Whoops! We clearly meant to put Winner#1 lmao

Honorable mention: Gallade Gallade got sharpness. It means leaf blade, night slash and aqua blade are stabs Psycho cut is earthquake And sacred sword (new) is close combat with zero negatives. It also bypasses defence boosts of the enemy.

No mention of Chansey and Blissey? They lost Wish, Toxic and Teleport, and the PP of Softboiled was also cut to 8. Both have been OU/UU titans right from the start, now Blissey is RU and Chansey is NU

Scizor and Breloom are like Mario and Luigi, two fighters with red and green respectively. Extra hilarious because their shinies are the colors of one another. And now, they can pommel each others checks with teamwork. Edit: Oh yeah, and they both get technician. And Scizor struggles against fire breathing monsters. While Breloom hates ghosts. This works really well the more you think about it. Super Scizor Bros for the win.

I'd like to ironically shake the hand of the guy who looked at Lurantis and thought "Yeah, too OP" removing Superpower

Honestly the removal of Scald is probably one of the biggest changes for generation 9 for like every Pokemon that had it, I feel like that's gonna be something that shows up in seemingly every video, just like "the newly buffed Defog/Knock Off" "Heavy-Duty Boots" etc.

At least Cinderace doesn't trigger its Libero when it uses STAB Pyro Ball. Since Protean Meowscarada and Greninja are dual-type, they can't even use a STAB without using up their once-per-switch-in type change.

Seeing that thumbnail after Garchomp fell to UU is hilarious

I’d honestly say Greninja is up there, the Protean AND Battle Bond nerfs *really* hurt

The biggest nerf for Cinderace is not the nerf towards Libero, but rather towards Pyro Ball's animation.

I’m shocked that Floatzel didn’t get a mention, Wave Crash + Tera water has made it more viable than it ever has been.

I think the pink blobs Chansey and Blissey was by far the most nerfed of the bunch. They both lost BIG time to the recovery move PP reduction to 8, the removal of Teleport, the removal of Toxic, the removal of Wish, and the removal of both Aromatherapy and Heal Bell (it still has Heal Bell listed as an Egg Move, but is currently unobtainable). These two mons are even more orientated to play passive than even Toxapex is, and even doing that is very difficult for either mon to do. Pex still has a great defensive typing, Regenerator, and some effective defensive moves (Toxic, Toxic Spikes, Haze), which is why Pex is still decent in OU. The other two can only threaten with Thunder Wave or setting up rocks, which is all they have left. Every single generation has at least one of the two in the OU tier (even though both were very mediocre in gen 5 OU). Now Blissey is all the way down in RU, while Chansey isn't even officially put in a tier and is instead given the NFE (Not Fully Evolved) label. In other words, both got shot into a million pieces, and while they can maybe salvage a bit once Heal Bell is available again, they will still be a mere fragment of their former selves. Their fall from grace is cited as a big reason why stall is struggling as a playstyle in gen 9.

I would say Greninja and Slowbro were nerfed harder than Slowking and Cinderace, Slowking got chilling reception which functions like a pivoting move but Slowbro didn’t get anything and Greninja lost both Protean and Battle Bond

Garchomp watches this to remember the good times.

Slowking and Cinderace on this list over Slowbro and Blissey is wild

Delibird finally got a glow up... Like nothing else... Even Mawile was decent in lower tiers but Iron Bundle is absurd

Having slowing over slowbro feels a bit strange. Slowbro got all the same nerfs king got but didn't even get to have a pivot move period

I'd argue Chansey and Blissy got more nerfed than cinderace and friends. They used to be OU staples and now they're really bad passive walls in RU and maybe NU soon enough.

Garchomp going from "big number damage machine" to a hazzardspammer confounds me to no end.

Even with the Libero Nerf I feel Cinderace is still good, it's just that he's more on OU's level now and not an Uber mon.

Honestly, I'm just glad that Qwilfish and Dunsparce can use the Eviolite now, and I hope to see both of them absolutely terrorizing the lower tiers going forward

I remember sometime before Tera was properly announced someone said that Dragonite could have loved to be a normal type, it was in the context of Gen 1. But considering what happened in Gen 9... Yeah, he loves that Normal Type so much, even outside the context of Gen 1.

I think Libero on Cinderace is still better than Protean on Greninja or Meowscarada. Since Cinderace only has 1 type, it can at least spam Pyro Ball with STAB and then switch to another type against whatever tries to switch in. Since Greninja and Meowscarada have 2 types, they will always be locked into the type of the first move they use

I'd say the bigger Breloom buff is that it no longer has to exist alongside both Tapu Bulu and Kartana (for now)

garchomp truly is the gift that keeps on giving

Because as we know. Garchomp was really wanting for tools and buffs. Meanwhile competitive behemoths like Ampharos and Luxray were just too much and got zero buffs.

Gallade got some amazing buffs too, sharpness buffing its slicing moves and getting secret sword and aqua cutter now. Hits like a truck now and have great slicing move coverage

The nerfing of Toxapex is a true "Rip Bozo" moment.

Scizor, Breloom, and Garchomp were staples in my teams for many generations, so I'm really happy to see they got some new tricks to make them remain relevant.

Cinderace may have been hit hard with a libero nerf, but it is actually usable in OU now. Also, it is one of the only viable pokemon in the game that can “remove” hazards in front of gholdengo.

Scizor gaining close combat is nice, but losing roost makes it hard for me to agree that its a top 3 winner in this generation

breloom also received loaded dice and now its bullet seed is the equivalent of an 150-187.5 base power move.

This didn't age well lol. Poor Chomp.

Cinderace is actually the least effected by the Protean/Libero nerf because Libero doesn't activate if you use Pyro Ball (since it's already fire type) so you can still switch up moves once. But Greninja likes choice sets too much so I can see why it's not "effected" as much in that respect.

Chomp was not buffed, arguably nerfed. Losing Scale Shot outweighs gaining Spikes easily, also Scizor lost Roost and I'm very confused on how you thought of Slowking and Cinderace over Slowbro and Greninja here lol

I think that Dragapult is a huge winner, every mon that comes back or is new either loses to Dragapult or makes common Pult teammates more useful. Finally physical ghost stab with Tera blast ghost to make DD sets better, and Chien Pao banned as its one reason to use speed boosting natures meaning it can run adamant or modest to make its attacks sting more, and you have a big winner for gen 9.

I feel like cinderaces libero is still golden since he has u-turn. he just needs to dance around a little more.... or dribble around.....

I really liked this video. I won't comment on the individual picks, but the music selections during the Loser #3 and #2 really reminded me of your earlier episodes (I kinda missed those themes ngl), and I also like how you include Showdown replays in Scizor's and Breloom's section to illustrate how high level tournaments were using the old fighting moves, instead of XD/PBR/BW footage.

Really appreciate these different types of videos along with your shorts on competitive Pokemon lately

Rillaboom got it rough as well. Mainly because it lost one of it's best stab moves: Grassy Glide. Thanks to it's ability to set up Grassy Terrain, Gillaboom always able to hit first and very hard with Grassy Glide, but now lost that move entirely. It also lost a very good coverage move in High Horsepower allowing it to hit Fire types for super effective damage.

Man this video certainly aged. Cinderace is described as a Loser in this while currently it's the 11th most used mon in OU, and now Dragonite has fallen to 15th and other supposed winner Garchomp is dangerously close to falling to UU at 38th

All though floatzel wasn’t available in swsh, it still should count as one of if not the biggest winner in gen 9 since it’s legitimate in OU thanks to adamant cb stab tera water wave crash under rain dealing an unholy amount of damage

The recovery nerf killed stall, but with all the new mons that got unaware in gen 9, maybe it was for the better.

Toxapex was my favorite pokemon of gen 7 and 8, i loved using it so much sleep well sweet prince o7

"barely considered anything in ou" is the last way i'd describe cinderace, greninja definitely lost way harder coming into gen 9

Slowbro got hit a lot more than Slowking. Slowking still got Chilly Reception which is basically a teleport with Snow synergy

Honestly, I hope we don't get Tera banned in the future but they implement an open sheet system like VGC but only with the Tera type

6:52 Well this didn't age well, but tbf this was during the early days. I have no doubt that Chomp will dominate in UU

Greninja and Toxapex feel like they were personally dragged behind the Tiering Tower and got their kneecaps (spines?) shattered by Game Freak themselves before the Scarlet and Violet metagame was formed.

Wow, old school FSG music for the Slowking section?

Yoooooo it's nice to hear some of the bgm from your much earlier videos make a comeback after so long

Funny to see this video now that Cinderace and Toxapex are still OU while Garchomp is stuck in UU hell

This aged like milk.

I was *not* happy when I found out GF cut roost from Murkrow’s moveset. Prankster roost was one of my favorite tricks to pull. At least it’s doing well in VGC.

Such a fun video, hoping to see more like this format !

it's kinda ironic how garchomp is basically ou by a slither at this point and wouldn't even be ou without the buffs. It's hardly a winner.

I very often feel like Game Freak really overdoes it with their nerfs.

I think that Cinderace honestly still has a lot going for it, choice band libero would leave the opposing team utterly demolished

It always feels like a personal gift when I open up youtube and see a false swipe gaming video uploaded “5 minutes ago”

Petition to have a side series "How good am I actually" we need to see you play some comp pokemon!! :) Maybe even stream Your content is very good and im always exited for the next release

Golduck, while not OU by any means, getting Nasty Plot finally was a huge buff to my favorite duck boi

Good to see Garchomp being still the menace it's always been

Seeing you grow over the last 3-4 years has been awesome man. Be proud 💚

I don’t think toxapex is that bad i mean then again I use it on my offensive teams sometimes because I need a Defensive pivot but still it’s definitely not as Donita’s before but it’s still usable, Black sludge, Toxic and venoshock can do work and chilling water is great because it lowers attack

They should definitely buff superpower to a physical make it rain of sorts, honestly a -1 atk is probably more integral on its own than -1 defensive stats

Welp, Cinderace is still pretty solid in OU and it's not banned to the shadow realm of ubers. So I see this as an absolute win lol.

Awesome! Happy to support!

breloom also got bulldoze-big into dengo-and loaded dice. id argue bulldoze is particularly big as it means it can actually legitimately pressure poisons/dengo, and loaded dice can let it muscle through them more consistently as well

"And it couldn't have been done to a more deserving piece of junk... Said the player base at large" This commentary on the Toxapex nerf absolutely brightened my day. Thank you.

I think you should do a video which clumps all the Pokémon you've made a video on so far into one on how each one is currently doing in the scarlet and violet meta.(eventually once everything settles down)Cause you probably wouldn't want to do another updated video on every Pokémon again just for one generation.

I'd argue that Greninja got a bigger nerf because Protean is the same ability as Libero AND Battle Bond got Nerf'd....

Really loving the current meta videos, get them up!!!

Garchomp, an outright winner? Yeah getting Spikes is nice, but that's come at a cost of losing Scale Shot and the sweeping potential it offered. Now Garchomp once again has no way to independently fix the 102 base Speed stat that continues to fall short with each passing generation. I'd argue that Garchomp's case is a tad more nuanced than you might say.

I'm still confused as to why Breloom can't learn Trailblaze and why Flareon can no longer learn Flame Charge.

Dragonite had many different strategies over the generations, like in gen 5 dragon gen turned outrage into an instakill button, or in gen 6/7 flynium turned fly into an instakill button, or in gen 9 tera-normal turned extreme speed into an instakill button

THANK YOU OMFG!!! I learned about Court Change when my Tinkaton rolled it on Metronome and it actually happened to flip stealth rocks. I didn't catch the name and then went crazy trying to find it to prove I wasn't lying about what I saw. I couldn't find it on any new pokemon nor in any list of new moves. I didn't know it existed in gen 8 because I never used cinderace and never saw the move used so I thought it was new to gen 9. Omg that plagued me from week 1 of gen 9 being out

I’m surprised that you didn’t mention that Weavile also lost triple axel.

blissey deserves to be here, lost teleport, soft boiled pp and toxic. cinderace and toxapex are both still ou, but blissey has dropped hard in usage.

I really love the additional side content. From the usual series ik that FSG videos have great quality so I'll click every other video because of that fact!

i love these list videos. I'm a sucker for trivia

If Shedinja comes back oh boy he's going to be the BIGGEST winner

this didnt age well

Digging the smooth jazz at the end

11:19 You should've given a shout-out to Excadrill's new ability Imposter. Great surprise cleaner

Super power Lurantis contrary with tera fighting would have been extremely dangerous. Unfortunately they removed it. Couldve had a potential OU with Lurantis big miss opportunity

The fact that Power-Up Punch got removed is a big bummer. While Swords Dance was obviously better, some Pokémon don't have the luxury of a nice stat-boosting status move. But it was probably for the better; Imagine Tera Fighting Breloom with Power-Up Punch, Mach Punch, Bullet Seed, and Spore.

I think a good video idea would be on the 5 status and their effects. And how they affect the Pokémon games and competitions. I was researching it and thought I need someone to explain it to me lol

I feel like Cinderace both lost and won. Libero was nerfed hard, but it did get Swords Dance and with the addition of Gholdengo, it's been a solid utility mon

i'd consider blissey to be nerfed pretty hard given it's loss of teleport and wish

Interesting that Slowbro and Greninja were absent instead of Slowking and Cinderace

The thumbnail art is mad cute and I hope you work with the artist again in the future!

dusty’s thumbnail art has been so nice for these videos :)

I'd say Gallade got a massive buff with Sharpness.

I don’t think Toxapex was nerfed as much as Weavile or Blissey. It’s still OU, while the others are RU now

Floatzel getting Wave Crash along with Choice Band + Tera Water makes it an actual *demon* to fight, I’ve been using one for awhile and it’s a blast,

I'm still devastated about Weavile's nerfs. Weavile is my favorite Pokemon and I took a break from competitive Pokemon in gen 8. I come back to find that I missed the gen where Weavile was amazing and now he was badly nerfed. It's like GameFreak went out of their way to attack me specifically 😭

Slowking may have lost, but galarian slowking won big, it finally has the futureport that it very much wanted during gen 8, which means the reign of galarian slowking shall start. Also slowbro got nerfed harder than slowking since it got nothing in compensation for losing teleport.

Cinderace may have been nerfed but dont forget it basicallg changed the entire ou metagame singlehandedly upon introdution in gen 9. Prior to cinderace the game was mostly just who could get the ksot hazards up and keep them up. You could win games with just ting-lu spamming whirlwing but the possibility of an opponent havinf ace was too much to build around that strat since theyd just let ypu set up and court change them to u

Alomomola losing scald and toxic makes it fairly useless. I only play random battles but there it used to be incredible and now just sits there

I'm surprised that Greninja didn't share the same spot as Cinderace since it's Protean ability is exactly the same as Libero.