MORE Hidden Abilities That DIDN'T Help These Pokemon

[@FalseSwipeGaming]

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[@darianclark3980]

FSG, You Keep Forgetting Drapion! Drapion got a semi useless Ability in Keen Eye instead of Intimidate, the Ability it should had gotten in the first place!

[@robertofratello5203]

All hail helix

[@playersnake]

Perhaps the next theorem video could be why move sets (like mix attacking, fast physical, bulky special, etc) are close to everything or the Dragonite theorem

[@soupajaggah4534]

12:59 lol, suns popping off this year, respect the ball talk and repping the wu

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

Durant getting Truant is a reference to the Worker Ant Theory, in which 20% of worker ants in a colony will be hard workers, 60% will be normal workers, and 20% will be lazy. It is very unlikely that it was due to Truant sounding like Durant due to that pun only working in English. Also Articuno was chosen for that VGC team because of the combination of Snow buffing the defence of Ice types by 50% and Snow Cloak's evasion, which made it much harder to take out.

[@11pk1111]

It is worth mentioning though that Durant is a Tru Ant.

[@Castersvarog]

@@11pk1111ok but Truant is Japanese is just called Lazy. And in all honesty I’d say that the Japanese company will go for naming conventions based off of Japan spelling instead of English

At least Durant can make it others' problem with Entrainment.

[@plagueboi2861]

It's also funny to give other pokemon truant with Entrainment.

[@denny8422]

I don't even care what the actual reason is. Facts and logic dictate that it's because he's just a tru 🐜

[@alvaropinilla8639]

If you think damp swampert is bad, get ready for damp jellicent who is already inmune to explosion and selfdestruct

[@whateew]

No you don't understand we NEED immunity to galvenize golems explosion. We simply need it.

[@rindin1101]

Don't forget mind blown and misty explosion. Really gonna put in work against blacephalon who definitely doesn't have a better option. And all those misty explosion users, truly our only stop gap between us and destruction is damp jellicent

[@Bravidunno]

And it resists Refrigerate Mega-Glalie Explosion anyways.

[@halfway7690]

Doesn't damp make it worse? Since if it didn't have damp and it swapped in, the pokemon would explode and perish but if it did then that doesn't happen?

[@fulgenzio89]

​@@halfway7690yes in singles it makes it worse. It's only "good" in doubles

[@AyuNico]

Releasing Damp Swampert AFTER nerfing Self Destruction and Explosion sure was a quality choice, Gamefreak...

[@Chimeratech_O.D.]

Tbf, Damp is useful for shiny hunters.

[@stevenashley27]

It was around in gen 3 and gen 4 though…

[@AyuNico]

@@stevenashley27 yes but not for swampert which is the relevant Mon here. Gen 3 Swampert would have definitely appreciated the ability a ton.

[@darkphoenix2745]

I don't think they were making those changes specifically thinking in Swamper​@@AyuNico

[@misteral9045]

Damp existed before that.

[@brandontherabboat4850]

It’s worth noting that in Pokémon Conquest, Articuno has access to a special Ability called Frostbite. It works just like Flame Body and Static, except that it freezes opponents on contact.

[@RandalfElVikingo]

I have been playing that game for a few months and Articuno is one of the most broken Pokemon. Blizzard is just too strong haha

[@yungmuney5903]

Articuno should've gotten Snow Warning, pokedex says it literally creates snow by flapping.

[@dolbaeb3447]

​@@yungmuney5903yeah but doesn't flygon's say basically the same and no sand stream

[@GlossArt]

​@@dolbaeb3447 Then they should also give flygon sandstream, those would both be cool new abilities for them

[@Castersvarog]

Here’s hoping if Frostbite gets implemented in the main games they’ll change its ability to be Static but with Frostbite

[@Resener1]

16:08 “…because they just couldn’t let the queen be” You know BKC had the biggest smirk on his face when writing that line.

[@lyzder7298]

That one, and the "queen of serving" line too

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

The fact that Origin Dialga and Origin Palkia DIDN'T get different abilities from their base form is a crime, it's like they just forgot what made Origin Giratina good!

[@yungmuney5903]

Magic Guard Dialga???? (For unga bunga Steel Beams) Magic Bounce Palkia???? (Its the literal spatial pokemon)

[@walaceandrade4046]

Hell, they were done so dirty in gen 4, receiving Pressure when Monsters like Groudon and Kyogre were already introduced in gen 3... Just to be done dirty again years later. Infuriating

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

@@yungmuney5903 -Magic Guard only stops Life Orb recoil, not general recoil.- Yeah, yeah, I get it, I GET IT! I've already acknowledged I was wrong about this, now stop commenting about it. I was thinking of Filter for Dialga and Adaptability for Palkia, leaning into their defensive/offensive differences.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

@@yungmuney5903I get magic bounce for palkia but I feel like dialga should get a time based ability and magic guard doesn’t give me that vibe.

[@zyella277]

@@yungmuney5903 Or like filter dialga(or leviate asell, since it does float) and palkia like no guard for the all in offense idea

[@gregthespinarak]

The reason why durant gets truant is because about 20% of ants are what scientists classify as “lazy workers.” This is probably also why durant gets hustle because some ants go above and beyond.

[@RRRR-jr1gp]

That's actually a discredited theory

[@chwy776]

@@RRRR-jr1gp🤓

[@TrainerGoldAlt]

​@@RRRR-jr1gpStill its a good explanation for giving the ability to Durant, pun aside, Nintendo isn't really an academic institution

[@tylerjung5824]

I always thought it was because dream world abilities were in universe just what that pokemon dreams (get it?) of being able to do. A worker ant would dream of a day off.

[@protocetid]

@@chwy776 You're watching a video about a super specific topic that spans several competitive Pokémon meta games, everyone is a nerd here.

[@lasercraft32]

I would like to clarify that in Japanese, Frisk is instead called "Unobstructed Sight." Which is why so many ghost type Pokemon have it. Of course, the ability still sucks since open team sheets are a thing now.

[@LrnecBuma]

I wonder if disabling the effect of items on the user is too broken on such s small selection of users. They see and can avoid the items usage

[@boasyV2]

it sucks in vgc but it has uses in singles

[@sussy3778]

An idea for a new Dialga ability I saw once was one that makes the effects of each turn happen twice for everyone in the field due to time distortion, granting you two turns of leftovers, two turns of status damage, instant charging moves and so on, it also would make Dialga's signature move actually useful instead of a joke since its recharge downside would be effectively negated.

[@Castersvarog]

I think I saw that one a while back, honestly it’s a much better choice then a broken auto trick room

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

100% agree. I really like how it actually helps its signature move since people don’t want to use it (for the obvious recharge turn)

[@notsocooldude7720]

The only issue I’d have with that is that it would take ages for all the animations to play out in game

[@Xmanta3]

Would abilities activate twice? Imagine reducing your opponent’s attack by 50% using ONE intimidate or getting 66% from regenerator.

[@sussy3778]

@@Xmanta3 No because they only happen when you get on/out of the field, not when a turn passes.

[@gengarcrobat1576]

Articuno's ability was finally helpful when it won a regional on the team mentioned because with snow's 50% defense boost for all Ice types and with Aurora Veil, Articuno was surprisingly hard to kill already. And now every single move, not just attacks, adds a 20% chance to miss to their accuracy. So a move with 100% accuracy goes to 80% and a move with 85% accuracy goes down to 65%. Wolfe Glick made a great video explaining all this.

[@cesardavidlopezpolicio4559]

Yeah, I feel like snow cloak on the current Articuno feels fine now that there's a way to run it

[@furiouscorgi6614]

85% accuracy is wrong. It's not a flat -20, it's a -20%, so in reality, it's 68%, not 65%. That difference can matter, a lot

[@Neoicecreaman]

@@furiouscorgi6614 Exactly, it's literally 50/50 -- either it lands or it doesn't. Jokes aside, Having played an MMO where "upgrading" your gear had a 1-4% success rate that you could boost by like 3-4% externally and yea, you F*CKING NOTICED THE 3%, THAT'S FOR SURE. In fact, just look at Baldur's Gate where a single point of hit rating makes all the different in the game. 87% chance to hit vs 95% chance to hit went from what ~felt~ like 1-in-5 missing to like, 1-in-30.

[@SoyFelipeCTM]

Why would I watch said video when you just explained that in your comment

[@SoyFelipeCTM]

Wtf you mean by "lore"

[@JanusHoW]

The reason Dialga and Palkia don't get auto-Trick Room and auto-Gravity Abilities is because while it wouldn't break singles, it WOULD break VGC. Even spending a turn setting up Trick Room is often worth it even though it has -7 priority. Imagine how broken a hard Trick Room team would be if it could be set up at the START of a turn. Remember, both turns and the format are everything.

[@grunkleg.2934]

Auto Trick Room is broken in Singles too

[@Castersvarog]

@@grunkleg.2934everyone always underestimates the sheer power speed control Trick room has.

[@y0mir]

Ok but what if it only lasted for a turn or maybe 2

[@Henkita2]

Auto gravity for palkia would be balanced in single restricted because palkia doesn't get much mileage out of it outside of accurate hydro pumps But double restricted? Palkia-groudon boutta go crazy Anyway if we ever get an auto gravity ability it should go to claydol

[@JanusHoW]

@@grunkleg.2934 Yeah, but not as much as it would be in VGC. At least with singles, you can sort of stall it out, and you have more Pokemon to work with. Plus, Smogon Ubers lets you run six Pokemon that would be Restricted in VGC.

[@adrianmarc5430]

I will never understand why Swampert, the pokemon based on an axolotl didn't get regenerator.

[@EggscellentTree]

Swampert is my favorite pokemon , but giving it regenerator sounds awful to play against , especially now he has flip turn.

[@Skeloperch]

@@EggscellentTree You don't want Swampert to be OU again? You like seeing our boy suffer in NU? Next gen it'll be PU if we do nothing to help him.

[@Stringspuller88]

I thought he was based off of a mudskipper?

[@evawhite1144]

​@@Stringspuller88 It can be based on both an axolotl and a mudskipper. I don't see why not both.

[@generalsynnacle23]

@@Skeloperch Karma for making the fanbase suffer from that terrible "I HeRd U LiEk MuDkIpS" meme for a decade straight.

[@notafan5573]

I think Damp should have the same bonus effect as Overcoat where it makes you immune to powder moves. The whole idea behind Damp is that it prevents explosive moves from being used because you can't light wet gun POWDER. So just take that same logic to its natural conclusion.

[@alfredosanchez170]

I think giving a minor resistance to fire type moves and decreasing burn chance would be suitable. I also like the idea of abilities having more interactions with weather, terrain, and status conditions, so giving it a drawback of being more susceptible to electric moves and paralysis gives it an interesting drawback (type immunities notwithstanding)

[@bernardyes6792]

I gotta say Kellen stifling a laugh at 3:49 over Articuno beating not fully evolved Pokemon was quite amusing

[@amlothi9043]

"Vespiquen's army of simps" Dawg those are her kids lmaoooooo 😂

[@blufftonboi9895]

Honorable mention goes to: Vital Spirit Delibird!

[@PIKMINROCK1]

Just want to note that Illuminate got massively buffed with the SV DLC. It now blocks lowering accuracy effects (by stat stages) and can ignore evasion increases. With this has no use in smogon formats since evasion moves are banned and accuracy lowering moves are extremely rare, it is a semidecent ability for a more offensive Pokemon like Starmie.

[@carucath97]

Pity Starmie was stopped at the Paldean border control

[@Au_Solar_Eclipse_Au]

i said it once and ill say it again swampert deserved regenerator and recover since its literally an axolotl starmie shouldve gotten regenerator too, but i can see why they didnt give it - since it already had natural cure for that healing motif

[@phewms]

give that boi shore up

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

Plus the fact that Analytic ended up being really good for Starmie due to it working on mons that switched in.

[@coquecoke2976]

Emmm swampert is also a mudskipper

[@unoriginal2552]

​@@coquecoke2976 look at a mudskipper. Then look at Swampert. Then, look at an axolotl, and look at Swampert. You will find that the axolotl looks a whole lot more like Swampert.

[@coquecoke2976]

@@unoriginal2552 looks more like a mudskipper

[@danielmaynard239]

I think giving Dusclops something besides Frisk would be good, like *give it a special attack lowering version of Intimidate, since I want a special attack lowering version of Intimidate*

[@GravityIsFalling]

No

[@danielmaynard239]

@@GravityIsFalling Hey, there needs to be more ways to hinder special attackers

[@alfredosanchez170]

Call it "Unsettle" and distribute it to mainly the ghost types and a few other creepy mons

[@zyella277]

Mummy :D

[@danielmaynard239]

@@alfredosanchez170 *Perfect*

[@ruiribeiro8010]

Base Samurott getting Shell Armor instead of Sharpness or Intimidade is INSANE, like just read its pokedex entries 😭 And then it doesn't even learn Shell Smash ☠️ I swear its like the balance team just wants to make SURE it stays bad cuz there's no way they unironically thought that was gonna help it...

[@Jlaps941]

Yeah it really should’ve gotten a HA update in Gen 9. Empoleon got it’s changed from Defiant to Competitive so there’s precedent for it too

[@monochromekirby2919]

The problem is its Hisuian Form (an already good mon) would also get it if they give Samurott shell smash since both forms have nearly identical movesets. I think giving it Anger Shell is the best way to directly buff Samurott w/o affecting its Ancient counterpart

[@wheatleythebrick2276]

shell smash is lame af. I saw someone say it should get no retreat and imo thats way more interesting. Totally agree with sharpness tho, it just feels like they forgot to give it to samurott

[@ryans8081]

Durant using entrainment to copy truant onto an opposing pokemon is actually one of the best singles strategies in the post-game battle subway/maison/tree in generations 5-7, because the AI will seldom switch out even after getting the ability truant, so after doing that you can switch into something like dragon dance/shell smash + protect + substitute Dragonite, Mega Gyarados, Cloyster, etc to sweep your opponent's team with no trouble. It may have no use in actual battles with real people, but vs the in-game AI, it's not too shabby.

[@jjtheenton]

Swampert getting Damp one generation too late is just Game Freak trolling.

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I find it funny that giving Durant TRUANT ended up legitimately useful in niche cases, moreso than what they actually ended up giving to poor Meganium.

[@deathsheep22]

"a legendary bird beating up not fully evolved Pokemon" describes every pokemon game ever played

[@1peidu]

16:01 Vespiquen is actually indirectly the most impactful pokemon in ND Hackmons because Heal Order is the only 1 turn healing move with 16 pp so people dont have to use ass strength sap anymore. Part of the reason that ND Hackmons was way more popular than SV Hackmons when they were ran at the same time was because we could actually use real healing moves so team building wasn't so constricted.

[@unoriginal2552]

Forigve me, but what doe ND stand for? Thinking purely of the main games, I can't think of any that shorten down to ND

[@natnew32]

@@unoriginal2552 National Dex

[@mandalorianhunter1]

Honestly damp would be better if it takes less damage from fire moves and being immune to burn. Explosion is used as a niche compared to earlier generations that it just catches you off guard

[@misteral9045]

Damp should automatically cast attract.

[@zdelrod829]

Or a 15% boost to Water type moves instead of the fire reduction. The only 2 Pokemon with Damp that don't resist fire already are Tadbulb and Bellibolt.

[@GWalmott]

Damp should come with a shotgun equipped for swampert

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@GWalmott genius

[@grunkleg.2934]

​@@zdelrod829Parasect

[@mkmb2k934]

Cursed Body would make a decent ability for Noir family. It's a slow bulky mon so it can use some utility. Or a new ability called Soul Sap allowing it to drain the target's HP with each contact move. Noir is the Reaper pokemon, give it some soul or HP based stuff

[@riccardocasu5576]

Another fun fact about Snow Cloak Articuno: since legendaries available in the Ranamas Park will always have the hidden ability if possible, Articuno ended a good period of time in the BDSP meta banned to Ubers, since it didn't had Pressure at BDSP until the game could be connected with Pokémon Home.

[@mohamadaboualfa7037]

Unovian Sammurot getting shell armor was the biggest robbery that happened in broad daylight. Compared to what the other 2 starters got Sammurot could have gotten adaptability or even regenorator to make the playing field even.

[@Blackheartgamer1]

Getting regenerator makes no sense… as for adaptability it works best for dual typing Pokémon. weak armor, sharpness, defiant would be interesting

[@abraham-kun4144]

​@@Blackheartgamer1 As well Shell Armor. Also makes no sense cause he's not a turtle.

[@Blackheartgamer1]

@@abraham-kun4144 ? Turtles aren’t the only creatures with shells. 🐚 also it’s armor is a sea shell.

[@mohamadaboualfa7037]

@Blackheartgamer1 my logic was that since it is based on a warrior, he would adapt to his surroundings, thus adaptability (protean or libero is probably better come to think of it). Regenerators' idea is that he heals off the damage that he took in battle and comes back out to fight again. So basically, from a warriors perspective.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

@@abraham-kun4144but it has a shell even though it’s not a turtle

[@megamanzero29]

I was hoping Origin Dialga and Palkia would get new abilities when they were introduced in a main series game….I was wrong

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

Yeah, instead they get done dirty in basically every way even though in my opinion I don’t hate their designs despite that being one of the ways they were done dirty in.

[@boasyV2]

@@THGMR-ox7sd i think they are overcompensating for going far too crazy with the lore. they made effectively the controller of time, space and pokemon god lol

[@bluesandman7566]

I would like to mention 2 pokémon: Cute Charm Milotic and and Moxie Pyroar. Cute Charm is okey-ish and fits Milotic's lore, but very rng dependent. Pyroar's base 68 Atk (lower than Sunflora's base atk) is very weak even after moxie boosts, Pyroar is ment to be a special attacker anyway.

[@valorrye2342]

Video starts at 2:00

[@Neoicecreaman]

Goat

[@Musasensei1674]

The hero we need, but dont deserve

[@ColtonMiller6012]

Thanks.

[@Kisarez]

Articuno has always been my favorite Pokémon. Ice Scales or Snow Warning would be beautiful

[@louc.6735]

I really don't think people understand how big of a buff an automatic trick room setter, especially one with decent stats and supporting moves, is to Calyrex-Ice. It would single-handedly have to either never be in a regional dex with Dialga, or we can never have double restricted ever again.

[@whitelawnick]

17:04 an alternative to Queenly Majesty - ‘Royal We’ could be cool and thematic and work as like, a built in beat up in that the move is based on the other party members’ attack (and how many are still alive), but for every attacking move (so it would probably be reworked to be a bit less potent for the ability, but honestly, Vespiquen deserves it to stay as potent as beat up is, but for every move she can use)

[@AldoHacha]

Whoever came up with the Vespiqueen jokes deserves a raise, she ate and left no crumbs

[@patrickhannon2694]

12:35 Rattata having both guts and run-away mentality

[@dse763]

"Rattatas are just unreliable as cronies : either they fight until faint or just flee at first loss" Meownie, unfortunate first boss in a PMD game.

[@Crusina]

Still waiting for the Arcanine remake but pleasantly surprised to see more videos like this. They are one of my favorite types since they explore things that aren't always talked about.

[@raccoonman6251]

Hear me out: Swampert with Regenerator. Its design is a mix of a Mud Skipper and Axolotl, and Axolotls are known for their ability to _regenerate_ body parts, it just makes sense. Swampert already has Flip Turn and Stealth Rock, so it can be used to set up for its team, swap out, and come back in Biased, but I love my boy, give him the world

[@jaretco6423]

If it did have that, than it would be frickin broken.

[@sonofhades57]

What a beautifully cursed yassified Vespiquen!

[@CuddlyTheMadElite]

Honestly somewhat agree and disagree with Articuno here. Snow Cloak and Sand Veil are busted and uncompetitive abilities and is by far the best of Static/Flamebody. Its also why Articuno was chosen over other special attacking Ice types for that VGC strategy. VGC players could have picked Pokemon like Lapras or Iron Bundle for a similar strategy, but picked Articuno because evasion is busted. But at the same time, because Snow Cloak is busted it’s banned, which means its technically useless on Articuno. Also evasion is degenerate and hopefully Articuno gets something like Frostbite Flamebody but with Special Attacks.

[@CptChrispy]

Legalize snow cloak and sand veil and lets see what their win rate is, or I should say their usage rate, because no player on high ladder will touch those abilities, because at the end of the day, they are not good. If you legalized light clay, it's usage rate would also be zero. Yes, all of these things are uncompetitive, in the same way that my middle school soccer team would be uncompetitive at the world cup.

[@MishKoz]

@@CptChrispy Cacturne and Gligar were both being used in gen 3 tournaments, and on the OU ladder, before they banned Sand Veil in gen 3. This wasn't just some cheese strat used by bad players, people like ABR and SoulWind were using Sand Veil mons in tournaments. It comes down to the fact that, while yes you can prepare your team to counter evasion strats, it makes you worse against literally every other team.

[@CptChrispy]

@@MishKoz They were being used because those pokemon had merits on their own, and sand veil was either actually or effectively their only option. In modern Pokemon, there is no effective sand veil/snow cloak/light clay strategy. If you legalized all of those in modern pokemon, even low ladder players would know better than to even try to use any of those, because they all suck.

[@joco8587]

8:35 accuracy is literally the only thing holding fire blast and hydro pump back. lol

[@ULTIMA2YD]

You should consider making videos recapping the entire OU history of a gen. How it evolved and changed?

[@ballisticalrift]

That would probably take WAY too long

[@cermitdafog7811]

Also, ou of previoys generations are still evolving (Thry made a video on it, it has moltres in the thumbnail)

[@justinthibodeaux8601]

8 hours of competitive history to go to sleep to

[@boasyV2]

every gen with the exception of gen 2 and possibly 1 are still evolving and experiencing tier shifts. look at arceus in gen 4 that got banned from ubers, unbanned and banned again just a few years ago

[@qorv4973]

I think Aftermath is fitting for Vespiquen since bees will go chaotic after losing a queen. Articuno in snow is a beast in certain regulations in gen 9. Terra to remove flying weaknesses and bolster blizzard, added defense from snow, and u have a tricky mon. Glaceon is similar as well, being decently tanky with assault vest sets

[@boasyV2]

aftermath isn't really considered any good. only skuntank runs it, and even then it often prefers stench

[@Raziel_HHL]

I think Durant gets Truant because in an anthill 20% of ants are always asleep or something, so the Truant Durants are meant to resemble this small portion that is resting

[@Toy-Bonnie.]

Because it's a True Ant

[@baconsir1159]

Dialga giving free trick room on switch in might be the most absurd buff I’ve ever heard, especially for VGC

[@hatyyy]

its suggested at least once a month on r/stunfisk

[@baconsir1159]

@@hatyyy It’s very cool, but seems ridiculously broken

[@hatyyy]

@@baconsir1159 yeah, it is

[@fulgenzio89]

The only Pokémon deserving that kind of ability is Beheeyem

[@BromanderInChief]

I have a hard time believing BKC wrote the Vespiquen segment lol

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

believe it chief

[@BromanderInChief]

@@BKCplaysPokemon Slay king. Slay. [loafing around]

[@Vianyte]

Funny how you mention Dusknoir should get a soul stealing ability. In the Romhack, Energized Emerald, Dusknoir gets given an ability that steals HP from the opponent and heals itself with it.

[@SharKing319]

That was just unnecessarily cruel of Game Freak, giving Swampert the anti-Explosion ability _at the same time_ they nerfed Explosion into the dirt. Also, I want to point out that Truant has been legitimately useful on Durant in the in-game battle facilities, alongside Entrainment. Granted, that's just bullying the game's dumb-as-bricks AI, but enabling Moody sweeps left and right is pretty dastardly on its own.

[@Benbre08]

Articuno's snow cloak at least helped it in vgc, that's better than nothing ig

[@wraith.ferron]

It even won a tournament recently with it

[@Benbre08]

@@wraith.ferron yeah

[@takoyakiiii]

18:00 CVNTY VESPIQUEEN WITH A HANDBAG AND A LILIPUP?!

[@sarasaland4709]

Dusknoir appearing in these videos laughing at bad Mons is an inevitability by now.

[@Darthvvill]

Durant has the hidden ability truant instead of hustle because 50% of ants in a colony only pretend to work and appear busy while the other 50 do all the work

[@OGRScintilla]

Crazy how damp would’ve been such a great ability for pert in gen 3

[@viridianknight]

heh, "let the queen bee".

[@UltraZapdos]

Since Zapdos and Moltres have hidden abilities that involve making contact with them, it would have been interesting to see Articuno gain an equivalent that has a chance to inflict frostbite from PLA. It would fit nicely with Articuno’s great special bulk

[@TheReal_ist]

18:08 bruhhh u can’t be saying “leave no crumbs” Im seriously loving these random quips and cringy dad humor attempts to be hip and with my generation man. Never change u guys are so good at making any pokemon fan laugh no matter the topic u make a video on. But seriously stop leaving no crumbs Yourself u guys there’s other channels that need the attention 😆😆❤

[@tdarkhorse4]

one thing that helps snow cloak articuno now, and what allowed it the tournament win, was the change from hail to snow going into sv and snow now does for the def of ice types what sand does for the spdef of rock/ground/steel, which translates into articuno being able to take more hits from the physical side in the snow which actually does pair well with snow cloak since now there's a more defensive backbone to the strat.

[@PhazonSpear]

Hydration makes sense for Swampert a bit more than Stamina, making it harder to get status to stick on it and giving it something t0 seperate it from the other Water/Grounds

[@walaceandrade4046]

Hydration is a nothing-ability just as much as damp

[@Lylodile]

Give it regenerator

[@BlackBeartic229]

Hydration is bad tho

[@PhazonSpear]

@walaceandrade4046 Mega Swampert's intended game plan is a fast physical rain sweeper. Will o Wisp ruins that. Hydration allows Swampert to switch in on status without worry and it can stall its mega evolution if the player predicts the opponent going for a burn.

[@walaceandrade4046]

@@PhazonSpear its a nice use of a pre-mega abilty, gotta give you that... But in a world where mega evos are no longer a thing in competitive... Base Swampert deserves an ability that allows him to shine on its own.

[@stupidhead_2812]

If Dusknoir had an ability that acted like a built in Shell Bell where it regained HP if it landed a contact move, that would be fun way to keep it as an offensive Pokemon that could make use of its low HP stat.

[@axearmor214]

I've got a Scarf Telepathy Gardevoir to block my Kommo o and Toxtricity's Boomburst and my Magmar's Lava Plume. A decent use for Telepathy.

[@DAN-gf3qx]

i think the coolest way to buff vespiquen would be to make attack/defend/heal order get stronger if you have a combee in your team.

[@starsimvidz]

Truant + Entrainment durant was amazing at cheezing the battle subway back in the day lol. give ur opponent truant, then switch into something with protect + a setup move... and then sweep... usually dragon dance dragonite w/ multiscale..

[@munchrai6396]

Dusknoir really just needs a Mega evolution. Frisk would be a perfectly synergistic base ability for a Mega because you really only need it on switch in. I do like that Durant gets Hone Claws to make up for the Hustle Boost and Entraining Hustle to an opponent can still be potentially obnoxious on the right Pokemon. Durant even gets access to moves like Thunder Wave and Beat Up in gen 8, so it can pull off some really nice support ontop of hitting pretty hard

[@KVO723]

He’s an axolotl. REGENERATOR!

[@ohnoitsdominoes5393]

The best thing outside of this change for Vespiquen would be to just make it mono-bug. Only having x2 weaknesses and a filter/solid rock clone would make it a unique defensive choice. However, loving that FSG has been learning his zoomer slang on skibiki, very demure etc

[@ES-dp6tw]

If a Damp pokemon is on the field, Ground-types lose their electric immunity. Like how Pikachu hurt Onix by making sprinklers rain on it first.

[@zenoxgaming7421]

Damp was made for water types mostly how would this help water type Pokemon there's like only one electric type that gets it?

[@tbalpha2295]

that change would make more sense to add to water sport

[@badrinath5306]

Lol that's stupid on ground type pokemon. Swampert would go from electric immune to electric weak.....

[@yungmuney5903]

I would just make it a semi- kalos aura abilities clone. 30% power boost to water type attacks while active. The list of damp users are either pretty weak anyhow or have other abilites that are still better (like politoed) so i dont see what would be wrong with this.

[@sussy3778]

Wouldn't that make Swampert weak to Electric?

[@dokucroe3865]

Since we covered Swampert, I was wondering if we could also cover Sceptile alongside. I believe that Technician over the pointless Unburden would be a great Ability to give it or something that could be even better could work as well.

[@agencybenefactor2730]

Hate to be that guy but I will be. Damp Swampert was a good anti lead option into lead Lando with explosion. They would get no momentum off the explosion.

[@dustinbragg1921]

Articuno: Magic Guard. Snow Warning. Magic Bounce. Serene Grace. Dialga: Kinda helped by Telepathy because friendly Earthquakes hurt and I guess not risking a Lava Plume burn or Discharge parz helps too, but it's useless in single formats. If I had to make a suggestion though, Regenerator. Palkia: No Guard. Swampert: Sheer Force. Guts. Rain Dish. Sand Rush. Durant: Heatproof. It could have explained it as adapting to Heatmor by growing metalic armor, which Heatmor pressumably adapted to in turn by becoming Fire type, and it becoming a heat resistant alloy exoskeleton in response. Dusknoir: Perish Body. Cursed Body. Shadow Tag. Tyranitar: Stamina. Stakeout. Solid Rock. Rock Head. Sand Rush. Vespiquen is just bad. I can't think of any reasonable ability that would meaningfully save it.

[@EnderPryde]

8:13 No, Trick Room would almost assuredly be overpowered and broken. The thing to remember is that gamefreak does its balancing around doubles VGC, not singles. So Trick Room being able to be set up just by switching... well that's beyond broken in the context of doubles, since we saw a small glimpse of that in Sword/Shield with Copycat Max Guard shenanigans

[@cbored3778]

I really wish articuno gave us the last contact status ability. Static paralyses on contact, flame body burns, poison point poisons and effect spore sleeps. I propose articuno should've been given a unique ability "Frostbite" which on contact has a 10% chance to freeze matching the other Elemental birds Edit: someone beat me to it 15 hours earlier lmao, same name and everything 😅

[@metromarta]

the vespiquen part of tis vid is a fever dream and i live for it

[@AmicableMortal]

The idea of giving Dialga and Palkia trick room and gravity abilities is such a great idea. That entire section is well thought out and very clever. Also the script for Vespiquen is top notch, highly enjoyed the clever word play

[@MrLuizilla]

Maybe instead of auto TR, Dialga's ability could make it bypass charge-up and recharge turns eith moves like Meteor Beam and Roar of Time.

[@solitare4602]

Were Telepathy Dialga and Palkia good in BDSP Doubles? You'd think Dialga being immune to a partner Garchomp's Earthquake would be useful.

[@daosxion776]

I thought Durant having truant was because it's their Dream to be lazy but they can't because the colony. I think that's the original goal of "dream abilities".

[@akarien1395]

With how well this was written, i hope bkc's next video will have a bathroom break in the first minute

[@scrollingonthiswebsite]

throwback to when articuno was ubers in BDSP because it couldn't get pressure and snow cloak was banned

[@outrageouslamp4539]

I think a good ability they could give dialga would effectively be power herb the ability. except it activates more than once and also works on ally pokemon. palkia setting up gravity would be less op, but I think a one way no guard like ability with a mold-breaker effect could be good

[@diegodankquixote-wry3242]

If swampert had anticipation instead of damp, the energy ball event never would have occurred...

[@booshwilson8814]

new Dusknoir ability idea: Reaper Raises special attack every time a Pokemon faints while dusknoir is on the field

[@Julius064]

I will never understand why not a single bulky ghost type has cursed body. Maybe if would be too strong in singles if the poke in question has recover but none of them do. Its a perfect fit for noir.

[@lipika2841]

Forgot Jellicent? With both of those things?

[@Julius064]

@@lipika2841 O yea lol

[@FalcnPWNCH]

Swampert and it's Damp-abiility is easily one of if not the biggest dud of a hidden ability amongst starters, if only he could at least have Mega Swampert's Swift Swim as the hidden ability things would be way different - perhaps another solid ability for Swampert could be like a healing ability like *_Water Absorb / Earth Eater / Regenerator_*

[@slewdry8233]

you should make video about iron fist and how it is absolutely unacceptable that it only boosts punching moves by 20% while though claws boost all contact moves by 30% which also includes all punching moves as they all make contact

[@EmeralBookwise]

Personally, I've always thought the Legendary Bird trio should have all gotten weather setting abilities in reference to their roles in the second movie where they were basically doing the whole Groudon/Kyogre rivalry thing before those Pokémon even existed. Likewise, with Lugia getting Air Lock to mimic its role of putting an end to the fight.

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

8:10 (sees the comments) those abilities would be too hyper game breaking 9:10 So.... why we didn't include Giratina here? It also has telepathy

[@soupajaggah4534]

12:59 lol, suns popping off this year, respect the ball talk and repping the wu

[@CL361]

8:02 If any Pokemon would get auto-Trick Room, that should be Giratina. It's the Distortion World ruler, Come on!

[@SpiritualAura96]

An idea for some of these abilities or some new ones: To buff Damp, have it work like Water Bubble, preventing burns and/or halving fire damage For Dialga, have an ability that can set up either Trick/Wonder/Magic Room for 5 turns, but if it’s a mix of all of them, 3-4 turns. Palkia, have an ability to set up Gravity and removes terrain sets and hazards, prevents new terrains/hazards for 3-4 turns. For Vespiquen, a mix of Queenly Majesty and Solid Rock, call it Queen’s Presence.

[@Deixaeutemandarareal2582]

@SpiritualAura96 This ideia is realy great. Added effects to already existing abilities is a way to buff several Pokémon without the need to big changes. Game Freak kinda aldready did this but only with new Pokémon like Garganacl, for exemple (Purifing Salt is Leaf guard, but it works and has a Ghost Type resistance bonus). And Radical Red did some Interesting changes like Ice body working just like Flame Body (and frostbite works like legeds Arceos). However, about Dialga, sorry to cut you but trick room ability is a no go. Unless game freak create something like a 'rapid spin' that removes the room moves. Palkia: Remove hazards ability is overpower, might be okay, but preventing New hazards not so much. Vespiqueen: Well... sure. This pokémon could get Wonder Guard and still be mediocre. 🤷‍♂

[@paradocks184]

So Articuno is actually my favorite pokemon and I have thought long an hard about what would make it viable. And the best ability I can think of is Magic Guard. Its already a very mystical pokemon and this would remove its stealth rock weakness and allow for recoil-less life orb damage, making it about as strong as the other two birds should it choose. It wouldn't become amazing given it's other issues, but certainly viable in the higher tiers with this one change.

[@alfredosanchez170]

Same, he's been my top favorite since Red version. I would say giving him Snow Warning and adding Aurora Veil to his move pool would greatly improve him, in singles and doubles format. Mind Reader + Sheer Cold was a fun gimmick against enemy ai, but got boring fast. Articuno could also use some fiddling with his stats. Take some points from attack and put it towards hp, def, spa or something

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

20:20 you just know BKC wrote that part

[@OmegaMuffin498]

Surprisingly, cvnty Vespiquen with a handbag was on my Bingo card

[@tyrannotitanentertainment7579]

Maybe a bit of overkill, but since it is based partially on an axolotl, pert should have regenerator

[@mauricio6646]

Swampert exclaims regenerator as a HA tbh

[@poppinpineapples3481]

I actually fuckin love the gen z slang in this video “no matter how slay…” and “royal CEO of serving” absolutely sent me, also “crime against feminism was fuckin hilarious

[@CyberXIII]

Dialga and Palkia having those Trick Room/Gravity abilities sounds fun.

[@playersnake]

Perhaps the next theorem video could be why move sets (like mix attacking, fast physical, bulky special, etc) are close to everything or the Dragonite theorem

[@vossboss220]

the worst instances of bad abilities are the ones that make thematic sense. swampert is indeed damp but that ability is garbadge. just like samurott and shell armor, a defensive ability on an offensive mon

[@Jlaps941]

Poor Regigigas who is so tied to Slow Start that it even got it in Legends Arceus, the game without abilities 🥲