How a Non-Legendary Pokémon is Dominating Ubers

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  • Опубликовано: 22 дек 2024

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  • @elianwyn
    @elianwyn 10 месяцев назад +2302

    "The main way you wanna beat Basculegion is in battle"
    You heard it here first, folks. The best way to defeat Basculegion is by battling it. Diplomacy will not work on this fish.

  • @Spyko-
    @Spyko- 10 месяцев назад +2146

    you know shit is fucked when people are starting to run the lvl98 tech

    • @Aeirion
      @Aeirion 10 месяцев назад +343

      No literally, that's a sign of true desperation.

    • @inhenterprises
      @inhenterprises 10 месяцев назад +55

      What does the lvl 98 tech do to it?
      Edit: nvm I got to that part just now.

    • @randomgermandude-x1o
      @randomgermandude-x1o 10 месяцев назад +11

      @@inhenterprises did you watch the video?

    • @allgemeintoleranz2598
      @allgemeintoleranz2598 10 месяцев назад +161

      @@inhenterprisesFor Trick Room Teams. If you Are min speed iv/ev, you Could get into a speed tie with the other one.
      If you Are Level 99, you Are Slower than the Same Pokémon at Level 100.

    • @inhenterprises
      @inhenterprises 10 месяцев назад +10

      @@randomgermandude-x1o lol I was in the middle watching and just now got to that part

  • @elliotpp4271
    @elliotpp4271 10 месяцев назад +3484

    i wish dracovish was in this game too so we would have two funny fish running ubers

    • @HenryZhoupokemon
      @HenryZhoupokemon 10 месяцев назад +366

      CB tera Dracovish in the rain is so indescribably stupid Im glad tho he’s not here

    • @joebyne6061
      @joebyne6061 10 месяцев назад +287

      But think of the funny having Mr fish and his son fish wielding the power of his dads soul

    • @edmarcuscabie134
      @edmarcuscabie134 10 месяцев назад +192

      Tera water fisheous rend in rain is an actual nightmare.

    • @lorenzozambrini2186
      @lorenzozambrini2186 10 месяцев назад

      ​@@edmarcuscabie134 + cb💀

    • @matteoc83
      @matteoc83 10 месяцев назад +178

      252+ Atk Choice Band Strong Jaw Tera Water Dracovish Fishious Rend (170 BP) vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Arceus-Grass in Rain: 456-537 (102.7 - 120.9%) -- guaranteed OHKO
      Just saying that

  • @jacobmorris6357
    @jacobmorris6357 10 месяцев назад +357

    "More niche options like sucker punch Kingambit" is a hilarious phrase out of context

  • @TotallyNotTheQueen
    @TotallyNotTheQueen 10 месяцев назад +1396

    Basculin really had a glow up, from forgettable to getting an evo that’s ban worthy from Ubers, let’s go little fish!

    • @cryochick9044
      @cryochick9044 10 месяцев назад +89

      Someone should tell mr beast (he was a gen5 competitive player) that basculin would be the cause of ban talks in Ubers in 10 years

    • @Thund3rDrag0n12
      @Thund3rDrag0n12 10 месяцев назад +64

      And all it had to do was die!

    • @timob1681
      @timob1681 10 месяцев назад +29

      ​@@Thund3rDrag0n12 hey, that's a lot less work, we should give it a try

    • @Ren_Ca
      @Ren_Ca 10 месяцев назад +7

      ​@@timob1681goat reference

    • @emperorben1786
      @emperorben1786 10 месяцев назад +7

      Was not expecting to run into a Hamilton ref in the comments section of a Pokémon RUclips vid, this just made my day

  • @chunkyrunky2366
    @chunkyrunky2366 10 месяцев назад +670

    You never realize how important the dark bacon bird is until there is a ghost types running around

    • @jaschabull2365
      @jaschabull2365 9 месяцев назад +56

      Same with pursuit, really.

    • @a.v.y8331
      @a.v.y8331 9 месяцев назад +71

      I swear a huge reason Calyrex-Shadow got banned was the fact that there was no Yveltal around to deal with it. Otherwise there'd be significantly more counterplay against it. The other huge reason was of course Terastalisation.

    • @SplitPushLoL
      @SplitPushLoL 9 месяцев назад +2

      clearly that wouldn't be enough if even turning tera normal isnt enough

    • @a.v.y8331
      @a.v.y8331 9 месяцев назад +24

      @@SplitPushLoL the thing about calyrex-shadow is it's too good of an offensive pokemon. if it tries to 1v1 yveltal, it needs to pack either draining kiss or tera fairy tera blast (or some tera electric/rock/ice variant). but this means that its other matchups are much worse. in order to maximise its value, you have to run sets that don't match up that well against yveltal.
      meanwhile, yveltal's basic defensive sets that function as a tanky control mon (toxic sets, roost sets, oblivion wing sets, etc.,) function extremely well against non-tera calyrex-shadow and against tera variants, tera steel/poison/normal makes it a skill matchup.

    • @SplitPushLoL
      @SplitPushLoL 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@a.v.y8331 i was not talking to you

  • @michabaron4129
    @michabaron4129 10 месяцев назад +349

    i like the replay of a basculegion running through the team being able to be stopped only by another basculegion who gets to reverse sweep. i think it sums up the issue nicely

    • @daniellejackson6543
      @daniellejackson6543 10 месяцев назад +32

      That reminds me if a similar scenario in gen 9 with calyrex shadow rider before dynamax got banned where calyrex nearly killed a whole team besides dying to another calyrex shadow rider. Btw I found it in a blunder video.

    • @rooislangwtf
      @rooislangwtf 9 месяцев назад

      The first one forgot to agility

    • @michabaron4129
      @michabaron4129 9 месяцев назад

      @@rooislangwtf i assumed it was Swift Swim

    • @livingbeing4517
      @livingbeing4517 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@michabaron4129Under trick Room

    • @gokuworld
      @gokuworld 9 месяцев назад +3

      Like back in the days when Mewtwo can only be stop by mewtwo😅

  • @godminnette2
    @godminnette2 10 месяцев назад +1500

    Basculegion is definitely a salmonid, not a shark.

    • @grandmastr2602
      @grandmastr2602 10 месяцев назад +83

      And ya mama one of those too

    • @aninass
      @aninass 10 месяцев назад +43

      It'a a Barracuda.

    • @anthonyk3952
      @anthonyk3952 10 месяцев назад +126

      Alternatively, it could also be a type of bass; it's pre-evolution is based on a bass, and both of their names are derived from bass. But, like you were saying, salmon is also likely due to the male/female coloration (male salmon are maintain their red color during mating season, females becomes a white or grey).

    • @AS34N
      @AS34N 10 месяцев назад +12

      🤓 "AcTuaLlY..."

    • @noivernblast3366
      @noivernblast3366 10 месяцев назад +96

      @@aninassit’s a member of the salmon family for sure
      Barracuda don’t live in river environments (Basculin and legion do), and don’t travel upstream to spawn (what Basculin does and involved in its evolution)

  • @JuukaRock
    @JuukaRock 10 месяцев назад +510

    Ribombee and Basculegion out here crushing gods.

    • @dengar96
      @dengar96 10 месяцев назад +118

      Little bug 🤝 silly fish
      Killing literal Gods

    • @skullguy4863
      @skullguy4863 10 месяцев назад +47

      Mr fish, mr fish 2 and little bug more than likeky beats most uber teams

    • @akshayreddy4071
      @akshayreddy4071 9 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@skullguy4863what no yveltal and necrozma dusk mane does to a mfer

    • @quantummelody2959
      @quantummelody2959 9 месяцев назад

      Wait what's Ribombee doing?

    • @skullguy4863
      @skullguy4863 9 месяцев назад +20

      @@quantummelody2959 sets up webs and stun spore before dying witch gives sped control for basc and vish to sweep

  • @njivwathomassilavwe2056
    @njivwathomassilavwe2056 10 месяцев назад +383

    Press F to pay last respects

  • @galaxystudios370
    @galaxystudios370 8 месяцев назад +16

    This just in: Last Respects has been banned from Ubers.
    With a 95% majority.

  • @chatfulness03
    @chatfulness03 10 месяцев назад +478

    I knew last respects was good but i didn't realize it was **plus 50 base power, scaling,** type good

    • @nathanieljones8043
      @nathanieljones8043 10 месяцев назад +128

      Yeah and if you want meme really hard if you use revial blessing it doesn't undo the buff so it can do 350 base power

    • @Beast_the_smash_guy
      @Beast_the_smash_guy 10 месяцев назад +33

      ​@@nathanieljones8043what about 500? Two Blessings users and two PP berries (I forget the berry name)

    • @Notsiphen
      @Notsiphen 10 месяцев назад +11

      @@Beast_the_smash_guyleppa berry

    • @migo1559
      @migo1559 10 месяцев назад +99

      @@Beast_the_smash_guy yeah, it can happen. You can also use recycle with the leppa berry. The only cap sits at 100 fainted pokemon, at which point it's a 5050 BP move (for reference, this means a level 13 basculegion has a guaranteed kill on a level 100 koraidon, assuming you're choice band, adamant, adaptability and tera ghost)

    • @tomsmithok
      @tomsmithok 10 месяцев назад

      @@nathanieljones8043I didn’t know this, I’m gonna try this out right now

  • @josidfin
    @josidfin 10 месяцев назад +120

    Thank you Mr. Fish

    • @Rarest26
      @Rarest26 10 месяцев назад +5

      no way big OU himself
      also f I s h

    • @Poondaedalin
      @Poondaedalin 9 месяцев назад +3

      There’s only a two-letter difference between “Finch” and “fish”
      Coincidence? I think not! :p

    • @muk_is_superior
      @muk_is_superior 9 месяцев назад

      Uh oh, big stall™ is here

  • @robbierotten2024
    @robbierotten2024 10 месяцев назад +118

    It’s at this time we need our boy Yveltal more than ever.

    • @shadowspartanzeta7
      @shadowspartanzeta7 10 месяцев назад +4

      My favorite pokemon

    • @dengar96
      @dengar96 10 месяцев назад +6

      It gets OHKOd if basculegion runs band and teras. You lose to foul play in that setup but if you run any other item on legion and tera dark you win the matchup with last respects. There is no counter with tera in the game.

    • @robbierotten2024
      @robbierotten2024 10 месяцев назад +20

      @@dengar96 he said that Band wasn’t that good on basculegion and only works as a surprise factor tho, it’s not something you’ll commonly face

    • @brightpowder_cena
      @brightpowder_cena 10 месяцев назад +2

      300 BP Last Respects still has a decent chance to 2HKO and Yveltal can't 2HKO Basc if Tera Fighting

    • @robbierotten2024
      @robbierotten2024 9 месяцев назад +1

      @@brightpowder_cena even with the heal from Oblivion Wing?

  • @Milesprowerthegamer
    @Milesprowerthegamer 10 месяцев назад +266

    I'm surprised it took this long for Basculegion to start terrorising Ubers, I always figured a Last Respects Swift Swimmer would be kinda broken even up in Ubers.

    • @GhoulishCard1319
      @GhoulishCard1319 10 месяцев назад +5

      i swear i also thought it had swift swim but it doesn't

    • @RRRR-jr1gp
      @RRRR-jr1gp 10 месяцев назад +82

      Swift swim is trash because koraidon is on 2/3 teams overall and 8/10 high ladder.

    • @Milesprowerthegamer
      @Milesprowerthegamer 10 месяцев назад +49

      For anyone replying Swift Swim is trash I commented that before watching the vid and finding out it had Agility to use instead. So even more broken than I thought it'd be lol.

    • @richardhauer8391
      @richardhauer8391 10 месяцев назад +5

      In this video you see Basculegion in trick room with a sub up as the last pokemon or in similar positions. With this much setup even base Ursaluna could sweep in ubers.
      It is completely predicable too: You see it team preview, so you can keep a relevant sucker punch user or choice scarf pokemon ready.
      I don't understand why "broken" is used so inflationary.

    • @Milesprowerthegamer
      @Milesprowerthegamer 10 месяцев назад +32

      @@richardhauer8391 ...the video literally explained why Sucker Punch and Choice Scarf aren't consistent. With an Agility, the only scarfers that outspeed are Koraidon and Miraidon, you can't expect every team to scarf one of them right? Sucker Punch can be played around using sub, so that doesn't work consistently either.

  • @GravityIsFalling
    @GravityIsFalling 10 месяцев назад +62

    Oh boy can’t wait to read this comment section that is definitely full of people who know and play this meta game

    • @dankinmcspankin3123
      @dankinmcspankin3123 10 месяцев назад +31

      i will never play competitive pokemon but the analysis scratches my autism

    • @strangeshotgun
      @strangeshotgun 10 месяцев назад +5

      I have never played Ubers before nor used basculegion, but if he gets banned finchinator WILL be receiving death threats on twitter.

    • @Gspoink
      @Gspoink 10 месяцев назад +16

      ​@@strangeshotgunHe doesn't even run ubers but will receive death threats anyway lol

    • @grinderaj841
      @grinderaj841 9 месяцев назад +2

      I love how everyone is pretending this is dominating the tier. It's viable, but definitely is not broken in ubers.

    • @Gspoink
      @Gspoink 9 месяцев назад +8

      @@grinderaj841 post elo (respectfully)

  • @danielhale1
    @danielhale1 10 месяцев назад +358

    I want to put this into context: *Ubers is now a harem anime where the regular-guy protagonist kills god*
    Plain everyman Basculin goes on a journey, where he meets all sorts of powerful beings and gets them to follow him. His life arc culminates in a massive glow-up, and he's known from then on as Basculegion. In the final confrontation, he loses all the people he loves, and stands alone against their oppressors. As these literal gods before him revel in their victory and taunt him, he calls on the lives of the friends he lost in one final stand. The gods were not prepared for the magnitude of his bonds of friendship. "NANI?!" 😂

    • @RainbowLizardOne
      @RainbowLizardOne 10 месяцев назад +134

      "I was a shitmon in life but I died and was reincarnated in another world and now they're trying to ban my super-overpowered cheat skill!?"

    • @skkadoot9533
      @skkadoot9533 10 месяцев назад +89

      he even has a love interest that is only there to support him and die so he can get a powerboost (ribombee)

    • @HokutoDokuro
      @HokutoDokuro 10 месяцев назад +29

      ​@@skkadoot9533 Horrible description. Take my Like.

    • @jaschabull2365
      @jaschabull2365 9 месяцев назад +4

      @@skkadoot9533
      Rotom frost: Who put this fly inside of me?

    • @KingKong11730
      @KingKong11730 9 месяцев назад +6

      Basculegion: The real Gods are the friends we made along the way
      **proceeds to 1-shot everything**

  • @wikipedia8193
    @wikipedia8193 10 месяцев назад +188

    If I got a nickel for every time a mediocre BST water mon got insanely strong due to a broken move and synergistic ability I'd have 2 nickels which isn't a lot but it's weird it happened twice

    • @princesscrystal6410
      @princesscrystal6410 10 месяцев назад +1

      What’s the other one

    • @megageorgeex7125
      @megageorgeex7125 10 месяцев назад +56

      @@princesscrystal6410dracofish, choice scarf, tera water, fiscous rend

    • @Crttyt67
      @Crttyt67 10 месяцев назад

      @@megageorgeex7125swap the scarf for a band and add in sticky web support if you wanna really hammer in the damage potential

    • @zotanica
      @zotanica 10 месяцев назад

      @@megageorgeex7125tera water?

    • @ryans8081
      @ryans8081 10 месяцев назад +18

      @@zotanica terastalize dracovish into a water type so it gets 2x STAB instead of 1.5x STAB on fishous rend. Oh and toss in Kyogre's rain to help while you're at it.

  • @RikiazGaming
    @RikiazGaming 10 месяцев назад +184

    I still can't believe in vanilla SV they banned Houndstone completely and not just Last Respects when they knew Basculegion was getting it too.

    • @ZachPlum
      @ZachPlum 10 месяцев назад +62

      “Complex bans are bad bro just get rid of the Pokémon”

    • @segafreak2000
      @segafreak2000 10 месяцев назад +107

      Nah, their logic behind it was sound. Even though they knew that Basculegion would get it, you have to consider that a) Game Freak has changed stuff between the datamine and the actual release in the past, so just because it had the move in the datamine doesn't mean it'd still have it when it actually released (see gen 5 Chandelure for example), plus, even if it stays the same, you can only test stuff once it's actually in the game and available. They knew all the time that Last Respects was broken. But you cannot also explicitly prove that while only one Pokemon available is capable of using the move.

    • @TheKyubiisaan
      @TheKyubiisaan 10 месяцев назад +62

      @@segafreak2000you’re making too much sense, we mindlessly bash council here sir

    • @theschnozzler
      @theschnozzler 10 месяцев назад +11

      ​@@TheKyubiisaannot on this channel

    • @MaahirMomtaz12
      @MaahirMomtaz12 10 месяцев назад +4

      Basculegion wasn't available at launch so Houndstone was the only user

  • @DanielMendez18103
    @DanielMendez18103 10 месяцев назад +28

    Man, ever since I got a basculegion in LA I fell in love with it. Not only is it a really cool design, it hits like a truck with wavecrash and now with last respects it seems unstoppable

    • @douglanmar
      @douglanmar 9 месяцев назад +8

      Why did you had to go to Los Angeles to catch a Basculegion?

    • @DanielMendez18103
      @DanielMendez18103 9 месяцев назад

      @@douglanmar Legends Arceus

  • @saltlakeatrocity9771
    @saltlakeatrocity9771 10 месяцев назад +17

    inb4 Basculegion was a trial run to prepare for the gen-10 cover legendary's 300BP signature move on a 680BST mon.

  • @douglaspope-gz1eq
    @douglaspope-gz1eq 10 месяцев назад +130

    Wow a non legendary pokemon potentially getting the Mega Rayquaza treatment

    • @ebilgaming
      @ebilgaming 10 месяцев назад +72

      They won't ban the pokemon. They will just ban the move Last Respects in the same way Shed Tail is banned in OU

    • @dengar96
      @dengar96 10 месяцев назад +25

      Basculegion is NU without last respects. Its a decent poke but not at all OP, it gets no other good physical ghost stab.

    • @Mirawaru
      @Mirawaru 10 месяцев назад +15

      ​@@dengar96
      It gets good ghost stab in special moves (hex and shadow ball), wich is why the female actually ranks higher in the formats where last respects is banned.

    • @daniellejackson6543
      @daniellejackson6543 10 месяцев назад

      ​​@@ebilgamingI doubt it. Is houndstone broken in ubers?

    • @vtmagno23
      @vtmagno23 10 месяцев назад +8

      ​@@daniellejackson6543 No, but bans work differently in Ubers. Since Last Respects is the element that's banned to Ubers, not Basculegion, then only Last Respects can be considered for a ban.

  • @zacharywooden2113
    @zacharywooden2113 9 месяцев назад +11

    The Kingambit vs. Basculegion matchup makes me imagine that they were childhood friends back home in Unova that always dreamed of becoming powerful, and drifted apart as time went on, amassing power and influence among their kind until they finally surpassed the previous known limits of their species, only to end up on opposite sides of battle.

  • @sparktaylor8489
    @sparktaylor8489 10 месяцев назад +52

    Nobody talks about how Ghosts just keep getting better and better to the point I'd argue if they even get a quarter as much love as they did this gen in gen 10 they'll become the best type in the game.

    • @grynnlecoprolithecosmique585
      @grynnlecoprolithecosmique585 10 месяцев назад +31

      The more time goes the more steel types loosing their resistance to ghost seems like a mistake.

    • @craigyeah1052
      @craigyeah1052 10 месяцев назад +18

      The rise of ghosts has been very interesting. It was a great type hiding behind a lack of good mons and moves.

    • @Mirawaru
      @Mirawaru 10 месяцев назад +4

      Psychic should be resistant to ghost instead of weak due to exorcism!
      Who is with me?

    • @MishKoz
      @MishKoz 10 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@Mirawaru
      Honestly at this point, with how overpowered Pokemon in the newest games can be, I wouldn't even mind if Psychic went back to being immune to Ghost like they were in gen 1.

    • @unkarsthug4429
      @unkarsthug4429 10 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@MishKozI'd kind of prefer if they just buffed normal so it was more viable. It being immune to ghost would nerf it by proxy.

  • @banditrests
    @banditrests 10 месяцев назад +77

    Last Respects is less of an attack and more of a weaponized math problem. It’s not practical or even really useful to set up but its technical hard BP cap is 5050 for some reason.

    • @PokeMasrerJ
      @PokeMasrerJ 10 месяцев назад +12

      5,050 is a NUTTY Base Power lol. Saw in another comment the move keeps track up to 100 KOs for some reason.

    • @mathisjacquemoud1149
      @mathisjacquemoud1149 10 месяцев назад +4

      ​@@PokeMasrerJ Maybe for Revival Blessing shenanigans ? But at this point it's just stalling the game for no reason

    • @banditrests
      @banditrests 10 месяцев назад +15

      @@PokeMasrerJ Yeah, 5050 is 100 KOs plus the base 50 and it still gets boosted by adaptability/tera ghost/etc. It’s a really stupid move lol.

    • @Mirawaru
      @Mirawaru 10 месяцев назад +1

      The move would be much more balanced if it still started at 50 but gained 20 bp everytime
      5 faints means it becomes a 130 bp move, wich still makes strong enough to feel worth sacrificing your teammates for(it makes it a ghost type last resort basically, since you'relikely to scarf yourself in it to maximize damage at this point), but also it is not too op and can be easly tanked by just a resist, making it not that big of a crutch anymore.

    • @naveenjacob2440
      @naveenjacob2440 10 месяцев назад +5

      I think gaining 30 bp would be for the best

  • @nobbyfirefly57
    @nobbyfirefly57 10 месяцев назад +78

    The taxis are struggling

  • @blazie42069
    @blazie42069 10 месяцев назад +18

    The fact last respects basculegion is more problematic than the already problematic Koraidon and Miradon is just insane to think about

  • @Lzpoke
    @Lzpoke 10 месяцев назад +29

    I have heard so much the phrase "yveltal is not in gen 9" that i believe it was the only thing keeping ubers together.

    • @daofficerofthenoodles7504
      @daofficerofthenoodles7504 10 месяцев назад +1

      I mean if the gen 6 legendaries where in gen 9 they would’ve probably be banned since Tera dark and fairy

    • @galaxystudios370
      @galaxystudios370 10 месяцев назад +10

      @@daofficerofthenoodles7504 looking at natdex ubers
      yveltal is nowhere close to banworthy
      xerneas runs tera electric/fighting and is on the edge of being banworthy
      zygarde runs tera water/fairy and can be hard to remove
      tera blast might push xerneas over the edge, it makes tera ground/ghost more viable

    • @daofficerofthenoodles7504
      @daofficerofthenoodles7504 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@galaxystudios370 I mean national dex different competitive then gen 9

  • @pointynives
    @pointynives 10 месяцев назад +24

    back in the day, TheKillerNacho uploaded a gen 4 video of a magikarp sweeping in ubers using flail at 300 power. Giving a significantly better pokemon a stab flail that doesn't rely on being low hp was always going to end like this.

  • @patroka
    @patroka 10 месяцев назад +12

    Imagine going back in time and telling someone that Basculin’s evolution will be under consideration for a ban from Ubers lol

    • @eightcoins4401
      @eightcoins4401 9 месяцев назад +2

      Youre forgetting that this happened to Dunsparce before this.
      Dunsparce was a straight up bad mon pre Gen 9, Basculin just mediocre

  • @dunderguys
    @dunderguys 10 месяцев назад +9

    takes me back to the level 99 slowbro/king days

  • @pytron6693
    @pytron6693 10 месяцев назад +5

    7:33 “wind blows, rain falls and the strong prey on the weak. All is as it should be”

  • @Rexir2
    @Rexir2 10 месяцев назад +18

    It requires a good amount of setup to do, and your opponent can see it coming in team preview. It reminds me of a moody bidoof video

    • @horribleville
      @horribleville 9 месяцев назад +10

      The amount of setup is having your mons faint lol

  • @LeonidasYT25
    @LeonidasYT25 10 месяцев назад +27

    Happy to see my ghost fish do good

  • @the_myco_dad
    @the_myco_dad 9 месяцев назад +2

    Ubers: “I am a complicated and elite format. Only the most skilled players can master my tier.”
    Fishe: “y’all got food here?”

  • @boop53
    @boop53 10 месяцев назад +55

    so we need a pokemon with high physical defence, a ghost resistance and a water resistance?
    WO-CHIEN NATION RISE UP

    • @Playerofakind
      @Playerofakind 10 месяцев назад +8

      He’s finally making it out

    • @firewall5189
      @firewall5189 10 месяцев назад +19

      breaking news: wo-chien currently being scouted by the agency, updates to follow at 11

    • @dengar96
      @dengar96 10 месяцев назад +14

      252+ Atk Choice Band Adaptability Tera Ghost Basculegion Last Respects vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tablets of Ruin Wo-Chien: 293-346 (78.3 - 92.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
      Its not a standard set on either poke either. If you have a standard SpD wo chien you get OHKO'd 90% of the time and no matter what set its always a 2HKO. There is nothing that can take two basculegion hits in the game at the moment.

    • @muk_is_superior
      @muk_is_superior 9 месяцев назад +3

      ​@@dengar96 wo-chien only needs 2 turns

    • @3days_left
      @3days_left 8 месяцев назад +3

      CACTUR- ig that works too😔

  • @modernkiwi6447
    @modernkiwi6447 10 месяцев назад +21

    glad to know Last Respects was always the problem instead of Houndstone

    • @dzigayu4944
      @dzigayu4944 10 месяцев назад +16

      It always was, I will never understand why they're so reluctant to just ban this obviously extremely broken move that was clearly not design with 6v6 singles in mind.

    • @daniellejackson6543
      @daniellejackson6543 10 месяцев назад +1

      ​@@dzigayu4944True but Hounstone is mid without it so what is the big deal?

    • @aigis0423
      @aigis0423 10 месяцев назад +2

      @@dzigayu4944I mean when houndstone was banned it was the only accessible pokemon with the move, but yeah I still think they should have just banned it to ubers rather than the pup itself and have been done with it.

    • @pedrodarosamello64
      @pedrodarosamello64 10 месяцев назад

      @@dzigayu4944 It's a question of banning logic.
      You can technically always say any pokemon is not banworthy if yout ake away its good moves. If you ban all moves from Rayquaza except Tackle it will probably be ok in OU, but no one will say doing that is a good idea.
      Now you say "well obviously you can't just ban moves like Flamethrower and Shadow Ball which half the mons in the game get, Last Respect is different". And the logic is to ask then why do you say it is different? We knew it was not going to stay exclusive to Houndstone so multiple pokemon can get it, making it just a generic move. If a bunch of pokemon use it and are not broken but there's one abuser, you ban the abuser not the move. So they waited to see if the move was broken or not to ban it over Houndstone.
      "Ho but it was always obvious it was OP on any mon, so we should have done it before" are we predicting the future now? Tons of stuff got called OP before being tested and found out to be fine. Ppl were clamoring for Ursaluna to be released already in Ubers FFS. It might have been obvious that the move was overtuned but rules exist for a reason and following them consistently is what makes the tierin have any sor of logic.

  • @gaminggranny1541
    @gaminggranny1541 9 месяцев назад +2

    The power of this funny fish makes me proud, taking what was basically a no-name water-type and turning it into a godly fish was the best thing to happen in 2022

  • @shinymainespoon
    @shinymainespoon 9 месяцев назад +2

    4:00 It's worth noting that Ghost-Fighting can hit ALL BUT ONE TYPE COMBO for neutral damage or better

  • @User-dyn
    @User-dyn 10 месяцев назад +7

    Thank you Mr fish

  • @xenit7837
    @xenit7837 9 месяцев назад +3

    Singles players trying not to be rinsed by a dead fish every match:

  • @TheWungus
    @TheWungus 9 месяцев назад +3

    The fact that a combo of a bee and a fish that pays its respects is destroying stuff like zacian crowned and miraidon is hilarious to me

  • @jaschabull2365
    @jaschabull2365 9 месяцев назад +2

    So this thing rips apart armies of gods to avenge its friends they've killed?
    This fish just went full Kratos.

    • @Aaa-vp6ug
      @Aaa-vp6ug 8 месяцев назад +2

      It can 2 hit to 3 hit ETERNAMAX Eternatus.
      252+ Atk Adaptability Basculegion Last Respects vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eternatus-Eternamax: 284-336 (43.6 - 51.6%) -- 8.2% chance to 2HKO
      Meanwhile
      252+ Atk Choice Band Strong Jaw Dracovish Fishious Rend (85 BP) vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Eternatus-Eternamax in Heavy Rain: 88-104 (13.5 - 15.9%) -- possible 7HKO
      Yeah…
      That’s a little more than Kratos

  • @Eroil
    @Eroil 10 месяцев назад +10

    I hope it will get a suspect test and not a quickban, it may be problematic but it's not calyrex shadow level

  • @chosensamurott4907
    @chosensamurott4907 9 месяцев назад +2

    I love basculegion so much its so cool. Like it evolved from one of the crappiest pokemon its probably the best glow up

  • @CoralReaper707
    @CoralReaper707 10 месяцев назад +9

    Basically, Dracovish's successor

  • @Hitmonchu
    @Hitmonchu 10 месяцев назад +1

    HUGE fan of this tyoe of long-form competitive analysis content!

  • @TLTheLegend
    @TLTheLegend 10 месяцев назад +4

    "Basculegion isnt a legendary, but you wouldnt know it if you watch battles with it"
    *Proceeds to show an Ubers game that isnt a battle with it*

  • @-LastStand-
    @-LastStand- 9 месяцев назад +2

    Bring back pursuit, and suddenly there's a dead fish in the water. also a traumatized gold plated cheese stick dude that would look both ways on the OU street.
    "But noooooooo, let's delete Pursuit and leave ghosts unchecked!" said Game Freak.

  • @chrisbarne7458
    @chrisbarne7458 10 месяцев назад +1

    Love the new call to action animations, really professional looking

  • @koboldgeorge2140
    @koboldgeorge2140 9 месяцев назад +2

    Bro they're straight up trolling singles players at this point and not even trying to hide it lmao

  • @leopardbunny
    @leopardbunny 9 месяцев назад +3

    Personally, while I understand the Ubers philosophy of minimizing the amount of bans in the tier, I also believe it's an outdated one in a time where we now have AG and UUbers, and the precedent becomes more of an active hindrance to the format than what defines it. Ubers is no longer the banlist, it's the tier above OU, and I think it should be recognized as such and the ban should go through.

  • @cryptic4762
    @cryptic4762 7 месяцев назад +1

    Also - a simple nerf to last respects will happen. It'll probably go +20 per fained ally, which puts it at 110 and comparable to thunder, hydro pump, solar beam, etc. I personally think that'd be WAY more balanced

  • @lol101lol101lol10199
    @lol101lol101lol10199 9 месяцев назад +1

    "And this was the moment when Smogon finally... _jumped the shark_"

  • @ernestomolina5254
    @ernestomolina5254 9 месяцев назад

    It also counters a lot of priority moves:
    Extreme Speed, Quick Attack, Feint ---> No effect
    Mach Punch, Vacuum Wave ---> No effect
    Aqua Jet, Jet Punch, Water Shuriken ---> Resist
    Bullet Punch ---> Resist
    Ice Shard ---> Resist
    Weak to ---> Grassy Glide (needs terrain), shadow sneak
    ---> Sucker Punch, Thunderclap (requires incoming attack)

  • @TerraCrystalis
    @TerraCrystalis 9 месяцев назад +3

    me when hisui zoroark illusioned as a mon who resists wave crash

  • @brennantmi5063
    @brennantmi5063 10 месяцев назад +3

    I am all for a Basculin evo to join the elite group of pokemon banned from ubers along side heavy hitters like Wynaut Mega Rayquaza and Funbro.

  • @Wonderlvnd
    @Wonderlvnd 10 месяцев назад +4

    My dude back to the OG editing style with the Gen 3 music

  • @DefunctResurgence
    @DefunctResurgence 9 месяцев назад +1

    Ribombee is really good, it can outspeed legendaries and knows quiver dance and sticky web

  • @Thibbs-vp6gm
    @Thibbs-vp6gm 9 месяцев назад

    So glad my king basculin is not only getting his spotlight but also his place in history with the chance of being sentenced to anything goes

  • @Vexal50
    @Vexal50 9 месяцев назад +2

    Anyone remember back when SV came out and the OU council tried to justify why they wanted to ban the dog instead of Last Respects? The irony is palpable. Pretty sure they said if Last Respects was problematic on other Pokemon they would think about banning Last Respects too

    • @otozinclus3593
      @otozinclus3593 9 месяцев назад +1

      Well, they did that. Basculegion is NU, because Last Respects is banned in every tier except UBERs

  • @recapdrake
    @recapdrake 9 месяцев назад

    When basculegion was revealed I called this happening. If last respects was insane on a middling Pokémon it was always going to be ridiculous on a good Pokémon

  • @10Gpixels
    @10Gpixels 10 месяцев назад +13

    Pokemon should really avoid using super-high-scaling moves like this in the future imo. The powercreep is ridiculous, and extremely unbalanced even in single-player. Scaling stats with abilities like Supreme Overlord is fine, because stat boosts already do that, but scaling attack power is just multiplicative growth in combination with stat and ability boosts.

    • @costby1105
      @costby1105 10 месяцев назад +11

      There balanced around formats that don't bring Six pokemon. Last respects isn't broken in Battle Stadium Singles or VGC where it caps out at 150 or 200. Supreme overloard isn't very nearly as good as defiant in VGC either.

    • @screwtokaiba
      @screwtokaiba 10 месяцев назад +1

      Supreme Overlord is every bit as multiplicative as Last respect
      The problem isnt this math shit your thinking about. Its just the numbers is high. Respect gets 200% boost with 1 death and 50% with 2 death 33% with 3 and 25% with 4 with 1 death already putting it at earthquake level

    • @10Gpixels
      @10Gpixels 10 месяцев назад

      @@screwtokaiba I meant that the power of a move heavily dictates the total damage output after stats, stat boosts, and abilities. I simply wish that moves that scale up in power like this don't become the main meta, because having various potentially 200-300 power moves could be a problem.
      My point with Supreme Overlord is that it doesn't define the meta, because it isn't nearly as threatening as having a sweeper ability in combination with Last Respects, even if the numbers are about the same.

    • @CantusTropus
      @CantusTropus 10 месяцев назад +3

      Scaling attack power also can't be stopped by Unaware, removing one of the defensive counterplays.

    • @screwtokaiba
      @screwtokaiba 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@10Gpixels i agree with stats(if you add 100 bst to an offensive mon stats its about as good as Adaptability on a good 130 base offense and thats 1/6 of your bst budget even on Mythicals) but ability not so much since ultimately the way they affect the game is done exactly the same way. They both amplifies stats in the mechanically similar but separate bracket

  • @Quagsiregod
    @Quagsiregod 4 месяца назад +1

    Last respects is now banned in ubers

  • @TieflingInAJar
    @TieflingInAJar 8 месяцев назад

    I honestly love Basulegions design, its shiny form, and its move pool outside of last respects. Its a really interesting swift swim sweeper with some fun moves and a good typing. Its a shame that last respects is so OP and is the only real reason its ever seen.

  • @golden_tonk8169
    @golden_tonk8169 9 месяцев назад

    Basculiegion: I see no gods up here, OTHER THAN ME

  • @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500
    @socialistrepublicofvietnam1500 9 месяцев назад +1

    Tell anybody from 2020 that a Basculin would be banned from Ubers, and they'd think that quarantine made you go mad

  • @marcelopierre7330
    @marcelopierre7330 9 месяцев назад

    “Last respects+adaptability ” that’s how fast I can explain why legion is so good

  • @mjm3091
    @mjm3091 10 месяцев назад +1

    We knew this would happen after whole Houndstone situation.

  • @manofstars9777
    @manofstars9777 9 месяцев назад +1

    If I had a nickle for every time an ancient fish pokemon broke the meta I would have two nickles

  • @grim_blazer9120
    @grim_blazer9120 9 месяцев назад +1

    As someone whose never played Ubers, let the fish stay

  • @Tejroe
    @Tejroe 10 месяцев назад

    Basculegion and Dracovish being the same color palette is icing on the cake lmao

  • @jzpikachu
    @jzpikachu 3 месяца назад

    and im left in the dust. i came up with this strategy day 1 scarlet and violet on showdown when i saw how broken last respects was. ran it with a rain team for swift swim

  • @Michael_Raymond
    @Michael_Raymond 9 месяцев назад +5

    Always worth mentioning is that bans happen because of things that reduce play diversity. The question is if Last Respects is forcing everyone on the ladder to build certain ways, and if the resulting games play with enough room for skill expression. Last Respects has an inherent problem because it forces games to play out the same way every time whether it works or not.

  • @symphomaniac
    @symphomaniac 9 месяцев назад +6

    Last Respects and the Treasures of Ruin reminding us that this game is balanced only around doubles, despite the entire game being singles

    • @doublereel-real
      @doublereel-real 9 месяцев назад +2

      Simply play vgc format. Then surely everything will be balanced haha (I wish)

    • @badslime6453
      @badslime6453 6 месяцев назад +1

      @@doublereel-real incineroar is always watching

  • @grunner7557
    @grunner7557 8 месяцев назад

    Basculin saw how it was mocked in gen 5 and has come back for revenge.
    It wants blood, and by Arceus it will have it.

  • @quiche6400
    @quiche6400 10 месяцев назад +1

    Last respects being broken in ubers is so unsurprising

  • @D-34
    @D-34 9 месяцев назад +1

    Is a high speed pokemon with perish song or dragon tail not viable?
    could force it to switch out and attack around it until it's the last one left.
    problem with perish song being, you would need 3 stall turns/moves or 3 extra pokemon alive to take one shots

  • @adraino7345
    @adraino7345 9 месяцев назад

    Dragons, Mythical entities, Deities all bow down to Big Fish.

  • @StafkiGTN
    @StafkiGTN 4 месяца назад

    FINALLY MY BABY BASCULEGION IS ACTUALLY USEFUL FOR SOMETHING

  • @mujigant
    @mujigant 10 месяцев назад +3

    5:27 I don't get the joke

  • @Gold-Dango
    @Gold-Dango 10 месяцев назад

    Its like the Kingambit of OU, dominating in the late game, but decent in early and mid game

  • @nerddwarf
    @nerddwarf 9 месяцев назад +1

    If you're insane, you can get Last Respects above 300 Power
    Last Respects doesn't count how many of your Pokémon *are fainted*
    Last Respects counts how many times any of you're Pokémon have fainted.
    If you use Revival Blessing you can get Last Respects to count 6 or more KOs

  • @Verminator4
    @Verminator4 10 месяцев назад +6

    They were on crack when they came up with last respects

    • @CantusTropus
      @CantusTropus 10 месяцев назад

      It's balanced...in 4v4 doubles. In 6v6 singles it's broken in half. Game Freak just doesn't care about singles.

  • @DharmaPunk111
    @DharmaPunk111 5 месяцев назад

    I love his design so rhis makes me happy

  • @alecrutz956
    @alecrutz956 9 месяцев назад

    I looked it up, and apparently, Last Respects is a physical move. This pokemon's got a pretty damn good attack stat. Only making things worse for anything tanking the hit.

  • @GetClippedLeague
    @GetClippedLeague 6 месяцев назад +1

    I will never understand why competitive pokemon is basically " that strategy is very good, so we will ban it" and its an endless loop apparently "lets create this category to enable banned pokemon to be played competitively... But we will still ban good strategies"

    • @oscen335
      @oscen335 6 месяцев назад

      Stuff gets banned if it beats basically everything while being hard to teambuild for while not gimping your team. Stuff like lando, tusk gambit have good checks (water types, grass, no recovery, and there are multiple of those in OU) that are easy to fit on teams. Basc needs either a normal type(all are shit besides arceus) or a dark type to sucker punch mindgame(basc subs and 2hko everything that resists it)

    • @GetClippedLeague
      @GetClippedLeague 6 месяцев назад

      @@oscen335 it still seems to me that one thing gets banned for "being to OP" and the next "its to OP it needs to be banned" comes out right after until you basically have nothing to play with and therefore you need all these categories like OU,UU,RU,UBERS etc

    • @oscen335
      @oscen335 6 месяцев назад

      @@GetClippedLeague because the Op stuff usually keeps other broken shit in check. Broken checks broken is not a metagame thats healthy. The lower tiers are for Pokemon that are outclassed by others. Abomasnow is usually outclassed by atales at its niche so itll find a place to set hail in a lower tier.

  • @Avatarbee
    @Avatarbee 10 месяцев назад

    Bascuelegion entering the Ubers tier asking: "What is a god to a nonbeliever?"

  • @coolergamer6094
    @coolergamer6094 9 месяцев назад +1

    Just let the Fish cook 🗣️🗣️🗣️🔥🔥🔥💯💯💯
    It mahoragga

  • @ObjectorOfThings
    @ObjectorOfThings 9 месяцев назад

    Yveltal:MICHEAL, DON'T LEAVE ME HERE, MICHEAAAALLLL

  • @obviouslyanonymous
    @obviouslyanonymous Месяц назад

    Is it crazy to say Arboliva seems viable as a counter? Immune to ghost, STAB on grass, and big enough SpA to be a threat if not dealt with (which will be hard when most of their other Pokemon are dead to buff Last Respects).
    Edit: it also outspeeds Basculegion in trick room bc of its garbage 39 stat.

  • @narkle9723
    @narkle9723 9 месяцев назад +2

    Powercreep is one hell of a drug (seriously tho, how tf did the game get to this state, it's getting ridiculous now)

  • @naveedahmedny
    @naveedahmedny 10 месяцев назад

    So basically Basculegion is like the Kingambit of Ubers

  • @cryochick9044
    @cryochick9044 10 месяцев назад +1

    It feels like a few days ago it was in UUbers

  • @Charmaster04
    @Charmaster04 10 месяцев назад

    @FreezaiPokemon Where did you get the custom Pokémon Trozei/Pokémon Shuffle sprites from? Now I'm curious!

  • @zplazma5557
    @zplazma5557 5 месяцев назад +1

    Last respect is definitely getting nerfed next gen. +10 per faint on a 50 power move could still make a 100 power ghost move.

  • @VaraNiN
    @VaraNiN 10 месяцев назад

    @5:50 The reason you run Bascu at lvl 98 is to be slower than lvl 100 NDM. At least that's why I ran lvl98 on my Top 100 Bascu team

  • @ommn0n
    @ommn0n 10 месяцев назад

    when i clicked the video i saw the new thumbnail, im somehow one of the lucky to see the og thumbnail

  • @GodzillaFreak
    @GodzillaFreak 9 месяцев назад +3

    Normal type challenge:
    Focus sash challenge:
    Iron defense challenge:

    • @KR-wl5yd
      @KR-wl5yd 9 месяцев назад +2

      1. The only good normal type is Arceus which competes with Arceus Ground and Arceus Fairy which are both integral to stopping Koraidon and Miraidon (who guess what, you lose to automatically if you cant answer)
      2. Basculegion is a late game sweeper. It wont sweep until the game is almost over. By then most mons will be chippef and hazards will be set
      3. What viable Ubers mon commonly runs iron defense?

    • @bigtoblerone8446
      @bigtoblerone8446 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@KR-wl5ydnot true the turtle is also a great normal type with an ability that gives a free substitute so it can do whatever it wants to Basculegion even if it does wave crash or runs tera fighting and Basculegion is water type with miraidon around and has to set up the agility or sub or both
      Chien pao sucker punch exists
      Great Neck electric version sucker punch exists (forget what it what it called, thunder clap?)
      Ursaluna is a great normal type too, especially in trick room which counters ability sets or just no agility being used at all
      Other miraidon and koraidon counter raidons
      Foucs sash and iron defense is usable just cuz people dont use it dont mean it dont have viability
      And tera normal stamina Archuladon with like body press and electro shot would be a great counter on teams with kyogre and Miraidon

    • @jamesgiles4517
      @jamesgiles4517 9 месяцев назад

      ​@@bigtoblerone8446 terapagos is below average in ubers

    • @yeet8036
      @yeet8036 9 месяцев назад +1

      Everything u mentioned gets destroyed by bascs teammates btw.

    • @oscen335
      @oscen335 9 месяцев назад +1

      Focus sash when I scale shot koraidon
      Normal type when I low kick koraidon
      Iron defense mons when I miraidon

  • @hps362
    @hps362 10 месяцев назад

    Awesome video