Why Sceptile Remains a Strong Contender in the Game

[@user-tb5mb2ng9n]

QOTD: Make Milotic a water/fairy and Celebi fairy/grass. Also, I’d give Flygon a much needed mega evolution for Legends AZ

[@LordEmvee]

true especially for celebi i even remember people always called it/nicknamed it Onion Fairy

[@hoothoot7122]

Expert belt is one of my favorite items, in gen 5 I loved expert belt analytic starmie with 4 coverage moves.

[@LordEmvee]

i do remember it being quite prevalent back then :) expert belt abomasnow was something i really enjoyed

[@Lyreen]

tera ice really DOES resist ice

[@LordEmvee]

it's a fun fact that not a lot of people know about :) even Kyurem sometimes goes for Tera Ice to resist Ice

[@Blu3-Fir3]

Yoooo, appreciate the shout-out bro! Happy to see my favorite starter as the featured Mon. Always thought that this Mon was dope ASF ever since I first used it in Emerald.

[@LordEmvee]

Thank you for the suggestion to use Sceptile :) speaking of the gen 3 games, I also had Sceptile in Emerald! Really fun Pokemon with Leaf Blade and I remember I also taught it the TM for Rock Tomb early on

[@chrismason3351]

Rock toooommbbbbb

[@spit-fire]

QOTD: I’d force them to work on 1 game for 4 years, making a GTA level detailed free roam Pokémon game. Changing seasons with the year, all mons included, legendary mons as monthly releases, or secret easer eggs

[@LordEmvee]

like legends arceus but more detail/bigger dynamic world and also being main series with regular battles? 🤔

[@xoxShadoww]

@30:00 I love your opponents name it’s a reference to StarFox Adventures one of my all time favorite GameCube games to play. So many memories with that game.

[@Phoenix_Rizen]

Sceptile is still my favorite mon since sapphire it was my first game and Treeko was the first mon I ever had

[@cryoscopicconstant3583]

QOTD: I will give Slaking Gorilla Tactics as its new ability.

[@LordEmvee]

Slaking has been slacking long enough

[@BullRed07]

In Radical Red Slaking learns slack off and can use it in its Truant turns, kinda fun mechanic

[@arthurRips]

QOTD: they spend 5+ years making the next game, and all the games devs they hire are all people who grew up playing Pokemon as a kid.

[@22KillerofTime]

Tera Ice to resist Ice gets me everytime😂

[@TheJuutai]

QOTD: I would separate the grounded/ungrounded property from flying and levitate. All the flying types would still be ungrounded, but now Flygon and Hydreigon can have real abilities and still be ungrounded. Magnezone could become ungrounded without losing magnet pull/analytic.

[@LordEmvee]

i like this! Idk why I immediately went to thinking about what ability Eelektross would have 🤔

[@TheJuutai]

@@LordEmvee Volt absorb comes to mind. Maybe swift swim?

[@SpaghettiRollsYT]

QOTD: I'd make a Weekly Rotating PVP ladder that would include all the other metagames from showdown

[@diazepamdollyochagi5706]

QOTD: i would make that every game bought, meant a new subscription to the Heat Lord

[@LordEmvee]

That would be most generous :) 🙏🔥

[@laterferaligatr2947]

Great vid as always bro. Gen 3 was the first gen I picked the Grass starter instead of Water (my usual pick) so Sceptile has a special place in my heart

[@LordEmvee]

Thank you bro! :) Loved using Sceptile back then too. The most memorable time was teaching it the TM for Rock Tomb

[@JoeLupo-h9e]

I would make it to where during battles you can just select which Pokémon to send out first instead of always first in your party, and also I would make it where gym battles are either 3v3 where you can only or full 6v6 just like the anime….no more all mine versus 2-3 of there’s, it will also make the gym challenges a bit more challenging

[@LordEmvee]

Nice, yeah gym leaders are leaders for a reason might as well make consistent rules like the number of mons. I like the 6v6 idea

[@stevenleonmusic]

In previous generations Moltres could actually learn Whirlwind-I'm not sure if Pokemon Home will allow it anymore as it would be a transfer-only move even for Gen 8. Technically Whirlwind is better than Roar since Soundproof can't block it which I guess could actually come up in some specific Kommo-o scenarios.

[@LordEmvee]

Oh that's interesting, yeah it would have definitely been a superior option vs. soundproof/throat chop/ etc

[@Alexcbec38]

QOTD: I’d buff a lot of the older Legendary Pokémon with better movepools and new/improved Abilities. I would also rework Sleep so it can be usable in competitive play as is (with no restrictions on how it can be used/spread/applied) and rework Freeze so it basically becomes like Burn, but against Special Attackers.

[@algar6616]

29:17 it wasnt resisting ice that ground/flying type was worried about

[@Hayshinn]

QOTD: all stat changes will be shown on the official games the same way they do on pokemon showdown. Green for increased stats and red for decreased.

[@leafcatgx]

Happy every time you uploaded, Emvee🥰

[@LordEmvee]

makes me happy to hear that 😁

[@percyhawkins5825]

To answer the QOTD I would MOST DEFINITELY extend the damn battle timer for Wi-Fi battles because it’s so hard to play against GOOD players with only 20:00 to play. Because a match between 2 competent players can easily take over 20 minutes and good games just go to waste Due to the timer going out 😭

[@LordEmvee]

Yeah just having a default setting like the old days without having to go through different hoops. It's easier now with being able to create your own tournaments to have a 60 min timer setting but yeah not like a random wifi battle thing

[@elitefourant]

If I was in charge of the company I’d immediately buy out the most successful rom hack creators and have them under a “creative team” with other content creators. I think a big problem with how Pokémon is managed is the fact that they aren’t super inclusive with the people making their money. Imagine how much more successful they could be.

[@LordEmvee]

Yeah I'm guessing part of that might be because they're already making boatloads of money but there untapped potential here

[@abeaver3691]

If I done be in charge of the Pokemons, I’d make it so every generation after ORAS was a bad dream, rendering their existence NON-CANON, and remake them from scratch to be good like the previous generations

[@SantosOverlord]

X and Y were mid, and ORAS missed the battle frontier (only bad part of the remake but im still sad) so please fix those 2 as well

[@bobjob2514]

QotD: Legends Celebi, for sure. But wait! There’s more… Abilities, held items, and aaall the apricorn balls (the recipe gets hidden for a time and is discovered by Kurt in the future thanks to Cele boi). More diverse research tasks (and fewer repetitions of each) based on the lore from dex entries, etc. like the side quest objectives. e.g. Drifloon, Ponyta, Eevee. I would never force you to catch bidoof 20 freaking times.

[@ViciadoSocialempires]

I cannot answer your *QOTD* in one commentary, I need a book please

[@NeilThmpsn]

QotD: Game Freak needs new talent and a new director. We need to have a game that can actually run on the switch, proper voice acting for most dialogue and actual cinematic cut scenes. I'll carry the disappointment and dissatisfaction of that moment in SwSh when everyone in the tunnel was pointing and awing at some unseen catastrophe going on just off camera FOREVER. Or Zamazenta swiveling in place absurdly during it's cut scene. Or when the one small Pokémon walked to the door, cut to black, viola door open happened, JUST GIVE US THE ANIMATION.

[@teakwondoughnut]

Unless the switch 2 is significantly more powerful than rumored we won’t see a game like this for a long time 😢

[@LordEmvee]

What's interesting is when I played the Scarlet rom on my PC it actually ran SO much better than on the Switch, no lags no glitches nothing

[@BullRed07]

​@@teakwondoughnutnah, the switch is powerful enough. There's a bunch of spectacular games in the nintendo switch. The pokémon company is just lazy and works on deadlines instead of providing decent games.

[@teakwondoughnut]

@@BullRed07 it is crazy that breathe of the wild is on the same hardware. TPCI is definitely dropping the ball too

[@karanXd]

Ice grass such a good offense typing right so obamasnow was good all along

[@SantosOverlord]

stats.exe stopped working

[@LordEmvee]

fun fact abomasnow was one of the most anti-meta pokemon in gen 5 OU due to its grass/ice/ground/ and sometimes fire (hidden power fire) coverage commonly run with expert belt :)

[@Sonic546416]

If I was in charge of the Pokémon company I would bring back full Natdex to Gen 10 going forwards Not some pokemon home bull crap that still means Dexit is a thing, I’m talking all 1000+ pokes from Gen 1-9 and then 10 on top of it

[@melontusk2591]

If I had control for a day I'd make it so we could choose our age and it would affect how our character looks, and how NPCs talk/battle

[@LordEmvee]

yeah like how's the NPC gonna baby me as if I don't already know how to double switch and tera ice to resist ice

[@WNTYR]

it’s always gets me so hype bringing grass pokemon into the spotlight but you HAVE TO try razor claw hisuian decidueye it’s the best wall breaker of all time with the crits+flinches

[@LordEmvee]

that sounds interesting what's the full set? :o

[@WNTYR]

@@LordEmvee this is what i use but if u want to change the evs it’s cool too Archie (Decidueye-Hisui) (M) @ Razor Claw Ability: Scrappy Tera Type: Rock EVs: 172 HP / 252 Atk / 84 Spe Adamant Nature - Leaf Blade - Triple Arrows - Brave Bird - U-turn

[@Notaytchannel-i4v]

We need a fire grass septile with sharpeness x slash moves and make sure to give it bitter blade. It’ll finally be good grass mon that’s not limited That first game was beautiful btw.

[@LordEmvee]

Ty ty :) That actually sounds amazing. I'd spam it with Scope Lens as the item and Leaf Blade + Bitter Blade

[@Notaytchannel-i4v]

@@LordEmvee 🔥

[@Roguerebel297]

Id give arcticuno an ability that works like flame body giving them a frostbite status like legends and it lowers their sp atk

[@_Rhatsody]

QOTD: i would contractually greenlight switch ports of the genius sonority pokemon games

[@LordEmvee]

how could i forget the classic Earthquake Tears Open The Ground! from battle revolution :')

[@hugommaes]

It just me or... ICEptile

[@LordEmvee]

YES 🙌

[@Aeistheticism]

QOTD: Make inaccessible postgame/event stuff in as many mainline Pokémon games easier to access such as unlocking both easy mode and challenge mode in B2/W2 or Mirage Island for Emerald.

[@LordEmvee]

yeah i remember loooong time ago using a gameshark to get the tickets for lugia/ho-oh, mew, lati, deox, etc during the gen 3 games. And while messing around with walk-through-walls in gen 4 using an action replay i ended up finding darkrai island on my own LOL

[@manueltmt]

didn't expect Liquid Voice to work with Psychic Noise, that's pretty cool. trading 15 power for stall breaking seems good

[@LordEmvee]

yeah the stall breaking potential with psychic noise is incredible, i do wish it could shut down regenerator healing switches though

[@SuperAmazingJared]

I'd make bug resistant to fairy and make u-turn a bug exclusive move, and give whatever mons need a pivot move a version that's weaker. I dunno what type you'd make it, cause if it's normal it'd make ghost stronger. something like that, anyway

[@derekglenn4560]

QOTD: stop or slow way down on making new gens of pokemon and focus more on the competitive 1v 1 format and variations of it and VGC.

[@SantosOverlord]

buff all starters BST to 540, they deserve it

[@HBK20135]

QOTD: I was about to say the exact same thing 3:23

[@heffayguap]

Loving the recent uploads 😊

[@LordEmvee]

thank you friend 😁 i even have the next one recorded already for upcoming monday since i'm out of the country

[@heffayguap]

@@LordEmvee looking forward to it!

[@05tulloh]

I would make scald super effective against ice and make ice resist water :)

[@05tulloh]

Oh and I would make more paradox non legendary/ mythical Pokemon

[@LordEmvee]

true scald does sound like it'd be the reverse freeze dry instead of freezing water it would be melting ice

[@Depressoclinical]

QOTD: Rework the entire status ailment system; Can't get fully paralysed on the same turn you get paralysed. Full paralysis goes on cooldown for 2 turns after getting it once. Frozen status now lowers your physical def the same amount Paralysis lowers speed, with the same limitations to full paralysis applied to full freeze. I'm tired of getting haxed 😢

[@LordEmvee]

it's like how destiny bond was changed to fail when you try to go for it twice, some guarantees in life are good :)

[@Ankhaunt]

QOTD: I would fix the type chart to buff bug, ice and rock types and nerf dragon,ground, steel and fairy. It has been more than 14 years dragon, ground and steel types been dominating the higher tiers. Only few bug or ice types get a chance to be higher tiers.

[@LordEmvee]

I know heavy duty boots helped out bug and ice a ton but yeah typing itself getting fixed up would be nice. Although... Ice i'd say is quite strong since we can tera ice to resist ice 😏

[@manueltmt]

in charge for a day? there's a handful of things that could be good. changing freeze to frostbite, making sure we get lots of new megas in Z-A, implementing sleep clause in-game. but maybe most importantly, no more dexit in gen 10

[@LordEmvee]

agreed, also control over which pokemon get a mega is a pretty powerful one :)

[@TheJetsetter]

QOTD: I would change how shinies are made in pokemon: Multiple shiny variants (would increase the rarity of each one as they share the odds, not add). Crowd-source/replace whoever is that decided that sick-green shinies or "hardly-different" shinies are acceptable. **Looks at Garchomp, Tandemaus, etc**

[@LordEmvee]

that's cool, need more black shinies like greninja charizard rayquaza haxorus 🔥

[@teakwondoughnut]

QOTD: make all former titles available on virtual console. There is no reason we can run every gameboy-3Ds game with cross gen transfer on the current console

[@LordEmvee]

Good idea. Did they start something like that with the Gen 1 and 2 games so far?

[@Kayoh1122]

QotD - Id stop making abilities that are detrimental to mons and also make either an Item that allows you to swaps a mons Attack and special attack stats or make more moves like foul play that allow you to attack with a different stat. There would be so much heat from that.

[@pokelee]

Wonder Room has a similar effect

[@LordEmvee]

when i was 14 in pokemon pearl i used an action replay to teach my Slaking Skill Swap and destroyed all my friends with it, and when they found out it couldn't actually learn it they stopped playing with me :(

[@Blu3-Fir3]

QOTD: I agree with putting XD and Colosseum on Switch. I got a working copy of Colosseum for my GameCube and it's still a really fun game, just needs a graphics update and some of the modern QOL stuff from current generations.

[@LordEmvee]

Agreed it definitely needs a graphic update. Back then though it was ahead of its time for a Pokemon game imo. When was the last time you played it?

[@Blu3-Fir3]

​@@LordEmveeSorry for the late reply. I still have a working Wii, so I just started a new playthrough of Colosseum a couple weeks ago. I just started The Under.

[@newjumpcityjosh9333]

Man I seen Sceptile and pulled up immediately

[@HBK20135]

Can Emvee make a fire Swampert set to complete the Hoenn trio???

[@LordEmvee]

it's on the list for sure 🔥

[@algar6616]

GLISCO’ NO MO’

[@Notaytchannel-i4v]

QOTD I wish to control the experience and outcomes of my life.

[@brianhuntley2849]

QOTD: Give Gengar back levitate

[@KingCandyMann]

Alright Emvee, time for a real challenge... can yoi make a successful Quaquaval OU team? I would actually love to see that. And if I were in charge of Pokémon rn, I'd make mythical pokémon tradable in Home

[@LordEmvee]

I've done a few of those! :) I believe this was the last team I built that had a Quaquaval on it - kzbin.info/www/bejne/pKPZapqigrWngrM but I will bring Quaquaval again soon

[@davidhe7935]

Sceptile is my favourite mon! Love the video bro

[@LordEmvee]

Thank you bro glad you enjoyed

[@Brillanty]

I would burn the patent so everyone could use pokemon. tired of them shutting down any fun thing with over reaching copyright law

[@pokelee]

We finally see tera Ice to resist Ice in practice. I like your idea for a new Colosseum. If I were president of GF for a day, I'd make a few small changes, like make Rock resist Rock and Bug, and I'd introduce a new type, Cosmic type, which is immune to Dark and weak to Normal. I would also add 6v6 as an official battle stadium format, eliminate match time and reduce individual time, and double the ELO loss for timing out, to completely eliminate the bane that is timer stall. If I had enough time left in the day, I'd also reduce the time between moves, to increase the speed of gameplay.

[@Blu3-Fir3]

Rock-types not resisting Rock or Bug never made any sense to me.

[@LordEmvee]

You're onto something here... then we can Tera Rock to resist Rock and Tera Bug to resist Bug Although... you can smash a rock with another rock and there are some bugs that eat other bugs so I assume that's why it must be Neutral.

[@pokelee]

@@LordEmvee No, specifically Rock resisting Rock and Bug. Rock types should resist Stealth Rocks, and what is a Bug really going to do to a Rock?

[@LordEmvee]

@@pokelee idk why I read it in a way my brain wanted it to be read LOL. Do bugs make homes out of rocks?

[@pokelee]

@@LordEmvee No way, that'd be one hell of a bug! I know the naked mole rat can chew straight through concrete, but I've never heard of a bug with that capability.

[@Vimentin]

Thanks for the vid emvee. Poison is my favorite type. What is your favorite poison Pokemon and would you be down to do a showdown of it?

[@LordEmvee]

It's my pleasure :) Hmm favorite Poison type... maybe Alolan Muk. Been a while since I added it to a team. What's yours?

[@ZachAttackTV4]

The Tera Ice Sceptile is a very "cool" surprise 😂 I'm sorry. I'm so excited for what's going to be cooked up next! Maybe Appletun...

[@LordEmvee]

I'll be on vacation soon so already planning to cook up some heat for while I'm away :)

[@Evtrex13]

I would change the anime and make it more like evolutions or that promotional trailer for black and white 2.

[@thequarky1]

QOTD: make pokemon public domain

[@LordEmvee]

Then we can get a Pokemon horror movie like that one Winnie the Pooh Blood and Honey 🧸🍯

[@chrismason3351]

QOTD: I would 1000% make niantic change their monetary practices in Pokémon go lol they are greedy AF Heat team bro :) hope your week is going well!

[@LordEmvee]

@@chrismason3351 thank you bro :) extremely busy week this week but hanging in there

[@chrismason3351]

@@LordEmvee same, this is my first time hiring overtime in years 😂😂 you going on any trips rn? Or just busy with work and hobbies?

[@LordEmvee]

after the recent ireland trip now just busy with work and hobbies but will be planning another trip for the end of the year to go somewhere nice 😎

[@spit-fire]

Scepti big steppin in giuseppe

[@jaysongoldsborough9889]

Lycanroc-Midnight @ Choice Scarf Ability: No Guard Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Normal EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe Adamant Nature - Play Rough - Stone Edge - Close Combat - Sucker Punch Can you make a vid with this mon i think its pretty fun

[@jaysongoldsborough9889]

Also dont go tera normal lol

[@LordEmvee]

scarf night lycanroc is cool! never misses stone edge :)

[@jaysongoldsborough9889]

@@LordEmvee yeah i love the no guard ability sadly not a lot have it

[@kevincorso9757]

ooooh this is my favorite qotd because i've really disliked the decisions they've made in the last couple gens lol. the short version goes like this: first, we ditch all the lame mechanics and bring back megas, as well as ton of new ones, primarily for "bad" mons. next, overworld mechanics are jacked from the legends arceus game and we're hiring actual writers to do the story and we're picking up on the multiverse shit that was at the end of the delta episode in oras. finally, i'm ditching all the grinding bs; getting rid of in-game IVs and EVs, but instating a smogon-esque simulator (with ladders ofc) that does still use those aspects so time is no longer a barrier to playing competitively in-game. OH! and one more thing i've always wished they'd do is use fan designs for pokemon sometimes. fans have come up with some incredible shit over the years, so i'd buy the designs from fans/ artists if we wanted to use them in game and provide appropriate acknowledgment in the credits. #kev4pokeprez

[@Blu3-Fir3]

I agree with all of this. A Showdown type format for competitive would definitely help bring newcomers into the meta too.

[@LordEmvee]

These are great ones. I'm actually glad you mentioned the multiverse thing with rainbow rocket, that was such a cool post game and it was left pretty open-ended with Giovanni exiting through a portal so bringing it back would be fire. Gems and Megas were my two favorite mechanics, everything after that didn't live up to those imo. You're right about the fan designs there are some really cool ones out there. I remember when I was maybe 14 or 15 (so over a decade and a half ago) i used to follow someone called cascadegonpory and they had a lot of really cool fakemons. I was in the pokemon card making scene back then and they had some really interesting ones like this steelix evolution for example: cascadegonpory.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/558.jpg

[@laythalsibai9848]

If I had control over everything I’m editing every Pokémon pre gen 5 and making them insane, call that reverse power creep. I’m talking I’m giving mine duel types, 100+ BST on shit like noctowel and carnevine and them movesets are going to be so deep your going to think terantino made these move pools for how deep they are😮‍💨

[@theleoita90]

I see expert belt, I click like

[@pnoyspeedcuber9000]

Tera ice to resist ice always heat ❄️❄️❄️

[@E6aTb_Mou_Xyu]

qotd: I would force them to make less powercreep abominations

[@moowilliams731]

replace the dino's at the upper management, so we might be able to get some nice games out, and let others expand on their IP's,

[@anthonysmith4577]

I would make the company to join forces with showdown devs and make a real free pokemon battle Royale. Lol

[@LordEmvee]

the ultimate tool for competitive players

[@Ankhaunt]

Sceptile was cool but in this video moltres outclassed every other Pokemon proving it to be deserving in OU 😮

[@LordEmvee]

So many teams struggle vs Moltres, I think also Primarina feels that way too vs many standard builds

[@Ceannsias]

Why gigs drain over leaf storm on a frailer mon?

[@LordEmvee]

Going for Leaf Storm means you're forced to switch due to the SpAtk drop unless you're going for Rock Slide or Earthquake, which may not be convenient if hazards are up. Giga Drain allows you to stay in and switch up moves a lot easier (convenient for Tera Blast Ice surprises). It's also useful for the HP recovery

[@fatbutbad7558]

Use Altaria in OU please!

[@LordEmvee]

will add it to my list :)

[@brennenacosta8727]

Heat lord hype

[@Deadlystrike25]

any news on draft league content?

[@LordEmvee]

nothing yet as of now 😔 still a work in progress, but I would like to join one in the near future if a league will have me

[@DavidPerez-ff9hy]

Yo envy I have an idea that I think only you and Joey can do (I’m gonna leave the same comment just switch names) can do. Road to top 10 OU w/o OU

[@grapplingberger]

sceptile the only real gen3 starter .. jk the were all banger

[@David-vk5sv]

Ill erase all games gen 6 - current, tell pokemon company to try again

[@ashundeyan8031]

QOTD: The fact that Showdown is the king of competitive Pokemon seems like an oversight -- I'd make an official, company-sponsored simulator/knowledge base/ladder system. While there's the official tournaments, VGC has such a different flavor. Also, it also seems like a business opportunity; like, imagine if Showdown charged like $5 a month. I bet it'd make a lot lol

[@LordEmvee]

more focus on the competitive side is always a nice thing

[@PlainMegamech]

QOTD: I’m releasing a shiny event chi-yu with eruption Just to see everyone lose their minds

[@LordEmvee]

Chaos 🌋

[@starkesnesc8065]

:)

[@Gonshotbarz]

Here's this killer I found Scyther @ Choice Scarf Ability: Technician Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 Atk / 92 Def / 164 Spe Adamant Nature - Vacuum Wave - Dual Wingbeat - Lunge - Facade Extreme speed with tera normal dragonite does 99% MAX.. this Scyther only has to whack Ogerpon once with tera 😂 then ya I initially wanted a way to clear off ribombee until I was dicing darkrai and dragapult... I fr just tera off the rip with it let this go like a munchy mower and it does 97%-113 to samarout too and yeah if they switch in glimmora it's a 2 hit KO cause it's doing 50% in total to it.. basically yeah I find this an incredible powerful scarfer as well for a tera option it really does chew thru alot i've seen so far

[@LordEmvee]

This is a wild set LOL how much is Vacuum Wave doing to kingambit? :)

[@Gonshotbarz]

@@LordEmvee 22% 😅

[@Re0995]

Buc de cool