How GOOD was Haunter ACTUALLY? - History of Haunter in Competitive Pokemon

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Haunter is today’s Halloween Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Haunter in competitive Pokemon!
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0:00 - Intro
1:03 - RBY/Gen 1
2:09 - GSC/Gen 2
4:04 - ADV/Gen 3
6:43 - DPP/Gen 4
8:49 - BW/Gen 5
11:26 - XY/Gen 6
12:53 - SM/Gen 7
14:34 - VGC Gen 7
15:59 - SS/Gen 8
18:26 - Outro
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Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth.
For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent. I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 жыл бұрын

Haunter, Machoke, Kadabra, Graveler, etc. AKA the Pokemon we were stuck with because we didn't have friends to trade with...

@Ju5t4l1z4rd 3 жыл бұрын

Yep then Sword&Sheild gave us the blessing of raids with their full evolution (minus Golem since Geodude was still stuck in USUM)

@JoeBro915 3 жыл бұрын

In my experience I’ve used a Magmar, but for single player it was cool bc of it’s higher speed

@hajdxhjjdjshsh2644 3 жыл бұрын

Worst part is that the best pokemon were trade evolutions. Alakazam and Gengar are my favorite gen 1 mons

@yujiandou4658 3 жыл бұрын

@@Ju5t4l1z4rd or you can run into them in the wild.

@雪者 3 жыл бұрын

Tru

@ichkor3703 3 жыл бұрын

The “I don’t have friends to trade with” pokemon

@RBatman5000 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much any trade evolution

@aeroblaze4 3 жыл бұрын

I was so heartbroken when I found out I couldn't evolve my haunter. I took it all the way to level 50 as well.

@caterpillarh8490 3 жыл бұрын

I just edit trade Evo Pokemon into their evolutions when I play ROMs

@genemelendez8157 3 жыл бұрын

The same could be said for Kadabra

@Bijed4 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, this so much. I remember a) not knowing anyone who I could trade with and b) not having Wi-Fi to use the GTS, and hence being thrilled when I found the in-game trade for a Haunter in Pearl. But then it actually came holding an everstone.... Thankfully I soon found out you could use a GBA cartridge to actually find wild Gengar which made up for it

@OurKindofEntertainment 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else go through regions like Kanto and Johto with Haunter since you didn't have a friend to trade with to get Gengar? 😰

@thecriticalghost4626 3 жыл бұрын

Me Haunter was actually quite strong

@skyslasher2297 3 жыл бұрын

Sinnoh in my case

@theprokoking7156 3 жыл бұрын

@@skyslasher2297 Mindy’s Haunter?

@Jet-Steam-Gray 3 жыл бұрын

@@theprokoking7156 I still have flashbacks of Casper

@Puki9117 3 жыл бұрын

Remplace Hauter with Graveler and thats me in Cristal

@TKnHappyNess 3 жыл бұрын

Most people remember THAT Haunter, or specifically the person who slaps an Everstone on it to screw you out of Gengar

@rebound1340 3 жыл бұрын

That lady in snowpoint

@dmansuperich2800 3 жыл бұрын

Mindy, and there's even a whole group dedicated to hating her

@aleinawang4430 3 жыл бұрын

Her name is Mindy. There's an entire subreddit dedicated to hating her. I'm pretty sure GameFreak was laughing when they added her in.

@antoinepowell3197 3 жыл бұрын

I actually still have Mindys Haunter. I kept it, and used it a lot in my first Diamond Run. I eventually chanced upon someone to help me evolve it, and my Gengar is still one of my strongest Pokemon to this day.

@goddessaqua5022 3 жыл бұрын

screw mindy

@Zeo-- 3 жыл бұрын

When Game Freak decided to remove levitate from Gengar. So you use Haunter instead and win. What a legend.

@jurdl222 3 жыл бұрын

Pro plays

@gregorymirabella1423 3 жыл бұрын

that's what i do these days. it's amazing to see people willingly use earthquake on it because they don't know it has levitate.

@geometryemperor 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorymirabella1423 they think that Haunter lost Levitate like how Gengar did? Some people are really lost in time.

@gregorymirabella1423 3 жыл бұрын

@@geometryemperor i guess i can't blame them. as they said, how often do you see a fucking haunter? what's it gonna do?

@BlaximilianD00d 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorymirabella1423 I'm too much of a pokémon nerd to actually do something like that.

@dreadcooler 3 жыл бұрын

When a NFE mon almost hits the 20 minute mark, you know it has done a good job!

@beanson2323 3 жыл бұрын

chansey intensifies

@vaporterra 3 жыл бұрын

@@beanson2323 Chansey will be a movie

@tytar2132 3 жыл бұрын

Uh haunter is in nu bl in gen 8

@Dz73zxxx 3 жыл бұрын

@@vaporterra aka "i eat focus blast for breakfast"

@fletchhead938 3 жыл бұрын

@@tytar2132 it's not like Haunter's an Not Fully Evolved Pokémon!? Wow!!!

@verbalengine95 3 жыл бұрын

Haunter using explosion in stadium is actually terrifying because it's like he's laughing hysterically about his own demise with the thought that he'll be taking his opponent with him.

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

also, 250 base power that also does double damage is terrifying even when it comes from Haunter.

@georgecortes3416 2 жыл бұрын

When you put it like that, I'm reminded of Black Fog from the rather obscure Electric Tale of Pikachu manga! Black Fog was a gargantuan Haunter who was notorious for killing people AND Pokemon by using Hypnosis to lull them into sleeping before taking away their life force with Dream Eater. Sabrina lost one of her Pokemon as a kid to Black Fog and was almost killed too and when Ash tried fighting it, just before he could catch Black Fog with an Ultra Ball, it commits suicide by using Self-Destruct! Yeah, plenty of Pokemon mangas can be pretty messed up...

@gojirarex5138 2 жыл бұрын

I mean it's already dead

@borby4584 3 жыл бұрын

Ooh, if we’re doing NFE Pokémon, then a Little Cup episode could be fun!

@extonjonas6820 3 жыл бұрын

Well haunter is a pokemon that exist in actual tiers so it is very different compared to little cup

@cesarg.5750 3 жыл бұрын

We had a Wynaut episode already, but they barely have four moves and had Uber use so its you could not count them.

@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470 3 жыл бұрын

Ferroseed NEEDS one!!!

@venomw6823 3 жыл бұрын

We also did Porygon 2 and Pikachu

@TheMan05555 3 жыл бұрын

Gen 5 Onix was one the best Stealth Rock setters in Little Cup. Not only does it already have a monster defense, with Eviolite, it’s Defense and Special Defense became higher than Steelix. Also with Sturdy getting a much needed buff, there was no knocking Onix out in one hit with Surf or Giga Drain.

@butteredsalmonella 3 жыл бұрын

Snowpoint City. Medicham for Haunter. Everstone. Most Horrible Horror Story.

@Straviradius 3 жыл бұрын

I hate Mindy

@butteredsalmonella 3 жыл бұрын

@@Straviradius Everyone hates Mindy.

@chapapa-papa 3 жыл бұрын

I read that in Osaka's voice and that made your comment ten times funnier lol

@EruditoGaming 3 жыл бұрын

Thankfully you can encounter gengar in the old chetau

@ChrrolloDI 3 жыл бұрын

@@EruditoGaming If you had a Gen 3 GBA game also inserted, yeah.

@cubedmelons876 3 жыл бұрын

Man, how does a NFE pokemon do better at not getting murdered by power creep than a lot of former OU staples?

@fungmanhei 3 жыл бұрын

good SpAtk / decent Speed / typing & ability that is decent offensively and GREAT defensively for an offensive mon (3 immunities is a godsend for a mon this frail)

@anuragkat66 3 жыл бұрын

@@fungmanhei also the movepool alongwith that, they knew what they were creating

@bryanc1772 3 жыл бұрын

There are plenty of NFE that actually do decently well. Most of them are lower tier Mons but Kadabra, Haunter , Porygon2, Chansey, Dusclops and funnily enough even Vigoroth who does better than Slaking

@ShinyTillDawn 3 жыл бұрын

Never knew about the NFE Clause in Gen 3.

@imagorll 3 жыл бұрын

When haunter's vid is longer than the vids for fully evolved mons like fearow, dodrio, hitmon chan/lee, etc.

@bryanc1772 3 жыл бұрын

Chansey's remake will be so long than Haunter's. Chansey has always remain a threat in OU to some degree sometimes even without Blissey Heck even part of GSC LC

@r3io4mf 3 жыл бұрын

also, gengar

@darkyz8538 3 жыл бұрын

It’s longer than it’s own evolution

@connivingkhajiit 3 жыл бұрын

Hitmonchan/lee are not fully evolved

@bryanc1772 3 жыл бұрын

@@darkyz8538 Gengar hasn't gotten a Remake yet

@allenkeettikkal3149 3 жыл бұрын

"There is more to a pokemon than just stats, also known as the Rampardos Theorem." Lol so basically, Rampardos is FSG's new butt of all jokes now?

@thorwannabe6810 3 жыл бұрын

I sure hope so

@thatsabruhmoment17 3 жыл бұрын

Not as bad as Ledian

@Bluecrimson217 3 жыл бұрын

@@thatsabruhmoment17 You misspelled good there.

@iamabucket13 3 жыл бұрын

Headbutt of jokes

@joshuakim5240 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, that really isn't true since Haunter has shown that you only need 3 things to succeed, 2 of which are stats. High speed, high attack/special attack, and a good movepool. Haunter has literally sub-50 in all but 2 stats but those 2 stats are the only things that matter 90% of the time.

@GAMERS-hy9bq 3 жыл бұрын

fsg:stats aren’t everything Regigias: gee you think??

@mcihele 3 жыл бұрын

Sad un un un un un

@Dragrath1 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mwisd402 Poor Shedinja needs seriously buffed stats its only usable stat is base 90 attack and it has a shitty movepool which GF has for some incredulous reason only continued to remove its options by making old moves incompatible or removing moves entirely that had given it some semblance of a unique quality... for a glass cannon it is utterly terrible with no unique traits other than being immune to neutral coverage moves which is rendered moot due to it possessing weaknesses to nearly every common coverage move types and due to it getting instakilled by all residual damage. By far one of the worst gimmick mons

@marcosantiago8821 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dragrath1 thwy could have just removed his def and sp def by making it 1 def and transfer those stats on atk spe attk and speed instead gamefree is stupid it cant even hit hard

@Dragrath1 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcosantiago8821 I know right? It still would have been fairly low if they relocated those stats but at least it might actually be usable. 90 base attack is usable with set up but Shedinja isn't going to get to set up. Probably the only use thing it can do is be annoying with Ally Switch but given its low speed it isn't doing that effectively except maybe if you are running trick room >_>

@snarls3760 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcosantiago8821 yeah all though it can find some use in doubles with some support and also a neiche te which include entertinment shedinja has the single most potential for a mon wonder guard is such an op abilty but the real problem is his typing he got quite a bit of weakness he could have been pure ghost which would mean he would get ko by ghost and dark but he will have a lot of switch in he got willowisp shadow sneak stab shadow claw and if he gets destiny bond whih will let him truly wreck chaos as then becuse he will get one hit by any super effective move making him not be threatened by other mons will trenmamdos

@dragonlord4194 3 жыл бұрын

This was "How surprisingly good was Haunter in the lower tiers?" I did not expect that Haunter would be that good in NU throughout the Gens

@mistercirno9647 3 жыл бұрын

I was literally just thinking the same thing. I had no idea Haunter was this good!!

@adamqjsmith 3 жыл бұрын

it was very impressive

@turtledoggo1 3 жыл бұрын

It would be pu this gen if it wasn't for the pursuit removal lol

@indigojuliet38 3 жыл бұрын

Someone needs to draw a picture of Haunter holding a Professional Wrestling Championship Belt that reads "King of NU"

@shadowtitanx3962 3 жыл бұрын

Haunter is really a mini Gengar down in the lower tiers.

@jelo421 3 жыл бұрын

There’s an oddly satisfying and depressing feeling knowing Haunter has been more consistent in the tiers than some legendarios

@a-10warthog72 3 жыл бұрын

Are you spanish?

@Nightwing_. 3 жыл бұрын

@@a-10warthog72 he prob says "the latino twins" too

@Dz73zxxx 3 жыл бұрын

*triggered supercomputer beep noise

@julicanoto15 3 жыл бұрын

Ya veo, el autocorrección jodiendo como siempre

@thecriticalghost4626 2 жыл бұрын

@@Nightwing_. fun

@Fin8192 3 жыл бұрын

Me, following the serie since the beginning: "yes, we almost finished all the gen 1 mons!" Not fully evolved mons: helo

@sweetschmeat7417 3 жыл бұрын

Just wait until FSG hits us with some little cup.....

@thisman8056 3 жыл бұрын

@@sweetschmeat7417 he did with onix and tangella

@aminadabbrulle8252 3 жыл бұрын

@@thisman8056 Because Wynaut?

@ningenslayer6306 3 жыл бұрын

@@thisman8056 True, but he only covered them until their evolved forms came into play (with the exception of Gen 5 NU Tangela I think). The only times when Little Cup was covered we’re Gen 1 Pikachu and Wynaut (and that was half a joke video).

@doubleace11554 3 жыл бұрын

Which Gen 1 mons (not NFEs, unless they got a evo later) weren't covered yet?

@antoinepowell3197 3 жыл бұрын

"Even if it gets banned to PU again..." Meanwhile in ZU Haunter: You guys fell here too? Shiftry and Klinklang: Yeah.

@YamatoFukkatsu 3 жыл бұрын

11:05 This may be my personal headcanon here, but I think "Ghost" Pokemon aren't really dead. They are in fact living things that just happen to have spectral-like properties. The fact that most of them are able to breed should be evidence of this.

@thecriticalghost4626 2 жыл бұрын

There are literally Pokédex entries who says the contrary

@DannyDog27 Жыл бұрын

@@thecriticalghost4626 Most of the time they’re actually presented as just folk tales, but for some reason fans take them at face value.

@dbt4869 Жыл бұрын

@@DannyDog27still you should go with the Pokedex over literally headcanon or BFH. Also what do you mean most? The vast majority are factual

@kikaioshin6700 9 ай бұрын

Yes, there is even a Trevenant in the anime that dies despite being ghost-type, so they are definitely alive

@darkyz8538 3 жыл бұрын

I feel like it’s a sign that we need a gengar remake when the haunter episode is longer

@lordhelix1705 3 жыл бұрын

This video really brought into light how not fully evolved Pokémon can still be successful. You should do more of these

@Carnidoom 3 жыл бұрын

yh espically with eviolite

@lynxfresh5214 3 жыл бұрын

To think there was a time that Fletchinder of all pokémon saw more usage over Charizard (base) and even Moltres!

@StarshadowMelody 3 жыл бұрын

Correction: NFEs that aren't named Scyther. Scyther being a successful NFE surprises people for "Wait, Scyther's NFE- oh right, Scizor exists" as opposed to "Wait, Haunter's a successful pokemon?" because Scyther has the same BST as Scizor.

@bryanc1772 3 жыл бұрын

Kadabra was also decent as an NFE Pokemon

@malikbeat 3 жыл бұрын

Ash didn't even own the Haunter that made Sabrina laugh and was still given the badge

@Anistar95 3 жыл бұрын

Talk about kanto Ash smh. So many badges were just given to him.

@gengarzilla1685 3 жыл бұрын

By my count, it's three out of eight. Boulder, Marsh, and Rainbow. Considering that he was on track to actually winning his Cascade Badge, I give him a pass for that one.

@malikbeat 3 жыл бұрын

@@gengarzilla1685 You also have to remember he didn't have to fight Giovanni for his 8th badge, he just fought Jessie and James for the hundredth time

@Bluebedo 3 жыл бұрын

@@malikbeat Giovanni had been beating trainers with a freakin Mewtwo at that point in the anime, so I'd consider him fighting Jessie and James but with those two having good Pokemon a fair enough thing.

@thecriticalghost4626 3 жыл бұрын

@@malikbeat But they we're using decent Pokémon And Giovanni was with Mewtwo so...

@NeutralDrow 3 жыл бұрын

Just taking a moment to appreciate how much FSG has changed over the years in regards to lower-tier pokemon. Early FSG: "This pokemon was generally too bad to be used in OU, and dropped to NU, though it was pretty good there." Current FSG: **many minutes detailing what the pokemon could and did do in NU** It was a more subtle change than finally covering Gen 7 (and abandoning the "wait for the metagame to develop" rule for Gen 8), but just as welcome.

@anuragkat66 3 жыл бұрын

So true

@te0nzin 3 жыл бұрын

well in the arcanine video FSG also says it's "meh" bc it never was OU despite being a consistent choice in UU also a very common choice in VGC until incineroar outclassed it there.

@ZKazeLP 3 жыл бұрын

BKC writes the scripts now and he drops documentaries weekly on teams/metas/playstyles

@NeutralDrow 3 жыл бұрын

@@te0nzin That may have been the one I was subconsciously remembering.

@NeutralDrow 3 жыл бұрын

@@ZKazeLP That makes sense. I can't remember which video the transition to more lower-tier coverage took place, but I guess it must have been after Kellen's patreon started doing well. I only remember consciously noticing the change in the Mismagius video.

@OrangeyChocolate 3 жыл бұрын

Top-performing OU staple: I sleep Lower-tier Pokémon with a long career of stellar performance: real #*@$! Edited because apparently memes have to be accurate.

@rafy.h.3108 3 жыл бұрын

The meme is "i sleep" and "real $#!&"

@NitroIndigo 3 жыл бұрын

I think that a Pokémon with a rocky competitive history is more interesting to cover than "it was always good, the end". The Pachirisu episode brought a tear to my eye.

@thecriticalghost4626 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, they have to be accurate

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

of course, they have to be accurate. After all, this is the internet and there is no fun allowed in the internet. Klappa

@austingordon3709 3 жыл бұрын

F that girl in Snowpoint City who gives you a Haunter holding an Everstone. Especially if you don't have friends or 2 DS's/3DS's.

@SaltyTreecko 3 жыл бұрын

I honestly forgot it was Halloween with everything going on nowadays.

@bdt2002gaming 3 жыл бұрын

Rumor has it that lots, and I mean a TON of people are doing an Among Us theme this year because it fits so freaking well

@jamesrobson8308 3 жыл бұрын

I was actually glad to see alot of pepole celebrating normally ( or at least kindannormal) and that made me happy that pepole needed some cheering up and Halloween is a thing that everyone can get involved in. Thesse next two months are gonna be good

@Licw-Luxus 3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesrobson8308 lol

@jamesrobson8308 3 жыл бұрын

@@Licw-Luxus it wasn't funny

@bladearmorginga6582 3 жыл бұрын

I still to this day like haunter’s design more than gengar (despite the clefable shadow theory).

@jaewol359 3 жыл бұрын

I fully agree. It’s kinda like Dragonair vs Dragonite. You’ve got this sleek stylish second evo only to get some weird chunky third evo that doesn’t really match with the second.

@lunaticabandoned8179 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Gengar looks stupid so I prefer Haunter

@artandem9637 2 жыл бұрын

Finally someone who thinks like me. I think it would be cool if ghastly was branched evolution, like Flapple and Appletun

@anthonystaton3740 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@snapclub8751 3 жыл бұрын

I was expecting a remake of How Good was Gengar Actually. Oh well, this will do.

@HorizonLine01 3 жыл бұрын

They already did one on gengar 👌🏼

@Zeonis 3 жыл бұрын

@@HorizonLine01 what didn't "remake" did you get?

@BromanderInChief 3 жыл бұрын

@@HorizonLine01 The word “remake” must not register in your brain huh

@CuriousNeon 3 жыл бұрын

@@HorizonLine01 bruh.

@HorizonLine01 3 жыл бұрын

Wait did FSG do a second vid on gengar then? I've only seen the one

@alexanderdejesus4986 3 жыл бұрын

Wynut is still the king of non-fully evolved pokemon. Being in Ubers and the lowest teir is the best feat

@yzer9975 3 жыл бұрын

Haunter's cry is one of my favorites, especially its Gen 1 version. It sounds like it's sneaking up and spooking you from behind.

@maniakb416 3 жыл бұрын

I remember using a team of Kadabra, Haunter, Graveller, Machoke, Typhlosion and Pidgeot in Pokemon Crystal back in the day and Haunter was my biggest powerhouse. Kadabra could put out danage too but Haunter resisted or was immune to so much he just destroyed everything. I miss that guy.

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

kadabra and haunter are unironically really good playthrough pokemon, yes.

@autobotstarscream765 3 жыл бұрын

@@IschmarVI So are Graveler and Machoke in Johto specifically, the early game practically requires using Rock-types and Muscle slew Whitney's infamous minotaur that was trying to teach kids to use strategy and type matchups to win Pokémon battles instead of just overleveling Cyndaquil and mindlessly mashing A.

@phantmdraws4898 3 жыл бұрын

Slap a eviolite on it and now you have a g max haunter

@CaptainObliviousV 3 жыл бұрын

“How good was Corsola actually” sounds like a fun one to do, mainly because I want to hear about how a pathetic piece of coral died and became one of the best defensive Pokémon in the game

@breloommaster12 3 жыл бұрын

Galarian corsola actually had quite a fall of grace since its debut. Strength Sap may be good for stalling out physical Dynamax Pokémon, but it was soon discovered that Galarian Corsola hard loses to nearly every special attacker as well as literally anything with reliable recovery, since GCorsola's recovery got weaker with each use vs the same target and thus was extremely vulnerable to special attackers overwhelming it or recovery users outlasting it. These days, GCorsola doesn't even see play in NU where it currently resides, and is expected to drop to PU soon. But hey, at least it's better than Dusclops in Singles.

@CaptainObliviousV 3 жыл бұрын

@@breloommaster12 that’s sad to hear. I guess at this rate it actually will be possible for it to die twice😅

@jean-pierrea5803 3 жыл бұрын

Crawdaunt is his new predator since is able to kill it with one knock off.

@sephikong8323 3 жыл бұрын

@@breloommaster12 Also, it's double weak to Knock off. First because it is a ghost type and second because it requires it's eviolite. And to think it's heyday was just a year ago ....

@thecriticalghost4626 3 жыл бұрын

It's bad, it needs eviolite to be defensive and it's weak to Knock Off... One of the most common moves in the game

@justjoyas 3 жыл бұрын

Haunter: *exists* Mindy: I'm about to do what's called a pro-gamer move

@ambertwofujiproductions.1593 3 жыл бұрын

Me:(Gives her my medicham for her haunter.) Thank you!

@esqimo6647 3 жыл бұрын

NFE pokemon: gets almost a 20 minute video Furret, who didn’t even get FSG his 10 minute ad revenue: wut

@esqimo6647 3 жыл бұрын

@@sirdabsalot1yt83 yeah someone pointed that out on my comment about this on the furret video, let’s go ahead and ignore that

@jamesrobson8308 3 жыл бұрын

@@esqimo6647 I thogut it was still 10 too.

@RandomPerson-fg1jf 3 жыл бұрын

Tauros, Porygon-Z, Delibird, Ledian, Luvdisc and Leavanny didn't hit 8 minutes.

@jaschabull2365 3 жыл бұрын

I literally forgot there was a furret episode. Poor li'l walking boi.

@kurtislachance9958 3 жыл бұрын

@@RandomPerson-fg1jf Delibird and Ledian were pretty much joke videos, Leavanny and Luvdisc were so awful competitively there isn't much to talk about. Tauros and Porygon-Z were before the videos started covering Gen 7, as well as not going as in-depth in the lower tiers. Hell, Porygon-Z only got 3 gens covered.

@Wheeler-gc4tj 3 жыл бұрын

The Christmas Special must be: How FESTIVE Was Stantler ACTUALLY?

@Nastara 3 жыл бұрын

@Teth Adam all terrain lmao

@_G.C 3 жыл бұрын

No it's definitely xurkitree, or delibird

@iantaakalla8180 3 жыл бұрын

Delibird was covered and I doubt it will be covered again given how bad it is.

@_G.C 3 жыл бұрын

@@iantaakalla8180 Tf you mean, Present is pretty epic

@tonberry2670 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, Haunter has had legitimate mid and low-tier success and I honestly think its cool to see videos that tackle such things.

@connorj2355 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, how fitting.

@AndesBlaz 3 жыл бұрын

I know

@dijonramkaran2s156 3 жыл бұрын

It is fitting

@RasenShot 3 жыл бұрын

It's almost as they did it on purpose. /s

@EdmacZ 3 жыл бұрын

I have not the greatest memory of Haunter and I pretty sure you all know where I’m getting at: The horrible trade with that NPC in Platinum.

@chaosbreaker657 3 жыл бұрын

Oh God, thanks for reminding me of...her. 😡

@cintronproductions9430 3 жыл бұрын

If they ever remake those games, hopefully they'll let us battle that troll and beat up her Pokémon, that'll teach that baka!

@turbulentbreak 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mindy...

@NeoGraena 3 жыл бұрын

MINDY IS THE REASON RHODESIA DOESN'T EXIST ANYMORE

@VicRTH 3 жыл бұрын

That girl was clearly the real Sinnoh villian.

@sheethouse15 3 жыл бұрын

In England, where I live, they just announced a second lockdown. Having a bonus FSG video up means today is overall pretty decent actually.

@dpunch9752 3 жыл бұрын

When the gengar video is less minutes than it’s pre-evolution, haunter

@jeroenb699 3 жыл бұрын

Vietnam flashbacks of that haunter trade in Snowpoint City.

@fabioalanmp 3 жыл бұрын

Biggest troll in Pokemon history

@Lazycandle 3 жыл бұрын

There’s an entire subreddit devoted to hating mindy

@georgecortes3416 3 жыл бұрын

If there’s a silver lining to that, at least you can dequip the Everstone, trade with a friend, and then you can use Gengar. Otherwise, thank Arceus for Sw/Sh letting us catch Trade Evolutions in the Wild Area.

@notfabio9858 3 жыл бұрын

Fortunately for me I think I completely missed that trade as a kid

@kanto20 3 жыл бұрын

I just used that Haunter lol

@dreadknight2439 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes Haunter the “Snowpoint City Troll Pokemon”.

@webbowser8834 3 жыл бұрын

oh good, I'm not the only one that remembers that heccing eviolite haunter...

@justinnzamora5366 2 жыл бұрын

@@webbowser8834 It's an Everstone. Sorry if this 10 months late.

@webbowser8834 2 жыл бұрын

@@justinnzamora5366 I can't believe it took me 10 months to realize I got eviolite and everstone mixed up. Lordy it's been awhile.

@walmartforfree7002 3 жыл бұрын

I still can’t get over the fact that charizard was in the same tier with wartortle at one point

@thebigbean8783 3 жыл бұрын

UH OH! Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar are my favorite pokemon of all time. I've had to use a haunter my entire life because i never had anyone to trade with. Very excited for this!!!

@acc3209 3 жыл бұрын

6:06 first time I hear about Flareon since its video 2 years ago

@dawn2955 3 жыл бұрын

Intresting Trivia: Haunter was actually formerly NU in GSC, but was actually used so much in UU, that it got moved up Gastly, however, couldn’t take its place. Gastly is awful and MU reliant. There is absolutely no reason to use Gastly on a serious team

@geometryemperor 3 жыл бұрын

It is funny how Ghastly is viable in GSC NU. Looks like they missed Haunter so much that they tried to replace it with Ghastly.

@dawn2955 3 жыл бұрын

@@geometryemperor lol. Gastly is terrible in GSC NU. It’s a complete MU pick. No reason to use it on consistent teams

@Gemini090693 3 жыл бұрын

Another interesting trivia: Gastly is a beast in LC. Not as big as Abra overall or Fletchling in Gen 6, but a beast nonetheless

@agentblackbird9435 3 жыл бұрын

@@dawn2955 What is MU?

@dawn2955 3 жыл бұрын

@@agentblackbird9435 Matchup Reliant. That means it needs the right Pokémon on the other team to be any use. Like without Pineco on the other team(aka the best Spiker) it’s useless

@SoggySlopster 3 жыл бұрын

Could’ve done a Gengar redo but this is fine lol. Haunter is sort of better than Gengar because it still has levitate. Gengar caught that dirty nerf

@killkill308 3 жыл бұрын

They thought that with gengar having buffs almost evrey gen,it would be broken with levitate too.No.Just no.At this point gengar is UU,and even there...it just is a gimick beacuse of the marowaks.

@herosguildgames 3 жыл бұрын

Can we talk about how terrifying Haunter's Gen One sprites are? I swear, that gave me nightmares as a kid.

@Shigeru0508 3 жыл бұрын

before the video: did we run out of ghosts? after: that was actually interesting!

@lynxfresh5214 3 жыл бұрын

When a NFE mon has had (an overall) more viable competitive history than several fully evolved mons, some of which have been untiered since gen 5... :/ Both life and the afterlife can be so cruel!

@SSB_Seal 3 жыл бұрын

I always loved Haunter’s design. The spooky floating head and hands always seemed more ghostly than Gengar. Of course I love them both, though!

@calvinmatthews1527 3 жыл бұрын

It's sad that Haunter is better than most fully-evolved mons from gen 1.

@MfwPrivate 3 жыл бұрын

@The OG i have a Gmax gengar in SW/SH and damn that asshole is busted

@bryanc1772 3 жыл бұрын

It’s all about the typing, stats and movepool distribution There were VERY few Ghost 👻 in the Old Gens so Haunter was basically the Gengar of UU and Gastly was the only Ghost in Petit/Little Cup

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

goes to show how good of a type ghost really is. It turns the only ghost types in the generation into meta staples despite their weakness against both psychic AND earthquake

@ZekSkywalker 3 жыл бұрын

You know Gengars popular when it's mid-evolution gets a longer video

@Stoic_Revanchist 3 жыл бұрын

That akward moment when Haunter's video is longer than Gengar's

@darkgerry92 3 жыл бұрын

Huge change in production over the years.

@perfectedwarrior79 3 жыл бұрын

Give it a minute. I’m sure it’ll get a remake soon enough.

@fulgenzio89 3 жыл бұрын

-Mom can we have a Gengar remake video? -We already have a Gengar remake video at home -The Gengar remake video at home:

@raptordaraptor7861 3 жыл бұрын

"The rampardos theorem"!? That one got me.

@rynemorgan9424 3 жыл бұрын

Pursuit: Gets removed Haunter: It's free real estate

@thejuic3b0i64 3 жыл бұрын

NU: I fear no man, but this thing *Haunter* NU: It scares me

@NanaKyoto 3 жыл бұрын

I never got to evolve Haunter since I have nobody to really trade with. But now that I see how good it is in the low tiers, I'm glad I never did.

@azg9143 3 жыл бұрын

Can’t we get a ‘how good was drapion’ I just want to see the scorpion king

@djimonmcdonald9085 3 жыл бұрын

Still waiting too man. Still waiting.

@SamTimelapseMan 3 жыл бұрын

FFS man seriously!! I've been dying to see drapion, it's my favorite one and I need to see a breakdown. Just keep commenting! We will get through

@anuragkat66 3 жыл бұрын

@@SamTimelapseMan Drapion is Badass

@hirocoldy6023 3 жыл бұрын

Chansey: Hehe purple stone Scyther: Hehe big boots Haunter: Hehe no annoying trapping move Sneasel: Hehe im speed Natu: why hat kid has me ability

@Peepohold 3 жыл бұрын

Or Natu: hehe rocks go boing

@N12015 3 жыл бұрын

Tangela: Hehe i can heal forever

@Dankyjrthethird 3 жыл бұрын

LOL underrated comment

@mr.krustykrust 3 жыл бұрын

Scyther do be rocking those timbs though

@marceloSSJ 3 жыл бұрын

porygon2 and dusclops, best trick room setters

@EdmacZ 3 жыл бұрын

Haunter: I don’t need to be fully evolved to kick your ass! *Cries in Electivire*

@lancevandertooth1810 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for actually showing the special split in gen 2.

@KignDididi 3 жыл бұрын

This video is longer than the Gengar analysis, this channel sure went up in production value

@KenzoSnizzle 3 жыл бұрын

Plus its writers BKC and zane

@HMZeroTwo 3 жыл бұрын

Was expecting a Gengar video remake, but this'll do.

@katieg1071 3 жыл бұрын

Another really great video, I always look forward to these! I'm not cut out to play competitive Pokemon, but I love learning about it from you guys!

@andre51605 2 жыл бұрын

and then there's that normalize swap strat of Wolfe Glick that revolved around Haunter and Gengar being untouchable by endgame

@ryankendall3716 3 жыл бұрын

Disappointed that Wolfey’s normalize trap team didn’t get a mention for VGC usage

@phossu3110 3 жыл бұрын

imagine your so good at competitive, that your secondary evaluation get a video

@Extra_Comfy_Robot 3 жыл бұрын

I love this line a lot. Glad to see haunter spooked out some stuff too! Happy Halloween!!

@Nebula6874 3 жыл бұрын

I did not expect a pre evolution like Haunter to get a video, but then again it’s pretty good.

@mechayoshi9250 3 жыл бұрын

So no one’s gonna talk about how haunter’s sprites lost a finger as time went on? 😂

@julianchrobak-prince1915 3 жыл бұрын

I like seeing the ghost Pokémon in the background. It’d be cool if you did this for standard videos too except you used the Pokémon that were staples in whatever tier you are discussing.

@PokemonBigSad 3 жыл бұрын

The spooky background in this video looks great!

@fenexgid3074 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so good, that i learn by watching them and also can fall asleep to them due to your voice!

@evetravers4938 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@RasenShot 3 жыл бұрын

No joke I have pseudo ptsd of this thing ruining my Stadium runs when I was a kid by spaming Hypnosis and Dream Eater.

@goldreaper9283 3 жыл бұрын

2021 Halloween : How GOOD was Gastly ACTUALLY?

@HaxHaunter 3 жыл бұрын

this video made me completely happy. it made my Halloween perfect.

@Macaulyn_97 3 жыл бұрын

YES, I ASKED FOR IT FOR SO LONG, HE IS FINALLY HERE!!! THANK YOU, PATRONS!!!

@Danitron904 3 жыл бұрын

Gengar's Video length (released on 16 May. 2017): *10:53* Haunter's video length (released 3 years later): *19:52* Love the improvement of these videos.

@Rarest26 3 жыл бұрын

And keep in mind he wanted to go fast on the Gengar video. Just imagine how long a remake would be

@lizzerd5112 3 жыл бұрын

Next year we want a Gastly video!

@user-zs5ub1ic1v 3 жыл бұрын

YES! The best of the family getting its own video!

@sagacious03 3 жыл бұрын

Great analysis! Thanks for uploading!

@shippidge5316 3 жыл бұрын

I know I'm a day late but Happy Halloween everybody! As for the vid I honestly was expecting Haunter to be considered good to ok as the tiers go on, but I didn't expect Haunter to not only be a good UU Pokémon in the first 2 gens, but an iconic NU staple of the later gens despite being PU in gen 7! I didn't think Haunter was that good to not only be considered top tier but also to the point that it was so good in Sw/Sh that it got banned Twice, and this is coming from a NFE Pokémon! That alone is unheard of, I legitimately had no clue Haunter was actually THIS good but seeing this video I have to say, it's amazing to see the NFE staple rise to the top of NU and reign Supreme for so many generations which is a testament of itself. Fantastic video and I hope to see "HOW GOOD WAS DRAPION ACTUALLY?!"

@vish5942 3 жыл бұрын

finally you're doing the thing unevolved

@davidtrottier7066 3 жыл бұрын

FSG: Haunter was only outsped by Raticate in NU. Luvdisc: Am I a joke to you? Don't answer that.

@serperialist1079 3 жыл бұрын

My goodness. Thank you so much for this one

@gfgalvao4337 3 жыл бұрын

I hope Gengar gets a how GREAT remake one day.

@Yoxiin 3 жыл бұрын

When someone trade you haunter with everstone : No gengar Haunter will do

@IronicCliche 3 жыл бұрын

This was surprisingly great

@Dz73zxxx 3 жыл бұрын

No kidding dude, this mon is truly the most reliable special offense for my teams back in gen 7 PU. I love this mon

@emiliorojas9121 3 жыл бұрын

Not all have friends to evolve a hunter.

@M3rtyville 3 жыл бұрын

or a DS with a GBA slot to catch wild ones in DPPt :(

@bryanc1772 3 жыл бұрын

You can always use a Gameshark Nobody will judge you

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

@@bryanc1772 but not all have a Gameshark either :p

@RzfX15 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought we'd see the day that there's a dedicated video for a mid-stage evolution!

@cubedmelons876 3 жыл бұрын

And one that doesn’t even get power creeped off the tiering ladder.

@SproingBoing 3 жыл бұрын

This was an amazing Halloween video FSG, can you possibly do more videos on more NFE Pokemon in the future? I'm curious to see how they fared in the lower Tiers compared to their final stages.

@bulbakurb2385 3 жыл бұрын

I was expecting Gengar to have a remake but im glad I got to learn about Haunter c:

@PumPuum 3 жыл бұрын

cant wait for how good was gastly for next year's halloween

@sonam9881 3 жыл бұрын

This is an awfully long video for a gen 1 NFE. I am very impressed

@iryanmadayana1904 11 ай бұрын

Haunter was one of my favourite pokemon since the beginning of the franchise, much moreso than Gengar. Glad to see that it has gone above and beyond in terms of expected competitive viability over the years!