Seeing Rayquaza on rank S alone is just a pure pleasure. Gen 3 was a huge milestone in the development of the Pokemon series and it deserves at least as much love as Gen 4.

Seeing Rayquaza at the top made me smile. To this day I still remember the way Rayquaza decended from the sky to stop Kyogre and Groudon from fighting, as a kid I was shocked and in awe at how badass Rayquaza was. No other Pokémon ever gave me that feeling.

I’m just glad Yveltal got the love it deserves. One of my favorite legendaries.

Darkrai has always been my favorite pokemon and I like to see its getting the love it deserves.

Whoever designed Rayquaza must’ve known that their design was amazing. It’s so good to the point that I thought the mega form was kinda messy and not nearly as good as the original design with the symbols and the red tinges

Arcanine will always be the best Legendary Pokemon in my heart

Whether old or new Pokémon fan, you cannot deny how cool rayquaza is. For quite some time, it was my favourite Pokémon (started in gen 7). You cannot hate rayquaza’s design. Ray being the most voted legendary Pokémon in a poll makes a lot of sense

sad we didn't get to see any of the weather legendary primal forms, or mewtwo's X and Y forms. would have been interested in seeing how those held up in the list as well.

Man to see rayquazza be the top of the chart makes me so happy ever since I found out it was a legendary it's been my favourite, everything about it is great even the shiny

Legendaries are supposed to be epic and powerful. Rayquaza is the god of sky, meant to keep the peace between the god of land and ocean. Palkia and Dialga are the creators of time and space. Mew and Cerebi, blissfully unaware of their own power and potential. Recent legendaries like kubfu and zarude are legendaries how exactly?! They are powerful sure, but so is garchomp. There are multiple of them! What is legendary about them exactly!

I think what elevates Gen 4 above the rest is not only did they have Pokemon Platinum, a game with the best lore I've seen in a Pokemon series, but they also had Explorers of the Sky. I fell in love with Darkrai in that game, if anyone's played it, they know exactly what I'm talking about

4:56 Not to mention the Trio looks so cool together, being Red Blue and Green.

This really shows how important story relevance is for the legendaries

I’m surprised the light trio got so much little love compared to the rest of the trios. I rlly liked the two box art legendaries designs and with necrozmas lore and the epic fight with light necrozma, it is one of my favourite box art trios.

Ho-oh will always be my favorite legendary. Its just so majestic and I never seen it be caught or in a battle. Its just too strong imo.

I also participated in the Legendary Pokemon polls. And honestly, Giratina and Rayquaza were my all-time favourite legendaries. Good to see them on high tiers.

Oh yeah I remember taking this poll. Edit: I definitely voted that Mythicals shouldn’t be gifted. They should be in the base game. Because it’s BS you miss out of Pokémon and your dex is forever incomplete unless you hack.

Don’t forget the roll the anime has on popularity. Those with larger/more appearances tend to be more popular I.e tapu koko & poipole

Excellent analysis. This deserves more likes. You've earned yourself a subscriber.

Love these poll videos. Keep doing them please.

I'm sure Arceus is getting a big boost thanks to Pokemon Legends coming soon.

I knew my favourite Legendaries, Groudon and Palkia, would get absolutely shafted (in terms of popularity) in their groups before watching this. But yet, it still hurts seeing it reconfirmed.

I love your poll videos, they are amazing! A poll on the soundtracks of each generation would be awesome as well

Love seeing you incorporate research and data! As a professional researcher, might I suggest that you make some simple design changes to your charts? Like for the bar chart on what makes a good legendary, you can sort the chart from highest % to lowest % which would help draw our eyes to the most important factors first! You also don’t need to include how many people voted for each item (the N) if you’re showing the %, as long as you say up front how many people took your survey. As for use of color, the rankings of characters with a different color per legendary AND Color coding by tiers is a bit of a visual overload. I’d instead suggest using just one system for the colors (like the tier colors instead of every Pokémon a different color). I’m happy to help out with some redesigns for future videos if you like! Looking forward to more of these types of videos!

I really enjoy the poll videos and would love to see more! ❤️

It's okay, I will love all the cute legendries and mythicals enough for all of us.

I was sorry to see the Regis do so poorly. I have very fond memories of tracking those three down through all those Braille puzzles and catching them. Nostalgia and my love for Hoenn would've propelled them higher for me lol. Thank you for the very fun video! Stay well out there everybody, and God be with you, friends. ✝️ :)

Gen I Moltres either looks like a Fearow who has been left in the sun too long or a Ho-Oh that needs another half hour in the oven. That's likely why it ranks last among the legendary birds.

Tao Trio has always been my favorite and happy to see it getting recognition here but I feel like if they completed the story about the Original Dragon it would’ve been much more hyped up

Gen 3 and Gen 4 are by far the best and also happens to be the last time I played up until about 3 weeks ago. Nice to see I really didn’t miss out on much.

Bro you put so much work! Thanks

Appreciate all the work you put into your videos mate! I think a future poll with Gym Leaders would be awesome. 😊👍

Dialga and Giratina are my fav legendaries just bc of their designs b colors and their power of time and antimatter. Dont forget about their awesome battle themes.

what help rayquaza is that he literally stop 2 legendaries fighting twice, awesome entrance and also decent at battle

0:15 the pause button almost perfectly fits here

I’m so glad that even after all these years, the Tower Duo and Mewtwo are still loved rather well. I’m also glad that the Aura Trio were well received. With all the recent Gen 6 bashing, I was sure people would dislike them.

I’m honestly surprised how well alola did. All my friends hated it but I really enjoyed it. I thought it was a bit more on the wacky side of games but it was still enjoyable and fun especially with you being able to collect Zygarde and other Pokémon from the different portals (in ultra sun and moon).

Nice video, thanks man!

"Regirock is the least popular of the regi trio." *Sad un un un noises*

The more I watch these videos the more I realize how unpopular my Pokémon opinions are

I, personally, like the new gens. Then gen that got me into Pokemon was gen 7 with the Light trio and Guardian quartet. I love most of the ultra beasts too. I think that it all comes down to the experience that you got from a certain gen.

I like the neutral commentary stance and research effort you put into this video Ron, great respect!

Interesting to see. I’m amazed that people like “too many” (my opinion) legendaries/mythicals in a generation. I feel it “takes” from them being special

I loved this poll! Very fun and interesting to see the results. I'm saddened to see the lack of love for my Gen 3 Regis though. Nothing was more cryptic/exciting for me than deciphering the code and catching them. Also Groudon and Palkia are underrated.

Importance in the anime is probably the most important thing I would say. Tapu Koko is the best example because of how relevant it is in the sun and moon anime.

i've never seen such an in-depth analysis of data on youtube of all places before

For being a video based around numbers and percentage, this was really fun and entertaining!

so glad to finally see this video! with lugia being my favourite i’m glad to see it made A+ tier and i do agree with a lot of this video, but by far the most astounding thing for me are the forces of nature. I like the way you catch them i like their forms and apart from their shinies id say nothing really lets them down in my eyes

I somehow knew Rayquaza would take first place! I'm surprised Mewtwo wasn't higher. I loved how many legendaries there were in Gen 4, specifically because there was an abundance of really cool areas and events to explore. Legendaries are at their best when they're at the end of something spectacular. You have to go through a sort-of Zelda dungeon to get Articuno, there are memorable cutscenes leading up to Darkrai, Shaymin, and Deoxys, and you have to scale M. C. Escher's classic painting to get to Giratina. Pokemon like Volcanion, Zeraora, and Zarude are just items you were given as a promotional gift. You have to put all the strain you can on your brain to squeeze them into the story you're going through or have already finished. The key difference is immersion. Unless there's an interesting story, mystery, and/or adventure tied to it, a legendary/Mythical is better off just being another Pokemon in the wild. Pokemon doesn't need more legendaries. It needs more dungeons, puzzles, and exciting areas to bring the world to life!

This list lines up pretty much with what I thought 😃, although I don't have too many opinions on the newer gens apart from the designs as I haven't played those games

That top 5 is really interesting. Rayquaza is definitely the most favourited and popular legendary (although I prefer darkrai). Giratina surprised me being that high but I’m actually glad about it even though I think dialga and Palkia are better. Yveltal is awesome but not the best

"Let me know why arceus as risen in popularity" Probably not because of the upcoming game legend arceus.

This is really cool and I respect how much effort went in to this. Being that I got in to Pokemon right when it came to North America, I can't help but love the Generation 1 Legendary Pokemon more than all the others. Mew especially, I remember going to the theater with my Uncle to watch the movie with Mew and Mewtwo. At the door they gave you a Pokemon card which was "Ancient Egyptian Mew" and I remember being so fixated on the card that my Uncle kept telling me to put it away cause I was missing parts of the movie. I went home and my Dad put it in a card sleeve for me. I was upset that he did because I wasn't able to "touch and feel the card" haha. Little did I know that what he was doing was making sure it stayed safe and preserved it. he put it in one of those big thick plastic cases that you need a screwdriver to open so I couldn't get it open. I still have it to this day in perfect condition (albeit with maybe a bit of popcorn butter on it) and I get so happy when I look at it cause I reminds me of my Uncle (who passed away two years ago) and my childhood.

As a black and white fan (my first gen) glad to see it preformed pretty well ,although I was kinda sad that people didn’t really like latios and latias

3:05 YES mew somehow managed to beat mewtwo in popularity.

Something that may have hurt some of the really new legendaries is that they were only in DLCs aka behind a paywall that people unwilling to pay, busy or more casual about being a Pokemon fan nowadays don't even know them really

I'm surprised Deoxys wasn't higher! I'm also surprised Giratina's origin form got more votes than the alternate form... The legged form just looks much more menacing!

These are super well done

Bruh, I'm shocked at how unpopular the Lake Trio are. You'd think that the PMD fandom would back them up, with them being the Time Gear guardians and all. :/

Love it! Do fossils next!

After playing emerald and seeing all the backstory and plot put into the ancient trio seeing Rayquaza the legendary dragon on s tier alone is just satisfying

I love the concept of these videos! The pixie mythicals are some of my personal favorite Pokémon, but I know that’s an unpopular opinion. I guess they’re just not as ‘cool’ as other legendaries, but still very cute

I love Heatran so much I'm so sad almost no buddy loves :( At least it's good in compatitive

Me, an artist, has decided that legendaries should only be a little more complicated than the average Pokémon because they’re not easy either…

i didnt even knew i needed this video

I’m 25. I just got back into pokemon now that I have a switch. I’m trying to dip my toes back into the lore and the world. And I’m realizing now that I checked out right at the end of Gen 3. It’s so wild to see how far it’s come since then…

The Aura Trio is really underrated imo

This is going to be a long comment but, as far as I can tell: Legendaries: They´re literal forces of nature that helped to shape or sustain the world and/or heroes for humanity/for the pokemon, or an entire region. And their presence in the world and influence in these aspects is quite acknowledged in the pokemon world. Mythical pokemon: They are not legendaries. However they're really powerful pokemon with unique abilities that are so uncommon to be seen that people in the pokemon world even doubts of their existence to some extend. Sometimes considered almost like minor deities for specific towns and cities in the past and their primary trait is that they´re literal representations of certain myths from the real world (like muses, aliens, time travelers, etc). Ultra beast: They´re basically pokemon from another dimension. Not legendaries. The share a lot of traits with legendaries (like being genderless, having scripted encounters and being part of the undiscovered group, etc) but this is due to their whole concept as extra dimensional unidentified creatures. Not for being the same thing. To explain this a bit more: The existence of the legendaries as the pokemon that shaped the world or saved an entire region is something acknowledged as a fact in the pokemon world. And they know about their existence. They´re either literal representations of forces of nature that shaped or sustain the world (like groudon, kyogre, yveltal, dialga, palkia, etc) or heroes of humanity or an entire region (like Zacian, Zamazenta, ho-oh, creselia, sylvally, the tapus, etc) or heroes for the pokemon (like mewtwo, cobalion, terrakion and virizion). Mythical pokemon are more literally in line with the concept of a myth like Celebi which is basically a time traveler, deoxys being basically an alien, magearna being basically the embodiment of the myth of the philosopher stone, genesect being a cyborg, hoopa being a genie in a lamp, meloetta being a muse, etc. They are all pretty powerful pokemon with the trait of having a pretty specific theme for their unique abilities associated to the myth they represent (instead of broad concepts as an entire force of nature) that are sometimes associated with specific places, towns or cities for the most part but in a minor scale, not the entire world or an entire region. And unlike legendaries, they´re so rare that people in the pokemon world even doubts of their existence. Which is the overall concept of the creatures from a myth (that´s why they´re mythical pokemon). You may be wondering: But, what about Arceus? Arceus falls more in line with the mythical pokemon. Being a representation of the theories about the origin of the universe, being seen only a few times in the entire history of the world and not being associated with a specific force of nature. It´s actually one of the reasons Silvally is a legendary instead as well. Silvally was based on what people new about Arceus in stories (a powerful pokemon able to change to any other type) but unlike Arceus, Silvally was specifically made to be a hero for the entire Alola region (to protect the region from the threat of the ultra beast). Which is what makes him a legendary pokemon. And about the ultrabeast: As I said, They´re basically pokemon from another dimension. Not legendaries. The share a lot of traits with legendaries (like being genderless, having scripted encounters and being part of the undiscovered group, etc) but this is due to their whole concept as extra dimensional unidentified creatures. You can look literally in everywhere and you'll see that they're not classified as legendaries at all (and I already explained the differences between these three concepts). You may be thinking that in some game files they're listed as legendaries. But I genuinely think that they only do this because they share a lot of similar traits to legendaries, so it´s just easier to code them like that. The game files also says that there's mega stones in SWSH and that's clearly not the case, so the classification from game files isn´t really a reliable source. They just do things like that while coding everything into the games. However the ultra dimension does have 3 ultra beast that are considered legendaries in their own world and even in the pokemon world (solgaleo, the literal representation of the sun, lunala the literal representation of the moon and necrozma the literal representation of light/refraction of light and of the theorical concept of a "black body" that absorbs light (in it's main form) and a super nova (in it's final form). And as you can see, those three do fall in line with the things that identify a legendary that I already mentioned (forces of nature/heroes of humanity/pokemon/an entire region).

That was breathtaking u took my breath

The King Stay The King, Rayquaza is a truly awe-inspiring design that has never aged and probably never will, goated.

I remember doing this poll, it would be cool if you showed what the average score for all of the legendary pokemon to see what people think of the legendaries in pokemon as a whole

If it wasn’t for Sif in Dark Souls, I would’ve bought Shield for the exclusives. No regrats.

Mew is cute, cheeky and curious - I think that’s what is so appealing about it - I love Mew, Celebi and Cosmog because they all hold those traits

I think something like this but with mega evolution’s would be cool!

Yes! Zekrom is one of the highest ones, just like it deserves to be!

I didn’t think my opinions were that odd, but I disagreed with a lot of this haha. Entei and groudon being last in their trios, rayquaza being the only S rank, people not really liking the “pixie” mythicals, and people disliking the swords of justice (which I will never understand)? I would never have guessed most of that would be the case. Opinions are weird lol

Very interesting video! My fav legendaries, aside from Dialga, are the Tapus (especially Tapu Lele) and the Lake Trio... surprised to see they are so low in scores! xD

One thing you could do if you want to find/rank them by most preferred. Is to do a poll where people are presented with two random Legendaries (in this case) and they have to pick which one they prefer (for whatever reason in this case). At the end you'll have the data for which where picked over most the most times, and which where picked the least etc.

I find it interesting that the more typically "masculine" choice between most groups tend to be the most popular choice

Im surprised Giratina didn't make it to S, like sure it was super close but I expected it to sit alongside Rayquaza as the best Masters of their trio

It is so surprising seeing the lake guardians so low. I thought everyone loved them. They haven’t left my party since I caught them they’re my favorite Pokémon of all time

nice list, I completely agree! palkia is my fav, might get a tattoo of it. Also I see that ho-oh remix from Kamex ;D

My favorite legendaries are Yveltal, Arceus, Zeroara, Darkrai, Dusk Mane Necrozma. Arceus with a ghost plate was my absolute favorite, with Event move Shadow Force.

I am shocked to see that the creation trio gained more popularity than the weather trio but I am happy as a sihhoh fan

Best kinda tier list... more of this please

I definitely think you need to include a question asking when everybody's first game was, because I bet the gen 4/5 popularity is due to your channel being mostly in the age range for those

How the heck did zapdos lose to articuno. Like it feels so good to replace your crappy pidgiotto with a zapdos. I never understood why blue used a pidgey as the last fight.

Surprised by Yveltal. I think people might like it simply because it's reminiscent of other legendaries like Lugia and Zekrom. That's what drew me to buy Y version initially. Over time, though, I've come to like Xerneas a lot more. It's got swords for legs!

Nice vid, not shocking that gen 3 and gen 4 were voted as having the best assortment legendaries, they had by far the best designs and storylines, platinum and emerald was Pokémon at its peak back in the day.

Very interesting to see how people feel about modern legends because I don't seem to like them. But as you pointed out in the beginning - most people tend to like the legends from their first game or the game most nostalgic to them. For me thats gens 2-5 with 3 and 4 being the most favorite. I didn't start appreciating 2 until HG and SS

Well Hoopa has a research story in Pokemon go that is still ongoing now

What I get from this is that Pokefans really loves some Edgy stuff lol

Great Video! Well put together

2 years and 5 months since this came out, and i am dying for more content like this! another time @Truegreen7 ?

Raikou and Entai have a special place in my heart since i have fond memories of catching them (soulsilver being my first pokemon game) however in terms of design Zekrom is my favourite

I always immensely enjoyed the cute cuddly "pixie" legendaries mew, jirachii, manaphy, and victini. Every one of them is special to me Marshadow looks like one I could have loved but I didn't spend time with the Lil guy

His name is YAVELTAL!

Pretty spot on thanks 👍

I haven't played pokemon in too long... I ought to pick it back up eventually.

Entei is my favourite Johto legendary (other than Ho-Oh) and he was the lowest ranking of the trio