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

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Shiftry is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Shiftry in competitive Pokemon!
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1:56 - ADV/Gen 3
3:59 - DPP/Gen 4
6:36 - BW/Gen 5
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10:51 - Gen 6 VGC
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14:08 - SS/Gen 8
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@OurKindofEntertainment 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I never thought about how Shifty was the "Sun Team" MVP counterpart to Ludicolo being a "Rain Team" MVP

@GrowingDownUnder 3 жыл бұрын

ludicolo is better though because water is usually weak to grass but not ludicolo. Plus ludicolo has rain dish and combined with rain dance and water attacks he can be quite a threat. And Ludicolo worked equally as good on sun teams because he has sunny day, synthesis and those combined with grass attacks makes ludicolo quite a good pokemon. He's my go to grass pokemon the majority of the time. Also nothing quite as annoying as being leech seeded or giga drain

@knightarcane4920 3 жыл бұрын

@@GrowingDownUnder ludicolo has swift swim is what makes him good.

@jaschabull2365 3 жыл бұрын

Hence its being in the version with groudon, while ludicolo's in the version with kyogre.

@GrowingDownUnder 3 жыл бұрын

@@knightarcane4920 I think ludicolo's best feature is his typings....grass/water isn't very easy to beat well i'm sure you can find a way to beat it but ludicolo is resilient as well especially with rain dish which allows him to heal when rain dance is active plus synthesis ability to heal and even if you had leftovers item it would allow him to basically recover almost full health fairly quickly this is good when combined with like substitute or something which is going to stop direct attacks from hitting for a few turns.

@wariotalkingwithoutlungs 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine abusing gass knot gass knot

@MoonGhostDoodles 3 жыл бұрын

“Those who played R/S/E will remember Sidney’s Shiftry with great irritation” >proceeds to one-shot it

@zamza989 3 жыл бұрын

Get brick break from Sootopolis and spammed that shiii

@RonaKurona 3 жыл бұрын

I mean, when your team is a Level 67 Blaziken and a few level 5 - HM slaves of course it won't be annoying

@ubermaster1 3 жыл бұрын

Literally one shot it was muddy water once. It was only scary if it outsped and in main game back in the day, that rarely happened

@leonardofarias8843 3 жыл бұрын

@@RonaKurona You don't even need a overleved Blaziken, a Swellow or Skarmory do the trick

@calebshmanderson 3 жыл бұрын

Fury cutter ninjask intensifies

@jmash3243 3 жыл бұрын

Can we talk about the beauty that is gen 5 Nature Power? Converting to Earthquake was honestly a really cool way of giving a lot of Grass-types some extra coverage.

@marcstutsman4861 3 жыл бұрын

And then they gitted it later, who wants Tri Attack?

@azelfdaboi5265 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcstutsman4861 Porygon

@Torpadorp 3 жыл бұрын

@@marcstutsman4861 In Gen 6, I can honestly agree it got super gutted. The only notable user that immediately comes to mind for XY/ORAS is Aurorus. It's been a while though since I've played the Gen 6 metas, so I forget if it ever got Hyper Voice later on, but I do remember in XY that Nature Power was the play for a while. Refrigerate Hyper Beam was funny too

@AceDefective3 3 жыл бұрын

@@Torpadorp it got hyper voice via ORAS tutors, but by then, it was mainly running snow warming iirc. Refrigerate was definitely still good though.

@Owain9797 2 жыл бұрын

@@Torpadorp personally I liked that in gen 6 they made it always turn to a special move. Having it potentially physical or special depending on terrain always left it with a chance to be rubbish for a given Pokemon.

@theraginginfernape9496 3 жыл бұрын

"How thrifty was Shiftry actually?" It is a crime you didn't make that the title.

@hingadingadurgan6655 3 жыл бұрын

shifty?

@appieLol 3 жыл бұрын

Shitty?

@theraginginfernape9496 3 жыл бұрын

@@appieLol Yes, but also no

@appieLol 3 жыл бұрын

@@theraginginfernape9496 well yes but actually no. Infernape is the goat

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@normanmerrick9493 3 жыл бұрын

4:35 I know it was a typo, but gas knot sounds like an awesome name for a poison type move.

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

Happens to the best of us. I had typos in my videos even when I try to look for them. It is barely noticeable sometimes.

@tonberry2670 3 жыл бұрын

"Gas knot" sounds like constipation

@marlowelackluster 3 жыл бұрын

Taco Bell aftermath

@FAlynn92 3 жыл бұрын

came to the comments looking for this

@10.ikadekanandadwipayadnya83 3 жыл бұрын

Gas knot The user traps the foe and lets go a horrinle stench, forcing the foe to smell it It may cause confusion or poisoning

@buttpiratesbuttpirate5913 3 жыл бұрын

The fact that it was (and still might be) able to carve out niches in the the highest tier is a testament that tenacity means just as much as power

@telmoth 3 жыл бұрын

Parasect had a niche in gen 4 ubers so yeah you're right

@mattyluvspokemon08 3 жыл бұрын

only move not discussed on here that is a great tool of shiftry's for poison types especially toxicroak is extrasensory which while 80 power can flinch and gives psychic coverage to a pokemon with already great type coverage. Honestly the only move I want on shiftry now is acrobatics as I feel it would give more reliable flying type coverage which would help more for its huge bug weakness, fighting weakness and even helps take on grass types alongside heat wave. Otherwise i love how shiftry's stats are :)

@trueblade3636 3 жыл бұрын

Can you use some punctuation?

@bryanc1772 3 жыл бұрын

Shifty has that 4 Moveslot Syndrome problem. There's a lot of moves it wishes it can run but sadly can't run them all. HP Fire and Heat Wave can both dent Toxicroak since it normally runs dry skin

@butterbumpkin327 3 жыл бұрын

It has rockslide for flying cover

@butterbumpkin327 3 жыл бұрын

Oof ignore that I misread

@greenheroes 3 жыл бұрын

shiftry already has hurricane, it was excellent as a Z-move

@beydey2647 3 жыл бұрын

"Those who played Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald will remember Sydney's Shiftry with great irritation" - he says, as said Shiftry gets one-shot without getting to do anything

@allenkeettikkal3149 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao every video I see is Sydney's team getting annihilated by every team.

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@GM.Nobody 3 жыл бұрын

Dark being a mediocre defensive type? Probably

@faustrhythm4638 3 жыл бұрын

Sydney is weak trash

@Ihatebritain 3 жыл бұрын

@@GM.Nobody nope grass is a terrible deffensive type (the best grass are in ou and there rillaboom and ferrethorn)

@rayqcina4869 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry is a lot better than I thought. I was so sure that his typing was going to ruin him.

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

As long as Heracross is no where near, Shiftry is decent.

@M3rtyville 3 жыл бұрын

Wait until Cacnea's evolved form. That will be a surprise

@Drakorre 3 жыл бұрын

By the end of the day typing is what matters the least. Bisharp was always good while eeleekross and spiritomb were kinda bad despite no weaknesses

@ohwowitsthatguy9154 3 жыл бұрын

If you can hit hard and fast enough, you have a place in competitive Pokemon. It doesn’t really matter how good or bad your typing is defensively so long as you got that.

@Smart1529 3 жыл бұрын

@@Drakorre Well Spiritomb had no weakness until Gen 6

@minigungameryt2525 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry: exists Bug type move: Ima bouta end this mans whole thrifty career.

@Human-ui4uo 3 жыл бұрын

Sucker Punch Swords Dance Shiftry: Exists First Impression: imma end this mans whole career

@omarkn7506 3 жыл бұрын

The bug type was bad in advanced OK, but in DPP that is true

@clipsotrips6657 3 жыл бұрын

*Aerial Aces behind you*

@aminadabbrulle8252 3 жыл бұрын

Exeggutor: First time?

@mattyluvspokemon08 3 жыл бұрын

Rock slide/rock tomb since gen 3, Aireal ace in gen 3 as well and now heat wave and air slash make bug hardly an issue for shiftry. I only wish he got heat wave sooner as it makes so much sense for him to have had it from the start but glad gen 8 helped him ❤️👍

@crenando288 3 жыл бұрын

I was hoping you'd mention that Nuzelaf was the origin of the term Nuzlocke, but great vid!

@LaMiaSorte 3 жыл бұрын

Really! I never knew that

@roccopiosaracino3681 3 жыл бұрын

How

@KnufWons 3 жыл бұрын

@@roccopiosaracino3681 the original Nuzlocke comic showed the player catch a Seedot named Locke that died as a Nuzleaf

@globethsabiniano6927 3 жыл бұрын

Damn i didnt know that

@GM.Nobody 3 жыл бұрын

It was pretty obvious, no?

@antoinepowell3197 3 жыл бұрын

We need the two hour long special "How good were the Lati Twins actually"

@luketheduke225 3 жыл бұрын

Or the week long special for landorous

@kylehendricksilveralvin5376 3 жыл бұрын

They're exposing Landorus and the Latis in every video for us to piece everything together and get a little video of them in our head lol

@charizardpropaganda 3 жыл бұрын

@Gabriel Mota mediocre in every gen. get crushed by the mighty Bidoof everytime. sad but true

@eveegirl2878 3 жыл бұрын

@@luketheduke225 he can do landerous but, not the latis.

@Flaris 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed. I know they require quite a bit of work to make a video for them. But will continue waiting and looking forward to how fun that video will be.

@TalonFlo 3 жыл бұрын

0:33 T-Pose to assert dominance.

@aaleven4728 3 жыл бұрын

tree-pose *

@danielvigil8840 3 жыл бұрын

@@aaleven4728 but why would you do that you need to rethink life

@LaMiaSorte 3 жыл бұрын

@@aaleven4728 .______________________________________. But why, why would you do that

@LivingNihilism 3 жыл бұрын

Shift + 3 ist this thing § on a german keyboard. I will so call my next Shiftry 'Paragraph' which is the german name for that thing, because 'Section Sign' sounds stupid. I also just leaned its called 'silcrow' as well, which is a surprisingly good name for Shiftry.

@Roboshi2007 3 жыл бұрын

it's £ on a UK keyboard

@jaschabull2365 3 жыл бұрын

Now you've just got me picturing a silcoon/murkrow hybrid :s

@BlueWolfZero 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry has become one of my favorites.

@moonjelly5 3 жыл бұрын

I'm calling it now: We are getting a Halloween Surprise Episode on Banette/Mega Banette.

@aroobism 3 жыл бұрын

Your probably right

@Amdok 3 жыл бұрын

Or maybe Trevenant.

@KootenaiKing 3 жыл бұрын

Don't do that.... Don't give me hope.......

@whydoiexist2180 3 жыл бұрын

It's gengar

@christophercolon6430 3 жыл бұрын

In gen 7 ZU shifty was by far the most used pokemon with its coverage, strength, and strong knock off getting rid of eviolite. There was even discussion to ban it towards the end of gen 7’s lifespan

@dtexdarkus 3 жыл бұрын

Which it eventually was.

@agentblackbird9435 3 жыл бұрын

I want more discussion about ZU on this channel, instead of just saying a Pokémon is Untiered.

@dbt4869 2 жыл бұрын

Not a real tier

@EdmacZ 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry. One of the few Pokémon scared to death by “Ight Ima head out” (U-Turn)

@jacksonsmith2955 3 жыл бұрын

malamar too

@ShadowtheYouTuber523 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Celebi.

@martinprado5133 3 жыл бұрын

And Zarude

@belimvasim143 3 жыл бұрын

Hoopa🙄

@beta511ee4 2 жыл бұрын

@@martinprado5133 Calyrex, Exeggutor, Cacturne, Hoopa-Unbound.

@Poketom-ob1dl 3 жыл бұрын

You know, for a Pokemon based off a Youkai know for its wind powers, shiftry doesn’t get many flying type moves

@kriblar98 3 жыл бұрын

abd is weak to it

@GIR177 3 жыл бұрын

I mean it gets Hurricane, which is pretty much as good as it gets.

@guildmasterri5995 3 жыл бұрын

it can learn defog and tailwind too, that's a lot considering it's weak to that

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@SuperDanMan11100 3 жыл бұрын

I mean it gets heat wave whose Japanese name translates to "hot wind," so that's something. But that is still a fire type move.

@adrianmiranda3674 3 жыл бұрын

I always thought it was Brelooms counterpart because of Grass/Fighting and Grass/Dark. But now it makes so much more sense with Ludicolo

@sexiesttmanalive 2 жыл бұрын

Nope. Since day 01 of pokemon sapphire on 2003 i already knew that seedot and lotad are like from same mom and dad thats why they are siblings not shroomish though.

@terrbear1048 3 жыл бұрын

“How thrifty was Shiftry” Another alternative title would be “How nifty was Shiftry”

@baseballs1742 3 жыл бұрын

or how shitty

@nadifenggar943 3 жыл бұрын

How thrifty was nifty

@ActualTrash8 2 жыл бұрын

@@baseballs1742 but it was pretty good

@roguesincc6420 3 жыл бұрын

I thought this guy would end up in the unranked placement. Cool that it was actually good.

@agentblackbird9435 3 жыл бұрын

It did in Gen 5 if you listen closely in the video

@LG-ii7gl 3 жыл бұрын

@@agentblackbird9435 that was due to its usage stats, not its strength.

@pacoramon9468 3 жыл бұрын

Grass/dark was the grass/poison of gen 3.

@silversteel8160 3 жыл бұрын

Or the grass/ghost of gens 6 & 7

@nlb137 3 жыл бұрын

With two whole pokemon lines having it (and not even on the full line)? Get real.

@Elitus 3 жыл бұрын

Anything/Dar in gen 3

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

That combo gives bad facing against bugs

@whoever5535 3 жыл бұрын

In what way? Theres only 2 grass/dark LOL

@christianbuffum-robbins8904 3 жыл бұрын

4:34 Ah yes, my favorite Poison attack- Gas Knot.

@fujoshitrash688 3 жыл бұрын

@person person Must consume berry before use

@surielcastillo5718 3 жыл бұрын

@@fujoshitrash688 lmao

@Sealed_Chamber 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry has such a cool design, it was always one of my favorites.

@aidlord23 3 жыл бұрын

I love cool, unique Pokemon like this that aren't top tier beasts but have interesting little niches that make them truly stand out.

@Nebula6874 3 жыл бұрын

I know this isn’t related to shiftry but why can the machop line learn flamethrower and fire blast? It makes absolutely no sense. I guess it’s just gen 1 weirdness. Also I had wondered for the longest time why sneasel and weavile can learn surf, but then I found out the the animal that their based off of (weasels) are extremely good swimmers.

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he has bad breath.

@Gojira_uz 3 жыл бұрын

Because Gen 1 is a beautiful gen. Just like Tauros being able to learn Fire Blast, Blizzard, and Thunder.

@arnaublazquez4420 3 жыл бұрын

That's because Machamp ate too much Spicy Sauce (:

@atroll6677 3 жыл бұрын

@@Nebula6874 they’re fighting and yeah normal types have a lot of coverage moves that’s why they’re one of the best types

@Nebula6874 3 жыл бұрын

@@atroll6677 just because their fighting types doesn’t mean that they should. Like do you know another fighting type that isn’t also fire type that can learn flamethrower?

@dankmemes-gt5kb 3 жыл бұрын

I like how the 3d model for shiftree is him t-posing XD

@TerrestrisVerita 3 жыл бұрын

Tree-posing.

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

Toxicroak does a better 3d t-pose. He is aiming at the opponent.

@pacoramon9468 3 жыл бұрын

Like most 3D models.

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@IronManx70 3 жыл бұрын

For the longest time I never noticed Shiftry had a mouth

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry needs to eat

@seriouskano2 3 жыл бұрын

I have no mouth and I must shift.

@thereaIitsybitsyspider 3 жыл бұрын

It's a nutcracker

@blackdot105 3 жыл бұрын

It's hard to miss, especially when it opens it all the time.

@IronManx70 3 жыл бұрын

I never saw Shiftry outside of his R/S sprite and art. So I thought his mouth was part of his fur

@MHNidas 3 жыл бұрын

Shoutouts to the Shift Tree in Pokemon Ranger, which had 5 Shiftry pop out at once. Even bigger shoutouts to those who actually managed to capture all 5 Shiftry in one battle

@easilyeasy 3 жыл бұрын

It brings me joy knowing that shiftry has been consistently good in the tiers he's been in, definitely one of my favorite pokemon

@KnightofFunnyJunk 3 жыл бұрын

Breloom vs Shiftree was Gen 3's version of the Victrbell vs Vileplume question One dominates the higher tiers of UU and RU while the other dominates the lower tiers of NU and PU This whole video can be summarized with "And then Shiftree dominated the NU meta game for 3 straight generation in a row and was also theoretically Ubers compliant."

@PKSparkxxDH 3 жыл бұрын

It's also a top tier Pokemon in Pokemon GO - Great League tier :D

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry looks like an awesome pokemon to use. Any excuse to bring it to battles is quite welcomed.

@ItsJustKaya 3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyRogersNews I like his nose a chin. On hoomans - the distance between your nosetip to your Chin tells how long your ekans is. *Remember u said any excuse is welcome👈👀👈

@gordonglover4925 3 жыл бұрын

+Pksparkxx DatHottneSS hey PK how are you I rememeber you had a shiny shiftry nicknamed B.N.A. what does that even mean

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

@@ItsJustKaya Someone's mind is in the gutter today.

@sohrobganjbaksh9669 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry: Lets do this U turn: *AHHHHHHGOODBYE*

@SkyNinja759 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry: _"Ah, call an ambulance. Call an ambulance!"_ **sucker punch** Shiftry: _"... but not for me."_

@Anyarthropod 3 жыл бұрын

I love it’s design. Always wanted to use it but never got the chance.

@SydneySutterKolinkBattler 3 жыл бұрын

And so we ask, "How SPOOKY does Kellen want the Pokemon to be ACTUALLY?"

@Zeronigel332 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair shiftry is based off of a yokai being the tengu so it’s count

@catsorafgc 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry needs a buff badly. The idea of a tengu Pokémon is an awesome one, yet he sucks. I would say give him a mega, but Gamefreak decided to get rid of that

@honeyham6788 3 жыл бұрын

I think it'd do well with just a 10-20 BST boost

@mr.zahsome7254 3 жыл бұрын

Getting rid of megas and Z-moves did help it though... Lol. Considering it's moved up in tiers and managed to get itself banned in one, it's gotten quite a decent buff. Getting good coverage moves like Heat Wave and Solar Blade has also helped out. Maybe giving it a +10 boost to it's attack stat would be fine. "Give him a mega" yeah that could be said for like every pokemon lol.

@honeyham6788 3 жыл бұрын

@@mr.zahsome7254 I think it's ATK and speed are good enough, especially when on sun teams. I think what it needs especially is some good bulk. Maybe +10 or +15 to both its Defs could help, or maybe to its HP

@Smart1529 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry is not that bad its just outclassed. It really needs stat buffs mostly on attack so it could be 110 or 120

@catsorafgc 3 жыл бұрын

@@honeyham6788 +10 to it’s defenses could do wonders. With several Pokémon coming back, I doubt it will stay in BL for long

@AutumnOwlex 10 ай бұрын

And now it has wind rider, what will that lead to?

@theogkingler2579 3 жыл бұрын

Dude you hit the jackpot doing these videos you legit will never run out of Pokémon you can even redo them when new gens come out keep it up

@Johnjohn-lg1te 3 жыл бұрын

Im glad youve finally found a sponsor. Keep it up guys, this channel is awesome

@ziggaby4411 3 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile in Pokemon Go: Shiftry is a solidly strong pokeon in the Go Battle League, since its moveset is one of the best ones for any spamming pokemon. It gets STAB to both Foul Play and Leaf Blade, each of those moves being very low energy cost and decently efficient in terms of damage. Additionally, it has a place in the meta for both the Great League and the Ultra League, since its Grass typing and Leaf Blade allow it to threaten the strongest Great League pokemon, Azumarill, while also still having solid neutral matchups against the Galarian Stunfisk and Skarmory that usually can support the godly Azu. In the Ultra League, the ever-present Giratina has to be worried about Shiftry's Dark typing and Foul Play spam. UNFORTUNATELY, Shiftry is held back by its higher Attack stat and lower Defense and HP stats, which make it far too squishy to be safe. Even though it beats Azumarill in an even matchup, it almost always needs to have an energy or shield advantage to actually beat it safely. Azu can win if it lands an Ice Beam or Play Rough otherwise. And that's just Azu--several other very common pokemon that can still be chipped by Shiiftry still beat it, and if the Shiftry is ever at a disadvantage then it falls far too easily. Still, Shiftry is a completely viable and versatile pokemon, and with its amazing moves and solid typing it remains meta-relevant and versatile, despite the fact that it is a bit higher maintenance than other pokemon.

@Peusterokos1 3 жыл бұрын

Nnneeeerd

@ayejaymanofficial 10 ай бұрын

SHIFTRY STONKS BABYYY

@gamingpolice589 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact in gen 5 shiftry has a role in Uber’s

@Moakmeister 3 жыл бұрын

I love how in the intro, the Sword and Shield model of Shiftry isn't even moving. Strangely accurate to the actual game.

@Filthy_Cubes 3 жыл бұрын

Gas Knot was a brutally powerful move

@gooacc3300 3 жыл бұрын

Dang i remember finding these pokemon infuriating trying to use it in gen 3. Never learns a grass attack and only one dark move and on top of that primarily a physical attacker

@calculus3661 3 жыл бұрын

It literally learns leaf blade as nuzleaf.

@gooacc3300 3 жыл бұрын

@@calculus3661 not in gen 3 it had no grass moves

@beta511ee4 2 жыл бұрын

@@calculus3661 Not in Gen 3. Literally your only options are Bullet Seed, Giga Drain, and Solar Beam.

@maind7132 3 жыл бұрын

da hell are all those analogies? xD most / most fitting puns i've ever heard in an analysis lol great work!

@Sandsquanchy 3 жыл бұрын

Thank god, been jonesing for a new episode

@ElArto95 3 жыл бұрын

I expected Shiftry to be a terrible pokemon, but this made me confortably surprised. Keep it up little plant tengu boi

@admiralleel6604 3 жыл бұрын

(0:39) NordVPN: „You challenge me, mortal?“

@TazTheYellow 3 жыл бұрын

I played with a mono-Dark Sun team once, making use of Pokémon such as Shiftry, Mega Houndoom, and Sableye with Prankster Moonlight. It was a fun and silly gimmick that puts a smile on my face with the fact that it exists.

@connermcclarren5234 3 жыл бұрын

I have been waiting so long.... And it's finally here!

@mr.zahsome7254 3 жыл бұрын

Another Pokemon that actually got better in gen 8.

@Dz73zxxx 3 жыл бұрын

That typing...and also, bug typing buffs gen-by-gen...yea, shiftry is kinda on the same fate as claydol

@rjc6437 3 жыл бұрын

Yup, definitely... (Looks at Shiftry jumping up from Untiered to RUBL with only 2 new moves)

@Jimmy-vd2rn 3 жыл бұрын

Great video this is what I needed

@dudeguy8686 3 жыл бұрын

Been watching for years, through the recommendeds. But Shiftry finally got me to subscribe. Happy holidays

@karlosrafael9997 3 жыл бұрын

I love shiftry's design! But apparently I'm the only one...:(

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry's design is quite epic, but Hitmonlee's model in Pokemon Stadium is much cooler.

@mattyluvspokemon08 3 жыл бұрын

my favourite pokemon design alongside gourgeist and the fact the leaf fans on shiftry give it moves like heat wave, hurricane air slash and defog is such clever touches of detail :)

@JoeBro915 3 жыл бұрын

It’s feet are weird af

@ryco9669 3 жыл бұрын

@@JoeBro915 it's based on tengu and the sandals they are often depicted in have that stilt in the middle

@IgnitedQuils 3 жыл бұрын

Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness made Shiftry be my favorite Dark type, so you're not the only one :)

@zacharyclaudio6238 10 ай бұрын

And then it got wind rider

@localpolishguy1523 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making this vid, this is my fav pokemon ever

@kylebolton8147 3 жыл бұрын

Please do Swellow next! It changed so much from a Guts sweeper to a special one using Boomburst!! I think it would be a really interesting episode.

@LoinkLoink 3 жыл бұрын

Can we all agree that Shiftry's walking animation in Battle Revolution is cursed?

@matthaisstupidus 3 жыл бұрын

"I believe this is all happening for a reason"

@nillstan5564 3 жыл бұрын

Great vid! Almost as good as the Masquerain video will be!

@baldrian22 3 жыл бұрын

will be realy interesting to see what the tiers will look like in the end of november when the tiers have been somewhat stable afther the last expansion

@h0m3st4r 3 жыл бұрын

So, much like Ludicolo, Shiftry, in summation, was weird. While nominally a low to bottom tier Pokemon, it still had its uses in serious competitive play, but while Ludicolo thrived in the rain, Shiftry thrived in the sun.

@dajamsteryo 3 жыл бұрын

And they were game exclusives! The Ludicolo line being in Sapphire only and Shiftry's line being in Ruby only (until Emerald).

@cintronproductions9430 3 жыл бұрын

Ludiloco is way better tho.

@aprinnyonbreak1290 3 жыл бұрын

@@cintronproductions9430 This is mostly because Shiftry embodies the worst part of gen 3 pokemon design (Slow, frail mixed attacker with no movepool), while Ludicolo embodies the best (balanced tank with great support moves). Also because Grass/Dark is horrible, while Grass/Water is fantastic.

@someguy8094 3 жыл бұрын

Shiftry has Jiraiya Sensei's hair and the same type of shoes and he's a dark type like a ninja and grass like the village hidden in the leaf's

@bdt2002gaming 3 жыл бұрын

My favorite memory of this thing was of a specific spot in the original Pokémon Ranger game that literally has nothing but Shiftry there. Trying to catch multiple of them at once is actually lowkey really challenging.

@Yfighter2 3 жыл бұрын

One of my favorites! I made a Shiftry costume for Acen years ago and it was fun to participate in group pictures (especially ones based on type, since Shiftry is grass/dark!)

@loganbuternowsky4634 3 жыл бұрын

I’m happy that Shiftry is finally too good for a tier

@Ashmega 3 жыл бұрын

How amazing was Marshadow actually I'm just requesting to see how good my favorite ghost type actually was

@evetravers4938 3 жыл бұрын

It was very bad

@suchomimustenerensis 3 жыл бұрын

@@evetravers4938 *cough* Spectral Theif *cough*

@aespa690 3 жыл бұрын

Im still waiting for the video on the Rotom formes. Will there be 1 hour long video? Or 6 separate vids?

@matthewmcneany 3 жыл бұрын

On a British keyboard shift + 3 is a £ sign. The octothorpe (#) is just left of return/enter.

@zg234 3 жыл бұрын

Silk Scarf Shiftry with Fake Out + Explosion basically won Orre Colosseum for me back in the day.

@mr.krustykrust 3 жыл бұрын

To think of all tiers this thing could work well in, it fit in ubers of all things. Granted it was niche, but like at least it had a role. Pretty sick mon

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

You can say that about Parasect as well.

@_G.C 3 жыл бұрын

I know it's going to take a while, but I really want to see an orbeetle video detailing on how good of a pokemon it is

@jakemoore5064 3 жыл бұрын

Can you do this series about how the pokemon are in core games/ broadly how they would do in general rom hacks? Just different pokemon that you're able to get consistently in games and it tells you how good they are. Im sure neon umbreon would love to do collabs with you aswell to combine your content! Machop how good was it in game actually?

@LexAnarchy 3 жыл бұрын

Yess Shiftry, finally! My favourite evolution line!

@SoggySlopster 3 жыл бұрын

😐

@tylerjpitt3388 3 жыл бұрын

@mouthbreathing hick 😂

@Danienti 3 жыл бұрын

I also love shiftry, its great to see it is someones favourite

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

You should check out Dragonite. Evolution line wise, that is my favorite since Dragonite maintains its cuteness and can be a monster in OU.

@zleake000 3 жыл бұрын

@@RoyRogersNews my dad can beat up your dad!

@suprememaz 3 жыл бұрын

Can we see how good Drifblim was Actually?

@RoyRogersNews 3 жыл бұрын

Unburden + Flying Gem + Acrobatics

@DragonKazooie89 3 жыл бұрын

Strength Sap Tank for Gen 8

@ultimapower6950 Жыл бұрын

@Pintlebert + aurora veil

@TKnHappyNess 3 жыл бұрын

Meowth dressing up as Shiftry in the anime was the second time a Team Rocket scheme was foiled by the Pokedex. Meowth dressing up as a Kirlia was the first

@greyscaleadaven 3 жыл бұрын

Yo I'd just like to say that Shiftry does have a niche in Gen 3 OU. After some testing, this specific set does a lot of work against crucial pokemon like celebi, Swampert, Alakazam, Gengar, non ice beam milotic and suicune, banded Ttar, etc. Shiftry @ Black Glasses/Miracle Seed Ability: Early Bird/Chlorophyll EVs: 76 HP / 252 SpA / 180 Spe Modest Nature IVs: 3 Atk - Giga Drain/Hidden Power [Grass] - Hidden Power [Dark]/Feint Attack - Rest/Hidden power [Fire] - Sleep Talk/Extrasensory I've listed more then one set that could potentially work based upon what you want to accomplish with Shiftry, but the first set is what is most optimal at getting 2HKOs on crucial mons and still giga draining waters and swampert for high amounts of damage. Rest seems unconventional, but if timed right with early bird will award you all of your health back in two turns. Just some fruit for thought, I used it with team support in Gen 3 OU for quite a while and it did it's job pretty effectively at removing those threats from the game, especially with hazard stacking, as I would argue some matchups become 100% winnable once spikes are on the field.

@jaysefgames1155 3 жыл бұрын

No mention of shiftry's dominance in ZU? Shame.

@AshenDust_ 3 жыл бұрын

Why were leaf blade and sucker punch incompatible?

@williethenerfherder2193 3 жыл бұрын

Sucker punch was a move tutor move. Leaf blade wasn't added to it till gen 6.

@AshenDust_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@williethenerfherder2193 thx

@snapclub8751 3 жыл бұрын

It’s about time Ludicolo’s counterpart got its own video.

@nexus1885 3 жыл бұрын

"Gas knot" perfect poison type move. OP in ubers

@thisisaclown8497 3 жыл бұрын

When can we have another Competitive history of Smash Characters (the best pokemon Yoshi (dragonite's evolved form) please)/ How GOOD was a type ACTUALLY/Gen 2 Battling explained?

@eclipseok1217 3 жыл бұрын

Yes

@CradilyBestPokemon 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, my favorite Pokémon, Yoshi.

@eclipse9727 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly... I think they've been working on them, but the amount of videos they have one their backlog is pretty immense, so it's a lot less frequent than the usual one pokemon video. Besides, the one pokemon video was brought up & voted by the community. They feel a lot more necessary as of late.

@iCABALi 3 жыл бұрын

I remember that Dragonite evolves into Yoshi hoax. Alongside Pikablue and Mewthree (which wasn't far off Mega Mewtwo Y)

@cintronproductions9430 3 жыл бұрын

@@iCABALi I also remember there was a joke or something about Lickitung evolving into Luigi, if I'm not mistaken. XD

@sedricgranger 3 жыл бұрын

Hoenn has some great grass types to choose from! I love grass types and I love the Hoenn region

@quackdaniels3599 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Breloom is my favorite Pokémon of all time.

@sedricgranger 3 жыл бұрын

Isaiah Hauff you have great tastes! Breloom is also my all time favorite

@SensitiveDeku 3 жыл бұрын

great video as usual. i always preferred cacturne over shiftry but turns out it’s actually pretty impressive. now.. how good were plusle and minun? 😌

@spyncerhenry 2 жыл бұрын

I love the move Gass Knott. 💨❤

@r.b8541 3 жыл бұрын

"How GOOD was Reuniclus actually?"

@devam8192 3 жыл бұрын

How good were the lati-twins. I need to KNOW.

@eveegirl2878 3 жыл бұрын

He cant do it because it would be too long.

@DaRkSoUl13flare 3 жыл бұрын

I recently got a second copy of Emerald so I could finally replay it. Me and my friend intend to create teams to fight by the time I finish the game. Gonna mix my old mons with my new ones, kinda wanna add Shiftry :p

@AscendedHazard 3 жыл бұрын

I used explosion and i do not regret it

@feartheoldblood7222 3 жыл бұрын

Can we show some love for Falseswipe gaming? These guys release content every week consistently and the production value is incredible. Highly highly underrated channel.

@coldore6734 3 жыл бұрын

300k subs isn't that bad

@Vitz_atelier 3 жыл бұрын

>underrated >a channel that has passed the 5 digit mark a long time ago. Pick one bro.

@D-S-G. 3 жыл бұрын

was an edgy grass type 4x weak to bug before it was cool

@The_Mister_E 3 жыл бұрын

...Except it was introduced alongside the far edgier, literally, Cacturne.

@Kisarez 3 жыл бұрын

Wellp wouldn't that have been Exeggutor? Or Celebi?

@gengarzilla1685 3 жыл бұрын

In what universe are Exeggutor and Celebi "edgy"?

@musiyevonchilla6769 3 жыл бұрын

How about "How did Trick Room affect the competitive scene of Pokemon"? U didnt do such a video for a while & I think the audiance will be kinda curious about that attack