@@1stCallipostleI wouldn’t call it most, I’d call it the one that started the trend proper. It only gets worse with every generation. Gen 6 gave us the first AG mon and while my lord got high usage with his many sets the mons these days get insane usage with few and similar sets and their insane stats and signature moves
@@luizfelipevbf5567Either that or honestly a Rock secondary typing. Flavor it as its spikes and particles that give it its maraca resemblance be sandstone that is incorporated into its physiology. It's a pretty rare typing, it gives it ability to thrive in sandstorms (and even get the SpDef boost for being a Rock type), and can open up some extra learnset moves like Power Gem.
Someone pointed out to me that Druddigon looks like a dragon drawn by a small child (large blocks of bright primary colors, body parts that are simplistic yet weirdly shaped) and honestly, I find it kind of charming when I think of it that way.
Stunfisk should stay a special attacker, it's just way more fitting for its concept, and we already have a physical Stunfisk in the Galarian form. Also levitate is extremely unfitting because Stunfisk is supposed to be a trap in the ground for the regular and Galarian forms
@@kikov69 Okay so, I know we're talking about Stunfisk right now, but in my project, I give Eelektross the Poison typing and Earth Eater as an ability and I think it's clever so I'm springing this onto you. :) This only _really works_ since Ground moves are no longer a type and instead a modifier like Sound or Sharp. Because of that, the Earth type is a thing that exists that is both Rock and Earth but also includes moves that Airborne Pokémon (Flying types, Levitate, Air Balloon, or Magnet Rise) are immune to. Moves like Surf, Avalanche, and Low Kick are also Ground. So basically, Earth is 4x strong against Electric and Poison. Eelektross can have either Levitate (immunity to Ground moves) or Earth Eater (immunity to Earth moves). Fun!
I actually really like the idea of giving Beheeyem a 4x bug weakness. It reminds me of War of the Worlds and how the aliens ultimately succumbed to microscopic organisms. Fits pretty well with Beheeyem's theme.
I’d also add that Beheeyem’s whole thing is mind control and stuff, and I could definitely see (say) a Beedrill being weird and animalian enough that mind control kind of ceases to make sense. Lots of Pokémon seem at least fairly intelligent to me, but bugs are bugs. Bugs gonna bug. What’s a mind control creature going to do against that?
Fun Fact: Heatmor got the signature more Fire Lash in Gen 7...despite not being natively available in any Gen 7 games Heatmor is also probably mot known for being one of the moe desirable NPC mons in Gen 8 Raid Battles
They ended up giving it to Salazzle in Gen 8, which sorta implies to me that it was originally going to be Salazzle's thing before they made it into a special attacker
Maractus has consistently stayed in my top 5 since introduction. I don't know why, I've hardly ever used one or anything but there's something about the design that is just so appealing and charming that I can't help but fall in love with it
its not quite that high on my list, but yeah. Maractus just gives off nothing but good vibes, and I respect that. If I ever play another Gen 5 game, its going on the team for sure. Update: okay next time I play a Gen 5 game, the nuzlocke gods said no this time...
it does get needle arm. no dragon dance though. it is pretty strange that a cactus is a special attacker, since cacti are the poster children for "physically dangerous plant"
@@mystrenula3911Well in the timeline with Physical Maractus, I guess we'd have Electric/Grass Special regional Maractus for Kalos return (Power plant eventual location be desert)
Fun Fact: The japanese name for Sucker Punch roughly translates to "Surprise Attack." That's why Pokemon like Diglett are able to learn it despite not having hands.
Instead of shadow tag i think it would be cool if beheeyem got a new hability that sumons gravity on the field for 5 turns like the terrain ones, it would be really cool pair this with hypnosis. I also think that claydol should have the same hability
@@christiancinnabars1402Neither is an immediate+2 for all of maractus's stats that matter+stored power. At least swoobat is balanced out by being frailer than paper and rocks weak, maractus can take A (exactly one) hit. +Acupressure was changed to not boost evasion, or maybe I'm thinking of moody
I remember just assuming Druddigon was rock/dragon or ground/dragon, and being really surprised when I found out it was a pure dragon type. Missed opportunity IMO
Stunfisk's French name is "Limonde", which might be the mashup of "limon" (silt) and "limande" (limanda), but is pronounced as "l'immonde" which means along the lines of "the filthy" or "the squalid" (or more generally "the ugly") 😅
@@luidi9026My favorite example of that is the French name of Deerling : Vivaldaim Mix of "Daim" (elk) and Vivaldi (composer of the 4 seasons). It's such a perfect name that I don't even have the words to describe it
@@sephikong8323 Oh, this is just beautiful. :D German names are usually just a 'wtf where they thinking'-kinda thing. But my current favorite gotta be Palafin, which is called 'Delfinator' in german. It's a mix of Delfin (dolphin) and Terminator. It just sounds so.. 6 year old naming a cool dolphin.
@@luidi9026 lol I love how they made audino work in french nanmeoïue being "non, mais oui" in place of audino sounding like I dunno while also including oïue meaning hearing
8:33 Psychic/Dark unfortunately has less resistances than either mono Psychic or mono Dark. It has a grand total of... 0 resistances and 1 immunity, to Psychic... Which mono Psychic already resists lol.
Beeheeyem is far from being forgotten personally. Young me kept imagining a psychic private eye in a crime drama alongside detective Gumshoos against a Honchcrow mob.
I believe giving Heatmor the ability Defiant makes more sense when you remember that Durant has Truant as a hidden ability, so they can defy the true ant
the irony of Maractus being so simple looking is crazy considering it probably could have the most variety for abilities in Pokemon: a plant that absorbs a lot of water that survives in the scorching hot desert- there is grass, water, fire, and ground type potential here
@theserpent8667 Its signature move also being physical while its special attack is higher was also a choice, I guess. At least Centiskorch benefitted a lot from that.
Awesome vid man, although maybe rather than Levitate you oculd give Stunfisk Storm Drain. It does live in the swamp and learn more than a few water type moves
I can see these pokemon get stat boosts or new moves and abilities when this game gets a remake. It's pretty much a good chance to do a fresh start with pokemon players again where everyone starts from point one again for modern players
I actually find druddigon to be pretty underrated design wise. I with it had an evolution or even a mega, cause he has a lot of potential when you also look at its stats and abilities
I feel like Druddigon has the unfortunate circumstance of being a run of the mill Dragon type. With most being impressive legendaries and pseudo-legendaries, the more average dragons like Druddigon and Altaria never have a chance to stand out. It’s unfortunate because Druddigon is promising, just not by comparison. Great vid Woop :)
Hey, thanks! I do feel like Altaria at least is found pretty early on so it gets some chance to shine, but Druddigon is found so late that it's almost worth it to use
@@weepashbp2270 this is til nothing like what cactuses do. It like saying a camel should learn hydro pump, or that a fat human should technically be able squirt a hose out of its mouth
@@1stCallipostle the reason cacti are full of water is because they evolved to conserve as much as possible to survive over the months it won’t have any water. Squirting it out is simply not something a cactus should do
Druddigon’s Mold Breaker ability does give it a good niche in the lower tiers as a way to set hazards and use other status moves on Magic Bounce Pokemon like Xatu and Espeon.
Honestly, I think being psychic dark would be really bad for beeheyem since it’d fold like a house of cards to a single u-turn, which is suuuper common. 4x weakness to bug already holds back Hoopa unbound, which is a way stronger Pokémon so I feel like it’d make beeheyem even worse unfortunately 😵💫
Gen 5 is my favorite generation, too! Black was my first Pokemon game, and Maractus was one of my favorites. I did usually use Simisage more than it in battle, but I LOVED using it in the dress-up thingy (can't remember what it's called unfortunately) and its cry is awesome. It definitely deserves more love than Gamefreak gave it.
I feel like Heatmor could lean even more into being a slow, imposing force vs Durants. Alongside increasing its bst (Durants rely on numbers to beat Heatmor, so them having the exact same bst doesn't really make sense), its Speed can even be lowered to less middling values. A stat spread like 95 HP, 118 Attack, 81 Defense, 105 Special Attack, 81 Special Defense, and 45 Speed (525 bst) could boost its defenses even more while also making its physical Attack be more of a focus, coinciding with its eventual signature move being physical (and also because its physical movepool is a bit better, with boosting moves like Curse/Hone Claws). It would also see more usage on the occasional Trick Room teams. Another thing I noticed is that Heatmor, being an anteater, has large digging claws and access to moves like Slash and Night Slash. Though giving it Sharpness probably wouldn't be likely, since Game Freak most likely just wants to put more focus on its tongue instead of its claws.
So heatmor and durant shouldn’t have the same base stat total because durant rely on out numbering heatmor? I just like it when counterparts have the same base stat total. It is very satisfying to me for some reason but for heatmor I’m not against it since it clearly deserves to be better.
>Give Maractus one of the most broken setup moves in the game, along with a move that gets stronger the more boosts you have, and moves to counteract the things that would normally counter it. >”Subtle Additions”
I feel like the sinister sort of Dark-ish hypnosis/mind control Psychic Pokémon (Hypno, Beheeyem, probably etc.) should get some sort of Ability that lowers opponents’ Special Defense. I see it as an early intro to the hypnosis thing- making other Pokémon more vulnerable to their Special/mental attacks.
Honestly, though i agree with you in your changes to Maractus, i would really just refer any buffs to Maractus to the Radical Red Hackrom. There's many Pokemon who got buffed there, but Maractus slips under the radar even though it EATS. My Maractus pretty much carried me through battles she had NO BUSINESS being in. If you're curious, they added Grassy Surge as a possible ability and gave it Sappy Seed (i think it was the name of the attack) dealing damage and activating Leech Seed at the same time. They buffed it's defense and attack, but left it's Sp. Atk the same, so it could go either way for damage. It was a pretty decent Tank/Stall, which for any Grass types not named Amoonguss/Ferrothorn/Bulbasaur is a quite high bar to achieve. This didn't make Maractus Broken, but viable, which i think it's best for it, and really i'm now really fond of Maractus because of RR.
If we're talking about romhacks, there's an game called Pokemon Blazing Emerald and there's an regional form of Maractus that not only looks even better, but it's way more reliable too.
Working on an all doubles Black 1 rebalance hack and this was really useful to watch. One of my changes to Elgyems line is giving him Friend Guard so he might not be bringing a huge power on his own but is making the team overall a lot stronger. But when evolving it turns into Download. Now he has the chance to be a bit of a harder hitter. I think its a fun play on "we come in peace" into a betrayal as they collect data on earthlings.
I think a really cool ability u could give Maractus would be a custom ability called spiked skin. Like rough skin, but instead of damaging, any contact move would remove spikes from Maractus’ body and set a layer of spikes on their side of the field. This would help make this Mon more of a bulky setup Mon that people would have to play around to avoid messing with
Honestly I never understood when people hated the “run out of ideas bad designs” one of my favorites to this day is Vanillish. I remember in Moon my favorite that was basically my starter replacement was a shiny Vanillite. Cute lil guy
Yeah. And being able to look at an object and turn it into a creature is the exact opposite of not being creative in their designs. I love Pokémon like Klinklang. Gen 5 was awesome.
Here's some of my ideas for buffs and other changes: Maractus +5 Defense +5 Special Defense +5 Speed - New Ability. Some possible options: Iron Barbs, Heatproof, Soundproof, Dancer, Sand Veil, Sand Rush, Own Tempo - Water Gun, Scald, Hydro Pump Stunfisk Limber -> Water Absorb/Dry Skin/Storm Drain Druddigon +15 Defense Beheeyem Psychic -> Psychic/Steel +10 Sp.Atk Heatmor Fire -> Fire/Ground Flash Fire -> Steam Engine +10 HP +10 Sp.Def -10 Speed
I'd give the Elgyem line the Psychic/Ghost type. Not because they are ghostly, but because alien encounters are told the same hauntingly way as ghost stories, & both Ghost & Dark are evil & manipulative.
I find it funny how Heatmor’s victims (Durant) basically outclass Heatmor in every single way (other than Heatmor’s type advantage). I feel like that is sort of a funny twist of irony.
Fakemon idea- A grass/water fire hydrant cactus pokemon since like you said cacti can store water and a fire hydrant is kind of shaped like a cactus. Abilities- Chlorophyl Water absorb Hidden ability- Flash fire This pokemon can last twelve months on end without needing water and spends the early morning hours photosynthesizing energy and then returning to a shaded shelter to wait out the harsh midday heat of its desert environment while conserving water. It rely’s on venomoth and zubats to disperse its pollen at night during the rainy season.
I think its important to remeber the reason there are so many pokemon is because not everyones gonna like a design persay but I will admit some of the find locations/Movesets really make it hard for some of these to be "viable" instead of the design itself being the problem. I say this because maractus and heatmor are hella cool imo lmao
@@YemitaDeHuevo-uk5iq in part, i think its also a reference to the myth that 10%(?) of ants are lazy but i much prefer the true ant interpretation :3 maybe its both tho!
Pokemon has been doing better with giving each their own identity, but it is impossible with Pokemon’s format. In a turn based RPG there really aren’t that many playstyles (absolutely not 800+) so most are just going to double up. And stats are extremely important 1 extra speed stat means you will always outspeed, so many different unique stat spreads just make a pokemon bad or a bad version of another. Also moves are a pretty big problem, they try to limit giving every pokemon every move so they feel unique but it often feels clunky or makes pokemon with good moves that much better. A special attacking water type without scald (before gen 9 where it got taken off of everyone) felt like a straight downgrade rather than unique. To make pokemon actually all feel unique they have to break from the turn based style combat in some way (more stuff like trick room but a bit more extreme)
One idea I had in mind for buffing Heatmor is because it’s design and behavior of eating Durant, I can see it being a Fire/Steel type like Heatran. Sure, it would make it weak to Fighting types and even weaker to Ground, but it would give Heatran resistances to Normal, Flying, Psychic, Dragon, Steel, Fairy and an immunity to Poison. And for Steel type moves it could learn via level up, I can see Heatran capable of learning Bullet Punch since he has a few punching moves, Metal Claw for obvious reasons, Iron Defense to make it bulkier, and because of it’s tail is like a muffler while his head looks like its made out of metal, Heatmor’s late Steel moves that it could learn could be Iron Tail & Iron Head. What do you think? And also, what are your thoughts on Serperior, Samurott and the three elemental monkeys?
Love the changes you made to Maractus but what if we also give it a signature move? Let’s call it Maraca Shake. The move would most likely be a grass type (though I thought about it maybe being fairy) It would deal 75 damage and have a chance to boost its special attack. It’s accuracy would be 100. I feel like with this move it would play into its name very well.
I do have a second take on a Stunfisk rework: 1.) I agree with the change to its defences, but keep the special attack aspect. It already has great options in Thunder(bolt) and Earth Power. The Galarian form seems to favor the physical side anyhow, so this would help to keep it unique 2.) Replace Limber with Sand Veil and give it Electric Surge as a new hidden ability instead. Terrain setters are incredibly valuable and it would still tie in to its theme as a trap pokemon
Maractus with Quiver Dance, Cotton Guard, Giga Drain, and Stored Power would actually be pretty interesting, though I feel like it would box out Lilligant. Personally, I would make it Grass/Ground and lean more into the defenses, and maybe give it something like Heatproof to be better defensively. This might infringe on Torterra's niche of being a defensive grass/ground with Leech Seed a bit, but I'm not too concerned about that since Torterra has pivoted to being a Shell Smash sweeper in gen 9.
You forgot a few regarding the starters. Servine should have been half dragon, Pignite being half Ground instead of YET ANOTHER fighting Pokémon, and Oshawott be half Fighting.
What about giving maractus a signature ability to make him unique? Like the one of the popplio line, every sound based move becomes a grass move and then give it something like echoed voice or boomburst
the dark psychic is the worst defensive type in the game you get a 4× weakness and for a immunity Psychic already resisted, and you have literally zero resistances
The intro is exactly the reason why I love Unova and it's is my favorite generation. And it's always so surprising to me that many people dont seem to like gen 5. Why!?
I would have given maractus round as secondary type, the added immunity to sandstorms makes sense with desert region its found in. It doesn't learn a lot of ground moves sure, but that could very well be tweaked alongside the other moves you gave it.
I feel the same about Heatmor as you do with Beheeyem. I think Heatmor's design is really cool, and I wish it was a better Pokémon. Loved the Defiant joke. 😆
Love Beheeyem's design. The trenchcoat alien used to be my favourite back in the Gen 5 days. I really hope they give it more attention. A new form, evo, whatever-the-heck.
I would make Maractus a Grass/Ground type. Giving it additional bug, ground, and dark moves. I would also give it Regenerator as a hidden ability, with Soundproof and Water Absorb as its other abilities. Definitely give it access to the dancing moves such as Teeter Dance and Quiver Dance. But I would keep it as a special attacker as a counterpart to Cacturne as a physical attacker. I would allow it to learn Bug Buzz, Dark Pulse, Hyper Voice, Water Gun, Hydro Pump, Earth Power, Sand Tomb and others, as either level up, or tutor moves. Stored Power I would probably keep as a TM or tutor move as well.
Heatmor move fire whip or something is very good. Definitely should be passed around for more pokemon to use. Some of these pokemon definitely needed either. Prevo so the stats could be buffed or an evo like later gens are giving to make them fresh again. Hopefully a remake of black and white comes out to give them another round
@@PokemonWoop they could probably move some pokemon around to earlier routes. That's what they should be doing especially for earlier gens where a lot of the wild is similar pokemon.
Honestly Beeheyem is sorta underrated. Slow, and only moderately bulky? Yeah. But analytic on its 125 special attack makes it hit harder than even Reuniclus, so it has the most firepower of the psychic types.
I'd make Maractus a Grass/Ground pkmn & only give it sand related Ground type moves. All your changes apply. Yes, we are talking Toxic Spikes+ Leech Seed + Sand Tomb tactics.
Honestly, i my opinion, Maractus only needs a descent thematic movepool and been Grass/Ground, never sticked to me that a desert dewling pokemon does not have a typing or ability that grants immunity to the sand storm weather
I used maractus once, out of sheer curiosity. It learns petal dance, so its very good in game. Its really not that bad, just not very interesting. But definitely usable! I used Druddigon too, that 120 attack is more than enough to confortably breeze through the rest of the game at that point.
Calling Telepathy and Gluttony usesless abilities is plain wrong. I understand they might not be a better option for a single playthrough, but for competitive, Telepathy ignores partner’s EQ, and Gluttony makes you eat pinch berries faster, which could be amazing if you take like 70% and then get another chance to live
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"Mom how bad did power creep get" "someone gave maractus quiver dance as a buff in a video and called it a subtle moveset change"
Quiver dance stored power is vile, how did that get through
@@ffreeze9924 and somehow the broken part of that is acupressure
@@ffreeze9924with simple?
Maractus was born in the most powercrept generation of all time. It would simply be deserved.
@@1stCallipostleI wouldn’t call it most, I’d call it the one that started the trend proper. It only gets worse with every generation. Gen 6 gave us the first AG mon and while my lord got high usage with his many sets the mons these days get insane usage with few and similar sets and their insane stats and signature moves
Maractus doesn't have a sand-related ability, despite living the desert. So it's constantly ravaged by sandstorms.
Sand Rush over Chlorophyl should have been the way honestly.
I hope Maractus is okay, I feel so bad 💔
And the worst part is that Cacnea and Cacturne do have one in Sand Veil
@@luizfelipevbf5567Either that or honestly a Rock secondary typing. Flavor it as its spikes and particles that give it its maraca resemblance be sandstone that is incorporated into its physiology.
It's a pretty rare typing, it gives it ability to thrive in sandstorms (and even get the SpDef boost for being a Rock type), and can open up some extra learnset moves like Power Gem.
@@Mrryn, personally I think Ground over Rock, but that's just me
Give Beheeyem Instruct.
Ally attacks.
Beheyem MiB memory flashes them.
“Bro you forgot to attack”
Ally attacks again.
💯 to this
That makes so much sense!
Someone pointed out to me that Druddigon looks like a dragon drawn by a small child (large blocks of bright primary colors, body parts that are simplistic yet weirdly shaped) and honestly, I find it kind of charming when I think of it that way.
Yeah, I remember seeing a comment on a forum post calling it a "math class creation"
pretty hit or miss design honestly
It looks exactly like a Dragon Version of Bio Thunderbirdmon.
I enjoy Drudd for being a single stage evo, we really needed more "mid" dragon type pokemon back then
@@KazhnaLightfoot I personaly hope for a full Defensive Dragon Type
I love Druddigon’s design even more now!
Giving Heatmor DefiANT when Durant gets TruANT actually works extremely well since GF already used a pun for it’s rival’s ability
Durant gets truant because a few ant among an entire colony are lazy, and then are later executed
Not all ants are hard working
Stunfisk should stay a special attacker, it's just way more fitting for its concept, and we already have a physical Stunfisk in the Galarian form. Also levitate is extremely unfitting because Stunfisk is supposed to be a trap in the ground for the regular and Galarian forms
Maybe earth eater for stunfisk instead?
@@kikov69 Water Absorb seems to fit better, as it is a fish, it's still weak to the ground (it definitely doesnt eat it)
@@kikov69 Okay so, I know we're talking about Stunfisk right now, but in my project, I give Eelektross the Poison typing and Earth Eater as an ability and I think it's clever so I'm springing this onto you. :)
This only _really works_ since Ground moves are no longer a type and instead a modifier like Sound or Sharp. Because of that, the Earth type is a thing that exists that is both Rock and Earth but also includes moves that Airborne Pokémon (Flying types, Levitate, Air Balloon, or Magnet Rise) are immune to. Moves like Surf, Avalanche, and Low Kick are also Ground.
So basically, Earth is 4x strong against Electric and Poison. Eelektross can have either Levitate (immunity to Ground moves) or Earth Eater (immunity to Earth moves). Fun!
I actually really like the idea of giving Beheeyem a 4x bug weakness. It reminds me of War of the Worlds and how the aliens ultimately succumbed to microscopic organisms. Fits pretty well with Beheeyem's theme.
Doesn't Beeheeyem come from BEM which means "bug-eyed monster"?
I’d also add that Beheeyem’s whole thing is mind control and stuff, and I could definitely see (say) a Beedrill being weird and animalian enough that mind control kind of ceases to make sense. Lots of Pokémon seem at least fairly intelligent to me, but bugs are bugs. Bugs gonna bug. What’s a mind control creature going to do against that?
Fun Fact: Heatmor got the signature more Fire Lash in Gen 7...despite not being natively available in any Gen 7 games
Heatmor is also probably mot known for being one of the moe desirable NPC mons in Gen 8 Raid Battles
Yeah, I have no clue why they did that
They ended up giving it to Salazzle in Gen 8, which sorta implies to me that it was originally going to be Salazzle's thing before they made it into a special attacker
@@grunkleg.2934 and Centiskorch! I love that guy.
Maractus has consistently stayed in my top 5 since introduction. I don't know why, I've hardly ever used one or anything but there's something about the design that is just so appealing and charming that I can't help but fall in love with it
Yeah, it's got a really cute and simple design. It's just that it's pretty easy to miss sadly
Based Maractus enjoyer
its not quite that high on my list, but yeah.
Maractus just gives off nothing but good vibes, and I respect that.
If I ever play another Gen 5 game, its going on the team for sure.
Update: okay next time I play a Gen 5 game, the nuzlocke gods said no this time...
I think Maractus is pretty cute honestly!
Bro are you my sibling? I had the EXACT same thoughts about it
3:01 maractus should have been the physical version of liligant since they’re both grass dancers. Imagine if it got dragon dance and needle arm
Yeah, could've even gotten a fighting variant in later gens too that's like a spinning training dummy
it does get needle arm. no dragon dance though. it is pretty strange that a cactus is a special attacker, since cacti are the poster children for "physically dangerous plant"
@@avaluggglazer445 a fighting type variant of the physical lilligant would just be hisuian lilligant
@@mystrenula3911Well in the timeline with Physical Maractus, I guess we'd have Electric/Grass Special regional Maractus for Kalos return (Power plant eventual location be desert)
Fun Fact: The japanese name for Sucker Punch roughly translates to "Surprise Attack." That's why Pokemon like Diglett are able to learn it despite not having hands.
This whole video was worth it for the "Defiant" joke. Well done.
Instead of shadow tag i think it would be cool if beheeyem got a new hability that sumons gravity on the field for 5 turns like the terrain ones, it would be really cool pair this with hypnosis. I also think that claydol should have the same hability
bro gave maractus quiver dance and stored power but said the broken part about giving it simple would have been accupressure? LMAO
A 1/7 chance to get immediate +4 evasion is broken in the "not fun" kind of way.
@@christiancinnabars1402oh ya we love holding bright powder just in case 😎
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@@christiancinnabars1402Neither is an immediate+2 for all of maractus's stats that matter+stored power. At least swoobat is balanced out by being frailer than paper and rocks weak, maractus can take A (exactly one) hit. +Acupressure was changed to not boost evasion, or maybe I'm thinking of moody
Giving Beeheeyem the Dark type but not giving Druddigon the Rock type after all the rock references is a bold approach 😂
I’m rather surprised Beeheeyem doesn’t learn Cosmic Power naturally
Yeah, pretty odd choice
Yet Lopunny does
@@avaluggglazer445and that was one of her egg moves
I'd honestly give Druddigon the dual typing of Dragon/Rock, as it's literally the Cave Dragon Pokémon.
I remember just assuming Druddigon was rock/dragon or ground/dragon, and being really surprised when I found out it was a pure dragon type. Missed opportunity IMO
or just an evolution
@@bigcooltony437naw Drug as a base and only form Mon dragon type until Gen 7 (the spec Att counterpart) we should keep it as is tbh
Give it a regional form
Stunfisk's French name is "Limonde", which might be the mashup of "limon" (silt) and "limande" (limanda), but is pronounced as "l'immonde" which means along the lines of "the filthy" or "the squalid" (or more generally "the ugly") 😅
Pokémon french names are always awesome in my opinion !
@@luidi9026My favorite example of that is the French name of Deerling : Vivaldaim
Mix of "Daim" (elk) and Vivaldi (composer of the 4 seasons). It's such a perfect name that I don't even have the words to describe it
@@sephikong8323 I NEVER PAID ATTENTION TO THAT BEFORE, THIS IS BRILLIANT
@@sephikong8323 Oh, this is just beautiful. :D
German names are usually just a 'wtf where they thinking'-kinda thing.
But my current favorite gotta be Palafin, which is called 'Delfinator' in german. It's a mix of Delfin (dolphin) and Terminator. It just sounds so.. 6 year old naming a cool dolphin.
@@luidi9026 lol I love how they made audino work in french nanmeoïue being "non, mais oui" in place of audino sounding like I dunno while also including oïue meaning hearing
I use Maractus every single gen 5 playthrough. It's my favorite Pokemon and I have no explanation as to why
Nobody cares 😊
It's cute. Case closed
8:33 Psychic/Dark unfortunately has less resistances than either mono Psychic or mono Dark. It has a grand total of... 0 resistances and 1 immunity, to Psychic... Which mono Psychic already resists lol.
Psychic and Dark's resistances completely cancel each other out 😶
Beeheeyem is far from being forgotten personally. Young me kept imagining a psychic private eye in a crime drama alongside detective Gumshoos against a Honchcrow mob.
Me when I steal this idea for a fanfic /jk
I believe giving Heatmor the ability Defiant makes more sense when you remember that Durant has Truant as a hidden ability, so they can defy the true ant
the irony of Maractus being so simple looking is crazy considering it probably could have the most variety for abilities in Pokemon: a plant that absorbs a lot of water that survives in the scorching hot desert- there is grass, water, fire, and ground type potential here
It SUCKS how Heatmor is found so late into the game as it’s my favorite fire type….i literally had to breed one just to use it during a playthrough….
Yeah... keeping some of the new Pokemon locked until the very end of the game doesn't really work most of the time
@@PokemonWoop yeah it really doesn’t especially since Victory road is literally as late in the game as you can get. (Main story wise)
I really like Heatmor, and I'm sad that it's not very good. And available so late. Also very strange that it was given a signature move...in Alola.
@@theserpent8667 that it lost (being its signature move) the very next generation….
@theserpent8667 Its signature move also being physical while its special attack is higher was also a choice, I guess. At least Centiskorch benefitted a lot from that.
Awesome vid man, although maybe rather than Levitate you oculd give Stunfisk Storm Drain.
It does live in the swamp and learn more than a few water type moves
Hm, I think I was considering that or Water Absorb at some point. That would also be really neat
@@PokemonWoopwould say given you swapped the attack and special attack Water Absorb would be more useful.
Storm Drain would still be better in Doubled.
I can see these pokemon get stat boosts or new moves and abilities when this game gets a remake. It's pretty much a good chance to do a fresh start with pokemon players again where everyone starts from point one again for modern players
I actually find druddigon to be pretty underrated design wise. I with it had an evolution or even a mega, cause he has a lot of potential when you also look at its stats and abilities
I guess when your competition is Haxorus and Hydreigon it's hard to stand out
I think Druddigon has a good design
I feel like Druddigon has the unfortunate circumstance of being a run of the mill Dragon type. With most being impressive legendaries and pseudo-legendaries, the more average dragons like Druddigon and Altaria never have a chance to stand out. It’s unfortunate because Druddigon is promising, just not by comparison. Great vid Woop :)
Hey, thanks! I do feel like Altaria at least is found pretty early on so it gets some chance to shine, but Druddigon is found so late that it's almost worth it to use
Altaria stands out with it's privilege of being an early gen gym leaders strong ace. And it's mega has a really unique typing
Gen5 also has Haxorus as another solo Dragon type Pokemon
2:28 hydro pump!? Wtf she lives in the dry desert. She dosent have the water to spare . Her thirst causes her ability: water absorb
When you battle outside the desert Maractus has spare water due to how efficient it absorbs it. Just make it so it learns it past the desert's levels
@@weepashbp2270 this is til nothing like what cactuses do. It like saying a camel should learn hydro pump, or that a fat human should technically be able squirt a hose out of its mouth
Cacti are super full of water. More than enough.
They make fruit with juice, the inner flesh is super wet and kinda goopy (like aloe)
@@1stCallipostle the reason cacti are full of water is because they evolved to conserve as much as possible to survive over the months it won’t have any water. Squirting it out is simply not something a cactus should do
0:21 JOLTIK AND GALVANTULA SPOTTED!
Druddigon’s Mold Breaker ability does give it a good niche in the lower tiers as a way to set hazards and use other status moves on Magic Bounce Pokemon like Xatu and Espeon.
Honestly, I think being psychic dark would be really bad for beeheyem since it’d fold like a house of cards to a single u-turn, which is suuuper common. 4x weakness to bug already holds back Hoopa unbound, which is a way stronger Pokémon so I feel like it’d make beeheyem even worse unfortunately 😵💫
Gen 5 is my favorite generation, too! Black was my first Pokemon game, and Maractus was one of my favorites. I did usually use Simisage more than it in battle, but I LOVED using it in the dress-up thingy (can't remember what it's called unfortunately) and its cry is awesome. It definitely deserves more love than Gamefreak gave it.
I feel like Heatmor could lean even more into being a slow, imposing force vs Durants. Alongside increasing its bst (Durants rely on numbers to beat Heatmor, so them having the exact same bst doesn't really make sense), its Speed can even be lowered to less middling values.
A stat spread like 95 HP, 118 Attack, 81 Defense, 105 Special Attack, 81 Special Defense, and 45 Speed (525 bst) could boost its defenses even more while also making its physical Attack be more of a focus, coinciding with its eventual signature move being physical (and also because its physical movepool is a bit better, with boosting moves like Curse/Hone Claws). It would also see more usage on the occasional Trick Room teams.
Another thing I noticed is that Heatmor, being an anteater, has large digging claws and access to moves like Slash and Night Slash. Though giving it Sharpness probably wouldn't be likely, since Game Freak most likely just wants to put more focus on its tongue instead of its claws.
So heatmor and durant shouldn’t have the same base stat total because durant rely on out numbering heatmor?
I just like it when counterparts have the same base stat total. It is very satisfying to me for some reason but for heatmor I’m not against it since it clearly deserves to be better.
I love Maractus’s design. Just a happy little cactus.
>Give Maractus one of the most broken setup moves in the game, along with a move that gets stronger the more boosts you have, and moves to counteract the things that would normally counter it.
>”Subtle Additions”
Maractus, Druddigon, Heatmor, Beeheyem, and Stunfisk all deserve evolutions.
Wait people hate Druddigon's design? I always thought it was a nice balance of tough and cute.
True, he's just a goofy guy
I remember seeing a comment on a forum calling it a "math class creation"
Druddigon has style in its design i enjoy the way Druddigon looks good design
Am I the only one who waited for Emolga? 😢
I wasn’t but now that you mention it 😢
I watch your videos for the background/music selection it’s very calming and soothing with your voice, thank you ❤
Glad you enjoy it!
I feel like the sinister sort of Dark-ish hypnosis/mind control Psychic Pokémon (Hypno, Beheeyem, probably etc.) should get some sort of Ability that lowers opponents’ Special Defense. I see it as an early intro to the hypnosis thing- making other Pokémon more vulnerable to their Special/mental attacks.
For stunfisk I’d probably not give it levitate as it hides in the ground, I feel like Orthworms ability, earth eater would be more fitting
Honestly, though i agree with you in your changes to Maractus, i would really just refer any buffs to Maractus to the Radical Red Hackrom. There's many Pokemon who got buffed there, but Maractus slips under the radar even though it EATS. My Maractus pretty much carried me through battles she had NO BUSINESS being in.
If you're curious, they added Grassy Surge as a possible ability and gave it Sappy Seed (i think it was the name of the attack) dealing damage and activating Leech Seed at the same time. They buffed it's defense and attack, but left it's Sp. Atk the same, so it could go either way for damage.
It was a pretty decent Tank/Stall, which for any Grass types not named Amoonguss/Ferrothorn/Bulbasaur is a quite high bar to achieve.
This didn't make Maractus Broken, but viable, which i think it's best for it, and really i'm now really fond of Maractus because of RR.
If we're talking about romhacks, there's an game called Pokemon Blazing Emerald and there's an regional form of Maractus that not only looks even better, but it's way more reliable too.
Working on an all doubles Black 1 rebalance hack and this was really useful to watch.
One of my changes to Elgyems line is giving him Friend Guard so he might not be bringing a huge power on his own but is making the team overall a lot stronger. But when evolving it turns into Download. Now he has the chance to be a bit of a harder hitter.
I think its a fun play on "we come in peace" into a betrayal as they collect data on earthlings.
@7:03
Rock Head would go great with that Head Smash, but I do see the appeal of reduced damage on such a tank.
I think a really cool ability u could give Maractus would be a custom ability called spiked skin. Like rough skin, but instead of damaging, any contact move would remove spikes from Maractus’ body and set a layer of spikes on their side of the field. This would help make this Mon more of a bulky setup Mon that people would have to play around to avoid messing with
0:43: "Since Gen 5 is my personal favorite generation..."
I knew I liked you.
12:42 "boo me for that one"
Durant having truant makes that ability choice's pun GENIUS
I guess I'm just a comedian
Giving heatmore defiant is hilarious😂!!
Had to throw it in there 😉
Honestly I never understood when people hated the “run out of ideas bad designs” one of my favorites to this day is Vanillish. I remember in Moon my favorite that was basically my starter replacement was a shiny Vanillite. Cute lil guy
Yeah. And being able to look at an object and turn it into a creature is the exact opposite of not being creative in their designs. I love Pokémon like Klinklang.
Gen 5 was awesome.
Vanillite is too cute to hate
You ain't talking shit bout Drudiggon
Drudiggon design is good
Here's some of my ideas for buffs and other changes:
Maractus
+5 Defense +5 Special Defense +5 Speed
- New Ability. Some possible options: Iron Barbs, Heatproof, Soundproof, Dancer, Sand Veil, Sand Rush, Own Tempo
- Water Gun, Scald, Hydro Pump
Stunfisk
Limber -> Water Absorb/Dry Skin/Storm Drain
Druddigon
+15 Defense
Beheeyem
Psychic -> Psychic/Steel
+10 Sp.Atk
Heatmor
Fire -> Fire/Ground
Flash Fire -> Steam Engine
+10 HP +10 Sp.Def -10 Speed
druddigon just needed dragon dance and roost to be effective. let druddigon be the grounded mono dragon hybrid between salamence and garchomp.
Not sure if you play Pokemon Go, but it's funny that is changes my perception of Stunfisk as it's very good in PVP there, especially the Galarian one.
I'd give the Elgyem line the Psychic/Ghost type. Not because they are ghostly, but because alien encounters are told the same hauntingly way as ghost stories, & both Ghost & Dark are evil & manipulative.
Heatmor has the incentive to use it that it is cool and awesome and is my precious little guy :D
I find it funny how Heatmor’s victims (Durant) basically outclass Heatmor in every single way (other than Heatmor’s type advantage). I feel like that is sort of a funny twist of irony.
Fakemon idea-
A grass/water fire hydrant cactus pokemon since like you said cacti can store water and a fire hydrant is kind of shaped like a cactus.
Abilities-
Chlorophyl
Water absorb
Hidden ability-
Flash fire
This pokemon can last twelve months on end without needing water and spends the early morning hours photosynthesizing energy and then returning to a shaded shelter to wait out the harsh midday heat of its desert environment while conserving water.
It rely’s on venomoth and zubats to disperse its pollen at night during the rainy season.
I think its important to remeber the reason there are so many pokemon is because not everyones gonna like a design persay but I will admit some of the find locations/Movesets really make it hard for some of these to be "viable" instead of the design itself being the problem. I say this because maractus and heatmor are hella cool imo lmao
Give Druddigon Dragon Rush so it has a STAB option that's boosted by Sheer Force
12:44 That joke is awful, i love it
Had to throw it in there
since durant gets truant (true ant), id say it fits the theme :)
@@eepykate JESUS CHRIST That's the reason it gets truant, omg xD
@@YemitaDeHuevo-uk5iq in part, i think its also a reference to the myth that 10%(?) of ants are lazy but i much prefer the true ant interpretation :3 maybe its both tho!
@@eepykate
Most likely is bc of the myth, but I love the pun xD
Pokemon has been doing better with giving each their own identity, but it is impossible with Pokemon’s format. In a turn based RPG there really aren’t that many playstyles (absolutely not 800+) so most are just going to double up. And stats are extremely important 1 extra speed stat means you will always outspeed, so many different unique stat spreads just make a pokemon bad or a bad version of another. Also moves are a pretty big problem, they try to limit giving every pokemon every move so they feel unique but it often feels clunky or makes pokemon with good moves that much better. A special attacking water type without scald (before gen 9 where it got taken off of everyone) felt like a straight downgrade rather than unique.
To make pokemon actually all feel unique they have to break from the turn based style combat in some way (more stuff like trick room but a bit more extreme)
Scald was added to Gen9 in the DLC as a TM so now the move just has a paywall
@@houndofculann1793 dang every problem they fix they create 2 more
One idea I had in mind for buffing Heatmor is because it’s design and behavior of eating Durant, I can see it being a Fire/Steel type like Heatran.
Sure, it would make it weak to Fighting types and even weaker to Ground, but it would give Heatran resistances to Normal, Flying, Psychic, Dragon, Steel, Fairy and an immunity to Poison.
And for Steel type moves it could learn via level up, I can see Heatran capable of learning Bullet Punch since he has a few punching moves, Metal Claw for obvious reasons, Iron Defense to make it bulkier, and because of it’s tail is like a muffler while his head looks like its made out of metal, Heatmor’s late Steel moves that it could learn could be Iron Tail & Iron Head.
What do you think? And also, what are your thoughts on Serperior, Samurott and the three elemental monkeys?
Those Stunfisk buffs would be way better suited for the Galarian form.
I think it would make more sense to give Stunfisk’s Limber ability with Water Absorb, cause it is a fish weak to water type attacks
8:40 did you say alienated on purpose
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Love the changes you made to Maractus but what if we also give it a signature move?
Let’s call it Maraca Shake.
The move would most likely be a grass type (though I thought about it maybe being fairy)
It would deal 75 damage and have a chance to boost its special attack. It’s accuracy would be 100.
I feel like with this move it would play into its name very well.
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i think maractus’ visual design is just as good as cacturne’s
Durant should get Flash Fire for lore reasons
it would be literally seeing the greater scale evoluion the pokemon is designed about
Druddigon only needs one thing: make it available ... let's say the 2nd town.
And Heatmore ... What it needs, is an evolution.
I personally love behyeem and personally would have made it Psychic/Steel. Sense it’s from space
Yeah, I was considering that but I kind of didn't want to have yet another psychic/steel type
I do have a second take on a Stunfisk rework:
1.) I agree with the change to its defences, but keep the special attack aspect. It already has great options in Thunder(bolt) and Earth Power. The Galarian form seems to favor the physical side anyhow, so this would help to keep it unique
2.) Replace Limber with Sand Veil and give it Electric Surge as a new hidden ability instead. Terrain setters are incredibly valuable and it would still tie in to its theme as a trap pokemon
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You have turned Beeheyem from a garbage can who is unusable to a mon that would turn ubers into a playground
Maractus with Quiver Dance, Cotton Guard, Giga Drain, and Stored Power would actually be pretty interesting, though I feel like it would box out Lilligant. Personally, I would make it Grass/Ground and lean more into the defenses, and maybe give it something like Heatproof to be better defensively. This might infringe on Torterra's niche of being a defensive grass/ground with Leech Seed a bit, but I'm not too concerned about that since Torterra has pivoted to being a Shell Smash sweeper in gen 9.
Maractus is easily one of my favorite aesthetic designs. It’s sooo cool
Beheeyem will always hold a special place in my heart as the first shiny I ever encountered (not counting red Gyarados)
You forgot a few regarding the starters. Servine should have been half dragon, Pignite being half Ground instead of YET ANOTHER fighting Pokémon, and Oshawott be half Fighting.
What about giving maractus a signature ability to make him unique? Like the one of the popplio line, every sound based move becomes a grass move and then give it something like echoed voice or boomburst
the dark psychic is the worst defensive type in the game you get a 4× weakness and for a immunity Psychic already resisted, and you have literally zero resistances
The intro is exactly the reason why I love Unova and it's is my favorite generation. And it's always so surprising to me that many people dont seem to like gen 5. Why!?
I would have given maractus round as secondary type, the added immunity to sandstorms makes sense with desert region its found in. It doesn't learn a lot of ground moves sure, but that could very well be tweaked alongside the other moves you gave it.
I feel the same about Heatmor as you do with Beheeyem. I think Heatmor's design is really cool, and I wish it was a better Pokémon. Loved the Defiant joke. 😆
Love Beheeyem's design. The trenchcoat alien used to be my favourite back in the Gen 5 days. I really hope they give it more attention. A new form, evo, whatever-the-heck.
It's honestly such a subtle yet amazing design. It just sucks that it's found so late in the game
I would make Maractus a Grass/Ground type. Giving it additional bug, ground, and dark moves. I would also give it Regenerator as a hidden ability, with Soundproof and Water Absorb as its other abilities. Definitely give it access to the dancing moves such as Teeter Dance and Quiver Dance. But I would keep it as a special attacker as a counterpart to Cacturne as a physical attacker. I would allow it to learn Bug Buzz, Dark Pulse, Hyper Voice, Water Gun, Hydro Pump, Earth Power, Sand Tomb and others, as either level up, or tutor moves. Stored Power I would probably keep as a TM or tutor move as well.
Honestly the buff Beheeyem deserves the most is evolving at an earlier level.
Heatmor move fire whip or something is very good. Definitely should be passed around for more pokemon to use.
Some of these pokemon definitely needed either. Prevo so the stats could be buffed or an evo like later gens are giving to make them fresh again. Hopefully a remake of black and white comes out to give them another round
Yeah, it's interesting how Gen 5 kept some Pokemon hidden until the very end. Sadly they usually are too out of the way for you to want to get them
@@PokemonWoop they could probably move some pokemon around to earlier routes. That's what they should be doing especially for earlier gens where a lot of the wild is similar pokemon.
They already gave Fire lash to Centiskorch line which makes great use of it and the Salazzle line for whatever reason
Honestly Beeheyem is sorta underrated. Slow, and only moderately bulky? Yeah. But analytic on its 125 special attack makes it hit harder than even Reuniclus, so it has the most firepower of the psychic types.
I feel like giving it quiver dance would step on liligants toes
I'd make Maractus a Grass/Ground pkmn & only give it sand related Ground type moves.
All your changes apply.
Yes, we are talking Toxic Spikes+ Leech Seed + Sand Tomb tactics.
Honestly, i my opinion, Maractus only needs a descent thematic movepool and been Grass/Ground, never sticked to me that a desert dewling pokemon does not have a typing or ability that grants immunity to the sand storm weather
A thing I got myself thinking: all of the Pokémon shown could be fixed with an evolution.
I used maractus once, out of sheer curiosity. It learns petal dance, so its very good in game. Its really not that bad, just not very interesting. But definitely usable!
I used Druddigon too, that 120 attack is more than enough to confortably breeze through the rest of the game at that point.
If Durant can have truant seemingly only for the pun, then I think that heatmor having defiant for the same reason actually makes total sense
Durant does not have truant just because it’s a pun. Apparently some ants can be lazy.
I think maractus should have sand rush instead of chlorophyll, there are enough grass type chlorophyll pokemon
Calling Telepathy and Gluttony usesless abilities is plain wrong. I understand they might not be a better option for a single playthrough, but for competitive, Telepathy ignores partner’s EQ, and Gluttony makes you eat pinch berries faster, which could be amazing if you take like 70% and then get another chance to live
Do people actually hate Druddigon's design? I love the wretched goober and think he looks sick.
I think adding the Ground type would help Heatmor at least a little bit.
I think heatmor is a really cool design and it would 100% be my playthrough fire type (even with no buffs) if it wasn’t found on fucking victory road