How GOOD were Cofagrigus & Runerigus ACTUALLY? - History of Competitive Cofagrigus & Runerigus

[@amateraceon5202]

From the creators of “learn Braille to catch these Pokémon” and “turn your entire system upside down to evolve this Pokémon” comes “take a specific amount of damage in this one specific part of the map to evolve this Pokémon”

[@cintronproductions9430]

IKR? What were they thinking? Yet they thought that playing a flute to summon Arceus was harder. Bruh.

[@ChocolatePancakeMan]

My only question is: How was anyone actually supposed to figure it out without looking it up?

[@juannaym8488]

@@ChocolatePancakeMan even when you look it up, how are you gonna believe this when the game's fresh? I legit thought that it was just an internet lie

[@JustAGuy8541]

This has 69 likes

[@rockno]

@beyond your imagination real or fake?

[@darksnytax4131]

Gen 5 Ghost were absolutely bangers in terms of design. Golurk? Big BOI. Cofagrigus? Terrifying. Chandelure? PERFECTION

[@brontes414]

Jellicent? Pringles.

[@munchrai6396]

Oh yeah Golurk is easily one of my favorite designs because it depicts the classic Golem from Jewish myth in an incredible level of detail.

[@trainerlsw]

HELL YEAH! ANOTHER CHANDELURE ENJOYER!!!

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Absolutely true!

[@DCBiscuit]

@@munchrai6396 I’m glad that someone else knows what it was based off of. I always name my Golurks “Jewbot 9K” because of it.

[@sanderstrating4956]

I remember as a kid I actually thought it took less damage when the sarcophagus closed in its animation so I would try to time my attacks just right

[@tomgeytenbeek2207]

I miss those times :)

[@empolethetaco2450]

ME TOOOO

[@marcelosandoval8719]

XD This guy just predicted Aegislash

[@superiortroodon3112]

I always will remember cofagrigus from that one fan comic (don’t remember the artist’s name), where a female archeologist is betrayed and killed by her partner in some ruins, and she unknowingly comes back as a yamask, unable to remember her face. Then later, we see her as a cofagrigus get her revenge by trapping her backstabbing old partner.

[@keebs5780]

never seen this and now I’m intrigued

[@superiortroodon3112]

For those interested the comic is called yamask’s revenge by alex law, it’s short but well done

[@magmarman2633]

This sounds like something in the current Hard Mode comic by the creator of the Nuzlocke challenge. Perhaps he took inspiration from the comic that was mentioned by an above comment

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

I read that before, one of my favorite short comics of all time

[@reginlief1]

@@keebs5780 same!

[@sliced8669]

As a kid Playing pokemon Black and White for the first time, Cofagrigus was the scariest thing to me, the first time i saw it in the Desert area basically gave me nightmares. Its Gates to Infinity Walking animations DEFINITELY didn't help either

[@雪者]

My, my. That's interesting

[@Afrochilla]

Imagine if you saw Cofagrigus in Pokepark 2. He was SCARY in that game.

[@kris4885]

Hewo sliced oranges I see you too have infected by the Pokémon virus every pvper eventually gets

[@the-real-et]

yamasks pokedex entry also doesnt help

[@Gloomy414]

@@Afrochilla omg I remember cofagrigus in poke park and yes it was terrifying

[@kachebelka3416]

Not trying to be that guy, but technically Wandering Spirit and Mummy do act slightly differently. Mummy just gives the opponent your ability, but you still keep Mummy. Wandering Spirit causes the 2 Pokémon to actually swap abilities.

[@nbassasin8092]

Yeah you are not that guy, those 2 things are definitely not the same Sometimes it is better to have one or the other

[@vTheStranger]

@@nbassasin8092 my fav combo is runerigus + golisopod.

[@FriendOfHatkid]

Imagine hitting Azumaril as Runerigus.

[@kachebelka3416]

@@FriendOfHatkid bros attack stat is destroyed lol

[@CradilyBestPokemon]

Imagine getting a new form with an extra type only to become weak to the all mighty cradily

[@elemangell2981]

So true. That's why I pair Runerigus with Cradily in my doubles team. Love catching people off guard with storm drain.

[@obiwancannoli1920]

All hail Cradily

[@sleazymeezy]

People always sleep on cradilly

[@jalencurtis7222]

I unironically love this account. It also helps that Cradily is one of my favorites as a grass specialist.

[@VCV95]

@@sleazymeezy honestly they are really awesome, but armaldo is my bug boi... I actually like them both a lot lmao

[@EpsilonXenos]

Does no one remember the hilarious bug with Cofagrigus? You can't trade it with it's default name due to the game's mature language filter.

[@taipaulsen4347]

That’s so hilarious

[@雪者]

Oh yeah. The poor thing. 😅

[@bluebaron6811]

The gym leader Viola actually has an illegal name. The word "viol" means "řæpə"; ironically, in French. You know, what they speak in France, the same country Kalos is based off. 💀

[@thered4048]

I remember lol

[@Hobson64]

That's why it took on an offensive role in Gen 5.

[@Pacmanfan-po9rn]

Imagine this thing with just a little more HP and reliable recovery

[@ispeakcockney5387]

No need more HP. This thing needs more sp attack for a stronger shadow ball. Or more def for a stronger body press and to take lesser damage from knock-off

[@Marblesoda821]

@@ispeakcockney5387 It already has a high physical defense of 145, and its base 95 Special Attack is still reasonable in terms of attack power. If a Pokémon's gonna have high physical and special defenses, it basically REQUIRES high HP to actually use those defenses (excluding Shuckle simply because of how broken it is.)

[@ispeakcockney5387]

@@Marblesoda821 watch the video again. Its main set in gen 8 is body press + shadow ball. Higher def will results in stronger body press. Dusclops is better than Cofagrigus because it has higher def and sp def regardless of the low hp stat. Ghost type is weak defensively in singles due to knock-off. If Cofagrigus gets more special attack, it will be better offensively. Aegislash, Golurk and Marowak-A are amazing because of their high offensive presence

[@nbassasin8092]

Imo just recover would be fine, so it can stay longer No need for bigger HP Would be nice but recovery is whats really important

[@juddakooda9520]

@@Marblesoda821 True i think its just a theme that most ghosts have low health since theyre dead lol

[@dynamoflynzga]

I wish the Yamask that James catched evolved into Cofragius just to keep the tradition of a Pokemon who hugs or eat him while leaving the Pokeball at least inside of his sarcophagus

[@nbassasin8092]

That is actually amazing point

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Actually funny af, should have happened

[@skeetermania3202]

Pretty off-kilter in tone considering BW was when Team Rocket was at their most serious.

[@lorddarkrai5753]

I want Bronzong , it's been 2 years ever since its last mention in a poll.

[@Magic_Ice]

Ouch I remember

[@The_Moodi]

Lets egzamine how good was metagross with switched stats acutally

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

i wonder why they stopped doing the community vote

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Didnt we already do the Bronzong one?

[@skiffy8121]

@@naturalharmoniagropius4486 nope just checked

[@brandontherabboat4850]

I used a Runerigus in my Sword, and one of my best-performing Pokémon in Ultra Sun was a Cofagrigus running Will-O-Wisp, Hex, Calm Mind, and Pain Split. It formed a sweet defensive with my Mantine, Ferrothorn, and sometimes my Eviolite Rhydon.

[@omletmp4]

In game or competitive?

[@brandontherabboat4850]

@@omletmp4 The Battle Tree, so in-game.

[@Notconceitedjustbetterthanyou]

Nobody asked or cares

[@brandontherabboat4850]

@@Notconceitedjustbetterthanyou What a coincidence. That's the exact same thing your father said when he was reminded of your birthday.

[@oskoshua4482]

@@brandontherabboat4850 daddy chill

[@itsturniptime3699]

I’m gonna wait until Gen 9 rolls out to start requesting Lilligant since Hisuian Lilligant will probably be transferable into that game since Lilligant is there. If Victory Dance goes unchanged stuff might get weird, and I’m excited

[@AllesZuSpaet53]

probably going to be a physical quiver dance, which is normal lilligants whole gimmick

[@mipho5899]

It definitely gets changed, like every move in PLA. But it most likely is a Physical version of Quiver dance. Especially since the first ever Pokemon to show this move of were Lilligant and Volcarona. Almost a signature move for a very short time.

[@PhongNguyen-po2zi]

give victory dance to victni to send it to ubers

[@madjester9844]

@Epic Maths Games add triple axel onto those stabs. The thing is based on a ballerina, and her shoes even resemble ice skates blades, it's bound to get that move

[@IgnitedQuils]

I hope Hisuian Lilligant gets a good physical movepool. It does get Poison Jab for opposing Grass and Fairies and maybe Aerial Ace (yet it’s not strong). Tera Blast can also be a good move option.

[@alvaropinilla8639]

Man Gen 5 gave us amazing ghost mons in chandelure, cofagrigus, jellicent and golurk

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

Probably to balance out all the good new Fighting types it also introduced.

[@galvsparks6295]

@@JCBro-yg8vd and the ghost ones are balanced out by the awesome dark types they introduced, which were then balanced out by the awesome bug types they introduced

[@Ashgrey0]

Gen 5 had such excellent and fun mons to even out the types

[@HannibalKantter]

One thing about Runerigus is that unlike Mummy, which makes the Pokemon that hits you get that ability, Wandering Spirit trades it for your foe's ability. This can be used in order to troll your opponent with Regigigas or Archeops, for example. And it would had been awesome to pair with Slaking, if Pursuit (and Slaking itself) hadn't been cut from Gen 8

[@munchrai6396]

8:28 Hidden Power was lowered from a max of 70 to a consistent 60 base power. Definitely a big dip in power for the most versatile coverage move in the game. Mind you, this does mean that's its affected by Technician for what its worth

[@scrunkore]

unfortunately you never see any special attackers with technician

[@munchrai6396]

@@scrunkore Yeah, the only special attackers with Technician are Mr. Mime and Roserade and both would much rather rely on their primary abilities over it.

[@12jswilson]

@@munchrai6396 technician Roserade was the common offensive set with HP fire in gen 7, but the bulky sets used natural cure usually. Also, you could use a 60 base power Hidden Power in gen 5 and before. HP varied in both type and power from 40 to 70 in increments of 10. In gen 6 they made it always base 60

[@IgnitedQuils]

The only times I saw Hidden Power be useful with Technician was for Roserade, Persian and Marshadow. So the power drop benefitted them as they didn’t need to have specific IVs for a 60 BP Hidden Power.

[@omarmendez0402]

Hidden Power is nothing but garbage

[@ethandavis2373]

Some of my favorite mons of all time. This is sure to be a good episode

[@joaomacedo5849]

And so, spooky season begins

[@sherifgamleldin1277]

Spooky scary skeletons

[@fireball6791]

Truly

[@timothyhutagalung2219]

Send shivers down your spine!

[@雪者]

They shriek and shudder in surprise!

[@sosams]

I remember using Cofagrigus on that minigame of accessories in BW and being bummed that it couldn't run four items

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

Cofagrigus in Poképark 2 scared the life outta me.

[@WohMi]

The crazy part is that in Gen 8, Cofagrigus JUST moved to ZU. Literally yesterday

[@genesis7838]

Sad to see it fall so far

[@cintronproductions9430]

It needs more HP. A LOT more.

[@Labyrinth6000]

Whats ZU?

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@Labyrinth6000 Untiered. Edit: Ok, I was mistaken, Mipho has a better explanation.

[@mipho5899]

@@cintronproductions9430 not exactly. ZU is a playable tier and like every tier it has bannlists, which means not every Untiered mon is ZU. Like Rotom Frost or Sneasel.

[@darklightning2730]

Looking at Cofagrigus’ stats, it looks like a special attacking Ferrothorn.

[@r.a.c.5754]

Ironic considering it was used more often as an offensive 'Mon with Trick Room and Nasty Plot.

[@IgnitedQuils]

Pretty glad it got Fighting coverage from the loss of Hidden Power. Body Press is not a special attack but Cofagrigus does have a very naturally high physical defense stat and it perfectly complements Shadow Ball. If only it had instant recovery that wasn’t Rest.

[@mkhcfire9684]

Would Pain Split work for recovery? Or do you mean stuff like Recover?

[@goddessaqua5022]

@@mkhcfire9684 I think he meant something like Recover since Pain Split isn't all that reliable

[@retho_fr9550]

I remember back when Cofagrigus was in SM NU, the Trick Room set was so demonic that it was one of those mons you'd go lvl 99 on, just to beat other Cofagrigus

[@NanaKyoto]

The designs of Cofagrigus and Runerigus are pretty cool, it's just that the latter has some really confusing and specific method of evolving.

[@samboi123]

Better weird, specific or lore-accurate than at high af levels like half of Unova

[@vaporterra]

@@samboi123 But Cofagrigus itself wasn’t that high of a level

[@samboi123]

@@vaporterra That’s fair, but I know that a lot of Unovan Pokémon are

[@justinfabela4899]

Literally my favorite pokemon of all time. I use it so often in nearly every team and I've done so many variants with it, even going so far as to run Hyper Beam in Gen 5 with nasty plot so Id OHKO Mandibuzz haha. Good times. Cofagrigus will always be my number 1 favorite mon.

[@BNotInc]

Fun fact: In the anime, Cofagrigus walks ON ITS HANDS. Like a literal spider!

[@zebra1777]

I LOVE THESE VIDEOS. I’ve been watching for years now and this is the best part of my Sunday.

[@MisterJonesification]

These vids and watching football for me, a great combination.

[@SpecsCloud]

Oh goodie! As a ghost type monotype player since gen 6 Cofagrigus was always a mainstay on my team. Good to see him get the spotlight today

[@dudinatorYT]

I see those new backgrounds! (At least I think they're new) They look great FSG! Loving the variety content, but the How good was series is always a treat! Thanks for the amazing content!

[@beanburrito4405]

It’s a shame that Runerigus wasn’t able to do much in Gen 8. If this was a few generations ago, I’m sure it would have made for a great lower-tier Pokémon, but such is the nature of power creep

[@bigchillin4216]

Should have been a rock/ghost type imo

[@Qvartz_Lite]

Runegrigus with trick Room, Will O Wisp, Destiny Bond and Protect, paired with a minus speed Heatran, Eruption, Flash Cannon, Earth Power and Ancient Power is my go to for Gen 8 dpubles

[@watergaming7543]

No protect on heatran?

[@SomeGuy-cf2lp]

@@watergaming7543 I don't think it needs protect if it's partner has trick room

[@Qvartz_Lite]

Sometimes I do run Protect on Heatran, but since I can fully invest on HP, it's not always necesary

[@watergaming7543]

@@SomeGuy-cf2lp Protect on heatran ensures you'll actually be able to use it when trickroom goes off, as your opponent can simpily double attack your heatran

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@Qvartz_Lite wait why minus speed on heatran? and how is it doing now?

[@doig_brainrot]

The ghostly tombs have finally been chosen! Can't believe it's finally happening!

[@ScoutNess]

"How good was Cofagrigus actually?" Good for Mummying Slaking and making him a beast.

[@nolandderlugner1351]

i stopped playing pokemon long ago, but these videos are always just a nice hit of nostalgia love it

[@Mortality90]

Your alliteration in every episode of this series has been absolutely amazing. Thank you for the extra effort you do for something so small.

[@williamdunbar2802]

In black and white, Cofagrigus was unable to be traded on the GTS without a nickname, because its name got picked up by the name censor

[@juangarcia6473]

i remember when cofagrigus was first revealed in corocoro, and it instantly became one of my favorites

[@thomasoreilly857]

How INFURIATING was it to evolve a Galarian Yamask ACTUALLY?

[@madysonandres9571]

I remember running into a wild Tyranitar, thinking it had a Dark type move. NOPE! It had Sandstorm, Thrash, Hyper Beam, and Giga Impact, which are all useless against Galarian Yamask. So I had to PP stall the thing in order to get it down to my Focus Sash, but since I had a +defense nature, it only got me down to 8 hp. I said to myself “Never. Again.”

[@QuestionableLogic_]

I mean, it wasn't that hard, just oddly specific. I just slapped on a focus sash and let a level 60 pokemon hit it lol

[@spacepirate3386]

Halloween season is here! Here’s hoping we get a remake video of Gengar.

[@Roguedotexe]

I really REALLY HOPE that Gengar remake is on the last Sunday of October. Its my favorite pokemon of all time and it would be a great disservice if a remake of one of the strongest ghost types didn't make it this Oct.

[@poppleton8727]

This thing was straight up unsettling in the Gen 5 spin-offs, it’s walking animations in Gates to infinity and Pokepark 2 put it in the uncanny valley

[@keironneen-kellett5672]

A video about cofigarus' use in ranked? Perfect timing, I've just made a UU nat dex team running cofigarus along with pursuit slaking to give slaking mummy and it's been working surprisingly well. Another great video btw!

[@macintoshplus5142]

This guy with will o wisp and bodypress is unstoppable

[@elemangell2981]

HELL YEAH I love these two ghosty bois! When I was starting to take competitive more seriously recently, I made my first doubles team themed around ancient Pokemon. I decided to make Runerigus the core of my team as a stall-y trick room setter and had an absolute blast pairing them with offensive mons like Perrserker and Stonjourner, and extra support with Spiritomb and storm drain Cradily. Couple these fun competitive romps with its awesome design inspirations, and they've easily become one of my favorite Pokemon lines.

[@DukeSR8]

I'm hoping Gourgeist is the Halloween special this year. It's a pumpkin, which makes it fit a lot better.

[@thequagiestsire]

I know Runerigus isn’t very good, but I just have a softspot for the big lug. He’s just a funny pile of rocks, plus I’ll always cherish my shenanigans with the Zamazenta fight and Wandering Spirit.

[@miguelgoncalves5365]

Cofagrigus literally just dropped to ZU in gen 8 now lmao, should have given it another month to see how it goes in the meta

[@theamericanbrotherofmightg3734]

I think Cofagrigus is one of the Pokemon that miss Mega Lopunny and Medicham.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

What's ZU?

[@toxikyle5419]

@@JCBro-yg8vd ZeroUse, basically untiered with slightly more restrictions

[@miguelgoncalves5365]

@@JCBro-yg8vd it's a smogon unofficial tier where all the Pokémon that can't find usage in other tiers end

[@scarfxb7237]

Would really love to see videos on specific players instead of mons. I think this could be a pretty cool side-series with a video every now and then.

[@bootortle]

I love both of these designs 💛🤍

[@SilverScarletSpider]

The thing that irks me about Pokémon is that when you have two counterpart Pokémon that are supposed to be similar reflections of one another: if Cofiregus gets nasty plot, then the least the should do is give Runeirgus swords dance.

[@yeahmike3847]

EXCITED for this one!!! 🙌

[@bumberquest3031]

To be fair, wandering spirit works a little differently from mummy. While I can imagine the effect to be pretty much the same in competitive, Pokemon with Wandering Spirit will swap abilities with any pokemon that hit it.

[@blackblack1167]

I've seen NOPE three times. I'm waiting for my paycheck so I can go watch it again. That movie's something else.

[@blackblack1167]

@BraindeadFromBoredom Damn, America can’t have nothing nice anymore

[@r.a.c.5754]

I'm convinced Cofagrigus, not to mention the bevy of other great Ghosts we got in Gen 5, was GF's way of making up for the disappointment that the previous gen's Dusknoir turned out to be. And being as it's Halloween season let's get another Ghost-type lol. How good was GOURGEIST actually? An actual Jack-o-Lantern 'Mon?

[@feIIas]

Fun fact: you can't trade an unnamed cofagrigus on the GTS due to it posessing a naughty word in its name

[@maneruloquendero]

Cofagrigus. One of those PKMN you couldn't trade in the Gen V GTS if you haven't nicknamed it beforehand. I wonder why

[@flyingstonemon3564]

(The name was banned for having a naughty word in It)

[@Birdtendo]

I've been taking a break from Pokémon for a while to focus on Mario Kart, but it won't stop me from watching you.

[@victorcch]

16:05 “… shutting toxtricity down, harder than a band with creative differences…” I exploded 😂

[@jessejames8547]

Love all the videos, so informative for someone who never played competitive Pokemon

[@golemofwill4728]

Cofagrigus is one of my favorite designed ghost types. Its not perfect to use but its a super fun wall with a unique ability. I wish rune was a bit less boring.

[@praiseHashut]

Banette is my favorite, but man, runerigus is a close second.

[@shattermelon496]

Pretty much everything from gen 8 is boring at best

[@dracomenace]

Ghost/ Ground is a phenomenal offensive typing, a fast offensive mon would be p good if we get any in gen9

[@yeahmike3847]

That would be TOO good

[@scrunkore]

it's a shame golurk is so slow

[@IgnitedQuils]

The only types that resist it are Normal/Flying entirely and Dark or Normal types that are part Bug, Grass, Flying or Ground. So it’s decent. But yeah all the Pokémon of that type combo are very slow.

[@yeahmike3847]

@@IgnitedQuils pidgey is the only counter

[@dracomenace]

@@IgnitedQuils Fighting coverage like Close Combat can be helpful to tackle the types that resist the combo

[@stetsonherrick8090]

To those expecting any mention of the Mummy Slaking strategy, it was given no mention at all. I feel the disappointment just as strongly as you do. It's definitely a scary tactic.

[@justcallmeleonardo]

When the gen8 meta was new I used runerigus in a doubles trickroom team. It was pretty fun

[@Valentinesdayghost]

Covidrigus Also I would really like to see “How good were Drifloon and Drifblim actually?” Haven’t seen any good Drifblim competitive vids and I heard Drifloon had a busted LC set in Gen 7 or 8. Have a good day!

[@rubenduenas5881]

Runerigus looks so cool!

[@twanschrover3]

Cofagrigus is such a lovely mon to use! Gotta love the homie in ZU

[@LuDogg805]

I'd give Cofagrigus the abilities Lighting Rod and Immunity. Gold = very conductive, and hard to corrode naturally.

[@Matpit18]

What better than a Pokémon with one of the most darkest Pokédex entries to start off the spooky season

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

This is the happiest Halloween I've ever had from this channel

[@PelinalDidNothingWrong]

Cofagrigus and Runeirigus are my favourite Ghost types! Glad they finally get the video treatment

[@ri0t872]

Pokémon Black was the very first Pokémon game I owned it was the coolest

[@Torchico7]

One of my all time favorite Pokémon from the desert! Thanks!

[@diegoxavier9107]

Huh, what a coincidence. I was looking for this video just the other day, and to my dismay it hadn't been made. What magnificent timing

[@ashra8281]

One of my favs!!! Gen 5 is easily the best gen

[@thearrivalalex450]

Aaaand our boy (Cofagrigus) dropped to ZU again. I'm so sad for Runerigus, it's one of my favourites of all time and possesses interesting traits, it's a shame he can't hack it in competitive

[@inkognito3145]

2:30 omg that’s my favourite movie quote!

[@tytar2132]

Confagrigus has risen to A rank Ou in gen 6

[@juanca2567]

When Simisear gets a video, mention how it got last place in the 720 vote.

[@umukzusgelos4834]

Cofagrigus was my all time favorite in Black/White and frankly still is

[@bohrierpokemonvideos392]

Zayne is back baby! More VGC stuff!

[@Goku_Jr]

These videos are the reason I love sundays

[@2022irons]

“Finally a worthy opponent” - Pallosand To Runerigus

[@benjaminfigueroa1833]

I don't know if anyone has stated this before, but I loved the video background ❤️

[@TsukaiStarburst]

I've got to be perfectly honest. I always thought Cofagrigus was trash, but this video slapped me in the face for a solid 22 minutes. I'm flabbergasted by how strong and popular it was in the competitive environment. This video was a true eye-opener for me and I'm incredibly thankful for you making it.

[@spoonsrattling]

I love cofagrigus, one of my all time favorite pokemon

[@TheUltimateShade667]

My favourite part of each video is seeing whether or not they've updated the subscriber count during the outro.

[@JermTheSigma]

Two of of my favorite ghost types!👻

[@alexdehatter2151]

Cofagrigus is easily one of my favourite designs from Gen 5.

[@PivotPotato232]

Finally a video on my all time favourite pokemon

[@M3rtyville]

Still waiting for these duos, quadrets and trios to finish: - Mantine - Latios - Kyurem - Carracosta - Seviper - other gen 5 monkeys - Cresselia - Tyrantum - Swords of Justice minus Keldeo - Gothitelle - Chesnaught

[@moth5449]

I remember as a kid having a nightmare of a coffin with shadow hands, fast forward a few years I see cofagrigus while playing Pokémon and being scared because I thought I was being haunted

[@Flash33c]

I think one thing they could've done was also swap the defenses and not just the offenses, that way you could use Cofagrigus for Spa/def and Runerigus for Atk/SpDef.

[@nya69]

i often run a max attack max hp AV set on runerigus, it can switch into almost any move in the game, take another hit and do some insane damage

[@Blastopia]

I used one on my first white play through as a kid I thought it was so cool

[@bomberhood7234]

I would love to see Lillagent next.

[@FirstLastname604]

Maybe this October we’ll see the release of the three hour long gengar remake

[@tarotreadingsbysteven8545]

As an OG ghost type fan gen 5 made them not only great to use but gave much needed variety to choose from

[@genesis7838]

Cofagrigus was always fun to use but unfortunately it's not very good at this point. Just fell from pu to zu

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

Ghost will always be an annoying type. Extreme neutral coverage. Two good immunities. The real issue is the lack of consistent recovery. The type also has really annoying secondary effects.

[@Lord_KillerBee]

Cofagrigus possessing a pretty high defense stat was step up for fellow ghost types whilst also slowly chipping away at opposing players and taking away their ability. Plus the Z move “Never Ending Nightmare” certainly fit the generation 5 ghost type Pokémon perfectly.