Top 6 Best and Worst Branched Evolutions in Pokémon

[@Dusxio]

Burmy's line might be weak, but it does follow the biology of the bagworm where only the male fully develops into a moth. I do have to give them points for that fact.

[@raptoriansketches]

Agreed.

[@moonlightnori]

Wow didn’t know that No like I didn’t know

[@beanceline]

fun fact, the same actually goes for lighting bugs! only the males become an adult beetle with wings, the females keep their larva-like appearance all their lives.

[@Inksanity]

@@beanceline This is true but only for a few species, the majority of female fireflies metamorphose the same way males do

[@thrillhouse4151]

One year a massive amount of bag worms attached themselves to our bushes and porch, a real pokéswarm. I remember having to hunt them, kinda traumatizing cause they were gross and we had to kill so many.

[@islapcrabs]

“Losing a type can only lead to less usefulness” Mega Aggron would like a word

[@EBOLAVlRUS]

Same goes for primal groudon. But instead adding a type.

[@2oorsymcbuster833]

@@EBOLAVlRUS How is it the same when it's the literal opposite?

[@EBOLAVlRUS]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 idk bro. Why you gotta bully me and get likes for it

[@EBOLAVlRUS]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 big meanie

[@2oorsymcbuster833]

@@EBOLAVlRUS Maybe I'm dumb but... I can't tell if you're serious or not

[@enigmatic2878]

" Plenty of *tiny grass women* " I can't breathe. It is illegal to make me laugh like that

[@moose200]

“Tiny grass women” I love how serious you sounded when you said that

[@emperorcubone]

There's just so many of them!

[@moose200]

@@emperorcubone Yeah! Gamefreak stop making tiny grass women and make water monke starter!

[@mykittystinksbad2]

Which was weird comment for him to make considering they can all except Tsareena/ Lilligant line be male so I'm not sure why he said tiny grass women. He should have said tiny grass men/women. 🤔

[@castform7]

I mean they do look quite feminine.

[@mykittystinksbad2]

@@castform7 what does have to do with anything? lol, femininity is not exclusive to women.

[@joltx9909]

The twist of Walley having a mega gallade as its ace in ORAS was genius, plus they gave him a killer theme to top it off

[@narxmagee727]

It was pretty obvious the literal Evolution Pokemon was gonna be #1 but can we just talk about how Ralts is the perfect example of good regular branched evolutions. Great designs, different ways of use, both still really good. It's almost scary how good this line is in so many aspects.

[@minnowred4720]

Same thought. Ralts has been my favprite since Wally caught one

[@narxmagee727]

@@minnowred4720 Same I saw Wally catch one and was like "hey, that looks cool. I want that Pokemon."

[@modelomegatyler]

yep, the only thing wrong with them is that gallade has to be male.

[@CrazyHand7894]

@@modelomegatyler I figure that it was to match the fact that Frosslass has to be female.

[@modelomegatyler]

@@CrazyHand7894 i mean, it was kinda unnecessary. at least frosslass has actual lore as to why it's only female, being that it's basically a pokemon yoki-ona, where as gallade being only male is just sexism like with the hitmons.

[@nintendolife25]

The best thing I like about the Raltz evolution line is how neither of them are left in the dust. With Gallade having a secondary typing, Gardevior will soon follow after with the Fairy type. It also gets a Mega Evolution but Gallade would get one too after ORAS. Neither of them feels cheated out unlike some of the Pokémon on your worse list. Great video!

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, those ones appear to be favorites of the people in charge, but for good reason!

[@harigovind4834]

I like their respective types but they gave priority to Gardevoir by giving it the Fairy typing thus by type Gallade is weak.If the type weakness was somewhat unique but not either resisting nor overpowering,their type as a counterpart be stable.

[@royplatt455]

@@harigovind4834 except their types are both extremely good. Fairy and Fighting are excellent attacking types, regardless of their relationships to themselves.

[@nazatalitulus9601]

@@royplatt455 yeah like zacian and zamazenta

[@serhumano3692]

​@@nazatalitulus9601 that's not a fair comparison. The difference between zacian and zamazeta is astronomical, while the difference between gardevoir and gallade isn't that big.

[@stevenoneill7852]

"There is also the moral question of killing your Snorunt so it turns into a ghost type" HAHAHAHA

[@Compucles]

Yeah, that was great. We must be killing all our Dartrix, as well.

[@wheelrunner4]

Whats the stone that evolves eevee into a ghost type again?

[@crumrogen3072]

@@wheelrunner4 brick

[@wheelrunner4]

@@crumrogen3072 thanks!

[@harigovind4834]

@@crumrogen3072 🙄😂

[@Robin280497]

Bellossom really should've become a Fairy-Type. That'd make it at least somewhat worth to use.

[@Elitus]

Doesnt it have some Fairy moves already

[@airtempest8945]

@@Elitus It has Moonblast and Moonlight 'cause of the line's association with Night, yeah.

[@harigovind4834]

Bellossom/Vileplume line is nocturnal common to get Moonlight similar to Noivern and Noibat.

[@harigovind4834]

Yes because pure grass type is one of the most type weaknesses.But gaining fairy it will be immune to dragon thus increase the poison type damage.

[@matheuscardoso5798]

​@@harigovind4834 Bellossom is not nocturnal actually, it envolves from Sun stone and it's pokedex entries suggests that it kind of worships the sun, it is more of a day counterpart to vileplume.

[@ja-vishaara]

"Everybody seems to love Gardevoir." That's...uh...one way to put it

[@JoshusBarber]

the fact that this has 69 likes does not help

[@jackhei1024]

@@JoshusBarber 69 likes?? You must be a Redditor to have such a keen eye!

[@harigovind4834]

In almost every playthrough of my gen3 games i used Gardevoir 😍🤩because when i saw the Sp.atk:125

[@TravisVane]

@@harigovind4834 Same here. when ORAS released I have both forms. Still sad that a male ralts did not get a different evolution since kirlia is a very girly design.

[@JasonBason]

@@TravisVane ralts is just defying gender roles, more power to him 👏👏

[@bfdirockythelugiastan]

To this day I still sometimes forget that Slowpoke is a branched evolution I used to think Slowking evolved from Slowbro

[@emperorcubone]

You know I've heard people say that before. I can't say I'd like it any better that way but still...

[@slasherchild5871]

That's what I thought! And I didn't know it WASN'T an evolution until the Crown Tundra came out and I tried to evolve my galarian slowbro with the wreath....

[@zerokura]

Slowbro:hmm my butt hurts now.i wonder *moves shell to head* GalardSlowking:wahahaha i now have the high ground.

[@nintendolife25]

I don’t blame you. With a name like SlowKING, you expect such a Pokémon to be the peak of its evolution line instead of being shared.

[@sephikong8323]

Eviolite Slowbro is one of the most cursed ideas ever ........

[@manankumbhani2893]

Fun fact:There are so many psychic types in this video.

[@emperorcubone]

Hah, I didn't even realize but you're right...

[@narxmagee727]

7 to be exact if you count Meowstic as one.

[@jacksonadams1142]

Emperor Cubone: *hits top of video* this bad boy can hold so many psychic types in it

[@harigovind4834]

At one time Psychic pokemon was one of the most brocken powerful and in my opinion almost every psychic pokemon was cool or overpowering.And if there are so many of them good,there will be bad/worst pokemon too.😇

[@manankumbhani2893]

@@harigovind4834 I love psychic type so much that if i could then remove immunity from dark and remove all weaknesses. And it resists all types. It can be hit by below 100 power.

[@hrr2b239]

I feel like Politoed fits your description of what you said you wanted from a branched evolution perfectly, yet for whatever reason dislike it anyways. It plays in a completely different manner to Poliwrath; its playstyle is much more geared towards supportive options using things like whirlpool+perish song to trap its opponents, as opposed to the all out offensive that Poliwrath uses. Plus, the two pokemon even have great synergy with each other, drizzle + swift swim is a combo that’s been used since the ability debuted. Finally, this is an instance where the absence of a type is helpful! Not having fighting type makes the otherwise spammable flying and psychic moves much less of an issue for this more defensive pokemon, and water by itself is great defensive typing.

[@beanceline]

yes! more love for politoed! also its design is significantly different from poliwrath in a way that makes sense for the evolution line, being a frog and all.

[@drkaiser26]

yeah, the dislike for politoed is unjustified, more like born from frustration of having to fight rain team and speaking of that, I wouldn't say pelipper is a better drizzler, they both have different roles and I would much prefer bringing both just in case

[@Somersalsa]

No offense, but you don't watch this guy for consistent and non-biased opinions exactly lol However I do agree with everything you said

[@bobbysmith8095]

Yes politoad is one of the best Pokémon.

[@CrabKFP]

@@drkaiser26 I mean, you don't need to say it, just see the tiers they are (and yeah, Drizzling to a free change thanks to U-turn AND the capacity of tailwind or defog is better than anything Politoed have)

[@TheMellowFilmmaker]

In hindsight, the Slowpoke line is a missed opportunity. The branched evolution could have been what it would have evolved into if its tail was never bitten by a Shelldur.

[@Vigriff]

And if it did evolved into a Slowbro then there should have been a Shellder on the team.

[@JaharNarishma]

​@@Vigriff Shellder wasn't the supposed biting Pokémon. There are unused sprites for the tail biter as a separate Pokémon. Memory space and deadlines for the games made the other Pokémon disappear and Shellder got slapped into the lore for Slowbro.

[@Saviarai-Dravolika]

Glalie is actually pretty awesome and Froslass is beautiful, i love this line.

[@emperorcubone]

Couldn't agree more! (Although I guess I could have by putting them higher on the list, but still! )

[@Saviarai-Dravolika]

AND Solgaleo / Lunala!!!!!

[@harigovind4834]

Remembering the last Platinum walkthrough 😨7 th gym Snow warning Abomasnow and Snow cloak Frosslass🤒.

[@MixisBryan]

Slowbro and slowking are definitely some of the most interesting choices for what they did with shellder throughout all it’s different evolutions. Funniest considering it doesn’t show any emotion while it’s tail is being bitten so hard

[@emperorcubone]

The concept is a neat idea for sure! I think even more Pokemon creating a symbiotic relationship would be great, I just wish they did more with making Slowking stand out. I didn't even mention how Slowbro got a Mega while the "King" was left its same old self...

[@swampy725]

Hi Mix You are everywhere

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

@@emperorcubone yeah it would have been neat if in slowKing's mega had the slopoke side becoming stronger instead of the shelder

[@metanightmare4454]

To be fair to Slowking though, I'm pretty sure the only pokemon with "different forms" when it was introduced was Unown (unless you want to count the spiky-eared Pichu which technically still came after). Plus, remember that those were strictly cosmetic changes on arguably the worst pokemon of all time, so expecting them to essentially do something that they never did before just for this one pokemon in a game that was supposed to be the final entry and already needed the late great Iwata's help to fit everything feels like a pretty big ask to me for what is definitely a nitpick. It's kinda like if someone got upset with the Nidos for being separate lines in a game that hadn't introduced genders yet.

[@Compucles]

Well, it does take Slowpoke 3 seconds to feel pain.

[@castform7]

Moral of the story: Johto wasn't the best at branched evolutions.

[@emperorcubone]

Maybe not, but for actual evolutions it was pretty great!

[@2oorsymcbuster833]

@@emperorcubone It introduced a lot of weak single stage Pokemon though, so I'm not sure it was the best with evolution either.

[@qorv4973]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 Johto relied on Gen 4 for evolution in general tbh. Electivre, Mismagius, Togekiss and so many others

[@2oorsymcbuster833]

@@qorv4973 Electabuzz was Gen 1 but I agree

[@qorv4973]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 Elekid was gen 2, as was Magby

[@npcmcishark7379]

Seeing Meowstic on the list makes me think about how good it is that starting in Gen 5. Every single gender difference was an actual difference

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, I noticed that too. I guess it was easier to do back when they were just sprites and they didn't want to do as much for the 3D models...

[@skullythekidd0175]

@@emperorcubone wait, meowstic's from gen 5?

[@2oorsymcbuster833]

@@skullythekidd0175 No, it's from Gen 6. I'm having difficulty understanding what they meant too.

[@skullythekidd0175]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 oh, thank you

[@iraflopera]

@@2oorsymcbuster833 i think they meant gender differences like unfezant that are more on the nose instead of slightly bigger horns or whiskers

[@MagillanicaLouM]

The only issue I really have is the complaint of Politoed not looking like the pre evolutions, which generally I would agree with but frogs look nothing like tadpoles in the first place so if anything they're keeping attention to detail in this instance lol. Edit: the same for the burmy line as I originally typed this before that part, it's not just a random haphazard case of "whatever" that only the males become mothim. Not that it negates your complaints about the stats and whatever, but it's still points in the designers favor for the concept taking the irl inspiration's biology into account in its gimmick.

[@siberstudios1385]

Urshifu’s type relates to its fighting style, the water type is because it’s strikes flow together like water not because it’s aquatic.

[@demonkingofvalor8162]

Right. I was kinda pissed off that he didn't think of that, but oh well.

[@ultimatevtgb7551]

Same with Palkia, the god of Space isn't aquatic, the Water typing symbolizes space, which is vast and endless. Also, since Palkia is the box legendary for Pokemon Pearl version, and the pearl itself is hidden inside a seashell, which is aquatic.

[@shorewall]

That's dumb though.

[@hankopanko736]

@@shorewall tell me you don't understand martial arts without telling me you don't understand martial arts

[@iapr18]

Actually, actually, and listen closely because it's quite absurd, I couldn't believe it when I saw it: Bellossom was given Baton Pass this generation, so she can now pass Quiver Dances, and important enough, Ingrain! Becoming the first pokemon ever that can learn the combo genuinely. (I mean Smeargle could have the combo but it had to copy the moves from other pokemon, and also has non existent defensive prowess, unlike Bellossom) And this combo means a Baton Pass chain is unbreakable while providing some healing, the only way to fight it is with stat resetting moves or abilities or Taunt

[@darrest9808]

... but venomoth

[@thescorchingpteranodon7986]

@@darrest9808 Venomoth does not learn Ingrain.

[@jaschabull2365]

Isn't it too little too late now that baton pass has been banned outright?

[@iapr18]

Jascha Bull By Smogon

[@annoynymouse1146]

Shouldn't that make it "Bell-awesome"? bh dm tss...

[@badfish321]

The Urshifus are actually more different than just two different moves and a different type, they have some significant differences in move pool from TMs and Tutoring. The differences are enough for one to be banned from OU into Ubers and the other is still in OU even when it has the added bonus of benifiting from rain teams.

[@kevinu9528]

Your comments a year old but can someone expand on why one is banned the other is not, usually it means theres a build that's too strong the other can't get.

[@UFORelaxo]

@@kevinu9528 I don’t know too much about Rapid Strike which is the Water type, but Single Strike is crazy busted. Being Dark/Fighting, Wicked Blow (it’s signature move) always critical hits, it’s attack stat is 130, and the nail in the coffin is its ability called Unseen Fist. This ability allowed it to ignore protecting moves. It also had pretty good coverage moves for certain mus. This is what I know from it being banned in singles.

[@kevinu9528]

@@UFORelaxo thanks

[@a-bomb777]

What I never understood about Bellossom is that it's actually shorter than Oddish, how does a Pokémon shrink so mush when evolving?

[@emperorcubone]

The only other one I can think of is Mega Alakazam, but yeah that's pretty weird...

[@xdifficultviper9916]

True weird for a grass type considering that most plants grow as they age but it might one of those “storing power” type explanation.. it also should’ve became a grass-fairy when gen 6 introduced fairies

[@rolypoly4920]

Gengar and Dragonite shrink when they evolve too

[@Barry972]

@@emperorcubone mega mewtwo y also shrinks a bit, but at least it's explained why

[@Polska_Edits]

@@emperorcubone mega alakazam makes a load of sence, as it looses all its mucle mass

[@mlb7798]

I wasn’t expecting to see Espurr on the list, but I’m glad it was. I remember first using a male and it being fine, and next using a female and being pleasantly surprised with its differing move set. I only thought it would be cosmetic changes but I was sure wrong

[@emperorcubone]

I still haven't actually used one, but after this I just might!

[@castform7]

I was actually using a female Meowstic in Sword once. Though I wanted a full Galar team that run so I decided against it. I do plan on using it next playthrough though. I think it's pretty cool.

[@harigovind4834]

Never been an Espurr fan.Espurr not Unique in the region and i like more vivid design yet powerful pokemon

[@harigovind4834]

Like:Aegislash,Milotic,Gardevoir/Gallade,Garchomp,Weavile,Electivire,Gengar/Alakazam,Arcanine,Lucario,Scizor,Volcarona,Klingklang,Gigalith,Houndoom and many more....these pokemon are somewhat unique,cool,different or powerful in my opinion

[@castform7]

@@harigovind4834 Well I don't Meowstic is bad, I like it's design and it's a solid Pokemon. Sure there are better options but sometimes you want to try out different mons. Just my opinion though.

[@bariumselenided5152]

I don't think I'll ever get over Penny not having a new dragon eeveelution as her signature Pokémon. Everything was in place, they literally just needed the mon and an evolution method

[@sethkappaccilli9509]

Yea. Her team was poo and had nothing cool about it. Needed a new one for her

[@thekoolkrab3226]

I honestly wish Froslass got a mega like Galallie did, missed opportunity imo

[@solgaleo3533]

I know. More counterparts should’ve, though I’m glad Butterfree got a Gmax as a counterpart to Beedrills mega.

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

@@solgaleo3533 Beedrill and Butterfree's Mega and G-max relationship is underrated.

[@avanillacoke3705]

The reason was probably the fact that Galallie was heavily overshadowed by Frosslass

[@Sunaki1000]

I feel only one Mega for every Tree is fair. Giving multible Mega per Tree is just unnecressary and unfair for other Pokemon.

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

@@Sunaki1000 Gardevoir and Gallade.

[@andrewworleymusic]

Like clockwork, every Tuesday 🙌

[@robertlupa8273]

Huh, I didn't notice it was every Tuesday.

[@number16kelbax]

@@robertlupa8273 to be fair, it's hard to keep track nowadays

[@Compucles]

What about Wurmple as being among the worst? While the final evolutions are fine, Silcoon and Cascoon are virtually indistinguishable in both looks and utility. Even worse, it's the only branched evolution in the game where you can't control nor predict which way it will evolve!

[@jaschabull2365]

I definitely agree with this. Silcoon and cascoon should've been one pokémon, the 2 "separate" evolutions are functionally the same apart from what they evolve into.

[@bobbycallaway1819]

What a magnificent time for me to wake up. Honestly looking forward to this list, as I don't often think about the branching folks.

[@emperorcubone]

Thank you! That's the idea; try and talk about those topics that are always there but rarely discussed...

[@timemonkey]

When you consider Bellossom I think you need to keep in mind what the games were like when it was introduced. Yes, Bellossom lost the Poison typing, but that was in gen 2 when there were only Tangela (which didn't evolve yet), the Chikorita line, and the Sunkurn line for pure Grass types, making it possibly the best pure Grass around. Losing the Poison typing also took away it's weakness to Psychic attacks, which were still largely overpowered at the time.

[@emperorcubone]

You make a good point about the Psychic type, but given that literally all the Grass Pokemon from Johto were montyped besides the Hoppip line, (and Celebi later, but good luck getting that one) it just comes off as a little lazy...

[@noireisbest6786]

I think changing Bellossum's skin to a bright green was to avoid another Pokemon looking like it's wearing blackface. It is way more humanoid compared to Gloom.

[@ragingraichu219]

That's silly, the skin was a dark blue-ish green color. It's possible the color change was because of the hardware limitations at the time didn't allow for the specific green they wanted. They changed Spinarak's color as well, which was just about the same. That, or they just weren't sure what colors they wnated for the Pokemon. We'll probably never know.

[@MagillanicaLouM]

@@ragingraichu219 it also looks nothing like blackface to begin with, aside from being dark in color. With Jynx you could at least give ppl that yes it looks admittedly similar, albeit unintentionally, ppl who are aware of it would be reminded. But og bellossom is just like... A flower covered thumb with a :) for a face lol.

[@matteojames2312]

The funny thing is Jynx didn't have a black face. That black? It was literally a void. Jynx is a closet ghost Pokémon. No seriously. Even today, Jynx is listed as having no footprint and any glimpse under the dress shows nothing but darkness. And way back in Pokémon Stadium, her fainting animation had her body disappear with only her hair left. The black wasn't a face, it was an empty void that Jynx's face sat in. It was just that technology of the time couldn't get that idea across. They had to honestly ruin Jynx's concept because a lot of people didn't do research and assumed Pokémon was being racist when it wasn't

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

@@matteojames2312 sad :(. I love that concept.

[@frickfrickkin1723]

Just having dark skin wouldnt make it blackface though. It's the pitch black combined with the cartoony lips reminiscent of past characatures that made Jynx look offensive. Believe it or not people actually do have dark skin, it's not inherently offensive for a humanoid pokemon to have a dark color lol

[@O.D25]

They should have made some sort of an ability for Urshifu, so it just switches from the Single/Rapid strike style form everytime it uses a Dark/Water move.

[@crackball22]

Basically aegislash stance change on urshifu.. yas.. and spectrier from crown tundra for using ice or ghost moves.

[@PlumEXE]

Like you mean Protean but only for water/dark?

[@TunaBear64]

@@PlumEXE Is a Legendary don’t ask too much

[@AliceIsSleepy]

Honestly, i don't think that that would fit the theme at all. Urshifu supposedly learned super secret techniques from one of the scrolls, which made it evolve. It wouodn't make sense if it was a form change. What they desperately needed was different stats, moves and abilities.

[@crackball22]

@@AliceIsSleepy but if you were to, say, have one scroll with both techniques written on it and have the lore be about urshifu being a martial arts master and evolving because it learns to use these styles interchangeably.

[@cron1807]

Glaile and Frosslass are one of the very few ice types that can take advantage of the offensive power of ice due to their attacking stats being amazing.

[@aspiringwayfarer]

i like nincada's split evolution, a bug/ghost type is awesome! and it makes complete sense! but i agree with all of your "worst" choices.

[@joshuawidener8407]

It's not a split evolution though

[@LuxrayLloyd]

I DID NOT know that Bellosom was originally purple! That would've been so much better! Also, I think Kubfu's split evo is... fine. Not bad, but not good

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, I wouldn't mind Bellossom half as much with that color scheme...

[@jodygrottino8257]

I guess they changed it because of the whole jynx thing the previous generation, that ultimately lead to a color change anyway

[@InugomezLyS]

@@jodygrottino8257 That's exactly the reason why they change bellossom's skin color. They didn't want a second skin color scandal and now they knew that the game could be played outside of japan and give the games a bad reputation.

[@Jynx9921]

I honestly forgot the kubfu line existed lol

[@sarahbarabe8470]

Yeah it looks like it's part of the family

[@fraser8120]

It might be a sin, but the best eeveelution, in my opinion, is Glaceon. It's such a unique ice type and it has, probably another sin to say this, a really nice shiny. The bold blue and light blue is a really nice change to the light blue and white of the regular Glaceon.

[@ThePipofDespair]

Dude, I agree

[@mizukittyakinyama]

It might be a sin but I not only like shiny Glaceon just like you but I also like shiny Espeon and it's one of my favorite shinies.

[@benedict0902]

The water typing for Urshifu is because of their fighting style, called: "The water fighting style" or something along those lines, its basically by mimicking the flow of water

[@costby1105]

It may be a reference to a quote by Bruce Lee "flow like water" and is apparently based on a combination of the Crane and Seven Star Mantis Style. I find single strike Urshifu dark type to be a bit more of a stretch.

[@nicholastodd8904]

bellossom deserved the fairy type i feel like

[@BlackKoiRecords]

I really wished Gallade had some association with the fairy typing like Gardevoir does. We need more physical fairy typing.

[@nazeersadek6705]

We also need more damage dealing physical fairy attacks

[@emperorcubone]

If it were any other type besides Psychic I would agree, but we also need physical Psychic types...

[@bobtheball5384]

@Bryce Pruitt That'd be so interesting tbh

[@KingkyLeor]

@@nazeersadek6705 yeah because pla rough is awesome but maybe a 80 power 100% accuracy move could be great too y'know

[@yungmuney5903]

Iron valiant boii

[@revilo1st]

Politoad's evolution is the most annoying thing, a water type becomes a water fighting with a Waterstone, while is stays water with a items that works with physical moves...

[@evanwilliams6406]

Also the fact that its a "King's Rock"...and Politoed has nothing to do with kings or royalty and should have been called Toadking or KingPoli or something.

[@youtube-kit9450]

To be fair, that's a translation issue. Nyorotono's "tono" part in its japanese name means lord, and the frog being a king likely was supposed to allude to the frog prince story. Reminds me of people not understanding why splash is normal type or Growlithe doesn't learn growl or stuff like that.@@evanwilliams6406

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

My favourite branched evolution line has got to be Ralts, I love every single one of the evolution line, and I find both Gardevoir and Gallade useful and fun to use on teams

[@mynameisclaire375]

I just learned Espur evolved into Meowstic. I don’t think I’m smart.

[@idiotgoddess2114]

Don’t worry, I did not know how to get to Ambrette Town for like a year until my most recent Kalos playthrough

[@pieoverlord]

Bellossom is easily top 3 favourites of all time for me but it really does bum me out how badly screwed they get mechanically. Firstly, it should have evolved from Oddish, not Gloom. Secondly, it could easily have been a Grass/Fire type considering its whole sun deal. Failing that, it could have been Fairy or even Psychic. THIRDLY, man, do they get completely screwed movepool-wise compared to the other feminine grass types - particularly Lilligant (who seems to have wholesale stolen Bellossom's whole deal as a dancing flower with Chlorophyll) who actually gets Solar Blade while Bellossom doesn't! Bellossom, who dances to summon the sun, gets Swords Dance with an actual attack stat, DOESN'T get Solar Blade. Even beyond that, you're telling me that a hula-dancing Pokemon can't get Heat Wave or Scorching Sands? Sigh... it's tough liking a 'mon the devs don't care to put much thought into.

[@shorewall]

I really like the blue OG version of Bellossom. It is really cute regardless.

[@mechatengu7368]

Well, Aggron loses a type during mega evolution and that immediately makes him better

[@emperorcubone]

I knew someone would mention that; I agree pure Steel Mega Aggron is good, but at least half of that if not more is the Filter ability. (Also that was back when pure Steel was more of a novelty.)

[@jaschabull2365]

@@emperorcubone To be fair, pure grass was a bit more of a novelty too in gen 2 (tangela was the only one in gen 1, while gen 2 only had the starters and the sunkern line apart from bellossom).

[@cogema97]

These come out just in time for my lunch break every Tuesday and it's the highlight of my day!

[@emperorcubone]

Nice! Happy Lunching...

[@Ocarinist_Drew]

The Slowpoke line are actually my favorite Pokemon. I love the concept. Slowpoke forms a symbiotic relationship with Shellder, and depending on where the Shellder happens to latch on to the Slowpoke, different abilities are unlocked. If the Shellder attaches to Slowpoke's tail (which is most common, since Slowpoke's tail excretes some kind of nectar), then the Shellder injects some kind of substance into the Slowpoke that prevents it from feeling pain, which kinda explains Slowbro's bulk, and apparent lack of awareness. In rare cases, the Shellder will attach to the Slowpoke's head, and the substance it injects helps the Slowpoke focus and be more aware, unlocking it's true intelligence. (I forget exactly how it was worded in the Pokedex) I love that it implies that Slowpoke has great potential both mentally and physically, the Shellder just unlocks that potential. It's just fascinating to me. But, I agree that it should probably just be an alternate form thing. Back in Gen 1/2, alternate forms weren't a thing yet though. Speaking of Gen 1, Amnesia Slowbro was the closest thing to a Mewtwo counter in the game.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

5:00 Yeah it's so underrated I also didn't care for glalie but then it grew on me so much

[@omensniffer2187]

I got into liking glalie because of oras special demo game

[@jakerockznoodles]

Vaporeon is still my favourite pure water type. I just love its design 😊

[@nazeersadek6705]

I’ve always been very confused to why bellossom was related to the Oddish line but I’m also very thankful that weepinbell branched evo was cut since it’s literally a bigger bellsprout

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, I agree it wouldn't make sense to revert back to a Bellsprout shape after it had already flipped upside down, but it wouldn't have been any worse than Bellossom...

[@harigovind4834]

Yeah,It almost looked like a humanoid Bellsprout.

[@shantakidd6230]

I actually really liked Huntail and Gorbyss back in Hoenn days. They weren’t particularly cool or strong but I just liked that each of their tails look like the head of the other. Like clampearls evolution depends on what end of the body the brain formed.

[@Freezeflame22]

7:28 Mega Aggron wants to know your location

[@TunaBear64]

The thing is that Grass alone is a terrible type, actually is worse than ICE But Steel alone is great, Rock type on Aggron was actually hindering it

[@Freezeflame22]

@@TunaBear64 Oh yeah I agree, I just wanted to make a joke about the statement alone out of context

[@justicealistair7774]

Fun Fact: Solgaleo is weak to Fire, yet it's the representation of the Sun.

[@demonkingofvalor8162]

And Lunala is especially weak to Dark because of it's two types, yet it's the representation not just of the moon, but the *night* sky.

[@Lampfinder1619]

The fact that they made Solgaleo Steel/Psychic type is just... why We have Metagross Why not Make it Fire/Psychic type like Victini.. or Fire/Steel like Heatran Solgaleo IS the representation of the Sun yet it's weak to fire why gamefreak

[@justicealistair7774]

GF has me stressed.

[@Jynx9921]

@@Lampfinder1619 Well if we go by logic there isnt any fire on the sun so it makes sense

[@лютыйбебрик-ы6ч]

@@Lampfinder1619 how about Lugia and Palkia

[@donnaroe]

Great video! As I'm reminded of Meowstic's differences in forms, I wish Jellicent had done something similar! I love the two of them, and if they played differently, I'd probably have both the male and female form on my BW teams hahah!

[@jolteon345]

As someone who likes Bellossom, I think it came out 5 generations too early. Imagine if it was an Alolan regional variant’s evolution, similar to Perrserker and Clodsire. There’s potential, just wasted early on in the series’s lifespan.

[@youtube-kit9450]

The fact they made neither Meganium nor Bellossom a fairy type is so weird.

[@ymanuelehernadez8558]

I mean slowking is a special wall and slowbro is a physical wall

[@emomc9557]

13:46 “even if it is professor Oaks’ worst nightmare” 😂😂😂😂 Nice!!

[@dankeykang8243]

No 1 best: Eevee What else could it Beevee?

[@gregorywood7554]

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[@machadragonii145]

I was at first surprised that Kirlia didn't take the top spot than I remembered the cute little fox cub like Pokémon that just happens to have Eight elevation's

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

I definitely agree on Slowking's original form, though the Galarian form is different enough from Galarian Slowbro that it's fine for me, since I would personally count them as a totally separate line due to not being able to evolve Slowpoke's original self into a regional. Honestly I'm surprised Wurmple wasn't here on the "worst" side of things.

[@MidnightDragonProductions]

"Losing a type when evolving can only ever lead to less usefulness" Mega Aggron: Am I a joke to you?

[@bravewater5737]

As for Urshifu, it would make some sense if the Single Strike Form had more Defense and the Rapid Strike Form had more Speed.

[@ShadyRK9]

0:49 Poor Slowking. Living in it's brother shadow. And just almost EVERYTHING about Slowbro is better! It's kantonian/Galarian has the better Shiny than Kantonian/Galarian Slowking. Galarian Slowbro has a better design and Signature ability/move than Galarian Slowking. From Gen 6-7 Slowbro even had a Mega evolution while Slowking didn't. Slowbro has better abilities. (I think?) Slowbro is more commonly used and easier to obtain than Slowking where you have to trade while also having it hold a somewhat rare item itself, being King's Rock. And Slowbro has been seen in episodes more than Slowking.

[@nikolasjohnson6946]

I've always though Eevee was a cat or fox. Doesn't really come across as a canine.

[@mindtrick205]

I have some news for you about foxes

[@mizukittyakinyama]

Oh boy... 1. Foxes are canines. 2. Eevee isn't even based off of any animal properly. Just an UNKNOWN one. No specific ones.

[@colindion4611]

poliwhirl is a tadpole which turns into politoed a toad/frog. most tadepoles change colours when they become frogs.

[@rosh200]

It's interesting seeing our differing opinions. Like, I prefer Politoed way more than Poliwrath.

[@digitalfaust5890]

Nice video and explanations. I would totally watch more of these

[@emperorcubone]

Well then, you're in luck! kzbin.info/aero/PL7ahwgFGQrvqGn_7zX6kPvkUPb8rWrgF3

[@digitalfaust5890]

@@emperorcubone haha already subbed

[@CurlyB987]

Urshifu has very quickly become one of my favorite Pokémon, especially Single Strike, but it was always strange to me that they were permanent evolutions and not switchable form changes.

[@jojo6783f]

I mainly see it as a young pokemon who masters one art. And after a long time mastering one martisl art switching probably isnt that easy

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@jojo6783f It is true that the older you get, the harder it becomes to pick up new skills. It also makes sense to me to master one style of fighting, especially since the 2 it can learn are both quite fundamentally different

[@swoonsupreme7005]

It’s supposed to be kinda the idea that single strike is like closed fist martial arts. More violent. Rapid strike is open palm. Flows like a river and tactical. Hence the typings too

[@nobleskywalker4639]

Urshifu eclipsed Lucario and Hawlucha as my fav fighting type. I personally prefer single strike myself

[@Tyleregor4588]

Evolving frosslass is having your snorunt forcefully possessed by a random hateful woman

[@elusory3735]

Urshifu evolves from a scroll because it learnes a certain fighting style, that both the typings reference. Your fighting stance "being like water" is not all that profound right? Therefor i think giving it giving it fish like aspects would not only make it look weird, but it would scramble the concept.

[@Ty-bg7kz]

Okay, I only got one problem, and that’s the reasoning for why Urshifu can be a water type, it’s based on martial arts, hence rapid strike, and water has rapids...it’s pretty much it’s fighting style that makes it a water type

[@emperorcubone]

You're probably right, and that's what makes it worse. What a paper thin excuse for a whole type; and people gave me grief for saying Volbeat should be a FIREfly because of wordplay...

[@kahboom76]

Lycanroc (dusk form) is the reason I got Ultra Moon even though I have Moon

[@EdinMesic11]

Gamefreak needs to literally clean up the pokedex and start chopping redudent or useless pokemon. Maybe adding branching or third evolutions to useful ones. Maybe changing types that fit better... etc

[@kooger888]

In speaking of eevee, id like to see a form for every type. Id really would like a steel, or fighting type. That or a powered up normal form.

[@mizukittyakinyama]

Sorry to burst your bubble but at the moment the only likely one is dragon.

[@kooger888]

I'll take a dragon with no complaints

[@stylesheetra9411]

the quality of evee evolution is very low The original and gen2 evolutions were all different with their silhouette and colors now Fairy-ice-grass are basically the same

[@dasnac69]

ay new video love you cubone :) branch evos are one of my fav things in pokenon too so this is extra cool

[@ethanhess8230]

I’d say a good branched evolution would be one where it could be worth having both forms on the same team, in my first Omega Ruby playthrough I had both gallade and gardevoir on my team for the league.

[@emperorcubone]

Very ture, that's a good way to look at it; I wouldn't put Bellossom and Vileplume on the same team...

[@zetafish7347]

The only thing about Lycanroc that bugs me is that the midnight form isn't part dark. Like it's literally evil in the lore and it definitely looks like it and it learns plenty of dark type moves. I want it to be part dark becauae it makes sense and I don't care if it makes it 4x weak to fighting.

[@emoskullfire9823]

I love Politoed. I feel like poliwrath doesn't change enough and just looks like an angrier poliwhirl

[@alphabetsoup6837]

AND! Glalie has access to freeze-dry and not Froslass, which is one of my FAVORITE moves in all of Pokémon and a reason why Glalie takes the win for me.

[@plutodragon4]

As Bellossom’s biggest fan... You’re right lol.

[@DestinyHeroShademan]

Clamperl is a fish egg, some fish lay their eggs in class to protect them

[@takahashiueda3332]

ffs the guardevoir joke was brilliant!!! 🥰👍

[@CyanSkyAnfall]

I remember when Politoed first came out and thinking, “what is the point of this Pokemon?” It’s like you said, if it had changed Poliwhirls type to like water/grass or literally ANYTHING else then that would be different. btw, I know I’m not the first to say it but, I must disagree that losing a type isn’t a complete disadvantage. Sure, the Pokemon would lose stab on some attacks but they’d also lose some weaknesses too. But we always know we’re taking that gamble when using dual types. Personally, I teach my Pokemon two stab moves and two anti-weakness moves.

[@abdielrodriguez1386]

But burmy 🥺 bug types are gonna be bad making them interesting is really all you can do with early route bug types at this point and they draw so much inspiration from bag worms that I think it’s really cool

[@danamation6480]

That digivolution chart confused my pea. Sized Brian

[@samelol8149]

I would love to see a gen 9 local form of eevee being dragon(to round out the special types) and evolving in a bunch of the physical types we don't have(i wouldn't like to see a ghost type flareon since that doesn't make sense. Just the eevee evolving in new 'mons)

[@Sunaki1000]

4:20 Yes, yes I did. And I appreciated it alot how the Evolutionrequirements are like a little Secret you had to find out. Cause gaining the Item was a Task in itselfe.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

It's always great to wake up to these epic facts and a notification from emperor Cubone

[@emperorcubone]

The best part of waking up!

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

@@emperorcubone 😁

[@greninjamariokartpokemonfan]

I would rather get a Deino all the way up to Level 50 to evolve into a Zweilous and then to Level 64, the highest evolution level out of any Pokemon, to evolve into a Hydreigon than to get a Cosmog up to Level 43 to evolve into Cosmoem then to Level 53 to evolve into either Solgaleo or Lunala depending on the version. It's one thing to fully evolve a Pokemon in the Slow experience group at an insanely high level, but fully evolving a Pokemon in the Slow experience group at a high level that can't battle is even worse. And the worst part is, Solgaleo and Lunala are version exclusives just like every other boxart Legendary. If you want Lunala but have Sun, you'll have to transfer your Cosmoem over to Moon, and vice versa for Solgaleo. They should have made it so that Cosmoem evolves depending on the time of day, similar to how Rockruff evolves into Lycanroc. It would still be annoying, but it would be better than having to transfer your Cosmoem to the other version to get the correct one.

[@bassman9261995]

Ninjask has always been an interesting one for me because you get both branches at the same time

[@CarolinaBeanies]

Him: nobody would miss politoed John: and I took that personally

[@swampy725]

I really like your ideas

[@Compucles]

Meowstic is how the Nidoran family should've been handled. Although, it wasn't originally an option with no gender mechanic in Generation 1, and retconning it afterwards would've been very awkward. However, I really wish they'd retcon the Nidoran evolutions to be able to breed. While I know Game Freak usually tries to avoid gameplay retcons as much as possible (and I'm usually grateful for that), there have been minor retcon cases before (like the typing of the Rotom Forms), and I don't think anyone would mind if this were one of the exceptions, especially since it was supposedly only a glitch that prevented it in Gen 2 in the first place.

[@robertcaro597]

“Tiny grass women from which to choose” 😂😂😂

[@pitpun11]

BELLOSOM IS BUILT DIFFERENT! DON'T YOU DARE SPEAK THAT WAY ABOUT AWESOME BLOSSOM

[@jamcalx]

The urshifu is more of aesthetics with the red and blue gigantimax forms being based on the Nioh Ungyo and Agyo, bodyguards of the buddha and spiritual protectors of temples along with those who seek refuge in them.

[@vittoriopugliese3352]

Agyo and Ungyo are lions, not pandas, so it isn't evident that they're based on them.

[@jamcalx]

@@vittoriopugliese3352 you're thinking of the Shisaa that served similar roles as sacred guardians.

[@vittoriopugliese3352]

@@jamcalx Yes

[@vittoriopugliese3352]

@@jamcalx Either way, they're not pandas. I was thinking about Shisaa.

[@determineddaaf3]

The two toxtricity forms should honestly have had some more differences between them. Maybe Amped could've been faster and Low Key could've been more defensive. I like Amped more which honestly just causes me to forget Low key exists, since they don't have any battle differences anyway. I do like Toxtricity though, it's a cool mon.

[@emperorcubone]

I love Toxtricity, but honestly they're probably so similar just so they could share a Gigantamax form...

[@determineddaaf3]

@@emperorcubone Oh yeah... that's pretty unfortunate. I'm also disappointed that Flapple and Appletun got the same gigantamax, especially since they're pretty different pokemon.

[@swampy725]

Ah yes my sir nite and gallant blade two of the best mega wall breakers

[@SlurpyTheDog]

I kinda like Burmy’s split evolution because it’s based on how Bagworms work They start out as caterpillars, and they build themselves huts that become their cocoons. But the females straight up STAY BAGWORMS, THE GRUB FORM

[@niczic123]

I really like bellossom but it not being also fairy type makes it basically useless because there's vileplume

[@TheBestEver1998]

I think it would be better to have more difference between the two

[@matheuscardoso5798]

If it had different base status like high speed and attack while being frail, it could fill a role vileplume cant

[@dannigro8794]

What’s the music at the beginning of the video called?