Hey guys, did you know that in terms of human companionship, Flareon is objectively the most huggable Pokemon? While their maximum temperature is likely too much for most, they are capable of controlling it, so they can set themselves to the perfect temperature for you. Along with that, they have a lot of fluff, making them undeniably incredibly soft to touch. But that's not all, they have a very respectable special defense stat of 110, which means that they are likely very calm and resistant to emotional damage. Because of this, if you have a bad day, you can vent to it while hugging it, and it won't mind. It can make itself even more endearing with moves like Charm and Baby Doll Eyes, ensuring that you never have a prolonged bout of depression ever again.
It's honestly astounding that it took 9 Generations for Flareon to finally have a decent counter against it's weaknesses, and it's not even that strong, Trailblaze.
While Trailblaze isn't strong, it's supereffective against all types Flareon is weak against, and it boosts Flareon's mediocre Speed. Also, if you can, you can give Flareon Tera Grass to get STAB from Trailblaze and boost its' Base Power to 60.
Speaking of Flareon getting Grass Type coverage, in the recent romhack Seaglass Emerald, Flareon gets Trop Kick, a strong Grass Type move that decreases the opponent's attack. Yeah, weird, but I'll take it.
but it still isn't enough since it's Flareon...it has unfortunately been the worst eeveelution for many years (i mean yeah Glaceon is also horrendous, but Flareon has had its life far worse then Glaceon has)
0:10 No because in the games where you only get the gift Eevee I reset until I get a female and then give it to the daycare until I have enough for each Eeveelution and in the newer games I just get all Eevees. I am the original Penny, having beat Red in Heartgold with a full Eeveelution team. It wasn't easy, but I did it.
I do the same thing. Why choose a singular best Eeveelution when you can cheese the game just a little and have all of them? Though in my latest playthrough, I got lucky and the gift Eevee was female the first go.
REAL!! leafeon is my second favorite pokemon of all time so when i found out it was a stone evolution in swsh i caught an eevee the second i found the leaf stone
this is acceptable! tho I don't use the funny fish dog for offense. I usually just aqua ring, work-up and baton pass. my main mon to switch in would be speed boost blaziken. would prefer the whole team to have baton pass, so I can keep these buffs in play. but... not every pokémon I would have for type coverage can learn that.
Vaporeon does have a pretty good special attack and great health so I’d say the 2 uses for Vaporeon is A death fodder and B special attacker but that’s just me
It's not that Pokemon hates Glaceon, it's that they hate Ice types IN GENERAL. There isn't a single main series game where you can get an Ice type pokemon without significant effort. Someone playing pokemon for the first time could go through the majority of any game without realizing the Ice type even exists! In Kanto you won't meet any Ice types until at least the 5th gym, Johto you won't even hear of an Ice type until you challenge Pryce's gym, Hoenn *laughs in tropical island*, Sinnoh's the coldest region so far, and you only start meeting ice types on the way to the 7th gym. Unova has them sequestered away behind Twist Mountain, Kalos is equally late game, hiding in the area around the LAST gym leader, Alola doesn't have an Ice route until you're WALKING UP TO THE LEAGUE. Galar has you approaching the 7th gym before you can reliably meet an Ice type, although the wild areas make it technically possible much sooner. And then Paldea technically lets you challenge encounter ice types whenever you want, since its open world, but you're unable to catch and USE them until you have enough gym badges, and they all appear at relatively high levels on Glasseado Mountain, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MAP FROM WHERE YOU START. In short, it's not that they don't want you to get Glaceon, they just don't want you to have an Ice type on your team at all.
If I have an Eeveelution on my team, it's likely going to be Vaporeon. Fell in love with the Fish-tailed Mammal creature since Gen 1/2 and has became a regular member in my teams.
tbh vaporeon being a water type, coverage is typically a plus as almost every water type can learn at least 1 damaging ice move to deal with grass, so in most cases water only really tends to struggle with electric
It being a friendship evolution is part of the reason I so love umbreon. I have clear memories of marching eevee around Goldenrod in gold for days, all the haircuts and then my baby tearing through half the game
Yes, exactly, friendship evolutions are like the easiest and most accessible ones you can get: just ride a bike up and down for like half an hour while watching some video, and then evolve it. In Goldenrod there's even a convenient friendship checker that keeps your from unsuccessful level ups. Like, seriously, how everyone hates them so much when they offer so much flexibility with early access to evolution?!
Haircuts is a fun activity from the role playing standpoint, even though it's a waste of money in terms or actual practical benefit. Shey should've made like 2 to 3 cuts enough to boost friendship from base 70 to, IIRC, 225 required for evolution
@@ldmtag Just like the easiest way to walk the dung beetle and others is jump up on a poke centre and let them run around for about 20 minutes. Easier than slowly lapping Los Platos as I originally did, the new games have such awesome quality of life improvements
The thing about Umbreon is that, yes, it may not have the best match ups, but oh boy that thing can tank a hit. Whenever you need a turn to get your bearings, you can safely switch it in most of the time.
That's one of the things I value the most about Umbreon. If a battle is going really badly, I can switch Umbreon in and tell him, "Just hold them off for a few turns, while I use all these Revives and Potions! You've got this, buddy!"
That bulk plus being able to get wish and moonlight via egg moves and toxic via tm makes it surprisingly effective offensively against anything that isn't immune to poison to. Not the most fun way to steamroll the leagues, but Umbreon can technically solo most of them
Umbreon is my fave Eeveelution. Something tells me this guy doesn't even know how to use an Umbreon effectively and utilize its tankiness and the moves it can use. He always focuses only attack moves and yet brags he's been playing for more than 20 years lol
@@Cyber_Emperor Well, he was specifically talking about the best in terms of match-ups and move sets. Umbreon shines at being a very good jack of all trades and a solid backup plan, not a tool to steamroll powerful teams.
what umbreon lacks in damage, it more then makes up for be being a damage sponge thanks to it's great bulk, and with access to Foul Play, it's got a way to bypass it's poor atk stat when its main role is to soak up hits and disrupt the enemy
Eevee actually learns Bite in GSC so Umbreon gets a dark move earlier, its also the only Dark type available in Johto (aside from Sneasel only in Crystal, which isn’t very good)
Surprised he didn't mention that since dark moves were special in gen 2, it gave espeon a unique advantage. It can learn bite as an eevee at level 30 before evolving into espeon and have coverage for ghosts and other psychic types. Espeon is also fast and bite can flinch.
Also, you can use the Shadow Ball TM on all Eeveelutions. When I was younger, I used to have a lot of fun teaching Shadow Ball and Iron Tail to the Eeveelutions I chose, then breeding them with Ditto and the offspring being born with those moves too.
That's exactly what I did with my Espeon in Silver. Plus I gave it the black glasses to make its bite even stronger. It was a huge help in my playthrough!
@@PTCLegacy777 no; there are way too many fangames. And besides a lot of the bigger ones update things as new games and expansions come out so the information would end up out of date
Who decided to include a fire E4 member while also having just one other fire type family? Seriously, who? At least Platinum fixed that. Also, the DP remasters were a mistake.
Same! Especially considering I determined to do a Ground-type mono-run clear and Gligar was one of the pokemon i chose for my final team. Having Gliscor would have made the E4 significantly easier...Gligar came in clutch.
10:39 the word ‘stuff’ popping up has got to be one of my favorite edits I have seen in awhile! Just a fun and unique thing I don’t think I’ve really seen!
I want to say Jolteon contests in Legends Arceus due to being really fast. You can spam quick attack w/ agile style and sling off 4+ quick attacks in a row depending on the speed advantage. This is very strong, even with a type disadvantage you could chip off health very quickly. You could even just consider it free damage, and right before the enemy turn you follow up with a strong style attack.
@@aidenmeislitzer7774 me too, especially because i didnt look up anything about the game. i did see the cynthia vibe, i didnt expet him to have a (kinda) full cynthia team
Yeah and collosseum is how I had eeveeloitions in Hoenn, I had a ditto so I just traded in the espeon and umbreon and bred them until I got lots of eevee
Because Ditto isn't in Ruby and Sapphire and the starter Espeon and Umbreon in Colosseum are always male, it was impossible to get Eevee or the original three Eeveelutions in Gen III until FireRed and LeafGreen released.
@@rjd1922 If you are only counting Ruby, Sapphire, and Colosseum, sure. But that's a very odd way to look at Gen 3. You are leaving out FRLG (which get you both Ditto and Eevee), Emerald (where you can get Ditto) and XD (where you start with Eevee, as mentioned above), all of which are also Gen 3.
7:20 In Crystal you can breed your gift Eevee and get an Eevee that is Level 5 instead of 20, therefore it can evolve before Level 16 and learn its good early STAB move. This is exactly what I did with both Espeon and Umbreon when I did my playthrough of Crystal on the Virtual Console, and this is how you can get a Jolteon with Thundershock without paying for the TM.
I'm guessing you still had to wait for one of the NPCs to call you so you could get the thunder stone needed to evolve Jolteon in the first place. Both options (breeding and trainer calling) are a waste of time, but at least one's a little faster.
I've used Glaceon on Platinum and he curb stomped Cynthia's Garchomp, specially in post game where I went 18 levels below. So proud of my fringe bearing cat.
I somehow only discovered Michael a couple months ago despite being in the Pokémon community for going on 14 years now and I can't stop binging his videos, I always look forward to new uploads
5:20 - I have a feeling they kind of intended for people to keep Eevee in their party while they looked for an evolution stone, and discover how to evolve Espeon and Umbreon naturally. They didn't want you to evolve Eevee too early and miss out on a different evolution just because you didn't know it was coming. It's in line with a lot of early generation game design.
And the cherry on top of the Gliscor problem in BDSP, Gligar is a rare spawn in the underground before the league and is a Brilliant Diamond version exclusive Even if you try to trade over a Razor Fang from a friend or transfer Gligar to another game like Legends Arkoos and evolve it there
Too bad they don't seem to wanna give it any more Evolutions. Dragon is the final "special" type that Eevee doesn't evolve into, but Poison and Ground type Eeveelutions would be great too.
@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd same!! ive never been able to use it though sadly, ive always either picked the grass starter, had plans for a different grass type, or just havent been able to get it early enough
15:20 which has NEVER stopped me from using Leafeon anyway because I traded the gift eevee to platinum every time and then traded it back after I evolved it into Leafeon
Pokemon seems to have a tendency toward treating ice like a rare, endgame type/region, and while that does add up with the tendency to reserve dragon types for late game as well, later games changed things up with gyms, prominent battles and dragon types that weren't weak to ice or had a more threatening dual type for it. It really didn't make sense to keep that trend, especially with the Eevee lineup.
I know that times have changed, but I do somewhat miss the "What's up Pokefans!" & "Gotta catch them alllllll!" Edit, in the name of Arkoos have I committed sacrilege. As I have been informed, it is actually, "Greeting Pokefans."
Big same. RUclips intros and outros are a dying art because some people are too impatient and just skip through them and the RUclips algorithm takes that personally.
2:11 You highlighted Dragonite as one of Lance's Pokemon that Jolteon is good against, but Dragonite takes neutral damage from it. Were you meant to highlight Aerodactyl, who IS weak to Electric?
So a few things: Leafeon always got Aerial Ace, this has been the case since it was introduced. Glaceon also always got Water Pulse, it just wasn't as easy to teach until Gen 9 made it a TM. Sylveon always got Psyshock via TM but in Gen 9 it can get Psychic as well, which is huge considering Poison is its biggest weakness. The Eeveelutions are without doubt the biggest beneficiaries of Terastilisation due to Tera Blast expanding their limited coverage pool significantly, with any of them able to be any type and Tera Blast adjusting to match their highest offensive stat while Terastilised. Granted it's difficult to take advantage of this in a playthrough setting, but it's technically possible, easier than, say, getting Eevee in Diamond/Pearl before the League. I've always praised ORAS for the way they open up the National Dex Pokemon right before the Pokemon League instead of right after, and it's the only game in the series where you can easily pick between all 8 Eeveelutions right after you get Eevee. The problem is, it's difficult to justify picking Sylveon, when you've had access to Gardevoir, Mega Altaria and Clefable for so long now. Still, all 8 are at least some of the best Pokemon of their respective types in the game. Especially when you can get Eevee with its Hidden Ability, meaning Sylveon has Pixilate.
Not disagreeing with you just adding, but water pulse was a tm in gen 3 and 4. Also glaceon could only have water pulse from gen 4 til Oras move tutors and weird enough couldn't get it in swsh, bdsp not included since it's just reg gen 4. Everything else is completely valid and true as well and I agree with you for oras use on sylveon when others are there.
Everything you state here is factual, but I have one gripe. Mega Altaria is not easily accessible unless you invest the appropriate time and resources into contests, which most people might not have done.
@@mattybutler1985 Yup, he confused it with the Lucarionite, which is literally a story-related item you get in X/Y, so no reason to waste time with contests. Same with Garchompite and the asinine secret base nonsense vs. just finding it in Victory Road in X/Y.
Those still require trading and/or beating a game though, Altarianite can be obtained on your first visit to Lilycove if you have an Altaria with you, which is entirely feasible.
One thing to point out, for Johto, the Haircut brothers can be found in the Goldenrod Tunnel, and they can be used to boost friendship, allowing you to access Espeon or Umbreon significantly faster. Technically you can only do this once a day, so you might have to be patient, but in Gold and Silver specifically you can advance the clock by pressing SELECT, B, and DOWN on the START screen, and speed this process up, and in the remakes you can just advance the DS Clock. You can quite easily cheese you way to getting one of friendship Eeveelutions before the 4th gym, and - as one of very few dark-types accessible before the postgame - Umbreon can be a big help against Morty.
14:53 fun fact: I actually used Flareon in my first playthrough of platinum (because it rounded out my team, it was nice to actually use a fire type in Sinnoh, and I hadn’t used one since pokemon red). It felt underpowered, I was basically left with the choice of either using fire fang or flipping a coin with fire blast. It got me through to the league and was very useful in places, and it is one of my favourite designs, but I definitely had more success with other eeveelutions.
Actually, in Pokemon Black 2/White 2, you can go to the Battle Subway in Nimbasa City and earn BP from challenging the different types of Trains there. After 7 battles, you get 3 BP, which you can spend to get the Thunder Stone, Fire Stone, and Water Stone, which each cost 3 BP respectively. Nimbasa City is after Burgh, but before Elesa, the 4th Gym Leader (Elesa is the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City). So, you could actually get a Water Stone from the Battle Subway for 3 BP before Clay. I play Pokemon Black 2, so that's how I know this. This is just a correction to his statement saying, "You can't get Vaporeon until after Clay unless you get a Water Stone from the Hidden Grottoes." I honestly prefer Vaporeon over Jolteon, but that's just my opinion. Anyways, just wanted to put this out there. :D
I personally think all the Eeveelutions should have all been stone evolutions because each one's type or evolution scenario has a corresponding stone: Vaporeon: Water Stone Jolteon: Thunder Stone Flareon: Fire Stone Espeon: Sun Stone Umbreon: Moon Stone Leafeon: Leaf Stone Glaceon: Ice Stone Sylveon: Shiny Stone
if we ever get new eevolutions (begging for bug & fighting), they should make the existing all stone evolutions, and the new ones cartoonishly complex to evolve
@@dishistan No adding a bug or a fighting eveelution would break the pre gen 4 special atack rule. First up is the Dragon type we still miss from the special attack type pool from back then. :D
Lets not forget that gen2 bite, a special attack can be learned by eevee at lvl30, and once evolved into Espeon hits with bite harder than Umbreon's STAB. Not fair lol
The way moves where categorized as either physical or special before gen4 depending on their type is weird, especially when you realize that every dark type move in the game to be introduced before gen4 became a physical attack after that
Shoutout to Vee the Vaporeon who I used to get out of way too many tight situations (most of which I was underleveled for). Babydoll eyes+Mud Slap on such a tank really saved my butt in those tougher battles, not to mention let me set up my Gallade for the occasional very satisfying sweep XD Edit: This was Pokemon Violet fyi
Not surprised Vaporeon got a lot of love in this video. I did lists for all the types Michael hasn't done Then vs Now videos for, and from what I can tell, Water is the most consistently solid type in the games. The only nerf it's ever gotten was losing Surf and Waterfall as HM moves, and I'm using nerf loosely here
Didn't they also lose access to Scald? But, question aside, you are right. Another thing water's got going for it is that so many water types get access to strong Ice type moves.
In GSC, if you train Eevee up to get bite before evolving it into espeon, you get (an admittedly weak) dark-type coverage move backed up by Espeon's high Sp. Atk. It's very helpful!
Really surprised XD Gale of Darkness didn't get a mention, being the game before Let's Go Eevee that had Eevee as a starter. And it allowed the friendship evolutions to be stone evolutions, so equal time investment for all options.
I can't explain what it is, but I just love everytime Mikey uploads a new video. Also, Eeveelutions are among my favorite Pokemon, Espeon is my absolute favorite, I just love that more simpler design compared to the others, but every other Eeveelution is in my top list for each type. Vaporeon used to be my favorite, but then Gen 2 came out (and yes, I am that old, I was around 9 when Gen 1 came out) and Espeon quckly became not only my favorite Eeveelution, but probably my all times favorite Pokemon.
I already love this video from the thumbnail alone, I love pretty much all the Eeveelutions but Jolteon is my favorite and I use it all the time unless I feel like using a different Electric-Type like Galvantula, Manectric or Raichu. Ayy ma boi is best in Gen 1 Kanto and BW2 :3 😁🦊💛⚡ I straight up caught a Leafeon and Flareon in a Space-Time Distortion, both of which ended up being busted as hell til I started using Hisuian Arcanine at some later point because I've always loved it and wanted to. Not gonna lie, the "wicket" stuttering is hilarious 😂😂
@@Summerhue_Donyx I finally ended up using Glaceon for the first time in a romhack called Pokémon Gaia not too long ago recently though. I intended to use one in Platinum at first, but it became Umbreon instead and I was kinda upset but okay at the same time since I never used Umbreon before that point. I literally never tried again until finding out HOW EARLY you can get Glaceon in Gaia and realized that I immediately could've used Jolteon (again like I originally intended) with a Thunderstone I got after the 2nd Gym or so. I didn't care and I literally beat the Fire Gym with JUST said Glaceon using Aurora Beam the whole time.
@@Summerhue_Donyx I just evolved it in the Ice Path that was there, not knowing there was an Icy Rock SOMEWHERE and didn't care because I was glad to finally have a Glaceon. Now the only one I still haven't used yet is Sylveon and I... haven't gotten or used it in X yet, or any romhack it exists in.
21:02 ah yes I definitely chose Flareon as my fire type when I had access to Mega Charizard X/Y, Delphox, Talonflame, Pyroar, and wonder gift Mega Blaziken when the game first dropped
@spencergeorge4077 but it does yes it might take a good 2 3 hours of running about maybe but you can get friendship evolutions instantly before doing any more fights
I’m really sad they never added a ghost-type eeveelution. If that ever happened, it’d very likely be my favorite eeveelution because ghost type is my favorite type, and Eevee is one my top 5 favorite ‘mons.
Yeah, I wish they still made eeveelutions. I made a bunch of fakemon and eeveelutions were so important to me (I created lore reasons why they only exist in the fake region I made and everything) it's also fun to try and figure out interesting evolution ideas. (My ghost type evolution method was it levels up while fainted, basically you have to use a rare candy on it, but it makes it hard to do accidentally. I do realize that nuzlockers cannot ever use it lol. Maybe I'd say that it's the one pokemon that gets a pass because it's unique and that's the only way to get it)
@@Borgdrohne13 No, in competitive is even better since fire type can't usually one shot and with fire spin you can do free chip damage to secure a KO, it can also be used to force a switch. I competitive traping moves are excellent
Yeah, in Gen 1 moves like Wrap are actually insane. Even moreso when you get access to Toxic. My Ninetales in a Blue playthrough swept through all the Swimmers in Kanto using Fire Spin and Toxic, as well as Dig for the Tentacool line.
I was so on board with him when Leafeon finally got 1st place in Sword,its my favorite Eeveelution,with Umbreon a close second. Interesting that all of them besides Glaceon do have a gane where they are good at,but...that just shows how bad the ice type is in battle and accessabilty
17:43 you can actually get evolution stones before battling Clay, as they're purchasable for 3BP in the Battle Subway (still a small grind, but it only takes one set of 7 battles iirc). that means you could reliably evolve eevee as soon as you reach Nimbasa. not sure if that makes a huge difference overall, but it does introduce an extra two gym battles to the equation.
Vaporeon being the overall best in most games is so funny as a long term vaporeon enjoyer (also thank god i didnt get the umbreon i wanted in soul silver, im glad i got my accidental espeon!)
6:11 I’d like to point out that Eevee learns Bite at level 30 in GSC. Bite became a Dark type move in Gen II, so if you evolve it into Umbreon at level 30, it’ll have a STAB Dark type move before it learns Faint Attack.
Holy crap, I never realized just how powerful Vaporeon was, despite it being my favorite Eeveelution. I just really liked its design. I'm normally a Fire Trainer, but I've never used Flareon, since I normally have other Fire types already (also, I have a tradition of choosing the Fire Starter for my first ever play-through of a Pokemon game, when given the choice). So, Vaporeon was normally my go-to, though I've also gotten a lot of use out of Umbreon, Sylveon, and Jolteon.
Water types in the first 4 gens always had a huge boost because their strong move (surf) was an HM, they always got free ice coverage and water was a super strong defensive type. Even in gens 5 and 6, the neccessity to use surf to progress meant you pretty much always needed a water type in your team. HM surf means you either don't have it limited or you don't need to spend oodles in the game corner. Helps that you always get it very early for such a powerful move (in the city of the fifth gym in Kanto but you can sequenz break, pre-gym 4 in Johto, post-gym 5 in gens 3/4, after gym 5 in B2W2, and again after gym 3 in Kalos).
The problem is that you need to catch Eevee that is exactly level 19, otherwise you would need to spend a Heart Scale to relearn Baby Doll Eyes if caught at level 20
Hey guys, did you know that in terms of human companionship, Flareon is objectively the most huggable Pokemon? While their maximum temperature is likely too much for most, they are capable of controlling it, so they can set themselves to the perfect temperature for you. Along with that, they have a lot of fluff, making them undeniably incredibly soft to touch. But that's not all, they have a very respectable special defense stat of 110, which means that they are likely very calm and resistant to emotional damage. Because of this, if you have a bad day, you can vent to it while hugging it, and it won't mind. It can make itself even more endearing with moves like Charm and Baby Doll Eyes, ensuring that you never have a prolonged bout of depression ever again.
the good ending
@@waatermel0n there is no bad ending....
What about jolteon though :( what's he the best at?
I almost had a heart attack
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It's honestly astounding that it took 9 Generations for Flareon to finally have a decent counter against it's weaknesses, and it's not even that strong, Trailblaze.
While Trailblaze isn't strong, it's supereffective against all types Flareon is weak against, and it boosts Flareon's mediocre Speed.
Also, if you can, you can give Flareon Tera Grass to get STAB from Trailblaze and boost its' Base Power to 60.
It's funny how 2 of Flareon's biggest achievements in this video is getting a move that boosts speed every time it's used. TWICE.
Speaking of Flareon getting Grass Type coverage, in the recent romhack Seaglass Emerald, Flareon gets Trop Kick, a strong Grass Type move that decreases the opponent's attack. Yeah, weird, but I'll take it.
@@peternguyen7530 I haven't heard of that one yet, and yes I did catch the fact you said "most recent" but wow.
The perks of not being not noticed by game freak
Flareon somehow being the best in generation 6 has to be one of the biggest comebacks on this channel
Still not good enough to be the GOAT (Vaporeon) bro won four times in a row then won another 5, that is just crazy
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but it still isn't enough since it's Flareon...it has unfortunately been the worst eeveelution for many years (i mean yeah Glaceon is also horrendous, but Flareon has had its life far worse then Glaceon has)
That’s because it’s a lie and you’d be better off just hitting for neutral with any other eeveelution
In my experience Flareon's peak was frlg. Powerful shadow ball and dig with overheat if you need a quick special attack
0:10 No because in the games where you only get the gift Eevee I reset until I get a female and then give it to the daycare until I have enough for each Eeveelution and in the newer games I just get all Eevees. I am the original Penny, having beat Red in Heartgold with a full Eeveelution team. It wasn't easy, but I did it.
thats how I play too, same with starters so i can trade with other players for other starters
I do the same thing. Why choose a singular best Eeveelution when you can cheese the game just a little and have all of them?
Though in my latest playthrough, I got lucky and the gift Eevee was female the first go.
i love how insanely different everyone plays their game lol this rocks
Dang
@@theawickward2255I reset for a female 😂
As a leafeon lover thank you for acknowledging how badly my girl was SHAFTED for generations
Gonna be that guy but their gender ratio is 87.5/12.5 male/female. Ya boi got shafted for generations.
@snubabubba2745 Ah but they Can be female, and my most recent Leafeon is in fact my girl
@@snubabubba2745in Alpha Sapphire I had a female Glaceon, and she almost solo'd the dragon elite 4 member. Only the Salamence gave me trouble.
Leafeon is at the top when it comes to my fav Pokémon. I just wish I was a bit better at using them.
REAL!! leafeon is my second favorite pokemon of all time so when i found out it was a stone evolution in swsh i caught an eevee the second i found the leaf stone
"Hey guys, did you know that in terms of Eeveelutions, Vaporeon is objectively the most useful in most playthrough teams?" -Mickey
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this is acceptable!
tho I don't use the funny fish dog for offense. I usually just aqua ring, work-up and baton pass. my main mon to switch in would be speed boost blaziken.
would prefer the whole team to have baton pass, so I can keep these buffs in play. but...
not every pokémon I would have for type coverage can learn that.
Vaporeon does have a pretty good special attack and great health so I’d say the 2 uses for Vaporeon is A death fodder and B special attacker but that’s just me
i think you made a typo u meant to say its breedable with humans-
It's not that Pokemon hates Glaceon, it's that they hate Ice types IN GENERAL. There isn't a single main series game where you can get an Ice type pokemon without significant effort. Someone playing pokemon for the first time could go through the majority of any game without realizing the Ice type even exists! In Kanto you won't meet any Ice types until at least the 5th gym, Johto you won't even hear of an Ice type until you challenge Pryce's gym, Hoenn *laughs in tropical island*, Sinnoh's the coldest region so far, and you only start meeting ice types on the way to the 7th gym. Unova has them sequestered away behind Twist Mountain, Kalos is equally late game, hiding in the area around the LAST gym leader, Alola doesn't have an Ice route until you're WALKING UP TO THE LEAGUE. Galar has you approaching the 7th gym before you can reliably meet an Ice type, although the wild areas make it technically possible much sooner. And then Paldea technically lets you challenge encounter ice types whenever you want, since its open world, but you're unable to catch and USE them until you have enough gym badges, and they all appear at relatively high levels on Glasseado Mountain, ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE MAP FROM WHERE YOU START.
In short, it's not that they don't want you to get Glaceon, they just don't want you to have an Ice type on your team at all.
You can do the 3rd-7th gyms in any order so you can actually get Ice-types before the 5th in Kanto.
You can get an ice type pretty easily in Galar in the wild area, and Smoochum and Spheal (through island scan) are pretty early in Alola
@@TheTakato122 How are you supposed to do the 7th gym 3rd?
@@geenkaas6380 Okay, so you cannot do the 7th gym before the 5th gym because you need Koga's badge to be able to use Surf.
That fact that Water types can be taught the best Ice moves in the game adds fuel to this fire...
Vaporeon out here proving how important it is to have
Good coverage
Defense typing
A good attacking stat
And as a vaporeon fan, i support this
If I have an Eeveelution on my team, it's likely going to be Vaporeon. Fell in love with the Fish-tailed Mammal creature since Gen 1/2 and has became a regular member in my teams.
Does he know?
And a GOOD body… did you kn-
tbh vaporeon being a water type, coverage is typically a plus as almost every water type can learn at least 1 damaging ice move to deal with grass, so in most cases water only really tends to struggle with electric
@@Cpt.Stickerno0dle-iu3ok can you shut up oh my god
It being a friendship evolution is part of the reason I so love umbreon. I have clear memories of marching eevee around Goldenrod in gold for days, all the haircuts and then my baby tearing through half the game
Yes, exactly, friendship evolutions are like the easiest and most accessible ones you can get: just ride a bike up and down for like half an hour while watching some video, and then evolve it. In Goldenrod there's even a convenient friendship checker that keeps your from unsuccessful level ups. Like, seriously, how everyone hates them so much when they offer so much flexibility with early access to evolution?!
Haircuts is a fun activity from the role playing standpoint, even though it's a waste of money in terms or actual practical benefit. Shey should've made like 2 to 3 cuts enough to boost friendship from base 70 to, IIRC, 225 required for evolution
@@ldmtag And these days they're so much easier, throw them at enough trees and rocks, cook enough curry or sandwiches and you're good
@@nickywal no, that's too hard. Just ride a bike/koraidon - no effort whatsoever! And it takes like maybe up to an hour
@@ldmtag Just like the easiest way to walk the dung beetle and others is jump up on a poke centre and let them run around for about 20 minutes. Easier than slowly lapping Los Platos as I originally did, the new games have such awesome quality of life improvements
The thing about Umbreon is that, yes, it may not have the best match ups, but oh boy that thing can tank a hit. Whenever you need a turn to get your bearings, you can safely switch it in most of the time.
That's one of the things I value the most about Umbreon. If a battle is going really badly, I can switch Umbreon in and tell him, "Just hold them off for a few turns, while I use all these Revives and Potions! You've got this, buddy!"
That bulk plus being able to get wish and moonlight via egg moves and toxic via tm makes it surprisingly effective offensively against anything that isn't immune to poison to. Not the most fun way to steamroll the leagues, but Umbreon can technically solo most of them
Umbreon is my fave Eeveelution. Something tells me this guy doesn't even know how to use an Umbreon effectively and utilize its tankiness and the moves it can use. He always focuses only attack moves and yet brags he's been playing for more than 20 years lol
@@Cyber_Emperor Well, he was specifically talking about the best in terms of match-ups and move sets. Umbreon shines at being a very good jack of all trades and a solid backup plan, not a tool to steamroll powerful teams.
what umbreon lacks in damage, it more then makes up for be being a damage sponge thanks to it's great bulk, and with access to Foul Play, it's got a way to bypass it's poor atk stat when its main role is to soak up hits and disrupt the enemy
Eevee actually learns Bite in GSC so Umbreon gets a dark move earlier, its also the only Dark type available in Johto (aside from Sneasel only in Crystal, which isn’t very good)
Hell, Murkrow was still very weak, and HONDOUR IS LOCKED BEHIND KANTO.
Espeon is still better cuz it can use bite too as coverage coming off a much higher special attack stat
Umbreon's Faint Attack is always guaranteed to hit, unlike any of the other moves.
@@InFiNiTeO7 Murkrow in gsc is also postgame.
The problem is that it has the same base power as Faint Attack.
Surprised he didn't mention that since dark moves were special in gen 2, it gave espeon a unique advantage. It can learn bite as an eevee at level 30 before evolving into espeon and have coverage for ghosts and other psychic types. Espeon is also fast and bite can flinch.
Also, you can use the Shadow Ball TM on all Eeveelutions. When I was younger, I used to have a lot of fun teaching Shadow Ball and Iron Tail to the Eeveelutions I chose, then breeding them with Ditto and the offspring being born with those moves too.
@@BG12sofiayeah, but Shadow Ball was unfortunately still physical, and Espeon attack is abysmal
@@davion4777 I know that now, but back when I was a kid I didn't. 😅
That's exactly what I did with my Espeon in Silver. Plus I gave it the black glasses to make its bite even stronger. It was a huge help in my playthrough!
Flareon actually has the strongest Shadow Ball in the game in gen 2, it being physical off if’s base 130, so take that into consideration.
Mikey's rant about diamond and pearl was surprisingly cathartic for me
Can Mikey PLEASE include FANGAMES as a SEPARATE VIDEO FOR BEST EEVEELUTION IN EVERY GAME VIDEO?!?!
@@PTCLegacy777 no; there are way too many fangames. And besides a lot of the bigger ones update things as new games and expansions come out so the information would end up out of date
Who decided to include a fire E4 member while also having just one other fire type family? Seriously, who? At least Platinum fixed that.
Also, the DP remasters were a mistake.
Same! Especially considering I determined to do a Ground-type mono-run clear and Gligar was one of the pokemon i chose for my final team. Having Gliscor would have made the E4 significantly easier...Gligar came in clutch.
@aegis1708 Don't say that, the gen fourers will come after you 😂
LEAFeon not evolving via LEAF stone for so long is a crime
10:39 the word ‘stuff’ popping up has got to be one of my favorite edits I have seen in awhile! Just a fun and unique thing I don’t think I’ve really seen!
I want to say Jolteon contests in Legends Arceus due to being really fast. You can spam quick attack w/ agile style and sling off 4+ quick attacks in a row depending on the speed advantage. This is very strong, even with a type disadvantage you could chip off health very quickly. You could even just consider it free damage, and right before the enemy turn you follow up with a strong style attack.
I was going to say, I have one on my team that took out a higher level Gastrodon. XD
also suprised he didnt mention the battle with volo
id say sylveon and umbreon are definitely good for.. *that* battle..
@@ElysiaWhitemoonOmegavolo took my over leveled team through the ring, gave me flashbacks to White undella town Cynthia battle
@@aidenmeislitzer7774 me too, especially because i didnt look up anything about the game. i did see the cynthia vibe, i didnt expet him to have a (kinda) full cynthia team
Kinda wished he mention XD Gales of Darkness. While it is a spin-off game, Eevee is your starter Pokemon and you can evolve it extremely early.
Yeah and collosseum is how I had eeveeloitions in Hoenn, I had a ditto so I just traded in the espeon and umbreon and bred them until I got lots of eevee
Because Ditto isn't in Ruby and Sapphire and the starter Espeon and Umbreon in Colosseum are always male, it was impossible to get Eevee or the original three Eeveelutions in Gen III until FireRed and LeafGreen released.
Who puts XD on a title?! Silliest name of a game ever!
@@rjd1922 If you are only counting Ruby, Sapphire, and Colosseum, sure. But that's a very odd way to look at Gen 3. You are leaving out FRLG (which get you both Ditto and Eevee), Emerald (where you can get Ditto) and XD (where you start with Eevee, as mentioned above), all of which are also Gen 3.
@@jeffreygao3956 No you're just terminally online
23:05 plus, the ice rock exists at this point, so they had zero excuses not to make glaceon and leafeon stone evolutions.
Did you mean ice stone?
I think Mikey forgot that in HG/SS you can get the evolution stones from the Pokeathlon, and you aren't reliant on getting the lucky phone call.
7:20 In Crystal you can breed your gift Eevee and get an Eevee that is Level 5 instead of 20, therefore it can evolve before Level 16 and learn its good early STAB move. This is exactly what I did with both Espeon and Umbreon when I did my playthrough of Crystal on the Virtual Console, and this is how you can get a Jolteon with Thundershock without paying for the TM.
I'm guessing you still had to wait for one of the NPCs to call you so you could get the thunder stone needed to evolve Jolteon in the first place. Both options (breeding and trainer calling) are a waste of time, but at least one's a little faster.
I've used Glaceon on Platinum and he curb stomped Cynthia's Garchomp, specially in post game where I went 18 levels below. So proud of my fringe bearing cat.
Laughs at SmallAnt using Glaceon during his Platinum No Damage playthrough. But he cheesed the game by grinding everyone to level 100 with the Daycare
I somehow only discovered Michael a couple months ago despite being in the Pokémon community for going on 14 years now and I can't stop binging his videos, I always look forward to new uploads
I’ve really been enjoying Kate’s editing style for the past few videos!
Katie edits Plays videos! Kyle has edited almost every video on this channel for almost two years
@@MandJTV Oh, I never heard that before! Then Kyle's editing style I'm liking for these past videos!
@@Gemini-LionMicheal explains this in an older ASPITIPY episode
@MandJTV I think you forgot about the pokeatholon dome in HGSS
5:20 - I have a feeling they kind of intended for people to keep Eevee in their party while they looked for an evolution stone, and discover how to evolve Espeon and Umbreon naturally. They didn't want you to evolve Eevee too early and miss out on a different evolution just because you didn't know it was coming. It's in line with a lot of early generation game design.
When your favourite pokemon is outclassed by all of its brothers and sisters, and also has a bad typing.
I still love you Glaceon
The “let’s go gambling” at 7:32 got me 😂 💀(edit: mom I’m famous)
7:24
Aw dang it
Aw dang it
Aw dang it
I found this comment while watching that part of video
Pokémon Let's Go Gambling for Eevee
@@LeviCPC25LETS GO GAMBLING🎉
10:59 we all know how much Michael loves his Gliscor
And the cherry on top of the Gliscor problem in BDSP, Gligar is a rare spawn in the underground before the league and is a Brilliant Diamond version exclusive
Even if you try to trade over a Razor Fang from a friend or transfer Gligar to another game like Legends Arkoos and evolve it there
As someone who loves gliscor I don’t blame him
Leafeon is my all time favorite evolution. U can get it early, it's super strong, and suprisingly bulky. Sweeping in random battles is fun too
Too bad they don't seem to wanna give it any more Evolutions. Dragon is the final "special" type that Eevee doesn't evolve into, but Poison and Ground type Eeveelutions would be great too.
@@Lupinemancer87dragon or steel would have be n perfect for galar. And great for marketing too. Sad they didn't capitalize on it
@@Lupinemancer87 they should make eeveelution evolutions
Or a regional Eevee
Or anything. I want something
@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd same!! ive never been able to use it though sadly, ive always either picked the grass starter, had plans for a different grass type, or just havent been able to get it early enough
@@DragonTheOneDZAI'd even take s normal type eeveelution
15:20 which has NEVER stopped me from using Leafeon anyway because I traded the gift eevee to platinum every time and then traded it back after I evolved it into Leafeon
14:48 How much did Vaporeon pay you for this video? 😂
Edit: Of freakin COURSE Flareon is the best in the weakest region!! That makes my day
Compounding interest Jolteon could easily be a meme
22:57 which is sad because glaceon is my favorite :(
Yeah mine too. In all the games prior to SwSh you couldn't get glaceon until the league which always bummed me out 😞😞
If it wasn’t obvious from your awesome Velkhana pfp
@@htfs493 wow, you know the goat…?!
Pokemon seems to have a tendency toward treating ice like a rare, endgame type/region, and while that does add up with the tendency to reserve dragon types for late game as well, later games changed things up with gyms, prominent battles and dragon types that weren't weak to ice or had a more threatening dual type for it. It really didn't make sense to keep that trend, especially with the Eevee lineup.
@@theoaremevano3227remember, it's an RPG. It's a very common trope to reserve the ice area for the endgame
"Vaporeon gets something that most of eeveelutions struggle with..."
I better stop...
I giggled like a child 😂😂
Wet...
Sad to see my 3rd favourite eeveelution done dirty like this
Hearing Mikey swear at 10:50 made me wonder if I was in an alternate universe 😂
It’s close but he said freaking😂
@cosmicam1934 I refuse to accept this.
Vaporeon supremacy 🗣️
Yaaaaas 😍💕🧜♀️🐰💧
I know that times have changed, but I do somewhat miss the "What's up Pokefans!" & "Gotta catch them alllllll!"
Edit, in the name of Arkoos have I committed sacrilege. As I have been informed, it is actually, "Greeting Pokefans."
Same
Big same. RUclips intros and outros are a dying art because some people are too impatient and just skip through them and the RUclips algorithm takes that personally.
Nah, ive always hated them
ngl I hated intros but this was not really that, which is why no one complained
Greetings pokefans
I think "DJ Mickey" was trying to escape around 20:38 XD
wicka wicka wicka
Plus it’s get flame charge wicks beeep plus it’s get flame charge wicke😂XD
“The partner eevee is the only eevee you can spend the entire game with…”
XD, and conquest, “am I joke to you?”
(Maybe colosseum counts?)
Colosseum does NOT count. And why would you NOT evolve your Eevee in Gald of Darkness?
Plus, Conquest is a side game, not a main game.
@ we said can and you technically can
As an Eevee specialist, I prefer to have Vaporeon in almost every generation because I can build them to be surprisingly bulky
"Surprisingly"? It's a pokémon with 130/65/95 with one of the best defensive typings
great video, im really loving the editing on this one :3
also the DP/BDSP hate is so real i felt that
2:11 You highlighted Dragonite as one of Lance's Pokemon that Jolteon is good against, but Dragonite takes neutral damage from it. Were you meant to highlight Aerodactyl, who IS weak to Electric?
Editor here: oops u right lol
@@KeeLoker Sokay :) Small mistake
@KeeLoker ? Your not Katie.
@@bewearstar9462 Mikey can have other editors
At least Dragonite doesn't COMPLETELY wall Jolteon like it would with Vaporeon (minus the ice coverage)
In Heart Gold and Soul Silver, you can get the Evolution Stones in the Pokéathalon Dome, which I’ve done ever since if I needed one.
I was really hoping someone would point this out since he missed it. Thank you
Spoiler alert: It's all of them. They're all the best
Unpopular opinion: 4chan ruined Vaporeon (Horny people included)
Agreed
Espeon, in my opinion it’s espeon.
@@Singapura_Lion A great choice! Espeon is usually on my Johto teams, it's a great eeveeloution
You guys spelled leafeon wrong
It doesn't matter which Eeveelution is "best". Go for the one you love.
Nice string of alliteration at the six minute mark. “Espeon’s excellent” “…walls Will” “crushes Koga” “beats Bruno”
12:51 this transition had no reason to go this hard
So a few things:
Leafeon always got Aerial Ace, this has been the case since it was introduced. Glaceon also always got Water Pulse, it just wasn't as easy to teach until Gen 9 made it a TM.
Sylveon always got Psyshock via TM but in Gen 9 it can get Psychic as well, which is huge considering Poison is its biggest weakness.
The Eeveelutions are without doubt the biggest beneficiaries of Terastilisation due to Tera Blast expanding their limited coverage pool significantly, with any of them able to be any type and Tera Blast adjusting to match their highest offensive stat while Terastilised. Granted it's difficult to take advantage of this in a playthrough setting, but it's technically possible, easier than, say, getting Eevee in Diamond/Pearl before the League.
I've always praised ORAS for the way they open up the National Dex Pokemon right before the Pokemon League instead of right after, and it's the only game in the series where you can easily pick between all 8 Eeveelutions right after you get Eevee. The problem is, it's difficult to justify picking Sylveon, when you've had access to Gardevoir, Mega Altaria and Clefable for so long now. Still, all 8 are at least some of the best Pokemon of their respective types in the game. Especially when you can get Eevee with its Hidden Ability, meaning Sylveon has Pixilate.
Not disagreeing with you just adding, but water pulse was a tm in gen 3 and 4. Also glaceon could only have water pulse from gen 4 til Oras move tutors and weird enough couldn't get it in swsh, bdsp not included since it's just reg gen 4. Everything else is completely valid and true as well and I agree with you for oras use on sylveon when others are there.
Everything you state here is factual, but I have one gripe. Mega Altaria is not easily accessible unless you invest the appropriate time and resources into contests, which most people might not have done.
According to Bulbapedia, all you have to do is show an Altaria to a guy outside the Fan Club in Lilycove City and he'll give you the Altarianite.
@@mattybutler1985 Yup, he confused it with the Lucarionite, which is literally a story-related item you get in X/Y, so no reason to waste time with contests. Same with Garchompite and the asinine secret base nonsense vs. just finding it in Victory Road in X/Y.
Those still require trading and/or beating a game though, Altarianite can be obtained on your first visit to Lilycove if you have an Altaria with you, which is entirely feasible.
One thing to point out, for Johto, the Haircut brothers can be found in the Goldenrod Tunnel, and they can be used to boost friendship, allowing you to access Espeon or Umbreon significantly faster. Technically you can only do this once a day, so you might have to be patient, but in Gold and Silver specifically you can advance the clock by pressing SELECT, B, and DOWN on the START screen, and speed this process up, and in the remakes you can just advance the DS Clock. You can quite easily cheese you way to getting one of friendship Eeveelutions before the 4th gym, and - as one of very few dark-types accessible before the postgame - Umbreon can be a big help against Morty.
Can't you also do this in crystal it was just harder?
@@Pyxis10 I had heard that you couldn't cheat the clock in Crystal, I may be wrong though
The daycare and ditto are also available so you can breed your gift eevee to get one at level 5 and with the happiness boost from hatching from an egg
14:53 fun fact: I actually used Flareon in my first playthrough of platinum (because it rounded out my team, it was nice to actually use a fire type in Sinnoh, and I hadn’t used one since pokemon red). It felt underpowered, I was basically left with the choice of either using fire fang or flipping a coin with fire blast. It got me through to the league and was very useful in places, and it is one of my favourite designs, but I definitely had more success with other eeveelutions.
Actually, in Pokemon Black 2/White 2, you can go to the Battle Subway in Nimbasa City and earn BP from challenging the different types of Trains there. After 7 battles, you get 3 BP, which you can spend to get the Thunder Stone, Fire Stone, and Water Stone, which each cost 3 BP respectively. Nimbasa City is after Burgh, but before Elesa, the 4th Gym Leader (Elesa is the Gym Leader of Nimbasa City). So, you could actually get a Water Stone from the Battle Subway for 3 BP before Clay. I play Pokemon Black 2, so that's how I know this. This is just a correction to his statement saying, "You can't get Vaporeon until after Clay unless you get a Water Stone from the Hidden Grottoes." I honestly prefer Vaporeon over Jolteon, but that's just my opinion. Anyways, just wanted to put this out there. :D
Just go get, I believe in you 29:59
Definitely my favorite line in this video
*29:53 you mean🤓☝️
As someone who accidentally ended up fighting Grusha as my sixth major game fight and won (thank you Skeledirge) I absolutely believe in you.
@@Pochacco_mm2.sanriowho
@@Pochacco_mm2.sanrioAsked?
The editing on this channel is always good but this video had some next level editing jokes
10:35
"Stuff" killed me. I laughed way too hard.
I personally think all the Eeveelutions should have all been stone evolutions because each one's type or evolution scenario has a corresponding stone:
Vaporeon: Water Stone
Jolteon: Thunder Stone
Flareon: Fire Stone
Espeon: Sun Stone
Umbreon: Moon Stone
Leafeon: Leaf Stone
Glaceon: Ice Stone
Sylveon: Shiny Stone
I completely agree.
They could have avoided the awful methods
Gale of Darkness definitely give credence to this since it does give you the Sun and Moon Stones as an option to get Umbreon and Espeon
if we ever get new eevolutions (begging for bug & fighting), they should make the existing all stone evolutions, and the new ones cartoonishly complex to evolve
@@dishistan No adding a bug or a fighting eveelution would break the pre gen 4 special atack rule. First up is the Dragon type we still miss from the special attack type pool from back then. :D
I honestly thought the title had said "best execution in every game"
Leafeon has been my favourite eeveelution for years since I was a kid and finally using one in sword felt so good
The new editor is a breath of fresh air 7:24
Wait Mikey got a new editor?
What happened to Katie?
@@BeholderBrawlStarsshe edits manjtv plays, Kyle has been editing this channel for almost 2 years idk what the first comment is talking about
@@noxyplays5979 oh
For some reason I've never heard of this guy
But I see
Dawg might be a lil lost
The craziest thing is that I kept getting glaceon in randomizers, and it just...kept pulling its weight and more, staying on the team each time
In this instance you mean weight not wait lol.
@@samhobbs9116 I didn't even realize😅
Lets not forget that gen2 bite, a special attack can be learned by eevee at lvl30, and once evolved into Espeon hits with bite harder than Umbreon's STAB. Not fair lol
The way moves where categorized as either physical or special before gen4 depending on their type is weird, especially when you realize that every dark type move in the game to be introduced before gen4 became a physical attack after that
Shoutout to Vee the Vaporeon who I used to get out of way too many tight situations (most of which I was underleveled for). Babydoll eyes+Mud Slap on such a tank really saved my butt in those tougher battles, not to mention let me set up my Gallade for the occasional very satisfying sweep XD
Edit: This was Pokemon Violet fyi
2:27 “…yeah that’s the problem -_-“ Love it 😂
Not surprised Vaporeon got a lot of love in this video. I did lists for all the types Michael hasn't done Then vs Now videos for, and from what I can tell, Water is the most consistently solid type in the games. The only nerf it's ever gotten was losing Surf and Waterfall as HM moves, and I'm using nerf loosely here
I'm like 95% sure this is a porn bot
@@nightflame389 but is it wrong? lmao
It's actually my favorite type, because of how good it is in general.
@@poketrenerboberowy8130 no, but porn bots copy-paste other comments
Didn't they also lose access to Scald?
But, question aside, you are right. Another thing water's got going for it is that so many water types get access to strong Ice type moves.
Jokes on you michael! I'm sweeping every champion myself and mark my words!
Go @kindletheflareon I belive in you
YEAHHHH!!!
7:32 I CAN’T STOP WINNING
LET'S GO GAMBLI-
@@LeviCPC25 LETS GO SHRIMP-
In GSC, if you train Eevee up to get bite before evolving it into espeon, you get (an admittedly weak) dark-type coverage move backed up by Espeon's high Sp. Atk. It's very helpful!
Really surprised XD Gale of Darkness didn't get a mention, being the game before Let's Go Eevee that had Eevee as a starter. And it allowed the friendship evolutions to be stone evolutions, so equal time investment for all options.
Jolteon and Espeon were the best choices for that game by a long shot.
I can't explain what it is, but I just love everytime Mikey uploads a new video.
Also, Eeveelutions are among my favorite Pokemon, Espeon is my absolute favorite, I just love that more simpler design compared to the others, but every other Eeveelution is in my top list for each type. Vaporeon used to be my favorite, but then Gen 2 came out (and yes, I am that old, I was around 9 when Gen 1 came out) and Espeon quckly became not only my favorite Eeveelution, but probably my all times favorite Pokemon.
MandJTV do your math super effective brick break does the same damage as stab earthquake how dare you penalise glaceon for that
5:22 “without trading”
*laughs while clutching my pokemon stadium 2 copy and my transfer paks*
You learn something new every day! I did not know that haze removed the totem boost or Omni boost until I saw this!
I already love this video from the thumbnail alone, I love pretty much all the Eeveelutions but Jolteon is my favorite and I use it all the time unless I feel like using a different Electric-Type like Galvantula, Manectric or Raichu.
Ayy ma boi is best in Gen 1 Kanto and BW2 :3 😁🦊💛⚡
I straight up caught a Leafeon and Flareon in a Space-Time Distortion, both of which ended up being busted as hell til I started using Hisuian Arcanine at some later point because I've always loved it and wanted to.
Not gonna lie, the "wicket" stuttering is hilarious 😂😂
Even though Glaceon exists, Jolteon is so cool !!
So many Jolteon lovers, rejoice!
@@Summerhue_Donyx I finally ended up using Glaceon for the first time in a romhack called Pokémon Gaia not too long ago recently though. I intended to use one in Platinum at first, but it became Umbreon instead and I was kinda upset but okay at the same time since I never used Umbreon before that point. I literally never tried again until finding out HOW EARLY you can get Glaceon in Gaia and realized that I immediately could've used Jolteon (again like I originally intended) with a Thunderstone I got after the 2nd Gym or so. I didn't care and I literally beat the Fire Gym with JUST said Glaceon using Aurora Beam the whole time.
@@yoshidaaimi34 Lol
@@Summerhue_Donyx I just evolved it in the Ice Path that was there, not knowing there was an Icy Rock SOMEWHERE and didn't care because I was glad to finally have a Glaceon. Now the only one I still haven't used yet is Sylveon and I... haven't gotten or used it in X yet, or any romhack it exists in.
The celadon city eevee “tutorial” has to be one of my favorite introductions to a gimmick in all of Pokemon
21:02 ah yes I definitely chose Flareon as my fire type when I had access to Mega Charizard X/Y, Delphox, Talonflame, Pyroar, and wonder gift Mega Blaziken when the game first dropped
I don’t get why with the ice coverage for vaporeon Mikey highlighted houndoom as being weak to ice I think he meant to highlight crobat
I used to love pokemon as a child and would watch your videos quite often.Recently started getting back into it and am happy to see you still posting
Vaporeon’s reputation is finally improving. Finally we can move past “did you know that in terms of…” as a community.
I don't know bout that one chief. I can still find such comments. just not here. or on a few other pokétubers' channel
Vaporeon is one of the best eeveelutions and a very good pokemon it’s unfortunate that “That meme” is what its famous for
The more you bring it up the worse it gets
huggliness? that's flareon
The Veevee Stars are ready! Can't wait to watch this potential banger.
16:22 he’s forgetting something big…WALKING INCREASES FRIENDSHIP
Not by much
@spencergeorge4077 but it does yes it might take a good 2 3 hours of running about maybe but you can get friendship evolutions instantly before doing any more fights
@@ajsgaming474well I did it in 30 minutes without fast forward
Video Suggestion: “What if every dual type Pokémon was triple type?”
That Eevee in Let’s Go Eevee has an insanely broken move set. Healing all status conditions and guaranteed burn/paralysis is OP!
15:27)
Pokéathelon giving out evolution stones: Am I a joke to you?
I’m really sad they never added a ghost-type eeveelution. If that ever happened, it’d very likely be my favorite eeveelution because ghost type is my favorite type, and Eevee is one my top 5 favorite ‘mons.
U could evolve it by throwing a brick stone at it
Yeah, I wish they still made eeveelutions. I made a bunch of fakemon and eeveelutions were so important to me (I created lore reasons why they only exist in the fake region I made and everything) it's also fun to try and figure out interesting evolution ideas. (My ghost type evolution method was it levels up while fainted, basically you have to use a rare candy on it, but it makes it hard to do accidentally. I do realize that nuzlockers cannot ever use it lol. Maybe I'd say that it's the one pokemon that gets a pass because it's unique and that's the only way to get it)
@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd this is something one would expect to see in pokemon rusty
SV would have been the perfect time to introduce a dragon-type one. Considering who you get Draco Meteor's TM from and all...
I would call it Phasmeon.
3:39 Hello everyone! Its a pleasure to be on your show:)
12:50 can we appreciate that incredible transition
Now do the best Pikachu evolution in every pokemon game.
20:45 thanks for the funny moment Katie
0:47 Did you really said gen 1 fire spin sucks? That move is absolutely bonkers
In casual playthroughs yes, in competitive not so. It's great yes, but you want the better damage output.
@@Jet-Steam-Gray in Gen 1 Fire Spin prevents affected opponents from doing anything in addition to dealing chip damage every turn
@@fadhilmulyono9230 that's why it's bonkers
@@Borgdrohne13 No, in competitive is even better since fire type can't usually one shot and with fire spin you can do free chip damage to secure a KO, it can also be used to force a switch. I competitive traping moves are excellent
Yeah, in Gen 1 moves like Wrap are actually insane. Even moreso when you get access to Toxic. My Ninetales in a Blue playthrough swept through all the Swimmers in Kanto using Fire Spin and Toxic, as well as Dig for the Tentacool line.
3:43 what a genius reference 😂😂
I was so on board with him when Leafeon finally got 1st place in Sword,its my favorite Eeveelution,with Umbreon a close second. Interesting that all of them besides Glaceon do have a gane where they are good at,but...that just shows how bad the ice type is in battle and accessabilty
17:43 you can actually get evolution stones before battling Clay, as they're purchasable for 3BP in the Battle Subway (still a small grind, but it only takes one set of 7 battles iirc). that means you could reliably evolve eevee as soon as you reach Nimbasa.
not sure if that makes a huge difference overall, but it does introduce an extra two gym battles to the equation.
Vaporeon being the overall best in most games is so funny as a long term vaporeon enjoyer (also thank god i didnt get the umbreon i wanted in soul silver, im glad i got my accidental espeon!)
hey guys,did you know in terms of eeveelutions,Vaporeon is the coolest!
bro bro bro
Why?
Nah Glaceon is (eh, EH, ok I’ll leave)
@@Iamconfused229Because it's HP and SpA are really good and it can turn invisible in water! Also I just personally like water types a lot.
it’s also the first eeveelution I ever used lol
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@@ccrodriguez7826Lets go gambling 🎰
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6:11 I’d like to point out that Eevee learns Bite at level 30 in GSC. Bite became a Dark type move in Gen II, so if you evolve it into Umbreon at level 30, it’ll have a STAB Dark type move before it learns Faint Attack.
6:28 Actually, with Bite, Espeon crushes Will. I did a Nuzlocke in Silver, and the Espeon I had basically soloed the whole E4.
I love the rants 😂
Shoutouta to the Eeveelutions, gotta be one of my favorite types of pokemon fr 🗣️🙏
Holy crap, I never realized just how powerful Vaporeon was, despite it being my favorite Eeveelution. I just really liked its design. I'm normally a Fire Trainer, but I've never used Flareon, since I normally have other Fire types already (also, I have a tradition of choosing the Fire Starter for my first ever play-through of a Pokemon game, when given the choice). So, Vaporeon was normally my go-to, though I've also gotten a lot of use out of Umbreon, Sylveon, and Jolteon.
Water types in the first 4 gens always had a huge boost because their strong move (surf) was an HM, they always got free ice coverage and water was a super strong defensive type.
Even in gens 5 and 6, the neccessity to use surf to progress meant you pretty much always needed a water type in your team.
HM surf means you either don't have it limited or you don't need to spend oodles in the game corner. Helps that you always get it very early for such a powerful move (in the city of the fifth gym in Kanto but you can sequenz break, pre-gym 4 in Johto, post-gym 5 in gens 3/4, after gym 5 in B2W2, and again after gym 3 in Kalos).
Oh my God! I completely agree about the locational stones for Leafeon & Glaceon! Also, love your videos! 😁
I love the Eevee line because from casual, to roleplay, to comp, you can find use for all of them somewhere. They are all just the best fur babies
20:10 Eevee is caught with Baby-Doll Eyes in XY and that counts as a fairy move to evolve it into Sylveon
The problem is that you need to catch Eevee that is exactly level 19, otherwise you would need to spend a Heart Scale to relearn Baby Doll Eyes if caught at level 20