Araquanid is BACK, & It's Secretly OP

The Pokemon Scarlet and Violet Indigo Disk DLC brought back Araquanid and it's a monster
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[@Chris-re3lv]

I use these videos to get some spicy teams compiled before the next time I visit my brother. He lives 2000 miles away, so I only visit him every once in a while, and surprising him with these matchups is going to absolutely make my day! Keep the wonderful ideas flowing.

[@LetMeEatIt]

That's actually really cute

[@raoulgreco7887]

I feel bad for your brother

[@Chris-re3lv]

@@MirageUchiha I got Nintendo Online, but my brother dislikes subscription based services, for some odd reasons. We trade Pokémon on Home here and there, since that costs nothing, but I have been thinking of at least getting him a Nintendo subscription card, so we can battle online. However, for now, it's nice to have time to build up some teams, since I will likely be flying over to where he lives, in a couple months.

[@markitoss]

@@MirageUchihaif he says visit I assume local

[@ES-dp6tw]

I'll always remember the hilarious contrast in Araquanid's Pokedex entries in Sun/Moon. The former claims it straight up drowns smaller Pokemon in its bubble, while the latter offers Araquanid is caring and uses the bubble to protect weaker Pokemon.

[@lukefarrell1453]

Maybe it’s behaviour is affected by the time of day?

[@lionescrawl9861]

more likely its hunger and the enviroment.@@lukefarrell1453

[@pineappleudh6561]

If I remember correctly Ultra sun/Ultra moon was very similar, but instead of just saying it protects pokemon in the bubble it says that it "Puts things it wants to protect in its bubble, araquanids trainer must be careful as it may attempt to scoop them up into its bubble"

[@zikeibradley3472]

​@@lukefarrell1453I got that reference

[@chachase879]

I've always liked Araquanid, it hits so surprisingly hard

[@hera7884]

for a weak attack stat? Yeah it does. Just another example how how these numbers don’t actually matter because some Pokémon with the same attack stat and same stab doesn’t hit for half as hard. Not only the offensive stats but the defensive stats as well.

[@kuwandak]

@@hera7884 what part of "water bubble" did you not understand. the game you see is just a front-end for all the math operations done on numbers that "don't matter".

[@hera7884]

@@kuwandak Water Bubble only boosts water type attacks, nothing else. All water type moves are useless on Pokémon with Water Absorb, Storm Drain, or Water Compaction. And as I said the numbers don’t matter, especially when you’re fight pseudo legendary, mythical, and legendary Pokémon who have way higher base stats. I play ranked matches, Araquanid is one Pokémon I have never seen in there. Ranked Matches are for the best Pokémon and the best players. You’d know this if you had what it takes to be a Pokémon master, but you don’t.

[@nicolasromani3523]

​@@hera7884This is such a dumb opinion...if you are saying that a water type Pokemon with underwelming stats who's main role is to deliver a single specific water type attack is not suited for competitive play. Would you mind to explain to me how was Dracovish banned then? Because water absorb counters it, and yet it is a pretty big menace that even box legendaries struggle to deal with. You are such a troll fr.

[@jacksonville9642]

​@@hera7884 "You don't have what it takes to be a Pokemon Master" had me rolling fr, dude thinks he's an antagonist or smth

[@GamingGuyTy429]

I've been trying to tell people about the ABSOLUTE TERROR that is offensive Araqanid with water bubble since it came out with Sun and Moon. Thank you for showcasing its underrated power 💪🏾 Also, day 3 of asking Haydunn for doubles content 👀

[@byronlee991017]

totem araquanid swept my team so many times when I was playing Ultra Sun

[@GamingGuyTy429]

@@byronlee991017 Those totem Pokémon and their random allies bring me nightmares 😭

[@corystevens9604]

It can also be ran with assault vest which is what I did gen 7 and it did well. That being said the moveset was liquidation leech life poison jab and mirror shot for special attackers

[@torchilicho]

Water/bug type is so cool. (Two of my favorite types)

[@crazydov]

My fav types are dark/ people

[@Supertaco619.]

​@@crazydov ?

[@who3584]

Based bug type fan

[@crazydov]

@@Supertaco619. what? U got a problem with dark people types?

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Araquanid went to that beach to kick names and chew ass, and he’s all out of bubblegum

[@d.a.d.-ohgosh]

I remember using this fella in the Gen 7 days and always felt like Spidey boy is underrated. Water Bubble is such an incredible ability and Sticky Webs is fantastic support! Plus that Special D. bulk know what I'm saying!

[@voxbanette2408]

an amazing pokemon that definitely deserves its time in the spotlight! Love the vids

[@RobinoAB]

Congrats to the 300k subs, you deserve it more then we deserve your amazing content and comeback

[@sayzar9474]

Yessss love Araquanid. I know it’s not in this DLC but did you ever do Houndoom? I feel like no one ever talks about best boy Houndoom

[@tristiancook5821]

Not me having to google False Surrender, lol. Btw, it's an 80 bp dark type version of aerial ace, exclusive to the grimsnarl line

[@naomiseadragon2676]

Completely agree; Araquanid is underrated. It's a good special wall and it sets up sticky webs.

[@nintenzard3192]

Guys Meganium is buffed. TRAILBLAZE + SWORDANCE

[@Godzillakuj94]

Happy I just got a shiny one yesterday. What's the recommended EV spread?

[@DcJensen]

If you want I would like you to try out my Dragonair Dragonair @ Eviolite Ability: Shed Skin Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 224 HP / 48 Atk / 112 Def / 124 SpD Adamant Nature - Dragon Dance - Dragon Tail - Rest - Sleep Talk

[@DcJensen]

The idea here is the setup light screen and reflect to help out eviolite and if you have floor traps on already and if you hit sleep talk and get dragon tail you will be able to hit first instead of forcing to move last

[@jack3m988]

Damn this is what my first random shiny was when I first played SwSh, didn’t know he was built like dat

[@garyr3179]

And a beautiful shiny at that!

[@MaddMoniTalks]

Hitting like before I watch the video

[@Insertnamehereplz]

This is why I always carry brick break and psychic fangs on my teams l

[@PlacestobeVG]

Do you use Pokemon Home to store all your trained competitive mons across generations? :)

[@trevorstevenson4038]

Much respect for Torkoal. After abusing gen2 in my childhood, I gave emerald a go and was surprised by how tough Torkoal was. Loved the difficulty increase

[@joaogomes9405]

I genuinely don't get why hidden ability effects are still a thing. How hard is it to add "water type moves deal bonus damage" to the ability description.

[@Haydunn]

For real, why they gotta hide things from us

[@SmokeMith]

Yo i've been running this with Primarina in doubles Araquanid gets entrainment so you give primarina water bubble + araq gets wide guard to protect from the surf spam + counters flutter with it Also you could switch Prim with Ursh and you remove the unseen fist but surging strikes with water bubble hits like arceus on drugs plus you cant get burned

[@LimeLivesMatter]

Kingambit disrespected Rampados Took its Earthquake while sitting down, stared at the T.rex like "Boi" ✋🏾 and chopped the T.rex into fillet salmon 😂😂😂

[@duaneminett]

I always forget just how cool shiny Rampardos looks

[@bleach-kun]

I love Rampardos, its my favorite fossil.

[@jayperez7986]

Really enjoying seeing more than one match in a single video. Love the content!

[@neotoxsin]

Love the fact that you do 2 battles now in your vids! ❤

[@Bori225]

A shinny araquanid looks like Metroid Prime

[@jpg-o-km]

I comment about a band liquidation tera water araquanid a few days ago and today he's the MVP of your match :D. Very fun to use, isn't it?

[@brandonmckown9952]

I'm a simple guy. I see a Haydunn video, I watch it.

[@danielkelly2266]

Loving the 2 battles in 1💙content has been top tier as always. Keep up the good work :)

[@Bruhkake]

God I love your nicknames, so much better than any I've had before 🤣

[@Necromancer4267]

Araquanid is aBACKuanid!

[@vann0716]

Always loved Araquanid during the Sun and Moon era! Happy having him as part of my team. 😁

[@rafaelsoto4742]

I have an idea that might be a bit of a stretch. But do you think in doubles or against the right attacker, you could use power split to help increase his attack stat. For example, throw out slaking and araquanid, power split slacking to distribute attack, and then araquanid can hit even harder 😊

[@veterinarianputra8383]

I remember 6-7 years ago. Before buying Nintendo 3ds and pokemon Moon There is leaked picture for all new pokemon alola region. This dewpider -araquanid catch my eye. Its look so alien-esque bug and super cool😂😂😂. ..and today we can see araquanid in competitive 😂😂😂

[@greglajoie6770]

Literally caught a shiny araquanid 3 hrs before seeing this. I think it's a good mon too.

[@WiseOakDakota]

Always wanted to use this pokemon just going though game campaign, but I always thought it was underpowered… and why doesn’t the in game text bother to specify the most important aspect of Water Bubble???

[@oathstar18]

Nobody and I mean nobody uses araquinid like me. Nobody expects a super defensive spider that uses power split. Catches everyone off guard lol

[@opposumness3107]

I just came up with a nickname for Minior: Rock Star; and feel free to add your Freddy Mercury's and similar champions of music.

[@the_daemon_kraken]

Love, love, LOVE Araquanid! Spider boi is my boss man!

[@DevonRyeTheDragonfly]

Caught a shiny one and used it in my playthrough of the dlc, unbelievable tanky and solid attack for a tank. Ran it with substitute, leech life, liquidation and infestation along with leftovers, great mon

[@Koperlich.]

(day 3) hey I'd love to see you cooking with the forgotten Walmart version of serperior, lurantis! can you give it a try?

[@rockowlgamer631]

Plus it's shiny is VERY nice......makes me wonder how we have so many crappy shinies.

[@TheCivicStudent]

I missed the gen this pokemon was introduced in, so I was in for a surprise when I saw how large it was lol I was panicking

[@arbiter771]

eviolite duraludon is gone, but i know starf berry tropius can make some waves just kidding he was in match 2 baby

[@macattack382]

Love watching you shaft OU pokemon

[@greyborg3846]

Think you could do anything with Sandslash? It has been a personal favorite of mine since gen 1.

[@KrautCat]

You, Pimpnite, and JustWeavile are the real underrated GOAT’s

[@nv854]

Haydunn please make a video with Curse Arcanine... Gen1 monster

[@wgt7537]

Araquanid is crazy good! I definitely slept on that pokemon 😴

[@amarionhines5007]

my wishes are being fulfilled two matches a video thanks broski🤟🏾

[@liamtherobot9656]

This is why it’s my favorite Alola, Pokémon

[@RishavPOV]

Not putting the power boost to water moves in the description seems like a total oversight. It’s extremely relevant.

[@ninkachusalt7252]

I was literally saying how cool rampardos looks before he mentioned it LOL

[@TMT98]

Any chance you are going to compete in a draft league format again? Would love to see you again

[@hsqqq]

Haydunn you sound just like Moo Snuckel. He’s leaving yt😭.

[@22NightWing]

Hey, do you have a PokePaste of the details of this team? Would love to try it out on PS :) Thank you!

[@liber2350]

I wonder if its ability could be used for say, tera bug or another type that is notably weak to fire without that downside?

[@xXSHADOWMATTERXx]

Love the shiny flygon, was my first shiny in emerald! Great seeing it

[@DSpiritwolf]

MY BOOOOOY IS BACK!!! Not like that traitor surskit!

[@bleach-kun]

I remember my good ol Totem Araquinid from ultra sun/moon named sock. Good times lol

[@SetoFrankTTV]

Can you make a Munchlax video? My favorite pokemon!

[@noneofyourbusiness7055]

That's an awful lot of open doors for one video, be aware of one hell of a draft. Better tie down that Zuki of yours.

[@eekajmoneybaby9309]

Would love to see araqanid get a regional or mega coming up called araquanix as a bug/dark type still have access to water bubble and water abilities. Really wish bug resist fairy type tho. Think this would work well as it's head kinda resembles the moon and it could with its slim body it would make the perfect deinopidea spider. 80 HP 92 attk 70 def 120 sdef 42 spatk 50 SPD Or 120 HP 12 SPD 92 atk 90 def 80 sdef 30 satk if variant Mega 120 hp 110atk 112 def I feel it should really look like a upside down dewpider.

[@eekajmoneybaby9309]

Or 120 HP 100 SPD 😂 which would be insane with trailblaze if they don't revert its kit. If they move some stats around like garchomp 80 def 124 sdef 90 atk.

[@IronDino]

Heyo! It's Daddy Double L, handing L's to two dudes.

[@lukesullivan9344]

Please post rental codes! Most of us don’t have time to grind PVP mons :(

[@B3FMandCProductions]

I used to love running this thing back in the Sun and Moon days. Glad to have it back and still be wrecking things 7 years later

[@mavillan6147]

I waited over an hour for League for this video. You better get a bag for it

[@HauntedHypno]

Another Haydunn video? for free? on god? just like that?

[@mel_101]

I love your videos! Is it possible to use one of the eeveelutions in the future? I just think that they’re cool

[@mattyorshin]

i love how many idiots try to burn my water bug. water bubble is an op ability and this mon is so fun to use

[@SERMareep2007]

Still waiting on the ampharos buff that will never come

[@banjowanjo4718]

Tuocannon takes a ball।to the face and dies 😂 F'in hilarious.

[@evan752]

"oh and it doubles water attacks" - this is why no one likes game devs

[@octaviuschase9806]

Hay haydunn. May you do seviper next? My favorite.

[@wafflebroz]

I love Destiny Bond with Avalanche on Froslass

[@sewerdork6183]

Uu doubles gimmick. And I rock with it

[@Ceireavne]

Gotta name your araquanid ballon so you can switch into him rq ❤

[@arthursdl]

I'm so ready for you to wreak havoc in draft league

[@Tyranitar-hd6hi]

You should use Leavanny with fell stinger

[@HOTStorm]

two battles in 1 video? weird way to propose, but yes, I do :)

[@samdilophosaur9787]

Thanks for the pokedoku on 1/8/2024

[@realsenorbulldoza]

you know, even though S/V has been out for a while, it still makes me angry how the grandma is placed *THRICE with the same clothes in the battle arena... Like bro, gamefreak, you've got so many character models, you couldn't put a different grandma?

[@betabugxyz6274]

Man I love these videos, having the full video along with the shorts is brilliant. I do wish you could post the builds for these Pokémon or a link in the description.

[@Bruhkake]

Yessss I would love the full builds too

[@craigc833]

Noice

[@EternityGray]

Is it just me or did they change tera blasts animation?

[@jeanosorio1]

Cant believe i have been subbed to haydunn for like 10 years lol

[@Haydunn]

You’re the goat for that

[@Juiceboks]

Double vids going crazy!

[@jasperdeboer3257]

On 28,000+ viewers know this secret… shhh

[@applekhi3962]

for a pokemon that only has 70 attack it hits hella hard

[@Mmmjakis]

Honey put the baby down a new Haydunn video just dropped

[@JarelFernandezRios-dh5mm]

I still hate the totem araquanid boss from ultra sun and moon

[@Gustavo-jq2sc]

can you use primarina in a video one day? i would love to see

[@Blackheartgamer1]

It would be cool if you can showcase Entrainment Araquanid. I feel it would be powerful in doubles with a high attacking water type.

[@oathstar18]

I’m definitely going to try this against my friend

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

WeedleTwineedle has one or two videos of getting Water Bubble on other Pokémon, but not everyone likes their channel 😅

[@colebailey2578]

Could you show us Breloom next? One of my personal favorites, Technician-loaded dice-grass tera Breloom is a monster. Double stab and technician buffs the 25 base power bullet seed to an astounding 75, and loaded dice makes it hit 4-5 times. It's practically a 300-375 base power move with that combo, which pairs perfectly with his ridiculous 130 base attack.

[@willeon23]

why is the tera jewel so small on that thing it's hilarious

[@SuperSayianWarrior]

If you take sets from other, I ran back in Gen VII, An AV set, 252 attack adamant, 200 spdef and 56 def. Leech Life, Mirror Coat, Poston jab and Liquidation for attacks and this below shows that AV power 252 SpA Choice Specs Tapu Koko Thunderbolt vs. 56 HP / 200 SpD Assault Vest Araquanid in Electric Terrain: 240-284 (82.4 - 97.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO Timid Specs Koko in terrain never Ohko'd unless it was a crit, Tapu Lele with Psyshock ohkos in terrain but that's based off the 0 ev invested Defense, even Modest Psychic does 66.3% at most, 85.9 with a crit Add in the fact that Mirror is 2x damage dealt meant that Araq usually Ko'd most of its 1v1's if they used a Special attack. If you wanna invest slightly more defensively, then a careful nature and less SpDef Evs works as well, though you SEVERELY trade offensive power for special longevity

[@Shira_H]

How many doors were opened this battle?