Insane development but morpeko apparently doesnt get nuzzle??? Garbage mon 😪

Urshifus gimmick is making you cry

Morpeko casually gatekeeping one of the best physical electric moves and it still sucks at it

Honestly the simplest way to fix Golisopod's Emergency Exit is to make it so it triggers at the end of the turn and not right away. So just word it like "The Pokémon, sensing danger, switches out at the end of the turn if its HP dropped to half or less."

Golisipod is the only pokemon i think that would benefit IMMENSELY from having inner focus, no intimidate and cant be flinched its perfect for it

I like how Eiscue's highest stat is his defense which literally doesn't matter because he doesn't take dmg if he gets hit physically and immediately changes form afterwards anyways.

Incineroars gimmick gives you a 98.54% chance to rage and break your controller

Chi Yu’s gimmick is missing heat wave

There is one gimmick Pokemon whose gimmick was so strong, they literally had to nerf its base stat total: *Aegislash.*

"Cramorants whole identity is spitting on that thang" is CRAZY work bro holy

I feel like a good amount of gimmick Pokemon were made purely from a single player campaign standpoint as interesting bosses to work around. Wishiwashi, for instance, was a Totem, and Cramorant was used in Hop's team, Morpeko's on Marnie's team, Guzma runs Golisopod, while Eiscue is on Melony's team.

Ogerpon's gimmick is crime

btw komala lost last resort in sc/vi, meaning its one gimmicky use case doesnt exist anymore

Castform's gimmick is being the Pokemon who uses weather least effectively despite being the WEATHER POKEMON!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="615">10:15</a> “Pokémon you probably forgot existed” It’s actually my laptop screensaver. My poor boy.

It's weird how many gimmick Pokemon are 'defensive powerhouse until A Thing Happens', but then fail because their HP stat is in the hole no matter what.

Miraidon gimmick is deleting ur entire team with some funny glasses and hat

Emergency Exit is part of why I love Golisipod so much. It, at its core is still a wimp but now that it's big and tough, it hides behind the excuse of "it was a tactical retreat" when the real reason is it got spooked by the damage and ran away. Sometimes a lore decision that doesn't mesh well with gameplay is something I'm not big on, but this is a case where I think it's done very well.

Fun fact about Comatose: Due to the game treating Pokémon with Comatose as being Asleep, Pokémon with this ability are hit by Dream Eater, Nightmare, and are hit especially hard by _Wake-Up Slap._

Gen 7 had SO many gimmick water types and Araquanid was the only one to pull through 😔

"YO IT'S THE THROAT GOAT" & "That's because Cramorant's whole identity is spitting on that thang." - Moxie Boosted Edit: I'd probably rework Comatose to also work in like a built-in leftovers. Since it's always sleeping and Rest recovers HP, it can just, recover a bit of HP at the end of each turn... It'd still be mid tho.

if gollisopor swicthed out AT THE END OF THE TURN rather than right after it hits 50% it would be a great ability, a free switch in is valuable in singles and doubles alike, gollisopod tanks a hit, does something then lets a partner come in

Shedinja: “I AM INVINCIBLE! INVINCIBLE!”

Wishiwashi has 30 base speed, not 35. that error made this video unwatchable and killed my pet cat, i hope you're proud of yourself

Annihilape’s gimmick is punching you irl with enough force to evaporate a small city after getting hit twice

You don’t get it, Komala’s biggest niche is making players remember that dream eater is a move that exists.

Flutter Mane’s gimmick is that whenever you say it’s your favourite Pokemon, people deny it by saying its because its “broken” or “too OP”

I was waiting for the Kamala joke at the end. I was not disappointed.

Just saying, but cramorant is made even greater by the fact that it's called "Urgl" in German.

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="701">11:41</a> Wobbuffet tanking the gigantic move, immediately after doing a silly pose and making the dynamaxxed pokemon explode is peak comedy

golisopod needs wimp out as a hidden ability, some are just still traumatized from their whimpod days

First time I looked at Comatose I thought that perhaps Komala could permanently use boosted Facade. However Facade only works under para, poison, and burn. Not just any status like I had thought. So instead Komala will never have the boost from facade.

i've always loved the joke with golisopod's ability but genuinely it needed to change in some way. it's such a unique pokemon and i'm saddened by how shafted it got

I'm still so saddened that they made Emergency Exit that way. I initially thought that EExit would mean that Golisopod is now a master of escape from its Wimpod days and that it gets priority with switch-out moves. Imagine that rework! STAB U-Turn and Flip-Turn with priority.

Eisque and morpeko unironically were MONSTERS whenever i get them in randbats

Eiscue has a glitch on Pokémon showdown natdex, where, because it gets both snowscape and hail (different moves), it can become theoretically physically invincible.

I honestly did not know there was a pokemon that spit pikachus

"Gen 7 had a thing for gimmicky water types, as our next entry is my favorite Pokemon..." "PYUKUMUKU!" "...Golisopod" "..."

Failed to mention Eiscue gets his ice face back in hail/snow meaning it’s a repeatable gimmick.

Some of these could be much better with minor changes: Golisipod: when hp drops below half health it uses its move immediately and then switches out Kamala: gains some health each turn Wishiwashi: starts as single form and goes into school form if it takes any damage Eiscue: belly drum breaks the face Cramorant: all water moves activate gulp missile Morepeko is tough. Possibly instead of alternating forms it switches forms when aura wheel is used based on which would do more damage?

comotose is litteraly the most broken ability on like half the pokemon, but gamefreak mercifully decided to not give komala roar doesn't make up for urshifu, but baby steps

"you're literally just wimping out but trying to not make it sound lame" yes that is the joke and the point of the name change

also a passive benefit of using Sleep Talk/Last Resort is that you became immune to Sucker Punch. (or you don't? I'm assuming you are since sleep talk is a status move no?)

Wo-Chien's gimmick is stealing our hearts so we don't want to hit it as hard

I was thinking EExit could be funny if it worked like this: if Golisopod were to be attacked, and that attack would put it below 50% health, Emergency Exit will trigger, causing the attack to miss, and Golisopod switches out right after. If needed make it only once per battle.

It would be really cool if Golisopod’s ability worked something like: At or under 50% health had it inform you of the incoming attack directed towards Golisopod before it hit it and then let you switch out to another Pokémon who could take it better. Like for example, the opponent uses Wild Charge aiming for Golisopod, but the ability activates, says something like: “Golisopod sensed danger from Wild Charge and returned to !” and then lets you switch out to a Ground-Type to take it.

Help not Crammorant being called 'Throat Goat' 😭

there was one cracked japanese player who actually used golisopod to top cut the 2022 world championships. They actually made emergency exit look broken and should've made it to top 16 if they didn't dc

Funny thing is that a lot of these gimmicks work much better in singles. Cramorant? Use it with sticky web. Komala? Best counter to hexpult. Wishiwashi? Low tier titan where it's gimmick makes for an interesting balancing act. So many gimmicks work fantastically when you only have to worry about one opponent.

I always thought it's weird that emergency exit isn't a upgraded version of Wimp out. You could change the ability that the user switches after it used a move below 50% HP. This would've made much more sense

I think they should have given Golisipod bellydrum, just for the funsies of losing the game on the spot

Golisipod is such a disappointment. The fact it’s the coolest design for a big Pokémon sucks extra. When I played gen 8 for the first time I was going to add it to my team after evolving and seeing how cool it was. The first battle I had with it and realized what it’s ability was and how bad it is, it immediately became a permeant resident of my PC

_kratos begging meme_ *GAME FREAK!!! PLEASE GIVE GOLISOPOD A HIDDEN ABILITY (intimidate) AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!*

In my opinion, Tatsugiri and Dondozo are the best designed gimmick. They were really good and had good matchups, but they had solid counter play and were not overpowered. My favorite gimmick for sure

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="630">10:30</a> I remember using Pyukumuku a lot in the Battle Tree. I think I used Soak, Venom Drench, Toxic, and Recover. Absolutely nothing could outlast it, so it made an amazing anchor. Problem is, lots of things there ran Taunt, and if Pyukumuku is the last one on the team before you get rid of the opponent's Taunter... you lose.

I don't know much about Competitive Pokémon (this channel is pretty much my only window into it) so take this suggestion with a grain of salt, but I've thought about Golisopod so much (cause I love it) that I actually do have an idea on how to maybe make it's gimmick better: instead of Emergency Exit just being Wimp Out 2, it instead grants Golisopod immunity to all trapping moves and abilities (mean look, shadow tag, etc). Also, give it Flip and U-Turn (if it doesn't already get those). If this needs some balancing, make it's defense stats lower so it's a glass cannon. Basically, make Golisopod into a mosquito. If you can manage to get it to stay still long enough, it goes down like cardboard, but since it's constantly switching out and being annoying, it's hard to pin down.

I hope they drop hidden ability tough claws golisopod next gen, it deserves it, as a treat

Shedninja: "I'm...[TITLE CARD]"

fun fact: wobbuffet is actually capable of causing an endless battle in generation 3, as in this game, shadow tag vs. shadow tag locked both pokemon in, meaning that a mirror match between two wobbuffet with leftovers would inevitably result in an endless struggle war that cannot be escaped, and that's why shadow tag no longer effects other shadow tag users. the more you know!

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="545">9:05</a> gen 7 wasn't actually the gen that introduced terrains! They were introduced in gen 6 but gen 7 introduced the tapu's with terrain setting abilities.

Male Copperajah: “Bye-bye for now.”

Incineroar’s gimmick is causing competitive players mental health to go down

"We're not retreating! We're advancing. Toward future victory."- Golisopod probably

Earned a sub when you said Golisopod is your fav Pokemon, very rare to find other Golisopod fans fuck yeah.

Incineroars gimmick is making WolfeyVGC mad 😡

i wish golisipods tactical retreat was a actual tactical retreat where every move he does has a u-turn effect where he *tactically retreats* which would play into his signature ability, give it a way more interesting play style and be much cooler

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="581">9:41</a> That is the exact reason I like it so much dude. Its _supposed_ to be funny! Jokes aside, I REALLY wish Golisopod could learn "No Retreat." That would be cool (ironically, First Impression was given to Falinks, and No Retreat is its signature move. It could be neat if _both_ those moves were exclusive to Falinks and Golisopod).

After that shit with minior on the second channel earlier I'm surprised he isn't on here for his crimes

Appreciate the Diddy Kong Racing background music!

I would change emergency exit to activate at the end of the turn. At the end of the turn, golisopod checks to see if it has

I would rework Emergency Exit to switch out only on use of a priority move. So Golisopod switches in, nukes something with first impression and immediately switches out. And I have a feeling this is how Gamefreak designed Golisopod and first impression, but then realised it would too broken and so changed the ability to work below half health instead.

Onece koed a zekrom with innards out in a random battle, my team had nothing it could do against zekrom, except send in the slug.

I'd argue we need more gimmick pokemon

worst parts is how some of these gimmicks and even the bad signatures from a previous video could have some mostly simple fixes. for example imagine if emergency exit diferentiated itself from wimp out by triggering only at the end of its turn, so it still used a move before switching. that would make him a great pokemon.

“If you’re a singles player, some of this might not apply to you, but I’m sure you’ll still find it interesting.” Me who doesn’t play Pokémon at all:

Flutter manes gimmick is giving you trauma

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="408">6:48</a> LOL no it's absolutely frickin not, especially in the overpowered gen 9 NU

I think it is okay for some pokemon to not perform well competitively and it doesn't necessarily make the pokemon failed or awful. There are so many good pokemon to choose to play competitively I think it is fine some pokemon focused on being fun or being more unique.

i want, that emergency exit only activates AFTER you used a move. It's just stupid, that you can loose your entire turn and don't do anything

No 😂 I didn't just hear the HAWK TUAH 😂😂😂

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="566">9:26</a> that's the point???? it's supposed to reflect Guzma's character of acting all tough and mighty yet being a coward

Incineroar's gimmick is kneading biscuits on my lap like a cat

I feel like gimmicks are better for the core game assuming they actually are punishing if you don't know the gimmick Then again the number of gym leaders that don't have a gimmick pokemon is kinda upsetting for this reason

As a fellow Golisopod fan, I can only imagine how painful the bit including it in this was. Marcos really is Golisopods strongest soldier o7

I've Been Playing PokeRogue Where Golisopods Ability Isn't Even Implemented, AND IT PUTS IN WORK, Literally Just Give It A Nothing Burger Ability And It Still Goes Hard. But Most Gimmick Pokemon Overall Can't Be Fixed Without A Stat Increase, Or Just Removing The Gimmick, Which Is Sad, BUT PLEASE JUST LET WISHIWASHI, GOLISOPOD, AND MY BOY CRAMORANT THRIVE!

Me and my team members used to feed berries to this little pokemon in my neighbourhood and lock arms aorund him and go NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE NIGHTMARE

For Golisopod, I think gamefreak should/could make it so that the emergency exit is an option given to the player at the end of each turn. Alternatively, they could scrap the ability in favour of something like tough claws and give it a signature move that works a little something like this: "Tactical retreat" -- After being hit, the user feigns a cowardly retreat, causing the opposing pokemon to give chase. However this is a coordinated strategy and an ally pokemon takes Golisopod's place, striking back with one of its moves at slightly reduced power than usual. To make things a little bit more balanced, it could be made so that the ally's move has it's power reduced to 50 or 60%. If that's too strong maybe make it so that this move is incompatable with first turn moves like fake out, or that the move's secondary effects don't happen (I think the latter is a bit too far though as I think it would be a fun idea to alternate this move and Golisopod's first impression with switch out moves like volt switch that the ally would learn)

I'd buff Comatose by giving it a 1/16 HP recovery every turn, similar to rain dish in the rain, to make up for the fact you can't use Rest.

Bro just make emergency exit work like regenerator so that whenever it activates it regains a third of it's health back. Then it's not a cowardly retreat it's the bug taking a breather to recover and use its best moves again.

Something to point out about Eiscue: If it starts snowing after it loses its face, it gets it back! Hard to play around, and also probably a large part of why it only blocks physical attacks

I think an interesting way of improving Golisopod's Emergency Exit would be to have it only trigger once per battle, and when doing so healing it 25% and giving it a defense or special defense boost on next switch in. It would still make it a bit of a coward, but it's a coward that uses that 'tactical retreat' to prepare, and come out on top next time.

I think i would make so emergency exit would give buffs when certain conditions are met: 1. If your enemy has a weakness to one of your moves, golisopod will have its attack buffed or an extra priority to first impression: 2. I would add more ideas but i ran out of them lol. But the Idea is upgrading wimp out to instead of being a scared weak pokemon, to a strong strategist that only switches out when it knows it will lose and come back when an opportunity is shown.

Realizing at the end that this video was probably inspired by that komala stream lol

omg. Diddy Kong Racing background music. My child memories are resurging.

Don’t you dare say Mimikyu is a bad Pokemon

Ideas for Morpeko: First of all, it shouldn't transform every turn. It should transform when it does or doesn't eat food. This gives its trainer control on when it transforms. Full belly: 1) if it wasn't Hangry at start of turn, transforms to Hangry at end of turn if it did not eat food that turn 2) ? Maybe a defense buff to make us want to stay in Full belly. Would make it a weird Aeigislash. Might be a bit much? Hangry: 1) transforms to full belly immediately after it eats food. 2) also, it eats equipped food after it attacks, because its hangry What counts as eating food: 1) Leftovers (it will only transform to hangry if its damaged. It stays hangry if it is somehow at full HP while hangry, use wild charge to damage self if needed) 2) Berries (while in Hangry, it will eat after an attack even if condition for item is not met. Leichi Berry, the attack up one, could be an option) 3) Pluck or Bug Bite (it should learn Pluck, not Big Bite) 4) Terrain Seeds? Also, notable moves (give it if it doesn't have it yet): 1) Recycle - so it can eat the food immediately while Hangry 2) Pluck - to eat a target's berry. VGC Amonguss has berries. For Grass (that resist electric) and Fighting types (that hit you for weakness but you will outspeed because of Aura Wheel). 3) Belch - for poison coverage. It's probably active because Hangry forces it to eat berries. 4) Acrobatics. Hangry forces you to eat berries. So, you quickly lose your item. Works great with recycle. Harder hitting move against Grass and Fighting types.

The best illustration of Golisopod's ability is in the anime, when Guzma tells his Golisopod to use Aqua Break to bypass Ash's Fire Blast, it doesn't obey and just goes back in his Pokeball scared, and automatically sends Scizor, taking the Fire Blast in his place, OHKOing it. Guzma's jaw then falls to the ground and Ash is like "Wut you can actually OHKO in the anime ?" Best moment.

It’s ok pyukumuku. You are the greatest counter to the strongest pokemon of all time and that is something to be proud of

One slight correction: wobbuffet's issue wasnt just annoyance, it was that a mirror match with leftovers was infinite. Struggle cant outdamage what leftovers heals, making it go to timer. Combine with shadow tag meant that if at any point they were both on the field, game over.

Then make every single mon a gimmick, if everyone sucks nobody does.