I had the same immediate thoughts as you. It seems like they always buff something, but then make that buff irrelevant by also buffing the counter, which was already heavily represented in the meta. No scald nerf is insane. And Feraligatr buff is cool, but Lanturn are still everywhere.
Ultra premier is total PogChamp. Yes, I would love version without XL mons even more, but still, that's what I waited for. Now just bring back lvl 40 master and I need nothing more.
@@noahrofsky3255 i don’t have any legendary level 50 powered up. I have a shundo kyogre and hundo mewtwo and that’s it at level 40. I use my hundo non legendary’s at legend rank and win quite frequently. Master league is sort of free wins right now. Everyone running 100% zygarde, solgaleo, and landorus. Very easy counter with fairy, mammoswine, etc.
@@noahrofsky3255 the only difficulty is getting the hundos of pseudos like dragonite, or other high cp mons like excadrill, mamoswine, florges, togekiss etc. if you donmt have those hold off.
I think the biggest change is araqunid. Like resiting everything from wishcash. Good vs normal dragons and strong vs grass and cres and dark? Only weakness is flying? Cover it with lanturn and you are Gucci? Also hakomo o? The middle evolution? I always liked dragon tail lead. Just push through first match up and go back into shield disadvantage but secure switch. Now you can put brick break into enemies and debuff them
@@whaletastic9200 I just pretend they don't exist! Easy :) But to be for real. Yeah they don't resist outside of carbink which you deal super effective too
On the one hand, yeah they buffed the hell out of water. On the other hand, it actually may serve as a deterrent to Whiscash/Poliwrath. This season, you could spam either because the primary water on the other side was Whis or Poli too and you could hit for neutral (or at least neutral counters in the Poli mirror). Now, other waters might be viable and they will resist what they have ie Araquanid who resists everything from Whis and Poli
Hi Dan thank you for answering me I understand that the free research was for the previous poke go event I do all free research I just didn’t get it for some reason was listening to you tell me about it looked and waited but no I am very angry at pokego for allowing cheaters for years now and nerfing remotes and incense maybe they are messing with me
Do we think Litten Comm Day is coming this season? If so, it would explain the buff to water and ground. There always seem to be pokémon added during a season that alter the meta, even slightly. Anniliape is a good example last season. It would be interesting if content creators would do an analysis looking ahead and making predictions for what might be coming versus always looking at the past meta and what the updates mean for that.
i have a feeling some of the new fast moves (at least psywave and sand attack) are 1 turn moves. also, metal sound is only 3 power, so i'm guessing that one will be a mud shot/psycho cut clone.
Them buffing Water Pulse at the same time as nerfing Scald would have made a lot of sense as a way to help offset the "nerf" Whiscash would have received otherwise. But nah, it's still just going to run Scald because that move is absolutely insane lmao
Water Pulse on Dewgong! sooo is WP a better option than non-stab drill run? DR is good for lanturn/registeel (A slash) but WP is gonna hit hard stunfisk and fires. i was thinking if they buffed WP wouldn't it just be surf? which begs- what's better WP or surf? RIP grass buff. Nice buff for marowak, wonder if any reason to run shadow ball?
@@AgusLearnsPvP Ngl I like tentacruel so I'll allow that 😂 I just hate the flying toilet seat because I can never deal with it as I don't really run electric types.
Ultra premier, master premier, great league remix, spring cup, and mostly good distribution minus catch cup GL and LC the second to last week. Good changes to that. Metal claw, psywave, and sand attack are cool, but why add them if they won't be useful. No scald nerf is annoying, but a water pulse buff is awesome for a couple mons. Shadow claw gator is fantastic, i have some great iv ones for that. No real changes to pvp as a whole is lame. No cups with shorter switch timers or anything to change the format up. Still going to be boring and stale a few weeks in imo
From Digglet to Gastrodon the list was only about giving true legacy moves back, that's why it seems random like Psybeam Starmie. There are still a few true legacies left though like quick attack pichu, staryu, starmie and porygon, acid on the koffing and grimer line, psybeam on chansey and I think Grass Knot Pikachu, bite Shedinja and maybe a few more
Quick attack starmie is a mistake not a legacy. Starmie was never supposed to have that move, so if you have it, you have it. Don't expect that to come back. Lileep has always been able to learn bullet seed so why Niantic was keeping Bullet Seed hostage for so long.
Might as well say you just don't like this game anymore. Beyond the hype is super misleading. The extra free raid is absolutely amazing. Some of these wild spawns are great for people like me that just recently started doing PvP. Like, your videos have been super helpful. I hit right between 2250 and 2300 on my first season and managed all 500 wins for all the XL rare candy and elite TM. But at this point just say you're not enjoying yourself anymore.
Open your eyes buddy. The game is so uninteresting, and none of these bonuses are good for THE ENTIRE SEASON! No more trading with a friend for some precious xl candies and no increased chance of rare XL candies. Plus, pretty trash move updates and even trasher cups. Once you become a more seasoned veteran in pvp, you can start to complain about thing.
@SourSalmon if that's what you believe it's on you. It's a more grindy season. But saying it isn't hype us straight BS. There's plenty to look forward to. Come into your videos with the same energy as Reis. Man is always hype. If you aren't having a good time you're taking it too seriously. I get that it's competitive, but that doesn't mean it isn't great for regular players. Literally calling a series of videos "beyond the hype" is nit picking the down sides. It's honestly not good for his page or the game.
well he's admitted he's falling out of love with the game. there's even a video on it on the channel where he says he's going to be less active with the videos. i get what you mean though, he's letting his bad vibes leak into the videos, it's pretty obvious. @hbell2534
@@dakotahbell2534Hate to be that guy but you do realize it’s a choice to sit here and watch everything not for everyone and if you’re looking for unbiased opinions here is the place to be. If you’re looking for a “WOWE EVERYTHING SO COOL AND FUN” then you should probably just move on. Video is literally called “Beyond the Hype”Even though it’s a comment section and everyone opinions is welcome I think the creator knows whats best for his channel. Take what matters to you from the video and carry on. More to the video than the little concern you have with what the creator does with his platform. He might not enjoy the game with the current changes but to get up and upload daily tell you a lot the passion is still there, not wrong for wanting more effective changes to better the game, and give everyone a chance to have access to see new meta Pokemon surface that people love.
This sounds so weird... Why add a low dmg psychic fast move when there is psycho cut? Why they didn't nerf psycho cut to nerf creslia for example at the same time?? This new season looks.. Boring
You are weird. 0 reason nerf psycho cut. psychic is one worst typing current in pokemon go. Ya know niantic cant throw any move to any pokemon? if pokemon dont learn that move in main series it not learn pokemon go either. What comes season i just dont get they again buffing water types even more? it just this point 90% water type every league
@@affi6064 well making a mud shot clone and psycho cut clone and nerfing these 2 a little bit and thus only hurt main meta while giving the other stuff the new moves would be decent I think. But they didn't
Seasonal bonuses are a disgrace. Niandik doubling down on pay to win. Just getting a couple new mons this whole season and more recycled content. Looks like it’s time to step away from the game
Good video. Thanks for uploading so quickly! Notes if you want them: I know you’re losing excitement for the game, but it’s leaking into your videos in ways that feels kind of like a total bummer to watch. Sometimes I feel like I’m watching you eat your vegetables, so to speak. I don’t need performative hype or false energy, but maybe some thing that shows me you’re happy to be here? Just one guys thought.
yeah i agree that i can feel the bad vibes throughout the video and it's kind of a bummer. at the same time dan isn't attempting to hide this - he has a video about how he's fallen out of love with the game on this very channel so he's not trying to act like nothing's changed.
i love again every content creator spam those "best season ever" videos XD nothing really nice this season just more water types which we got already like 90% of meta Only what good is master premier back. tho sad not really nothing new on master mons than feraligator and aqua tail buff which make gyarados even stronger.
Let me tell this the season looks Garbage they brought back the Premier Versions of Ultra/Masters am they just made things one sided… Gallide is going to unstable now am everywhere am the Mon that had been a pain in the neck for some seasons Dragonair is now going to be a bigger pain! What joke! Man thank gob I didn’t power up any ultra league mons! It seems we are going back in time on this one!
the next GBL Season should be called "404 Not Found"
I had the same immediate thoughts as you. It seems like they always buff something, but then make that buff irrelevant by also buffing the counter, which was already heavily represented in the meta. No scald nerf is insane. And Feraligatr buff is cool, but Lanturn are still everywhere.
Ultra premier is total PogChamp. Yes, I would love version without XL mons even more, but still, that's what I waited for. Now just bring back lvl 40 master and I need nothing more.
They said they’ll never bring back lvl 40 cups again like 5 seasons ago. Classic formats are gone bc people have had enough time to build resources.
As someone who just recently turned level 43, winning 30 master league battles to level up is probably going to be impossible without a premier
@@noahrofsky3255Find a friend to battle with and let him surrender immediately, easy!
@@noahrofsky3255 i don’t have any legendary level 50 powered up. I have a shundo kyogre and hundo mewtwo and that’s it at level 40. I use my hundo non legendary’s at legend rank and win quite frequently. Master league is sort of free wins right now. Everyone running 100% zygarde, solgaleo, and landorus. Very easy counter with fairy, mammoswine, etc.
@@noahrofsky3255 the only difficulty is getting the hundos of pseudos like dragonite, or other high cp mons like excadrill, mamoswine, florges, togekiss etc. if you donmt have those hold off.
I think the biggest change is araqunid.
Like resiting everything from wishcash.
Good vs normal dragons and strong vs grass and cres and dark?
Only weakness is flying? Cover it with lanturn and you are Gucci?
Also hakomo o? The middle evolution? I always liked dragon tail lead. Just push through first match up and go back into shield disadvantage but secure switch. Now you can put brick break into enemies and debuff them
electric and rock types
Araquanid is also weak to Electric and Rock.
Also: *Whiscash.
Bug bite is bad move i dont think it can be that good
@@whaletastic9200 I just pretend they don't exist! Easy :)
But to be for real. Yeah they don't resist outside of carbink which you deal super effective too
It's meh true. Perhaps infestation to get more energy and use the good charge attacks and ignore fast move dmg
Just to counter some of the other comments, I appreciate your honesty and don't find it overly negative.
On the one hand, yeah they buffed the hell out of water. On the other hand, it actually may serve as a deterrent to Whiscash/Poliwrath. This season, you could spam either because the primary water on the other side was Whis or Poli too and you could hit for neutral (or at least neutral counters in the Poli mirror). Now, other waters might be viable and they will resist what they have ie Araquanid who resists everything from Whis and Poli
Hi Dan thank you for answering me I understand that the free research was for the previous poke go event I do all free research I just didn’t get it for some reason was listening to you tell me about it looked and waited but no I am very angry at pokego for allowing cheaters for years now and nerfing remotes and incense maybe they are messing with me
Do we think Litten Comm Day is coming this season? If so, it would explain the buff to water and ground. There always seem to be pokémon added during a season that alter the meta, even slightly. Anniliape is a good example last season. It would be interesting if content creators would do an analysis looking ahead and making predictions for what might be coming versus always looking at the past meta and what the updates mean for that.
lanturn is going to be everywhere again isn't it...resists water and has electric to deal with other waters.
Weak to ground
i have a feeling some of the new fast moves (at least psywave and sand attack) are 1 turn moves. also, metal sound is only 3 power, so i'm guessing that one will be a mud shot/psycho cut clone.
Running lead shadow victreebel I’m tired of all these water Pokemon lol
Cringe. So many cooler, more unique grass types out there.
Who else u gonna use on the team
I'm definitely excited for feralergatr and empoleon to be useful in the UL again
Oh god well let me give the hands up… they are trash you know why bc of Gallade ( getting that new move) they don’t have no where to go! Sorry
Naah, just see the sims analysis,their winrates are crazy
@ssj2trunks103 okay, if they lose to gallade getting a psychic type fury cutter... so?
This is the Gatr season, get used to it
@@EthanS151 you can say that again! Lol I am ready!
@ssj2trunks103 what team u gonna use. I want legend
Them buffing Water Pulse at the same time as nerfing Scald would have made a lot of sense as a way to help offset the "nerf" Whiscash would have received otherwise. But nah, it's still just going to run Scald because that move is absolutely insane lmao
I was hoping some grass and electric moves get buffed...instead water got EVEN MORE!!! WEE!!!
It's not a coincidence that they boost water and host an electric cup, right? They want to increase the use of electric.
Shadow ampharos ready ⚡️
Lol Lanturn is already one of the top 5 used pokemon. You're just giving it more play
I just wish Ampharos had trailblaze@@purpl3spri7e
Water Pulse on Dewgong! sooo is WP a better option than non-stab drill run? DR is good for lanturn/registeel (A slash) but WP is gonna hit hard stunfisk and fires. i was thinking if they buffed WP wouldn't it just be surf? which begs- what's better WP or surf? RIP grass buff. Nice buff for marowak, wonder if any reason to run shadow ball?
Dan, please don’t quit! Just keep one video a week if you get discouraged! I love the videos man!
I feel this is to indirectly buff grass. Grass is super good against water and ground
Regarding Metal Sound, you looked at damage for Raid, not PvP, no? So we could expect the steel version of Mud shot.
Mountain carbink.
They have banned mantine and toxapex for spring cup but not pelipper... Great, flying toilet seats everywhere
Nor Tentacruel. It is a weird ban list, to be honest.
@thylzos came here to point out tentacruel...and therefore also shadow tentacruel. Hello 2 shield farm down toxic cup!
@@AgusLearnsPvP Ngl I like tentacruel so I'll allow that 😂 I just hate the flying toilet seat because I can never deal with it as I don't really run electric types.
Maybe the new Pokemon that will come will bring some chages? Whatever I'm not mad, I can enjoy my rank 30 Shadow Dragonair for one more season.
I think psywave is gonna be a powder snow / vine whip / etc clone
Ultra premier, master premier, great league remix, spring cup, and mostly good distribution minus catch cup GL and LC the second to last week. Good changes to that. Metal claw, psywave, and sand attack are cool, but why add them if they won't be useful. No scald nerf is annoying, but a water pulse buff is awesome for a couple mons. Shadow claw gator is fantastic, i have some great iv ones for that. No real changes to pvp as a whole is lame. No cups with shorter switch timers or anything to change the format up. Still going to be boring and stale a few weeks in imo
Feraligatr is going to be so strong. I can’t wait to use it in great league and ultra league.
Goomy likely getting a cday this season. If they give us the hissuian form too that might be meta in all 3 leagues
Did they just remove the additional fast and elite TM reward when reaching rank 19?
From Digglet to Gastrodon the list was only about giving true legacy moves back, that's why it seems random like Psybeam Starmie.
There are still a few true legacies left though like quick attack pichu, staryu, starmie and porygon, acid on the koffing and grimer line, psybeam on chansey and I think Grass Knot Pikachu, bite Shedinja and maybe a few more
Quick attack starmie is a mistake not a legacy. Starmie was never supposed to have that move, so if you have it, you have it. Don't expect that to come back. Lileep has always been able to learn bullet seed so why Niantic was keeping Bullet Seed hostage for so long.
Got a hundo Dugtrio now I can use it, also thank you for covering this!
Lol for what? To look at? It’s not gonna make dugtrio a super star
@@VGDominationit’s cool to have. Not like Dugtrio is top meta even with the buff, so IVs don’t matter at all.
I could see Gastrodon being a menace this season. Mud Slap, Body Slam, buffed Water Pulse
You forgot about Dragonair did you!? That thing is going to be to much!
@@ssj2trunks103 yeah Dragonair definitely needed a buff to Aqua Tail 😂 (sarcasm btw)
I'll be running more ampharos I think
Water, water, everywhere, but not a drop of drip. This looks like last season..... still looking forward to it😅
Why isn't gligar banned in remix? And dragonair? Were they less in the greatleague than the ghost crocodile?
Don't know, maybe in the higher elos they're less common. At least I haven't face a gligar for some time.
Carbink is crazy, I would definitely hunt this for a 0 attack. I hope I can get some wild spawns
The rank 1 for GL is 5/15/15
@@Micefu In that case that thing, and you can even trade them as well. Thanks for the correction
Niantic reaaaaly hates Toxapex. It has access to Liquidation, Surf, Water Pulse in main series... but still remains only with trashy Brine.
Ok fine, I'm just going to run a Shiftry to legend next season
Great info as always, thank you!
The incompetence continues to shine over at niantic
Niantic definitely has a favorite type and they are not even pretending!
Take another look at Goodra In GL. You def overlooked its potential.
I cover it tomorrow
Maybe it’s just giving grass a time to shine! I’ve been waiting 🤞
The fact they left Scald as is pisses me off more they nerfed Breaking Swipe straight away...
Alolan Raichu, is that you playa? 👀
Might as well say you just don't like this game anymore. Beyond the hype is super misleading. The extra free raid is absolutely amazing. Some of these wild spawns are great for people like me that just recently started doing PvP. Like, your videos have been super helpful. I hit right between 2250 and 2300 on my first season and managed all 500 wins for all the XL rare candy and elite TM. But at this point just say you're not enjoying yourself anymore.
Open your eyes buddy. The game is so uninteresting, and none of these bonuses are good for THE ENTIRE SEASON! No more trading with a friend for some precious xl candies and no increased chance of rare XL candies. Plus, pretty trash move updates and even trasher cups. Once you become a more seasoned veteran in pvp, you can start to complain about thing.
@SourSalmon if that's what you believe it's on you. It's a more grindy season. But saying it isn't hype us straight BS. There's plenty to look forward to. Come into your videos with the same energy as Reis. Man is always hype. If you aren't having a good time you're taking it too seriously. I get that it's competitive, but that doesn't mean it isn't great for regular players. Literally calling a series of videos "beyond the hype" is nit picking the down sides. It's honestly not good for his page or the game.
well he's admitted he's falling out of love with the game. there's even a video on it on the channel where he says he's going to be less active with the videos. i get what you mean though, he's letting his bad vibes leak into the videos, it's pretty obvious. @hbell2534
@@dakotahbell2534Hate to be that guy but you do realize it’s a choice to sit here and watch everything not for everyone and if you’re looking for unbiased opinions here is the place to be. If you’re looking for a “WOWE EVERYTHING SO COOL AND FUN” then you should probably just move on. Video is literally called “Beyond the Hype”Even though it’s a comment section and everyone opinions is welcome I think the creator knows whats best for his channel. Take what matters to you from the video and carry on. More to the video than the little concern you have with what the creator does with his platform. He might not enjoy the game with the current changes but to get up and upload daily tell you a lot the passion is still there, not wrong for wanting more effective changes to better the game, and give everyone a chance to have access to see new meta Pokemon surface that people love.
Scald didn't get nerfed shout out to Niantic for keeping it a buck
Feraligatr shadow is just to broken because it is top 9 in great leuge 2 in ultra and even 59 i master leuge with Max cup of 3200 😂
I guess catch cup is just here to stay every season now.. ugh, so lame
Grass needs help
This sounds so weird...
Why add a low dmg psychic fast move when there is psycho cut? Why they didn't nerf psycho cut to nerf creslia for example at the same time??
This new season looks.. Boring
You are weird. 0 reason nerf psycho cut. psychic is one worst typing current in pokemon go.
Ya know niantic cant throw any move to any pokemon? if pokemon dont learn that move in main series it not learn pokemon go either.
What comes season i just dont get they again buffing water types even more? it just this point 90% water type every league
@@affi6064 well making a mud shot clone and psycho cut clone and nerfing these 2 a little bit and thus only hurt main meta while giving the other stuff the new moves would be decent I think. But they didn't
Seasonal bonuses are a disgrace. Niandik doubling down on pay to win. Just getting a couple new mons this whole season and more recycled content. Looks like it’s time to step away from the game
This update is the same as the update when they gave boom burst to alot of pokemon meh
Steel & Water = Dialga & Palkia
Always a pleasure
Surprise, Surprise Niantic aren't listening to the community SMH
YES MASTER PRIMEIRE !
Good video. Thanks for uploading so quickly!
Notes if you want them: I know you’re losing excitement for the game, but it’s leaking into your videos in ways that feels kind of like a total bummer to watch. Sometimes I feel like I’m watching you eat your vegetables, so to speak. I don’t need performative hype or false energy, but maybe some thing that shows me you’re happy to be here? Just one guys thought.
yeah i agree that i can feel the bad vibes throughout the video and it's kind of a bummer. at the same time dan isn't attempting to hide this - he has a video about how he's fallen out of love with the game on this very channel so he's not trying to act like nothing's changed.
People play PVP?-Niantic
i love again every content creator spam those "best season ever" videos XD nothing really nice this season just more water types which we got already like 90% of meta
Only what good is master premier back. tho sad not really nothing new on master mons than feraligator and aqua tail buff which make gyarados even stronger.
How does the OG Swampert keep avoiding the ban for great league remix 😂
bring back diggersby xl
Pvp GL is getting worse every season
Let me tell this the season looks Garbage they brought back the Premier Versions of Ultra/Masters am they just made things one sided… Gallide is going to unstable now am everywhere am the Mon that had been a pain in the neck for some seasons Dragonair is now going to be a bigger pain!
What joke! Man thank gob I didn’t power up any ultra league mons! It seems we are going back in time on this one!
Got to say I had to stop at the 6 minute mark. I'm always excited for the season transitions but your pessimism is ruining the hype
Dan’s “pessimism” IS the hype!
its realism
@@claisse7 that's not realism lol
Why sugar coat a shitty season?
just his opinion
Ngl imo another boring season of gbl inc, see you in 3 months for something new "maybe"