10 of The Most Broken New Abilities In Emerald Redux (v1.6)

In game where abilities rule, surely they have some good ones. Well in emerald elite redux (v1.6) they have plenty of brand new abilities and many are broken. Pokémon like rayquaza and yveltal are some of the lucky few that get access to 10 of these top tier abilities. In this video I go over all ten and the Pokémon that get them and explain how just one of these makes them competitively viable.

[@MegaFidough]

So apparently queen's majesty exists in the regular games. My bad lol. But more Pokémon get it now so 🤷‍♂ Its broken though trust me

[@21eeveevulpix]

To be fair, only two mons get it in Vanilla iirc, one is never used and I'm pretty sure the other one prefers a different ability.

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

No, only one in vanilla. Tsareena’s the only one

[@21eeveevulpix]

@@shirshobanerjee7751 I thought Bruxish of all things also got it... Wait, no that's a different ability I'm thinking of never mind.

[@gianmarcovaleralucena2373]

There's similar abilities that havw the same effect on vainilla Dazzling and amor tail

[@21eeveevulpix]

@@gianmarcovaleralucena2373 Yeah I was thinking of Dazzling on Bruxish, well, at least that's Knowledge I've learned today.

[@catcus2223]

The fact that Kecleon gets 8 immunities and resists everything else is insane enough, but it also gets PROTEAN as an innate as well, so almost all damage against kecleon is halved, and it gets a 50% boost to all damage on top of that.

[@MegaFidough]

Hes so good. Carried my first playthrough lmao

[@airam1721]

Oh, don't forget its normal abilities are always trash. And it gets skill swap

[@catcus2223]

@@airam1721 and even if it doesn't want skill swap he can run defeatist since he has recover to counteract that, he is that insane

[@airam1721]

@@catcus2223 tbh it has such a versatile kit it can just save state then adapt and grab an win

[@sashadoesrandomstuff4223]

Corrosion screws it tho

[@becausesakamoto5938]

That's the Mystery Dungeons Kecleon gahdamn

[@christopherdangelo1292]

Applications of these abilities in practice: Air blower: in singles the only mon that infamously wield it to an important degree is yveltal, but it definitely does inflate choice sets while making it’s set up variants a pain to deal with, tho in doubles, you have already infamous doubles staples like tornadus and whimsicott absolutely wreaking havoc, and probably would go utterly unchecked if it wasn’t for the common nature of screens with either Grimm or north wind, or how prevalent trick room styles are, especially psyspam. I do not need to explain color change, since that ability caused the gecko to be “nerfed” in a way that effectively BUFFED it. Fearmonger is good, but tbh it doesn’t really need the set up, and the para rarely happens, even when spamming dual chop for an increased chance. Once the next update comes out and releases its new alternate abilities (you can see that by going to the dex on the discord and clicking the alpha setting on the spot where it says 1.6.1), it’s definitely taking keen edge for increased power. Lead coat is good, and while mega aggron got banned and steelix is thriving due to that and other buffs, dialga actually prefers bulletproof to take on mega blastoise that isn’t in riptide range, while celesteela is usually outclassed by skarm, which also has lead coat Twist definitely helps give trick room their viability, especially pory 2 which anchors those teams, but doubles legit had to ban it since teams like psyspam with hatt and beheeyem and others of the sort just dominated the meta Multiheaded is also responsible for multiple bans, most infamous case is mmaw, but before 1.6 it also forced a complex ban for those moves+the set damage moves like seismic toss. Now it isn’t much of a problem beyond annoyance, but magnezone uses charge beam to actually become a semi threatening breaker in both regular and mega while trapping steels. Queenly Majesty is never seen in practice, mainly because the mons that have it are either not that good or have better alternatives, such as Gardevoir always preferring psychic surge over it. Only exception is aria meloetta, which becomes essentially mew 0.5 with it’s quiver dance stored power sets Rampage doesn’t actually have that many practical users: even the likes Ndm don’t really come up since they actually aren’t that good. Even dnite doesn’t really abuse it most of the time, sticking with ddance sets with espeed, roost and eq with Aerilate. Though it does give regular clawitzer it’s main role on rain as a specs hydrate hyper beam nuke Spider lair, despite its purpose, actually is a detriment to most mons: mainly for the fact that it prevents some mons from setting up permanent webs. So mons who are stuck with them as innates, like spinirak and araquanid, are shackled as a result. Mystic power is a strong ability, but for the mons that use it, it honestly just goes by as a bonus, such as with latios, who’s main power comes from speed boost+stored power and calm mind, but appreciates its any dark move being stab, no matter the type. Tho in the developmental little cup tier, mystic power is actually banned due to abra becoming utter absurd with it and dominating the entire tier. Also ekiller of course gets massively buffed in its anti ghost button not only being stronger in wicked blow but also stab as well.

[@airam1721]

Bans?! Where's the elite redux metagame I need it!

[@christopherdangelo1292]

At the moment the showdown got taken down, and currently a new one is in the works

[@airam1721]

@@christopherdangelo1292 WOOO YEEEEAH I wanna see pure CHAOS

[@Zwijger]

"actually it's not that good but it had to get banned" Bro your writing style is a confusing mess.

[@darkrai526]

@@Zwijger who?

[@Kwabb]

Stevens dugtrio gives me PTSD. He has swept me TWICE. Even when my breloom paralysed him

[@MegaFidough]

I cried fighting him ngl

[@airam1721]

This dugtrio was the one in the cave that used to be dark in early game? I just used furret with max defense and speed, grabbed their physical attacker, used it to set up agility, then drain punched + dug + last resorted all the way through. Tbh skill issue to ignore that fight before the forest, that furret swept me so hard I saw that I wasn't going anywhere without my favourite in my team

[@danielreis1716]

I used to play the 1.1 version, so I'm not sure if the ability has been nerfed until now, but damnnn, the strongest ability I saw in the game definitively has to go to Big Leaves! It effectively gives +4 abilities to a pokemon that already has 3 abilities, and they aren't pushovers! Chlorophyll and Solar Power greatly increases the power of offensive grass types while Harvest and Leaf Guard strengthened defensive gameplay, the best candidates for me were Leafeon, that had Feline Prowess to Double on that Sp Atk and abuse it, and Meganium, that, as you said in a previous video, has a lot of other good tanking abilities + Fairy Type that makes it an absolute tank with the right moves

[@maxwassermann3171]

Small fun fact: In an earlier version of Elite Redux Gorebyss also had the Color Change ability.

[@darkyy92]

And Vivillion too 😂

[@Enderblaze314]

Yup thats true, because i had randomized nuzlockes on that version and boy archie’s gorebyss is the hardest one to kill

[@vathekhd4329]

i think North wind is just a brocken Ability, setting up free aurora veile on entry is huge on Pokémon like Suicune

[@MegaFidough]

That was on my list lol

[@BoopaKing]

I think my favorite ability has to be Opportunist. +1 priority to all your single-target moves when the target is below 50% makes pokemon like Mightyena one of the most efficient revenge-killers you could possibly ask for. I love it, even if only because it made Mightyena a legitimately good pokemon.

[@kaua4781]

Wasn't queenly Majesty already tsareenas signature ability? I'm pretty sure it's not a new redux ability

[@jasonswan7646]

100%, came here to say just this

[@MegaFidough]

I actually had no idea... Good catch

[@kaua4781]

​@@MegaFidough Don't blame you one bit 'cause alola did give us some pretty forgettable abilities. Like seriously, tell me what the ability "power of alchemy" does without googling it

[@skullguy4863]

I used to do power of alchemy shenanigans during sun and moon vgc its was funny as hell ​@@kaua4781

[@christiancinnabars1402]

@kaua4781 I think I saw an anime about that once. As someone who literally digs into how a lot of niche Abilities work, that's all I can tell you about that one.

[@sashadoesrandomstuff4223]

Also something important to keep in mind: Queenly majesty blocks every priority. Wether the move has priority on its own or due to a innate/ability

[@MegaFidough]

Can make Opportunist pokemon completely useless

[@HawkBreland]

don't think I'll ever get tired of hearing you talk about stuff from this game tbh lol. great video as always bro, top tier for sure.

[@airam1721]

Where's momentum it singlehandedly made furret BROKEN Stakataka should've got scrappy tho trust me

[@frazzianimations9027]

Imagine if they have multi head to barbaracle 😅 (it technically got 7 heads)

[@wailmerwithinternetaccess7934]

Woah😮

[@overkilltriple6]

It does have Multihead, unfortunately it's coded to only hit 3 times though. Mega Magnezone clearly has 5 heads, and also only Mulithead hits 3 times

[@johnwingdingsg.9558]

Golurk, Krookodile, Tsareena have the best combination of ability for me

[@hungrysloth7884]

Haven't tried out the game, but your videos got me pumped to try it out. Was wondering if you could make a video on the best eeveeloution in the game?

[@MegaFidough]

Well the new version is coming out soon 👀

[@ShadowMoon-ms1ce]

Honestly multi headed on dugtrio is just broken but not cause of iron head but cause of another move it learns mud slap a free -3 accuracy in 1 turn? Yes please! Stupid broken but im all for it

[@MegaFidough]

never even thought of that...

[@Mesmonium]

Great video! and you included my boi King Kecleon

[@erikkumitsubashi1048]

Prismatic Fur trumps all of these effects. It bundles Color Change, Protean, Ice Scales and Fur Coat all together in one ability. Only 1 pokemon in the game had it, but I don't think you can have access to it outside of an ability randomizer.

[@MegaFidough]

That's why I didn't include it

[@sunjaitripathi705]

You have made me addicted to this shit. Love the content man ❤

[@MegaFidough]

Glad you enjoy!

[@JoseTheAlolachu]

Twisted Dimensions Reuniclus helped me out a lot vs. Juan. That + Thunder made it super useful

[@johnwingdingsg.9558]

And Finally ,it's Tsareena time

[@42ndguardian]

And then there's weezing in the corner with neutralizing gas

[@HuNightmareable]

Kecleon in pmd is pretty cracked 😂 but yeah colour change and especially prismatic fur are abilities that i dont use in randomizers since its too strong outside vs mons with corrosion and molten down

[@ZerupyLikesCookies]

nice video bro

[@SubIfYouFounMyComment]

New Mega Fidough vid? YAYYYYYY

[@iceisnice6121]

When I was playing Elite Redux,I suffered only on Mossdeep Twins and Elite4 and I can say that Kecleon is absurdly good.

[@MegaFidough]

kecleon gets trick room so he even helps with the twins

[@TwinkleSapphire]

Talking about multi head, why hydrapple only hit 3 times not 5? I very excited for guranted flinch and +5 spatk from charge beam in single turn but it turn out only hit 3 times

[@MegaFidough]

It caps at 3

[@kuwe4652]

Is there a way to purpusfully get lower leveled pokemon? With all these op pokemon, it sounds just hilarious to use magnemite with toxic and recycle while holding berry juice but to have this work the magnemite has to be very low level (and it can still be countered by multi attack moves)

[@MegaFidough]

breed

[@kuwe4652]

@@MegaFidough Can magnemite be bread? And is there a way to turn of exp? Otherwise I could use this strat once and then due to leveling, my mons gain too much hp and I can't repeat that.

[@MegaFidough]

@@kuwe4652 I don't think it can be stopped

[@Mocklate]

Does color change make you lose stab when becoming a different type?

[@MegaFidough]

I believe but he has protein

[@chadshowdown9382]

Make a video on Arceus please

[@JatinKumar-dn1pr]

every move stab thats crazy wait is not its like protein except you dont change your just gets the boost

[@zackrx17]

Prismatic fur (Colour change + protean , fur coat + ice scales) is the most broken of all

[@Mocklate]

Is mystic power better or worse than un-nerfed protean?

[@MegaFidough]

Depends on what you want. Changing my type scares me sometimes because they might have like sucker punch if I changed into a psychic type

[@savioferreira8684]

Where do i get spiritomb

[@Ezecool-3105]

5:45 Does it shut down Opportunist ability?

[@MegaFidough]

yes completely shuts those pokemon down

[@Ezecool-3105]

@@MegaFidough i always hate when i forget that ability

[@vanitaspero1043]

The scarlet and violet screenshots made me gag

[@solemnharmony1433]

Come on, your best vid performing 100K views and no mention of Primal Cascoon ability? Or Dewleon?

[@Drourky]

Well, he has covered them already, probably no need to repeat the information again

[@MegaFidough]

Dewleon is inaccessible to the player and cascoon is a meme lowkey

[@user-ks1oh2wx6o]

Angel's wrath? Prismatic fur?

[@MegaFidough]

Dewleon is not useable and Primal cascoon is a meme lol

[@rjante2236]

​@@MegaFidoughI can't wait for Mega Silcoon

[@jeanluca2002]

Just learn about Emerald Redux...... DOWNLOADING IT!

[@MegaFidough]

the new 2.0 version is dropping soon!

[@TwinkleSapphire]

Why hydrapple only hit 3 times with multi head abilitiy? I mean it clearly has 5 head so why not make it hit 5 times? Imagine the guranteed flinch from dark pulse or +5 spatk in single turn from charge beam

[@Kwabb]

Kecleon would hav ended my battle tent carrier if not for ninjask and it's speed force

[@karanveersingh1183]

When is next version coming?

[@MegaFidough]

Very soon. As well as a trailer 👀

[@YoinHehe]

You missed prismatic fur,my guy, Fur coat + ice scales,combined with Protean and color change, That's broken for randomizer ability/innates,and if its not a randomizer regular ability,Its got to be north wind,Setting up aurora veil just by switching in ks CRRAAAZY I don't know how,But i think i got the most overpowered pokemon of all time Pokemon:Hydreigon Ability:Beast boost Innates: Prismatic fur Wonder guard (somehow,Lol,is this a bug?) And the rest is not as important Just Rampage And a useless Toxic debris Just imagine having an unkillable pokemon that can hit hard

[@MegaFidough]

Didn't want to put an ability you cant use in a normal playthrough but that hydreigon is CRACKED

[@YoinHehe]

@@MegaFidough yeah,but maybe you should put North wind tho

[@YoinHehe]

@@MegaFidough anyway,Is this a bug or something? Wonder guard is also randomized huh?

[@etonanga8560]

Imagine shedinja with Color change Overcoat and Magic guard

[@cocokill3048]

Currently it have Levitate (free immunity to Spike + Toxic Spike) and Wonder Skin along with Wonder Guard. For some reason, he also have Cursed Body but since it only works when the move actually does damage to it, it's not that good on it. Oh yeah. And he got a Mega.

[@sliced8669]

Queenly Majesty is an ability from sun and moon lol

[@MegaFidough]

News I am now learning lmao I think the only tsareena I ever used had a different ability

[@cocokill3048]

​@@MegaFidoughnot only that but there is 2 other abilities in the franchise that does the same thing in Dazzling (Bruxish's signature ability) and Armor Tail (Farigiraf's signature ability)

[@justaway29]

Not that broken, but I cheesed a run with Electrify move in Lightningrod Heliolisk. Sp Atk gain for days

[@johnwingdingsg.9558]

And you have forget Scavenger and his varient

[@ethanhall2655]

1:26 clearly not a mystery dungeon enthusiast

[@MegaFidough]

why?

[@ethanhall2655]

@@MegaFidough if you steal from a kecleon in PMD it goes berserk and attacks you. Not only is it absurdly high level but it also summons several equally powerful allies. Hence, anyone who played mystery dungeon and stole from a innocent shopkeep would think of Kecleon as an exceptional powerful Pokémon.

[@MegaFidough]

Checks out lmao

[@Ezecool-3105]

7:21 You can't pronounce Naganadel?

[@MegaFidough]

nope and didnt want to try lmao

[@justanormalguy8052]

Weather is broken in this game

[@ansumansargam1573]

Bro you forgot about prismatic fur

[@MegaFidough]

unobtainable

[@ansumansargam1573]

@@MegaFidough but randomised pokémon do get it

[@MegaFidough]

@@ansumansargam1573 Yea but randomized isn't consistent

[@josieleoliveira8521]

I would really like it if the devs added literally a mega fidough

[@darkyy92]

Noted 🤓

[@MegaFidough]

Primal mega supreme fidough. with all abilities in this video

[@airam1721]

​@@MegaFidough and give it dog's wrath

[@marvalice3455]

Queenly majesty is not new, iirc it was vespaquins signature ability

[@decidgamer6404]

Tsareena’s, Vespiquen doesn’t have the ability to

[@marvalice3455]

@@decidgamer6404 you are correct

[@theonetruebobthecob972]

Bongo