A History of Leftovers

[@ariestimleck9608]

"A history of leftovers" is a journey I undetake every month while looking through my fridge

[@neilcudney8644]

This comment is awesome.

[@Opelucid]

Incredible

[@ShrimpRice]

How good was the passive heal?

[@AndrewRKenny]

What a beautiful day to have English language fluency.

[@GoldGuard]

If Leftovers is this good, just imagine how broken the whole apple would be

[@raythehomie123]

1/8 instead of 1/16

[@bmac4]

Yall ever play Mystery Dungeon Explorers? That's why Wigglytuff is so terrifying

[@EvilApple567]

They already answered this in Gen 8, for some reason they're used to evolve another apple into two other mediocre apples. The skin must be toxic or something, Mac may have actually been onto something in Always Sunny after all.

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

Poison heal

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@EvilApple567 and yet it heals even if the skin is toxic lol

[@danceofhearts677]

Something to note is that Houndoom runs Miracle berry in GSC as the default item so that it can better trap Jynx Eggy and hypnosis gengar

[@WilliamSyler]

"Ferrothorn were knocking each other off" is a sentence I can't un-hear. It lives rent-free in my brain.

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

@Me unleash territory

[@Qvartz_Lite]

I mean, how do you think Ferroseeds are made?

[@Rin_husband]

Warning: This video is much longer than "Leftovers recovers hp" message

[@cubeislife1675]

I clicked on a BKC video

[@IschmarVI]

but not by a lot. I've spent a LONG time reading that message ...

[@harryclement-jones3005]

Cheers for this. It's worth noting that because sand and leftovers take place at the start of each turn in gen 3 and 2 rather than at the end like in later gens, they also give an information advantage in offensive matchups of telling you who's faster before the turn takes place. Particularly relevant in gen 3 where OU pokemon can run a huge variety of EV spreads. Interesting to see how it's gone from the default choice to one option among many, with HDB being the standard option now.

[@oliverthoumst3181]

Loving the slight change to have a little bit of visuals with these podcast type vids, even if it's just the team builder that you scroll through from time to time, really helps me stick with the video and keep my attention going

[@pacmanboss256]

the item you slap on when you dont know what item to slap on

[@ShinyTillDawn]

I thought that was a Sitrus berry lol

[@trxxblx-wxs-hxrx]

@@ShinyTillDawn I thought so too lmao

[@jimtsap04]

Now it's that tends to be boots unless you have a stealth rock resistance

[@annaangelic2318]

I love you Leftovers. I love you 6.25%. I love you passive recovery. I love you Sandstorm/Hail chip negation. I love you Protect scouting. I love you Calm Mind. I lov-

[@cruzikin3116]

Refrigerators?

[@afuyeas9914]

A history of life orb would be interesting. From generation-defining item (gen 4) to barely existing anymore (now)

[@Freezermansaccountno]

It's still used a good amount in current gen, it fell off a bit because of competition from boots and Zmoves in gen7 and gen8. Still, some pokes such as rain seismitoad, swords dance kartana, dd dragapult and more run life orb.

[@Loris71734]

In all honesty Life Orb fell off a lot in usage in gen 4 and other older gens as well. I think there has just been a philosophy change in the past few years of competitive pokemon where longevity is more heavily emphasized than before even on offensive mons.

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

Power creep buried it

[@graylyhen9490]

In games where you have residual damage (sandstorm and hazards) where it's ridiculous to remove them (Rapid Spin being shit and weather moves being iffy) it becomes harder to justify the damage boost especially combined with Scarf and priority. Life Orb makes a world of a difference but the EV (expected value) is awful when you consider that it's better EV to take the huge damage of Band/Specs and try to hedge your bets on safer moves Defog came along and saved the world but then we get the gens shitted up with risk free Regen spam cores and then they add in Boots. Combine that with Z-Moves and Megas of ORAS and USUM then we get to SwSh where it's toned down in power creep but injected with Boots and the Regen Mons are free money. Life Orb has it rough when you have to give up life in a game where residual damage is king

[@Fig_Bender]

I know everyone is talking about singles, but when it comes to VGC you want a Life Orb user on basically every team you build. It is incredibly important for that little extra surprise damage that your opponent likely didn't ev for.

[@AceTheBlue]

I'm surprised this video isn't 2 hours long, but I'll happily take it

[@sablesalt]

I honestly expected the same but I guess theres isnt as much to talk about with leftovers due to how broad the subject is

[@jacksonsmith2955]

thank you for your input, Charles Dickenballs

[@wertyxq3468]

Thank you for your input, *prince*

[@tomwantshelp]

“Of course Blissey uses leftovers, what else would it use?” Erm, Oran Berry, obviously…

[@64UPAllGOD]

Dude, clearly you hold Lucky Punch to hit Snorlax with the Crit Seismic Toss.

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Yes

[@jotarokujo3603]

@@64UPAllGOD yeah but endeavour Blissey works well with berry.

[@IschmarVI]

haha assault vest blissey go MEGABRRRRRRR

[@tomwantshelp]

@@IschmarVI you could use Trick to cripple Toxapex. It's a flawless strategy!

[@MajdFreiji]

1:22 Oran Berry

[@ahcripes7651]

1:30 "blissey uses leftovers because of course it uses leftovers, what else would it use?" haha yeah dont be ridiculous, what else *would* it use? some sort of shoes, or an umbrella? outrageous! lol jokes aside great vid as always, ty bkc

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

those items don't exist in REAL metagames! hahahahahaaaaaaaaa!

[@SpectreXS]

Thank you for cranking up the recording volume! The previous vids were hard to listen to on speakers.

[@emperorrayquaza]

“blissed runs leftovers what else would it run” *gen 8 heavy duty boots is typing*

[@notimpressedbyyourm4932]

The thumbnail is so badass😮‍💨 a video I was expecting at some point but can’t wait to watch. Thanks Kev!

[@legoerofeggos]

@ ok i calmed down, what now

[@notimpressedbyyourm4932]

@ oops

[@Perseverance007]

I love the extensive analysis, it’s always nice to really know why something is so good. Every little bit of HP counts.

[@JP54704]

I find it funny that every held item has some sort of limitation or drawback, except Leftovers.

[@whydoiexist2180]

well sorry but technically (cry's in cringe) items like lumberry and charcoal don't have drawbacks I am sorry for being that guy

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Leftovers decreases the base power of Flail/Reversal every turn.

[@iminmisery437]

@@whydoiexist2180 the downside of using those items is not using leftovers instead

[@fatchitanda]

@@whydoiexist2180 who is "cry"

[@lilylopnco]

Expert Belt? Rocky Helmet? Weather Rocks? Boots? Any number of Berries?

[@dudebonezz]

great vid, i do think there was a missed opportunity to talk about how some lower tiers without perma sand have way more item flexibility and don’t punish item experiments as much :)

[@jkid1134]

Good point!

[@jacopodeldeo4308]

Hot take in 10 year heavy duty boots will be as much of a classic as lefties

[@vitovitovito4927]

Dude in UU things like Hippowdon and Quagsire already use Heavy-Duty Boots lol. I think its pretty much already side-by-side with lefties as the "idk what item to put here so ima just put this item"

[@jacopodeldeo4308]

@@vitovitovito4927 that’s exactly why it will be considered a classic! Like rn it’s only a gen old and is pretty damn popular with almost any Pokemon but in 10 years it will be one of the faces of competitive singles: lefties won’t be alone when you think of single’s items

[@GhGh-gq8oo]

Boots are racist

[@Nadid_Dhrabb]

@@vitovitovito4927 hippo uses boots damn

[@vitovitovito4927]

@@weavilelover skarmory is a great pick in UU, and there is a lot of teams that consist on spikes stacking. Also, even on matchups where the opponent isn't using spikes, even resisted, stealth rocks are already putting Hippo/Quag on a tight spot against attackers like Excadrill and Krookodile, which they are supposed to check. But it's generally more for the Spikes matchup (also, you have to keep in mind that you're probably gonna get knock off'ed anyway, so boots is gonna help more than lefties in the case where ur gonna switch directly onto a knock off) Although i would say that Rocky Helmet is more common, but HDB being good on mons that resist rocks is wild.

[@Dave_Chrome]

Cipher Peon theme from Colosseum playing in the background! That's one of, if not my favorite Pokemon battle theme of all time! Neat Hearing Gale of Darkness tracks here too, like it's own Cipher Peon theme, Gateon Port, listening to Shadow Pokemon Lab now. Good stuff! Okay last edit: AAAA MIROR B THEME! Idk why hearing these tracks have me so pumped

[@noishfanboy1141]

i feel like if leftovers never existed a lot would be so different about competitive pokemon.namely the fact that without leftovers many pokemon just dont have recovery period or if they do its rest.gen 3 is probably the most obvious example of a meta that would change without leftovers since leftovers cancelling sand is a big reason why offensive threats like medicham and heracross can actually stay alive and dish out their big hits instead of just getting chipped by sand over time and why defensive pokemon like suicune and snorlax can stay alive despite taking repeated hits.with that gone i feel like the meta would be so much more different

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

it’s like boots in the sense that if you took them away, every tier would be shaken up.

[@IschmarVI]

I am pretty sure that Ttar would be ubers in gen 3 without leftovers.

[@ZombieMence]

Superstar BKC recovering his ADV pert with lefties gang

[@iryvi]

Another fantastic Pokémon podcast, as always

[@XtheGAMEmaster]

Who knew how many comp Pokémon had the munchies

[@Tubleorne]

What a great evening, time for some BKCinema to listen

[@lilianmesmo]

snorlax eating leftovers is literally me in college

[@angelduarte6635]

I love how this feels like a college lecture

[@niikasd]

It felt to me always like leftovers was the item all other items are compared to

[@LunchablesGood]

Snatching an enemies zaps leftovers in gsc warms my heart

[@IschmarVI]

I sometimes like snatching skarmory's lefties. Without the passive recovery, lax's double edges start to put a surprising amount of pressure on the bird.

[@LRXC1]

reminder people wanted to ban leftovers from ADV 1v1 at one point because it was “broken” (and rare infinite tie scenarios)

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

history of berserk gene.

[@sablesalt]

Wether or not you like it or hate it, you gotta agree that leftovers is the item ever.

[@esthersmith3056]

like jazz, it's all about the items you dont use

[@oscarsullivan5983]

1:19 hdb: “allow me to introduce myself”

[@cherryb0ng]

Leftovers is proof that Flapple had already been conceived in gen2.

[@pherris1671]

great video as always BKC 😁😁thank you for making content for us

[@howaboutsomecorn8592]

LUM BERRY CLOYSTER

[@catandfishfc]

"Competitive Pokemon's most defining item"....Heavy Duty Boots!

[@IschmarVI]

as a whole ,it is definitely leftovers. The impact, that lefties had on gen 2 surpass everything that items in later generations can possibly have because later generations have so many more options that several items will be viable no matter what. Gen 2 was ... different. There were essentially three items that were used in 99% of cases. 1. leftovers, 2. no item (to steal the opponent's left overs), 3. thick club (allowing marowak to do marowak things). That's pretty much it. Boots are possibly the second most defining item though. They changed certain aspects about the game forever and that is saying a lot.

[@typhlosion7872]

About to have to apply this history with holidays a couple months away

[@jkid1134]

Great video. Really it is such a privilege to get to soak up brain dumps like this. You could honestly do another hour on lefties, even, I feel so in synch with what you have explained already.

[@RB92.]

im ready for the "thief in GSC" vid

[@oatmongen4263]

I think actually bringing the Pokemon up, rather than just hovering the mouse of it, is better even though it probably saves you a lot of effort (and most treat this like a podcast). I personally don't use sound only for these videos, and keep them to the side of my screen while I focus on something else. Having the image of the pokemon in question appear in the corner of my eye helps me follow along, while the mouse hovers require me to glance back every now and then in order to gain something from what you are saying.

[@webster1211]

I could listen to these vids all day man!

[@ShinyTillDawn]

I would never want to eat an Apple core. I can't imagine Pokémon eating them.

[@olivergro7105]

I've always wondered what a itemclause GSC would look like

[@GaymerSunday21789]

Leftovers moment

[@Moodsdale]

Another gem! Here we go

[@ME-kd1ko]

If Snorlax had Poison Heal in Gen 5, would he have been good enough to get back into OU? Or would he still have been too slow, and Fighting weak?

[@vtmagno23]

It might be a little too late, but I could see it bringing back rain stall to some extent, completely overshadowing Chansey/Blissey as a normal type special wall. It would also 100% go straight up to BL.

[@qnz469]

Can you do a full video explaining the history of shadow tag and its different uses throughout the gens

[@IschmarVI]

"new generation started and shadow tag was allowed" "wobbuffet and gothitelle ruined the game for everyone" "shadow tag was banned"

[@qnz469]

@@IschmarVI theres a lot of history with dugtrio that spans like over a decade

[@cherryb0ng]

Let's not forget the all time famous thief spam HO team people keep mistaking for BKC's that was actually made by Cased Victory. It had only two pokemon with leftovers, the others being Jynx, Gengar, Nido and Magnet Zapdos. The idea is that if you thief Snorlax, it no longer survives a 3HKO from Zapdos.

[@IschmarVI]

well, the idea is to steal the opponent's leftovers. So even the lack of leftovers in that team is STILL centered around leftovers. That's how important that item is in gen 2

[@keiharris332]

So... when does "Snack" and "Meal" come out?

[@Filthy_Cubes]

I've been looking forward to this!

[@shnap240]

I'm confused how you covered it in less than an hour but nice

[@lankymcswanky2176]

What? Why are there moving images in this podcast? Could you please fix this issue? Thank you

[@SinclairLocke]

I was thinking. What if lefties were banned in GSC OU? We all know how everything uses it, and it makes the metagame very stall-y. Would it change much?

[@vtmagno23]

The metagame would be unrecognizable. Leftovers ban is likely the one single ban that would change the metagame the most, even more than a snorlax ban

[@IschmarVI]

Zapdos Thunders would be even harder to deal with, that much is for sure.

[@BladeRabbit]

52 minute seems a bit short

[@paleoscinkus542]

If pre gen 6 Knock Off was a part of GSC how do you think it would change the metagame? Assuming it has limited distribution (ex Donphan, Tangela, Gligar)

[@goragarx]

I always wondered how would singles play with the item clause VGC has

[@PastPerspectives11]

I swear item clause was a thing at some point, maybe I’m just a crazy old man though

[@davidmuhs4590]

could you talk about why baton pass is considered overpowered IN GEN 5? i've seen a fair amount of people say baton pass is over powered but the only replays they've shown (for gen 5) were ones where the person who lost against baton pass played extremely poorly. preferably with the hardest evidence you can find. i disagree with the idea that baton pass in gen 5 ou is over powered but im also willing to eat my own words.

[@sebastianlucas704]

I think it has to do with magic bounce primarily.

[@davidmuhs4590]

@@sebastianlucas704 if you have any more information or any links that would be really helpful. i could see magic bounce itself being annoying but the only ones that get it in gen 5 have low defensive stats and a bad typing for a tanky sweeper.

[@IschmarVI]

then eat, my friend. For baton pass in gen 5 is absolutely dumb, retarded, ridiculous, stupid, outrageous ... you get the idea. First, there is this wonderful move called "shell smash", which increases 3 of your stats by 2 stages (the defense drop can be reverted with white herb), in A SINGLE TURN. Then, there is this fun pokemon called "espeon" that is immune to roar and whirlwind and also has a move called "stored power", which after that single shell smash hits a base power of 140, coming off an unmatchable speed and impressive base special attack (with +2 of course because counterplay is overrated). And that is just the tip of the iceberg... oh, and espeon can also boost itself even further with calm mind and can ALSO learn baton pass if a counter switches in and then just pass the stat boosts to the next pokemon (you know, the +2 speed, +2 attack, +3 special attack and +1 special defense), which could, for example, be a tintend lens venomoth that then starts dropping unresisted bug buzzes everywhere ... or uses quiver dance and boosts even further until it passes back to someone else who is more effective against the enemy counter poke. Oh, yeah ... btw,. Quiver dance is a thing, lol.

[@chopinfanclub6672]

Amazing vid

[@Gear1211]

Can you do berry next?

[@et34t34fdf]

If Moltres was more common in OU, would blissey more common? Snorlax isn't completely invincible against strong special moves, blissey may as well be. Though, suicune would prob be bulky enough, i guess.

[@IschmarVI]

even blissey is not FULLY immune against strong special moves, although it comes really close. Houndoom Fire Blast vs. Blissey in Sun on a critical hit: 332-391 (46.5 - 54.8%) -- 99.7% chance to 2HKO after Spikes and Leftovers recovery yes, that's a VERY unlikely scenario, but still. Even blobs bleed ... sometimes.

[@artemail6744]

The big lefties vid PogChamp

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

hot take: gen 2 needs a leftovers clause.

[@Swagachu125]

You would literally only run leftovers on Snorlax

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

@@Swagachu125 what if you limited it to say 3 pokemon? kinda like early baton pass bans

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

that would be awkward

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

@@pikminologueraisin2139 why?

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

@@fulltimeslackerii8229 lol

[@AhrimanHJ]

not dying is OP got it

[@IschmarVI]

yes, because as long as you don't succumb to the pain, you can keep dishing out the pain.

[@PurpleRaven300]

:apple:

[@snaxolotl548]

sMoGoN lOvEs StAlL

[@Rose-ez7yn]

Does offensive serp run lefties in gen 6?

[@mikova3231]

Yes

[@nathanieljones8043]

Gen 5 players are zoomers in fact gen 4 is also 100% zoomer gen 3 was a mix. I agree on stall

[@abominationdesolation8322]

Light Ball, Thick Club, King's Rock, Bright Powder, MetalPowder, Quick Claw, Scope Lens, and 17 type boosting items. That's every single "useful" held item that isn't leftovers. So you'll be using leftovers? Got it. JK Lucky Punch Chansey is SOOO OP. It's better than Stick at least.

[@danielchristensen3657]

Hell yeah

[@maxlimit9129]

sixty seconds after upload and nobody's commented for the algorithm? only twelve other likes for the algorithm? this is a shameful display. do better next time guys

[@erikcarp9359]

Hmmmm I’m not sure about that

[@IschmarVI]

they are still waiting for the leftovers animation to finish.

[@Mijzelffan]

Were you eating during this video? It was kinda distracting

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

lol no

[@catandfishfc]

Demonstrating the power of leftovers directly

[@yeet8036]

Comment for algorithm

[@arga400]

What GSC needs is to A) Ban Snorlax, Snorlax is top dog in Ubers over Mewtwo yet it's somehow allowed to be on OU? Furthermore it is in over 99% of the teams, no Pokemon has ever been as dominant in OU and allowed to stay there. B) One Leftover per team, the fact of the matter is Leftover is THE best item of those introduced in Gen2. Proof of that is that it along with Miracle(Lum) Berry are the only items from this Gen that still see competitive play and have not been powercrept.

[@A_quip]

Banning snorlax is not a good idea. Snorlax isn't defeating every team solo, it's not a threat with only a few counters, it has many (depending on its moveset). Skarm can beat electricless and fireless, steelix can beat fireless and groundless, tyranitar can beat groundless, etc. Even then, there are so many exploders to stop it. It absolutely can be dealt with. Without snorlax, the electrics would be far too powerful to stop, and special attackers would dominate the metagame. Even if you ban Lax, there will always be a top 1 mon that every team needs. Thats just how gen 1 and 2 work. In uu every team needs a nidoqueen, in nu its Xatu, in gen1 ou its tauros, in gen1 uu its hypno and tentacruel. There will always be a top 1 in this gen, and snorlax fills this role.

[@vtmagno23]

Mfw ppl who dont play a tier try to "fix" the tier when it doesn't need fixing

[@vtmagno23]

@@A_quip While I generally agree with you, I wouldn't say that lower tiers have a snorlax equivalent. Nidoqueen/Granbull/Xatu are amazing, but they are droppable, at least

[@pikminologueraisin2139]

nah

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Why don't we ban Landorus-T and Toxapex in the current Metagame?

[@puru7976]

the lack of a script makes this very hard to listen to. You lose track of the topic and go on tangents, on top of not concisely or eloquently conveying/elaborating on ur points.

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

that's the idea