A PowerPoint about Pokemon That Don't Work

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[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

ive gotten like 30+ comments about my pronunciation of Slaking and all I'm gonna say is that it fucking slays so its still slay-king in my book 💯 (yes i know i'm very wrong about this)

[@tandemvolcano]

Are you doing it becuase Wolfey did?

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

@@tandemvolcano wait did he LOL no this is how i've always pronounced slaking

[@alessandragonzales8190]

To be fair, "slaking", which is the present participle of "slake", is pronounced that way. Uh I think

[@yalebass]

@@ElectricWindGirlFriendI also grew it saying it this way LOL

[@TaIathar]

@@alessandragonzales8190 The name is taken from the word "slacking" as in, to slack off.

[@LoMaLouis]

The one thing Klawf can do is being adorable (and canonically being eaten by humans)

[@MacZephyrZ]

It shares that niche with Lechonk

[@hagelgevaret5174]

​@@MacZephyrZand Slowpoke

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Nomnomnom

[@malcolmduru1854]

@@hagelgevaret5174 As well as Crabrawler and Clauncher (And Corsola if you are a Mareanie or a Toxapex).

[@Bergzbot]

Pokemon that dont work? Thats like every pokemon except the machop, timburr, and chansey lines. Dont think ive seen a single other pokemon with a job

[@lum_berry111]

audinos work in pmc's and corviknights taxi ppl around

[@FakeHeroFang]

Rotom gets forced into electrical appliances. Slavery is kind of like a job, if you think like a war criminal

[@clellancampbell3186]

Vigoroth were movers in pokemon emerald

[@JJUNIVERSEALDOMINATION]

Technically snorlax was a roadblock before and rotoms sorta counts since they're household appliances

[@amberhawksong]

Lmao

[@momofluo]

Slaking DESPERATELY needs the ability Comatose as an hidden ability.

[@YemitaDeHuevo-uk5iq]

I'd say that's broken, but looking at the current meta I think it might be balance

[@alejandroromero9813]

We're not ready for sleep talk + last resort choice band slaking

[@tioaranha4848]

It cant be burned, cant be para, cant be stoped

[@lorekeeper685]

​@@YemitaDeHuevo-uk5iqhave you realized how good normal pokemon are??

[@tomsmithok]

@@alejandroromero9813 Gholdengo and Dragapult will be ready

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

I'm going to get this comment so I want to answer it in a pinned one first: even though not all Pokemon have to be good, I wish that these guys had their ideas, which were cool, fleshed out/thought through a bit more. edit: i unpinned it for the slaking thing LMFAO

[@samuelniesen8929]

Klawf needed to have an evolution. It works great as an early game boss, but the overall lack of stats to be palletable that early keeps it from working as intended outside of that role.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@samuelniesen8929 It's in the same position as onix.

[@TheFourthBlackReaper]

It’s such a shame Rotom Frost is bad, as it’s so funny to have a literal Combat Fridge, especially in Pokémon world. Like, I’m going out on my journey to beat every gym leader and I brought a bunch of elemental mammals and my whole ass refrigerator. Every battle starts with, “Go, ghost possessing my mother’s Frigidaire, attack them with a literal snowstorm and last night’s Chicken Molé!” But nope. It’s just bad. Apparently refrigerators are just too weak to being punched and set on fire to be good Pokémon. Shame.

[@bulborb8756]

not only to fire and being punched, but also being hit by a rock or a hammer

[@TriforceZard]

Read the title as “Powerpoint that doesn’t work” and thought this was going to be a joke video.

[@f.h.k6356]

Used klawf in two draft leagues. Here’s some thoughts: -definitely looks way better in theory than in practice lol as you said -if it got u-turn it would actually be good as a regen pivot ngl. It’s physical bulk is passable enough to where it would probably be half decent in a lower tier -doesn’t get earthquake for some reason but he does get high horsepower which lost me a draft match I probably would’ve won if he didn’t whiff that shit -scarf klawf w regenerator is shockingly good. Again really wish he got u turn

[@milokiss8276]

I would love a presentation on that “Good/Bad Plan/Execution” chart you had in that one slide.

[@lemonzealdao6360]

They could at least give slaking defeatist. It still works thematically and reigns in that 670 bst

[@mickeywilcox4336]

I LOVE this concept for a video. Would love to see a part 2.

[@TanatatKnight246]

Slaking is definitely one of those Pokemons where back during...idk Gen III to V, would have been a nightmare suggestion to change Truant but in the same vein as say, giving Snorlax Slack Off. I think we are well pass the powercrept moment where Slaking Truant should have their drawbacks changed. Like if Game Freak is open to mons like Palafin's Zero to Hero having a mostly negligible drawback (I am aware that it fell off in VGC due to that drawback), then Pokemons like Slaking and Regigigas should get like pittance of buff already. I know it's bad because it robs you the ability to switch but haha, Giga Impact Slaking. so :( sad Rotom Frost, I would hug but it's too cold.

[@SkyNinja759]

If Slaking had a unique variant/rework of truant it would be a really fun mon. Make it so it's only able to use "lazy" moves every other turn. Then mark a bunch of moves for it to use. - Sleep talk - Yawn - Rest - Stockpile -Swallow If it had anything that it could do to pressure on the off turn it would be a great gimmick pokemon. Even if it was locked into +1 def/spdef every time, it would wreck house as a brick wall. If Dondozo is anything to go by, it's that gimmick pokemon done well are extremely fun and a breath of fresh air. Seeing more unique takes on how certain pokemon battle (abilities) is what sets them apart from being stat blocks with movepools and typings. Also, give my boys plusle and minun a "as one" ability. Combine them in doubles and give them usable stats and a working gimmick. Even if it's ridiculious like +2 evasion or something, poster mice for OG double battles need their time to shine.

[@MOJA616]

Rotom-frost isn't great but if you give it tera-electric it can be somewhat viable

[@viviblue7277]

Slaking needs an ability that keeps the truant downside but also gives it huge/pure power as a way to keep its identity as an unstoppable monster too lazy to win the fight.

[@fractalisomega9517]

Many of these are gimmick Pokemon with the exception of Dusknoir Klawf is an early game boss, Slaking is a feature showcase for abilities in G3 (and how some are bad), and Rotom has the funny form changes Dusknoir needs more HP and a better ability like Technician or Regenerator

[@thedoomdragon2895]

If this doesn’t have rotom fan in this video I’m going to be slightly mad Edit: :)

[@petergriscom3431]

I've never heard it pronounced as "Slay-king" before, I always pronounce it as "Slacking".

[@BenGibbson]

That's because he doesn't care about Pokemon, he just cares about the political message at the end.

[@reggilad_9043]

Im suprised you didnt mention archeyops or regigigas in you section with slacking considering that they essentially have the same issues, they have good stats, good movepools and good defensive and offensive types but are completely held back by there cripplingly bad abilities

[@abui6914]

Slaking is completely washed away in the current gen :( , Its actually a fun pokemon to use back in 3rd gen OU, STAB Double Edge is hard to deal with and you have pursuit to trap fragile mons like jolteon

[@manelneedsaname1773]

I don't think Slaking needs to get a new ability, I think it's current ability just needs to be reworked. The ability is what makes it stand out from every other mon, so I think the ability itself needs a buff. Idk exactly what would make it good and hopefully not broken but here's some ideas: •During the truant turn it heals any status effect • During the truant turn it recovers 30% HP • Fucking add the unseen fist effect so it cannot be cheesed I would like to hear other options too

[@luissilva1954]

rotom frost gets freeze-dry in some hack roms which make it a nearly unresisted monster

[@bb-yv7jr]

Gotta love a flying type Pokémon with levitate 💀

[@balladofthegoddess]

Klawf is number one on my list for gen 9 mons that won't return in gen 10

[@ValianceGames]

Weird that Rotom Fan wasn't ever given Hurricane, or that th y can't learn any other STAB moves. I always thought that since th ey made Rotom breedable they could have had it so it could stay in the form, allowing it to learm TMs with STAB. Even something tjay gave us the OPTION to lock in to do that would have made some of these guys much better. But Scald Rotom Wash does sounds nuts...

[@peperoni_pepino]

Imagine if Truant still skipped your turn, but also gave you a random stat boost. Would that be enough to make Slaking viable?

[@quillenkai6714]

probably would get it banned like moody

[@unanchoRED1]

not giving rotom fan hurricane is an actual crime

[@MrGamer-ml6zl]

mega dusknoir my boy has a sick design that’s about it ;)

[@The_Pikaboi]

Ok but if you gave Dusknoir Ice Punch...

[@talonitex6441]

I still have hope for klawf to get an evolution to fix him

[@bennyharvey8436]

Would Stall Slaking be playable?

[@SnoFitzroy]

wait...does EWGF not know Slaking is "king of slacking," not "king of slaying"???

[@LA-be8fu]

i love the urshifu shade

[@CleopatraKing]

Slaking should get thick fat so it can switch in on chien, and fireblasting zards.

[@hml27]

slaking is good in doubles team's if used with weezings ability neutralizing gas

[@aaronlosey7201]

Power creep is so bad, I don’t think it’s fair to judge pokemon from before sun and moon to the current meta

[@Cobble-e7y]

Could Ice Beam save Rotom Frost?

[@quiche6400]

world if rotom fan got hurricane

[@ElementVoidX]

I just want them to give Regigigas Pure Power, and watch him destroy all the other pokemon that laughed at him.

[@shiny9690]

Rotom Fan having an ability that negates Ground type attacks that it already avoids as a flying dual type is the funniest outcome of the Rotom formes ditching the Ghost type after Gen 4

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

For maximum Ground immunity, teach it Magnet Rise and let it hold an Air Balloon. Not even Gravity will stop this thing.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@TrixterTheFemboy unfortunately gravity still works.

[@Mordecrox]

​@@gregorymirabella1423what happens if a pure flying mon roosts or is forced to touch the ground, it becomes typeless?

[@telmoth]

@@Mordecrox iirc from gen V, it becomes normal type for some reason

[@devilman4723]

​@@TrixterTheFemboygen 5 randbats used to have an air balloon rotom-fan set for shits and giggles

[@SSNNPBCC]

"You're significantly worse than Carbink, settle the fuck down." "I should know I eat them for a living."

[@hailthequeenFM]

That was AAA cooking. Sableye cooked so hard both kitchen and Dusknoir are on fire.

[@flyingoctopus4304]

That Dusknoir displays it ignorance by trying to dunk on Sableye. It only has to Mega Evolve to show Dusknoir a true Ghost Wall, and true suffering.

[@2010AZ]

"Game freak forgot the key part of being a bulky attacker : the bulk and the attack" Ouch lmao

[@edgargaebolg9307]

Klawf suffers from Onix syndrome imo: - Rock types meant to be your first big battle. - Apparently imposing: Onix with its design and physical bulk, Klawf being a Titan and Anger Shell triggering if you don't OHKO it. - Actually crap because, well, they're meant to be a first obstacle

[@disasterarea9341]

yeah. when pokemon is designed about being an RPG as well as a competitive game, some pokemon are gonna get the shaft in competitive because they're only designed around the RPG.

[@osamaalk3477]

The difference is klawf is usable

[@mathewricafrente5984]

That's kinda the issue with designing Pokémon in these games: they have to be designed around BOTH Pokémon: the RPG and Pokémon: the competitive game, which leads to some doing well in 1 aspect, while failing in another. Of course, you could solve this by making the Pokémon RPG just like the Pokémon competitive game, but I'm not confident in that idea coming to fruition.

[@Ditidos]

Yes, but why give it the Shell Smash ability? Even more, why not make it a base form with an interesting evolution that can be fun in competitive? They did fix Onix gen 1 problem of it being an atrocious choice that came way too late on the game main story by giving it an evolution in gen 2, after all.

[@binarycat1237]

the fix for this is to just buff them next generation, after they've served their time as a tutorial for new players. this is why we have steelix

[@loudwhispre9406]

The thing that irks me about Rotom Fan isn't the fact that its ability is completely redundant, its the fact that its the only Rotom form without the nuke version of their STAB. Heat gets Overheat, Mow gets Leaf Storm, Wash gets Hydro Pump, and Fridge gets Blizzard. But Fan, on top of having a worthless ability, it also has Air Slash. I have no idea why Air Slash even exists. Its got low power and imperfect accuracy, seemingly to balance the disgusting flinch chance, but then Iron Head exists with higher base power and perfect accuracy for some reason, so now everyone knows that the only reason to run Air Slash is to hax your way into 5HKO-ing something with consecutive flinches because god knows you'll never 2HKO anything with that move.

[@kevinumana3582]

I still don't understand why it didn't get hurricane

[@josephakintoye174]

Tbf, the moves that all the rotom forms get are inconsistent thematically. Heat and Mow get 130 BP special moves with a -2 sp.atk drawback while Frost and Wash just get 110 BP special moves that are somewhat inaccurate?

[@loudwhispre9406]

@@josephakintoye174 Hurricane fits in perfectly with Hydro Pump and Blizzard. High base power, shaky accuracy. Honestly, the only Rotom form that can't have its STAB switched to fit that theme is Mow. Rotom Heat could be switched to Fire Blast to match the others, but Grass type has no inaccurate, high power move with no drawback.

[@AceAviations2]

​@@loudwhispre9406problem is that Hurricane didn't exist in Gen 4, when the Rotom forms were introduced. Can't give a Mon a move that didn't even exist yet you know.

[@TrixterTheFemboy]

@@loudwhispre9406 Technically there's Vine Whip I guess?

[@TheHighDerple]

[@Goldeneye3336]

rotom being 6 typings into one is often not spoken about. A big oversight in an amateur perspective.

[@CastafioreOnYoutube]

Meta just hasn't caught on to the secret Tera Flying Rotom-Fan @ Air Balloon tech yet

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

And magnet rise

[@CleopatraKing]

Does it at least get roost?

[@MegaSpamziken1996]

​@@CleopatraKing nope

[@FatherOfGray]

Slaking would be totally balanced if Truant were modified to merely skip its first turn each time it was sent into battle loafing around if you try to attack with it. It also still fits the definition of "truancy" being late to the battle so to speak.

[@webbowser8834]

There's actually a decent argument to be made that would make Slaking even worse. The first turn a mon is out is really freaking important because presumably if you send a mon out, you're expecting to have a good matchup. If Slaking has to skip that crucial first turn every time it is sent out, that gives your opponent a free swap in to their slaking check every time without even needing to guess what move it's gonna try to nuke you with.

[@dasamont8274]

@@webbowser8834 Forcing a switch is technically pretty good though. If your opponent gets a free switch into their Slaking check, then they'll likely use it, which just means that you'll get a free switch on their forced switch, because if they stay in against Slaking, he'll deal a lot of damage. So you'd just use it as a threat and eventually a late-game clean-up. I do think Truant could also be fixed by making it skip every third turn instead of every other turn, so Slaking could attack twice before "loafing around", this would also stop the Protect/ Dig strats, so he'd miss one attack, but get you on the other one.

[@KLIXORthe]

It would be cool to have truant also have the effects of scrappy. The worst thing about just yolo giga impacting with banded slaking isn't resists, but relatively common spin blocker ghost types.

[@gabriell5164]

ok but counter point 252+ Atk Tera Ice Dusknoir Ice Punch vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Landorus-Therian: 492-580 (128.7 - 151.8%) -- guaranteed OHKO

[@jakariashafin8685]

Wasted tera that could be used on better mons

[@gabriell5164]

@jakariashafin8685 thats the joke, ice punch dusknoir is a meme, the calc doesn't even include intimidate

[@assassinshadow2800]

@@gabriell5164 so how about after intimidate? it's not a guaranteed OHKO anymore?

[@gabriell5164]

@@assassinshadow2800 nope, but if you slap a choice band on that bad boy tho...

[@jakariashafin8685]

@@gabriell5164 I cee

[@jaykovar8231]

Gen 3 OU Slaking is honestly one of the most fun pokemon I've ever used in competitive. I also love Dusknoir, partially for sentimental reasons, partially because ohko-ing Ttar on a switch by clicking fucking FOCUS PUNCH (the best move GF ever made) is the single biggest serotonin hit in all of pokemon

[@carucath97]

Focus Punch is such a funny move to me as it is the only move that is completely useless in a casual playthrough (even things like entry hazards are usable in a playthrough just not necessary) but has genuine use in PvP

[@Gandhi0]

Remember when they'd put Air Balloon on Rotom-Fan?

[@Gerb5thebaby]

you gotta be triple sure you're immune to ground

[@RyouShi98]

Now if only it learned Magnet Rise. Gotta be quadruple sure

[@MelodyLumina]

moxie boosted had the idea of making truant let moves ignore protect on the turns that slaking isn't resting, if urshifu gets it with no drawbacks then i rly don't see why not

[@rubiconprime1429]

Dusknoir either needs a physical ghost type giga drain attack, or it needs an ability that grants it hp recovery based on damage done with contact moves called “touch of death” or something.

[@BelugaTheHutt]

The mod Energetic Emerald gave the Duskull family an ability they called "Soul Siphon", which adds a one-time Leech Seed effect to the end of each contact move. So whether it uses Shadow Sneak, Thunderpunch, or (my favorite) Leech Life, 1/8th of the defender's HP would be drained after the completion of the attack, and used to heal Dusknoir. It was pretty solid, but definitely didn't FEEL overpowered, at least within the playthrough. I could imagine it being added to vanilla and really spicing up Dusknoir as a pokemon, without making it feel oppressive to fight. Neither of Dusknoir's current abilities add anything interesting to how it functions either competitively or in-game, which is a clear sign that either those abilities need reform, or that Dusknoir needs new abilities. But your idea of a Ghost-type Drain Punch or something is much more likely to happen in vanilla in a future generation, and it sounds as if it would greatly mitigate Dusknoir's problems.

[@saltator8565]

Keep making more of "Pokemon That Don't Work." There are tons of gimmicky Pokemon that face similar issues, like Rampardos for example.

[@piratebear3126]

The only buff Slaking needs is that Truant shouldn’t be immune to Ability changing moves any more. Doodle is the only move that can take Truant off the board outright, and only the slept on but decent Grafaiai gets Doodle

[@Joshuaskehan-mk8cj]

Should definitely do more of these! My example would be toucanon. Great design, amazing shiny if not one of the best in the game but terrible execution. Beak blast is an interesting move, except toucanon can't take hits all too well due to it's poor defensive stats. It gets access to boomburst and other powerful special moves but only has 75 base spA. Physical toucanon is a bit better but not by much. It gets access to skill link but it's only stab multi hitting move is fury attack, with 85% accuracy. Also gets rock blast and bullet seed but they're not stab and not the best coverage wise. Sheer force life orb is definitely good as well but the one question is why use toucanon. It doesn't do anything very well. Oh let's use special with sheer force life orb, well why not use another special Mon with boomburst that's way faster and better. Skill link? Why not use another skill link user that's faster and stronger. Want to use a flying type or a normal type? Well there's hundreds more that do it's job but better. Great design, terrible execution for competitive

[@Bird-wz7nx]

IMO, it doesn't even have a great design in and of itself, but the rather curt, sassy animations and its actual anime appearances make it gold. Its a bird that identifies as a bazooka and that's glorious. Really justifies the 3D visuals. (except why is its best animation not used for beak blast???)

[@videakias3000]

the good thing with rotom fan is that thanks to tera its ability is less useless than usual.

[@tonin7228]

in pokemon inclement emerald, Slaking has Stall and Slow Start available as possible abilities for it instead of just being stuck with truant and holy shit do they make him so much better, while also not making him broken Stall allows slaking to be an imediate threat at the cost of always moving last, which is not devastating for it since it gets access to reliable recovery in Slack Off and has amazing natural bulk Slow Start meanwhile makes it so he is not an immediate threat but allows him to outspeed stuff later on after slow start wears off, which is manageable since slaking, in addition to reliable recovery, has access to bulk up and it's monstrous HP stat lets it set up quite easily with investment in Special Defense to make up for it being somewhat low. Not only that, but after two or three Bulk Ups it can be a threat even if Slow Start hasn't worn off yet due to it's naturally massive attack stat, which it can achieve easily since slaking can threaten the foe with yawn before setting up

[@lucasgreer1736]

lmao that's so funny that giving slaking the other two worst abilities in the game actually fixes him somewhat

[@teslobo]

Note: dusknoir gets leech life now on top of pain split. Does this save it? Not even close. Does it have more recovery now? Yes...

[@bulborb8756]

but it still doesn't help much, that poor HP stat is horrendous for it

[@guanchampo]

They really should just give each Rotom form a hidden ability even if the main ones (Wash/Heat) still use levitate just so that Fan at least gets a non-useless one.

[@leonardobarbosatelles2779]

Dusknoir should have a Dragon’s Maw equivalent for Ghost types, and make it an offensive monster in TR

[@gretchling5012]

i like the idea of making Truant essentially force you to use slack off every other turn (even if it isn't in your moveset). still exploitable, but at least your dead turns aren't completely dead.

[@ZoofyZoof]

I don't understand why GameFreak thinks pokemon with high defense are supposed to have low HP. It doesn't work like that, HP is a more valuable stat than defense. If you lower it, it not only devalues the defense increase, it makes its survivability even worse than it ever was before.

[@saltator8565]

Exactly, it's why stuff like Alomomola and Amoonguss can run defensive or spdef sets successfully. For some reason, Game Freak doesn't like to give Ghost types high HP stats, with a few exceptions like Drifblim and Jellicent.

[@TheCommenterSam]

@@saltator8565 Even then, Drifblim have low Defenses enough to undermine HP to an extent. There’s also Annihilape which has 110 HP and 90s Defense and Special Defense, not something I expected from one that evolved from Primeape, but fits goes (too) well with Rage Fist.

[@10carflo22]

The other day I was watching the Content Creator Pokémon Showdown tournament and all of a sudden I saw Aloan Muk in the VGC format. Your previous video wasn’t about Little Jimmy suffering, it was actually about Little Timmy Cool’s suffering! 🤯

[@andrewchapman2039]

Honestly the most surprising takeaway from this video was that Rotom Mow has a purpose in life. Guess I'll actually commit to throwing one on my grass mono team.

[@CBSnB2R]

Kind of sad how bad klawf is seeing how it has 3 great abilities...

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

i have an idea for slaking, they could buff truant by allowing truant mons to hit through protect. it would still be very hard to use it, since ghosts or bulky steels switch into normal well, but it wouldn't have to worry about random protect so it would at least have a niche. in gen 3 it's actually very good, but swampert and metagross commonly using protect really sucks since they can't be trapped like skarmory. it could also get a signature normal move to make it feel more impactful

[@beanwuzhear]

Renegade Platinum (gen 4 rom hack) gave Dusknoir access to Drain Punch. Even in a single player context, this alone combined with Will-O-Wisp made it virtually unkillable on the physical side, and it's not too bad at taking special hits either

[@Chris-cq8gu]

I don’t even play Pokémon, haven’t for like 10 years - but honestly your enthusiasm is just fun to listen to and watch while I work

[@ElectricWindGirlFriend]

:) thank you!

[@BenGibbson]

So what you mean to say is that you came here for the Palestine stuff and Pokemon really means very little to you

[@manohanged]

Banning slaking in singles OMs like inheritance and AAA is downright bullying

[@madmanifest]

fret not, for they do work! theyre just terrible

[@MochachiiinoWorks]

they shuda given angershell to cornerstone

[@AveLikesAnime]

As much as I don't want to make ogerpon even stronger, cornerstone could really use something like this to balance the forms

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

Makes me wonder how much more usable Slaking would be if Truant was eventually buffed to increase it's defense. It'd probably still be garbage, but maybe, just maybe, it's descent would be slower?

[@ShinyHydrapplTheSyrpent]

Rotom frost in the thumbnail is the biggest pun in yt history.

[@hackercow211]

In defense of Klawf, its Choice Scarf Regenerator set isn't bad in low tiers as it gets some decent coverage. Currently in ZU, it is doing alright for itself there. Granted, its Anger Shell set is far worse than another set-up mon in the tier, Falinks, who has the far more reliable move, No Retreat.

[@aque9608]

I am not into competitive pokemon at all so I barely have enough context to understand your videos, but I just love the format so much. It might be the autism in me, but we need more clear and concise, informative presentation-type videos. And bonus points for sharing the transcript!!!

[@jacob1893]

The only change Slacking needs is a change to truant. Make it a random 1/3 chance of activating (the chance could be higher or lower). That way you can’t play around sacking by just protecting every other turn. It’s excellent stats would possibly even make it usable on some teams.

[@M3rtyville]

Anger Shell: Attack rose Anger Shell: Speed rose Anger Shell: Special Attack rose Anger Shell: Special Defense decreased Anger Shell: Defense decreased Anger Shell: Self-esteem decreased Anger Shell: Like count increased Anger Shell: Comment Count increased Anger Shell: Number of good status changes decreased Anger Shell: The length of this comment increased Anger Shell: When will this ability stop displaying dialogue? Anger Shell: I am sorry you had to read this.

[@tedscheett9420]

With the replacement of Hail with Snow and adding Aurora Veil, I think Rotom Frost could get up to some funny business. I mean, Stealth Rocks suck but in VGC, previously godawful Pokemon have seen success due to this change. Looking at you, Articuno. And the pain I feel seeing Dusknoir be bad hurts my soul. Give my man some juice, he needs that bulk.

[@-Shinx-]

KLAWF MY BELOVED D:

[@SnancyNegative]

Honestly I think there's one fix to Slaking that doesn't completely negate its gimmick: Make it so Truant allows the pokemon to ignore Protect effects, or at least do chip damage through them. It's not going to completely shatter the metagame, because it still gets half as many moves as other 'mons, but it's not completely walled by a move that every pokemon except Magikarp, Ditto, and some first form bugs can learn.

[@EzraBradford]

At least most of these could be fixed with just one or two small changes, in the spirit of Gen 9 balance. Gaining the right move or ability could really turn these guys around.

[@YemitaDeHuevo-uk5iq]

Don't you even dare insinuate Klawf is as bad as all of the other pokemon in this video Klawf is terrible... And I wish they weren't :c

[@matheusobrangatto]

For some reason I was waiting for a 3:05 video of someone convincing me that this list of Pokémon don't like to work, like, Jobs and such

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

Give rotom fan bleakwind, overheat, and icy wind and some better bulk and now he is usable in lower tiers

[@averycooldude9391]

of course slaking doesn't work. it's literally the lazy pokemon

[@foggy8298]

Slay-king???

[@DrIthi]

the real crime here is the pronunciation of slaking. this is on the same wave length of me enunciating everything

[@drzonlyjonas323]

I say give slaking klutz. Fits with is lazy theming (too lazy to use the item), gets a nice onetime nuke with ironball + fling or give it switcheroo to pass on flameorbs/toxicorbs, and is more balanced since it can’t use choice band or scarf

[@hackercow211]

Fling fails when used by a Klutz user, unfortunately. It was due to Klutz users not being affected by items like burn and toxic orb but being able to fling them, providing damage and a 100% way of inflicting that status. It was quite the reliable strategy, albeit a limited one.

[@simongamer987]

TALK FASTER

[@MolfredoSascha]

Straight to the point No shenanigans 1200% acurate and factual Insta sub

[@BenGibbson]

Yeah the guy making this video CLEARLY doesn't have an agenda... The thing at the end is nothing he promises

[@liamvickers7321]

"Slay King"

[@cadetjones9205]

Anger Shell should have triggered an actual Shell Smash at half health, instead of being half-baked. Klawf could see some use on psychic surge teams as a sweeper with just that change alone.

[@cadetjones9205]

Give it Shell Smash as well to really hammer it home. I don't know why it didn't get Shell Smash to begin with.

[@LanaDelGayyylmao]

I've been saying for years that Rotom-Fan should get Hurricane, and the Filter ability (Air filter pun), and Frost should get either Freeze-Dry or Frost Breath, one for dealing with water types, or the other for guaranteed crits.

[@Freebiehuman]

Slaking should def get stall

[@ScrappySlowbro]

atleast Klawf is like kinda decent in randbats......

[@YugoEnjoyer]

Hi Scrappy

[@YugoEnjoyer]

Also btw I've heard lethal company is a game that's only fun for like a few hours every blue moon, is this true or is my friend just like that?

[@ScrappySlowbro]

@@YugoEnjoyer ur friend is just like that, Lethal company has kept me hooked for 200 hours now and it aint stopping soon. Ive heard content warning has that issue ur friend described tho

[@YugoEnjoyer]

@@ScrappySlowbro alright thanks for the info scrappy. much appreciated 👍

[@mamaduck4157]

I LOVE ELECTRICWINDGIRLFRIEND RAHHHHHHHH

[@MapleMilk]

"Nobody wants to work anymore" Even the Pokemon that don't work are fighting for their lives out here, man

[@anya_screen]

The saddest part about Slaking is that by the time it could be paired with something that turns off Abilities, Regigigas was there anyway

[@SmileOmega1]

And that pairing 's flaws itself soon became clear, namely that you're blaring an alarm saying "I'M TRYING TO REMOVE SLOW START, I'M TRYING TO REMOVE SLOW START SO THIS MON CAN SWEEP" and that just focusing on whatever's removing the abilities collapses the entire thing in one go.

[@adamkampen]

I used Klawf through the whole game because I knew I would not get much of a chance too later lol. Anger point swordsdance was a funny move to pull on NPC trainers though. Still got stuffed by priority moves even against NPCs lol

[@Rule34Artist.]

"slay king" ???? Stop pretending like you don't know how to pronounce it

[@kaleido9631]

Maybe Rotom-Fan could do something if a Flying type with Levitated ABSORBED ground moves.