Game Freak's Biggest Mistake...

[@glacierwolf2155]

Calyrex-Shadow-Rider Baton Passing Grim Neigh boosts to Flutter Mane is the Pokémon equivalent of a king giving an orphan breadcrumbs in generosity.

[@sandviper5339]

But that orphan is Bruce Wayne

[@kaibadlover]

"Orphan" is way too much of an understatement for Flutter mane

[@glacierwolf2155]

@@kaibadlover She's a self-made one.

[@HeliumHasPassed]

Let them eat cake ah situation

[@umwha]

I thought fluttermane was majorly over powered too

[@HeliumHasPassed]

Random Pokémon: Man, I’m hungry Shadow rider: How hungry…..

[@bg8561]

DON'T. LET. IT. COOK!

[@jo-ri-oh8950]

💀

[@ImJustBag]

Shadow Rider keeps ppl hungry with unnerve 💀 💀 💀

[@asharpnotbflat]

Clearly not hungry enough to eat a horse

[@hamdepaf6686]

Shadowrider causing world hunger

[@slackermaru4045]

Wait until Calyrex figures out Koraidon and Miraidon are rideable

[@Skyfire-qu7nt]

But it’s Calyrex riding Spectrier on top of Miradon/Koriadon and their ability is As Two which gives unnerve and grim neigh and ori pulse/quark drive and maybe pressure and intimidate too just because.

[@scottcrysel]

Lolololol favorite comment so far 😂

[@mathewricafrente5984]

Calyrex-Ancient Rider & Calyrex-Future Rider are things people would not be ready for

[@Skyfire-qu7nt]

Quite honestly, I think that there should be a calyrex rider for every single pokemon. Doesn't even matter if they're an inch tall. Calyrex riding Klefki and Calyrex riding Ultra Necrozma.

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

​@@Skyfire-qu7ntpokemon rider and pokemon horse video

[@HeliumHasPassed]

Giving Calyrex-S two abilities is like Blackbeard having two devil fruits

[@TheRedStinger82]

I want to like Calyrex, but they made this thing comically overpowered. It's kind of funny and sad at the same time how Zacian was nerfed and both Calyrex forms were left untouched

[@HeliumHasPassed]

@@TheRedStinger82 me when forty dollers

[@iancastro1327]

​@@HeliumHasPassed me when ogerpon and the loyal three

[@AshbornXVI]

Both things are absurdly busted in their own universe and are very antinatural so heck yes, there is no better analogy to be made here

[@xXunknownXx0000]

​@@TheRedStinger82 Actually ice raider was nerf....yea fr😂

[@jetstreamsam0799]

VGC player: man I wish I had a fast and strong ghost type for my hyper offense team Calyrex-S: How strong...

[@krislee3155]

Never thought I'd hear the words "Flutter Mane powercrept."

[@nellewoodruff6337]

Poké-Singularity is real

[@ttmfndng201]

powercrept by an older pokemon

[@archanasoni9666]

It's currently generation 12 and flutter Mane is in PU, Calyrex-S is in RU and ungabonger dominates the VGC scene

[@hugebluewhales]

Until ungabonger gets powercrept in gen 13 by frololoop who has 200 speed and attack and the abiliry to half all damage dealt to it and it sets up aurora veil when sent out and it also has both moxie and defiant

[@jake9107]

@@hugebluewhales yoooo this shit was hilarious 😐

[@StickMaster500]

Ting-Lu and the other Ruinous Legendaries will come back into the meta for the sole purpose of taking down the monarchy

[@justaguywithadream813]

The french have entered the chat

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

is this why wo-chien is a snail? escargoat

[@Dondozoisbeast1]

Would love to see it but the problem is MienShao and Pelipper are here with close combat, Wide Guard, Tailwind, and fake out respectively. Ting Lu can’t spam snarl if it’s constantly getting blocked by wide guard and then either being gaslit into Tera poison for the expanding force weakness or being hurt by draining kiss

[@IronFairy]

@@aldrichunfaithful3589 If wo chien becomes meta I'll be so happy, I just love the snail

[@echogaia1708]

Its better to go tera blast fighting. Ghost + Fighting has perfect coverage

[@scottcrysel]

My favorite team right now is Caly Shadow beside Weezing. Not only is Weezing a huge nuisance for opponents on its own, but Caly Shadow's ability is unaffected by neutralizing gas because it would make him less broken and that would be unfair lolol

[@spacewarp5850]

Didn’t the paradox Pokémon have this problem before game freak nerfed it to try and make it more balanced. But they forgot to apply the patch to caleryx

[@scottcrysel]

​@@spacewarp5850no, it was like this in SwSh too

[@ismael8926]

NONONO, there is no way in hell the horse is unaffected by weezing, thats just mesed up

[@thanhao5500]

​@@ismael8926GF:surely smile

[@scottcrysel]

​@@ismael8926a nightmare come to life in the best way! (only when you are the one piloting it of course lol)

[@Hunter_6430]

it’s honestly unforgivable that the Reins Of Unity got to be a Key Item but the Great Timespace Orbs don’t so Giratina is still trapped in no item slot hell forever

[@drothicyaaresh6915]

I mean at least with giratina, origin and altered are like different mons with different roles.

[@yaboytony3028]

@@drothicyaaresh6915Too bad both are bad in vgc :(

[@convalaria]

Only time i’ve ever used origin giratina was electric tera in a monotype tournament with some friends

[@breloommaster12]

It's the same design philosophy as the Kyurem DNA splicers

[@Gaiou0331]

​@@yaboytony3028And singles. Don't forget it also sucks on singles

[@TheRedStinger82]

Peter. The horse is here.

[@ieatvirgins]

Peeta

[@inexistentedioh]

​@@ieatvirgins da horse is here 😶

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

That's the nickname I use on showdown for the horse

[@TheRedStinger82]

@@HanectcenaHGaming incredible.

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

So is Peter Incineroar while Flutter Mane is Lois? If so, who are the kids and Brian?

[@illegalmemedealer3549]

Calyrex-Shadow does thankfully have one weakness- everyone who uses it somehow receives an instant lobotomy when faced with tera normal

[@thequagiestsire]

Unfortunately not even that stops it, Mienshao can take them out and Calyrex can just hit them for powerful neutral hits with Expanding Horse or Draining Kiss anyway, maybe even the niche Tera Blast Fighting.

[@0videoboy0]

​@@thequagiestsireNot the Expanding Horse 💀💀

[@asierx7047]

I've seen calyrex users try to astral barrage a Grafaiai It then used tera dark the next turn to eat expanding horse

[@maxstrike3022]

​@@asierx7047Use Prankster Grafaiai to lock it into using Astral Barrage with Switcheroo/Choice Scarf and watch the horror as you set up in their face and theres nothing they can do about it lol

[@capy3759]

Also, as one ignores neutralizing gas!

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

That's why it's the perfect partner to Weezer Jesus teams

[@unknownname3703]

literally why lmfao

[@Perdometalum]

​@@unknownname3703 Game freak was worried calyrex might not be that good without it's ability

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

@@unknownname3703 bc why not

[@lolAvalanche]

Reminds me how the sun/moon legendaries just get to ignore Mold Breaker for some reason.

[@typemasters2871]

No wonder Flutter Mane was so powerful, turns out Flutter Mane was just “Calyrex Shadow Rider Jr”

[@RFDN0]

It's the entitled Princess of pokemon ghost type royalty.

[@Shattered_Starstorm]

While Shadow Rider is the faster and more powerful Pokemon, Flutter Mane has the better typing

[@CatboyJerma2]

It's finally time for Incineroar 2 to make his grand return

[@archanasoni9666]

We need you incin!

[@azuro2202]

YEAAA HES COMIN BACK

[@Shattered_Starstorm]

Mega Incineroar in Legends Z-A

[@Cheerwine091]

@@Shattered_Starstormnah, then he eats up your mega slot Incin needs a primal reversion that gives him Intimidate but it’s an omnidrop

[@ThisAintGood.]

What could be worse than an absolutely broken Gen 8 restricted legendary? Oh I know! Two absolutely broken Gen 8 restricted legendaries!

[@sirus0s]

Well, in Gen 8 there were three, in Zacian-Crowned, Calyrex-Shadow and Calyrex-Ice. Calyrex-Ice being the best TR restricted in the game because it is the only restricted that has a base speed stat comparable to the non restricted TR sweepers. Hell, before it the premier TR restricted were Groundon and Kyogre (with 90 base speed) and Lunala (with 97 base speed). And then Gen 9 came around, Zacian got nerfed into the ground, Zamazenta gained Body Press and took over its sibling's slot.

[@ramenoodle66]

Ahh yes Expanding Horse my beloved 0:50

[@svarainis111]

I see im not the only one to notice it

[@maxhance6772]

@@svarainis111 I sure didn't

[@cosmozone271]

*E X P A N D H O R S E*

[@massaosaito4084]

The only thought: "Who designed this... Oh, EXTRA 40$ to have it, gotcha."

[@befrugalwithus]

At least you can get two of them.

[@TyrantWesker]

Though you could always trade with someone who already bought the DLC to get one, of course. More difficult to get than a normal legendary, yes, but not entirely paywalled. At least you can jump right into the DLC and get it quickly without beating the main game first, so trading them to your friends isn't exactly hard.

[@SERMareep2007]

Gotta beat the main story of swsh twice and then beat the crown tundra calyrex story twice for 2 calyrex​@@befrugalwithus

[@powwowken2760]

Calyrex is a perfect example of why I always get bored during restricted formats. Like yeah, you could spend weeks creating a perfect counter team to Calyrex, or you could just use it and push the "kill everything button" and probably have better luck. It's like Water Spout Kyogre or Geomancy Xerneus but even worse...

[@ParkyMarz]

I'm finding that even if you create a counter to Calyrex so much of your team's resources are focused on countering it that you are not prepared for other matchups.

[@confuseddragonedits2294]

"And basically everything not named Regieleki or Shedinja." "...Or Ninjask." - Moxie Boosted, 2024.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Or deoxys!

[@USSPython]

Wait isn't shedinja's base speed literally like 40

[@archanasoni9666]

Why ninjask has 160 speed bru

[@maxmucci3170]

Deoxys is banned in VGC

[@MorrisPXG]

1:58 “The Existence of Calyrex is the Sole Reason Mienshao isn’t Flipping Burgers Right Now” -Moxie Boosted,2024

[@KLIXORthe]

Its kind of funny how many absolutely broken ghost types gamefreak has made recently, between Caly-shadow, Annihilape, Basculegion/Houndstone, Fluttermane, and Gholdengo.

[@scottcrysel]

Death only made them more powerful!

[@ParkyMarz]

Basculegion and Houndstone, are not broken at all. Gholdengo is very strong but it was never broken. Annihilape was actually unstoppable in Reg A with Maushold.

[@luluzin5022]

​@@ParkyMarzGholdengo is a menace in Singles tho

[@coolyeh1017]

@@ParkyMarz In singles, however ... Annihilape is banned to Ubers and still sees some use there, Gholdengo is really good in OU narrowly missing bans, Basculegion and Houndstone are okay but are busted with Last Respects. Nonetheless, Ghost-types are feasting with Scarlet and Violet.

[@KLIXORthe]

@@ParkyMarz The reason Basculegion and Houndstone are "not broken at all" is because "last respects" is banned. what they can do with that banned move is what makes them broken. The ability to freely fire off a 200bp move in the mid game, much less a 300bp move in the end game, with stab on top, is absolutely busted on pokemon with usable speed/attack stats, and both Basculegion and Houndstone can out speed a lot of pokemon with jolly+scarf. Gholdengo has phenomenal typing, a crazy ability, an excellent movepool (t-wave, n-plot, recover, gleam, etc.), spammable stab moves, and the unprecedented ability to block every hazard clearing move with one teamslot. It and Kingambit are still in OU solely because Tusk and some other OU mon are able to keep them in check.

[@elaias4955]

If calyrex is able to make wo-chien somewhat viable in any way i support its existence

[@WetPretzelz]

God it feels like this Pokémon is every were and isn’t fun to play against but I love using it

[@mr.gamewatch6165]

Ah yes, the *FASTEST* Pokémon, *SHEDINJA*

[@poopymeow1235]

no its shedninja not shedinja

[@mr.gamewatch6165]

@@poopymeow1235 No it's Moxie Boosted not WolfeyVGC

[@StormlordOG]

5:00 💀 Also, its crazy how even people who NEVER PLAYED COMPETITIVE know how absurd Horse is

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

something funny about calyrex is that it's meant to be "balanced" by draining kiss being a weak coverage move, but not only does tera provide stab on it it actually boosts the base power to 60. i can't think of a single mon that actually takes advantage of this besides calyrex

[@ParkyMarz]

Wait, how so?

[@mr.potato]

​@@ParkyMarzMoves with a base power less than 60 (after Technician is factored in) have their base power set to 60 if you tera into that move's type. This does not affect priority moves or multi-hit moves. In this case, if Calyrex uses Tera Fairy, its 50 base power Draining Kiss becomes a 60 base power move

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

@@ParkyMarz basically, when you tera into a type, any move of that type below 60bp gets boosted up to that. multi hit or priority moves don't get it thankfully, but lets say you're a munkidori gamer you could run mud slap and if you tera ground it'll be 60bp. it's very niche because these moves are so weak you wouldn't use them usually, but if you want to be less tera reliant then if you have a 40-50 bp move you can use it instead of tera blast. and if that move happens to have a broken secondary effect like nuzzle or draining kiss, it's a win win

[@itztaytay2]

Comfee takes advantage of Tera Fairy + Draining Kiss as well since it's technically the ability that raises its priority so it still gets the boost, and Tera Grass Rillaboom's Grassy Glide is bumped from 55 to 60 power since it was nerfed under 60 this gen

[@InNorrisWeTrust]

@@itztaytay2 it doesnt count as a priority move then? i had no idea this mechanic existed smh

[@clothieredward5248]

It's lowkey insane how Calyrex-Shadow not only remained unnerfed going into Gen 9 but it'll now be stronger than ever thanks to Terastilzation. Makes me wonder if Game Freak will nerf Calyrex-Shadow going into Gen 10... or if they will nerf it at all.

[@0Scar9728]

The only nerf that you can possibly give to calyrex is removing it from the game entirely

[@rileyackison4495]

@@0Scar9728it would go a long way by either making it choose an ability or better yet, make the reins a held item.

[@marioipod]

They did this to force people to buy the DLC

[@JRR31]

0:05 yes, the horse is indeed, here Edit: i fear no thing, but that thing(points to beads of ruin boosted astral barrage), that thing scares the shit out of me

[@giratina6665]

How many additional one shots does it even get at this point?

[@ShermTank7272]

Alright, Expanding Horse gave me a little chuckle.

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

Stealing this for nickname material

[@therealnova120]

"Stat mogged" is a term I never knew I needed until now

[@omegafinisher845]

In the words of ElectricWindGirlFriend: “Calyrex is going to break VGC”

[@rexthewolf3149]

Ayo Tekken

[@quimartolas12]

comments help the youtube algorithm to hopefully influence gamefreak to nerf the hell out of this mon

[@Oreca2005]

Fall of the king Down with it I liked the story he got but it so cancerous on what he can do , ogerpon have to hold an item to becomes something else while this thing just does.

[@BisharpnearOhio]

Calyrex: My valiant steed, it’s 4pm, time to demolish VGC Spectrier: yes master

[@calvinnguyen1870]

“Expanding Horse” Lmao I love it

[@febreeze4655]

I like how shadow rider doesn't have many results early on because everybody is building their team to beat it lol

[@skylernguyen8600]

Cant wait for the next dual ability pokemon. We need one with a base 150 in EVERY stat and that has both Truant and Slow Start, would truly make it top tier

[@MishKoz]

Your thumbnails are even more top tier than Calyrex

[@kizza4911]

Everyone: it aint me it aint me Calyrex shadow: i am a fortunate son

[@dlynnbardwell3513]

Moxie saying he’s the only one running leftovers meanwhile me at 1500 on latter with a calm mind fat caly shadow

[@rich1109]

1:46 now that's a meme I have seen in years LOL

[@Highstar25]

Forgot to mention that for SOME REASON, possibly a bug, Calyrex's combo ability is immune to neutralizing gas, which turns off every other ability in the game. FAIR AND BALANCED.

[@Shadow-Spectrier]

As an AG player, I can relate. Calyrex Shadow can still kill your checks and sweep you if you let set up. I run scarf calyrex to prevent that coin flip situation.

[@0videoboy0]

Choice Scarf? Isn't that risky if you happened to get Sucker Punched? I always put Focus Sash on my horse just in case

[@Shadow-Spectrier]

@@0videoboy0 Sucker Punch is extremely uncommon in AG nowadays. (Chien-Pao become really bad in the tier)

[@Imamotherfreakingavocado]

I wasn't paying attention when he said expanding force so I thought Calyrex got a second signature move called expanding horse and was disappointed when I realised that wasn't the case

[@GustavoThimoteo]

Loved the vídeo, it would be fun to know if the future paragons will see a light in the vgc with Miraidon coming up.

[@nathanarcher5292]

Video starts at 0:00

[@spoofy5207]

Thanks

[@pandabs6845]

Thanks

[@johnmarklorsagorio4885]

This comment is very helpful

[@XC11301991]

It's stuff like this that thoroughly shows that Gamefreak is actually incompetent aside from the other trainwreck stuff of being behind a decade in technological mechanics.

[@CDeity]

Petah, the horse has special moxie

[@minimina1872]

i was expecting "when groudon't" 2:52

[@aquilonthepro8319]

I feel like the editing has gotten funnier lmao

[@thunderaine]

The biggest crime of that paywall is the kings theme not being present due to that

[@KaganeInugami]

I just noticed that this fucking horse has part of it's feet missing, look at the gap!

[@BraveFrontierRemeberer]

"it makes sense that royalty would have a maid" you just made the combo way funnier and now i want to use it

[@browserjunior4707]

5:18 “Hold this 50/50 Mixup”

[@bloodyirony]

My boy will always be in the back of everyone's mind, not as the great pokemon I see him as, but instead as a terrifying menace. ☺

[@dragonmaster951753]

Also two as 1 is immune to neutralizing gas from weezing cause $40

[@Zenala]

A little detail I'd like to praise you for is that you put in the effort to actually pronounce people's names in other languages! I was pleasantly surprised by the "Cunha" being pronounced right :D keep doing your amazing videos man!

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

We need a Normal-type Legendary Pokémon other than Silvally or Regigigas. Possibly Normal/Dark to block Expanding Horse.

[@scottcrysel]

Or just let Yveltal come back lol

[@MoxieBoosted]

Terapagos

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

@@MoxieBoosted I somehow forgot the little turtle. 😅

[@malik.a4125]

​@@MoxieBoostedWho?

[@happysmilesworldandgames8755]

5:27 memories of pokemon showdown

[@isaacwright6522]

Addendum: Please don't run choice scarf on your calyrex. You could be doing so much better than that.

[@Wulgreath]

Calyrex clearly has shooters inside Big Pikachu watching his back.

[@HollandTHG]

The length of time Ninjask was on the screen feels like how your first Ninjask sighting would go.

[@vivaanchowdhry9718]

It's so strong that it OHKOED a kingambit

[@VoermanIdiot]

This is why I'm a stout believer in Necrozma-Duskmane, because all of the things that Calyrex-S wants to do, you have stab against and if you run assault vest instead of clear amulet, you can easily survive anything that Caly-S throws out there.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Look at my horse. My horse is amazing.

[@latbil]

There’s some spectacular (Spectrier?) commentary in this video

[@robertbeisert3315]

Why aren't we complaining about Ice Calyrex? And now, we wait...

[@RFDN0]

Because it is reliant on trickroom, Ice is horrible defensively, it is a physical attacker, and while Ice is an amazing attacking type for super effective damage, it has types that resist it being common.

[@gizmobies6]

this video was so well narrated and funny

[@HiddenPowerIce]

The treasures of ruin can't really counter S-calyrex because most of the time S-calyrex is going to tera and that removes his dark type weakness

[@shreyas_seshan]

Calyrex can't beat incineroar right? That serves that bastard right.

[@plabcentral630]

Dude. Your thumbnail game is absolutely amazing.

[@aoxVGC]

Yveltal we needed you, and you abandoned us at a time we needed you the most!

[@saria8936]

One time a calyrex survived a 5 hit icicle spear from kyurem black and it sent me into a deep depression

[@conmanay4563]

And here we thought the primals and mega rayquaza were bad. Just goes to show how stat spreads are often far more about distribution than raw numbers.

[@LilDmitrii]

The paywall is so blatantly scummy

[@daviddirenzi4226]

Bro calyrex makes mewtwo look like a doll

[@sagacious03]

Fun analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@Tino7100]

"I'll just put on my anti-ghost berry" ~someone in 2019...probably

[@Fincaurum]

The fact that calyrex shadow rider is a dlc and it's so busted reminds me of izanagi-no-okami in the persona 5 dlc

[@vojtech_ledvinka]

Yeah, I like expanding horse

[@thatguyoverthere2577]

Gamefreak: "It's not fair, but 40 dollars is 40 dollars"

[@lechonkvgc8857]

listened to the fridge pod today, big ups for not falling for the lockheed-martin sellout

[@bettyunicorn6132]

Ah the AG horse in VGC what could go wrong.

[@Seetiyan]

That "Expanding Horse" made me do a double-take, cause I wasn't sure I heard that right at first. 😂

[@richardhut1742]

Do you think Terapagos was made a normal type with calyrex-shadow rider in mind?

[@gaminggranny1541]

Gen 10's gonna legit introduce an ability that can automatically Red Card any Pokemon with 600 BST or higher because they dont want to nerf that PTW jackrabbit

[@TyFrench-n3s]

The funny turtel:

[@NotBamOrBing]

Wait so Calyrex caused a decrease in Shit Misdreavus spam? Hell yeah!

[@ultimaterecoil1136]

As they say History is written by the winners so no wonder calyrex didn’t get nerfed. It’s not gonna portray itself in a oppressive light

[@milanpaldi5991]

"Why is Calyrex Shadow Rider not nerfed" As Mr.Crabs said MONEY

[@ezzzzyyy]

Ting lui might actually be my favorite pokemon now In that it is very VERY effective at killing a monarch

[@frankyquilavafireblast895]

Remember, when the first week of $40 king I mean, expanding horse, I mean, blind rider I mean whatever. People thought it was bad because it’s move. Pool was so shallow… Good times, good times.

[@RealNikTrustMe]

call it calyrex-shadow the way we're horsing around

[@sramain2852]

Reminder that Calyrex-Shadow is so busted that it’s banned from Ubers, the singles format where the legendaries and pokemons banned from standard play are legal

[@akshayreddy4071]

Can't wait for gen 10 to introduce a pokemon with a trick room ability so calyrex ice rider with a clear amulet can do the same thing but better, very fun gamd

[@RFDN0]

The moment we have an auto trickroom pokemon is the moment VGC has a massive issue.

[@Iris_Descent]

I dunno whether it's cathartic or not to see everyone come around on Flutter Mane now that it's not the #1 Pokemon in the format. On a totally unrelated note, I gotta go calm down my Flutter Mane, it's crying again because of Calyrex-Shadow.

[@pawedziedzic3250]

It seems we need a pokemon -that sets a terrain -is slower then Indeedee -has sucker punch Pincurchin's reign is finally upon us

[@mjdxp5688]

I always thought a good way to balance Calyrex would be to make it take up two team slots, kind of like Dondozo and Tatsugiri. It makes sense, as you're basically using two Pokémon at once.

[@steevie9423]

Surprised to find out i actually WASN'T subscribed after I haven't missed a video from you in 6 months

[@hipstersephiroth3722]

Thank you being so kind all mighty all knowing Gpd help me and these people to better understand you

[@AbsolutelyNerdy]

Somehow wandered over here. Thought Casually Explained made a pkmn channel