Electric is a good, honest, 9-5 type. When asked how its day was, the Electric type responded “alright, can’t complain”. Folks, we should all aspire to be more like the Electric type in competitive Pokemon.
Electric is only good on the special side. They really shafted all physical attackers like luxray with only recoil or high risk moves like supercell slam
@@Pumpost Electric has a quite a few solid physical Attacks... that are primarily signature moves. Iron Hands is the only good user of STAB Wild Charge because of its Giratina level HP stat.
The Mollusc Mob led by Goodra, Gastrodon and Wo-Chien call upon Magcargo to abandon his fruitless attempt to join the horse council and return where he belongs
This is a pretty darn good time to mention Zebstrika, the hidden Electric type member of the Horse Council. Though not a high ranking member due to a lack of powerful physical electric moves, I hear it has ambitions to stoke the flames of war to make an electrifying rise to power.
I sure do love getting another pure Electric type with middling stats and a largely unhelpful movepool. Petition to give Zebstrika an Electric/Fire evolution to help him stoke the flames of war
For me, the most broken common moveset historically has to be: Ground type with (Toxic, Earthquake, Stealth Rock) - Toxic only misses Poison and Steel types, which is dealt with by - Earthquake, weak only to Flying and Bug, which is dealt with by with - Stealth Rock Left is the Ass type - oops I mean Grass type. In all srsness, I think this combination has historically since Gen 4 been THE trendsetter for what mons end up in OU and what doesn't. Gliscor, Skarmory, Corviknight, Celesteela, Ferrothorn etc has been historically exceptional at dealing with this strategy and has been popular for decades. Now that (thankfully) Toxic's no longer universal and Boots is an item, there's more room for other strategies to evolve. But I think for decades this exact set THE most powerful and set the standard for all other mons to have to deal with.
@@roberteriksen6434 I've always liked Mixed Attacker with... Ice Beam Fire Blast Earthquake (STAB option) It hits everything neutrally, and the three coverage options hits a lot of the meta of several generations super effectively- or even doubly super effectively. I use this set on Assault Vest Goodra, and that thing comes in and immediately forces switches. Meaning it forces prime opportunities to hit surprisingly hard with an SE option if I predict right.
They donate to charities, go on runs regularly, runs a positive social media account, and generally seems like a stand-up guy. I'd say they're pretty good.
My favorite electric type is Heliolisk, he's a fun little 'fella to train up once you get to know him. The lizard made best friends with my Flygon, and formed the perfect Volt-Turn buddy core. My mind will never be changed. Alas, gen 9 came along, and Heliolisk had to pack his little sack on a stick and put on his Heavy Duty Boots to hit the dusty trail, leaving Flygon to fend for himself. Quite a travesty folks...
I'm so glad it's not just me that thinks the paradox pokemon are not only lazy and unimaginative, but also flat out ridiculous and laughable as a concept
You know Iron Mugulis and Old Money have been awful quiet since the horse council wars started. Makes you think who's benefiting from all this chaos 🤔.
Zapdos has always been one of my favorite Pokemon. I love how it can be great offensively and defensively in every gen and tier it finds itself in. I also find it amusing that it's pretty much objectively better than Articuno and Moltres, since it always has a super effective STAB for both of them.
Electric is a very fun type. One would think it's really broken, with only ground type dealing supereffective damage. But in reality, the type itself is quite average. What makes it good is that electric makes a great second type. Because the only type that is supereffective against it is ground type, if someone has levitate or flying type, it's a really great buff. Like, electric/flying is one of the best types in the game. Electric/Ice is infamous for being the best offensive combo. Everything is better with electric type.
@@goGothitaLOL They would be fine too if they were given to more offensive Pokemon. Like, Electric/Fire with Levitate is excellent, as shown with Rotom-Heat. But a more offensive one, like a sweeper with more than 100 base speed and decent offensive stat would be a great addition. Same with Electric/Rock, as the speed of Iron Thorns is what's holding it back. Toxtricity would be fine too if it had better speed. At least it has Shift Gear, which is something. Giving such offensive stab combos to a slow-speed Pokemon just doesn't work.
As Magcargo can learn the iconic electric type attack "Tera Blast-Electric," I believe that would make him an electric type Pokémon, and as he is the greatest Pokémon of all time, he would be my favorite electric type.
It’s worth commenting that Electric-type as a type is fundamentally different in every generation, both in its representatives and how the type works offensively and defensively. RBY’s limited coverage options, significant emphasis on status, and absence of entry hazards make Zapdos the menace it is in OU. Thunder’s buff, Restalk mechanics, and Hidden Power DVs characterize GSC and enable Zapdos and Raikou to dominate. ADV rolls back a few buffs to Electric-types but gives new tools to Zapdos and Raikou with Baton Pass and Calm Mind while Electric-types all contend with new mechanics making them and their targets generally frailer. DPP’s physical/special split change coverage options and generally still limit physical Electric-types but introduce Rotom-Appliance for a long-term bastion of the type and feature Magic Guard Clefable’s evil yellow magic. Drizzle rain in BW OU returns Thunder to the forefront while debuting Thundurus’ forms and splitting Rotom’s forms further on top of introducing the extremely powerful Volt Switch and giving functionality to Lightning Rod in singles. ORAS rolls back Electric’s dominance somewhat but introduced new traits like Electric’s paralysis immunity for some defensive utility. SM mercifully nerfed paralysis’ debuff yet introduced Tapu Koko to actually implement Electric Terrain meaningfully along with new tools like Electric Seed. SS was a sleeper mixed bag for Electric types, where Heavy-Duty Boots make Volt Switch much less punishable via hazard chip while at the same time removing the arguably overtuned Hidden Power, cementing Zapdos in OU while letting Zeraora take off. Gen 9 has given Electric-types the option of Terastallization, rolling back the Hidden Power removal to some extent, but making the base type arguably less potent. Electric has been a very different type in each gen, and this long comment barely scratches the surface of more nuanced changes like buffs to more individual Electric types, lower tiers, or Electric coverage on non-Electric types.
They are the most electrifying Pokemon in Pokesports entertainment, and they've finally returned to JIMOTHY!!! I love electric Pokemon, and now I can't wait for the Dragon and Steel type videos. Thank you
It's new form was retarded, they should have just broken the "3 stage rule" and made Gorochu. Raichu looks more like Charmeleon, Quilava, Grovyle, Wartortle and Ivysaur than any of their fully evolved forms. There was concept art and everything for Gorochu. Raichu got stuck as a mid-tier evolution because of the stupid 3 stage cap and Pichu selling better (merch makes Pokemon more money [like over 3x] than games), since it's cute and looks closer to Pikachu. If you can give a pokemon Eviolite and it's still weak, that pokemon needs an evolution. It's needed one since gen 1, Raichu was literally never meant to be a final stage evolution... It's the Pikachu line, they can break the rules with it. No reason to not have 4 stages if one of them is a baby, baby-pokemon are functionally useless.
Hello Jimothy Cool. I have noticed that on today of all days, my birthday, you have not included my good fellow Pincurchin in the Electric Types in Competitive Pokemon video. I understand your fear of Big Koko and hope my likes and subscribes will enable you to be free of his whims.
Absolutely love Zapdos. Definitely feel like it’s HA is thematic and good but they missed a hell of an opportunity with HA Regenerator Zapdos. I mean ffs it’s always caught in a freakin power plant
In generation 2, electabuzz actually has an OU niche due to its access to cross chop, and the elemental punches, giving it great coverage to hit walls with however it tends to be prediction reliant
Electroc types such as Zapdos made thunderous impact on the competitive scene with their lightning speed and shocking utility. Despite these pluses, electric types pack plenty of minuses, such as the danger of switching into ground attacks.
In current DPP OU, Magneton is actually preferred over Magnezone. The speed difference is much more relevant in the modern gen 4 metagame that you let on.
Disappointing that Jimothy has neglected to mention powerful untiered electric type staples such as Luxray and Zebstrika, let alone the number one pokemon in our hearts and God’s sweetest little cutie: Pincurchin
I seriously hate how the competitive electric types are basically legendaries minus Rotom (Jolteon and Magnezone too I guess but that isnt really enough for me)
Rotom-W is just so solid for me. I played a lot of gen 4-6 and specially in gen 5 I felt like I couldn't make a team without Scarf Rotom-W with Trick to check ferrothorn.
The quintessential “Legendary Electric” is one of my favorite tropes in all of Pokémon. I’ve gone on record saying Pichu is one of my favorite characters in gaming almost entirely off of a Pokémon Ranger game, but the other side of the power spectrum is incredibly fascinating with the dominant highs inspired by Zapdos and Raikou as early as Gen 2. Without these classic Legendaries, we wouldn’t have ever received metagame giants like Thundurus, Zekrom, Tapu Koko, and Miraidon. Edit: I almost completely forgot about Regieleki; Gen 8’s my least favorite generation by a long shot and I don’t care much for extra additions to existing Legendary groups that don’t fit the rest of said group thematically.
16:20 i hate to call out my beloved jimothy but this is misinformation. if your answer into zapdos is jolteon then you're getting t-waved immediately, getting chunked by hidden power and achieving nothing besides trading with zap. any time i've put jolt on a team that's otherwise weak to zap i've been constantly scrambling to switch something else in anyway since i'm scared of t-wave, and it's not like you can use heal bell/aroma since the whole point of jolt is to answer zap on offensive teams which definitely can't fit it. last time i gave jolt the benefit of the doubt and tried it was a medi/heracross fighting spam team with pory-2, and my line into zapdos was to switch in physically bulky pory since i could recover the damage and trace natural cure later. jolt is good as an offensive spike abuser but volt absorb is absolutely garbage in gen 3 since t-wave goes through, i'd actually rather it had no ability since it lets enemy pory switch in for free lol. if i want an aggressive switch in to special attackers i just use regice it's better in almost every scenario as long as you have another fire resist
I understand its because of the lack of weaknesses but it also doesnt have many resists, it just feels like theyre very hesitant to make bulky electric types.
Giving xurkitree tail glow is is absolutely hilarious. What does the 'mon who has 173 sp. atk, is somewhat slow, and dies when you whisper earthquake in its ear need? What about a boosting move that gives it +3 sp. atk so it can do 300% damage instead of 150%.
My favorite Electric Type was probably Electivire, as I definitely fell into the hype surrounding it when it first came out. As for the Special Pokemon from Gen VII and IX (Ultra Beasts and Paradox Pokemon, respectively) that came up in this video: I really wish they all didn't share abilities or that they at least got Hidden Abilities, and that they'd go all out with said abilities, like giving Sandy Shocks Earth Eater, Iron Jugulis Aerilate or Xurkitree Motor Drive.
Funny how Electric which on paper is a solid type is nerf by being weak to Ground and Ground being immune to Electric. Ground being an extremely common type in competitive means that Electric type while pretty good can't just be spamming Electric moves safely
Folks, I have serious concerns that Old Money, the past paradox form of Gholdengo, is using his ill-gotten gains to fund horsea in the ongoing civil war. We must stay vigilant in times like these.
Rotom fell because in current meta, all the bulky pivots need to have good recovery due to all the hazard chip and overall harder hitting mons. Rotom only has pain split for recovery and leftovers at best, and it doesn't really hit that hard to compensate like Primarina so it's fallen in usage.
The Electric type is very top heavy imo -- low quantity of high quality if you will -- and pure Electrics tend to have very limited movepools and stats to counterbalance how innately consistent the type would be if not for Ground. My favorite pokemon is Xurkitree, not just among Electric types but in general.
Gen 1 Magneton is my favorite just because of the embarrassment it caused to Big Yellow: getting walled by a FROZEN Golem. (14 min in their Magneton video)
Water Types in Competitive Pokemon:
ruclips.net/video/q1u6HW_I1e4/видео.html
Don't let this distract you from the fact that Snorlax can also learn High Horsepower and thus is secretly a horse in disguise.
But wait, so can Revaroom, who was so profilic it made horsepower a standard for automobiles :O
Slaking can also learn high horsepower. Therefore, it is also a horse.
He's not a horse, he's just so hungry that... well, you know
@@dboyriles...how hungry? 🐴
@@senumvirata so hungry he could eat a ...
This video summed up: "Zapdos is, unsurprisingly, pretty solid. Zapdos is rhe most 'pretty solid' Pokémon of all time."
I get the reference let's go I'm a loser
Rev fans rising.
In Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Zapdos is probably Pretty Solid.
@@gravity_cow I mean, it kinda is, UU in gen 9 isn't bad, but its no longer OU, sadly.
It's ranked B+ on the current viability raking, so it's pretty solid.
The only gen it's worse than solid is gen 5 OU.
Electric is a good, honest, 9-5 type. When asked how its day was, the Electric type responded “alright, can’t complain”. Folks, we should all aspire to be more like the Electric type in competitive Pokemon.
Electric is only good on the special side. They really shafted all physical attackers like luxray with only recoil or high risk moves like supercell slam
@@PumpostYeah, that really blows
@@Pumpost Electric has a quite a few solid physical Attacks... that are primarily signature moves. Iron Hands is the only good user of STAB Wild Charge because of its Giratina level HP stat.
@@TheOtherNeutrino yeah but signature moves kinda make that a mute point. Luxray, electavire, etc
@@Pumpost Not to mention that the strongest physical move, Volt Tackle, is still exclusive to Pikachu.
Yesterday my best friend, Ryan Gosling, asked me what I thought about Electric Types in Competitive Pokémon. Today I have my answer.
Were there bizarrely colored Christmas lights in the background during your conversation
@@thomasxl200💀
being a Gosling, which is a baby goose, he is clearly a flying type trainer and is therefore biased against electric.
The layers to both these comments are peak @@thomasxl200
@@lelandwhitehead56 Goslings are also famously waterfowl, furthering Mr. Gosling's disdain for the electric type.
Gyarados and Pelipper have been pretty quiet since this one dropped
Pelipper's friends appreciate the perfect accuracy Thunders, they can speak for it this time.
@@GoldStorm07ntm pelipper fucks ground types
Tera ground Gyarados
The Mollusc Mob led by Goodra, Gastrodon and Wo-Chien call upon Magcargo to abandon his fruitless attempt to join the horse council and return where he belongs
Goodra can't be trusted. I hear he intends to betray the Molusc Mob
clamperl and cloyster join their voice to the invertebrate cause for solidarity
This is a pretty darn good time to mention Zebstrika, the hidden Electric type member of the Horse Council. Though not a high ranking member due to a lack of powerful physical electric moves, I hear it has ambitions to stoke the flames of war to make an electrifying rise to power.
I sure do love getting another pure Electric type with middling stats and a largely unhelpful movepool. Petition to give Zebstrika an Electric/Fire evolution to help him stoke the flames of war
Last I checked electricity was plasma or enegy. What is this nonsense about electrics being pretty solid?
I can't believe Horsea would do this.
Boltbeam is probably the most iconic coverage combo tied with edgequake
Plus Ghost/Fighting with it being more common nowadays.
I love edging my quake
Ghost fairy with Flutter and Caly Shadow
For me, the most broken common moveset historically has to be: Ground type with (Toxic, Earthquake, Stealth Rock)
- Toxic only misses Poison and Steel types, which is dealt with by
- Earthquake, weak only to Flying and Bug, which is dealt with by with
- Stealth Rock
Left is the Ass type - oops I mean Grass type.
In all srsness, I think this combination has historically since Gen 4 been THE trendsetter for what mons end up in OU and what doesn't. Gliscor, Skarmory, Corviknight, Celesteela, Ferrothorn etc has been historically exceptional at dealing with this strategy and has been popular for decades.
Now that (thankfully) Toxic's no longer universal and Boots is an item, there's more room for other strategies to evolve. But I think for decades this exact set THE most powerful and set the standard for all other mons to have to deal with.
@@roberteriksen6434
I've always liked Mixed Attacker with...
Ice Beam
Fire Blast
Earthquake
(STAB option)
It hits everything neutrally, and the three coverage options hits a lot of the meta of several generations super effectively- or even doubly super effectively.
I use this set on Assault Vest Goodra, and that thing comes in and immediately forces switches. Meaning it forces prime opportunities to hit surprisingly hard with an SE option if I predict right.
This "Zapdos" guy is Outstanding
They donate to charities, go on runs regularly, runs a positive social media account, and generally seems like a stand-up guy. I'd say they're pretty good.
I heard he won an award.
"Put something to sleep, just don't miss."
Yeah, you better not, as pikachu is made of paper and explodes if hit by anything.
Iron thorns haters gonna love those last couple minutes LOL
My favorite electric type is Heliolisk, he's a fun little 'fella to train up once you get to know him. The lizard made best friends with my Flygon, and formed the perfect Volt-Turn buddy core. My mind will never be changed. Alas, gen 9 came along, and Heliolisk had to pack his little sack on a stick and put on his Heavy Duty Boots to hit the dusty trail, leaving Flygon to fend for himself. Quite a travesty folks...
Didnt expect the iron thorns slander at the end but it really made this whole video
I'm so glad it's not just me that thinks the paradox pokemon are not only lazy and unimaginative, but also flat out ridiculous and laughable as a concept
Thank you for the singles focused history of electric types, Alolan Wolfey
You know Iron Mugulis and Old Money have been awful quiet since the horse council wars started. Makes you think who's benefiting from all this chaos 🤔.
🤣🤣🤣
10:25 “but there’s moron Zapdos”
Agility pass getting disrespect 😢
I don’t like Singles that much but I’m all here for the horse council sub story
Zapdos has always been one of my favorite Pokemon. I love how it can be great offensively and defensively in every gen and tier it finds itself in. I also find it amusing that it's pretty much objectively better than Articuno and Moltres, since it always has a super effective STAB for both of them.
Electric is a very fun type. One would think it's really broken, with only ground type dealing supereffective damage. But in reality, the type itself is quite average. What makes it good is that electric makes a great second type. Because the only type that is supereffective against it is ground type, if someone has levitate or flying type, it's a really great buff. Like, electric/flying is one of the best types in the game. Electric/Ice is infamous for being the best offensive combo. Everything is better with electric type.
Except Rock, Poison, Fire, or to an lesser extent Steel
sad Iron Thorns and Toxtricity noises
@@goGothitaLOL They would be fine too if they were given to more offensive Pokemon. Like, Electric/Fire with Levitate is excellent, as shown with Rotom-Heat. But a more offensive one, like a sweeper with more than 100 base speed and decent offensive stat would be a great addition. Same with Electric/Rock, as the speed of Iron Thorns is what's holding it back. Toxtricity would be fine too if it had better speed. At least it has Shift Gear, which is something. Giving such offensive stab combos to a slow-speed Pokemon just doesn't work.
As Magcargo can learn the iconic electric type attack "Tera Blast-Electric," I believe that would make him an electric type Pokémon, and as he is the greatest Pokémon of all time, he would be my favorite electric type.
There was no mention of Regieleki, because he was so fast that he couldn't be caught for an interview.
It’s worth commenting that Electric-type as a type is fundamentally different in every generation, both in its representatives and how the type works offensively and defensively. RBY’s limited coverage options, significant emphasis on status, and absence of entry hazards make Zapdos the menace it is in OU. Thunder’s buff, Restalk mechanics, and Hidden Power DVs characterize GSC and enable Zapdos and Raikou to dominate. ADV rolls back a few buffs to Electric-types but gives new tools to Zapdos and Raikou with Baton Pass and Calm Mind while Electric-types all contend with new mechanics making them and their targets generally frailer. DPP’s physical/special split change coverage options and generally still limit physical Electric-types but introduce Rotom-Appliance for a long-term bastion of the type and feature Magic Guard Clefable’s evil yellow magic. Drizzle rain in BW OU returns Thunder to the forefront while debuting Thundurus’ forms and splitting Rotom’s forms further on top of introducing the extremely powerful Volt Switch and giving functionality to Lightning Rod in singles. ORAS rolls back Electric’s dominance somewhat but introduced new traits like Electric’s paralysis immunity for some defensive utility. SM mercifully nerfed paralysis’ debuff yet introduced Tapu Koko to actually implement Electric Terrain meaningfully along with new tools like Electric Seed. SS was a sleeper mixed bag for Electric types, where Heavy-Duty Boots make Volt Switch much less punishable via hazard chip while at the same time removing the arguably overtuned Hidden Power, cementing Zapdos in OU while letting Zeraora take off. Gen 9 has given Electric-types the option of Terastallization, rolling back the Hidden Power removal to some extent, but making the base type arguably less potent. Electric has been a very different type in each gen, and this long comment barely scratches the surface of more nuanced changes like buffs to more individual Electric types, lower tiers, or Electric coverage on non-Electric types.
They are the most electrifying Pokemon in Pokesports entertainment, and they've finally returned to JIMOTHY!!! I love electric Pokemon, and now I can't wait for the Dragon and Steel type videos. Thank you
You should talk about the most criminally forgotten electric type. That couldn't even be saved with a new form. Raichu
It's new form was retarded, they should have just broken the "3 stage rule" and made Gorochu. Raichu looks more like Charmeleon, Quilava, Grovyle, Wartortle and Ivysaur than any of their fully evolved forms. There was concept art and everything for Gorochu. Raichu got stuck as a mid-tier evolution because of the stupid 3 stage cap and Pichu selling better (merch makes Pokemon more money [like over 3x] than games), since it's cute and looks closer to Pikachu.
If you can give a pokemon Eviolite and it's still weak, that pokemon needs an evolution. It's needed one since gen 1, Raichu was literally never meant to be a final stage evolution... It's the Pikachu line, they can break the rules with it. No reason to not have 4 stages if one of them is a baby, baby-pokemon are functionally useless.
they are shockingly solid
Where's Regieleki? That think was almost insta banned in gen 9 lol
Electric is a relatively solid type in competitive Pokémon.
It only has one weakness, to ground.
@@hambunger9755and three resistances to itself, flying and steel
This makes a middle-of-the-road typing
@@naturalharmoniagropius4486neutral to most other attacks in the game
Neutral to most other attacks in the game
"guy-roh ball" was not something I expected to hear today. Like I can accept grew-don, but guy-roh... It'll take me awhile to get used to.
Groodon would not bother me half as much if Jimothy also said Kyogeree, as the rap intended.
Noticing some bias with the length of the gen 3 section LMFAO
Thank you, Jimothy. I have been waiting for this one.
I cannot stand such injustice towards Magcargo. God-King horse Palkia Origin should intervene
I'm really *shocked* on how well your channel is doing over these past years
Hello Jimothy Cool. I have noticed that on today of all days, my birthday, you have not included my good fellow Pincurchin in the Electric Types in Competitive Pokemon video. I understand your fear of Big Koko and hope my likes and subscribes will enable you to be free of his whims.
Happy late birthday man
Timothy didn't mention my personal favorite and obviously best electric ever; Minun
Absolutely love Zapdos. Definitely feel like it’s HA is thematic and good but they missed a hell of an opportunity with HA Regenerator Zapdos.
I mean ffs it’s always caught in a freakin power plant
In generation 2, electabuzz actually has an OU niche due to its access to cross chop, and the elemental punches, giving it great coverage to hit walls with however it tends to be prediction reliant
Electroc types such as Zapdos made thunderous impact on the competitive scene with their lightning speed and shocking utility. Despite these pluses, electric types pack plenty of minuses, such as the danger of switching into ground attacks.
Iron Thorns and Iron Jugulis really drive home the phrase "reject modernity, embrace tradition"
In current DPP OU, Magneton is actually preferred over Magnezone. The speed difference is much more relevant in the modern gen 4 metagame that you let on.
i like your music taste jimmy cool! great video on one of my favorite types!
Disappointing that Jimothy has neglected to mention powerful untiered electric type staples such as Luxray and Zebstrika, let alone the number one pokemon in our hearts and God’s sweetest little cutie: Pincurchin
I seriously hate how the competitive electric types are basically legendaries minus Rotom (Jolteon and Magnezone too I guess but that isnt really enough for me)
Rotom-W is just so solid for me. I played a lot of gen 4-6 and specially in gen 5 I felt like I couldn't make a team without Scarf Rotom-W with Trick to check ferrothorn.
The quintessential “Legendary Electric” is one of my favorite tropes in all of Pokémon. I’ve gone on record saying Pichu is one of my favorite characters in gaming almost entirely off of a Pokémon Ranger game, but the other side of the power spectrum is incredibly fascinating with the dominant highs inspired by Zapdos and Raikou as early as Gen 2. Without these classic Legendaries, we wouldn’t have ever received metagame giants like Thundurus, Zekrom, Tapu Koko, and Miraidon.
Edit: I almost completely forgot about Regieleki; Gen 8’s my least favorite generation by a long shot and I don’t care much for extra additions to existing Legendary groups that don’t fit the rest of said group thematically.
It's Lanturn Lantern show, folks
16:04 I had this idea for a ghost-trapping ability called “Exorcist” but idk which Pokémon it could go on
I was actually just thinking "if Zapdos is so good why has there never been a Zapdos 2"
zap 2 2
electric types when the function has a ground immunity:
I like the Iron Thorns shade at the end lmaoooo
Zapdos is amd will be always my fav electric type pokemon, and fav bird legendary too hooh second
30:01 - JoJolteon
Regieleki watching the Gen 8/ Gen 9 sections: "Am I a joke to you?"
Legend has it zapdos even does your taxes for you
On gen 3 magneton: its so popular as an answer for skarmory that Skarm has occasionally run soft sand HP ground to keep Mag out of the picture
16:20 i hate to call out my beloved jimothy but this is misinformation. if your answer into zapdos is jolteon then you're getting t-waved immediately, getting chunked by hidden power and achieving nothing besides trading with zap. any time i've put jolt on a team that's otherwise weak to zap i've been constantly scrambling to switch something else in anyway since i'm scared of t-wave, and it's not like you can use heal bell/aroma since the whole point of jolt is to answer zap on offensive teams which definitely can't fit it. last time i gave jolt the benefit of the doubt and tried it was a medi/heracross fighting spam team with pory-2, and my line into zapdos was to switch in physically bulky pory since i could recover the damage and trace natural cure later. jolt is good as an offensive spike abuser but volt absorb is absolutely garbage in gen 3 since t-wave goes through, i'd actually rather it had no ability since it lets enemy pory switch in for free lol. if i want an aggressive switch in to special attackers i just use regice it's better in almost every scenario as long as you have another fire resist
12:57 "consuming twice as much pp" lol
I'm dead at the iron thorns bit
Boltbeam the most threatening of beams and bolts
Zapdos and Jolteon will forever be my goats
i’m very disappointed you did not discuss Miraidon in ubers nor gen 5 eviolite magneton
In my opinion stealth rock should banned from competitive. One single move shouldn’t have so much effect on the meta
They tried to ban boots that's how bad the Stockholm syndrome is
Electric is a relatively solid type in competitive Pokémon
Only having one weekness is fantastic.
I understand its because of the lack of weaknesses but it also doesnt have many resists, it just feels like theyre very hesitant to make bulky electric types.
I guess both bellibolt and raging bolt this gen is a sign of a change in that though, two electric types that are fairly bulky and not fast
Iron hands also
Outraged at the lack of Zebstrika, a Pokemon who could single handedly change the tides of the Horse Councel Cival War.
Imagine if Lickitung was an electric type.
Peak cinema.
23:31 What track is this?
Route 209 from Diamond/pearl and platinum, ill edit this comment if im wrong but pretty sure thats it
can you make a video about Substitute usage and strategy over the years?
"Times 4 weakness to ground we love that for iron thorns" 😍 🙌 ❤️
Giving xurkitree tail glow is is absolutely hilarious. What does the 'mon who has 173 sp. atk, is somewhat slow, and dies when you whisper earthquake in its ear need? What about a boosting move that gives it +3 sp. atk so it can do 300% damage instead of 150%.
what mircophone do you use jimmer
My favorite Electric Type was probably Electivire, as I definitely fell into the hype surrounding it when it first came out.
As for the Special Pokemon from Gen VII and IX (Ultra Beasts and Paradox Pokemon, respectively) that came up in this video: I really wish they all didn't share abilities or that they at least got Hidden Abilities, and that they'd go all out with said abilities, like giving Sandy Shocks Earth Eater, Iron Jugulis Aerilate or Xurkitree Motor Drive.
Funny how Electric which on paper is a solid type is nerf by being weak to Ground and Ground being immune to Electric. Ground being an extremely common type in competitive means that Electric type while pretty good can't just be spamming Electric moves safely
I think if paradox mons were allowed to have unique abilities, it would be really cool if sandy shocks got an electric type reskin of magnet pull
i really love this series :)
Happy Electric Eriday, Jimothy
Folks, I have serious concerns that Old Money, the past paradox form of Gholdengo, is using his ill-gotten gains to fund horsea in the ongoing civil war. We must stay vigilant in times like these.
it's only natural old money would be hired by the mollusc mob to get magcargo to see sense
I've observed something quite distressing and it involves the blood feud between Magnemite's family against Forretress and Skarmory
Rotom fell because in current meta, all the bulky pivots need to have good recovery due to all the hazard chip and overall harder hitting mons. Rotom only has pain split for recovery and leftovers at best, and it doesn't really hit that hard to compensate like Primarina so it's fallen in usage.
The Electric type is very top heavy imo -- low quantity of high quality if you will -- and pure Electrics tend to have very limited movepools and stats to counterbalance how innately consistent the type would be if not for Ground.
My favorite pokemon is Xurkitree, not just among Electric types but in general.
Really convinient that regieleki is an ice type now , current electric types has time to shine
Gen 1 Magneton is my favorite just because of the embarrassment it caused to Big Yellow: getting walled by a FROZEN Golem. (14 min in their Magneton video)
I still can't believe we got Zapdos 2
magneton when skarmory outspeeds it and OH-KOs it with HP ground
Zapdos... the coolest legendary
Iron thorns has supercell slam nowadays
Correction: Thundurus has focus blast but it does not hit anything super effective because it does not hit.
I use hp grass endure magneton. It's my check to skarmory, dugtrio and swampert. But fails to hit flygon and aerodactyl.
Funny to think than a Flying type video will just be another "how good was Zapdos"
Zapdos: The Video
Wow, that iron thorns is burning. What did he do to you?
Of course the Gen 3 section is the longest. Long live ADV
Adv Zap is actually so cool
You didn't mention that electric mons gain paralysis immunity on gen six, pretty wild it took 6 gens for that but it was a significant buff
Xurkitree is my favorite pokemon of all times, he is just a funny little guy
has a similar dilemma to porygon z as you wanna run specs to boost your already high special but you get outrun by everything without scarf
489 special attack 😱
the ending made me lol out loud that was amazing
what even are these robot forms?