I would love to see Gamefreak drop a DLC of new regional variants from around the world. Maybe a Johto forme Galvantula with Bug/Dark typing that mimics the venomous Ariados, or Unovan Honedge evolution that turns it into a Bowie knife.
@@azurai3934 It could also have made it a decent choice scarf user, as it could've outsped some slower offensive Pokemon as well. It's also worth mentioning that it's boomburst probably still could've done some decent damage without specs as well, which would've made Exploud a Pokemon that could potentially be good against both offensive and defensive teams alike
Here's an interesting fact, in Korean Exploud is called 폭음룡 Pokumryong which literally translates to Explosive Sound Dragon. Three generations later we got Noivern and Boomburst, so yeah that makes sense. Edit: Did not expect it to blow up like this, for comparison Noiverns Korean name is fairly boring - Sound Wyvern. 음번 Eumbeon
I still find it strange on how wide Exploud’s movepool is. Fire blast, hydro pump I think, and a ton of other weird but great options. Never tried it on a competitive team, but I’ve loved it in main game playthroughs
Scrappy Specs with Boomburst (what you click 95% of the time) with Focus Blast, H-Pump ans Fire Blast has been a legit set even in the higher tiers funnily enough. No defensive utility, bad speed, but it breaks open the metagame like nobody else can (H-Pump/Focus Blast for Ttar, Focus Blast for Heatran, either Focus or Fire Blast for Ferro etc, this thing has an option for every potential normal resist, and every non resist gets blasted by an effective 210 BP move (unless you play soundproof Kommo-O)
Exploud is probably one of my favorite Pokémon in gen 3. I thought Whismer was dumb looking but I was so happy when I found out it evolved into a cool Pokémon
Back in the early days of Gen 6, I was spectating a Pokémon Showdown match when I saw an Exploud use Boomburst. I’d never heard of the move, so I asked the players what it was. “Base 140 power 100 acc Normal special attack”, said one. “Spam in a can for Exploud”, said the other.
tbf boomburst has the "drawback" of being learnt by a few specific mons unlike hyper beam which is a tm, so it makes sense. normal types needed better stab moves anyway, sad that your best one is double edge
Absolutely. In XY Zygarde was basically discount Garchomp - then it got Thousand Arrows in SM, shot straight to the top of the VR and later got banned.
One of my personal favs from Gen3 (Singles) competitively speaking has always been Breloom, this guy always found a way to overcome bad stats with an interesting combination of abilities and moves, and experienced literally only a half a tier drop from OU to UUBL in its entire existence when Tapu Bulu came to existence.
@@skeetermania3202 Bulu has pretty much the same physically offensive power (both in strength and typing since it has CC as well) on a much higher bulk with less setup requirements, the only thing Breloom still has going for it is its signature Technician Mach Punch and Spore, but Bulu overall brings more utility and immediate usefulness. It's also worth noting that there was no viable physical grass mon except Breloom until Gen7 came in with two of them, and the prominent Terrain presence caused by the Tapus gave Breloom a lot of problems with its usual setup pattern, since it needs at least two turns to set up Spore and SD. Even in these conditions Breloom was considered too strong for UU, and so it went to UUBL after years of being an OU mon.
The fact that Boomburst both being it’s best move to press and fitting Exploud’s theme so well that it could have been a signature move is just so satisfying.
That seems to only be because it for some reason wasn't in the original base version of sword and shield. But you're right, it would've been perfect for Team Yell
that it does, while it would be nice if exploud got like a 10 point def buff and at least a 20 buff to speed, this screaming loudmouth is still good in my eyes, definitely one of the better normals to use
One thing to say : 140 BP STAB move with no immunity coming from a 91 Base SpA stat whilst having perfect coverage for every resist Compare that to swellow's 140 BP STAB move coming from a 50 (now 70) base SpA and almost no coverage. Granted, Swellow is much faster, but basically: Swellow is better at ripping offensive teams apart, Exploud can break any defensive core open
@@sephikong8323 I agree that Exploud absolutely crushes defensive teams and that he's supposed to take out one pokemon before going down but it feels like a liability when it comes to building a team around it or when using it in battle because of how slow it is compared to Swellow who can do it's job very decently in most situation idk how I'll fix that issue tbh but I like the idea of choosing a Pokemon that is specialized in destroying some teams vs choosing a Pokemon that is generally good against every team so I just suggested a change with it's stats for more offensive oomph
@@SoulBro12 Just making it stronger wouldn't fix anything tbh, it would just mean that instead of doing 101.5-112% it would do 120-129.5% to opposing Pokemon. The best way to "help" Exploud would be,idk, to make sound it's own separate type and make Exploud and a few other Sound type ? Though it would also no longer benefit from Scrappy so ..... Honestly I have no idea, but personally I like it like that, it fits in this category of "hard to use nukes that are definitely worth the investment needed to make them work)
@@sephikong8323 scratch that, actually just giving it more ways to activate the "nuke" would be a way better solution (U turn and Sticky Webs helped alot) but giving it another type like that sound type would be cool as well
@@siddharthnandi3995 A. If you scrolled all the way down to my lowly comment, you undoubtedly saw Mr. KrustyKrusts reply. B. He commented on this post.
Is it weird to say that Exploud was one of the last “monstrous” designed Pokémon? Gen 3 was the last time we saw Pokémon like Exploud and from the 4th Gen onward, we saw increasingly more animalistic looking Pokémon. I dunno where I’m going with this, but while I’ve never used Exploud on any playthrough, I can definitely say I enjoy his funky design :)
I would keep your eyes on Exploud for the next wee while, since Bronzong has now left NU (in yesterday's tier shifts) and there are few things left that can check it so reliably, as they have no way of sponging its coverage moves like Bronzong can. Same goes for other special attacks that use Fire coverage like Sylveon and Indeedee-F. I doubt this change would make it broken enough to get banned again but it will certainly be even more dangerous in NU, right now.
@@emiandnues Both almost always invest in physical Defense to match up better against threats like Decidueye, Golurk, Passimian and Knock Off spammers like Drapion and Sirfetch'd (and Vaporeon will need that even more now with Tsareena in the tier). And Sylveon mostly goes Choice Specs because of how strong and spammable Pixilate Hyper Voice is.
I’ve had a soft spot for Exploud ever since it helped me reach my first Pokémon League championship back when I played Ruby as a kid. Good to see it’s had success in competitive as well, even if it’s almost exclusively in lower tiers.
Maybe next week? Latias was the second Pokémon covered last year, so maybe that’ll happen. Plus, it’d be the perfect excuse to have Joey commentate again.
Never used it once, but I've just evolved a whismer in my emerald nuzlocke I've been doing recently (not a plug to look at my channel, i don't even post videos) Soo who knows? Might survive, might not... Who knows really?
@@mr.krustykrust it’s great in RSE as well. It’s move pool is quite good even for the time. Return, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam and Fire Blast cover a huge portion of the late game regardless of which version you’re playing.
I'm a big fan of sound based abilities in fictional fights, and I love the attention Pokemon gives to that with how many moves and Pokemon specialize in that. One Pokemon who does this that I would love to see covered on this series is Kommo-o. Sun and Moon's Psuedo Legendary. I love this thing's concept. An armored warrior dragon that hits its own scales to make sound waves, and those waves that can both attack enemies and buff its own stats. I remember Kommo-o being really weak with very few options when it first appeared, but Gamefreak kept buffing it with new moves in every game. I'd be very interested in seeing its competitive journey, even if it's only from the previous Gen. I've heard nowadays it's better in SIngles than it is in Doubles, but I haven't delved deep enough to know for sure, or for what reasons. Maybe SIngles just values its bulk, dangerous setup-options, and Stealth Rock access more than Doubles values its stab spread attacks.
Big fan of Kommo-o, it's my favorite pseudo. I don't know much about gen 8 competitive, but I'm glad Game Freak has buffed it. It was very clearly the worst pseudo legendary back then lol.
while I agree the kommo-o would be an interesting pokemon, given that its only been around for 2 generations, if feels like a waste to make an episode on it now, since most of its competitive history is more of recent history than not, in addition, they've said explicitly in various places that gen 6+ mons are currently off the table since there's not a lot to cover and it'd be weird to do mons from gen 6 or later when they haven't even done all the fully evolved gen 1 mons
Yeah, Kommo-o is one of my favorite pokemon because it has so many fun sets. Substitute + Belly Drum with Soundproof is amazing for countering roar and other sound moves that would usually counter substitute, just like Exploud did in Gen 2. You can also use a Clanging Scales + Throat spray set to get a +1 boost to all your stats except special attack which gets +2. You can also use the signature Z move and get an omniboost while doing big damage. You can also use a bulky set with stealth rock and take advantage of Kommo-os solid defenses. There's just so many things Kommo-o can do, and it's good at all of them.
Boomburst is just a really great move in general. Making almost any Pokemon who learns it so much better. Exploud, Swellow and Toxtricity are the obvious ones, but even something like Chatot got so much power from just how good this move is. How good is Chatot actually soon I hope?
that it is, and thats mostly owed to the versatility of normal types who generally have wide move pools, especially useful on a special attacking normal
This mon is kind of like Choice Band Aggron, it's scary no matter what tier it's in. There was a brief time in Gen 8 OU where people were trying out Specs Exploud as it had the new and improved Overheat that roasted Corvi and Ferro and Hydro Pump's extra power also was good vs Heatran. Boomburst still killed everything else.
a big reason was also because it was a Normal type and thus could switch into Spectrier freely and then obliterate it with Scrappy Boomburst - being able to retain momentum against Spectrier was huge
Considering Normal’s near neutral coverage with Scrappy, even Skarmory who resists Boomburst still takes a lot of damage from it. This frees up more slots for coverage, in this case of Exploud for using moves like Focus Blast.
I was making some lowlevel analysis on all the Typings and how prominent they where over the Generations. Normal started out extremely potent up until Gen 3, then it sunk in usage hard, turning into one of the worse Types ever. Only Blissey made it into the current OU. Even Rock, Ice, Bug, Dark, and Ghost perform better.
To be honest ghost feels like a type that would perform well. Ice is good offensive typing. Bug while not good on its own is great as a secondary type. Would like to see a video on the topic tho
Bug while hitting three types super effectively, is pretty bad offensively. Alongside Grass, it is the most resisted type, resisted by 39% of the types in the game. Grass is even more useful due to being one of the two types that hits Water super effectively. Bug is only good as STAB, U-Turn and coverage for Psychic types (since it hits 2/3 types that resist Psychic, and most learned Signal Beam). I agree with the other types that perform better.
The lack of resistances hurts a lot, especially now with plenty of powerful moves and fighting coverage being everywhere. And unlike rock and Ice, It brings nothing offensively. The only Reason blissey and chansey are good Is because they are min maxed special walls
@@IgnitedQuils Yeah, I was thinking about it, because of a Video of how to buff the Bugtype and realiced something. The Number and Selection of Types weak to it is fine. Psychic is extremely prominent, but it is resisted so much, most of the Pokemon it could hurt are covered by Dualtyping. Poison and Fairy sould just loose the Bugresistance. Bug is interestingly a very strong Type in Combination whit other Types. Bug/Steel is better then Mono Steel.
@@Sunaki1000 Nah don't lose the resist on Poison. Poison is already a fairly weak type as is. But yeah, there was no reason to give fairy a bug resist.
Fun fact, in gen 3 there was an unused ability called Cacophony that was believed to be associated with Exploud and its evolutionary line, it was functionally identical to Soundproof. It isn't really known why the ability was left unused since there were other identical abilities such as pure power and huge power, cloud nine and airlock (and others introduced later such as moldbreaker, turboblaze, and terravolt; also protean and libero). It was removed from gen 4 onwards.
@@youtubewatcher6124 It implies a completely different reason why they block sound moves. Soundproof implies it lacks ears or is otherwise deaf (mr mime and voltorb for instance). Cacophony on the other hand implies that the poke is so loud that it drowns out other sound moves. It fits the exploud line so well.
When I was a kid I always loved exploud because I had this thing where whenever I got a new Pokémon I’d never seen before, I would try every TM to see if they could learn it or not. I was so surprised when exploud could learn sooooooo many different moves it completely blew my mind. So I always just considered him as one of the better Pokémon arbitrarily lmao
@@lockdownhamza lmao nice. I would also try every evolution stone that I had to see if they would evolve from that too. I remember that’s how I found out that murkrow evolved into Honchcrow in diamond
I loved my Exploud. I used it in Ultra Sun's Battle Tree, and it got me all the way to 74 wins as Choice Scarf Scrappy Boomburst along with a Kommo-o Clangorous Soulblaze teammate. I stopped playing after that because I couldn't go through that gauntlet again - but I'll never forget it as my most powerful strong-all-round everything-breaker.
Exploud has a colorful move-pool; Fire coverage, Ice coverage, Water coverage, yet all it needed was a super strong STAB move (and a Ghost busting ability) to bring it to prominence. It doesn't even hit anything super effectively yet still takes out just about anything that doesn't resist it. If it just had a 10+ buff to its Sp. Attack it would've been a real monster.
This is the kind of buff I think is fun and wish there was more of. They didn’t just give it some stats or some random weird ability or move that doesn’t belong to it. They made a new move with limited distribution that specifically compliments this Pokémon’s character traits and makes it unique.
@@roninwarriorsfan it doesn't have much of either the glass or the canon. Like you can be a bulky attacker and be amazing, there's plenty of examples on this channel of that. You can also be a glass Canon like infernape. But Exploude has the same problem that Blaziken had pre-Speed boost. It can get it done, but it needs more
Boomburst is certainly a perfect attack for Exploud since it fits perfectly for the loud noise Pokémon. Plus how Exploud has a wide move pool can lead to a unique set of moves can allow players to make Exploud a threatening Pokémon on their team.
I think if Exploud got something hilarious as a unique move or ability like Meloetta…maybe something that protects its teammates from its spreadmoves or boosts sound based attacks that would’ve been awesome! But hey, I can live with scrappy and Boomburst
according to one of its pokedex entries, Relicanth doesn't evolve because it's already a perfect life-form. Shall we test this fishy tale and see how good Relicanth actually is?
Thanks for doing an episode on a Pokémon I made a Mega Evolution for once. My idea for Mega Exploud was to see what would happen if it blew out its voice or got laryngitis; as such, it became a Ghost type with an ability called "Mute Button" that would render it (as well as partners in Double/Triple Battles) unable to use sound-based moves. Its base Special Attack would increase to 131, its Speed to 98, its Special Defense to 93, and its HP to 114. Seems like Mega Exploud would clash severely with the strategies seen in this video, though. D:
Y'know, you never pay much attention to it considering how overlooked it is, but Exploud is kinda terrifying. Bloodshot eyes, resonating tubes that blast intense jets of pressure jutting out from every corner of its body, and a deep mouth that it can open basically as wide as its body. It's like a deafening hellspawn gremlin the more you look at it!
Design wise, I absolutely love Exploud’s design! A bulky brute with a massive mouth, so it can SCREAM it’s opponent to death! And it’s name, almost the perfect PUN!!! Battle wise, well, LOOK AT ITS STATS!! Yes, it’s a “Jack of all trades” when it’s on its attacks, but they mean nothing if the Pokémon can’t back it up. It ether needs a stats boost, or a new Region Form that upgrades it.
Imagine Adaptability Porygon-Z having Boomburst. Good luck dealing with that without Ghosts. 252+ SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Toxapex: 290-342 (95.3 - 112.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO 252+ SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 164 SpD Landorus-Therian: 514-606 (134.5 - 158.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
First shiny Pokémon I ever got in omega Ruby right after the first gym, and used him throughout the playthrough, I’ll never forget the fun those games gave me
Clearly Dracovish studied under Exploud and its teachings of breaking teams with only one move. Also I just realized that both Exploud and Dracovish have both abilities and moves that complement each other like an Aggron with rock head and Head Smash or an Emboar with Reckless and Flare Blitz.
Whimsur was the first pokemon I bred to have perfect 31's across the board, specifically to have a maxxed out Exploud with Boomburst for the doubles battles in the post game of gen 6 with a shuckle partner. good times.
Man, gen 3 had some of the best early game Pokemon. Taillow, Aron, Ralts, Whismur, Lotad, Seedot, Makuhita, Shroomish, Meditite, and while not exactly early game, Electrike.
I don't agree Gen. 3 has the best early route mon. But some like Taillow, Ralts, Whismer, Shroomish & Lotad are pretty good. Shroomish & Lotad are probably the best ones. Taillow would have trouble against Roxanne. Whismer would get it's but whoop by Brawler & Ralts is kinda annoying to find as it's encounter rate is about 5% to find. Electrike is an little bit late as an early route. So it doesn't count. I usually get there first or fully evolved ones later down the road.
I did not know that Bridger had a solid performance with Exploud once. Then again, he’s always used pretty interesting teams so I can’t say I’m surprised
Just got here already knowing one of my favorite Pokémon that I have one particular play through with one that is a fond childhood memory is gonna be low tier. Oh well.
Wonderful way to start off the year. The Whismur Evolution Line will absolutely always be my #1 Favorite Pokémon of all time. Everything I see in me, I see in them. To a point, I AM them (yes, I have a booming voice, but I also see a lot more in them that most people don't). Every FSG video I kept hoping would finally be this one, and as soon as I looked and saw this video in my Subscription Feed, I just smiled my absolute brightest, stared at the thumbnail in joy for about 10 minutes, pulled out my Exploud Figure to sit on my lap as I watched this, and then I proceeded to sit through this entire thing. And now I'm even more happy to see that Exploud didn't totally stink and had a lot of good moments, especially in Later Generations.
Exploud is very underrated in my opinion. Base 490 isn’t bad, and by nature of being a Normal type gives it a very wide movepool. And when Boomburst got added, it had another sound based Normal move much stronger than Hyper Voice. But yeah, various other normal types surpass it: Tauros, Blissey, Snorlax, Miltank, Ursaring, and of course Slaking (if you don’t take Truant into consideration). It’s a shame. It’s very cool and deserves some more recognition.
Competitive Career: Exploud started off as a small threat that used Salac Berry + Belly Drum Pass. Though, it was all he had in the beginning. But Gen 4 came and he could never come back to it. When Gen 6 came and Boomburst was gifted to him, high and low tiers learnt to fear the words of *”EXPLOUD!!!!”*
Finally, another Pokémon I used during a playthrough and fell in love with that saw competitive success, that's another one for my surprisingly short list.
They should have had a Galarian Exploud that has bagpipes.
Gloria would definitely have that one on her team.
I would love to see Gamefreak drop a DLC of new regional variants from around the world. Maybe a Johto forme Galvantula with Bug/Dark typing that mimics the venomous Ariados, or Unovan Honedge evolution that turns it into a Bowie knife.
I’m drawing this
@@iAMdreAMi did you draw it
Ability that lets them bypass sound proof
Exploud: “I need more speed and attacking stats to utilize boom burst better”
Game Freak: “10 more special defense? Say no more!”
I would have given 20-30 speed instead, it wouldn’t be the fastest thing in the world but it would at least be something.
Game balance.
Atleast this time
@@azurai3934 It could also have made it a decent choice scarf user, as it could've outsped some slower offensive Pokemon as well. It's also worth mentioning that it's boomburst probably still could've done some decent damage without specs as well, which would've made Exploud a Pokemon that could potentially be good against both offensive and defensive teams alike
After all, Gamefreak loves to give 10 more special defense to random pokemon
If it have like 20 points of Attack moved for Speed it could've been a good scarfer
It's poetic how Exploud had to literally yell at the top of its lungs to get the metagame's attention.
And so Exploud...Exploudly roared.
Exploud: HEYYY! BUFF ME!!!!
Gamefreak: Alright! Just stop yelling!
@@mauroperez2848 *Yells louder*
Here's an interesting fact, in Korean Exploud is called 폭음룡 Pokumryong which literally translates to Explosive Sound Dragon. Three generations later we got Noivern and Boomburst, so yeah that makes sense.
Edit: Did not expect it to blow up like this, for comparison Noiverns Korean name is fairly boring - Sound Wyvern. 음번 Eumbeon
That’s super interesting !
Woah
Wow, that's... very interesting.
That's a the most badass name ever
what are the names of whismer and loudred
I still find it strange on how wide Exploud’s movepool is. Fire blast, hydro pump I think, and a ton of other weird but great options. Never tried it on a competitive team, but I’ve loved it in main game playthroughs
Don’t forget boltbeam coverage and what I really love since gen5, scrappy boomburst
Fire Blast is kinda standard fare for a lot of normal types but the water converge is a bit more rare
That's what I love about exploud was its massive move pool
Normal-types often have surprisingly rich movepools, perhaps to compensate for their STAB not being super effective against any type.
Scrappy Specs with Boomburst (what you click 95% of the time) with Focus Blast, H-Pump ans Fire Blast has been a legit set even in the higher tiers funnily enough. No defensive utility, bad speed, but it breaks open the metagame like nobody else can (H-Pump/Focus Blast for Ttar, Focus Blast for Heatran, either Focus or Fire Blast for Ferro etc, this thing has an option for every potential normal resist, and every non resist gets blasted by an effective 210 BP move (unless you play soundproof Kommo-O)
Exploud is probably one of my favorite Pokémon in gen 3. I thought Whismer was dumb looking but I was so happy when I found out it evolved into a cool Pokémon
Whismur is cute af :(
Dude Whismur is adorable
I love Whismur, he is a sad little babby.
I love exploud too! But whismur is adorable!
I prefer Whismur than Exploud
Well done FSG.
2022 is off to a booming start. Your fans, including me, will burst with cheering.
"Booming start" nice
"Burst with cheering." Nice
"Well done FSG" nice
@@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470 I don’t get it?
"2022 is off"
Back in the early days of Gen 6, I was spectating a Pokémon Showdown match when I saw an Exploud use Boomburst. I’d never heard of the move, so I asked the players what it was.
“Base 140 power 100 acc Normal special attack”, said one.
“Spam in a can for Exploud”, said the other.
You'd think a 140 power 100 acc attack will let you wait a turn, too
@@stygiandragon3865 10 less power and 10 more accuracy than Hyper Beam, but no recovery. Sounds balanced to me.
@@Skeloperch 10 less base power for literally not having any drawbacks
@@Skeloperch You are trading a bit of power for perfect acc and no downside at all, totally worth it
tbf boomburst has the "drawback" of being learnt by a few specific mons unlike hyper beam which is a tm, so it makes sense. normal types needed better stab moves anyway, sad that your best one is double edge
It's honestly incredible what a single move can do for a Pokemon's viability.
Yeah, look at Dracovish.
Absolutely. In XY Zygarde was basically discount Garchomp - then it got Thousand Arrows in SM, shot straight to the top of the VR and later got banned.
Finally, we get a Gen 3 Pokémon that wasn’t laughably bad.
Not to mention the first video since Manectric to actually have a VGC timestamp.
Most of them weren't though. Alot them just instantly fell off after gen 3.
One of my personal favs from Gen3 (Singles) competitively speaking has always been Breloom, this guy always found a way to overcome bad stats with an interesting combination of abilities and moves, and experienced literally only a half a tier drop from OU to UUBL in its entire existence when Tapu Bulu came to existence.
@@tehrik0020 Why Bulu specifically?
@@skeetermania3202 Bulu has pretty much the same physically offensive power (both in strength and typing since it has CC as well) on a much higher bulk with less setup requirements, the only thing Breloom still has going for it is its signature Technician Mach Punch and Spore, but Bulu overall brings more utility and immediate usefulness. It's also worth noting that there was no viable physical grass mon except Breloom until Gen7 came in with two of them, and the prominent Terrain presence caused by the Tapus gave Breloom a lot of problems with its usual setup pattern, since it needs at least two turns to set up Spore and SD. Even in these conditions Breloom was considered too strong for UU, and so it went to UUBL after years of being an OU mon.
The fact that Boomburst both being it’s best move to press and fitting Exploud’s theme so well that it could have been a signature move is just so satisfying.
My favourite FSG mistake is now officially,
"Gen 5 gave it SCRAFTY"
instead of scrappy.
"Gen 5 gave it Scrafty" just sounds like Exploud gained a friend and I'm all for it
The fact that Team Yell doesn't use any member of this line should be a crime.
That seems to only be because it for some reason wasn't in the original base version of sword and shield. But you're right, it would've been perfect for Team Yell
I really like Exploud, it has a nice move pool and it has a nice design.
that it does, while it would be nice if exploud got like a 10 point def buff and at least a 20 buff to speed, this screaming loudmouth is still good in my eyes, definitely one of the better normals to use
I wish Exploud had a more offensive oomph because I usually prefer the utillity of Swellow over it
One thing to say : 140 BP STAB move with no immunity coming from a 91 Base SpA stat whilst having perfect coverage for every resist
Compare that to swellow's 140 BP STAB move coming from a 50 (now 70) base SpA and almost no coverage. Granted, Swellow is much faster, but basically: Swellow is better at ripping offensive teams apart, Exploud can break any defensive core open
@@sephikong8323 I agree that Exploud absolutely crushes defensive teams and that he's supposed to take out one pokemon before going down but it feels like a liability when it comes to building a team around it or when using it in battle because of how slow it is compared to Swellow who can do it's job very decently in most situation
idk how I'll fix that issue tbh but I like the idea of choosing a Pokemon that is specialized in destroying some teams vs choosing a Pokemon that is generally good against every team so I just suggested a change with it's stats for more offensive oomph
@@SoulBro12 Just making it stronger wouldn't fix anything tbh, it would just mean that instead of doing 101.5-112% it would do 120-129.5% to opposing Pokemon.
The best way to "help" Exploud would be,idk, to make sound it's own separate type and make Exploud and a few other Sound type ? Though it would also no longer benefit from Scrappy so .....
Honestly I have no idea, but personally I like it like that, it fits in this category of "hard to use nukes that are definitely worth the investment needed to make them work)
@@sephikong8323 scratch that, actually just giving it more ways to activate the "nuke" would be a way better solution (U turn and Sticky Webs helped alot) but giving it another type like that sound type would be cool as well
@@sephikong8323 just buff Explouds speed or defence (probably should be a speed buff)
Whismur was my first shiny other than the red gyarados in gold and silver, so exploud has a special place in my heart.
Same here!
My first shiny was a tympole
Same, but it was my first.
Mine was a shiny Whiscash encountered in the water of route 228 in Platinum.
Mine was a lillipup
Speaking for fellow Dedede enthusiast, Exploud got that Gen 1 Normal type Movepool
It’s movepool is amazing and I love it
@@mr.krustykrust Don’t really get the Dedede analogy.
What's this to do with Dedede?
@@siddharthnandi3995 A. If you scrolled all the way down to my lowly comment, you undoubtedly saw Mr. KrustyKrusts reply.
B. He commented on this post.
@@Hnui03 I didn't understand what he meant to say.
Surprised they didn't give Exploud a Galar variant, to tie in with Linoone's "punk" galar variant
I saw someone else suggest a version that looks like a set of bagpipes. Such a missed opportunity.
Kiss isn't punk
That would have been so dope
@@yorecf9641 Makes sense. Bagpipes are a common Scottish instrument (with Galar being based on the UK and all) and are very loud.
@@beta511ee4 would’ve been a perfect team member for Gloria.
Is it weird to say that Exploud was one of the last “monstrous” designed Pokémon? Gen 3 was the last time we saw Pokémon like Exploud and from the 4th Gen onward, we saw increasingly more animalistic looking Pokémon. I dunno where I’m going with this, but while I’ve never used Exploud on any playthrough, I can definitely say I enjoy his funky design :)
Depends on what you determine as monstrous. There’s eternus
The trashbags and ice cream pokemon are monsters, for different reasons xD
@@kasPWI Same with the pile of sludge and a seeds with eyes.
We literally got grimmsnarl
Just thinking about this:
I need my kaijus to get love.
Wasted the opportunity with dynamax mot taking advantage of giant monsters
I would keep your eyes on Exploud for the next wee while, since Bronzong has now left NU (in yesterday's tier shifts) and there are few things left that can check it so reliably, as they have no way of sponging its coverage moves like Bronzong can. Same goes for other special attacks that use Fire coverage like Sylveon and Indeedee-F.
I doubt this change would make it broken enough to get banned again but it will certainly be even more dangerous in NU, right now.
Don't SpDef Sylveon and Vaporeon check it though? They're already widely used
Nope. Vaporeon is 2HKOed with stealth rock up and Sylveon is near guaranteed with an 80ish percent chance to be 2HKOed with rocks up.
@@emiandnues Both almost always invest in physical Defense to match up better against threats like Decidueye, Golurk, Passimian and Knock Off spammers like Drapion and Sirfetch'd (and Vaporeon will need that even more now with Tsareena in the tier).
And Sylveon mostly goes Choice Specs because of how strong and spammable Pixilate Hyper Voice is.
@@DARam4009 Sooooo... Exploud just literally screams louder than Sylveon? XD
Imagine actually playing swsh meta
FINALLY a good Pokémon video that isn’t a special event. Maybe we can go back to these length in videos
How good was the toaster actually?
Depends on the competitive community of the past
not really a good pokemon. like he's not untiered but he's still an nu level mon. not that that's not ok just, not a good mon
I’ve had a soft spot for Exploud ever since it helped me reach my first Pokémon League championship back when I played Ruby as a kid. Good to see it’s had success in competitive as well, even if it’s almost exclusively in lower tiers.
15:29 lmfao, just noticed his exploud set had a QUIET nature. nice
How GOOD was Latios ACTUALLY? Latias already had an analysis almost a year ago, want to see how her offensive counterpart is analyzed on this channel.
Please
No
Oh no bdsp
Please. My blue boi needs some love
Maybe next week?
Latias was the second Pokémon covered last year, so maybe that’ll happen. Plus, it’d be the perfect excuse to have Joey commentate again.
You’re gonna have to wait a little bit there.
I always make sure to use an exploud whenever I play gen 3, it's surprisingly one of my favorite staples
Plus it's name is aweasome
I’ve only used it in ORAS but yeah I can second this. It’s great in main game
Never used it once, but I've just evolved a whismer in my emerald nuzlocke I've been doing recently (not a plug to look at my channel, i don't even post videos) Soo who knows? Might survive, might not... Who knows really?
@@mr.krustykrust it’s great in RSE as well. It’s move pool is quite good even for the time. Return, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam and Fire Blast cover a huge portion of the late game regardless of which version you’re playing.
I love Exploud, it's so fun for a casual playthrough
Plus in ORAS Whismur gets Uproar early on which in Gen 6 got buffed to the same base power as Hyper Voice
I'm a big fan of sound based abilities in fictional fights, and I love the attention Pokemon gives to that with how many moves and Pokemon specialize in that. One Pokemon who does this that I would love to see covered on this series is Kommo-o. Sun and Moon's Psuedo Legendary. I love this thing's concept. An armored warrior dragon that hits its own scales to make sound waves, and those waves that can both attack enemies and buff its own stats.
I remember Kommo-o being really weak with very few options when it first appeared, but Gamefreak kept buffing it with new moves in every game. I'd be very interested in seeing its competitive journey, even if it's only from the previous Gen. I've heard nowadays it's better in SIngles than it is in Doubles, but I haven't delved deep enough to know for sure, or for what reasons. Maybe SIngles just values its bulk, dangerous setup-options, and Stealth Rock access more than Doubles values its stab spread attacks.
Big fan of Kommo-o, it's my favorite pseudo. I don't know much about gen 8 competitive, but I'm glad Game Freak has buffed it. It was very clearly the worst pseudo legendary back then lol.
while I agree the kommo-o would be an interesting pokemon, given that its only been around for 2 generations, if feels like a waste to make an episode on it now, since most of its competitive history is more of recent history than not, in addition, they've said explicitly in various places that gen 6+ mons are currently off the table since there's not a lot to cover and it'd be weird to do mons from gen 6 or later when they haven't even done all the fully evolved gen 1 mons
Yeah, Kommo-o is one of my favorite pokemon because it has so many fun sets.
Substitute + Belly Drum with Soundproof is amazing for countering roar and other sound moves that would usually counter substitute, just like Exploud did in Gen 2.
You can also use a Clanging Scales + Throat spray set to get a +1 boost to all your stats except special attack which gets +2.
You can also use the signature Z move and get an omniboost while doing big damage.
You can also use a bulky set with stealth rock and take advantage of Kommo-os solid defenses.
There's just so many things Kommo-o can do, and it's good at all of them.
I love exploud's design it's so unique and the concept is amazing
Boomburst is just a really great move in general. Making almost any Pokemon who learns it so much better. Exploud, Swellow and Toxtricity are the obvious ones, but even something like Chatot got so much power from just how good this move is. How good is Chatot actually soon I hope?
It doesn’t have any vgc coverage so it’s unlikely that it would get picked as it had been banned.
Imagine if Porygon-Z had it. We'd all be doomed
It was quite Exploudsive.
It's moveset is Insane.
that it is, and thats mostly owed to the versatility of normal types who generally have wide move pools, especially useful on a special attacking normal
This pokemon deserved a mega more than half of the hoenn creatures who actually got one
Not like he needed it anyway. Spam boomburst or whatever other coverage move and call it a day
@@GoldRichness why u acting like he's good
I disagree, but I hate Megas as a whole.
Yes, if only
Doesn't really need it. It did so well without it.
This mon is kind of like Choice Band Aggron, it's scary no matter what tier it's in.
There was a brief time in Gen 8 OU where people were trying out Specs Exploud as it had the new and improved Overheat that roasted Corvi and Ferro and Hydro Pump's extra power also was good vs Heatran. Boomburst still killed everything else.
a big reason was also because it was a Normal type and thus could switch into Spectrier freely and then obliterate it with Scrappy Boomburst - being able to retain momentum against Spectrier was huge
Considering Normal’s near neutral coverage with Scrappy, even Skarmory who resists Boomburst still takes a lot of damage from it. This frees up more slots for coverage, in this case of Exploud for using moves like Focus Blast.
Only difference is that Aggron kinda sucks. While Exploud isn't.
I was making some lowlevel analysis on all the Typings and how prominent they where over the Generations.
Normal started out extremely potent up until Gen 3, then it sunk in usage hard, turning into one of the worse Types ever.
Only Blissey made it into the current OU. Even Rock, Ice, Bug, Dark, and Ghost perform better.
To be honest ghost feels like a type that would perform well. Ice is good offensive typing. Bug while not good on its own is great as a secondary type. Would like to see a video on the topic tho
Bug while hitting three types super effectively, is pretty bad offensively. Alongside Grass, it is the most resisted type, resisted by 39% of the types in the game. Grass is even more useful due to being one of the two types that hits Water super effectively.
Bug is only good as STAB, U-Turn and coverage for Psychic types (since it hits 2/3 types that resist Psychic, and most learned Signal Beam).
I agree with the other types that perform better.
The lack of resistances hurts a lot, especially now with plenty of powerful moves and fighting coverage being everywhere. And unlike rock and Ice, It brings nothing offensively. The only Reason blissey and chansey are good Is because they are min maxed special walls
@@IgnitedQuils Yeah, I was thinking about it, because of a Video of how to buff the Bugtype and realiced something.
The Number and Selection of Types weak to it is fine. Psychic is extremely prominent, but it is resisted so much, most of the Pokemon it could hurt are covered by Dualtyping.
Poison and Fairy sould just loose the Bugresistance.
Bug is interestingly a very strong Type in Combination whit other Types. Bug/Steel is better then Mono Steel.
@@Sunaki1000 Nah don't lose the resist on Poison. Poison is already a fairly weak type as is. But yeah, there was no reason to give fairy a bug resist.
Fun fact, in gen 3 there was an unused ability called Cacophony that was believed to be associated with Exploud and its evolutionary line, it was functionally identical to Soundproof.
It isn't really known why the ability was left unused since there were other identical abilities such as pure power and huge power, cloud nine and airlock (and others introduced later such as moldbreaker, turboblaze, and terravolt; also protean and libero).
It was removed from gen 4 onwards.
Cacophony sounds dumb, Soundproof is way better
@@youtubewatcher6124 It implies a completely different reason why they block sound moves.
Soundproof implies it lacks ears or is otherwise deaf (mr mime and voltorb for instance).
Cacophony on the other hand implies that the poke is so loud that it drowns out other sound moves. It fits the exploud line so well.
@@Toast_94 thanks for explaining
@@youtubewatcher6124 No problem
cacophany should be a punk rock clone for exploud tbh
Boomburst is my favorite attack in all of Pokémon and this Mon is one of the reasons why
My man!
Boomburst animation in SS is so cool
When I was a kid I always loved exploud because I had this thing where whenever I got a new Pokémon I’d never seen before, I would try every TM to see if they could learn it or not. I was so surprised when exploud could learn sooooooo many different moves it completely blew my mind. So I always just considered him as one of the better Pokémon arbitrarily lmao
Hey I do that too!
@@lockdownhamza lmao nice. I would also try every evolution stone that I had to see if they would evolve from that too. I remember that’s how I found out that murkrow evolved into Honchcrow in diamond
Delcatty, Swalot, Torkoal, Grumpig, Spinda, Zangoose, Seviper, Lunatone, Solrock, Kecleon, Tropius, Huntail, Gorebyss, Relicanth, and Latios
15 hoenn mons left
Can’t wait to see Delcatty though, considering how before Gen 7, despite being an evolved Pokemon, its BST was the same as Sableye’s and Mawile’s.
Hopefully Terrakion gets covered as well
Besides Latios & Torkoal, alot of them are gonna suck.
2022 is off to a LOUD start
HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE
Not only did Gen 8 do Exploud a service in battling, it also helped boost it odds of creating a band by adding Toxtricity, Rillaboom, and Obstagoon
and dont forget miractus to add to the band
Watching these every Sunday is enjoyable keep up the good work 👍🏾
Same! The weekly format is great!
I have been subscribed to this channel for a very long time waiting for this day let's see the glory of exploud!
I loved my Exploud. I used it in Ultra Sun's Battle Tree, and it got me all the way to 74 wins as Choice Scarf Scrappy Boomburst along with a Kommo-o Clangorous Soulblaze teammate. I stopped playing after that because I couldn't go through that gauntlet again - but I'll never forget it as my most powerful strong-all-round everything-breaker.
That’s pretty impressive
Exploud has a colorful move-pool; Fire coverage, Ice coverage, Water coverage, yet all it needed was a super strong STAB move (and a Ghost busting ability) to bring it to prominence. It doesn't even hit anything super effectively yet still takes out just about anything that doesn't resist it. If it just had a 10+ buff to its Sp. Attack it would've been a real monster.
Always exciting to see a video pop up that's way longer than you'd expect from that pokemon
How SUS was Amoonguss ACTUALLY? This has to be the year.
Yes PLEASE
@@diegoperalta6643 How long will that video be?
Skeeter Mania It would be very long, because it was used in stall and Amoonguss is one of the best vgc Pokémon of all time
Ain’t happening for a while
@@diegoperalta6643 Prediction?
I've been waiting for this for quite some time
Whismur was the very first Pokemon I found shiny, so Exploud always has a home in my heart
Great analysis! Thanks for uploading! Looking forward to seeing more of you in 2022!
"When your faced with a problem all you have to do is yell really really loud." I fucking died
6:52 I like it how there's Hitmonchan's Drain Punch in the background while you're talking about “offensive punch”. Nice detail!
This is the kind of buff I think is fun and wish there was more of. They didn’t just give it some stats or some random weird ability or move that doesn’t belong to it. They made a new move with limited distribution that specifically compliments this Pokémon’s character traits and makes it unique.
I loved this Pokémon when I first started playing Emerald. Thanks for making this!
Ah yes, a 10 point stat increase to SpDef is what Exploude needed. Not a 30 point increase to Spd, or 20 to both Attack stats
Sometimes being able to take a hit better is preferred over being a glass cannon
@@roninwarriorsfan but not in this situation
Or 50 to hp so 8ts 154 instead the half assed 104 it currently has.
@@roninwarriorsfan it doesn't have much of either the glass or the canon. Like you can be a bulky attacker and be amazing, there's plenty of examples on this channel of that. You can also be a glass Canon like infernape.
But Exploude has the same problem that Blaziken had pre-Speed boost. It can get it done, but it needs more
Boomburst is certainly a perfect attack for Exploud since it fits perfectly for the loud noise Pokémon. Plus how Exploud has a wide move pool can lead to a unique set of moves can allow players to make Exploud a threatening Pokémon on their team.
It's amazing just how much of a difference one move and/or one ability makes when it comes to making a Pokémon more viable
This reminds me of the first shiny I ever found; a shiny Loudred whilst grinding at Victory Road near Ever Grande City.
Pumbloom was one of my favorite Pokemon, I'm glad it evolved into this awesome Pokemon!
Awesome start to 2022. One of the Mons I wanted. Crossing my fingers for Ursaring, Drapion, Skuntank, Zangoose and Drifblim by the end of this year.
I think if Exploud got something hilarious as a unique move or ability like Meloetta…maybe something that protects its teammates from its spreadmoves or boosts sound based attacks that would’ve been awesome! But hey, I can live with scrappy and Boomburst
Man ive been WAITIN for this.
according to one of its pokedex entries, Relicanth doesn't evolve because it's already a perfect life-form. Shall we test this fishy tale and see how good Relicanth actually is?
Maybe the first video on 2023?
I'm the ultimate life form
- Relicanth
@@thecriticalghost4626 Ah yes, the original recoilless Head Smash user.
Got hooked on your vids about a month back - can't stop watching them. Keep up the great work!
My first shiny ever was a whismur in gen three. Forgot to save though and I have felt guilty ever since.
I’m surprised how many comments have said whismur was their first shiny
I thought we’re recovering from the last video but it turns out we’re not and I love it!
One of the main contenders for a "Sound type"
How GOOD was Boomburst ACTUALLY?
Gen 3 Exploud: “Smeargle, give me a phat beat!”
Smeargle: “Got you fam.”
Thanks for doing an episode on a Pokémon I made a Mega Evolution for once. My idea for Mega Exploud was to see what would happen if it blew out its voice or got laryngitis; as such, it became a Ghost type with an ability called "Mute Button" that would render it (as well as partners in Double/Triple Battles) unable to use sound-based moves. Its base Special Attack would increase to 131, its Speed to 98, its Special Defense to 93, and its HP to 114. Seems like Mega Exploud would clash severely with the strategies seen in this video, though. D:
Ah yes, Boomburst the Pokemon, my favorite
Awesome! This is one of my favorite normal types because of how unreal the power of Boomburst is. Thank you for making this video, FSG.
If nothing else, I love exploud's design. He's just a mouth with legs and extra holes to make even more noise.
Ah yes, one of the signature Pokémon of Gabby and Ty.
I grew to love this pokemon over the years especially when it got choice specs boomburst
Y'know, you never pay much attention to it considering how overlooked it is, but Exploud is kinda terrifying.
Bloodshot eyes, resonating tubes that blast intense jets of pressure jutting out from every corner of its body, and a deep mouth that it can open basically as wide as its body.
It's like a deafening hellspawn gremlin the more you look at it!
Fucking called it!
Also, fun fact: this is the third year opener in a row to feature a Hoenn Pokémon. 2020’s was Hariyama, 2021’s was Cacturne.
YES! I love Exploud, one of my favourite 'mons. Modest choice specs boomburst hits like a truck! 💪❤️
Luna Loud's favorite Pokemon before Toxtricity.
Design wise, I absolutely love Exploud’s design! A bulky brute with a massive mouth, so it can SCREAM it’s opponent to death! And it’s name, almost the perfect PUN!!!
Battle wise, well, LOOK AT ITS STATS!! Yes, it’s a “Jack of all trades” when it’s on its attacks, but they mean nothing if the Pokémon can’t back it up.
It ether needs a stats boost, or a new Region Form that upgrades it.
How DESPERATELY do Normal types need Boomburst ACTUALLY?
Imagine Adaptability Porygon-Z having Boomburst. Good luck dealing with that without Ghosts.
252+ SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Toxapex: 290-342 (95.3 - 112.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 164 SpD Landorus-Therian: 514-606 (134.5 - 158.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO
First shiny Pokémon I ever got in omega Ruby right after the first gym, and used him throughout the playthrough, I’ll never forget the fun those games gave me
"Sometimes all a pokemon needs to do is use one move and it becomes its defining trait"
Dracovish: 👁👄👁
Clearly Dracovish studied under Exploud and its teachings of breaking teams with only one move. Also I just realized that both Exploud and Dracovish have both abilities and moves that complement each other like an Aggron with rock head and Head Smash or an Emboar with Reckless and Flare Blitz.
Whimsur was the first pokemon I bred to have perfect 31's across the board, specifically to have a maxxed out Exploud with Boomburst for the doubles battles in the post game of gen 6 with a shuckle partner. good times.
Man, gen 3 had some of the best early game Pokemon. Taillow, Aron, Ralts, Whismur, Lotad, Seedot, Makuhita, Shroomish, Meditite, and while not exactly early game, Electrike.
You can get Elektrike before Brawly
Yeah I agree. I have a lot of nostalgia for the bunch
I don't agree Gen. 3 has the best early route mon. But some like Taillow, Ralts, Whismer, Shroomish & Lotad are pretty good. Shroomish & Lotad are probably the best ones. Taillow would have trouble against Roxanne. Whismer would get it's but whoop by Brawler & Ralts is kinda annoying to find as it's encounter rate is about 5% to find. Electrike is an little bit late as an early route. So it doesn't count. I usually get there first or fully evolved ones later down the road.
Exploud after getting Boom Burst: "So anyway, I start yelling"
I did not know that Bridger had a solid performance with Exploud once. Then again, he’s always used pretty interesting teams so I can’t say I’m surprised
That team was also brought up in the Mr. Mime video.
Exploud was one of my favorites from gen 3. It had a good amount of coverage and was pretty nice offensively.
Alternate title: How good was Boomburst actually?
This is one of my cousin that introduced me into Pokemon favorites pokemon
10 out of 10 best Pokémon! Thank you Patrons!
I have always loved exploud it's do heart warming when you see a favorite doing pretty good
Just got here already knowing one of my favorite Pokémon that I have one particular play through with one that is a fond childhood memory is gonna be low tier. Oh well.
My favourite memory with exploud was using a Scrappy one to sweep Phoebe's entire team in ORAS.
Well Exploud taught us one thing, if you let your voice of love take you higher, you will succeed no matter what.
Wonderful way to start off the year. The Whismur Evolution Line will absolutely always be my #1 Favorite Pokémon of all time. Everything I see in me, I see in them. To a point, I AM them (yes, I have a booming voice, but I also see a lot more in them that most people don't). Every FSG video I kept hoping would finally be this one, and as soon as I looked and saw this video in my Subscription Feed, I just smiled my absolute brightest, stared at the thumbnail in joy for about 10 minutes, pulled out my Exploud Figure to sit on my lap as I watched this, and then I proceeded to sit through this entire thing. And now I'm even more happy to see that Exploud didn't totally stink and had a lot of good moments, especially in Later Generations.
Exploud is very underrated in my opinion. Base 490 isn’t bad, and by nature of being a Normal type gives it a very wide movepool. And when Boomburst got added, it had another sound based Normal move much stronger than Hyper Voice. But yeah, various other normal types surpass it: Tauros, Blissey, Snorlax, Miltank, Ursaring, and of course Slaking (if you don’t take Truant into consideration).
It’s a shame. It’s very cool and deserves some more recognition.
0:28 Although I was a guitarist in a failed death metal band, we did have Exploud and damn, was he the perfect demon for our voice.
Like i said in the Venomoth video, it's crazy the fact that giving a Pokemon just one move can entirely change it's Competitive career
OU: So tell me, how does one get to my ranking
for some time
Exploud: Stab Boomburst with Scrappy with Choice Specs
Competitive Career: Exploud started off as a small threat that used Salac Berry + Belly Drum Pass. Though, it was all he had in the beginning. But Gen 4 came and he could never come back to it. When Gen 6 came and Boomburst was gifted to him, high and low tiers learnt to fear the words of *”EXPLOUD!!!!”*
Finally, another Pokémon I used during a playthrough and fell in love with that saw competitive success, that's another one for my surprisingly short list.