I will not accept Meowstic slander

“If you never seen one of my “worst gen” videos before, why the hell are you starting with gen 6?” My brother, the recommendations are striking me again.

"Better than diggersby" is gonna be the new standard for physical attackers.

You have offended me and my son, he is out in the streets crushing semi trucks as I struggle to open his can of Friskies to calm him down

Is kinda funny for the Release of Pokemon X and Y you can have Three Starters for the game and it still easy. Like you have the Kalos starter, Kanto Starter and Torchic from Mystery gift.

In Pokemon X&Y, you can have a team of Venusaur, Blaziken, Greninja, Steelix, Lucario, and Haxorus all legitimately. How GF expected anyone to have any semblance of a challenge is beyond me.

The most upsetting thing about Meowstic is how the Pokédex describes its Psychic powers as able to turn trucks into dust, and yet their Special Attack is below average for a fully evolved Psychic-type Pokémon. The Pokédex loves overhyping psychic powers. And speed. At least its Speed and support movelist are good.

Glad you’re giving at least some credit to Carbink. It was a hard carry in my Y run - it’s amazing defenses, especially with Leftovers recovery, got me out of a lot of very tight situations. Excellent support Pokémon.

seeing meowstic in the thumbnail hurts my heart

Its fitting that diggersby is a ground type because the ground is where you're gonna end up if you try using one

Can't wait for Gen 7 onward, where Game Freak actually starts trying with their Pikaclone.

Dedenne may be terrible, but it is definitely the cutest of the pika clones.

Bold of you to assume I didn't had all 4 fire types in my Y playthrough team, at the same time

Personally I never understood why people dislike Pyroar

9:42 ok but the context of "plusle hits harder than meowstic" really messed me up. I used Meowstic and it was pretty solid, and you're telling me PLUSLE would have done more damage? My life is a lie Shocked that my nemesis Aurorus isn't on here, and Carbink was definitely a surprise. I think I'm gonna play XY again soon and use Vivillon and Carbink to see how they work for me, you've got me curious now. but wow i knew dedenne was useless but you almost made me feel bad for it. Pikaclones are too bad too often 😭

I feel bad for Pyroar as well as it's hidden ability is really good if you make it a physical hitter compared to this.

The Pyroar hate is actually crazy.

My shiny male Meowstic (Bubblegum) was my favorite throughout the game even if it didnt do much.

“Why are you starting with gen 6” because the algorithm said so due to nostalgia

"I fixed the tooth" - Like I've seen about 4 videos so far from you and it IMMEDIATELY stuck out to me, so for long time fans of your channel I thank them for their patience 😂

Bro I just found this series and finished the gen 5 episode and was upset that there was gen 6 yet. And bam you come out of no where. Perfect timing keep it up.

I like seeing all the love my boi carbink got. Yeah I know everything else that isnt one of the two defenses sucks. That is why i love him. He is such a silly little guy. Also running a bodypress with one of the defense increase moves is a very powerful addition as it can give him a reliable high level of damage

I literally searched ‘shepskydad worst gen 6’ YESTERDAY to see if you had made one yet, after bingeing the whole rest of this series in one afternoon. I haven’t even played these games yet, so all I really know about Pokemon is the designs I’ve seen and what I’ve experienced learning through Showdown. I always find your videos the most accessible for newcomers even if most of this isn’t useful to me on Showdown-so many of those videos go way too in depth with things I just don’t understand yet and I don’t take much away from them. Gen 6 and 7 games are my favorites to watch playthroughs of and have my favorite art style and designs in general, so I’m so excited this one’s finally here. Can’t wait for Gen 7!

I don't get why Diggersby has Huge Power as a hidden ability when it's soo crummy without it, like other Huge Power pokemon don't have it as a hidden ability

*seeing Meowstic in the thumbnail* You know what, literally how dare you, Espurr and Meowsric are TREASURES

Why must my favorite blue cat boi be so bad at killing?

I find it funny because if male Meowstic had Prankster as one of his regular abilities and not be his hidden abilities, it wouldn't have made it in this list, the female would though. In the long run, Male Meowstic with prankster is the better pokemon due to it's support abilities, thunder wave, both screens, fake out. Just to name a few. Although now that i think about it, Klefki also exists and also gets prankster, and has a better type, so i guess male Meowstic would still make it in the list lol.

The only knock I had on gen 6 was the difficulty. I loved it so much, though.

Kalos may be easy but I’m still extremely fond of gen 6

So many things attack harder than diggersby I’m starting to have hope for myself

Don't let the fact that XY are very generous and have easy major fights distract you from the fact that it has some _nasty_ random trainers. Don't think nuzlocking it is gonna be a piece of cake. ..or at least that's what I've heard, 'cause I still haven't played XY at all. 😅 EDIT: 9:23 NOOO MY FAVOURITE! q_q

I honestly think Carbink was supposed to be like Riolu and Evolve into Diancie; but then someone messed up somewhere. Like why is the only gen 6 mon to Mega Evolve a mythical _fairy_ type ,that practically no one can get; and it goes from being a wall to somewhat offensive. And also I wouldn't be surprised if gen 6 was super rushed and unfinished - a lot of the other Pokemon that came out in the later generations look like they belong in Kalos.

I love Meowstic. It's concept was amazing, and it looked super powerful in the anime. Additionally, the way it was described in the Pokedex got my hopes up. Also, great shiny. I was super disappointed to see it's total base stat 466. Not even in the 500’s!

I understand the struggle with Meowstic M but I finished my first Pokemon Y run with Meowstic F this year and she was my favourite team member by far xd solo'd Diantha with her, too! It's sad you cant use Meowstic that well in Gen 6 but prankster charm Meowstic M is a menace in online doubles xd

At least Dedenne is cute.

Finally, an Avalugg W! I see too many people crapping on it for being a bulky ice type, when it’s arguably one of the best at its job. My only critique is that no NPC trainers have a properly optimized Avalugg; Sturdy & Mirror Coat are all you need to turn it from just a physical tank into an Uno Reverse card (yes, it’s a hidden ability, but they’ve been much more generous with those for NPCs the past few gens).

How they managed to hype up and give so much focus to Espurr only to give its evo a lower bst than _Hypno_ is beyond me. Even fellow Kalos Psychic type Malamar at least gets within a single stat point of that bar. 20 bst might not seem like much, but for these mons that's the difference between their current 83 base Sp. Atk and a hypothetical 103 base Sp. Atk. A difference as clear as day. And honestly, with the first route encounter Talonflame getting 499 bst and random Water mon Barbaracle getting 500 bst, I wouldn't have batted an eye at Meowstic getting as much as 500 bst.

Can't wait to see you use a Pyukumuku. I played through Shield only using a Pyukumuku, Pincurchin and both forms of Corsola. It was extremely interesting to say the least.

Hidden Abilities were cool at first but they also bring up an ugly truth of gatekeeping a Pokemon's potential for the main game like in Diggersby's case. There are several that would be nice to use if you had access to the HA but you just can't get it before post game in the majority of cases. My personal case for this scenario is Lokix in S/V. Love the little Kamen Rider bug but not having access to Tinted Lens just made it very underwhelming to use. Well, unless you grind up the Tera Raids for a chance to get it and I simply did not bother with the Tera Raids in my playthrough.

Diggersby is also the only pokémon that can get you in trouble with a typo.

I JUST finished the gen 5 video this is insane

I have NOT been able to stop watching these brilliant videos! Love your personality and editing, much love.

Seeing that derpy ass talonflame out of nowhere made lose it for a few minutes. Thanks for making my day lmao

I really thought Aurorus would appear on here. I guess not.

This background music is nostalgic

Just saw this series the other day and finished the gen 5 video lol, great timing

For Y I actually did a mono Fire run and Pyroar was fine, but it was the weak link of the team. If I had to replace one team member it would be Pyroar

I fully agree with your assessment of X and Y at the start of this video. To me they felt disappointingly easy, to the degree that I didn't feel any great desire to revisit them.

What tooth... Nevermind I figured it out, his husky avatar used to be missing a tooth (just got to any earlier video in the series to see it)

"x and y is one of the easiest pokemon games to date" 11 yr old me who gave up at gym 3 due to having picked both grass starters 🙀

When you said “Diggersby tho,” it brought back repressed memories from 2013 wifi battles lmaoo. Shoutout to anyone who gets the reference.

I would really love if you started a "best gen _ pokemon" in this style. Im watching/listening to these all in order while i play in the safari zone in leaf green and i really love your style of in game analysis since majority of the videos i get about worst/best pokemon vids i see are all competitive-based. And i love how you go through different types too :) I just found this channel and im definitely going to be binge watching and turn on the notif bell

I’m not sure why you said Pyro had competition because I had one throughout my entire play through

i actually had a meowstic and a pyroar on my main team in X and Y lol. Warmed up to Carbink later on in gen 7. Love that funky little rock bunny.

Was gonna question why meowstic was on here given my experience in XY with mine doing some heavy lifting during my playthrough, but then I remembered that mine was female.

Onix traumatized me so much i never gave avalugg a try. Never realized its stats were actually much better. The issue with Carbink is that status moves scale with game difficulty, why use carbink and think when you can click mega evolution on your charizard or lucario and click a move with eyes closed

YOU DISSIN MY BOY MEOWSTIC LIKE THAT

Male Meowstic is the ideal house husband

I am coming into this as an avid Meowstic fan

Pyroar was an incredible counter for Mega Gengar when X and Y first released because a lot of people didn't seem to know it was Normal lol A similar thing happened for me in Gen 5 when for a long while my opponents had no idea Manectric got access to flamethrower

9:24 pick me

Okay I get why Pyroar is here, but she wasn't the worst when I did a Fire Mono Run of Y. In fact she and Delphox (the MVP) covered each other's weaknesses.

You can also pick up an Aerodactyl in Glittering Cave by smashing Rock Smash rocks after you oust Team Flare. This means you can have a full team without ever catching anything. I personally love having a good variety of Pokemon available early on and think it's one of the best changes in recent gens, but it does have a tendency to overshadow new Pokemon. XY were the growing pains, so GF could pull it off in the 3 gens since.

The problem isn't all the options that the game gives you, it's that the opponents you face don't have them. Si it's easy as hell.

Never let bro cook again🗣️🔥

Actually the exp share being used for the whole team is something that was in gen 1 games

It's been really fascinating seeing these videos and taking in the broader context behind what can make a Pokemon good or 'bad'. Sometimes they do have slow starts along the way. I'm honestly a little surprised Aurorus isn't on the list. I used one when I played X for the first time and unless someone is complimenting the design, I will not hear a good word said about it. Okay, its type combination is pretty solid offensively and it did get Freeze Dry, but... -It's a Special attacker and thus gets basically no Rock moves to work with (Only Ancient Power) -The amount of Special Normal moves it can use with Refrigerate is really limited -It doesn't quite seem to be strong enough to KO anything despite base 99 Sp.ATK (mine had a Gentle nature so it wasn't losing out on power) -Its HP and reasonable defenses don't save it because Rock/Ice has been rated as the WORST defensive combination -Slow as a wet week It frequently let me down whenever I used it; to get any sort of mileage I had to resort to Refrigerate Hyper Beam and that wasn't always enough. Tyrantrum's defensive combination isn't fantastic, but it at least KOd things and looked just as cool into the bargain.

Truth be told, I feel like Avalugg is the ONLY Pokemon that can really succeed from being a defensive Ice-Type...and that's mainly just because its defenses are so good, it'd be busted if it was any other type. I use it in Gen 9 OU, and you'd be surprised how many supereffective physical hits this thing can take before finally going down -- especially with Snow up. Shame GameFreak in all their bountiful mercy decided to give Hisuian Avalugg quite possibly the worst type combo in the game, taking away its ability to eat STAB Close Combats and Iron Heads for breakfast, but whatever. I can only hope Ice gains a resistance to Electric someday like it should've had all along.

I've used a carbink in Sun/Moon hardcore nuzlocke and it was a CARRY for pivoting and checking matchups

i was just watching your other worst gen pokemon videos and I was like "I wonder if gen 6 is coming or something" then I look just to see it was posted TODAY. awesome vids.

I can tell how much fun you had editing this video with all the little comments sprinkled all around.

I mean I chose Pyroar for my team

Oh man you have no idea how long I waited for this

I dont know why but i have an irrational hatred of litleo, like even its cry is rage inducing. I have no problem with pyroar but just something about its pre evo.

The reason this is my first is cause it was recommended to me lol but keep up the good work you just got a sub

Not my original gen 6 team having Meowstick (F), Dedenne, and Carbink

I once did a mono normal run of XY, with the soft stipulation of no member of my team sharing a type combo in order to use the surprising amount of Normal dual-types available in Kalos. As a result, in addition to the likes of Bibarel, Staraptor, and fellow Kalosians Furfrou and Heliolisk, I did end up using Pyroar and Diggersby, so I can append a little about them both. Diggersby's damage output is incredibly underwhelming to the point that it undermines the typical role of the Route 1 Rodent™to be an earlygame crutch character of sorts. Even though it evolves before the second gym, its damage output at that point is at best on par with the rest of your unevolved team. The main thing I found it useful for was its bulk and electric immunity. Its diverse coverage isn't really a boon as much as it is basically necessary for it to function, since its supereffective hits are doing about as much as neutral hits coming from the bulk of your team. It was battling with Bibarel for Least Valuable Player by endgame, and at least Bibarel serves the earlygame crutch role better. Similar to Serperior, Diggersby is a rare case of a Pokemon that functions better in competitive than ingame, in both cases due to the necessity of its hidden ability to function at all. As for Pyroar, I'd say its biggest weakness is, pun not intended, its slow burn. Its levelup learnset is predominantly physical for a very long time (Ember is your only special move period, stab or otherwise, until Level 33). It also evolves fairly late for a 2 stage line encountered so early, all the way at 35. Granted, this is less of a problem in Kalos than it would be otherwise, given how frontloaded the exp curve is in these games (Litleo would be much worse off in, say, Johto or Sinnoh), but Litleo's pathetic stats and mismatched movepool really hinder its performance around when it actually appears. It's a lot better in late-to-endgame, where its dual stab Hyper Voice and Flamethrower along with Dark Pulse for coverage let it handle a surprising amount of threats, but by the time it would get there you'd probably have found a more favorable fire type. As a random anecdote relating to the run, did you know Heliolisk learns Surf? That gives it a surprising boon over other Electric types by having its coverage for Ground types baked in without necessitating a lucky Hidden Power roll or an underwhelming coverage move like Ice Fang.

So this actually was gonna be my first of ur vids. I’ll be back later hopping to gen 1

THE TOOTH IS FIXED!!!

Thank GOD Aromatisse was excluded man, I love that pokemon and I hate seeing them dunked on so much 😔 I’ll take this as a win

When do you plan on doing Alola, Galar, & Paldea?

Noivern is my favourite Pokemon but I will admit only getting noibat in terminous cave is c r I m I n a l. Like honestly I feel like you should be able to get it in zubat passage and glittering cave as well. Even though he is still very useful at the end of the game it does suck you get him so late. He honestly should’ve been a pseudo cuz he looks more like a pseudo than goodra

I am finally at peace now that the tooth is fixed. Thank you.

I love this series so much im trying to predict his picks for Gen 7 (one of my favourite gens) and im excited to see how much ive got right.

Justice for Diantha in Legends: Z-A🗣️

I've never played a single Pokemon game but like watching your videos for some reason, they're easy listening and sometimes help me fall asleep.

I remember trying a fairy mono-run in Ultra Moon and a mon that surprised me was Mawile cause that thing was extremely CLUTCH even without it's mega

I remember doing VGC battles 10+ years ago when only Pokemon in the Kalos pokedex were legal. In that format, male Meowstic and Dedenne are both shockingly useful. Prankster taunt and thunder wave are devastating in that format, and Dedenne got access to nuzzle. Neither of these Pokemon were the best in their respective niches (we all know Dedenne got outclassed by Pachirisu), but they certainly weren't the worst.

I love the new pfp! Also have you played any Kirby games?

Team-wide Exp Share doesn't make a game easier, it just makes it less tedious.

1:09 Or basically 35 if you only count final forms

Wouldn’t the super training feature help out with these Pokémon’s lackluster stats? I get that this is coming off a casual play through which most likely won’t use it, but wouldn’t the Super Training feature help to offset the less desirable stats of these Pokémon?

i feel like diggersby should have intimidate as its ability it scares the shit out of me

Im an old soul who recently started playing Pokemon again, and I genuinely felt how easy pokemon x and y are once I jumped to play alpha sapphire.

Finished the other ones just in time (if 1h late can be described as "just in time") to not miss this one.

I’ve looked for a best of each generation and you should a series like this for the best Pokemon great for new playthrough ideas I’m playing heart gold and I’m having a hard time picking a new but fun team

Noivern is amazing, dude 😒

I will say for Pyroar, half of its competition are starters, and there's a likely situation where you might want to use something like Venusaur or Greninja over Delphox and Charizard, and when you do that, Pyroar immediately becomes the best fire type user, because while it's faster, Talonflame is actually pretty weak and really only good for being a flyer.

Pyroar also had to compete with Talonflame and Galewings BEFORE the nerf.

the thumbnail kinda scared me tbh, I thought you meant you thought these mons were the worst as in personal liking