Espeon Is Rarely Used, But It's Better Than People Think

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[@Theprofessorator]

Espeon will always have a special place in my heart, because I had no idea what was going on when I was 7 and my Eevee just started evolving on it's own in Silver. 🤣

[@Wolfboy607]

I was trying to get an espeon in gen 4, my eevee started evolving in the 30s and i was pleased about the friendship timing. Then it evolved into glaceon. Whoops. Icy rock on the route. I used it to great effect that playthrough, anyway.

[@Theprofessorator]

@@Wolfboy607 I feel you on that! I was trying to get an Umbreon last gen and it evolved into a Sylveon all because it knew Baby-Doll Eyes haha

[@luisalbertovargastupac183]

Same for me, and then leveled him up to level 100

[@onnivinpelzel6368]

Iconic childhood moment

[@panh91]

It’s special together back then with Umbreon

[@sals8367]

That Espeon vs Raikou calm mind stand off reminded me of the two Metapods fighting each other in the show.

[@okajkaraca5013]

I think this one was more intense cus it's also a gamble of who is going to attack first

[@matthewlong7547]

The calm mind games with the raging bolt was crazy

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

I saw what you did there.

[@CoolEtCetera]

Next Level !

[@michaelstringfellow6754]

Why didn't the spikes hurt chien pao?

[@cesarcazares2214]

​@michaelstringfellow6754 It had to be wearing heavy duty boots.

[@starvedrock314]

That Espeon-Raging Bolt showdown was a literal big brain moment

[@FatAlz1988]

smol cat and big drgn meditating half the fight. Mindgames. Calmindgames.

[@user-AADZ]

Remember the time where Espeon magic bounced a Parting Shot and used the Parting Shot to switch out and remove its Calm Mind boost?

[@vibinmikegothyped3270]

Imagine two monstrous aliens - one taking the form of a cute two-tailed cat, the other the form of a freaking giraffe - fighting each other, and they just stand there, look at each other for like a solid 10 minutes while their juvenile owners are shouting "Calm Mind!", "Calm Mind!" all the time.

[@SuitableName]

The thumbnail might be one of my favourites so far, looks absolutely on point!

[@slippyquack7672]

Back in X&Y even SunMo, I kept Espeon on my teams cause it was just that good of a Pokémon that no one really saw coming. A fast and good special sweeper that can be switched in when the opponent is obviously going to set up entry hazards or status effects. Due to it being able to be both defensive and offensive, it's easily my favorite Eeveelution. Love its sleek design as well.

[@Foxtayls]

Its not just sleek, the pokedex says it feels like velvet to pet, if that helps you like it more.

[@JacobJohnson-xt3fy]

Haydunn be like: *Drops bombshell about Shaymin being based on a goat* *Refuses to elaborate further* *Leaves*

[@kelvinsomnia]

Little homie is the goat

[@sorrow5434]

I used Espeon on every team back in 5th gen competitively. Magic Bounce goes crazy and it hits like a truck. I always ran mine as a duel screener

[@THEGREATMAX]

I used to baton pass iron defense from my Mr. Mime once he became part fairy type, onto my magic bounce, calm mind, stored power Espeon

[@sea111]

See Haydunn, click Haydunn

[@jamesfrench777]

Straight up

[@mayoyayo7383]

one of the only KZbinrs I watch nowadays

[@justsomeguy.8670]

For sure!

[@goozilla123]

Simple as

[@Nishtman420]

Say less haaaa

[@MrJtb17]

At 8:02 I think your opponent expected you to use Destiny Bond so they went for Rapid Spin to avoid hitting Froslass.

[@fabumoose3215]

I nominate “Tusks ain’t even that great; call him Mid Tusk” for Quote of the Year 2024

[@porkysugrim]

It’s crazy how I literally NEVER have gotten tired of your videos. I been watching since the OG days with Dickpinch, Joint, Lime, and Tiddymilk ❤

[@Haydunn]

You’re a legend. Thanks for sticking with me for so long

[@Wheaty03]

espeon is my favorite eeveelution! so glad to see you use it in a video!

[@GIGA-MOAI]

Same here

[@TrxPsyche]

I stand by that Espeon REALLY needs a strong fire move. While Tera Blast exists and can be used for it, it's less beneficial for Espeon to be Tera Fire over Tera Fairy, as Fairy is a better defensive type. If Espeon got Mystical Fire, a fire move a lot of Psychic Pokemon can learn, You could run Psychic/Psyshock, Tera Blast (Fairy)/(Fighting), Shadow Ball and Mystical Fire, which would give Espeon an insanely good amount of coverage, with Tera Fairy or Fighting covering its weakness well. It wouldn't make Espeon top tier or anything, but it would make it another incredibly good special nuke with added hazard protection.

[@terr0va]

FINALLY, A COMPETITIVE ESPEON VIDEO! I've used Espeon sometimes with a trick set with Espeon wearing choice specs and using trick, psychic, shadow ball, and thunderwave. It saved me in a clutch battle once too when I had it on a sun team with weather ball instead of thunderwave

[@Queenkirlia]

I used to have a wild time setting up skill swap/psych up on magic bounce espeon on doubles with a gothitelle that knew flatter and always held a persim berry. My psychic girls would absolutely devour competitive. Paired with my garchomp to sweep hydreigons, the girls stood their ground

[@nolanzeigler3781]

Espeon has and always will be my fav eeveelution

[@brenoborba5433]

Espeon its my favorite pokemon, its so satisfying to see him sweeping. Magic bounce its my favorite hability, but i wish that he had sheer force too

[@kevindiaz8028]

Espeon is amazing in battle, fast and has an amazing ability... I love this Pokemon :) Thanks for the video

[@user-gn3ys7lu4efdskyjxjIHcb]

HELL yeah espeon is by far my favorite lead to stop hazards and an early sweerp to suprise people (it dosent work a lot of the time but its still fun!)

[@jaystapes3086]

Shaymins little cry after each kill got to me 😂

[@hobblestv1442]

Espeon probably was overlooked because of the existence of Alakazam. It has more speed, Spa, the same abilities and more move coverage I think. Similar but weaker defenses.

[@Geostar011]

Shocked Espeon is barely used. Love the opponent naming their Kingambit Yoshimitsu; such an iconic Tekken character.

[@andrewjohnson46]

Hearing you say Salazzle is serving was not on my 2024 bingo card Edit: truly one of your best vids in a hot minute, funnier-than-normal commentary and some insane mind games

[@jackcastonguay4944]

Been watching for like 13 years and this is why I love your stuff, dude. The wittiness is always on display, so funny, and lines like that ending are just perfect lol

[@kqmden]

Magic bounce has always been my favorite ability since it dropped

[@iistony8260]

I love your videos they always smack they’re helping me through a stressful time in my life and i appreciate it. I think it’d be cool if you did a full starter team

[@MajorasWrath1]

My interest in pokemon is pretty mild and even less ao for the competitive aspect. That said your vids are very pleasant, entertaining, and great background noise whenever i need any. Subbed a few weeks back but leaving some appreciation!

[@Haydunn]

Thanks so much I appreciate that!

[@kelvinsomnia]

You should check out his streams. If twitch isn’t your thing, haydunnlive is his youtube channel where he posts streams. The vibes are even more chill, and they last a lot longer if you want background noise.

[@nitrota2166]

I absolutely love the evolution of your content. And yet, still feels like Haydunn. Thank you for all the years.

[@A1KX100]

😂😂 that calm mind off in the second battle was hilarious

[@lycodra4113]

Espeon has been the backbone of my team. Magic Bounce for reflecting hazards and status moves. Psychic for decent chip damage. Toxic for setting up status. And protect to stall that status. I siwtch into it when a Pokémon faints because I know it can do decent damage and anything it can’t take out can be finished up with the stall. I also give it yawn sometimes to pressure switch outs to give it more presence on the field. Plus it’s decently fast and I have focus sash on it so I get some good damage in if I can’t use it for anything else

[@daorientalgamer6610]

Espeon can outspeed and ohko a galvantula with power gem and it bounces webs back. It also demolishes prankster pokemon

[@ohandthefracking]

also having signal beam it always threatens any dark types on the field too (albeit all eevelutions share signal beam iirc)

[@coldest.666]

That Yoshimitsu name of that gambit was perfect for a takken lover 👽

[@Miko2030]

Sylveon Espeon and Glaceon are my favorite eeveelutions

[@YourBoyNobody530]

The biggest issue it has is no steel coverage. If they gave it flamethrower it would actually put in some amazing results. Other than that the eeveelution stat spread is doing its bulk zero favors. In case your wondering every eeveelution has the same base stats rearranged. All of them have 60, 65, 65, 95, 110, and 130 in some order.

[@Sasori2105]

Yep. It being hard walled by Steel types (who tend to be the ones who throw around those status moves you want to bounce back) has always been its biggest weakness. Low bulk is a problem too; but if it had the coverage it needed, it would blow past a lot of the many checks and counters around. Personally I feel Mystical Fire or Aura Sphere fit more thematically for additional coverage. It’s my favorite Eeveelution so every generation I hope GameFreak gives it what it needs to shine. Maybe next gen lol

[@moizukage]

Espeon is slept on for sure

[@StryxxMusic]

I've Been Watching Your Videos Since 2010 Or So. This Entire Video Is WHY . Also That Last Line At The End?! YO LOL

[@nolanclark4139]

Finally, I’ve been waiting for the espeon highlights

[@Tetrabiblo]

A vid of Haydun using one of my favorite pokemon on my birthday 🥳 I do wish shiny espeon was actually like a midnight blue with a light blue gem on its head instead of what we got but I digress lol

[@TrampledBySquirtles]

Crazy that you got Picasso to do your thumbnail for this one

[@Parmesan-mo9ps]

I found this insane Moltres set that actually uses rain to have an almost 40 percent chance to ohko an assault vest and perfect ev and iv in SPD shuckle. It uses rain to guarantee that hurricane will hit and choice specs to deal insane damage. I am so sad that Moltres isn't as popular as other legendaries.

[@SickSilckMan]

“Espeon rarely used.” Oh how the mighty have fallen.

[@suddenllybah]

The first game getting the stealth rocket uno reverse was pretty good. Not sure if you needed it for the damage, but being able to just not care about focus sashes is nice.

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

Espeon is my favorite eeveelution so im super excited to see it putting in work! Always a great time in a haydunn video where you put respect on some lesser used mons but this one was espesially great because espeon ❤

[@gioc2512]

Espeon has always been one of my fave Eeveelutions next to Jolteon, Umbreon, and Leafeon. That being said, I wonder what you could do with Leafeon, who never really gets much love. 🤔

[@rellyrell819]

An Espeon video !!!!! Thank you for this. Now can we get a Kantonian Ninetails highlight video 👀

[@tobygreen3019]

I love the calm mind war

[@MJMcKenzie322]

I feel like you should make a video titled “What Penny’s Team Wishes it Was”

[@dragonragevideos4565]

Been such a huge fan of your channel for years. Your comments never fail to make me laugh

[@iZAYYYYYYY]

Espeon is sm better than umbreon. Especially with the shiny. Umbreons looks boring, while espeon looks like an actual alien

[@reynaldobastidas338]

both are good, umbreon for the defensive side and espeon for the offensive side, and the umbreon is really pretty

[@wgt7537]

Great video as usual 👍. One point i want to point out that should the shaymin go down their. If destiny bond is used in the first turn your opponent clicks sucker punch, you can essentially force them to kill your pokemon by clicking an attacking move as sucker punch would go first in the turn after and destiny bond would still be in effect. I tested that out today, it works.

[@NNNNNNNNNNNNNNl]

Espeon is one of the best calm mind sweepers in Pokemon when it receives cotton guard from baton pass and has magic bounce. Just run Morning Sun, Calm Mind, Dazzling Gleam, and Stored Power on that thing, and it 6-0s people.

[@leafgreen20cruz]

Seeing Shaymin taking down Kingambit, it deserves a video for a little Hedgehog for next time Haydunn pls a video for Shaymin is also my favorite Pokemoj movie Giratina and the Sky Worrior🍃

[@sleazymeezy]

Bro tiers are crazy these days. Espeon used to be a huge threat

[@ElCactus7567]

You should try a full team of Eeveelutions

[@sheepsquad4453]

Haydunn fr is the man with a plan

[@tacomansam139]

I've been watching for years, and the nicknames you come up with always get me.

[@harmoniousdisciple]

espeon has been one of my favorites since pokémon colosseum

[@UnchainedPandoran]

Psychic cat goes crazy.

[@grizz6693]

The Espeon plays were sweet. I'm excited for the Shaymin video. I've always nicknamed my Shaymin "Carl"

[@razrv3lc]

Magic Bounce is so funny. The first time I used it was with a Hatterene for raids and the way it just kept doing “no u” on the mons that would do the unfair status spamming was hilarious

[@nolongeraperson]

Always love when an OU scrub gets rekt by RU

[@moonheartdebates7681]

I might not be a competitive player but I find these videos interesting plus, I agree that Espeon deserves more respect! I've used Espeon on my main team in the past, I love Espeon and it has come in clutch before.

[@MyNameIsQuinn]

I can't find the video but Haydunn's one liners are next level. And this is a little bit of paraphrasing, but it went like: "You're probably thinking that tentacruel was made after a squid, but it was actually made after a goat" then proceeds to delete his opponent.

[@briefersrock5241]

I love Espeon, it and Umbreon are my fave eeveelutions, thanks to Pokemon Colosseum. Also, TIL Shaymin (my absolute favorite mythical aside from Marshadow and Mew) is useable in ScarVi!! Such a good little grass hedgie!!!

[@Pr0ject_Dusk]

This makes me miss my auto-crit Espeon back in 8th gen :(

[@AndresD.deLeon]

Espeon: "I'm not stuck here with you. You're stuck here with ME UwU"

[@theiromia2389]

10:14 you could have done a "there is no right answer for you" play where after you do the destiny bond, you attack to do some damage, then if they don't thunder clap you d.bond again for them to either attack you or thunder clap, then try to keep doing mind games. if they thunderclap to kill before you attack, destiny bond should still be in effect.

[@kaiserwave5977]

Shiny Espeon is one of the few shinies to actually look good in green

[@bobthehandyman3650]

Imo it would've looked better with any other color

[@dae57]

It does not.

[@theshankpain2228]

I like it too. Makes it look like an alien.

[@TrashCanDolfie]

​@@bobthehandyman3650it would but he is just saying it's one of the only decent green shinies

[@TrashCanDolfie]

What about dragonite?!🤡

[@PureLilyShipper]

Finally, theyre giving Espeon some love, i love Espeon especially in Pokemon Unite

[@Tazar1000]

Was in the process of making and espeon build but couldent quite figure it out wondered if the GOAT Haydunn had a vid out on it and it’s right here. Straight W

[@hizkiatang774]

“TUSK DONT EVEN LOOK THAT GREAT, CALL IT MID TUSK”- Haydunn That was bars fr

[@PlacestobeVG]

"suspiciously tube-shaped" lol ... what was on your mind Haydunn

[@booshwilson8814]

Please do an all Tree team. I’d even take sceptile as there’s not many good options

[@ellismcsmellis3345]

the music at 4:11 was like a mental flashbang

[@user-oz6yc2kr1j]

That froslass name it's genius

[@legowestco7132]

Lunch ready, Haydunn posted, life good

[@MegaMachiOnline]

I’m surprised you didn’t sacrifice froslass when espeon’s job was done to see what they’d do

[@juanokug4]

espeon and raging bolt had a dbz powerup scene 💀

[@zonaldzuck1859]

Them fighting over whose kind could be calmer was super funny

[@ras1826]

Espeon is legit so stronggggg my fave eevolution after Vaporeon!!!

[@muhammadnazerinsaripin1925]

11:36 😂😂😂 calm mind fight

[@christophermckinley595]

That sweep with the espeon

[@israelnevarez3118]

It would be cool if they made magic bounce the move. Just make it work like upper hand in the way it's prediction based and won't remain on the field like screens.

[@Kyle-xb8us]

Bro forgot about Magic Coat

[@israelnevarez3118]

@@Kyle-xb8us I did. I never see anybody use it, ever.

[@Kyle-xb8us]

@@israelnevarez3118 that's fair

[@CoolEtCetera]

Haydunn's always got the coverage or a backup plan. I would like to see a team & moves building tutorial from our boy !

[@Haydunn]

I’ve got a full video building a team from scratch! Right now it’s a members only video on my channel

[@Skarlight]

I remember i used to battle my friend in high school. He always tried to switch in magic bounce espeon against my sticky web galvantula. But i always predicted that and use bug buzz.

[@plasmafreeze3018]

With Hatterene being so prominent in OU it might be hard to use it there. Espeon is still good and has the more speedy advantage, but Hatterene makes up for it for having duel stab, better use of Tera, and overall more utility options like Nuzzle and Draining Kiss (Built in Stab). Espeon could be nice in UU though. Edit: The main issue is Espeon's poor bulk making switches very risky compared to Hatterene's much more useful bulk.

[@kevyg4927]

Espeon matching Raging Bolt's menacing energy was top tier

[@krakenxhunter]

Bro said chalk up a body bag for Espion🤣 thats crazzyyy

[@shaskizzle]

You really did your bestpeon

[@lachlantaylor1225]

Tbf, unless Haydunn can hit a magic bounce on a belly drum or something, nothing will top it copying the komohoh set up

[@dennisflanders1957]

Haydunn, you're killing it with the thumbnails my man. Keep up the good art!

[@HandMadeSpider]

Haydunn should get an invinte to be an official commentator and streamer

[@michaelrose5150]

7:15 BOO PUNS! BOO!

[@jarredsmith1372]

Top tier editing, great content and voiceover after the video, another home run

[@SL_edits897]

4:01 the way garchomp looks to speon is kinda scary

[@StormRoxas]

Espeon went hard!