The WORST Abilities In Competitive Pokemon

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@MoxieBoosted 11 ай бұрын

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@dafryguy7150 11 ай бұрын

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@chasefray 11 ай бұрын

GET THAT BAG

@Pigggles 11 ай бұрын

No.

@BaalFridge 11 ай бұрын

Glad theyre putting bread on your table but no, absolutely not.

@Hellzapopp1n 11 ай бұрын

Durant gets Truant as a Hidden Ability because of the biological concept that about 20% of ants are lazy (Truant), 20% are very hard workers (Hustle), and the rest are normal (Swarm).

@ryeonspeed 11 ай бұрын

TRUE ANT

@enoyna1001 11 ай бұрын

Ok I believe you

@lasagnapig630 11 ай бұрын

half of my brain: this logical explanation makes sense the other half: true ant

@Enchufe92 11 ай бұрын

And also because I'm GenV, when Durant and HAs were introduced, they were called Dream Abilities. So it made sense that an ant wants to rest.

@alexs5368 11 ай бұрын

Durants use of Truant is Entrainment. So its not totally worthless

@Relisoc 11 ай бұрын

Plus/minus combo should activate perma magnet rise as long as those Pokémon are both out

@RiverWilliamson 11 ай бұрын

That would be amazing!!!

@jalencurtis7222 11 ай бұрын

I think that's a genius idea.

@alienplatypus7712 11 ай бұрын

That sounds cool as hell, that might be a bit too good, even if most mons with it are admittedly pretty lackluster so it'd probably be fine?

@jns0808 10 ай бұрын

@@alienplatypus7712it would probably still be useless The only remotely decent mon with Plus/Minus I can think of is Klinglklang

@rizkidary837 10 ай бұрын

@@jns0808don't forget toxtricity Although it's only get + ability

@black-redpill3 11 ай бұрын

On Mycelium Might, there is three ways to look at it 1. It's worse Mold Breaker 2. It's buffed Stall 3. It's what happens when you decide to combine Mold Breaker and Stall into a single ability.

@BlueCardGanks592 11 ай бұрын

Also it’s what needs to happen when you give a fast pokemon spore

@black-redpill3 11 ай бұрын

@@BlueCardGanks592 Alas, ever since Sableye gained Prankster, the niche of Prankster Spore via Skill Swap to bypass speed has always been legal. Ironically it was a rare sight despite gen 5 being its introduction and pre both the Spore nerf, and pre Prankster nerf too.

@BlueCardGanks592 11 ай бұрын

@@black-redpill3 Sure but taking an entire move and a specific pokemon with skill swap or entrainment and prankster nullifies the advantage spore has over sleep powder or lovely kiss. Spore is broken because with one button and no setup you can threaten guaranteed sleep. Like can you imagine Electrode-H, Virizion, Celebi, Sceptile, Serperior, or Meowscarada with spore? They’d be almost unstoppable in singles let alone doubles with no sleep clause

@black-redpill3 11 ай бұрын

@@BlueCardGanks592 Yeah, for singles I get what you're saying. Whimsicott never got Spore for likely that very reason of functional win button

@treven8742 11 ай бұрын

@@black-redpill3It didnt get it because Spore is exclusive to fongus based pokemon

@henriquecarballoaranha9100 11 ай бұрын

I like the idea of Slow Start's turn counter being reduced by 1 for every Regi on the team. So if you run a team of Regigigas + all 5 regis you could let it go wild imediately. Probably not the most viable solution but a pretty cute way of buffing it while incorporating some lore

@LSlick622 11 ай бұрын

I think that would be pretty cool even though what are the chances ppl would run them outside of regieleki

@webbowser8834 11 ай бұрын

@@LSlick622 Full Regi is a total meme, I agree, but lowering the count by even 2 turns could make a massive difference.

@GenericGMR 11 ай бұрын

@@LSlick622drago + screens eleki could be decent together I guess? AV tera steel regirock with drain punch could be good enough too, but beyond that it’d feel like you’re cooking a bit too hard.

@BlindJedi 11 ай бұрын

Or increase. No slow start turns if your party is completely empty, go ham with the big strong boy, but he's your only one. Full team leads to the full five turns.

@lucasbeck1391 11 ай бұрын

@@BlindJediregigigas isn't that strong

@Quartings 11 ай бұрын

Honey Gather could allow the user to treat held honey like a leftovers. Ball Fetch could redirect ball and bomb moves to the user at 50% damage.

@brunomartinboix9197 11 ай бұрын

why not use lefties then?

@vtubermissingno 11 ай бұрын

@@brunomartinboix9197item duplication rules plus it wouldnt work if stolen/tricked for an opponent

@Quartings 11 ай бұрын

@@brunomartinboix9197 So you can have leftovers on another Pokemon if the competitive rules ban double items. Also if the enemy takes your item they don't get any benefit. Also maybe honey could give 2x the recovery of Leftovers, but that might be too broken

@It-Will-All-Be-Okay-I-Promise 11 ай бұрын

@@QuartingsIf gliscor can get that level of recovery with poison heal, then I don’t see why honey gather mons can’t.

@Tine_of_Nice_Dreams 11 ай бұрын

That ball fetch idea is really cute actually

@ZeBanded 11 ай бұрын

Fun fact: in the most recent scarlet/violet update, datamines found that illuminate now grants the user and partner an immunity from accuracy lowering effects, mainly affecting moves like muddy water. That said, currently all pokemon with illuminate are either competitively useless or has better abilities(e.g. lanturn with water and volt absorb), but maybe a new pokemon from the DLC will be bless with this buff

@black-redpill3 11 ай бұрын

Volbeat is kinda bad all around and Starmie doesn't really rely on its abilities in doubles, so having Illuminate changed to be a support niche effect gives both of these Pokemon incredibly specific but unique support scenarios they can run with.

@Articfoxgamez 9 ай бұрын

If only it was changed with the specific intent of being a buff. Instead its just because its old effect does litterally nothing with random wild encounters gone

@anthoy6210 6 ай бұрын

An accuracy buff on the ability would be great for Starmie. I'd love for it to be able to viably run Blizzard and Thunder as coverage

@jameswarhammer2637 11 ай бұрын

That thumbnail goes unbelievably hard.

@atrixmj 11 ай бұрын

Thank you :)

@oneofthebois5259 11 ай бұрын

Just asking if we can get any higher

@theBhavMan 11 ай бұрын

All its missing is the big red arrows lmaooo

@RuggedRing 11 ай бұрын

@@oneofthebois5259already at +6

@luigisalso9226 10 ай бұрын

@@oneofthebois5259so hiiigh

@thenerdbeast7375 11 ай бұрын

Ball Fetch could be like Oricorio's Dancer but with "ball" type moves like Aura Sphere, Shadow Ball, etc. basically all the moves that are normally blocked by Bulletproof. Also let Bolthund keep this ability after evolving.

@dembonez19 9 ай бұрын

I just deleted my comment after seeing this. This was my idea too.

@pitdarkangel2961 11 ай бұрын

Klutz may be bad in 90% of cases, but it does technically have the niche of being able to trick an Assault Vest on support pokemon with a lot of status moves that they can't use now.

@gjhartist3685 11 ай бұрын

yeah Klutz isn't intuitive, but it has some cool uses. Esp with items like toxic orb, flame orb, choice items, etc

@kinglyzebra6417 8 ай бұрын

@@gjhartist3685Exactly, the whole point of Klutz is being able to "use" useless/bad items

@Zwijger 28 күн бұрын

So, give an example of a mon that can do this?

@pitdarkangel2961 28 күн бұрын

@@Zwijger Lopunny, I think it even had a ranbats set like this once

@GravityIsFalling 11 ай бұрын

I would make it so if plus and minus mons are on the field, they trap each other and give each other +2 to all stats (basically bozo)

@nousername191 11 ай бұрын

Except you can still click two moves per turn. Nice,

@algomaslejanoquiza3174 11 ай бұрын

I think magma armor would be better If gets turned into a fire type versión of water Bubble with this effects: 1.boost the power of fire type moves. 2.provides inmunity to Freeze(frostbite). 3.weakens the damage of water type moves hitting the user. It seems fair to me since both users of this ability are 4x weak to water.

@Greatbabyred 11 ай бұрын

trick room eruption would go hard on camerupt if the power of his fire moves were doubled

@algomaslejanoquiza3174 11 ай бұрын

@@Greatbabyred it's More a Buff of like 50% like water Bubble.

@HiramP20 11 ай бұрын

Camerupt would be unstoppable, more so under trick room

@nerddwarf 11 ай бұрын

@@algomaslejanoquiza3174 Water Bubble doubles water damage

@algomaslejanoquiza3174 11 ай бұрын

@@nerddwarf oh yeah i got that one wrong.

@chaincat33 11 ай бұрын

Klutz is actually competitively useful. It's very niche, but Klutz Assault Vest Lopunny is *hilarious* in its ability to shut down stall

@StoneWhale2055 11 ай бұрын

How about for Ball Fetch, if the user or it's partner's item gets removed (not consumed), the pokemon will fetch it (either one time or as long as it's on the field)

@ripbiscuit8744 11 ай бұрын

Infinitely double powered knock off

@jackk.4670 11 ай бұрын

Yea, like it should recover the item lost via Knock off, Fling, Thief, Trick (if you weren't given an item) and stuff like that.

@shosakazaki 11 ай бұрын

@@kurocon6235 So a third Pickpocket / Magician?

@DrazeA 11 ай бұрын

I'd say pinch berry fling would be super useful, except the only target would be Yamper who has abysmal base stats. Then again the berry would technically be consumed.

@anonymouscanadian9839 10 ай бұрын

It could also act like sound/bulletproof and negate ball moves like energy ball, gyro ball, and moonblast

@kylemckell 11 ай бұрын

Tbh I think way to buff e-exit is have it trigger at the end of the turn rather than right away. Right now Golisopod gets hit, and has to switch out, so it only ever has the option to use First Impression. If it were to be an end of turn effect, it would work similarly to teleport where you could get in a different mon safely, as well as still allow Golisopod to use the move that it is intending to use if it wasn't going to be priority.

@walaceandrade4046 11 ай бұрын

Yeh i dont know why they didnt went with that from the get go. Its not like Golisopod is a fucking monster stat wise like Slaking and needs a nerf through its own ability.

@fatyoshi696 11 ай бұрын

what I would also do is make golisopod retain its stat changes after getting forced out by emergency exit, so if it used swords dance earlier it can come back in and threaten with a +2 first impression instead of having wasted a turn

@ctm3922 11 ай бұрын

Yeah this is really all that Golisopod needs to be a lot better. The fact that its often completely denied an attack ruins it and this way it can get off an attack and a switch like a slow U-turn

@_y4020 11 ай бұрын

I saw one idea where Emergency Exit makes Golisopod use his last used move again, and THEN switch out. So if I smack the opponent with a fat First Impression and my ability activates, it casts First Impression again automatically, except it acts like U-turn now. Maybe broken??

@kylemckell 11 ай бұрын

@@_y4020 that either seems like it'd be super exploitable by your opponent, or broken from the user. Neither of which I think is a good design.

@RiverWilliamson 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for keeping Klutz as-is. It is an hilarious ability

@sthui2866 11 ай бұрын

5:00 Those stats are no joke for a pokemon that evolves at level 37. They wanted to do make its dex number and BST 567 as a reference to the dewey number of feathered dinosaurs (567), but they could just make it late-evolving and give it a useful ability

@isauldron4337 10 ай бұрын

Yeah but he's a slaking Pokémon that isn't busted

@funkymachine 10 ай бұрын

The fact he is 567 pokedex and a 567 Dewey number is cute but if his base stat was normal and had a good ability then no one would give a shit. The cute little detail isn't worth the bad game design, it's 13 sea routes in hoeen all over again.

@naganut9718 8 ай бұрын

@@funkymachinethe sea isn't bad design

@PlasmaBald 9 ай бұрын

Your idea for ball fetch is actually banger. Imagine running yamper next to an iron ball fling user and having infinite ammo as long as yamper is on the field because he keeps fetching the ball.

@anthonyk3952 11 ай бұрын

Klutz actually does have a genuine use when combined with Switcheroo. It lets you bluff items with negative effects, and then switch them to the opponent who wouldn't want it, like giving Flame Orb to a non-guts Pokemon, or a Choice item/Assault Vest to a support Pokemon. While the Klutz user doesn't get the benefits from the item, they also don't get the negative aspects of it.

@janniko6681 11 ай бұрын

Slaking should have a hidden ability that is similar to truant but if slaking fails to hit in the turn when it’s active, it will rile him up and it will guarantee that slaking is active again in the next turn and will also power up its move by 1.2. This practically changes the tempo of slaking and hopefully make it competitively viable

@AdmiralStormy 11 ай бұрын

Counter point. Slaking has a high HP stat. While under half health have the ability become Vital Spirit. Get some of that Vigor back in the Sloth.

@RabblesTheBinx 11 ай бұрын

I actually think that would make Slaking utterly broken. I mean, yeah, still missing a large percentage of its turns, but a guaranteed, _buffed_ re-roll if it doesn't hit basically ensures that not only does it lose its main counter, but it also can spam low-accuracy attacks and even if it misses, it can rely on its insane stats to survive a turn to try again. It would also make paralysis basically useless as a check, since being fully paralyzed would ensure a powered-up move the next turn. Basically, It would only ever be truly vulnerable on the first turn after it KOs a Pokémon.

@hen883 11 ай бұрын

Ball fetch could also have the affect of picking up items that were knocked off by any Pokémon. It’s still a niche ability but at least it does something

@vilukisu 3 ай бұрын

I feel the obvious thing would be to grant a buff/effect when holding a pokeball. A step up would be granting different effects from different pokeballs but that might be too complex

@mectainea5575 11 ай бұрын

I would have like to see heatproof give the user complete immunity to fire type moves altogether . Currently the Bronzong line and rolycoly are the only pokemon with the ability and the former could benefit from having the option to choose their immunity between ground or fire thus giving it a neat use case. Plus I always thought this version of heatproof would be neat on Regice to give its lore of being impossible to melt a practical aspect for it in gameplay

@Matthias-pj6th 11 ай бұрын

Another possibly interesting variant for Color Change would be to make it work like the defensive half of the Legend Plate from Legends: Arceus. For context, the Legend Plate would allow Arceus to automatically change it's Type to the best defensive Monotype vs an incoming damaging attack (I.E. if you tried to hit it with Earthquake, it would reflexively change to Flying Type) before the attack went off, and then reverting back to Normal Type after the attack. It would also cause Arceus and Judgement's Type to automatically change to whatever was most effective against the target (I.E. if you used Judgement against a Gyarados, it would change Arceus and Judgement to Electric Type for a STAB-boosted 4x Judgement) By making Color Change into the defensive half of Legend Plate (I.E. changing to whatever Type best defends against the incoming attacks), it would preserve Colour Change as a purely defensive ability that takes control of Kecleon's Type out of your hands, while being potent enough to actually be worth using. To elaborate, this would mean that Kecleon would be Immune to damaging Normal, Electric, Fighting, Poison, Ground, Psychic, Ghost, and Dragon attacks, while making it resistant to everything else, but also allowing for Status moves to still be used against it (It won't change in response to non-damaging attacks like Spore or Will-O-Wisp), thus turning it into quite the wall despite it's incredibly lacklustre stats (Special Defence notwithstanding)

@pketr5 10 ай бұрын

Make it work once per turn and that should make it fair for doubles. Make it work once per switch, should make it fair for singles. Might not be needed based on its stats but who knows.

@pokatana4130 11 ай бұрын

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@MoxieBoosted 11 ай бұрын

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@FlygonkingVGC 11 ай бұрын

Yeah moxie said the thing “this video is sponsored by raid shadow legends”

@levv-baksteenjongen8742 11 ай бұрын

Ball fetch should increase a stat depending on the ball that the user is holding like: quick ball increases speed and the master ball adds 50% to all stats or even more, it would also make pokeballs viable as a held item

@RiverWilliamson 11 ай бұрын

Mind blowing

@_friedtofu 2 ай бұрын

What😭

@sionkeanu2753 2 ай бұрын

No that's ridiculously broken and very ambitious

@acediadekay3793 Ай бұрын

Masterball could have the same effect as Expert Belt (bust super effective moves) Heavyball increases weight Duskball increases dark type moves Friendball will occasionally redirect a move ment for your partner onto the Pokémon with the ball

@Nikolaj11 11 ай бұрын

Ball Fetch could be made to have an effect similar to the Dancer ability, it repeats any used "Ball" type move (Electro Ball, Shadow Ball, Ice Ball, Gyro Ball, Energy Ball for example) and applies it to one of the opponents.

@_Narc 11 ай бұрын

Emergency exit working like a built in eject pack could be cool. lets it switch out for free against intimidators and gives it a pseudo u-turn with close combat.

@kaylathompson9555 11 ай бұрын

For ball fetch, i think a very niche way to buff it would be something similar to dancer on oricorio! When a ball move is used (Shadow ball, energy ball, ice ball) the user takes that move and sends it back at the target. Since yamper and boltund arent that good anyway, this ability wouldnt be too broken.

@louisangle1597 11 ай бұрын

Klutz could be interesting if you make it fumble it's item on it's first turn of the field. For example, a Lopunny holding a Choice Band could use Fake Out turn one, and then the Choice Band would be useable turn two.

@RiverWilliamson 11 ай бұрын

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@sionkeanu2753 2 ай бұрын

No it already has a much better use in using switcheroo and assault vest or toxic orb

@Churdizard 11 ай бұрын

I would honestly give Regigigas Huge Power. He's a huge golem Legendary, let him be Uber.

@nichiyes26 11 ай бұрын

Fling is most powerful when flinging an iron ball, so I could see ball fetch being useful even if it only let you retrieve ball items. (You can't fling pokeballs, but snowballs and smoke balls are still options.)

@BlueCardGanks592 11 ай бұрын

Ok so Ball Fetch: When an item is lost (Knock Off, Fling) the pokemon acquires it and can hold a second item. On switch in it acquires the most recently lost item

@geometryemperor 11 ай бұрын

Some abilities that are mediocre would be Forewarn, Frisk and Anticipation. While not terrible, they do not really impact the fight much, especially when you know the opponent's sets. They could each get some rework to have an additional effect.

@cornonjacob 11 ай бұрын

Before open team sheets became the norm this gen, frisk was at the least kinda useful in most scenarios so I think it's fine as is. Forewarn is in a similar spot but generally less reliable bc it only tells you 1 move out of 8 vs 2 of 2 items, and only the highest damaging move. Like "oh, urshifu has close combat, that's crazy, never would have guessed" Yeah anticipation sucks, no clue how to fix it tho

@blackbuffalo62 9 ай бұрын

Forewarn should protect you from one super effective attack, anticipation should give you a one-time endure or type-reduction berry effect from a super effective move, and frisk should steal the opponent's held item (as long as the frisker doesn't have one) upon being sent out

@IronDino 8 ай бұрын

Forewarn, alerts the user to one opponent's most powerful move and reduces the base power of that move by half for three turns (like a more limited version of Aurora Veil). Frisk, alerts the user to the opponent's held item and prevents it's use for three turns (like a shorter version of Embargo). Anticipation, alerts the user to one opponent's supper effective move and reduces the base power of that move type by half for three turns (like a shorter version of Water Sport or Mud Sport).

@edoardocaccia6226 11 ай бұрын

The community -based Create a Pokémon project on showdown actually made a Pokémon based around being good despite having a bad ability. They called it Chromera and it's dark/normal wallbreaker with Color Change. I love CAP

@irrelevant6559 11 ай бұрын

0:32 moxie my friend you are officially one of the KZfaqrs of all time

@ShiningScarlet 10 ай бұрын

With ball fetch whenever your opponent terastalizes, the Pokemon with ball fetch will also terastalize from trying to pick up the tera orb

@andrewarmstrong24 11 ай бұрын

Bro made it! The Raid Shadow Legends sponsorship is a landmark day in the life of a KZfaqr so congrats!

@chimpact 11 ай бұрын

I've been waiting at least a week for this 😅. I'm sorry to say this bud ,but illuminate is the goat Ability now.

@MoxieBoosted 11 ай бұрын

Keen eye :^(

@StickMaster500 11 ай бұрын

If there's 10 Pokemon Abilities I had to choose to get buffed, I would easily go for: 1) Truant - While loafing, you recover 1/16 of your HP while also having the Unseen Fist ability 2) Light Metal - Makes it so it doesn't take any damage from hazards plus giving priority to all Steel type moves at full health 3) Heavy Metal - Makes it so it destroys all hazards upon entering the field plus gains the Sturdy ability 4) Magma Armor - Halves the damage taken from Water and Ice Type moves 5) Klutz - Make it a Normal Type Mummy with the same effect of items having no effect 6) Corrosion - Makes Poison Type Moves deal neutral damage to Poison and Steel Types 7) Magician - Steals the target's held item and gains the effects of that item even while the Pokemon is already holding a held item (technically makes you have 2 held items) 8) Plus & Minus - Slightly boosts the Attack and Sp. Atk (Plus) and Defence and Sp. Def (Minus) to ally Electric and Steel Types. Doubles if both Pokemon on your side have both Plus and Minus 9) Slow Start - If they keep the counter resetting upon switching, it should instead only halve the Speed stat for 5 turns 10) Zen Mode - Changes form upon switching into the field *Thank you for coming to my Pokemon TED Talk.*

@sweetboymatt3 11 ай бұрын

This was really enjoyable and informative! Good stuff!

@sujinkremujin 11 ай бұрын

i LOVE the plus/minus buff. great idea dude

@OGDNZ 11 ай бұрын

I love Nestfloh

@enlilus2093 11 ай бұрын

I love oj di en zet

@jorgeabud1133 11 ай бұрын

How do you guys think Illuminate Archeops would do in gen 5 OU at 140/112/110 offenses?

@Chalo122790 11 ай бұрын

holy shit Justin!!!! I didnt expect to see a Justin Clip here of all the places I miss him so much he just dissapeared from the internet

@Scrubby022 11 ай бұрын

Defeatist buff is one of the most original and interesting theoretical buff I’ve ever seen

@sayantanghosh9576 11 ай бұрын

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@atrixmj 11 ай бұрын

Goated comment

@treygreypaws3689 11 ай бұрын

Honey Gather could redirect bug moves and heal kinda like lightning rod. Ball Fetch could be motor drive for ball and multi hit moves. So it could increase your speed.

@huiwcleon 11 ай бұрын

This video is exceptionally fun among all the serious content from VGC content creators 😂

@jacobbrown9894 11 ай бұрын

I do genuinely appreciate the attempt to leave drawbacks as drawbacks just rebalance them so they’re a con on something usable and not just a Pokemon’s death knell

@zerowen4017 11 ай бұрын

I think a cool way to buff emergency exit would be the user switch’s after using a physical move after 50% hp, essentially making every move after 50% a pivot move.

@mcsmileycorp 11 ай бұрын

It's funny because they litterally added an effect to illuminate today, Illuminate pokemon can't have their accuracy reduced, really niche, but I guess it could have a use in really weird circumstances.

@yeager1957 11 ай бұрын

BTW as of the lastest SV update that dropped today Illuminate stops accuracy drops instead of effecting encounters. Some data miners found it

@crustybit09 11 ай бұрын

This would be a nice series. Great video

@mrdestructoo 11 ай бұрын

In the most recent update, the abilty illuminate was buffed to have an effect similar to the move flash.

@Hellzapopp1n 11 ай бұрын

No, Flash lowers the opponent’s accuracy. Illuminate now prevents the user’s accuracy from being lowered.

@NinjaCats777 11 ай бұрын

it literally wasn’t, no pokémon even has illluminate in gen 9 right now

@mintteafresh5558 11 ай бұрын

@@NinjaCats777 based on the most recent update, the description for Illuminate says that the Pokémon can't have its accuracy lowered. They're probably just buffing it in advance for the DLC, which also explains why there's new internal data for more TMs.

@mrdestructoo 11 ай бұрын

@@Hellzapopp1n oop

@NinjaCats777 11 ай бұрын

@@mintteafresh5558 oh nice, i actually haven’t heard a thing about this. thanks for informing me

@843Chadwick 11 ай бұрын

Imma say this every video the developers need to update the move lists for Pokemon to learn more moves because Slaking using Entrainment would be insanely fun.

@M1guelEsh 11 ай бұрын

kinda unrelated to the vid but cool to see you getting the raid ad, hope to see you growing even more goat

@dsburton 11 ай бұрын

Congrats on the sponsorship!

@usmansiddiqui1384 11 ай бұрын

I think the most fun way to change normalize would be to make it so that every Pokémon on the field uses normal type moves. It probably still wouldn’t be the best, but it would be so chaotic.

@MJyoung35 11 ай бұрын

I been saying for years They just need to give Slaking and Regigigas Slow Start but lower the counter to 2 or 3 turns and allow it to switch out without resetting the counter. Ball Fetch could maybe be all Round or ball shaped Pokemon take extra damage lol it could be a great Amoongus check

@lusciouslocks8790 11 ай бұрын

I love Klutz honestly, I'm glad you didn't change it. You can use it to trick an Assault Vest onto a stall mon which is hilarious.

@orionmoontail69 11 ай бұрын

I wouldn't mind ball fetch be taken in a parental bond kind of spin but for ball, bomb and bullet class of attacks. A little inversion of the bulletproof ability 🏀 🐕 Edit: a thought just came to mind. Another way could be like oricorio's dancer ability but for the attack classes stated above

@TransparentlyDuplicitous 11 ай бұрын

For Slow Start, how about removing the counter reset, then reworking it so that the Pokémon gets +20% Attack and Defense and +10% Speed at the end of every turn until the fifth turn it's out? It gets a free Bulk Up at the end of its slow start and isn't just a sitting duck until then.

@RudolphMcNeil 11 ай бұрын

I think there is a few way ways we could buff Truant, without breaking it: 1. Allow for very specific non-attack-based moves to be used, that are themed around being lazy or nonchalant. Stuff like yawn, slack off, after you, amnesia, sleep talk and so on. It would not be the first Game freak made such specific abilities, look at Bullet proof and abilities like that. 2. On the turn that it is loafing, Slaking gains a 1 stage defense and spec-def buff. This will prevent it from just being ganged up so easily while it’s loafing and in a team that has Aurora Veil, Screens or if Slaking had raised it own defenses through something like Bulk up/Amnesia on a turn that it could attack. 3. Make it so it has a built in leftovers on the turn it loafs.

@zachroselle4766 11 ай бұрын

Klutz is really funny to use with Lagging Tail Lopunny. Has access to a pretty solid Fake Out, and you can then Switcheroo the Lagging Tail onto an opposing mon with no detriment to Lopunny since Klutz makes her unaffected by the item.

@emeraldkat7344 11 ай бұрын

Would love more list vids like this they're very interesting

@heheheiamasuperstarwarrior9281 8 ай бұрын

Lmao the ball fetch and fling thing reminded me of my favorite showdown battle ever. The guy had one marshadow named "pkmn trainer" They were holding a master ball and using fling

@pokenerdivan 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for being the FIRST poketuber ive EVER heard pronounce Truant correctly.

@LordHerisson-xj8vb 10 ай бұрын

13:12 well, Malisson prof. Lapin came up with an idea for ball fetch and it would be a kind of Stakeout clone, wich, sounds kind of weird, but it could be a little more useful

@JDvb23 Ай бұрын

The plusle and minun as chopper thumbnail is hilarious. Only reason I clicked

@agediho6009 11 ай бұрын

i was about to comment how you didnt say stinker at the beginning but then you said it and i was happy

@nate4238 11 ай бұрын

Dang, you reawakened some memories showing TheJustinFlynn. It's been 7 years since his last video; I hope he's doing alright.

@scorpionvenom9031 2 ай бұрын

Honestly, I like the idea of the ball fetch ability synergizing with fling like that. Fling doesn't get much play, and when it does its very niche and gimicky, so having a pokemon be able to reliably use it like that would be really fun

@giovannirocket9954 11 ай бұрын

So for Ball Fetch, it can power up "bullet" type moves like Shadow Ball and Bullet Seed by 20%. Alternatively it could give multi moves that don't deal contact damage an additional hit, making Bullet Seed go from a 2-5 hit move to 3-6 hit move.

@NeilVGC 11 ай бұрын

Grats on the sponsor ❤

@GeorgeDCowley 8 ай бұрын

I was thinking that Truant should have higher power/always crit when it works, fitting Slacking's lore. 5:50 I think the "joke" is that Golisopod only pretends it's different.

@66Roses 2 ай бұрын

I'm excited for a chance to skip a Raid ad on your videos Moxie!

@pedplays9496 11 ай бұрын

The raid sponsor was so unexpected.

@MoxieBoosted 11 ай бұрын

Moving up in the world

@jbyrne4531 11 ай бұрын

FINALLY!! I've been using the Truant = True Ant explanation as headcanon for years.

@DeisFortuna 11 ай бұрын

Illuminate boosting accuracy for the pokemon with it *does* make sense, but I also feel like it could work as a Punk Rock type ability for Light based moves like Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, Flash Cannon, and any others I'm probably forgetting... But I also feel like that effect is more deserved for a more aggressive pokemon's signature ability, or an ability that sounds more like it's gonna focus those light based attacks into a laser. Also, while Klutz doesnt *seem* to have a competitive use, it does, since it not only renders the pokemon immune to getting tricked a bad item, but it can just say "no u" to the strat by running a detrimental item itself.

@marianosimoniglesias 11 ай бұрын

OMG CONGRATS FOR THE SPONSOR

@shooby9496 4 ай бұрын

"Defeatist" works the exact opposite of most of my favorite videogame passives. Jesus.

@i-work-at-enron 10 ай бұрын

There was a Plusle-Minun combo in Colosseum's Battle mode that absolutely destroyed me. I don't know if they had perfect EVs or what but they just rain dance-thunder'd the hell out of me and I had nothing to counter it at the time.

@duckiivg6738 11 ай бұрын

Ball fetch could be like a redirection ability (same as lightning rod) but for bullet like moves (so compare bulletproofs list) and the idea is the user is so obsessed with catching balls it catches moonblasts and shadow balls an gains an attack boost

@_puduposting 10 ай бұрын

I think it could be fun if ball fetch has a chance to return a teamate's item during double battles after they use/lose them Like your ally gets hit by knock off, lose their leftovers, or throws their item with Fling and Yamper goes back to retrieve it, same case if they use a held item that can only be used once (not berries tho)

@mr.moonthegoon4178 Ай бұрын

Emergency exit giving a baton pass effect would be cool, since it's a tactical retreat, so it gives it's ally a boost on its way out

@vjm3 Күн бұрын

Klutz: The user cannot use held items. _When an opponent with Klutz uses a move that causes confusion, the opponent's ability also becomes Klutz until the end of the battle._

@RaynmanPlays 10 ай бұрын

Klutz actually does do something in competitive: It prevents the user from being Tricked a Choice item.

@tbone6032 11 ай бұрын

For ball fetch I have a cool idea. Give the Pokémon an effect when holding a pokeball, and it could change based on the ball. Ex hold a master ball give it a life orb buff Great ball a defensive buff Fast ball give it speed Etc etc

@PlanGoneAwry 6 ай бұрын

Ball fetch could be like a lightning rod/ storm drain like ability but for ball moves. Basically like bulletproof but with some sort of stat increase instead of immunity

@eightteentwo 11 ай бұрын

Some ideas for Ball Fetch (some good, some memey) 1) The user gains a 50% stat boost when equipped with a ball based on the ball. Master ball would probably give an omni boost, but for balance, maybe a 20% omni boost instead of a the 50% boost. 2) It gains the effect of Magician, where it steals the item of the target. 3) If any pokemon (including the user) loses an item via any method other than using a single-use item (e.g. Knock Off, Fling, Corrosive Gas), the user picks up the item. 4) Physical moves gain the effect of Pursuit, but without the damage boost. Maybe only if the target is holding an item. 5) Your opponent's ball items (e.g. Light Ball, Life Orb, Iron Ball) have no effect while the user is on the field

@redacted1521 4 ай бұрын

Honestly, ball fetch would be pretty cool if it made the user of the ability be immune to and drawn in "Ball" attacks. Since dogs that are trained especially to fetch are typically not hit by, but rather catch and pay very close attention to a ball in-flight, it would be interesting to see a Pokemon that can completely wall out an entire subcategory of attacks. Sort of like the ultimate counter to Mega Launcher.

@UmMortoCriativo 10 ай бұрын

the ball ability can work like that: If your pokemon is holding a pokeball and use any move, the damage will be buff to 10%/50% and it has diferent effects depending on the ball your poke is carring. Like if it was a quick ball, the pokemon will deal 50% more damage on the first turn in battle, then he will deal 40% on the second turn, 30% on the third turn...

@MrOofio64 11 ай бұрын

Congrats with the sponsor

@lingus1382 11 ай бұрын

Gotta give props on the thumbnail you killed it lol

@atrixmj 11 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@roccopecori8446 11 ай бұрын

I actually have an idea for ball fetch, it can be made so it nullifies the switch in moves like u-turn or volt switch for the opponent (imagine it like the pokemon intercepting the opposing trainer pokeball)

@dvdv4270 8 ай бұрын

The fact that mycelium might doesn’t even work on insomnia or vital spirit mons is just sad. They will get put to sleep but both abilities will “heal” the pokemon if they are asleep so they’ll basically wake up the moment they’re put to sleep.

@firemanking3271 10 ай бұрын

Ball fetch in combat idea. Some sort of buff depending on the type of ball the pokemon is in. Like a quick ball raising the speed stat, or a dive ball powering up water type moves.

@turtgligar88 11 ай бұрын

I remember trying a truant Durant I gen 5 😂. Its main “niche” is to help interrupt set up sweepers. Throw a choice scarf on him and use entrainment on the sweeper. It admittedly wasn’t great, but was fun lol

@SkyNinja759 8 ай бұрын

13:02 Ball fetch could retrieve items that are knocked off of teammates and give them back to them. Like sticky hold but also extending to allies. Then give sticky hold an added effect of "when the opponent attempts to remove this pokemon's item it's speed is reduced by one" signifying the pokemon's goo (think swalot) is left on the opponent. Ball fetch could also stop the effect of things like trick, switcheroo, etc.

@JustaGuy_Gaming 3 ай бұрын

Fetch could do something like 20% (or higher) chance of taking the enemy item when used. So if they use a berry, you have a chance of getting that same berry. If it's something like Leftovers, a persistent item you get it fully as well. Small chance to work, and can't work if you already have an item.