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

[@IgnitedQuils]

Trivia: Basculin was added in the BW dex late due to the region lacking fish Pokemon. This may explain the different forms reminiscent to Shellos and Gastrodon, another Pokemon line that was supposed to be in Gen 3 but couldn’t due to time constraints. Luckily, it’s getting an evolution! Hoping it’ll give it resurgence.

[@Pokevin]

Yea, basculin was a last minute entry in the 5 gen dex

[@bladewingmcowl5842]

I wonder if Pokémon Legends have Eviolite? It would be great and Basculin can finally have a bit of bulk

[@godsu]

One thing about gen5 that annoyed me was the fishing rod being locked after postgame

[@paperluigi6132]

@@godsu Was that true for BW2? I know it was for the first games, but what about the sequels?

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@bladewingmcowl5842 Not just that, the simple fact that Basculin will evolve means that it'll be allowed in LC, where it might be broken, honestly, cuz it's Attack and Speed are pretty good.

[@TORVEX_]

I’m glad that basculin is getting an evolution cause these stats are good for a first evolution or middle evolution

[@terraSpark902]

I mean they're pretty high for a first or middle evolution, your pick of choice items makes them well more then just usable enough.

[@Charlie_Loves]

@@terraSpark902 oh well we are getting an evolution anyways

[@demi-femme4821]

Oh Arcues (hehe), the Legends Arceus LC meta is going to be a NIGHTMARE with Basculin.

[@terraSpark902]

@@demi-femme4821 pretty sure online battles won't be a thing in this game.

[@ActualTrash8]

@@terraSpark902 *cri*

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

Complete FSG evaluation so far: 1. Charizard - pretty decent/had its up and downs, but the vast majority has been on the upside 2. Venusaur - consistently good 3. Unown - I don't know, who cares/who are you, what are you doing? 4. Blastoise - very, very mediocre 5. Dragonite - incredible/one of the greatest Pokemon of all time 6. Starmie - great 7. Snorlax - edge early on, but later dropped off 8. Gengar - phenomenal 9. Alakazam - great start, but later pushed down 10. Gyarados - pretty good 11. Chansey/Blissey - one of the best Pokemon [of all time] 12. Machamp - decent 13. Arcanine - wasn't a bad Pokemon, wasn't a top threat 14. Lapras - not that good 15. Articuno - even more not that good 16. Zapdos - pretty damn good 17. Moltres - better than I expected 18. Tauros - it were rough two decades for him/certainly's seen its lows, but also had some of the highest heights 19. Aerodactyl - decent 20. Nidoking - pretty good 21. Scizor - great/truly great 22. Tyranitar - was and is amazing 23. Rhydon/Rhyperior - decent, at least for a bit 24. Shuckle - bad, until maybe gen six 25. Heracross - honestly, it was pretty good 26. Smeargle - pretty good 27. Skarmory - amazing, in singles/among the best singles Pokemon of all time 28. Golbat/Crobat - OK 29. Slowbro - pretty good 30. Wigglytuff - outclassed 31. Porygon/Porygon2 - Porygon sucked, but Porygon2 was pretty good 32. Porygon-Z - OK 33. Seadra/Kingdra - hard to say, OK, I guess? Seadra just kinda sucked, really 34. Onix/Steelix - Onix was outclassed, Steelix started out well, but never really got anything 35. Azumarill - certainly wasn't a Pokegod, but once it got its combination, it was terryfying 36. Magneton/Magnezone - pretty good, especially after evolving 37. Sneasel/Weavile - Sneasel was pretty bad, but Weavile was pretty good 38. Poliwrath - not great 39. Espeon - hard to say, potentially one of the strongest non-uber Pokemon 40. Umbreon - pretty decent 41. Ampharos - wasn't that good 42. Cloyster - pretty damn good 43. Houndoom - a little underwhelming 44. Togetic/Togekiss - Togetic f**king sucked, but Togekiss was pretty damn good 45. Pikachu - pretty bad 46. Raichu - pretty bad 47. Breloom - pretty amazing, to be honest 48. Garchomp - in a word, amazing 49. Gardevoir - up and down 50. Gligar/Gliscor - Gligar wasn't great, but Gliscor was awesome 51. Feraligatr - it depends, kinda well, not great, but certainly not atrocious 52. Typhlosion - not great 53. Quagsire - man, I don't f**king know 54. Meganium - sucks 55. Dunsparce - sucked 56. Donphan - pretty dang average 57. Jolteon - for most of its life, really good 58. Vaporeon - pretty good 59. Flareon - sucked and still sucks 60. Metagross - incredible 61. Salamence - amazing 62. Swampert - good 63. Blaziken - probably best starter of all time... for now 64. Wobbuffet - hard to say 65. Sceptile - pretty below average 66. Clefable - dramatically shifting its whole life, nowadays strong placement 67. Tentacruel - OK, for a while 68. Jumpluff - honestly not very good, but better than you might expect 69. Exeggutor - steepest decline of all covered Pokemon 70. Mewtwo - you're kidding, right? 71. Mew - really good 72. Lucario - really strong 73. Kangaskhan - OK 74. Flygon - never face of the tier, but always important and defining 75. Milotic - proud representative of its kind 76. Dugtrio - once it gain Arena Trap, it become the force 77. Suicune - as good as it is regal 78. Raikou - pretty good 79. Entei - not that good 80. Marowak - had a bone or two to pick 81. Ninetales - not very good at all 82. Gallade - pretty decent 83. Tangela/Tangrowth - among the most forgettable Pokemon, but once it evolved, it become the damn important pick 84. Electabuzz/Electivire - for the most part, quite bad 85. Magmar/Magmortar - not good, like, ever 86. Misdreavus/Mismagius - OK 87. Pidgeot - bland, until mega made it viable 88. Persian - sucked after first generation 89. Roselia/Roserade - pre-evo wasn't great, Roserade was 90. Weezing - always decent, at least in the lower tiers 91. Ledian - one of the worst Pokemon of all time 92. Muk - pretty alright 93. Delibird - one of the worst competitive Pokemon in history 94. Piloswine/Mamoswine - Piloswine was underrated, but since it evolved, it become the wrecking ball 95. Froslass - definition of a specialised Pokemon 96. Beedrill - until it got mega, one of the worst Pokemon, but after, one of the most important in UU 97. Celebi - great, great Pokemon 98. Aggron - pretty much on the below average side 99. Lugia - every bit as good and some as in other media 100. Infernape - overall, pretty good 101. Sandslash - went from being decent to despondent 102. Empoleon - pretty great 103. Ho-Oh - pretty good 104. Mawile - for its first three generations, seriously awful, but then become one of the biggest threats around 105. Torterra - wasn't fantastic 106. Golem - not all Pokemon can be amazing, and it is a prime example 107. Shedinja - honestly pretty terrible 108. Rayquaza - only superlatives describe how powerful it was 109. Ditto - may not be the best in the older games 110. Scyther - in the grand scheme of things, awful 111. Staraptor - one of the best non-OU Pokemon of all time 112. Lopunny - quite decent 113. Ludicolo - wherever best aplicable has made its trainers jubilant 114. Slowking - wasn’t a superstar, but was a solid overall Pokemon, and it deserves some pants 115. Nidoqueen - her reign has been fruitful 116. Pinsir - functioning quality, then launched into successful territory 117. Murkrow/Honchkrow - the Sopranos of Pokemon weren’t great, but they had their place 118. Claydol - victim of power creep 119. Groudon - amazing and then some 120. Kyogre - every bit as amazing as its legendary status would suggest and then some 121. Jynx - fantastic 122. Volcarona - one of the most powerful Pokemon around 123. Rapidash - not very good 124. Forretress - one of the most successful singles Pokemon of all time 125. Sableye - unique case, for the most part done well 126. Hydreigon - pretty phenomenal run 127. Dialga - very good 128. Palkia - went from utterly dominant to having its viability slashed 129. Jirachi - always ranged from good to great 130. Regirock - good, in the lower tiers 131. Pelipper - before gen 7, not great, putting it kindly 132. Manaphy - quite decent 133. Hitmontop - as unique competetively as design-wise 134. Regice - had a bumpy ride 135. Darkrai - one of the scariest monsters, then unusable 136. Registeel - consistently got the job done like nothing else 137. Miltank - has always found a niche 138. Victini - spotty in OU, until it pulled through 139. Regigigas - most neuter Pokemon of all time 140. Kabutops - mostly been known as one of the best Pokemon in whatever lower tier it landed in 141. Absol - hasn’t been given a toolset well-rounded enough for success 142. Lord Helix - has been dealt a tough hand, but made something of itself regardless 143. Spiritomb - wherever it ended up, was a solid Pokemon 144. Politoed - possibly the best „zero to hero” story in Pokemon 145. Altaria - prime example of new life breathe in with a mega 146. Crawdaunt - hasn’t been a high-tier superstar, but had its place 147. Yanma/Yanmega - Yanma was one of the worst Pokemon in history, but Yanmega found legitimate use 148. Leavanny - even in the lower tiers, it didn’t really have a niche 149. Glaceon - not really very good at all 150. Dewgong - never really been good, at all 151. Sudowoodo - perfect example of a Pokemon that needs an artificial push 152. Giratina - overall solid through and through 153. Hariyama - alright 154. Slaking - kids should overcome their laziness and go to school 155. Dusclops/Dusknoir - lifetime of crippling mediocrity 156. Pachirisu - had utterly nonexistent usage in any singles ever, but the world rejoiced at VGC 2014 157. Abomasnow - quite a good Pokemon 158. Parasect - one of the worst Pokemon of all time 159. Luvdisc - tragedy of Shakespearean proportions 160. Serperior - in its short existence, it has made its presence felt, and then some 161. Toxicroak - quite a fine Pokemon 162. Golduck - never has been truly excellent 163. Emboar - lower tier lifer 164. Haxorus - ferocious and then some 165. Samurott - an NU lifer 166. Victreebel - always had some sort of forceful impact 167. Zoroark - wasn’t good at all, while also being one of the most definitive Pokemon of all time 168. Wynaut - philosophically, it was hella finna woke 169. Leafeon - call it Bill or Ted 170. Galvantula - wasn’t spectacular 171. Chandelure - quite good 172. Greninja - absolute terror 173. Krookodile - UU lifer 174. Hitmonlee - it’s kicked around lower tiers 175. Medicham - epitomy of fear 176. Scolipede - absolutely dominating (UU) as a trend 177. Luxray - wasn’t good at all 178. Sharpedo - genuinely good (as UU lifer) 179. Vileplume - one of the best lower tier Pokemon 180. (AT)Venomoth - hail Venomothra 181. Rampardos - had been punctuated with heartbreak 182. Hitmonchan - relatively pretty good 183. Excadrill - incredible 184. Bellossom - has been dealt a rough hand 185. Dodrio - had its ups and downs 186. Raticate - to put it lightly, not great 187. Qwilfish - one of the most used lower tier Pokemon of all time 188. Camerupt - mostly lower tier Pokemon 189. Xatu - not a world beater, but a terrific support 190. Shaymin - both of its forms had successful competitive history

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

191. Furret - has never had even a semblance of viability 192. Walrein - in its prime had some of the highest heights any Pokemon's ever seen 193. Genesect - one of the greatest killing machines the game's ever seen 194. Keldeo - terrific 195. Fearow - for five of its seven generations was completely unusable 196. Bisharp - great 197. Armaldo - just about always outclassed 198. Cradily - quite a good Pokemon 199. Kingler - had hard times for quite a while, now is legitimate 200. Golurk - solid 201. Eelektross - decent 202. Shiftry - good 203. Haunter - iconic piece of NU 204. Hypno - it's seen some serious ups and downs 205. Jellicent - wherever it wound up, it was excellent 206. Butterfree - one of the worst Pokemon in competitive history 207. Swellow - mostly lower tier Pokemon 208. Banette - cast aside like a plush doll forgotten by a child 209. Glalie - lower tier lifer 210. Cacturne - lower tier lifer, but appeared in every OU that had permanent sandstorm 211. Latias - one of the best Pokemon in the history 212. Gastrodon - great 213. Primeape - had great lower tier career 214. Electrode - spent most of its career down in the dumps 215. Vanilluxe - gives the lower tiers flavours when it's around 216. Reuniclus - throughly excellent 217. Reshriram - the most fitting mon for the concept of a bad Uber 218. Seaking - really, really, really bad in the dullest way possible 219. Alomomola - easily one of the best lower tier Pokemon of all time 220. Zekrom - has had a zinger of competitive career 221. DUX - outside of GSC and gen 8, Farfetch'd has been completely unusable, while Sirfetch'd has a nice success 222. Ariados - besides gen 4, completely unusable 223. Garbodor - thrashed NU, sadly had a hard fall from grace in gen 8 224. Ash's Dad - wild 225. Lickitung/Lickilicky - quite decent in earlier gens, but they've been neglected since then 226. Aipom/Ambipom - interesting career 227. Arbok - lowest tier lifer, and even then, at peak good to decent 228. Vullaby - one of the best, most defining LC mons in history... also, had a niche in ORAS PU 229. Granbull - solid track record 230. Darmanitan - solid competetive career 231. Mandibuzz - always excellent 232. Hippowdon - has reigned impressively thorughout its history 233. Durant - one of the best, most defining Pokemon in RU 234. Mesprit - quite a sold career 235. Azelf - quite the competitive career 236. Uxie - one of the best lower tier mons ever, until it hit the wall in gen 7 237. Linoone/Obstagoon - Linoone became a genuine monster over time, Obstagoon performed similarly 238. Nosepass/Probopass - Nosepass' stats are incredibly skewed, Probopass was able to bring some redemption 239. Plusle/Minun - Plusle may have cursed itself and Minun by being fierce offensive threat in gen 3 NU 240. Mightyena - ouch, oof and yikes 241. Chimecho - fairly outclassed 242. Masquerain - always bad, but interesting kind of bad 243. Beautifly/Dustox - exceptionally awful 244. Manectric - thrived 245. Castform - one of the worst Pokemon ever 246. Volbeat/Illumise - Volbeat started out rough, but later carved a niche, Illumise was never able to catch a single break 247. Deoxys - so good it outclasses itself, until Sun and Moon 248. Cubone - despite its shortcomings, had an interesting competitive career 249. Bibarel - for the most part, unusable garbage, except for that one moment when it wasn't 250. Whiscash - had a unique and solid niche, sadly starting with gen 5 it went out of the window 251. Gastly - one of the greatest first stage Pokemon of all time 252. Wailord - its first generation was quite successful, sadly, it wasn't suited to the wave of powercreep 253. Kricketune - basically a non-entity competitively 254. Munchlax - brutal fall from grace 255. Vespiquen - one of the most competitively malign Pokemon of all time 256. Vigoroth - has had one of the most interesting histories for a second stage mon 257. Beartic - after its first three generations, is thriving now 258. Arceus - managed to provide more than the world 259. Exploud - didn't start out great, until gen 6 gave it the best it could ask for 260. Basculin - had a great redemption arc

[@arandoml0gan117]

@@aminadabbrulle8252 ok damn lol

[@howlhades0001]

I just love how that you didn't even describe the power of ray

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

@@howlhades0001 These are all quotes from videos, not my descriptions.

[@Ben-jl2rh]

@@aminadabbrulle8252 Thank You!

[@saltator8565]

In gen 6 PU, I used a Mold Breaker Basculin set with Surf that was able to ohko Golem and prevent it from setting up rocks.

[@rayanzabel]

Big brain moments

[@GamingG4276]

If you're doing Pokemon who get a evolution in Legends Arceus, then you should do Stantler next week.

[@Bryan-pf9ru]

Best to do one after the games come out for that Pokémon. Since there’s already a video

[@yurr1ka]

@@Bryan-pf9ru not from what I see on his channel, even when I looked it up I only found "Is Stantler the worst?" And it was only for USUM

[@Dankfort]

@@Bryan-pf9ru a video of what?

[@jasmineandersen4874]

I'd like to see stantler vid as well

[@mr.rufasi2729]

That would be like a 2 minute video lmao, small niche in nu of gen 2, fucking useless the rest of the gens

[@SemiHypercube]

So it's basically not that bad on its own, just that a lot of the time there were other pokemon that could easily take its place. oh also at 4:30 it seems like you accidentally put "Rock Smash" into the move list rather than "Head Smash" since you mentioned that move and also it's the rock-type color

[@wheeler1003]

Or maybe Rock Smash is a competitive move on them like Leafeon.

[@Harjeevan20]

@@wheeler1003 probably not, the color of the move matches rock type moves. Considering the video talked about head smash as well and not rock smash adds more weight

[@wheeler1003]

I was joking lol. Though if you watch the FSG Leafeon video in gen 6 the narrator did mention rock smash.

[@triggerfish9967]

Rock Smash is such an underrated move in competitive.

[@koopertrooper7008]

@@triggerfish9967 dont leak the strat

[@zakisstudio4346]

Basculin has decent stats already, its evolution could really bring him to new heights in competitive. And it looks freaking sick, which is also very important :D

[@Wildcatt1999]

Forget Zuko and Amity, Basculin's redemption arc is the best redemption arc in history.

[@skeetermania3202]

Who’s Amity? Also, Zuko is hella overrated (as is Avatar as a whole).

[@iantaakalla8180]

Actually, it’s Beartic’s redemption arc that is the best. But Basculin is up there.

[@Crxsseyed1]

@@skeetermania3202amity is one of the major supporting characters in the owl house, being the main characters girlfriend Also how dare you on that avatar take

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

I honestly love its design. It’s so simple yet effective. Plus it looks like a rabuta berry.

[@visitinggoat6696]

man, rock smash basculin was terrifyingly strong.

[@nicolala7132]

I was wondering that too.

[@danielbarker2522]

Especially since it made the move rock type

[@johnnickfanaccount3492]

@@danielbarker2522 everyone knows that adaptability has a hidden effect that adapts moves to rock type

[@nicolala7132]

@@theblu3mews720 no he mean't rock smash.

[@beanslinger2]

@@nicolala7132 Rock Head head smash >:)

[@sarasaland4709]

Ya know for what’s basically an ancient Sinnoh region. Hisui seems to have more Unova unique forms than Sinnoh.

[@sterling8389]

Setting up for Pokemon Conquest 2 ❤

[@takeda6516]

Hisui mons shortly before diverging in evolution and becoming extinct: Reject Canada, return to ‘Murica.

[@jaretco6423]

Aquarium. If that's the case, think of an Legend sequel to Unova, whenever Arceus is done and hopefully successful. I rather have an Legend: Kyurem over an actual Gen. 5 remake.

[@Shoranos]

Why would it have special forms of the Sinnoh pokemon? They already have forms for Hisui: their normal ones.

[@willow7610]

@@takeda6516 Sinnoh is Japan

[@FullMetalVevo]

Basculin was one of my favorite meme picks during gen 6 competitive, so seeing it thrive in gen 8 brought a tear to my eye.

[@VerbalLearning]

If Basculegion remains a physical attacker then i could see Adaptability Poltergeist being an extremely powerful offensive tool for it to have assuming it can learn and have access to that move.

[@BillytheCorgi]

11 months late, but, it got something even better than poltergeist in Last Respects, the move so powerful it got houndstone banned within a week.

[@13thephantom]

I'm so glad my favorite fish managed to go from "I need assistance" to PU's metagame menace

[@skeetermania3202]

Right now would be a good time to list this: Basculegion is the first Pokémon to have all vowels in its (English) name. Not sure if there’s a Pokémon with all single-character kana in its Japanese name, though.

[@davisvoelzke8011]

There is no y though

[@HaHaHaHolowence]

@@davisvoelzke8011 *There...

[@sterling8389]

@@davisvoelzke8011 To be fair its "and sometimes y"

[@Gameboy_4041]

There’s no sometimes either

[@iBenjamin1000]

something like this makes me want to go that's crazy, there must have been another pokemon that did that before. but like, I'll take your word on it

[@Frog_Dogger]

As an appreciator of obscure Pokemon that are largely forgotten and/or disliked by the general fanbase (shoutouts to Wormadam, Mothim, Bouffalant, Gogoat, Barbaracle, Komala, Crabominable and Drampa) I appreciated this episode.

[@gaugelawson2209]

finally someone who respects pokémon that arent as loved or good

[@tearsoftomorrow7872]

As a long-time competitive Pokemon player who mainly focuses on low tiers, I wanted to have a quick look at the Pokemon you mentioned, just for the hell of it: 1) Bouffalant, Drampa and especially Barbaracle have had solid competitive careers in whatever lower tier they ended up into, gen after gen. None of these guys is ever going to be a world beater, but they're all pretty good for what they are, and can do their job well. 2) Komala and Crabominable are niche Pokemon in their respective lower tiers. Mostly bad, but they excel at doing a very specific thing (Komala being a spinner with U-Turn who is immune to status, and Crabominable being a great Trick Room attacker/AV user), so they see usage by players who need that specific thing. 3) Gogoat and Wormadam have very clear niches, but each of these niches has a laundry list of Pokemon that can be better at it. No matter how far down in the tiers they go, these two are cursed to always find someone who can do their job better than they can. Good in a vacuum, but in the context of actual competitive play they get overshadowed by other things. 4) Mothim is pretty much unredeemable, unless a miracle happens in Legends or whatever. Sorry Mothim :(

[@Acacius1992]

I love gogoat, Barbaracle and craboniable! On the rest I'm neutral. Also I realy think Simisear is severely overhated. I like the unova monkeys

[@alexdrake4081]

Bouffalant, Gogoat, Barbaracle, and Drampa are cool; drampa reminds me of the dragon from the never ending story

[@Frog_Dogger]

@@Acacius1992 same here when it comes to the monkeys. Simisage is genuinely cool, Simisear has a dopey charm to him and Simipour just looks like a good friend

[@vdd1001]

At this point, you can easily guess a mon's viability by the duration of the video

[@brycearnzen700]

4:50 ahhh yes, my favorite Rock type coverage move to run on Basculin, Rock Smash

[@wheeler1003]

I honestly didn't think we'd get this video till Legends of Arceus released. Basculegion looks like it's gonna be one of the strongest Hisui Pokémon if it has Adaptability.

[@robcotto7081]

Doesn't matter, Legends pokemon have no abilities

[@stonergibson8399]

@@robcotto7081 which sucks

[@aSh-pi1in]

@@stonergibson8399 I too love dying to an agile style air slash Serene Grace togekiss

[@stonergibson8399]

@@aSh-pi1in 🤣

[@didierrepolusk7569]

@@aSh-pi1in That sounds like hell. You forgot to thunder wave first btw

[@luiseduardo8806]

3:16 New Pokémon Move! Floatzel, use *Water Fard!*

[@alexemp6201]

Honestly, I didn't expect basculin being good, nice job piranha! Now, basculegion looks even more terrifying

[@benmcneal5915]

4:30 truly brave of the player base to run rock smash on this. That sort of innovation is the product of rigorous testing, surely.

[@crazylogic7015]

Should had been head smash

[@manoelcavalcant3879]

Good to see my fish boy receiving some attention

[@ShinyGaara65]

I used a Basculin in my gen 5 VGC team alongside lots of slow Trick Room mons. Final Gambit was meant to be my ace in the hole...eeexcept at the second prelim match, I ran into a Jellicent and realized I ran Waterfall and Aqua Jet...and no Crunch. I lost through stall-out. RIP, Sakanamama. You will never be forgotten.

[@drxavier1870]

Lets hope Basculegion gets revenge for all his brothers who fell in Competetive Ghost Salmon Hype

[@mrunknown5178]

Alternative title- "How DELICIOUS was basculin ACTUALLY?"

[@masonmcmahon512]

I really hope there’s a blue striped Basculegion. Spoilers: I stand corrected(Somewhat)

[@ollytropics1735]

I'd prefer it become its own thing tbh

[@snapclub8751]

Me too.

[@gillriet773]

Yes! With a different secondary type and design!

[@haka-katyt7439]

@@gillriet773 Ghost water for blue with storm drain? While Ghost fire for red which has ocean depth. Where water type moves will get absorbed

[@johnnickfanaccount3492]

@@haka-katyt7439 why would it become fire tho

[@oharehatmancaleb7]

When you realize he put Rock Smash instead of Head Smash for SwSh

[@quiche6400]

When Basculin hits LC when Arceus comes out, I will cry

[@minigungameryt2525]

don't worry, it's gonna be ZU at the worst.

[@quiche6400]

@@minigungameryt2525 LC isnt a normal tier. Even if its ZU it will still qual for LC because its the first pre-evo. There will probably will be a quickban tho

[@IAmMissingnoMaster]

I unironically love Basculin, have done so since Gen 5, and was overjoyed to learn about Basculegion. :)

[@wareqo9768]

I never knew basculines stats were as good as they are, i imagine basculigeon will be really strong

[@Dreamyzas]

The theme of legends arceus is: let’s destroy little cup. No, seriously. Both Stantler and Basculin will drop to LC, and they might as well be Mega Rayquaza levels of threat for the tier.

[@birdman97]

Another main thing about Gen 6 was that Floatzel’s speciality was very anti-meta. It had Taunt, Bulk Up, and was immune to burns so it could prevent hazards, protect its own, and set up all day on stuff like Lumineon, Monferno, and Clefairy.

[@MrChillaxin2010]

Wishlist from 2022 - Ursaring - Zangoose - Drapion - Drifblim - Exploud (done) - Scrafty - Floatzel - Rotom for a bigger video - Gengar for a remake

[@salvatoremolinari7558]

Next one how good was floatzel

[@elizarkozik4715]

Yes! Do floatzel FSG!

[@wingbeltcreations5455]

While it was great in the previous 2 generations, Gen 6 awarded Floatzel the most powerful buff among all Pokémon. Meme potential.

[@Steve_SBU]

Ah yes, the better Basculin

[@galvsparks6295]

@@Elitus if it was bad it wouldn’t have been mentioned this much in this video lmao

[@rabeechowdhury]

@@galvsparks6295 Water is the most abundant type. It is bad compared to its competition like literally any other water type.

[@Radar_of_the_Stars]

Wow, I just caught a shiny basculine today, what timing!

[@ShinyDarkrai2K]

I was not expecting Basculin to have any success anywhere. The more you know. Can't wait for when you eventually cover Ferrothorn

[@axolofa]

As the world's one and only Basculin fan, this upload pleases me

[@galvsparks6295]

Hey you can’t invalidate my existence this easily mate

[@mariojordan9543]

Hello, an PU player here. For a long time, water-types offense was a menace, but was regulated thanks to many water absorbers like Jegglicent, Vaporeon, Toxicroak and Heliorisk. When the tier shift came in, there was some CRAZY power level. Kingler, Clawtizer, Belly Drum Poliwrath to bait Vaporeon, Omastar, at some point even Kingdra was there. So for a lot of time Basculin was overlook. But nowadays, 3 of the 4 pokemon are now on NU, and thus forcing every team to run a Jegglicent wasn´t cool, so thats why Kingler, Claw, Omastar and Kingdra were banned, opening the gates for our boy Basculin. Nowadays for Water offense you got Kabutops, Basculin and Silvally -Maybe Carracosta- o overall Basculin is doing great! GIVE THEM THE PU BADGE THEY DESERVE IT

[@Lt_Gonzo]

Basculegion is such a formidable looking water-type pokemon design. I mean, I thought Basculin looked intimidating, but Basculegion blows that out of the water! Great vid as always 😁 Can we get Decidueye next?

[@meepswag35]

basculegion on its way to swift swim last respects everything:

[@oliviahughes3158]

Basculin is going to be a terror in Little cup for the three days top it stays there XD

[@snapclub8751]

I hope Basculegion becomes a good competitive Pokémon.

[@ducklett01god]

It looks like it's from legend of Zelda windwaker

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

He's doing Unova Water Types! Seismitoad is inevitable!

[@ubercow6611]

When you got to Gen 8 half way through the video, I thought the other half was going to be for Blue Strip Basculin

[@gnosticares]

There's a typo around 5 mins. Under popular moves it says "rock smash" in the rock type font color when you meant to write "head smash"

[@gio9255]

So glad Basculin is going to get a much needed evolution in Legends Arceus. If Basculegion retains Adaptability or Reckless, and attains a improved speed and attack stats, it can use its already incredible new dual stab and great coverage to Cleve through its opposition. Would be checks like Mandibuzz could not take onslaughts of Liquidation and Head Smashes while potential physical checks like Tangrowth can’t take repeated onslaughts of its ghost stab and ice beam. I’m excited to see the new changes Legends Arceus brings to the series.

[@grimily941]

Unfortunately, Abilities and Natures will not be present in Legends Arceus...

[@skeetermania3202]

@@grimily941 Is that confirmed?

[@gio9255]

@@grimily941 I saw that rumor and it would be unfortunate if it were true. Still I have high hopes for Basculegion. Basculegion’s incredible dual stab, potential for higher stats and Basculin’s rather good movepool ensure it’s going to be a really cool Pokémon.

[@AutisticJesusGaming]

This is one of the single stage no evolution Pokemon that I loved using in my runs of later generations that had it

[@slumbertrap1355]

If basculegion has adaptability, we gonna get dracovish part 2

[@ilovemalaysia]

In gen 8 section head smash was changed to rock smash lol

[@zacherytaylor]

You know, it’s pretty fishy that we haven’t done relicanth yet. You couldn’t even get the Regis without him

[@gynoidpoet]

Hey now that BDSP Meta is a thing, I'd love a video checking it out, whether to see how the staples of DP OU hold up, or how new staples have appeared thanks to stuff like the Fairy type.

[@Firesnake905]

Heck, the addition of hidden abilities, nerfs and removal of certain moves and new moves will be a major help for some of the lower tier mons from pre-gen 5 power creep explosion. Though I'm terrified of arceus when it eventually comes around, since it is no longer a slightly better mew in terms of stats.

[@UmbreonAnimate]

Nice, now do the other fish. "How GOOD was Lumineon ACTUALLY?"

[@jackmist]

Who?

[@UmbreonAnimate]

@@jackmist You know, that Neon type Eeveelution

[@jackmist]

@@UmbreonAnimate never heard of it. And im the kinda guy who remembers that muractus exists

[@UmbreonAnimate]

@@jackmist I remember Maractus, because I remember some random trainer in unova that had one.

[@-Chunky-]

I’d love to see a How good was Sigilyph actually, since I’ve had a lot of fun using it even in gen 8 OU

[@King_Nipper]

Basculegion: "My name is Legion, for we are many, forever swimming upstream."

[@loonyroll9437]

Can't wait for you to talk about it's new form ;3

[@mr.fancywhale3104]

This is a nice video to see now that Hisuian Basculin is coming out soon!

[@h0m3st4r]

Rei: (reads Basculegion’s Pokédex entry and questions game logic) Akari: “Hey! Look at this Basculin that I just caught! Tasty looking, am I right?”

[@MrJohnReviews]

It took a while that Basculin mastered his 4000 years of Unova Martial Arts, let's hope that it's evolution from Legends:Arceus will follow suit

[@castform7]

Story time: I made a comment on a video featuring Basculin and I talked about how underwhelming it is and probably always will be. Fast forward 4 days later and Basculegion was announced along with the other Hisuian Pokemon. Sometimes, I feel like universe just likes to tell me "you thought"

[@annaangelic2318]

Addendum: Basculin did find a niche in USUM ZU, where it was a competent revenge killer even in spite of its competition with Floatzel and Silvally-Water. The SS generation has had much more flux, but it currently sits in SS ZU as a great wallbreaker and revenge killer once more with the removal of Floatzel, and it now wholly outcompetes Silvally-Water in the running for an offensive Water type.

[@jaschabull2365]

I've been wondering about this ZU tier, kind of like the NFE meta, it seems to be something I've never heard False Swipe talk about, but which I have heard others mention.

[@atsukana1704]

4:30 “Ah yes I win by default, my favorite way to win!“

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

To this date I still wish the two different versions had either different stats or abilities and wasn't just a color swap. Basculin isn't the only one who I'd wish for differences like this.

[@big_axolotl_]

They do have different abilities.. just only their second ones.

[@Rubyshedinja33]

Do all form differences really need stat and move differences?

[@terraSpark902]

@@Rubyshedinja33 I think it would be interesting and could potentially breathe life into the species

[@Rubyshedinja33]

@@terraSpark902 that just usually results in one becoming more successful in comparison to the other if they go for the offense oriented vs defense oriented form differences

[@Wizard_Lizard_]

@@big_axolotl_ Oh yeah, Red has Reckless and Blue has Rock Head. Lol, nevermind then. Guess Basculin isn't as much of an offender of what I'm talking about as others.

[@therealegr]

Basculin is a pretty underrated mon

[@JTLDrago94]

No worries remember it finally gain Hisui Evolution Basculion

[@farisweiss2373]

I start college tomorrow, so seeing this video in my feed is nice to relax too

[@logeyperogi1805]

I’m actually really excited because I love Basculegion’s design (specifically male since male is blue and I love the colour blue)

[@shadowmarauder6033]

I have always loved Basculin, especially since I watched Wild Kratts. Thank goodness its getting an evolution.

[@oatmeal0]

Theres a bit of a mistake at 4:30, seems you got Head Smash and Rock Smash mixed up.

[@luizfelipevbf5567]

If Basculegion keeps Adaptability and gains Poltergeist, it's probably straight to OU for him. Assuming it doesn't lose speed/attack that is

[@gusthavo15yearsand98]

Also assuming it has good stats

[@luizfelipevbf5567]

@@gusthavo15yearsand98 if it has the exact same speed/attack as Basculin it will still be quite strong. 252 Atk Choice Band Adaptability Basculin Poltergeist vs. 252 HP / 4 Def Ferrothorn: 226-266 (64.2 - 75.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery 252 Atk Choice Band Adaptability Basculin Poltergeist vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Toxapex: 152-180 (50 - 59.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

[@sharkronical]

4:51 ah yes, the famous rock type move: rock smash.

[@wideMac7]

4:35 nice rock smash on the side bar lol

[@speculyn5060]

Willing to say that with the new Stat Leaks with Adaptability it'll probably be really good. Maybe OU, but there are checks for it like Dragapult who outspeed and 1-shot it, so actually maybe UUBL.

[@TGB_Brian]

We getting Pokémon that are getting regional Hissuian forms/evolutions now? Dope. Can’t wait for Braviary.

[@Chrispy]

are you new to legends arceus news?

[@TGB_Brian]

I meant as in FEATURED on this channel, so Basuclin counts lol I think the last part of my comment shows that I knew that Braviary had one already

[@jackmist]

I had a Basculin. Her name was Scrappy. Didn't take her to the E4 but she did work! So this vid makes me happy.

[@jorgedeguzman5509]

5:00 rock smash lmao

[@andrewbradshaw530]

Ahh yes basculin: the sole Pokemon to have access to the incredible rock type move rock smash.

[@myvh773]

00:07 Basculin, a “colorful Pokémon”, good one!

[@callmenick1797]

Small thing but the text on screen says Choice Specs when you really meant Choice Band, Great vids!

[@hamio8723]

Where it says common moves: you wrote 'Rock Smash' instead of 'Head Smash'

[@spiritblox1]

Just saying that basculegion will get last respects A move that took some random ghost to ubers

[@voltingmaster5458]

And as an added kick to the teeth, it has the ability Swift Swim.

[@enderdudebruh8270]

hopefully the move itself gets banned than Basculegion itself because banning a Pokemon over a gimmicky strat is dumb (especially since Houndstone is mid without Last Respects)

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

It took a smaller Pokedex for this mon to shine, however briefly. Here's to hoping its evolution can find competitive success when Legend of Arceus gets released.

[@adamthespinygiant]

I made a mistake last week. I meant to suggest: How BAD was Bastiodon actually?

[@thenerdbeast7375]

A surprisingly positive video.

[@gabrielchee8470]

The fact that it survived Gen 8's DLC is cool

[@ozzeryunarei1023]

One of the things I'd like to mention, if it hasn't been mentioned already, is Basculine's support roles in doubles. Mostly in the presence of Coalossal with Steam Engine + Weakness policy.

[@chrismaystar3014]

Basculin about to get the Sirfetch'd treatment in a couple of weeks makes me happy.

[@openinginawe5518]

Time to drop the bass and become legion

[@BossBoomBox]

@False Swipe Gaming we need a Generational review of the tiers from years past! A video on OU and UU in Gen 2, a video on all the tiers from Gen 5, that sort of thing, it'll help finding some useful mons for people to request.

[@mickmast8901]

One of my favorite things to use with max hp scarfed basculin is final gambit. It was a great way to break teams when my team was struggling

[@Kaelicles]

I've waited years for this moment

[@Ptatoo]

There is a typo at 4:41. The move says rock smash when it should probably be head smash

[@ryanprjgamingchannel9437]

I was confounded at why it didn't had evolution despite what I would guessed from small size and subpar stats at first. Then it got an evolution, but in a much later game.

[@giboit.]

I just randomly found a shiny basculin in the dynamax adventures in SwSh, so seen this video right after is pretty cool.

[@andrewmourog5359]

This little rascal saved my Pokémon Y nuzlocke claiming the elite 4 Most valuable Pokémon award tanking a mega moon blast and firing back with a adaptability mystic water waterfall

[@theleoita90]

Floatzel attack animation in gen 6 is ridiculously funny. It basically fart every move.

[@breloommaster12]

Before the Isle of Armor expansion, Basculin was actually the premier offensive Water-type in SwSh NU, if you can believe it.

[@Kevbotomy]

The fundamental flaw with tiering in general is that usage stats do not reflect an objective analysis of viability but rather the state of popularity.

[@joshuaturner4602]

for its evolution I like the idea of leaning into reckless/rock head a bit, Make a move that is like Head Smash but water type and make it a signature move of the Basculin line. Then we can have sets like: HeadSmash, Wild Charge, Crashing Wave(Water Type Double Edge) and flip turn. get an ally to establish some kind of speed control and the new Big Bass is off to the races :P

[@leeeroyjenkins555]

0:09 LMFAO!!! The sarcasm

[@yuG_modnaR58]

“It’s still a solid Pokémon” Me: I didn’t see that coming