Bad Pokemon With AMAZING Abilities

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[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

What are some other Pokemon that are carried by their abilities?

[@milessteamaccount]

Palafin's Zero to Hero

[@zachpro5475]

Peleper

[@FlygonkingVGC]

Tearing up the VGC scene it’s ursaluna. And before it conkeldurr.

[@miikaroos3809]

Generally, Abilities that boost the power of moves like Sheer Force, Tough Claws, Iron Fist, Strong Jaw, Sharpness etc. tend to improve their users.

[@brenoborba5433]

Xatu with magic bounce

[@chrisnengel7520]

"Any Ditto without imposter just gets cast off into the void immediately." I'm afraid I must disagree. They get cast off to the Day Care, not the void!

[@robertlupa8273]

I thought it was the Imposters who get cast off into the void [of space]?

[@tyrant-den884]

If it at least had priority

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

well they need 31ivs across the board to save themselves from the void first.

[@Wadosan]

At this point seeing Serperior’s Special Attack Lowering instead of rising two stages after leaf storm is cursed

[@ricardosalmeron1946]

😂😂😂

[@LightningZerker]

The funny thing is that if Zoroark has Illusion active and Terapagos is in the last slot it will be the baby form. It does give away that it's a Zoroark, but hey!

[@alexdehatter2151]

Cherrim: “Can we be friends?” Groudon: “Yes.”

[@leebulger7112]

Imagine if the Abilities Drizzle and Drought were active outside of battle in the Hoenn Region it would rain every time you see a Pelliper or extremely hot when you see a Torcol.

[@theknightwithabadpictotall7639]

That synergy is hilarious lmao

[@castform7]

Then there's what I like to call the "Straight to Ubers Abilities Club" consisting of anyone with Moody or Shadow Tag. Bibarel can be a genuine threat after like 3 turns of Moody and Chandelure was probably the first time Game Freak was like "woah woah, this cannot be something that exists" when they took Shadow Tag off it before Hidden Abilities released.

[@carucath97]

Not just Bibarel, even Bidoof could be a threat with Moody 😂

[@hellojimbi5822]

Moody pokemon are low ladder. I don't recall a time bibarel has ever been even a little meta. In fact I can only think of a couple moody pokemon even worthy of UU

[@SEIJITV]

That Malamar slander at the beginning will not be tolerated. Ill challenge anybody that wanna look down on my squid homie

[@castform7]

Sure lemme just grab my Golisipod with First Impression (this is a joke, I actually think Malamar's pretty cool but you can't deny that it's nothing without Contrary battle wise).

[@callie_calamari]

as officially malamar's number 1 supporter, i agree with this. malamar is literally peak pokemon

[@rockowlgamer631]

My malamar with Superpower and increased IV defenses plus using a assault vest for special defense boost.

[@attilaszanto2275]

Water Bubble is really 4 in 1, not just 3. In addition to the effects mentioned here, it also cures burn if a burned pokémon receives Water Bubble via Trace, Skill Swap etc, or if ignored by Mold Breaker.

[@Ionreallysleep]

That doesnt make it 4 because water veil does that

[@Serperior1212]

@@Ionreallysleepit makes it 5

[@Blutexdoingstuff]

Serperior just like shedinja was pretty uch designed with its ability in mind remember that gen 5 was the generation that introduced hidden abilities so it makes sense that they thought in advance which hidden ability to give the starters of that generation

[@olafmikoaj3121]

So why non of them could have their hidden abbilities? Contrary Serperior is gen 6 thing

[@wikiuser92]

Not all Hidden Abilities were made available in Gen 5. And that's good, because some of them were outright broken and had to be changed before release.

[@vedantchavan6314]

​@@wikiuser92 Shadowtag Chandeluier 💀💀💀

[@wikiuser92]

@@vedantchavan6314 Bingo.

[@Hyperion77]

​@@vedantchavan6314i thought the same 💀💀💀

[@justinn8541]

This is why pokemon with the ability Moody are often terrible.

[@taylorshank1638]

Also people lol

[@le1660]

unsubbed and disliked for the Serperior Slander.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

An ally has been found

[@darktemplar446]

Yooo. This slander is so unexceptable. You got the right idea.

[@p0ryg0nz]

Serperior is just underwhelming. Everyone drags Meganium when Serperior is right there!

[@miikaroos3809]

I like Serperior too, but come on. Without Contrary, it's probably the second worst starter ever.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

@@p0ryg0nz you and I are enemies for life

[@PeridotEX]

On the other side of the spectrum, it's impressive how dominant Great Tusk is. Unless you're running a sun team (or going against one), it basically doesn't have an ability.

[@salsichareverso]

Booster Energy

[@castform7]

Clefable with either of its abilities makes it one of the most annoying Pokemon to fight.

[@Jlaps941]

Especially Lusamine’s 🙃

[@carucath97]

Funny how the Pokemon originally intended to be the mascot (and its evo) are actually good

[@piranhalettuce]

@@carucath97 unlike Fraudchu

[@spencercampbell1873]

Sad truth, Lurantis actually lost Superpower:(

[@goGothitaLOL]

And then it got it back from a DLC patch, as a egg-move

[@houndofculann1793]

@@goGothitaLOL So the move got a paywall

[@jebalitabb8228]

@@houndofculann1793sounds fair, as if you don’t have the dlc you probably aren’t playing competitive anyways

[@houndofculann1793]

@@jebalitabb8228 I don't see how that matters. I'm pretty sure lots of people are like me and just like to mess around in single player, and as the move isn't actually new content for Lurantis but a removed and then returned one it's still behind a paywall for anyone who doesn't think the DLC's by themselves are worth the money. Sure, you don't _need_ any particular tactics or moves to do just fine in single player, but it's still taking away previously accepted content from the player. This applies for other moves too, and I think its especially bad for the new TM's. Especially for things like Scald, which was removed and kind of replaced with Chilling Water which made me believe they removed it as a balance measure. Nope, they just erased Scald from all natural move pools and then added it behind a paywall.

[@hellojimbi5822]

​@@houndofculann1793the paywall argument could be applied to every generation. You need to buy the dlc if you want the Pokemon in it to use competitively..its whatever

[@attilaszanto2275]

Leaf Storm and similar moves were nerfed from 140 to 130 base power in gen 6.

[@Serperior1212]

fly high

[@Acnheevee]

Don’t forget mid Pokémon with abilities so strong that they got banned like shadow tag wobbufett and moody smeargle

[@BunnyWitchcraft]

Lightning rod makes Raichu a match made in heaven for Kyogre I love that duo

[@FlygonkingVGC]

Vivillion is the friend guard Pokémon with the highest bst

[@p0ryg0nz]

But clefairy with eviolite is bulkier

[@carucath97]

TIL that Vivillon has Friend Guard (I only know it as a Compound Eyes sleep powder/quiver dance/hurricane spammer in Anything Goes)

[@Cochu]

What's up with the YAOI stick LOL

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

the editor gets full creative liberties, for better or worse 😂

[@Cochu]

Well hey, that edit made me comment so it's definitely working HAHA

[@necrocomicon8]

Oh good, I wasn't the only one who saw that.

[@vamp97]

I’m sorry, is that a yaoi paddle?!

[@dragoncatoverload]

It has a baby turtle form because it’s a reference to one of its inspirations. Tl;dr there’s a Japanese tale called Urashima Taro that’s basically Japanese Rip Van Wrinkle. The story involves a rainbow turtle and a young man suddenly turning into an old man with white hair at the end. Similar to Terapago’s beard. Oh it also involves an underwater castle (blueberry academy)

[@Mawein13]

Did you want to make a statement with this "Yaoi" whip?

[@benjaminsurrette3034]

gamefreak so knew what it was doing with clefairy it’s an og pokémon and one of the first icons of the brand so having a way to have it also show it’s face amongst the competitive scene seems like exactly the type of antic game freak would be up to. tons of huge ass monsters and clefairy it’s the same vain of silliness as farfetchd and dunsparce and i feel like it’s part of why we love them

[@clothieredward5248]

I clicked this video the second I saw Serperior in the thumbnail. Definitely the best way to get my attention.

[@darkespeon64]

I see 2 of my fave pokemon on the list so before i hear it. Serperior devestatingly is a HORRIBLE battler without its hidden ability 😢😢😢 and i happened to get a shiny clefable with its hidden ability on my birthday. I used it one my main team, due to the dex cut replacing my serperior that was bad, and was sooooo shocked at how it sweeped nearly every single person i faced. Its become my all time fave pokemon

[@necrocomicon8]

Can we talk about JPR smacking the araquanid with the yaoi pole, or are we gonna keep sweeping stuff like this under the rug?

[@blackfrieza6969]

5:47 Zekrom Used Electropiss.

[@eljordinio7647]

If only serperior was better in a unova playthrough Like give it more coverage like Samurott and Emboar have, and maybe buff its bulk, and you're good to go

[@occul4rsn1pes32]

Im telling you now if nintendo just made a survival sandbox multiplayer game with pokemon (think palworld minus the guns) theyd be rolling in the dough. Id love to just go build a pretty house and have my favorite team of pokemon just out on the frontier.

[@miikaroos3809]

Good choices, although a bit obvious. I have experience with many of these Pokémon myself. For example, my Gastrodon is definitely one of my team's best members in Brilliant Diamond. It has solo'd Palmer's first team in the Battle Tower tons of times. It's hilarious how his Milotic still keeps trying Hydro Pump in almost every match.

[@mxntishiphop]

I just realized that Pincurchin’s face is actually its balls

[@Serperior1212]

Fr?

[@mxntishiphop]

Yeeep. That yellow part is uni, a delicacy in a lot of places, which also happens to be the “gonads” of the urchin

[@bvd_vlvd]

Amnesia Acid Armour Recover Scald Gastrodon is so cursed and is actually a bit better with Sticky hold but it's a ridiculous set anyway, you have to take out all Toxic users to make any use of it (but I beat a Mega Venusaur with it once lmao)

[@mauriziobernotti9171]

8:05 nice 3rd strike music

[@gavinaaric]

Happy everyother JPR Friday

[@Dojibu]

Storm drain gets all the spotlight. I wonder why Lightning rod (it's electric type clone) doesn't get as much use? Maybe it's that most of the mons that get it are immune to electric anyway? But that doesn't explain the goldeen line that got it in a ninja update. Did they just not do as well despite having a nice way to counter that weakness (and get a special atk boost in the process)?

[@ibtiago18]

The 1st case ever of a pokemon saved by it's abilty was Azumaril. In it's debut gen it was totaly useless. Comes gen 3 and thanks to Huge Power it became a manace.

[@ILoveBooksAndMath]

Azumarill only has 50 base attack stat though even with the ability it's still slow af

[@taylorshank1638]

Breh your Jeff Gordon paraphernalia plus Hank Hill reference = me saying proudly on a Pokemon youtube channel that Im from Martinsville, the shortest track in the circuit!! Post covid is a wild time lol

[@Chorongy-]

Did you get a new Quickball yet?

[@anonymousmonkey9491]

I wouldn't lie, first thing that came to my mind was unburden accelgor, but then I looked it up and it has 145 base spd.

[@user-gt7vi9jm9m]

I have one, delcatty with normalize. It can turn a weak pokemon into a decent one, as long as you aren't fighting steel,rock and ghost types.

[@TrvisXXIII]

For some reason while watching this video, it finally clicked with me why competitive is so popular in Pokémon. I didn’t find anything gratifying about battling just for the sport if there weren’t any rewards like experience, money, or badges. But I spent a lot of hours playing other JRPGs, mainly the sujimon gimmick in Like a Dragon: Infinite wealth, and built an appreciation for creating strong team setups and min maxing for the challenge mode in the game

[@richardtheactor]

Araquanid had been a beast on my nat dex teams

[@giselle_gewelle7]

I think Comfey with Triage can be added here

[@rjmartinez4800]

Serperior is one of my fav Pokémon I hope it gets an upgrade in legends Z if it is one of the staters

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

they changed starters to staters now?

[@milessteamaccount]

Now we need a video on good pokemon with BAD abilities

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

The Regigigas Theorem

[@enoyna1001]

Keldeo

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

Light metal metagross?

[@matthewesposito6973]

The Pokedoku mention 🔥🔥

[@hunterk679]

Did you binge watch WolfeyVGC before this? 😂 I just watched his weezing tournament before this!

[@AdeptCharon]

"Bruneaux" is misspelled in the video for footage used..

[@mattguy1773]

That’s just the regigigas theorem

[@andweback7759]

this thumbnail is goated LOL

[@mugs-]

Serpireror is the goat 😤

[@vossboss220]

I wish I could just hate Serperior and have it be mediocre but no it just has to be good and show up everywhere

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

10:00 “look cute and sell toys” And yet there are people out there that say it’s one of (if not) the worst looking Pokémon ever. I know, opinions and all, but they don’t sound like fun people to be around. Terapagos’ design is fine. And I know this video is about bad Pokémon with good abilities but I just wanted to mention this.

[@Hyperion77]

That serperior slander is criminal, what my snake boi did to deserve this 😿😿😿

[@jj578297]

Why is the volume so low, JPR. I have it at max and can barely hear

[@ravenpluim9050]

Castform, with stats like those without getting weather ball stab it wouldn't even be useful in the single player. Also has anybody ever really asked why the heck castform doesn't get a rock type sandstorm version? Or a fog version for ddpt?

[@marlinraliuga3225]

12/10 thumbnail

[@v9volt797]

Eeleektross, grimsnarl and incineroar

[@goGothitaLOL]

The first one is sadly not good outside of PU (before Gen 9 PU even became too much for it), the others can’t be denied

[@v9volt797]

@@goGothitaLOL I said eeleektross not bc it’s amazing in comp but bc of its ability single handily making him a very good in game team member as it has basically no weakness

[@RayGunga13]

amazing

[@TheGuardianssorrow]

Im here for the snek bullying

[@LoganKaruPlaysGames]

Shedinja

[@bruhcanyoustop4658]

Lurantis Slander shall not stand‼️

[@bubblesys]

i’m surprised he didn’t mention that Lurantis also gets stab leaf storm

[@BrianStorm742]

I'm not saying it makes them good per se, but a lot of butterfly and moth Pokémon have really decent Abilities like Compound Eyes, Shield Dust or Ice Scales.

[@tktyga77]

A KotH reference is a W in my book, & Komala is yet another bad Pokémon with a good ability

[@Endershock1678]

That pronunciation of Araquanid is giving me pain. Didn’t realize it was a rock type. It’s so much worse considering you pronounced “Arachniphobia” correctly later in the same segment.

[@twotamatos]

There are no bad Pokémon just bad trainers once u get good enough at the game u can make any Pokémon work even delibird

[@lp1spiritguidance577]

I love serperior..... despite it being a lizard

[@benjamincooper358]

Hi Comfey

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

Liked because clodsire mentioned

[@Serperior1212]

1:31 NO IT ISNT??

[@blue94rose]

I know this is just for fun, but sometimes I really hate how people judge Pokemon solely on their competitive relevancy 😐

[@charlesgaillardet5455]

Bidoof !

[@zexalbrony4799]

I wouldn't call some of these Pokemon bad, some of them are just okay, without thier abilities they would never be seen in the Competitive scene, but many of them are okay and fun enough to use in casul playthoughs or with you're friends, I mean Serperior and Rillaboom are Starters and Starters are usually good and fun in playthoughs regardless. If a Pokemon is bad then it should be unsable at all, like Regigias I mean really having to wait five full turns before you can do anything.

[@onetallpheeesh]

QUUUUUUAAAAAA

[@RealLifeLoner]

Nah the Serperior slander is unacceptable

[@darkcerabrate]

Why does he have a yaoi paddle?

[@mihai1997]

How the heck did you even get a starter with their hidden abilities?

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Most of the time they have to be distributed through a special event or through Pokemon Home

[@mihai1997]

Ah.... can you transfer pokemons into Home if you have games on your computer instead of a Swich?

[@tayclark42]

No​@@mihai1997

[@Jlaps941]

There’s several ways. Several events from Pokémon Bank and Home (how I’ve gotten most of mine), in Gen 5 there was the Dream World which is now defunct, X&Y had the Friend Safari, Gen 7 had SOS battle chaining, and then since Gen 8 the ability patch exists to give any Pokémon who has a hidden ability their HAs.

[@implozia1360]

In your imaginary-accusation delf defence, I never eaten at Arby's cuz I never threaded in America (or anywhere else they may have one). I do wonder how's the place, considering so many mention it or the pancake place.

[@evaboeglin5690]

Azumarill

[@goGothitaLOL]

Tyranitar, Garganacl, and Glimmora, and to an lesser extent H-Arcanine (Rock never not suck ass) Sheer Force Nidos and Speed Boost Scolipede (my beloved) Speed Boost Blaziken Speed Boost Espathra (otherwise a mid and forgettable Psychic-type without it, among mid and forgettable psychic-types) Protean Meowscarada (115 Atk ain’t cutting it at all in today’s power crept standards, and Grass/Dark is ass), and yes even the nerfed one Magic Bounce Xatu and Espeon (before Hatterene exists) Prankster anything (Sableye, Whimsicott, Klefki, Grimmsnarl, etc.) Technician Breloom and Scizor Regenerator Slowtwins Magic Guard/Unaware Clefable

[@foxninjagaming]

Hi the daily downforce

[@carnage0685]

did you jus t call scolipede bad

[@SpeciousFox]

man, jpr roasting my second fav pokemon (serperior) in my birthday feels way too personal 😔

[@Salamanderr]

Wishiwashi

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

How dare that thumbnail call my favorite Pokemon bad. In all seriousness I may love Serperior but contrary did actually make it viable

[@thatman666]

On the contrary, it should be seen as a compliment. I’ll see my myself out of the dad joke.

[@Serperior1212]

Yeah man

[@PogGorilla]

In sword shield, i won every fight from the marney fight in wyndon to leon with contrary mamlamar

[@oler777]

why dose your club say man love in japinese? are you insinuating somthing lol

[@michachyra3513]

A lot of the video is very inaccurate, especially in regards to vgc. Like Rillaboom being a one button mon? Like fake out and u turn, as well as knock off, are used a lot. Indeedee is one of the top tr supporters, follow me, tr, helping hand, impridon, hyper voice/gleam etc

[@jinxeekatt]

❤

[@Gamesterr-]

0 views in 0 seconds you fell off brodie

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Fr fr

[@thekakeking9400]

I work ar Arby's

[@Stringspuller88]

I feel sorry for you

[@madarbhagat2786]

Serperior being a starter is just a troll 😂

[@jakea5915]

Hi

[@blackestyang7528]

this guy is carried by his clickbait more than talonflame was carried by its ability

[@TheFirstCurse1]

Serperior is my favorite Starter. She's amazing and doesn't deserve this hatred. Shame on you.

[@t_bone_4]

there are no bad pokemon just bad trainers...

[@miikaroos3809]

Yeah, that's not true.

[@edgargaebolg9307]

Okay so your team is level 5 early route bugs and mine is level 100 legendaries

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

@@edgargaebolg9307 lmao

[@saumyatyagi6763]

Unsubbed for underestimating araquanid

[@LoganKaruPlaysGames]

I was like 10

[@enoyna1001]

You still are

[@LoganKaruPlaysGames]

@@enoyna1001 14. Im 14. I was saying i was the 10th to like

[@miikaroos3809]

​@@LoganKaruPlaysGames And why should we, or you for that matter, care about that feat?

[@LoganKaruPlaysGames]

I dont know.

[@LoganKaruPlaysGames]

I just felt it was worth sharing

[@bimbodoki]

Just wanted to say I watch all of these videos and love them even though i never have, and likely never will, pick a pokemon based on how good it is. (I play what i think is cute.) Neat to learn though 🎉