Alomomola Just Hit #1 in Gen 9 OU. Here’s How.

[@jimothycool]

Pinkacross' KZbin Channel - www.youtube.com/@pinkacross2042/videos The Team - pokepast.es/925681e8b19c8773 Smogon Thread - www.smogon.com/forums/threads/alomomola-volt-turn-balance-peaked-1-2038-ft-thundurus-therian.3729417

[@mrman1051]

For a minute there I thought the title meant #1 usage in ou

[@why3994]

SAME

[@gonzacabro1126]

Same, that would have been absolutely hilarious

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Eyes almost popped out of my head lol

[@jimothycool]

It's the #1 Fish.

[@adeather]

Yeah, need to change the title. It’s confusing

[@n34nt1s]

I thought Alomomola hit the number one on usage and I thought : “this is insane”. But just the fact that this pokemon is usable in ou at all is already insanity. Gen 9 ou keeps being surprising.

[@jimothycool]

That would be insane.

[@Uranium-jj7le]

I swear SV OU goes from "WTF this is OP" to "THAT IS AMAZING" in the same sentence it feels like.

[@grapenut6094]

It was already decent in past gens but the addition of flip turn easily makes it more than just viable in OU. It really misses toxic and knock off tho.

[@brandonbernard1570]

We live in a world where Alomomola is OU but Garchomp and Heatran are not.

[@SantosOverlord]

from gen6 on it was always viable in OU, just not used enough

[@91Caesar]

I really enjoy these "this week in the meta" esq videos exploring things currently happening in the metagame

[@iamthereddemon20]

That would be a good series title

[@luisGarcia-hq8mp]

Ribombee going to OU, Alomomola being in the #1 tean in OU and Garchomp going to UU makes me realise that Gen 9 is the weirdest timeline.

[@spaceisntgreen3578]

AND ferrothorn is gone?? this is the camp gay gen

[@linkloyan4624]

Lando being quite low in usage as well, I wonder if it will drop in this gen

[@ultimatehope549]

Zamazenta, a box art legendary, is running around in OU like Kyurem Black once did. There are so many non-Legendaries banned to Ubers it’s insane. Gen 9 is just nuts

[@josequiles7430]

Ribombee????

[@luisGarcia-hq8mp]

@@josequiles7430 Yes, Ribombee, the small Fairy-Bug 464 BST Pokémon. It's on OU and I find that hilarious.

[@blazie42069]

Fun Fact, Tornadus-T and Alomomola might rise to OU with their dlc buffs, where Landorus-T is possibly going to drop to UU. imagine telling a past gen player that.

[@Pudcup]

GOOD

[@gregorymirabella1423]

​@@PudcupWhy?

[@bobmarlsparce6613]

landorus is laaaaame

[@shinobi0876]

Landorus-T was extremely nerfed this Gen. Will not be surprised for it to drop in UU, which will eventually be UUBL.

[@alliedmussel1011]

I mean to be fair torn-t was banned in gen 5; AV sets weren’t bad in gen 6; both AV and Z sets were good in gen 7 especially with the addition of defog; and in gen 8 while it lost z crystals, AV sets were still decent and heavy duty boots were introduced so it could provide a lot of utility for your team throughout the game. Lando lost knock, toxic, and defog at the same time that there was another blanket physical check ground type introduced that COULD do 2 of those 3 things. Torn didn’t have anything else introduced that competed for its role, it just lost the utility that made it good so by getting back some of that utility, it makes sense that it’s usage would rise as a result.

[@danielmee3938]

I remember playing Gen 5 NU back in the day and I distinctly remember Amoongus and Alomomola being the 'NU Ferrocent Core' as both Pokemon complimented eachother's weaknesses and had regenerator allowing you to pivot between them. Eleven years later and Amoongus/Alomomola has risen from NU to overtake those same Pokemon in OU.

[@VermillionDraco]

Amoongus rose earlier, but was saving his friend a set.

[@midnightemerald]

I don’t think ferro will leave ou anytime soon, its just been put into dexit jail

[@suicidallysosome4651]

​@@midnightemeraldA well- deserved consequence for his disgusting homophobia

[@carnage0685]

@@suicidallysosome4651 wait wut

[@Quicksilvir]

​@@carnage0685a meme that developed from a joke theorycrafting post.

[@ninthfloor]

Pinkacross can hit #1 with anything. They've done it with Goodra-H and Thundurus-T before. I think they're just built different

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

They're just too strong!

[@CMSonYT]

They hyperoffense with the best of them

[@elilopez6260]

I'm more impressed that Jim could pronounce Alomamola correctly all video.

[@aidandimitriou5925]

I just came downstairs in the morning and I heard the faucet running. Concerned for my family’s safety, I ran into the kitchen armed with a baseball bat, but I was too late. Alolmomola had already fished for a scald burn and reduces my physical attack so I could only do paltry damage. I could only croak out “This is insane” as it flip turned into Kingambit. Gg

[@nyukjustacommenter857]

Alomomola having acrobatics and using it as a weapon against the strongest mons is absolutely hilarious Just imagine this big pink fish flopping and flipping through the air and hammering legendary monsters into submission with its.... blinding... speed

[@unhingedmanchild]

I had alomamola in my team since like 1 month after S/V released. Was absolutely slept on IMO, I went basically undefeated in probably 50-100 6v6 wifi battles (can find my livestreams on my YT channel!)

[@enoyna1001]

Due to or despite Alomomola? 😊

[@unhingedmanchild]

@@enoyna1001 Aloma would mostly wish some fatass heals over to iron hands (ev def/spdef) w/assault vest and often w screens. Fucker soaked attacks and would come back later with another 80% hp from aloma wish. Tera fighting with drain punch was also hilarious since he took 10-20% from most attacks lol. So yeah, iron hands was the star, but I loved aloma for the phys bulk and aqua jet for finishing focus sash procs off. If I had scald way back when? Fuck it would be over. I used chilling water at the time, and it was so-so at stopping physical boosters, definitely worked against dragon dancers.

[@loopygordo]

I just got back into comp play and seeing the current meta I was thinking about using alomomola just cause water type is very defensively strong right now plus regenerator on a huge hp stat felt kinda nuts for a pivot mon

[@joshuawilliams4741]

Why does this feel like the way Alolamola should’ve always been played? It even looks like it has wings when it uses Tera Flying Acrobatics.

[@davidshelly9142]

I have terrible news, a gen 1 tentacruel has recently escaped from a copy of Pokémon red managing to keep its base 120 Sp. Atk. as well as gen 1 crit chance and badge boost glitch. If it were to team up with Iron Mugulis it could spell disaster for competitive Pokémon.

[@zacharymutter8432]

Alo has always been good. The heavy nerfs to other bulky water types (with loss of recovery moves + scald) are what brought Alo up. The only real buff Alo got was Flip Turn.

[@zacharymutter8432]

and Tera obviously but that's a blanket buff to all bulky waters

[@simonalbert7518]

The thing is flip turn is an insane buff on mola and it's even good in Nat dex and is on the recent Nat dex UU survey

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

shedinja is such a cool pokemon. i hope they buff it by giving it regenerator and wish just like alomomola

[@tecul1]

this is insane

[@jacksonville9642]

I don't know why but Alomomola feels... right, like nothing it has feels forced, everything just clicks in place perfectly without an effort Really liking what they did with my girl, wishing to see more Pokemon getting this gust of fresh wind that just feels right, sand teams could do with newer toys

[@Dave-kh2dj]

Momomololol has been solid for gens, but flip turn finally made it OU dominant. Regenerator, flip turn, wish protect, 165 base HP, ok defense... it's amazing. Scald coming back is huge too. Nice video.

[@TheSmooxer]

I’ve been a fan of Pinkacross since his Lanturn team in gen 8. Really cool to see him getting recognition for his skill and team building prowess.

[@stealthgamer4620]

I play Alomomola on my NatDex Doubles team. I always knew Alomomola had so much potential and actually “good.” For all formats, but mainly OU, when people learn about Alomomola again like gen 5/6 meta, it’ll be a chess meta. Hoping to see some Mirror Coat Sunfishes out there, I think it’s a nifty move. I have a weird team where I go Bulky Scarf Kyurem Glaciate (can be replicated with Ice Bundle Icy Wind) and Incineroar first and I have fairy-tera Rocky Helmet Alomomola in the back with Protect Wish Play Rough and Mirror Coat, the rest of my team has 3 AVest users. I haven’t played much since the beginning of the last DLC but when I did I struggled against facing Ogrepon teams (either don’t know how to play around it or it’s just strong), other than that it’s pretty solid. The gimmick is mainly tanky but good damage priority, Glaciate and last but not least pivoting. I’ll drop my team below: Kyurem @ Choice Scarf Ability: Pressure Shiny: Yes Tera Type: Ghost EVs: 20 HP / 76 Def / 160 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Shadow Ball - Glaciate - Scary Face - Noble Roar Incineroar @ Sitrus Berry Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Fire EVs: 252 HP / 68 Atk / 28 Def / 160 SpD Careful Nature - Fake Out - Flare Blitz - Knock Off - Parting Shot Alomomola @ Rocky Helmet Ability: Regenerator Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 40 HP / 252 Def / 216 SpD Relaxed Nature - Wish - Protect - Mirror Coat - Play Rough Rillaboom @ Assault Vest Ability: Grassy Surge Tera Type: Fire EVs: 228 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 12 SpD / 12 Spe Adamant Nature - Wood Hammer - Fake Out - U-turn - Stomping Tantrum Golisopod @ Assault Vest Ability: Emergency Exit Tera Type: Bug EVs: 252 HP / 252 Atk / 4 SpD Adamant Nature - Leech Life - Drill Run - Sucker Punch - First Impression Iron Hands @ Assault Vest Ability: Quark Drive Tera Type: Water EVs: 4 HP / 156 Atk / 4 Def / 252 SpD / 92 Spe Adamant Nature - Wild Charge - Drain Punch - Fake Out - Heavy Slam

[@eldritchdefender7785]

It’s good to see a defensive based Pokémon doing well in gen 9. Stall and other defensive teams are my favorites right along side mixed.

[@rafaxpg]

Alomomola was my cleric all throughout White/White2. Seeing it get it's due appreciaton is just

[@420OngBak]

Love your vids dude. Your way of speaking and cadence are extremely amusing and your vast knowledge on these topics has gotten me genuinely interested in playing again. I've been playing on the Gen 3 OU ladder after I found your channel and am close to 1300! Having fun climbing. Thanks for the great content and inspiration.

[@yoxhi5044]

It's stuff like this I wanna get back into Pokemon. Pinkacross was cooking up a team.

[@albireo2990]

Alomomola Abilities: Healer, Hydration, Regenerator HP: 165 (!!) Attack: 75 Defense: 80 Sp. Attack: 40 Sp. Defense: 45 Speed: 65 Notable moves: Wide Guard Heal Pulse Safeguard Helping Hand Light Screen Refresh Scald Wish Refresh Icy Wind The most notable of which are Wide Guard and Helping Hand. Alomomola is the only non-Fighting type to learn this combination, meaning it can survive some key attacks such as Specs Sylveon Hyper Voice with investment and a positive Nature (if you don't use Wide Guard that turn) and a Banded Talonflame Brave Bird with a little investment in HP and Defense. Calcs for funsies below: 252+ SpA Choice Specs Pixilate Sylveon Hyper Voice (Fairy) vs. 120 HP / 252+ SpD Alomomola: 166-196 (65 - 76.8%) 252+ Atk Choice Band Talonflame Brave Bird vs. 120 HP / 136 Def Alomomola: 127-150 (49.8 - 58.8%) 252+ Atk Aerilate Salamence-Mega Double-Edge (Flying) vs. 120 HP / 136 Def Alomomola: 162-192 (63.5 - 75.2%) 252+ Atk Parental Bond Kangaskhan-Mega Double-Edge vs. 120 HP / 136 Def Alomomola: 168-199 (65.8 - 78%) +2 252+ SpA Aegislash-Blade Shadow Ball vs. 120 HP / 252+ SpD Alomomola: 189-223 (74.1 - 87.4%) 252+ SpA Charizard-Mega-Y Solar Beam vs. 120 HP / 252+ SpD Alomomola: 198-234 (77.6 - 91.7%) 252+ SpA Rotom-Wash Thunderbolt vs. 120 HP / 252+ SpD Alomomola: 168-198 (65.8 - 77.6%) For the sake of the Calcs I'm using a Calm nature with a basic spread of 120 HP, 136 Def, and 252 SDef. So of course it won't be doing any considerable damage back to these Pokémon, but it does fulfill its role as bulky support. Safeguard and Light Screen are still solid support options, even without the Prankster buff. Heal Pulse is a wonderful little recovery move that isn't affected by the Special Attack stat. A base 40 Special Attack stat gives it virtually no offensive presence, but I did add Scald and Icy Wind for the Burn chance and Speed control, respectively. And while miniscule, we know that every little bit of damage helps in the fast-paced VGC environment. Base 65 Speed isn't anything to write home about, but we can easily make up for that. Wide Guard and Helping Hand are priority moves, so speed doesn't play a huge factor there. Icy Wind also helps on the opposite side of the field for some speed control. And, of course, Trick Room turns that low Speed stat into a blessing, whether that's on your own Trick Room team or taking advantage of your opponent setting up their own Trick Room. 80 Defense is pretty good and I'll admit 45 SDef is awful, but base 165 (!!!) HP with pure Water typing and such a Wide (groans) supportive movepool makes it a good addition to a lot of Doubles teams. On top of that, Regenerator adds to its staying power by making it able to switch in and out safely.

[@antoniolorenzo8621]

This is all over low-mid ladder now lol. I used it myself and I found Tornadus T is a nice sub for Thunderus since it also has regen and outspeeds even more pokemon, can set up with nasty plot and has great coverage. I find it puts people using the copy/paste team in a bind because they cant use Tera Flying on Thund or they risk getting OHKO'd by NP Torn, but Tera Flying is the easiest way to break through Tusk / Slowking mind games

[@DaEzChez]

Volt absorb with alolamola Tera flying is an insane level of planning that I wouldn't have begun to think about

[@PlasmaBald]

Alomomola is basically reverse futureport slowbro/slowking-rather than setting up big damage on the enemy side, it sets up big healing on the ally side before switching out with a slow pivot and regenerator. Given the power and prevalence of futureport in the past, I wouldn’t be surprised to see alomomola take a similarly meta relevant spot

[@d007ization]

Since it won't just be used in stall, the power that flipturn + wish gives it will probably make its usage rise enough. Unless its reliance on Terramax for other things makes it too niche.

[@EnergyBurst2]

Back in Gen 5 I saw both Red Card and Alomomola as new things that had good potential for being good/useful and I'm glad to see that they now are, and together no less.

[@lilliegant73]

havent logged on my smogon forums account in a year or two but i remember pinkacross posting teams! good to still see them active

[@wahbucket501]

The second this thing got scald I knew it would get a boost in useage Then I realized it got the combo of wish and flip turn on top of already having Regenerator I was very surprised it didn’t manage to break into OU last shift. This mon is probably is the best defensive scald user as well as the best wish passer with a slow pivot

[@sykora9526]

Great video, glad I found your channel (I'm sure your description full of tags helped lol), you're great at explaining these concepts and strategies to someone who's familiar with Pokemon, but maybe not competitive Pokemon as a whole. I never could get into competitive 'mons cus team buliding was a bit too daunting of a task for me, but I love watching competitive discussion content like this. PS: Your pronunciation of Goodra gave me whiplash.

[@alliedmussel1011]

I’m SO glad to see tera flying thundurus getting usage. It’s a Pokémon that I’ve been wanting to use for a while (partially because I think tera ice is overrated on it)

[@PokemonBigSad]

Glad to see Alomomola getting the respect they deserve! Getting Flip Turn really helps it act as a team player. Been using it a ton on bulkier offensive teams. Massive kudos to Pinkacross for the innovations tho, Tera flying acro is an incredible tech!

[@The_Jho]

It’s always so intereesting when people find effective ways to use pokemon like alomomola offensively

[@MariotheAnimator]

I was using this Pokémon as a cleric even before Scald came back.

[@cubturbo]

Made a "Fuck Alomomola" team back in gen 6 RU when it was at its peak, just a team of 6 counters, got to top 500 with it, time to dig it back up I guess

[@Aoi_Tori_]

This fish has a lot of heart.

[@NocturnalPyro]

I was looking at it's moveset, and alluring voice seemed pretty good aswell, damaging fairy move which also guarantees confusion with 100% accuracy to boot. It definitely appears worthwhile on Alomomola.

[@adamkampen]

I'm so happy to see this silly heart hand fish actually get to do some cool stuff, flip turn wish with regenerator is great, as well as being able to safe pivot teamates in

[@ahmedtheone3976]

I remember using mola in a team for uu or ou i cant remember, played pretty bad tbh but my oppopnent only had three mons left all physcial attacks ursaluna scizor and one other but she MANhandled those three like literally it wasnt even fair i felt so bad for my opponent alola on top

[@absolutecoolguy4290]

Jimothy has become my favorites poketuber

[@fakefake2316]

I still remember using him in OU with mirror coat staying in volt switches to surprise and punish the switch ins

[@BiPhBiPhBiPhBiPh]

AlomoMother did that 👏 👏 👏

[@A1D7]

Saw the title and thought "oh god not stall again". Very pleasantly surprised by the team, wasn't expecting Alomomola in offense.

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

So happy to them doing better in the meta! :) Acrobatics is such a damn cool tech.

[@olivercader1411]

I subscribe, i did not found many channel who give 1v1 team help. Continue the good job

[@TheBoatis]

I used Rocky Helmet Mola in RU when it was all Ambipoms and fighting types clicking U-Turn. Love that silly little fish.

[@noahsaint3232]

Vaporeon was one of my favorites in Gen 8 OU for it's flip turn wish passing. Alomomola is that on steroids.

[@shoestork]

i always thought Alomomola was an evolution of Luvdisc

[@GoldStorm07]

Regenerator with Wish and a STAB pivoting move is just insane value. Only thing that could potentially make it even better is Heal Bell, tho there's not much space left in the moveset by that point.

[@indigodegelder]

this reminds me of my gen7uu piboting team i used to get to high 1500 (that was high for gen 7uu) it relied on Scizor, rotomheat and megabeedrill voltturning around and getting wish support from sylveon.

[@marr2753]

As I said, miss Mola has been rising a tier every gen, she was bound to be an icon in OU someday

[@Quicksilvir]

That conflux of circumstances that make a pokemon or move rise in viability always shocks me. I'll never forget when Gen 8 made Teleport and Future Sight good.

[@ossianlofdal5754]

6:55 Alomomola Gaming. Nice name for it lmao

[@christianjaymatas875]

Ngl I love Alo momentum rn, very usable in almost any metagame

[@matheusgomespinto4915]

Alomomola in OU and Garchomp in UU?! This is something i never expect to see...😰

[@MeatOfJustice]

Garchomp got banned from UU

[@matheusgomespinto4915]

Was fast as i expected, but i still don't believe people really imagine it would be alright in UU.

[@lopovos2919]

Bulky waters have always been weird, they kind of just show up multiple tiers up all the time. this happens so much I wouldn't be surprised if alomomola did this with less significant buffs.

[@theschnozzler]

This is insane.

[@multiYellowHorse]

Eh no its clickbait. But hey if it works it works. I was gonna click anyway tho no need to sugar coat

[@kingpig8732]

@@multiYellowHorse the clickbait is insane

[@dembonez19]

I'm not surprised it's doing great in OU. Its Wish-passing capabilities are among the best.

[@vanesslifeygo]

Etika, a KZbinr who used to use all UUs/RUs/NUs in OU back in Gen V, also used Alomomola. It was very difficult but he calculated when it could take big hits.

[@dullededge1395]

it know it allways know it was waiting since gen 5 for this moment this instantence in history

[@n00bgamer97]

If Jimothy has a million fans I am one of them. If Jimothy has ten fans I am one of them. If Jimothy has no fans, that means I am no more on the earth. If the World is against Jimothy, I am against the World. I love Jimothy till my last breath.

[@serge2cool]

actually didnt realise Alomomola had higher Atk than Sp Atk for the sake of Flip Turn etc So used to seeing Scald, that it's burned my brain

[@ToluElswordCEO]

ironic, from forgotten to no.1, thanks for the vid!

[@chess_fella]

This is sane.

[@SoggyWafflesXp]

I remember Pinkacrooss using Arctozolt in Gen 8.

[@athenacapablanca3118]

Omg Pinkacross! I used to steal teams from him back in Gen 8 OU to get myself to 1200 lmao

[@hairyfroglegs]

It’s not what the video is about, but it is cool to see that Zapdos is still good in OU decades after it was introduced.

[@jackdotzler6115]

I’ve really been enjoying this set (with leftovers) in UU, it pairs well with AV mons. I have max spdef max HP AV Alolan Muk and it pairs really well with Alomomola.

[@BananaR777]

People will say Alomomola has low spdef but it gets access to light screen.

[@techknight3753]

Day 1 of dlc everyone was freaking out about mola gaining flip turn and scald. Then everyone proceeded to forget it and use the broken new offensive mons.

[@KonkyDonk]

I left OU for 1 week to play RU and I come back to this. WHAT

[@conchadeconchos]

great tusk actaully died inlore, i thought that was a comment troll when i saw it.

[@Santiagomgb]

Hi, great video! I only have one question: Why did Clefable recover 68% of HP in 1:25 from wish? Isn't it supposed to be 50%? Thanks for the content!

[@ZylowHF]

It is 50% of the user's HP not 50% of the targets HP so the healing is based off of Alo's 165 Base HP rather than Clef's 95 or KG's 100.

[@gephicka]

flip+scald is so brazy

[@ogmechsftw]

tera flying acrobatics Luvdisc+ is fuckin sick

[@lux_less]

4:53 help, for the life of me I can't remember the ost used in the background here

[@dtexdarkus]

Pinkacross is always a win

[@RamzaBeoulves]

I just read the description for the first time and I don't know what to think or feel

[@tecul1]

gholdengo is a pokemon for sure

[@discobites]

Acrobatics Alonomola is insane

[@Tigmas258]

I love using alomola in UU as a bulky pivot to alllow for aracanine H to switch in and forming a regenerator core with ammoungus

[@Lushreverbt]

I love the way that Alomomola, get a spotlight rn ! I used to use whirlpool, wish , chilling water , protect earlier in this gen !! Now please buff luvdsic in 2nd dlc 🙏

[@DonWippo1]

Real Gigachad Move to promote his YT Channel.

[@TheRoguay]

Nothing but bangers in this vids OST

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

We are so Alomomoback 🗣🔥

[@fondelll]

I've been calling this thing Alomola for decades

[@glacierwolf2155]

It's never Alomomover! You can kill the Pokémon, but you will never kill the idea!

[@TravisLockhart-e6t]

Alomomola was always kind of good...Been using it every gen it's allowed since Gen 6

[@kingpig8732]

great job mega luvdisc

[@suly5836]

After seeing Blunder and co. ranking no #1 in gen 8 natdex with a trick room rampardos team, for me, everything is possible.

[@ScipiotheAfricanus]

Hi, this is gonna be kinda of a tantrum and u should take it from a bit of salt. Im council of the radical red showdown server, this is my background and from where im talking. We ve had regen flip alomomola since 2.3 i think? ince then it has raised to a ou status. Even tho the sometimes unnecessary buffs to breakers makes stall less reliable to use, mola still managea to fit on bulky offense this Pokemon i think is underrated in sv ou for this, the ability to have not just a slow pivot but a reliable wish passer allows u to not only get more opportunities to get ur pokemon in safely it also allows u to be more agreesive via allowing u to trade hp if u can, later on wish pass with mola. In RRsh the pokemon mola competes more is mega audino wich retains regenerator in radicao red, bsing itself a really reliable. Pokemon to picot and pass wishes both defensive pokemons like ting lu or offensive ones like annihilape, meanwhile having good mus vs metagame staples like dragapult. What i want to say is that this pokemon (mola) from my experience def has a place in bo teams being a offense enabler. Im prob leaving smt out since im writing this on the buss coming from college if someone eants to ask sum or say something ill answer without any issue.😊

[@BlackHanzo]

I just love the fact Thundurus T on the team

[@exi_m7074]

And yet I still don't know why it isn't the evolved form of Luvdisc

[@canasnewell3089]

4:52 sorry to ask but what song is this? It's pretty good

[@bradfjord]

Alomamola has been so close to being good for a minute now, I'm also biased towards bulky water types

[@Ozymandias1111]

Love your vids Jim

[@resbalosa]

Fish pokemon are really strong this gen

[@quiche6400]

What no ferrothorn does to a tier.....