How GOOD was Arceus ACTUALLY? - History of Arceus in Competitive Pokemon

Arceus is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming as we cover every RELEVANT form of Arceus!
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0:00 - Intro
1:26 - DPP/Gen 4 Ubers
9:01 - BW/Gen 5 Ubers
18:57 - XY/Gen 6 Ubers
26:04 - SM/Gen 7 Ubers
30:34 - Outro
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Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth.
For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent. I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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[@writinggoose6059]

My favorite competitive pokemon moment will always be that screenshot where a player named their Arceus-Flying "Arceus-Steel" and their opponent using Earthquake on it to no effect Not even trickery is beyond Arceus' domain.

[@pepsiman4418]

DUDE I LITERALLY FELL FOR THAT SAME STRAT LMFAOOOOOOOOOO

[@MidoriOfTheShuinsen]

Truely, they were blessed by Rahjin.

[@nerddwarf]

I believe these strategies are illegal now :(

[@akiradkcn]

@@nerddwarf bruh

[@nerddwarf]

@@akiradkcn Can not name a Pokémon the name of another Pokémon. Example given was you cannot name Tranquill "Pidove" and use it.

[@MayHugger]

"Arceus-fighting was particularly excellent because it was one of the best answers to Extreme Killer Arceus" Arceus: Ah, that explains it, only I could do this much damage to myself.

[@benikujaku4567]

Arceus really is the Escanor of Pokémon

[@penguinoverlord9994]

@@benikujaku4567 wow tbh I’d didn’t k ow if anyone else watched that show lol

[@earlsaverson5387]

Trust no one, not even yourself

[@cyanideytandcuriousseadogg4160]

@@earlsaverson5387 *Arceus-Ice used Sheer cold*

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

God really is the answer to everything, eh?

[@Pine.appl.e]

Power creep is just Arceus wanting more of a challenge

[@AnakinTheWeird]

Now THAT's an anime I want to watch.

[@Leet-iz2fz]

@@AnakinTheWeird It's like One-Punch Man if Saitama created the monsters himself in order to fight them.

[@microwavedpepsi]

@@Leet-iz2fz Him vs. Mega Ray is like Saitama vs. God Garou, except instead of going back in time he’s forced to remove Megas from Gen 8.

[@EarthBound_Fan]

@@microwavedpepsi and then he also takes a break

[@jwx9509]

@@EarthBound_Fan good. He needs a rest.

[@DarkPurpleDude]

Came out swinging as the strongest Pokemon in the game, created several Pokemon that were arguably stronger than it, just for shits and giggles, and still always had a form to keep said stronger Pokemon in check. Textbook mad lad.

[@Hertaspacestation6980]

Like who is stronger than Arceus? Is it Mega Rayquaza, Ultra Necrozma, G-Max Eternatus?

[@TyuErt]

Shuckle

[@fork-man]

@@Hertaspacestation6980 I mean gameplay wise yes lore wise no you also forgot to say wabafet that blue punching bag is a force of nature

[@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire]

So buff Arceus, give him 133 base stats?

[@CritXB]

@@BottomOfTheDumpsterFire why 133 that's seems so random

[@greninjamastergabe6452]

I remember Arceus in Pokémon Conquest. Its ability is Omnipotent. Omnipotent: Recovers HP every turn and negates all disadvantages and immunities.

[@reneantoniorodriguezippoli7561]

If Arceus had that ability in the main series (combined with Multitype), I don't know how broken it would be, because it is a perfect combination in defensive and offensive terms.

[@luisfillipebeserra2108]

@@reneantoniorodriguezippoli7561 I mean is god, shouldn't he be broken? if mega rayquaza can be banned from the ban list then arceus can too

[@reneantoniorodriguezippoli7561]

@@BLUEBOYISLEDGE In general, the effect of ignoring immunities and resistances turns any Arceus move into an improved version of Thousand Arrows. for example a Zacian-crowned would have no resistance to the normal type making him super weak at extreme speed

[@Darkrai33333]

Conquest Arceus is one of the strongest Arceus versions in any Pokémon game due to the sheer power of Omnipotent. Passive healing, levitate, bonus damage, ignore typing, ignore abilities, evasiveness boosts, negate evasion, and more. Utterly absurd ability. I pray that we get to experience the might of Omnipotent Arceus in Legends.

[@KHA0T1X]

I fucking loved Conquest man. Love seeing that game get mentioned.

[@jacksonxu9901]

I just realized that judgement is base 100 power so that when a plate is held it changes the judgement type and boosts it’s power by 20% to make it an effective base 120 attack to match its 120 base stats 🤯

[@Kanbei11]

It also gets STAB on it

[@daphenomenalz4100]

And stab makes it 180 base power

[@faiz7499]

And Arceus plate cannot be removed, I realized it when I played Pokémon Showdown

[@stephenveerasammy3074]

Return or judgement?

[@ElHarmonyV]

@@stephenveerasammy3074 What's the context here?

[@GoInGcRz]

Silvally: "Who are you?" Arceus: "The reason you exist"

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Silvally: father why was I created. Arceus: to gave a 10 year old child a legal demigod to Challenges opponents.

[@ayaya9367]

Mother?!

[@aterollo8277]

Call me father in heaven

[@mrbigglezworth42]

Is Arceus weak enough to be caught by Master Ball, or is it merely allowing itself to be caught? Can we even comprehend the reason why?

[@kevinnguyen6076]

@@mrbigglezworth42 Maybe he's just bored, being the God of all pokemon but only watching from afar can be quite dreary, seeing how there was only ever 1 movie in which he did anything/had anything happen to him

[@alexdehatter2151]

Mega Rayquaza: “I’m the reason the Anything Goes tier exists!” Arceus: “You merely adopted the Anything Goes tier.”

[@robinsimon4176]

well yes but actually no

[@shadowlugia0011]

I was born in it, molded by it, I didn’t see ubers until gen 6 by then it was nothing to me but BLINDING

[@buobeep3818]

@@23Raind icicle plate

[@milesstorzillo7650]

@@23Raind 4x super effective

[@djd1335]

can y'all stop the argument? both Mega Ray and Arceus are amazing by themselves Mega Ray with D-Dance at +1 easily OHKO's Fairy Arceus with Dragon Ascent, or Focus Sash Mega Ray easy 2 shots Fairy Arceus. Also, Fairy Arceus is evidently faster, and if unboosted M.Ray without sash uses Dragon Ascent, it is 100% chance to die to Judgement Fairy both are good in their ways.

[@IgnitedQuils]

Remember, the reason why Arceus’ event never occurred in DPP was due to the method of getting it being “difficult”.

[@hansbloodsmith]

And to have two strangely specific Pokémon, at a specific party slot, at a specific place...

[@nightshrine4257]

It never occurred cuz you need to be in literal *GODMODE* to meet him face to face as an equal Aka cheats

[@ZakanaHachihaCBC]

@@nightshrine4257 That's, not a reason why. That's a symptom of the event never happening, but not the reason.

[@CradilyBestPokemon]

@CrookFumDaBrook YT And then they let galarian pokemon evolve

[@cintronproductions9430]

So they thought that summoning Arceus was too difficult, buy not the evolution method of Galarian Yamask?

[@superspider64]

Considering that it's literally the god of the pokemon world, i'm not surprised that Arceus was so busted despite all the things done in the later gens

[@mandalorianhunter1]

His domination was told in the book of Wobbuffet that he would go old testament on ubers.

[@lorddarkrai5753]

Well it still remained busted.The changes are basically marketing , like Nintendo investing in your desire to see your fav legendary actually being the strongest monster in the game for some period of time till someone else's takes its place.That way they maintain a stable number of customers whereas you may feel or not feel like it to continue with every new genre.

[@Gurkan790]

To be honest as the god of the gods, it deserved to be uber

[@nicocchi]

Well, turns out having huge stats (with one of the highest-at least at the time-averages) with no weak links in your stat spread, massive versatility in your movepool and even the element of surprise and uncertainty even after team preview, would let you do whatever before the opponent realizes what you're up to would make a pretty good, future-proofed pokey man

[@ZaChousenWan]

Considering that it's supposed to be the "god" of pokemon, I say it's nowhere near busted enough.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

Something to consider: If Power Creep goes on as it is now, there may be a day where Arceus dropped out of Ubers and can now be used in the same tier as Quagsire.

[@JustButton]

“Which tier is quagsire in?” “Yes”

[@bigkirbyhj666]

Quagsire is QQ teir for all the tears that strange fish wanders in unaware of what it's done. It is truly a natural disaster.

[@yorecf9641]

Quagsire: “Smogon tiers? What are those? I go wherever I please.”

[@GM.Nobody]

@@yorecf9641 little cup arceus when?

[@yorecf9641]

@@GM.Nobody when he evolves from Kami to Super Kami Guru.

[@PapaTaurean]

I knew Arceus had some great stats, but given his reliance on his plates, I figured he would have been crippled but I guess not. Fun fact, if Arceus was every type, like in the lore, he'd still be weak to Rock-type moves.

[@daphenomenalz4100]

But rock types have not been that prominent in ubers except Arceus Rock and Ttar

[@djdrizzy9139]

All Pokémon Insurgence players know this. *~*

[@notvex3987]

Throw peble at god Beat god Become god

[@seanhearn9616]

No he wouldn't because his steel typing would negate rock weakness

[@djdrizzy9139]

@@seanhearn9616 Only 3 types resist rock (Ground, Steel, and Fighting), while 4 are weak to it (Flying, Ice, Fire, Bug), so 3 cancel out but one remains, so it's a 2x weakness.

[@midnightmoonlit3741]

“I am the god of Pokémon! Kneel before my balanced stats!” -Arceus Probably

[@Oscarus4250]

Ayyy! Christmas "Arceus vs Giratina" comic reference!

[@DarkOmegaMK2]

Which plate do you need to equip to get "Arceus Probably"?

[@midnightmoonlit3741]

@@DarkOmegaMK2 Judgement: Icicle Plate

[@Oscarus4250]

@@DarkOmegaMK2 kzbin.info/www/bejne/n6fFhGBtfqmWeZY

[@Gurkan790]

Or the 12th movie: "all three of you may be gods but I am a god above all of you!"

[@missplayer30]

I find that surreal that a Pokemon got banned to Anything Goes in an older generation even before the tier was created. I thought the tier was just a gen 6-onward thing (and even then, only for Mega Rayquaza).

[@DukeSR8]

Until Zacian came and took over.

[@Ropalme1914]

And it was - Arceus was kind of on a limbo where it was classified as an Uber on the Smogdex but banned from there too, so it just had no tier in the end I guess. It was only formally declared AG years later

[@Yokai_Yuri]

@@DukeSR8 That pokemon is just against specific types. It can be killed. It is no Mega ray or Arceus

[@ChadBeetle]

@@Yokai_Yuri the only real zacian check in ubers was quagsire, and if quagsire ever got chipped it would fall too.

[@AuroraBoost]

@@Yokai_Yuri Mega ray and Arceus can also be killed

[@thepaintingbanjo8894]

Arceus in 2008 - the next Mew, a mythical pokemon that Nintendo/GF pretended to never exist in their marketing and hardly gave it away in events. Arceus in 2021 - anyway here, have six of them ready to battle online.

[@trent800]

You can literally get mew just from having Lets Go

[@Tahu33446]

I was just going through legendaries I have from events on my 3ds yesterday and saw I had a lvl 100 arceus just waiting for me. And then watching this video I was thinking "darn I want another one". Then you reminded me that legends was coming out with this comment and that means i get to get another one and I am actually a bit excited for that game. Thank you.

[@AllesZuSpaet53]

@@trent800 Or BD/SP

[@General_C]

​​@@AllesZuSpaet53You need Legends to get Arceus in BDSP. On top of that, I think the regional dex needs to be completed in both games...? I know Arceus' side of the deal is catching every mon in Hisui.

[@alcatrazia]

Pokemon Legends: Arceus: Hmm... seems like God's not strong enough yet. Let's give it a plate that CHANGES TYPES DEPENDING ON WHAT'S SUPER EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE OPPONENT.

[@rogue1248]

Honestly if Gen 9 made Legend plate available Arceus would just be as broken!

[@sansire746]

THAT'S ABOUT TO BE OD, extrerme killer plus judgement might be great but I always think mixed isn't as good but that priority is nice

[@splats_]

its almost as if its GOD

[@Giratina575]

​@@rogue1248 it's been found in the game code

[@superiortroodon3112]

With the legend plate potentially coming soon, we could see a set of judgment, calm mind, recover and then a choice of either substitute/iron defense/refresh. A set that’s nearly impossible to kill but kills nearly everything. Extreme killer arceus is a thing of the past, soon everyone will fear GOD KILLER ARCEUS.

[@thatman666]

Remember when humans attempted to create their own Arceus with Silvally? Probably not their best creation.

[@Drakorre]

Silvally was so dissapointing. Hell, eviolite type null Is league's better

[@diegoperalta6643]

Silvally should have been at least base 100s across the stats like a mythical

[@reneantoniorodriguezippoli7561]

@@diegoperalta6643 and make memory increase the power of the movements corresponding to the type of memory by 20%

[@diegoperalta6643]

René Antonio Rodríguez Ippolito Yeah the memories are missing that

[@lukaslee7380]

Heritics

[@Resener1]

Merry Christmas, False Swipe! Hope you all have a good one.

[@williamcox632]

Nice profile picture

[@joseluistrejo1859]

Xenoblade Chronicles is such a cool franchise.

[@williamcox632]

@@joseluistrejo1859 agreed

[@Resener1]

@@williamcox632 thanks! It’s the game that really got me into JRPGs. I probably like some other games more than the OG Xenoblade now, but Xenoblade 1 will always hold a very special place in my heart.

[@SpeedyR11]

Merry Christmas to you too mate

[@jkliao6486]

29:13 Necrozma unleashes its full-force Z-Move! It doesn't affect Arceus... That's when you know you need to put yourself in the right position.

[@MrSolomonGaming]

Gen 5's coverage is spot-on. Gen 5 was an extremely defense-oriented, war of attrition Meta-game throughout the tiers. Passive damage from spikes/rocks, Poison, Leech Seeds, Burns and Sandstorms. But yeah, when you have THOSE base stats and a move-pool only rivaled by Mew and Smeargle, sprinkling in the ability to become essentially any needed Mono-type. Arceus pushed passed his new difficulty and showed just how versatile throwing literal God in the mix was.

[@Not_interestEd-]

Just imagine if the Legends Arceus ability was implemented into the core series. Become any type WHILE holding a different item. God can't help you, because the one you're against IS God.

[@Nosretep]

GameFreak: Azure Flute would've been to difficult and complicated. But we plan on redo the Regi Trio Method in Hoenn remakes in the future.

[@PharaohMan135]

And add in Regigigas and make finding him just as cryptic.

[@Nosretep]

@@PharaohMan135 Nickname a Regice and give it an ice based Item.

[@somedonkus5215]

@@PharaohMan135 And a few buffs or two I hope

[@Skullhawk13]

@@Nosretep just because you can look up the answer doesn’t mean it’s not cryptic. How would you guess that with only in-game data?

[@Nosretep]

@@Skullhawk13 I never said it wasn't. What are you going on about?

[@nightshrine4257]

Remember, Arceus is only using one of his plates to give you peasants a chance, hell he takes no plates when you catch him cuz he actually wants to hang out -not totally because he accidentally lost them in random locations across the region- The fact Judgement only has a 100 base power means hes only using like 1/infinite of his true power

[@RioluAuraSphere]

Has 120 after plates

[@nightshrine4257]

@@RioluAuraSphere We all know he's just spittin

[@beybl7869]

Give him all the plates and see what happens to judgements power ;)

[@me0101001000]

Can he use all of his power if he wanted to? Yes. It'll rip the universe apart, but yes, he is capable of using such power.

[@pulim-v]

We don't even have to go to 18-plate Arc to see omnipotence, imagine something like Steel/Fairy Arceus

[@SavrCosmicFighter]

I just love how Gen 4 is literally Arceus checking itself 😂

[@Winterfang]

Regigigas: I'm a normal type legendary. Better check myself too 🤡

[@cyanideytandcuriousseadogg4160]

@@Winterfang Slow start: *Laughable*

[@ALEXXXXX3]

@@cyanideytandcuriousseadogg4160 slow start is a bad Ability

[@JubioHDX]

@@ALEXXXXX3 yea uh... i think he knows

[@Not_interestEd-]

"Ah, that explains it, only I could do this much damage to myself." Stolen joke I know.

[@nhannguyentrong1334]

The most memoral thing about arceus is when he destroyed Dialga, Palkia, Giratina in movie 12 while screaming his favorite catchphrase, "You all shall be brought to justice"

[@axelaliens153]

I really enjoyed Arceus voice actor.

[@TheMightofDab]

Maybe one day a pokemon movie will be released thats "Godzilla: Kill All Monsters" but just Arceas going around annihilating his strongest creations. He will of course slap Silvally into the Sydney Opera House

[@axelaliens153]

@@TheMightofDab I feel like that the Hoopa movie should of been.

[@faiz7499]

@@axelaliens153 Yeah, Hoopa is more dangerous than any other legendary Pokémon

[@axelaliens153]

@@faiz7499 Agreed.

[@generalsynnacle23]

Before I even watch this, I already know False Swipe will be mentioning Extreme Killer Arceus with Life Orb, Swords Dance, Extreme Speed, Shadow Claw, and Earthquake. A thing of nightmares.

[@mauroperez2848]

A christmas miracle in the form of Arceus himself. How many of us are looking forward to Legends Arceus? I know I am.

[@zking2929]

Me too, it's the only good thing regarding a new sinnoh game

[@WeldonSirloin]

The only good thing about remaking gen 4 and is that game.

[@zking2929]

@@WeldonSirloin exactly!

[@SpeedyR11]

Hopefully the competitive meta gives him much more I feel that Arceus is an underrated god in my opinion. It should be in AG And hopefully pokémon legends do it justice or give it a new form that unleashes its full potential.

[@AsinfulParadox]

I am. Especially after finding out it isn't open world.

[@michaelgum97]

Imagine the Legend Plate from Legends Arceus being in the other mainline games.

[@gergelyzoltansarkany8930]

~Confusd screeming !~

[@michaelgum97]

@@gergelyzoltansarkany8930 Basically, the Legend Plate changes Arceus's type whenever a different target is selected with Judgement, the type is determined if it's best suited offensively and defensively against the selected target. So in short, Judgement will always have STAB and a type advantage.

[@thegameguardian103]

He’s mythical and they tend to be banned so we don’t have much to worry about if it does come into the game

[@michaelgum97]

@@thegameguardian103 Arceus would probably be sent to AG with the Legends Plate.

[@savemeimanobodylostonline4279]

@@michaelgum97 with a plate like that who the hell needs coverage? Judgement basically acts as THE coverage. Definitely can see Arceus running 3 support moves with Judgement. Recover with Calm Mind/Nasty Plot… giving boosts and longevity… that’s scary and the fourth move could be anything from hazards to Taunt to Refresh or whatever the hell the player wants

[@demi-femme4821]

And keep in mind: Arceus is holding back a LOT. In Pokemon Conquest-a criminally underrated crossover between Pokemon and the Nobunaga's Ambition series of strategy RPGs-Arceus is held over the player's head as a McGuffin, essentially being able to alter reality at will for anyone that can earn an audience with the deity, provided that they prove themselves in battle. It's like Shenron if all the rules were there just because Shenron felt like it. And when you recruit Arceus, it more than lives up to the hype. Its ability alone gives it passive regen, a free dodge chance, and the ability to just ignore its enemies' typings when they're inconvenient to deal neutral damage instead. Yes. It even bypasses immunities. Now imagine what would happen if Game Freak released an Arceus with that ability, and be thankful for the mercy of Arceus.

[@flamingrubys11]

pokemon conquest was the best fucking spinoff and i hope they one day do another as it was my favpurite game

[@ZAPRST8879]

That with itemless multiype legend plate (woth some buff in that game too) now prepare for the quite literally the wprst nightmare

[@djroscurro9859]

And in Legends Arceus we know now that the base 720 Arceus we've used is only a part of it. They just wanted to give all their children a chance to have fun and join in.

[@gustavolopes5094]

​@@djroscurro9859yeah. The guy literally went "yeah sure here, I created the best Pokemon ever. You're allowed pretend it's me"

[@beebobber546]

Imagine if Judgment could switch between physical and special

[@reneantoniorodriguezippoli7561]

like Necrozma's signature move Photon geyser

[@Skullhawk13]

I just want it to be buffed. Multi-attack is 120 now. Judgment should be 120 base to fit the theme. It’s a mythical Pokémon that’s banned in tournaments so it should be allowed to be very broken.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@Skullhawk13 If you factor in the Plate boost, Judgement’s base power is 120. And the Silvally memories don’t provide a type boost.

[@Skullhawk13]

@@skeetermania3202 still feels wrong, and again it’s already banned from a ban list, It’s not like it’d hurt anything unless AG is supposed to be considered a real tier?

[@jayanths1221]

Damn, I'll never get tired of watching Pokémon Battle Revolution's animation for Arceus' judgement move. It truly does feel like God smiting down sinners from heaven!

[@spinceiling7442]

The announcer made it even better

[@skeetermania3202]

@@spinceiling7442 JUDGEMENT HAS BEEN DEALT!

[@rajt9996]

I like that it's more dramatic than the gen 8 animation

[@snakeywakey3893]

@@skeetermania3202 Oh man, the way he says it is just amazing.

[@500ducks8]

Battle revolution, aah I still have a copy of that but no working wii console 😅 I'll take those graphics and animations over any recent game tho

[@verylostdoommarauder]

I hope that the Legend plate stays for Scarlet and Violet, so that Arceus will be able to become truly busted and be the god that he is.

[@Regigigas_YT]

Good news, it is!

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

@@Regigigas_YT Except it's unobtainable without hacking, and even then is unusable.

[@thel-iteralone4592]

It's finally here. The Pokemon God itself, Arceus. And man, do I miss Pokemon Conquest and the Omnipotent ability it had there. That ability let it do normal effective damage against rock, steel, and ghost types, gave it recovery every turn (Life Force), let it sometimes dodge attacks (Instinct), and let it climb up high places (Mountaineer).

[@diegoperalta6643]

Yoo I miss Pokémon conquest so much, I wanna emulate it since my 3Ds is busted

[@KHA0T1X]

@@diegoperalta6643 that game is amazing, I still got my 3DS 🙌🤙🥳😚✨

[@faiz7499]

We need Pokémon Conquest 2, but in 2d animated sprites. 3d sprites is suck

[@faiz7499]

I'm still playing Pokémon Conquest in my phone using NDS emulator. I just succeed to link with shiny Rayquaza. The last legendary Pokémon

[@MoonGhostDoodles]

1:11 “Could Arceus create a pokemon that even he could not defeat?” *Looks at Mega Rayquaza* Arceus: *sweats profusely*

[@xy394]

Zacian says hi

[@navarrojames160]

looks at Zacian C

[@Beastleo481]

looks at ultra necrozma

[@shaikhmazharali676]

Lol it actually destroyed rayquaza with normal sword dance extrem set or even fairy plate set

[@richardhauer8391]

Arceus has higher usage in 7.Gen AG though. More versatile, more reliable, and barely weaker than Mega Rayquaza with the offensive sets. Arceus sweats profusely, but wins.

[@0RatedChess]

“Normal is a bad type” Arceus: *gives Extreme Speed and Swords Dance* *to itself*

[@itshanol]

Also Linoone with its One Trick moveset with Belly Drum + Extreme Speed

[@0RatedChess]

@@itshanol yeah that but that’s inconsistant so I didnt mention it. Still viable to destroy AIs though

[@Marcusjnmc]

normal has never been a bad type, with mew & mewtwo banned many gen 1 OU teams featured 3 Normal Types & 3 Psychic types, sometimes 3 Normal Types & 1 Psychic type with 1 Ground & 1 Zapdos , gen 2 was ruled over by Snorlax, & Skarmbliss was obiquitous in generations 3 & 4, gen 5 brought Arceus & eviolite Chansey into play & no cap in gen 6's limited time Inverted types formats evioloite Munchlax was a major threat, while gen 7's VGC rules changes brought Snorlax back into viability . . . though if you did remove Arceus & the Snorlax & Chansey lines from the game you'd only be left with the sad tale of the fall of Tauros & Togekiss abandoning the Normal Type to become a Fairy

[@0RatedChess]

@@Marcusjnmc I knew some normal types were strong, but since Snorlax was dethroned it has slowly fallen off and is now pretty rare in competitive. Gen 1 was the peak of normal types, but Gen 2 was mostly Snorlax, in Gen 3 Normal’s only role was special tank (Snorlax and Blissey, the most common, were special walls although Blissey was more pure wall than Lax), in Gen 4 it was mostly Blissey (in early meta and still viable later on) and Clefable (Clefable is a new addition to the meta, it would be OU but tier changes closed due to Gen 5 when Clef rose, also happened to take Blissey’s role), and then Normal types kinda fell off in Gen 5 (Eviolite Chansey and Blissey had limited usage and Clefable was RU with no comeback like Gen 4), Gen 6 was the same thing although Chansey rose and stole Blissey’s role entirely (Eviolite MUNCHLAX though? I thought that thing fell off since Gen 4 LC) and Gen 7 was mostly the same as gen 6 (except the Snorlax VGC thing). Gen 8 Blissey swapped with Chansey yet again but still same role. Outside of a couple exceptions, Normal was a rare type due to a lack of offensive presence against key types and had no resists except Ghost (only especially common in Gen 8). Please let me know if I missed key Pokemon (I skipped Arceus because it’s an Uber and it had that ESpeed SDance combo). But yeah normal type is basically Snorlax and Chansey lines, Arceus, and then Tauros’s fall and Togekiss (ruler of early VGC) changing to a fairy type before it reached it’s peak viability (Maybe it’s proof Normal is worse because switching helped Togekiss but uh…) (It was Gen 4 OU but that was short-lived)

[@Marcusjnmc]

@@0RatedChess Inverse is a very different format, eviolite bulk up Munchlax was a monster there, it's only weakness is ghost & it hits ghost types super effectively with nothing resisting it, it was a win condition on it's own.

[@shadowkunai12]

The whole other Arceus types checking one another kinda makes me curious how "creative"/hyper optimized an all Arceus single/doubles format would be, only restriction being all Arceus types be unique.

[@impulsivestargaming1791]

Thats pretty goofy man😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 but my merch

[@xeruexe1624]

Actually surprised that you guys were able to condense Arceus formes in less than an hour. Kudos to you guys, and Merry Christmas.

[@KazeBlack]

There is many things to debate about Arceus. Its best form, its importance in the lore and most importantly how its name is pronounced.

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

Ar-koos. No further questions.

[@KazeBlack]

I personally pronounce it Ar-cee-us, but I hear a lot of Ar-key-us or Ar-kay-us too. An interesting one is Ar-zeus (like zeus, the greek god). Given how many different possible name origins the word contains I don't really think there is a definitive correct answer.

[@NothingOfNoteToSeeHere]

@@KazeBlack Arkoos.

[@kristophesiem5336]

Memes aside, Sylvally's ability is called "RKS system" for a reason

[@KazeBlack]

@@kristophesiem5336 That's actually a good point, totally forgot about that.

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

This definitely should have been titled: "How GOD was Arceus actually?"

[@cradiculous]

Out of all the Pokemon to appear on this channel, I think Arceus wins the award of having its name said the most times in its video.

[@halo007Mex]

Arceus : Look what they have to do to imitate a fraction of my power *Signals to Silvally

[@iamthereddemon20]

As long as this is it's shorter than I expected considering just how many possible sets are available for arceus

[@mainzer45]

It's definitely an effect of the lack of VGC, along with it being absent from gen 8 and mostly absent from gen 4, meaning it really only has gen 5, 6, and 7 where it exists.

[@ezradianadieuveille4676]

Ye

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

There's also a bit of a power creep effect going on over time. As the game progresses, more and more niches that Arceus CAN fill end up better filled by something else. Like, a really good case is Arceus Steel. Arceus Steel was incredibly popular gens 4-6, but during gen 7, Necrozma-Dusk Wings kinda stepped in to a lot of the roles Arceus Steel held. Arceus Steel is pretty much only worth using if you really need the speed, or want to compress Defog or some other specific utility move onto your bulky Steel post Dusk Mane.

[@notvex3987]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 dusk wings

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

@@notvex3987 Oh, oops, yeah I can't ever keep those names straight. The Solgaleo one.

[@mr.krustykrust]

Well this was a pleasant surprise to see. Merry Christmas to FSG and all of what you do in these videos. Also since next Sunday is the 1st and I don’t think a video is coming tomorrow, I want to take this time to say thank you for those competitive videos. It’s been a great year and I’m looking forward to what next year has to offer

[@EarthSpirit.easyzdota]

Ha Suz fly C hi TV hug TV BC B no I’m guys did d B C Ng V b b go his guy

[@ezradianadieuveille4676]

@@EarthSpirit.easyzdota ???

[@ezradianadieuveille4676]

Also next Sunday is the 26th

[@mr.krustykrust]

@@ezradianadieuveille4676 yeah but since FSG released a video today, I highly doubt we’re getting one tomorrow too. Especially with a video covering a mon like Arceus

[@EarthSpirit.easyzdota]

@@ezradianadieuveille4676 i have no idea. My 6 month daughter might have done that while I wasnt looking lol

[@IronFreakV]

Arceus: "What a fool you are, I'm a God! How can you kill a God?" Doggo with a sword: *watch me*

[@rike971]

Arceus : *Becomes Fire* How dare you testing my power ? Perish to Hell, dog sinner !

[@sleazymeezy]

@Ahmad Adnan it's too slow without a d dance up, but that's splitting hairs.

[@GorgeousGirlGenius]

@Ahmad Adnan Rayquaza needed a Mega to match up to Arceus... Arceus only needs a plate

[@yazekami4656]

@Ahmad Adnan bruh pixie plate exist somewhere

[@supersmashbro596]

legends confirms one thing: the arceus we know, powerful as it may be to us... is a tiny piece of the original one. hell, arceus is just what we call this thing. this tiny piece has been destroying everything. even if there might be stronger than this piece, the true arceus is something so powerful we mortals can never grasp its true power.

[@vengefulbale]

@@23Raind It's not a fan theory. Legends Arceus flat-out states that Arceus is a piece of a bigger being

[@gengarzilla1685]

Imagine interpreting this _so_ poorly.

[@imbored8707]

@@23Raind lol no. Tf this is no longer headcanon, it was literally confirmed. In the description of the last mission, it was literally written "obtain a piece of Arceus" also, given the lore behind Arceus, its rings that obviously implies restrictions to its power plus the fact that its true name is not even Arceus, its fair to say that it was referring to the entity itself not the plates. You're probably the only one who believed that 😂

[@LupinaCatto]

@@23Raind kid can't accept the fact, probably mewtwo enjoyer

[@The_Pikaboi]

It speaks volumes when a Pokemon uses a 2 Turn Move as its viable movepool that your dealing with a monstrous threat

[@dylankeselman1146]

Poor Arceus-Bug. The only type that didn't even make it into the script as a mention >.< Guess we know who the "worst" Arceus form is

[@jourdanfarquharson4697]

Mono bug is kinda hard work with

[@TheMightofDab]

Tbf Arceus-bug WAS mentioned. I don't think Arceas-psychic was though

[@Skullhawk13]

@@jourdanfarquharson4697 sadly I think it’s intentional. Bug has been thrown a bone precisely once, with Dark type, but came at the cost of its extremely valuable Supereffective against poison, And Steel and Fairy dunk on it too

[@skeetermania3202]

@@jourdanfarquharson4697 Given the large number of Psychic types in Ubers, one would think it’d be somewhat useful in an offensive capacity.

[@FireFog44]

The problem there is that Ghost and Dark deal super effective damage against psychics too and are much better types defensively and in terms of utility.

[@hoanganphanle]

Lol I remember one guy on this channel called Arceus' stat and movepool "disappointing". I hope he's watching this. For real tho, it was Arceus who started the "banned from Uber" thing first, it was Arceus who is considered the second best Pokemon in ORAS AG, and it was Arceus who can check even Mega Rayquaza, but people who never watched or played competitively just conveniently forget about the True Lord. He's one of the most feared sweeper, one of the best spin-blocker, one of the sturdiest wall. He's not just the jack-of-all-trade, He's the master-of-all. Now I hope people would appreciate Arceus' impact on the competitive single scene more, and stop saying stuffs like "bUt oNLy mEgA raY hAS bEeN baNneD fRoM ubEr"

[@garlicbreadloaf]

zacian-crowned has also been banned to ag in smogon i think

[@hoanganphanle]

@@garlicbreadloaf yeah, the most recent busted Legendary. Honestly I don't know what GF was thinking when designing it

[@mysterysecret6815]

Mega Ray is also highly overrated. Actually in the 6 gen, at one point Arceus-Normal was considered better than Mega Ray. So in Gen 6 Mega Ray wasn’t even that much more overpowered than anything else. Otherwise all other megas would have been made unviable yet that was not the case as Mega Gengar was still a really good mega despite the opportunity cost of not running Mega Ray. Mega Ray still had to compete with Arceus-Normal, who had amazing bulk and recovery and damage, and Darkrai, who was very scary without sleep clause. In Gen 7 Mega Ray was the firm “best Pokémon” because Darkrai, and Arceus-Normal got worse and Mega Ray’s checks such as Xerneas and Klefki also got much worse.

[@hoanganphanle]

@@mysterysecret6815 I know about the nerf to Dark Void, but what did they do to Arc-N ?

[@hoanganphanle]

@@garlicbreadloaf so, after putting some thought to it, I think I understand why Zacian-C is busted. This is kinda like the Fairy Type as a whole in gen 6, when they were created to counter the best Type in the game at that time: Dragon. Consequently that made Fairy the next OP type, culminating in Xerneas being one of the best Pokemon ever created. In gen 7 they made Solgaleo and Necrozma DM, maybe as a way to try and balance Xerneas, and now Zacian-C and Zamazenta-C. But due to that, they screwed up again, in the effort of making a Pokemon that can beat Xerneas, they made a Pokemon that can also beat everything below Xerneas, making it the next busted one. Behemoth Blade is just Necrozma DM's Sunsteel Strike, but coming off from a Pokemon with much better speed, typing AND Intrepid Sword. Good job GF

[@hakimalam7753]

Now that he got Legend plate, does that make him broken? Legend plate can change Judgement to supereffective move.

[@redbone9553]

Most likely. Having 120 base stat around the board make him extremely hard to deal with already, and only reason he is designated to being a bull over sweep most of the time because of his typing, being stick to one type making him easier to deal with. Legend Plate solves that problem by allowing him to always be type effective against opponent’s mon, so with Legend Plate, Arceus become a decently bulky sweeper that can out speed and out gun most mons.

[@raqeebahmed1452]

100% AG tier

[@Jacob_G9]

A Constantly shifting type Legendary that Deals 120 Base damage with GUARENTEED SUPEREFFECTIVE HITS EVERY TURN... Yeah, busted, the only thing holding him back is he can't hold an Item...which isn't that bad when you look at Mega Pokemon and Z Moves.

[@jamesgiles4517]

I think players will take advantage of the type change

[@eduardoleocadio2678]

Ah yes, Christmas, best known for being Arceus' son's birthday. But instead of a birthday party for the son, let's celebrate how strong Arceus is! Jokes aside, I've been lomg awating this day! Merry christmas to everyone at FSG!🎄

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Poor silvally

[@H3NRYO92]

Happy birthday Mew

[@zer0name720]

Arceus's son is now 2021 years old

[@teami1star]

@@majesticgothitelle1802 he died for our sins 🙏

[@wesleyoldham4222]

@@teami1star But on the third day, he was taken to a Pokemon Center.

[@georgecortes3416]

Merry Christmas FSG! Man, it was really UNFORTUNATE how Abra and Eevee were banished from the Trophy Garden because they disobeyed Arceus telling them to not eat the Oran Berries there! But come on! We all knew Giratina was behind it; he even shapeshifted into an Ekans to persuade them into eating in the first place!

[@milesstorzillo3013]

What’s Abra and Eevee have to do with this?

[@DaiPai1777]

@@milesstorzillo3013 Adam and eve

[@georgecortes3416]

@@DaiPai1777 Thanks for getting the reference lol.

[@georgecortes3416]

@@milesstorzillo3013 I was referencing the story of Adam & Eve in the Garden of Eden. The basic gist is that a man and a woman, Adam and Eve, were living there and God told them they could reside there as long as they didn't give into the sin of temptation by eating fruit from the tree of life nor the tree of the knowledge of good & evil there. However, Satan, while under the guise of a snake, was able to persuade them to eat the forbidden fruit anyway and for sinning against God's will, the two humans were banished. It's one of the more well-known religious stories, especially in the Book of Genesis. And Giratina is often seen as Pokemon's equivalent of the Devil, so I just used Abra and Eevee since their names are close enough to Adam and Eve.

[@milesstorzillo3013]

@@georgecortes3416 Oh. I know about the story, but I was confused on why you chose Abra and Eevee.

[@TalkingVidya]

This Xmas we remember the most important thing. The birth of our lord and savior, Arceus

[@reneantoniorodriguezippoli7561]

Feliz navidad Talking Vidya

[@Murasaki_RS]

I’m more of a Peeko believer. Believe in the Peeko

[@rinkeshjain9427]

*Bidoof.

[@GabeHolm]

It’s Christmas not xmas

[@actanonverba3041]

@@GabeHolm X in greek is short for Christ. xmas literally means christmas

[@Interesting_Failure]

You know, I've always thought it would be fun to have an Arceus draft gamemode where each player picks six of the types and they build an Arceus for each type and then battle them.

[@justinnzamora5366]

Praise Arceus! I'm anxious to play Legends Arceus in late January. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone!

[@Nosretep]

Mega Arceus idea: No Mega Stone Being able to fuse plates together to get any type combonation.

[@ilikecookies72_45]

Sir....please no, the world is NOT ready for Fairy/Steel Arceus

[@Nosretep]

@@ilikecookies72_45 Fire/Steel Fairy/Steel Normal/Ghost Rock/Ghost Fire/Fairy Fire/Grass Fire/Dragon Steel/Dragon Dark/Ghost Steel/Ghost

[@ilikecookies72_45]

@@Nosretep "This.....this is vile."

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@Nosretep don't forget ground fairy, the most offensive type ever.

[@RFE812]

@@ilikecookies72_45 Ho-Oh would be.

[@bdt2002gaming]

In previous video’s comment sections, I’ve talked about how some Pokémon would be extremely strong in past generations they weren’t usually available in. Case in point... Arceus with GSC mechanics is freaking horrifying. Imagine the usual Extreme Killer set, but with the ability to hold Leftovers, maxed out EVs in *every* stat (suck on that Farceus), 32 PP Recover instead of 16, and even less residual damage.

[@poejavelski148]

My favourite Arceus set was Wallceus. Arceus normal with will-o-wisp, roar, recover, and refresh. With the lack of special fighting types, almost nothing could break through it without chip damage or fast taunters.

[@saintlucus2359]

Wonder if you could still do this with the rampant Tricksters, or if you would need to run as Darkceus for immunity, but then that would open up weaknesses. Although, it would have already been weak to Fighting, but that weakness to fairy is no joke

[@codenamespam2359]

My fav set for oras ubers is Electric Modest 252 ev in spatk and speed and 4 in hp Judgement Icebeam Fire blast Earth power

[@siberiangopnik]

"Whimsicott used taunt" "Arceus has no moves left! It used struggle"

[@poejavelski148]

@@siberiangopnik Whimsicott isn’t used in ubers, the main taunter that stops it is bulky Mewtwo.

[@burritoman2k]

Next video: "How BAD was Arceus ACTUALLY?" and its about the formes that got basically no use

[@deshawnanderson2649]

So Bug and Poison

[@Drakorre]

Poison got better and bug...bug Arceus was decent

[@jordanmurray410]

Damn man Arceus on Christmas? You guys in False Swipe Gaming are great thanks for all the great content over the years

[@stevenmattrell3448]

When your opponent brings an Arceus to counter your Arceus Both Arceus: *Spider-man pointing meme

[@muhammedazeez5229]

Hearing "Arceus checked another Arceus form" is like the VGC version of the pointing spiderman meme.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Honestly I'm suprised this video wasn't 10 hours long.

[@troykv96]

Probably a product of it's limited competitive story (it's status as mythical bans them from VGC) as well as the fact that FSG didn't go into big detail with every single form, just the most relevant ones from each Gen.

[@kolapsg7748]

bc we already know that arceus is busted . . . I mean it's literally a god . . . (and yeah mostly they banned arceus in the competitive battle)

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

What better way to spend Christmas, than with your family watching the long awaited FSG Arceus video 😂❤

[@daphenomenalz4100]

I wish Arceus was in Gen 8, i want to see how it would have changed in a meta with Calyrex and Zacian(if it wasn't banned).

[@Oscarus4250]

If Arceus was Normal or Dark, Shadow Rider would be screwed like hell due to resisting (or being immune to) Astral Barrage and the only super effective (and reasonably solid) coverage attack is Pollen Buff for Dark (Double Kick doesn't count as an "solid" coverage) Shadow Rider IS faster than Arceus (unless holding Choice Scarf, then Ghost Arceus could wreck Calyrex), buf it needs to OHKO it unless Calyrex will faint (it isn't as bulky as you would think it is; especially in Ubers) Ice Rider can be blocked by any Arceus that would resist the incoming Glacial Lance (especially Steel since it also resists Psychic, and Judgement would be supereffective against Ice Rider; of course that is true to Fire too, excluding resisting Psychic). But Ice Rider has a Ground attacks to temper, especially High Horsepower. But since it's quite slow, that could be used against it. And Zacian... Fire Arceus resists both STABs, plus the only coverage for Fire types that Zacian has is... Dig. Yeah, that's all. Just Dig. So, welp... there aren't many Fire-type walls in the Ubers metagame (if there are some at all), but Arceus-Fire could serve as a perfect counter to Zacian (Alpha Pokemon knows Earthquake, of course)

[@SPZ-gv2on]

It would be an okay shadow rider check but easily worn into pollen puff range from specs or setup variants, although nice against scarf. It wouldn't do much against zacian. The only form that would take all the coverage zac ran would be fire, and being stealth rock weak ruins that. It would be a solid support mon but I think in general it would be too easily revenged to be a good sweeper, and would likely fall back into mostly suppory roles.

[@aSh-pi1in]

I mean technically Arceus is in gen 8 (BDSP and Legends Arceus)

[@Drakorre]

Imagine Arceus with dynamax

[@petelee2477]

@@Oscarus4250 arceus can't hold a choice scarf because it needs the spooky plate to be a ghost type

[@Kreuzi44]

Me: Oh, what a beautiful christmas day to just do nothing and- FSG: Get in loser, we're analyzing God!

[@EdmacZ]

Kellen gives us God on Jesus' birthday. Fitting. Merry Christmas to all you FSG watchers.

[@TheEmilyFravel]

I knew when he said "No video this week because we have a big project for next week" KNEW it was Arceus.

[@AnarchyJunction]

Merry Christmas to the FSG crew and everyone in this community! This was an amazing video and I can't wait to see what you guys have in store next

[@TKnHappyNess]

We did get Arceus Jr. in the form of Silvally in Gen 7 if that's saying anything

[@hoanganphanle]

Technically Silvally is a "man-made-god", in that the Aether Foundation was simply trying to replicate Arceus' power. Arceus Jr. would either be the Creation Trio, or Mew

[@iike9498]

Oooh It's a Christmas Miracle! Definitely thought this video would be much longer though

[@novalia1534]

May God himself reign over all of the competitive scene, clearly, the greatest/most versatile pokemon ever added into the game. Merry Christmas everyone and thank the god himself Arceus for bringing holidays upon us! Edit: POG THE VIDEO GOT TRENDING IN GAMING

[@MrGksarathy]

Well, we have the Legend Plate now, and everything we're talking about is but a mere fragment of Their blessed majesty.

[@diegomedina9637]

"Can Arceus create a Pokemon even he couldn't beat?" He already did. It's called Bidoof.

[@itshanol]

Legends will speak of the terror Moody Bidoof and Bibarel did before Moody got banned

[@masonvalentine9739]

Talonflame next. It’s fall off is unprecedented

[@grizzlyscalp9506]

Yeah they killed that pokemon off so quickly it doesn't make sense.

[@cintronproductions9430]

Talonflame? More like Talonlame. XD

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Gen 6+ mons are banned until all the mons of the first 5 gens are covered

[@exi_dudi2037]

@@roninwarriorsfan including LC and nfe mons ?

[@skeetermania3202]

@@roninwarriorsfan I dunno. There are some Gen 6 Pokémon who can definitely have a decently long video now that we’re two years into Gen 8. Some examples include Aegislash, Noivern, Diggersby, and Sylveon.

[@echogaia1708]

if Arceus kept this ev limitations in further gens would it be still strong? Probably yes.

[@amoxity6204]

Arceus would be in OU

[@echogaia1708]

@@amoxity6204 i still think it would be too strong for OU, Ekiller being able to basically revenge kill anything not immune to it, CM Darkceus being able to beat stall once Unaware Clefable is down, and it would be way too unpredictable courtesy of its ability and tons of sets. Even with Ev Limitations there's no way it wouldn't be in Ubers still.

[@platum1694]

Maybe some formes, like bug or psychic, could be OU. They would be very comparable to Mew i think. But other formes are more on the lines of Zamazenta-C : too versatile, hard to break through, strong, very fast, vast moovepool, ability to select their checks... Bad types arceus might be acceptable though, especially if they have bad stabs too. Arceus bug especially since it cannot run boots. But very unsure since moveset diversity would most likely be too favorable for arceus user thus making it broken.

[@amoxity6204]

@@echogaia1708 it will basically be a slightly stronger silvally with 100s instead of 95s in the stats and wider movepool, would that much of a difference send it straight to Ubers?

[@echogaia1708]

@@amoxity6204 i would still say yes, just cause it has a way wider movepool than Silvally's, can basically invest 100 evs in every stat, have two way of boosting stats, can restore its health, can just sweep things with +2 Extreme Speeds etc... etc... Silvally would never come close to the versatility of Arceus.

[@cvalion409]

Honestly, this is the best way to show how different types impact the pokemon they are on. All of the forms of arceus only differ in type, but they had many different uses from each other.

[@OdysseyExe]

Anyone remember the Smogon entries for the Arceus forms for D/P and B/W? Those were always great to read. Just epicly written whilst still explaining it's strengths, weaknesses and checks? Good times..

[@bapbeepskull]

Ya know... Kyurem would have been fine.. But ARCEUS?!?!?! Now that was worth it!

[@darknecroninja3443]

Holy Arceus, they did it. The madlads actually did it.

[@justinbrown3611]

I was not expecting a False Swipe game on Christmas! So happy! And it’s Arceus! Wow thanks man!

[@Thoray]

I've waited for this video for so long. Thanks for your hard work!

[@LerneanSteve]

What a surprise! Merry Christmas False Swipe Crew, thank you for the excellent content!

[@vaporterra]

False Swipe Gaming thank you for this Christmas present! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays everyone!

[@ZorotheGallade]

"The idea of a Pokémon being too strong even for Ubers was unheard of" Rayquaza: "Hold my meteor cake"

[@hoanganphanle]

It was unheard of at that time. Arceus did that first way before Mega Ray was a thing, and He did that with his EVs limited.

[@hoanganphanle]

@Ahmad Adnan just out of curiosity: have you watched the video ?

[@card44]

A nice Christmas present, FSG covering my favorite Pokemon.

[@stalwartcoleopteran8716]

I was just thinking about Arceus competitively today. False Swipe gaming has read my mind.

[@voltingmaster5458]

FSG has given us the best Christmas gift imaginable.

[@Conostra]

Been anticipating this video for a long time, and it did not disappoint. Good stuff you guys

[@ShadowFerretofD00m]

Arceus's stats should be boosted every gen to keep it the most powerful with powercreep. It doesn't make sense for any pokemon to surpass its bst.

[@misterlinux9290]

Archeus in the game: "perfectly balanced as all things should be" Archeus in the manga: "Why are the reverse avengers here?"

[@Oscarus4250]

Arceus in the anime: "You dare overstep your mortal authority!?"

[@Dreamyzas]

I was expecting Kyurem or Weavile, but this is a pleasant gift. Merry Christmas FSG!

[@GoatyBoatyBH414]

Kyurem would make a great Christmas special as....well........ it's ice type and Zekrom and Reshiram already got their vid. So Kyurem would be great. Weavile was already done but a remake would be cool. Also it's FSG.

[@boonteroner5435]

Extreme killer of a video this is, Merry Christmas FSG!

[@carlosdeaustria4448]

So it turns out you do not capture Arceus. Arceus just gives you a part of it (and gave himself those stats because he wanted). You never really catch God. God just allows you to use a mere fraction of its power. I love Legends Arceus. They give Arceus it’s place as the one and only God.

[@SkellerART]

Oh boy I hope we get a Sunflora episode for Christmas!! "Arceus" Oh....

[@hattruck8607]

Merry Christmas. A fitting episode

[@Yomasi]

Merry Christmas to Kellen and the FSG Crew and thank you so much for this surprise of an episode

[@sagacious03]

Great analysis video! Merry Christmas, & Happy Holidays! Here's looking forward to more!

[@dr.badtimes3660]

"Good Lord, it's God!" - Garlic Jr.

[@cristiano7541]

I wasn't expecting Arceus, you could have waited for legends to come out, it would be the perfect time for that, but the sooner the better. And it's also a great Christmas present not gonna lie

[@FartSnicklesthe3rd8626]

Best Christmas gift ever! Thanks FSG and have a Merry Christmas!

[@bladewingmcowl5842]

A Godly Christmas present, Thanks FSG and Merry Christmas 😎