How GOOD was Reuniclus ACTUALLY? - History of Reuniclus in Competitive Pokemon

[@darth_crumbo]

Reuniclus: *rampaging through OU* Excadrill: Don’t make me come down there!

[@z-leigh6554]

Lol. Lesson if this? Don't anger exca in BW

[@papermachete8071]

I'd be GLAD to see it get beaten up by exca. I HATE IT SO MUCH

[@cold-bloodedbeats4139]

@@papermachete8071 As in competitive wise or casual wise?

[@papermachete8071]

@@cold-bloodedbeats4139 both

[@cold-bloodedbeats4139]

@@papermachete8071 Damn. Reuniclus is great imo. Best Psychic type in gen 5

[@mhx5071]

If only Reuniclus got Aura Sphere so it didnt rely on Focus Miss

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

Yeah, I can feel that. Still it’s at least a way to not get fucked by Tar.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

It didn't get one in Swsh despite Aura Sphere was a TM in this game? (I know what's TM and what's TR, don't dare to argue.)

[@sayvionwashington1939]

@@naturalharmoniagropius4486 Nope, but they gave it to the Hitmons of all things.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

@@sayvionwashington1939 that sucks. Aura Sphere should get a widespread as a Special Fighting attack. I mean the only fighting type move that is a special attack, besides the unreliable Focus Miss

[@Alche_mist]

@@naturalharmoniagropius4486 There's also Keldeo-signature "Fighting Psyshock" in the form of Secret Sword. The positive is, it's a very good move. The negative is, well, it's Keldeo signature and thus, it's distribution is the ultimate form of "limited".

[@spectre1256]

I like how they made a cool Pokémon based off frickin mitosis

[@brandonlacey8112]

Smh and people roast 5th gen mons to this day...

[@marzbar5877]

Cuz mitosis is cool as hell!

[@lisabtheplug5630]

@@brandonlacey8112 the roast only 2 mons trashbag and icecream cone

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@lisabtheplug5630 Don't forget the poor pile of gears.

[@megasilver7529]

Always love this pokemon design

[@Kanbei11]

How good was incineroar actually? Singles: 2 minutes long, VGC: 32 minutes long

[@mortomultiverse8778]

Like 78% of usage in USUM.

[@nibleton_]

@@mortomultiverse8778 the height of incin’s usage was 2019 moon, with 90%

[@mortomultiverse8778]

@@nibleton_ Where can i find the source?

[@belimvasim143]

This just shows that every mon is made for particular play style,tier or doubl-singles

[@butteredsalmonella]

inb4 Kanbei still needs bases.

[@SaltyTreecko]

I'm one minute in and ree-yoo-nee-clus is already driving me insane

[@leilaliebel8767]

I want to rip my ears off, it hurts so much.

[@KlldbyCuriosity]

It’s really the nee for me, I pronounce it ree yoo nih clus

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@KlldbyCuriosity Same, the ni is short!

[@soapysuds7040]

There is another Pronounciation? I always say it as Re-you-knee-clus... What other ones could there be?

[@Ffancrzy]

@@soapysuds7040 Re-you-neh-clus

[@jstager]

I never heard the official name before. Gotta admit, pretty annoying.

[@Nomster_111]

How do you pronounce it?

[@ZealOnWheels704]

@@Nomster_111 Most pronounce it Ryu-ni-clus

[@captainmega6310]

@@ZealOnWheels704 most?

[@lennartstockl5826]

So, you guys remember Gen-gar?

[@captainmega6310]

@ there you go

[@JB-bc2ry]

Crazy to think that this thing gets *Regenerator* and is amazing even without it.

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

"Oh yeah, that one bulky Psychic from Unova. I wonder how good it actually-" *31 minutes* "Excuse me, what?"

[@walesjedi9217]

VGC, I'm guessing

[@neatandclean6346]

That's exactly what I thought lmao. I was expecting like 15-20 mins

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

Reuniclus is actually incredible thanks to having two really good abilities. Magic Guard is just bonkers in singles.

[@aquaneutral]

also its because fsg is making really long videos these days compared to 3 years ago

[@jjc4924]

Yeah. I was shocked on how good it was.

[@ArmageddonAngel]

Re-u-knee-clus sounds like you are trying to speak with a mouthful of dice.

[@tripleabeetle3757]

I haven’t watched the video but that’s just how you pronounce it right? Edit: I was wrong

[@d3vond]

Great, now you butchered it even more (at least for me)

[@CatchTheMarmosets]

Once i heard this i forgot how its really pronounced. Thanks

[@GatorOne-in7hk]

Pronouncing it as Ree-u-knee-clus makes sense because it’s a neucleus. Uen is neu backwards.

[@wailmoregd140]

@@GatorOne-in7hk It’s spelled Nucleus, not Neucleus, so that argument doesn’t hold up

[@dreadknight2439]

You can tell he got tired of the pronunciation too when he started to call it Reun instead.

[@N12015]

1:57 Latias: "Yeah, that's me. You're probably wondering how I got into this situation"

[@petervilla5221]

"Well, it all started when I first met this stalker kid..."

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

Is that movie called “ mega mind” if I recalled it correctly

[@bridgeseller7004]

@@陳嘉宇-y4q Many movies use that concept but MegaMind is one of the best examples, yeah.

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

@@bridgeseller7004 this is a story all about how my life got flipped upside down. So let me take a minute and sit right there of how I became pursuit fodder

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

It’s honestly great that you are covering the history of the metagames rather than how just how good the mon actually was, cuz you can see just how the mom’s performance fluctuates overtime. It’s honestly surprising to see just how broken Reuniclus was at the time Excadrill was banned.

[@ZKazeLP]

still getting flashbacks of my 14year old self playing pokemon online getting 6-0d reuniclus. Reuniclus with ferrothorn felt impossible to break before they brought back excadrill

[@AnimeGames16]

A huge improvement over the earlier videos where it was just, "We only go over it when it's in OU it sucks if it's anything below that."

[@ZKazeLP]

Kellen changed writers, BKC writes it now and homie drops a thesis on the metagame almost weekly, you should check out his channel if yall wanna know about the old meta under a microscope

[@PeterGriffin11]

Whose mom was performing?

[@primalrager2434]

@@PeterGriffin11 he meant mon lol

[@josh3658edwards]

False Swipe *pronounces Reuniclus technically correctly* Me: “Thanks. I hate it.”

[@iBenjamin1000]

nobody liked that

[@IschmarVI]

because the "official" pronunciation doesn't conform with how such words are usually pronunced in English - namely, on the second syllable.

[@xrn769]

Gotta love it when Reuniclus’ video is longer than Mewtwo’s

[@Mebibit]

That's more because BKC is the writer now than anything else, he could write an hour long video on the competitive history of Sunkern if given the opportunity.

[@edmg7]

I mean Mewtwo is typically banned in VGC.

[@Mebibit]

@@edmg7 yeah, that's fair too. All the box legs are 20ish minutes as well.

[@12jswilson]

@@edmg7 and if it isn't banned, why would you use mewtwo over Groudon, Kyogre, Xerneas, Rayquaza, Palkia, Dialga, Yveltal, etc.

[@edmg7]

@@12jswilson Exactly. And even in Smogon, it's great but what else can you say? Meanwhile this video followed a fluctuating career.

[@stealthyshadow567]

Update: Reuniclus is in RU again and is the uncontested best Pokémon in the tier, it is currently being suspect tested and will soon likely be banned.

[@goreangel1258]

This aged about as well as spoiled milk lol

[@ilikemilk7833]

@@goreangel1258 explain pls I don’t competitive

[@Lrizu]

@@ilikemilk7833 it didn't get banned and now is actally ptetty mediocre in RU

[@axlr8deathpls294]

@@Lrizu Not really mediocre but if you just spam it in battle brainlessly you're gonna get crushed

[@yulingzhao3775]

@@axlr8deathpls294 but if you do that then mega rayquaza is also the worst pokemon in zu (a tier for untier pokemon)

[@Mewseeker]

Excadrill: "You could not live with your own failure. Where did that bring you? Back to me."

[@brunop.8745]

He always comes back, one way or the other

[@Kaiiryuu]

LOL

[@qwilliams1539]

Thumbs down for dead meme.

[@emanuelaparicio2756]

@@qwilliams1539 thumbs down for your dead sense of humor.

[@gavinrollot6426]

Isn't it the opposite though? Reuniclus was so good that they had to bring back Excadrill.

[@imortal333]

I’m really impressed that Reuniclus did so well in gen 5. I thought anything that wasn’t one of the new hyper offense sweepers would be ranked lower, but surprise, I forgot it’s high base hp and average defenses actually made it fairly tanky, especially with calm mind and magic guard helping even more with its bulk. That’s a really pleasant surprise.

[@allenkeettikkal3149]

Magic Guard is what really pushed it to be legitimate in OU. Without it, it would probably be fairly good in the lower tiers.

[@imortal333]

@@allenkeettikkal3149 Oh for sure, then it would be taking damage from life orb, hazards, etc, right?

[@Dz73zxxx]

The acid armor+calm mind set is the nightmare

[@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile]

@@allenkeettikkal3149 that's not inaccurate since Musharna resides in NU and is mostly the same mon (minus abilities and recover anyway)

[@jjc4924]

I'm actually shocked it was good from each gen it was on. I'm pretty happy about that. Even if it isn't the best, it still manage to pull it off very well.

[@Solanne11]

FSG must be a Togekiss, because I’m flinching every time they say Reuniclus

[@reebro]

No He is TWO Togekiss

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

@@reebro one is scarfed other is thunder wave

[@xx_lunchmeat_xx752]

@@reebro twogekiss

[@reebro]

@@xx_lunchmeat_xx752 take my like and leave

[@WingedMourner]

I thought he was a jirachi throwing out serene grace iron head.......

[@sithmir]

Everytime he say reuKNEEcleus I shed a tear :’(

[@Nomster_111]

Your pronunciation sounds disgusting to me. I like ReuKNEEclus

[@captainsunshine64]

It's more effort to say knee than nih, sounds off. But I don't know how it's pronounced in the anime so can't be sure what's right.

[@DawnofRoxas101]

RyuKneesCles

[@798jeremy]

Wow, wow ! So you must've done a freakin' tears puddle on your desk/table at this point, 'right ? XD

[@captainsunshine64]

@@798jeremy Let the man exaggerate in peace lol

[@Arbbym9er]

FSG: "Re-u-ne-clus" Me: umm akkchually, you're pronouncing that wrong FSG: "I'm pronouncing it the official way" Me: nvm, carry on

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Me: how could you pronounce it correctly

[@VaporeonEnjoyer1]

I don't care if it's the official name, it still feels like a dagger to the ear every time I hear it.

[@Yominication]

The apparently "official" pronounciation makes no sense. Reuniclus' name is a combination of reunite and nucleus. And those two combined sound the way most people call Reuniclus...not like fsg does

[@tobathetura7482]

@@Yominication whenever someone brings this up I always point to blastoise lol. The right pronunciation is just whichever one the most people use

[@G-Force7]

@@tobathetura7482 the correct pronunciation of blastoise is however anonymuz says it in the pokemon cypher

[@m.torre0723]

If Reunicleus is 30 minutes, and Chansey and Blissey were 1 hour, guess how long Lando-T is gonna be. Oh boy.

[@No_name7474]

Lando T is annoying i prefer gliscor

[@justinnzamora5366]

I know that Lando-T is better but I much prefer Gliscor when I want a Ground/Flying type.

[@thebestworst8002]

the only metagame it's legal in that landorus t isn't top tier that I can think of is early vgc 2019

[@crispydonut9553]

I was thinking more Tyranitar than Lando tbh

[@stephenveerasammy3074]

We say this every week

[@crownedclown_x]

I just remember being a kid when gen 5 came out and all my friends thought Reuniclus was weird and wouldn't use it. I destroyed their hopes and dreams.

[@reebro]

Good. Good.

[@jjc4924]

Mr. Burns: Excellent!

[@azureshieldchannel1969]

All hail the telekinetic fetus

[@雪者]

Holy shoelaces. Great job!

[@arkthecat9212]

@@the-hw2um why not both? :)

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

Don't forget that Reuniclus was in a Pokestar movie where :Reuniclus, Krokorok and the trainer fought against a T posing alien.

[@cintronproductions9430]

Pfft, what!?

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

@@cintronproductions9430 Invaders 4.

[@jjc4924]

Oh! I love that movie! 😁😂

[@anuragkat66]

yeah one of the good things of BW2

[@zekrom320]

@@anuragkat66 I mean seriously, there was SO MUCH NEW CONTENT IN B2/W2. Wanna be a movie star actor? Pokèstar Studios Wanna be a entreprenuer & manager? Join Avenue Wanna be a World Champion? Pokèmon World Tournament Wanna be a Fashion Designer? Pokèmon Musical Wanna find God's remainings? Abyssal Ruins Wanna travel to a different world? Entralink Wanna go to a challenging building to get a Shiny Pseudo Legendary as a prize? Battle Tree/Building God did I love those games.

[@j-red9121]

At first I didn’t know why it was Reuniclus being covered today, but then I realized that Reuniclus is essentially a fetus, and that today is Valentine’s Day… Now I get the joke. If that was the intention.

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

Ohhhhhh I get it

[@Christian-rn1ur]

I uh... doubt that was the intention

[@thatcloveplant]

@@Christian-rn1ur it could have been but idk

[@matguimond92]

Pro life (Reuniclus) or Pro choice (Gastly)

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

@@matguimond92 arson (Litwick)

[@pikraken]

not "reeuneeclus", it's called "Squishy Boi"

[@captainsunshine64]

I prefer Psychic Fetus

[@julicanoto15]

@@captainsunshine64 that's Musharna

[@captainsunshine64]

@@julicanoto15 Nah, Musharna is Psychic Moon Tapir Thing

[@GhostrareStardust]

Squish quish

[@jaschabull2365]

Brian David Gilbert calls it "the pokémon equivalent of a Tide pod".

[@JJBeauregard1]

Obligatory "Wow, if *Reuniclus* is this long, Landorus/Ferrothorn/Heatran will take multiple seasons to be covored!"

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

@The OG Gengar could make Gen 7 and 8 since Gengar isn't OU anymore.

[@hypertech116]

Tyranitar, Heatran, and Landorus would take long cause they have a decent range of movepools.

[@bryanc1772]

@@naturalharmoniagropius4486 Gengar still did well in UU and was even banned recently The better Dragapult now outclasses Gengar in most ways

[@hypertech116]

@The OG Tyranitar is a pseudo legendary therefore it has a honkin' wide movepool. And it has Sand Stream, a very useful ability that makes Tyranitar relevant despite having too much weaknesses. Special attacker Tyranitar is a pretty dumb set tho

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

@@bryanc1772 Really. So Gengar doesn't float is still nuts in Singles?

[@xxEchoDecayxx]

Ah yes, the Psychic Fetus Pokémon finally gets a video

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Mew standing here confused do you mean me

[@bcrbes]

It’s based off of cells r word

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

@@bcrbes mew is based off a embryo/fetus while reuniclus is based off a cells and the cells core.

[@tangytim6699]

I'm pretty sure Musharna is the fetus Pokémon

[@KT.is.him.]

Psychic fetus. The best description 👌🏽😂

[@beanson2323]

Reunaclus is like Metagross, it's a fusion of its previous evolutions.

[@oatmeal0]

I’m pretty sure it’s just a cell that reforms itself...

[@monkakonga4305]

I though it was a fetus

[@Frenemies.]

@@monkakonga4305 EXCUSE ME-

[@Txnewashere]

@@monkakonga4305 same

[@aikou2886]

@@monkakonga4305 I thought it was an homunculus, Munna's line looked like fetusus to me.

[@happypidgey53]

Reuniclus is both adorable and cool at the same time. Change my mind.

[@ghoulchamp6242]

these 2049 references are goated as hell

[@SaltyTreecko]

Hard to imagine it's only a matter of time until we start getting into gen 6

[@TheStarswearee]

We already did :/

[@tytar2132]

Did you forget about the greninja video

[@reesecarlton]

Hard to imagine that we'll have to cover landorus for 2 hours sooner than later

[@voltingmaster5458]

Blame the Patrons for being impatient.

[@stephenveerasammy3074]

Goodra!

[@Whom_]

So happy we are doing more gen 5 mons, so now it’s about time we find out how good the only gen 5 Gigantamax, Garbodor really was

[@firetools]

Honestly I hate how Gen 5 was shafted in both Megas and G-max forms by only having one Pokemon each for them.

[@marcocognome1835]

@@firetools I meen it's not like gen 6-7 had Better luck with the megas

[@Zek3nator]

He was trash.

[@D-S-G.]

Reun was who beat Garbodor a few months ago. Its time we rise up

[@yungmuney5903]

@@firetools To give them credit, Garbodor of all things is the only Non Gen 1 or 8 pokemon to get a G-max form.

[@Pepeutra]

i feel extreme happiness knowing that the cutest little psychic fetus was a major threat in competitive pokemon

[@JZer0]

He talks about Wolfe Glick a couple times throughout this video so it's only natural for him to pronounce Reuniclus's name in a weird way.

[@G-Force7]

except the "weird way" in this case is the official pronunciation for some reason

[@aidenpons9584]

wait, you mean, Cinderachi _isn't_ the correct pronounciation alongside Wendysaur?

[@tommy_darc]

Pronounces "Reuniclus" as "Reuniclus". Gross

[@mosesborras3221]

Not a big deal

[@beelhybees2109]

How GOOD was Braviary ACTUALLY. I'm not giving up.

[@plabcentral630]

You gotta wait now

[@FirstLastname604]

“Oh finally a reuniclus vid-“ “Ryu-knee-clus” *immediately exits video*

[@ChillavaKirby]

Lol same

[@bellpepper4797]

How GOOD were the Gen 5 fossil mons ACTUALLY? Attempt number 8

[@devinsanders8596]

I've been trying for Durant for months dude😑

[@Eric-py8yy]

Dont give up, i am trying to Arbok

[@toastybreade613]

I’ve just started trying to get avalugg

[@Eric-py8yy]

Dont worry, soon we will get our pokemon anslysed

[@thepretzel2]

He doesnt look at comments anymore. If you want to give input for future vids, go to his community tab.

[@hanselfinn8946]

People: ice cream and trash bag as pokemon they run out of ideas Me: I'm looking at an upside down pokeball and pokeball in Gen 1 Edit: pls continue this is amusing

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Me: looked at the sentient piece of feces and sewage of gen 1 muk compare garbage Garbodor. Say to the hater you literally like a living crap over garbage.

[@hanselfinn8946]

@@majesticgothitelle1802 also diglet and 3 diglet also magnet and 3 magnet

[@NicofTime...]

There's two birds and a rat in the first area guys

[@gintamaforever195]

One word:jinx

[@hanselfinn8946]

Remember when jinx is black ?

[@parkzy2920]

I always try but can never prepare myself to hear him add 4 more syllables into Reuniclus than I'm used to

[@rocketdoggie6441]

All I know is I only can ever see the tiny dude stuck inside the green goop

[@OriginalGameteer]

I mean it IS basiaclly a still forming fetus

[@PapaTaurean]

This is definitely one of those "abilities make the mon" Magic Coat and Regenerator are really great abilities. I doubt there's much you can do to improve the Cell Pokemon. Maybe it's cells are similar to Mew and Mewtwo's?? 🤔

[@michaelkeha]

Give it a minor stat boost in sp attack and maybe sp def and it would shoot back to OU

[@redwarrior118]

@@michaelkeha It doesn't need to. Reuniclus always finds some usage in OU

[@michaelkeha]

@@redwarrior118 not right now but that will shoot it back also give it Aura Sphere damn it

[@fercha37]

*magic guard

[@DM-of5sl]

This makes me want Regenerator on Mew

[@Rumblethon]

Flubber, you finally made it in a video.

[@igor-jo8bw]

What is your pfp?

[@Rumblethon]

@@igor-jo8bw don’t do drugs kiddo don’t do drugs

[@Webber_78]

the pronunciation he uses is just ours slowed down

[@ThinkOutsideTheBlocks]

Watch at 1.25x speed

[@Gabodhd]

I took a shot each time he said "ReUNiclUs" now my body is 80% Alcohol

[@danieldelacruz7642]

I had a big smile to “interlinked within cells” and then I lost it at “Dreadful. Distinct.” Good reminder on why I’ve been a faithful subscriber

[@edmg7]

...wha?

[@stewdude4915]

Pale Fire reference

[@Kawaiiarhea]

Can we have a remastered version of the vid with literally no changes, except Reuniclus is pronounced the other way?

[@garryoak]

What is the other way?

[@SentinelHirsc]

@@garryoak Re-u-neh-clis

[@garryoak]

@@SentinelHirsc I saw the last part of the video but thanks. Ryu Nicholas sounds better

[@mosesborras3221]

Why it’s just a word

[@misterlinux9290]

Reuniclus in the game: Focus no U Reuniclus in the Manga: "Is it for me? 👉👈" -feat: pokemon white

[@toadstooltadd3843]

Just call him Mitochondria because this ‘mon is the POWERHOUSE of this cell!

[@abcmegalovania5227]

I'm just surprised it wasn't Alomomola today, but great work FSG Team once again!

[@pausegamers7320]

I hate the proper way to pronounce "Ledian" he's 'bout my favorite Pokémon and I've pronounced it like "comedian" my entire life which is really how it should be said since his stats are such a joke 🤣🤣🤣

[@grrumakemeangry]

ledian has the second highest or highest special defense of all non legendary bug types.

[@NanaKyoto]

Gosh, Generation V sure had a lot of powerful Pokémon to debut there, huh?

[@goGothitaLOL]

And we're still missing Conkeldurr, Sesmitoad, Whimsicott, Darmanitan, Scrafty (arguably), Gothitelle (Shadow Tag), Amoonguss, Ferrothorn, Terrakion, Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus

[@jjc4924]

Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Crustle, Durant, Braviary, Mandibuzz, Meinshao, Carracosta.

[@Bladius_]

@@jjc4924 "Kyurem, Crustle, Durant, Braviary, Mandibuzz, Meinshao, Carracosta." Those are all bad except Mandibuzz and Durant with Dynamax :P

[@jjc4924]

Blaydes. I disagree on those Pokemon you mentioned being bad. Even without Dynamax, they're still pretty excellent Pokemon.

[@Bladius_]

@@jjc4924 They're all below UU in singles and do nothing that something else can't do better. VGC is the same, they all serve no purpose over something else. That's the definition of something bad. Durant got lucky with Dynamax skipping accuracy checks; you could still say it's bad honestly considering it was only good in a single meta, but I'd give him the pass. Madibuzz has weird stats, but an amazing typing/ability/movepool so it does have a niche, so I consider it good too. I think a lot of mons with cool niches get called bad too often but those are all just mons that are fully outclassed. 3 are literally untiered, 1 is a legendary that can't get out of UU and Mienshao has been hardstuck UU or lower since it was added; I like Mienshao too, and have tried to make it work since gen 5 and it's just deadweight.

[@chaosryans]

It was immediately one of my favorites just by design. It's symmetrical and high special attack. One downside is that it doesn't have a big move variety like many psychics that can learn things like flame thrower etc. But its easy to build either special or defense.

[@nerddwarf]

Reminder Reuniclus and Duosion have the SAME Sp.Atk and Speed stats. Literally identical. Reuniclus gains +45 HP +25 Atk +25 Def +25 Sp.Def When it evolves If it wasn't for the +45 HP, Eviolite Duosion would have a niche If Reuniclus kept its HP and Duosion had 85 HP instead of 65, it wouldn't be bad It wouldn't be good. But this Pokémon evolves, and only gets defensive boosts. In the same generation eviolite was released. That's very questionable game design

[@sperryyoungerjr.3985]

I would've given that +25 attack boost to it's defense, sp atk, sp def while distributing the 25 stat buff evenly amongst the three stats. I would've done this: +5 to both defenses and +15 sp ark.

[@Amelia4111]

@@sperryyoungerjr.3985 We don't use the word its as a pronoun if there's an apostrophe in it!

[@nerddwarf]

@@sperryyoungerjr.3985 (It's) = It is (Its) = possessive English is one of the most disgusting languages. It makes very little sense and constantly contradicts itself.

[@loganw5685]

the extra 15 minutes off of an average video was because of the pronunciation

[@h0m3st4r]

So, in summation, Reuniclus was pretty good. It started out as an OU mainstay, but eventually fell first to UU in gens 6 and 7 and RU in gen 8...nominally, anyway. As of gen 8, it's still usable in top tier competitive play because of its unique talents.

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

For the next episode, how about we look at Reuniclus' counterpart from BW, and a pokemon who's history is almost the complete inverse, Gothitelle.

[@thatcloveplant]

Yeah that would be cool

[@sayvionwashington1939]

Shadow Tag Gothitelle ruins the fun for everyone: The Video

[@logandaley1544]

Never would have guessed this squishy looking blob was so strong

[@nikaoharbour6962]

Never would've played with it until I played by competitive rules

[@typhlosion7872]

This thing is busted in the pokebilities metagame. Having access to both Magic Guard and Regenerator as well as not being effected by powder moves is brilliant. Sure, Galarian Weezing can nullify those abilities because it has Neutralizing Gas (which for some reason doesn't cancel out it's own abilities, but only the opponents abilities), but gets easily dealt with by a Psychic move. No Pursuit in gen 8 makes it even more busted because it abuses Regenerator even better. Your best bet is to paralyze it and have something like a Hex Dragapult, which is already common to deal with the overpowered Conkeldurr and other great Guts pokemon in pokebilities.

[@ItzWoeden]

"It remains to be seen how Reuniclus will do in RU this time around." *gets suspect tested and is the best pokemon in the tier*

[@theannilators7479]

How good was Deletus the Fetus actually

[@GamingWarlord64]

The embryo like Pokemon you know what this fits surprisingly well

[@Grandflea02]

"Re-you-knee-clus" I've been waiting for this video forever, and I don't think I can put up with this. Just stop.

[@thatonekidthatnobodytruste5406]

“Eat up Terrakion all day” 😳😳😳

[@theannilators7479]

Take a shot for every comment complaining about how he pronounced it’s name

[@nerothewateruser8030]

I like having a functional liver

[@GM.Nobody]

can it be a shot of tea. I'm non alcoholic

[@Tejroe]

Definitely worth mentioning that Reuniclus was one of, if not the best Assault Vest Pokémon due to Regenerator. 383 SpA stat when maxed out, with obscene health to regenerate and access to Future Sight, Knock Off, Psyshock, Thunder and Focus Blast is absolutely disgusting

[@whomgod420]

FSG: I better pronounce this the right way also FSG: rai-koo

[@pepopesek5742]

I wanna See How Good Was Cryogonal Actually?History Of Cryogonal in Competitive Pokemon Please

[@droozyyy]

Anyone that played Gen 5 competitive knows how terrifying Reuniclus was

[@eyecontrol4900]

i just started using it recently on showdown, and its hardly let me down at all. Pretty much can beat most balance teams, unless the opponent brings sabeleye.

[@ssnokem]

one of my first and only forays into competitive pokemon was building a trick room doubles team with reuniclus and conkeldurr. fond memories of this thing

[@rubenmatinezlopez2662]

Hahaha, yeah mate, me too. I have only played a couple of Trick Room and Paraflinch teams. Other members apart from Conkeldurr and Reuniclus could be: Porygon 2, Jellicent, Druddigon, Ferrothorn, Chandelure, Slowbro... Fun times indeed.

[@LMC_Jarred]

Here I was expecting my favorite Pokémon to get a pretty mediocre wrap in competitive, since I couldn't remember any instances of it in what little competitive I've seen, and here I find that _the_ WolfeyVGC used one in his debut and got 6th in Worlds with it. :D Edit: AND THEN WOLFE COMES UP WITH A WAY TO SET UP PRIORITY TRICK ROOM IN GEN 8 WITH IT? ABSOLUTE MAD LAD!!!

[@VanguardJohnson]

Can you have a video about how tiering works? It's based on usage but also the power level of the Pokemon to make sure the meta game in their isn't game breaking? The videos that explained why Gen I or other variables of the games were amazing to learn about. Could you also make one explaining the basics of tiering worked?

[@madjester9844]

And now it's getting suspect tested in BW again lol

[@kiz5562]

its borderline broken, and should've been banned instead of cloyster. alongside latios and keldeo.

[@HMZeroTwo]

When he said "ree-yuu-nii-klus" I felt that

[@thomaschristensen9469]

that max guard copycat strategy is one of the most big brain things I've ever heard of

[@Lassoloc]

Reuniclus has a vast Physical movepool, with staples like Rock Slide and Knock Off, and combos like Hammer Arm + Gyro Ball under TR. But its impressive Physical learnset is nearly useless due to its low Attack, I'd love to see it gain the option to viably run mixed attacking or even Physical sets.

[@z_vantablack0149]

Can we cover the Unova Dragon Trio now? I want to see how dangerous Zekrom is

[@snarls3760]

Its happened the prophecy was true

[@UGMD]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard the official pronunciation lol

[@mcihele]

You CAN'T know how much I was waiting for this video, dusion and reuniclus are my two favorite Pokémon, and I'm so glad to know that the First ever Pokémon I used to sweep someone Is really good

[@dtexdarkus]

Alternate title: How common were dark types actually?

[@rufusconnolly8489]

So I just found out that there was a controversy over this pokemon's name XD

[@PikaPunch44]

The fetus brain cell was always the best psychic type in my eyes. Creative stats and moves and a creative design

[@_G.C]

And supposedly, it is capable of pummeling with its goop arms. With what attack stat?

[@goreangel1258]

As an update to those unfamiliar, it was determined that Reuniclus would stay in RU, rather than face the infamous RUBL. It does have decent counters, such as Shell Smash Teacup thing, First Impression Bug Water thing, and most importantly, Incineroar. These pokemon all work fairly well against the Psychic type, especially considering how often it needs upwards of a turn or more to get rolling in the generation. It is still a top tier pokemon, especially when it gets the ball rolling. If you wish to play competitve pokemon, Pokemon Showdown is where these rankings and such are commonly given :)

[@mintyfresh8732]

Reuniclus. Possibly the most interesting Pokémon design (in my opinion of course!) has the most, dominant and interesting competitive lifespan. I love this funny looking gel baby so much.

[@jellomochas]

I'm a Simple man. When I see "How GOOD was Swoobat ACTUALLY?", I will click.

[@Eric-py8yy]

Good

[@calvinmatthews1527]

It's fast and that's the only good thing I can say about it.

[@Eric-py8yy]

@@calvinmatthews1527 he is bad?

[@Dragrath1]

@@Eric-py8yy Its only gimmick going for it is simple calm mind or in gen 8 nasty plot. Without those boosts it hits about as hard as a feather and has the defensive utility of tissue paper. Probably the most damning thing I can say is that for *in game* teams a modest nature and at least 1 calm mind or charge beam was needed to be effective throughout a playthrough. In principal it has other traits that at first glance could have been useful like the ability Unaware access to utility moves like After you, Ally switch, Defog, Imprison, Psycho shift, Skill swap, Tailwind, Trick(plus the potential to klutz allowing it to ignore detrimental item effects) Trick Room, as well as a few HP reducing moves like Super fang & Endeavor but with its atrocious stats its outclassed at pretty much all of those options. Maybe it could be used to try and Imprison speed control moves but is that really worth a team slot when any neutral attack will KO it without a focus sash? Outside of speed most NFE's have higher stat totals than Swoobat As for Base stats all you need to know is its BST ties with Sunflora. Sunflora. It needs a serious BST buff it might actually be good if it got that to the right stats but nope

[@Eric-py8yy]

@@Dragrath1 oh god

[@smashi4088]

I love reuniclus. Big loveable psychic blob; I bet it would be super cuddly

[@CiabanItReal]

The last time I was this early, I had a whitty joke to make about being this early.

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

Based on this comment, you’ve never had a witty joke in your life

[@redwings13400]

Magic guard is an insane ability when paired with calm mind and recover. Only four fully evolved pokemon have this combination of ability/moves: Alakazam, Sigiliph, Clefable, and Reuniclus. While Alakazam and Sigiliph are just too frail to really make this set work, when you add good bulk to the combination, that's really all you need to get a horrifying unkillable monster that can destroy unprepared teams.

[@williamhuynh869]

MAH FLOATING PSYCHIC JELLY EMBRYO IS HERE!

[@Rankurusu777]

I remember when B&W were first getting revealed and scans were coming up on Serebii, I thought it was a ghost toy bear sorta like how Banette is like a ghost toy-turned ghost, and his Japanese name being Rankurusu. I personally like that one better and still very much like the Alakazam counterpart we got in gen 5.

[@AffyMoon]

Reuniclus is such as fun Pokemon, it's not everyday where you see a tanky pure psychic type do really well. It's doing well in both nat dex and doubles

[@jona_hehe3768]

I originally thought Reuniclus looked weird until thanks to the new Scarlet and Violet sprits I saw it was a cute little guy inside (I only saw a head) and it fit my ID team as I wanted a pokemon with Reflect and Light Screen

[@munchrai6396]

The one advantage of running regenerator over Magic Guard is that you don't have to waste a slot on Recover and can focus solely on bulky offense. Really useful for backup trick Room and even Assault Vest from time to time. Pity the gen 8 entry had such an unfortunate typo because the rest of the video is a great example of just how thorough this channel can be

[@discountchocolate4577]

A specially-bulky but also specially-offensive psychic mon with really good elemental coverage? Reuniclus sounds like a throwback to psychic types in gen 1.

[@outlawgecko8471]

You know it's gonna be a good video when it's only a gen 5 Pokemon and it's over half an hour

[@Doyoulikeadacheese]

I've never raised a Reuniclus before, but since I'm about to start a new playthrough of Pokemon White 2 version, I'm gonna catch one for the first time and nickname it "Squish" lol. Espeon will always be my favorite Psychic type Pokemon, but Reuniclus is definitely my No# 2. It's so freaking adorable and based on such an interesting concept. Not to mention that fact that its Abilities are broken. Pop a Life Orb onto that puppy and watch my little green Psychoplasm go to town.

[@norhalidisaacibrahim9896]

After watching this video, Reuniclus is now my favorite Pokemon (In Gen 5)

[@tobecontinued987]

99% of comments: why is he pronouncing reuniclus like that me: why is a jelly bean so T H I C C

[@verximama828]

Funny thing is, I'm actually using a Reuniclus in my White 2 playthrough.

[@iBenjamin1000]

god i wish that were me