How GREAT was Skarmory ACTUALLY? - History of Skarmory in Competitive Pokemon ft. BKC

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Skarmory is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join BKC in this brief overview of Skarmory in competitive Pokemon!
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0:00 - Intro
0:53 - GSC/Gen 2
4:36 - ADV/Gen 3
9:49 - DPP/Gen 4
14:51 - BW/Gen 5
22:54 - XY/Gen 6
27:27 - SM/Gen 7
31:58 - SS/Gen 8
33:34 - 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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@DeadlySins-op1gl 3 жыл бұрын

Game Freak : “It can fly at 180 mph !” Also Game Freak : 70 Base Speed

@bluesandman7566 3 жыл бұрын

Black Pokédex about Escavalier: "They fly around at *high* *speed* , striking with their pointed spears. Even when in trouble, they face opponents bravely." Escavalier's base speed: 20

@MrCactuar13 3 жыл бұрын

Also Game Freak: "Pidgeot can fly at Mach 2" >91 base speed "Dodrio runs close to 40MPH" >100 base speed How would a race between these 3 even work

@xyzzy-dv6te 3 жыл бұрын

I'm starting to think speed stat isn't movement speed, but reaction speed

@arunm1234 3 жыл бұрын

'When volcanic ash darkened the atmosphere, it is said that Volcarona's fire provided a replacement for the sun'. And volcarona doesn't get drought

@xyzzy-dv6te 3 жыл бұрын

HeartGold Pokedex about Yanmega: "This six-legged Pokémon is easily capable of transporting an adult in flight" Also Yanmega: *can't learn Fly*

@idealyst8292 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory: You took everything from me! Corviknight: ...I don't even know who you are

@ultimate_metalsonicoverlor5846 3 жыл бұрын

Accurate

@saurianfan7102 3 жыл бұрын

*Plays duel of the fates as the two clash in Brave Birds*

@mdm767 3 жыл бұрын

Covirknight cant used toxic or rocks/spikes, yet

@user-lq4ct6dr5m 3 жыл бұрын

Corviknight and Skarmory played in a total different way . Corviknight plays offensively and Skarmory plays defensively

@-_-379 3 жыл бұрын

陳嘉宇 lol no. Corviknight have the option for offense but most set run bulky pivot or defogger lmao.

@luckycandy101 3 жыл бұрын

Sept 1st: Skarmory back in OU. "My death was... greatly exaggerated"

@iron2684 3 жыл бұрын

I put this meme in the thread

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@Zedrik Allen Well it's in OU now due to usage, Though it definitely wasn't broken in UU.

@shady8045 3 жыл бұрын

damn not getting the probably mainstream reference is a weird feeling like is it starwars? idk :(

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@shady8045 It's a reference to Megamind.

@shady8045 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres oh yeah thanks lol

@jayanths1221 3 жыл бұрын

From one fallen OU giant to another, Tyranitar also deserves a remake.

@GoinGreninja 3 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@Eternitygate 3 жыл бұрын

@Justinn Zamora power creep my boy

@GoinGreninja 3 жыл бұрын

@Justinn Zamora More fighting type coverage happened.

@jayanths1221 3 жыл бұрын

@@GoinGreninja Most importantly, the absense of pursuit..

@GoinGreninja 3 жыл бұрын

@@jayanths1221 I'm actually happy that pursuit got axed. Psychic and Ghost types were completely screwed against pursuit last gens and now, thanks to it disappearing, made those 'mons more viable.

@realmdarkness 3 жыл бұрын

Corviknight goes up on stage to accept its award for best steel/flying type. Snorlax waddles up and grabs the mic out of its feathers. "I'm happy for you and imma let you finish, but Skarmory was one of the greatest Pokemon of all time!

@GM.Nobody 3 жыл бұрын

Feather snorlax though

@kingnothing5678 3 жыл бұрын

Kanye's Pokemon would be Arceus

@xeronoobmaster6984 3 жыл бұрын

Realmdarkness corv better

@jaidamwhi4589 3 жыл бұрын

This!!! This is what I was looking to see but didn't expect...kudos my friend 👏 🙌

@joelatherton76 3 жыл бұрын

Poor taylor swift :-(

@splitsee2526 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory: "I used to rule the world..."

@lynxfresh5214 3 жыл бұрын

It couldn't "bird up" enough to keep up with the power-creep.

@cintronproductions9430 3 жыл бұрын

What's Skarmory gonna do now? Throw Corviknight into a gorge full of stampeding wildebeest? Oh right, Corviknight can fly. XD

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

F for our fallen birb and godzilla

@HMZeroTwo 3 жыл бұрын

"...Spikes would rise when I gave the word..."

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

@Deniz Mergen eviolite skarmory??

@supernutz1262 3 жыл бұрын

Alternate title: How GOOD was The Bird Immune To Power Creep ACTUALLY?

@jaschabull2365 3 жыл бұрын

"All the power creep we threw at it didn't leave a scratch on it, yet it fell to this pair of shoes..."

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

it seems that it still manages to resist powercreep after all

@matteodotdpsatgmaildotcom2451 2 жыл бұрын

This aged like milk

@gustavorodriguez5643 2 жыл бұрын

It might be immune to power creep, but it's not immune to Corviknight.

@lonewolf5945 2 ай бұрын

@@gustavorodriguez5643 In gen 9 skarm has once again proven that it is the best mon of all time

@Campaign2024 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory in UU. I never thought the day would ever come.

@AugmentalGameplay 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, and it *ONLY* took 2 decades of power creep, competition, checks, counters, new mechanics, items and 5 consoles to finally clip it's wings. All in all, it's safe to say Skarmory had a really good run

@MaahirMomtaz12 3 жыл бұрын

@@AugmentalGameplay It's gaining a lot of usage now in OU. It's going back up next week

@abarette_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@MaahirMomtaz12 lmao

@pikamain9689 3 жыл бұрын

Its better at stalling than corviknight imo

@user-pp6pr5fg8w 3 жыл бұрын

Still remains a solid choice in OU, i think it's A- on the VR, even bigger than Corviknight. Saying that it's completely outclassed by Corviknight is an overstatement, since it provides an even better physically defensive role

@sarasaland4709 3 жыл бұрын

He just wanted to say "Unfortunately" for the fun of it. Understandable, he's had Kellen say it a ton.

@harb1ng3r82 3 жыл бұрын

Bro he’s been writing that word in the scripts for over a year, he deserves to be the one delivering it.

@seismitoad9163 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I too watched the beginning of the video.

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately for snorlax,skarmory was an incredible pokemon

@HarveyMeadowlark 3 жыл бұрын

@@seismitoad9163 thank u seismitoad, very cool!

@Angboy180 3 жыл бұрын

"Unfortunately, Skarmory wasn't used in VGC."

@cintronproductions9430 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory: "After being OU for years ever since I first existed, they leave me out of the new games? What is this!?" (Skarmory gets allowed into Galar) Skarmory: "Yes! I'm allowed in SW/SH! OU, here I come! Wait, what!? Who are you?" Corviknight: "I'm you, but better." (Skarmory gets sent to UU) Tyranitar: "You too, huh?" Skarmory: "Yeah, I got replaced by a fat, edgy version of me. What happened to you?" Tyranitar: "The hippo happened!" Edit: This aged poorly... XD

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

RU to Gigalith: "Why are you back?" Gigalith: "Tyranitar happened." Edit: In September *Tyranitar (and Skarmory but he's not important to the meme) moves back up into OU* Gigalith to UU: You couldn't live with your own failure and where did that bring you, back to me. Edit 2: In November; Hippowdon (and Skarmory but he's not important to the meme) drop to UU Gigalith: Alright this is just taking the piss at this point.

@lynxfresh5214 3 жыл бұрын

Celesteela: "The time for my revenge is coming soon..."

@RoninofCrimsonMaple 3 жыл бұрын

Also dont forget close combat being a more common move.

@sayvionwashington1939 3 жыл бұрын

@@lynxfresh5214 Funny thing is, Celesteela is currently in Nat Dex UU with Skarmory

@thundereagle4130 3 жыл бұрын

Tyranitar: "'but at least they gave you a new great move, my persuit has been deleted'' Skarmory: ''oof to man, oh well at least that other steel/fly asshole isn't hear'' The Crown Tundra: ''did someone saiy Celesteela?'' Skarmory: ''ohhh F*ck''

@seanmedina8735 3 жыл бұрын

Gen 8: I'm liking these boots. Skarmory: so imma temporarily head out

@realmdarkness 3 жыл бұрын

He'll always find a way.

@seanmedina8735 3 жыл бұрын

@@realmdarkness he still has his niche working well in OU but it's not as prominent with corviknight being ran everywhere

@thelaxfromthespace8665 3 жыл бұрын

If there are boots, knock it off :D

@glacierwolf2155 3 жыл бұрын

I believe Skarmory has more issue with Heavy-Duty Boots than Corviknight tbh. Like sure, its Specially-Defensive bretheren gives it trouble with the added versatility it can provide, but Skarmory still has Spikes and Whirlwind. Heavy-Duty Boots makes Spikes worthless until they are Knocked Off.

@waffloesh7862 3 жыл бұрын

Hyped to see BKC narrate on here finally, his understanding of competitive Pokémon is endlessly fascinating to me.

@danielsmith5032 3 жыл бұрын

100% truth. I love listening to his channel

@kurushi857 3 жыл бұрын

Who?

@inheritedwheel2900 3 жыл бұрын

@@kurushi857 did you watch the video homie, he said been the singles writer for 2 yrs

@GIR177 3 жыл бұрын

His content indeed super informative and underrated.

@reeeeefrik 3 жыл бұрын

their voices are so hypnotizing for me

@hiei49 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory: Unfortunately, you cant say unfortunately at the start of the video this time! BKC: I make the rules here

@anzeigefehler6495 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortuently it was too good fot uu

@SaltyTreecko 3 жыл бұрын

a well deserved remake, this thing was a monster.

@emojifr... 3 жыл бұрын

1. Gen 2 was one of the check to snorlax 2. Skarmbliss really started in gen 3

@NovaContext 3 жыл бұрын

@@emojifr... I'm sure we can evaluate this when watching the video bb

@lynxfresh5214 3 жыл бұрын

Then Corviknight appeared in gen 8... :/

@emojifr... 3 жыл бұрын

I’m just saying

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

I thought spikes and Sr were garbage moves before I got into competitive lol. Also even though it's really cool I wish corv never existed

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory exists: Magneton and Magnezone: *You know the rules and so do I* Skarmory with shed shell: *Say Goodbye* Edit: As of September 1st 2020 Skarmory's back in OU lads! Edit 2: As of November 1st 2020 Skarmory is back in UU :(. Edit 3: as of April 1st 2021 Skarmory (and Magnezone) is back in OU :).

@joaquincasascortes624 3 жыл бұрын

"Say Goodbye"

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@joaquincasascortes624 I know it's "say goodbye" but I thought it sounded less funny 2 minutes ago but now I'm changing my mind and realising it's funnier to just say the meme fully.

@joaquincasascortes624 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres k np

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@mooseears9849 My reaction to this reply: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/j8qUqs5-r62VeqM.html

@hailgiratinathetruegod7564 3 жыл бұрын

Dugtrio: *Omae wa mō shindeiru *

@glacierwolf2155 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory: _Runs physically bulky EV spread & nature._ Special Attackers & Mixed Attackers: _Become popular._ Skarmory: _Runs specially bulky EV spread & nature._ Physical Attackers: _Become popular._ Skarmory: _Runs physically bulky EV spread & nature._

@charizardpropaganda 3 жыл бұрын

its special defense sucks. what are you talking about?

@brendan1871 3 жыл бұрын

@@charizardpropaganda lol Did you even watch the video? 1) Its typing is amazing defensively on its own in general (this cannot be understated). 2) It would be more apt to say that its physical Defense is fantastic even uninvested, and thus it can afford to fully invest in HP and Special Defense, making up for the low base stats you correctly point out. And Glacier Wolf is referring to Skarmory's adaptive metagame evolution over the course of Gen 4 (9:50), which only continued in Gens 5-7 (see 24:38), though to a less impactful degree.

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

@@charizardpropaganda steel/flying is probably the best defensive typing in the game. With that, 70/70 special bulk when invested suddenly becomes very, very, VERY useful

@thecriticalghost4626 3 жыл бұрын

@@charizardpropaganda I think You didn't watch The video

@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441 Жыл бұрын

@@brendan1871 I dont think charizard respond cause hes in the wrong here lol but yea it has a good typing. just make sure it doesnt get hit by fire moves lol

@julioomega96 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory: wanna be friends?? Celesteela: shore Skarmory: wanna kick corviknight butt?? Celesteela: *S H O R E*

@雪者 3 жыл бұрын

*so true*

@azurai3934 3 жыл бұрын

I certainly didn't expect Skarmory to be remade before the Kanto Starters.

@relaxn3918 3 жыл бұрын

Or Lando-T

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

They didn't even cover charizard for gen 5 because they thought it'd be a long video lol. Their production value has increased a lot

@relaxn3918 3 жыл бұрын

@@rajt9996 or gen 3

@substituteaccount1915 3 жыл бұрын

kanto starters are trash in competitive

@azurai3934 3 жыл бұрын

@@substituteaccount1915 compared to some other starters that isn't true, Venusaur has been consistently good, Charizard was useable but niche until rocks came along and then jumped back up thanks to Megas, Blastoise is the worst of the Kanto Starters but even then regular Blastoise is in NU as of Gen 7 and hasn't dropped to PU or Untiered like Meganium has

@acc3209 3 жыл бұрын

At this point saying 'Unfortunately' it's almost obligated

@alantremonti1381 3 жыл бұрын

UNFORTUNATELY, the proper word to complete that sentence would have been "obliged."

@fuzz134 3 жыл бұрын

@@alantremonti1381 Oblige and obligate are synonymous, they both work there.

@genarftheunfuni5227 7 ай бұрын

It's ironic that, now that the Indigo Disk is out, people are considering Skarmory more than Corviknight because of the higher defense stat, Sturdy Whirlwind and Spikes.

@shadowmariogalaxy64 3 жыл бұрын

Don’t get it twisted with Skarmory in Gen 8, though. At the time of this upload, the OU Viability Thread still sees is as a threat, sitting at A-. Even though Skarm has hella competition thanks to Corviknight, it’s never been bad.

@renren958 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely, it's actually being much more preferred than corviknight too in a good chunk of teams! The ability to lay spikes is as important as ever when the defoggers are super limited and it hard stops threats like driller/scizor/rillaboom and helps against stuff like urshifu a good bit Corvi tends to get way overwhelmed nowadays bc of lower physical bulk so it can easily be just haxed out by sd exca for example SkarmBliss is actually v potent right now w most teams anchoring it Got also much better when cinderace and magearna left the tier. Body press was a huge buff too most sets are press/toxic/roost/spikes but iron defense is also relevant

@cloudyej7535 3 жыл бұрын

Renren corviknight takes less than a percent less damage from physical moves than skarmory. Sure the defenses are lower but the thing has 100 hp compared to skarms 65. Skarm is preferable on some teams due to the way its used. They fulfill different roles. The mons you mentioned gte walled by skarm get walled the same way by corv

@renren958 3 жыл бұрын

@@cloudyej7535 ah yeah thats fair The main draw right now would be the luxuries of spikes and toxic The hazards are potent as ever even with boots as knock lets you make progress vs that and defogging is hard to pull off body press also hits slightly harder which is nice Tl;dr both are fine and plenty viable mons in OU, i wouldnt be surprised to see it rise back later on

@gio9255 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory will rise by using its best new move, body press. It doesn't need to waste moveslots on Defog or spikes due to the prevalence of Heavy duty boots. It's really good offensive moveset, access to sturdy and weak armor, and boosting options gives it opportunities to be a surprisingly good late game sweeper.

@sephikong8323 3 жыл бұрын

@@gio9255 Got swept by Swords Dance Weak Armor Skarmory. Can confirm, was not ready

@rjc6437 3 жыл бұрын

Pokedex: "It can fly to up too 180 mph." In game: Has only 70 speed which makes it slower than a fat cat.

@spritelady4669 3 жыл бұрын

Either that or it’s fast to us and just slow with other Pokémon. Which makes me horrified at how fast the actually speedy Pokémon are. 😨

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

Wow nice original comment 10/10

@microwave8931 3 жыл бұрын

@@rajt9996 wow nice original reply 3627/10

@xrn769 3 жыл бұрын

Purugly can run over 180 mph

@rockettmotocorp1016 3 жыл бұрын

Latios and latios is slower to a fat cat too

@tigovanderpauw111 3 жыл бұрын

Gen 4 skarmbliss is dominating Mixed infernape: my time is come.

@lynxfresh5214 3 жыл бұрын

Mixed Electivire: "I should've been an electric/fighting type"

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

Magnezone: it's free real estate.

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres lol

@bl00dkillz 3 жыл бұрын

Then cresselia came in to patch the void

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

@@bl00dkillz lol

@spacepirate3386 3 жыл бұрын

If Skarmory’s video was this long without VGC appearances, imagine how long Tyranitar’s video would be.

@toadallynoodle5414 3 жыл бұрын

Not only that, imagine how long Snorlax's video would be, top tier Pokemon for the first 3 Gens in singles, a solid pick in Gen 4 and being a solid mons in the lower tiers after. 3 time VGC World Champion (1 of only 4 to hold that title alongside Metagross, Salamence and Cresselia), being a defining member of the Trick Room archetype and others in VGC since the beginning as well as having a Gigantamax form to be feared.

@user-os6gb9bq5v 3 жыл бұрын

What about the competitive cancer which is lando

@ltspfan 3 жыл бұрын

and this didn't even include competitive placements yet

@splitsee2526 3 жыл бұрын

It would take 24 hours to watch. Honestly I would be down for it.

@hmm2692 3 жыл бұрын

It actually was small lol

@darwinlu9945 3 жыл бұрын

The entire 4th gen footage just has a million hazards on the opponents side XD

@SSB_Seal 3 жыл бұрын

As much as I love hearing Kellen, it’s cool to hear more from the others behind this channel too!

@SSB_Seal 3 жыл бұрын

12:55 DAMN that’s some good alliteration right there

@bldgdegamer249 3 жыл бұрын

True, they should allow all the other people that works on FSG with pokemon they love

@WiccanRiley 3 жыл бұрын

Kellen has the voice of an angel

@graydensheridan2862 3 жыл бұрын

"The *obligatory* snorlax" ...Snorlax remakes are going to be insane!

@cintronproductions9430 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there once was a time when Snorlax of all people was the best Pokémon ever. How times have changed. XD Edit: Ok, one of the best, but still.

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

Therll be a lot of *cursing* in that video

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@cintronproductions9430 *Best Pokémon in outside of Ubers. Because Mew, Lugia and Mewtwo still existed and they were better than Snorlax (though Snorlax was considered better than Ho-oh and Celebi).

@shellnut8224 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres Actually, according to the GSC Ubers viability ranking, Snorlax is considered the best Pokemon in the tier. So no, it is the best Pokemon in the generation, both in and out of Ubers The VR is linked here: www.smogon.com/forums/threads/gsc-ubers-viability-rankings.3654941/

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@shellnut8224 Huh. Must have updated it since I last looked at it.

@emojifr... 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine a metal bird using brave bird against you... That’s gonna leave a mark

@cyberpunk6554 3 жыл бұрын

You mean corviknight right?

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

@Crumbled Cookie 51506 bruh

@Dz73zxxx 3 жыл бұрын

Got crashed by pointy-headed iron bird? Ouch

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

@@Dz73zxxx lmao xd

@OmNommSnom 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget how it goes at 180mph

@ryukthedarkrai4259 3 жыл бұрын

One of the two legendary OU titans has finally dropped. Rest easy, sweet prince.

@rush22071 3 жыл бұрын

Who’s the other cause Tyranitar is in UU as well

@ryukthedarkrai4259 3 жыл бұрын

Zachary Cope Skarm is the other. Both TTar and Skarm dropped at the same time.

@rush22071 3 жыл бұрын

Ryuk The Darkrai yeah I remember being shocked when I read the mons dropping to UU and seeing T-tar, skarm, and aegislash all dropped down.

@Resener1 3 жыл бұрын

Skarm is still more than viable in OU though, and honestly it wouldn’t be surprising if it rose back up, unlike Ttar

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

@@Resener1 nice

@AHEM1313 3 жыл бұрын

Magneton: I don't feel pity, or remorse, or fear, and I absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are DEAD. Skarmory: I have Hidden Power Ground. Magneton: Excuse me, but what the f-

@ItsJustKaya 3 жыл бұрын

Magneton : reversed card, colour red

@yaboidragonitehere1137 3 жыл бұрын

And magneton had a shallow movepool

@jjtheenton 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory, an old vet that time has finally caught up to - but still not down and out just yet.

@sephikong8323 3 жыл бұрын

Reminder that Skarmory still is viable and OU and is dominant in UU whereas Tyranitar is exceedingly rare in OU and not that good in UU How the tables have turned

@sonam9881 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory and tyranitar are back in OU, and that makes me so happy for some reason

@jacksonsmith2955 3 жыл бұрын

Not anymore.

@butteredsalmonella 3 жыл бұрын

Gen 2 - 7: Great, One of the best Tanks in the game Gen 8: Falls tier because Skarmory 2.0 and some boots

@Nosretep 3 жыл бұрын

*3.0

@sephikong8323 3 жыл бұрын

It is already rising in popularity once again and SkarmBliss is once again a legitimate combo in OU

@charizardpropaganda 3 жыл бұрын

*Gen 2

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

Now it's back in OU. Edit: now it's back in UU. Edit 2: It's back in OU.

@arniepage1662 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres where is it now

@ktvx.94 3 жыл бұрын

"The unthinkable has happened: Skarm dropped to UU" Oh "Where it walls Terrakion" The WHAT? "And its friend Tyranitar" What sort of timeline are we in?

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure why your so surprised about Terrakion that Pokémon has been UU since gen 6 and Tyranitar is just straight up awful in gen 8 OU and is outclassed by Krookadile in UU so I'm not sure why your surprised by him either.

@thecriticalghost4626 3 жыл бұрын

Terrakion has been UU since before

@eclipse9727 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres Well, the Tyranitar Comment aged bad.. for now, at least

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@eclipse9727 Yep it did age badly because I thought that Spdef Tyranitar was gonna be a fad but it turns out it's actually quite good though I can see it dropping when dlc 2 drops.

@davidjimenez3822 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres yeah, now that the one ghost TTar is good at checking was banned, I don't see TTar staying in OU for much longer (although it checks the rising Specs Kyurem very well)

@shortpitched713 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, BKC the goat finally revealing himself, and on no less a fitting mon than the iconic Skarm. Hype analysis! :D

@RyanRogersJSR 3 жыл бұрын

We love BKC in this house. One of the best and most underrated poketubers on the platform.

@iBenjamin1000 3 жыл бұрын

In this house we appreciate the writers of bad puns in youtuber scripts

@SrAustria 3 жыл бұрын

The video in general is great, but can we appreciate for a moment the "semi stal style Skarm so stood out on"? It was beautiful!

@itriggerpeople4433 3 жыл бұрын

Omfg idk how tf I never realized this before... But Sky + Armor = Skarmory I feel so dumb

@CantusTropus 3 жыл бұрын

Technically it's Sky+Armory, as in a place where you store weapons, but that one works too.

@bluecubegaming1535 3 жыл бұрын

Wait...WHAT?

@MitchellD249 3 жыл бұрын

@@CantusTropus Considering the defensive nature of Skarmory, armor seems more appropriate. The y at the end is from the word sky, they basically just stuffed the word armor within the word sky.

@Harmless_Music 3 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Dale Armory makes more sense actually, considering the amount of spikes that mon had laid down throughout the years

@Paulito-ym4qc 3 жыл бұрын

@@Harmless_Music both make sense. it has armor and it has multiple weapons hidden in that armor.

@j-t-v-ideos6583 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory Returns To OU (Also Pretty Much The My Whole UU Team Became OU In With The New Tiering

@jacksonsmith2955 3 жыл бұрын

Not anymore.

@j-t-v-ideos6583 3 жыл бұрын

@@jacksonsmith2955, This Sucks, I Just Checked On Showdown About 3 Hours Ago.

@stllr_ 3 жыл бұрын

"the semi-stall style skarm so stood out on" sounds like it was a nightmare to record LMAO nice alliteration tho

@scorpioncox8978 3 жыл бұрын

*This video in a nutshell:* Physical attackers: Why won't you die! Skarmory: Steel exoskeleton son! They harden in response to physical trama! *sets up spikes* You can't hurt me sweepers! Physical attackers: *uses a physcial move* Skarmory: *uses roost* What did I just say?

@kyoyamurasaki9169 3 жыл бұрын

Senator Skarmory having the time of his life

@ultimate_metalsonicoverlor5846 3 жыл бұрын

This Revengence ref has all of my yes

@CoolGuy-yk9kd 3 жыл бұрын

played college vgc, you know

@breloommaster12 3 жыл бұрын

The irony is that skarmory can have weak Armor, which _weakens_ in response to physical trauma

@jaschabull2365 3 жыл бұрын

Physical attackers: Did we tell you we've taken a trip to Payless? Skarmory: A'ight, I'mma head out.

@bprintt 3 жыл бұрын

Next up : Ferrothorn : The Feature-Length Film. Coming to theaters near you!

@tylermorrison6335 3 жыл бұрын

"And the semi-stall style Skarm so stood out on" That was beautiful.

@skiffy8121 3 жыл бұрын

that penny has the most beautiful voice

@harb1ng3r82 3 жыл бұрын

Who is this incredibly dashing and knowledgeable narrator and where can I find more amazing discussion of old generations?

@-_-379 3 жыл бұрын

Harb1ng3r Its Smogon’s own fossil pokemon, BKC.

@harb1ng3r82 3 жыл бұрын

-_- I know, it was a joke. I’m a huge fan of his content.

@niklasdavind4722 3 жыл бұрын

@@-_-379 Lmao that title fits him so good

@kstiemsma 3 жыл бұрын

I'm not used to listening to him on scripted videos lol

@chewyster3033 3 жыл бұрын

Wanted to take this chance to say thank you Zane, for all the scripts you have dedicated and worked on for the chanel, and for being a vital team member! Your are awesome!

@LuDogg805 3 жыл бұрын

Despite him being put into UU... I personally believe/see he is still not replaced just not an obvious first choice anymore. I still prefer his higher Defense, Sturdy, Swords Dance, Stealth Rocks, and Spikes over Corviknight. I like both! I use both.

@雪者 3 жыл бұрын

I must say, even though Skarmory is outshined Corviknight. It made a massive mark of competitive play!

@littlebiglsteele4158 3 жыл бұрын

The fact it still sees tourney play in ou despite corviknight says a lot

@shirshanyaroy287 3 жыл бұрын

Just give Skarmory a better avility than whatever it has right now and it will outshine corviknight

@sephikong8323 3 жыл бұрын

@@shirshanyaroy287 Your comment made me think of Regenerator Skarmory and now I am shivering in fear. Thanks, I hate it

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@sephikong8323 iron barbs Skarmory sounds awful.

@spritelady4669 3 жыл бұрын

@Trubbish and Garbodor It would be pretty interesting for lore reasons, though! Especially considering that feathers from Skarmory are canonically used to make knives and swords.

@JCBro-yg8vd 3 жыл бұрын

Corviknight: Hippity hoppity, your tier is now my property!

@IschmarVI 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory: "well yes, but actually no."

@thecriticalghost4626 3 жыл бұрын

@@IschmarVI no

@Jilufan 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing commentary BKC ! So happy to see you outside of your own channel! Keep it up!

@Eltipoquevisteayer 3 жыл бұрын

Corviknight: HI HOW ARE YA

@hithereguys3311 3 жыл бұрын

BKC !!! Lovely to see you getting the credit you deserve for the past years. You deserve it thouroughly !

@creativeusername7366 3 жыл бұрын

You know, Skarmory’s actually had a really cool competitive career. It consistently remained one of the best Pokemon in OU for five straight generations, including the Weather Wars of Gen 5 and the Mega Incursion Of Gen 6. It did this not by destroying everything in its way, but by instead doing the inverse: it remained on top by being the wall that kept the OU giants at bay, standing its ground against some of the scariest Pokemon in competitive history. Plus, it was even able to wall the literal Poke-Gods of Ubers to great effect. That’s just really impressive, the immovable wall upon which all of OU was defined for five generations straight. Good job, Skarmory.

@jcmaloney2124 3 жыл бұрын

BKC has the best singles competitive vids out there, everyone should check him out if they get the chance

@chaosboi6815 3 жыл бұрын

I like Kelen's voice but this guy did a great job aswell! Would love to see more of him in the future

@Charliezard7 Жыл бұрын

That dude is the GOAT of competitive singles

@gigzpumpking 3 жыл бұрын

35 minutes without any VGC presence. What a god.

@heartofthefluft8541 3 жыл бұрын

That's incredible. So...Skarmory is only used in Smogon competitions? Or Wi-Fi Tournaments, or just Pokémon Showdown...because I haven't seen a VGC tournament based on Singles yet

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

I think FSG Has covid-19

@geometryemperor 3 жыл бұрын

@@heartofthefluft8541 It could be used in Battle Spot Singles and other Singles official metagames

@TheCoolguymanly 3 жыл бұрын

Efraín Rumbo Pretty much yep. It’s a Smogon Pokèmon through and through. As said it’s useless in VGC because there’s barely any switching there so no need for hazards, it doesn’t do nearly enough immediate damage which is very important in doubles, and because 2 Pokémon targeting Skarmory easily take it out compared to 1 on 1’s.

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCoolguymanly singles better

@gustavorodriguez8702 3 жыл бұрын

Love these remake vids! These show how much this channel has grown in quality.

@samuiluzunov5428 3 жыл бұрын

Fitting. One of the best singles-mon getting to be narrated by one of the greatest playera of all time.

@marcostenorio496 3 жыл бұрын

for those of you that don't know BKC, he is the all time greatest singles Pokemon battler goat

@mozkebab8260 3 жыл бұрын

lmao bkc is the writer, makes sense cuz these vids are so informative

@chaosbreaker657 3 жыл бұрын

Huh. And I thought AuraGuardian's the only one who infiltrated Kellen's office.

@benross9174 3 жыл бұрын

The ditto video also had an imposter

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

Idiots. It was just kellen impersonating different people

@ashutoshkumar3864 3 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Joey in the Miltank vid

@chaosbreaker657 3 жыл бұрын

So basically easily infiltrating Kellen's office is a thing? XD

@otiliagabriel1382 3 жыл бұрын

What about that old nido king vid?

@a-10warthog72 3 жыл бұрын

I remember 10 years ago, playing Emerald, being one of those kids that only stacked attacking moves. Then there was that battle against Steven on Meteor falls. He started spiking with Skarmory and I was like "I'm gonna win", then every time I switched my Pokémon, they were half dead. That's when I prompted myself to learn to use status moves. My first experience with competitive, I think.

@thepencilcunts 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I hear that a pokemon in the meta exists to counter another, I just wonder where the chain of "this pokemon was the perfect counter for X" stops

@r3io4mf 3 жыл бұрын

when there is bs like galarian darmanitan

@danielsmith5032 3 жыл бұрын

YOOOO! I always wondered how FSG knew so much in depth about the meta. BKC has been a writer! Mind blown!

@flyingoctopus4304 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, nice to see Skarmory again. Also, you did great BKC! Nice to hear your voice.

@Toomanian 3 жыл бұрын

Woah, I didn't know BKC wrote these. I love his videos

@mandalorianhunter1 3 жыл бұрын

Was waiting for a remake and cool. Can't believe this Pokemon was that amazing.

@crimsoncutz8430 3 жыл бұрын

When we played Silver as kids and ran into that incredibly rare metal bird on that one single route, we had little idea we had just run into a god

@sagacious03 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Thanks for uploading!

@bloomingblossom5269 3 жыл бұрын

Skarm: you can't just shrug off espionage pebbles with a footwear! Charizard: * *laughs in Heavy Duty Boots* *

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

Heavy duty boots more like *HEFTY RESPONSIBILITY WELLINGTONS*

@Darklava144 3 жыл бұрын

Realy enjoyed BKCs commentary in this vid. You should get him back for some more vids!

@JoePlinkelton 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice narration, I could imagine the two of you co-narrating or taking turns with the videos :D

@adeather 3 жыл бұрын

Great job as always BKC

@misterlinux9290 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory game: "did you just step on a Lego?" Manga: how to survive 2 legendaries that are super effective against you 101. Feat. Faulkner

@funjukebox1324 3 жыл бұрын

Corviknight: I have arrived. Skarmory: You're hear to give me competition? Corviknight: Have you not seen your ranking? I have bested you! Celesteela: To be fair, I did it first! Ferrothorn: *Sips Tea*

@jaschabull2365 3 жыл бұрын

Sinistea: Um, ferrothorn, why are you putting me in your mouth?

@madmicro157 3 жыл бұрын

Ferrothorn: *Spits out tea* WHAT THE FU-

@littlebiglsteele4158 3 жыл бұрын

BKC! love this man!

@puppy_pope 3 жыл бұрын

Just started The video and it already looks like a movie. Well done 👏👏👏

@acc3209 3 жыл бұрын

Omg, BKC doing the skarmory remake, this is an special video

@frozenoutsideoctober818 2 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact : Mantine actually used to be Skarmory's counterpart. They're both flying type Pokémon introduced in Gen 2, was right next to each other in the Pokedex and had the same base stat just with their Physical and Special stats switched. However Mantine is no longer considered Skarmory's counterpart since it got a pre-evolution in Gen 4 and gained a +20 buff into it's HP

@huntergoshorn8015 3 жыл бұрын

So hype for this video I gotta like before I can even get into it. Skarmory and BKC!!!!

@pikarceuseternamax6269 3 жыл бұрын

28:46: "shows a move that targets phisical defense"

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

Lel

@user-vm9xz4kv9z 3 жыл бұрын

*Fizikal

@hamzakamran7665 3 жыл бұрын

AH YES, THE OU METAL BIRB. I’ve been waiting for this one

@yesicollectwarhammerfiguri9473 3 жыл бұрын

UU now but yes

@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions 3 жыл бұрын

@@yesicollectwarhammerfiguri9473 OU veteran~ Skarmory may have fallen, but their mark in history remains~

@yesicollectwarhammerfiguri9473 3 жыл бұрын

@@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions if you ever feel left out remember that t-tar is UU too, lack of pursuit really killed my boy

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@yourdailysadisticfolkfromi6619 3 жыл бұрын

@@yesicollectwarhammerfiguri9473 tfup

@victorleesey1157 3 жыл бұрын

Still loving the in-depth redos of older spotlight videos. Hopefully we get a Lucario one soon.

@donaldmacisaac8479 3 жыл бұрын

God Damnit False, it’s 5am in Australia, and I wanted to go back to bed. I can’t sleep with this awesome of a video in my sub box.

@whyguy 3 жыл бұрын

Loved it Kevin!

@spritelady4669 3 жыл бұрын

I love how the comments section is pointing out that there ARE instances that allow Skarmory being sent back to OU like. You can’t stop this bird. It’s like whack a mole. You smack ‘em with the hammer a bunch more show up. It’s kinda amazing. XD

@werbearjack 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory actually has a pretty undewhelming base stat total with 465 but a decent destripution of those stats, a great typing and most importantly a large list of important support moves have made it into one of the best competitive Pokèmon for a long, long time. Seein how many great mons fall victim to bigger, better versions of themselves through powercreep it's insane how long Skarmory managed to stay relevant.

@samt2349 3 жыл бұрын

Loving the longer videos

@bulbakurb2385 3 жыл бұрын

Yessss the remake i've been waitin for!

@attackonsamurott4418 3 жыл бұрын

Ladies and gentlemen, this is FSG's ghost writer, the GOAT BKC! This Skarmory video was amazing but it's so sad to see it fall in Gen 8.

@danieldragotti2608 3 жыл бұрын

Not really. Gen 8 is similar to gen 5 in terms of power creep, alot of the gen 8 pokemon were designed with the philosophy what if we took a previous good pokemon and made it better

@attackonsamurott4418 3 жыл бұрын

@@danieldragotti2608 I'm sorry but I have to respectfully disagree with you. The Gen 8 Pokemon are no where near as strong as Gen 5 lol.

@danieldragotti2608 3 жыл бұрын

@@attackonsamurott4418 I'm not saying that gen 8 are stronger then gen 5. Gen 8 is a big power creep spot like gen 5. Alot of pokemon got new moves and alot of power moves got more wide spread(ex close combat ). tyranitar and agislash are UU. When did we ever think that could happen.

@3.2187_Kilometres 3 жыл бұрын

@@danieldragotti2608 Aegislash only fell to UU due to not being used over the dlc due to "new toy syndrome" and the higher drop-off point for tiers. Aegislash is good in OU right now (would be amazing if Urshifu S didn't exist) and always has been since the beginning of the gen, unlike say Tyranitar who due to power creep is just straight up bad in OU. Also Skarmory is most likely rising back into OU at the end of August.

@snarls3760 3 жыл бұрын

@@3.2187_Kilometres urshifu is banned yay

@megamanx4154 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory was one of the most important Pokémon throughout the generations

@fizz9698 3 жыл бұрын

I like it still very informative with the added humour that doesn't really deter from the focus of the Pokemon

@HarveyMeadowlark 3 жыл бұрын

"unfortunately..." Us: "hey he said the thing haha!"

$@fractalisomega9517$

@fractalisomega9517 3 жыл бұрын

Skarmory's basic story is... when all the hyper offense stuff gets banned, stall rules the metagame

@cloudyej7535 3 жыл бұрын

Skarm was the premier hyper offense lead for being able to set up spikes and rocks with custap tho?

@ActualTrash8 2 жыл бұрын

And then the corviknight nation attacked

@IschmarVI 2 жыл бұрын

@@ActualTrash8 more like "and then, everyone started wearing boots"

@goldenexperiencerequiem4714 Жыл бұрын

@@IschmarVI then knock off became the most used move in gen 8 (alongside scald)

@silverdeath7 3 жыл бұрын

Corviknight is freaking monster. In my first online gen 8 battle I had no idea how strong it was. It easily set up iron defense on my physical attacker and body pressed my entire team. On top of that it had taunt so I could use my set up mons

@owningguest 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks BKC. Am a big fan

@drunkendevil 3 жыл бұрын

Whoa! What an upload!

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

"So what if we make a bulky steel flying type and call it corviknight?" "What about skarmory?" "Let's temporarily remove it from the game"

@quitted7276 3 жыл бұрын

"To preserve the latter's feelings."

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

@@quitted7276 our savior ledian is such a cool and sympathetic pokemon

@togakhan1274 3 жыл бұрын

@@quitted7276 Corviknight is better than skarmory even after dlc.

@rajt9996 3 жыл бұрын

@@togakhan1274 wdym? Even after dlc? Skarmory wasn't even in the game. It CAME in the dlc

@togakhan1274 3 жыл бұрын

@@rajt9996 I mean it was proven after dlc that Corviknight is indeed better than Skarmory or rather fits on more teams because they perform different roles and straight up comparing them doesn't make sense.