Gen 3 OU's Weirdest Strategies.

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Pokemon Gen 3 Competitive Singles is a great format where unique strategies always seem to pop up in high level play. Whether it be a strange moveset choice like Tail Whip on Blissey, or a Novel Pokemon choice like Lunatone or Swellow, being Creative can sometimes pay off massively.
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@jimothycool 5 ай бұрын

Part 2 is finally here! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m9emiNmCzLy4n5s.html

@weentermakesgames759 3 ай бұрын

The link sends you to the same video

@dopwop553 Ай бұрын

the video you meant to link is "Insane Pokemon Teams That Somehow Won"

@techmark3665 Жыл бұрын

I've always loved the creativity behind Vapicuno's starf berry swellow team

@alejandrop.s.3942 Жыл бұрын

Is he still playing? I remember playing against him like 6 years ago (he used to mop the floor with me).

@sideways5153 Жыл бұрын

That was a really amazing example of non-linear team building. Such a great mode switch

@theblueavian Жыл бұрын

The Swellow tech is probably the most creative strategy I’ve seen so far

@MrShadowThief Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: the Great Wall was built by the Jim dynasty to keep a terrible cup-like creature out of their territory. Some speculate that this creature was in fact Iron Mugulis that traveled back in time to terrorize the chinese population.

@legitimatefbr9714 Жыл бұрын

My theory? It's some sort of past paradox Sinistea.

@athos9293 Жыл бұрын

The great wall mas made to contain epic creatures from Spore

@1stCallipostle 11 ай бұрын

Based Iron Mugulis

@DantinozMC Жыл бұрын

The Tail Whip Blissey blew my mind holy shit that's gangster.

@shatteredsentient5321 Жыл бұрын

Blissey doesn't even have a tail. I guess she shakes that ass😂.

@koltennguyen9604 Жыл бұрын

Not better than oran berry blissed tho

@hessiankyojin Жыл бұрын

Didn’t even know it got the move. Does she even have a tail?

@jazzercise300 10 ай бұрын

I've been walled by a last mon suicune soooo many times. Blissey taking hits, chipping w toxic and sand (yama w knock off) and then when he rests hariyama comes in a focus punches until the mfer dies lol

@Labyrinth6000 9 ай бұрын

@@jazzercise300Did you know Mankey and Primeape get Iron tail despite having no tail?

@pribnow6225 Жыл бұрын

Never ask Jimothy why he was in China in the first place.

@Vassilinia Жыл бұрын

He must be hot on the trail of the notorious future paradox form of Sinistea, Iron Mugulis.

@andreaseverin1346 Жыл бұрын

Iron Mugulis contacted the leader of China, who happens to be the Future Paradox form of Ursaring, Iron-Willed Dictator

@transrightsbaybee Жыл бұрын

because it is a beautiful country with fascinating historical sites and artifacts known for its vibrant culture and delicious cuisine 😊

@EeveeReturn Жыл бұрын

Hopefully he wasn't one of the victims of the travel scam orchestrated by past Paradox form of Goldengo, Old Money, where hundreds of travelers were left stranded halfway through their itineraries.

@UncleJrueForTue Жыл бұрын

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@Eddie_Enfer Жыл бұрын

I'm astonished by that Blissey too, like, man, it loses the tail by evolving from Chansey

@ChumpstickCharlie 7 ай бұрын

*flashbacks of primeape using iron tail when it lost it's tail too evolving from mankey

@davizera8958 Жыл бұрын

Crazy how Gen3 is still played to this day

@thebestworst8002 Жыл бұрын

It’s a very interesting and balanced tier. I recommend the person reading this comment to try it out

@nykita427 Жыл бұрын

Gen 1 is played too

@RaSungodFGC Жыл бұрын

Ou of every gen are played because they're the most popular tier formats. I play gen 1 and 3 ou more than S/V ou

@borby4584 Жыл бұрын

Not really. Every gen’s OU has something to draw new players in

@alejandrop.s.3942 Жыл бұрын

It's the gen I still play the most. It's enough complex to provide a challenge whilst not being too complicated for those as myself to whom the latest gens caught us too old for learning new mechanics.

@honjon666 Жыл бұрын

SuperEpicAmpharos' use of Lunatone in SPL may orbit in the mind of a lunatic, but it goes to proove; the creativity and balance in ADV will never be ecplised.

@qwertyrhoads9295 Жыл бұрын

I'm glad somebody used Lunatone effectively. It has always been one of my favourite Pokemon :D

@IbbiG91 Жыл бұрын

Have to disagree as a Solrock user 😅

@qwertyrhoads9295 Жыл бұрын

@@IbbiG91 Solrock is also cool, but for the purpose shown, you'll want a special attacker for ice beam. Now if we could give gen three Solrock Glacial Lance...

@IbbiG91 Жыл бұрын

@@qwertyrhoads9295 fair enough^

@1stCallipostle Жыл бұрын

@@qwertyrhoads9295Honestly, let's give big dumb moves to everything that needs it. Give Mawile Geomancy so it can pretend to have it's Huge Power days back.

@qwertyrhoads9295 Жыл бұрын

@@1stCallipostle While we're at it, we should give Vileplume Tail Glow, maybe then it can set itself apart from Victreebell more.

@epicdude8742 Жыл бұрын

Clicked on the video for Lunatone, stayed for starf swellow. That was so cool

@FlakManBegins Жыл бұрын

"Great Wall"? Is that a new past Paradox Pokemon??

@cryptooooooooo Жыл бұрын

haha i think finch commented on that twitter post saying something to the effect of "you mean you played pokemon on top of a Toxapex?"

@jimothycool Жыл бұрын

Check out Vapicuno's video showcasing his Swellow team: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bq-me5qq0LSucnk.html

@lilwoodiewood3457 Жыл бұрын

i played pokemon showdown on the great wall of china back in 2022 dont got video proof cause my phone is my camera and my phone is my showndown device to .. so its kinda impossible but your not the first

@gio9255 Жыл бұрын

Gen III is becoming one of my favorite metas. Gens V on feel bloated with extremely lopsided offensive mons to the point where creativity is no longer rewarded. Terastalization is the only thing holding SV's meta together. Gen III has infinite versatility and is one of the most well designed competitive.

@theschnozzler Жыл бұрын

Gen 5 ou being bad is a meme at this point

@Justpassingby204 Жыл бұрын

Tera is debatably hurting SV

@gio9255 Жыл бұрын

@@Justpassingby204 Tera saved it for me. Mons like Skeledirge, Garganacl, Kingambit, Baxcalibur, and Dragonite wouldn't be half as good without it. If it ever was banned, it would lead to a static meta much like BW2 and SS.

@gio9255 Жыл бұрын

@@theschnozzler Gen V OU is atrocious. They banned everything that I used to love about it back in the day. No sleep, chlorophyll, swift swim, sand rush is allowed.

@theschnozzler Жыл бұрын

@@gio9255 tbh sleep was busted (gf why?) and correct me if I'm wrong but the weather speed boosting abilities weren't banned, I think to this day they didn't go further than aldaron's proposal. The tiering was a mess tho banning and unbanning constantly and leaving stuff like darkrai or deoxys into the tier for... reasons

@RickRaptor105 Жыл бұрын

My favourite thing about Lunatone and Solrock is that in Gen VI they wall Primal Groudon

@nicklagoni7306 Жыл бұрын

Gimothy gen 3 content is what our species has been destined for. Every technological and societal advancement was to get us to here

@Moldworm Жыл бұрын

Your gen 3 content stays undefeated as your best content, cool video

@LoDart210 Жыл бұрын

so much to learn about gen 3 meta in this vid. I’m always impressed by how versatile it is. New options are always good, but limits help squeeze out potential and gen 3 ou definitely shows how thats possible.

@hlewis5217 Жыл бұрын

i absolutely LOVE spamming ice beam with Lunatone! paired with psychic, calm mind and rock slide. Drake's entire team is toast 😂

@shimogane2474 Жыл бұрын

This swellow probably is the pinnacle of off-meta team building. Just starting off the a baton pass trap to magneton is propably so meta, he didn't need to explain that. But this play was sooooo satisfying, geez killing skarm in round 2 is just amazing to watch.

@VulcanGray Жыл бұрын

Jimothy had to make this to cleanse his palate from Gen 9 OU

@AWoodNY Жыл бұрын

With the Swellow strat, it is a shame that so many Pokemon post-gen 3 have access to priority moves of some kind. I could see this strat working out very well for BSS, provided instead of a Starf Berry, another berry is used like the Salac or Petaya Berry. Also, rocks.

@asierrv Жыл бұрын

rocks doesnt matter, he wants to be at 1hp both for endeavor and starf. baton pass ban and team preview tho

@AWoodNY Жыл бұрын

@@asierrv Right, but I am saying that in tandem with priority sometimes you can't even use a dedicated lead like that, especially since rocks are a thing. Trying to apply the logic to 2023 BSS.

@asierrv Жыл бұрын

@@AWoodNY got it, starf berry isnt in the game rn i would assume?

@robthenostalgia1592 Жыл бұрын

Please make more of this, it’s such amazing stuff that people came up with these strategies to succeed.

@jgf9105 Жыл бұрын

I really like your videos because i love this format yet i havent played a single game of it

@tysondennis1016 Жыл бұрын

Roaring Moon? More like Can’t Do Shit Against The Moon!

@purpleconvict4152 Жыл бұрын

I really love videos like this where you show unique and creative strategies like these. They really make competitive pokemon seem so fun and expressive. Please do more!

@Raymanlegacy Жыл бұрын

Honestly sense Gen 3 is my favourite gen I started getting into Gen 3 competitive and you’ve been a help to that! I’d love to see more

@pokedexholderorange8868 Жыл бұрын

I humbly request more crazy Gen 3 OU content 🙏

@mariahs6 Жыл бұрын

Seeing Lunatone on the thumbnail and it being used in Gen 3 competitive made my day, it’s my favorite Pokémon!

@ranchsalad7293 Жыл бұрын

So informal. Thank you for making these videos! Has been very helpful for someone just getting into gen 3 competitive singles

@micahjones4393 Жыл бұрын

Hey Jimothy! Glad to see you doing gen 3 videos again. I know you've been on the grind with more recent generations this past year for views, but the longwinded gen 3 battles taken from your streams are some of my favorite comfort videos for me to watch. I would love to see them back at some point!

@jurassicmark9368 Жыл бұрын

I love your gen3 content; I know little about the tier and your content is super easy to digest which makes it easy to learn about the tier. Awesome!

@DoctorThundah Жыл бұрын

I would love to see more videos of old formats, especially considering the state of gen 9 OU. These are some of my favorite videos of yours.

@mitchellwilliam95 Жыл бұрын

Great list, Jim! Glad to see you're introducing a new audience to gen 3 OU. You're doing God's work.

@tictacctical3030 Жыл бұрын

I would love to see a part 2! This was really fun to watch

@blueskyalchemist623 Жыл бұрын

To be honest, I may want to try gen 3 OU. The newer gens OU have been kind of tiring with constant return of the same strong legendaries Pokemon that are always good no matter what in OU (Lando-T, Zapdos, Heatran), so seeing a metagame where people try to fit in some weird oddball stuffs feels a bit fresher

@1stCallipostle Жыл бұрын

You'd think a usage based system would really start being concerned when things are on 60% of teams for 10 years straight

@helpgirlimhavingalifecrisis Жыл бұрын

Glad to see Lunatone in something. It’s one of my favorite Pokémon.

@funkymachine Жыл бұрын

I'm really glad you shouted out the emerald draft open a while back and in general have been talking about gen 3. I joined it on a whim and have since fallen in love with gen 3 (ou and in general). I ended top 32 off luck and over planning, and since then have loved gen 3 ou. My love of Pokémon was kinda dropping, gen 4 ou just not doing it for me after I got top 10 in the ladder and then immediately felt like every game was the same. Gen 3 is such a condensed but versatile tier that words don't do it justice

@DantinozMC Жыл бұрын

I would love more examples, great video Jim COOL!

@AutumnReel4444 Жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff. Limited metagames are always so interesting, leads to wild building strategies. Penny Dreadful in Magic the Gathering feels quite similar.

@markT4561 Жыл бұрын

This was such a good video! Always love the gen 3 content

@tecul1 Жыл бұрын

i would love for a team showcase/gameplay of vapicuno's cbgar lead speedpass team he showed on his channel

@lohn2559 Жыл бұрын

Jimothy, I enjoyed your showcasing of these weird strategies.

@H3nzWatermess 11 ай бұрын

wonderful view, very engaging, enjoyable and accurate, the perfect kind of pokemon content!

@legn7324 9 ай бұрын

I loved how you fought back the barbarians from the great wall like it was intended for

@prestigeicathius4660 Жыл бұрын

I remember back in the day during the gen 6 era I was climbing on the ladder consistently and even made it to about 1500 elo on a good track as well to reach 1600. One day while playing doing my usual grind I fought a fairly standard team, can't remember the entirety of it except for one Pokémon, their Ferothorn. Now, there's nothing special about it since you see Fero all the time but this one stood out to me for what happened during that game. At some point I managed to safely swap in my Mega Pinsir in front of their Fero in order to set up Swords Dance which usually be the turning point right then and there but what happened next truly was a shocker. That Fero had THUNDER in it's move slot! As soon as I set up SD he straight up used Thunder to Ohko my Mega Pinsir. I was so taken aback by this that I somehow didn't know what to do at that point and promptly lost the game. I wanted to ask the guy why but he quickly left. This may not be a gen 3 Strat but it's on the topic of weird ones that'll forever be in the back of my mind. Just wanted to share this after hearing about the bit where confusing the player is often enough to win the game.

@nicgerling6738 Жыл бұрын

Great video! Keen for a part 2. Though I never had the chance to play gen 3 meta, I've read lots of gen 3 Smogon sets over the years which would be great video topics: - Explosion user + endure, endeavour, spore, extreme speed Smeargle + fake out user in 2v2 - Sub + morning sun + status Moltres - DD + flail Kingra - Swagger + psych up Regirock - The moves snatch, torment, trick

@yourdagan Жыл бұрын

Morning Sun Moltres, hard to set up but good and usable. DD Kingdra not a thing, Flail wouldn't work well either. Swagger Psych Up would be extremely situational, usually wouldn't work. I've Torment before but it's whatever. Trick is risky and often predictable. Snatch has seen most success with Toxic Blissey in the mirror match.

@Zo3yX 11 ай бұрын

That swellow team is now one of my favorites. The creativity and rng. Chefs kiss! thats why i like competitive pokemon and gen 3 right there

@CaptainChewbaka Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video mate ! Also shiny kingdra having green eyes is something I never noticed

@ace-xy8ub 10 ай бұрын

I enjoyed your showcasing of these strange sets

@DkKobaADV Жыл бұрын

that blissey meme is actually what inspired my request for this video

@MagikMKW Жыл бұрын

That Swellow set is SICK

@KyurunVulpix Жыл бұрын

Gen 3 , so old , yet so fresh ! _How poetic_

@LucRio448 Жыл бұрын

I'm always ready for more weird shit. After all, that's why I personally prefer draft leagues, because you don't have to prepare for 45 mons with 2 sets each, but for 11 mons with a bazillion sets each - and the most random seeming stuff can work out there. And it's not about who had more broken mons, but about who made the optimal choices in terms of sets, items and EVs. It feels less like being tasked with "hey, put together a soccer team that cna beat any team with any combination of players under any circumstances", and way more like "hey, your opponent has these 25 players to choose from, you get these other 25, individually the teams are quite even - come up with the better strategy and combine your players and their strength in the best way to win"

@shevankaseneviratne1724 Жыл бұрын

Iam running out of ways to hype this mans uploads:) Was just rewatching your ubers league since ubers is now available on showdown!

@avery3748 Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see more of these

@Gold-Dango Жыл бұрын

While none of these strategies arent really a surprise to me since i watch FSG videos, i like that diff strategies counter other meta strats, which make other strats better due to those strats. This is why i love singles, where creativity can be used to put people in an advantage.

@Jojojordonian Жыл бұрын

Love this video format would like to see more like it.

@eklxtreme Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see videos on these individual strategies covered in this video

@Banana_Banshee Жыл бұрын

I already loved solrock and Lunatone. I always try picking them up in my gen 3 nuzlochs

@TheSandwhichman108 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been using Porygon 2 in gen 3 ou recently. I made a move set that revolves around the trace ability where I can do stuff like steal metagross’s clear body or breloom’s effect spore. It can even be a hard counter to breloom usually one shotting it with blizzard. Here’s the set I used for anyone wanting to try it- Protect Blizzard Recover Thunderbolt Ability: trace Item: Lum berry Nature: Any special atk or special def raising nature.

@Aoi_Tori_ Жыл бұрын

Really awesome video Mr. Cool

@Clockwork_Enby Жыл бұрын

SEA’s nicknames all being song names from the Rush album clockwork angels is awesome

@xanadu8436 Жыл бұрын

always here for jim gen3 content

@Heartache2491 Жыл бұрын

Id love to see more of these :)

@Lmjacks Жыл бұрын

cool vid, would love to see more

@doopness785 Жыл бұрын

Shout out to the Netbattle era!! 💜

@TheOriginalJphyper Жыл бұрын

Playing Pokémon Showdown on the Great Wall is a weird flex, but okay. You do you.

@neosaver Жыл бұрын

The only thing I remember about Gen 3 was me playing McGar (Gengar with Focus Punch) to surprise Blissey on the switch in.

@nelsondaily 11 ай бұрын

These are some great sets! ADV OU is so uniquely cool :)

@chess_fella Жыл бұрын

These are some weird strategies, that’s for sure!

@LRXC1 Жыл бұрын

the arctic meme is so good oh my god.

@Vicnotinho Жыл бұрын

Nice video! For me the best one was deffinily the boost berry + subs + endeavor . So scummy. Lunatone was insane too

@sooooooooDark Жыл бұрын

ha yea i did the lunatone ice beam thing back in the day i think any mon with 216 sp atk has guarantee to ohko salamence with ice beam if i recall correctly (did that calc 15 years ago, so... it might be wrong xD)

@jimlyons9251 Жыл бұрын

Really good vid

@killprecnt3702 Жыл бұрын

Make a part 2 it will be soo cool

@helladapttoreading8465 Жыл бұрын

More vids like this would be great!

@thiccrandy975 Жыл бұрын

Which gen did you play on the great wall? And hope you had a good time. Anyway I love that even after so many years people are still coming up with some crazy and effective strategies in this game, one of the many reasons I love pokemon

@jimothycool Жыл бұрын

Gen 3 OU!

@thiccrandy975 Жыл бұрын

@@jimothycool nice!

@goblinguard4833 Жыл бұрын

Loved this video

@hvideos6864 Жыл бұрын

i’d love a part 2!

@vanesslifeygo 11 ай бұрын

swell! I only knew swellow as a toxic orb facade attacker glad to see this

@heypinecone Жыл бұрын

I never thought much of Gen 3 OV until I watched your videos

@damonke7674 Жыл бұрын

Came here because I saw the thumbnail and it makes me proud that I run hydro pump mystic water mence lol

@GregDaWizard Жыл бұрын

Best part of gen 3 is the crazy amount of pokemon you can run on a team

@davidosbourne219 4 ай бұрын

That starf berry swellow is legit so cool

@rajkanishu Жыл бұрын

that swellow team is so cool omg

@vengerberg3125 Жыл бұрын

Old Money will kidnap Jimothy

@harryf9885 9 ай бұрын

2:34 Suicune and Snorlax walked so Houndstone and King Gambit could run. I do think the natural development of sacrificing your team for immunity to phasing is cooler than being incentivized to sacrifice your team because your Pokémon’s move/ability is programmed to get a boost from that though.