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

Exploud is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this overview of Exploud in competitive Pokemon!
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0:00 - Intro
0:54 - ADV/Gen 3
5:47 - DPP/Gen 4
7:00 - BW/Gen 5
7:47 - XY/Gen 6
14:54 - Gen 6 VGC
15:44 - SM/Gen 7
18:10 - SS/Gen 8
22:38 - Outro
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[@PharaohMan135]

They should have had a Galarian Exploud that has bagpipes.

[@yorecf9641]

Gloria would definitely have that one on her team.

[@HesGotaGun505]

I would love to see Gamefreak drop a DLC of new regional variants from around the world. Maybe a Johto forme Galvantula with Bug/Dark typing that mimics the venomous Ariados, or Unovan Honedge evolution that turns it into a Bowie knife.

[@iAMdreAMi]

I’m drawing this

[@Smashburrogames]

@@iAMdreAMi did you draw it

[@beegborg3303]

Ability that lets them bypass sound proof

[@beebobber546]

Exploud: “I need more speed and attacking stats to utilize boom burst better” Game Freak: “10 more special defense? Say no more!”

[@lordpyron3934]

I would have given 20-30 speed instead, it wouldn’t be the fastest thing in the world but it would at least be something.

[@sinnohperson8813]

Game balance. Atleast this time

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@lordpyron3934 It could also have made it a decent choice scarf user, as it could've outsped some slower offensive Pokemon as well. It's also worth mentioning that it's boomburst probably still could've done some decent damage without specs as well, which would've made Exploud a Pokemon that could potentially be good against both offensive and defensive teams alike

[@IM_7031]

After all, Gamefreak loves to give 10 more special defense to random pokemon

[@diegoemanuel8641]

If it have like 20 points of Attack moved for Speed it could've been a good scarfer

[@jayanths1221]

It's poetic how Exploud had to literally yell at the top of its lungs to get the metagame's attention.

[@sillybob9689]

And so Exploud...Exploudly roared.

[@mauroperez2848]

Exploud: HEYYY! BUFF ME!!!! Gamefreak: Alright! Just stop yelling!

[@jagjitpradhan2038]

@@mauroperez2848 *Yells louder*

[@PumpkinLeaf_]

It's honestly incredible what a single move can do for a Pokemon's viability.

[@SeriousStriker]

Yeah, look at Dracovish.

[@Quix0tic707]

Absolutely. In XY Zygarde was basically discount Garchomp - then it got Thousand Arrows in SM, shot straight to the top of the VR and later got banned.

[@mr.krustykrust]

I still find it strange on how wide Exploud’s movepool is. Fire blast, hydro pump I think, and a ton of other weird but great options. Never tried it on a competitive team, but I’ve loved it in main game playthroughs

[@rontheauraknight9606]

Don’t forget boltbeam coverage and what I really love since gen5, scrappy boomburst

[@vaporterra]

Fire Blast is kinda standard fare for a lot of normal types but the water converge is a bit more rare

[@braethenerd5109]

That's what I love about exploud was its massive move pool

[@adityan2619]

Normal-types often have surprisingly rich movepools, perhaps to compensate for their STAB not being super effective against any type.

[@sephikong8323]

Scrappy Specs with Boomburst (what you click 95% of the time) with Focus Blast, H-Pump ans Fire Blast has been a legit set even in the higher tiers funnily enough. No defensive utility, bad speed, but it breaks open the metagame like nobody else can (H-Pump/Focus Blast for Ttar, Focus Blast for Heatran, either Focus or Fire Blast for Ferro etc, this thing has an option for every potential normal resist, and every non resist gets blasted by an effective 210 BP move (unless you play soundproof Kommo-O)

[@estooo]

Exploud is probably one of my favorite Pokémon in gen 3. I thought Whismer was dumb looking but I was so happy when I found out it evolved into a cool Pokémon

[@sinnohperson8813]

Whismur is cute af :(

[@bloopertanooki415]

Dude Whismur is adorable

[@Nuclearstomp]

I love Whismur, he is a sad little babby.

[@djneonreaper4990]

I love exploud too! But whismur is adorable!

[@chinchi_y]

I prefer Whismur than Exploud

[@lordpyron3934]

Here's an interesting fact, in Korean Exploud is called 폭음룡 Pokumryong which literally translates to Explosive Sound Dragon. Three generations later we got Noivern and Boomburst, so yeah that makes sense. Edit: Did not expect it to blow up like this, for comparison Noiverns Korean name is fairly boring - Sound Wyvern. 음번 Eumbeon

[@raisp6073]

That’s super interesting !

[@lugia8900]

Woah

[@bapbeepskull]

Wow, that's... very interesting.

[@adamburditt3941]

That's a the most badass name ever

[@TreyPDB]

what are the names of whismer and loudred

[@linkthepringlesman3951]

Back in the early days of Gen 6, I was spectating a Pokémon Showdown match when I saw an Exploud use Boomburst. I’d never heard of the move, so I asked the players what it was. “Base 140 power 100 acc Normal special attack”, said one. “Spam in a can for Exploud”, said the other.

[@stygiandragon3865]

You'd think a 140 power 100 acc attack will let you wait a turn, too

[@Skeloperch]

@@stygiandragon3865 10 less power and 10 more accuracy than Hyper Beam, but no recovery. Sounds balanced to me.

[@vdd1001]

@@Skeloperch 10 less base power for literally not having any drawbacks

[@stygiandragon3865]

@@Skeloperch You are trading a bit of power for perfect acc and no downside at all, totally worth it

[@InductionMagnet]

tbf boomburst has the "drawback" of being learnt by a few specific mons unlike hyper beam which is a tm, so it makes sense. normal types needed better stab moves anyway, sad that your best one is double edge

[@justinnzamora5366]

Well done FSG. 2022 is off to a booming start. Your fans, including me, will burst with cheering.

[@adamsanchez28]

"Booming start" nice

[@plazmatic2664]

"Burst with cheering." Nice

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

"Well done FSG" nice

[@theartistknownas9910]

That was a banger

[@skeetermania3202]

@@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470 I don’t get it?

[@BlastHeart96]

The fact that Boomburst both being it’s best move to press and fitting Exploud’s theme so well that it could have been a signature move is just so satisfying.

[@sarasaland4709]

Finally, we get a Gen 3 Pokémon that wasn’t laughably bad.

[@skeetermania3202]

Not to mention the first video since Manectric to actually have a VGC timestamp.

[@RazorusR3X777]

Most of them weren't though. Alot them just instantly fell off after gen 3.

[@tehrik0020]

One of my personal favs from Gen3 (Singles) competitively speaking has always been Breloom, this guy always found a way to overcome bad stats with an interesting combination of abilities and moves, and experienced literally only a half a tier drop from OU to UUBL in its entire existence when Tapu Bulu came to existence.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@tehrik0020 Why Bulu specifically?

[@tehrik0020]

@@skeetermania3202 Bulu has pretty much the same physically offensive power (both in strength and typing since it has CC as well) on a much higher bulk with less setup requirements, the only thing Breloom still has going for it is its signature Technician Mach Punch and Spore, but Bulu overall brings more utility and immediate usefulness. It's also worth noting that there was no viable physical grass mon except Breloom until Gen7 came in with two of them, and the prominent Terrain presence caused by the Tapus gave Breloom a lot of problems with its usual setup pattern, since it needs at least two turns to set up Spore and SD. Even in these conditions Breloom was considered too strong for UU, and so it went to UUBL after years of being an OU mon.

[@Wildcatt1999]

The fact that Team Yell doesn't use any member of this line should be a crime.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

That seems to only be because it for some reason wasn't in the original base version of sword and shield. But you're right, it would've been perfect for Team Yell

[@prestonangel448]

I really like Exploud, it has a nice move pool and it has a nice design.

[@bulborb8756]

that it does, while it would be nice if exploud got like a 10 point def buff and at least a 20 buff to speed, this screaming loudmouth is still good in my eyes, definitely one of the better normals to use

[@smashomon4961]

My favourite FSG mistake is now officially, "Gen 5 gave it SCRAFTY" instead of scrappy.

[@HazeEmry]

"Gen 5 gave it Scrafty" just sounds like Exploud gained a friend and I'm all for it

[@Hnui03]

Speaking for fellow Dedede enthusiast, Exploud got that Gen 1 Normal type Movepool

[@mr.krustykrust]

It’s movepool is amazing and I love it

[@skeetermania3202]

@@mr.krustykrust Don’t really get the Dedede analogy.

[@siddharthnandi3995]

What's this to do with Dedede?

[@Hnui03]

@@siddharthnandi3995 A. If you scrolled all the way down to my lowly comment, you undoubtedly saw Mr. KrustyKrusts reply. B. He commented on this post.

[@siddharthnandi3995]

@@Hnui03 I didn't understand what he meant to say.

[@PikachuPlays]

15:29 lmfao, just noticed his exploud set had a QUIET nature. nice

[@sailorhatguy5763]

I wish Exploud had a more offensive oomph because I usually prefer the utillity of Swellow over it

[@sephikong8323]

One thing to say : 140 BP STAB move with no immunity coming from a 91 Base SpA stat whilst having perfect coverage for every resist Compare that to swellow's 140 BP STAB move coming from a 50 (now 70) base SpA and almost no coverage. Granted, Swellow is much faster, but basically: Swellow is better at ripping offensive teams apart, Exploud can break any defensive core open

[@sailorhatguy5763]

@@sephikong8323 I agree that Exploud absolutely crushes defensive teams and that he's supposed to take out one pokemon before going down but it feels like a liability when it comes to building a team around it or when using it in battle because of how slow it is compared to Swellow who can do it's job very decently in most situation idk how I'll fix that issue tbh but I like the idea of choosing a Pokemon that is specialized in destroying some teams vs choosing a Pokemon that is generally good against every team so I just suggested a change with it's stats for more offensive oomph

[@sephikong8323]

@@sailorhatguy5763 Just making it stronger wouldn't fix anything tbh, it would just mean that instead of doing 101.5-112% it would do 120-129.5% to opposing Pokemon. The best way to "help" Exploud would be,idk, to make sound it's own separate type and make Exploud and a few other Sound type ? Though it would also no longer benefit from Scrappy so ..... Honestly I have no idea, but personally I like it like that, it fits in this category of "hard to use nukes that are definitely worth the investment needed to make them work)

[@sailorhatguy5763]

@@sephikong8323 scratch that, actually just giving it more ways to activate the "nuke" would be a way better solution (U turn and Sticky Webs helped alot) but giving it another type like that sound type would be cool as well

[@AverageHandle_]

@@sephikong8323 just buff Explouds speed or defence (probably should be a speed buff)

[@brycejonathan384]

Whismur was my first shiny other than the red gyarados in gold and silver, so exploud has a special place in my heart.

[@CinnamonPaste]

Same here!

[@Shahzad-ss1jq]

My first shiny was a tympole

[@artandem9637]

Same, but it was my first.

[@r.a.c.5754]

Mine was a shiny Whiscash encountered in the water of route 228 in Platinum.

[@microwave8931]

Mine was a lillipup

[@jg1404]

Is it weird to say that Exploud was one of the last “monstrous” designed Pokémon? Gen 3 was the last time we saw Pokémon like Exploud and from the 4th Gen onward, we saw increasingly more animalistic looking Pokémon. I dunno where I’m going with this, but while I’ve never used Exploud on any playthrough, I can definitely say I enjoy his funky design :)

[@Kirby950]

Depends on what you determine as monstrous. There’s eternus

[@kasPWI]

The trashbags and ice cream pokemon are monsters, for different reasons xD

[@iandean1112]

@@kasPWI Same with the pile of sludge and a seeds with eyes.

[@kingofcheshire]

We literally got grimmsnarl

[@nikaoharbour6962]

Just thinking about this: I need my kaijus to get love. Wasted the opportunity with dynamax mot taking advantage of giant monsters

[@ianr.navahuber2195]

Surprised they didn't give Exploud a Galar variant, to tie in with Linoone's "punk" galar variant

[@yorecf9641]

I saw someone else suggest a version that looks like a set of bagpipes. Such a missed opportunity.

[@kurisupikurimu1866]

Kiss isn't punk

[@dontreadthedescription5654]

That would have been so dope

[@beta511ee4]

@@yorecf9641 Makes sense. Bagpipes are a common Scottish instrument (with Galar being based on the UK and all) and are very loud.

[@yorecf9641]

@@beta511ee4 would’ve been a perfect team member for Gloria.

[@easilyeasy]

I love Exploud, it's so fun for a casual playthrough

[@lordpyron3934]

Plus in ORAS Whismur gets Uproar early on which in Gen 6 got buffed to the same base power as Hyper Voice

[@yorecf9641]

I’ve had a soft spot for Exploud ever since it helped me reach my first Pokémon League championship back when I played Ruby as a kid. Good to see it’s had success in competitive as well, even if it’s almost exclusively in lower tiers.

[@SofterSideStudios]

Delcatty, Swalot, Torkoal, Grumpig, Spinda, Zangoose, Seviper, Lunatone, Solrock, Kecleon, Tropius, Huntail, Gorebyss, Relicanth, and Latios 15 hoenn mons left

[@IgnitedQuils]

Can’t wait to see Delcatty though, considering how before Gen 7, despite being an evolved Pokemon, its BST was the same as Sableye’s and Mawile’s.

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Hopefully Terrakion gets covered as well

[@jaretco6423]

Besides Latios & Torkoal, alot of them are gonna suck.

[@ScotRail380018]

I would keep your eyes on Exploud for the next wee while, since Bronzong has now left NU (in yesterday's tier shifts) and there are few things left that can check it so reliably, as they have no way of sponging its coverage moves like Bronzong can. Same goes for other special attacks that use Fire coverage like Sylveon and Indeedee-F. I doubt this change would make it broken enough to get banned again but it will certainly be even more dangerous in NU, right now.

[@emiandnues]

Don't SpDef Sylveon and Vaporeon check it though? They're already widely used

[@HowlingOneify]

Nope. Vaporeon is 2HKOed with stealth rock up and Sylveon is near guaranteed with an 80ish percent chance to be 2HKOed with rocks up.

[@ScotRail380018]

​@@emiandnues Both almost always invest in physical Defense to match up better against threats like Decidueye, Golurk, Passimian and Knock Off spammers like Drapion and Sirfetch'd (and Vaporeon will need that even more now with Tsareena in the tier). And Sylveon mostly goes Choice Specs because of how strong and spammable Pixilate Hyper Voice is.

[@stygiandragon3865]

@@ScotRail380018 Sooooo... Exploud just literally screams louder than Sylveon? XD

[@bobfranklin2572]

Imagine actually playing swsh meta

[@samster101229]

Not only did Gen 8 do Exploud a service in battling, it also helped boost it odds of creating a band by adding Toxtricity, Rillaboom, and Obstagoon

[@davhardie2356]

and dont forget miractus to add to the band

[@screw_u_drew]

This pokemon deserved a mega more than half of the hoenn creatures who actually got one

[@GoldRichness]

Not like he needed it anyway. Spam boomburst or whatever other coverage move and call it a day

[@fuckcontinentals]

@@GoldRichness why u acting like he's good

[@an3582]

I disagree, but I hate Megas as a whole.

[@dontreadthedescription5654]

Yes, if only

[@jaretco6423]

Doesn't really need it. It did so well without it.

[@SSNNPBCC]

"When your faced with a problem all you have to do is yell really really loud." I fucking died

[@sliced8669]

Boomburst is my favorite attack in all of Pokémon and this Mon is one of the reasons why

[@an3582]

My man!

[@lionelk.y7233]

Boomburst animation in SS is so cool

[@cristhianmlr]

How SUS was Amoonguss ACTUALLY? This has to be the year.

[@diegoperalta6643]

Yes PLEASE

[@skeetermania3202]

@@diegoperalta6643 How long will that video be?

[@diegoperalta6643]

Skeeter Mania It would be very long, because it was used in stall and Amoonguss is one of the best vgc Pokémon of all time

[@GoldRichness]

Ain’t happening for a while

[@skeetermania3202]

@@diegoperalta6643 Prediction?

[@zzzacksnacxx1407]

I love exploud's design it's so unique and the concept is amazing

[@openinginawe5518]

It was quite Exploudsive. It's moveset is Insane.

[@bulborb8756]

that it is, and thats mostly owed to the versatility of normal types who generally have wide move pools, especially useful on a special attacking normal

[@penguinlord9984]

FINALLY a good Pokémon video that isn’t a special event. Maybe we can go back to these length in videos

[@spittrap199]

How good was the toaster actually?

[@nerddwarf]

Depends on the competitive community of the past

[@fuckcontinentals]

not really a good pokemon. like he's not untiered but he's still an nu level mon. not that that's not ok just, not a good mon

[@sliced8669]

2022 is off to a LOUD start HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE

[@gabethefirst4138]

I always make sure to use an exploud whenever I play gen 3, it's surprisingly one of my favorite staples

[@gabethefirst4138]

Plus it's name is aweasome

[@mr.krustykrust]

I’ve only used it in ORAS but yeah I can second this. It’s great in main game

[@rockno]

Never used it once, but I've just evolved a whismer in my emerald nuzlocke I've been doing recently (not a plug to look at my channel, i don't even post videos) Soo who knows? Might survive, might not... Who knows really?

[@yorecf9641]

@@mr.krustykrust it’s great in RSE as well. It’s move pool is quite good even for the time. Return, Shadow Ball, Ice Beam and Fire Blast cover a huge portion of the late game regardless of which version you’re playing.

[@HAVIC101XXX]

I'm a big fan of sound based abilities in fictional fights, and I love the attention Pokemon gives to that with how many moves and Pokemon specialize in that. One Pokemon who does this that I would love to see covered on this series is Kommo-o. Sun and Moon's Psuedo Legendary. I love this thing's concept. An armored warrior dragon that hits its own scales to make sound waves, and those waves that can both attack enemies and buff its own stats. I remember Kommo-o being really weak with very few options when it first appeared, but Gamefreak kept buffing it with new moves in every game. I'd be very interested in seeing its competitive journey, even if it's only from the previous Gen. I've heard nowadays it's better in SIngles than it is in Doubles, but I haven't delved deep enough to know for sure, or for what reasons. Maybe SIngles just values its bulk, dangerous setup-options, and Stealth Rock access more than Doubles values its stab spread attacks.

[@AbbyCrow]

Big fan of Kommo-o, it's my favorite pseudo. I don't know much about gen 8 competitive, but I'm glad Game Freak has buffed it. It was very clearly the worst pseudo legendary back then lol.

[@critaquil5011]

while I agree the kommo-o would be an interesting pokemon, given that its only been around for 2 generations, if feels like a waste to make an episode on it now, since most of its competitive history is more of recent history than not, in addition, they've said explicitly in various places that gen 6+ mons are currently off the table since there's not a lot to cover and it'd be weird to do mons from gen 6 or later when they haven't even done all the fully evolved gen 1 mons

[@babywizard9027]

Yeah, Kommo-o is one of my favorite pokemon because it has so many fun sets. Substitute + Belly Drum with Soundproof is amazing for countering roar and other sound moves that would usually counter substitute, just like Exploud did in Gen 2. You can also use a Clanging Scales + Throat spray set to get a +1 boost to all your stats except special attack which gets +2. You can also use the signature Z move and get an omniboost while doing big damage. You can also use a bulky set with stealth rock and take advantage of Kommo-os solid defenses. There's just so many things Kommo-o can do, and it's good at all of them.

[@Toast_94]

Fun fact, in gen 3 there was an unused ability called Cacophony that was believed to be associated with Exploud and its evolutionary line, it was functionally identical to Soundproof. It isn't really known why the ability was left unused since there were other identical abilities such as pure power and huge power, cloud nine and airlock (and others introduced later such as moldbreaker, turboblaze, and terravolt; also protean and libero). It was removed from gen 4 onwards.

[@youtubewatcher6124]

Cacophony sounds dumb, Soundproof is way better

[@Toast_94]

@@youtubewatcher6124 It implies a completely different reason why they block sound moves. Soundproof implies it lacks ears or is otherwise deaf (mr mime and voltorb for instance). Cacophony on the other hand implies that the poke is so loud that it drowns out other sound moves. It fits the exploud line so well.

[@youtubewatcher6124]

@@Toast_94 thanks for explaining

[@Toast_94]

@@youtubewatcher6124 No problem

[@Lassoloc]

cacophany should be a punk rock clone for exploud tbh

[@munchrai6396]

Boomburst is just a really great move in general. Making almost any Pokemon who learns it so much better. Exploud, Swellow and Toxtricity are the obvious ones, but even something like Chatot got so much power from just how good this move is. How good is Chatot actually soon I hope?

[@ostint912]

It doesn’t have any vgc coverage so it’s unlikely that it would get picked as it had been banned.

[@jacobmorris6357]

Imagine if Porygon-Z had it. We'd all be doomed

[@togakhan1274]

This mon is kind of like Choice Band Aggron, it's scary no matter what tier it's in. There was a brief time in Gen 8 OU where people were trying out Specs Exploud as it had the new and improved Overheat that roasted Corvi and Ferro and Hydro Pump's extra power also was good vs Heatran. Boomburst still killed everything else.

[@TheBrownestFalcon]

a big reason was also because it was a Normal type and thus could switch into Spectrier freely and then obliterate it with Scrappy Boomburst - being able to retain momentum against Spectrier was huge

[@IgnitedQuils]

Considering Normal’s near neutral coverage with Scrappy, even Skarmory who resists Boomburst still takes a lot of damage from it. This frees up more slots for coverage, in this case of Exploud for using moves like Focus Blast.

[@jaretco6423]

Only difference is that Aggron kinda sucks. While Exploud isn't.

[@JigglyBooties]

When I was a kid I always loved exploud because I had this thing where whenever I got a new Pokémon I’d never seen before, I would try every TM to see if they could learn it or not. I was so surprised when exploud could learn sooooooo many different moves it completely blew my mind. So I always just considered him as one of the better Pokémon arbitrarily lmao

[@mypheelz]

Hey I do that too!

[@JigglyBooties]

@@mypheelz lmao nice. I would also try every evolution stone that I had to see if they would evolve from that too. I remember that’s how I found out that murkrow evolved into Honchcrow in diamond

[@maverick12070]

I've been waiting for this for quite some time

[@Sunaki1000]

I was making some lowlevel analysis on all the Typings and how prominent they where over the Generations. Normal started out extremely potent up until Gen 3, then it sunk in usage hard, turning into one of the worse Types ever. Only Blissey made it into the current OU. Even Rock, Ice, Bug, Dark, and Ghost perform better.

[@dhichicpop2531]

To be honest ghost feels like a type that would perform well. Ice is good offensive typing. Bug while not good on its own is great as a secondary type. Would like to see a video on the topic tho

[@IgnitedQuils]

Bug while hitting three types super effectively, is pretty bad offensively. Alongside Grass, it is the most resisted type, resisted by 39% of the types in the game. Grass is even more useful due to being one of the two types that hits Water super effectively. Bug is only good as STAB, U-Turn and coverage for Psychic types (since it hits 2/3 types that resist Psychic, and most learned Signal Beam). I agree with the other types that perform better.

[@Drakorre]

The lack of resistances hurts a lot, especially now with plenty of powerful moves and fighting coverage being everywhere. And unlike rock and Ice, It brings nothing offensively. The only Reason blissey and chansey are good Is because they are min maxed special walls

[@Sunaki1000]

@@IgnitedQuils Yeah, I was thinking about it, because of a Video of how to buff the Bugtype and realiced something. The Number and Selection of Types weak to it is fine. Psychic is extremely prominent, but it is resisted so much, most of the Pokemon it could hurt are covered by Dualtyping. Poison and Fairy sould just loose the Bugresistance. Bug is interestingly a very strong Type in Combination whit other Types. Bug/Steel is better then Mono Steel.

[@angeltripper8518]

@@Sunaki1000 Nah don't lose the resist on Poison. Poison is already a fairly weak type as is. But yeah, there was no reason to give fairy a bug resist.

[@r.a.c.5754]

Exploud has a colorful move-pool; Fire coverage, Ice coverage, Water coverage, yet all it needed was a super strong STAB move (and a Ghost busting ability) to bring it to prominence. It doesn't even hit anything super effectively yet still takes out just about anything that doesn't resist it. If it just had a 10+ buff to its Sp. Attack it would've been a real monster.

[@matchanavi]

One of the main contenders for a "Sound type"

[@IgnitedQuils]

How GOOD was Latios ACTUALLY? Latias already had an analysis almost a year ago, want to see how her offensive counterpart is analyzed on this channel.

[@antoniovazquez575]

Please No

[@pikden]

Oh no bdsp

[@El_Coqui74]

Please. My blue boi needs some love

[@skeetermania3202]

Maybe next week? Latias was the second Pokémon covered last year, so maybe that’ll happen. Plus, it’d be the perfect excuse to have Joey commentate again.

[@GoldRichness]

You’re gonna have to wait a little bit there.

[@SuperCosmicSpaceMagnet]

I loved my Exploud. I used it in Ultra Sun's Battle Tree, and it got me all the way to 74 wins as Choice Scarf Scrappy Boomburst along with a Kommo-o Clangorous Soulblaze teammate. I stopped playing after that because I couldn't go through that gauntlet again - but I'll never forget it as my most powerful strong-all-round everything-breaker.

[@dontreadthedescription5654]

That’s pretty impressive

[@mdeverhart]

Luna Loud's favorite Pokemon before Toxtricity.

[@sagacious03]

Great analysis! Thanks for uploading! Looking forward to seeing more of you in 2022!

[@Dragonian05]

Gen 3 Exploud: “Smeargle, give me a phat beat!” Smeargle: “Got you fam.”

[@forgeknight3312]

My first shiny ever was a whismur in gen three. Forgot to save though and I have felt guilty ever since.

[@dontreadthedescription5654]

I’m surprised how many comments have said whismur was their first shiny

[@grantdaily9662]

Ah yes, a 10 point stat increase to SpDef is what Exploude needed. Not a 30 point increase to Spd, or 20 to both Attack stats

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Sometimes being able to take a hit better is preferred over being a glass cannon

[@AshenDust_]

@@roninwarriorsfan but not in this situation

[@RazorusR3X777]

Or 50 to hp so 8ts 154 instead the half assed 104 it currently has.

[@grantdaily9662]

@@roninwarriorsfan it doesn't have much of either the glass or the canon. Like you can be a bulky attacker and be amazing, there's plenty of examples on this channel of that. You can also be a glass Canon like infernape. But Exploude has the same problem that Blaziken had pre-Speed boost. It can get it done, but it needs more

[@greenmoon8075]

This is one of my cousin that introduced me into Pokemon favorites pokemon

[@Gold-Dango]

OU: So tell me, how does one get to my ranking for some time Exploud: Stab Boomburst with Scrappy with Choice Specs

[@cheruledge]

How GOOD was Boomburst ACTUALLY?

[@traviscarey7615]

I have been subscribed to this channel for a very long time waiting for this day let's see the glory of exploud!

[@Malamite]

Always exciting to see a video pop up that's way longer than you'd expect from that pokemon

[@SYKim_94]

Ah yes, one of the signature Pokémon of Gabby and Ty.

[@ChillavaKirby]

This is the kind of buff I think is fun and wish there was more of. They didn’t just give it some stats or some random weird ability or move that doesn’t belong to it. They made a new move with limited distribution that specifically compliments this Pokémon’s character traits and makes it unique.

[@skeetermania3202]

Fucking called it! Also, fun fact: this is the third year opener in a row to feature a Hoenn Pokémon. 2020’s was Hariyama, 2021’s was Cacturne.

[@dbzmaster1213]

Got hooked on your vids about a month back - can't stop watching them. Keep up the great work!

[@hug-the-raccoon]

I loved this Pokémon when I first started playing Emerald. Thanks for making this!

[@The_Mister_E]

Y'know, you never pay much attention to it considering how overlooked it is, but Exploud is kinda terrifying. Bloodshot eyes, resonating tubes that blast intense jets of pressure jutting out from every corner of its body, and a deep mouth that it can open basically as wide as its body. It's like a deafening hellspawn gremlin the more you look at it!

[@Dahaka-rd6tw]

according to one of its pokedex entries, Relicanth doesn't evolve because it's already a perfect life-form. Shall we test this fishy tale and see how good Relicanth actually is?

[@skeetermania3202]

Maybe the first video on 2023?

[@thecriticalghost4626]

I'm the ultimate life form - Relicanth

[@beta511ee4]

@@thecriticalghost4626 Ah yes, the original recoilless Head Smash user.

[@MrChillaxin2010]

Awesome start to 2022. One of the Mons I wanted. Crossing my fingers for Ursaring, Drapion, Skuntank, Zangoose and Drifblim by the end of this year.

[@zacharymarentette5269]

Man ive been WAITIN for this.

[@aaronm.885]

This reminds me of the first shiny I ever found; a shiny Loudred whilst grinding at Victory Road near Ever Grande City.

[@whomgod420]

How DESPERATELY do Normal types need Boomburst ACTUALLY?

[@HereSomeLight]

Imagine Adaptability Porygon-Z having Boomburst. Good luck dealing with that without Ghosts. 252+ SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Toxapex: 290-342 (95.3 - 112.5%) -- 75% chance to OHKO 252+ SpA Choice Specs Adaptability Porygon-Z Boomburst vs. 252 HP / 164 SpD Landorus-Therian: 514-606 (134.5 - 158.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO

[@NinthSettler]

Awesome! This is one of my favorite normal types because of how unreal the power of Boomburst is. Thank you for making this video, FSG.

[@krookking2237]

Whismur was the very first Pokemon I found shiny, so Exploud always has a home in my heart

[@yojosenpai261]

Watching these every Sunday is enjoyable keep up the good work 👍🏾

[@kingzerko]

Same! The weekly format is great!

[@sephikong8323]

Ah yes, Boomburst the Pokemon, my favorite

[@myvh773]

6:52 I like it how there's Hitmonchan's Drain Punch in the background while you're talking about “offensive punch”. Nice detail!

[@RealizedTruth20]

Yooooo I was literally thinking that they haven't covered exploud yet since last upload! I got my new year gift 🥰

[@darkmega24ify]

It's amazing just how much of a difference one move and/or one ability makes when it comes to making a Pokémon more viable

[@Strixer-gk2kz]

Man, gen 3 had some of the best early game Pokemon. Taillow, Aron, Ralts, Whismur, Lotad, Seedot, Makuhita, Shroomish, Meditite, and while not exactly early game, Electrike.

[@RazorusR3X777]

You can get Elektrike before Brawly

[@dontreadthedescription5654]

Yeah I agree. I have a lot of nostalgia for the bunch

[@jaretco6423]

I don't agree Gen. 3 has the best early route mon. But some like Taillow, Ralts, Whismer, Shroomish & Lotad are pretty good. Shroomish & Lotad are probably the best ones. Taillow would have trouble against Roxanne. Whismer would get it's but whoop by Brawler & Ralts is kinda annoying to find as it's encounter rate is about 5% to find. Electrike is an little bit late as an early route. So it doesn't count. I usually get there first or fully evolved ones later down the road.

[@mesisnas]

I thought we’re recovering from the last video but it turns out we’re not and I love it!

[@HAWKER37]

I have been waiting for this video for YEARS

[@krakkenzomboid6341]

Just got here already knowing one of my favorite Pokémon that I have one particular play through with one that is a fond childhood memory is gonna be low tier. Oh well.

[@Quietpower99]

Pumbloom was one of my favorite Pokemon, I'm glad it evolved into this awesome Pokemon!

[@Unknown_user6969]

My favourite memory with exploud was using a Scrappy one to sweep Phoebe's entire team in ORAS.

[@worstspytf2824]

Finally, another Pokémon I used during a playthrough and fell in love with that saw competitive success, that's another one for my surprisingly short list.

[@hamiltonhaugh3982]

I grew to love this pokemon over the years especially when it got choice specs boomburst

[@EM10gamer]

I think if Exploud got something hilarious as a unique move or ability like Meloetta…maybe something that protects its teammates from its spreadmoves or boosts sound based attacks that would’ve been awesome! But hey, I can live with scrappy and Boomburst

[@doot5086]

Every Sunday when I wake up, I check for one of these videos. I love Exploud.

[@iKendles]

First shiny Pokémon I ever got in omega Ruby right after the first gym, and used him throughout the playthrough, I’ll never forget the fun those games gave me

[@gamerkingdom1442]

Design wise, I absolutely love Exploud’s design! A bulky brute with a massive mouth, so it can SCREAM it’s opponent to death! And it’s name, almost the perfect PUN!!! Battle wise, well, LOOK AT ITS STATS!! Yes, it’s a “Jack of all trades” when it’s on its attacks, but they mean nothing if the Pokémon can’t back it up. It ether needs a stats boost, or a new Region Form that upgrades it.

[@Chucky_Martinez]

Scrappy Boomburst, nuff said

[@sinnohperson8813]

My first nuzlocke mvp. Been on my fav list from then ( and whismur is cute af)

[@mr.bumblesketches7638]

Today we find out who could scream louder? In the Purple corner we have Exploud! And in the Insane corner, we have my sister when she sees a spider!

[@donovan802]

Exploud is very underrated in my opinion. Base 490 isn’t bad, and by nature of being a Normal type gives it a very wide movepool. And when Boomburst got added, it had another sound based Normal move much stronger than Hyper Voice. But yeah, various other normal types surpass it: Tauros, Blissey, Snorlax, Miltank, Ursaring, and of course Slaking (if you don’t take Truant into consideration). It’s a shame. It’s very cool and deserves some more recognition.

[@jabarithegoldenlucario8841]

Competitive Career: Exploud started off as a small threat that used Salac Berry + Belly Drum Pass. Though, it was all he had in the beginning. But Gen 4 came and he could never come back to it. When Gen 6 came and Boomburst was gifted to him, high and low tiers learnt to fear the words of *”EXPLOUD!!!!”*

[@gamez4420]

Websploud will always be terrifying if you aren't prepared

[@rosewarrior706]

I have always loved exploud it's do heart warming when you see a favorite doing pretty good

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

Exploud's stats have always confused me. I always figured with it's design and nature it would have more HP than it has and I figured its attacking stats (or at least Sp.A) would be 100+.

[@IgnitedQuils]

I think it’s due to stat balancing. GF tends to make a lot of regular fully evolved Pokemon be between a BST of 440-535, Exploud in this case having a 490 BST

[@pookiegaming75]

@@IgnitedQuils exploud has 20 points in each stat over loudred, same thing goes for loudred and whismur

[@thecriticalghost4626]

104 HP is quite high

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

@@thecriticalghost4626 I expected more. When I look at Exploud and read it's dex I imagine 120 Base HP.

[@MrJohnReviews]

Well Exploud taught us one thing, if you let your voice of love take you higher, you will succeed no matter what.

[@superbaddy4]

Wonderful way to start off the year. The Whismur Evolution Line will absolutely always be my #1 Favorite Pokémon of all time. Everything I see in me, I see in them. To a point, I AM them (yes, I have a booming voice, but I also see a lot more in them that most people don't). Every FSG video I kept hoping would finally be this one, and as soon as I looked and saw this video in my Subscription Feed, I just smiled my absolute brightest, stared at the thumbnail in joy for about 10 minutes, pulled out my Exploud Figure to sit on my lap as I watched this, and then I proceeded to sit through this entire thing. And now I'm even more happy to see that Exploud didn't totally stink and had a lot of good moments, especially in Later Generations.

[@frickendachicken1856]

Exploud has been my favorite Pokemon since I was a kid, glad to see it get a video

[@robthoelz]

10 out of 10 best Pokémon! Thank you Patrons!

[@Macaulyn_97]

I mean, if Swellow, whose SpAtk was trash in Gen 6, was good as a special attacker because of Boomburst, it only makes sense that Exploud also became better with it.

[@TheRealMichelozzo]

Whimsur was the first pokemon I bred to have perfect 31's across the board, specifically to have a maxxed out Exploud with Boomburst for the doubles battles in the post game of gen 6 with a shuckle partner. good times.

[@angrykappa]

As a kid when I first played Sapphire and my friend had Ruby I wanted to use Whismur and he kept trying to convince me not to cause Whismur looked dumb. I didn't listen and Exploud ended up being my ace. Love that screamy boy.