"octopi can change" *Gives Adaptability **Protean sadge 😢**

im glad someone else cares about octillery

It should be protean, not adaptability considering octopus can change their colour + octillary has a very diverse move pool.

I think the abilities and access to recover are great changes. Also, padding up its defense stat makes a lot of sense considering octillery is a literal tank pokemon. But, I think that's where we should cut things short. Not every pokemon needs to be great, and Octillery only needs a little push to have a more defined role in casual play.

holy shit the quality on a channel this small is nuts dude! looking forward to next vid

I think another trash pokemon needs a rebalancing is magcargo,a full evolution with a base stat total of 430? Pathetic

Give it an evolution, Mega Launcher ability, increased HP. Done

Great first showing! Went to go watch more of your videos not knowing this was the only one lol

what if octillery was a gen 9 mon and had the powercreep on its side?

my favourite Pokemon right here, he needs better stats

Just give it a Water/Fire Whale evolution in shape of a nuclear submarine to fit its weapon theme.

I wouldn't even bat an eye if you gave it 150 hp, many water types have a bloated hp stat and it could fit octillery as a tank

I was sure you were gonna go with Analytic as the ability after your explanation of its archetype.

Great first vid! Can’t wait to see what is next.

Definitely feels like an evolution, frankly we need better octopus rep in pokemon

Nice first video!! I would love to see more in this series :3

Great content hope to see more!

I like these changes, though I think Protean would be more fitting than Adaptability. You could also lean into its tank-inspired design and give it Mega Launcher, or an variation of it that also includes Bullet moves (moves that are blocked by the Bulletproof ability).

Editing is crazy

Just make him a shark instead

Great video keep it up buddy

Adaptability and skill link are great choices for abilities. Overall the changes have a good direction, they fit the design and it feels like the kind of buff gamefreak would actual add to the game. I don't think it'll be competitively viable because the game is just that power crept.

I think buffing its base stats 480 to 540 ıs a bit to much,I think just giving it recover and buffing it defences by 10 and the abilities can work for him,and maybe something like a new signature ability that buffs the chance of accuracy lowering moves by 20%.I know ıt only learns ıts signature move octazooka in this state but a chance to lower targets accuracy with a %70 percent ıs pretty wild and balanced.So I think buffing ıt by 60 base stat total is so much.

I think if they just rework Octozooka to be a better Hydropump and lowered it’s speed Leaving him at base 11 and throw those points in Hp And if Gamefreak cares enough Change Sniper to give him regenator This small changes leave him a very comfortable spot It can be a randomly powerful Pokémon to abuse Moody in VGC and a decent lower tier pivot option While I apreciarte your changes They fail to give him a Niche Recover means nothing if you don’t have the bulk and resistances to back it up And if your proposal is giving him a different typing and a big stat buff At that point just give him an evolution After all those trades are just Araquanid but with less bulk and a more awkward speed tier Water Buble is a water type adaptability with Water veil all combined And while you might appreciate Octilery’s strongest coverage It doesn’t mean anything when you realize Araquanid can 2 hit Ko a bulky Tapu Fini if it gets the defence drop of Liquidation A better team probably will have Grass and Fire coverage and almost all water types have ice So unless the team REALLY needs the electric and water coverage I don’t see a reason to use Octillery However I’m glad you took a good view at this goofy dude It was such a cool Pokémon and I built a VGC Moody team as he is one of the strongest users of the ability

i made a platinum romhack and my light rebalance of octillery gave it a +10 to each attack and +5 to hp, but the main change was to its signature move, octazooka (i dont care if other mons can get it, if a mon was made with a move as its signature, it is still a signature move). instead of being an accuracy dropping move, it has a high crit chance, 80 BP, and 100 base accuracy, meaning it can use it wtih its sniper ability to have a lot of crit potential. also helps that i buffed most moves to their gen 5+ incarnations where possible.

Man there are so many viable/thematic options for octillerys ability its kinda hard to choose you have analytic skill link mega launcher bulletproof protean and probably others too

I like the idea of giving Octillery Recover. Perhaps Octazooka can be buffed to have a %100 chance to lower accuracy on hit and damage increased to 75 power. Octillery might be able to squeeze in some extra Recovers in with the opponent's accuracy lowered.

Bulky offense

Perfection 🤩

I'd keep Sniper on Octillery, but change Octozooka's effect so that it always crits with 60 BP, similarly to Frost Breath or Storm Throw. This would give Octazooka an effective base power of 135 before STAB.

I agree with that stat buffs, but since is so much increase, that would be pratically a evolution.

I still think that his signature move, Octazooka, should be buffed, ok, It lowers Accuracy of the target, but this doesn't justifies or 65 base power or only 85% Accuracy, 70/90, respectively should be ok for a move that can lower the Accuracy on 50% of the time.

No way this is your only and first video. This is insane quality for a new channel

All you need to do is give it back its beta design, where it’s got the little helmet and its tentacles are curled into tank treads. It was a much more coherent design than “normal red octopus”

i would reduce his speed by 10 points to make better use of Trick Room, and put it in his HP to make him more bulky, or his S.Atk or Atk to make him a wallbreaker. Maga Launcher would fit him too

Doing my part and leaving a comment for the algorithm

I think buffing it's attack stats is a bit too much. Remoraid evolves at level 25, and it would have base stat of 530 with these buffs.

I like the format of the video and general vibe/edits, I just think it is a bit too easy to buff almost everywhere instead of rearranging stats, nerf some and maybe buffing Octozooka

Finally Octillery love

why not buff one of its signature moves octazooka? big oversight, a strong octazooka user is much more unique niche than skill link user

Moody should be replaced by Mega Launcher, easy

Here before this vid blows up

give it mega launcher/sniper

2:25 hi editing error, can you count?

Also, the thumbnail saying that it would have 145 special attack is a lie, because I see it as a better special attacker, good job on your first video despite your errors.