Analyzing the Competitive Potential of ALL new Paradox Pokemon in Scarlet & Violet

[@bigblinky182]

Who could have imagined Hariyama of all mons getting fighting electric over Electivire and Zeraora

[@sayvionwashington1939]

Pika Clone's evo's are Electric/Fighting too, lmao

[@chrisrozier3123]

@@sayvionwashington1939 also have a crazy signature move supposedly

[@MsGhoulz]

big hands = electrocution hazard

[@bigblinky182]

@@sayvionwashington1939 no shot LMAO

[@mattpet7913]

CTC could have imagined this. He just built like that

[@harb1ng3r82]

Misdreavus has a shadow ball stronger than Gengar’s a moonblast stronger than Lele’s, and a better speed tier than Koko. Insane.

[@AkamexAris1023]

Good

[@kingcold2154]

Suspect test and banned RIP

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

dies to bullet punch and shadow sneak. it’ll be okay

[@13nguyeninhthienkhoi87]

*Dies to Kingambit's sucker punch

[@grunkleg.2934]

Spectrier got banned with similar stats + worse coverage. There's no way Flutter Mane is staying in OU, especially if it still has access to the usual ghostly bag of tricks. Flutter Mane might even have the better ability between the two

[@S1xEyes]

I lost it when CTC said "this guy looks like Magneton" One of my friends said the same thing about Roaring Moon and I was like "That is Salamence...."

[@leonwinters7496]

Why did ur friend think roaring moon looks like magneton?

[@5milemacc737]

For me it was "U-Turn Gren still gets his nut off" during the protean nerf talk 🤣

[@infamousmarrr]

@@leonwinters7496 No his friend said that roaring moon looks like salamence

[@leonwinters7496]

@@infamousmarrr what

[@ultraalex20]

…are you guys high? xD

[@LOUKOsk]

New bish gotta evolve with black sludge fr

[@arfanchowdhury3639]

GOATED TECH 🗿

[@Brunkbrank]

Every other mon should evolve with the tm for overheat

[@nicolasturetta7959]

Black sludge bish was Dope af

[@hardworkingslacker7233]

Black Sludge Bisharp is going to be fire with Terastalizing!

[@mister_chewy]

​@@hardworkingslacker7233 Poison Type, Black Sludge Bisharp EVO gon be NUTTY

[@hardworkingslacker7233]

00:00 Great Tusk 07:32 Brute "Oongaboongus" Bonnet 10:20 Sandy Shocks 12:58 Scream Tail 19:36 Flutter Mane 25:35 Slither Wing 29:20 Roaring Moon 33:45 Iron Treads 36:34 Iron Moth 39:23 Iron Hands 43:58 Iron Jugulis 45:11 Iron Burp 47:10 Iron Thorns 50:31 Iron Bundle 52:36 Iron Valiant 56:31 After Discussion Enjoy!

[@aunnamedinternetuser9362]

Thanks

[@hardworkingslacker7233]

@@aunnamedinternetuser9362 You are welcome!

[@MoreMonsMoe]

I was looking for the Iron Burp mon. Not the sharpest tool in the shed

[@grunkleg.2934]

@@MoreMonsMoe Is that the Paradox Swalot?

[@Evthe]

Goat

[@empoleon621]

Crazy agency thought great tusk would be uu

[@SageSpikeX]

the past paradox actually get the stat boost in sun IN GENERAL so sun teams are gonna be brazy, koraidon's ability is a two-in-one (drought + physical attack boost in sun) the future paradox get the stat boost in electric terrain miraidon's ability is electric surge + special attack boost in electric terrain (which most likely stacks with the electric terrain 1.3x boost to electric moves)

[@kebegee]

that would be the best possible scenario for both the legendary and paradox mon

[@pablosames]

Future hydra is dark/flying so no terrain boost. I won't believe they would make rotom fan-like mistake again.

[@mattdoyle2451]

@@pablosames Flying types and levitate mons can still eat terrain seeds though, the ability would probably still activate for Hydra

[@SageSpikeX]

@@mattdoyle2451 my thoughts exactly, I think the ability will still take effect for future hydra in electric terrain, it just wont get the regular benefits of the terrain (increased electric power and immune to sleep)

[@Adalon-]

@@SageSpikeX this is correct. Their ability activates in the terrain no matter what. If they can use the boost provided by the terrain then that is simply a bonus for them.

[@Sydnacious]

Flutter Mane Misdreavus completely puts Gengar out of commission. Gengar will most likely drop to UU because of this new mon.

[@Thunderblunder777]

100%

[@the_bookworm8281]

Gengar already dropped to UUBL in gen 8. The new Misdreavus as long as it is allowed in the tier will completely invalidate Gengar's existence unless you REALLY want a T-Spike absorber.

[@AllesZuSpaet53]

It's already UU

[@among5619]

on god futter mane is literally reverse melmetal, this shit is cracked

[@kingcold2154]

Flutter mane will be sussed out of OU in weeks

[@jimmyjuice697]

To answer Blunder's Question, Delibird does get destiny bond. It also gets Memento, Rapid Spin, and Freeze-dry. I think it has potential as a Rapid Spin cleaner with Freeze-dry to shit on bulky waters. Modest can even outspeed Regieleki at +1. It's also deceptively bulky, even having a chance to tank Ferrothorn's Power Whips.

[@blazie42069]

Yeah that thing is gonna get banned if it has those tools

[@MrChunk-kp1kr]

ok blackbeard

[@sephikong8323]

How those Cherry Pies tasting my dude ?

[@LunaroseClaire]

With the Scald nerf, how many bulky waters are we even gonna see anymore?

[@TrulyAtrocious]

Its uber

[@lennyhampel2274]

The fact that we have fast and strong fighters like sneasler, lilligant, new gallade, physical volc form and great tusk makes me think that there‘s just no way that ursaluna will be banned. I think the new meta will be chaotic and fun af

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

It's sure looking that way!

[@asprinjuice425]

Thank god, I really kike Ursaluna

[@krimson_flux]

Slither Wing isn't *that* fast

[@Cigmacica]

You were 50% correct

[@996TheHowl]

"This is the future, there's no destiny, only algorithms" is the best thing I've ever heard

[@dumass804]

Yours and Joey's videos have become some of the only things that make me feel any kind of happiness anymore. Thank you for posting videos so frequently. I'm really looking forward to what you put out when gen 9 drops

[@anusthing]

Are u ok friend?

[@eythra1873]

You gotta cover the new abilities as well. one is e terrain + spa boost, another one full immunity to status moves

[@irra8994]

Apparently, the abilities do not work without the Legends being on the field, making them useless in singles.

[@eythra1873]

@@irra8994 bruh gf being bs again

[@aSh-pi1in]

@@irra8994 that's not true, the Past forms need the sun for their ability to work, and the Future forms need Electric Terrain And the way both of these ability work is boosting the highest Stat during the weather or while holding the item

[@mewmew1511]

@@aSh-pi1in Yeah it seems it works in harsh sunlight/electric terrain regardless if it was set up by the legendaries, wich would've made the video wayyyy different but joey just didn't know

[@catandgrouper4760]

I’m quite sad about Tyranitar-feel like it could’ve been Steel and Dark in trade for the lower stats ;

[@babajeeds]

dark steel is kinda shite defensively, esp for a slow mon, ttar will always have rock for spdef boost. It is faster than reg ttar tho

[@sayvionwashington1939]

An Electric/Dark mon with actual stats would've been dope

[@LesDesperado]

They could’ve literally just swapped it’s Atk and SpAtk and it would’ve been fine. This is the second Ttar they’ve made that’s no different from the original.

[@Bismarck-S]

Steel electric like the OG Mecha T-Tar

[@Bismarck-S]

Oh yeah and consider terrastallization

[@921tensazangetsu]

Blunder if you don't call Brute Bonnet "Amoongaboongus" I'm gonna be extremely disappointed.

[@babajeeds]

Bug does indeed need to resist Fairy and Dark

[@dandroid7]

And Fairy resisting Bug is totally unnecessary. #BuffBugType

[@themeow-sician1664]

Roaring Moon is crazy 139 attack and 119 speed thats crazy and dragon dark is so strong

[@jamesh7469]

Totally depends on the moves though

[@jamesh7469]

@@nero9506 it’s good but I’m just saying 139atk with 80 bp moves just doesn’t hit THAT hard unless it’s boosted. It’s about the same as a defensive lando EQ

[@jtizzle124]

@@jamesh7469 The thing is it will most likely be boosted

[@octoccult]

tera fire roaring moon in the sun is about to go crazy

[@GrimlockOU]

The Black Sludge Supreme Overlord video will be an instant classic, calling it now

[@nathanbobo9260]

Jaibano Leopard is the first mon to get put in double AG

[@GlobalDigitalEmpire]

Y'all sleeping if you don't think IRON HANDS ain't getting Plasma Fists!

[@bigblinky182]

Sandy Shocks when Daddy Gliscor switches in:

[@yungevvy]

Always a good time thinking about new mons with Jay and Blundo

[@e-duh3529]

Jay his name is Joey

[@YungDebuff]

@@e-duh3529 And he forgot the third best player

[@GlobalDigitalEmpire]

Jay is the fourth best player

[@HenrythePaleoGuy]

It's such a good time.

[@nogard0497]

Gallade having 590 BST and not Ttar is straight robbery

[@ThatBeingCed]

I think it's based on the fact that both Salamence and Gallade are based on their Megas for some reason. Making them stronger.

[@chimpact]

the recover nerf is the best thing to happen to pokemon.

[@SynisterPride]

Big thing not mentioned is you can run paradox with regular form on smogon since they have different dex numbers. 3. Volc team or double TTar or 3 donaphan etc. it will be some heat

[@yokingleader]

I can’t wait for the day one Agency video destroying ladder with +5 SUPREME OVERLORD from Dadsharp

[@SPZ-gv2on]

There better be 5 explosions + overlord bish day 1 lmao

[@barnabyssjones]

“You don’t know what they did back then maybe they just SD’d up” lmaooooo

[@swimmingtuna4796]

idc about these stats they made all recover moves have a max 8 PP. best game of all time

[@toooop9]

That's def great

[@competitively3315]

Next discussion should be a livestream. Would love to ask questions in real time.

[@Thunderblunder777]

Sure, probably tonight

[@competitively3315]

@@Thunderblunder777 Awesome! Looking forward to it

[@dende_ult714]

@@Thunderblunder777 you gonna play new mons again?

[@ViVoUpTop]

@@Thunderblunder777 can you do something for me?? 😩

[@RamdozaCh]

I’m about to bust

[@bradensmith8682]

I'm actually excited for Sandy Shocks Magneton. Scorching Sands, Discharge, Flash Cannon, maybe Power Gem, and Terra Ice? Super cool.

[@bigchillin4216]

This is first high tier viable special attacking ground type we've ever had. It's gong to be good lol.

[@benjaminseguin5052]

Do you think Sandy Shocks can use eviolite, or do paradox forms count as a final evolution?

[@ast.asutora]

@@benjaminseguin5052 its probably gonna be unable to use eviolite, im thinkin its gonna be something similar (not the same) as the farfetch'd and galar farfetch'd situation

[@benjaminseguin5052]

@@ast.asutora Gotcha. That makes perfect sense!

[@gustavoulguim]

@@bigchillin4216 lando-i and nido?

[@Bruh-Moment435]

Paradox Hariyama having electric stab, getting it's attack boosted in electric terrain on top of it's electric type attacks getting more powerful from the terrain with the 140 base attack is going to be absolutely insane. Even if it doesn't have a good electric physical move and only gets thunder punch it's going to hit like a freight train

[@AloneSmGG]

I feel like he’s gonna get a new move that’s physical and electric type

[@ItsYuhBoyyyy]

​@@AloneSmGG watch him get better plasma fists

[@just_a_rebel8261]

Imagine him having pawmi's final ego's signature move

[@MrZ303]

idk why or how or if I'm tripping but I swear blunder's videos have somehow gotten even better after he hit 100k

[@MeteorTribe]

great tusk UU??? what was blunder cooking

[@SpikeTaunt]

570 BST and ground/fighting, if that's UU then i don't want to see who tf is staying in OU

[@TimmayMac65214]

Been waiting for this, you already know the agency provides

[@bigchillin4216]

Joey was like the only voice of logic here bruh lol. Why were yall acting like each of these mons didn't go brazy except maybe 2.

[@dtexdarkus]

Also, the abilities give the Pokémon a +1 boost to their highest stat in Sun or electric terrain respectively to pair with the legends. Sun is getting banned faster than rain in BDSP 😂

[@mc9723]

Love Sun Teams! I'll enjoy it while it lasts D;

[@Princecharisma111]

Should be a 75 base power psych move called exorcism that deals double to ghost

[@Dnb123oowee]

Nah

[@strangeshotgun]

Shadow ball

[@trash6985]

@@strangeshotgun fym shadow ball bro ppl would run this for the same reason ppl run freeze dry over ice beam

[@tarunyadav3567]

@@trash6985 water resists ice, ghost doesn't resist psychic

[@trash6985]

@@tarunyadav3567 shittttt brother you right shadow ball would always be the better pick

[@TrulyAtrocious]

Leaker thought the real paradox mon names were placeholders 💀

[@CheseMango]

Blundo blessing us with that hour long video. Needed this to get through this work day 🙏

[@lagspike7763]

Iron hands boutta show you when he say he got hands he MEAN that shit

[@jackvanholland7606]

Great Tusk will legitimately have a 50% usage in OU and landorus will be UU

[@jackvanholland7606]

I am lying for dramatic effect

[@muk_is_superior]

It did have 59% usage lmao

[@AloneSmGG]

Bro as soon as I saw hariyamas design I wanted to use him but after seeing his typing and stats he’s definitely one of my favorite new mons

[@StillGamingMaybeLatr]

been following this channel since gen 6 and man I really missed hearing yall get hyped over the new games

[@dumass804]

Remember that all these can terastalise, so future volc could tera ground on tran switch ins while also removing rocks weakness

[@brandonbernard1570]

I think everybody is just operating on the assumption that terastalizing is gonna get banned in singles pretty fast.

[@OG-PranksterCat]

I like how Scarlet's names are unique for each pokemon, and then all the Violet paradox mons are just Iron, it's like they got lazy halfway through the process of thinking about these crap names

[@personno.6.9billionth70]

Maybe, but I do like the idea that it might be a subtle reference that in the future, things get homogenized while in the past individualism has a higher value or something like that.

[@TerraTheWise]

Not crap nor lazy. In fact it makes perfect sense. They’re robots which means we had a direct hand in their creation so a streamlined naming system makes perfect sense.

[@OG-PranksterCat]

@@TerraTheWise But there are different types of metals used in robotic engineering, they didn't all have to be "Iron" something, they could have at least used different metallic elements for some sense of individualism for each one, that's all I was trying to say.

[@TheTeddyWG]

i know theres a mosaic to prevent spoilers but my monkey brain likes seeing the pokemon thats being talked about

[@Thunderblunder777]

I feel you, this image is circulating on Twitter though so you can use that alongside the vid

[@metamonogatari3139]

These water/ice types usually have freeze dry, could be an option for pex (I am quite hopeful there will be at least one coverage option for it, even it doesn't get freeze dry)

[@ryanames4168]

funny thing is that according to the leaks, brute bonnet doesn't even learn any physically grass moves so hopefully there are good tms or tutors

[@pingezz]

Okay but slither wing gets first impression, u-turn, close combat, even flare blitz and earthquake. It can also go defensive distribution with bulk up, leech life and will o wisp or substitute. Also possible flame charge to fix his speed. Gets other coverage too but his design and movepool is so hype

[@black-redpill2614]

I am surprised out of this entire video no one mentioned all of them technically have all types as coverage due to Tera type change, which its corresponding move will always be the type you turn into and go off of your highest offense stat.

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

Iron Bundle run Ice Beam, Freeze Dry, Hydro Pump/Scald, Spin/Spikes/Future Sight would be kinda heat

[@sayvionwashington1939]

Scald isn't a TM in SV.

[@zueler]

yall make being a pokemon fan worth it, much love agency

[@Regenwulp6]

Bro I literally said "bro pulled a Lebron" out loud just as CTC said it when blunder capped about Heracross' stats for no reason 🤣

[@robisnon1236]

If they give Future Ttar Shift Gear that might be pretty insane.

[@jtizzle124]

I fully predict Donphan to get power whip by tr aka Iron treads might have some heat for Rotom

[@samster101229]

You guys are going to be very busy pumping out videos for good amount of months dissecting all the new Pokémon and battle strategies. Good luck, and can't wait!

[@linsteven9163]

It feels illegal that the scarlet mons get so cool names, and then all the violet mons are just iron + a word

[@just_a_rebel8261]

Scarlet superiority

[@oka5784]

My man Brosharp getting sent to super AG if that supreme overlord ability is actually his

[@notrllycomedy]

yall gotta remember that delibird getting freeze dry so pex n them are cooked

[@fate1157]

CTC talking about gliscor like he's in, pretty sure it was confirmed to be not in the base game

[@artje90]

great tusk also will have rapid spin, so 87 speed + 1 is amazing. imagine: earthquake, knock off, close combat, rapid spin, 3 moves the don already gets and cc is quite easly confirmed with the fighting type

[@RamdozaCh]

Protosynthesis boosts stats in sun and its Violet (future) counterpart boosts in electric terrain

[@jtizzle124]

It’d be a real shame if the only electric surge mon we get is pincurchin. It’d fit gamefreak’s MO tho

[@RamdozaCh]

@@jtizzle124 Pincurchin is a really strong mon tho. Rising voltage nuts all over a lot of things. There’s a lot of ground types running around though so I imagine it’d be hard to fit him on most teams, but if your sweeper is getting to +1 and getting to hold an item then it might be worth idk.

[@TildeQ]

Timid Flutter Mane grabs a speed boost, nasty plot on the switch, sweep from there.

[@stonalisa3729]

Scream Tail is gonna be insane in VGC

[@zarzu4]

Got this in my recomended now. Its interesting and funny to see whats they got right and wrong after 2 years. A lot of good calls with the limited info we had back then.

[@1020percent]

AV Iron Hands looking pretty dangerous

[@diggyk9]

yall gotta look at some of the pokemon changes. Nerfing cress, zacian and zamazenta, and ash-gren. Also a lot of the PLA mons got updated abilities (notably rock head arcanine-h !!!, tinted lens braviary-h and scrappy decidueye-h). caveat is that this stuff is unconfirmed bc source is 4-chan

[@Rimaxo]

You guys kinda forgot Terastalize when discussing coverage from some mons. Tera Blast is right there!

[@imniigel5789]

Not being able to hit volc with a toxic if you lose your hard counter (ttar) is going to be fucking gross.

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

I love the fact everyone just accepted Ungaboonguss over the official name

[@WinterAliceLilac]

52:22 im crying 😭😭

[@TheShootingstarhero]

ive been waiting for this vid from you guys for like 1.8 days

[@grunkleg.2934]

Iron Bundle? I also have an iron bundle if you catch my drift

[@sy7rus323]

New magnezone with ice terastalize will be dope, hitting grass and ground, plus the new hail will boost defense, too.

[@valentinafuffa535]

since apart from the new item the future paradoxes with their ability get their strongest stats boosted under electric terrain, it would make sense if its setters were in the game and pincurchin is so ass they themselves probably forgot about him too so i feel like koko will come at least in the dlc. tapus will be back beware.

[@HonkHonkGoose776]

correction: pardox abilites work in ALL harsh sunlight/electric terrain, not the box legendary specificly

[@1020percent]

What does based lord mean by choice band +1 is equivalent to plus 4 at 31:00? Am I misunderstanding something about the choice items?

[@Alexander-bi6tb]

The choice items and regular stat boosts are independent multipliers. Meaning that if you have a band and a +1 attack stage your attack stat is actually 1.5*1.5 = 2.25 times higher as opposed to if you were +2 attack and only 2 times stronger. Saying it's equivalent to +4 was probably an exaggeration or him just not wanting to do the math lol

[@1020percent]

@@Alexander-bi6tb okay that makes sense, they both just said yeah so I was super lost lol

[@Ace-002]

Ayeeee finally a video where there’s people who actually know what they are talking about when it comes to competitive Pokémon. All we need left is wolfey to make a vid :)

[@Zihark94]

Slither wing has stats and typing as if it also gets the Hisui Lilligant move. if it does it's the most broken. Also viability of all of these depends on how easy it is to set up electric terrain/sun, so you don't need the booster thingy

[@AkamexAris1023]

Or No Retreat

[@TheMirksta]

Idk about that half of these guys with choice items and ignoring the ability seem kinda insane

[@Pogitoed]

id love to hear yalls thoughts on the starters with their signature moves, also obviously once more stats are revealed seeing yall talk about the other mons

[@Supergupo]

Didn't even talk about Brute bonnet having spore im disappointed

[@mattpet7913]

Thx for this i was getting sad that I hsd to wait for this until game release cuz y'all might not cover leaks. But am happy this here!!

[@asepsisaficionado7376]

For those that were trashtalking my man mence, thinking he's not about to get banned for the third time +1 252 Atk Choice Band Salamence Earthquake vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Tapu Fini: 169-199 (49.1 - 57.8%) -- 59% chance to 2HKO after Leftovers recovery +1 252 Atk Choice Band Salamence Crunch vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Skarmory: 175-207 (52.3 - 61.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO +1 252 Atk Choice Band Salamence Dragon Claw vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Buzzwole: 177-208 (42.3 - 49.7%) -- guaranteed 3HKO [dual wingbeat OHKOs ofc, dragon STAB might be unnecessary]

[@mr.rufasi2729]

I know ctc is seething rn with the news of the stall/recovery nerf

[@Nicole-wt3wr]

This video is something that only the Agency and The Doc could create !

[@doozsromhacks]

joey spitting when he said "good some mons should have counters" lmao

[@ZedtheRedRaven]

Iron Jugulis seems more like a dark type Tornadus-Therian without regenerator. offensively, I would give it some consideration and time considering the moves a regular hydriegon knows

[@Whwjwd]

Was waiting for this video since the stats got leaked, you three are the 🐐

[@Telogor]

The one thing Grass/Dark has going for it is the immunity to both Powder and Prankster. It might be good in VGC, even if you can't use it in OU due to the 4x weakness to U-Turn.

[@BushSage]

BLUNDER!!! dude I watched all your shit back in Legends Arceus, I forgot about this channel, I just subbed so I won't miss again.

[@gamereviewerbr]

If the item gives a Download +1 every time a paradox switches in it's getting banned: Mence getting +1 Atk for free; Gallade, Misdreavus and Delibird getting +1 Speed is gonna shred HO, instant +1 Mecha Volc is killing everything after 1 Quiver dance and Tera Psychic or Ground.

[@lesqueegee]

I was so ready to get spoiled on quaxly evo, but blunder (the goat) blurred out the sprites because I still wanna hear the analysis. That’s my goat on 📞 em

[@ricardoludwig4787]

Iron bundle def beats Pex with freeze dry, this thing is almost as strong as kyurem

[@TenseSituation]

Basically megas are back and I’m so happy…cuz imagine megas are also back👀

[@Hectic2525]

Choice Band Flip Turn Palafin + Regenerator Shed Tail Cyclizar is about to be an INSANE Offensive Momentum Core.

[@blazie42069]

There is no shot that iron bundle delibird stays OU, not with that unmatched speed tier and typing if it gets freeze dry. (Only dragapult and regieleki outspeed.) Nothing walls freeze dry, ice beam, and surf without abilities so I would be surprised if it stays ou... The fact that we will likely see the New Delibird form in ubers and likely thrive there is really funny though!

[@frederickgibbons6918]

252+ SpA Life Orb Lucario Vacuum Wave vs. 0 HP / 0 SpD Delibird: 260-307 (102.7 - 121.3%) -- guaranteed OHKO

[@blazie42069]

@@frederickgibbons6918 Its not supposed to take hits, its literally ice/water dragapult

[@eliyaskiya]

37:36 Well you gotta look deep if you looking for power from the Earth.

[@mateohuf3811]

“Government name, oongaboongus” 🥴

[@fabiomcmuffin]

About to bring Pyroar just to counter new misdreavus

[@glock-c7b]

it might get focus blast

[@daniellejackson6543]

Og misdreavous gets power gem.