How A "Weak" Pokémon Defied Power Creep

[@junglecruiser4785]

Idk why but seeing girafarig, an infamously statistically weak mon, finally evolve and manage to become an important aspect of a meta alongside crazy strong legendaries mythicals and paradox mons while a large portion of the old staples faded out of relevance is beautiful to see

[@teo2805]

Just wait, Ledian will rise

[@A.S._Trunks]

@@teo2805 Ledian should have gotten a Mega evo.

[@ferrucciocaracciuolo8139]

​@@teo2805Give his evolution a 100 of attack and Iron first and that enough.

[@CiriNova]

not even useful in a trashlocke. sad for my man Ledian@@teo2805

[@Exquailibur]

girafarig has always been a favorite of mine, honestly its crazy how farigiraf has managed to carve out this niche without crazy stats. Psychic normal is an underrated typing in my opinion and farigiraf uses it really well, that plus having a great ability and being rather tanky with a great move pool makes it just an awesome pokemon.

[@bmac4]

My man lost to one Farigiraf at worlds and decided to make a whole video on it Respect

[@bananatimez]

i love farigiraf i wish palindromes were real

[@CaioXG002]

Degas, are we not drawn onward, we freer few, drawn onward to new eras aged?

[@addchannelname2052]

God damn mad dog!

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

Go hang a salami I'm a lasagna hog.

[@PurplesttCoffee]

🏎️ Racecar 🏎️

[@noahtaylor1721]

Kayak

[@ethanjones8041]

Farigiraf is just the perfect example of a pokemon that has a high skill ceiling and low skill floor. Sure you can just slap it on a team to block priority moves but being able to do everything else you mentioned takes a lot of skill and knowledge to make it work reliably. It deserves to be where it is right now

[@dankeykang8243]

Can I just say that the pacing of your videos is basically perfect? Every sentence is full of information, while going into just the right amount of details.

[@tomgorey9294]

I'd love to see him and bkc Collab, they're content are polar opposites lol

[@LuckyFelix56]

​@@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917 I guess you've never heard of a compliment before.... figures

[@kieranclark1629]

@@herhhetj5372that a collab between Freezai and BKC would be amusing. Freezai being scripted and paced perfectly and BKC being unscripted and tangential.

[@CantusTropus]

I completely agree - Freezai's excellent pacing is probably his biggest strength as a content creator. Every line holds my attention without ever getting too bogged down in irrelevant details.

[@crowzet0]

yeah

[@agisuru]

I've found the perfect partner for Fairigiraf is not Iron Hands, but actually Guts Hariyama. While Hari has lower base damage than IH, it does actually exceed IH's after Guts activates. Moreover, Hari has two critical tools that IH lacks-- Wide Guard and Knock Off. Fake Out and Wide Guard allow a near guaranteed Trick Room setup for Farigiraf, allowing Hari to hit extremely hard the next turn with Guts activated (or protect both mons again with Wide Guard until the offending party-wide attackers have been removed by Fari). I've got a fairly unconventional team with Farigiraf, Hariyama, Arboliva, and Bellibolt as the core that actually has remained viable since Reg A, because the goal of the team is to remove anything that could stop Bellibolt and then have Arboliva set up screens and grassy terrain before Bellibolt cleans up without any chance for recourse on the opponent's side. Bellibolt wants to hit the field after trick room is gone-- if it enters while TR is still up, it risks a turn where it takes four attacks in a row before it can act. With deceptively high damage from its ability fueling the field-wide Parabolic Charge and the subsequent healing from PC, it can keep itself alive surprisingly easily, especially if you run Grassy Seed on it. Soak and Muddy Water provide excellent utility for hitting ground types, and Hariyama already clears out one of the most common, Ting Lu, pretty effectively, with Arboliva being very good at removing any others. If anyone is looking for team ideas, I strongly encourage these mons, it's very fun.

[@thefutureacoustics]

Sounds awesome! Would you be willing to share the team code?

[@seabassmarrero3200]

Would you want to battle!?

[@kumoko3728]

but Hari also gets beaten much faster

[@felixdaniels37]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that noticed that Farigiraf + Hariyama is an excellent combo. Combine it with Goodra - H and you've got an immensely tanky team that's near impossible to stop once it sets up.

[@FTW1230]

Do you have a pastebin?

[@thetablue8507]

Love the Empoleon vs Torterra example. That was the very interaction that made Pokemon's mechanics "click" in my mind as a kid. My friend and I would constantly play out that situation in our battles in their backyard. Good memories!

[@PurplesttCoffee]

Girafarig waited decades to become relevant, power creep will *not* get rid of the Raf 😤

[@Jjames763]

The ‘Raf will no longer be denied.

[@JovFlores]

⁠all will succumb to the raf

[@crazycoolkids00]

The raf will laff at the chaff

[@foodmr2022]

in LC its deadly

[@probablyjinxed]

the deadly sin of ‘raf

[@Lykrast]

Great editing on this one, with the charts and ability text and stuff, loved it!

[@Musasensei1674]

never saw freezai edit so much

[@crowzet0]

true

[@goGothitaLOL]

@@Musasensei1674me neither

[@caiofukushima1669]

I also noticed that, makes it flow very well and makes information easy to understand ✨️

[@hyliasknight]

Farigiraf @ Leftovers Ability: Armor Tail Tera Type: Fairy EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA Bold Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Dazzling Gleam - Psychic - Imprison - Trick Room This is what I picked up on from the video. The item, nature, and EVs were guesswork.

[@SkyNinja759]

6:50 Helping hand too. If you have a nuke button on the field like torkoal, urshifu, etc.

[@AussieRiolu447]

Since Grassy Glide is confirmed to return, Rillaboom gets better but also Farigiraf to block it.

[@apikavar]

Freezai the editing and pacing of your videos have gotten so much better over the past few months, you're really killing it man.

[@GalarianGuy]

I have to say, your video editing format has gotten REALLY good

[@namename2040]

I wouldn't quite call this him defying power creep but simply not being creeped like him has a great mixture of tools that no one else particularly has in one creature

[@aldwych285]

Once raging bolt is available and starts using its signature move thunderclap aka an electric sucker punch, farigiraf will be much better in the meta

[@silvershine2261]

Quality of these videos keeps improving, you are doing such a great job both in editing aswell as script writing. Consice, accessible even for less informed people, backed up by relevant but not excessive data and statistics that people can pause for if they need it. Always a clear red line throughout the entire video, keep up the good work!

[@agcab818]

Love the new editing style! Been watching your content for a year now, I click at regieleki speed whenever a new video comes out. Love your videos, keep up the quality work!

[@jonathanchen4987]

I knew Farigiraf had potential and it's great to see Farigiraf doing great in the SV Metagame.

[@Excellsion]

Look at it go. It found actual legs and is thriving.

[@WhirlyBeepBoops]

I'm so proud!

[@kidsamsa]

It always makes me so happy when non-legendary pokemon with fun designs get play in late vgc. Just warms the heart, yknow?

[@Diembee]

I think it’s so cool that Farigiraf is finally seeing competitive representation. Girafarig was always one of my favorite Pokémon but it suffered from being an unevolving Pokémon in Gen 2, it’s nice to see the line finally glowing up.

[@jazzy4830]

You’re lying, girafarig was nobody’s favourite Pokémon

[@micabryant4513]

Finally? Its still new...

[@thebestgreattusk1996]

I really hope Farigiraf can also be like this in the Singles format.

[@IAmGalaxian-bi6co]

You could maybe use Armor Tail + Tera Fire as a Kingambit mixup

[@N0GG1N]

@@IAmGalaxian-bi6co Kingambit would click kowtow and just one shot and tera fairy tera blast doesn't really dent kingambit. +2 252+ Atk Supreme Overlord 1 ally fainted Kingambit Kowtow Cleave vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tera Fire Farigiraf: 465-547 (104.7 - 123.1%) -- guaranteed OHKO 252+ SpA Tera Fire Farigiraf Tera Blast vs. 236 HP / 0 SpD Kingambit: 294-348 (73.5 - 87%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery 252+ SpA Tera Fairy Farigiraf Tera Blast vs. 236 HP / 0 SpD Kingambit: 147-174 (36.7 - 43.5%) -- 98.9% chance to 3HKO after Leftovers recovery

[@MateusSFigueiredo]

Tornadus: I have Prankster so now my Taunt moves first. Farigiraf: I have Armor Tail so now you can't even use Taunt at all.

[@tesseygo]

I have been following you for a while, and seeing how S/V propelled you to not only have 100k+ subs, but also completely shift from a smogon player to a VGC worlds competitor, so hey, congrats!

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

You know you can do both right? He still competes in Smogon tournaments lol

[@tesseygo]

@@Thund3rDrag0n12 that's...not the point? I was justc ongratulating him on his youtube channel growth

[@rondovk]

“Completely shift”

[@ApolloHoaxTheory]

he did not "completely shift" from smogon, no

[@nicolasf7243]

Girafarig has always been one of my favorite pokemon for no reason other than my love for giraffes so I feel so validated and proud of it for it’s evolution getting time in the spotlight. like my baby is all grown up.

[@seaset_]

I've been following you for quite a while now and I love how the production of the videos keeps improving! Love your work Freezai!

[@SolCalibreAtWork]

Essentially, it's ability is so good it allows you to control or choose the pace of how you you want to play.

[@rysananimation]

I love this giraffe. I've had it on almost all my teams, and it just gets better and better. Thank you for giving it the love it deserves.

[@Supalayzee]

Other pokemon : revolves around power creep Farigiraf : the one whose power creep revolves into

[@paintedpig3021]

I'm 4 minutes into this video and just remembered I've never played competitive pokemon and I don't even own a switch

[@melffyrabby1009]

My dads belt defied power creep every generation

[@reg3y]

Damn bro

[@IAmMaxD33]

I still remember the whip of the belt

[@scientificallyaccuratespino]

It’s about time they ban it :/ too OP

[@grrumakemeangry]

omg lol

[@VincentV465]

Love the video! Haven't used Farigiraf since I was testing some early reg B teams, but now you've made me want it out again!

[@yurareigiryu]

I'm glad that you didn't say "setup tera fairy and win" this is a refreshing use of a pokemon.

[@skylord9337]

I think armor tail ability would be fun to use on other pokemon too, maybe rhydon or kangiskan. I think they should focus on upgrading some of the older mons that werent as good like they did here with girafig Edit: kangkiskan would be cool with armor tail since its got STAB fake out and is pretty bulky for pivoting, and only weak to fighting type.

[@befrugalwithus]

Love the way you edit your videos. How you show the stats is great. Overall the video are amazing to watch.

[@nickspurlock585]

Amazing video freezai!! Great work brother!

[@20centsaday54]

Can't wait to use raging bolt and farigiraf together for serious neck gains

[@fumito5836]

Editing was very good this video, props to your editor

[@Scrap_]

Been using Farigiraf since day one, my favourite trick room setter ever.

[@conradbrooks1760]

.....OOOOHHH MY GOD, THE THUMBNAIL IS THROWING SMOKE AT GOODBYE VOLCANO HIGH AND THE SLOWTAKU ARTICLE!

[@hurricane_tyrone6299]

Fargiraf is only going to get better because even more priority is coming to the game. Rillaboom is getting grazzy glide and if Raging Bolt ends up being good, its signature move is an electric sucker punch.

[@Coco01]

Perfect content - extremely informative and very entertaining. Keep it up❤

[@bobbybobv]

Your production has really leveled up! What a great video

[@cl3armind]

Farigaraf really a "we go at my pace" type of Pokemon.

[@chester1882]

Farigiraf: I live to defy the gods in this land

[@westernbrumby]

Loving my firagarif tattoo even more seeing it stand up to power creep

[@motherlove8366]

Insightful video, very dense in detail, it addressed and I learned a lot more than I thought I would in 8 minutes

[@FTW1230]

Grassy glide rillaboom: IM BACK BABY Fargirarf: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT

[@sagacious03]

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@twobits4025]

what is the song playing in the background at 3:45 of the video?

[@spxrkz2564]

Farigiraf is my favorite Pokémon so its so cool how it can actually be used in competitive

[@MadMewMew-mu3eq]

i love gigrafs and farigiraf being good makes me happy

[@dkznikolaj7013]

I don't even play pokemon but I always like learning about the meta cause its just so complicated with all those mons that compliment or overshadow eachother

[@isawedu]

I'm glad the Farigiraf I got ready for my Regulation A team has a chance to shine again Being able to stop priority was such a powerful tool when people were banking on their priority in all their calcs

[@ShenaniganBros1]

I saw Wolfey talk about this in a video, and I feel like it applies here. Trick Room teams aren’t as viable as they were, and having a whole team centred around it isn’t really an option. But Farigiraf works in and out of Trick Room-it can be paired with basically any good mon and overall is just pretty good.

[@jhiancarlosclemente6168]

Farigiraf is my favorite gen 9 Pokémon I’m glad it’s finally getting use

[@sky1846]

Girafarig is one of my favourites, so it's great to see them getting an evolution and doing well in VGC xD

[@matigamer329]

THE PREVIOUS EDITION IS BACK!!!

[@kanestewart6691]

Friends playing in the background is fantastic.

[@gengarisnotinsmash...]

Press F to pay respects to serene grace Tsareena.

[@Red-yt2dk]

Freezai's editing has gotten _legit_

[@toastwalrus]

Others have commented, but yeah, your editing keeps getting better and better.

[@SaulDFdibuja]

Great video! love your explanation about this pokemon and his strategies! Thanks for the great work.

[@randomninja7632]

God speed you silly giraffe

[@snoozbuster]

The move description of aqua jet cracked me up

[@_ndaeil]

i haven't cared about vgc in a while but still finished the video, pretty cool👍🏻 Btw, does anyone know the name of the song that starts around 4:30, it's been driving me crazy💀

[@bradwurst8141]

This happens all the time lol. Unique circumstances allowing for previously underwhelming pokemon to become better. Tale as old as time.

[@francecruz4157]

Farigiraf really just just reverse power creeped the entire game ong

[@CN-vs7yy]

This video is really well made, wow.

[@Gold-Dango]

Miss Raf was mad at Great Neck coming, so it decided to become prominent before falling down in usage

[@ForestX77]

Proud to say been using farigiraf since SV launched. Been using her as a bulky special attacker with max EV’s in hp and def with calm mind to boost sp atk and sp def. Slap on a rockey helmet and wish to become a menace.

[@TheBrotado]

I don't remember your editing being so good

[@5AM-9PM]

Never have though that watching Pokemon analysis with battle theme from XC2:TTGC as bgm could be this oddly satisfying. ps. As gen 2 lover, it's great that an interesting Pokemon (in term of design) like Girafarig can have it own glory.

[@JustAnderw]

Girafarig is my favorite pokemon so im glad to see Farigiraf winning

[@Utopia_2489]

I *LOVE* Farigiraf so I’m really happy that it’s actually good and can run with the big dogs ❤

[@imtheonewhoaskedlol]

2:50 Dem water mons do be going BRRRR tho

[@ArKaneVGC]

Farigiraf has always been great I had a horrible trick room team from charlotte with pincurchin but the only reason I was able to win games there was the consistency of the giraffe and iron hands

[@lauram.g.4998]

this is great. I love Farigiraf!!!

[@nehegavshdb]

Indeedee standing in the rain goes so hard wtf

[@malakimphoros2164]

Farigiraf seems to be the ultimate anti-meta swiss army knife

[@sammorris8185]

this was so well done wow

[@nineteenct]

Always appreciate your analysis bro

[@infernacraft5269]

I’ve been a Farigiraf Stan since Reg A, I’ve always been a TR fan and I saw early on that with the right setup, nothing could stop it from setting up TR, I always used it over Indeedee throughout this series

[@davepumphernickel9568]

Ngl urshifuu looks extremely Chad in S/V always though he looked a little weird, but seeing the Chad walk I can’t deny it any longer.

[@damcmadlad2975]

I feel like a lot of people forgot that PU and even ZU has some pretty crazy power creep victims running around nowadays

[@takagi2340]

whats the name of the ost from 1:35? could it be basara or am i dreaming?

[@ohzenn]

This was a great video. You got a new subscriber!

[@thejimcricket]

Farigiraf made it all the way to the World Championship, and the reiging champion himself he was scared of him before the match started. I was rooting for Japan but was cool to see the giraf there.

[@Waevform]

What a great video. I don’t even play PvP and this is fascinating.

[@pacoramon9468]

It has a really OP type, only weak to dark and bug.

[@faeliure708]

honestly just really happy that my silly giraffe is a comp viable pokemon

[@baconboi4482]

I have always been a believer since the beginning, I remember people talking shit about farigeraf before the games release

[@YarnLalms711]

"We are all Legendary/Paradox, plus Mark."

[@thespectacularlymonochrome7891]

Here before the Rampardos Theorem guy comes looking for references

[@maero1557]

It's all in the abilities + movepool. I really hope Gamefreak would do this more often. Take some good, fitting ability, or introduce a new, very viable ability and give it to new evolved forms of older Pokemon, or just straight up change some useless or weak abilities of older Pokemon, just like it was the case with Shiftry and Empoleon this generation. The examples of Torkoal and Pelipper few years ago prove the same point.

[@realIkeaMan]

this is some seriously good editing. big W

[@cornonjacob]

I currently have farigiraf on my low tier draft team; last week I brought imprison trick room to counter my opponent's indeedee f and armarouge, but they ended up bringing neither. Turns out it still worked out really well for me bc it completely walled them when they were left with a Sylveon with only hyper voice and shadow ball as attacking moves.

[@genshinplayerlol]

what is the music at 4:50? i swear ive heard it before

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

glad this pokemon gets to see great competitive usage.

[@YeetMan.]

I hear that RJ Paisin background bea. Love to see it