How Claydol Became Top Tier.
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
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Pokemon Competitive Singles in Gen 3 OU is a world where Claydol reigns supreme.
Claydol is the most popular Rapid Spin user in the game thanks to its fantastic Typing, the tremendous ability Levitate granting a Spike immunity, and even Explosion allowing it to trade with Key targets and have dynamic uses.
Over time Claydol has only risen in usage and viability, proving to be a Perfect fit in this metagame with a Versatility in how it can be used as a resource, which top players really value.
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Some will never figure out how to get Claydol in Pokemon Scarlet and Pokemon Violet. But famous player Jim Cool is well aware of the Best Claydol Moveset in Competitive, and even how to Claydol Shiny Farm. Many aren't and never will be. That's just the unfortunate reality of the world.
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Claydol would really love to wear a "Hoodie" whenever he is up against "Regice" to shield him from the cold.
He might be able to get a "Hoodie" from jimothycool.com
That's pretty "cool"
>can set hazards
>immune to hazards (levitate)
>can remove hazards
>ground type
>has a pivot move
Claydol is Landorus
Except Claydol actually looks cool.
This shows that Landorus would be balanced if it was weak to Pursuit.
@@GoldStorm07whos gonna tell him
@@usernametaken017 Pursuit was removed so we would not know the truth
>featherless
>bipedal
was plato referencing claydol when describing man?
Every Claydol has its Daydol, a wise man once told me so.
This feels so BKC that I can't just not get behind this. Make July 11 the Daydol day
Ask Claydol to turn around 😂
A wide mandol one toldol me so
Claydol switching into Jolteon's electric move, removing spikes, taking two HP grass, then killing Jolteon.
Just *chefs kiss*
Gigachad emote
Claydol's many eyes allow it to gain a good perspective of the entire meta, thus giving it good comprehension of its place in Gen 3 OU.
Also, the resurgence of Iron Mugulis is very concerning. I hope it can be dealt with swiftly.
No day of the week starts with C. It's Claydol's claim regardless.
Claydol's century?
Today is Clayday
We don’t say Merry Christmas or Happy Holidays. We say Happy Claydolidays around here.
Chursday
Clearly Claydol's Chewsday came correct? Can confirm
No jim, it's rising cause claydolls ability is levitate causing it to float
of course its good, it can see 360 degrees from all those eyes
By that logic Yanma is OU
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Claydol's success in Gen 3 OU may come from its back sprite, with the eyes on the back of its head allowing it to see its trainer as you cheer it on.
These videos are great but lets be honest, at this point I'm just here for updates on the Horse council situation
Jimothy,
it has recently been brought to my attention that Wailord is a Large Pokémon, and I believe it can play a large role in the unfolding Horse Council drama, as well. With its prodigious size, Wailord is inarguably the best Pokémon at carrying people across the sea using the Surf technique, and as "carrying people" is a pivotal qualification for a horse, this could qualify Wailord as at the very least horse-adjacent. With that out of the way, Wailord's potential advantages are threefold:
(1) Wailord's large frame provides a much-needed counterweight to the very small Horsea.
(2) Wailord can use its move "Soak" to transform Magcargo into a water type, allowing it to shrug off Bubble beams without a second thought.
(3) Wailord has access to the move "Water Spout", which produces quantities of water so large that even Iron Mugulus would not be able to hold them.
These features, as well as Wailord itself, seem clearly too big to ignore. Since it can both change the power dynamics between Horsea and Magcargo *and* fend off Iron Mugulus's advance, Wailord might even succeed at bringing this entire terrible crisis to an end and carry the entire Horse Council on its back.
That fiend Iron Mugulis will not get away with it
Magcargo and Horsea must put aside their differences and team up in order to defeat Iron Mugulus!
"STOP FIGHTING!" -a distant pokemon cry feints around the wind-
of course it's rising, claydol can levitate
Claydol - “I’ll try spinning, that’s a good trick”
Steven knew what he was doing putting it on his team.
Aggron is next.
Im pretty convinced he used Aggron against all the noob trainers who only brought normal/flying moves. Aggron takes care of fodder and looks badass. "Bossgodora" in japanese.
I wish Claydol would stop looking at me with them big ol’ eyes
be not afraid
Claydol really rose to popularity when people discovered he has a bunch of winking owl faces on his head
This guy 😂😂
Of course, Iron Mugulius was behind it all
People don’t know that claydol actually contains yeast that’s why it rise when players cook
Can’t wait for the future when we’ll have 3 hour long ‘Jimothy Cool Channel Lore Compilations’
So it begins. Captain Amugulis: Civil Horse
I don’t play Gen 3 but Claydol explodes so he’s the best Pokémon ever
I can never get over the fact that exploding with Band Metagross immediately on turn 1 is a viable lead tactic in this metagame.
The pressure banded metagross creates is terrifying. I have lost so many Swamperts to that guy.
This pisses me off so much because they gave him damp in the gen that nerfed explosion@@helter1234
I hope defensive Dragonite becomes popular. A Heal Bell user that, like Claydol, has Spikes immunity and has a high attack stat plus various coverage options to deal with meta threats.
It requires a lot more support than claydol due to its rock weakness and duel ice weakness it also slower than many of the common offensive threats you would like to use it against. I love Dragonite but it’s a lot harder to fit on to teams in this gen because of its flaws.
I know that everyone is distracted by the going-ons of the horse council, but I would appreciate it if more awareness was spread about the army amassing in the North, and the rumors that this may be the work of Calyrex's past paradox form, "Night King."
oh shit not the iron mugulus back stab
This is literally the only channel on RUclips where the call to action for people to subscribe is consistently the best part of the video.
sand immune, spike immune, arena trap immune, earthquake immune, thunder wave and thunder bolt immune
claydol dgaf
i've always been very fond of claydol so it was always cool to see how good it is in adv ou. steven was ahead of his time using one on his team
claydol is an example of how in the earlier days before pokemon became all min-maxed and STAB obsessed an unassuming pokemon designed to fill a specific role could actually provide a valuable asset to a team.
Claydol looks like that one guy from SMT that reflects physical
Yes Arahabaki hahaha.
I name my Claydol "Amala Drum" after the save points from nocturne lol
Claydol hidden ability for gen 10 reflects all physical moves and gets an additional turn when hit by a phys move
@@PixelRory lol
genuinely hope this video blows up in the algorithm, it feels like something that a huge audience would be interested in which is a lesser known pokemon being up to the top, i love claydol and i hope this channel gets more subscribers to finally resolve the horsefrog-gatorgyarados hyperwar.
The little stories you put in these videos are my favorite part. It's unique and I really enjoy it
Next video: how Lickitung became top tier
is the only pokemon with wish + heal bell so it surely have its uses
@@cjtrujillo9172wish Chansey
The claydol Aerodactyl metagross synergy makes me realize steven stones team could be a viable team for a video
This mon feels so good to use. I would've loved to be invested in the metagame while it was first entering the public eye, feels like such an intuitive fit at this point.
Claydol kinda reminds me abit of RBY Snorlax, not in the sense that both are midgame progress makers but both pokemon have signifcant variety in movesets and how while both don't counter much they can kinda check near enough everything depending on the set.
Also they both explode which is fun button to click.
it's spinning
it tends to do that
Iron Mugulis has risen once more, the dastardly fiend.
Catching a Gengar with shadow ball on a switch in is one of the most satisfying plays to make
oh god not then return of the dreaded Iron Mugulis
Claydol is one of the few mons who liked the physical/special split. All of its weaknesses are special except bug and ghost, which are rare.
It's just me or does anybody else find the way Jim pronounces Claydol very satisfying?
I'm glad Claydol is good somewhere, definitely one of my favorite mons for sure.
Pretty cool that there’s a video to go along with the horse council update
Ever since emerald’s 7th gym I loved claydol. Especially with its cool sprite back then.
Claydol is one of my fav mons to play / love it's design. Glad to see it getting some shine and love
Not gonna lie, at least 40% of why I click new videos is the horse war update
Claydol deserves an evolution nowadays, Perhaps Brickdol.
Baltoy -> Claydol -> Brickknack
@@koolkrafter5 haha not bad!
finally, a Jimothy Cool subscribe region map. I can keep track of the lore much easier now
I. HEART. CLAYDOL.
I am so happy it is getting its time to shine.
Claydol was always top tier, he's just so strange that nobody wants to look it in the eye
Not to mention that its like one of 4 total pokemon to resist the coveted edge/quake (ground + rock) combo.
I came for the horse council lore
I stayed for the pokeknowledge
i am subed to kimoothy "cool" in hopes of horsea quickly defeating the not horse magcargo so that he may deal with the betrayal of iron mugulis and take back his "territory" from the future paradox form of coffee cuppy.
such a tragedy that iron mugulis has taken horseas seat at harrenhorse
Claydoll is a mon that unfortunally never had a chance against powercreep and is only good in gen 3. Shame cause the design is cool even though the name is lame
A lot of cool pokemon have suffered the crimes commited by the powercreep gang, which is a shame.
Claydol is currently a top tier pokemon in gen 3 OU
Babe wake up, Rest Explosion Claydoll
How timely. I just used a Claydol on my Omega Ruby playthrough team, where I used it to set up to +6/+6 with Calm Mind on Steven's own Claydol, and used it to sweep the rest of his team, including outspeeding and OHKOing Steven's Mege Metagross.
Claydol is neat. It's got such a nice set of resistances, and is bulky, but still reasonably fast for a wall. In modern generations, it's suffering because of how offensively busted Ghost and Dark are, it doesn't have any sort of recovery move, and it's just way too passive for modern standards. But in Gen 3, none of those issues matter.
I remember using Claydol a lot in gen 8 and it being pretty useful
I love my Claydol so much. It’s saved so many games for me. Its name is Grandmas Ashes
It's Claydol's Christmas. Happy Claydolidays everyone.
As a representative of the Claydol Enjoyer Association I am pleased of this outcome
Merry Claydol Christmas
It seems like literally every pokemon is good in gen 3
Iron Mugulis must be stopped. I shall spread the word
Days since Groodon: 1
Claydol is a doll made of clay. You are very welcome
Claydol has risen
Claydol loves to spin the block on his opps
Claydol is currently a top tier Pokémon in Gen 3 OU.
hyper beam tyranitar! so true!
ngl I do enjoy double edge on my ddtar, which is probably the closest sensible move
The return of Iron Mugulus!
Okay but I do have one question regarding Claydol's claim to fame: If Claydol's so good because of it's swiss army knife applications, wouldn't that mean you'd need the rest of your team to also have those swiss army knife applications? It makes me think that a team of six wouldn't be able to capitalize off of everything Claydol can do. So it's like, yeah you 1v1'ed Aerodactyl but does your team even have anything particularly weak to Aerodactyl?
I fucking love Claydoll.
oh so iron mugulis is just back. and i shouldnt be anxious about this, sure
0:58 i haven’t laughed as hard today 😂😂😂
Claydol underrated confirmed
People use claydol for spikes immune rapidspin, yet they didn't use delibird last gen even though the bird also had spikes immune rapidspin Curious!
The biblically accurate pokémon
Tate and Liza’s emerald team should’ve been all we needed to know how screwed up this thing is
I cannot believe that Battlehorn Castle is in the Pokemon world. I guess it makes sense, since Cyrodiil has no children and the pokemon world seems to have plenty running about. This is groundbreaking news.
Claydol has always been baydol. I used him a lot in gen 5 OU, too
i love claydol sm. i hope it gets a mega
my dol’s got eyeballs in the back of its head. it looks around and around you know it makes me sad to see it like that
Gonna tell all my children that the Iron Mugulis x Horse Council crossover lore was my Endgame.
(6:37) I assume Blissey is the Pokémon that uses Aromatherapy.
The Landorus before Landorus was a thing
I refuse to believe this.
Edit: No way.
>Why it's rising
Because it has the Levitate ability, next question
if Claydol had access to Recover, it might see more play
I smell a mega evolution.
Considering the distribution of pokemon that learn spikes in gen 3, I'm surprised that it doesn't seem to run Hidden Power Fire, even at 60 base power the quad weakness of Forretress and normal weakness of Skarmory, Glalie, Cacturn, and Roselia should make it worth it.
I know i personally would rather just kill a spikes setter and then clean up instead of spamming spikes and rapid spin until someone runs out of PP.
I'm not into competitive but like these analysis videos and just expected that to come up. I also would have sworn that Claydol learned flamethrower in gen 3, but i must be getting confused with Tate & Liza's Solrock.
now give it a choice band
we love you claydol :)
Im so glad im subscribed
Tl;dw Iron Mugulis is now in Horsea territory
Claydol sweep, gamefreak please give levitate-locked pokemon a hidden ability 🙏
I subscribed because the horse war has really gotten out of hand by now.
its kind of a shame its just gotten power crept over time, its such a cool pokemon overall. i hope some day gamefreak gives it some love (new evo/mega, stat buff, etc)