Are the Legendary Birds OVERRATED in Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow?

Are the Legendary Birds OVERRATED in Pokemon Red / Blue / Yellow?
Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, also known as the legendary birds of Kanto. Three of the most iconic pokemon of the first generation and maybe of all pokemon, so iconic that they warranted a reskin into Darth Birb, Johto’s elite four Will cosplay and single headed dodrio
The trio birds are renowned in the pokemon universe for their powers but how LEGENDARY were they in the ACTUAL games? Let’s find out!
In today's video we look at if Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres OVERRATED in Pokemon Red, Blue and Yellow?... Keep watching to see Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Pokemon, Red, Blue and Yellow
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[@pokerebels]

What do YOU think? Are the legendary birds OVERRATED?

[@1Pidds]

I've never seen anyone care about the birds tbh Of the legendary trios theyre among the lamest

[@coreyscolaro288]

@@1Pidds u clearly didn't grow up when red blue was released Legendary birds are still the coolest legendary trio imo design wise

[@LITTLE1994]

To a degree.

[@rawbebaba]

Will you ever revisit some of these Pokemon for fire red leaf green? The remakes really breath no life into some of the pokemon

[@coreyscolaro288]

@@rawbebaba I always catch the birds in every rerun I've done in firered. Especially zapdos

[@Clemehl]

2:56 _BubbleBeam_ is weaker than _Ice Beam_ in Red&Blue in all situations for Articuno. In Generation I, Fire-type Pokémon don't have a resistance to Ice-type moves. Only Ice and Water types resist it. _BubbleBeam_ is 65 × 2 = *130* BP while _Ice Beam_ is 95 × 1.5 = *142.5* BP, almost 10% higher. Plus: a frozen Pokémon is a death sentence in Generation I. Against Ice-types, _BubbleBeam_ is *65* BP, while _Ice Beam_ is 95 × 1.5 ÷ 2 = *71.25* BP, meaning that _BubbleBeam_ will be always inferior to _Ice Beam_ for Articuno in Generation I. It has better PP (20 vs 10), so _BubbleBeam_ is still useful.

[@pokerebels]

Let''s gooooo 👏🏽🔥

[@chimuoma390]

@@pokerebels Chronomon Holy Mode Sweeps All Three Birds,With Sourai/Glory Thunder Depending On The Game!Play The DS Digimon RPG's And See For Yourself!

[@tylerd1297]

Bubblebeam isn't Articuno's strongest move on Blaine; because Fire doesn't resist Ice, Blizzard would be 180 power after STAB compared to SE bubble beam 130. Even Ice Beam would come out slightly stronger. But the Blizzard TM is on Cinnabar and 90% accurate so

[@pokerebels]

The strats my friend - you got it Tyler

[@nononsensenuzlocke3596]

The legendary birds are the best out here IMO

[@pokerebels]

We agree!

[@udokee7409]

Absolutely. The dogs are dog water 😒

[@sangerharpreet4994]

I really liked the information provided through your video, I recommend it

[@pokerebels]

Thank you!

[@moneytalksbswalks8855]

Zapdos is my favorite - quick and spiky

[@pokerebels]

Zapdos is our favorite! Reminds us of Jolteon with wings!

[@LITTLE1994]

It's great...until you face Mewtwo. But I love their terrifying role in the second movie.

[@pokerebels]

Ditto on that!

[@Drew-qs2wk]

It may have been easier to get through those gyms if your birds started out at level 50 like they do in the game. Just saying some of Giovanni’s team had you out leveled by 10+.

[@pokerebels]

That's what I am saying - wish I would have known sooner

[@Drew-qs2wk]

@@pokerebels In a typical gen 1 game, you would 100% have to shark/hack them to get them in the game at those levels. They are 1x wild encounters at level 50 with no way to reduce level or import them from any source where they can legitimately be found

[@pokerebels]

@@Drew-qs2wk Yes - the main way I play is by nuzlocking so I believe that's the "hacking" I did by making them starters through a reandomizer - but encountering them the legit way seems better

[@1Pidds]

1:53 That's actually not entirely true Sure Mewtwo and Mew are the most powerful Pokémon there but thats not entirely because of their typing; Their absurd stats and movepool is the real problem For my money the best type is Normal, for a few reasons. 1. The top 3 pokémon in OU are all pure Normal (and none of them are legendary) 2. Fighting types absolutely suck in this gen so they've effectively no weakness 3. STAB Body Slam and Hyper Beam Two of the best moves in the gen and they have a bonus on it (Keep in mind this is before Hyper Beam had you recharge if you knocked out the opponent. Body Slam also cant paralyze Normal types)

[@pokerebels]

Yes those moves are OP and can make or break a runthrough

[@1Pidds]

@@pokerebels Hyper Beam in-game is even crazier come to think of it since theres not the threat of you opponent switching to Rhydon or something

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

Blizzard freezes 30% of the time in the Japanese Gen I mainline games making Articuno more broken. Articuno and Zapdos are equally matched against each other although Zapdos is faster. All three birds slightly outpower Mewtwo's Psychic (Articuno's Blizzard, Zapdos's Thunder, and Moltres's Fire Blast each total 62640 vs 54810 for Mewtwo's Psychic). Mewtwo can outpower them back in Gen I by using Amnesia. Mew can learn any move. They're all amazing, but Moltres isn't too game breaking. Bubblebeam is stronger than Blizzard vs Rhydon unless Blizzard is STAB.

[@pokerebels]

Marbleous that is slay worthy!

[@jasongodek9828]

Articuno and Zapdos were both really good in-game. Articuno’s Blizzard was the most powerful unboosted special attack in the game. And Zapdos having Drill Peck was excellent. Moltres, however, was terrible in game. Horrible move pool. It couldn’t even learn flamethrower.

[@pokerebels]

I'm glad you said that Jason because we agree. Zapdos is our favorite because of its speed and power, and even if Moltres was given earlier, the moveset wouldn't be worth it!

[@ShinyShilla]

Also because of a mistake, instead of fireblast, moltres learns leer at level 51

[@petrie911]

@@ShinyShilla Flamethrower, not Fire Blast.

[@ShinyShilla]

​@@petrie911 Fire blast, not flamethrower Fireblast is a 110 power move, while Flamethrower deals 90 So it's the equivalent of Blizzard (Articuno) and Thunder (Zapdos) since they are both 110 power moves The error was that Leer and FireBlast codes were close in gen 1, and they simply mixed them up You even could've google searched, instead of falsely correcting someone without prior knowledge, or maybe you found out something new?

[@petrie911]

@@ShinyShilla Leer is index number 43. Flamethrower is 53. Fire Blast is 126. Clearly the typo was for Flamethrower, not Fire Blast. There are other reasons to expect Flamethrower in that slot over Fire Blast as well. Fire Blast is a gym leader TM, and Pokemon don't learn gym leader TMs by level up. Additionally, if you look at Pokemon movepools in gen 1, you'll find Flamethrower is used analogously to Hydro Pump, Thunder, and Blizzard. See the eeveelutions and electabuzz/magmar/jynx for the most clear examples.

[@travv88]

Zapdos should come with thunderbolt by default.

[@pokerebels]

Riiiiiighhhhtt? That's what we are saying!

[@travv88]

@@pokerebels And while I'm at it, why doesn't Moltres get flamethrower??

[@pokerebels]

@@travv88 Your guess is as good as mine. Makes NO sense whatsoever

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@travv88 They made it a Gen 2 trade-back exclusive and even then you have to go through Pokemon Stadium 2 which was the only legitimate way to re-learn a move.

[@cuddlebug8106]

Moltres is terrible but is the easiest to find / catch. Zapdos is easy to get and is good. Always helps for Lorelei. Articuno is the best or at least my favorite but the hardest to catch / find.

[@pokerebels]

Yesss cuddlebug!

[@udokee7409]

Articuno would get killed in Pokemon Stadium lol

[@pokerebels]

@@udokee7409 Facts

[@elcapitan7]

Bro please change the battery in your smoke alarm, i kept hearing the chirp thinking it was mine but realized it was the video. Other than that the audio sounds fine Not trying to hate just trying to help you for your future video creating endeavors

[@pokerebels]

Thankfully fixed on the Eevee video uploaded today and forward Capitan

[@tylercook4168]

You should do gen 2 dogs next

[@pokerebels]

👀 we just mightttt

[@petercarioscia9189]

Loved the birbs. Except Moltres of course. I was team Charizard as a kid, I knew how flawed the typing was lol. Zapdos was my favorite, being essentially the best electric type in the game, AND the best flying type (imo). Articuno was neat, but it didn't have that "cool" look/design factor of Zapdos. Also didn't learn drill peck, and man I NEEDED my flying type to know drill peck..

[@pokerebels]

Drill Peck was a NECESSITY - I definitely get it! Glad you rock with Zapdos

[@norbertotroncoso]

Moltres is available SO LATE it makes no sense to me

[@pokerebels]

We don't get it either

[@BuiRoyValdez]

Don't forget that in the remake it arrives even LATER. Only being available in the sevii islands. They really don't want you getting it during the main story...maybe to make it not compete against charizard?

[@bookmew1081]

@@BuiRoyValdez Moltres is located at Mt Ember on One Island, an area that Bill takes you to after you defeat Blaine. Islands 4-7 require National Dex as well as the Slugma cave of Mt Ember being guarded by Team Rocket members. Of course you need at least 5 Badges to get Moltres (& you'll probably want Fly from defeating Surge as well) While still the latest of the 3 Birds you can 1st get it isn't that much later than Articuno or Zapdos.

[@pokerebels]

@@BuiRoyValdez I mean maybe - but why wouldn't they be confident that we would still choose Charizard and not cheat on it with Moltres if that was the case

[@pokerebels]

@@bookmew1081 Yeah glad for Mt Ember because Gen 1 doesn't give us that luxury

[@mynameisNeo369]

They're all dope imo, how'd you get them under level 50? 🤔

[@pokerebels]

Randomizers my friend

[@peckser5alltheway]

They are the original legendaries in players minds

[@pokerebels]

Yeah but maybe, just maybeeee they aren't as solid as they are made to be

[@likeitornot-cg1fy]

How'd u get low level birds? Cheat code?

[@pokerebels]

Mainly cheats and glitches

[@TwizZter777]

I always knocked out Moltres as a kid. Articuno is really good in pokemon stadium. I always had it for the elite 4.

[@pokerebels]

Zapdos is my fav

[@jayv9070]

DOE notice his smoke alarm beeping throughout this video? Lol

[@pokerebels]

🤦🏽‍♂️ yes ya boy is working on it

[@aussiegamerplays7284]

I laughed when you said about moltres using rapid spin

[@pokerebels]

It really be wild

[@erichernandez637]

Wait rapid spin traps, i think you ment fire spin lol. It was said at 5:28.

[@pokerebels]

thanks for catching that!

[@Julio7514]

Why did you use gen 3 sprite for Articuno 🤔

[@pokerebels]

An oversight on our end smh thanks for pointing it out though!

[@415Jack]

Zapdos and his drill peck was pretty legit

[@pokerebels]

Drill Peck was BEAST

[@Owlr4ider]

All 3 are absolutely overrated. Non legendary Pokémon like Gyarados and Starmie outperform all 3 of the birds quite easily. Many other Pokémon have a similar performance. Like there isn't a massive difference between Zapdos and Jolteon, in fact Jolteon is occasionally the superior choice thanks to Flying's glaring weaknesses(like Ice) and the fact that Flying itself doesn't cover particularly important types. In fact Moltres is actually the best of the 3 birds, in the sense that he's what Charizard was meant to be, a proper Fire and Flying Pokémon with access to powerful moves from both types. Where Moltres falls short is that he doesn't naturally learn most of those moves, particularly of the Fire variety, so you have to burn TMs on him but than he's a legendary bird so 1 of the better candidates for TM usage. Still, Fire is incredibly weak in gen 1 so you don't really need it in the first place, and being Flying is a double edged sword rather than a clear advantage over the mono Fire types like Ninetales. So yeah, all 3 are pretty fun and all but either come in extremely late or require a massive detour. Articuno is the only one you get rather naturally IIRC so there's that. At least they all come online at level 50 so it's not like you have to grind them after getting them, well aside from Moltres who has a pretty terrible move set and learns Sky Attack very late. Anyway they don't really offer anything unique to the table and are all easily replaced by non legendary alternatives. If Flying was better than they'd have an edge, but being the double edged sword that it is, meh...

[@pokerebels]

FOR REAL

[@zelowatch30]

I find it ironic how Zapdos is vulnerable to electric attacks. Maybe it was deemed too powerful they added an extra weakness?

[@pokerebels]

its pretty possible

[@M3rtyville]

back in the day I thought Moltres is in Victory Road because it represents the "Spirit of Competition" of the Pokemon League. Mainly because of the anime. But in terms of ingame story reasons, no explanation was given. It sucks in terms of performance too. Even if you got it earlier, without Fire Blast it is nothing but death weight. Fire Spin doesn't help much either.

[@pokerebels]

Literally! It's crazy when you think about it

[@mylesbennetcoronadyson6929]

Can you do snorlax and rydon pleass :)

[@pokerebels]

that would be pretty cool to do!

[@mylesbennetcoronadyson6929]

@@pokerebels It would help me through my playthrough. I am playing again in honor of my cousin who passed away and its a centimental playthrough.

[@pokerebels]

Myles, I am sorry and my condolences regarding your cousin. We will add these to our roster and loving that you are honoring 🙏🏽

[@mylesbennetcoronadyson6929]

@@pokerebels I appreciate your content!

[@blueengineer4554]

Hears a funny thing when I was a kid I thought zapdos was actually spelled zaptoast

[@pokerebels]

I mean it makes me think of a toaster mon - with 3 evolutions

[@jimcanterak7349]

Zapdos, a lightning bird can use Dig. Gen 1.

[@pokerebels]

It's over

[@iBenjamin1000]

I thiiiiiiink that articuno is ou in smogon rby, for blizzard. zapdos is like top two in smogon gsc next to raikou, and moltres is solid ou in smogon advanced for immunity to spikes, use of will o wisp, and strong special attack. so um. I've always liked articuno the most. but these are the kind of legendaries I go, well they look cool. but I think about them and go yeah, they don't seem that legendary.

[@pokerebels]

They aren't as Legendary as you would believe!

[@robertfrost6421]

If you play Zapdos you better use that X Accuracy or something better otherwise you will be sorry when your thunder mises in a crucial moment in a battle. Little light on the defense, maybe I'm just a bad trainer idk

[@pokerebels]

Nah you're good - I have definitely experienced when I needed the Thunder to land and it doesn't and I lose the playthrough

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Articuno and Moltres, yeah. Their barren movepools do them no favours. Being limited to STAB and Normal moves for coverage in Gen 1 hurts them. Cuno gets BubbleBeam but it doesn't hit anything hard that Ice Beam doesn't hit harder. Starting out with Ice Beam is really good though. Moltres is just kind of sad because of its terrible movepool and Fire types not being particularly great in Gen 1. Its outclassed by Charizard despite its stats I'd argue simply because Charizard has a good movepool. Zapdos gets its props with its dual STAB even if it's stopped hard by Rock/Ground types (Hyper Beam being its strongest option which won't even leave a dent). All 3 of them have the strongest unboosted Special Attacks in the game with Blizzard, Thunder and Fire Blast so they have that going for them and even resists don't particularly enjoy those moves if they don't have the Special stats to back them up.

[@pokerebels]

Yeah you said it - seems like Zapdos really shines here

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@pokerebels In Moltres' defense, physical attackers aren't free against it since Fire Blast has a 30% burn chance. Zapdos also ironically hates fellow Electric types due to its STAB moves being resisted by them and it taking neutral damage from Electric moves (none except Magneton can really take Hyper Beam though).

[@TheDramolcan]

Your smoke detector needs a new battery

[@pokerebels]

Fixed in videos after Best Kanto my friend

[@justaguy8824]

Moltres is the worst considering how late you catch it in the game and the time you need to level it up to have a chance against the Elite 4. Also Gen 1 Fire types are just bad and don't really help in the game at all based on Weaknesses on pokemon Types. Articuno is good just because the FRZ Status stays until the opponents pokemon Faints, however since the Kanto Region is half water based there are better water types to have in your team such as Starmie having an Ice Beam since again Ice types are bad at their defences. Even if it has more bulk weakness in Fire, Fighting, Electric and Rock is too much. Also considering that the Articuno Cave is in the middle of nowhere and having you to solve a "puzzle" to get it just a waste of time. Zapdos is the best in my opinion out of all 3 of the legendary birds, first of all it's the most cool looking and you have an easy access to it. Gets 2 Stab Attacks, Drill Peck & Thunderbolt, can also Paralyze pokemons (i see it as a nerfed FRZ) It's faster out of all 3 of them which in Gen 1 Faster = More Critical Chance = Double the damage. And all in all is the best Electric Type pokemon to have in your team. Not sure if earthquake can hit it since it's part a flying type, so it cancels out it's electric weakness and the only Super Effective move against it are Rock Type moves which i don't remember are good in Gen 1. However everyone has their favorite and with a little bit of exp grind each and every pokemon can just powerthrough the game, so doesn't really matter which one is the best if you taking your time and don't make a speedrun or don't want to use those pokemons in a competitive play.

[@pokerebels]

That ranking falls in line with my thoughts - they are beast I am just mad that you get Moltres so late

[@udokee7409]

Moltres is for sure. I only need Articuno for Ice beam. Zapdos is OP 😤

[@pokerebels]

You hit it on the nail!

[@williambrinkmeier1772]

There move pool makes them crappy even when I was around 10 I figured out there stats did not make up for it also bubble beam is weaker then ice beam vs fire in gen 1 stab ice beam is 135 power its not resisted bubble beam is 130 fire gain ice resistance gen 2 .Also fire spin is 70% accurate.

[@pokerebels]

Moves back in Gen 1 were either very GOOD, very BAD or very BROKEN so it definitely is wild how they translated

[@Fanatic17]

I disagree on the whole “most evil man on earth thing”

[@pokerebels]

To each their own but maybe I joked a bit on that

[@soul21375]

I don't agree with articuno vs fire types, in gen 1 ice is neutral to fire both defensively and offensively

[@pokerebels]

Fair. There's alot about Gen 1 that I know needed to be refined later on

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Ice types are still weak to Fire in Gen 1. Fire just doesn't resist them back. Articuno likely won't take a whole lot from most fire moves anyway due to great Special bulk.

[@soul21375]

@@ShiningJudgment666 you're right

[@costby1105]

No pokemon in Generation is all that hard to capture, an asleep legendary has a little over 20 percent to be caught in an ultra ball.

[@pokerebels]

You bring up a good point but sometimes those numbers are not in our favor

[@rawbebaba]

Well Moltres is. Articuno is OP for the end game

[@pokerebels]

Agreeed

[@rawbebaba]

@@pokerebels I don't think Zapdos is "over rated" per say, who doesn't love drill peck. But when it comes to electrics, Jolteon exists though. No drill peck but shit nothing is surviving your thunderbolt anyways, also gen 1 pin missle is OP with Jolteon, high chance to crit and if one does they all do. There really is nothing in the game that can replace Articuno.

[@pokerebels]

@@rawbebaba Yeah having alternate choices is good but thinking of a Flying/Ice type that got it, it's going to only go to Articuno in gen 1

[@michaelsong3733]

Personally I think they are overrated. Statistically speaking no, their great. But by the time I get their personally, I ready have a full team and type-coverage has been taken care of. And when your whole team I'd a cohesive unit, replacing one means the whole team needs to be formatted. Theirs also all the stat-experiance that the birds dont have in comparison to my pokemon. Idk. Just seems like a waste of time to catch.

[@pokerebels]

If you have to go out of your way, it makes sense for them to at least be OP - but alas they are not

[@jeremysimms9563]

Cuno edges Zapdos only because Jolteon>Zapdos imo

[@pokerebels]

I mean I can't argue with that but drilll peckkkk

[@Bluejeepkid1]

All 3 birds are encountered at level 50 in the games so your video with them appearing at a lower level isn't very accurate

[@pokerebels]

We hope the point is clear that movesets and learn sets are at their appropriate levels. The visuals of any one of them being sub-level are more for visualization. Thank you for pointing that out Andrew! When nuzlockes come in, you will see the levels all over the place.

[@kyledabearsfan]

As an Articuno fanboy since I was a child running through red version 1000 times, I'm very disappointed in the new version, kinda lame. The OG Articuno is so elegant.

[@pokerebels]

I agree - the OG sprites used to be SO MAJESTIC

[@bigboyrox7]

Moltres is overrated, as fire spin is overrated ... Bubblebeam is the attack

[@pokerebels]

Bubble beam is the way!!

[@ronokplays]

Zapados is one the the best Pokémon of all time

[@pokerebels]

Period - I agree

[@veghesther3204]

I personally think Moltres is pure CRAP despite getting it before the E4 the other 2 are still MORE useful for them.

[@pokerebels]

Yeah you would think it would have some redemption but no

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@pokerebels You'd think it should've gotten Drill Peck at least with how big its beak is.

[@thetwilightadventures6]

The three legendary birds are illegal in 37 American states?

[@pokerebels]

according to SCIENCE!!!!

[@Jackaroo.]

ArticUNO ZapDOS MolTRES

[@pokerebels]

Illuminati confirmed ♦️

[@udokee7409]

24 years and you've just opened my eyes 😳

[@juliand.breakdown463]

Why arent your Birds lvl 50? XD

[@pokerebels]

Randomizers my frienddd

[@MrRasnowman]

Zapdos!!!

[@pokerebels]

DRILL PECK

[@halo3pownage]

The reason Moltres is available in victory road is because game freak figured out that most players meaning 85%+(I'm pulling that out of my ass btw) will not know where is Zapdos is because of how out of the way it's capture location is not to mention that nowhere in the game it's told explicitly where to capture Zapdos. Articuno is found on your main quest when you travel from fuchsia City to cinnabar Island and Moltres is found on your main journey when you travel through victory road to the elite four.

[@halo3pownage]

And when I give the percentage figure, I don't mean now in the current year, I mean back when the games were first released

[@pokerebels]

@@halo3pownage for sure! Legit stats too!

[@halo3pownage]

@@pokerebels thank you, I legitimately did just pull that out of my ass though and I figured it was around that because I remember when I was playing pokémon Red and Blue as a kid I had to have one of my friends tell me where Zapdos was and I didn't even know Zapdos was a pokémon

[@TirelessGaming]

I never travel from Fuchsia to Cinnabar, I just went from Pallet town.

[@pokerebels]

@@TirelessGaming That definitely works!

[@jschmidty2332]

Zapdos

[@pokerebels]

...is my favorite of the 3.

[@alfiegriffiths5441]

"fairly late in the game" funny thing is you can probably find 2 of the 3 with only 3 badges, and in frlg, probably all 3 of them with 4 badges, due to moltres no longer being in victory road. (obviously they are supposed to be late game encounters though)

[@pokerebels]

Yeah there is definitely a way to get them much much earlier!

[@bookmew1081]

You need to beat Brock, Misty, Erika (Strength), Koga (Surf), & Blaine (Access to One Island) in order to reach Moltres in FRLG. You could get Zapdos with only 3 Badges, although I don't think anyone would want to get these birds without Flying. Likewise, Articuno needs 4 Badges because of Strength. Gen 1 you could glitch your way past Brock & potentially use the Stadium Shortcut to Skip Misty & get Zapdos with only Koga defeated in 1 of the weirdest runs possible that has you travel Rock Tunnel backward in the dark to get to the Power Plant. You need to use Cut to reach Erika meaning you need to beat Misty as well to get Strength for Articuno in Gen 1.

[@pokerebels]

@@bookmew1081 Yes that! The strats for how you can do this is wild

[@bookmew1081]

@@pokerebels Gen 1 games were notable for how much freedom they offered the player. Of course, you need either Surf or Cut to challenge Surge, you need Cut to challenge Erika, & you need Surf to challenge Blaine. All 7 other Badges are required to enter Viridian Gym. As a result of this freedom there are plenty of weird runs possible. FireRed & LeafGreen removed the ability to enter Saffron City early by requiring the Tea from Celadon. Still, you can skip Surge & Erika, challenge Sabrina before Koga, or challenge Blaine before Sabrina. The new Gen 9 games actually go further than Gen 1 in terms of the freedom of path your journey can take.

[@KeijiMuto-cx5gp]

Legendary beasts >>>> legendary birds

[@pokerebels]

👀 that video is COMING shhhh

[@birdley34]

I never did like moltres

[@pokerebels]

moltres is found mad late for no reason

[@birdley34]

@@pokerebels late game charizard in my eyes

[@litigioussociety4249]

I cannot stand when younger people pronounce Moltres wrong. The names are based off of Spanish: uno, dos, and tres. When you pronounce it like trez (rhymes with Pez) it makes the video unwatchable. I'm aware a couple of times the anime pronounced it like that. Doesn't excuse the ignorance.

[@pokerebels]

It's cringe I know - so being a native spanish speaker I gotta get better at emphasizing that ArticUNO, ZapDOS, and MolTRES

[@tommytiger7459]

I always thought psychic types where way op in gen 1.

[@pokerebels]

They definitely are

[@mhar2812]

I think you can catch zapdos through the powerplant..if my memory serves well

[@pokerebels]

Yes power plant ahoy with Surf HM to access

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@pokerebels And you can get it before Sabrina.

[@thetwiggamingchannel9578]

im sorry for ruining your 69 subs, it had to be done.

[@pokerebels]

Lol we not mad at you 😂 thanks for the sub!

[@alfredosanchez170]

Ah, gen 1 Articuno: a 90% accurate Blizzard, a Special stat of 125, and fire types not resisting its ice type moves Lorelei walls my boy HARD, tho. Everyone else is a joke

[@pokerebels]

Lorelei is a definite THREAT. Glad the birds still deal well across the board

[@Lebedev34]

Chad Zapdos, virgin articuno and moltres can seethe

[@pokerebels]

The CHADDDD