The Fall of Pokemon's Strongest Pseudo-Legendary
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@kaotic300 3 ай бұрын
it would be sooo epic of ray wins a 4th world championship and takes metagross to the top once again 🏆🌎
@FlygonkingVGC 3 ай бұрын
It’s not that gross now with heavy slam
@treysmith9314 3 ай бұрын
Gouging fire is not gonna let that happen
@kaotic300 3 ай бұрын
@@treysmith9314 depends on the set and if the tera is used (i've seen many tera fairy gouging fires) metagross can technically win a world championship just by being on a winning even if it isn't used in battle (thereby avoiding a gouging fire matchup)
@zhanlin6179 3 ай бұрын
It’ll be very cool if that happens. But let’s be real, even for Wolfey who’s keeping up with VGC for years nonstop along with good results, winning worlds is still a hard thing. Even if Ray is as good as he was a decade ago, giving him this expectation for his returning is still a bit toxic.
@kaotic300 3 ай бұрын
@@zhanlin6179 just qualifying for worlds is crazy hard, let alone winning it. ray winning for a 4th time (with or without a metagross) would make for an amazing story, but is highly unlikely. its probably more wishful thinking than toxic tho
@Bjix 3 ай бұрын
GameFreak needs to grow some balls and give metagross shift gear
@joegarcia0 3 ай бұрын
Bro wtf, no 😂
@WalmartWhite. 3 ай бұрын
Enjoy your dislike @@joegarcia0
@fogwzu1939 3 ай бұрын
@@joegarcia0yes ,Yes, YES!
@avej99 3 ай бұрын
Relax satan
@Shikiai12 3 ай бұрын
@@joegarcia0Ngl next generations power level would probably actually make this balanced and finally give him the UU placement he deserves(shift gear metagross isn’t hitting Ubers or OU, to many ground and fire types would don’t care about it kingambit, Darkrai, meowscarada can do something, and Doubles in general) Nvm I was wrong
@oopsgtg 3 ай бұрын
Great video, I'd also add that Metagross was the best mon in Gen 3 VGC as well, Isao Yoshioka won Japan Nationals 2004 with it, and Takashi Mase used it to win in 2005, it was also the most used in the 2005 format.
@danielboismier6194 3 ай бұрын
I think Metagross was on at least a few of the winning teams in 2006’s JAA.
@xdferocious6016 3 ай бұрын
Calling yourself a washed up king is hilarious 😂
@AlmostNamedOne 3 ай бұрын
hasn't won a worlds in a while
@rudrahazari8087 3 ай бұрын
@@AlmostNamedOnehas not played worlds in a while , went out on top
@AlmostNamedOne 3 ай бұрын
oh i thought he just stopped being the best
@rudrahazari8087 3 ай бұрын
@@AlmostNamedOne na he does commentary now for regionals and all
@rudrahazari8087 3 ай бұрын
He is the only person to win worlds 3 times
@scottcrysel 3 ай бұрын
One of my all time faves. Still bring my shiny cherish ball metagross forward from ORAS every gen for celebrity appearances on the ladder
@2yoyoyo1Unplugged 3 ай бұрын
SAME
@BlueEye096 3 ай бұрын
Metagross and Incineroar. The strongest Pokemon in history vs the strongest Pokemon of today.
@AuroraBoost 3 ай бұрын
Metagross really hit that "Nah I'd win" on Incineroar
@iantaakalla8180 3 ай бұрын
Metagross really tried to break and repair its brain with five Zen Headbutt Domain Expansions, and still lost
@xyannail4678 3 ай бұрын
Incineroar really hit Metagross with the "With this treasure I summon, Dark Lariat."
@miracleboysatori7160 3 ай бұрын
@@iantaakalla8180 Zenin Headbutt
@Warlord_Megatron 2 ай бұрын
@@AuroraBoost you got it reversed bud
@dustrose8101 3 ай бұрын
Not washed, just a retired king.
@plutigvid 3 ай бұрын
It still makes me so sad that he got cheated out of his world's qualification this last competitive year. I think he had a very real chance of having an amazing world's run, and I was so excited for the storyline.
@chefkochjay 3 ай бұрын
My Boi just casually inserted clips of him beating Wolfey in this video. Gotta love their friendship :)
@VampiresAreRealGuys Ай бұрын
lmao and "Aaron Cyberton Zheng here"
@BigDeetz 3 ай бұрын
Funny how Beldum is still so hard to catch when metagross is no longer nearly so intimidating
@gregorymirabella1423 3 ай бұрын
It doesn't have take down anymore and is easier to find, so it's not so bad anymore.
@Greninja3366 2 ай бұрын
My first ever shiny was a shiny metang in Pokémon black, I got it to 1hp and paralyzed it, then used over 300 timer balls on it without catching it, then after I used up all my revives it killed itself by hitting my volcarona 💀 This happened so long ago but I still remember it clearly and despise the metagross line to this day
@gregorymirabella1423 2 ай бұрын
@@Greninja3366 I feel bad for 2 reasons. One is the fact that you went through that, and the other is that I caught the shadow Metagross in coliseum in a pokeball on my first try.
@atpyro7920 2 ай бұрын
@@gregorymirabella1423 in fairness, that metagross's catch rate was bumped up to 45 instead of 3
@gregorymirabella1423 2 ай бұрын
@@atpyro7920 ...I didn't know that. I feel a lot less special now.
@AceTrainerLiam 3 ай бұрын
Love these deep dives! Can’t wait for more!
@harb1ng3r82 3 ай бұрын
The gutting of explosion was a really unfortunate change, but I get why GameFreak chose to do it. Thanks for making this vid, because I think a lot of people these days really don’t understand how dominant Metagross was for a few generations, and hearing the GOAT talk about VGC Gross from firsthand experience is awesome.
@jordannng7180 3 ай бұрын
Steel types should still resist ghost. I have no idea why they changed that. Ghost is such a phenomenal typing both offensively and defensively. Metagross definitely suffered one of the hardest during that transition. Aegislash ruined everything lol
@poxx1525 3 ай бұрын
Cool to see you making content. I remember the Wigglytuff regional win you got in X and Y and it got me to take VGC seriously.
@nnicoiosi 3 ай бұрын
Let me add that Metagross is, to no surprise, the king of Orre Colosseum (Gen 3 VGC) as well. Clear Body, access to the best physical movepool pre-phys/spec-split including the coveted EQ and Explosion (both of which get no spread damage reduction in gen 3) and the rare steel type with its amazing synergy with the other best mons, the Latis, make it the undisputed best physical attacker in the format.
@lelandwhitehead56 3 ай бұрын
Has been my favorite ‘mon since Steven Stone used it against me in Ruby and then gave me a baby Beldum. I’d love for it to see some competitive successes again!
@MorrisPXG 3 ай бұрын
Metagross in the Past:Kaboom? Arceus:Yes Metagross,Kaboom.
@brady7222 3 ай бұрын
metagross is one of my favorites! I hope it kicks ass in vgc now that it's back
@unknown634VODS 3 ай бұрын
I forgot I got your metagross event pokemon until I saw the clip of your shiny metagross and then I remembered the distribution
@wesselvandorsten 3 ай бұрын
My all-time favourite 'mon. Will never stop trying to force teams around it.
@Mcspazz731 3 ай бұрын
Same. Glad to see a fellow cultured pokemon fan worshipping at the church of Metagross
@juggerdarknaut013 3 ай бұрын
Metagross for life!!!
@kamemelia_ 3 ай бұрын
Same! He's been in 90% of my teams
@inoobtacular501 3 ай бұрын
@rayrizzo. You'll always be the goat. You're not washed
@TheRealKaylee_loljk 3 ай бұрын
He has funny jokes
@SacredBlaziken 3 ай бұрын
He's the eternal Opp of the Modern GOAT, Wolfe Glick. Wolfie and Ray are Metagross & Incineroar
@stallsunguy3064 3 ай бұрын
@@SacredBlaziken TRUE
@tommyvril 3 ай бұрын
More of these please 👏🏼
@JpDeltell 3 ай бұрын
You forgot to mention it has the best shiny in the game. Jokes aside, great video great editing🎉
@Connowot387 3 ай бұрын
0:20 Sonic Boom! Nice!
@ZitroNino 3 ай бұрын
love your videos keep it up man 😎
@gheleorm8894 3 ай бұрын
Nice vid' and instructive ! Thanks !
@ArgenPolmerica 3 ай бұрын
I love how you used the clip of Goh catching a Beedrill
@jebalitabb8228 3 ай бұрын
Metagross has always been my fav pseudo legend so it’s sad to see where it is
@troybrockmorales1444 3 ай бұрын
I really liked this video. I have been wanting to play older gen formats with my friends, but I can't find much infk about those metas and strategies of that time. I hope that is something you can make a video on
@mainzer45 3 ай бұрын
If you're interested in older gen game play, at least for singles, big yellow, reverend, and plague von karma are great for gen 1, jimothy cool has a good amount of gen 3 content, and bkc for gen 1-4 content and some other gens here and there, with a ton of good gen 2 content. You can also look up pre-built teams and viability rankings for old gens to get a good idea of how to build a team in any individual generation.
@troybrockmorales1444 3 ай бұрын
@mainzer45 where can I look up for pre built teams for older gen? Is there a website that has all that info? Maybe info on older metas and so forth
@mainzer45 3 ай бұрын
@@troybrockmorales1444 just start by looking up generation(IE rby/gsc/rse/dpp) then prebuild, normally you'll find them on the smogon forums. Same as the viability rankings. Prebuild teams on the forums tend to have explanations of their roles as well in the metagame, and so do many viability rankings.
@standjob9161 3 ай бұрын
Metagross one of the few pseudos directly nerfed like 3 times it was so sad
@eduardohierro6086 3 ай бұрын
Babe, wake up, new Ray Rizzo
@calebcalhoun9847 3 ай бұрын
“Metagross, *much like myself sadly* , is the washed up king” Me: Huh? _checks channel_ WAIT WTF? RAY RIZZO?!
@MrBrowser1881 3 ай бұрын
subscribed, glad I just found this channel, awesome and insightful video, thank you
@lachlanbaxter-jones7541 3 ай бұрын
Great thumbnails! Wouldn’t of found the channel without them
@Anaomilfairbanks Ай бұрын
7:48 Wolfe is a complete chad rolling with all shinies to the top of worlds stage
@SoulXCross. 3 ай бұрын
It's the same with Empoleon. Steel types losing the 2 resistance, and now losing Scald, really sealed the deal on Empoleon opportunity to finally shine big.
@Lilskeevs 3 ай бұрын
Great video from the goat 🐐💯💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼
@algar6616 3 ай бұрын
Great content I’m contented
@promarebs3895 3 ай бұрын
Gouging fire howl + life orb metagross is soooo good
@yommmrr 3 ай бұрын
I havent subbed to anyone in a long while but i just did. This channel will go somewhere.
@Dadmagic 3 ай бұрын
Great editing!
@bryanmarcia4104 3 ай бұрын
Holy Moly its Ray Rizzo
@killerqueen721 19 күн бұрын
It's less of a fall from grace and more of a retirement
@Seetiyan 3 ай бұрын
The editing in this video is top-notch! I cracked up at the car crash.
@pokezach494_ 3 ай бұрын
Thank you sir, I appreciate that 🫡
@johncapet 3 ай бұрын
the thumbnail is sick
@bryanurbay1208 3 ай бұрын
12:40 ULTRAKILL DETECTED
@xfusionz619 3 ай бұрын
I feel bad for metagross 😢
@The_Psycho_Bad_Boy Ай бұрын
same, my boi got nerfed 😢
@daviaugustodeoliveira9047 3 ай бұрын
my favorite pokémon
@nobodyimportant4778 2 ай бұрын
Fun fact: beldum's got the same catch rate as arceus, except it can kill itself.
@SerDerpish 3 ай бұрын
One of my favorite mons ever! HYYYYPE 🍻🙌🏽🎉
@Submissive-Soul 3 ай бұрын
one of Metagrosses worst hits was the weakness to ghost and dark so many strong ghosts and mega gengar trapped and hit it's weaker special defence... Aegislash could easily tank an earthquake and kill it back with a spec shadowball
@kobiemartinbose6126 3 ай бұрын
Metagross SHOULD have a good showing in gen 9 VGC especially with buffs in Heavy slam and bullet punch with CB sets to deal with mane. Psychic Fangs can be significant to break through against the recent regional uproar of specs Articuno with veil A-Ninetales. It still has good support offense in knock off is superb for rocky helmet/choice users. Personally, if the Snow teams with cuno and A-Ninetales continue to be threats, Metagross alongside other good counters like tera water Ting-lu would bring major assets to the table as counterplays while serving as threatening offensive pokemon.
@YoJoRockThaBeat 3 ай бұрын
Being weak to Fluttermane and Dark Shifu just hurts it so much though. Mainly the latter. If it wasn't for that I think Metagross would be on more howl teams.
@ecid1176 3 ай бұрын
Now let's just give him shift gear and watch the world burn.
@poppyfrancis7338 3 ай бұрын
I miss old explosion. The move was balanced well enough as it was, it didn't need to lose the defense lowering. Although, that said, I don't find explosion strategies fun to begin with, I just want them to be worth considering in serious play again
@ernestomoreno4409 3 ай бұрын
I played the early games when they were released without realising that steel was resistant to dark and ghost.
@FlygonkingVGC 3 ай бұрын
I’m gonna say it again megas coming back with dynamic speed would be crazy
@goomyiscute777 3 ай бұрын
“If you’re nothing without the Metagrossite, then you shouldn’t have it.”
@zm2mad9 3 ай бұрын
Bro got shafted hard by mechanics changes. First it was the explosion nerf, then the nerf to steel, power creep, losing mega in Gen 8
@ZedBeiFeng 3 ай бұрын
Incineroar was busted then they gave him parting shot like why he was already winning every world championship he doesn’t need parting shot.
@cloudstrife6793 3 ай бұрын
Great video man, always appreciate your take on this game. Did you manage tonqualifybfor worlds this year? I would love to see you compete in it once again❤
@ytheUltimate 3 ай бұрын
Tried it in competitive...too bad dark urshifu exists. Also flutter mane can survive a bullet punch and threaten with shadow ball.
@vivderbinkie56 3 ай бұрын
i was gonna scream primal groudon as the most prevalent comp pokemon
@thomkins1093 3 ай бұрын
It's funny how you called yourself washed Ur the vgc goat
@LRXC1 3 ай бұрын
Rip the entirety of gen3 VGC, cool video otherwise!
@luissilva1954 2 ай бұрын
it's important for newer players to know that, despite every speed stat shown being numerically the same as their base speed at 15:00, doubling the speed stat *is not* the same thing as doubling the base speed stat fully invested neutral nature mega swampert (base 70 speed) has 239 speed at level 100. During rain, its speed goes up to 478, which would be equivalent of a pokemon having nearly *190 base speed*
@kza6648 Ай бұрын
every stat that isnt hp has about 20 "base" points from ivs and 30 from max evs, so mega swampert has essentially base 190 on rain, which for gen7 uu was so juicy
@Esmonimoni 3 ай бұрын
WE NEED RAY BACK 🙏
@breezyvgc 3 ай бұрын
The unfortunate thing about Metagross is that people are still stuck on the explosion strats with it, going with normal tera explosion, which in my opinion is holding it back. The problem is now everyone knows about the infamous tera normal explosion strat and it's super easy to deal with (just double protect). Anyways I'm now off to build a metagross team because I'm inspired.
@imn_fauler6098 3 ай бұрын
And this regulation, while not being common it certainly is a monster of a mon
@ethanbriandmello5048 2 ай бұрын
11:04 I never expected seeing an economics concept in a discussion of Mega Pokemon.
@HannibalKantter 3 ай бұрын
Metagross is my favourite pseudo-legendary right after Garchomp. I rememeber finally evolving one as a child in Ruby, and being amazed at just how strong and durable it was. I didn't understand weaknesses and resistances very well back then (I mean, I was 4), I only knew that barely any attack damaged it in any substantial way, and it punched like a truck in return
@Illumisepoolist 3 ай бұрын
Don't forget Tera Water Metagross to have it have coverage against Fire Types.
@Amaling 3 ай бұрын
Ok so Ray is the Metagross to Wolfey's Incineroar, got it
@2yoyoyo1Unplugged 3 ай бұрын
Mega-Metagross was SO COOL
@blazarus1614 3 ай бұрын
Ray, i wna see u back on competitive pokemon just to see wolfe and ray rematch
@BRUIN1821 3 ай бұрын
Weakness Policy Agility Bulldoze is my favorite flavor of Metagross
@gregorymirabella1423 3 ай бұрын
Just give it a regional form that swaps psychic for anything else. Ghost, fairy, ground, flying, roc- okay maybe not anything but the point still stands.
@melvinencinascabrera4897 3 ай бұрын
Omg its ray rizzo
@77Fallen7 3 ай бұрын
They robbed Metagross with the levitate hidden ability.
@aravindsabarinathan9737 3 ай бұрын
Name three world pokemon world champions who have three world champion wins 1.Ray rizzo 2.Metagross 3.inceneroar
@rhndemolem5523 3 ай бұрын
Ray sensei 🙌
@Guesswhoswatching2 3 ай бұрын
All you had to say in one breath is: steel types no longer resist ghost and dark.
@wii3564 3 ай бұрын
C'mon man dont do that to my boy Parasect lol
@hassanmahmoud6495 3 ай бұрын
I know moxie boosted wanted Metagross to get shift gear, but is the set up that worth it? I ask because I know sometimes people think if a pokemon needs set up it may not be “good”
@Mcspazz731 3 ай бұрын
Short answer yes. Agility weakness policy was already pretty solid, it only needs 1 turn with shift gear to be a huge menace, which it will get from its bulk. As for setup mons not being good, it can be true sometimes but there's also trick room for example which takes bad pokemon (too slow to do anything) and makes them great
@rapmetaldemon09 3 ай бұрын
Huh...always thought that Tyranitar was the most storied pseudo legend. The more you know 🌠
@Clanikk 3 ай бұрын
nice video!
@haime6930 3 ай бұрын
Why did metagross never get the ability levitate? It makes alot of sense to have it
@BRUIN1821 3 ай бұрын
When Megas are back, Metagross will be TERRIFYING with all the moves it gained access to in Scarlet/Violet
@miguelsanchez825 3 ай бұрын
Wish they gave him though claws as a hidden ability. His hidden ability is just to bad and psychic type is very bad atm, they could even buff meteor mash is kinda mid atm.
@RocketPropelledMexican 3 ай бұрын
The rizz king
@FarhanH1 3 ай бұрын
Awesome video. I totally forgot that steel used to resist dark and ghost. Fairy/Steel is truly the new Psychic/Steel. Edit: accidentally wrote psychic instead of steel. Now corrected.
@Smart1529 3 ай бұрын
You mean Steel right 😅
@FarhanH1 3 ай бұрын
@@Smart1529 yeah hahaha
@johnnnysaint01 3 ай бұрын
Do you and Wolf use the same editor and thumbnail person???
@pokezach494_ 3 ай бұрын
No, Wolfe has an entirely different team for his videos At some point though I’d like to be able to edit videos for Wolfe’s channel as well!
@PkmnTrainerEmerald 3 ай бұрын
Metagross my dude
@prodigalsun1678 3 ай бұрын
Hear me out gamefreak needs to do a “balance patch” for a large variety of old gen pokemon. Instead of giving them megas and other new features they need to actually adjust the stats and either buff or nerf new and old pokemon so there is more incentive to play a wider variety of pokemon. Theres no reason they havent done it yet other than being stubborn because theyve never done it before.
@grandmastr2602 3 ай бұрын
Did y’all know Ray won a world championship
@pokezach494_ 3 ай бұрын
Boy do I have news for you
@cloudstrife6793 3 ай бұрын
I'm guessing you are beeing ironic...
@MrIcenice44 3 ай бұрын
Him Duncan in the flesh
@MrIcenice44 3 ай бұрын
Himothy
@marcorodriguez8792 3 ай бұрын
Make steel resist ghost and dark again
@vuuduugames4778 3 ай бұрын
Actually, if explosion cuts the opponent’s defense in half, that is the equivalent to giving the move a base 50% power boost. So that means explosion is effectively 375, and not doubled to 500.
@ttttttttttttttttt. 3 ай бұрын
250 / 0.5 = 500
@eSchoolpoke 3 ай бұрын
perfect video!
@kyogrecrown5869 3 ай бұрын
Such a shame that metagross's hidden ability is effectively useless. Imagone if it had something cool, like giving it back its ghost and dark resistances
@pastaman7278 3 ай бұрын
Imagine if Metagross got Unseen Fist
@wentoneisendon6502 3 ай бұрын
Lmfao poor parascet
@PT5-Shorts 3 ай бұрын
Will you do a video with WolfeVGC
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