the way you three played off each other was really nice here
One of my favorites that I think gets the ugly duckling treatment is probably Barbaracle. There's just something really interesting about it being this living colony that functions in a way to make such a body work, and its a pretty neat pokemon to use in game as well, what with tools like Shell Smash, Razor Shell, and pretty solid coverage.
Also whenever I pick one up, I absolutely always name it Up-Top. It's just too perfect.
I think it looks awesome, being a rock body with tentacle claws coming out of it. Apparently others thought not
(Gen 6 has like 3 bad designs at most)
"You look like you could use a hand. How about I lend you seven?"
As offputting as barnacles are, this lad has grown on me. Pretty decent defenses, Tough Claws, the rare Cross Chop...
Wait, are there people who dislike barbaracle? He's so cool, even if he is somewhat forgettable.
Since you guys brought up Raichu, I just wanted to share a story when I last played Pokemon Red on an emulator: one of the many glitches in the first two games the player can exploit is evolving a Pokemon that requires a stone, by leveling up a different Pokemon. I remember I was in the Team Rocket hideout, fighting with a Pikachu that went down, so I threw out a Growlithe that leveled up after the battle. What I didn't expect was Pikachu to then start evolving, which I permitted not knowing this was indeed a bug in the game. I was too perplexed why this was happening. I was immediately grateful for the extra stat buffs, but then realized I missed out on Pikachu finishing up it's level up moves. The Thunder Punch TM came in the clutch though.
Thunder Punch TM? Where did you get such a thing in Red?
@@robertlupa8273 whoops, my bad. Must have been Thunderbolt.
3:51: From Pokémon Stadium 1 all the way up to Battle Revolution, if you somehow manage to get Surf onto a Raichu, it uses its tail as the surfboard. ^^
I'm a big fan of lumineon and seaking's families. Idk. I just think fish are really cool. I even went out of my way to get a lumineon and a goldeen sitting cuties plush. Ledian is also a favorite of mine.
I hear so many poeple say pikachu is better at sweeping than raichu
But this is only true if
A - the entire enemy team is paralyzed, slowed by sticky web, or pikachu has its speed boosted
And
B - the entire enemy team doesn't have a single priority move
Raichus higher bulk and speed matters a whole lot when going for a sweep. Furthermore, if pikachu loses its light ball (knock off, thief, trick), it's damage becomes immediately pitiful. Raichu will never have its damage drop unless you're running choice specs - but in that case, it's less for a sweep and more for wall breaking. Raichu not having to run light ball allows it to be more consistent and splashable on teams, able to fit into more roles.
I was thinking the same thing. Raichu overall has much better natural stats and a free item slot. That and Pikachu refused to evolve it wasn't Ash that didn't let it
I wish Raichu could also use Light Ball for a 1.5x boost.
The flaw with Light Ball is that, as mentioned, Pikachu is kind of bad outside of very niche situations, where its insane damage can shine without it getting smacked in return. Raichu's main issue, conversely, is that it has good speed and not absolute paper thin survivability, but its damage is extremely low even compared to its fellow Gen 1 Electric types (Jolteon just casually having higher stats in every category besides Attack, being a lot faster and naturally doing ~14% more damage with special attacks at max investment).
If Light Ball could be used on Raichu, then it would be a win for both of them. Light Ball could be utilized outside of pretty much a gimmick, and Raichu wouldn't be dogwater in competitive. Or they could at least boost Pikachu's base Speed to 120, and Raichu's Speed to 130. Pikachu's whole thing is its Speed, yet it loses to Jynx and freaking _Lumineon_ in a race.
Love that Gorebyss was on here, because Huntail is one of my top 5 favorite pokemon. My #1 is Loudred, so I’m _definitely_ in the camp of giving underappreciated mons a second look now and then haha. This was a really good list that broke away from the typical few people usually talk about!
Y'all had me until Shiinotic that's been my sleep paralysis demon the past eight years 😭😭
I think if I had to pick one of my own, I'd pick Sigilyph. It's SO cool and no one ever talks about it. Good Speed and SpAtk, respectable bulk, a plethora of great moves, and they're the wandering, living relics of an ancient civilisation nobody understands, still travelling the same routes they used protecting nobles and castles that were buried under sand hundreds upon hundreds of years before.
Everybody’s first playthrough of Black/White with Sigilyph is life changing
@@shepskydad Mine dodged or Protected against every single Stone Edge and Rock Slide thrown at her by Marshal's team. :D
but then again she was also one of the reasons why I struggled with Dark and Ghost types, so it evens out :v
Sigilyph is my all time favourite Pokémon, so I endorse this message
I tried using it against totem Ko-mo-o (IDK how to spell it) and got immediately one shot by poison jab then it was straight back into the forgot box
Beheeyem is one of my favourite psychic types, its stats are fine but its design is super cool
I think another Pokemon that is underappreciated is Granbull, I mean, it was one of the fairies before the Fairy Type even existed. Plus it's actually pretty good, with access to the elemental bites, and STAB return and 120 base attack?? Yeah, that's a powerhouse if I ever saw one.
it's just a shame how power creep was not kind to granbull, getting the fairy type was nice...but not even that could save the poor pooch
@@bulborb8756 I mean, I used a Granbull in Crystal, it was genuine good.
You forgot to mention the fact that Gumshoos unintentionally looks like a certain president we don't like to talk about.
I don't care that they denied the design inspiration. That design was 100% intentional.
@@GlacierStripez "Make Alola great again!"
I like him.
I also made a ferret OC and gave a sketch to my mom, she colored him like a Gumshoos and that amused me.
it did lead to an entertaining joke for a while
Raichu is one of my favourite Pokemon, probably tied with Ampharos as my favourite Electric type. I hate that Pikachu overshadows it. There are some "fans" that don't even know Raichu exists and it breaks my heart.
I think part of the problem for why some Pokemon are underappreciated, is because of the games' format. Stats mean a lot in the games to have a strong team. Easy access to them is also important. Gorebyss, for example, will have never been obtainable for me, because I didn't have friends to trade with. Even if I did, it didn't seem worth the effort.
What are you doing, Step Pyukumuku?
Bruh
Step Pyukumuku, I'm stuck in the whirlpool!
And here comes the giant fist !!
“a moment of silence”
*plays music* 6:46
Mightyena is a Pokémon that I see no love for whatsoever, I know he’s not the best Pokémon ever, but I’d say he’s definitely underappreciated!
Mightyena saved my tail in the Tate and Liza fight. He'll always have a place in my Hoenn teams.
Mightyena is really popular with furries who grew up playing gen 3. It has a disproportionate amount of fanart on deviantart
Klang needs to be appreciated
All my gear boys are awesome.
Klinklang deserves better. Only EIGHT physical moves in its SwSh movepool. Mostly normal with ONE dark. Signature steel move has 85 accuracy.
Pure steel is rare, and I really like the "mechanical" design. It's far from the ugliest or laziest, and its stats are pretty okay. Stat total of 520, 100 base Attack, and 90 base Speed. A former signature move Shift Gear gives +1 Attack and +2 Speed, essentially giving Rayquaza's Attack combined with Deoxys-Nyoom's Speed. The gears got did dirty
Pikachu doesn't even want to evolve
Ash left the choice of whether to evolve to beat Surge up to Pikachu.
Raichu is a world champion used to win the 2016 world championships
3:06 i thought it was Ash's Pikachu's wish to not evolve? In the original Anime when Ash tried to used a Thunderstone on his Pikachu, Pikachu denied and Slapped his hand away.
And then made Pikachu able to Gmax, therefore showing it can't evolve
They're from gen 9 so there may be some "New mons bad, old mons good" bias, but I think the future Paradoxes are very underappreciated. They've been upgraded/modified from the originals in a lot of different ways, but many of these are still very obscure due to only being visible if you use a handful of specific moves, and the only ones that are common knowledge right now are Iron Bundle's spring-loaded head and the obvious Iron Valiant's lightsaber. You'd think their dex entries would mention these changes like they do for other mons (e.g. Clodsire's spikes), but instead you get random blurbs about athletes on life support and Hydreigon intercoursing with a robot.
They're a group of Pokemon with their fair share of merits, that are cursed by having said merits being unreasonably hard to access _in their own debut games._
Honestly, I find the past paradoxes cooler, but the future ones are _creepier,_ and there’s equal value in both. Robots and living machines are a personal TERROR of mine. For some people, it’s dolls or puppets, but for me it’s giant hunks of sentient but unfeeling metal.
It’s kinda a shame that *all* of the future ones got the lazy ‘future = robot!’ treatment, but the first few I saw were reeeeally effective at freaking me out, and I appreciate them for it. 🤖
Finally someone with a similar opinion to me
Ooh, what kind of upgrades/modifications do the future Paradox Pokemon have? Other than Iron Bundle or Iron Valiant, obv
@@Asm0d3u5 In general, the "main" changes are on the big neon parts, and there are "secondary" changes on non-neon ones.
- Iron Treads' trunk is now an actual wheel which rolls independently, and the legs can withdraw into the body to make a sphere, so the Pokemon is like a monowheel now.
- Aside from the head, Iron Bundle has also had its bag turned into a snow cannon, which doubles as means of propulsion, and its feet are skis to take advantage of that (shown in a couple of its TCG arts and the run animation).
- Iron Hands' palms are defibrillators in reference to Hariyama's old signature move Smelling Salts (called Resuscitation in JP) as seen when using Thunderbolt, plus the hands themselves have a much longer range for physical attacks.
- Iron Jugulis' side heads are also detached, but instead of being just range extension they act like homing drones, which can be sent at the enemy and retrieved later as seen during Dragon Tail. There's a possibility that they have their own brains unlike with Hydreigon, but that's not confirmed.
- Iron Moth's wings aren't needed for flight, so they're now a sun-related device (likely solar panels but could also be lamps or something else) as they're combined into a sun shape to fire certain attacks such as the Beam moves and Bug Buzz. Also, its legs are missiles supplied from inside its body, as shown in its "rare" Synchro Mode attack animation and the TCG art.
- Lightsaber aside, Iron Valiant's chest spike is now a gun that extends to shoot attacks like Shadow Ball or Psybeam (Gardevoir's side of the mon). Plus, its upper body can rotate independently from the lower one letting it perform walking spin attacks, another one from the "rare" Synchro attack animation.
- The blades of the Iron Swords of Justice have been adapted to each member's role: Virizion is the fast one, so Iron Leaves gets 3 slim longswords; Terrakion is the strong one so Iron Boulder gets one giant sword/axe; Cobalion is the middle ground so Iron Crown gets 2 medium-sized horns, which are also the only ones with a ranged attack since it's the leader. Speculation-wise, the latter two spin their heads while fainting, which could be used together with said blades to make a drill (for Boulder) or a 360° projectile turret (for Crown), but that's unconfirmed.
Yes, I've spent too much time looking into them.
@@bluekirby_64 Somehow knew about most of them, except Iron Jugulis, Iron Valiant's gun heart spike, and Iron Moth! Thank you, this makes them so much cooler!
Beheyeem is such a weird Pokémon. I mean, i used one in my team on my first playthrough. And, i guess like everyone else, i always remember the first team i sued in each game the most. But every time i try toracll my team always forget him. Its like "I pick Oshawott as my starter, then i got Sawk, then Swaddle, Sandile, Litwick and... Klink ?"
One of my favorite under appreciated Pokémon is Sigilyph. It’s a Psychic Flying type with a base stat total of 490, it’s one of the few Pokémon in gen 5 with good speed, and it has Magic Guard, so you can do some crazy stuff like bringing it out while stealth rocks are around, give it a life orb with no downsides, put it on a sandstorm team without worrying about the damage, and give it a fire orb so you have immunity to other statuses, because you won’t take burn damage, and you don’t need that attack stat anyway. It’s also one of the few gen 5 Pokémon (the region full of Pokémon with absurd level requirements for evolution) that doesn’t evolve, so you don’t need to worry about it slugging through most of the game.
I love sigilyph but it’s just outshined by reunicluss or gothitelle most of the time. Even then it gets the gen 5 physic type treatment of being against the highest density of dark types in any gen(to my knowledge… why does gen 5 have so many dark type trainers)
A fairly unpopular mon I like is Watchog. It's grumpy in a cute way, but people don't realise it's yellow body highlights glow! Explaining why it gains access to Flash/Confuse Ray etc.
As much as I’ve hated on Watchog in the past, it does have a certain charm to it!
I like watchog solely because it looks like goldy the gopher
The roggenrola and solosis lines
idk why people don't like Raichu. Design-wise it's better in every way compared to pikachu (The aololan form just looks dumb to me, he looks like he's made of rubber), It's not exactly a strong pokemon but it's good enough to have on your team while Pikachu needs a special item to make him viable. I've loved Raichu ever since I was little and never understood why everyone sleeps on it. The only reason I don't use it more in playthroughs is simply because getting a Pikachu in the first place is either too tedious or by the time I get one, I already have a better pokemon on my team.
I love Raichu, it's one of my favorites.
Pikachu better, take your pokemon co. mandated pills.
Also raichu is lame.
@@ratatouilledrinksclorax9897 to each their own.
lanturn is one of my favorite unappreciated mons! no one talks about how cool it is :)
It's also actually pretty good! Just too late to be useful
Fun fact that makes Gumshoos and the things you said about it make even more sense: "gumshoe" literally means "detective"
i just discovered these channel im definitely binging everyone’s videos, it’s full whimsy and unseriousness but still full of passion that i really missed from Poketubers im excited to eat it all up along with DeliciousJames vids!
i been appreciating the under appreciated, my unironic favorite pokemon has always been heatmor
Ever since I first got beheeyem in gen 5 I always adored it’s dex entries and use in the anime. It always came along as so cryptic and mysterious but undeniably powerful. Like a being who could exploit your every weakness by learning everything about you (hence Analytic as it’s ability)
Then when gen 6 came out and malamar was brought into existence and basically stole beheeyems thunder/gimmick by hypnotizing and erasing people’s memories through flashing lights, I got so immensely upset, especially when malamar became popular. It really felt like nobody even knew about beheeyem.
This was so chaotic and I’m here for it
Speaking of overlooked older siblings, Peyton Manning, the Hall of Fame quarterback and biggest commercial pitchman athlete since Michael Jordan has an older brother, Cooper, who had a medical condition in college that kept him from playing competitive football
You cant talk about underappreciated pokemon without talking about the lake trio, but then again people forget about them often. Absolute cutie pies of legendaries that are important to the story in gen 4 and pla with some connections to cool characters, with some pretty cool dex entries. Theyre triplets that drive humanity, but in pla, its described that if someone upsets them they will drain their respective gifts to make them husks of their former selves or puppets. I will defend them with my life Azelf is one of my favourite pokemon ever
Honestly Gorebyss and Shiinotic are among my favourite 'mons. Shiinotic especially, since I'm all for slightly creepy fairy types
Even creepier than Trevenant... _(shudders)_
How about Minior? Appeared in ONE area in Gen 7 and then didn't appear again until SV DLC. Almost literally a fallen star. Gorgeous colored cores, a black shiny, and a gimmick that bodied the DLC champion. Shell Smash until below half health then Explosion. Bonus points for holding a Life Orb.
Cosmic Power, Acrobatics, Power Gem, a fair 100 in both offenses or both defenses depending on health... I only wish they kept the altered Home shinies.
So many of the best pokemon don't get the appreciation they deserve!
And I love that you did Gorebyss because Lumineon is the *poster child* for forgettable water-types, to the point the Clamperl line is completely forgotten about, and I just love the lore that is very unappreciated, same with Beeheeyem, so mysterious and creepy
Favorite Beeheeyem set was Cosmic Power, Charge Beam, Recover, and Psyshock. Was so good
Same but swapped Psyshock for stored power
@MadMalMan it probably did get stored power recently, will keep that in mind next time it's in a game
I've been running it in showdown with psychic, flash cannon, energy ball, and shadow ball. I'll have to try that out though
Gorebyss feels like the closest thing we could get to a pokemon actually existing in our world. And thats what i call scary
that's why it's called GOREbyss
Bruh, what is this narrative of Ash actively working against Pikachu evolving? As far back as the Surge episode, Pikachu didn’t want that noise.
Ash is being a respectful friend and trainer.
Pyukumuku actually does have some cuteness to it so I can see why the duo chose that. Plus that stress ball idea might still pop off. Maybe in Japan only but I digress
Raichu was my favorite Pokemon for most of my life because i'm an older sibling and felt more discarded growing up because of it. It's still my 2nd favorite next to Shaymin.
Gorebyss and Huntail are pretty awesome! Too bad they are so difficult to get, and use.
Poor Raichu. As if being overshadowed by the mascot of the biggest multimedia franchise in the world was already bad enough. He is also overshadowed by his baby form Alola form all 9 Pika Clones and Mimikyu and all unique forms of Pikachu such as all 5 Cosplay Pikachu Pikachu's Gigantamax form and more
Fun fact “gumshoe” is also slang for detective 😮
2:33 Shell Smash? Baton Pass?
You mean Smash or Pass?
2nd evolutions are every often frogot upon. After knowing swadloon is a bug wrapping itself in a blanket i love that guy
I think that the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon games have really helped with my, and undoubtedly other people's, impressions of under-appreciated Pokémon.
Beeheeyem are actually fairly important characters in the story of Super Mystery Dungeon, and the series has given me better appreciation of Pokémon like bidoof, chatot, sunflora, dunsparce, torkoal, and xatu by giving them a bit of extra character.
2 of my favourite poke channels I've discovered in the past year ❤ the crossover we didn't deserve but DEFINITELY needed
I really love simisear, warmadam trash cloak and swoobat ❤
I always thought Shiinotic was a Gen 8 Pokemon because of that town in SS (Ballonlea). That was the first place I saw it too.
Actually Ash caries thunderstone for few seasons just to keep Pikachus options opened.
The entire Gumshoos bit was pure comedy genius.
One of the things I rlly like on the pokemon anime/movies is that the trainers have non meta pokemon and still kick ass, not everyone have a Garchomp and swarm of Beedrills is terrifying even if you have a Charizard with you.
Hmm. *porygon?*
i will never forget pyukumuku, it's part of my cute lil' fellas trio, the other two being snom and pincurchin
“ANY POST UNOVA POKÉMON GAME” let’s go we all hate the switch garbage
I love shinotic the savior of my sword nuzlocke always will be a favorite of mine
One of my favorite underappreciated pokemon is Boltund, it's so cute and i also love Yamper, when playing Pokemon Shield he was a valuable member of my team, i wish people could love it more.
In the case of beheeyem I think the reason it’s so undervalued is cause of how prominent dark types are in gen 5 and it also just shows up at the same time as litwick and the angry candle is just more memorable
does anyone know the song at 4:40?
Cottonee is one of my favorite Pokemon. I say this because it was the first Pokemon I ever had. In elementary school (3 or 4 grade), my friend at the time gave me my first Pokemon card, which was a Cottonee, and I'll probably always remember how happy I was that day.
SKITTY AND DELCATTY MENTIONED. 12:50
SKITTY IS MY FAVOUTIE!
It’s crazy to me that most Pokemon on this video are probably less popular than Trubbish, the trash bag Pokemon people used to hate only for people now defending it by calling it “underrated”.
If Trubbish is “underrated” and you are a Pokémon that’s less popular than that, then you truly are overlooked by most people.
Sandslash should be on this list
Beheeyem also evolves at level 42. Which is also a reference to Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy.
I've always liked Gorebyss and Huntail ever since I saw them in Emerald as a kid. Them being exclusively trade evolutions helped add some mystic qualities to them, since I never had a link cable, and them being evolutions to Clamperl also added to their charm since me and my siblings all loved finding Clamperls in the underwater areas.
Nowadays, I wish that they had ways to stand out more from the wave of mono-Water mons that have been piling up in Pokemon. Shell Smash was a good start, but they still ended up ultimately outclassed by Cloyster and Blastoise, who have more Speed, better overall defenses, and in Cloyster's case an ability and moveset combo that really let it be a team sweeping menace.
With Clamperl not only evolving with its exclusive items, but also getting actual stat boosts from holding them - unlike a lot of other items specific to single evolution lines (Electrizer, Magmarizer, Protecter, etc) - one idea I had was to let those items boost the evolutions as well, just to a lesser extent. Deep Sea Scale could boost Gorebyss's Sp. Atk by 1.5x, while Deep Sea Tooth could boost Huntail's Attack by 1.5x (I never understood why Deep Sea Tooth, the item that evolves Clamperl into its physical attacking counterpart, boosts its _Sp. Atk_ while Deep Sea Scale boosts _Sp. Def,_ which is the exact same between both evolutions, but it's whatever). That way, Gorebyss at max Sp. Atk investment could have Sp. Atk equal to ~195 base Sp. Atk, and Huntail at max Attack investment could have Attack equal to ~180 base Attack. This would allow them to put serious hurt in with both Swift Swim under rain and especially after a Shell Smash, but would be balanced by them still being naturally slow and being very susceptible to moves like Knock Off and Trick.
Pyukumuku, one of my go to for catching legendaries. As to how, resilience and the move Soak. Latter of which makes catching with net balls easier.
Wishiwashi is SO cool. A sardine Pokemon that takes their schooling instinct and makes it really awesome, the absolute weakest Pokemon ever transforming into a hivemind war submarine with Legendary-tier stats. He holds a special place in my heart for tanking Ultra Necrozma at 1 HP with Affection twice in a row and taking him down in Solo Form.
Even with recency bias, I don't see anyone talk about Lokix. That's wild to me, since the whole extra switchblade-y set of legs is insanely cool, and it's also a good first impression user.
We need a 2-hour long video from DeliciousJames talking just about Pyukumuku's butthole mouth.
I did a playthrough with a Shiinotic once. Then I battled my friend with it. He found it so infuriating and he needed several Pokémon just to take it down. Strength Sap is a helluva drug.
maractus, I found out they existed recently and wow they are so cute! such a good design!
I will ALWAYS remember Shiinotic, and happily let Spore+Dream Eater live rent-free in my head. Used one during a playthrough, and it worked wonders for me.
Seaking is easily my favorite underappreciated pokemon. Its such a good one
Oh I adore pyukumuku! Also has a fantastic shiny. I never knew how to use it in battle but I always thought he was a cute little guy. I had an orphan sock back in the day that I made a pyukumuku plush out of since I thought it’d be easy
All the ones that deserve to be appreciated also include: Exploud, Cacturne, Furret, Ariados, Masquerain, Armaldo, Lanturn, Banette, Grumpig, Beartic, Mandibuzz, Gourgeist! This is just a few honestly.
Came from the deliciousjames video, was not disappoined!
Beheeyem is my fave Pokémon of all time and Pyukumuku is up there too! I love Shiinotic too it’s so creepy and weird it really fits the creepy side of fairies.
Pyukumuku is indeed my favourite on this list, it is very friend shaped and at the pinnacle of pokemon design
Give my Mudbray some love everyone!
I really like klefki and luvdisc. Like, I'm not going to pretend that they're good competitively, but I think they're great examples of a kind of "elegantly simple" visual design. They're cute and appealing despite there not being a lot of different parts to look at!
Pyukumuku used Pull My Finger!
I get weird looks because yes, I love Arcanine, Feraligatr, Corviknight and Boltund…
But I love Smeargle and Kecleon and Cramorant just as much, if not maybe more and I’ll never not show them the undying love they deserve. And no, I don’t play competitively. I just love everything about what they are, stats or otherwise.
A lot of pokémon are underrated, but my favorites are:
Wigglytuff: it's adorable and way more charismatic than Jigglypuff, it learns a lot of moves (like, a lot, seriously), and it's special attack and ability (competitive) can make it dangerous in unexpected situations if it is used correctly.
Seaking: it's attack is ok, and has decent hp and special defense, it's ability also makes it good if the enemy thinks electric moves would destroy Seaking.
Jynx: I never saw it as ugly, to me, it's hilarious and stylish, it's stats are also good and lovely kiss is also a very good move. It's abilities aren't bad either.
Illumise: to me, it's better than Volbeat (I don't like Volbeat's design that much, I think it could have been better), it's a good support pokemon even when it is a bug type.
first off, I actually used Beheeyem on my champion team in Omega Ruby. I blame the anime episode "Beheeyem Duosion and the Dream thief" for giving me the love for this odd lil pokemon.
second, I love muk, I understand why people don't care for it, but I love the giant pile of sludge :) funnily enough, used it alongside the beheeyem from earlier
Squishy round baby is absolutely peak Pokémon Design!
The Pyukumuku segment was pea comedy 🤣
Glad I'm not the only one saying this, but will also chime in that Beheeyem is already one of my favorite pokemon. 😊 Such a cool design! I love his little coat lol.
I do really like pyukumuku and shiinotic.
For pyukumyuku it doesnt learn a single attaking move besides counter which is such as funny
And I love shiinotic for how incredibly creepy it is. That is my favourite aspect about a lot of fairy types. The open parallels to real world fey stories really influences it to make the fairy type tied in first with ice as my favourite.
Dude I used to play Pokemon Brick Bronze (it’s a Pokemon fangame) on Roblox and and the 3rd Gym Leader’s Gorbis always made me cry.
My favorite Pokémon is Stoutland, not sure if it’s underapretiated since it’s the star of the black and white 1 speedruns, but still I feel like people always overlook my sweet little Yorkshire
I've had the same experience with Amoonguss. It's a giant tank with okay defenses 70 Def and 80 SpDef in base stats, but 114 HP stats. Using an 85 SpA stats with something like Giga Drain and then Toxic makes it hard to deal with this shroom, almost requiring a OHKO.
Unappreciated Pokemon that’s all of gen 5 in general the fact GF just passed it over to make Pokémon Z-A speaks for itself
Beheeyem is my favorite Gen 5 Pokémon! I love the more traditional alien style as opposed to something like Deoxys.
I was considering using a Beeyehem next time I play BW or it's sequel. In general I hope to have the opportunity to try move unused Pokémon in the future
We really do need a Spore / Dream Eater combo on a powerful Pokemon.