Gholdengo is "Power Creep" Done RIGHT. Here’s Why.

[@jimothycool]

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[@chilitofu3512]

hey jim, how are you

[@haslittle8078]

"Gholdengo is a fair and balanced. He makes all pokemon games better simply by existing" (Paid for by Gholdengo)

[@darkssynchrochannel02]

I agree simply he doesn't even need conversion to be relevant or outpaced by anyting

[@fal9676]

What I love about Gholdengo is that it's powerful, but not a braindead spammy pokemon. You can't just throw out a Gholdengo randomly without thinking, and it's a pokemon that requires higher skill overall

[@Bungger]

Bruh let other ppl watch the video but well explained

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

​@@Bungger how does this restrict them from watching the video?

[@XParasiteOctoling]

@@Bungger Let people comment their opinions on a Pokémon

[@jul1us787]

@@Bungger hes giving his own opinion, hes not spoiling the video. You may have a mental problem.

[@ArcticWolfGod]

@@Bungger Why would they read comments without watching the video? Or more like why would they expect people to not talk about the video in the comments?

[@lulugaj5859]

i am seriously frightened how spoink s paradox form has the same stats as origin dialga

[@sthui2866]

I can't believe flamigo betrayed us like that, shaking and crying rn

[@MarcBrightside]

If Gholdengo were faster or bulkier, then it would be absolutely disgusting. But the ability to easily outspeed it fairly easily and splatter it with strong SE moves, or wall it with a steel resistant Pokemon due to Shadow Ball's lower base power, helps keep Cheesy Boi in check.

[@nachomolaolivera7580]

Gholdengo is very bulky. It's checks are enourmosly strong for you to notice. But that thing is bulky.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@nachomolaolivera7580if it had will-o-wisp then a defensive set would be extremally common.

[@werbearjack]

Gholdengo is a threat you have to keep in mind when building your team but if you don't have the perfect counter for it it won't automatically lose you the game, just make things harder. Its checks and counters are useful beyond just fighting Gholdengo and you also aren't forced to use it yourself. In a way Gholdengo's existence can help with team building. We all know the choice paralysis of an empty canvas; most people need a starting point to start building something and Gholdengo can be this starting point without being too suffucating when it comes to answers. It is not all that fast and weak to ground, fire, dark and ghost - there are so many good things you can use to make use of that. And preparing for Gholdengo will likely not be in vain because it is used so often.

[@slyfox7452]

It is basically gen 2 snorlax just prepare your team to deal with the one mon and you will probably be fine

[@MariotheAnimator]

Gholdengo is one of the best Pokémon designed mechanically. It truly feels like a worthy reward for collecting all those Gimmighoul Coins. I just wish it could learn SURF, considering it rides coins like a surfboard.

[@emilygordbort7300]

Giving it Water coverage might be a bit much but thematically I fully agree

[@bananaspice1967]

Gholdengo and Great Tusk really feel like the Tyranitar and Landorus of old. Both tier rulers with amazing options. But not too centralizing and hard to deal with like other gen 9 Pokémon. Which I think is great to keep the meta alive while not making it so that all the same Pokémon are on the top from previous gens

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

Ngl, definitely not feeling the Iron Fellow name but Iron Mugulis is one of the greatest named things in the history of naming things

[@jimothycool]

Game Freaks naming department really peaked with Iron Mugulis.

[@aristotelesemblem2506]

The name is just funny, like how people like Lechonk because of the name itself

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

@@jimothycool Its fitting how the worst name in the history of naming things, "Iron Jugulis" spawned the best "Gamefreak" had to reach deep in their bag for that one

[@despicableone4495]

Give me the etymological breakdown

[@iplayonatoaster5406]

Gholdengo is actually the sole reason that amoongus uses stomping tantrum, as it allows you to freely use spore and then follow up with a 140 bp ground move (so long as the gholdengo doesnt have balloon)

[@Slither.Wing.]

150 power

[@skeetermania3202]

Doesn’t something like that usually show a sign of something being unhealthy for the meta? Or is it a subjective deal?

[@treeninja8924]

@@skeetermania3202 not really, as it’s one mon deciding to change what coverage it runs to counter a specific Mon. It’s like armarouge between picking aura sphere (hot dark types supereffectively) or energy ball (hit water/rock supereffectively)

[@skeetermania3202]

@@treeninja8924 What line is there between a healthy adaptation and an unhealthy one? Is it largely subjective or something?

[@TrulyAtrocious]

@@skeetermania3202 Healthy: Decide whether to hit A or B Unhelathy: Use a move to hit A that's useless vs. B, C, D, E, and F

[@darkmatterpancake]

Even with the promise of 5 USD, flamigo has betrayed us. Iron Fellow's persuasive skills are dangerous.

[@BiffTheBanana]

I am sure that Gholdengo is an upstanding citizen and donor to patreon, it has never given unjust financial advice or invested in scams

[@jimothycool]

This is true.

[@GustavoNDias]

Wait, isn't he the same Gholdengo who was promoting the GhoulCoin cyrpto scam a few weeks ago ?

[@BiffTheBanana]

@@GustavoNDias no no, that was Hisuian Zoroark trying to smear his good name with an Illusion

[@honjon666]

Gholdengo got me out of debt and paid me my structured settlement and/or annuity in one lump sum with his signature ability and move

[@longtomax2981]

Iron fellow is a menace to society that it makes gholdengo's make it rain look like a joke

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Gholdengo is one of Iron Mugulis' henchmen

[@Regigigas_YT]

Dont worry guys Marshadow is here and he will outspeed at OHKO Iron Fellow

[@Quoise_]

gholdengo actually feels like a pokemon that’s fun to play with and against and it’s still really powerful while having plentiful ways to beat it so it works really well in the metagame

[@chess_fella]

Tornadus be like “I’m gonna hate you..”

[@wallygropius4451]

Pokemon abilities back then: illuminate. Pokemon abilities now: 2-3 abilities in one.

[@jackpez.4526]

That ain't gholdengo, that's Jimothy

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

Gholdengo's competitive design is golden. It has a discount magic guard with more weaknesses and brings back the old ghost type niche of spin-blocking with an added defog immunity to keep your hazards up. It hits hard and has good coverage. The good bulk (but not ridiculous) is boosted by one of the best typings. Its exploitable speed of base 84 is very strong for a pokemon of this typing, but very manageable in a vacuum. It's not causing team repetition or forcing a small selection of pokes to be used in response to it. Like many bulky ghosts (many of which are slower than ghold), they have good traits, but switching in recklessly can result in an instant team deficit.

[@XParasiteOctoling]

Gholdengo is peak Pokémon design

[@fishbakeditself1213]

Cheese string

[@Nodnarb59]

Nah

[@hectorluz7477]

Cheese String Man

[@dewantouhid116]

Goldengo is literary Gamefreak's greed for money incarnated as a pokemon

[@BT-ob7ve]

🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@UnknownPikmin]

Thank you Gholdengo for this video about Gholdengo

[@boop53]

i love gholdengo bc it’s basically anti stall hazards are good in making progress against stall and good as gold stops spinning so i love my gholdenbro

[@MouldMadeMind]

Good as gold doesn't stop spinning, it stops defog. Its ghost type stops spin.

[@Imitationist]

@@MouldMadeMind The Steel typing also stops Glimmora from spinning

[@boop53]

@@MouldMadeMind Sorry, i meant gholdengo stops mortal spin/rapid spin with its typing ik defog is stopped with good as gold

[@EduSolsa]

The plot twist at the end got me by surprise XD

[@goksir5845]

60.5%+40.4%? You have 100.9% viewers. that's awesome

[@jimothycool]

What the heck!

[@blazie42069]

What is funny is that torn lost defog, so no defog no problem since its got heat wave for gholdengo. Offensive torn is gonna be an absolute menace this gen. Gholdengo is so central to the metagame, even if it is no metagame king anymore, as everything is required to adapt to it in this gen.

[@male_maid5951]

gholdingo really comes into its own in doubles with make it rain been such a powerhouse

[@randomninja7632]

This vid is very well made, but I have a personal issue with goldengo When I saw how prominent it was, I thought it was the perfect opportunity to use my all time favorite Pokémon Magnezone. Unfortunately, I discovered a niche use of the ghost type

[@fabulousauruspeks7010]

I've found Magnezone to be really useful for countering Corviknight and Kingambit with the combination of Thunderbolt and Tera Blast Fighting. It can even OHKO Iron Treads if its only invested in HP. Its not overwhelming, but it does have a pretty solid niche.

[@randomninja7632]

@@fabulousauruspeks7010 Magnezone gang magnet rise up

[@shadowbonbon3]

What is that use of the ghost type

[@AndrewRKenny]

​@@shadowbonbon3Ghost-types can't be trapped.

[@alexolijar7531]

I watch this channel exclusively for iron mugulis content.

[@ONUGC5DUMVZGS3THEBTG64RANVQXFR]

I love how as broll for a good metagame he show dpp ou. Smart player

[@theimprovedbore550]

you mean to tell me that flamigo betrayed us? that bird better be a double agent istg

[@marcuswong730]

im watching you because your voice is extremely comfortable to listen to

[@usedpidemo]

Gholdengo easily one of my all time favorites. Incredibly strong for a Pokémon with a unique in-game gimmick and it’s actually worth it. Fitting of the 1000th Pokemon.

[@djoaieuh3286]

An important nuance/correction I'd like to add to this : You said Gholdengo isn't overpowered partly because it matches up poorly agaisnt the best hazard removal/most used Pokémon Great Tusk. This isn't some stroke of luck tho, Great Tusk is the best hazard removal/most used Pokémon SPECIFICALLY because it has a positive matchup against Gholdengo. This might seem like nitpicking, but that does make a difference. It's not ''Gholdengo is strong, but is countered by the #1 used Pokémon, therefore it's not overpowered'', it's actually ''Gholdengo is such a strong and centralizing Pokémon, almost every team needs a way to deal with it, making Great Tusk the #1 used Pokémon in the meta''

[@bryanc1772]

we have more hazard removers they such suck in OU besides removing hazards We have cinderance and Glimmora as well who are a decent match up

[@Seekmire]

Finally, an exposé on one of Iron Mugulis’ criminal accomplices.

[@ryan8093]

I always watch these videos while eating breakfast at university to feel a bit better! Thanks for the great content :)

[@_ant7768]

You are honestly my favorite youtuber of 2023, you do everything so well

[@HighMightyWeasel]

I am concerned over the potentially compromised state of this channel. The efforts of gen 9 newcomer Gholdengo and its lobbying on the Jimothy Cool channel may change the channel in ways we can’t predict…

[@patrickburton1401]

I still think it’s an example of over-done power creep. Signature ability AND signature move that are better than what most Top Tier mons have access to. F this Gen.

[@alexpotts6520]

I also like the variety in Goldengho's movesets. Are they the Choice Scarf variant? Offensive Nasty Plot? The bulky mono-attacking Nasty Plot variant? Hex/Will-o-Wisp? This thing has a bunch of different roles it can play on a team.

[@BagelEnjoyer]

I can't believe Gholdengo itself has sponsored another video made by Jimothy cool about Gholdengo

[@OneMoreDesu]

Good As Gold completely power creeps Comatose. Doing the same thing but better.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

This dumbarce Flamigo decided to change team and Pawmot remains captive. There's no other way to beat Iron Mugulis at this point

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

Maybe Iron Hands or Sandy Shocks can be able to beat Iron Fellow and Flamigo

[@theguntersadopt3268]

Gasp* gholdengo commissioned it himself. BTW I hope you continue with the story of Iron mugulis

[@boxy2k8]

Don't let this video distract you from the fact that Iron Mugulis is still out there.

[@bacd-nn2lg]

I hope that we will get Smeargle back with The Teal Mask DLC in Pokemon Scarlet/Violet.

[@ila_habsyi21]

Wolfey:NO! NO! NOOOO!

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

There is a rumour that Smeargle is coming

[@dirtcollector]

if Gholdengo’s presence teaches me anything, it’s that the ancient powerhouse pokemon Great Tusk must be nearby to keep it in check. stay safe everyone

[@plentyofpaper]

Hazards became too powerful, even with rapid spin, so defog was buffed. But the counterplay to defog was very limited. Taunt would be the best option. I've had a less orthodox method of defog blocking in suicide moves. Defog needs a target in order to block hazards. So explosion, healing wish, memento or final gambit can block it in a pinch. Seeing Gholdengo as a new strong option to protect your hazards is something I welcome (although I don't use Gholdengo.)

[@darkssynchrochannel02]

And I don't use hazards we get it 🤷🏽

[@dVector13]

The gholdengo sponsor was a solid jumpscare lmao

[@phantomnarwhal164]

When is the "Iron Fellow is "Power Creep" Done WRONG. Here's why." coming out?

[@WorldOfWeebcraft]

Make it rain does too much damage in doubles. Thats probably my only complaint.

[@fishbakeditself1213]

Maybe nerf it by lowering sp.atk by two stages could work ig

[@WorldOfWeebcraft]

@@fishbakeditself1213 that would be nice, i dont wana see any more prankster haze murkrows tho 🙃 even just a 10 point nerf in its damage would make it more manageable

[@serranity4436]

I completely agree Jimothy!

[@mandalorianhunter1]

I realize how defensive and offensive it can that makes it terrifying. I met some that will invest so much into speed and go crazy or Tera ghost to throw out boosted shadow ball

[@rizkidary837]

Don't forget about mychellium might (if I write it right). Basically counter to good as gold, magic bounce in terms of status move

[@koharuyuuki3162]

Gholdengo is the ultimate Skill Gate pokemon.

[@od-vn9ws]

Gholdengo is power creep done right (real) (not sponsored).

[@andrewwojtas8486]

For me it's kinda odd thinking about the current singles meta as it seems every team is being restricted to run a fire type or an electric type in order to beat Corviknight. I mean most fire types in the game are over used right now which is impressive

[@dislexyc]

Yes it is! If you ignore VGC where a spread 120BP special move with 100% accuracy coming from something that's immune to sleep and fake out is a fucking nightmare

[@hiei49]

Gholdengo is the continuation of a cycle started in gen 4. Stealth rocks were very centralizing and to keep them you had to use rapid spin, which could be blocked by gengar/Rotom forms/Giratina (Ubers). The only way to prevent the spinblocking was to threaten the ghost pokemon or catching the rotom forms on the switch with foresight of all things. Gen 5 literally Unbanned excadrill not because it wasnt broken anymore, but rather it provided a method to spin past rotom wash. The cost was to ban sand rush completly, which was fine without exca in the tier. Then gen 6 came with buffed defog and gen 7 made defog almost universal. Suicide rock setters fell out except on HO teams and bulky rock setters like chansey started a pp war to defeat bulky deffogers. Gen 8 made offensive teams stronger with boots and spin was buffed. Now they released Gholdengo, which is basically what a gen 4/5 ghost type used to be, but with a added immunity to phasing moves, leech seed, etc. Bulky rock setters/deffogers also got nerfed with the "stall nerf". My prediction is that they will probably buff hazzard stacking a bit more and then they will finally release the aerilate spinner we always needed, maybe in gen 10.

[@darkssynchrochannel02]

You know what I like this guy

[@SoggyWafflesXp]

Plz give Flamigo a redemption arc😢

[@CyberDork34]

First tax evasion, now corporate sponsoring and election manipulation. Truly there is no crime that Gholdengo will not commit

[@thoogland05]

The attention to detail is great here, adding gholdengo to the endscreen starting frow the XD video. However, are you aware the gholdengo has ties with the dubious paradox pokémon Iron Mugulis, who's vanished as of late?

[@lorenzobrogi6359]

This is the standard jimothy title. Here's why.

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

initially i found gholdengo very annoying since it required a whole new method of thinking when playing and felt broken, but now that we have clear answers to it and know its sets its always a fun pokemon to have in a game. i've had a lot of success with a leftovers max Sp.Def 252def garchomp for spikes/rocks, air balloon modest 252 speed gholdengo to switch into and one shot great tusk, and my own assault vest tusk to keep hazards off especially against cinderace. when you use that core correctly you can get a very big advantage right away and keep it for the whole game, and when you have 3 immediately threatening offensive pokemon in the back it enables them to both eliminate any defensive checks and then clean up once they do

[@hahawowawesome]

That plot twist at the end wow what a video Jim

[@Manivilization]

Thanks Jim.

[@fractalisomega9517]

It's a very unique pokemon with it's odd stat spread... I'm curious what you think of these "odd stat" pokemon with stats indivisible by 5.... so much of the game is centered around speed tiers by stats of 5-10 difference, or HP of 100 or more countering Seismic Toss sets

[@DishyLemon]

Gholdengo: yes I did request this video, AND I'LL DO IT AGAIN TOO! Me: I lowkey hope he does it again XD

[@venced0r5]

Damn, this video didn't age very well...

[@Yethegoat10]

With how much people rely on it on middle ladder showdown it’s easy to predict it switching in so I never actually have to deal with it thank god

[@baldrian22]

so flamigo joined team iron mugiles and iron fella

[@supremekingjaden.3096]

I nicknamed my Gholdengo Goldmember.

[@luirromenjivar1390]

On early SV used to see Gholdengo as broken, with all the insane amount of hazard setters (both new and old), almost every Ground type getting Spikes. But as the meta progressed, Great Tusk being the #1 pokemon and also best hazard remover, and the huge influence of Dark types (The Ruin mons, Kingambit and Meowscarada), and Corv still being good I realised Gholdengo was actually healthy and fine on the meta. Also last gen Corv had an insanely easy time removing hazards with 0 drowbacks, and beating SR setters 1v1 with Pressure, if Gholdengo wasnt around Spikes would prob be a niche playstile, Kingambit would might rather to use Defiant isntead of Supreme Overlord to deterent Corv's Defog, and we would see those boring Corv vs Corv 1v1 trying to PP Stall each other that was common last gen.

[@varuhash50]

You know the crazy thing? People thought it was BROKEN, and i thought so too. It wasnt untill it was pointed out that Great Tusk could check it that i noticed its not that bad. Its not super fast, its not bulky, it really is carried by its SpAt, ability and typing. Its something youll always have to account for, and once Home and DLC release itll likely fade away because of all the things that can now check it like Hisuian Samurott and Ursaluna. If it falls into UU somehow, it might get banned there as long as theres no Ghost, Dark, Ground or Steel types around (which there always will be, Sandy Shocks is used a lot in UU and who knows, maybe Slither Wing could rise up to check it at some point or Iron Treads following in its past forms steps to stop it)

[@bryanc1772]

People think it’s still broken and want it gone cuz it’s gunna fix the hazard issues No it’s not we will literally be having the same hazard removers and yea Corviknight wouldn’t be that good even with its removal

[@supermannygamer2003]

Ghouldingo can be immune to any status conditions, yet he is still weak to magma snails and volcano cammels

[@keiharris332]

Good as gold also blocks positive status moves, like helping hand

[@darkssynchrochannel02]

I'm not sure about this I think it's called helping hand but let me know

[@kipper2100]

Subbed to help the fight against iron fella

[@JanizMakudomaru]

Good powercreep makes it where everyone isn't playing the same thing. At least that's how it's should be.

[@abarette_]

I don't really think something needs to block Defog, kinda wack honestly

[@haydenfreeman7685]

I don’t play gen 9 OU anymore but In nat dex ive been using a sticky webs team with gholdengo to block defog and rapid spin to keep the webs up for garchomp and charizard Y it’s been a very fun team

[@chilln0648]

People who say Gholdengo is OP (yes they exist) are so weird to me. Like, its a relatively frail pokemon with a mid speed tier. Its only offensively strong because it gets a LOT of switch in opportunities

[@bryanc1772]

Most ppl think it’s broken because it warps the tier to a unhealthy degree within the hazard games But honestly even if we ban Dengo it’s not solving or bringing in new hazard removers. That’s just more a problem with game freak removing lots of defoggers and 70 percent of Pokemon getting rocks and spikes

[@KitoAkari1612]

Nooo Flamingo! You are not supposed to join them!

[@goGothitaLOL]

I used to hate fighting Ghouldengo the same way i hate fighting the likes of Espathra (especially), Chien-Pao/Chi-Yu, Toxapex, Tapu Lele, Regieleki, Spectrier, Zacian, Rillaboom (in Gen 8 VGC), Lando-T to an lesser extent, and some others but after watching this video i kinda can't help but respect it now, like i do with Great Tusk who i also find fun to use

[@tysondennis1016]

Forget genies of healthy meta, we now have coin stack of healthy meta.

[@xy394]

Comparing Gholdengo to Annihilape, Flutter Mane, Spectrier, Marshadow is like comparing Landorus T to Landorus Incarnate

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

Maybe Sandy Shocks or Iron Hands may Help us Or even me cauz i need to be Useful

[@megamonVCG]

All hail the string cheese man Gholdengo

[@Angel-ij4bk]

Subscribed casue of ur ingenuity

[@slyfox7452]

Goldengo is basically a more op clefable

[@swisherrrr]

i love gholdengo so much but if heatran comes back it's not gonna look good for him

[@7cross288]

I disagree with that. I think Good as Gold is mostly superior to most anti-status abilities that already exist such as Early Bird, Vital Spirit, Insomnia, Immunity, Overcoat, Aroma Veil, Leaf Guard, Oblivious, Own Tempo, Shed Skin and Limber just to name a few. You can even argue that abilities that give advantages to being statused such as Guts, Quick Feet, and Marvel Scale and Poison Heal are mostly inferior as well. Also the abilities you compared Good as Gold to can be argued as overly powerful anti-status abilities as well. This isn't to say anything against Gholdengo though, as having an OP or borderline OP ability doesn't automatically mean you're unhealthy for the metagame. I think Gholdengo is powercrept just enough to be suitable for the meta unlike some of the other mons like Flutter Mane and Iron Bundle.

[@tecul1]

agreed

[@Quoise_]

dhengo the goat

[@darkssynchrochannel02]

Actually I never seen gold get OHKO buy anything special effective (most of the time)

[@bubblegumfartpro2497]

Goldengo is one of my favorite pokemon.

[@SuperMoonGamer]

My argument to power creep is that competitive solo is too complex these days. If we ever get full national DEX than I’d say it should be a Pokémon draft for tournaments because we simply have too many Pokémon to compensate.

[@dastardlydwarf6909]

Funny cheese string man is ok in my book

[@socialistrepublicofvietnam1500]

I remember wanting Gholdengo banned on Day 1 of Gen 9 OU (I was just tryna chill with my Flying monotype testin out some new mons, but all of this sudden some string cheese man comes along with this "Good as Gold" and blocks all of my status moves) But as the metagame progresses, more people like me are actually starting to see that Gholdengo, like Great Tusk, is the solution, not the problem

[@virtualcolt]

One thing I loved about Gholdengo is that its probably the best reward for going through a long process to obtain it. And it isnt just some mythical that will be sitting in your pc all illegal like Melmetal unless its allowed.

[@55miniben]

Jokes on gholdingo users I’m a scrub who never uses any status moves blocked by good as ghold

[@bobthornton9730]

excellent video