GAME FREAK Needs To BUFF JOHTO Pokemon...

[@lavender3148]

I'd see furret get hustle since it has coil to counter the lowered accuracy, and sunflora really should get weatherball

[@quiddlefish1158]

Sunflora actually does get Weather Ball thanks to the Teal Mask dlc :)

[@BananaR777]

Get it fluffy or furcoat and that thing will tank.

[@renegaderonin1247]

Furrets niche actually works pretty well, frisk is definitely not nearly bad as people might think given it has access to both trick and knock off. What I think furret really needs is a status move or something to cripple other Pokemon a bit more

[@MrBubblebox]

@@renegaderonin1247 open sheets makes frisk pointless.

[@embalmed_existence]

@@renegaderonin1247 no such thing as a furret niche. thats a gimmick at best especially with 415 bst

[@Slimeonian]

Ampharos should really get access to the move Tail Glow frfr. I mean, the whole thing about Amphy in the lighthouse is that it uses its tail to make the lighthouse work. So yeah, give it Tail Glow. +3 special attack in 1 move would make it hit like a truck

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

wait ampharos literally has a glowing tail thats its whole design

[@gazakana]

Wait, he actually doesn't have it??? But it's like, the first tail glow Pokémon that I could imagine if someone asks me

[@gabrielfreitas3033]

Ummmm ACTUALLY tail glow is called firefly light in japanese so it doesn't fit with ampharos (it should still get nasty plot or calm mind tho)

[@gabebaum6527]

@@gabrielfreitas3033 Xurkitree, a literal bundle of wires with a weird light for a head, got tail glow, so that excuse doesn't hold much water

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

​@@gabebaum6527also Manaphy, which i'm pretty sure isn't a firefly lmao

[@xx_squirtle8621]

Buffing Meganium without changing its stats or adding Fairy is a godsend

[@Dabrownman1812]

Give it strength sap

[@Endershock1678]

Honestly, it just needs a half decent ability. Other than Thick Fat, you could give it Harvest to let it run as a gimmicky sunlight wall that keeps grabbing berries.

[@Mordecrox]

"We don't need much to fix Meganium, its body is perfect the way it is" *Calls it thick fat*

[@unkindled6410]

tbf starters stats are very streamlined, they ranged between 515 and 535 if im not mistaken, and meganium is literally in the middle of it at 525. i dont think +10 BST helps that much, it could be nice but its still meh. and we are still not really in a time where we know its realistic for a mon to get a type changed when no new type was introduced or it received an evo, so being realistic means we dont get such things like adding fairy to meganium, dark to luxray, and the other overbeaten even if good suggestions.

[@Dabrownman1812]

@@unkindled6410 just give meganium strength sap

[@mr.punisher5100]

Sunflora should get an evolution, it's literally just a sunflower. Maybe turn it into a solar panel or something. At least spice things it up a bit like they did with Ursaring

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

They missed an opportunity in Scarlet and Violet.

[@gavinaaric]

Paradox not evolution

[@CaptainObliviousV]

Honestly, with how they’ve given us an meme tall/long Pokémon every gen since Alola, I’m surprised they didn’t make an evolution that’s just Sunflora but taller like they did with Dudunsparce. It would make sense too since sunflowers can get tall as hell!

[@if7723]

​@CaptainObliviousV Sungorgas. After consuming so much solar energy this beautiful sunflower has evolved to its pinaccle.

[@gerardomerino8558]

@@jesuisunstroopwafel There still is hope with the second DLC, I doubt it, but it could happen, maybe

[@badger273]

Another idea for buffing Houndoom (and a few other Pokemon): update the ability Early Bird. Instead of it just decreasing the sleep counter by 2, you'll ALWAYS wake up the next time you move. This effectively makes Rest just a reliable recovery move that makes you immune to status for a turn, while also effectively making you immune to other Pokemon putting you to sleep

[@bettyunicorn6132]

That’s epic actually.

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

Interesting buff, but NOT for Houndoom, since he lacks any bulk for some kind of ResTalk set and is guaranteed to die very easily. Also, he's already immune to Prankster TWave and any Will o' Wisp, making the status heal less useful.

[@cosmic12321]

Give Houndoom either Strong Jaws with Jaw Lock and Super Fang, or Solar Power over 1 of its 3 abilities from its Mega Form.

[@eliyaskiya]

@@cosmic12321 Yeah, I was gonna suggest giving Houndoom Strong Jaw with a bit more Attack as well as access to Psychic Fangs. It doesn't really need Jaw Lock since it has Crunch.

[@Detective_L]

There’s a rom hack that gives Houndoom an ability called Soul Eater that gives it +SPA after every KO. Could make it viable

[@techknight3753]

The ability that Meganium needs/deserves is Flower Veil. Currently it is only found on pure fairy type pokemon for some reason so I wouldn't blame you if you forgot it existed. Flower Veil grants allied grass types (can include self) immunity to both status and stat drops. A direct upgrade to leaf guard that is also thematicly fitting.

[@sigur95]

Tbh, Meganium would suck with Flower veil too, lol. It needs mono grass to function for VGC support which obviously is awful and niche as hell, and as you mentioned it currently doesn’t work on the pokemon itself. And even if it did work, it’s not really like Meganium necessarily cares about intimidate etc. unless it’s running a very niche meme set.

[@Yomasi]

I'm very happy to learn Moxie thinks Ariados is viable as is. time to use it in my team :)

[@MoxieBoosted]

Nah I just buffed it in another vid

[@Jet-plane]

@@MoxieBoostedwhat vid

[@VikrHsbabag]

I used a Rage Powder Ariados in a trick room team once 👍 completely outclassed by Amoonguss but hey

[@goGothitaLOL]

@@Jet-plane "GameFreak ruined these pokemon, so let's buff them" the one with Torterra and Banette in the thumbnail

[@benjulesrun9057]

it 1v1s darkrai, obviously

[@TheSpecialPsycho]

Wow, this guy has guts saying Unown is functional as is

[@menel3]

Oh, that was a sick burn, if he has guts you just boosted his attack massively you fool

[@connerdroddy4834]

​​@@menel3lmao

[@SourAttmoz]

@@menel3ability swap

[@Idonothaveastand]

Why can't Houndoom learn Fiery Wrath? It just makes sense for a literal hell hound to learn a move all about Hatred

[@Adir-Yosef]

because it's a signature move :P

[@JayClearman411]

@@Idonothaveastand hey if houndoom learns it I want typhlosion and ninetails with it too.👀

[@pokatana4130]

Def continue this series. It's always cool to think about how GF can buff mons.

[@ultimatex1334]

Something else Delibird needs is a new hidden ability. It gets Insomnia *and* Vital Spirit, both of which do the exact same thing.

[@Slimeonian]

The ability that immediately comes to mind would be Snow Warning. But we could also be funny and give it an ability like Huge Power lel

[@timurtheking]

So many possibilities; arialate, a snow summoning ability, or even something that fits its gimmicky nature for ingame playthroughs like pickup or ballfetch

[@AerialHoopGuy]

@@timurtheking Kind of like the idea of it having Glaciate.

[@unkindled6410]

@@Slimeonian give it +50 BST (a realistic increase that can be meaningfull if optimally distributed), swap insomnia with slush rush and give it thick fat (or hospitality if really feeling it) as a secondary ability, rework present so it always heals allies and always damage enemies, and scale the damage rolls to be equal to that of magnetude, it could be a gimmicky support that could just try gamble on some damage. or just give it an evo so that it can have proper fully evolved stats. just make it a chonky birb with big beard, its literally just santa.

[@bobjob2514]

Evo condition idea: must have Wyrdeer in the party. Boost stats so it’s basically physical attack bundle.

[@adityawidarma3803]

Runaway should've been buffed to to include immunity to move or ability that won't let the user switch out (Shadow Tag, Whirlpool, Bind, etc)

[@lucariouwu68]

Weather Ball would be an absolutely incredible move to give Sunflora, and it's probably the most justifiable "Fire" attack it could use. Even attempts to change the weather result in it still using a base 100 power move, just of a different type

[@mrboost4186]

Sunflora got Weather Ball in SV

[@lasercraft32]

I've noticed that a lot of the Johto Pokemon are also the ones that a lot of people tend to forget they exist.

[@troyk7100]

Just used assault vest Sudowoodo in a playthrough of Violet and it was so fun! Definitely needs a buff but still not terrible with Rock Head Head Smash and Tera Grass Wood Hammer

[@majorhoolahan]

I sincerely thank you for that Meganium to Mega Venusaur transition.

[@whyareyoulookingatthis236]

The production quality just keeps getting better holy crap im loving the recent uploads!

[@hydropirate6646]

Ledian has always been a favorite of mine since using it in soul silver (unknowing of its BST). Since learning of its stats I have been haunted every time I see my favorite bug and remember 390.

[@bigmonke3348]

For furret: buff run away to give 50% damage buff to pivot moves and never allow it to get trapped. Give it a stab normal type pivoting move. For ledian: Make it bug/normal and keep same stats except buff attack stat. Give it a bug type punching move and boom Houndoom: Give it dark aura+your buff Corsola: filter ability

[@JayClearman411]

@@bigmonke3348 if houndoom gets Dark aura I need Tyranitar an darkrai with it asap! Everything else I agree with.

[@bigmonke3348]

@@JayClearman411 nah tyranitar is mostly just a sand setter than spams rock slide and bad dreams fits Darkrai. Houndoom is a bonafide evil pokemon so it makes sense for it to get dark aura. It will have a similar niche to mega zard Y where they have a field effect that can support teammates AND themselves. Wont make it op either

[@edwardgreene2884]

This is an awesome series so far, hope you keep it up :)

[@NyaZan]

Can't wait to see your ideas on how to buff Luvdisc in the next video. It's a Pokemon that sometimes comes to my mind as "damn, can't believe how bad this things is"

[@LrnecBuma]

Its going to get the farfetch'd/delibird boost 20/30 to all

[@peco595]

Luvdisc would have been a perfect trash mon if they had just made it evolve into Almomola. It's criminal they decided not to connect the two and left Luvdisc hanging out to dry.

[@aaronolson6736]

I'd like to go crazy with Meganium and grant it Flower Veil. What if instead of buffing Run Away to allow switching no matter what, it was just combined with Quick Feet? Ledian and Sunflora deserve to evolve more than needing a buff, though Sunkern evolve via stone so that might be out of the question. Plus and Minus have been around long enough that they probably deserve to activate whenever there's an ally electric or steel type.

[@pjanderson4876]

Make Run Away prevent all speed-drops, including para, kinda like Big Pecks. If that’s not good enough, still always allow switching like Ghost-types.

[@LrnecBuma]

I also think maybe plus/minus has a passive smaller boost to itself for singles that spreads to both when both team mates are active. So plus on its own always has a 50% of the full boost to the team. Then it hits full power when criteria is met. Can do the same with flower gift. passively 50% of the boost and you get the full when you activate the conditions. Also agree with run away. I suggested making unerve a speed intimidate so long as other abilities can be immune to it. Also Early bird team speed boost for team if first pick in singles/doubles (or when it wakes up from sleep)

[@RaffiP]

My god. You're the only youtuber that left Meganium's mono-typing alone. Everyone else kept pushing for Grass/Fairy with Triage ability. It isn't bad, but i believe the Jhoto starters being mono-type is the whole point of their identity compared to every other starter.

[@ciscoortega9789]

I think giving it Triage is pretty cool, even if you leave it as Grass Monotype

[@LrnecBuma]

Houndoom is described as pack leaders that show superior team work and dont leave their pack behind. So i thought Early Bird could give a speed boost 1 stage to both pokemon if they are picked 1st in a single or double battle. Plus if you want to be more broken or a alternative give a speed boost to both pokemon when you awake from sleep. That helps sunflora, lediean, and xatu too. Also houndooms cries terify and cause tension in others making them flee. I considered for a second making unerve a speed intimidate(while many other abilities like quick feet could counter, dark/fighting types immune?) I realised how many broken pokemon get this so there would need to be counter measures. 117 speed is a nice start

[@virgiebabie6903]

I feel really bad for Houndoom because in Gen 3 OU, thanks to Pursuit being a special move back then, it was actually a niche and interesting STAB pursuit trapper who also had access to STAB Crunch and Fire Blast. Not as versatile as Tyranitar or anything, but still really cool.

[@Jkirek_]

I really like the idea of simple for furret, because look at him: there's absolutely nothing going on behind those eyes.

[@dankeykang8243]

I really like the radical red buff to Meganium, where they give it triage and the fairy typing. It gets priority stab on giga drain, draining kiss, synthesis and I believe leech seed too.

[@geminiemoni860]

I saw that it had heal pulse too

[@HannibalKantter]

The way I buffed Ledian in the hackrom I made (basically for me and my friends to play), was also by giving it Aerilate, 20 points in HP and Defense, 25 in Sp.Attack and 5 in Speed, alongside Quiver Dance. That way, while it might seem like it steps on Butterfree's toes, it actually works quite different, as it relies on Sleep Powder tactics to set up, while Ledian doesn't has the move, but has the bulk to find a good turn to set a Quiver Dance, and automatically go on the offensive with Bug Buzz, Hyper Voice and Giga Drain, and also learns Follow Me and Helping Hand for some support in doubles battles, which is great because the ones I added also tend to use Follow Me shennanigans while the other Pokémon sets up. But wait, it's a Bug/Flying move, who would use it in doubles, or more importantly, VGC, with its X4 weakness to Rock slide? Aha, but you see. That's why I changed Conversion's name to "Morphosis". Same effect, but it has a more...organic name. And which animals are commonly known to go through a meta-morphosis during their life cycle? Exactly, bugs. Not gonna lie, I've had so much fun with that version of Ledian. If only Gamefreak would give it half of those boosts, maybe it could find some kind of niche, wether it's VGC or Smogon

[@son_of_the_heavymetal1142]

Gen 2 can be summed up in: - Starters - Legendaries - Tyranitar - baby Pokémons nobody asked for - "See you in gen4"

[@goGothitaLOL]

and Scizor and Heracross

[@brainymaestro8581]

6:10 Hear me out. Ampharos canonically emit light from their tails as beacons for ships and we see its tail glow IN GAME. So I think there's no reason why ampharos shouldn't learn the move Tail Glow, which raises the user's SPA by 3 stages which would make ampharos a very scary, tanky, special attacker that could take a hit with its bulk and then dish out massive damage back. Give Ampharos a quiet nature and it would be a monster on trick room teams

[@ShadowNite1105]

This series honestly could be used for every gen. If you keep it up, I can't wait til you get to Paldea cause Squakabilly is certainly a pokémon of all time

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

I mean, it at least does giga damage with either guts facade or hustle choice band

[@eclipsomations9282]

Here me out on the houndoom buff; In lore houndooms fire never. Goes. Away. So you physically cannot get rid of it and it always hurts like hell (pun intended) I think we need to give houndoom the aforementioned 117 speed, BUT give it an ability that makes its burns an absolute nightmare. My proposal the new hidden abilty; Underworld flames This pokemons flames posses dark magic, making them affect all pokemon, last indefinitely, and increase in pain as time progresses So to translate into game terms, houndooms ability turns burns it causes (Will-o-wisp, random flamethrower proc, etc) into the burn version of noxious poison increasing in chip damage each turn and they cannot be prevented by things such as fire typing, berries, or moves that prevent normal burns meaning the only play around is to either OHKO houndoom before it does anything or have a flash fire pokemon to stop the attack entirely This would not only make houndoom a great pokemon with some counter play (its defenses still suck) but it would also be a total meta shift away from the damn karate bear

[@Potat0eman]

Loved it, please continue doing these style vids! Love your analysis/insight videos

[@Galaxybro9000]

The fact that sudowoodo is Oliver from Baki is hilarious, makes sense the dude who’s build like a boulder would be the rock type😂

[@legendoftytoki7222]

How to buff meganium: Add rage powder (iirc bayleef have dex entries about producing aromas that can excite those who come across it) Give it a good while also fitting hidden ability such as flower veil (finally a grass type Pokémon with the clear body + status immunity ability for grass types on ur team including the user), grassy surge (pure supportive rillaboom?), or aroma veil (providing anti taunt/encore/attract/etc for itself and the team) Ppl say that its stats needs a rework but for a support mon, the stat distribution is good enough

[@NobodyDungeons]

Here are all of the Gen 2 changes I would make. Meganium: move 10 points from speed along with 2 and 3 from attack and special attack to HP, and add another 10 points bringing it up to 105 HP. Then give it thick fat alongside move pool additions such as strength sap, curse, sleep powder, stealth rocks, spikes, and a few offensive coverage moves like earthquake and rockslide. Typhlosion: Swap its speed and special attack and your good. Furret: give it access to close combat alongside the simple and quick feet ability. Noctowl: Give it compound eyes focus blast, and add 20 points to its speed and special attack. Ledian: Add 20 points to everything except special attack and defense then give it pure power. Ariados: Give it 100 in both defenses then give it the prankster ability. Crobat: give it sword dance 10 more attack and 30 more special attack. Lanturn: Give it 30 more special defense, and bring its physical defense up to 76. Xatu: plus 10 stats across the board compound eyes and hurricane. Ampharos: Give it fluffy because it would be ironic. Bellossom: Give it the fairy typing with moves like draining kiss, dazzeling gleam, and moon blast. Then give it an additional 30 speed. Sudowoodo: Same buffs as him just give it access to solid rock incase somebody wants to use it defensively. Sunflora: Swap its attack and speed stat then give it the fire typing alongside some fire type moves. Quagsire: plus 10 to everything, and maybe regenerator. Steelix: Give it recover and iron barbs as an ability. Granbull: Give it the dark type, the strong jaw ability, and swap its speed and special attack while adding 30 points to speed for 90 base speed. Shuckle: Give it harvest that's all. Heracross: Swap its special defense and speed then add 10 points to speed. Octillery: 105 speed, and mega launcher. Houndoom: +10 speed, +10 attack, and +20 defense then give it intimidate and solar powered. Donphan: Give it access to recover. Miltank: Give it some more support moves like glare, and so on. Raikou: Give it access to ice beam for bolt beam coverage, and give it access to nasty plot. Entai: Swap its HP and speed stat then give it access to sword dance. Suicune: Just recover seriously should have gotten it by now. Celebi: Make it fairy instead of psychic then give it fairy moves. Lugia: Make it a water type.

[@reckingnoobs6809]

Ariados just needs an evolution that reduces its speed stat to ~30 and increase it's HP and attack stat somewhere within the range of 100-130 each while making its defenses a matching 80-85, allowing it to really become not only a great field setter but actually bulky. Make him an actual menacing spider who is threatening both in its utility and in its sheer power because it won't hit like real life daddy long leg spiders do against humans. Please GameFreak I beg you, make my boy good

[@TWreckthaMonster]

That part about a base 117 speed Houndoom goes crazy with the knowledge that Megas are returning lol

[@baeruttgaming4779]

As someone who went 3-1 with Sunflora in a Reg C side event, it needs a little more bulk and some coversge to be good. It pretty much only has grass and normal type moves

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

A lot of Grass-type Pokémon have limited coverage.

[@Endershock1678]

@@jesuisunstroopwafel Grass is a defensive type. While having... the most weaknesses out of the 3 base types isn't great, there's a reason so many Tera Grass pokemon were running around in Reg A-D, as the mostly uncommon nature of the typings its weak to as well as the presence of Urshifu in Reg D. They also bunch of longevity moves like Synthesis, Leech Seed, Giga Drain, Sleep Powder, Spore, and a hilarious amount of them have screen support.

[@elektriktoad2]

Its coverage is not terrible now that it has earth power, dazzling gleam, and weather ball. I ran solar beam, dgleam, EP protect in series 1 and it was quite good with the right setup. I would not say no to a nice buff to its bulk though.

[@jman2050]

2:46 lmao pretty sure everyone watching this immediately went “wait isn’t that just M-Venasaur?” seconds before that joke hit.

[@NightWing1800]

Most of those pokemon are lucky for being 2 stage or 1 stage evolution lines. So realistically, they can get an evolution that will fix their stat line issues while also making the original mons be able to use eviolite, which could help the bulkier mons.

[@BelugaTheHutt]

For Ledian at 4:38, I feel like changes which seek to drastically reverse a Pokemon's entire design is now how this type of question should be addressed. Instead, I would lean into Ledian's seemingly-intended design as a support poke and give it Magic Bounce, as well as some neat support moves such as Fake Out, Sticky Web, and perhaps Quiver Dance to go with Baton Pass - that last one wouldn't be relevant in current Smogon rule sets, but in formats where BP is allowed, that could be useful. For Houndoom at 8:23, Houndoom is such a shoo-in for Intimidate. I know that that's a common ability, and not very original, but many of Houndoom's bits of lore emphasizes its intimidating and aggressive nature. A speed buff would be welcome. Maybe slightly less dramatic than 22 points, but a buff regardless. But what I think would help it most in singles is Moonlight. Intimidate and a little speed is likely all it needs in doubles, but in singles, Intimidate and some speed won't save it. However, you toss in some recovery, and it's starting to look a little more promising - like a quicker, slightly flimsier Arcanine with a vital resistance to Ghost and Dark. Moonlight/Wisp/Fire Blast/Dark Pulse, and you've got all you need.

[@cubbycrv]

For Ledian, I say give it a +20 in its HP and then give it Pure Power as an ability. It gives it a little bulk and a 338/370 attack.

[@kimotokirby1601]

that atack stat still mid

[@welshlout3400]

The implicit point of Pure Power as an ability is to give the pokemon with it an attack stat noticeably higher than that of a run-of-the-mill base 120 attack pokemon. 370 attack is decent but not Pure Power decent. Heracross would still have a higher attack stat, as well as its better typing, identical speed stat, better balanced defenses. Virtually a direct upgrade and it doesn't even need an ability to do it. So as soon as we start talking about Heracross with Guts or Moxie, yeah. Ledian needs a base attack equivalent of 150+ more with Huge Power, like all the other Huge Power users, if its going to have any kind of niche. So if we go your route of giving it Pure Power, I suggest we also swap its base attack and special attack :)

[@naganut9718]

I don;t think you need insane buffs for it. Imo an easy way to somewhat help it is give it 10 points in HP and give it friend guard along with moves like follow me, guards moves, and fake out

[@big__shell]

@@naganut9718 holy crap i never could have seen this coming finally they're adding vivillon to pokemon

[@welshlout3400]

@@cubbycrv Same bro. That's why I added to your idea.

[@matt6619]

Calling gen 2 the arguably the weakest Pokédex competitively is giving it too much credit, or is insulting any other Pokédex in comparison. The Pokédex is so bad typing, movepool, stat wise, that it makes me want to cry.

[@h4tch3tt74]

Tyranitar was the best pokemon to come out of gen 2 and i mistook it for a gen 3 mon in the past

[@MudkipMaster111]

If you could use facade furret, then why not give it guts? It could be dangerous in battle. Also very good video, you should indeed make a video about hoenn Pokémon that need to be buffed.

[@WalkinStereotype]

Well guts isn’t exactly thematic, which is what I feel he was going for

[@kimotokirby1601]

guts doesn't fit thematicly, and there are also tons of guts users, givin it quick feet gives it a niche

[@Poke-mace]

that would just make it skinny raticate

[@naganut9718]

doesn't fit the theme, also that would just be a worse raticate

[@ViehTee]

Ledian should get a signature ability that when it uses a punching move it will use the move 3 to 4 times (3 times with 66.67% and 4 times with a 33.33% chance) then the attack stat can stay this way but maybe it should get a little more bulk. Also it should get access to some more punching moves

[@wario1226]

Shout out to sunflora for actually being a sleeper pick, huge in sun-room comps. Choice specs with Tera fire Tera blast, solar beam, earth power, and dazzling gleam. Incredibly slow + hits stupid hard with sun up = free torkoal synergy. I ran a TR team with Hariyama, Farigiraf, Sunflora, and Torkoal in the Paldea Prologue, and I was nuking Miraidons left and right. Hella underappreciated

[@VikrHsbabag]

Where Brian Hands

[@wario1226]

@VikrHsbabag I was late on the Brian train. Hariyama guts was very alluring in that time.

[@elektriktoad2]

Getting Dgleam was huge for sunflora, I ran it with life orb in series 1 and reg C, with eject pack overheat torkoal to set it up.

[@Nikolaj11]

I mean, Ledian is a punching ladybird, it's already got Iron Fist to go along with your attack swap and stat additions. Give it a bug punching move, i dunno "Punch Swarm" or something, that boosts its speed and let it use the elemental punches. With Swords Dance and Drain Punch already it'll find its spot in a team or two :D

[@TheMacroShow]

Brother, where’s GEN 3? I’ve needed that 😭

[@MoxieBoosted]

It's on the schedule lol

[@marvalice3455]

Man with special defense like that, the sudodo we sprayed water on in Johto should have started battle at 10% health. Lol

[@quijassajiuq900]

You could do a lot more to buff some of these Pokémon by just giving them evolutions

[@MattAlexander-do2od]

I’m the nerdiest voice you can imagine “HEY! you didn’t buff MY favourite Pokémon Scizor”hmmmph I need to be constantly pandered to this is bullshit moxie! Lmao

[@blueboxy21]

I'm interested to see if Ursaring is still good. Like maybe an Eviolite set or a classic Guts/Quick Feet set?

[@kimotokirby1601]

i lost recently to an ursaring eviolite, it defo resists hits pretty decently

[@HoseB932]

Give Houndoom: The 118 Speed Tier, maybe +10 in Special Attack. And how about Adaptability as its ability. As a trade off, maybe take 10 points of its Defenses

[@ectoplasm4413]

Buff sudowodo got me actin up

[@rydermcclanahan6324]

He really giving me a sudowoodo myself 😂

[@marverickbin]

Ampharos just need to learn tail glow. It glows it's tail to light a lighthouse! It needed tail glow

[@brenoborba5433]

i would like to understand what they were thinking when making ledian, why put the best stat in sp def. when this thing will die to almost anything? and iron will do nothing with 35 attack, even huge power wouldnt improve much. they really should rework his stats

[@sephikong8323]

This Ledian is so bad it's not even usable ingame ...... just, please make it at least Bug/Fighting as that fits better with it's theme and is a much better typing, and even just lowering it's SpD and SpA to where it has 90 Attack instead wouldn't make it suddenly viable, but it would at least make it usable ingame and probably in the lowest tiers of competitive Singles (it still has a good movepool and good speed so hey, that would be a WL

[@Tuskor130]

I legitimately think you could give half the Gen 2 roster a gun and it wouldn't help.

[@pauloing1pauloing167]

01:31 click here to start the video

[@ariajacobs5719]

Saying Meganium would get more attractive with sleep powder shook me for a sec

[@SourAttmoz]

WHAT

[@Doctor_Dario]

I think the buffs you gave to Meganium will just make it a worse version of Tangrowth. Yes thick fat grants a couple of resistances but regenerator ensures longevity and makes a fine regenvest set. Meganium needs a couple new moves and slightly higher defensive stats. I'd give it 90hp, 115 def & spdef and I'd lower it's speed and attack to even things out with the stats.

[@tobiasgund8048]

Well, as long as Tangrowth is viable in higher tiers, Meganium will be viable in mid/lower tiers.

[@Doctor_Dario]

@@tobiasgund8048 lower tiers will still have the old good defensive grass types like eviolite Tangela (still has knock off and sleep powder), Eldegoss (has sleep powder and rapid spin) and Vileplume (better typing and corrosive gas). Not to talk about Ferroseed. They all grant great support and have overall better defensive stats or typing than Meganium. What Meganium does have is a good movepool, thanks to Dual screens, leech seed, toxic, aromatherapy, synthesis and a couple of other nice options, but it struggles due to an outdated stat spread. Since Game freak does sometimes make changes they could give Meganium (maybe even with a new form in future generations) higher defensive stats like they did with Rosrade and a completely different ability like Empoleon. Thick fat would be fine but I also see it doing well with natural cure, triage or Aroma/Flower veil. Also give it a couple new moves like defog and earth power and you finally have a fine and decent defensive grass type that sets itself apart from its colleagues. I know it may seem like a lot of changes but Meganium has been left behind from all the other starters that had received tons of support during the development of each generation.

[@tobiasgund8048]

@@Doctor_Dario I don't think we habe seen stat redistributions yet, and a straight up buff doesn't really work either for starters, with all of them being about 530. I do agree that there are different options for abilities, equally as useful, and move pool upgrades that can be done.

[@Doctor_Dario]

@@tobiasgund8048 in fact I mentioned a regional form to justify a stat redistribution. 100 def & spdef is not bad at all for a bulky offensive pokemon (take Celeby or Mew, but they've got 100hp too), but a defensive one needs much more. Meganium would really benefit a defensive stat buff, since it can easily be 2HKO'd by any setup sweeper

[@tobiasgund8048]

@@Doctor_Dario Oh sorry, I must have missed that, I am completely with you on that. Something that doesn't waste any stats in either of the attack stats would make that regional form a lot better, mixed attackers with middling speed and decent but not great bulk are a desaster.

[@Thejosiphas]

gamefreak should literally hire u I NEED a playable houndoom STAT

[@mr.lonkman4644]

A cool idea for Houndoom could be giving it a bit more bulk and intimidate. This lets it lean father from the Chi-Yu style attacker and puts it in the range of Faster, Specially-Offensive Arcanine-H. Some additional special coverage and stuff like parting shot would be cool to see too.

[@kimotokirby1601]

so just worse incineroar? yeah it would be faster but like, incineroar would just be better

[@mr.lonkman4644]

@@kimotokirby1601 yeah I could see that. But the special end and maybe some more unique traits could make it fun. Even if it can't stand up to the metagame king lol.

[@ricard0mil0s80]

I would love to see Houndoom with technician just imagine all the fire and dark moves that benefit from that like snarl, flame charge, bite, pursuit

[@chimpact]

feraligatr should get the ability moxie boosted, where it increases all of its stats by 2 stages upon entry.

[@mukatte4755]

It should become a serie not gonna lie

[@CitrusOCE]

An additional change I think which could go a long way for Meganium would be to give it a fairy typing. This along with some other changes makes meganium quite good in Radical Red

[@isnanesavant]

Here's the Gen 2 video i was going to comment on that i entirely mistyped on oh hell yeah CERTIFIED HOUNDOOM FREAKS IN THE HOUSE, all Perez' have good taste confirmed

[@harry_mair]

Giving meganium triage and fairy type is cool, it's fairly viable in Radical Red

[@MikeXeno365]

The Johto starters should also get secondary typings. Grass Fairy and Water Dark I see the most but no one ever says Fire Ground for Typhlosion it's literally the Volcano Pokemon. It doesn't even get Earth Power

[@IronVigilante451]

Please continue, wanna see Leavanny buffed to do SOMETHING

[@altariamotives16]

I feel like the number of times I said "wait, it doesn't already have that?" is testament to how good this is

[@riczi2k777]

Frame one click let’s go

[@volcaronaa]

lol a few hours ago i saw your short with this thumbnail in it and spent a little while looking for it and couldnt find it and was so confused. all i had to do was wait lmao

[@nathanarcher5292]

Video starts at 0:00

[@ThighdeologyVX]

thank you nathanarcher5292

[@MatheusMoreira-v1i]

Noway bro

[@mr.punisher5100]

This comment blew my mind

[@MatheusMoreira-v1i]

@@mr.punisher5100 fr

[@TheTwistedTreant526]

Sunflora and Sudowoodo NEED evolutions. Imagine an Eviolite Sudowoodo

[@0liviaSama]

Why did you buff sunflora, its already viable....

[@emilygordbort7300]

... Corsola getting an offensively-oriented Evolution would be awesome Johtonian Corsola could use Regenerator and Eviolite to become a wall (not as good as Toxapex but it could serve as a low-tier alternative) And its evolution could trade out its defense for offense, giving it an entirely different niche from its pre-evolution

[@josephmurillo6832]

I love that he cares about caffeine more than most KZbinrs

[@robertphillip6528]

Give. Amphoros. Tail Glow. It's whole thing is GLOWING!! Give it to Lanturn too.

[@cyberrb25]

Chi-Yu sees Houndoom and sings "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"

[@bigeast34]

Need you to continue this series. Fire

[@Metazoa54321]

i'd definitely love to see this series continue! there's so many overlooked pokemon that could use some love. Ledian baffles me. like, the obvious thing it needs is an evolution, but like, nothing about it thematically makes sense? it's the "Five Star Pokemon" and gets power from "the stars" and almost nothing in its moveset or abilities reflects that? for me, i would let it learn Moonblast and Meteor Beam (lmao neither of these are stars) and maybe change its ability to Serene Grace to let it proc the SpAtk reduction of Moonblast more often, which would synergize amazingly with its only good stat, is SpDef. or maybe give it the Shield Dust ability for something at least slightly more in theme (stardust??? it's a stretch)? if they're REALLY married to the idea of it being an Iron Fist pokemon for whatever reason, give it Meteor Mash too.

[@epicdude8742]

I didn't know Magcargo had a competitive niche

[@warnocity3633]

Now revisiting this video, I think Bellossom should get the Dancer ability. Not necessarily to make it better, but because it's thematic.

[@9Destra]

Pokemon Cloud and Soil just evolved Ledian into a Ledivolt, a Bug/Electric type. It gets a new moves called Lightning Dash, which is Mach Punch + Charge in 1 move. I think they gave it better stats than what Moxie gave it

[@superlombax1561]

That's a fangame though, so I don't see that happening.

[@armorbearer9702]

A good idea for Houndoom is to give our dark dog Poison Touch. Houndoom's dex entry is about mixing toxins with its fire. With Poison Touch, Houndom can poison opponents while flinching them with Bite.

[@jykatyk567]

I saw the short spoiling this and got so excited and tried to find it immediately

[@ManofLowMoralFiber]

I'm a boomer, but when I first saw Gholdengo I assumed it was a Suddowoodo evolution lol

[@RobotPlush]

4:37 I also feel like Ledian could swap Flying for Fighting so it can get STAB on Iron Fist boosted Mach Punch with 110 Atk

[@usinklee8673]

Please continue this series! I'd love to see you improve Sceptile since it kinda got screwed over from the physical special move split

[@cellP8]

Sceptile just needs its atk and spatk flipped and voila, and maybe give it sharpness and add dragon type

[@aerostar1334]

Honestly, I tried a bulky Ampharos b4. All HP n spdef investments, ans run protect, cotton guard, thunderbolt, and helping hand. That thing can kill things with it's high special attack and has good natural bulk with cotton guard being in it's movepool. Works really well.

[@atroecious9357]

I've played around with fixing Sudowoodo a bit, and adding Chlorophyll onto it is actually pretty fun

[@SushiSpider-tw5ro]

Easy so what you do is that you make them all have 154 in HP, 140 in Attk, 108 in Def, 50 in SP.Attk, 68 in SP.Def, 50 Speed, then finally name it Iron Hands

[@FalcnPWNCH]

Turning Persian's Payday into a normal-type variation of Make It Rain is *_actually a fivehead play!_* I'd love to see this happen! how to buff johto pokemon though - suggestions in order: - Mightyena - has two solid abilities, what it severely lacks is movepool and Speed specifically - we have a plethora of canine pokemon learning Close Combat, so Mightyena could use the move as well - some utility with moves like Knock Off and Parting Shot could suffice as well - Beautifly + Dustox - another set of early-route bugs that are complete ass, low stats and shallow movepools, I guess Dustox has an ok ability in Shield Dust, but Beautifly doesn't even have that - they are in a dire need of buffs to everything across the board - Masquerain - Masquerain is almost there, it has decent movepool with special sweeping and utility, one good ability in Intimidate, and as much bug-types its stats are garbage, so stat increases help a lot even though it already gained a small stat boost few generations ago, also better abilities - for example Infiltrator or Tinted Lens would be nice - Breloom - being a high tier sweeper with access to Spore in the past - the main weakness it has nowadays would be its bad speed - so a bump to its speed stat would be nice leg up for it - Vigoroth / Slaking - hear me out, if you despise Slaking like me and prefer Vigoroth, Vigoroth could be buffed with stat increases to its Attack, so it could function as a sweeper on its own with Eviolite and you don't need to evolve it :) in terms of Slaking, we all know that Truant is the biggest impediment to it, so removing it makes it way too powerful - turning Truant into Slow Start is what is often, but that would just swap one bad with another - so to justify the removal of Truant would require also stat nerfs, or changing up Truant as an ability completely - Ninjask / Shedinja - Ninjask has a solid niche as a Baton Pass support - Shedinja needs one thing to make it godlike and that would be to buff Wonder Guard so it covers a BIT more than just direct damage, damage from status conditions for example and the weather, and they could just take its all unnecessary stats from def-spdef-spatk and shove them into Speed and Attack, this pokemon dies to a slight sneeze in its direction so i dont understand why they would still distribute its stats evenly when it only has 1hp so defenses literally dont matter - Delcatty - major buffs to everything, increases to stats and movepool, better abilities and normalize is a joke of an ability - if we wanna go spicy turn it into a Fairy-type - Mawile, desperately needs boost to its stats across the board since it doesn't have access to mega anymore - Manectric - a single solid ability in lightning rod and terrible special coverage - a buff to stats and major - Plusle + Minun - throw this whole plus-minus-gimmick into the trash and give them ACTUAL abilities and movepool and increases to stats, 'nuff said - Volbeat + Illumise - Volbeat has a narrow niche with the Prankster-ability, but Illumise doesn't even have that, they both need lot of improvements across the board, stats + moves + abilities - Swalot - Swalot has a wide offensive movepool with lacking stats and only has a high HP for tanking, stat increases would help alot here, and maybe a new hidden ability because Glutton is ass or a proper recovery move like Recover - Wailord - only thing it has going for it is the massive HP, some new abilities and proper movepool to allow it tanking damage would help a lot to, give it supportive moves like Life Dew or Knock Off or - Camerupt - another pokemon who just shudders without its Mega evolution - giving it a boost to the same stats as Mega Camerupt and access to more special coverage would help it out greatly - moves like Scald to go with its volcano theme would work or perhaps some other utility with moves like Scorching Sands or - Grumpig - always been this odd jumble of bulk and damage, a bump to its special attack would allow it be a potential sweeper - also its abilities aside from Thick Fat are useless, so for new abilities i would suggest are Psychic Surge or Analytic - Spinda - great boost to stats across the board, Spinda is so close yet so far with other things like its wide movepool and the Contrary-ability - Cacturne - good moves and abilities, stat increases would be needed here - Altaria - already has a good supportive movepool, but lacks the bulk, so increase to defenses would help it a lot to utilize things like Roost and Cotton Guard - Zangoose - good moves and passable abilities, increase to Speed would help it greatly and perhaps another ability other than a poison-status related one, like Sharpness or Tough Claws to use its contact moves and slashing moves - Seviper - solid abilities and usable movepool - an increase to its Speed would go a long way - Solrock + Lunatone - stat increases across the board to both of them, Levitate is a fine ability but doesn't really help with the dozen other super effective weaknesses it has, - Whiscash - *_LET ME COOK FOR A MOMENT:_* Whiscash is a catfish just like Dondozo, *_make it so Tatsugiri can also interact with Whiscash through its Commander-ability,_* give Whiscash some base stat improvements and now Whiscash can sweep with *_Dragon Dance + Order Up! Whiscash is now Dondozo with only 4x Grass weakness!_* - Claydol - solid defensive utility and supportive movepool, what it lacks is a recovery move to allow it tanking capabilities and another ability than Levitate, I find it really weird that to this day *_Gengar and Bronzong_* are the only pokemon with Levitate that are *_"allowed"_* to have another ability besides Levitate, giving it Recover would help it out majorly - new abilities for Claydol could be - Cradily - Cradily is supposed to be an immovable super tanky pokemon, but its movepool lacks utility and its abilities are ass TBH - doubling or even tripling down on being this immovable object with moves like Strength Sap and Scald or Chill Water (it already learns Brine so it can learn water moves with its sea anemone design) and if we wanna go next level lets give it the Solid Rock ability to improve its bulk as a Grass-Rock-typing with numerous weaknesses - Armaldo - the slightest niche as a stealth rock-rapid spinner - but other than that it has underwhelming stats and its abilities don't really help it that much, so a new ability for wallbreaking like Tough Claws to utilize its massive attack stat, give it new moves like Stone Axe to hit two birds with one stone for its Rapid Spin+Stealth Rock set - increased defenses would be nice - Castform - a gimmick pokemon with very underwhelming stats that it cant do much with its wide movepool, so the only real thing that could be done is to majorly improve its Forecast ability and give it higher stats, perhaps giving it greatly increased specific stats based on the weather form, so it could have some variety - Kecleon - Protean WAS a good ability for few generations and than it got utterly gutted, so an increase to its stats would go a long way to - Banette - same as with other Mega Pokemon, it majorly lacks in power without its Mega, they could very well give Banette its Mega form Prankster-ability and that would help out a lot, perhaps a buff to the same stats Mega Banette received - Dusclops/Dusknoir - the pokemon has solid tanking abilities and utility movepool, but it lacks a reliable recovery move, Dusclops can work as a supportive pokemon with eviolite but Duskoir would just need a straight stat increase and redistribution to its stats to differentiate it from Dusclops - Tropius - I would want to give this pokemon an increase to its stats so ti could sweep properly with its Dragon Dance - but perhaps the Harvest + SubSeed set is a functioning niche, with just few more moves added could allow it to be a great sweeper, like a proper physical flying move in Double Wingbeat or Brave Bird (I mean ffs CroBAT learns Brave Bird, so why not a flying fruit dinosaur?) - Chimecho - it already has a solid supportive movepool but no stats to use it with, give it access to another new ability aside from Levitate - perhaps Comfey's Triage could work here with moves like Recover / Wish / Healing WIsh etc and give it more healing moves to go along with the ability - Absol - it's only really meddling stat is speed, so increase to Speed would be a huge improvement - Glalie - horrible stats, shallow movepool, underwhelming abilities, Mega Glalie was its only saving grace for a single generation - if we wanna go crazy give it the Mega Glalie stats and Refrigerate-ability, perhaps another cool ability could be Intimidate, variance to its movepool for coverage - Walrein - for some reason it has higher Special Attack with bad special movepool, and than has a good physical movepool - so increase to its attack could help it become a better attacker with its Belly Drum or Curse - Huntail + Gorebyss - Huntail in particular suffers from a lack of movepool to go along with its Shell Smash, Gorebyss can already sweep well enough with Shell Smash - Relicanth - solid abilities both Swift Swim and Rock Head and movepool for wallbreaking with Head Smash, really the stats are holding it back, so stat redistribution could help it, and giving it Wave Crash when available in S/V - Luvdisc - complete ass, unsavageable, at least let it evolve into Alomomolmololmoamlomlaolmaolomoalmola

[@peco595]

I've actually used Houndoom plenty in gen 9 and it's been pretty great on my Dachsbun Armarouge team. Flash fire makes it's fire attacks quite good and it also gets snarl for utility. I run assault vest on the Houndoom and you'd be surprised what it lives through. Not a bad pokemon at all!

[@coquecoke2976]

Sunflora could get heat wave, and a evolution , as for houndoom his poke dex entry say something about leaving an eternal burn or something among those lines, so it could have a new ability that its like toxic chain but it burns instead of poisoning

[@mpesposito6973]

I would love to see this series continue!

[@Ezecool-3105]

5:14 To make it like Inclement Emmerald's Ledian

[@ChilaAuroraVT]

And Ancestral X

[@neo_b]

yes please continue this series! until you reach gen 9 cuz even them they felt power-crept fresh out of the womb