Pretty Good Pokemon in RBY OU

/ humanreverend
someone is going to be really mad i talked about nidoking and raticate but not doris
plague von karma's rock wars:
• Gen 1's Rock Wars: A C...
0:00 - intro
1:34 - OU Washups
12:56 - Golem feat. Plague von Karma
14:09 - Second best mons
21:59 - The Secret Sauce
27:00 - Gyarados and Venusaur feat. Plague von Karma
31:10 - Swords
music used:
Pilot Wings - Replay
Kevin MacLeod - Secrets of the Schoolyard
Gran Turismo 3 - Car Dealer
Garfield 2 DS - Sewers
Lode Runner 3D - Bonus Stage
Cel Damage - Main Menu
Garfield 2 DS - Avoid Traffic
RBY - Cerulean City
Popslinger - Pineapple Ocean
Majin Tensei - Chaotic Law
Crash Bandicoot - Cortex Power
Jurassic Park 2 SNES - Dark Jungle
Shin Megami Tensei - Arcade
Tiny Tank - Snow10
Snatcher - One Night in Kobe City
Harukanaru Augusta 2 Masters - BGM 2
Melee - Icicle Mountain
Formula X - Crossroad
Shin Megami Tensei - Kichijoji
Stuart Little 3 - The Garden
Waialae Country Club - BGM 3
Flintstones SNES - Password Menu
Wii U eshop menu 2
Shin Honkaku Hanafuda - BGM 7
Waterworld - Mission Theme 2
Sim's 2 DS - Manger's Suite
Shinobi 3 - Sakura
Time Trax - Briefing
No More Heroes 2 - Money Shot
No More Heroes 1 main theme

[@bewill5121]

i really like the porygon clip where it kills a 5% hp frozen chansey

[@ExpandDong420]

He's doing his best, ok?

[@bastianleyton1951]

Pory peak

[@yoisakikanade_]

he killin it bro 🔥🔥🔥

[@BasicallyGoblin]

You're welcome

[@glitchedoom]

I'm Pory-here for it.

[@BigYellowSilly]

The bit 9 minutes in where Tauros is a wrestler and screams numbers at the cat is my favourite thing I've ever seen

[@BigYellowSilly]

my bad it is now my second favourite I just hit the pinsir mention

[@tommyortega7796]

Fucking real

[@sungazercyan]

Scott Steiner math is always a treat when it appears

[@azurabbit12]

I'll never get tired of seeing ghe Gen1 Cinematic Universe content creators interact, you, Reverend and Plague Von Karma are like the coolest people ever to me and seeing your comments on each other's videos is like watching a crossover

[@Hnui03]

Was waiting for the funny yellow man to respond about the accusations against his favorite mid bug

[@undergroundmonorail]

reverend talks in bold lowercase

[@lordecramox7394]

Indeed he does... Also Hi! :DDDD :3

[@undergroundmonorail]

@@lordecramox7394 yoo

[@Blackacre438]

When the video starts with "This video is about smogon singles" over a nature background, you KNOW you're in for a good time

[@parkinglotmosh4360]

seeing 110 atk and 100 speed referred to as "Good Numbers" while submerged in the modern day climate of pokemon makes me feel the closest i will ever feel to one of those tradcath larper type guys

[@minerturtle45]

retvrn to tradition

[@Justpassingby204]

I mean, tauros also got to abuse gen 1 hyper beam and body slam. Gen 9 power creep is too much though

[@michaelgjrjvebs]

Nowadays I don't even get hyped about a new little goober unless the leaked attacking and speed stat exceeds my average heart rate

[@TsuchinokoIsARealAnimal]

@@michaelgjrjvebs I think you need to see a doctor immediately

[@bluebaron6811]

@@michaelgjrjvebs yeah I remember 15 yo me seeing Inteleon's juicy 125 Sp. Atk. stat and 120 Speed stat when SWSH released, getting hyped, and then realizing 5 days later "wow, this actually sucks ass, I'm going to have a playdate with someone cool like Barraskewda and Dragapult instead."

[@adamslow934]

The "30% chance to make Starmie fucking unkillable" bit is genuinely one of the funniest things I've ever seen oh my god

[@adamslow934]

I know I'm very late to making this comment but I haven't been able to stop thinking about that bit for the past few days

[@lewisspring35]

I do remember seeing a line on the Smogon Dex saying "You seriously do not want to have to face a Burned Starmie."

[@lucystarlight8887]

I can’t believe I’ve never heard of Countering your own Explosion, that’s the most Gen 1 thing ever

[@HumanReverend]

You need the last move to have hit you be a damaging normal or fighting move when you explode, and your opponent needs to switch or maybe get full para'd (it definitely doesn't work if they try to burn a sleep turn). I spent all day trying to do it on ladder and now the replay may or may not be in hell

[@Eroil]

​@@HumanReverendA really well thought out move

[@bruceU]

@@HumanReverend Really funny that counter boom is best used by only the best pokemon because nothing else forces a switch ever

[@dataexpunged4784]

This could actually make for a cool gimmick move in the next generation. Have your Pokemon faint in exchange for whatever Pokemon switches in having its next move doubled in power

[@0001aardvark]

@@dataexpunged4784That move exists it's called Retaliate lol.

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

Showing Porygon and saying "behold, a Chansey" is a fantastic gag. Reverend is the academic shitposter of Gen 1 Pokémon People

[@zga042]

socratic-ass gag

[@Tuskor130]

Reverend is on that Diogenes type beat

[@franslair2199]

I really enjoy the running gag where a mon does their niche thing only to get whooped instantly.

[@jman2050]

Aw yeah I got the clutch double switch to get my low tier warrior in safely, what are you gonna do about it? *They switch in Starmie/Zapdos* Oh, yeah, you can just do that… huh…

[@dm9910]

WhAt ArE tHeY gOnNa Do??

[@mymoistbeansuwu5959]

"and it's fuckin' Lickitung baby fuck yeah" the MOST excited anyone has ever been to talk about Lickitung.

[@jackorelha1]

Explosion is probably the funniest move in Pokémon history. I wish they never nerfed it. Every time I see an old school pokemon ranked game and I see the funny button, it cracks me up.

[@sketchydude8431]

A-Golem using galvanized boosted explosions is objectively one of the funniest things ever

[@jackorelha1]

Same for Mega Glalie

[@cassidydankochik3294]

Gen 1 hyper beam should have never been nerfed - I will die on this hill.

[@spoxx1802]

Explosion not being nerfed would've been incredibly detrimental to VGC. Imagine Landorus-Therian except it has a functionally 375 base power spread move with Explosion. Especially with closed team sheets, a random Explosion at any turn has the chance to just be really stupid and unpredictable.

[@bmac4]

As someone who plays a lot of (not super serious) gen 3 ladder it is indeed the best button I put three boomers on my team, my average game length went from like 40 turns on standard offense to like 15 and I hit a higher rating anyway because gen 3 ladder players dont know how to respond to something that just kneecaps all opportunity for early momentum.

[@catisticallyspeaking]

I have become convinced to spend all my son's college savings on Lickitung merchandise, the fact that Lickitung is clearly the best pokemon in OU means that this will surely be a good investment and I'll make it back with 300% interest in the next two years

[@Serperior1212]

Is this real 😮

[@catisticallyspeaking]

@@Serperior1212 Yeah I'm currently a gazillionaire

[@stupidusernamestaken]

I seriously can't get over your subtle monotone roasts of all these pokemon. You provide a very distinct brand of humor I don't find anywhere else and I love you for it.

[@beanoptodon]

Real

[@ladsworld]

got the ping for this video while I was driving to my brother's place and as soon as I opened the door I told him "NEW REVEREND VIDEO" and we watched it on the big screen like it was the super bowl

[@s942]

One day I explicitly put gengar on my team because I hated wrap so much, I didn't care at all about the other good stuff gengar has. I was almost immediately hit with a wrap team with arbok and that's when I decided I should start playing other gens.

[@sgjackson64]

i've probably beaten rby 20 times and i've never seen lickitung's back sprite before today

[@bettyunicorn6132]

It’s like the rarest Pokémon ever in game for some reason.

[@bluebaron6811]

I actually used Weezing a lot in the past 3 months. A few things for people jumping on the Weezing train: -Sludge is the best worst move ever. Good damage to Chansey and other physically frail Pokémon. But it does have a chance to poison. Be mindful of that, unless you actually want the opponent to be poisoned instead of paralyzed. -guess what? Burns are like poisoning but better. Fire Blast is good, just don't turn Starmie or Alakazam into an invincible titan. -Explode. You know why you're using Weezing to begin with. Just do it already.

[@egon3705]

how much does sludge do to exeggutor?

[@bluebaron6811]

@@egon3705 I forgor.

[@alecrutz6979]

@@egon3705 3 hit KO it looks like. Psychic from Exeggutor is a 2 hit KO though so good luck.

[@bluebaron6811]

@@alecrutz6979 yeah, Weezing ain't for the wimpy ones. Using Weezing kinda requires you to "man up", as the kids say.

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

25:50 Equating a burning Starmie to Godzilla is brilliant, because both of them hold immense power while being in never ending pain

[@ragingwolfaboo]

i'm the guy you were dumpstering with persian in the recordings, always a fun time when someone pulls out a surprise cat, ggs the godzilla starmie had me laughing so hard, i love your RBY videos

[@wadespencer3623]

"Kabutops is another swords dancer that can never hold its child" I feel like Kabutops would eat any kabuto it saw anyway.

[@darkwarrior007]

I don't think I'm any more prepared for the ending to any of Rev's videos than he ever is to end them in the first place.

[@maxlimit9129]

fun fact the early patron cut had a bit more at the end but we convinced him to end it like this because it's funnier

[@0001aardvark]

@@maxlimit9129I remember this from like the debut run of the video. It was honestly kinda a sad ending.

[@f.h.k6356]

New Reverend video got my sword dancin. Giving me amnesia. Hell it’s even making me mediate. These stat buffs will allow me to rest loop reflect snorlax giving me a niche in gen 1 OU

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

This is the highest IQ comment ive seen all day

[@NeoGraena]

Mf channeled his inner Dracula to drop these bars

[@JimWitschey]

This tier ain't nothin to me man

[@Picklemirror]

*THIS ISN'T YOUR GRANDMA'S BARELY PLAYABLE METAGAME*

[@DaniDoyle]

As someone who regularly eats dry ramen, this video has convinced me to add pinsir to all of my teams

[@boot-4704]

Holy cr*p Lois it’s Fire Emblem KZbinr Dani Doyle!

[@FlamezOfGamez]

Somehow “covering” 4 Pokemon within the last 3 minutes, with the “analysis” quickly deteriorating into purely just jokes by the end has me quite literally in tears. Awesome video!

[@Alex-xk5xt]

best thing about these videos is the way any time he starts a sentence you never know if its going to be legitimate information or a punchline

[@bluebaron6811]

I really like RBY OU's linear design because then I imagine all the Pokémon in the tier have a personality, rather than "oh this Landorus sure does exist on that guy's team". For instance, Tauros and Chansey are the former high school couple that went on to marry and birth a kid, Snorlax, that combines their offensive and defensive presences respectively. Exeggutor is the licensed meth-head who always talks about giving people "the good plant" and blowing up the town. Starmie doesn't have a heart or a brain, but yet he still does. He's "The Thing". Rhydon is Tauros' dad, who scolds him whenever he doesn't run Blizzard. And Kingler is the tourist who always wants to show a bit of his culture to the rest of OU, aka "Swords Dance cuisine".

[@Alexander_Grant]

What

[@bastianleyton1951]

Porygon Is the nerd kid who thinks that it can bully Snorlax and since Snorlax wants to be a good and responsible adult he can't do anything too serious to porygon since it's just a kid who pester him sometimes

[@someeggplant]

Bruh

[@moistmarsupial3528]

Jesse what the fuck are you talking about

[@tezcanaslan2877]

@@moistmarsupial3528 jesse cooking it good today

[@ricebun4669]

I love when Clefairy uses minimize 6 times before everyone in the room eats the deadly amanita mushroom. Favorite strat of all time

[@JulianBliss]

The editing, the humor, it's just all so good. Papa's back

[@CommanderWiggins]

This is one of those videos where you need to actually watch it with your eyeballs instead of just having it play in the background because of how good the visual gags are.

[@toastprobably9774]

Gotta love the team at 28:13 having thunder wave on chansey twice. Guess it likes the move that much.

[@PlaguevonKarma]

yes

[@Corsharkgaming]

this will keep me going for months while I team build teams I will use for an hour, lose 3 games in a row and then never touch again except to move them to a different pc box.

[@nefigah]

This is an amazing high effort video, but I have to emphasize that the main reason to watch Reverend videos is that signature dry wit and hilarious writing. Which also do come through in your showdown replay vids and Yugioh stuff (I dont even play Yugioh), so don't feel like you have to make an award-winning tour de force every single video

[@jacefairis1289]

i was not mentally prepared for the line "maybe poliwrath sucks toes..." less than 2 minutes into the video lmao

[@CreepsMcPasta]

I'm a simple man. I see a long niche video about an obscure meta, I click

[@hodanisbased4980]

Hi Creeps McPasta

[@tutyss2191]

Gen 1 ou isn't that obscure

[@glitchedoom]

​@@tutyss2191I will allow niche, however.

[@mr.business2922]

@@tutyss2191 it's weirdly the best-kept meta rn. I'm sure staying off SV, basically all the mons in this vid were made unobtainable. idk who's bright idea it was to prevent the player from catching or using Rapidash

[@JelloApocalypse]

"These chicks don't even know the name of my Bind" has been stuck in my head on loop for a week thanks

[@xaxiio]

*Bind

[@Vekstar]

Was not expecting to see you here

[@misuvittupaa8068]

Lickitung has been my favorite. Always

[@TheCounterTeamer]

Jello? Didn’t expect to see you here

[@williamdittmann9281]

vote man watches reverend?

[@irtehmrepic]

"That is like the Sicilian Defense of Gen 1 OU." Holy fuck.

[@PlaguevonKarma]

OH MY GOD THE MR BURNS THING WITH PERSIAN WAS SO GOOD LMFAO

[@Clonekiller66]

I could listen to this guy talk about the business practices in the Limestone Industry and it'd be the most riveting and rewatchable video in existence.

[@MrMarxy]

I frequently put on a bunch of your videos as background noise (after watching them thoroughly). Something about your videos just ticks all of my boxes. The humor, the delivery of the facts, often focusing on weird and off meta stuff in Pokémon, and especially the Venture Bros jokes. Never ever stop the Venture Bros jokes. (That and the BCS and breaking bad ones haha.) Idk how I wasn't subbed earlier but I definitely am now.

[@HumanReverend]

The venture bros is literally my favorite show of all time. Go Team Venture!

[@MrMarxy]

@@HumanReverend MAD RESPECT. I've only gotten into it recently myself but it has completely taken over my life now and I can't believe I was missing out on it for so long. Go Team Venture!

[@Noah-je2xj]

Such a great video as usual, my favorite part was the one where the shitmon that does one extremely specific thing better than everyone else 50% of the time lost to gengar

[@okapi_q]

Rev actually breaking from his usual monotone after his attempt at (w)rapping was a highlight

[@LiquidPr1d3]

Your editing and references are 10/10 I freaking love Gyarapeach floating over the EQ falco lasers

[@madison_hailstorm]

this is my favorite youtube channel. I completely understand and respect why there aren’t more uploads of this quality and length, it just lets me savor the ones we get.

[@Dragostorm21]

Team "I've watched the recent videos 10 times each"

[@jackclifton5434]

28:15 NOO PLAGUE VON KARMA THAT CHANSEY SET HAS TWAVE ON IT TWICE PLAGUE VOM KARMA YOUR MOVESET IS INELIGIBLE NOOO

[@crenando288]

30:50 THERE I AM GARY THERE I AM!! That was such a fun match even if I got cheesed near the end. Great video and great collab too :3

[@peacebone8112]

man the burned starmie got me. good stuff as always.

[@joseph011296]

Finally finding at least one content creator who consistently references Squidbillies makes me feel so seen for some reason. I've barely met anyone IRL who knows it exists. Brilliant use of the Vicegrips bit.

[@HumanReverend]

You don't know how long I've been waiting for someone to acknowledge the squidbillies clips outside of asking what show they're from

[@joseph011296]

That show is really something special. My go to background noise when I can't find anything else is just an app that alternates random episodes of Aqua Teen and Squidbillies forever. If you ever throw in a Code Monkeys gag just know that I will appreciate it even if literally no one else recognizes it.

[@grunkleg.3110]

24:15 Now normally in such a position, Clefable would be in a world of shit. Gotta recharge your laser cannon as The Penguin power naps in your face before fucking around in Gotham once again. However, being the gamer it is, Clefable's Hyper Beam did just enough damage to trigger the recovery move glitch, giving Snorlax a nasty case of insomnia. Incredible gaming from the Clefable's part, the writers really outdid themselves with that one

[@empolethetaco2450]

Watching a lickitung genuinely kill a tauros makes me want to explode on a gengar to see if it dies

[@bows1rjr292]

Pinsir actually paid for my child's college funds and saved my marriage so it must be pretty good

[@Aabicus]

I once saw Pinsir shoplifting milky ways from a 7-11

[@bows1rjr292]

@@Aabicus that was heracross

[@Soulraven2735]

​@@bows1rjr292Yeah, Pinsir shoplifts from Walmart

[@tarkusvontortellini1877]

The nickname gaming, general cadence and vocabulary, pronunciation of 'Smohggen' earned you the fattest sub. A 101hp sub if you will.

[@energeam6284]

"Nidoking is a very no-nonsense Pokemon, but that does not get you very far in rby" damn that about sums it up huh

[@crenando288]

the last 20 seconds of the video flip flops from being cut to being the full joke feels like I'm in two timelines at once ☠

[@mirroredrealities1639]

I honestly love how now, decades later, Articuno is viable again and it is doing the exact same fucking thing it did in RBY. Literally the best pokemon for if your mom didn't stop smoking when she was pregnant with you.

[@R.P.Genocraft]

Hell yeah, now I don't have to binge the same 20 videos every week, I can add a single new one to the rotation 🔥🔥🔥

[@MenwithHill]

Was starting to worry that the YuGiOh cartel had bummed you for exposing the truth about their lack of sources. Great video, keep yourself safe.

[@Doink-ql9rp]

Finally, a new reverend video can watch 3000 times while i wait another half year for the next one!

[@HollandTHG]

"These chicks don't even know the name of my Bind, but they're all on me like I stole sixteen Hinds."

[@TheMCcreepermen]

I really like the clip where the snorlax tries to rest but gets hit by the gen 1 mechanics

[@jamesrussels7766]

I cried laughing for a solid minute at the Machamp explosion counter

[@midnightemerald]

My favorite part of reverend videos are seeing all these cool youtubers popping in the comments just to agree that this man is the fucking funniest

[@happierthanjosh]

Of all the crossovers I wouldn't have expected, it's RBY OU and Steiner Math and yet somehow you made it make sense

[@JanusHoW]

Your voice is a mix of Ben Stein monotone with just a pinch of Valley Girl, and I love it.

[@harleybuffington7493]

21:31 as someone who’s favorite Pokémon is Onix, this is the main selling point for me

[@ourdearqueenchaos7188]

Sometimes I watch this video just to give Mr. Verend a ketamine break. Bro deserves it

[@bisonisgamer554]

This is the 3rd time I've watched this vid in 5 days and I will never get over the bit of just things exploding whenever something bad happens to them.

[@pikazillalikefromflipnote]

i cannot get the line Kingler is the most badass godamn pokemon in the whole fucking shit out of my head . every time i see this thing show up in battle frontier i think about it and smirk

[@JimWitschey]

The Raticate: Blood on the Sand thumbnail gets more brilliant the more I look at it. What a genius thing

[@ender7720]

After three hundred years, the legend returns from his month long break.

[@fayestra2486]

was not expecting that Sorry To Bother You clip at all, you used it perfectly

[@xaropevic7918]

Something I found hilarious on lickitung is that if its evolution was real since gen 1, it would be the best pokémon in OU (if it would not get banned, which would absolutely needed to be done), because it is basically Clefable but with stats surprisingly better than snorlax (it does not look like so until you run calcs)

[@explodingpancakeofawesomen8594]

22:29 has to be one of the hardest images I've seen

[@bronzemcalloy]

22:05 in case anyone was wondering what the opposite of je ne sais quoi actually is: it’s je sais quoi.

[@TheCanadianWifier]

21:38 all the years of pokemon showdown, bro have culminated to this congratulations

[@daddy_kong]

@26:56 "I'm gonna go do ketamine in the supply closet" This is why Reverend is the most relatable poketuber

[@goldwalker5652]

Lickitung probably has the best combination of movepool and typing in RBY and the stats of a cardboard box

[@Jayyemi]

Hell yeah a new Reverend video life is worth living again

[@chilln0648]

Wake up babe, Reverend just dropped another 40 minute RBY video

[@antehman2912]

You’re my favorite KZbinr in the Big Yellow extended universe :3

[@lunathic]

14:23 You actually used Pineapple Ocean, incredible.

[@piratebear3126]

Home Movies and Mission Hill references? S tier taste in obscure Adult Swim shows here

[@the_Dragg]

15:04 “Nah Chili P is my signature” had me actually rolling

[@violetsweet1660]

“Behold, a Chansey.” -Diogenesect

[@adadgamer1]

I don't know where you've been on my feed, but the ratchet and clank music with the gen 1 pokemon and early yugioh content is a niche I never thought I'd find

[@depressedfish]

reverend bad dragon reference was not on my list of things to have happen today

[@suedonnym]

The only reverend with worthwhile gospel. The gospel of funny monsters.

[@IdkahandleIguess69]

Genuinely my favorite pokemon channel, hands down edit: featuring Yu-Gi-Oh as a carefully selected side dish

[@puzzleplank4333]

during this drought i was so close to joining browntown, thank you for saving me from that fate

[@blubberfish]

why is this some of the funniest shit i’ve ever seen. and why does this channel consistently come up with the funniest shit i’ve ever seen

[@zoeygeorge2403]

Watched this video like 4 times since discovering the channel in the past week and, beyond having to hear the reference to Sophie's Choice in silly fighting animals game, my favourite bit has to be the Civ V "An opponent has constructed a wonder" noise over Rhydon trying to chip Reflect Lax.

[@Nicolas-ty2xk]

I can not explain how much I love your style of comedy, everytime you post it's like the most exciting thing to see on my homepage. Thank you

[@ryanjensen1945]

The whole thing is hillarious, but I think the highest-density packet of jokes starts at 23:55: "Before clefable just, got better every generation [of games] for 20 years, it had to start somewhere, and in RBY it's relegated to being, like, the fourth best pokemon at every single task. Clefable learns more moves that do something when you click them than just about any pokemon in the game, and between blizzard, thunderbolt, thunderwave, sing, and stab normal moves, clefable is so good at almost trading with something."

[@aidancossin1524]

This is one banger ass video. Truly a marvel of exposition

[@stotab8700]

this is like the 205th funniest video I've seen in the past decade. Keep up the good work!

[@Eroil]

Seeing a new rev video in the sub box is the most fun you could possibly have while playing youtube

[@wyattnance3756]

How have I watched this video like 6 times and never noticed the NY State of Mind reference

[@bobvagana5443]

the venture bros references make my brain happy. thank you for making my brain happy

[@dataraxia3520]

This whole video is basically summarized by the Kung Pow scene, "we purposely trained them wrong, as a joke"

[@owenmurphy924]

when you click on a reverend video and see the birds you know it's gonna be a banger

[@Izandaia]

The bit about countering your own Explosion is I think my favorite series of words that have ever been put to print about gen 1 Pokémon. Really encapsulates the vibe of the situation.