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I would argue that that statement, while not enough on its own, leans towards showing that Ariados is not a horse, as, not knowing just what it is, all we can say is that it is not a pony with only one trick, which overall reduces its chances of being a pony generally
Same can be said for Abomasnow, which although not immune to Kyogre's attacks the same way Shedinja is, it still resists the water STAB and thunder while being neutral to ice beam and replacing the rain with hail
It's actually not amazing vs Darkrai, Darkrai can't sleep it but it's still going to knock it out. Problem is, that's better than most other pokemon can do, and Deoxys-Speed is incredibly common so it's got that at least. It's a suicide lead Toxic Spiker at the end of the day, not much more than that. Having a niche in Ubers is impressive no matter how you look at it, don't get me wrong though.
@@natnew32 And that's precisely why players ran Focus Sash on it, so that a super effective fart from the spider could definitely take the base 90 Def ghost down in one hit/turn
@oolureoo The issue is that because Ariados doesn't have a stronger Bug-type STAB move than Bug Bite, so it doesn't actually KO Darkrai if it chooses to do that instead of getting 1 layer of Toxic Spikes and then dying: 252+ Atk Ariados Bug Bite vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Darkrai: 186-218 (66.1 - 77.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252+ Atk Ariados Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Darkrai: 41-48 (14.5 - 17%) -- possible 6HKO Max 75% + Max 17% = Max 92% If your goal is to set Toxic Spikes in the lead, Tentacruel is just a better choice because it doesn't lose to any lead that isn't Deoxys-S.
I know quagsire does its own thing, so it's not "bad". But shout-out to my favorite fellow for staring Zacian in its prime in the eyes and going "nah, I'd win".
As Magcargo finally got accepted, it begs the question: Who is the president of the horse council? Who is pulling the horse-shaped strings, almost excluding Magcargo from its kin? Is it Palkia, disguised in its origin form, manipulating the horse council from another dimension? I guess only time will tell.
But time will never tell, as Dialga, while quadrupedal, is not a horse, and thus is not privy to any of the inner machinations of the horse council. Palkia has the council well and truly monopolized, with Spectrier and Glastrier only as the faux-president and vice president respectively.
I remember building Ariados as a Darkrai counter back when I was the only kid in the neighborhood without access to Action Replay to get my own. It was one of my proudest moments in casual cartridge battles.
I've always liked the Ubers tier because it's so bizarre. The power level is so high based on a lot of the 'mons, which also results in weird stuff like Quagsire, Klefki, and the mons highlighted here being viable on teams. Also though it's also been mentioned in the comments, Gen 3 Ubers, Shedinja is actually viable.
It almost feels like a few select pokemon being so high power makes the format at base really linear and samey. Anti-meta works super consistently because even if they need to play around an answer, rhe Right Answers are so Right that they're still gonna get picked.
I remember a full pu trick room team that was used in ubers. Solrock to wall primal groudon, wobuffet to 1v1 xerneas, marowak, rampardos and glaceon as sweepers iirc. Carbink was the last to set trick room. Solrock was awesome.
9:54 "Outrunning Deoxys-Speed with a choice scarf, can you imagine such a thing ?" Yes, Barraskewda, that fricking fish that I hate, can do it in rain if it has a Jolly nature. It hits 816 speed while scarfed Deoxys-Speed has 756
The transitions from battle scene snippets to Teanbuilder+Jimothy and back are really good. Satisfying to watch and effective for quick demonstrations of points.
I think i mentioned it in a previous weather video, but back on 09-10, parasect had a small niche in gen4 ubers. Kyogre was the most common mon, and the choice versions were the most common options, so it could switch in, and with spore/x-scissor/aromatherapy/lightscreen, it actualy could support, while x-scissor threaten quiet a bit of the metagame, all while getting constantly healed
@@Green_Knight-PKMN Max HP, Max Special Defense, 4 ATK. Careful. Leftovers, Assault Vest after gen 5. X-Scissor (or leech life/mega horn in later gens), Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch. The fourth slot can be anything really. Fell stinger, Knock Off, Dig/Stomping Tantrum, Nightshade, Foul Play, or Trailblaze.
What? Assault vest isn't in dpp. Ariados loses hard to darkrai. It's is outsped and 2 hit by darkrai. The only possible way to beat it is for your opponent to forget insomnia exists?
Slurpuff despite being nu in gen 8 was a solid webs suicide lead in ubers thanks to webs, magic coat and misty explosion, as well as having the coveted unburden Quite a funny niche to have and its currently ranked B- in SS Ubers
8:05 I can recall Big Yellow discussing the DPP Ubers metagame and Araidos's impact on the lead metagame in his Creative Strategies video (oh yea Araidos gets Pursuit in Gen 4 so you can pursuit any potential switches too!) The lead metagame boils down to Deoxys Speed and if your lead ain't Deoxys Speed, can it: A. Beat Deoxys Speed? B. Stop it from getting too many hazards up? or C. Do you have a plan in the back to get rid of the hazards later? And if it ca't do either of the three, then your entire team is bad.
I legitimately didn't believe this until I ran some calcs and considered it's ability and typing. It actually makes a lot of sense, it can easily get a switch on Kyogre or Groudon - Kyogre thanks to it's dry skin and groudon thanks it's to it's 4x resistance of precipice blades, and after that it can live options from either of them (barring fire punch like you said) and fire off spore. Actually kinda nuts. Without ANY SpDef investment it's highly likely to survive a standard CM Kyogre Ice Beam (assuming it hasn't boosted).
Magcargo should have gotten water immunity, so it could have walled Kyogre. Probably would have died to a couple of thunders since it's stats are awful, but let me dream.
Skeledirge in Ubers for Gen9, despite being a UU tiered Pokémon. He already cemented himself as my favourite starter, but this funny little niche really gave him some extra character I didn't know he needed. William Wisp is a distinguished, yet blissfully Unaware, himbo.
skeledirge isn't really *bad* anywhere, everywhere it's allowed it's at least decent it just mostly gets used on stall in ou and stall doesn't show up enough for it to be ou proper
@@lucasgreer1736 that would make sense. i feel like just nuking the opening really isn't like... all that good tho, esp since you have leads like gliscor who like to click protect t1
Jimothy is now part of my nightly routine with his soothing voice telling me about competitive Pokémon and the adventures of Macargo. I mean that in the most respectful way possible. I like hearing his voice lol
Big Yellow either has a video or references one about how Gen1 Aerodactyl has a niche walling Physical Mew sets. I don't recall the specifics or the video, but physMew runs EQ and Slam as it's physical coverage which Aero conveniently resists all of
Golbat also hilarious walls a Mew set, specifically an earthquake only set, and would use confuse ray to use its own boosted attack against it. I could be wrong, I haven't watched the reverend video in a while
I think my favorite example might be parasect in gen 4 ubers but more specificaly in VGC. This lil guy is downright useless despite having spore in almost every metagame it was in and then gen 4 vgc happened and it somehow becomes a menace. I love it. On an other note congratulations to magcargo for getting a spot in the horse council, very proud of them.
gen 8 ubers had these two: slurpuff has unburden + sticky web + misty explosion as a lead and audino has normal type + decent physical defense to withstand psyshock + knock off to be a backup calyrex check
Solrock in Gen 6/7 as a wall against Primal Groudon. Fire resist, Ground immunity, Fire Spin for chip damage and Morning Sun that's boosted by Groudon's own weather for improved recovery.
I discovered Ariados as a lead for Gen 6 Ubers: Focus Sash Insomnia Sticky Web Poison Jab (2HKO Geomancy Xerneas) Shadow Sneak/Sucker Punch Pin Missile (for Lvl 1 leads and focus sashes)
I remember back in the day seeing the Flaming Spade using Primeape to counter Darkrai since it has Vital Spirit and with a choice scarf it threatens with Close Combat and U turn.
Swift Swim Kabutops abusing your opponent’s Kyogre’s rain reminds me of SV Ubers where Korraidon is so ubiquitous you can reliably run chlorophyll or photosynthesis without your own Korraidon or booster energy
Pelipper is actually doing this in current vgc format where its being used on alot of teams where they arent even rain teams and its being used mainly for its ability to counter koraidon and groudon and its access to wide guard also makes it super useful vs both calyrex and terrapagos.
Thisnwas a pretty great idea for a video. The only thing like this I knew about was Parisect who could kind of deal with Primal Kyogre, so all of this was cool to me.
Not sure which outro i like more, the Wes Montgomery sounding jazzy one or the three 6 mafia type beat with the og pokemon stadium announcer. Theyre both great
I don’t know the usage stats or viability ranking but back when Gen 6 was current I used to run a bulky klefki with spikes, twave, toxic, and play rough, it was great for just annoying everything on the opponents team but also crucially gave me a game plan against xernas with geomancy after it set up.
Think you’ll ever talk about what’s used in unrestricted formats? Like old clauses and bans that would be used into todays current meta or older metas?
In DPP Ubers, Max SpD Ludicolo with Rain Dish/Protect/Leech Seed is literally the most reliable Specs Kyogre counter in the entire game (not counting Shedinja because Gen 4 calcs usually assume Rocks are up)
As an advocate of *Slug Supremacy* one of my favourite choices of this kind is Gastrodon, who really likes messing up Kyogre's day despite being seen as a lower tier pokemon
I would love to see an update to the Emerald Too Many Types mod that adds a Horse type and including Magcargo to replace Slugma's Deez type on evolution.
Noctowl was a very good Darkrai counter. It couldn't be out to sleep, had great special bulk and hp. And attack back with nigh shade against its low hp
I remember carrying vaporeon in SV OU and having to sweep so many people in showdown, because there are so many Walking wake at the moment, and i manage to stored power them all
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“Ariados is not just a one trick pony”- Ariados is a horse confirmed.
I would argue that that statement, while not enough on its own, leans towards showing that Ariados is not a horse, as, not knowing just what it is, all we can say is that it is not a pony with only one trick, which overall reduces its chances of being a pony generally
Hmm… it would appear that we are back to where we started. However have you considered the fact that Ariados has a HP stat… as in Horse Power?
We will see if he can enter the horse council
Can Ariados join the horse council ?
Its not on the Horse Council, myth busted
Oh Magcargo, I am so happy you made it into the horse council.
Meganium would NOT be happy about this.
@@peelsbanana1626 The future paradox form of Meganium: Iron Dino, will have its revenge.
Iron Horse
Magcargo: OK
@@RedRockin6grass/steel?
fell to my knees in a poke mart after I saw the past paradox form hot snail making it to the council
Darkrai has arachnophobia🕷🕸
I mean, Darkrai is a dark type. Weak to Bug types
make this the top comment
This is insane
Not even the dream terroriser can withstand peak form of arthropoda. W for our 3 body segment folks
Sticky Web + Struggle Bug is based.
Ariados being immune to Darkrai’s thing feels like Magneto being outwitted by a wooden gun and then him submitting because he has been tricked.
Congratulations to Magcargo. I've said all along, if learning High Horsepower doesn't make you a horse, what does?
Being horse-shaped
This makes snorlax a horse
@@maaren3150 Snorlax
Sn or lax
H or lax
H or se
Wake up
By that logic, Rillaboom, Klawf, Probopass, Gliscor, Poliwrath, Miltank, Hippowdon, Dugtrio, Machamp, Pinsir, Tauros, Mew, Sudowoodo, Quagsire, Heracross, Whiscash, Avalugg, Zygarde, Guzzlord, Drednaw, Falinks, Oinkologne, Revavroom, Sandy Shocks, and Clodsire are all horses
@@calook1334 Yes, that's correct.
I would like to extend my congratulations to Magcargo on his acceptance into the Horse Council, and wish him the best in his future career endeavours.
Magcargo posting this on Linkedin
after a run in with this funny bug, darkrai will be the one having Bad Dreams
shedinja walling the living crap out of practically all kyogre sets
Same can be said for Abomasnow, which although not immune to Kyogre's attacks the same way Shedinja is, it still resists the water STAB and thunder while being neutral to ice beam and replacing the rain with hail
Also walls Xerneas in gen 8. Also all Zacian-c sets, but it kinda cant to much in return.
And as always punishes choice items as certain Dynamax mons.
@@matthewkuscienko4616 Abomasnow still gets 2HKOd by Specs Ice Beam
Ancient Power tho
And also Toxic.
@@benjamincecilio5063are you REALLY gonna run 60BP ancient power JUST to hit shedinja? Really!?
Ariados being a counter to Darkrai in gen 4 ubers is hysterical to me
Gen 6 as well, wild times
It's actually not amazing vs Darkrai, Darkrai can't sleep it but it's still going to knock it out. Problem is, that's better than most other pokemon can do, and Deoxys-Speed is incredibly common so it's got that at least. It's a suicide lead Toxic Spiker at the end of the day, not much more than that. Having a niche in Ubers is impressive no matter how you look at it, don't get me wrong though.
@@natnew32 And that's precisely why players ran Focus Sash on it, so that a super effective fart from the spider could definitely take the base 90 Def ghost down in one hit/turn
We are using Mega horn with this one 🔥
@oolureoo The issue is that because Ariados doesn't have a stronger Bug-type STAB move than Bug Bite, so it doesn't actually KO Darkrai if it chooses to do that instead of getting 1 layer of Toxic Spikes and then dying:
252+ Atk Ariados Bug Bite vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Darkrai: 186-218 (66.1 - 77.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ Atk Ariados Sucker Punch vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Darkrai: 41-48 (14.5 - 17%) -- possible 6HKO
Max 75% + Max 17% = Max 92%
If your goal is to set Toxic Spikes in the lead, Tentacruel is just a better choice because it doesn't lose to any lead that isn't Deoxys-S.
I know quagsire does its own thing, so it's not "bad". But shout-out to my favorite fellow for staring Zacian in its prime in the eyes and going "nah, I'd win".
When nobody else got me, quagsire got me.👆🏻👆🏻
Usually, you're trading one for one unless you get crit
@@lewisgregory1996sounds like a win to me
As Magcargo finally got accepted, it begs the question: Who is the president of the horse council? Who is pulling the horse-shaped strings, almost excluding Magcargo from its kin? Is it Palkia, disguised in its origin form, manipulating the horse council from another dimension? I guess only time will tell.
But time will never tell, as Dialga, while quadrupedal, is not a horse, and thus is not privy to any of the inner machinations of the horse council. Palkia has the council well and truly monopolized, with Spectrier and Glastrier only as the faux-president and vice president respectively.
I remember building Ariados as a Darkrai counter back when I was the only kid in the neighborhood without access to Action Replay to get my own. It was one of my proudest moments in casual cartridge battles.
Magcargo is out there achieving dreams and breaking down barriers. What an inspiration.
I've always liked the Ubers tier because it's so bizarre. The power level is so high based on a lot of the 'mons, which also results in weird stuff like Quagsire, Klefki, and the mons highlighted here being viable on teams.
Also though it's also been mentioned in the comments, Gen 3 Ubers, Shedinja is actually viable.
It almost feels like a few select pokemon being so high power makes the format at base really linear and samey. Anti-meta works super consistently because even if they need to play around an answer, rhe Right Answers are so Right that they're still gonna get picked.
I remember a full pu trick room team that was used in ubers. Solrock to wall primal groudon, wobuffet to 1v1 xerneas, marowak, rampardos and glaceon as sweepers iirc. Carbink was the last to set trick room. Solrock was awesome.
9:54 "Outrunning Deoxys-Speed with a choice scarf, can you imagine such a thing ?" Yes, Barraskewda, that fricking fish that I hate, can do it in rain if it has a Jolly nature. It hits 816 speed while scarfed Deoxys-Speed has 756
How can you hate barraskewda? He's a lovely pointy fish fellow.
I hope Ariados resolves its Insomnia soon. It can be difficult to function without 7-8 hours of sleep a day.
Magcargo may be on the Horse Council, but he's not horsing around folks.
The transitions from battle scene snippets to Teanbuilder+Jimothy and back are really good. Satisfying to watch and effective for quick demonstrations of points.
I think i mentioned it in a previous weather video, but back on 09-10, parasect had a small niche in gen4 ubers. Kyogre was the most common mon, and the choice versions were the most common options, so it could switch in, and with spore/x-scissor/aromatherapy/lightscreen, it actualy could support, while x-scissor threaten quiet a bit of the metagame, all while getting constantly healed
Maybe all non-horse Pokemon could be easily identified with a new move "low horsepower" so we understand their horse potential and can look elsewhere.
How condescending. Get off your low horse
They could even have one called "no horsepower" that acts as a specific verion of flail for definitely not horses
Unfortunately no pokemon can counter marcargo even more so now that he is a horse
Finally someone acknowledges how Ariados dominates Darkrai. I used to run an insomnia assault vest set all the time.
Do you remember the set?
@@Green_Knight-PKMN Max HP, Max Special Defense, 4 ATK. Careful. Leftovers, Assault Vest after gen 5.
X-Scissor (or leech life/mega horn in later gens), Shadow Sneak, Sucker Punch.
The fourth slot can be anything really. Fell stinger, Knock Off, Dig/Stomping Tantrum, Nightshade, Foul Play, or Trailblaze.
What? Assault vest isn't in dpp. Ariados loses hard to darkrai. It's is outsped and 2 hit by darkrai. The only possible way to beat it is for your opponent to forget insomnia exists?
@@williamhowells806 in later gens on battle spot, kids used to spam Darkrai, so I used Ariados to counter it.
@@bradensmith8682 ahh OK. Was touch confused about the assault vest claim
I didn't know that about accelgor, that's so cool! I love videos about low tier Pokemon who do stuff in high tiers.
As a bug-type fan, I am pleased to know this video was about arthropods and arthropod adjacent Pokemon.
Jim’s intro lore is insane
Slurpuff despite being nu in gen 8 was a solid webs suicide lead in ubers thanks to webs, magic coat and misty explosion, as well as having the coveted unburden
Quite a funny niche to have and its currently ranked B- in SS Ubers
10:49 that is unholy damage for a non boosted priority move lmao
Two uploads within a 24 hour period!? You’re spoiling us Jim.
I love the idea of Ubers being the arena where gods engage in cosmic battle and sometimes you get these Pokemon that are essentially just some guy
This was phenomenal analysis and commentary. Definitely going to check out more of your videos. Thank you!
8:05
I can recall Big Yellow discussing the DPP Ubers metagame and Araidos's impact on the lead metagame in his Creative Strategies video
(oh yea Araidos gets Pursuit in Gen 4 so you can pursuit any potential switches too!)
The lead metagame boils down to Deoxys Speed and if your lead ain't Deoxys Speed, can it:
A. Beat Deoxys Speed?
B. Stop it from getting too many hazards up?
or C. Do you have a plan in the back to get rid of the hazards later?
And if it ca't do either of the three, then your entire team is bad.
Where's Parasect walking BOTH Kyogre and non-fire pinch Groudon???
I legitimately didn't believe this until I ran some calcs and considered it's ability and typing. It actually makes a lot of sense, it can easily get a switch on Kyogre or Groudon - Kyogre thanks to it's dry skin and groudon thanks it's to it's 4x resistance of precipice blades, and after that it can live options from either of them (barring fire punch like you said) and fire off spore. Actually kinda nuts. Without ANY SpDef investment it's highly likely to survive a standard CM Kyogre Ice Beam (assuming it hasn't boosted).
Klefki checking Xerneas of all things in gen 6 ubers is the funniest thing ever.
Magcargo should have gotten water immunity, so it could have walled Kyogre.
Probably would have died to a couple of thunders since it's stats are awful, but let me dream.
When Camerupt gets a water immunity and walls Kyogre
Choice specs tera ice ice beam...!!!@@iantaakalla8180
Skeledirge in Ubers for Gen9, despite being a UU tiered Pokémon.
He already cemented himself as my favourite starter, but this funny little niche really gave him some extra character I didn't know he needed.
William Wisp is a distinguished, yet blissfully Unaware, himbo.
skeledirge isn't really *bad* anywhere, everywhere it's allowed it's at least decent it just mostly gets used on stall in ou and stall doesn't show up enough for it to be ou proper
Magikarp counters mega ray
Legendary Spammers could never.
No one’s talking about how golem can do this in gen 9 to most leads in all tiers 😔 under appreciated
what set, im curious
@@DaEzChez sturdy choice band explosion probably
@@lucasgreer1736 that would make sense. i feel like just nuking the opening really isn't like... all that good tho, esp since you have leads like gliscor who like to click protect t1
@@DaEzChez well yeah that's why golem's zu
Jimothy is now part of my nightly routine with his soothing voice telling me about competitive Pokémon and the adventures of Macargo. I mean that in the most respectful way possible. I like hearing his voice lol
Gen 3 Ubers be like: Can you threaten the flying legendaries and tank ESpeed? Guess you’re viable now.
What joyous news! With Macargo on the horse council, I think we’re in good hands ladies and gentlemen.
Good hooves
Just thinking about Parasect and Shedinja having potential spots in Ubers simply due to having the potential to wall Kyogre
During the (brief) time mega ray was in ubers I saw porygon 2 being used to stop it as a klefki alternative, I found that one funny
I once won a very funny gen 4 ubers match against a manaphy kyogre team with my little Quagsire
Yes!! I have been defending Ariados as a Darkrai counter for AGES now!!
I love all three of these guys design-wise, so this video made me happy.
Kabutops is my son, I'm very proud of him
Big Yellow either has a video or references one about how Gen1 Aerodactyl has a niche walling Physical Mew sets. I don't recall the specifics or the video, but physMew runs EQ and Slam as it's physical coverage which Aero conveniently resists all of
Golbat also hilarious walls a Mew set, specifically an earthquake only set, and would use confuse ray to use its own boosted attack against it. I could be wrong, I haven't watched the reverend video in a while
Yeah this video was so cool definitely do another one! I never even saw accelgor before
Very interesting format; would love to see more!
I think my favorite example might be parasect in gen 4 ubers but more specificaly in VGC. This lil guy is downright useless despite having spore in almost every metagame it was in and then gen 4 vgc happened and it somehow becomes a menace. I love it.
On an other note congratulations to magcargo for getting a spot in the horse council, very proud of them.
I need to look into this. The idea Parasect was ever viable in amy context seems so unlikely, this has to be some wildly specific niche
"You're on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Horse."
Numel would commit various crimes to get into the Horse Council
darkrai, the ariados is here
gen 8 ubers had these two:
slurpuff has unburden + sticky web + misty explosion as a lead
and audino has normal type + decent physical defense to withstand psyshock + knock off to be a backup calyrex check
The way jim talks about accelgor makes him sound like the greatest mon of all time
This is a nice video. I love the change of topic
Kabutops having a Water/Rock typing also gives is a quad resist to Tier King Macargo's Lava Plume, allowing it to get a hit off before being 2KOed
Solrock in Gen 6/7 as a wall against Primal Groudon. Fire resist, Ground immunity, Fire Spin for chip damage and Morning Sun that's boosted by Groudon's own weather for improved recovery.
I like how Flygon countered Groudon and Ludicolo countered Kyogre in Gen 3
there was a bref perod n vgc last year when brambleghast got usage because t hard countered urshfu rapd
I discovered Ariados as a lead for Gen 6 Ubers:
Focus Sash Insomnia
Sticky Web
Poison Jab (2HKO Geomancy Xerneas)
Shadow Sneak/Sucker Punch
Pin Missile (for Lvl 1 leads and focus sashes)
Mr. Cool thanks for these videos. I love them all
I remember back in the day seeing the Flaming Spade using Primeape to counter Darkrai since it has Vital Spirit and with a choice scarf it threatens with Close Combat and U turn.
I am so happy for you Magcargo. This is legendary.
Swift Swim Kabutops abusing your opponent’s Kyogre’s rain reminds me of SV Ubers where Korraidon is so ubiquitous you can reliably run chlorophyll or photosynthesis without your own Korraidon or booster energy
Pelipper is actually doing this in current vgc format where its being used on alot of teams where they arent even rain teams and its being used mainly for its ability to counter koraidon and groudon and its access to wide guard also makes it super useful vs both calyrex and terrapagos.
I love how there were so many Pokemon who were considered important as counters to Darkrai, and now Dark Void is so bad it's fallen from Ubers
In one of my first DPP Ubers games I thought it would be fun to try the infamous Ariados anti-lead and ran into another Ariados. It was pretty epic.
Thisnwas a pretty great idea for a video. The only thing like this I knew about was Parisect who could kind of deal with Primal Kyogre, so all of this was cool to me.
Glad to hear Macargo is moving up in the world!
In other news I'd like to submit my new recommendation for The Horse Council, Regigigas.
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In Gen 4, some genius running *CHOICE SCARF* on Deoxys-Speed, a Pkmn with base 200 speed, just to outsped Darkrai and mirror Deoxys-Speed
After big yellow talked about Ariados I’ve seen it everwhere
Not sure which outro i like more, the Wes Montgomery sounding jazzy one or the three 6 mafia type beat with the og pokemon stadium announcer. Theyre both great
Wasn’t Parasect use a little against kyogre waterspouts?
So happy for Magcargo. I am smiling, on the inside.
"Firmly out running everything on earth" 😂
Would love to see a part 2, perhaps in that video Ariados would be able to apply for membership in the horse council
I don’t know the usage stats or viability ranking but back when Gen 6 was current I used to run a bulky klefki with spikes, twave, toxic, and play rough, it was great for just annoying everything on the opponents team but also crucially gave me a game plan against xernas with geomancy after it set up.
When porygon clicks tackle 64 times in ubers because clicking recover 32 times in ou isn't enough
Now let's see if this advice can help me in my current Radical Red playthrough.
Think you’ll ever talk about what’s used in unrestricted formats? Like old clauses and bans that would be used into todays current meta or older metas?
In DPP Ubers, Max SpD Ludicolo with Rain Dish/Protect/Leech Seed is literally the most reliable Specs Kyogre counter in the entire game (not counting Shedinja because Gen 4 calcs usually assume Rocks are up)
Didn't realize kabutops had such a badass gen 4 sprite
parasect vs kyogre is funny
As an advocate of *Slug Supremacy* one of my favourite choices of this kind is Gastrodon, who really likes messing up Kyogre's day despite being seen as a lower tier pokemon
Dont forget about a tiny bug with only 1 HP that ABSOLUTELLY WALLS Kyogre
Ariados making it to the big leagues is inspiring
I do like Accelgor (as well as its cross-evolution buddy Escavalier) but never knew he was eating in Ubers.
I would love to see an update to the Emerald Too Many Types mod that adds a Horse type and including Magcargo to replace Slugma's Deez type on evolution.
THANK GOD HES IN THE COUNCIL
This makes me want to see Jim play Ubers.
Noctowl was a very good Darkrai counter.
It couldn't be out to sleep, had great special bulk and hp. And attack back with nigh shade against its low hp
I remember carrying vaporeon in SV OU and having to sweep so many people in showdown, because there are so many Walking wake at the moment, and i manage to stored power them all
Died 1971, born 1996. Welcome back Jim Morrison
The lord of darkness and nightmares being countered... By the tiny witsy Spider.
Iron mugulis will return....