Also something I was originally gonna include in the vid but didn't was announce that I have a Patreon now! Link is in the description, I didn't really want to use Patreon tbh, I like the way Ko-Fi is set up more but it deals with things through Paypal which I almost never use so I went with Patreon. Nothing substantial will EVER be locked behind it, it only exists as like a tip jar if you wanna help me out, but remember watching my vids and sharing them is already amazing support so whatever you do I really appreciate it (:
@drsherifff2 жыл бұрын
POGGERS
@Neogears13122 жыл бұрын
Have you considered having a discord per chance?
@drsherifff2 жыл бұрын
@@Neogears1312 psst im currently setting one up for him but dont tell him shhht!
@RiahGreen2 жыл бұрын
Big Yellow will now get my money. Very cool! Edit: Holy shit I'm your first patron!
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
@@RiahGreen I just saw that this morning ty very much appreciated!
@eredostheuseless44752 жыл бұрын
"That's like biting into a sandwich and saying wtf there's bread in here" God tier quote
@w0ody162 жыл бұрын
Excuse meee I'm doing a KETO diet whyyyyy are there carbssss in my foooood!??
@jordand83712 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna remember that quote for a long while
@MetaCharizardToken2 жыл бұрын
It had me replaying the seconds LMAOO
@Moss_Dude2 жыл бұрын
I literally gave my mom context about pokemon generations being buggy just to tell her that
@ButterStick642 жыл бұрын
18:23 I know Jack shit about Pokémon. Watched just for the quote. Wasn’t disappointed.
@nathanielyingling34562 жыл бұрын
You’re correct. In Gen V, Sol Badguy can not choke out Breloom.
@tysondennis1016 Жыл бұрын
Was he in Gen 5?
@toxagen114411 ай бұрын
@tysondennis1016 before BW2, you had to transfer Sol Badguy from a previous generation. But they added Sol Badguy in BW2, but only in Black City... Also yes, Breloom was in gen 5 because this was before they started cutting pokemon from the game.
@randommaster062 жыл бұрын
Banning Moody or Evasion boosts happened for the same reason a shot clock was added to many sports. (such as the NBA) Teams were literally sitting on the ball for 40+ minutes to win games. Watching nothing happen for half an hour seems funny until you are on the losing side watching your time get wasted.
@olivergro71052 жыл бұрын
What you mean by sitting on the ball? Literal sitting or playing around the time with useless passes?
@randommaster062 жыл бұрын
@@olivergro7105 Pro players literally sitting on the ball. There were no rules against this because nobody thought it would ever happen. Rules were added when it did. You would have scores of 7 - 6 for the whole game.
@YOSSARIAN3132 жыл бұрын
@@randommaster06 not literally they'd just pass it constantly
@ChillavaKirby Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure I understand this comparison. These two things were banned because they were competitively unhealthy due to relying purely on randomness to be effective.
@randommaster06 Жыл бұрын
@@ChillavaKirby The shot clock and evasion ban are comparable in that allowing them creates situations that participants/viewers find unfun and can threaten the long-term health of the game. You solve the problem by eliminating it as an option for players. Forcing basketball players to take shots and banning evasion boosts, respectively. The evasion issue really started to matter in the original DP meta. (TLDR: the DP meta revolved around one interaction with evasion) Garchomp was everywhere and so was Tyranitar. Because there were no other good weather setters, so sand was almost always up. A +2 Atk Garchomp will OHKO anything meta-relevant. It's holding Yache Berry, so the only thing in the entirety of OU that is guaranteed to out-speed and OHKO it is Adamant, Choice Band Weavile with Ice Punch. Sand Veil means Garchomp has a 20% chance to avoid attacks in a sandstorm. If you have to play ten swiss rounds before cutting to top 8, if you are using that Weavile, you are estimated to lose two games to RNG because Sand Veil caused Ice Punch to miss and you got swept. Going plus/minus one miss (amusing you win all your other matches) is the difference between not making Top 8 mad being guaranteed a spot. An entire mera of "Does Ice Punch Miss?" isn't fun, and Smogon banished Garchomp to Ubers until the DPP meta introduced more pokemon the could deal with Garchomp.
@gregorygejoff16282 жыл бұрын
Gen 4 had chattot banned actually. All because of it being able to record literally any sound you want for it to play.
@christopherfleetwood52522 жыл бұрын
Yeah apparently you could make it cuss (which is really dumb because it’s BP was based on how loud you yelled at your DS so everyone I knew was making Elder Scrolls FUS RO DAH jokes)
@Saixjacket2 жыл бұрын
Best one is that one dude who got his chatot to say SHAWTYS LIKE A MELODY and you could tell it was the song easily Xd
@NeonWasInUse2 жыл бұрын
@@christopherfleetwood5252 straight up screaming "FUS RO DAH" into a Mic to make a funny looking bird on my scream yell the same thing every time it attacked is absolutely something I'd do lol.
@punga61022 жыл бұрын
But that was only VGC Smogon did not ban chatot as you can't record anything in Showdown, nor have they ever made an irl tournament iirc
@suezuccati3042 жыл бұрын
@@punga6102 playing competitive singles on console is like torture
@NeoGraena2 жыл бұрын
Yknow what my favorite period is in Gen 5? the Dugtrio ban saga. basically the history of how Gen 5 OU was simply unable to handle Arena Trap to the point of banning Dugtrio, however people decided to just use Diglett (or even Trapinch lol) and only then Arena Trap itself was banned.
@alejandrop.s.39422 жыл бұрын
Showdown is a toxic, inconsistent community. Once a guy a reported me for using a whole Explosion to enable a Gyarados sweep. Obviously, his request was dismissed, but then he opened a thread in Smogon crying about how Explosion goes against "strategy, and what it is a good match since it's impredictable" (he was a stall user) and I was astonished when I saw many people agreeing with him and asking for banning more than 2 mon with Explosion in the team.
@NeoGraena2 жыл бұрын
@@alejandrop.s.3942 Showdown's toxicity is mostly just either tryhards or children. Most of the time it's chill
@mrschrubelhupfyay63972 жыл бұрын
@@alejandrop.s.3942 tbf that idea is valid, explosion is pretty busted and restricting it to 2 mons wouldnt take away the merits of it while getting rid of braindead strats like 5 explosions+snorlax
@exi_dudi2037 Жыл бұрын
@@mrschrubelhupfyay6397 the thing is, it doesn't matter if a strategy is brain-dead as long as it's competitive and not broken. Using 5 explosion mons is a very bad strategy ( even in gen 2 you'd only want like 4 on Very offensive teams) and it's relatively easy to play around. Considering how this was in gen 5 you can reasonably just tank explosions from certain mons and you have preview and can see what min they're trying to keep. It's really easy to play around and theres no reason to ban it.
@mrschrubelhupfyay6397 Жыл бұрын
@@exi_dudi2037 it being gen 5 is a major detail due to the explosion nerf, Id expected it to be gen 3 as gen 3 is the strongest gen for explosion, if it is gen 5 then that suggestion is absolutely invalid
@floofzykitty50722 жыл бұрын
I think it's less about "we want you to play the game this way" when it comes to these rules and more about "this would be the only viable way to play if it was legal". For example, dig/fly in Gen 1 would completely shape the meta game to that strategy. People wouldn't be able to just stop using t-wave/paralysis because then the pokemon that are susceptible to paralysis would just become the best because nothing would be able to stop them
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
This is what I think a lot of people miss, I think they jump to the conclusion that Smogon just shapes metas exactly to the liking of a small group of people and we go along with it, when in reality that's not the case at all
@eumorpha8762 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly personally i think some of Smogon's councils can be too heavy on the banhammer at times, but for the most part i agree with that statement
@justabluedream2 жыл бұрын
Bro, no one ever used dig or fly in rby back in the days of internet gen 1 netbattle or Pokémon online. Ever. They were never banned back In the days preceding my time during 2005-2012. They weren’t banned and no one used them.
@somedragonbastard2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if it's sucking the joy out of the game or pushing out other strategies, it's no good. Fuck Primal Groudon. All my homies hate Primal Groudon. Idk if it was actually competitively that bad but I didn't like it
@Wolf995552 жыл бұрын
@@justabluedream did people know about the bug back then, and did the simulators you used accurately recreate the bug? because if not then those anecdotes really do not matter. there's a very real chance that if they were aware of the bug at the time they didn't recreate it in order to not ban the move, but later on decided to more faithfully recreate the game instead of modifying it for 2 moves that you yourself are saying were never used.
@afineegg10404 ай бұрын
Rewatching this video again and seeing the non-yassified Big Yellow... Damn. They've come a long way.
@kiz556224 күн бұрын
what happened to him?
@OG_DouG2 жыл бұрын
It's pretty fun to see that there's still a meta in older gens. The spore ban in Gen 5 OU is pretty recent, and there's still a lot of people playing Gen 1 OU.
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
Old gens having their meta's changing even today is so cool to me honestly
@chazaqiel23192 жыл бұрын
Honestly, it's not that different from people keeping older fighting games alive through sheer passion and modding. It goes to show how much love goes into a series, when players have their favourite episode and focus on it instead of just following the mainstream interest
@justincarroll18362 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly I mean a meta in a game with enough characters is virtually impossible to truly solve. The idea is that there are X best strategies with a similarly small number of counters and weaknesses like a rock paper scissors effect. With too many options, you can quite literally change the meta but doing the same things often enough.
@rjante22362 жыл бұрын
Gen 1 OU is really fun
@SlasherLink1192 жыл бұрын
That sleep ban was probably one of the best things that could've happened for Gen. V, cause those Sleep inducing moves were essentially more accurate legal OHKO moves, as the sleep counter would reset on switchout pre-Gen VI, so you'd just give one pokemon up to the Sleep move and that pokemon is just Sleep Clause fodder for the remainder...
@TheWrathAbove2 жыл бұрын
This is actually a pretty interesting subject that you don't see covered all to often, especially not in this style. So it's nice to see here.
@breadpower2 жыл бұрын
the afrobull pfp
@TheWrathAbove2 жыл бұрын
@@breadpower Yes I am indeed aware
@LunaGropeAnnelotte2 жыл бұрын
A fellow man of culture
@superiormeh2 жыл бұрын
I'm hope these likes are about the post not the pic The pic: keep dreamin'
@Yuutus12 жыл бұрын
Great comic
@shellnut82242 жыл бұрын
Adding onto why sleep is not banned in Gen 1 whereas it is banned in Gen 5... Because everything in Gen 1 is so bulky by virtue of the maxed-out defensive stats and the dominance of 2 blanket checks to virtually the entire metagame, Snorlax and Chansey, it's not unreasonable to try burning sleep turns on a Cloyster using Clamp, a Resting Snorlax, or against resisted attacks like Psychic, since if you get it then your up a full Pokemon and if you don't get it your not falling too far behind. So while sleep is very strong in Gen 1, there are ways to play around it. By contrast, in gen 5, the metagame is so volatile that losing even 1 turn can be the game right then and there, making it way too dangerous to try burning sleep turns in gen 5, let alone with the stupid sleep mechanics. However, by not bringing out a sleeping Pokemon, you are playing 5v6 the rest game with no realistic chance of burning turns and waking up, which is just as bad as giving the opponent a free turn. There is no reasonable way to play around it without relying entirely on getting lucky with sleep talk rolls which can just as easily make sleep a non-factor as they can give the opponent a free turn to win the game. I'm enjoying the variety content, it's very interesting and I look forward to seeing more of it in the future.
@shadowtitanx39622 жыл бұрын
Yeah... Gen 5 Sleep is way more devastating than Gen 1 Freeze and Sleep by a long shot. Not to mention, Gen 5 is very fast pace, where everything goes bang bang. Especially Choice Specs Latios, the king of Gen 5 OU. Also, the team building in Gen 5 is very difficult due to so many teams you have to be accounted for. Adding Sleep absorber on top of the constraint of Gen 5 OU teams isn't solving the issue due to the rng of Sleep and Sleep Talk (Unless if you use Poison Heal Gliscor).
@cashnelson23062 жыл бұрын
you're*
@usernametaken0172 жыл бұрын
@@cashnelson2306 mother
@mxri20192 жыл бұрын
I’m pretty sure in gen 5 the sleep counter is rest to 0 if you switch out.. so if you burn a turn of sleep then switch out and switch back in. It’ll stay at 0, I’m pretty sure that specifically coupled with the meta game is why sleep is so broken in gen 5 Though I could be wrong been a while since I looked it up
@priestesslucy32992 жыл бұрын
Insomnia and early bird and Clerics are also a thing. But yeah, feels pretty centralizing
@DSaC_2 жыл бұрын
You really just threw "Mr. Mime is banned from Gen 3 OU" out of freakin' nowhere and I almost choked on my drink. I didn't know this was the case at ALL.
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
The weird thing is that he's still allowed in UU and it's completely fine, so he's banned to Ubers but at the same time just vibing in UU
@DSaC_2 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly Weird, but Gen 3 has a lot of weird rules. Like how UU has the NFE ban.
@japanpanda21792 жыл бұрын
@@DSaC_ Could they have done that because Chansey? Though they could've just ... banned Chansey
@DSaC_2 жыл бұрын
@@japanpanda2179 Nah, it was because UU players played the tier to get away from OU, and they didn't want the tier to be overrun with preevolutions of the OU mons they were trying to get away from.
@agentblackbird94352 жыл бұрын
@@DSaC_ Scyther: Ima pretend I didn’t hear that
@goldenhydreigon47272 жыл бұрын
Glalie 🤝 Cacturne 🤝 Octillery Being decent casual run Pokémon who are bad in Competitive yet got banned due to an Ability.
@christopherfleetwood52522 жыл бұрын
And would make pretty good shit starter trio for a harder game mod actually…
@eumorpha8762 жыл бұрын
I think Cacturne should get an evolution
@artandem96372 жыл бұрын
@@christopherfleetwood5252 wait that's true...
@henriquepacheco74732 жыл бұрын
@@christopherfleetwood5252 if you're making a mod, you can also take those three and give them mod fakemon evolutions, since they're all single-stage evos. Kind of would shit on the "harder" part, tho, but eh.
@christopherfleetwood52522 жыл бұрын
@@henriquepacheco7473 😊 I’m flattered that you think I competent enough to make a whole mod, but believe me, I’m not. lol That said thank you for your input, that would be a cool idea. 👍
@wispyone37022 жыл бұрын
I remember in Gen 7, Eevium Z was this really funny thing where you could just get 2x stats in everything and then Baton Pass and Psych Up and it was the whole strategy. It eventually got banned but I used it a lot with usually bad mons like Wishiwashi and Ribombee, partially because I was very frustrated with the Metagame for other reasons.
@KeitaroHirochi2 жыл бұрын
Wait Extreme Evopass was actually a thing?
@wispyone37022 жыл бұрын
@@KeitaroHirochi It was banned eventually (Both to preserve pass and because even with base Eevee it was broken) in doubles but I don't think it was in VGC17.
@hope272722 жыл бұрын
@@wispyone3702 it was an ok team in VGC17 but it was way weaker in that format compared to smogon doubles
@wispyone37022 жыл бұрын
@@hope27272 That makes sense. I don't remember trying it in Smogon Doubles but I think I did. Maybe I tried it and that's how I learned it was banned in that format IDK. I wasn't usually playing in VGC but I remember I wanted to for S&M for some reason.
@hostiusasinhostilityhostil78532 жыл бұрын
I remember running a Psych Up Golduck with Aqua Jet just to counter that strategy - if I saw Eevee on the team preview, I'd send in Golduck first, assuming they'd send in Eevee, then Psych Up to get its boosts and kill it. Didn't get to use it much, but it was brutal when I got to.
@StarkMaximum2 жыл бұрын
A lot of people complain "why does Smogon ban so much stuff, they're no fun, any time I come up with something cool it's already banned", and my first argument is "if it's banned you're definitely not the first person to come up with it", but more seriously, putting restrictions on a format results in having to figure things out as you go; that fabled "creativity" people idolize. If you just want everything unbanned, look at Anything Goes; it's a mess and you're either playing exactly what the best shit is, or you're playing something that counters it. Removing options when done right results in looking at Pokemon in new ways, which is why some people prefer to play only the lower tiers; what do you use when the five best options are banned? What's the next best thing?
@letsmakeit1102 жыл бұрын
random freeze good. random miss bad. whatever man. smogon is just a small group of inbred players who want to make sure the strategies they have experience using remain dominant. Else they would have axed stealth rock forever ago. Been willing to devote a single move slot to haze etc... Like actually you can shut down their entire team of six baton passers with 1/24th of your team and they'd rather just ban it.
@tangerinepaint36432 жыл бұрын
@@letsmakeit110 wait you can?
@letsmakeit1102 жыл бұрын
@@tangerinepaint3643 yeah. devote a single moveslot to haze or something else with 'removes all stats changes'.
@tangerinepaint36432 жыл бұрын
@@letsmakeit110 question: does clear body work against haze?
@letsmakeit1102 жыл бұрын
@@tangerinepaint3643 honestly don't know
@TheBioshocksnake2 жыл бұрын
Moody should just give you a +2 stat up / -1 stat down as it switches in. Not as abusable and opens up more strategies.
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
My idea was always to make it +1/-1 instead of +2/-1, but your idea would be a much better solution tbh
@scooter95372 жыл бұрын
@@sammichu1906 It doesn't give accuracy and evasion in the game now and it's still comically broken lmao. I've played the game competitively since like 2012, I laddered for the moody suspect test in gen 8, and it was the single most degenerate meta I've seen. I'd argue it is almost the exact same thing as baton pass chains before they were banned. If you have the counters to it, the strategy falls apart, if you don't there is very little counter play and you lose on turn 2. It's not fun to play with or against. It should not be in the game. The only way to balance moody imo is to make it on hit instead of per turn. That would stop like protect, disable glare glalies and shit. All the mons that get the ability as of now are frail so I think this would be okay, but it's not future proof tbh. It's just an insanely broken ability it's gonna be hard to balance.
@LunaroseClaire2 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly perhaps it could give +1 to you and your opponent? Not even sure if that's possible to make work.
@dakota68852 жыл бұрын
@@scooter9537 your idea sucks even more. multi-hit moves exist
@yungmuney59032 жыл бұрын
I rather just have moody be an rng Download, like boost a random stat when switched in, that sounds fun.
@JustInCaseD2 жыл бұрын
Surprised that the biggest restriction of gen 5 wasn’t mentioned: the weather setter + speed boosting ability ban (Drizzle + Swift Swim, Sand Stream + Sand Rush, etc)
@gratedshtick2 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Chlorodrought
@JAnne_Bonne2 жыл бұрын
I thought it was just those two because of Water STAB + Water move boost from rain + Swift Swim on already fast and strong Pokemon = DANGER and Excadrill and Stoutland out speed near everything in Sand. That is to say, I thought they didn’t ban Chlorophyll + Drought because it’s balanced by only Grass types having Chlorophyll (and they have a disadvantage against Fire which is boosted by sun) and said Pokemon having narrower move pools than Pokemon with Swift Swim and Sand Rush and the ones that don’t (like Tangrowth and Exeggcutor) being to slow to take advantage of it.
@JustInCaseD2 жыл бұрын
@@JAnne_Bonne It was definitely worse than the other 2 weather combos, but despite that it was still a potent combo. Growth Chlorophyll Venusaur in particular was an absolute near unwallable monster - and arguably easily as dangerous stall machine between sub+leech seed, or just using Synthesis to get back 66.6% of its health every time due to sun. It also had access to Sleep Powder, which as everyone who played gen 5 knows: reliable sleep is an absolute gamebreaker due to gen 5’s brutal sleep reset mechanics upon switching. It was incredibly hard to stop once it go going, and was incredibly difficult to kill with the right support. Honorable mention also goes to Sawsbuck, who was a genuine Sword Dance sweeping threat under sun as well and often the 2nd sweeper either competing with - or teaming with Venu on chloro-spam teams. The 2 were the main abusers and culprits for pushing the style over the edge. Once the other 2 weather combos were locked up, chloro-sun started taking over the tier and not too long after closed a full ban on weather + speed boosting abilities. However, it is worth noting that there is ongoing discussion in recent times within the Smogon gen 5 community of potentially unbanning choloro-drought due to Sun teams near complete dropout from the meta after the banning of Arena Trap. Dugtrio (and Diglet for the short time that duggy was banned but Trap was still legal) was crucial to sun teams for its ability to remove common roadblocks like ttar, Heatran, or a weakened Politoed to help win the weather war, since Ninetales is a bad but vital component to sun thats needed to function. And now that it’s gone sun can’t stand up to the rest of the meta because said roadblocks are too common and now are too difficult to remove while maintaining the needed extra support sun teams require.
@daringiconoclast65472 жыл бұрын
Woah, when I stopped playing that it was just the rain variant that was banned
@EnergyBurst22 жыл бұрын
@@JustInCaseD how long ago did they ban the weather+spd abilities combo?
@MAYOFORCE2 жыл бұрын
I was really hoping you'd mention Slowbro with slack off, recycle and the leppa berry but maybe if you do a gen 6-8 video it'll be up then
@MAYOFORCE2 жыл бұрын
@shitcanget AKA yikes! When I learned of funbro I was immediately captivated with how fucking bullshit it is
@azurefoxbh92802 жыл бұрын
in gen 8 fun bro doesnt exist like it cant learn the right moves infact nothing can i know becasue i tried to play it
@segafreak20002 жыл бұрын
@@azurefoxbh9280 I mean, can't you just transfer a Funbro over from a previous generation?
@azurefoxbh92802 жыл бұрын
@@segafreak2000 not every move is in gen 8
@azurefoxbh92802 жыл бұрын
@@segafreak2000 and the learnsets arent the same either
@serPomiz2 жыл бұрын
the thing with many, many, MANY moves combination are set up for WAY more complex games, that just doesn't mix well with the "kiddy" set up of the mainline game themselves, and are definetivelly anti-competitive; heck, I swear I've seen moody in an older jrpg for a gambler class, but it made more sense there
@DeisFortuna Жыл бұрын
TBF the gambler's ability *also* (likely) wasn't in a multiplayer environment where people are being competitive and thus, Moody-esque RNG buffs getting to a point where they're unstoppable isn't really infringing on someone else's enjoyment of the game, since last time I checked, the AI used in JRPGs for enemies doesn't have feelings.
@ieatatsonic2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite cases was the god Klefki set that got Foul Play + Swagger banned. You could use swagger and thunder wave for paralysis and confusion, given +1 speed due to prankster, then Foul Play your opponent to death despite Klefki's low attack.
@MD-vs9ff2 жыл бұрын
Prankster is not +1 Speed, it's +1 priority, which is far better.
@thehumanstunlock75882 жыл бұрын
isn't that literally the point of a prankster ability though?
@LunaroseClaire2 жыл бұрын
@@thehumanstunlock7588 speed is the matter of who goes first, priority takes priority. A Pokemon with +1 Speed might not outspeed really fast Pokemon, but a Pokemon with priority vs a Pokemon without priority will always go first.
@thehumanstunlock75882 жыл бұрын
@@LunaroseClaire yeah, i know, and prankster gives status priority. i understand simple pokemon mechanics.
@E4439Qv52 жыл бұрын
Liepard had Swagplay as an option too. Never abused it myself, but I thought it was hella neat.
@BloodThirstyAvengers2 жыл бұрын
Something that was banned in Gen 4, Chatot. More specifically, its signature move Chatter. Not only could you record curse words, you could also just screech into the mic as the moves power was higher the louder the recorded noise was.
@isenokami7810 Жыл бұрын
Could record curse words: unfortunate, but Game Freak isn’t responsible for what players do. Move actually becomes more powerful from volume, encouraging players to record earrape: oh, you were just asking for that one.
@vidyabatter5 ай бұрын
"FUUUUUUCK" power go
@Aaa-vp6ug3 ай бұрын
Was there a maximum?
@Aaa-vp6ug3 ай бұрын
@@isenokami7810me on my way to record a rock concert:
@BloodThirstyAvengers3 ай бұрын
Just looked it up on Bulbapedia, apparently the volume only affects the chance of the move confusing? To a maximum of 31% in Gen 4, or 10% in Gen 5.
@alannguyen69032 жыл бұрын
The talk about baton pass was cool because thats what they basically did for teleport. They gave it -6 priority so the opponent will always acts and you can switch out.
@KopperNeoman2 жыл бұрын
That's Teleport's whole gimmick, and it's pretty cool. Switch out AFTER taking a hit to protect the switch in.
@mortomultiverse87782 жыл бұрын
Ah yes, the DlC era. You had the hole slow family teleporting with regenerator and throwing future sights left to right. What a time.
@peng73762 жыл бұрын
>starts talking about evasion being uncompetitive >certain furry youtuber begins rapidly approaching your location
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
everyone g til fury cutter Venusaur and Heavy Slam Wailord pull up
@givemeyourgarbage79802 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly "no guys, it's okay!! No STAB hydreigon and heavyslam wailord are VERY good and viable sets! Also why won't smogon unban evasion???"
@@HomelessBubblegumMan think its a reference to weedletwineedles, recently Made a tangled feet video but it was after the comment was made
@scylloid Жыл бұрын
i don't know why, but you describing cacnea as the "baba form" of cacturne has absolutely made my day for several days in a row. i keep saying "baba form" to myself and giggling
@Eroil2 жыл бұрын
Interestingly even after the sleep ban breloom remained highly viable in gen 5, even without its strongest move
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
One of my favourite things about Breloom is all the different ways it's been viable, it adapted to not having sleep in Gen 5, and even before that it ran completely different sets in every gen it's been OU
@mortomultiverse87782 жыл бұрын
Technician is great man
@EnergyBurst22 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly I remember a time when sub sporeless focus punch breloom was a thing people would run, what crazy times those were.
@Forged4War2062 жыл бұрын
Banning Spore was like one step forward one step back for Breloom. It was already a great Pokemon but Spore was so good it had no reason not to run it on virtually every set, which meant that many of its other good move options were thrown to the sidelines. Now that it cant run Spore, it just runs those moves instead, which arguably make Breloom just as threatening and possibly even less predictable.
@ElecWaff2 жыл бұрын
“pokemon is a goo goo ga ga baby game first and a competitive game like, fourth or fifth” yea, that’s basically it
@KiranasOfRizon2 жыл бұрын
I remember baton pass teams in the days of gen 3 on netbattle. My counter was putting Haze on my Gengar. Nobody expects any pokemon to carry Haze.
@le_nub67112 жыл бұрын
a good bp team shouldn't have any problems dealing with that. all you need to do is trap it and trick it a choice band
@kanayadeliz25842 жыл бұрын
@@le_nub6711 yeah, but 80% of people playing a bp team are doing it to avoid needing skill. But the other 20%... They are to be feared.
@sarasaland47092 жыл бұрын
0:18 I love how these are a perfect representation of each OU meta.
@SilverScarletSpider2 жыл бұрын
I kinda like how Gen 7 made baton pass strategies really strong and the strategies were discovered/went back in time and were subsequently banned.
@zememerr23292 жыл бұрын
The other week I played some Gen 5 OU and added a Breloom onto my team. After a few rounds of battles I realized I didn’t give it Spore for some reason Then I realized why the Smogon template sets all mysteriously didn’t have Spore
@KuonilerariLoufanwald2 жыл бұрын
Smogon is the no fun allowed crowd. Spore Sub FPunch Breloom will always be the top
@zememerr23292 жыл бұрын
@@KuonilerariLoufanwald I mean, this is unbanned in every other OU so I’m not too upset about it. I think the main issue is why Gamefreak implemented sleep in Gen 5 like they did
@DKQuagmire2 жыл бұрын
Breloom was on my main team in generation 6 as either a focus sash lead or choice scarf lead. it had Spore, but i relied on attacks that worked with Technician, like Bullet Seed and Power up Punch. i think the last move was Rock Tomb, for slowing opponents down, to hit first.
@ClintonKE2 жыл бұрын
@@KuonilerariLoufanwald Someone already said it so I'll just quote em: A lot of people complain "why does Smogon ban so much stuff, they're no fun, any time I come up with something cool it's already banned", and my first argument is "if it's banned you're definitely not the first person to come up with it", but more seriously, putting restrictions on a format results in having to figure things out as you go; that fabled "creativity" people idolize. If you just want everything unbanned, look at Anything Goes; it's a mess and you're either playing exactly what the best shit is, or you're playing something that counters it. Removing options when done right results in looking at Pokemon in new ways, which is why some people prefer to play only the lower tiers; what do you use when the five best options are banned? What's the next best thing?
@CantusTropus2 жыл бұрын
@@KuonilerariLoufanwald In any other generation I would agree. In Gen 5, with the bullshit sleep turn resetting mechanic? No way. It's basically a KO at that stage.
@mr.mudkip95392 жыл бұрын
The timing of this video was rather unfortunate as this was only a few days before BW OU banned the move Assist, since strategies revolving around the move were almost impossible to deal with. The lower tiers in gen 5 might soon follow suit, as they have even less counterplay for such strategies.
@RebelTrooperHoth10 ай бұрын
so weird seeing pre-yassified big yellow
@Kenzamaka2 жыл бұрын
This is bringing back memories... It was just before Gen 5 released, I was enjoying competitive Pokémon on Smogon. I loved the phys/spec split, and all was good. I was caught unawares, however, by a held item introduced on Gen 5 that made me drop competitive play... Eviolite. I was flabbergasted. I asked myself why I would play when I could get walled out by an undervolved 'Mon. Looking back it wasn't the huge deal I thought it was, I guess.
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
Evolite is weird for me cause I actually loved the idea of it was excited to see what it'd do for OU but it was pretty much just a Chansey enabler
@seasidedoe89052 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly On the bright side, it did allow for Porygon2 and Porygon-Z to diverge further in kits, but yeah in general the item kinda pigeonholes more defensive NFE Pokemon.
@MoonbaseTV2 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly can't forget a UU viable gligar and the deviously gimmicky murkrow 😈
@paulnewton22842 жыл бұрын
Really weird idea, what if they introduced a similar item (let's call it Evolium) but for Attack and Sp. Attack? That might help NFE Pokemon break out of that defensive role Eviolite often pigeonholes them into. I think it could be interesting. Evolium would almost certainly get banned from Little Cup, though. Eviolite is basically the only reason defensive strategies work there at all - just look at Gen 4 LC, which is basically just a hyper-offence slugfest. So just being able to slap on an item that totally counteracts it with no drawbacks (in the context of LC) would not be great. I mean, Choice Band/Specs and Life Orb are already immensely popular in spite of their drawbacks, imagine a Mienfoo or something running a Choice Band without being locked into a move. In other formats, the drawback of both Eviolite and the hypothetical Evolium is that you're using an NFE Pokemon in a context where fully evolved Pokemon are the norm, AND it HAS to hold Eviolite/Evolium to be viable in that context (no Leftovers, Choice Scarf, Heavy Duty Boots, etc.).
@JustButton2 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly I was so hype for dusclops back then…. Time flies
@ClexYoshi2 жыл бұрын
I kinda wish you would have talked about Endless Battle Clause in this video. if you ever do a Pokemon game Garbage video, I want a breakdown on Funbro SO much.
@yourehereforthatarentyou2 жыл бұрын
is that like, recycle shenanigans
@piikae2 жыл бұрын
@@yourehereforthatarentyou Leppa berry + recycle + block + heal pulse. It forces a stalemate until the player using it gets bored. It's also the only strategy to be banned from AG!
@junglejuicejuno2 жыл бұрын
@@yourehereforthatarentyou Its also leftovers Wobbuffet duels
@krexolsen36922 жыл бұрын
You counter funbro with knock off
@ClexYoshi2 жыл бұрын
@@krexolsen3692 yes, but that requires the person playing Funbro to lock in a pokemon that would run knock-off in it's kit. keep in mind that block/mean look is often a part of how funbro works, thus locking your opponent out of counterplay. a lot of FUnbro is scouting out a victim to lock in.
@arttulyhykainen31932 жыл бұрын
That explanation about overall luck and risk aspects vs. single lucky turn is one of the best explanations i have ever heard.
@ralcogaming76742 жыл бұрын
I remember they were talking about banning bullet punch lucario a few years ago, I felt semi responsible as I'd been running one since I realized bullet punch could be egg moved to lucario. My setup is simple comfey can leech seed all pokemon on the field including your own meaning your healer can gain passive healing from 3 sources, then floral healing gains priority from its ability lucario can use power up punch to boost attack repetitively until maxed, from there you simply sweep with bullet punch, I one hit ko'ed a mega rayquaza this way it was bonkers. For anything resistant to steel we have aura sphere. Lucario has been my sweeper for awhile only as of sun was I able to really make my team shine,
@henriquepacheco74732 жыл бұрын
if you're boosting attack, why use aura sphere? Drain punch hits the same targets, and with all the attack boosts, most likely does more damage, in addition to healing you. Also, if your plan is to just boost attack, why not SD? it gets up there way faster. EDIT: Also, unless you're talking about mega lucario, use Extreme Speed. It hits neutral targets and targets that resist both steel and normal harder, and losing a stronger hit on fairies won't matter if you're boosting that much. Unless you have rock types you're worrying about? EDIT 2: Oh, yeah, ghosts. But hey, you can run both *and* drain punch! ...you'd need to drop whatever is your fourth move, though, so eh.
@ralcogaming76742 жыл бұрын
@@henriquepacheco7473 swords dance but I considered dropping it since I use power up punch.
@myboy_2 жыл бұрын
10:25 I wouldn't even say this is an example of luck. This is two players coming in with hidden loadouts. Your strategy being countered doesn't mean luck determined outcome like with a critical hit or random paralysis.
@syrelian2 жыл бұрын
Its luck in the sense that it was an unsure thing, same way you might say you got unlucky if you misjudged a roughly 50/50 choice, its not luck in the sense that RNG and the fates were involved(other then the part where your Swampert did/didn't instantly die to Crit HPGrass)
@brandongordon40192 жыл бұрын
As someone who knows nothing about competitive Pokemon, this video was still really entertaining and enjoyable
@Pc_98_Fan2 жыл бұрын
i love how more funnier the banlist gets when a new generation gets introduced, especially in Gen. 8
@LucidMakesVideos2 жыл бұрын
This is one of those topics that I've always found interesting, but never had conveyed to me in an interesting way. Thanks Big Yellow!
@grammaticalrouge292 жыл бұрын
"I want to play whatever I want" is gamer-lingo for: I want to play the brokest of shits. Then there's the other side of the coin: People like me who likes awful PokéMon, and so we adhere behemently to the Tiers and rules in hopes of making a breakthrough in Untiered with Parasect.
@cultreader97512 жыл бұрын
I haven't played much since 2011, but (during Gen IV), I'd normally base a team around one or two of my favorite 'mons. It let me use those awful mons in OU and still have a chance of winning.
@grammaticalrouge292 жыл бұрын
@@cultreader9751 Which ones are your favorite?
@devincetee53352 жыл бұрын
I like to have fun with Pokemon, so...
@marcorossi28542 жыл бұрын
Great video. The sand veil ban is the best example of how bans should actually work. Btw i'm glad to see other people pushing old gens OU.
@AliceKazaki2 жыл бұрын
Sol badguy using wild throw on a breloom definitely enticed me to click on this video, and I was already interested in the topic
@maneruloquendero2 жыл бұрын
Glalie is my favorite Pokemon. It was nice and funny that for a short time Glalie was Uber thanks to moody. Just picture a snowball with horns dodging the attacks of mighty Groudon and friends and then destroying them
@Alex-xk5xt2 жыл бұрын
really enjoying the pokemon stuff and the more structured style of your newer videos. also your nail polish is sick. keep it up these are great.
@MutedAndReported30326 ай бұрын
This guy kinda looks like the kid who sang Story of Undertale while his house literally caught on fire
@flavoredchin2 жыл бұрын
Yknow, I just realized that making fly, dive, and dig bypass substitutes and/or barriers would make them pretty interesting.
@matthewkuscienko46162 жыл бұрын
There is a move that does this in the form of Giratina's Shadow Force attack, along with it's weaker version, phantom force. But because they are two-turn moves, they aren't used by anyone for the reasons mentioned in this video (namely dealing with the fact that the opponent has the option to simply switch to something different to beat your Pokemon while you take those turns). There's also the fact that, while it wasn't touched on in this video, two-turn moves are not as effective, since you can either use an attack and a set up move or just attack the opponent twice to get overall better results
@grunkleg.31102 жыл бұрын
Certain two-turn moves can actually work pretty well in tandem with Power Herb (Geomancy and Meteor Beam mainly, though I think I've run into a few Power Herb Fly and Bounce users), as well as Sky Drop. I feel like you could buff these moves by maybe trapping the opponent on the turn the move comes out
@MG-mq3zf2 жыл бұрын
@@grunkleg.3110 If you want to get past substitutes, you could also just use sound moves. Game freak should really make more of those (and have them be different types other than normal or electric).
@egon37052 жыл бұрын
@@MG-mq3zf sparkling aria exists just as much as overdrive
@CJdoesntlikehandles2 жыл бұрын
@@egon3705 technically slightly more considering its on 2 mons rather than 2 forms of 1 mon
@IceAokiji303 Жыл бұрын
"When something being broken in Generation 1 it's like biting into a fucking sandwich and going whoa what the fuck there's bread in here" is a great line, I'm gonna have to steal that. What for? Not sure yet. But I'll definitely find a use.
@PlaguevonKarma2 жыл бұрын
I love the way you present your content. It's really cool!
@SquidSystem2 жыл бұрын
Something I think is depressing about Moody being banned is that there actually some cool, niche ideas you could only achieve with an ability like it, but because of the way it works, you just can't do it. Something I've been experimenting with is Moody Trick Room Eject Pack. There's only one candidate and it technically doesn't exist because Smeargle still isn't in SwSh, but if it could exist in a meta that isn't anything goes, I genuinely think it would make Trick Room go from a poor singles strategy to an actually viable one
@michaelgum972 жыл бұрын
Another strategy that I remember getting banned was the endless battles, trapping your opponent, boosting up your stats with Acupressure (seriously, why haven’t they banned it yet?), keeping them alive with Heal Pulse, recovering PP with a Leppa Berry and then using Recycle to get it again. This resulted in battles lasting hundreds of turns while the opponent desperately struggled.
@syrelian2 жыл бұрын
Acupressure isn't banned because while it has all the hallmarks of Luck Move, it has ALL of them, which ironically renders it pretty much worthless, in contrast to Moody, it takes your action, its random, and the mons that have it all kinda stink, it gives nothing special, and most of the ways to abuse it are related to existing bans
@devincetee53352 жыл бұрын
actually, replace acupressure with recover or something.
@spinosaurusaegypticus83412 жыл бұрын
acupressure isnt banned because it sucks and you cant really auto win with it unlike the other luckbased abilities
@benepic31012 жыл бұрын
That swampert/tyranitar/celebi interaction you mentioned is super interesting, makes me want to look into competitive Pokémon more
@richardjohnson89912 жыл бұрын
It's been about 8 years since I've payed any attention to competitive pokemon but this video was really interesting. I always love hearing about the nuance in competitive play in games. I also used to play a lot of competitive MTG and their bans/unbans were always pretty interesting to work out as well
@justincarroll18362 жыл бұрын
I'm curious what format you've played because the format and the year can be like spinning the wheel of fortune lol
@richardjohnson89912 жыл бұрын
@@justincarroll1836 modern back when birthing pod bans happened about 6 months either side and commander for the past 4 years
@justincarroll18362 жыл бұрын
@@richardjohnson8991 well pod modern was the dark before time for me
@16alfonsolujan172 жыл бұрын
aw man, the part were he compares a sandwich with generation one being broken made me laugh so bad. I love this guy, thank you youtube for showing me this channel.
@kangstakangsta2 жыл бұрын
I'm normally here for the fighting game content, and I had a great time listening in as an outsider. Thanks for the explanations and insight.
@Neogears13122 жыл бұрын
18:52 I’m stealing that. That is such a good line.
@jamiemccreath39592 жыл бұрын
I legit clicked on this video because I thought it was called "Based Strategies in Competitive Pokemon"
@E4439Qv52 жыл бұрын
It's that too.
@TheDonaldduck9112 жыл бұрын
Bro, the energy of this channel is perfect for this type of content
@Slayerthecrow2 жыл бұрын
Even Arceus is scared of the one who tought this game needed evasion moves, I can get "protect" but wasting moves trying to hit a Chansey just to make like less than a quarter of damage is just plain sadism.
@grihaspoormachine2 жыл бұрын
Use swift lol
@Abigail927492 жыл бұрын
@@grihaspoormachine The problem is, Swift is a special attack. Chansey tanks special attacks with no issue. Especially 60 power neutrally effective special moves. So yeah, it’s not gonna be doing much of anything, nothing a Soft-Boiled couldn’t fix.
@athath20102 жыл бұрын
@@Abigail92749 It's physical before Gen 4.
@Abigail927492 жыл бұрын
@@athath2010 Ah, good to know! Would still be a pain to take out a Chansey with Soft-boiled using Swift, but more doable if it’s physical.
@MegaPokefan972 жыл бұрын
Aura Sphere, Aerial Ace, Faint Attack, Stomp, Dragon Rush, Smart Strike, Toxic on Poison types, Haze, No Guard, Keen Eye, and the definition of "+1 evasion" has been getting progressively smaller each Gen: Are we jokes to you?
@lman008911 ай бұрын
It’s so bizarre watching your more recent videos and then coming back and seeing how you looked in your older videos
@newbornkilik2 жыл бұрын
A genuinely interesting, lesser discussed topic, well done!
@hiphops80822 жыл бұрын
i never understood why acupressure isn't banned by the evasion clause. it has a chance to boost evasion by 2 stages, and if you get that boost it can just be the end of the game. it's just extremely inconsistent
@DKQuagmire2 жыл бұрын
acupressure isn't banned in battle facilities. back when i tried to get really high win streaks, i remember seeing people use Drapion for acupressure. but they could set up for free, because the lead Durant with truant had the opponent under entrainment, and the a.i never switches out from truant entrainment.
@emmetstanevich2121 Жыл бұрын
Assuming it wasn't simply forgotten about, it might have been because it combines the limiting factors of double team and moody. Double team always raises evasion, but it takes a turn to use. Moody activates each turn without needing to use a specific move, but you don't choose what gets raised. Acupressure takes an entire turn to use, and you don't get to choose which stat gets boosted.
@merouln700 Жыл бұрын
If you are clicking Acupressure, you are clicking Acupressure. You are not clicking Substitute/Barrier/Rest and getting the Acupressure bonus on top of that. Also the odds of getting evasion early are really low. Moody was banned because you could force stall to eventually get what you need. It's much harder to force stall with Acupressure and also the opponent can see it happen and setup by themselves. You pretty much need an inherently tanky mon to even attempt something like this and the best you've got are... Drapion, Tentacruel and Toedscruel.
@lunarpuppet22276 ай бұрын
some interesting strats here but you forgot the playground OU ban where i cant just grab their gameboy from their hands anymore
@victorhaydes90652 жыл бұрын
Yea Moody was some of the most hilariously broken shit I have EVER seen.
@dondodando8084 Жыл бұрын
Watching this in 2023 Man, what a glow up in just 2 years
@therealbuttsmcgee9 ай бұрын
mostly unrelated, but: dang substitute's sprite was hecka cute in gen 3
@theboi55842 жыл бұрын
This was a great topic to make a video on, especially since Competitive Pokemon is so deep.
@tonyg_fgc81522 жыл бұрын
I love Pokemon analysis! You are pretty good at it!
@beeorsomething22302 жыл бұрын
Trapping move + baton pass being legal sure aged well lol And also gems were banned quite recently so that’s another addition Last thing, the assist ban in Gen 5 due to prankster roar with hazards up
@meathir49212 жыл бұрын
My guy is becoming Core A Gaming with the background OST
@Izandaia2 жыл бұрын
"It's like bitin' into a fuckin' sandwich and goin' 'Whoa what the fuck there's bread in here!'" Goddamn hilarious. You really have a way with words sometimes.
@DyxoXinoro2 жыл бұрын
Its funny you mention sandveil. While I have some issues with how Smogon runs things, as an average Sandstorm enjoyer myself I always felt like layering free evasion on top of free damage felt a bit cheap, so even if I was memeing I wouldn't use it. Though it is kinda funny how some of the most OP abilities tend to be given to absolutely ass pokemon (ex, Kekleon being a niche wallbreaker at best even with Protean).
@emmetstanevich21212 жыл бұрын
Also, in gens 3 and 4, the fact that sandstorm was permanent meant that there was no real way to turn sandstorm off unless you specifically ran a weather move (and that still doesn't stop sand from coming back up). Even if you just banned the use of sand veil on sand teams, the likelihood of going up against a sand team was quite high, and they probably aren't spending a moveslot on the ability to turn their own weather off (sound familiar?)
@envan78652 жыл бұрын
For anyone unfamiliar with the tier he spoke of at the end, Anything Goes (AG), it's as the name implies, nigh anything goes. Strategies such as: - Evasion - Putting virtually everything to sleep - Moody - Baton Pass - Zacian. In general, god this thing is dumb - 6 Zacian - and as of recently, Dynamax If that's your cup of tea...why?
@matthewkuscienko46162 жыл бұрын
The thing is, it seems like people will often complain about what Smogon does without realizing why they choose to do this stuff to begin with. A friend of mine HATES Smogon because of their bans, and he has never tried to understand why they do; to a lot of people who are unfamiliar and, let's just say are on the outside looking in, they look at the same people using the same Pokemon on their teams often and wonder why those players aren't being more "creative" with their teams. But the thing is, I've noticed, that when you have access to everything available in a current format, players are going to naturally gravitate towards the best options they have access to because that's what will get them the best results; if something isn't being used as much as a different option, be it a Pokemon or even a certain move, it's because it's simply not as viable if you want to have the best odds of actually winning. This ultimately creates a metagame where people play something either because of how good it is, or because it's good against a commonly used strategy, and anything that doesn't offer one of those two things isn't going to be as useful, which is why tiers in Smogon are so much more interesting than they are for literally anything else. In Smogon, each tier has it's own metagame, with certain Pokemon (often ones that aren't as good in higher tiers) being dominant in a format that they otherwise wouldn't be normally if everyone that played the game had access to every available Pokemon, which in turn leads to a wide swath of different strategies being played and creating a highly diverse game. In any other game, a tier list is simply there to say, "this is better than this other option", and anything of a certain tier or lower is either bad or straight out garbage and completely unviable; this ultimately discourages people from using anything that is in a lower tier, rather we're talking about a fighting game of some sort (such as Super Smash Bros), a strategy game like Fire Emblem, or even a trading card game like Yugioh or even Pokemon's own tcg, anything that falls into a certain tier or lower is inherently looked down upon because there isn't really a metagame where it can be used to greater effect.
@Terrgore2 жыл бұрын
Fun
@Epsilonsama2 жыл бұрын
But what about people who want common sense clauses like Sleep Clause or Evasion clause without the complex bans and bans based of what a small group of people hate? Anyone who uses AG as an argument is missing the plot.
@myboy_2 жыл бұрын
Great video man!! Never knew much of anything on competitive pokemon, but it's really interesting listening to you talk about it. Just love competitive game design! Hope to catch you on twitch some time soon :)
@tysondennis1016 Жыл бұрын
Moody is named that because that’s how it leaves someone who lost to a Moody Pokémon feeling.
@cir0plus2 жыл бұрын
I like that they show the opponents team before hand, so you can scout out the strat they plan on using. Most the time you can predict it, but still doesn't make the matchup fun I guess.
@ChaosRUsEnt2 жыл бұрын
Nice vid. AG is a funny tier to play but hella messy... So glad smogon exist
@DerpySuX2 жыл бұрын
If you’re a masochist you can play Battle Stadium singles and have the fun of singles with the pain of vgc only strategies like evasion and moody spam :)
@tezcanaslan28772 жыл бұрын
THIS IS THE SECOND TYPE OF CONTENT I SUBSCRIBE FOR
@Shadrake2 жыл бұрын
This is great XD I love the new format and content, keep it up!
@entothechesnautknight17622 жыл бұрын
Interesting video, dude. Nice to finally see a video properly going over competitive Pokemon's more nitty gritty details. One very interesting detail you missed is that while evasion boosting moves and abilities are banned, evasion boosting items are not. Mainly this just means Lax insense, which boosts evasion by a measly 10%, but I do find it interesting how the Insense never became a problem like sand veil did since it was only a 10% boost. I'm not entirely sure why that is, but if I had to guess, it's because it's comperable to ice beam and thunderbolt, even if it is more powerful, and you have to give up your one and only item, over using a consistent item like a lum berry or a sash to use it, instead of giving up one of four moves. Still, interesting how evasion is only mostly banned instead of entirely banned, and has y stopped people on Showdown from calling me a hacker when that 1/10 rolls up.
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
This is a very good point, I would imagine the reason behind items like that not being banned is that using an item like Brightpowder means that you're giving up an item that would just make your Pokemon better. A 10% chance is still a chance, but you give up a lot for it.
@creativeandfunnyname37442 жыл бұрын
Quote of the day: "It's like biting into a sandwich and going "Woah! What the fuck! There's bread In here!"
@izzymosley19702 жыл бұрын
Playing Pokemon without these rules sounds crazy it would just be one team having ridiculously overpowered strategy versus another team would have ridiculously overpowered strategy and who wins is based on either luck or who can do it first might as well be a coin flip at that point.
@autobotstarscream7652 жыл бұрын
So basically, Game FrEAk sucks and Smogon should be making the Pokémadden games?
@TheGloriousLobsterEmperor2 жыл бұрын
Your voice and the way you sit just reminds me of a news presenter. I'm not complaining.
@adrianh20482 жыл бұрын
Great video, great topic! Would love to see you cover more pokemon topics in this style, subscribed!
@wingbeltcreations54552 жыл бұрын
18:45 If something's broken in Gen 1, nobody bats an eye... If something's broken in Gen 5, everybody loses their minds... That's society for you.
@MegaPokefan972 жыл бұрын
Ban Moves that can miss, Defensive Strategies, and any moves with randomly occuring side effects, and all but 6 Pokemon in the OU tier
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
If you crit you automatically lose the match
@crimsoncutz84302 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly Smogon had a whole thing once where they implemented a program that would grade how much luck was involved in a match and then overturn the result if the winner was too lucky. They let it run for a week or two with it gradually overturning more and more results, then April 1st came and they revealed it was all just a huge April Fool's prank that was just flipping results at random to mess with people.
@Ledonail2 жыл бұрын
endings of your videos are always epic man good job
@nitramreniar2 жыл бұрын
I think the example given for "something random" with TTar having HP grass against swampert is a really weird one - unless your opponent is actually just running a random HP on their Pokemon in a competitive match there was no luck involved. Your opponent made the decision to run HP grass over the more common HP bug and their decision payed off and caught you off guard. A far better and simpler example of getting unlucky would be missing a focus blast, getting crit, or - as you also mentioned - getting frozen from a 10% chance on icebeam. Just the example of you being caught off guard by an opponents off-meta choice of moves to explain bad luck that is healthy to have in the game seems like a weird chioce or at least a weird definition of "luck".
@emmetstanevich2121 Жыл бұрын
Well, that wasn't exactly about "randomness" and more about "being lucky/unlucky." You can't always deduce which HP the opponent is running, so until it's revealed, you have to play as if it was randomly picked. Also, even if there isn't any in-game randomness regarding HP, there's still the fact that you don't know who you're matched up against until the battle begins, so in a sense, you could say that there's some RNG involved in whether you face an HP-grass or HP-bug ttar.
@claytonhector23082 жыл бұрын
Just a reminder: Smogon is not an official Nintendo affiliate. Nothing they say applies to official tournaments, only to unofficial games played on Showdown. None of these sets and tactics are "banned" from being used in official competitions and tournaments held by Nintendo and Game Freak.
@BigYellowSilly2 жыл бұрын
Very true, I was wondering if I should've mentioned it but since VGC is doubles I like to think people still think of Smogon singles as competitive, that's the way I see it at least
@claytonhector23082 жыл бұрын
@@BigYellowSilly That's understandable. My concern is with the part of the Pokemon community that GENUINELY think these bans are official rules of modern competitive Pokemon. Smogon has never been an official source for rules in competitive tournaments.
@RinaShinomiyaVal2 жыл бұрын
@@claytonhector2308 smogon never claims to be offical. It just so happen more people play by their ruleset.
@ismaeldeleija81652 жыл бұрын
dude thank you so much for this very informative video!
@Begeru4 ай бұрын
Why don’t they just fix Gen 1 battle sim so that Fly and Dig don’t glitch?
@BigYellowSilly4 ай бұрын
Not really any point since nothing would run them even if they worked properly, it's just not really worth the effort
@MikeMcKillen2 жыл бұрын
Duuuuuuude bonus points for the Sum 41 t-shirt 🤘🏻❤️
@zorg14762 жыл бұрын
This thumbnail is a work of art
@isuckatgaming18732 жыл бұрын
I like that you include pokemon competitive stuff on your channel
@DemonTwink692 жыл бұрын
Third video I’ve watched of yours in a row! Love this channel already, new fan!
@U1TR4F0RCE2 жыл бұрын
I feel some of what you talked about is why I preferred vgc 2013 even with the issue of mega khangaskan. Doubles means that its easier to create an environment where fun gimmicks that are unreliable exist without being too powerful
@sagacious032 жыл бұрын
Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
@gjhartist36852 жыл бұрын
Yooo, love the nail polish bro! :) Also would like to see more competitive pokemon vids!
@YayapLives2 жыл бұрын
I actually like moody as a casual ability. Can really mix things up.