A PowerPoint about Gholdengo

Gholdengo
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[@Doug_Edwards99]

Gholdengo is one of those Pokémon that seems to have it all. One of the best defensive typings ever, a strong special attack stat, an incredible movepool, a fantastic signature move, AND one of the best abilities that is also exclusive to it. Like I think if you removed one of these aspects then Gholdengo wouldn’t be so overwhelming to face. Honestly if it wasn’t a Steel/Ghost type I think Good as Gold wouldn’t be so annoying. Like it could block Defog without also blocking Mortal Spin and Rapid Spin.

[@spookyscarylamppost3431]

Gen 5 with Ferrothorn, no effect Defog and Jellicent roaming around:

[@Wayte13]

I didn't even know about Mortal Spin. They really did just make him immune to EVERY hazard removal option, holy shit

[@AquaQuokka]

I love how they gave them a skateboard in Synchro.

[@A.R_69]

Its not just in synchro, he has it always

[@Iris_Descent]

it's called Surfugo in Japanese so combined with its dex entry it's clearly supposed to play off the "surfer dude" archetype

[@davepumphernickel9568]

@@Iris_DescentI think it’s pretty obvious he’s a cheese string rip off.

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

So Ghouldengo would be a Synchro Monsters in Yu-Gi-Oh got it

[@d.airhorn3702]

Isn’t there only one subject in your sentence?

[@PeskyTheIdiot]

I feel like gamefreak knew beforehand that Gholdengos gonna have a bad rep for people and tried to sugarcoat it with “Yeah this guy gets along well and quickly makes friends with people :)” Also when Ting-Lu PowerPoint…

[@byzantine5761]

It’s title HAS to be “Why Ting-Lu should be added to the Geneva Conventions”

[@Connowot387]

I remember the time we got to battle some of the employees, starting with BW. If I want anything back in the games, it’s the ability to be able to battle them. That Zebstrika ace…

[@IncineRand]

Gholdengo is still affected by status, but just from the secondary effects of attacks (can be paralyzed by Thunderbolt, can be confused by Hurricane, etc) Good as Gold just protects from DIRECT status moves.

[@ArcherR135]

Pokemon with Mold Breaker can also use status moves on Gholdengo

[@HopUpOutDaBed]

you're right, guess it's not broken then

[@Pishooter]

Covert cloak

[@JanusHoW]

More importantly, he blocks almost all hazard removal - Ghost blocks Rapid Spin, Steel blocks Mortal Spin, and Good as Gold blocks Defog. Only Cinderace's Court Change or Maushold's Tidy Up (now usable by Cincinno and Furret via breeding) can remove hazards in Gholdengo's face.

[@Choco_paz]

​@@HopUpOutDaBedstill blocks all hazard removal in the game besides freaking tidy up which is only on freaking maushold and cinccino. You seriously have only maushold and cinccino as your only reliable forms of hazard removal and you think that's not broken?

[@WeedleTwineedle]

Don't let the black bar at the top of the PowerPoint distract you from the fact Gholdengo is paying the OU council so they don't ban it

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

Somehow no one has pointed that black bar at the top out LOL I can’t figure out what’s causing it when I go into presentation mode

[@WeedleTwineedle]

@ElectricWindGirlFriend I haven't noticed the bar until now so it doesn't really take away from the content don't worry lol. I have no idea how to fix it outside of post video editing, I haven't made a PowerPoint since high school 😭

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

@@WeedleTwineedle oh yeah considering that no one noticed it after a month its def not an issue.

[@ronaldcarlson198]

Ooh! Can we get a Weedle collab?

[@TROLLSTIN13]

Looking forward to another year of weedle trolling the Pokémon community with outlandish sets.

[@yoshistrings]

According to Masuda, Goldengho's design is a reference to the cheese playstyle he promotes. Brilliant dovetailing of visual and game design by Gamefreak as always.

[@jacobesterson]

Which is funny because it's far from a cheese playstyle. It's so strong that It ended up becoming the cornerstone of S/V's meta. When cheese becomes the main way to play the game it stops being cheese, they shouldn't have overloaded it quite as much as they did. Basically the stats and offensive potential are far too high for how impactful it's ability already is. It could hit like a noodle and still see play, but instead it hits like a tank. Still laughing that they banned Gliscor before Gholdy.

[@Puggers22]

I need to see where you got this info from

[@Sedecious]

Love how aggressive this video is towards the cheese stick mascot. Just perfection.

[@toxic0470]

in vgc good as gold means that it can't get boosts from helping hand or heal from life dew and lunar blessing which is pretty funny imo

[@MacZephyrZ]

He's a member of the 1%. He doesn't believe in accepting free handouts.

[@JanusHoW]

And also Smogon's. At least in-game he's a well-earned reward for gathering 999 Gimmighoul Coins, a long and possibly mind-numbing process. But on Showdown, you just slap him on your team. Also, you _can_ remove hazards even when Gholdengo is on the field, but a grand total of four fully-evolved Pokemon can do so.

[@kirby1781]

Take a drink whenever a potential Gholdengo counter gets conveniently banned, it happened at least twice.

[@Luragon9876]

@JanusHoW I think you forgot about Mold Breaker Hawlucha's Defog, so technicaly there is 5 fully evolved pokemon which can remove hazards against Gholdengo (the others are Cinderace's Court Change and Tidy Up users)

[@agustinberto6138]

6 actually I think. Cinderace, maushold, furret, cinccino, hawlucha and smeargle

[@christiancinnabars1402]

@agustinberto6138 So just Cinderace? Got it.

[@Rainbro359]

@@christiancinnabars1402just you wait until Furret walks all over the next world championship

[@Regeor]

I like how there’s always a little Dracovish dishing out some fun facts in the Powerpoint! Gone from the dex, but not forgotten.

[@williamdrum9899]

Now I want to see "Gholdestitute" which evolves from Gimmighoul if you have less than 3000 pokedollars left

[@waluigiwaluigireal]

You forgot it’s past paradox form: Old money, leader of ghouldengo investments

[@johnpaulcross424]

Finchinator really claiming this mon isn’t broken

[@Renegade77784]

The Smogon council really thought Gliscor was broken but not Gholdengo. That's some baffling logic. 😑🧐

[@sythrus]

Now imagine all if this, but with steel still resisting ghost and dark, making it even more absurd

[@mr.jitterspam9552]

Good luck (blank) spin users

[@coalminer4301]

The thinking was probably "this Pokemon is fairly difficult to obtain, so it should be really strong to serve as a proper reward." The problem is that rarity is a complete non-factor in competitive play, especially with people generating pokemon a lot of the time. Gholdengo is a result of single-player-focused design philosophy, in addition to some of the most blatant power creep of all time.

[@ProfessorCLion]

It isn't a non-factor. It's a requirement to grind for that pokemon, or you lose. In both ways though, competitive pokemon is messed up

[@Uri433]

@@ProfessorCLion it's a non factor because people cheat their pokemon in, and understandably so, you need to spend dozens of hours just be on the starting line in regards to competitive, fuck that

[@TheWrathAbove]

I'm not sure that's the case. Pokemon has historically been more then willing to make the player work their ass off for pokemon that aren't especially OP (Milotic, Spiritomb). I think it's more likely that they just wanted Pokemon #1000 to be busted and designed it so it'd be crazy strong in both single player and Competitive.

[@drxavier1870]

Legends: Arceus also had a single player idea in mind that backfires in PvP, Sneasler being the most iconic example with Dire Claw being the most JRPG move ive ever seen. Not to mentuon H-Samurott and Kleavor's signatute moves only inflicted a damage per turn effect in PL:A wich translated to Spikes and Rocks in mainline. Alot of bullshit this Gen and some of it aint even from Gen 9

[@et34t34fdf]

I think competitive Pokemon was always 2nd priority to in-game though.

[@TheRageBaiter]

with all the other videos we can hear ElectricWindGirlFriend annoyance at how game freak could make such a power-crept pokemon. With this video we can hear ElectricWindGirlFriend's unbridled hatred and malice for Gholdengo specifically.

[@FarhanH1]

F this Pokémon. I love it. The “eat shit and die” slide makes me laugh so much

[@nicolasromani3523]

0:13 I remember back in gen 3 when 550-555 was something crazy only seen in mons like Arcanine and stuff.

[@SinkkingTurrtle]

Gholdengo is so good as gold he makes Great Tusk's pickrate incredibly high just to have a spinner that can threaten it.

[@ArcherR135]

Waiting for the Ceruledge and Armarogue PowerPoint Also, Good as Gold isn't an end all immunity to status. It only prevents Gholdengo from being affected directly by status moves, so things like Spore, Taunt, and Will-o-Wisp. But if it's hit by something like Flamethrower or Flare Blitz, their secondary effects can still proc and burn Gholdengo. Same as Thunderbolt and Nuzzle with their paralyze. Pokemon with Mold Breaker can also ignore Good as Gold to use direct status moves on Gholdengo

[@Kazzujin]

Unless you use covert cloak xD bot a popular pick I think but funny

[@grynnlecoprolithecosmique585]

I don't think there is a single pokemon with mold breaker that is good at using status moves and isn't completely walled by gholdengo.

[@jacksonbranby]

@@grynnlecoprolithecosmique585 mycelium might toedscruel can legitimately come in on gold, wall it & threaten it out with earth power + can spore it and on top of that can spin afterwards (issue being if gold has balloon you’re shit out of luck)

[@ArcherR135]

@@grynnlecoprolithecosmique585 Tinkaton can be EV'd enough to live a Choice Specs Tera Steel Make it Rain, and Tinkaton can learn Thunder Wave. Tinkaton also gets good support moves in Fake Out and Helping Hand, so yes, there are Pokemon with Mold Breaker that can eat hits from Gholdengo.

[@ytbtech114]

@@ArcherR135the problem is tinkaton isn’t good

[@Timmy_tweaked]

HOW DO YOU ONLY HAVE 10K MAN WE NEEEEDDD TO GET HIM AT THE VERY VERY LEAST 50K

[@LRXC1]

Another gen9 related idea for you, Scream Tail. You can talk about how wolfey used it to win a regional, but also how it was actually OMEGA BUSTED in the 1v1 metagame with insane bulk and encore disable

[@sonicrunn3r895]

Regardless of its broken state in battle, I actually love Gholdengo and its design, concept and what it is. A little tiny creature gets so rich from Gimmigoul coins it literally turns into a statue made of its wealth that surfs on a surfboard of gold is comical enough, but the cherry on top is that fact of being the 1000th Pokemon. A gold statue to commemorate the occasion! I just wish more people would like it, if only it wasn’t so unbelievably broken…

[@nicolacarswell9888]

I sincerely hope this channel becomes the next jimothy cool style blowup story. A great addition to the community keep up the great work!

[@adriantillman8203]

They’d rather ban half the dex from OU than send Gholdengo to Ubers

[@jamesw2831]

It is hilarious how there is a consensus that Gholdengo is head of a criminal enterprise. As usual, great PowerPoint

[@ghostgang3847]

As a Monotype Ghost specialist... I fucking LOVE it

[@ZoofyZoof]

I used a Gholdengo on my first playthrough not knowing how strong he was. Cheese string surfer my beloved

[@Regeor]

I really wanted to use Annihalape and Kingambit, so I didn’t use it for type overlap reasons. But I recently evolved my Gimmighoul so I’ll see if it’s as “good as gold”.

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

​@@Regeor This reminds of my one playthrough where I basically stacked as many type overlaps as I could, the team being: Meowsacrada, Skeledirge, Quaquaval, Annihilape, Kingambit, and Gholdengo!

[@oluseyialege]

Gholdengo is one of my favorite Pokemon of all time now and takes over my favorite steel type from Magnezone. I’ve not finished Scarlet yet but I’m really enjoying cheesing with it on Showdown

[@zaclittlejohn2701]

Hot take- ice spinner should also remove hazards while keeping its current distribution. There isn't a single pokemon type combination immune to poison, ghost, and ice type, so the cheese couldn't be replicated in the next generation.

[@Lh0000]

I actually thought it did when I got it in game before reading what it did on Showdown out of curiosity, since I never would need to use it in singleplayer anyway and thus never used it… why DOESNT it remove hazards???

[@deadlydingus1138]

Still won’t make me hunt for 999 gimmighoul coins.

[@Masahane]

I enjoy pointing out that gholdengo was introduced in the same generation as mortal spin, which would otherwise finally get around common spin blockers for teams who want to keep their own hazards up. And of course gholdengo is also immune to that

[@TaLeng2023]

Make Defog affect the entire field, bypassing opponent types/abilities. Give more Pokemon the Normal conversion abilities (Aerilate, Pixilate, etc). Give some those Pokemon Rapid Spin (I think it makes sense on Galvanize Alo-Golem).

[@yungmuney5903]

Or remove ghost type from Gholdengo

[@TaLeng2023]

@@yungmuney5903 nah. Its typing is fine. Just prevent it from being able to completely prevent hazards from being removed. I'm fine with Ghosts being able to spinblock, what I'm not fine is it also shut down Defog.

[@FiniteMan1933]

I'll never forgive the OU counsel for banning Chi-Yu but letting Gholdengo stay

[@Redfordcrate]

I feel like in the next gen Good as Gold is going to be one of those abilities that is going to be nerfed because gamefreak is gonna be like "Whoops we didn't think about the ramifications of this" much like happened to Protean.

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

A better example would be the Pixilate like abilities' nerf in gen 7, Protean's change is likely partially also because of Tera.

[@christiancinnabars1402]

Game Freak nerfing Hydro Pump, Fire Blast, Blizzard, and Thunder (and technically Origin Pulse, since its physical counterpart in Precipice Blades is 120) from 120 to 110, only to make Make it Rain a 120 bp, 100% accurate move is a huge slap in the face to all other special attackers. "It lowers-" Unblockable Nasty Plot: "No it doesn't."

[@Lh0000]

“Can I have a good damaging special attack?” 80 accuracy take it or leave it “Can I have an objectively better steel type Draco meteor, that also gives you money?” Anything for you my man, in fact 100 accuracy on the house just for you

[@ValorBestBirb]

Wanna know a funfact about how min-maxed this thing is? Its speed tier is exactly enough to outspeed 150 base speed timid/jolly mons like alakazam-m and calyrex shadow in nat dex AG when used with a scarf and full speed invest, making just 4 unscarfed mons faster than it. Given its other uses and gambreaking abilities, this thing just feels like GF went out of their way to make sure it isn't fun to play against. It also is another nail in the coffin of stall after they felt the need to nerf recover and likewise moves

[@Renegade77784]

I can't stand Gholdengo. It's immune to damn near everything, it blocks every form of hazard removal except Court Change, it basically has a Steel type Draco Meteor that only lowers it's special attack by 1 stage. I almost wish Gholdengo was never created. 🤡🤦

[@behindthesmile1276]

Sometimes I wonder if Pursuit trapping could stop this thing. I guess we may never know

[@Lol-cg8qz]

Nope pursuit is legal in nat dex and ghold got banned there

[@yasuohatsu3374]

I must say Gholdengo has quickly become one of my most disliked pokemon. Besides just having an underwhelming design for how powerful it's supposed to be, the good as gold ability has had a toxic effect on how competitive teams are built. See, the ghost steel typing already gives it three type immunities and an obnoxious amount of resistances. Many Pokemon would normally address this by running a utility move, ie leech seed, will o wisp, or thunder wave, to ensure this thing isn't completely safe to switch in, but oh oops, it's immune to all that too, meaning that unless you happen to have super effective coverage, such as knock off or earthquake (unless it carries an air balloon), you're SOL. I hate this because it puts an oppressive amount of restrictions on team building. Many grass types, for example, rely on some type of utility move to get past steels, but Ghouldengo further hurts any chance they they have in rising to relevance, unless of course they're fortunate enough to have the coverage to brute force their way past it. And don't even get me started on fog-blocking.... Defog already had a substantial drawback of removing the hazards on the opponent's side, we didn't need this pos to block it.

[@waffleless]

Dude looks like snack food mascot.

[@Norcoo]

Love these videos, I would love a video on Sylveon but at the same time Sylveon lost Mystical Fire so RIP.

[@Vntagonist]

at the start of SV i had to run scrappy flamigo on my vgc team just to deal with EVERY TEAM IN REG A HAVING GHOLDENGO😭😭😭

[@roxlife8173]

Gholdengo is good as gold.

[@bretterry8356]

I still think Goldengo looks less like a Pokémon and more like the mascot for an "X-treme Mac'N'Cheez" brand from the 90's.

[@misters6749]

1:47: Angry Gholdengo ramblings. me: oh! Meowscarada is in the top 2 teams alongside ‘Dengo? Brilliant!!

[@brightonlucas4959]

These videos are good as gold

[@EmmyBlubonic]

gholdengo my beloved i am so happy they're successful

[@DoctorSpacebar]

Radical Red gave Johto Corsola Salt Cure. Corsola's partial Water type would actually help it against Gholdengo, too. I for one think it would be *hilarious* to see a Gholdengo get walled by a vested Corsola. Whirlpool, Salt Cure, Scald, GG

[@zacmayes2802]

It takes 75% from specs make it rain with 252 HP and 252 SpD. It definitely could kill ghold, but it ain't switching into it. Without specs ghold still has a 96.1% chance to 2HKO. Then again, I didn't give corsola a SpD boosting nature,.

[@olliego]

good as gold is such a good ability, i love it

[@patrickloureiro351]

I swear pokemon nowdays come out like units from a gacha game that's on it's 4th+ year.

[@omegacanon]

Bro Spidops is so frickin tragic thanks for playing respects

[@GrimHC]

You could take good as gold away and gholdengo would still be fucking crazy

[@ScammertronVGC]

Could you do a powerpoint on raging bolt? I've been playing with it and it seems genuinely busted. Nothing seems to ohko it and it seems to ohko everything after protosynthesis+a single calm mind.

[@Highzen]

I can't wait for the powerpoint about Spidops and how gamefreak absolutely did that pokemon dirty (unless they already did a video on it)

[@empressassassin9975]

he looks like a string cheese mascot

[@worstinshow]

No, Gholdengo is Smogon's golden boy, as they refuse to vote to ban it despite having been a meta warping problem since Day 0.

[@spookyscarylamppost3431]

Finchinator wants it banned, but pretty much every Ghold complainer I see are people with MASSIVE skill issue.

[@AchilloTheStalker]

You should make a powerpoint about Blazikens war crimes it did in the past

[@EmiWemmy69]

Another thing I found about gholdengo, it’s signature move make it rain, has the same affect as payday where you pick up 500 pokedollars

[@matthewvirgo4042]

You're right, but at the same time I fucking love Gholdengo as a pokemon lol

[@gamezharks]

Mor like Gholden-go to the suspect test!

[@fortello7219]

You really got to love how Gamefreak literally only cares about VGC. They literally could not care about a singles format in any scenario. Which is extra ironic because they design all of their single player games around it. (Which I think is for tradition basically? Because objectively they did make double battles the primary focus of design starting from Gen 3. Evidence by the existence of moves that only work in doubles alone, but also the numerous unique effects that only apply when there's more than two pokémon out at once.)

[@arachnofiend2859]

I still don't really think this is true... GameFreak keeps making changes and additions that affect hazards, which is a mechanic that VGC doesn't care about at all. Would Defog or Heavy Duty Boots exist if the company was really only looking at doubles play?

[@fortello7219]

@@arachnofiend2859 I should clarify my position. I'm talking about when they design new pokémon. The stats, abilities, and typing are only designed to be balanced in VGC typically. Most of the changes implemented by Gamefreak themselves that impact 1v1 tends to either be a pure bug fix (like when sky drop was a whole thing) or have an equal or greater impact on the 2v2 format. Their definitely seem to be other teams or other groups within that make things like heavy duty boots, or design new moves/update old moves that interact with problematic parts of the meta. Like when defog was updated to remove hazards. (Though for all I know VGC had these problems first) That said I'm very confident that they have nearly no interest in 1v1 from a leadership position. And it's easy to see why; Smogon is pretty much the most attractive player format, and it's entirely independent. Whereas all official pokémon company tournaments are in the 2v2 style. From their perspective 1v1 basically doesn't exist, except in a purely casual nature. (Because they don't consider anything professional unless it's literally being run by them.)

[@AceAviations2]

If they didn't axe Pursuit was a mistake, I suspect that Gholdengo wouldn't be such a big problem. Yes I would be able to counter it with Tera, however you'd be forced to Tera into something that resists Dark to escape getting Pursuit-Trapped. Yes this can be strong, however forcing your opponent to Tera defensively means that they can't Terra something else. I don't think it gets Baton Pass, which is the ONLY true counter to Pursuit (bypasses the attack on switch effect), however Baton Pass has been banned (too far IMO, at least let us dry-pass). So formats where Pursuit is allowed have no true counterplay to Pursuit-Trapping.

[@agustinberto6138]

I mean, double battles ORIGINATED in gen 3

[@fortello7219]

@@agustinberto6138 and VGC started in like 2009 I think? Towards the end of Gen 4. It seems like they were really proud of the doubles format

[@carucath97]

Well you see Good as Gold also blocks Helping Hand from an ally which means the ability totally has a meaningful drawback right? Right?

[@imaginaryidiot]

Man it's cool how GF added a new way to deal with hazards and counter common spinblockers in Mortal Spin and- nope this piece of string cheese blocks it too. The fact that the only ways to affect hazards while it's in the field are Court Change which is already a stupid move and Tidy Up, which was EXCLUSIVE TO FURRET are really the biggest reason Hazard stack is as annoying to play against as it it

[@thecrispymaster]

He looks like the cheese string mascot

[@chocolatman4767]

I still dont know anything about pokemon but I like your pps presentations

[@linkthepringlesman3951]

Honestly Gholdengo is probably my favorite new mon. It’s undeniably busted, but it’s fun busted, not “It has the stats of a Slaking and STAB priority if it switches once” busted

[@theedwardian]

I didn't realized it was supposed to be stacked coins. It looks like a lemon twizzler.

[@unknownfactor6489]

I want every stat of this mon to go down by 10

[@quiverdancervolca]

If this is the 1000th pokemon after 9 gens of powercreep I’m scared to see what the 2000th Pokemon looks like

[@aootypooty9940]

I’d love to see a PowerPoint about pelipper

[@YardiChef]

😂 i wish i could give this vid more like but i cant, no lies told in this PowerPoint, Bulky Rocky Helmet set is good too.

[@tlb31m]

Imagine how fucked flutter main is when Gen 10 gets here and there’s no more Terastilazation

[@Broom1375yt]

Prof boingus is love. Prof boingus is life

[@brett1908]

Ghoodengo would be so much worse if pursuit was around, of course they release it with an absence of that. 😂

[@zevbites]

I like to fool around with mons no one uses and I like how black glasses mightyena out of all fucking Things has done a pretty good job dealing with the bastard demon that is gholdengo for me so far (if I can bring it in safely)

[@Legault397]

I love my string cheese boy. As soon as I learned of its existence I knew I had to have it and went absolutely bonkers finding all the gimmighouls well before the end of the game just so I could have this guy on my team for as long as possible. And then I realized those fuckers at the academy were right: I really had found my treasure. I was so angry But also I had String Cheez the Gholdengo so I was happy again

[@miguelaguilar5115]

So... why is this guy still in OU, again?

[@Lialvas]

1:20, what are the other 4 broken abilities according to you? wonder guard, huge power, pure power? honorable mentions are: poison heal, fur coat, sap sipper, levitate, intimidate, ruin's abilities, simple, ice scales, intrepid sword, parental bond, gorilla tactics, multiscale, prankster, moxie, beast boost, speed boost, guts, supreme overlord, desolate land, primodial sea, truant, delta stream, surges, orichalcum pulse, hadron engine, protosynthesis/ quark drive, fur coat, regenerator, volt absorb, disguise, ice face, stance change, battle bond, tinted lens, neuroforce, adaptability, anger shell, well baked body, flash fire, arena trap (and others), pixilate (and others), competetive, neigh's, defiant, intrepid sword, dauntless shield, protein/ libero, intimidate. do reply with some more.

[@unotwotriquatre]

truant? 💀

[@jakariashafin1695]

​@@unotwotriquatreI mean if you somehow give it to the opponent it has some use

[@Lialvas]

@@unotwotriquatre just wanted to make sure people actually read the list and didnt just go over it in a breeze.

[@unotwotriquatre]

@@Lialvas bahaha I actually sat through the whole list bc I was bored and, as someone who only played up to gen7 (and catch up with newer gens with these videos), there's always new stuff to know

[@daxdleader719]

It also has dazzling gleam

[@rontanamo_bae]

can you do one one gargansalt. I've heard he was a menace as an unbreakable wall in singles

[@SuperEljafru]

what’s fucked up is that flutter mane ironically enables gholdengo in some ways. as a partner, specs tera steel gholdengo paired with booster speed flutter’s icy wind shreds through anyone who dares lead poorly into it. and while enemy flutters can hit it back with shadow ball, they often cannot defensively tera in response to gholdengo and get deleted by tera steel make it rain. oftentimes specs gholdengo can just click the funny delete button the first 2 turns and deal irreparable damage and just win

[@MrGhosta5]

laughs in Weezing.

[@bad_atgames]

As a TCG player I love gholdengo

[@anastasiskal2608]

Can you make one for meowscarada?

[@ajmoment8091]

Imagine if they introduced Gholdengo in gen 5 or earlier back when steel resisted ghost and dark/

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

Oh I'd be way worse then just having Dark and Ghost be neutral to it... No Boots, No Defog, Rain and Sand are at their peak, the top mons are Dragon and Fighting types... I'd never even be considered to not be banned!

[@desdar100]

Can you do Meowscrada?

[@ij1372]

Just found your channel. Love how you accurately portray my hate for the power creep in Gen 8. Ruined the Gen for me, feel like I'm back in Gen 5

[@ArgenPolmerica]

Do Regigigas next !

[@RiqMoran]

Gholdengo is the curse of james turner. An abomination of a design that doesnt deserve to be the 1000th pokemon.

[@FaraFellow]

ok so i speak gaidhlig (scottish) and even though i KNOW how gholdengo supposed to be pronounced, gaidhlig orthography dictates that it be pronounced /ɣɔlt̪əɲ'kɔu/ (roughly, "yultenkoo") and I will never pronounce it any differently

[@PlatinumAltaria]

Fun fact: Gholdengo is actually based on the fact that GameFreak only cares about making money at this point. Very cool inspiration!

[@PerfectAzrael]

Wow! Just like everyone on this planet?! Holy shit, who could’ve thought?!

[@horsegangstudios7557]

​@@PerfectAzraelyes obviously all the video game companies try to get a paycheck at the end of the day. But at least some still try to make art... Unlike Pokemon

[@PerfectAzrael]

@@horsegangstudios7557 They're all here to make money just like you and me. Making art comes second since feel free to make art first and then worry about the money and the time you spent on your art. The obvious moral of the story is about how stupid people always bitch and moan about everyone in the modern times wants to make money when we've all wanted to make money through the years. No matter what time period. Not to mention. Go back like five years and you’ll see the same dumb people saying the exact same dumb shit they said about games they hated and now they like it because they’re not modern. You’re also not the judge on what is and isn’t art. Art is art and you don’t have the right to tell others what isn’t art.

[@LibanT45]

Why did the iron bundle video disappear?

[@joshuaskehan420]

Safe to say in gen 10 make it rain will be nerfed to be like overheat and good as gold might even be nerfed

[@michag4337]

of they just won't let it in. I mean there are several mon that are in 2 or 3 gens only. They could just exclude him and move on. Assuming you're talking about official vgc, for the 10th gen game.

[@joshuaskehan420]

@@michag4337 I just meant in general, personally I prefer singles and he's imo broken and unbalanced in ou, definitely sees more usage in ou Vs viability, eh I definitely can't see them excluding him as he was the 1000th Pokémon added to the game

[@michag4337]

@@joshuaskehan420 if they add him the have to add the coin mechanic in, I could see him skipping next gen and coming back in gen 11 when he's mid cause of creep

[@manafi1002]

While it is true that good as gold is very good at blocking defog, if you look at the meta right now the only pokemon really affected by this is corviknight since all other defog users are pretty weak at the moment. I feel the same way about gholdengo as NJNP, in that gholdengo is unhealthy and uncompetitive mainly because of how hard certain sets destroy either balance or stall teams by forcing a significant portion of the roster to switch out, making the game pretty much a rock paper scissors situation (its straight up unfair that a lot of teams need to sacrifice at least 1/5 pokemon to kill a gholdengo ir it's using an air ballon). This mixed with the ability to stop both rapid spin and defog makes it so that the enemy has to keep switching constantly to avoid getting swept by gholdengo, which stacks hazard damage and/or damage from the attacks the cheeseman throws at the enemy (in this situation, blocking hazard removal aggravates the problem, but gholdengo would still force a lot of switches while chipping everything down).

[@gigadrill1835]

if make it rain lowers 2 stages and also has like 90 accuracy it wouldve been ok

[@Cote-de-Boeuf]

The truly funny thing about Gholdengo is Magnezone can't even trap it. Could Magnezone 1v1 it even if it did trap? Probably not, but we never even got a chance to find out.

[@maxinea.sakaki4151]

Gold experience requiem😂😂

[@xy394]

Who is more broken Gholdengo or Flutter Mane?

[@ocodes77]

got swept in doubles comp earlier by a tera steel Gholdengo, search for your vid on it and like destiny you uploaded one a couple hours later