Hey, Charizard sells much more merch than the other two Kanto starters, and for a small indie company like Game Freak, they need all the help they can get
Ngl I think Charizard has a good shot at this In all seriousness it's kind of surprising how well Charizard has done competitively even with taking 50% damage from stealth rock
@@randomguy6415 That has also been good in said lower tiers several times. Just because a mon is in the lower tiers doesn't mean they are useless all around, in that respective tier they end up in they may as well be incredible threats
@@raktabhbhattacharjee4166 i don't even think DLC can give Zard new forms. If there were new forms based on Terastallization, we would've seen them in the marketing for the game like they did for Gigantamax forms.
@@mmert138 They will still do How Good was videos, I assume. And those are better, sure. But it’s not like many other content creators that branch out and it doesn’t work at all. For a satire video this was very good.
tyranitar is undoubtedly a perfect subject for one of these videos, but other early gen 'mons would be neat too. clefable would be a super interesting subject, as would starmie.
I dunno, is Tyranitar varied enough between generations to make a video like this interesting? There's no question it's been consistently good and it's got a diverse movepool and all, but in terms of what types of roles it plays, I think it's mostly done the same things since Gen 3. Compare to Charizard, which in Gen 3 saw play because of its unique resistances and speed and blaze potential, in Gen 5 was the Pokemon you risked everything to give it as many wallbreaking opportunities as possible while trying to dodge Stealth Rock, in Gen 6 and 7 had two different megas with entirely different roles and even different typings, and then in Gen 8 its Gigantimax form just made it a god. And the thing about all that is not only that Charizard has performed vastly different roles between generations, but these roles often don't apply between generations. Charizard can't pivot into Metagross before Gen 3 because it didn't exist, and can't do it after Gen 3 because of Stealth Rock, so its role in that generation is unique to that meta. Tyranitar also fills several different roles, but it can do most of them in most generations it's been a part of. It stops making sense to classify entries by generation with a Pokemon like him.
@@Kuesoth too be fair, every champions team is easy to beat (Except Cynthia, but that is for multiple factors including Strong team for the generation, especially garchomp, milotic, and spiritomb Very limited pokemon selection in gen 4 and not a lot of overpowered options, and back then there being No internet to help). If pokemon sword and shield also greatly limited what you are and aren't allowed to use until post game, well, Leon's team becomes a lot more threatening (I tried to play with a team of favorites which was not the best competitive team , His charizard and dragapult are menaces).
Video Idea: An in-depth analysis of the Gen 5 Weather Wars. Covering each weather team, the usual members of each of the teams, their respective play styles and how each team grew and evolved as the meta grew.
Will we get a Kyurem video for Christmas? It's been over a year since Reshiram and Zekrom and it would be pretty cool to see the discussion of how it and it's 2 alternate forms fared in OU, Ubers, and even VGC in recent years with White Kyurem. Also it gives off a heavy nightmare before Christmas vibe considering it's an ice type and its lore.
If you ever do another list like this, I'd like to see one done for Quagsire. That thing is so flippant and effective in just about any tier it ends up in, I'd love to see that broken down. After that, maybe one on Imposter Ditto and it's effects on all the tiers it's allowed in.
There's certainly some higher tier instances of Charizard, but the TOP Charizard is SS PU Charizard. There's been multiple calls for its ban throughout the post-DLC2 metagame, and Charizard has been a highly important element of the meta when it isn't dominating it. Charizard providing Defog and support, making itself the glue of a tier, earns it one of the coolest roles it's had in a metagame. I love RBY NU's offensive Spin/SD Charizards, GSC OU's Bellyzard, and the similarly terrifying Charizards from ADV OU to ORAS NU which succeeded it. I think taking a generation to be PUBL rehabilitated zard.
This is going to be fun. Despite how oversaturated Charizard is, I don't think we can blame it; we can only blame GameFreak. It's not Charizard's fault that it's a fan and company favorite Edit: Whoa, Gen 3 Charizard is way scarier than I remembered This format is awesome! Please do more in the future! Gyarados would be amazing!
I don't think it's oversaturated.... it's basically the second mascot after Pikachu.... Of course it's going to be getting more attention than other Pokemon. Not to mention the fact that it was basically the Pokemon that introduced the franchise... When a group is too large, it often needs representatives.... and Charizard and Pikachu (along with Eevee) are perfect because of how early they started and what they represent. Also, they are the most popular Pokemon. Maybe not number one for each individual... but I've never met a kid who disliked Charizard (and I worked with countless children).... but when it comes to Charizard dislike, it's usually due to either how well it does in Smogon (which is a small group) or because it's popular. In fact, the biggest reason people dislike it is because it's popular.... which, personally, I find a bad reason to dislike something... As a representative of the Franchise, it's almost perfect for the cooler part...
@@TheDeathmail I agree. I was a big charizard hater, then I became an Alain/Mega Zard X fanboy, and then I realized "wait, Charizard is really freaking cool. Did I seriously dislike it just cause I liked Blastoise better lol"
Gen 2 - 3 Charizard is my favorite Charizard to use. It didn't have to rely on some OP form to be powerful and it actually countered a lot of the metagame simply because it was a fire type and fire types weren't that great in the early gens of pokemon lol.
@@TheDeathmail That's not a bad reason to dislike at all. Imagine having a figure that you never found interest in the first place being shoved in your face constantly, it gets irritating, and that's what Charizard is.
You know what, I personally don’t like charizard very much, but this is a very creative video idea. Love how y’all continue to find new styles of content without changing what y’all actually do
I may be the only person who enjoys running regular Charizard over all of Zard’s forms. I love using Charizard in Sun with Choice specs, Solar power, stab boosted Fire Blast. An absolute Nuke of a move
Out of the listed 'zards, I'm personally fondest of gen 3's entry. It's cool to see charizard doing something in OU on its own inherit merits, with its movepool and ability giving it a genuine reason to use it over moltres. Also, as much of a meme as charizard's two megas is, I do understand that they probably wanted to give charizard a dragon-type mega, but also wanted to give it a mega that was a more direct upgrade (as useful as 'zard x's typing is, it does lose its ground immunity, so I can see them wanting to give it a more similar mega "just in case").
@@cradiculous I don't see a problem in giving any pokemon two megas. Not only do you make said pokemon capable of filling two different roles, you also make it more unpredictable as the opponent cannot possibly know which mega you run until you evolve. This is a much more interesting concept than giving Rayquaza the most broken mega of all time. Charizard deserved two megas given how unfairly they ruined its competitive career with a broken ass move that shouldn't even exist in the first place as it only killed pokemon that were never broken to begin with (you could also consider this power creep so basicly you admitted Zard deserved them yourself). And Mewtwo deserved two megas due to how much it was shafted between gens 3-5 ability-wise as it was stuck with useless abilities like pressure on an offensive mon lmao while other legends like Kyogre and Arceus ran rampant because they had insanely broken abilities that literally carried them. People only complain about two megas because they were given to gen 1 fan favourites as opposed to their personal favourites. The only issue with two megas is that they did not do them for other mons as well. And so many pokemon that did not get a mega has nothing to do with Mewtwo gaining two, its not like there are limited mega slots in the game's code and Mewtwo's second took the spot from something else
@@dntremad8290 I mean... MY personal favorite did get a mega, since it's Gengar. I just kinda find it more of a matter of Game Freak playing favorites. Like, sure, Stealth Rock ruined Charizard's comp career... But it did the same with Moltres and Articuno. Do you see them getting two mega forms? Nope. They don't even get one.
Mega Zard Y is just absolutely my type of mon; all about hitting HARD and FAST. It's why I prefer special attacking sweepers compared to SETTING UP and STATUS MOVES and playing the long game lol. BUT Terastalization is gonna force me to completely change how I play, and it has me more excited than EVER to get back in to competitive.
I'd like to see videos where you break down the most impactful previous generations in terms of pokemon - so basically, how many pokemon from the current OU are from each gen?
@@egalomon kinda, but it would set all power creeps in comparison and also would look at the different side - the side that was not power crept out of relevance
I keep saying it, Charizard is to Pokémon what Wolverine is to Marvel; not the official mascot, but gets such an obscene amount of focus that they are basically a secondary mascot.
Media/Smash Bros always gave Char special treatment, but I didn't enjoy using it until late Gen 6. Though not perfect, Mega Charizard Y was incredibly satisfying for common use, to the current year (such as a battle yesterday) wiping in-game teams with Solar Beam and Flamethrower. Any rock move is almost guaranteed to KO it, and plenty of other mons have even higher stats, but I see that as good. Mega Char isn't completely unfair, at least not anymore, but still gets to do this.
Mega Zard Y is my favourite Pokemon ever. Never been a fan of X. I just wish U didn’t get that useless 20 point attack increase. They should be put into speed and special defence. Make a Fast special attacker that can be taken out by most decent physical attacks. I think an extra 5 in SpD and 15 in Spe
@@jembozaba4864 I think GD is starting to lean into that mindset. Those weird new forms for Palkia/Dialga basically move attack into special. I tried adding thunderpunch once to capitalize on the stat, but.. no.
Yeah, I don’t think x should exist. While it’s extremely cool, blue fire, dragon type and all, I just feel that Zard should’ve not got that special treatment and it was just unnecessary.
One of the most interesting parts of VGC Zard Y to me was if you're opponent set up sun first you could just not mega and the solar power boost made it hit significantly harder. Also Zard X while never anywhere near as popularas Zard Y in doubles was still strong enough to be worth considering so it was sometimes able to get some surprises.
we need a paradox ancient charizard that is dragon/fire and looks like what you' would get if you combined the designs of mega charizard x, mega charizard y and gigantamax charizard!
Top 5 Tentacruels would be pretty neat. It's always surprisingly good, and even managed some legitimate ubers niches. Top 5 Deoxys would be pretty cool too since there are multiple forms in play for it (even if Speed and Attack would be the only ones worth mentioning outside of some short-lived OU stints from Defense.)
Great video, great info and thanks for the info on gen 8 competitive! I’m not in the competitive scene so it was really cool to hear just how good Charizard really is! Videos like this would be really cool and I hope this becomes a regular series just like the How Good Actually series! Also shoutout to the artist of the thumbnail bc it looks sick!
and as of now, we are on our 3rd raid event and Charizard is the first, second and also only non-regional pokemon to show up in raids. Thanks game freak
if I was to give my personal ranking, number 1 has to be advanced. it's the number one pokemon, it defines the tier and demands that every other pokemon deal in it environment thanks to bringing in the sand. I imagine other good t tars probably include gen 5 ou, gen 2 ou for being a dark type, gen 6 mega t tar. I guess gen 4 or 7 ou to round it out, but in gen 7 it can be either a mega or base form, so maybe gen 7 is better.
I have a confession to make. I purposefully use Yawn on Charizard after it takes damage from Stealth Rocks just to force my opponent to sack their own Charizard or kill it themselves.
It's interesting that outside of the honorable mentions, the list in is chronological order, showing how Charizard only got stronger with time, with the small exception of Gen 4 bringing Stealth Rock to doom it to NU (at least it was great there) until the megas. One interesting thing about ADV Zard is that people used to think Belly Drum was the go to, as evidenced by the now outdated Smogon analysis, but it was not even mentioned here (and I doubt he forgot, since he talks about Bellyzard in the Gen 2 honorable mention). I wonder why it fell off so hard.
Great video. Awesome content as always, very interesting concept of video. Some suggestions about stellar Pokémon over the years: Alakazam / Gengar / Starmie All OU staples that more or less fell off a little bit.
Best Pokémon ever! As far as I'm concerned, they can use any variation and any form they want; Charizard is one of the main faces of the franchise and hugely responsible for the success of the I.D.😊
You joke, but this would actually be sick as fuck Blazing Tail being a past Zard X with Fire/Dragon being the new sun threat and Iron Lizard being a future Zard Y with Steel/Flying and being the new Corviknight would just be raw
thanks guys, really loved this video. more charizard is always good,. charizard is the goat, the OG, a way of life, peak design, hopefully we get many more charizards and charizard forms for as long as there is pokemon. whenever charizard is not on screen, all players should be asking "where's charizard"?
Gen 3 was a surprise I didn't know, so thanks lots for this video! And ah, the impacts of Dynamax Regarding the concept, I'm biased due to favoritism, but I'd love to see Flygon. It has been hovering around RU for a while, but it has always been a good mon of whatever tier it has been in, so I feel it could be interesting. Whoever you go with, thanks and good luck!
I was thinking about Azumarill here, too. If I remember right, it used to be in Gen 6 OU. I used to run a core with it, Zard-X, and Breloom all the time in early Gen 6. I'll admit I didn't think about Mega Altaria, but I would think it would actually fare even better with its bulk and reliable recovery.
@@thepuppet4321 See that's the difference between Greninja and Charizard, Gren may be a Dark type but it has honor, it took Chestnaught and Delphox to Paldea with it. Zard meanwhile is a big attention-hogging brute who always leaves Venusaur and Blastoise behind, forcing them to take the bus! XD
really cool video. really like this format - loving the variety on this channel lately! keeps bringing me back for more. I would love to see this expanded to other pokemon too, though im not sure which one to recommend at this moment.
The fact that SW/SH footage has a tiny Groudon is the most hilarious thing ever. How is THE GODDAMN CREATOR OF THE CONTINENTS approximately 1,60m tall?
In terms of being a mascot, I agree. Charizard’s popularity always felt natural compared to how much Pikachu and Eevee were shoved down everyone throat for multiple decades.
@@yungmuney5903 not initially no. Charizard was just Charizard. He didn’t start getting pushed heavily until Gen 6. Pikachu, Eevee, and even Lucario was pushed more until then
@@nombregenerico7775 you know what? Yeah. Let's just make an entire game that's dedicated to Charizard, in fact. I think that would be a good first step
I agree. Mega Evolution was a great addition to the game. And some of the main complaints people had about them (overcentralization, and certain Pokémon needing them and not getting them) could be fixed by just making more of them. And that would also be much more efficient than making entirely new battle gimmicks that they'll just throw away next generation
@@ashikjaman1940 and how would bringing Megas back be bad for marketing? Gamefreak doesn't need a new gimmick each generation. They can just show the new Pokémon, the new region, and characters, and be fine. And if they brought back a fan-favorite mechanic, that'd also be great for marketing
Mega's weren't balanced. Most should have either never existed or been slightly reworked and been standard evolutions. It was suppose to be a mechanic to get weaker pokemon that were fully evolved competitve presence. Starters getting them can be argued both ways.
@@RFDN0 another problem that could be fixed by having more of them. More Megas to check the other ones. And it would do wonders for popularity of lesser-known Pokémon. Besides, it's not like Gamefreak has cared about mechanics being balanced *cough cough Dynamax* Having more Megas be introduced would be better, and certainly more efficient, than having to make an entirely new, unbalanced battle gimmick that's just gonna get thrown away next generation. It would give the opportunity for more forgotten Pokémon to get something legitimately helpful, continue a mechanic that a lot of people liked, and having a lot more might end up somewhat remediating the problems it had originally.
I'd love to see a ranking of which mons were boosted most by their megas! (Could include exclusive Z-moves and Gmax forms, but megas are cooler so..) Some examples could obviously include lopunny and rayquaza, who were made far stronger than they were before.
I really love Charizard as he is my favorite pokemon design wise and nostalgic. Generation five is my favorite generation to use him. He hits heavily as a dashing frate train. During ORAS I used a bulky X Mega Charizard and he just take hits burn it and recover stall until he slowly takes out the opponents.
A couple of Pokemon that I would personally love to see a list like this for would be ttar because there are a lot of different metagames where it's been prevalent, and Scizor mostly because I just think it's a cool pokemon, but also because of the resurgence it's seen in S/V due to tera allowing it to really shine by covering it's weaknesses
late(?), but i want to say that i really enjoyed this video and i'd love to see more in this format: i know there's probably not a ton of pokemon which have had as much variety of roles and niches as the big fire boy, but i'd love to see more, especially since you're including vgc performances which opens a ton of potential, especially ranked and compared with singles performances !
I love Charizard, so this video was perfect for me lol. I do wish other mons got his treatment though. The other two starters shouldn’t have been left behind
This format is really neat! I get the sorta meme inspiration behind it cause gamefreak won't stop shoving zard in our faces but this video was awesome and would be really interesting with other Pokemon!
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I did not expect Charizard to show up at #4, I surely thought Charizard deserved that spot
Nah, zard was placed too high.
@@Frost-ux8jx yeah, I don't understand y-zard is so high on the list
nah bro i think Charizard deserved that place more then Charizard.
@@chugdotpng5120 you’re wrong
Did you meant you didnt expect an NU Charizard in #4?
"[Gen 5 Ubers] Charizard: For players who don't like Ho-oh...or winning"
Made me laugh out loud. Well done.
Charizard appearing in SV is enough for me to think Stealth Rock wasn’t such a mistake after all
I’m so sick of Charizard
Give Charizard a new ability "Zabakiphobia", makes them unable to equip heavy duty boots and makes them 8x weak to hazards
@@ashikjaman1940 now THAT'S some potential to be listed in the "Untiered" tier.
Hey, Charizard sells much more merch than the other two Kanto starters, and for a small indie company like Game Freak, they need all the help they can get
@@grunkleg.2934 Fr bro, when they grow then maybe they'll calm down
Ngl I think Charizard has a good shot at this
In all seriousness it's kind of surprising how well Charizard has done competitively even with taking 50% damage from stealth rock
Charizard is a very notable lower tier mon he only gets good if you use mega's and it's gigantamax form other than that he is very bad
Ngl stealth rock should've been banned in Gen 4
@@randomguy6415 That has also been good in said lower tiers several times. Just because a mon is in the lower tiers doesn't mean they are useless all around, in that respective tier they end up in they may as well be incredible threats
Yeah but charizard takes 25% from rocks
Most of the starters are good in lower tiers. I mean those are tiers for low BST and mid evo mons
Make a video on the importance of speed tiers. The golden speed tier of 100 is always mentioned in videos
Good idea!
Agreed! I hope Kellen an Kevin see this :)
I’d also like to see something like this, it’s an interesting concept to see how it affects what’s viable in the meta game
Usually
130+ superfast
115+ fast
100+ baseline good
80+ outspeeds slow bois
61 Tyranitar
Agreed
To be honest, one of my favorite things about S/V is that they finally gave Charizard a rest on the alternate forms.
Yeah its all about Eevee now. Zard got replaced.
Wait tell dlc
@@raktabhbhattacharjee4166 i don't even think DLC can give Zard new forms. If there were new forms based on Terastallization, we would've seen them in the marketing for the game like they did for Gigantamax forms.
@@luisgarcia1337 Nah, I'm sure Charizard has all the *time* in the world to sneak in new forms
@@luisgarcia1337 they will add proto charizard or Iron Charizard to drive home the point that Zard was and will always be there...
FSG showing they’re not just a one trick pony with these latest videos. Incredible stuff.
Wsh they were. "How good was..." videos were miles better than this.
@@mmert138 They will still do How Good was videos, I assume. And those are better, sure. But it’s not like many other content creators that branch out and it doesn’t work at all. For a satire video this was very good.
@@mmert138
I agree
tyranitar is undoubtedly a perfect subject for one of these videos, but other early gen 'mons would be neat too. clefable would be a super interesting subject, as would starmie.
FalseSwipeGaming has done their vids though they are a bit older...
@@xdsmile5359 those videos suck and the guy wasn't talking about a "how good" video he was talking about a type of video like this.
I dunno, is Tyranitar varied enough between generations to make a video like this interesting? There's no question it's been consistently good and it's got a diverse movepool and all, but in terms of what types of roles it plays, I think it's mostly done the same things since Gen 3. Compare to Charizard, which in Gen 3 saw play because of its unique resistances and speed and blaze potential, in Gen 5 was the Pokemon you risked everything to give it as many wallbreaking opportunities as possible while trying to dodge Stealth Rock, in Gen 6 and 7 had two different megas with entirely different roles and even different typings, and then in Gen 8 its Gigantimax form just made it a god.
And the thing about all that is not only that Charizard has performed vastly different roles between generations, but these roles often don't apply between generations. Charizard can't pivot into Metagross before Gen 3 because it didn't exist, and can't do it after Gen 3 because of Stealth Rock, so its role in that generation is unique to that meta.
Tyranitar also fills several different roles, but it can do most of them in most generations it's been a part of. It stops making sense to classify entries by generation with a Pokemon like him.
I'd say Gengar, another one that already had a good competitive history, then a mega, and then also a gigamax form.
Heck, Top 5 Ferrothorns
The number of likes on this video is equal to the number of times Leon gets hyped up by Galar lore
Haven't you heard he's the invincible Champion with an unbeatable Charizard
you mean the invincible champion with the unbeatable charizard leon?
@@vengefulbale don't you mean was
Just liked
@@vyktorehon5995 ha got’em
I like the part where Charizard came up and said “It’s Zarding time” and zarded all over the meta. Makes me shed a single tear
tier*
Shed skin*
Shed tail*
It was truly tear jerking. Charizard is definitely one of the Pokémon of all time.
Very fitting that Leon's Gmax Charizard ended up being the strongest of all time
gosh, I don't know which one I like better! Charizard is really good, but Charizard, on the other hand, is also really good.
Suddenly, Leon having Charizard as his ace makes sense.
It would be a lot more scary if a certain rocks did not exist.
Hahahah easy to beat
@@Kuesoth too be fair, every champions team is easy to beat
(Except Cynthia, but that is for multiple factors including
Strong team for the generation, especially garchomp, milotic, and spiritomb
Very limited pokemon selection in gen 4 and not a lot of overpowered options, and back then there being
No internet to help). If pokemon sword and shield also greatly limited what you are and aren't allowed to use until post game, well, Leon's team becomes a lot more threatening (I tried to play with a team of favorites which was not the best competitive team , His charizard and dragapult are menaces).
Stole the majority of his Pokémon from other regions like a proper Englishman
Most of his team I just swallowed with noivern and corvinight - I’m not a very competitive player.
Video Idea:
An in-depth analysis of the Gen 5 Weather Wars.
Covering each weather team, the usual members of each of the teams, their respective play styles and how each team grew and evolved as the meta grew.
I like when FSG said "It's Charizing time" and Charizarded all over the place
That's kinda what happened here.
Definitely one of the 5 charzards of all time.
Will we get a Kyurem video for Christmas? It's been over a year since Reshiram and Zekrom and it would be pretty cool to see the discussion of how it and it's 2 alternate forms fared in OU, Ubers, and even VGC in recent years with White Kyurem. Also it gives off a heavy nightmare before Christmas vibe considering it's an ice type and its lore.
@Tinkaton Smash wow rude
@@Significantharrassment but true
@@keksauce keep your truth for the Kyurem white video pls
Even if this started as a joke concept, this is a cool idea! I’d love to see more like this
If you ever do another list like this, I'd like to see one done for Quagsire. That thing is so flippant and effective in just about any tier it ends up in, I'd love to see that broken down.
After that, maybe one on Imposter Ditto and it's effects on all the tiers it's allowed in.
There's certainly some higher tier instances of Charizard, but the TOP Charizard is SS PU Charizard. There's been multiple calls for its ban throughout the post-DLC2 metagame, and Charizard has been a highly important element of the meta when it isn't dominating it. Charizard providing Defog and support, making itself the glue of a tier, earns it one of the coolest roles it's had in a metagame. I love RBY NU's offensive Spin/SD Charizards, GSC OU's Bellyzard, and the similarly terrifying Charizards from ADV OU to ORAS NU which succeeded it. I think taking a generation to be PUBL rehabilitated zard.
This is going to be fun. Despite how oversaturated Charizard is, I don't think we can blame it; we can only blame GameFreak. It's not Charizard's fault that it's a fan and company favorite
Edit: Whoa, Gen 3 Charizard is way scarier than I remembered
This format is awesome! Please do more in the future! Gyarados would be amazing!
I don't think it's oversaturated.... it's basically the second mascot after Pikachu....
Of course it's going to be getting more attention than other Pokemon. Not to mention the fact that it was basically the Pokemon that introduced the franchise...
When a group is too large, it often needs representatives.... and Charizard and Pikachu (along with Eevee) are perfect because of how early they started and what they represent.
Also, they are the most popular Pokemon. Maybe not number one for each individual... but I've never met a kid who disliked Charizard (and I worked with countless children).... but when it comes to Charizard dislike, it's usually due to either how well it does in Smogon (which is a small group) or because it's popular.
In fact, the biggest reason people dislike it is because it's popular.... which, personally, I find a bad reason to dislike something...
As a representative of the Franchise, it's almost perfect for the cooler part...
@@TheDeathmail I agree. I was a big charizard hater, then I became an Alain/Mega Zard X fanboy, and then I realized "wait, Charizard is really freaking cool. Did I seriously dislike it just cause I liked Blastoise better lol"
@@jayd.doubledubs you came on the right path mate
Good on you
Gen 2 - 3 Charizard is my favorite Charizard to use. It didn't have to rely on some OP form to be powerful and it actually countered a lot of the metagame simply because it was a fire type and fire types weren't that great in the early gens of pokemon lol.
@@TheDeathmail That's not a bad reason to dislike at all. Imagine having a figure that you never found interest in the first place being shoved in your face constantly, it gets irritating, and that's what Charizard is.
ADV Charizard is stil the goat, packing the punch and the focus at the same time 😎
You know what, I personally don’t like charizard very much, but this is a very creative video idea. Love how y’all continue to find new styles of content without changing what y’all actually do
I may be the only person who enjoys running regular Charizard over all of Zard’s forms. I love using Charizard in Sun with Choice specs, Solar power, stab boosted Fire Blast. An absolute Nuke of a move
i wanna give props to whoever draws rhe thumbnails because they're incredibly done
Out of the listed 'zards, I'm personally fondest of gen 3's entry. It's cool to see charizard doing something in OU on its own inherit merits, with its movepool and ability giving it a genuine reason to use it over moltres. Also, as much of a meme as charizard's two megas is, I do understand that they probably wanted to give charizard a dragon-type mega, but also wanted to give it a mega that was a more direct upgrade (as useful as 'zard x's typing is, it does lose its ground immunity, so I can see them wanting to give it a more similar mega "just in case").
OK, but the only other Pokemon to get two megas was Mewtwo.
Which had no business getting them.
@@nightmare3642 Except it did cause it's the OG legendary pokemon and obviously it is important for that. Mewtwo set the standard of pokemon gods
@@dntremad8290 No pokemon deserved two megas. The pokemon that actually deserved them were the ones that got left behind in powercreep
@@cradiculous I don't see a problem in giving any pokemon two megas. Not only do you make said pokemon capable of filling two different roles, you also make it more unpredictable as the opponent cannot possibly know which mega you run until you evolve. This is a much more interesting concept than giving Rayquaza the most broken mega of all time. Charizard deserved two megas given how unfairly they ruined its competitive career with a broken ass move that shouldn't even exist in the first place as it only killed pokemon that were never broken to begin with (you could also consider this power creep so basicly you admitted Zard deserved them yourself). And Mewtwo deserved two megas due to how much it was shafted between gens 3-5 ability-wise as it was stuck with useless abilities like pressure on an offensive mon lmao while other legends like Kyogre and Arceus ran rampant because they had insanely broken abilities that literally carried them. People only complain about two megas because they were given to gen 1 fan favourites as opposed to their personal favourites. The only issue with two megas is that they did not do them for other mons as well. And so many pokemon that did not get a mega has nothing to do with Mewtwo gaining two, its not like there are limited mega slots in the game's code and Mewtwo's second took the spot from something else
@@dntremad8290 I mean... MY personal favorite did get a mega, since it's Gengar. I just kinda find it more of a matter of Game Freak playing favorites. Like, sure, Stealth Rock ruined Charizard's comp career...
But it did the same with Moltres and Articuno. Do you see them getting two mega forms? Nope. They don't even get one.
Mega Zard Y is just absolutely my type of mon; all about hitting HARD and FAST. It's why I prefer special attacking sweepers compared to SETTING UP and STATUS MOVES and playing the long game lol. BUT Terastalization is gonna force me to completely change how I play, and it has me more excited than EVER to get back in to competitive.
there’re so many Charizard that it can go for a tier list video all by himself
I NEED to see a version of this for Tyranitar. I also wanna see an edition of this for Mewtwo and also Skarmory!
How much Skarmory was mentioned in this video alone, it obviously has a place in counteracting threats.
I'd like to see videos where you break down the most impactful previous generations in terms of pokemon - so basically, how many pokemon from the current OU are from each gen?
Gen 7 is likely to be up there. The Tapus, the Ultra Beasts, and Toxapex, just to name some
Wouldn't that just be an alternative version of the power creep videos?
@@egalomon kinda, but it would set all power creeps in comparison and also would look at the different side - the side that was not power crept out of relevance
Definitely Gen 1, that game has nothing but new Pokemon in OU
@@crystalqueen9711 😂
I keep saying it, Charizard is to Pokémon what Wolverine is to Marvel; not the official mascot, but gets such an obscene amount of focus that they are basically a secondary mascot.
Media/Smash Bros always gave Char special treatment, but I didn't enjoy using it until late Gen 6. Though not perfect, Mega Charizard Y was incredibly satisfying for common use, to the current year (such as a battle yesterday) wiping in-game teams with Solar Beam and Flamethrower. Any rock move is almost guaranteed to KO it, and plenty of other mons have even higher stats, but I see that as good. Mega Char isn't completely unfair, at least not anymore, but still gets to do this.
Mega Zard Y is my favourite Pokemon ever. Never been a fan of X. I just wish U didn’t get that useless 20 point attack increase. They should be put into speed and special defence. Make a Fast special attacker that can be taken out by most decent physical attacks. I think an extra 5 in SpD and 15 in Spe
@@jembozaba4864 I think GD is starting to lean into that mindset. Those weird new forms for Palkia/Dialga basically move attack into special.
I tried adding thunderpunch once to capitalize on the stat, but.. no.
Yeah, I don’t think x should exist. While it’s extremely cool, blue fire, dragon type and all, I just feel that Zard should’ve not got that special treatment and it was just unnecessary.
@@Enraptored- If only of the two existed, it would be better for X to exist over Y because of its more unique design and typing
@@ethanc.1443 Fair point.
Charizard is peak pokemon. Haters can cry. I hope he gets a movie based on him so people can cry more.
One of the most interesting parts of VGC Zard Y to me was if you're opponent set up sun first you could just not mega and the solar power boost made it hit significantly harder. Also Zard X while never anywhere near as popularas Zard Y in doubles was still strong enough to be worth considering so it was sometimes able to get some surprises.
Yes Charizard is Back! My favorite! Not to mention if he’s coming back obviously the other starters will too so can’t wait.
we need a paradox ancient charizard that is dragon/fire and looks like what you' would get if you combined the designs of mega charizard x, mega charizard y and gigantamax charizard!
I feel like every RAID ad has some kind of variation of “this month is HUGE for RAID”
Man as a charizard lover this is such a beautiful video despite what most of the comments and fan base would say
Top 5 Tentacruels would be pretty neat. It's always surprisingly good, and even managed some legitimate ubers niches. Top 5 Deoxys would be pretty cool too since there are multiple forms in play for it (even if Speed and Attack would be the only ones worth mentioning outside of some short-lived OU stints from Defense.)
I always worry about Charizard not making it into a game. It gots so much CHARisma
Hahahahah! Well said!😂
This joke could only thrive by reading it, and you landed it well.
Great video, great info and thanks for the info on gen 8 competitive! I’m not in the competitive scene so it was really cool to hear just how good Charizard really is! Videos like this would be really cool and I hope this becomes a regular series just like the How Good Actually series! Also shoutout to the artist of the thumbnail bc it looks sick!
You know one thing I thought they were going to show with that intro was the charizards from the anime. The manga also had some strong zards
Typhlosion: You took everything away from me!
Charizard: I don't even know who you are
False Swipe Charizard. A weekly Charizard video every week
and as of now, we are on our 3rd raid event and Charizard is the first, second and also only non-regional pokemon to show up in raids. Thanks game freak
Top 5 tyranitars could be interesting with the addition of Iron Thorns once gen 9 has settled.
The fact you were able to make this video shows how insane their obsession with Charizard is.
This just proves Leon knew damn well what he was doing
It's great to see a video dedicated to my favourite starter.
I'd absolutely love to see more videos like this! Maybe Top 5 Tyranitars or something?
if I was to give my personal ranking, number 1 has to be advanced. it's the number one pokemon, it defines the tier and demands that every other pokemon deal in it environment thanks to bringing in the sand. I imagine other good t tars probably include gen 5 ou, gen 2 ou for being a dark type, gen 6 mega t tar. I guess gen 4 or 7 ou to round it out, but in gen 7 it can be either a mega or base form, so maybe gen 7 is better.
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In gen 6 standard ttar was better than mega ttar and in gen 7 they were about the same, depending on what set you were running.
I have a confession to make.
I purposefully use Yawn on Charizard after it takes damage from Stealth Rocks just to force my opponent to sack their own Charizard or kill it themselves.
It's interesting that outside of the honorable mentions, the list in is chronological order, showing how Charizard only got stronger with time, with the small exception of Gen 4 bringing Stealth Rock to doom it to NU (at least it was great there) until the megas.
One interesting thing about ADV Zard is that people used to think Belly Drum was the go to, as evidenced by the now outdated Smogon analysis, but it was not even mentioned here (and I doubt he forgot, since he talks about Bellyzard in the Gen 2 honorable mention). I wonder why it fell off so hard.
Great video. Awesome content as always, very interesting concept of video.
Some suggestions about stellar Pokémon over the years:
Alakazam / Gengar / Starmie
All OU staples that more or less fell off a little bit.
Best Pokémon ever!
As far as I'm concerned, they can use any variation and any form they want; Charizard is one of the main faces of the franchise and hugely responsible for the success of the I.D.😊
I agree and I honestly love the Charizard love. Can’t wait for the Tera Raids.
Can't wait to see Blazing Tail and Iron Lizard in the upcoming SV DLCs!
You joke, but this would actually be sick as fuck
Blazing Tail being a past Zard X with Fire/Dragon being the new sun threat and Iron Lizard being a future Zard Y with Steel/Flying and being the new Corviknight would just be raw
thanks guys, really loved this video. more charizard is always good,. charizard is the goat, the OG, a way of life, peak design, hopefully we get many more charizards and charizard forms for as long as there is pokemon.
whenever charizard is not on screen, all players should be asking "where's charizard"?
Glad to see Zard overall doing so well competitively throughout the generations despite getting absolutely memed on by steath rocks
Gen 3 was a surprise I didn't know, so thanks lots for this video! And ah, the impacts of Dynamax
Regarding the concept, I'm biased due to favoritism, but I'd love to see Flygon. It has been hovering around RU for a while, but it has always been a good mon of whatever tier it has been in, so I feel it could be interesting. Whoever you go with, thanks and good luck!
LIZARDON!!! The Best Pokemon of all times 🔥🐲. And of course this type of videos are amazing and entertaining 🤩
7:57 Could’ve brought this up in this Zard remake, but there was also Azumarill and Mega Altaria.
Yeah i think that some players ran t punch for azu
I was thinking about Azumarill here, too. If I remember right, it used to be in Gen 6 OU. I used to run a core with it, Zard-X, and Breloom all the time in early Gen 6.
I'll admit I didn't think about Mega Altaria, but I would think it would actually fare even better with its bulk and reliable recovery.
@@reddragonair3147 It is, up until the end of Gen 7. Although the Primals still ruled gen 7, Azu became a pushover.
252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Azumarill: 153-181 (44.7 - 52.9%) -- 28.1% chance to 2HKO
+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 4 HP / 0 Def Azumarill: 229-270 (66.9 - 78.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Altaria-Mega: 117-138 (40.2 - 47.4%) -- guaranteed 3HKO
+1 252 Atk Tough Claws Charizard-Mega-X Flare Blitz vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Altaria-Mega: 176-207 (60.4 - 71.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
They could take hits and deal good damage to Zard X but they aren't the best switchins despite their typings
@@ethanc.1443 Not the point. It was to point out that more Pokémon resisted Zard X’s STAB moves than just the two listed in the video.
Just now realizing that we’re actually able to make a top 5 Charizard forms. Mega X, Mega Y, Normal, G-Max, and Shiny
7 if you count charizard w/fancy hat as a different form
@@iNotAnHacker
Though it’s not meant for Charizard exclusively, I guess it counts
I'll be hopeful for Venusaur to be in DLC.
Blastoise too. Can’t have one without the other.
Dude I’m the same l love my boy but he needs his brothers
@@thepuppet4321 As much I love Charizard, I must agree with you. It isn't the same thing not having all three Kanto starters.
@@gamet2004 If Greninja can bring his mates with him without DLC, it should make sense
@@thepuppet4321 See that's the difference between Greninja and Charizard, Gren may be a Dark type but it has honor, it took Chestnaught and Delphox to Paldea with it. Zard meanwhile is a big attention-hogging brute who always leaves Venusaur and Blastoise behind, forcing them to take the bus! XD
It’s cool to hate Charizard nowadays but he’ll forever be one of the coolest Pokémon ever
These vid ideas are so creative! Love to see best pokemon in each generation of OU, as well as a continuation to the how good was ____ type actually!
Now this’ll be an interesting list.
really cool video. really like this format - loving the variety on this channel lately! keeps bringing me back for more.
I would love to see this expanded to other pokemon too, though im not sure which one to recommend at this moment.
Chairzard really does get a lot of love
The fact that SW/SH footage has a tiny Groudon is the most hilarious thing ever. How is THE GODDAMN CREATOR OF THE CONTINENTS approximately 1,60m tall?
this is an amazing series idea
Great video as always False Swipe Charizard
I love the iconic moment when Charizard said “It’s Charizarding time” and Charizarded all over the tier
that's like 3 people who've come up with the same joke, great work everyone.
You guys are reaching your full potential with these style of videos
I love charizard and all it’s forms. I Always have, and always will.
Oh goddamn it.
Of course we'd have enough forms for a video like this!
I'm starting to think maybe Charizard is favoured by GAMEFREAK somewhat.
I'm more surprised that BASE Zard made it onto the list. Twice
Modest Mega Charizard Y with solar beam and hidden power ghost was my personal go to in gen 6!
Charizard is the real mascot of Pokémon. Also arguably my favorite Pokémon.
In terms of being a mascot, I agree. Charizard’s popularity always felt natural compared to how much Pikachu and Eevee were shoved down everyone throat for multiple decades.
@@catsorafgc Implying that Charizard wasn't shoved down constantly too.
@@yungmuney5903 not initially no. Charizard was just Charizard. He didn’t start getting pushed heavily until Gen 6. Pikachu, Eevee, and even Lucario was pushed more until then
ah yes, charizard, the famous NU pokemon that occasionally shows up in ubers.
Charizard should have more appearances and buffs
No. Give some love to the other starters. Charizard gets enough
@@ianluk6385 I disagree. Charizard needs more spotlight
@@nombregenerico7775 you know what? Yeah. Let's just make an entire game that's dedicated to Charizard, in fact. I think that would be a good first step
@@nombregenerico7775 💀💀💀
@@ianluk6385
Pokemon: Charizard supermacy b!tches version.
*“Coming Soon! Top 5 Aggrons of all time!”*
I love charizard, i agree that all starters should be in every game though. Hopefully they bring mega evolution back.
I agree. Mega Evolution was a great addition to the game. And some of the main complaints people had about them (overcentralization, and certain Pokémon needing them and not getting them) could be fixed by just making more of them. And that would also be much more efficient than making entirely new battle gimmicks that they'll just throw away next generation
@@ianluk6385 but marketing
@@ashikjaman1940 and how would bringing Megas back be bad for marketing? Gamefreak doesn't need a new gimmick each generation. They can just show the new Pokémon, the new region, and characters, and be fine. And if they brought back a fan-favorite mechanic, that'd also be great for marketing
Mega's weren't balanced. Most should have either never existed or been slightly reworked and been standard evolutions.
It was suppose to be a mechanic to get weaker pokemon that were fully evolved competitve presence.
Starters getting them can be argued both ways.
@@RFDN0 another problem that could be fixed by having more of them. More Megas to check the other ones. And it would do wonders for popularity of lesser-known Pokémon.
Besides, it's not like Gamefreak has cared about mechanics being balanced *cough cough Dynamax*
Having more Megas be introduced would be better, and certainly more efficient, than having to make an entirely new, unbalanced battle gimmick that's just gonna get thrown away next generation. It would give the opportunity for more forgotten Pokémon to get something legitimately helpful, continue a mechanic that a lot of people liked, and having a lot more might end up somewhat remediating the problems it had originally.
Glad you mentioned Bellyzard.
I for one accept our long time Charizard overlords.
I'd love to see a ranking of which mons were boosted most by their megas! (Could include exclusive Z-moves and Gmax forms, but megas are cooler so..)
Some examples could obviously include lopunny and rayquaza, who were made far stronger than they were before.
As a Gen 1 veteran who loves Charizard, this is a satisfying video to watch.
Fantastic video, I absolutely loved it!
Another idea for you is to explore how good individual items were.
Choice Spe-- er, Topic!
This False Swipe Charizard channel is producing the best Charizard content on Chartube; Charizard, Charizard. Char Char.
I really love Charizard as he is my favorite pokemon design wise and nostalgic. Generation five is my favorite generation to use him. He hits heavily as a dashing frate train. During ORAS I used a bulky X Mega Charizard and he just take hits burn it and recover stall until he slowly takes out the opponents.
A couple of Pokemon that I would personally love to see a list like this for would be ttar because there are a lot of different metagames where it's been prevalent, and Scizor mostly because I just think it's a cool pokemon, but also because of the resurgence it's seen in S/V due to tera allowing it to really shine by covering it's weaknesses
I love the treatment Charizard constantly gets and I dont care for these haters
I thought this was actually going to be a list of specific Zards, say the one that achieved 2nd at Worlds, but this is a cool concept too.
I love charizard, I don’t care about anyone else and what they think. It’s an awesome Pokémon and that’s why it’s a fan favourite
late(?), but i want to say that i really enjoyed this video and i'd love to see more in this format: i know there's probably not a ton of pokemon which have had as much variety of roles and niches as the big fire boy, but i'd love to see more, especially since you're including vgc performances which opens a ton of potential, especially ranked and compared with singles performances !
The title is so fucking funny
I was hoping he would say " who is the charizardest Charizard to ever Charizard" or something like that.
I love Charizard, so this video was perfect for me lol. I do wish other mons got his treatment though. The other two starters shouldn’t have been left behind
This format is really neat! I get the sorta meme inspiration behind it cause gamefreak won't stop shoving zard in our faces but this video was awesome and would be really interesting with other Pokemon!
He's Charizard, your Charizard, I'm Charizard. Are there any other Charizards I should know about!?
Charizard: *Charizard styled meow*
That's it I'm outta here
Love the new format, give us more videos like this!