So I Made Contrary Hydrapple...

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Күн бұрын

Hydrapple is an awesome new pokemon that was introduced in the Indigo Disk DLC. It has the Regenerator ability and a signature move in Fickle Beam, but for this team, I give Hydrapple Contrary. You'll never guess what happens next...
Team paste: pokepast.es/9a4f42ead83ed449
My twitter: / sja900
00:00 Intro
00:13 Hydrapple
00:59 Malamar
01:20 Battle 1 team preview
01:45 Battle 1 start
08:57 Iron Crown
10:03 Battle 2
15:57 The team

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@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

Thanks to Matt for lending me the Iron Crown! Also, lol that the rental code is basically "veg bae" we love our plant based king

@zimattack9994 7 ай бұрын

Tryed something similar with hairyama stellar tara blast and close combat

@kenzoventurella1559 6 ай бұрын

Hey i made my own version of your team and i think i may have stumbled into something very cool and exciting. Could i send it to you and have you review it. Its on pokemon showdown because i dont have a Nintendo account but if you could improve it and make it a real team i would love that.

@wolf_boy_1987 24 күн бұрын

How do I build ur teams

@conner9842 7 ай бұрын

Whoever decided to give malamar skill swap was smoking something strong

@Twigggggy 7 ай бұрын

malamar deserves this the mon was pretty bad

@wolfiemuse 7 ай бұрын

This will actually make it useful outside of like RU or NU or wherever it was before

@asprinjuice8877 7 ай бұрын

They REALLY want Stellar type to be good

@twobladedswordsandmauls2120 7 ай бұрын

They weren't smoking anything. Why would Malamar let its puppets damage their lungs like that?

@wolfiemuse 7 ай бұрын

@@twobladedswordsandmauls2120 Malamar gets the contact high lol

@BestgirlJordanfish 7 ай бұрын

Malamar skill swap with stellar tera blast is gonna make some builds just SILLY

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

Yeah stellar tera + contrary looks super strong. For hydrapple a defensive tera made sense since it has good coverage already and draco/leaf storm are more powerful and give better boosts than tera blast

@twobladedswordsandmauls2120 7 ай бұрын

Oh, that is so evil. It's perfect.

@VivaBoricua93 7 ай бұрын

On adaptability porygon z??? Omfg

@sconettilda8580 7 ай бұрын

@@VivaBoricua93adaptability doesn't work with stellar unfortunately

@TotsNoTater 7 ай бұрын

⁠@@foofootoo Not only that but it’s stab

@AmoniPaleo 7 ай бұрын

Skill swapping Supersweet Syrup in order to not only get an Evassion lowering on the enemy just so you hit Draco meteors and Leaf storms constantly with hydrapple abusing the Contrary boost, BUT also skill swapping for the enemy in order to get an EVASION BOOST because of Contrary has to be the most funny and EVIL things there is.

@maxspecs 7 ай бұрын

Top tier evil malmar strats.

@ToadetteTails6969 7 ай бұрын

@@maxspecs That Dark-Type really doesn't lie.

@daofficerofthenoodles7504 6 ай бұрын

And 100% sleep

@Emil-Roma 7 ай бұрын

That skill swap into the Incineroar made jump out of my seat. Absolute genius.

@maxspecs 7 ай бұрын

I'd quit too if my opponent gave themselves an evasion boost with skill swap.

@teamcori 7 ай бұрын

The play at 14:55 was so smart, the evasion boost on hydrapple really helped

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

It helped by destroying the opponent's will to play the game 😬

@dustinbragg1921 7 ай бұрын

@@foofootoo Can you blame them? I'm not a betting man, but I think it'd take me betting on you for them to pull a win out from under that set up.

@ToadetteTails6969 7 ай бұрын

@@foofootoo If the battle carried on, then I would've loved if you just kept the Incineroar alive to just keep Skill Swapping Supersweet Syrup and Intimidate around. I bet the moment you did it must've been a real mindf*** for the opponent.

@hallowcrystal 7 ай бұрын

Contrary Malamar is about to go wild on so many fun gimmick sets

@SkyNinja759 7 ай бұрын

This combo should be called the "Apple Turnover". Hydrapple (apple) + Malimar (upside down squid, aka turnover). Add in that trickroom "inverts" speed and you have a very punny theme name.

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

omg I was going to make that joke but forgot!!! 100% if I had topsy turvy on malamar that would be the perfect combo name

@RevereShin 7 ай бұрын

I was not expecting the Supersweet Syrup getting swapped onto the Incineroar. What an outrageously hilarious play!

@Albortomagico 7 ай бұрын

Imagine using this strat on some bulky close combat user like Tusks and make an immortal menace

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

There so much potential here...

@aronolafsson8256 7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately Protosynthesis and Quark Drive can’t be skill swapped :(

@treven8742 7 ай бұрын

@@aronolafsson8256I think they can be replaced now, so Entrainment is the way

@Albortomagico 7 ай бұрын

@@aronolafsson8256 Hey, you just gave me an idea! How about Paldean Tauros? You get double intimidate thanks to skill swap! Alternatively, if you really want something simple that will still yield results, Ursaluna with Headlong Rush would probably be a BIG threat since it's so bulky already and hits so hard it doesn't need any attack boosts. Perhaps an alternative course would be to try and find a mon that can use both Close Combat and Superpower (or any other attack-lowering move) so that you can boost the stat you need at the right time. -And Arceus forbid you try this out with a Rayquaza or a Victini-

@dustinbragg1921 7 ай бұрын

@@treven8742 Malamar doesn't get it. That's a risky set up needing to swap Contrary to your Entrainmenter to then Entrainment Contrary over onto your next swap. Also I don't think you could run Booster Energy on your Great Tusk or any other paradox pick you make because the boost would be lost when your ability is overwritten. Assault Vest/Leftovers Great Tusk/Iron Hands however just became much less killable though.

@StoicForce 7 ай бұрын

I'm so glad we can finally start talking about Hydrapple now the DLC is out. If you saw the supposed "leaked design" [where there were two Dipplin-looking worms weaving upwards like a DNA strand], did you like that look, and how does Hydrapple's official design compare, foo? Personally, I really liked the leaked design, but the official design is just leagues better than I could have imagined. What a triumph in design! Also, I've been testing around with the new abilities, and I'm sad to report that my favourite move from the DLC [Dragon Cheer] does not trigger Throat Spray. My disappointment was immeasurable, and my day was ruined.

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

Hydrapple is such a cool mon, my favourite of the newly released ones for sure. Great moves, abilities, and stats! That's weird about dragon cheer... definitely should be sound based!

@what.are.you.doing.stepbro 7 ай бұрын

@@foofootoo maybe bc the pokemon cheers with gestures instead of saying "cheers mate"

@ysmaelbp 7 ай бұрын

The Skill Swap boosting Hydrapple's evasion was nuts!!! 😂

@2im36 7 ай бұрын

this channel is so underrated, these teams are actually insane

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

tyty

@SC_3 7 ай бұрын

Incredible. A work of art. One thing to watch out for, of course, is Maus/Whim-Ape. You thought it fell off... But no one's ever really gone.

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

mausape is always in the room with us

@Tine_of_Nice_Dreams 7 ай бұрын

Omg i hadnt seen the hydrapple reveal, the design is blowing me away! Ive always loved the applin line so much, this is a dream come true. I dont know if it will find a real niche in competitive but thanks for giving it love right out the gate.

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

I think it will fair better in singles than VGC since it does have a lot of awkward weaknesses, though tera can help with that

@juanvilchez965 7 ай бұрын

Love this types of videos! Keep the awesome content coming - it’s pure fire! 🔥

@AdminAbuse 7 ай бұрын

Your creativity and fun teams never disappoint, Foo

@f3rbus 7 ай бұрын

The end of that second battle was such insane cooking that not even Gordon Ramsay could handle it. Can’t wait to try using this team

@mattfurda366 7 ай бұрын

You cooked up a full-course meal here! Really brilliant team building 😻

@briansloan1713 7 ай бұрын

Your teams are always so unique! Love this!

@SPICYSHRIMPTACO 7 ай бұрын

I suck at battling but I love watching you make teams around specific Pokémon. Keep making this awesome content, Foo!

@saconfiture4190 7 ай бұрын

I'm really loving Every team you build ! THANKS A LOT

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@epsil0gue246 7 ай бұрын

This is a really cool idea for a team, and honestly I think I'm gonna make it as well. Awesome video. 👍

@stdoval 7 ай бұрын

The evasion boost absolutely sent me. What a great play. I love Hydrapple, I love to see that it has some sort of niche strategy.

@KurumiTokisakiNightmareSpirit 7 ай бұрын

Finally...Gyarados is now a Special Attacker Meme

@squidgirls5759 7 ай бұрын

saw this on twitter! Malamar is one of my all time favorite pokemon (no bias), and I've been racking my brain trying to figure out how to make it work with no luck. I'm excited to try this strategy out since it's so interesting! Thanks a ton for this, got my sub.

@luisreis9084 7 ай бұрын

I've only watched 2 of your videos and I'm already subbed. Keep making killer content.

@wolfherojohnson2766 7 ай бұрын

Leafeon got Solar Blade back! I’d like to see it with Choice Band and Chlorophyll on a Sun team with Gouging Fire

@alexcasti1054 7 ай бұрын

This is a very interesting team! Imma definitely try it. Nice video men!

@youngtruth77 5 ай бұрын

This strat earned you a sub. That was crazy

@phoenixshadow6633 7 ай бұрын

Kieran taking notes on how to beat the player character colorized.

@mommyclaws1555 7 ай бұрын

Fun video! I love Hydrapple and this strat is super entertaining. Subscribed :]

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

Welcome!

@chipclipz2174 7 ай бұрын

This is freakin awesome man! Love it! Subscribed!

@ginwilliam7763 7 ай бұрын

Liked and subbed for the simple fact that you took your time to come up with something epic rather than covering what 1000 other youtubers made vids about on day 1.

@treygreypaws3689 7 ай бұрын

Damn you Footoo this was my next idea! I've been doing some Malamar + Hydrapple shenanigans 😂

@theskitmen3506 7 ай бұрын

Wow,, I was not expecting this to be so fun!! What a strategy!!

@ToadetteTails6969 7 ай бұрын

Imagine Skill-Swapping Blissey's 'Serene Grace' ability onto Fickle Beam Hydrapple. I wonder if Fickle Beam's chance is affected like the chance to freeze from Ice Punch, or the chance to Paralyze from Thunderbolt?

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

Unfortunately from initial testing it seems like fickle beam does not get boosted by serene grace. It is not boosted by sheer force so the double damage activation is not treated like a normal secondary effect of a move

@ToadetteTails6969 7 ай бұрын

@@foofootoo Oh, well I would've called that a missed opportunity, but now I can kind of see that a 60% chance for an 'All-Out' Fickle Beam would be kinda busted. ^^; Still though, if it was affected by Serene Grace... man, what a monster Hydrapple would've been.

@Lamentationsofapoory 7 ай бұрын

The 14:55 Moment made me pop off. As soon as you clicked Skill Swap, even without you explaining it I knew exactly what was about to happen.

@tehjefey 7 ай бұрын

I'm sorry...that is disgusting....that is actually gross.

@404JNF 7 ай бұрын

You weren’t kidding, you absolutely cooked with this one. Can’t wait to see what else you have in the kitchen.

@nameless5646 7 ай бұрын

This looks so dope, please keep iterating on this team and give us an update. I really like the sinistcha idea that someone else suggested.

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

Since the game just came out I definitely want to try out other things first since there's so much I haven't even touched yet, but I might revisit it in the future. Tbh I'm happy to be the ideas guy and leave the iteration up to the competitive players getting results at tournaments

@oryxthetakenking8275 7 ай бұрын

I don't play PvP in Pokémon, but i love watching these kinds of videos

@eazybuxafew 7 ай бұрын

Lemme borrow this recipe chef. This is nasty work!!

@apeckx5090 6 ай бұрын

That first match was basically flawless lol. I love seeing such a fun strat pick up some wins! Don't know if it would make it far in best of 3 open team sheets, but for closed team sheets on cart ladder I bet it would be a lot of fun!

@Gooosington 7 ай бұрын

i literally did this day of patch so proud to see a video on it

@AlanBIllustration 7 ай бұрын

Great strategy, have always loved Malamar's design!

@krumdark 7 ай бұрын

Foo is the goated guy when it comes to bringing out interesting interactions in vgc based games

@rayneingdown 7 ай бұрын

This video gives me so much joy

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

😁

@wesleyhollingsworth4566 7 ай бұрын

Omgosh I literally just battled you!!!! In the trainer that had the Cincinno and sinistcha against your amoongus at the end

@wesleyhollingsworth4566 7 ай бұрын

As soon as I open my KZfaq I saw your video, and thought wow I just saw this combo just now, and what are the odds it was you 😂! Love that idea it was really cool I'm actually hunting to do it myself rn!

@jaysisemore1127 7 ай бұрын

Banger first team, absolute W

@Sakura_Truffle 7 ай бұрын

Something I noticed with Hydrapple is that it gets access to Hydro Pump, which could work well for the same reason as Hypnosis on Malamar. May be a better option than Earth Power in terms of hitting Fire and Rock types, alongside Ground and Flying types

@gersonm2368 7 ай бұрын

This was great i don't battle online but this was fun too watch ggs

@shingekigenryusaiyamamoto5514 7 ай бұрын

a very cool built team i rly like it

@stephenmitchell6515 6 ай бұрын

Boys take your hats off. This may be the most beautiful thing I have ever seen

@Blood_Ronin 6 ай бұрын

Holy hell, the buffed evil squid is amazing. Edit after finishing the video. THAT SWAP FOR THE EVASION BOOST?! WTF. This is incredible.

@tensiga3412 7 ай бұрын

Really cool idea!

@Josh-md1bc 7 ай бұрын

Nah this video was crazy- he was DEFINITELY cooking up something devious in the kitchen

@SilentLaughter992 7 ай бұрын

I used Malamar on my team for the BB League hoping to skill swap contrary onto Drayton’s Archaludon so the +1 sp atk boost from electro shot would be -1 instead, but he never used the move. It worked out in the end though since he wasn’t getting any defense boosts from stamina.

@anilkarakaya9343 7 ай бұрын

So much cuteness from one video

@asuramaru8180 7 ай бұрын

This is so cool!

@VoermanIdiot 7 ай бұрын

You put this evil into the world. Nice.

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

MWAHAHA

@matthewtwitter5172 7 ай бұрын

Man the lots of funny scenarios if the Skill Swap managed to get executed. It's literally funny, especially the contrary supersweet syrup

@CoilCannon 7 ай бұрын

I absolutely adore Hydrapple’s design, I’m happy to see him be apart of some funky strategies. Gotta hunt a 0 speed one soon. I want that Minecraft Gapple on the team immediately

@AllegedlyHuman 6 ай бұрын

Something I learned recently is if a pokemon holds a power training item (for EV training), the offspring is guaranteed to inherit the specific IV of the parent corresponding to the power item. If you have a 0 speed Ditto or something compatible, it's a good way of going about it

@2fort 7 ай бұрын

Now imagine, Contrary Victini with V-Create and overheat

@andyromero7819 7 ай бұрын

This is such a cool team!

@ohyeahbuddy3325 7 ай бұрын

Great video

@aprilm3203 7 ай бұрын

i used a super sweet syrup skill swap strat in an almost any ability tournament and im glad to see other people using it

@Brondon96 7 ай бұрын

The Hypnosis is genius to leverage the Evasiveness drops

@dannyblanco8544 7 ай бұрын

I just saw this on Twitter 💀 I’m definitely using this!

@fixieroy 7 ай бұрын

Genius. Might even use.

@doonwellington5959 7 ай бұрын

I need to see more battles with this combo please & thank you

@vinsanity3510 6 ай бұрын

Bro this generation is offensively CRACKT good lord I’ve never seen so many powerful options!!

@pharaohonthetrack9544 7 ай бұрын

You were thinking with 100% of brain power that second battle, i didn't even see that coming but i said to myself what IF, he swaps with the Incin😂 i hate your team so much 🤣🤣🤣🤣great video bro! and may we never cross paths in battles

@dayshawnwelch5762 7 ай бұрын

I’m just starting to get into VGC and this build got me hype

@foofootoo 7 ай бұрын

Good luck in getting into it! Fun stuff like this is how I got interested in competitive too. Just don't get too demoralised if it doesn't work right away, it's important to learn the fundamentals before trying out the weirder stuff

@zemufinman1639 7 ай бұрын

That evasion boost was so clever 😂

@RiverWilliamson 7 ай бұрын

Often times I feel like I'm playing checkers, and you're playing chess. When I watched this video, I feel like I was playing tic-tac-toe

@riirah1010 6 ай бұрын

1:45 "My opponent leads with the _wet_ Ogerpon" I laughed so suddenly that I choked on air HHHHH 8:24 the Moltres trainer card!

@prbk77 7 ай бұрын

I ran a similar set in sword and shield using Alolan Exegutor with draco meteor, leaf storm and overheat. Took longer to set up though and no one was really bulky enough, but glad to see the strat has become more viable again! 😅

@yellowstar11193 7 ай бұрын

This is hilarious I love this so much can't wait to try it!

@shrek5hype991 7 ай бұрын

The evasion boost made me laugh out loud

@mysticpumpkin8520 7 ай бұрын

Who would had thought an apple would cause so much rampage😅😂

@edchanful 7 ай бұрын

Omg !! This is amazing Bulky n sweeper hydrapple

@MrDancingpuppetmon 7 ай бұрын

Nice, been hunting Applins and managed getting an shiny Jumbo/Destiny marked one so gonna evolve it later after fixing some ribbons in SWSH

@callmestorms 7 ай бұрын

I LIVE for this kind of Foo shenanigans

@aigoorng9320 7 ай бұрын

That second battle with evasion boost was pretty freakin' funny, and enraging for the opponent surely.

@brownishtint 7 ай бұрын

I didn't even want to play the dlc yet, I have it but I was waiting to see something that was fun enough in doubles to build around .....

@enderguy06 7 ай бұрын

Aww man Im happy to see im not the only one who thought of this

@drewb9785 7 ай бұрын

You sir, are an evil genius

@mixedpapi9020 7 ай бұрын

Oh god malamar is even more sinister now, I love it

@Chelarino 7 ай бұрын

huh i didn't realize malamar got skill swap now that is actually insanely funny to just have easy access to contrary on a lot of pokemon now contrary and with it malamar has always been one of my favourite funny abilities and i was already incredibly excited to see malamar in the dlc the evasion boost from the skill swap intimidate is exactly what i mean, there was so much going on there just from that one move the synergy between the two alone is actually insane, but i am really hyped to see what other pokemon can do with contrary

@doonwellington5959 7 ай бұрын

WOW this is amazing!!!! & dangerous lol

@fideljok 7 ай бұрын

The prophecy has been fulfilled. Love seeing Malamar pop off again

@AlexisGutierrezProductions 7 ай бұрын

I tested this team, it’s so funny, and it kicks butt

@Tony_AM009 7 ай бұрын

So glad to see that Malamar got Skill Swap to gift Hydrapple and Reshiram the Contrary ability. I learned today that Revavroom and Scovillain, among others, got access to the new, physical Fire-type attack Temper Flare. Additionally, Flygon got access to the new Psychic-type move Psychic Noise as well as the new Fairy-type move Alluring Voice. While Skeledirge also got Alluring Voice, it's weird to me that it can't be taught Burning Jealousy.

@OMARI_M8 7 ай бұрын

Hydrapple is so good, it's definitely on the team

@k-dawgHI 7 ай бұрын

I was thinking of exactly this combination 😅 I am currently in the midst of adjusting my Spectrier team for Regulation F. And Hydrapple fits really well in there Type matchup wise. I have been looking for a good partner for Hydrapple and through process of elimination I ended up with two options: Malamar or Metagross. I ended up going with the latter because Steel typing is incredibly important with all the fairies and fairy Tera mons running around.