Pokemon’s Most Powerful Boosting Moves.

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Pokemon Competitive Singles is a game where Boosting up your Pokemon is a popular strategy to break through the enemies team and win.
Moves like Calm Mind, Swords Dance and Dragon Dance are commonly seen and quite widely distributed.
But sometimes there are boosting moves that go beyond the standard level of power, and can push Pokemon to absurd heights if they have access to them.
What are the strongest Boosting moves in Pokemon history? Jimcool has the answer. Jim does. Jimothy Pokemon can explain it all to you very well.
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@jimothycool Ай бұрын

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@shogunyan9998 Ай бұрын

"not for eating" not with that attitude

@fcox7015 Ай бұрын

i came just to check the status of the batle xd

@Yardo Ай бұрын

You forgot to mention No Retreat!

@Rumielle Ай бұрын

When I need a boost I just try to take a nap or maybe stretch a little.

@jimothycool Ай бұрын

That's intelligent.

@wyoming2868 Ай бұрын

Rest and Bulk up. Good combo mate

@despinsr Ай бұрын

Stretching will grant you the Limber ability, granting an immunity to paralysis. Gaming

@Super_Top_Secret_Area Ай бұрын

Hopefully Magcargo didn't decide to Terastalize into a Grass type to survive that Bubble Beam. Such a decision can have dire consequences in the Horse Council, because horses love eating grass.

@tigerlover2853 Ай бұрын

Nah, he’s gonna Terastallize into a Water type.

@dozokhu7392 Ай бұрын

Dragon would also bring great confusion to the council as how can he be both a dragon and a horse at once

@DkKobaADV Ай бұрын

Hoenn Gaiden altered pokemon brought them a Passho berry, an item normally not allowed in the region of Hoenn.

@ViraLCyclopes Ай бұрын

@@tigerlover2853horses love drinking water

@EvilApple567 Ай бұрын

@@ViraLCyclopes You can lead a horse to Tera Water Magcargo, but you can't make it drink

@doma3554 Ай бұрын

Hi Jim. It’s folks.

@Reinoiro Ай бұрын

As an honorable representative of folks i confirm we are honorable jimothy cool viewers

@anasbinmaalik3739 Ай бұрын

@@Reinoiro indeed

@Keerat-Batter-every-Day Ай бұрын

Hi hi

@pride_mitochondria3921 Ай бұрын

Hello Folks, I've just been accepted into the Folks Council.

@canaldecasta Ай бұрын

Hi folks. It's folks. Hi Us.

@glytchgaming6144 Ай бұрын

Rillaboom, who can also learn High Horsepower, jumped in front of the bubble beam to protect Macargo and enters himself into the conflict.

@luigisilver818_7 Ай бұрын

Naw it was Kingler lol

@Culk-kb4fn Ай бұрын

Horsea can't learn high horsepower. Immediately disintegrated.

@screamflight1044 Ай бұрын

Gen 1: I have Amnesia, the best boosting move in the game Gen 6: Hold my Power Herb Gen 8: Hold my Body Press

@andre-8420 Ай бұрын

...honestly Gen I amnesia is still stronger than those. You have to consider the opportunity cost and relative power levels of each meta and imo gen I amnesia is just straight up better

@A_Person_64 Ай бұрын

@@andre-8420Especially if the mon already has high physical defense so now they're tanky on both ends (Slowbro 🤢)

@saladgaming4339 Ай бұрын

I'm glad Macargo was able to survive the lethal Bubble, I hope we can get a glimpse into its methods

@raymondghuther1410 Ай бұрын

magcargo was lvl 100, horsea was lvl 1 dats why he lived fr fr

@SeriousStriker Ай бұрын

I fear that he terastalized into a Grass or Water type

@subtodicerat8305 Ай бұрын

@@raymondghuther1410 no i know the secret. max special attack modest bubble DOSE NOT ko magcargo

@tarunyadav3567 Ай бұрын

It was a bubble beam. Stop downplaying Horsea

@tecul1 Ай бұрын

extreme evoboost was meta in vgc

@jimothycool Ай бұрын

Z Moves are considered Fake by Scholars

@tecul1 Ай бұрын

understandable have a nice weekend

@volbla Ай бұрын

That's a shame. I was gonna bring up Z-splash :(

@ddd8828 Ай бұрын

@@jimothycool you are forgetting the king of gen 7, z-trick or treat pumpkaboo-small

@bigtoblerone8446 Ай бұрын

And then they introduced BODY PRESS, essentially making Iron Defense now do the same thing.

@susamogus8331 Ай бұрын

I mean yea that's why zamazenta is so good in vgc rn

@ThanatosZero Ай бұрын

Imagine Lugia gets Amnesia and a Special Defense variant of Body Press.

@JustRaii. 9 күн бұрын

erm actually acid armour 🤓

@oscara1573 2 күн бұрын

Actually barrier ☝️🤓 Wait...

@aceplaysstuff2621 Ай бұрын

If a Blaziken with speed boost uses bulk up, it essentially does a physical quiver dance

@FreyRosfield Ай бұрын

So, it essentially uses Victory Dance?

@iamhim408 Ай бұрын

there’s a reason its in Ubers lol

@aceplaysstuff2621 Ай бұрын

@@FreyRosfield oh yeah forgot about that lmao

@Altador8th Ай бұрын

@@iamhim408 its in UUBL in newer gens

@SilverScarletSpider Ай бұрын

7:40 Tail Glow should be given to Mespirit, Uxie, and Azelf to help differentiate them from Mew, Cresselia/Deoxys Defense, and Alakazam respectively

@sagetmaster4 Ай бұрын

Now I'm going to spend all day at work with this thought un the back if my head "IS shell smash the best choice for Heatran?"

@SilverScarletSpider Ай бұрын

Heatran, Metagross, and Volcanion. Lots of similarities. Much to discuss. A lot people will also note how a Leech Seed Protect Leftovers Celesteela set mirrors many Ferrothorn builds.

@WeWontGoAlone Ай бұрын

The ancient paradox Pokemon version of Hatterene: Old Broom is worldwide known as the best boost sweeper of all time.

@bocoaa8018 Ай бұрын

Filet (‘o fish) away has been forgotten. What a shame.

@jimothycool Ай бұрын

I did forget that. However that is just worse Shell Smash

@llorencalbons4803 Ай бұрын

Folks, I sure hope horsea does not have an ally with transfrom and is scheming some devious plot twist to the event.

@magmarman2633 Ай бұрын

Horsea may have created an alliance with Zoroark, who used its Illusion ability to mimic Magcargo's appearance. However, Mudsdale is a wise horse, and so it may have the ability to see through the illusion given some time

@rubenbartezzaghi6382 Ай бұрын

Sooner or later we need to get a 1+hour video with every horse council clip to get a deep understanding about the intricacies of pokemon politics

@techknight3753 Ай бұрын

My sources tell me that Magcargo's past lover Gastrodon-East may have infact intervened in Horsea's attempt on Magcargo. Using it's Storm Drain ability, it was able to redirect Horsea's lethal Bubble, protecting Magcargo, and gaining immense special strength in the process.

@LRXC1 Ай бұрын

I chose to forget about this through Amnesia

@nintendosaber1184 Ай бұрын

*Magcargo goes Tera Grass Horsea: "NANI?!"

@joshuapineda8708 Ай бұрын

Inb4 he turned Tera Dragon instead

@subtodicerat8305 Ай бұрын

i know how macargo survived. 252+ SpA Horsea Bubble Beam vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Magcargo with an ally's Aurora Veil: 186-222 (57.4 - 68.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO 252+ SpA Magcargo Hidden Power Grass vs. 252 HP / 0 SpD Horsea: 306-362 (115.9 - 137.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO

@nicogaming2859 Ай бұрын

Clearly, Magcargo used Shell Smash to outspeed the competition

@cephelos1098 Ай бұрын

Terastallization? Passho Berry? No. Magcargo has dealt with Horsea's prejudice enough that he knew that merely weathering the attack wouldn't settle things; he had to send a message. I suspect he enlisted the help of fellow horses Clodsire and Farigiraf to obtain Water Absorb through Skill Swap. With their greatest weapon entirely neutralized, Horsea would be powerless against the magmatic shelled equine. Magcargo wouldn't have to try and end things quickly with Rock Blast; he could go for a much more symbolic victory, defeating Horsea with High Horsepower itself.

@senny- Ай бұрын

5:26 Why do I find this so funny? Beautifly was like "I got a Quiver Dance! I can do this!" And then got absolutely destroyed.

@Brandon.thebaby Ай бұрын

Magcargo not only a horse, but is also THE GOAT, we’re gaming folks 🥶🥶🥶🐐🐐🐐🗿🗿🗿🗣️🗣️🗣️

@KrazyKyle-ij9vb Ай бұрын

goat council???

@lucasrxrxx1859 Ай бұрын

@@KrazyKyle-ij9vbis gogoat a horse?

@AIDcyt Ай бұрын

you forgot about No Retreat Mr. Jimothy Cool also Fell Stinger might be a very good boosting move if given to Scizor

@DarkAuraLord Ай бұрын

technician boosted fell stinger would be sick

@usernametaken017 Ай бұрын

@@DarkAuraLordnonononononoNONONONONO

@cradiculous Ай бұрын

The best boosting move is Harden, obviously. Ash and and that other guy couldn't beat each other when they both started using it and it invoked Endless Battle.

@FirstLastname604 Ай бұрын

I have a hunch that magcarco’s old college buddy clodsire jumped in and tanked the bubble beam with its water absorb ability, with his shared access to high horsepower, this could be the start of a new tyranny for the horse council

@PC-ni6bp Ай бұрын

I love how gen 1 has the most infamous boosting moves, and yet outside of ubers boosting moves are probably at their worst in gen 1.

@newrallyxeviousgamer Ай бұрын

5:29 Why is Venomoth an example here? It’s competitive history isn’t actually any bad.

@OdysseyExe Ай бұрын

I agree I frowned hearing it being grouped with Beautifly...

@troyvita255 Ай бұрын

Who else got chills when he actually said the h in herb

@michabaron4129 Ай бұрын

Even before the battle happened I had a headcanon that Magcargo will focus sash -> shellsmash and win against Horsea (that's the power of a well structured story, I was sure it was way too early to kill the protagonist*). Now im sure that's what happened. Too perfect with the subject of this vid to not happen. *If you think that's what happened in game of thrones and think it analogous I strongly disagree on both points.

@b1uezje Ай бұрын

Oh, thank God that Magcargo is safe. I couldn't sleep last night thinking about him.

@cadetjones9205 Ай бұрын

After training with Heatran in secret, Magcargo acquired newfound power as well as a new signature ability, Evaporate. It utilized this new ability to absorb Horsea's bubble beam, firing back with a water vapor boosted Magma Storm, decimating Horsea completely.

@justme14357 Ай бұрын

Magcargo surviving is something i didn't expect. Let's see what happens next.

@formerlypie8781 Ай бұрын

What about no retreat? The boys will not be forgotten Jim!

@Verminator4 Ай бұрын

Veluza's Filet Away might have warranted a mention, but really that's just a slightly shittier shell smash on a subpar pokemon

@2010AZ Ай бұрын

What if Magcargo actually used Zoroark as a body double to tank that bubble beam ? Frightening.

@keef920 Ай бұрын

I’m curious what the horse council thinks about Flygon’s latest nuzlocke, the “horse”locke

@vonskeedle5309 Ай бұрын

I just can't believe Jim didn't talk about the true most powerful boosting move: Defense Curl. Its synergy with Rollout is absolutely meta-defining!

@givepraise5268 Ай бұрын

Folks, it's looking like Magcargo might have used a boosting move to come out victorious. Whether the boosting move is illegal or not is up for future historians to decide.

@tarkusvontortellini1877 Ай бұрын

Mad props to Magcargo, are we witnessing his tera grass tera blast combo? If so this could be one of the most insane moments in the Horse Council Civil War.

@RemindMeToCheck Ай бұрын

5:50 - That Volcarona got demolished so hard it was cut out of the video.

@eeveewithcoffee9554 Ай бұрын

I love how so many RBY KZfaqrs just have a file of every amnesia clip from shows

@franciscovaldes4107 Ай бұрын

Hey Jimothy, i love your content and i really like how you ask for subscribers through an interesting story, as soon as i discovered your channel i got engaged, keep up the good work and i wish the best for you, greetings from Chile! Your content is so good that it travels through continents and different languages

@kokirikid817 Ай бұрын

Was very shocked to see Magcargo pull through. I thought he was a goner

@r.j.tammaro8383 Ай бұрын

Xerneas with terra sounds like the most broken thing ever conceived

@aMartin315 Ай бұрын

Boosting moves have existed since the first games in the Pokémon series.

@yowza9638 Ай бұрын

In competitive, boosting up your Pokémon's stats is often your win condition.

@SSBMNicki Ай бұрын

I believe that the pokémon Gogoat, feeling ostracized by the horse council for being a goat, decided to protect Magcargo from the water type attack and joined forces with Magcargo.

@FloorFourteen Ай бұрын

My absolute favorite booster over the years was Belly Drum/Sitrus Berry/Unburden Slurpuff in Gen 6. Never played it competitively but there was probably 25 kids in my high school that were playing X and Y and bringing their 3DS daily for streetpass and battles. Slurpuff won me a lot of casual matches that year. Good times.

@papipaupanda1401 Ай бұрын

what a win by Magcargo. I think Magcargo survived by sheer focus, or by enduring such a hit driven by his goal for the Horse Council 🤔

@fortello7219 Ай бұрын

On the complete other side of this discussion: Theres Work Up. Which is simply a +1 to attack & sp. attack. I find it to be a very interesting move, the kind i feel would fit right into generation 2. As its extrmely rare that a mixed attacker would prefer the move over basically all other boosting moves.

@johnlordly Ай бұрын

Worth mentioning Curse here as well. Curse Snorlax one of the most infamous pokemon ever.

@slappydave4241 Ай бұрын

I want modern Heracross and/or Pinsir to get shell smash. Maybe even Escavalier or Durant. Bugs got exoskeletons that they molt to grow and become stronger, they should be able to shell smash too!

@slappydave4241 Ай бұрын

Also Kingler should get shell smash, all hail the crab lord!

@cuteboy4420 Ай бұрын

Today we once again reminded of Quiver dance's quality

@Epzilon12 Ай бұрын

Niche Gen 1 info. There’s a meta game called Tradebacks that lets you use moves learned in Gen 2 in RBY (as long as they exist). This lets you use Amnesia Hypno, which becomes the best psychic type in the tier

@aussiecanuck3628 Ай бұрын

Macargo used a ditto like a shadow clone

@TheAbstractparadox Ай бұрын

No Retreat may not be as useful as some of these, but certainly has the coolest animation

@Kneefoil Ай бұрын

Magcargo surviving the devastating Bubble Beam is a real Sunny Day miracle! It's no wonder I was sweating in anticipation of the battle results.

@dylldj Ай бұрын

i will remained subbed to "jimothy" cool so that i may know how magcargo cheated against the rightous horsea.

@aldrichunfaithful3589 Ай бұрын

don't worry folks magcargo didn't have to use his tera grass, he actually relied on a strange phenomenon known as the "gen 1 miss". it is rumoured to be able to prevent events from occurring, though how magcargo managed to achieve this is uncertain

@DoodleWill Ай бұрын

No Retreat I remember was really hyped up until people saw it was only for Falinks. That said, its this move which lets Falinks be a strong low-tier Pokémon.

@triviszla1536 Ай бұрын

The power level pokemon can reach with Shell Smash is absurd. Imagine if Crawdaunt got Shell Smash instead of Dragon Dance!

@personalsheep1850 Ай бұрын

I have a sneaking suspicion gastrodon, an infamous horse impostor may have been involved in the fight between magcargo and horsea. I think it likely that using its storm drain ability it absorbed horsea's bubblebeam for magcargo

@chasefeaster4232 Ай бұрын

Don't forget about Porygon-Z Z-Conversion, made it UUBL in Sun/Moon!

@GeorgeX_Nazariego Ай бұрын

I’ve have seen a Magcargo wreaking havoc with Shell Smash and Weak Armor 🔥

@EpiclyEpicGamer Ай бұрын

cant believe fillet away, no retreat, extreme evoboost, and clangorous soulblaze were forgotten (yes that last one is an attack but id say an attack that gives you an omni-boost is even more ridiculous than one that isnt)

@cbass2238 Ай бұрын

Love skipping around these videos. Last time i watched, the horse council was just having an argument, apparently I missed an entire war.

@stanlejaune6581 Ай бұрын

Gen 1 Amnesia and Geomancy made Mewtwo and Xerneas the two most broken mons in History, where Shell Smash still sounds like a way to make some Pokémon viable. Considering Mewtwo had no real counterplay but himself in Gen 1, Amnesia goes for the win to me.

@fabiomcmuffin Ай бұрын

Who is supplying magcargo with passho berries 🤔

@Fernando-rr7bx Ай бұрын

TORTERRA MENTIONED RAHHHHH‼️

@Satarack Ай бұрын

I think the most powerful boosting move is definitely Baton Pass, no joke. Yes it's technically not a boosting move, but it lets you give any pokemon boosted stats, even if that pokemon doesn't have boosting moves on its own. It should at least be an honourable mention because its primary function is providing stat boosts to a pokemon.

@ninjaman0003 Ай бұрын

magcargo must've tera'd horse!

@BigHatSupremacist Ай бұрын

Surely Magcargo had help from it's good friend and known criminal Gastrodon. This is worrying turn of events. I fear that the slugs will soon make a power play to overthrow the horse council.

@eshasunrise Ай бұрын

If I had to guess, Meganium likely intervened in the battle, leaving the horse council in a Pinsir maneuver, perhaps as an attempt to pressure the council into acepting him. That said, ground resists bug, so I imagine Mudsdsle intends to still say neigh. Anyway, amnesia is bonkers. Not sure why they decided on the 5-stat system in gen 1 in the first place, but I'm glad it's changed.

@flookaraz Ай бұрын

Magcargo survived with a focus sash and used solar beam to OHKO horsea

@aaronfarabaugh6573 Ай бұрын

Magcargo survived the bubblebeam because it has recently been given access to Water Absorb as an ability

@thatchicksebby Ай бұрын

I think that if youre going to bring up Clangorous Soul, No Retreat should be mentioned as well imo. Just Clangorous Soul with a better downside on a worse Pokemon.

@LukeA471 Ай бұрын

Classic WoW music was peak music selection

@gOaTsCrEw Ай бұрын

Yeah, really thoughtful choice! It's similar to Westfall and it seems like it would be a nighttime track, but I just can't place it. Do you know?

@c_o_o_l_c_a_t Ай бұрын

Dancing makes you stronger, tis true…

@magebear7 Ай бұрын

I'm curious how the Slowbro line deal with the horse council. Hippos are cousins to horses and are often called water horses.

@NotAnElk Ай бұрын

I just finished this video and then KZfaq auto played right back into it. What a website

@MAYOFORCE Ай бұрын

I've been playing Shin Megami Tensei a lot recently and late game parties will abuse Luster Candy, which boosts all your party's stats by 1 and Debilitate which lowers all enemy stats by 1, and neither have any drawbacks other than high MP costs. If those moves were in Pokemon and were distributed to mons that could take advantage of them do you think they would affect the meta by much?

@ucjepkjl7fbne6shltft3mlw8 Ай бұрын

Perhaps Magcargo survived because of Desolate Land? Primal Groudon, while niche, actually sees some use in Ubers as support for Magcargo.

@chardawg5911 Ай бұрын

Honorable mention to the Z-boosting moves. The fact that moves that literally do nothing like splash and celebrate can be turned into +1 omni-boosts with no drawbacks. Also moves like Z-Belly Drum get nice bonuses added to them

@mr.sandman7339 Ай бұрын

Besides Megas, the status Z-moves are the only gimmick I'd like to see again. They were actually well balanced since you typically had to use a move that's risky or otherwise useless in order to get the good effects. If your sweep didn't work, you ended up losing that mon or it's stuck playing with 3 moves for the rest of the game. But when it worked, it was so satisfying.

@cheesyb4975 Ай бұрын

This whole situation is disgraceful. The horses finally have a space for themselves and a bunch of greedy opportunists are trying to take advantage of them again by loopholes. Can't wait for next video to see how magcargo cheated his way in again.

@ThatOneGuy8305 Ай бұрын

Gen 1 amnesia is so powerful that the best - and perhaps ONLY real solution to a fast 'mon with gen 1 amnesia (mewtwo) is gen 1 amnesia. Geomancy Xerneas is insanely powerful, but can be beaten by things other than itself, while Gen 1 mewtwo often forces a drawn out mirror solely because it is the only actual check to itself.

@CoNteMpTone Ай бұрын

What many people dont know is that magcargo actually has the ability horsedrain so it actually takes no damage from any horse type pokemon like horsea.

@JTL_NBB Ай бұрын

boosting moves have existed since the first game in the Pokemon series

@Gotsyn Ай бұрын

Boosting moves have existed since the first games in the Pokemon series.

@durk8892 Ай бұрын

I cannot believe Jim forgot about the most powerful boosting move, Fillet Away. This amazing move is powerful enough to make the otherwise unremarkable Veluza a top tier threat

@JohnSmith-l1r Ай бұрын

Belly drum technically grants +12, it boosts from -6 to +6 which is capped at 6 but still boosts 12

@Waterwish545 Ай бұрын

z-normal celebrate is pretty ridiculous, 1 stage to all stats

@armorbearer9702 Ай бұрын

I will agree that Shell Smash is the most broken. I can see it beating any check with some speed investment.

@farzalou2154 Ай бұрын

Content from Sir Jimothy. Yay.

@circleturtles Ай бұрын

I would run a pure physical belly drum Zard on my ninjask team lol. Baton pass into Zard against something that's afraid of fire, then belly drum while they switch and sweep lol

@mellow8176 Ай бұрын

jimothy, how did you make me care this much about The Battle of the Trident?

@sethnaffziger1402 18 күн бұрын

I wish you had mentioned belly drum linoome 😂Geomancy is definitely OP but I only think it has the reputation it does because of the absolutely broken pokemon they introduced it on, If you had geomancy on, say, a pokemon like Groudon, no one would even care... Shell smash, however, is an entirely different story, if it is ever given to an offensive powerhouse, it will be game breaking. This one move even transforms bad defensive pokemon into terrifying sweepers. This move alone has shot multiple pokemon back into competative relevancy.