Why Moltres is Finally Good.

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11 ай бұрын

Pokemon Competitive Singles has seen the triumphant return of many Legendaries of the past, thanks to Pokemon Home Compatibility. Moltres has never seen much success over the years due to its damning weakness to Rock, but with the introduction of Heavy-Duty Boots in Gen 8, along with various cumulative buffs throughout the years, and a great typing for the new Gen 9 metagame, Moltres is absolutely thriving.
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@jimothycool 11 ай бұрын

Articuno’s Rare Uses in Competitive. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iZebpsaoydysZaM.html

@carlwheezer5616 11 ай бұрын

I really tried giving it a shot around Gen 6-7. There are just better ice-types unfortunately.

@toukopaavolainen3566 11 ай бұрын

Next: Why is articuno even worse.

@turkeyguyorsomethinggobble3639 11 ай бұрын

Guys I can terra out of my bad defensive type. I must be good right? Right?

@indiradevi6217 11 ай бұрын

@@turkeyguyorsomethinggobble3639 It is the best it has been for a while. Being a really good NU mon is quite amazing. Not as amazing as SS ZU but still really really good mon.

@juponhuissieravocat8017 11 ай бұрын

Then it's just a picture of ice

@eeveewithcoffee9554 11 ай бұрын

Articuno is my favorite of the three and it’s sad to see it as just bad. Even in Gen 1 it was just spam ice move

@beanthebuilder 11 ай бұрын

I came down here to say this

@Raymanlegacy 11 ай бұрын

I wish articono got a buff it really deserves and needs one

@elilopez6260 11 ай бұрын

The buff is not being ice type

@peet-janissen5838 11 ай бұрын

@@elilopez6260or ice being a better type

@tyshawnstubbs9315 11 ай бұрын

@@elilopez6260 Fr. Being Ice and Flying ain't worth it. Being Ice on something overly offensive makes sense atleast Articuno doesn't be cooking

@yonkodude 11 ай бұрын

Just remove it from the game… probably get a better ranking in the tiers

@dvdcopyofsharktaleVEVO 11 ай бұрын

It needs ice scales or something at this point lol

@arafzaman760 11 ай бұрын

Moltres is actually at the right place at the right time It's ability shuts down a lot of physical attackers who are dominating the current OU great tusk,valiant(physical version) It adapted to the meta

@smthcreative938 11 ай бұрын

I believe that the meta just so accidentally adapted to make moltres good

@oofjeff3735 11 ай бұрын

i still dont understand this mentality, moltress for sure doesn't want to risk getting its boots knocked off, the trade off is not worth it

@tails183 11 ай бұрын

Its*

@N12015 11 ай бұрын

And as soon as that changes it'll come back to UU. Moltres is mostly an answer for the current climate that otherwise would prefer Skeledirge.

@Kiiroita 11 ай бұрын

@@oofjeff3735yeah but knock off has really limited distribution and it's biggest user (great tusk) hates getting burned and gets bodied by moltres

@MeatOfJustice 11 ай бұрын

It got the Timbs.

@SalvatorTorres 11 ай бұрын

Rip to the zamazenta without stone edge on the background 💀

@the_bookworm8281 11 ай бұрын

Something to note is that in the first several months of the Crown Tundra metagame, Moltres was actually a legitimate OU mon due to being able to check a lot of the more broken mons in the tier, such as non-Electric variations of Genesect and Magearna, Cinderace, and most notably Pheromosa, while also matching up well against other threats such as Weavile and Melmetal. However, the metagame after these threats got banned got a whole lot worse for Moltres, and it ended up dropping to UU as a result. As it stands, post-HDB Moltres has shown that it is very metagame dependent mon on whether or not it is good in OU.

@gengstar09 11 ай бұрын

I was literally about to write the same thing. Bro missed that Moltres, Nidoking, and Rhyperior were in OU last gen for a pretty good amount of time.

@pastaman7278 11 ай бұрын

New video idea: why heavy duty boots saved half the metagame

@malakimphoros2164 11 ай бұрын

Because Defog and Rapid Spin distribution is bonkers. Stealth Rock in general was a mistake.

@alyssarichardson2544 11 ай бұрын

@@Muniz_z Stealth Rock should be Steel type, have much, MUCH less distribution, and deal 1/2/3 layers of spikes worth of damage. 1/2/3 for neutral/2x/4x. It'd be better if they were removed and replaced with a better entry hazard, it's been 16 years, surely they can think of something... Stealth Rock is so arbitrary and has way too much impact.

@larseunic 11 ай бұрын

Stealth rocks was really an unneeded move for the game. A mon taking half HP on entering the field because your opponent clicked rocks once is so stupid. I wish for a metagame where rocks are banned

@rockandrowl 11 ай бұрын

@larseunic it exists it's called gen 1 ou and gen 2 ou and gen 3 ou and gen 8 ou

@Greatbabyred 11 ай бұрын

@@Muniz_z just because stealth rock disproportionately harms some pokemon more than others doesn't mean that it destroyed the game

@user-wl9yj8gz6f 11 ай бұрын

It's a shame that Articuno unfairly received the 125 points of special in his defense and not in attack. Otherwise I think it would be a good choice for rain teams.

@aceclover758 11 ай бұрын

GF hates ice type

@majelalover8837 11 ай бұрын

Articuno would still be mediocre at best: it‘s the only bird whose stab is resisted by steel, while still being slow and having many weaknesses

@cielbie8251 11 ай бұрын

@@fdaa3154 It makes a bit of sense as ice is really solid, heavy and sturdy. Its just, they didn't give it any resistances and a ton of weaknesses. While offensively they made it pretty strong. So, how they imagine ice types is different to how ice types perform in game.

@cielbie8251 11 ай бұрын

@@fdaa3154 Yeah, because they made it a bad type, that isn't suitable for the intended purpose the type has. Rock has some of the same issues too, having too many weaknesses to be that good defensively, but doesn't have it quite as bad as ice has it.

@TheMaplestSyrup 11 ай бұрын

@@fdaa3154a fast ice type is a broken ice type

@ad51603 11 ай бұрын

Poor Articuno sitting in the corner begging for Game Freak to buff it

@MrCheeze 11 ай бұрын

It had its chance already with the ludicrously broken Red/Green blizzard.

@shadowdraqon2479 11 ай бұрын

Articuno did get a buff, it can hit bulky water types with freeze dry

@usernametaken017 3 ай бұрын

New ability: ice body 😈

@Maki_Moon 11 ай бұрын

I haven't played singles since gen 7 so I had no idea that Moltres was good in OU. It's nice to see an old mon becoming good after so many years.

@fabiomcmuffin 11 ай бұрын

Just when we thought we were safe from iron mugulis, his newest servant poltchageist arrives

@MrShadowThief 11 ай бұрын

Breaking news: it seems like the past paradox form of Sinistea, Great Spoon, has come to our era under the guise of Poltchageist to try and stop the evil deeds of its future counterpart, Iron Mugulis, once and for all.

@koharuyuuki3162 11 ай бұрын

I wouldn't write off Iron Mugiulus just yet... Since it's a future Paradox Form of Sinistea, It might try to evolve to do its nefarious deeds once more

@astralnova10 11 ай бұрын

Articuno needs an entire rework. Bro has a glass cannon type but specced for the tank build. Itd need like Snow warning As a hidden ability plus a stat rework so it can spam Stab hurricane plus unmissable blizzards. A diet Iron bundle, but still itd be okay. Maybe even give it earth power.

@jimothycool 11 ай бұрын

How Zapdos Aged Perfectly. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z8BmjauSlbq7pHU.html

@lickyro1234 11 ай бұрын

Absolutely loving these new frequent uploads. Keep up the great work!!

@chromosocks202 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for the insightful videos on these meta games I don't play Mr. Cool. It has become a ritual to listen to your morning uploads while I am working my job 😊

@Zetts 11 ай бұрын

so glad I found your channel. thanks for the video and good luck on your continued growth

@ShinyGBZ 11 ай бұрын

I think it'd be a really cool idea topic to talk about power creep in Pokémon, and what moves in particular caused the shift in power from gen 3 to 4, and especially 4 to 5. For example, how Baton Pass was your really only pivoting move, as opposed to gen 4's U turn, and Focus Punch as opposed to Close Combat

@Aoi_Tori_ 11 ай бұрын

Congrats on 40k Jim!

@MunchingFrog05 11 ай бұрын

Discovered you the other day and you vids are so dope man

@amb1ance 11 ай бұрын

Congrats on 40k!

@ap4_ 11 ай бұрын

Your account is taking off so fast! Im glad I was an early sub, youre awesome!!

@maktackle1908 11 ай бұрын

Shoutout also to Moltres being one of the only pokémon not weak to Enamorus Moonblast + Earth Power

@ShiningJudgment666 11 ай бұрын

But also having stats good enough to not be worn down so fast.

@curtislanglitz926 11 ай бұрын

Dude your voice is super relaxing. Great and interesting information on the subject as well

@axel8912 11 ай бұрын

Does this mean we're getting a Articuno vid next? Cuz I'm all here for it. The new buff ice types got with snow does make me wonder if Articuno at least have been tested a bit more than previous gens... in vgc at least

@erenjaeger3178 11 ай бұрын

Jimothy: “Will-O-Wisp is one of the best moves in the game” Also Jimothy: shows Will-O-Wisp missing

@enoyna1001 11 ай бұрын

Originally 75% hit chance ptsd kicks in

@ShiningJudgment666 11 ай бұрын

@@enoyna1001 Highest Burn chance of any move factoring in accuracy. Though the combination of Inferno and Gravity is pretty disgusting.

@PanthalassaRo 11 ай бұрын

Big fan of Iron Mugilis, congrats on the 40k

@tubathecoolkid6919 11 ай бұрын

Hey id like to give some productive feed back on the sound with my ear buds in I heard alot of clipping and poping heart to listen too , btw I love the content I was trying to trade my og moltress from bank to home today I'm so glad I saw this video :)

@NRF3703 11 ай бұрын

Nice video! Moltres is underrated! I love how you use DKC and Pokemon music. Those two are my favorite Nintendo franchises and have great music!

@kefkapalazzo1 11 ай бұрын

Good shit on 40k you deserve even more imo

@frederickennedy2394 11 ай бұрын

congrats on 40k

@michaeldwane4192 11 ай бұрын

Moltres being ou is something I thought I would never see coming especially with the rising power creep in the new gamss

@HACSSuperbMiner 11 ай бұрын

Many people have probably said this already but I absolutely love the way you plug your channel. I never thought the "like and subscribe" portion of videos would have so much lore lol. Long live the Phoenix

@PoisedHD 11 ай бұрын

who would win, a legendary phoenix-like bird, or a few pebbles that float in the sky

@ranielle9271 11 ай бұрын

Congrats for the 40K subs!

@abarette_ 11 ай бұрын

can't wait for the manga adaptation of your work 'Half Full'

@chilitofu3512 11 ай бұрын

if you remove moltres’ flames, it looks balder than johnny sins

@cashcloakburmy 11 ай бұрын

Moltres wasn’t even OU in Gen 3 until fairly recently. The development of the big chicken’s viability is ever-evolving, you love to see it

@Munby1 7 ай бұрын

That poor Moltres has lost a wing

@jimothycool 7 ай бұрын

Don't say that.

@boop53 11 ай бұрын

would you ever do a video on the galarian birds? could be neat i think

@babagryva5954 11 ай бұрын

I love moltres

@azeria1 11 ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see your reaction to the new grass ghost type sinistea they just announced we definitely have to many grass ghost none of them are even that good

@ZeroThreeJuice 10 ай бұрын

I won’t stand for this Trevenant slander.

@SirToastyToes 11 ай бұрын

Moltres was one of my team members on my 142 win streak in Emerald as it could be immune to Earthquake but not weak to ice, a surprisingly rare combination in Gen 3

@shawverno.1130 11 ай бұрын

I love how skyhops favorite pokemon is iron mugulus

@Bcdeano 11 ай бұрын

Super happy to see Moltres in OU. It's fun to use and a great utility pokemon. Soaks up common fairy hits with SpDef investment. Favorite returning though has to be Dnite. It is so versatile and even 1 DD lets you really decimate opponents with Espeed, especially tera normal

@thesuperthingymabob8209 11 ай бұрын

Oh no did this video come out before matcha mugulis reveal

@sharpfang3660 11 ай бұрын

you got me interested in playing gen 3 ou, thanks

@randomizervidz5449 11 ай бұрын

I love this account so much

@suly5836 11 ай бұрын

Current OU is literally "does it beat gambit"

@monke9084 11 ай бұрын

Moltres: I made it man! Zapdos: Nice man! Moltres: Now let's wait for Articuno-

@ReeApple 11 ай бұрын

jimothy hits 40k, game freak makes a mon that looks like Sinistea, coincidence?

@waterfrost5080 11 ай бұрын

I love moltres design, im so glad they are good in pvp although i use choice specs instead usually

@BlackRaven6695 11 ай бұрын

We need to get Jim up to 100k subscribers in time for the climactic final battle with Iron Mugulis.

@Ashelybee 11 ай бұрын

Meanwhile articuno: *cuts to a stock photo of frozen chicken*

@TheLiquidCastle 11 ай бұрын

need more adv ou doubles >:( they were so much fun to watch

@joshuasmith6909 11 ай бұрын

Shoutouts to my man Fake Gameplay, you’re a real one

@MrSlizzard 11 ай бұрын

Been running it for years despite the rocks weakness. Its a beast. Also it was the best card I pulled in the original card series and then a kid tricked me out of it. So I have a special place in my heart for them.

@theburningfalcon974 11 ай бұрын

Jimothy. in the newest trailer for the pokemon dlc, a new form of snisistea was announce, going on a spree of death and green thìngs, its not even in the game, and it already have a body count! As the voice against the the future Paradox form of sisnistea, iron mugglus, what are your thoughts on this monster?

@parkerdixon-word6295 11 ай бұрын

I'm expecting the next videos to finish off the trio with Articuno, and then start comparing their Galarian forms.

@syah7991 11 ай бұрын

Moltres also reliably checks Enamorus pretty well

@Eddie_Enfer 11 ай бұрын

I think Moltres didn't got to shine that much in gen 8 because Knock off still was a wide spread move, but now in gen 9 knock off is a rare move

@enoyna1001 11 ай бұрын

Valid point

@BackwardsHat 11 ай бұрын

An inspiring story for Big Molt

@chess_fella 11 ай бұрын

I love using Moltres in ADV

@MitchellD249 9 ай бұрын

Man had to wait all these years for the chance to say that the phoenix pokemon has risen from the ashes in competitive.

@Christoffski 11 ай бұрын

This Pokemon fits its sprite so well.

@EdisonMedicine 11 ай бұрын

I made #1 on Showdown Gen5 OU ladder with a Moltres Rain team nearly a year ago. Definitely one of my proudest moments in competitive Pokemon

@casualcynic8557 11 ай бұрын

Another big change between Gen 8 and 9 is that so many pokemon lost knock off as well. So, moltres usually doesn't need to worry losing its boots now.

@alyssarichardson2544 11 ай бұрын

they never should have buffed KO's damage...

@leafeoff6749 11 ай бұрын

I’m so excited to see that the accumulation of Jimothy Cool subscribers has convinced Iron Mugulis to stop its threats of criminal shenanigans. And Moltres is also pretty cool.

@ConoriHam 11 ай бұрын

Jimothy this is an emergency, Pokémon just announced a new regional form for Polteageist. Is this the doing of iron mugulis??? I thought this menace was done for but we may have something to worry about once more 😢

@yurinate69420 11 ай бұрын

Moltres is my lifesaver against those kingambit that always in the ladder. It's also a great check against enamorus.

@2000Vincius 11 ай бұрын

Hey Jim wondering if u could make my gardevoir memento Smeargle DD team better. I'm that one crazy dude running it. I know it's gimmicky but I wonder what you thought of it when we played

@bradensmith8682 11 ай бұрын

Moltres is such a great wall. And another thing thats happened is that offensively, its gained so many targets that it specializes in incinerating.

@johnhawkins5314 11 ай бұрын

What I find interesting is that atm both Fire/Flying and Electric/Flying share similar defensive niches and hence Moltres and Zapdos work sorta similarly in Gen 9 OU

@KindaKaon 11 ай бұрын

I think the lack of knock and other free clicks like that in gen 9 compared to gen 8 has also been super helpful - gen 8 made it super difficult to pivot into moltres against physical mons it should check with flame body if rocks were up and they had knock.

@analoghabits9217 11 ай бұрын

moltres should get an ability relating to how it heals in magma. like taking damage triggers roost to recover after rocks. or if flare blitz heals instead of recoiling

@HawkBreland 11 ай бұрын

Tha Moltres got different, cuz its fhkin splendid

@eeveewithcoffee9554 11 ай бұрын

With how much I hear about stealth rock destroying a lot of two times weakness Pokémon, I would really want to see them add a new type of entry hazzards. Like a torch floor (fire) or spiky weeds (grass) or icebergs (ice) just to let flying, fire, and bug have a little bit of they don’t always have to run heavy duty boots

@thefloodwatch785 11 ай бұрын

at this point its a catch 22 any new hazards are just going to make heavy duty boots that more necessary to the point it'll be ok every mon

@starertree7736 11 ай бұрын

fire bird gaming

@alluceoave 10 ай бұрын

Did I hear Nasty Plot Moltres?

@Wildstar5267 11 ай бұрын

Galarian birds are so cool too and wish they didn't get overlooked, just wish they actually got coverage moves

@videakias3000 11 ай бұрын

you forgot to mention that in gen 8 he received scorching sands. a ground type 70 power special move with 30% chance to burn the target. I wonder why this move is not currently available in gen 9. maybe it will be added later through dlc.

@ShiningJudgment666 11 ай бұрын

Yep. Only to lose the move in the Generation shift lol

@_-Lx-_ 11 ай бұрын

Dude! Iron Mugulis is REAL!

@hiphops8082 11 ай бұрын

Moltres’s niche in gen 1 is very worth while and very scary. It’s just inconsistent because fire spin accuracy.

@ShiningJudgment666 11 ай бұрын

Fire types are just inherently bad in Gen 1 since their STAB coverage is covered by Ice moves, it doesn't resist Ice and has too many common weaknesses. Moltres is scary since it can brute force past some would-be checks (Rhydon and Golem take a lot from Fire Blast despite resistance) and Fire Blast had a 30% burn chance which punishes said checks.

@hiphops8082 11 ай бұрын

@@ShiningJudgment666 i wouldn't say fire typing is inherently bad in gen 1. it's just kinda a very middle of the pack type. And when half your ou team is gonna be normal type, and you're gonna have at least 1 psychic type, theres only 2 other spots to put a fire type, and generally you'd rather go with a more consistent mon than Moltres.

@AriehAnkri 11 ай бұрын

Can you talk about my favorite pokemon gyarados and how he fall to uu?

@jerryedwardfranken 10 ай бұрын

I love long neck moltres, gen 3 sprite

@alyssarichardson2544 11 ай бұрын

I think Stealth Rock doesn't need erasure but definitely needs a nerf - I propose that instead of 12.5/25/50% (neutral/2x/4x) should do the same damage 1/2/3 layers of spikes. Steel would also be a more balanced type than rock, hitting Fairies harder would bring them in line as well as buffing Fire, Bug and Flying (Bug SERIOUSLY needs buffs)

@nintendosquad3248 11 ай бұрын

Great video, I just wanted to say that Moltres was OU in gen 8 for a little bit and then fell off again and the same could happen this gen. Regardless I’m just happy this rubber chicken is getting a chance.

@larseunic 11 ай бұрын

It's too easy to get knock off in gen 8 that's why. Moltres with boots is so strong in gen 8

@larseunic 11 ай бұрын

Also a lot of rain teams so maybe defensive fire types are less impressive

@cielbie8251 11 ай бұрын

Its strange to think of flame body as a good ability, since for most of pokemons history its been on offensive frail fire pokemon who of course were stealth rock weak. But this generation with moltres and talonflame, its showing that it is a pretty strong ability on defensive pokemon in a metagame with a lot of physical chip damage, and no way to really heal status as heal bell and aromatherapy are rare moves.