How GOOD was Slowbro ACTUALLY? - History of Slowbro in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 1-6)

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SLOWBRO! The Hermit Crab Pokemon!....Even though its clearly a Hippo but I won’t judge. Slowbro evolves via a shellder biting its tail which brings its mind back to reality which is otherwise filled with psychic energy. Join False Swipe Gaming and find out with this brief overview of the competitive History of Slowbro!
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@beanburrito4405 Жыл бұрын

This video absolutely HAS to be remade. There is so much Slowbro lore not covered here

@goldenascension8635 Жыл бұрын

Wasn't there that really cheap strategy known as "Gen 6 Funbro" that was banned in AG?

@ceezbolp Жыл бұрын

like homophobic ferrothorn

@aprilm3203 Жыл бұрын

@@ceezbolp im sorry what ferrothorn

@ceezbolp Жыл бұрын

@@aprilm3203 google gay slowbro lore

@wikiluks2193 11 ай бұрын

I 100% agree.

@JoeNeutrino 6 жыл бұрын

Normal types couldn't be paralyzed by Body Slam? I don't think I'll ever run out of weird things to learn about Gen 1.

@optimisticcharizard602 5 жыл бұрын

I think the community learned that fact a but recently aswell.

@XJoschYZ 5 жыл бұрын

I think I tested this around 3-4 years ago based on a hunch I had as a child. In general: Pokémon couldn't be affected by statuses of moves which had a type in common with them so no thunder(bolt) paralysis on electric-type Pokémon or freeze on ice-types.

@Dylan-hc2lu 5 жыл бұрын

Thunder wave still works on electric types in gen 1 stadium

@verikukko 5 жыл бұрын

Thunder wave works on every non-ground type pokemon in cartridge gen 1 games too. Pokemon are only immune to the secondary status effect of damaging attacks of their type. So electric pokemon can't be paralyzed by Thunderbolt, but they can be paralyzed by Thunder wave since it doesn't deal damage and the paralysis isn't a secondary effect.

@Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman 4 жыл бұрын

Here is a weird one I learned recently. If you use the normal type attack wrap on a ghost it doesn't affect it but the wrap happens... It also doesn't deal damage but can waste a ton of turns. Potential for fire or poison dmg. Dank strats

@blekiscooler 4 жыл бұрын

Slowbro/poke facts! -Slowpoke’s tails are apparently delicious, hence why Shellders like to bite on them! -Slowbro was created before Slowpoke -In early development of Red/Green, Slowpoke was called Yaddohogera. Hogera is essentially gibberish, so Slowpoke’s name was just to show that it was connected to Slowbro -Slowking was found dead in an alleyway on March 3rd, 2004

@opal6184 4 жыл бұрын

Wait? Found dead?!?!?

@Hanesboi 4 жыл бұрын

>Found dead what?

@Inserteggpunshere 4 жыл бұрын

The cause of death was a Full Restore overdose

@Hanesboi 4 жыл бұрын

@@Inserteggpunshere F

@pieredepleintdedordogne8013 4 жыл бұрын

love for the bro man, the one and only. def my favorite pokemon from gen 1

@Meanlucario 6 жыл бұрын

Funny part is that the Shellder part was going to in the Gold beta, but was scraped.

@usernametaken017 3 жыл бұрын

aww

@mpg272727 3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, it was named 'Turban' and was a pure water type, and was the mutated shelder that you see on Slowbros tail but as it's own off of Slowbro Pokemon. How you would get one is unknown, although I have always imagned that the Slowpoke tail item might have had something to do with it. Trade a shellder holding a slowpoketail or level it up holding it/use it on one and ta da, your shellder has evolved into Turban. Via them, you know, biting into a cut off slowpoke tail. Just a theory, but makes perfect sense right?

@zanwrightmfwr756 3 жыл бұрын

Feel like they should add that cuz mantine exist

@Marblesoda821 2 жыл бұрын

@@mpg272727 Actually it's Water/Ground, not only pure water (either that or Water/Ice, the types differentiate between Pokemon Clover and Super Gold/Spaceworld Demo)

@DBZMacky 6 жыл бұрын

I can't be the only one who thought Slowbro evolved into Slowking as a kid, right?

@kevinbell5674 6 жыл бұрын

DBZ Macky I was the kid who wished that was the case, but knew otherwise.

@Anthonyvideogame 6 жыл бұрын

I did as well

@alexradu8596 6 жыл бұрын

yup.....ur not alone,my freind.

@Infinite_Jester 6 жыл бұрын

Wait... it doesn't? Is Slowking a standalone?

@damianklaasse4372 6 жыл бұрын

Tripticket it evolves from slowpoke. Slowpoke can evolve in slowbro and slowking. I thaught that he evolved from slowbro as well until a month ago

@frog9675 5 жыл бұрын

I love Slowbro's fainting animation how he looks back at the shelder 2:49

@xx_lunchmeat_xx752 3 жыл бұрын

“dude i thought you had this under control” “i thought YOU had this under control” “let’s just agree that we’re both morons” “yes”

@foxeh9238 3 жыл бұрын

@@xx_lunchmeat_xx752 I love this reply

@ChillavaKirby 2 жыл бұрын

Lol it kinda makes it look like the shelder kills slowbro not even the attacks that hit it

@badlywrittenprologue 6 жыл бұрын

“Apparently if shellder gets thrown off, slowbro turns back into slowpoke; a tactic we won’t be covering in this video” had me dyin

@youaregonnacarrythatweight6998 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this awesome video! Slowbro is my favorite Pokemon due to a funny and ridiculous story. My cousin and I when we were 7 and 8 years old were completing the Pokemon red and blue in our respective Gameboy for the first time. The only Pokemon we needed to finally complete the game was Slowbro, because we managed to get mew with the hack exploit that an older kid taught us. We watched in the anime that Slowpoke evolved into Slowbro with a Shellder bite so we started to exchange my slowpoke and his shellder through our link cable and when the two little guys come across for a few seconds in our screens we started to smash the game boy buttons at the same time trying all possible combinations. We were about to give up when we thought, eh, maybe they need to be a little stronger, then when we exchange them they will do the weird polymerization thing. So I started to level up my Slowpoke and he did the same with the shellder cancelling the evolution to Cloyster each level up. Suddenly my Slowpoke reached lv 37 and it finally became a Slowbro. We felt so silly but also we felt so happy when we achieved our last Pokedex data hahahahah That was my favorite summer and since then I've been using Slowbro and also later Slowking in every Pokemon game. I miss the days when internet was not that big so we had to search info in the Pokemon magazines and the rumours and myths drove us crazy to try new things to search all the pokemons. Thanks for reading this, I really enjoyed this video a lot ! Greetings from Spain

@doctorxawesomestop-motion1234 5 жыл бұрын

Kernelpanic shellder doesn’t evolve via level up

@Eeter26 5 жыл бұрын

Kernelpanic that’s adorable.

@GenJotsu 4 жыл бұрын

Galarian Slowpoke prob makes you happy huh

@TheUnknownOtaku 6 жыл бұрын

5 years latter... Slowbro: Oh, someone made a video about me.

@thenightspider 6 жыл бұрын

later*

@nakarasblade 6 жыл бұрын

Actually latter is fine too they mean almost the same thing though later is the much more common word.

@myst4608 6 жыл бұрын

sick typing abilities mate

@godlordgodlord2283 6 жыл бұрын

Please do nidoqueen please

@nakarasblade 6 жыл бұрын

Why are you replying to a totally unrelated thread instead of just making a new comment...

@BlazingShadowSword 5 жыл бұрын

I love that 3d fainting animation. It's like slowbro had to consult the shellder. Like, "Uh, did I faint? I did? GAH!"

@mechayoshi9250 4 жыл бұрын

I just realized that if they ever bring Mega Evolutions back they’re gonna have to give one to Galarian Slowbro

@soulless3693 4 жыл бұрын

It be cool if it were offensive instead of defensive.

@mechayoshi9250 4 жыл бұрын

Mr.strong Ok yeah it’d have a big gun or like more weapons

@ACrossingSage24 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine if it was just his feet.

@gregorymirabella1423 3 жыл бұрын

No, they would just make it specific to kantonian slowbro. They did it with alolan Raichu, so they'd do it here.

@AllesZuSpaet53 3 жыл бұрын

@@gregorymirabella1423 what's raichu got to do with that?

@ultrarosa9307 6 жыл бұрын

my favourite thing about slowpoke is that it never technically evolves, even when slowbro mega evolves, the pokedex admits that its only the shelder mega evolving.

@colinowen2117 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was Magneton/Magnezone ACTUALLY?

@blazikenfriedchicken4311 6 жыл бұрын

Yes

@2supermaro 6 жыл бұрын

yesssssssssssss

@iamaduck1966 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was the Porygon Line ACTUALLY?

@carterfranks9014 6 жыл бұрын

Erm it would be better if he just did Porygon2 and Porygon-Z I can perfectly summarize Porygon in one word. Mediocre.

@iamaduck1966 6 жыл бұрын

Absol The Baddass Porygon @ Eviolite Ability: Trace EVs: 252 HP / 100 Def / 76 SpA / 80 SpD Modest Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Agility - Charge Beam - Tri Attack - Recover (Courtesy of WeedleTwineedle)

@carterfranks9014 6 жыл бұрын

Exactly mediocre.

@iggnifyre6333 6 жыл бұрын

why use Eviolite-Porygon when you can use Eviolite-Porygon2?

@CRIPPLINGSODIUMADDICT 6 жыл бұрын

I Am A Duck YESSSSSSSSSS

@ampharos2.088 6 жыл бұрын

2:39 when I be waking up in the mornings

@RamdozaCh 4 жыл бұрын

Why do eyes do like that

@ShadowtheYouTuber523 4 жыл бұрын

@@RamdozaCh trying too hard? Or the fact that it's the least popular Kanto starter?

@trainer-bq4wj 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowtheKZfaqr523 bulbasaur is not the least popular kanto starter squirtle is the least popular kanto starter proof img.pokemondb.net/news/2020/pokemon-of-the-year-infographic.jpg Bulbasaur has 56015 votes Squirtle has 18476 votes

@ShadowtheYouTuber523 4 жыл бұрын

@@trainer-bq4wj that only applies to one website but everywhere else it's considered to be the least popular.

@trainer-bq4wj 4 жыл бұрын

@@ShadowtheKZfaqr523 do you know what is pokemon of the year? It is an event in the pokemon aniversary 27th febuary where people can pick they pokemon to be pokemon of the year (and also the pokemon company international ia the one who create this event not any random people)

@aidanmcfarland6402 4 жыл бұрын

And now, it gets Teleport with Regenerator, making it a bulky beast in the NatDex metagame and it's probably gonna be crazy good once the DLC comes out.

@jonahtran1834 3 жыл бұрын

I’m from the future. It’s in OU, outclasssing it’s own Galarian form.

@vikavoltisepic3507 3 жыл бұрын

@2122 S3C 03 CHAN SHING FUNG and the fact you can mega with it in natdex for suprise

@ryegray4968 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was Sneasel/Weavile ACTUALLY?

@wazzupyoshi 6 жыл бұрын

I can do an abridged version right now if you want. GSC: Crappy movepool, bad typing (weak against 5 types and quad weak to fighting), no STAB (35 base sp. attack will do nothing to anything), and bad defenses. It's fucking cool though, it just begs for swords dance (which it didn't have lol). It's countered by anything that has a super effective move against it (shoutouts to Machamp). It's not even worthwhile in UnderUsed. RSE: It has a better movepool (though that's not saying much), but much of what applies in GSC applies here. It can actually kill stuff now, most notable all psychic and ghosts types that aren't Alakazam and Starmie. With Swords Dance and Choice Band under its belt, it became a very potent threat in UnderUsed. Notable checks include most Intimidators, Blastoise, Meganium, Golem, and Sudowoodo in UnderUsed. I couldn't find anything for OU sorry. DPP: Sneasel evolves. Yay. And it's pretty good too. Weavile is most known for it being a fucking good physical attacker. With the Physical/Special Split happening, this thing actually has STAB now. Yay. it could kill a lot of things, a lot of things could kill it. It was even used as an attacking lead to fuck over Aero and Azelf. It's movepool isn't stellar, but hey, it's good. Very good. It's OverUsed, for God's sake. Common counters include steel types (shoutouts to Scizor), bulky shit (Gyarados is a good example), and Machamp. Especially Machamp. BW: Well then. Fighting types are everywhere. This isn't going to be good. It dropped to UnderUsed, but surprisingly, this thing still had some traction in OU, ranking B tier on the Smogon Gen 5 OU viability tier list, which is amazing for a meta filled with fighting pokemon. It's defenses don't help it though, being frail as fuck still (70/65/85 defense total is not that good) It was mainly used as a physical attacker, using pursuit to stand out from Mamoswine. To avoid it this being a page an a half long, it OHKO'ed shit, shit OHKO'ed it, its countered shit, shit countered it. Very much of a double-edged sword. In UnderUsed, it gets a bit more traction, but not much more, as Machamp still exists. In OU, notable counters are Vappy, Chansey, Skarmory, Forretress, Wish Jirachi, and Keldeo. In UU, notable counters are most bulky waters, bulky steel types, and Choice Scarf users that outspeed it (most notably Victini, Chandelure, Rotom H, Heracross, and Darmanitan). XY: This thing's back in OU. This'll be fun. It basically did the same shit it did since DPP, but now there's a gazillion fucking fairy types running around everywhere killing every goddamn dark and dragon type around. Same shit with it killing, same shit with it being killed, you get the point. Notable checks include Clefable, bulky waters, bulky steels, most any fighting type, and shit with priority moves. Weavile is still frail as fuck, so most anything that's faster than it is a threat. So yeah this thing was pretty goddamn good.

@eyesack2776 5 жыл бұрын

And in this video we’ll be covering these competitive formats.

@gregorymirabella1423 3 жыл бұрын

This is definitely one that needs a remake. especially with how slowbro's doing in gen 8.

@bryanc1772 2 жыл бұрын

Slowbro also needs to be mention in Gen 1 Ubers as one of the Best Mewtwo checks not running Thunderbolt and a decent Mew check

@skeetermania3202 2 жыл бұрын

@@bryanc1772 How long do you think a Slowbro remake would be?

@bryanc1772 2 жыл бұрын

@@skeetermania3202 probably 50 mins or 1 hour long it’s been decent In almost every Gen. There’s also it’s mega form and Galarian form to talk about as well. It’s journey in UU and RU will be interesting to see

@trevorw8917 6 жыл бұрын

Dude I can't tell you how much I look forward to these. Amazing work as always!

@peppermintzoro4907 6 жыл бұрын

Magneton and Magnezone would be cool

@d.t7997 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was the Porygon line ACTUALLY?

@Lucky-qx6hc 6 жыл бұрын

Eptastella YUSSS

@besttitanosaurus7742 6 жыл бұрын

A video like that'll probably be broken into 2 different videos, with Porygon2 and Porygon-Z being so vastly different.

@batdogduke 6 жыл бұрын

Yes!

@edenrav 6 жыл бұрын

they we're good at giving young children epilapsy

@blazikenfriedchicken4311 6 жыл бұрын

Eptastella I agree

@AshBlossomWorshiper 4 жыл бұрын

2:39 jesus christ I thought that was editted in. Was that really what they went with for venasaur's eyes?

@ibrahimayube2474 6 жыл бұрын

Your analyses are very interesting. Keep up the good work!

@alexsano1450 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD were fossil Pokemon?

@oles9196 6 жыл бұрын

I would pick one cauz fossils have a big range from unusable to oh no I dont want this thing to be my foe

@Ampharosite 6 жыл бұрын

I think Armaldo in particular would make for the most interesting choice out of all the fossil Pokemon

@phinn5864 6 жыл бұрын

What bout Archeops :3

@hoangpham1515 6 жыл бұрын

John Madden genesect

@jewishnazi6400 6 жыл бұрын

Aerodactyl.

@glowing_gutz 6 жыл бұрын

How good were ghost types actually? (For Halloween)

@jezzbaker5111 6 жыл бұрын

sawyer grigsby ft Blunder

@The_Mister_E 6 жыл бұрын

The STAB was barf until gen 4

@hadouradiance3566 6 жыл бұрын

sawyer grigsby or dark

@Gigas0101 6 жыл бұрын

I love running flamethrower/Fireblast on Slowbro as either a check for grass types or a troll move nobody's expecting. Thanks for the video, Slowbro was better AND worse than I expected it to be, very informative!

@akafacts 6 жыл бұрын

great video man!

@beunjoris 6 жыл бұрын

I have an idea for your channel, False Swipe Rather than covering Pokémon (or types), you could cover certain roles, for example: -Bulky Waters -Leads -Late game sweepers Cover why they were (un)important, why and how they were played, how they were dealt with, and which Pokémon came and went in terms of being good at the role.

@Kaiwala 6 жыл бұрын

I give this idea my full support.

@trevorplays8116 6 жыл бұрын

beunjoris no

@trevorplays8116 6 жыл бұрын

I just don't like it

@yozaceface 6 жыл бұрын

this deserves a pin!

@Alphacarmine72 6 жыл бұрын

beunjoris I think this should be covered after some Pokémon are covered. People like these vids, so I think they could be created in tandem

@thedarkestcurse9023 6 жыл бұрын

How good was Raichu ACTUALLY? Pikachu's evolution needs some love too ya know...

@IceSpoon 6 жыл бұрын

Never OU, but in UU Rain+Thunder+Surf Raichu is something you have to respect late game.

@TheNorth15 6 жыл бұрын

Lightning Rod Raichu is surprisingly a great destroyer against unsuspecting Tapu Koko players.

@thedarkestcurse9023 6 жыл бұрын

Winterfang it has been kinda eh for a while but I would like a rundown of it personally ;p

@tonybishop3686 6 жыл бұрын

Y'all nibbas hatin on my Raichu?

@TheNewblade1 6 жыл бұрын

doesen't it get out classed by jolteon?

@erasmus4743 6 жыл бұрын

YES!!!! My favorite! Was going to ask. Glad you did this video anyway.

@Therockerrick 6 жыл бұрын

Great work bro

@thatdudebro9918 6 жыл бұрын

I wanna make a "unique" suggestion: Tentacruel! 😃

@THENAMEISMEGAMAN 6 жыл бұрын

How good WAS Tentacruel really?

@adeetyashanbhag8581 6 жыл бұрын

Ya I asked that last week,hope he does it someday

@botaniccal 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was Wynaut and Wobbuffet ACTUALLY? I'm gonna keep asking for this. Its competitive history is so interesting.

@Slash-XVI 6 жыл бұрын

esspecially its place in the smogon meta, which has been quite diverse over the years...

@Hayds126 6 жыл бұрын

From Uber to pu

@Tyler-fm1ke 6 жыл бұрын

Well....wynaut, am i right? Hehe

@apdroidgeek1737 6 жыл бұрын

wobbuffet is very op if you know how to use wobbuffet he can one hit pretty much everything using counter and mirror coat

@petervilla5221 6 жыл бұрын

Wobbuffet went from awful without shadow tag to way op with shadow tag to great but predictable with team preview to awful without shadow tag again (its still good in ubers with shadow tag).

@TRexProMC 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was Magikarp ACTUALLY? - History of Magikarp in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 1-6)

@shadowknightchambers7931 6 жыл бұрын

Magikarp move is called magikarp revenge

@llamaryder1 6 жыл бұрын

So pointless

@moody2774 6 жыл бұрын

Maybe for April Fools

@creative_commander4973 6 жыл бұрын

TRexPro Magikarp was a GOD IN COMPETITIVE

@thesensiblesupervillain4625 6 жыл бұрын

Pointless, we all know that it was the best ubers pokemon every generation.

@Bigbadbo121 6 жыл бұрын

"Buuuut that was if you really wanted to run a physical Slowbro." Better call Pimpnite.

@Spyko- 6 жыл бұрын

ok Slowbros is cool and all, but we all know who is the best derpy water tank: *Quaggsire* so please: _how GOOD was Swaggsire ACTUALLY ?_ :D

@tubeman1582 6 жыл бұрын

Spyko hell no I'll take a bro over swag anything

@andrestewart2316 6 жыл бұрын

Slowbro is an awesome, powerful and derpy pokémon! I love it!. Well time to watch the Slowpoke song for the umpteenth time :-D.

@slowbeau536 6 жыл бұрын

*finger guns*

@slayr698 6 жыл бұрын

really enjoying these keep it up, also im keen for a blaziken, torchic line. keep up the good work!

@Effelon Жыл бұрын

I feel like Slow twins will need a remake since in gen 8 they both play differently and have Galar forms

@Thatbasedcat 6 жыл бұрын

This is why I love Slowbro (Paul). Since the beginning, the meta always favored fast Pokemon while cursing just as good slower Pokémon to be useless. Slowbro however breaks this trope and whips ass in every meta.

@theheebs100 6 жыл бұрын

Paul......I understand that reference

@Zan10242 2 жыл бұрын

Mines named Bobby and he is always a given in my team

@Hayds126 6 жыл бұрын

Hey could you do videos comparing Alola forms with their original forms. Which one is better

@thegreatrowlet6073 4 жыл бұрын

obviously, alolan marowak is better than kanto marowak

@ElectroBlastLuigi 4 жыл бұрын

It really depends on how we use these Kanto or Alolan Pokemon

@Genesis23OPB 3 жыл бұрын

@@thegreatrowlet6073 why? its just as slow and a lot more weaknesses.

@liaminator4950 3 жыл бұрын

Huh relevant comment

@megg3761 3 жыл бұрын

@@Genesis23OPB the typing lets it have some great match ups against common meta threats, it has a different and more useful movepool than the regular form and its a better trickroom abuser, it can be offensive while also providing some utility to the team with stealth rocks too, so thats why.

@iKendles 5 жыл бұрын

3:20 that’s my favorite slowbro sprite it’s adorable

@NiWORaven 6 жыл бұрын

Mega slowbro +Def is crazy. 1996 Def at x4 LOL.

@zyzznatural2330 4 жыл бұрын

MCRaven no

@TheGermanator 6 жыл бұрын

How good was Seadra\ Kingdra actually?

@Skellyy 6 жыл бұрын

German Vazquez yes plz

@adamgarrett7209 6 жыл бұрын

I'm with this guy.

@blazikenfriedchicken4311 6 жыл бұрын

German Vazquez yes agreed

@snowyinferno 6 жыл бұрын

Magneton/Magnezone PLS

@mynameisbaxter5565 6 жыл бұрын

how good was magneton and magnezone actually please

@eleanorgreywolfe5142 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed Magneton is my favorite Pokemon!.

@doubleace11554 6 жыл бұрын

Snowy Inferno Yes, apart from Slowbro, I have been asking from Magneton/zone from the beginning

@blazikenfriedchicken4311 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed let's go

@schwalbe7379 6 жыл бұрын

I used Magnezone in my White 2 run and it pretty much became the MVP of my team.

@Altarior 4 жыл бұрын

Would be fun to get a follow-up to this video with Galarian Slowbro when that settles in. I hope it'll do well, but I have no idea.

@Pudsdai Жыл бұрын

Slowbro needs a reboot. I can't be the only one guys

@mckerosine3134 6 жыл бұрын

Can you PLEEEEAAAAAASSSSEEEEE do Shellder's evolved form, Cloyster???

@thomasendiever7712 6 жыл бұрын

MC Kerosine He already did that with the ice types ive got the link for you

@thomasendiever7712 6 жыл бұрын

MC Kerosine kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nc5girxi3L2Zfqs.html

@user-db5fg1co1d 6 жыл бұрын

Thomas Endiever it wasn't a full video on cloyster but was talked about quite a bit still a video on cloyster would be nice

@M3rtyville 6 жыл бұрын

How good was Vagina actually?

@M3rtyville 6 жыл бұрын

@woofmasterarf 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was Metagross ACTUALLY?

@IceSpoon 6 жыл бұрын

Cetaceously good. That would be FSG's shortest video. It's just....damn good lol

@KainaX122 6 жыл бұрын

Woof Master Arf good.... since it first appeared....

@cheggnogg9175 6 жыл бұрын

Mega metagross with tough claws can sweep a team with bullet punch. I have done it

@xmgaming2444 6 жыл бұрын

Spoilers: really fucking good.

@thanhmaingoc2814 6 жыл бұрын

It's good: high base attack (135 atk, 130 def, 90 spd), good type combination (8 resistances + 1 immunity), access to some great moves (Meteor marsh, earthquake) and clear body is a nice addition to keep its stat high. The only barrier keeping it from dominated meta back then was mediocre base hp and speed (also lack of good psychic STAB) later version it gain bullet punch and zen headbutt which solve some of its problem. Hammer arm is a thing for dark and other steel-type pokémon And then, the mega evolution. Tbh, it not that impressive, speed is the most important thing metagross get, from 70 to 110 mean it can start sweeping now. Tough claw boost all of its STAB, too (and almost all of it attacking moves). It HP is abyssal for a mega evolution as it still 80. Steel-type now neutral to dark and ghost open up two more weaknesses for metagross, both are specialize in special moves. Imo metagross is one of the more balanced pokémon with clear strenth and weakness for check and counter

@CosmicFlareYT 6 жыл бұрын

Next stop: Kingdra!

@RoyRogersNews 6 жыл бұрын

I tried Kingdra, but I don't think he is planning to discuss it anytime soon. Maybe I am wrong.

@NRF3703 6 жыл бұрын

CosmicFlare Kingdra is my best Pokemon, tbh.

@spookyscarylamppost3431 6 жыл бұрын

Are you by any chance a Slowbro? Cause' your prediction were as fast as one.

@morganjones7316 5 жыл бұрын

Kingdra: NUBL Tier

@carlcs94 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video, keep it up!:D

@calyrex436 6 жыл бұрын

Do magneton and magnetzone your always talking about them

@michelbecker6807 6 жыл бұрын

How about Golem next?

@yoko3182 6 жыл бұрын

Slowbro has always been one of my favorite pokemon ever.

@CherryBlossomStorm 6 жыл бұрын

I wish you focused more on the tier the pokemon is actually in. For Slowbro in UU focusing on the UU metagame rather than the OU one would be cool

@isayrandomthings680 5 жыл бұрын

What about the BAN tier

@NeoGraena 4 жыл бұрын

@@isayrandomthings680 you mean Borderline/BL? It's not a true meta it's just a banlist of pokémon too strong for the tier under OU,UU,RU etc Or if you mean Ubers where all the broken Legends & Megas are then sure than we got videos of them already

@beta511ee4 4 жыл бұрын

Nowadays, he does.

@Lucas-kp7wx 6 жыл бұрын

Magneton/magnezone pls

@The_PokeSaurus 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was "THE ROCK" Type ACTUALLY?

@kenofjustice212 6 жыл бұрын

IT DOESN'T MATTER how good rock-type was!

@peanutbutterpikachu 6 жыл бұрын

The Poke'Saurus still great offensively, but defensively, refer to the musical genre.

@TheNorth15 6 жыл бұрын

Do Typhlosion, Meganium, and Feraligatr before moving on to Generation 3! You should always do the generations starters final evolutions before moving on to the next generation!

@creative_commander4973 6 жыл бұрын

TheNorth15 Meh... Meganium had an odd stat distribution, Typholsion didn’t have a great moveset, but Feraligatr was only alright. Starters are either really good or really bad competitively. The only starters that made a good difference in the meats are Charizard Y, Blaziken, Swampert, Infernape, Serperior, and Greninja.

@keaganowen5940 6 жыл бұрын

All of the johto starters had crap stats and abilities.

@usernametaken017 3 жыл бұрын

I love how varied his sprites are throughout the gens

@zlPoplz 6 жыл бұрын

Magneton and magnezone dude!

@dutchnoobie 6 жыл бұрын

Do houndoom

@doctorsmoothlove 6 жыл бұрын

Good idea for Halloween weekend!

@oles9196 6 жыл бұрын

Very good in sunny day Teams

@fitzyakamcsyke 6 жыл бұрын

I subscribe your channel man, you really know your stuff!

@AegisArcis 6 жыл бұрын

Venusaur's eyes at 2:39 are like my eyes at 2:39 AM trying to finish up work.

@erickuniverse97 3 жыл бұрын

Hahah underrated coment ever

@DZ_Diamond 6 жыл бұрын

Do Typlosion,Raichu,Steelix, or Any of the Eveelotion Next please!

@lilyssalang4627 6 жыл бұрын

Considering how often you talk about this mon, do Weezing

@einekonsequenz341 6 жыл бұрын

Woo Hyun Kang Yeah!

@travissmith799 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video about our dopey pink goofball. I think your should cover Ninetales next. This Pokemon should gets some love.

@tol9090 6 жыл бұрын

I've come to the point where i like your videos even before seeing them.

@guitarwally1 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see Paul here

@ragingbull223 6 жыл бұрын

How GOOD was Ninetales actually?

@kylefrank611 6 жыл бұрын

Do Exeggutor next! Btw i love your channel

@althie7268 6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the 2nd gen of starters in your videos sometime, especially Meganium since he's one of my favorite Pokemon. :) Hope you'll see this comment, love your vids.^^

@EndOfHeart20 6 жыл бұрын

No mention of FunBro?

@PreciousLuna1988 6 жыл бұрын

End of Heart lol

@zackcrump4239 6 жыл бұрын

Recommended moveset for mega bro: rest, sleep talk, calm mind, and scald. max ev in def and spec def. thing is a monster and will sweep whole teams

@RPGeek 2 жыл бұрын

*taunt exists Slowbro: Y u do this to me man

@monkdonk4095 3 жыл бұрын

i like how he went to a slow unstoppable force in gen 1 to a immovable object object in gen 6

@abcmegalovania5227 4 жыл бұрын

Who else came here before he updates for galarian slowbro?

@Esemae 6 жыл бұрын

2:39 TF is wrong with venusaur eyes

@pausedft4933 6 жыл бұрын

José Fabián it’s been smoking itself

@V-Jes 6 жыл бұрын

gen 1

@dewayne8864 6 жыл бұрын

the blunt sesh just hit him😂

@Sungura_Kaiser 6 жыл бұрын

SMOKE WEED ERRYDAY!

@TrueBliss_ 6 жыл бұрын

True swipe gaming

@BStratton19 6 жыл бұрын

How good was Piloswine and Mamoswine actually???

@whit3flagwarior618 6 жыл бұрын

The whole Porygon line would be awesome to see!

@captainrex717 6 жыл бұрын

How good was magneton/magnezone actually? One of the most consistent OU threats to date? How 'bout it, my dudes?

@devilcraft4281 6 жыл бұрын

Magneton/Magnazone, my friend! It'd be SHOCKING to us if you did them.

@NRF3703 6 жыл бұрын

Slowbro is still one of my favorite Pokemon to use competitively.

@richguev 4 жыл бұрын

Love slowbro, wish his mega was little cooler lol

@Arcashine 6 жыл бұрын

Lmao the Pokemon Stadium model.. man have we come a long, long way.

@emeraldsands5214 6 жыл бұрын

Hey, how about Magneton and Magnezone?

@dragonragevideos4565 4 жыл бұрын

2:39 Venusaur be smoking its own plant

@Lord_KillerBee Жыл бұрын

At first Slowbro's mega evolution is somewhat strange but given how the slowpoke line basically revolves around how Shellder becomes a spiky shell-like creature whenever it attaches to slowpoke, suppose it makes sense. Although Galarian slowbro and slowking seem to have a slightly different relationship than slowpoke that reside outside of the Galar region.

@janyozenith9037 2 жыл бұрын

2:39 Yo, that venussaur is high AF! Look at his eyes!

@soupepictrek1397 6 жыл бұрын

AGGRON!!!

@pedropcs_exe 6 жыл бұрын

2:39 - Dayum, boi, that weed was goooooood.

@_nexus5943 3 жыл бұрын

we need a remake of this! would love to see Galarian Slowbro as well as Gen 7 :)

@davidlarkin1040 6 жыл бұрын

I did use a Slowbro for my playthrough in Pokemon Sun and he was one of my best members. He had Surf and Psychic for high powered STAB, Ice Beam for the Grass, and Yawn for tanks or to heal. All in all,while being a tank in most cases, he is a great offense pokemon. I named him Larry at first but changed it to Patrick Star.

@zlPoplz 6 жыл бұрын

How about slowking, the special defensive variant now!

@bg08395 6 жыл бұрын

How good was pinsir actually?

@creative_commander4973 6 жыл бұрын

Ben G Not good till get 6 due to bad type and little stab. Also, died early from low HP and Sp Def.

@vali_bg5234 3 жыл бұрын

Slowpoke is one of my favorite pokemon and I want to be like him, like he's just vibing.

@errorbirdesther 6 жыл бұрын

This was uploaded on my bday !

@powergo7486 6 жыл бұрын

Magneton/Magnezone please!

@KnightofFunnyJunk 6 жыл бұрын

Can I just point out that False Swipe Gaming despite it being a really popular and successful pokemon channel still feels like its in its infancy state Seriously in less than a year this channel is now being put in big time recommendation lists Like I am legit waiting how come a year and a half from now this guy is gonna be getting special guests from like JWitz and Chuggaa to get his Pokemon Information from that is how quickly this channel has grown So good shit on the creator of this website.