It's a bit of a wonder feraligatr doesn't get strong jaw with its category being the 'Big Jaw Pokémon'. As for vespiquen, I always thought parental bond would suit it quite nicely what with its main schtick being that it carries a brood of grubs around to sic on opponents. Fun fact about magmortar: Apparently the Chinese dub of the anime originally called it an alternate name which translates to "duck-billed flame dragon", so there's a case to be made to give it dragon pulse.

Calling it now: Supreme Overlord, Good As Gold, and Unseen Fist is in the top 10.

3:09 but 💀

ZZZ players and asmr fans eating good

Sky uppercut should deal super effective damage towards flying types

GAME FREAK! GIVE GLACEON SLUSH RUSH, AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!

51:47 "[Multitype] could be argued higher" Actually, I'm gonna do the opposite. I think Multitype should be lower, a LOT lower. Because why exactly does Arceus need to hold an item to change form? Other Pokemon like Rotom don't need an item or an ability to change. The only thing Multitype does is force Arceus-(type) to ONLY use the corresponding plate and nothing else. Even if Arceus-Steel wanted Leftovers, it's forced to use the Steel plate and is a much worse wall than it could be as a result. And what is the best Arceus form? Normal Arceus, Extreme Killer. Which doesn't make use of it's ability at all. Oh, and Multitype doesn't actually have any effect in battle, by the way. The form change occurs outside of battle and it can't be changed in battle, even if Arceus loses it's plate. Multitype does effectively nothing and only holds Arceus back. Now if it had the Legend plate it would be a different story, but it only does so in Legends Arceus, and not in the main line games.

7:50 used on the “Oozer” 💀

I almost had a heart attack when I saw Intimidate on 265th, good one. Also give my boy Glaceon Slush Rush, Gamefreak. And my life is yours.

45:53 never thought I'd hear Clawitzer pronounced like that EVER in my life

Can't wait for compilation video!

I just realized steely spirit make it rain would go crazy in doubles

47:40 😟😟😟

48:07 THANK YOU I'VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR MONTHS

Palossand DOES have niche from Water Compaction. In doubles, give amnesia and shore up, have Greninja use water shuriken on it. Now it's got super boosted defenses and can heal itself.

When you pulled that joke with Intimidate at #265 I was about to throw hands. Well done my man 😂😂😂

Get on with it

Golisopods ability is not as bad as you think. It makes Golisopod a bulky pivot allowing it to switch out without using U-Turn, an eject item, or switching. it can take a hit and switch in a frail attacker. You can also heal it above activation range whether it be through leftovers, a berry, or wish/healing wish. It also allows you to more easily get first impressions off.

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Robert Buoy. Kinda disagree about the order of Protosynthesis and Quark Drive. Quark Drive is kind of "Booster Energy: The Ability" considering there's not really any good Electric Terrain setters in the game aside from Miraidon (Ubers/VGC Restricted Format only), which ties the ability's (admittedly more diverse) group to needing Booster Energy to survive. Sun, on the other hand, is trivial to set up via the likes of Torkoal and Nintetales, and has double the options in Ubers between Koraidon and Groudon. That way, you can rely on other items and still get your Protosynthesis boost, or bring Booster Energy and leave the item unconsumed until your sunsetters are KO'd to have a lategame contingency. And the likes of Roaring Moon can still Booster+Acrobatics on a team without sun. So overall, while I agree that Quark Drive has better users than Protosynthesis, there's more depth of strategy and overall versatility in the Protosynthesis camp.

Battle and shell armor are probably top 10 in nuzlockes. There are many plays you just can't make safely if you're dead to a crit so you have to switch out or sacrifice someone but with battle armor you never have to play around the crit

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I feel that Bulletproof should be a bit higher. The amount of moves that are blocked by it that are commonly seen in both competitive singles and doubles make it a genuinely good ability against many different mons

I don’t get why there’s so many abilities that are split up for no reason. Like at least with detect and protect there’s counter play for imprison. But why does rayquaza need air lock? Is it too good to hang out with altaria?

Im on showdown while watching this video and just as Cursed Body gets mentioned the Genger im fighting has its Cursed Body activate lol

Honestly really loving this series! Probably only thing I'd argue is that despite the power of the Pokemon, Protosynthesis should be higher than Quark Drive. This is simply because Harsh Sun is easier to set than Electric Terrain. For sun you have Torkoal, Groudon, Koraidon and Ninetales who can all set it on switching in, whereas with Electric Terrain you have to run Pincurchin or Miraidon unless you want to use a move slot to set it up. And tbh unless you're going to benefit heavily from the Terrain you're probably better off running a stat boosting move.

Oh, and I think you should consider how photosynthesis is a bit more viable because it's way easier to find good sun setters than electric terrain ones for a team.

Called hitmonchan hitmonlee during the iron fist section, my boy xD Great vid tho, I always enjoy this content.

Shell armor is crazy for megabro a couple calm minds and he becomes so hard to kill

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16:02 this unironically made laugh

Day 1 of asking for MattBud’s top 10 favorite Pokemon abilities

I think Gale Wings would have still been balanced if it was just changed to be over 50% HP instead of full.

WOOOO MY FAVE’S SIGNATURE AND ALSO ONLY ABILITY IS IN THE GOOD TIER Still salty that Dhelmise wasn’t in SV and the title of “first Pokémon to be able to achieve 4 STABs on its own” instead got stolen by some random bird that doesn’t even get a signature move to use with its ability.

Alright time for my review round 2 I agree with everything up to synchronize. You mentioned a bunch of its weaknesses, but its also even more useless just because most people will simply not status a mon with synchronize if it will come back to them. Plus its just not very good in doubles. I would definitely move this down a tier. The same goes for long reach. Just super situational. I think hydration is more accurate but I would still put it lower just because most of its users have better abilities Effect spore I’d also put lower since effect spore can actually be detrimental when you are trying to sleep a mon and instead it procs poison. I would definitely move up dauntless shield. Yeah it was nerfed but my god zam would just be so much worse without it, especially in doubles. Turboblaze and teravolt are pretty mid imo although I think Im in the minority since I also think mold breaker is pretty mid Honestly commander is really interesting cause I could definitely see an argument for it being a top 50 ability but the restriction of not being able to switch out is significant. Probably a fair placement. Quark Drive and Proto I’d probably move down. Fact is a majority of the time the mons will not have an ability. I’d definitely have defiant below competitive. Tbh with intimidate being so common it simply means competitive is going to be a better version of defiant most of the time, at least in doubles.

Bro noice video appreciate it will be waitin for part 3

Another super awesome and well made video. Can't wait for part 3!

Lets go the second part of the goated series

The second part of the goated series

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Hunger switch is detrimental in doubles in the same way truant is but to a slightly lesser degree because it can only be infinitely stalled out by ground types with protect instead of any mon with protect, protosynthesis is way better than quark drive considering its literally on straight up better pokemon Note on commander even if the tatsugiri dies(giving tatsugiri a toxic orb is an easy way to do this) in dondozos mouth dondozo keeps the stat buffs and since the tatsugiri is dead flamigo can copy the omniboost with costar I think that he thinks that delta stream is the best ability i wonder if ill be right

Slow start isnt a signature ability anymore since varoom has it as its hidden ability also anticipation is useless in actual vgc because its open team sheets so you already know what moves the opponent has i can confirm costar is really good

33:33 Looks like I’m the first to say it, but I’m sure it’ll be mentioned again: Commander isn’t a +1, it’s a +2 Omniboost. I’m not sure where this moves it, but it’s at least worth noting

wait opportunist feels way too low for something that can win you games

Why did you rank white smoke so much lower than the tied clear body and full metal body? If the pokemon that has the ability matters so much for white smoke to be so low, then full metal body should be waaay higher considering its only on 1 great pokemon

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overall good, i would place protosynthesis higher than quark drive because sun is much easier to set than electric terrain. on top of that flutter mane has seen way more usage than other paradox mons.since sun is easier to set it makes the item slot more flexible for proto users. the quark mons currently only have pinurchin when excluding the box legendaries. the best quark mon in my opinion is iron bundle due to sheer speed and good stabs followed by iron bundle for sheer bulk. plus if i remember correctly roaring moon was banned once getting access to new moves and overall typing seems to be better on the proto users in my opinion as well, excluding tera use of course. intrepid sword was better than dauntless shield originally but the nerf made them swap positions in my opinion as well because intimidate. intimidate being able to proc multiple times vs intrepid swords once per battle really hurts it but has no effect against dauntless shield, especially with body press which lets means dauntless shield now boosts damage output and defense making it way more prominent this gen. losing the defense boost also isn’t as bad compared to just attack for reasons listed above. just my take on this.