Hate to say this, but Garchomp FJ did make a pretty good argument for garchomp being a pretty good encounter... Very good video, and i'll definitely take note of Excadrill for the Unova Nuzlockes im planning on doing!
@omarkn7506 It's not available until post game in either Gen 5 (granted no Gen 4 mon is available until post game in BW), its only available in one area in Kalos where it's encounter rate is okay. It's only available through SoS encounter in Gen 7, which would generally mean you have to encounter another pokemon you haven't already caught before it would even show up. It's only available through the Crown Tundra in SwSh and then at a level where you're only going to be able to use it extremely late game with HC rules and its generally only going to be available through special means or not at all in remake games not called BDSP. That said, i would have picked Garchomp over Lucario. Yes, Lucario is a guaranteed egg in DPP, but his encounter rate is generally pretty low in other games, and he's not available until post game in Gen 7. You can potentially get him super early in B2W2 and Lucario woulf absolutely trivialize the first 3 gyms of that game but it's a 5% Riolu encounter and I generally find Cheren pretty consistent with a charm Marill into Growth Snivy combo anyways. Nor is Roxy or Burgh too bad as long as you pick up some counters to poison/bug along the way. There is, however, another pokemon who is available in every game from Gen 4 on including the remakes who usually have a decent to good encounter rate, an excellent typen, Excellent stats, a great ability and a useful second ability if you aren't lucky enough to get the first. It even pairs well with the common flying and water types. Can be encountered before the second gym in B2W2 and will generally have good match ups into most normal trainers, if not gym leaders. Magnezone. Magnezones isn't without its issues with its 4x ground weakness, speed that's too slow to be a fast sweeper and too fast to benefit much from trick room, and its not always the easiest to evolve. That said, the ground weakness can be played around with a strong flying/levitate mon, Magnet Rise, or an air balloon starting in Gen 5. I would also argue the advantages of steel typing more than make up for its weaknesses, dspecially in the Fairy heavy Gen 6 and 7 games. The evolution problem also isn't that much of a problem post Gen 5 as eviolite (usually available early) makes Magneton into a solid answer for a lot of fights. Magnemite itself is usually solid for early game.
hey, I love Breloom as much as the next guy, but 60/80/60 defences with 70 doesn't strike me as 'good speed and bulk'. His attack is stellar for gen 3 standards, however, almost as much as Salamence For comparison, Gardevoir has 68/60/115 defences and 80 speed.
I think Heracross deserves a little shoutout for johto. It loses points for being annoying to get, but has a good type matchup against gyms 3-7. Though, that's more for hgss Heracross, since that game actually gives it a good moveset. It will never not be satisfying to steamroll whitney with brick break.
I just wish Heracross didn't suck in the first two games where it's available. In G/S/C it learns no offensive fighting moves, and only Megahorn in the 50s for bug moves. The situation in Gen 3 isn't as dire, with access to the Brick Break TM, but it's still not great... Only from Gen 4 on is it worth using, really.
Careful with the Shedinja, it doesnt wall Tate and Liza´s Solrock because it knows flamethrower, you do wall the Xatu and the Lunatone (They can still hit you with confuse ray and hypnosis tho) but both the Claydol and the Solrock have ancientpower and Flamethrower to hit you.
For Generation 7, while I do think Golisopod is a strong runner up, I raise you a different insect: Ribombee. It has a similarly great typing, can be found in both Alola and Galar, hits decently hard, is blazing fast, and has access to both status conditions and Quiver Dance. It's essentially a Butterfree with a better typing and a worse ability, albeit it isn't nearly as common.
Honestly really surprised that Skeledirge didn't even get a shoutout, I would have put it at number one nuzlocke mon for gen 9, top 5 at least overall. Amazing typing, bulk and signature move let it sweep most boss battle in the game
@@feckoff2422 Jan from pchal once did a vid (dont remember which one it was) and said something along the lines that skeledirge is the most broken starter for nuzlocking ever made to the point that you can solo the gen 9 games just with him
@@feckoff2422he has great bulk and slack off, and torch song to set up. His great typing and moves like snarl and will o wisp contribute even more to his bulk, and you have a mostly unkillable sweeper
I honestly think flair is also a great factor. I am but a vain woman with hopes for my team to look stacked asf. Id 100% go for corvinight over skarmory just cause theyre bigger and look cooler😂 its like an extra level of confidence
@@sveiprTorch Song Throatspray for instant +2 Special Attack Boost, Slack Off for Recovery, Shadow Ball for Coverage, eventually Unaware because why the fuck not, immunity to Fighting and Normal Pokémon, decently bulky... Tera Fire for extra Oomf, and with all of that - you may still be able to have a crit and do even more damage !
Skeledirge is also worth mentioning for Paldea. Fire types already thrive in this Gen and a bulky Fire type with a healing move and a signature that raises special attack means you can usually just click torch song like 5-6 times and win
Flygon can you please continue the series where you only use a regions starters to determine the best, I know johto will be obvious lol but all the other regions have a bit more balance.
IS Johto obvious? I thought people flip flopped between the croc and the rat. Hoenn on the other hand? Yeah, that’s so obviously Swampert it ain’t even funny.
@@thevioletbee5879at least for me both are good but there’s a lot of decent guranteed water types in johto like Gyrados or Lapras compared to decent fire type encounters
@@thevioletbee5879I guess it depends what "best" actually means. If you are just looking at who is the strongest then that's pretty easily Feraligatr, but when you take in to consideration oportunity cost it's probably Typhlosion because fire types are rare. Overall water starters are probably the best, but the grass and fire starters are often the best pokemon of that type in each game while water straters are rarely the best.
@@thevioletbee5879 In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, it's pretty cut-and-dry Typhlosion, since Feraligatr is a physical-attacking pure water type, meaning his only STAB is always special, and the majority of his coverage is as well (shoutouts to Crunch being special). In HGSS, it's a bit closer, but still leaning towards Typhlosion - pure fire is actually a pretty solid defensive type, and the opportunity cost of getting a pure water type as your starter is kind of unfortunate, especially given that the first time you fight a major trainer with a water weakness is literally post-game.
@@timob1681 I actually think Feraligatr is better in gen 2. It can solo the first 3 gyms just by using rage and before the 4th gym it gets surf which is the most powerfull move you'll realisticaly have by that point of the game.
I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Roblox game Brick Bronze, but Gogoat is actually phenomenal in that game. Leech seed, growth, synthesis and horn leech is outstanding
I should also add that Gyarados is INCREDIBLE as a FIELD pokémon in X and Y. Even if it has nature/IVs ill suited to combat, it can use Dragon Rage for reliable captures, Twister to dislodge berries, Bulldoze / Surf for Horde encounters, and more.
Not an angry comment, but more of a why comment. I feel like the list would do better if you did this by generation of games instead of generation of Pokemon. Take gen 1 for example. You say its gyarados and its not even close, but alakazam and kadabra are also pretty reliable encounters in gen 1 and curbstomp the games. As for honorable mentions, raticate is useless in gen 1 because abilties dont exist yet. I feel like the list doesnt make sense if you dont talk about the games themselves.
alakazam needs trade evo or a modded safefile and thus is pretty bad- gyarados before gen 4 is garbage since water is special and it doesnt get any good flying moves.
Alakazam and Kadabra have fallen off a bit in more recent generations as Psychic is not the best typing when a lot of pokemon have dark type moves. Admittedly Gengar runs into the same issue of dark type moves but he's held up better because of the double immunity to fighting and normal which are both common and gets the triple immunity with ground in games where he still has levitate. Also now that steel no longer resists ghost, gengar doesn't have to worry about steel types holding him back. Plus Abra just teleports away any time you dont have a guaranteed way to prevent them from doing so and fail at your One Ball HG impression. So sometimes running into Abra isn't an advantage, so much as it's a missed encounter. This is actually another advantage for the Gengar line since they can learn Mean Look to prevent that cowardly Abra from getting away. Snorlax is also an insane member to find from Gen 1 and I'd argue its huge bulk and good move pool make it a better mon than Gyarados in non-set up runs. However while it is a guaranteed encounter in Kanto, Johto, Kalos and Galar games, it's otherwise very rare and you won't get the Johto encounter until well-after the main run of the game and by then you probably have a pretty solid team put together.
I’m surprised Heracross didn’t make the Gen 2 list. Bro is fairly easy to encounter and an absolute menace with Guts. Helps trivialize Whitney, can sweep Jasmine, Pryce, and half of the E4 just on type advantage alone.
I so want a “GarchompFJ’s Premium Paste” - themed run. Like he slowly hijacks the game as time goes on and replaces the Pokémon with Garchomp and paste-themed Pokémon
I think it would be funny if he made a GarchompFJ channel and posts opposite videos of FlygonHG. Like in this case GarchompFJ would make a video of the worst Pokemon of every generation
9:38 is the best build up to a sponsorship segment ever, that slow head turn absolutely killed me right up there with the holz kern "little boy" head voice
TORTERRA MENTIONNED!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO! Also, you are definitely sleeping on the Garchomp, he is so good. There's a great reason why Garchomp is unanimously feared when it's used to near full ability. Ominous piano starts playing in the background. 😰
I feel like im spiting everyone by having Gen 7 be my favorite. It's not nostalgia either, my first mainline game was ruby, i just happen to prefer the story-focused games
Gen7 is great and it’s also kinda funny bc technically the player isn’t the main character, the plot revolves around Lily and Cosmog, you’re just a ride or die friend who’s really great at battling
@@SeraphimSigilist the coverage comes from TMs, so you need to invest a lot to make it good, especially in games with no reusable TMs. Its level up moveset is trash and its abilities are pretty bad except its hidden ability which in most games you can't get in a regular encounter.
It definitely would have been if he went game by game instead of gen by gen. I honestly think it would have been better if he did. Half these mons arent good in half the games due to availability. In gen 3 the best encounter is still gyarados.
I disagree with meowscarada, I think Skeledirge is easily better as it has a much better type match up against a lot of fights, and torch song is busted. Also, I think Tailow is overrated specifically against Brawly. He's a great mon, but being part normal type means that he doesn't resist fighting, and one good smack will take it down. In my opinion, the best Brawly mon (minus the ultra rare sableye) is dustox. Bug poison gives him a 4x resist into fighting, and he has access to gust and confusion, meaning he can easily take care of any of Brawly's Pokémon. Other than that though, great list.
0 ATK IV, 0 ATK EV LV19 (the emerald level cap) one shots Machop, Meditite and has a guaranteed 2shot on Makuhita with Guts activated through the Sitrus berry. It literally can't lose unless Makuhita clicks Revarsal as its first move. Hell if you train Taillow to be one KO way from leveling up, it has a 75% chance to just oneshot Makuhita, Reversal being the first move picked or a crit is the only way it can possibly lose. And it only gets stronger as the game goes on thanks to Facade being fairly easily accessible, granting it a 140 power move with doubled attack.
@@PKMN649 well, I lost a Tailow against Brawly on my last nuzlocke of emerald. Pretty sure it was one shot against makuhita and wasn't crit, sooooooo........ I stand by what I said.
Very fond of this type of video! Learning from your playthroughs is great but having a specifically condensed learning video makes going back over tips much easier. Also delighted to see the GOATS Primarina and Starmie get mentions.
i think i agree with the picks for every generation (except maybe 7? but i dont know a ton about that gen) but one thing im a little confused/disappointed in is NO MENTION for skeledirge or lokix. Lokix should've been an honorable mention at least for its access to swarm first impression & decent attack + speed, and a movepool that allows it to sweep the champion fight, a long resume for a common pokemon that evolves early As for skeledirge, i think it should've been the gen 9 pick. It's guaranteed, has great stats, matches up well into the early game, and can sweep several bosses (including two of the elite four) with torch song especially once you get easy access to ev vitamins or the choice scarf to make up for its lackluster speed. its probably the most broken starter of all time. meowscarada is really good but i wouldve given it to big dirge
Why did you feature torterra in sinnoh honorable mentions but not infernape? He has so much utility in that game and insane stats + 2 120 base power 100% accurate moves
@@mreevee7785 Especially since in Diamond and Pearl, Infernape is one of the three fire-type options you have in the game (alongside Rapidash and TM35)
Cuz Torterra is underrated as a starter, but lets focus on Infernape. Infernape is quite good aswell, but there are many flaws. Most gym and major trainer that you encounter, already have a great alternative. Roark can be dealt with any of the starters, Gardenia, you have Staraptor, or by that point Staravia, who is also really good. Let's also mention the fact that the Turtwig line learns a level-up move in gen 4 to deal with Fantina, something that not too many other Pokemon can do that early in the game, which at that point Monferno can't do anything about. Then, we skip to the 6th gym, where Infernape shines, but yet again, overlaps with the guaranteed encounter Lucario that you can get by that point, who is also REALLY good. Infernape shines with Candice, but yet again, Lucario is also there and REALLY good. Infernape then gets bodied by both Lucian and Bertha in the elite 4, who the demon Froslass can counter both by that point. Now, Infernape does have a lot of redeeming qualities, including being a great counter, especially in the early game, to the infamous Team Galactic's Mars and Jupiter, and their Purugly and Skuntank. Infernape is also great against Barry's Muchlax/Snorlax, in the early/mid game. Plus , he is really fast and he one of the few fires types in the Sinnoh dex and by far the most accessible one. While Infernape is great in theory, in practise he's wishi-washi during a playthrough, but that doesn't mean he can't be utilized well. (Also if you're mentioning Infernape's attack stat, bad news, Torterra has a higher attack stat) (Also, 100% accurate moves? what does that have to do with anything? Pretty much all Pokemon can have fully accurate moves, including Torterra. And accuracy doesn't mean everything if you have a good strategy.) I'm not a nuzlocking expert, this is just what I know from playing an UNGODLY amount of Platinum. Please be free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything I have said here. (From Torterra Fan, with love. (Only like 5 people might get this reference))
Okay now make a Paldea nuzlocke with just THOSE pokemon, 2 of which aren't in the game so you only have 7 for the entire game😶 let's see how terrifying they all are together
Gonna shout out Dreadnaw. Two phenomenal abilities in Strong Jaw and Shell Armor, early evolution level, good offensive typing, faster than you'd expect with great physical attack and decent bulk. Also pretty easily available in both Galar and Paldea.
What if: a nuzlocke race in a game, with yourself or someone else. Each has to use a different starter and the starter has to survive until the end of the game. Then you can analyze the difference each starter made in gameplay and teambuilding
24:59 it also has Swords Dance to make up for it. It can use Encore to lock opposing pokemon into moves, it learns Thunder Wave to stall out opposing pokemon, it can break Sturdy by setting up Stealth Rock or through Mold Breaker, it's insane.
Gonna give a personal honorable mention to Lokix in Scarlet and Violet. Pretty much found almost immediately leaving Mesagoza, good speed and attack, has first impression AND U turn., and pretty much soloed Geeta's entire team for me.
Shocked you didn’t mention haxorus for gen 5. I realize he may come a bit late but really he gets so many natural tools like d dance and then outrage he can just sweep in the right circumstance (I know no dragons ;( )
For Gen 1, I absolutely agree with Gyarados being the best Nuzlocke Pokemon, but I feel like both Nidoking and Nidoqueen are great encounters to have for Nuzlockes as well. For Gen 3, Breloom, despite it's quad weakness to Flying, is an absolute force with the right moveset and if you max out the speed EVs, but I can't disagree with the Shedinja pick. Overall, all very good choices for best Nuzlocke 'mons.
I cannot stress how GOATed Excadrill is in Gen 5 nuzlockes. Easy to encounter as early as Route 4 (and able to be found in most every other cave afterwards) thanks to how Drilbur is encountered and can be searched for safe from Woobats and Roggenrola thanks to repels. Right before the N & Ghetsis fight I taught my Archeops Sandstorm and taught it U-Turn to let Excadrill wreak havoc. Poor Simon fell to Ghetsis' Hydreigon miraculously landing a Focus Blast, after which my Stoutland switched in and avenged my Excadrill with a theatrically appropriate Retaliate.
You probably won't read this, but I love this idea of video! Strategizing and ranking Nuzlocke encounters and methods like this is always super interesting, and educational. Please do more
A video i might love to see is like "Encounters that can solo each gym/boss in each game" (regardless of starter choice) Like brock can be soloed by mankey even if you picked the worst starter for him Same with beedrill on misty, diglett on surge, etc!
U should do a nuzlock where u use all the Pokémon listed in this video as ur team & backups & c how everything goes & how u plan out to get the Pokémon
Very cool and interesting vid! Would love to see like, the other side, worst encounters for nuzlocks! I would have to politely argue with Meowscarada though, Skeledirge can literally just, solo the entire game bulky, great special attack, signature move that boosts its special attack further! Just invest a little into speed and you're just able to solo demolish the entire game, expect maybe Clavell at the end of it
Hmm, I'm surprised by meowscarada as the paldea pick. It was my first starter for a blindish nuzlocke(looked up the levels for fights still) and it definitely felt strong, it's just really hard to overstate how dominant skelederge is as well.
My shoutout for Paldea over Meowscarada is actually Garganacl. The whole Nacli line is excellent as far as rock types go, and it gets access to excellent chip damage in the form of Salt Cure and recovery in the form of…Recover. Pure stall isn’t as strong in Gen 9 but Garganacl puts in work.
I think the second best gen 1 encounter has to be Bulbasaur. It solos the entire early game, and even though it gets less useful late game it means you don't have to sweat about what mons you get for Brock (who if you pick Charmander can be an issue), Misty (for whom you need fast and strong or a Bellsprout) and Surge (a much smaller issue because Diglett cave)
I am surprised that Bulbasuar/venasuar wasn’t at least a honorable mention. The typing is amazing for Kanto, being super effective against the first two gyms along with the fourth and eighth, resists the third gym and the poison secondary type allows for it to take neutral damage from poison, which 2 of the main boss fights use (Agatha failing to beat poison type trainer allegations), and because of how much game freak loves gen 1, you can find or at least get a gen 1 starter like in Kalos, in Alola you can find starters with the pokéradar, galar with the Isle of armor dlc, and the terrarium in scarlet and violet
Yay, my boi Raticate made the list :') it's so slept on but it's so good in early-game Nuzlockes, thanks to its speed and Guts and Super Fang and a surprisingly deep coverage movepool
i think your majorly overlooking the power of shiinotic. good bulk, decent typing, effect spore as an ability, early evolution level and a deep move pool including powerful stab moves, reliable recovery and spore. the only drawback is that it is pretty rare in alola and galar.
I don't think it's that common outside of alola so I can understand not including it but I'd say wishiwashi is a top contender within alola. It's pretty much a guaranteed encounter with fishing and dupes clause, its stats in school form are great and it's ability activates at lvl20 so it's really good early game. It can also learn u-turn via tm, so it's great for switches given it's bulk and low speed. It's main downside is obviously it's ability deactivating under 25% hp but its defenses and the fact it learns aqua ring make it pretty easy to keep its hp up, especially if you combine it with leftovers, which you can get decently early in alola. My other top pick would be mudsdale with stamina but this comment is already long enough lol Anyway, great video, just wanted to talk about my alolan favs
I used Arboliva in my first casual Violet playthrough. I was shocked how good it was. Awesome stall abilities and a very high 125 Special Attack for Terrain Pulse is so good against nearly everything in the Paldea Region.
Did Skeledirge fall off in favor or something..?? Bro is genuinely OP, with its bulk, great typing (he was JUST glazing Chandelure for it lmao), and insanely broken signature move!
Only one of these I'm sure gets a spot is Gyarados. Magikarp is a near guaranteed encounter in most gens, you get it early, evolves early into lategame stats, great stats, surprisingly large movepool, works great in team composition with electric and ground types for free switches. The mixture of excellent movepool, solid stats, and both early & abundant availability makes it a teambuilding pillar, it's nuts.
I would argue that Krookodile deserves heavy consideration for Unova crown. Excadrill is obviously great but is very 1 trick pony. It attack go brrr. Krookodile can also attack go slightly softer brr, but also disrupt with Taunt, stall with dig, hit pretty hard and deceptively fast, and also has 2 immunities. Plus BOTH abilities are legit. Intimidate is always good, and it can go crazy with Moxie. Only downside is final Evo being 40.
Really surprised you didn't mention ferrothorn for gen 5: amazing wall (probably better than blissey imho), fairly easy to get, great typing and good damage output with bodypress and gyro ball
I wanna give a quick shoutout to Skeledirge. With Torch Song and Throat Spray it's super good for most of the late game with a good amount of speed EVs. You can also just buy a choice scarf insanely early on to work around it's bad speed stat as well as nature mints.
Id like to shout out Whimsicott. Found a shiny one late game on a white 2 redux run and the thing solo'd the dragon gym and a good majority of the elite 4. Absolute power house disguised as a cotton ball
These kinds of lists are kinda hard to be objective for tbh since Tms and Gyms depend on which game you’re playing, but overall great picks and video 👍🏻
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Hate to say this, but Garchomp FJ did make a pretty good argument for garchomp being a pretty good encounter...
Very good video, and i'll definitely take note of Excadrill for the Unova Nuzlockes im planning on doing!
Only reason I don't say Garchomp is because a Gible or Gabite encounter isn't super common outside Sinnoh. Especially early game.
@@rboss5919 it's the earliest pseudo legend you can get in Kalos and Paldea too. What's your point?
Bagon is way before in Kalos. But his encounter chance is stupidly low.@@omarkn7506
@omarkn7506 It's not available until post game in either Gen 5 (granted no Gen 4 mon is available until post game in BW), its only available in one area in Kalos where it's encounter rate is okay. It's only available through SoS encounter in Gen 7, which would generally mean you have to encounter another pokemon you haven't already caught before it would even show up. It's only available through the Crown Tundra in SwSh and then at a level where you're only going to be able to use it extremely late game with HC rules and its generally only going to be available through special means or not at all in remake games not called BDSP.
That said, i would have picked Garchomp over Lucario. Yes, Lucario is a guaranteed egg in DPP, but his encounter rate is generally pretty low in other games, and he's not available until post game in Gen 7. You can potentially get him super early in B2W2 and Lucario woulf absolutely trivialize the first 3 gyms of that game but it's a 5% Riolu encounter and I generally find Cheren pretty consistent with a charm Marill into Growth Snivy combo anyways. Nor is Roxy or Burgh too bad as long as you pick up some counters to poison/bug along the way.
There is, however, another pokemon who is available in every game from Gen 4 on including the remakes who usually have a decent to good encounter rate, an excellent typen, Excellent stats, a great ability and a useful second ability if you aren't lucky enough to get the first. It even pairs well with the common flying and water types. Can be encountered before the second gym in B2W2 and will generally have good match ups into most normal trainers, if not gym leaders. Magnezone. Magnezones isn't without its issues with its 4x ground weakness, speed that's too slow to be a fast sweeper and too fast to benefit much from trick room, and its not always the easiest to evolve. That said, the ground weakness can be played around with a strong flying/levitate mon, Magnet Rise, or an air balloon starting in Gen 5. I would also argue the advantages of steel typing more than make up for its weaknesses, dspecially in the Fairy heavy Gen 6 and 7 games. The evolution problem also isn't that much of a problem post Gen 5 as eviolite (usually available early) makes Magneton into a solid answer for a lot of fights. Magnemite itself is usually solid for early game.
Gliscor, for me, is the best encounter I could've asked for
Just want to shoutout Breloom. Grass/Fighting is a great combo & it has good attack, speed, & bulk. Destroys everything except Flanery & Winona.
Including Flannery and Winona if you've seen his Grass Emerald nuzlocke
hey, I love Breloom as much as the next guy, but 60/80/60 defences with 70 doesn't strike me as 'good speed and bulk'. His attack is stellar for gen 3 standards, however, almost as much as Salamence
For comparison, Gardevoir has 68/60/115 defences and 80 speed.
I'm more concerned with later gens where everything learns Aerial Ace and Breloom has so-so defenses and is 4x weak.
@@ParasaurolophusZ If anything, good for pivoting. But yeah, shame he doesn't get his hidden ability. Poison heal + detect + Mach Punch helps a lot
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I think Heracross deserves a little shoutout for johto. It loses points for being annoying to get, but has a good type matchup against gyms 3-7. Though, that's more for hgss Heracross, since that game actually gives it a good moveset. It will never not be satisfying to steamroll whitney with brick break.
I just wish Heracross didn't suck in the first two games where it's available. In G/S/C it learns no offensive fighting moves, and only Megahorn in the 50s for bug moves. The situation in Gen 3 isn't as dire, with access to the Brick Break TM, but it's still not great... Only from Gen 4 on is it worth using, really.
Careful with the Shedinja, it doesnt wall Tate and Liza´s Solrock because it knows flamethrower, you do wall the Xatu and the Lunatone (They can still hit you with confuse ray and hypnosis tho) but both the Claydol and the Solrock have ancientpower and Flamethrower to hit you.
For Generation 7, while I do think Golisopod is a strong runner up, I raise you a different insect: Ribombee.
It has a similarly great typing, can be found in both Alola and Galar, hits decently hard, is blazing fast, and has access to both status conditions and Quiver Dance. It's essentially a Butterfree with a better typing and a worse ability, albeit it isn't nearly as common.
Honestly really surprised that Skeledirge didn't even get a shoutout, I would have put it at number one nuzlocke mon for gen 9, top 5 at least overall. Amazing typing, bulk and signature move let it sweep most boss battle in the game
Not better than the cat or clodsire, and not even better than the duck.
Very good in vgc and comp singles tho
@@feckoff2422 Jan from pchal once did a vid (dont remember which one it was) and said something along the lines that skeledirge is the most broken starter for nuzlocking ever made to the point that you can solo the gen 9 games just with him
@@feckoff2422he has great bulk and slack off, and torch song to set up. His great typing and moves like snarl and will o wisp contribute even more to his bulk, and you have a mostly unkillable sweeper
I honestly think flair is also a great factor. I am but a vain woman with hopes for my team to look stacked asf. Id 100% go for corvinight over skarmory just cause theyre bigger and look cooler😂 its like an extra level of confidence
I'd take Torch Song Skeledirge over Meowscarada but maybe that's just me :/
I was suprrised to not see Skeledirge on here tbh, I thought Throat Spray Skeledirge was stupid good
Definitely not just you
Torchsong Skeledirge, with slack off for recovery, can legit solo the entire game.
@@sveiprTorch Song Throatspray for instant +2 Special Attack Boost, Slack Off for Recovery, Shadow Ball for Coverage, eventually Unaware because why the fuck not, immunity to Fighting and Normal Pokémon, decently bulky... Tera Fire for extra Oomf, and with all of that - you may still be able to have a crit and do even more damage !
@@shinyhitomi3916also a much better type combo; meowscarada has SOOOO many weaknesses, plus a quad to bug lol
Skeledirge is also worth mentioning for Paldea. Fire types already thrive in this Gen and a bulky Fire type with a healing move and a signature that raises special attack means you can usually just click torch song like 5-6 times and win
Flygon can you please continue the series where you only use a regions starters to determine the best, I know johto will be obvious lol but all the other regions have a bit more balance.
IS Johto obvious? I thought people flip flopped between the croc and the rat. Hoenn on the other hand? Yeah, that’s so obviously Swampert it ain’t even funny.
@@thevioletbee5879at least for me both are good but there’s a lot of decent guranteed water types in johto like Gyrados or Lapras compared to decent fire type encounters
@@thevioletbee5879I guess it depends what "best" actually means. If you are just looking at who is the strongest then that's pretty easily Feraligatr, but when you take in to consideration oportunity cost it's probably Typhlosion because fire types are rare.
Overall water starters are probably the best, but the grass and fire starters are often the best pokemon of that type in each game while water straters are rarely the best.
@@thevioletbee5879 In Gold, Silver, and Crystal, it's pretty cut-and-dry Typhlosion, since Feraligatr is a physical-attacking pure water type, meaning his only STAB is always special, and the majority of his coverage is as well (shoutouts to Crunch being special). In HGSS, it's a bit closer, but still leaning towards Typhlosion - pure fire is actually a pretty solid defensive type, and the opportunity cost of getting a pure water type as your starter is kind of unfortunate, especially given that the first time you fight a major trainer with a water weakness is literally post-game.
@@timob1681 I actually think Feraligatr is better in gen 2. It can solo the first 3 gyms just by using rage and before the 4th gym it gets surf which is the most powerfull move you'll realisticaly have by that point of the game.
I don’t know if you’re familiar with the Roblox game Brick Bronze, but Gogoat is actually phenomenal in that game. Leech seed, growth, synthesis and horn leech is outstanding
I should also add that Gyarados is INCREDIBLE as a FIELD pokémon in X and Y. Even if it has nature/IVs ill suited to combat, it can use Dragon Rage for reliable captures, Twister to dislodge berries, Bulldoze / Surf for Horde encounters, and more.
Not an angry comment, but more of a why comment. I feel like the list would do better if you did this by generation of games instead of generation of Pokemon. Take gen 1 for example. You say its gyarados and its not even close, but alakazam and kadabra are also pretty reliable encounters in gen 1 and curbstomp the games. As for honorable mentions, raticate is useless in gen 1 because abilties dont exist yet. I feel like the list doesnt make sense if you dont talk about the games themselves.
alakazam needs trade evo or a modded safefile and thus is pretty bad-
gyarados before gen 4 is garbage since water is special and it doesnt get any good flying moves.
I guess it gets repetitive because there is a case for gyarados to be best in every game (except gens 2, 3, and maybe 1) it's in.
@@owenaspinall2046in Gen 1, it effectively has 100 SpAtk thanks to the Special stat, and iirc in Gen 3 it has enough numbers to overcome lack of STAB
Alakazam and Kadabra have fallen off a bit in more recent generations as Psychic is not the best typing when a lot of pokemon have dark type moves. Admittedly Gengar runs into the same issue of dark type moves but he's held up better because of the double immunity to fighting and normal which are both common and gets the triple immunity with ground in games where he still has levitate. Also now that steel no longer resists ghost, gengar doesn't have to worry about steel types holding him back. Plus Abra just teleports away any time you dont have a guaranteed way to prevent them from doing so and fail at your One Ball HG impression. So sometimes running into Abra isn't an advantage, so much as it's a missed encounter. This is actually another advantage for the Gengar line since they can learn Mean Look to prevent that cowardly Abra from getting away.
Snorlax is also an insane member to find from Gen 1 and I'd argue its huge bulk and good move pool make it a better mon than Gyarados in non-set up runs. However while it is a guaranteed encounter in Kanto, Johto, Kalos and Galar games, it's otherwise very rare and you won't get the Johto encounter until well-after the main run of the game and by then you probably have a pretty solid team put together.
@@DieGurke_ but gyarados is also broken in gen 1 because special is a combined stat and it has its current special defense as its combined stat.
I’m surprised Heracross didn’t make the Gen 2 list. Bro is fairly easy to encounter and an absolute menace with Guts. Helps trivialize Whitney, can sweep Jasmine, Pryce, and half of the E4 just on type advantage alone.
I so want a “GarchompFJ’s Premium Paste” - themed run. Like he slowly hijacks the game as time goes on and replaces the Pokémon with Garchomp and paste-themed Pokémon
I think it would be funny if he made a GarchompFJ channel and posts opposite videos of FlygonHG. Like in this case GarchompFJ would make a video of the worst Pokemon of every generation
9:38 is the best build up to a sponsorship segment ever, that slow head turn absolutely killed me
right up there with the holz kern "little boy" head voice
TORTERRA MENTIONNED!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOO! Also, you are definitely sleeping on the Garchomp, he is so good. There's a great reason why Garchomp is unanimously feared when it's used to near full ability.
Ominous piano starts playing in the background. 😰
I feel like im spiting everyone by having Gen 7 be my favorite. It's not nostalgia either, my first mainline game was ruby, i just happen to prefer the story-focused games
The post-reformation aesthetic was also pretty good actually
Alola gang
Aside from the intro which is just interminably long, I am honestly with you. Probably my favourite 3 starters as well.
The story is great…. Getting to it is a slog though.
Gen7 is great and it’s also kinda funny bc technically the player isn’t the main character, the plot revolves around Lily and Cosmog, you’re just a ride or die friend who’s really great at battling
I'm surprised Nidoking wasn't included
Nidoking's just not in enough games, and it sucks.
I don't know about it sucking. It gets pretty even attack/special attack and tons of coverage
@@SeraphimSigilist the coverage comes from TMs, so you need to invest a lot to make it good, especially in games with no reusable TMs. Its level up moveset is trash and its abilities are pretty bad except its hidden ability which in most games you can't get in a regular encounter.
It definitely would have been if he went game by game instead of gen by gen.
I honestly think it would have been better if he did.
Half these mons arent good in half the games due to availability. In gen 3 the best encounter is still gyarados.
Could be wrong, but i think they meant nidoking not being in many games sucks
HE’S SAYING FACTOR TOO MANY TIMES THAT’S THE SPONSOR
You forgot to take in the factor that today's sponsor, SquareSpace, is an online platform that h
3:34 I just love the Sea of Stars battle music being played here. That’s all.
I disagree with meowscarada, I think Skeledirge is easily better as it has a much better type match up against a lot of fights, and torch song is busted. Also, I think Tailow is overrated specifically against Brawly. He's a great mon, but being part normal type means that he doesn't resist fighting, and one good smack will take it down. In my opinion, the best Brawly mon (minus the ultra rare sableye) is dustox. Bug poison gives him a 4x resist into fighting, and he has access to gust and confusion, meaning he can easily take care of any of Brawly's Pokémon.
Other than that though, great list.
Skeledirge literally carries Scarlet and Violet from beginning to credit roll. I like Meowscarada, but I agree with you, it wasn't the right pick.
0 ATK IV, 0 ATK EV LV19 (the emerald level cap) one shots Machop, Meditite and has a guaranteed 2shot on Makuhita with Guts activated through the Sitrus berry. It literally can't lose unless Makuhita clicks Revarsal as its first move. Hell if you train Taillow to be one KO way from leveling up, it has a 75% chance to just oneshot Makuhita, Reversal being the first move picked or a crit is the only way it can possibly lose. And it only gets stronger as the game goes on thanks to Facade being fairly easily accessible, granting it a 140 power move with doubled attack.
@@PKMN649 well, I lost a Tailow against Brawly on my last nuzlocke of emerald. Pretty sure it was one shot against makuhita and wasn't crit, sooooooo........ I stand by what I said.
@@WolfmanXD did you have guts acivated tho? I can't imagine that you are not able to one-shot with guts wing attack.
@@bottomtext251 yes, I did.
are you ever going to nuzlocke radical red hardcore mode? also theres crystal clear as well which has so much replay value, also vintage white
i think i remember him saying in one of his previous vids sometime ago that he wants to play rad red but just not now or something like that
Very fond of this type of video! Learning from your playthroughs is great but having a specifically condensed learning video makes going back over tips much easier. Also delighted to see the GOATS Primarina and Starmie get mentions.
Magikarp is also literallly a free encounter by fishing in any city with bodies of water, there's no reason to not get it
i think i agree with the picks for every generation (except maybe 7? but i dont know a ton about that gen) but one thing im a little confused/disappointed in is NO MENTION for skeledirge or lokix. Lokix should've been an honorable mention at least for its access to swarm first impression & decent attack + speed, and a movepool that allows it to sweep the champion fight, a long resume for a common pokemon that evolves early
As for skeledirge, i think it should've been the gen 9 pick. It's guaranteed, has great stats, matches up well into the early game, and can sweep several bosses (including two of the elite four) with torch song especially once you get easy access to ev vitamins or the choice scarf to make up for its lackluster speed. its probably the most broken starter of all time. meowscarada is really good but i wouldve given it to big dirge
Flamigo and Cyclizar too. Lokix isn´t as good
But what about the WORST ENCOUNTERS? In my opinion, one of the worst is Klutz Woobat in Wellspring Cave(Repels failed me).
Why did you feature torterra in sinnoh honorable mentions but not infernape? He has so much utility in that game and insane stats + 2 120 base power 100% accurate moves
Yeah infernape is literally broken and way better than lucario in dppt as well so idk why it got no mention
@@mreevee7785 Especially since in Diamond and Pearl, Infernape is one of the three fire-type options you have in the game (alongside Rapidash and TM35)
Cuz Torterra is underrated as a starter, but lets focus on Infernape. Infernape is quite good aswell, but there are many flaws. Most gym and major trainer that you encounter, already have a great alternative. Roark can be dealt with any of the starters, Gardenia, you have Staraptor, or by that point Staravia, who is also really good. Let's also mention the fact that the Turtwig line learns a level-up move in gen 4 to deal with Fantina, something that not too many other Pokemon can do that early in the game, which at that point Monferno can't do anything about. Then, we skip to the 6th gym, where Infernape shines, but yet again, overlaps with the guaranteed encounter Lucario that you can get by that point, who is also REALLY good. Infernape shines with Candice, but yet again, Lucario is also there and REALLY good. Infernape then gets bodied by both Lucian and Bertha in the elite 4, who the demon Froslass can counter both by that point. Now, Infernape does have a lot of redeeming qualities, including being a great counter, especially in the early game, to the infamous Team Galactic's Mars and Jupiter, and their Purugly and Skuntank. Infernape is also great against Barry's Muchlax/Snorlax, in the early/mid game. Plus , he is really fast and he one of the few fires types in the Sinnoh dex and by far the most accessible one. While Infernape is great in theory, in practise he's wishi-washi during a playthrough, but that doesn't mean he can't be utilized well. (Also if you're mentioning Infernape's attack stat, bad news, Torterra has a higher attack stat) (Also, 100% accurate moves? what does that have to do with anything? Pretty much all Pokemon can have fully accurate moves, including Torterra. And accuracy doesn't mean everything if you have a good strategy.) I'm not a nuzlocking expert, this is just what I know from playing an UNGODLY amount of Platinum. Please be free to correct me if I'm wrong on anything I have said here. (From Torterra Fan, with love. (Only like 5 people might get this reference))
I absolutely love your sponsor segways, I always stick around to watch them, they are the best
Okay now make a Paldea nuzlocke with just THOSE pokemon, 2 of which aren't in the game so you only have 7 for the entire game😶 let's see how terrifying they all are together
Gonna shout out Dreadnaw. Two phenomenal abilities in Strong Jaw and Shell Armor, early evolution level, good offensive typing, faster than you'd expect with great physical attack and decent bulk. Also pretty easily available in both Galar and Paldea.
What if: a nuzlocke race in a game, with yourself or someone else. Each has to use a different starter and the starter has to survive until the end of the game. Then you can analyze the difference each starter made in gameplay and teambuilding
24:59 it also has Swords Dance to make up for it. It can use Encore to lock opposing pokemon into moves, it learns Thunder Wave to stall out opposing pokemon, it can break Sturdy by setting up Stealth Rock or through Mold Breaker, it's insane.
Gonna give a personal honorable mention to Lokix in Scarlet and Violet. Pretty much found almost immediately leaving Mesagoza, good speed and attack, has first impression AND U turn., and pretty much soloed Geeta's entire team for me.
That ad transition was perfection. Chefs kiss
Shocked you didn’t mention haxorus for gen 5. I realize he may come a bit late but really he gets so many natural tools like d dance and then outrage he can just sweep in the right circumstance (I know no dragons ;( )
You should also do a video of the best nuzlock encounters in their home region. I suspect Nidoking and Staraptor are definitely making that list.
great video man. liked the idea a lot.
shocked by the absence of Zangoose in your honorable mentions!
no fish fillet today?
Yo a Moxie shoutout. I love seeing creators I enjoy interacting. Hope we can get some two way interaction between you two!
For Gen 1, I absolutely agree with Gyarados being the best Nuzlocke Pokemon, but I feel like both Nidoking and Nidoqueen are great encounters to have for Nuzlockes as well.
For Gen 3, Breloom, despite it's quad weakness to Flying, is an absolute force with the right moveset and if you max out the speed EVs, but I can't disagree with the Shedinja pick.
Overall, all very good choices for best Nuzlocke 'mons.
Nice! This will help with my nuzlocke attempts!
I cannot stress how GOATed Excadrill is in Gen 5 nuzlockes. Easy to encounter as early as Route 4 (and able to be found in most every other cave afterwards) thanks to how Drilbur is encountered and can be searched for safe from Woobats and Roggenrola thanks to repels. Right before the N & Ghetsis fight I taught my Archeops Sandstorm and taught it U-Turn to let Excadrill wreak havoc. Poor Simon fell to Ghetsis' Hydreigon miraculously landing a Focus Blast, after which my Stoutland switched in and avenged my Excadrill with a theatrically appropriate Retaliate.
This kind of video is a really cool way to balance the challenge runs. I'd be interested in seeing more
My personal opinion:
1) Gyarados
2) Crobat
3) Swampert
4) Garchomp
5) Excadrill
6) Talonflame/Mega Charizard
7) Primarina
8) Corviknight
9) Bellibolt
Let's see how it matches.
I hear that Sea of Stars music in the background with the Gen 1 talk. Great choice!
You probably won't read this, but I love this idea of video! Strategizing and ranking Nuzlocke encounters and methods like this is always super interesting, and educational. Please do more
Always love the chatty style videos, would love to see more like this!
A video i might love to see is like
"Encounters that can solo each gym/boss in each game" (regardless of starter choice)
Like brock can be soloed by mankey even if you picked the worst starter for him
Same with beedrill on misty, diglett on surge, etc!
This video has arguably one of your best intros.
Ty for the cred. Gen 5 was a magical time, though I fit it onto at least one team in every game it appears in.
U should do a nuzlock where u use all the Pokémon listed in this video as ur team & backups & c how everything goes & how u plan out to get the Pokémon
I like how you used the ad segway to give an objective review of Garchomp while staying in character.
I’d say Heracross might deserve a shout out as well
HGSS heracross is utterly disgusting for how early it is
An early game monster that has excellent utility throughout the game that you can (almost) guarantee is insane
It might have a case if it was just HGSS, but considering Blissey's utility in other games, it is the clear winner.
Thank you, bro. I don't know how fucking MANTINE got a nod but Heracross, who absolutely carried his HGSS Bug monotype, didn't even get a mention.
I would agree if he sorting them by game, but he's sorting them by generation
i can't even be mad at these ad reads they're fantastic
Poor garchomp, falls victim to the "superior" dragon/ground, flygon
I enjoy when bully Flygon shows his nature.
Very cool and interesting vid! Would love to see like, the other side, worst encounters for nuzlocks!
I would have to politely argue with Meowscarada though, Skeledirge can literally just, solo the entire game bulky, great special attack, signature move that boosts its special attack further! Just invest a little into speed and you're just able to solo demolish the entire game, expect maybe Clavell at the end of it
I think a "Best nuzlocke encounters on each game" would be an interesting take as well!
When you were doing the bit about the factors I was expecting a Factor sponsorship segue ngl
I have finally watched enough of these great videos to predict when the ad is coming and the leadups never fail to make me laugh.
Hmm, I'm surprised by meowscarada as the paldea pick. It was my first starter for a blindish nuzlocke(looked up the levels for fights still) and it definitely felt strong, it's just really hard to overstate how dominant skelederge is as well.
17:00 this is insane. The only thing that has a higher one was pre-nerf aegislash, but that was short lived lol
My shoutout for Paldea over Meowscarada is actually Garganacl. The whole Nacli line is excellent as far as rock types go, and it gets access to excellent chip damage in the form of Salt Cure and recovery in the form of…Recover. Pure stall isn’t as strong in Gen 9 but Garganacl puts in work.
I think the second best gen 1 encounter has to be Bulbasaur. It solos the entire early game, and even though it gets less useful late game it means you don't have to sweat about what mons you get for Brock (who if you pick Charmander can be an issue), Misty (for whom you need fast and strong or a Bellsprout) and Surge (a much smaller issue because Diglett cave)
5:15 was that Uncle Jim Tendo???
They have one of the best abilities intimidated in moxie
the obvious squarespace segue makes it really easy for me to click the right arrow button 18 times, thank you 🙏
That ad setup was so good I had to like the video early 😂
Editor Izzy's got amazing taste with that Sea of Stars music :D
Yo that AD pivot was INSANE 😂
I am surprised that Bulbasuar/venasuar wasn’t at least a honorable mention. The typing is amazing for Kanto, being super effective against the first two gyms along with the fourth and eighth, resists the third gym and the poison secondary type allows for it to take neutral damage from poison, which 2 of the main boss fights use (Agatha failing to beat poison type trainer allegations), and because of how much game freak loves gen 1, you can find or at least get a gen 1 starter like in Kalos, in Alola you can find starters with the pokéradar, galar with the Isle of armor dlc, and the terrarium in scarlet and violet
oh the JOY of having golispod finally get some love and recognition
Oh no, that sponsorship segue actually made me laugh out loud in public
Yay, my boi Raticate made the list :') it's so slept on but it's so good in early-game Nuzlockes, thanks to its speed and Guts and Super Fang and a surprisingly deep coverage movepool
i think your majorly overlooking the power of shiinotic. good bulk, decent typing, effect spore as an ability, early evolution level and a deep move pool including powerful stab moves, reliable recovery and spore.
the only drawback is that it is pretty rare in alola and galar.
Only thing I would mention is Cyclizar having shed tail, rapid spin, etc. which could lead to free set up. other than that, i agree with this
I don't think it's that common outside of alola so I can understand not including it but I'd say wishiwashi is a top contender within alola. It's pretty much a guaranteed encounter with fishing and dupes clause, its stats in school form are great and it's ability activates at lvl20 so it's really good early game. It can also learn u-turn via tm, so it's great for switches given it's bulk and low speed. It's main downside is obviously it's ability deactivating under 25% hp but its defenses and the fact it learns aqua ring make it pretty easy to keep its hp up, especially if you combine it with leftovers, which you can get decently early in alola.
My other top pick would be mudsdale with stamina but this comment is already long enough lol
Anyway, great video, just wanted to talk about my alolan favs
I used Arboliva in my first casual Violet playthrough. I was shocked how good it was. Awesome stall abilities and a very high 125 Special Attack for Terrain Pulse is so good against nearly everything in the Paldea Region.
Did Skeledirge fall off in favor or something..?? Bro is genuinely OP, with its bulk, great typing (he was JUST glazing Chandelure for it lmao), and insanely broken signature move!
I swear no one complains about Dragapult evolving late but everyone has an aneurism of Hydreigon doing the same
These ad segues just keep getting better.
Didn't expect to hear Gathers Under Night here, your editor has cool taste
Really enjoyed this video and would love to see more like this!
Only one of these I'm sure gets a spot is Gyarados.
Magikarp is a near guaranteed encounter in most gens, you get it early, evolves early into lategame stats, great stats, surprisingly large movepool, works great in team composition with electric and ground types for free switches. The mixture of excellent movepool, solid stats, and both early & abundant availability makes it a teambuilding pillar, it's nuts.
Gyrados: "I'm the best gen 1 nuzlocke encounter"
Nidoking: "Nah I'd evolve"
I would argue that Krookodile deserves heavy consideration for Unova crown. Excadrill is obviously great but is very 1 trick pony. It attack go brrr. Krookodile can also attack go slightly softer brr, but also disrupt with Taunt, stall with dig, hit pretty hard and deceptively fast, and also has 2 immunities.
Plus BOTH abilities are legit. Intimidate is always good, and it can go crazy with Moxie. Only downside is final Evo being 40.
Really surprised you didn't mention ferrothorn for gen 5: amazing wall (probably better than blissey imho), fairly easy to get, great typing and good damage output with bodypress and gyro ball
This man is a GENIUS when it comes to ads. (just kidding, he is a genius in every way)
I wanna give a quick shoutout to Skeledirge. With Torch Song and Throat Spray it's super good for most of the late game with a good amount of speed EVs. You can also just buy a choice scarf insanely early on to work around it's bad speed stat as well as nature mints.
No it ain't Chief 😂 66 speed is garbo you'd be lucky if you don't get $hit canned later on.
I was racking my brain debating which mon would take the gen 3 spot before I remembered shedinja counts lol, since I auto-ban it in every nuzlocke
FLYGON FLYGON FLYGON I SEE YOU USING SEA OF STARS MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND. YOU ARE A GOAT, JUST LIKE THE HIT GAME SEA OF STARS!
I so much love your ad transition. Thanks for the good job Garchomp FG
25:59 Bro forgot to mention Skeledirge I can’t 🤭🫵🏻
Id like to shout out Whimsicott. Found a shiny one late game on a white 2 redux run and the thing solo'd the dragon gym and a good majority of the elite 4. Absolute power house disguised as a cotton ball
I'd add Drapion to this as well, good bulk and typing, decent speed, good moves, makes for a very effective Swords Dance Sweeper.
Me, who has never - and probably will never - do a nuzlocke: "Hm, yes." *proceeds to scribble notes that are actually just poor attempts at stickmen*
I can’t believe you used GarchompFJ’s earnest and factual defense of his favorite pokemon as an ad segue. Monster.
These kinds of lists are kinda hard to be objective for tbh since Tms and Gyms depend on which game you’re playing, but overall great picks and video 👍🏻