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

[@the_bookworm8281]

I like how in order for Beartic to be viable in gen 8, Arctozolt got banned from UU, Light Clay got banned from RU, Snow Warning got re-introduced to NU and PU, AND Arctovish got banned from NU, in order for all of this to be possible. It's like solving the Regi golem puzzle in Hoenn, but the prize is actually a time era where Beartic is viable.

[@skeetermania3202]

That may be the most complex series of bans I’ve seen just to coincidentally make one Pokémon viable.

[@agentblackbird9435]

It seems like Ice types have done somewhat better this generation.

[@590488]

It's interesting to note that arctozolt wasn't a uu pokemon when it was banned from there

[@the_bookworm8281]

@@590488 Similar thing happened with Gengar. Back when the Crown Tundra dropped and all the crazy tier shifts was happening, Gengar dropped to RU because it was completely outclassed by Blacephalon in UU. However, once Blacephalon got banned from UU, Gengar pretty much continued where the clown left off, and eventually got banned from UU shortly afterwards despite being an RU mon.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@the_bookworm8281 Is Blacephalon actually a clown?

[@雪者]

I really felt heartwarmed when Beartic finally became viable... In Gen 8 of all things.

[@jalapenobug]

Gen 8 has been a really good gen for ice type Pokémon in general.

[@averytubestudios]

I’ve never gotten into Gen 8 Competitive because of all the meta game shifts, but that’s happy news.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@jalapenobug At one point, four Ice types were at least A rank on OU Viability Rankings. Weavile, Arctozolt, Kyurem, and Alolan Ninetales, with the first being S-. Of course, there were other viable ones like Mamoswine.

[@jalapenobug]

@@skeetermania3202 Along with a non-legendary pure ice type that somehow managed to be one of the most broken and overpowered Pokémon ever created.

[@agentblackbird9435]

@@jalapenobug Yeah for real

[@beebobber546]

One of the few Pokémon to get a stat buff that really benefited it’s important stat

[@FrostReave]

Game Freak has no idea how to balance their game. It’s extremely rare for them to even give a Pokémon a stat boost in the 1st place.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@FrostReave quite a lot of mons got boosts in gen 7.

[@fernerture2432]

@@gregorymirabella1423 true but a lot of them were dumbass buffs that do not help at all, like electrode who got ten extra speed points

[@wonderfulrose477]

Yah but it didn’t really help because its’ attack was never the issue. If it received a speed buff maybe it could have salvaged something with slush rush.

[@SeannyyBGood]

@JeremyCuddles better late than never I suppose. Just glad they’re a bit more usable now as opposed to the prior 110

[@bigchez2855]

Beartic and Alolaslash joining forces in gen 8 really warms my heart in a way you wouldn't expect from ice-types.

[@DrPumpkinz]

Nice to see that the well-played bear is finally getting a time to shine this gen.

[@hamio8723]

This is a certified M4A moment

[@DrPumpkinz]

@@hamio8723 a certified what moment?

[@jackrockstar1]

I love December, when we get to see how truly awful ice Pokémon are and FSG gets to take a bit of a break with shorter vids lol

[@tokyopancakes9801]

Swift swim would be good if it didn’t get banned in gen 5. Honestly though it would get wrecked by anything over 100 speed, which is sad. Also priority.

[@Squared_Table]

@@tokyopancakes9801 technically no, you have to take into account evs getting doubled too. Worst part was it wasn’t ice/water

[@skeetermania3202]

@@Squared_Table Adamant would leave it outsped by positively-natured base 135 Speed Pokémon. Jolly would leave it outsped by any Scarfer at base 85 Speed (positively-natured) or base 98 (neutral-natured).

[@beebobber546]

@@tokyopancakes9801 the actual speed stat is doubled, not the base speed. That’s why Azumarill with huge power is so good. It’s attack becomes the equivalent of Rayquaza’s, not a base 100 (Assuming adamant nature with max EV’s)

[@elsamurai1220]

Ice type and Bug type needs some buffs. Especially Bug types.

[@goGothitaLOL]

just switch it's spe (50) and sp. atk (70) stats and you're golden i've also heard to give it Knock Off as a suggestion, as well as Ice Shard

[@awesometoadultimate8562]

I came up with a regional form of Beartic that is part Water type (the regional form is based on an annual event), and I did the exact same thing with its stats.

[@butteredsalmonella]

I hate stats like these, like haha you're so slow but hey let's dump a random bunch of stats to your special attack/attack that you will never utilize lolololol

[@GM.Nobody]

@@butteredsalmonella mega absol lul

[@brendan01]

AS WELL AS PART FIGHTING TYPE

[@WheelStart]

@@butteredsalmonella samurott,emboar,decidueye are suffered from this.. they are forced to have high sp.atk so they can be useful in playthrough but not in competitive..look at cinderace and incineroar chillin with a good stats and not wasting on its sp.atk..they both are good competitively and casually

[@TheAmericanPrometheus]

FSG: "How good was Bearctic actually?" >Pure Ice type weeellllll....

[@lady1kaka]

When I was still playing Pokemon Go, I put a Beartic in an arena on the snowy top of a mountain in Austria. And it stayed there for months all by itself.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

Depew Mystic Gang wants to know its location.

[@NoteofLuck]

Last gen, it annoyed me a bit seeing Beartic fail to carve a niche with its Attack stat buffed to match fellow Ice-type Mamoswine and fellow bear Pokémon Ursaring. This gen, the _Patched by Heavy-Duty Boots_ effect is slowly but surely working out fine for Beartic.

[@jalapenobug]

Find it cruel that it got aqua jet but not STAB Ice Shard for priority.

[@cintronproductions9430]

At least it got some form of priority, amirite? The wrong one but it's something. Come to think of it, why isn't Beartic an Ice-Water type? It gets plenty of Water moves and Swift Swim. I know Water-Ice has been done a lot before but it would make sense on Beartic.

[@robertoalexandermendezmore408]

I mean rain give a 1.5 boost to water types moves, is almost a STAB

[@iamstarrynights]

@@robertoalexandermendezmore408 it is a coverage move too

[@TunaBear64]

@@cintronproductions9430 Makes lots of sense Water/Ice being so common You can slap Water on any ice type and would make sense, and viceversa

[@luizpdrnogueira]

I actually endorse this kinda thing. Gives the player options in coverage/potential for reads instead of just raw STAB power

[@nintendolife25]

I’m so happy that we ended on a high note for Beartic. Him falling towards irrelevancy despite getting an upgrade in every new Gen was depressing.

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

Yeah, Farfetch'd kinda suffered from the same but became viable during the same generation.

[@nintendolife25]

@@ShadowtheKZbinr523 Always nice to have such an ending.

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

Kinda, yeah. At the very least better than being good earlier but getting untiered or staying in the lowest tier in gen 7 or 8 like Claydol or Exeggutor.

[@jaretco6423]

Same with Golurk. Started off good in Gen. 5, than kinda fallen an little bit in Gen. 6 & 7 ( even though it was still technically good ) and gotten alot better in Gen. 8 due to given it much needed movesets ( like Poltergeist, Heat Crash & others ), items & other stuff and lack of Mega Evolution & Z Crystals.

[@therealegr]

Sincerely, I didn't expected Beartic, but I will take it

[@lildannyboi13]

sus

[@therealegr]

@@lildannyboi13 amogus

[@雪者]

Yes *sugoma*

[@TunaBear64]

Me neither, I was afraid that being unfairly underrated and being very mediocre competitively (not even bad enough for a joke video) would make one of the last to get a video

[@Jack-Schneider]

I'll take it over Ursaring easily

[@Thorozak]

Beartic is one of those examples of Pokémon that don’t need a crazy or eccentric design to look cool or good. Beartic is an underrated Pokémon in the cool department……. Pun not intended.

[@SethJV]

Do people really think that it has a good design? Imo it's a really ugly and boring Pokémon

[@PeterGriffin11]

@@SethJV That's the thing about Pokémon each one has it's fans after using a Beartic in Sword & Shield I like it more as well.

[@jaretco6423]

Yeah. I thought Beartic was gonna suck. But glad they improved it a bit in Gen. 8 and hopefully continues through the path. Also yeah. I like Beartic's design. I thought it looked cool ( no pun intended ).

[@zeroremnant4477]

Heh, that's a funny joke either way 👌

[@violebanshee]

@@SethJV I hope it sneezes on you

[@bomberhood7234]

Hearing the good news about Beartic in gen 8 completely warmed my heart.

[@therandomtokener8568]

It puts a smile on my face when a pure ice type actually gets buffs.

[@justinnzamora5366]

Beartic may not be a phenomenal Pokemon in the competitive scene, but I can appreciate having an actual polar bear Pokemon on the roster.

[@mariomouse8265]

Even though the polar bear pokemon is somehow slower than the walrus pokemon

[@skeetermania3202]

@@mariomouse8265 Don’t polar bears prey on walruses in real life?

[@mariomouse8265]

@@skeetermania3202 Only if they are really desperate.

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

@@skeetermania3202 That has to be one desperate polar bear, with thick blubber and lethal tusk the walrus is likely going to be winning that death match more times then not~

[@ruthiehenshallfan99]

@@skeetermania3202 There was a segment in the Planet Earth series were a starving polar bear that attacked a group of them. They fought back and got away.

[@SemiHypercube]

I'm actually surprised that this video had a happy ending for a Pokemon that started in untiered

[@jaretco6423]

Same.

[@alinepiroutek8932]

Actually I thought it would be a bad Pokémon forever

[@TunaBear64]

From Untiered to huge treat on both PU and NU What a improvement

[@jaretco6423]

Let's hope it'll get more buffs in the future. Like give it more moves like Ice Shard & others, another ability and increase it's speed by 10 or 20 points.

[@critaquil5011]

@@jaretco6423 I agree that it should get a speed boost, but also give alolaslash the same speed boost so its not outclassed

[@PhoenixSora9aOs3]

Remember making a rain focused team back in pokemon Y on which i had a Beartic in it. This was the first generation where i tried to properly build up my teams. Ended up wonder trading that one by mistake

[@Rarest26]

I can feel the pain from here

[@ordeaux26]

And Slush Rush got banned from NU, and Beartic's viability went with it, well it was good while it lasted I guess.

[@terrapog8533]

I really love the Cubchoo line as someone with allergies i find Cubchoo relatable and Beartic just looks cool and was my favourite Ice type until Galarian Darmanitan came along

[@BeeEmpress]

How low do you have to stoop to find a bear with a runny nose relatable

[@swaggin1716]

@@BeeEmpress …have a runny nose?

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@swaggin1716 lol

[@BeeEmpress]

@@swaggin1716 lol

[@terrapog8533]

@@BeeEmpress Allergies do be annoying plus it's cute

[@thenerdbeast7375]

You know, I sometimes get frustrated at Smogon's tiering system as it can at times feel like it boils down to "OU is the only tier that matters and no fun allowed." Beartic's story feels like one in which Smogon's tiers are doing their job properly; giving a Pokémon a fair treatment so that it can thrive without being broken to the point that it needs to be banned to one tier up where it will be unviable.

[@AverageHandle_]

This aged poorly

[@BubbyBoy]

@@AverageHandle_?

[@AverageHandle_]

@@BubbyBoy slush rush in banned from Nu, so Beatic is essentially banned while now being untiered and A-slash and shrew are NUBL because they can’t use their other ability snow cloak at all

[@AwesomeHairo]

9:08 "At long last, the *stars* have align for Beartic to show what it can do" Shows Starmie.

[@BrettCahill]

"what do you have for a well-played Beartic?" - this is always what comes to mind with this Pokémon due to Joey

[@geoshmeo1900]

This just reminds me how amazing Hail is in this generation, especially after lacking behind the other weathers in the previous generations.

[@akashsil9994]

Well, if there is one thing to say about Gen 8, the combination of Boots and Dexit seems to have let certain Pokemon make a comeback.

[@Skeloperch]

Sadly, some of the move removals gutted others. Return screwed over physical Normal types like Kangaskhan, Snorlax, and most of the regional birds. Hidden Power screwed over every Pokemon with bad coverage. And worst of all, Pursuit's removal gutted Tyranitar so hard that it fell out of OU for the first time ever.

[@WingedFish66]

@@Skeloperch "Movexit" was arguably even stupider than Dexit. Dexit was sadly inevitable (though they could've handled it literally any other way and it would've gone over better with fans), but the mass deletion of a bunch of standard moves that have been around for decades is mind-bogglingly idiotic and needlessly screwed over so many mons. Hidden Power alone invalidated most Electric types because that was the only semblance of coverage they had

[@butteredsalmonella]

@@Skeloperch I think what makes Movexit worse than Dexit is that it did harm more than it did good, Dexit at LEAST allowed formerly unviable pokemon to end up like this but removing Hidden Power or Pursuit is downright inexcusable.

[@Tungdil_01]

It seems that I'm the only one that loved the Movexit. Seriously, how did Pursuit never get banned? This move didn't allow the most important feature of Pokemon: the switch. And Hidden Power sucked too for allowing bizarre covers, although not being OP like Pursuit (but imagine Regielek with Hidden Power Ice). Most importantly, having the correct HD in-game causing 70 damage is so difficult to achieve. I know I know, this is an unpopular opinion, so feel free to disagree.

[@akashsil9994]

@@Tungdil_01 I half agree with MovExit. Return and Frustration didn't need to go as no one but normal types used them (or those with abilities like Aerialate). Pursuit... I'm a bit mixed. Because it went from keeping Ghosts in check to allowing them to run rampant. And Hidden Power allowed a lot of mons to have the perfect coverage they needed. If, like you said, something like a Regieleki had HP Ice or something already broken like Spectrier had HP Fighting, well...let your imaginations run wild 😅.

[@skeetermania3202]

Polar bears are fucking scary, man. Accurate descriptor of Slush Rush Beartic in Gen 8 PU and NU.

[@TunaBear64]

Facing an Sword Dance Beartic without priority is as scary as a irl polar bear attacking you Simply give up

[@michaeltran4275]

Beartic needs to get an ultimate evolution form to pull the Ursaluna treatment and then become truly competitive in the same way as Ursaluna

[@Shiradrenaline]

At last. The answer to what to do about a well-played Beartic. I love this thing.

[@LordRumshi]

Beatric certainly had a rough start, given being a pure ice type and stiff competition, but at least is gaining momentum and improving in the competitive tiers. Also feel it would be neat if Beartic got a new evolution form that is similar to how Ursaring received one in legends of arceus, which would be cool to see an even bigger and more terrifying polar bear Pokémon.

[@julianchrobak-prince1915]

3:40 Well, there actually IS an underground PU community in Gen V. Not that it’s recognized. Or that I know anything about it. In fact, for a long time Gen V PU was so broken that not knowing what mons were in it was a recurring joke.

[@DARam4009]

Beartic just needs one simple move set change to be a semi-viable lower tier Pokémon; Ice Shard.

[@BeeEmpress]

If you’re really the guy in your pfp you should be focusing more on your taxes than a bear

[@arnenesbye2420]

It is pretty viable in PU now

[@TunaBear64]

​​​@@jaretco6423Nope, they banned Slush Rush and now it isn't even viable in ZU, and barely decent in SU

[@qorv4973]

I actually love these guys, and really want to use one on a run. Sadly he wasnt even great in side games like Conquest. Hes alright but his speed makes him hard to use

[@taputrainer8463]

I was playing Pokémon White 2 yesterday and caught a Beartic which for some reason was really hard to catch but I named it Bark after the Sonic character. When I checked his nature he had a quiet nature which fits perfectly because Bark in most Sonic media doesn’t talk

[@BeeEmpress]

Didn’t ask don’t care

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@BeeEmpress Eso fue grosero, chamaco.

[@skeetermania3202]

Who’s Bark?

[@TunaBear64]

@@skeetermania3202 Idk but could be a filler character that is a polar bear who rarely talks from the Sonic series

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

I *love* Beartic. I often go out of my way to catch a Cubchoo whenever I boot up Black/White just for Beartic. He's not an MVP, but he's rarely dead weight.

[@Teddiursayoshi]

BEARTIC MY BELOVED

[@lildannyboi13]

sus

[@WingedFish66]

As a wise man once said, what do you have for a well-played Beartic?

[@fgggbsdbsdb3507]

Generation 8 Hail's journey is quite the epic tale

[@ultimapower6950]

Smogons bizzare adventure ice hail rush

[@iantaakalla8180]

Arctozolt’s stand: Beak Act 1, 2 3 and 4 Beak Act 1 corresponds to its Hustle days Beak Act 2 is it aligning its power to Hail with Slush Rush Beak Act 3 is it having near perfect coverage Beak Act 4 is it run with Alolan Ninetales Alolan Sandslash’s stand: Ball Breaker because it gets Gyro Ball even if it does not use it that well and is relatively low-powered compared to other NU staples Beartic’s stand: Catch the Rainbow since it the only other Pokémon to function under Rain that isn’t a water type or Zapdos which already makes sense for Rain teams Articuno’s stand: 20th Century Bird because it’s the original unusable Ice-type tank. Aurorus’s stand: Tomb of the Bomb because it is associated with auroras which are electromagnetic, and also fits with how Aurorus looks powerful but is just the beginning and is not all that useful Galarian Darmanitan’s stand: Boku no Rhythm wo Kiitekure simply because you have to get rid of it or else you will fall but is not that strong by itself Kyurem’s stand: D4SubRoost Train because it sits behind a Substitute and drains moves away with Pressure like how Love Train deflects any non-Golden Spin attack. Alolan Ninetales’s stand: Hail Starter because it starts the hail and is the best Hail utility Pokémon like how Cream Starter is a versatile stand Weavile’s stand: I guess Scary Monsters because it acts as unstoppable like a dinosaur would and Aurorus isn’t scary Calyrex-Ice Rider: normal d4c for its ability to live things it’s should despite being more easily killed than most Pokémon threats? Glastrier: Ticket to Ride for the logic that Calyrex-Ice Rider works with what would have the stand d4c Eiscue’s stand: Chocolate Disco because bo involve square shapes and both are abilities easily defeated despite their supposed power Walrein’s stand: Oh! Staller Me because it’s the only one to collect water to heal itself like how Oh! Lonesome Me collected water to help Mountain Tim survive Regice’s stand: Tubular Bells because that stand reflects that Regice can be used as a grenade Froslass’s stand: Civil War because Civil War is spooky enough to summon past things from regret and involves surviving stuff if the killer felt guilt, which is related to how Froslass can use Destiny Bond for that quick kill Abomasnow’s stand: Sugar Mountain because they’re trees and the trees themselves don’t do much. Arctovish’s stand: Splashable and Splashing (like Soft and Wet), as it had potential but it was only revealed so far down the line it’s like it came out of nowhere like Go Beyond

[@spacelizbian]

seeing a mon go from untiered in its first three gens to being good in NU now just really brings a tear to my eye.

[@TunaBear64]

Bad news, now is Untiered for FIVE consecutive generation. Dropped back to ZU in Gen 8 and same fate in Gen 9 But for the first time ever, it is not borderline unusable in the lowest tier. Is actually one of the best there.

[@EmeraldEleki7]

Best bear design, this is fact

[@PKshockwave]

I love beartic! I have a swift swim one and he wrecks. Liquidation in rain is stupendous, and the cut in damage from fire gives him bulk

[@cornesalvo9366]

The very first match I spectated on Pokemon Showdown was a Gen 7 match in PU by 2 people I did not know. Both fought well, but near the end of the game, when one of the players was close to losing, they pulled out their ace in the hole: swords dance Beartic, and won the game with it. After seeing myself that Beartic was in UT and not PU, this match gave me the epiphany that no mon can be "bad", only "used badly". I associate competitive pokemon with Beartic the most, out of every other mon.

[@joaomacedo5849]

Gen 8 tiering is playing some 5D chess to find a tier for beartic

[@joltx9909]

"Power isn't all that count in pokemon" - a lesson that the likes of rampardos know very well...

[@GusterTails]

Anyone else noticed that they used Beartic’s shiny sprite for Sword & Shield.

[@TunaBear64]

I did, noticing a barely noticeable Shiny is a perk of loving that Pokémon

[@2022irons]

Gens 5-7: *”Ice Types Suck. (Sad Coca Cola Polar Bear 🐻‍❄️ Noises)”* Gen 8: *(Laughs in Tauros) Just another picture to burn, burn burn burn baby burn!!!!”*

[@idramian]

I honestly barely followed the Gen 8 story, but I'm glad it made Bertic more viable.

[@jaretco6423]

Same here. Let's hope they give it more care.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

"get this bear a switched speed stat, knock off and ice shard"

[@thedarknessmagician5234]

“What do you have for a well played Beartic?” There, I said the thing. If you know, then you know, and if you don’t know, then don’t worry about it.

[@samwill7259]

That gen 8 chain of unbanning, rebanning, half banning is like one of those wooden jacob's ladder toys just unfolding in one single, absurd, head tilting run on sentence.

[@ActualTrash8]

I remember using an extreme evo boost baton pass team with volcorona and a beartic got a crit aqua jet, killing the extreme evoboosted volcorona

[@TunaBear64]

7:56 Snorlax: My Thick fat ability will make me a valuable tank against those overwhelming Ice types Beartic: **Laughs on Low Kick/Superpower**

[@TunaBear64]

9:06 Perhaps was too powerful :( Slush Rush banned... Beartic is ZU again, at least Sandslash is NUBL and with a niche in RU At least Smogon considered banning both Beartic and Sandslash from NU instead, guess being banworthy at least once is enough Beartic is NUBL in our hearts

[@auroraourania7161]

The confusion of hail's history in gen 8 never ceases to amaze me.

[@abdulbaten9537]

I LOVE BEARTIK. The ice beard looks rad to me. Gamefreak did it dirty by making it so slow even though polar bears have perfectly decent speed on land, base 75 or 80 would've made much more sense on it and would've made it more viable in NU and PU. Glad it got it's niche in gen 8 tho :D fsg seems to share the same sentiment

[@lockdownhamza]

Polar bears aren’t very fast while standing up, and it has ice growing on it. I don’t think it’d be as fast as a normal Polar bear.

[@BuddyGarchomp]

One of my favorite Unova Pokémon, so glad it managed to pull through with the amount of buffs for each generation!

[@ningnong401]

Slush rush beartic carried me against Ciel in Pokémon Reborn

[@beejaytea5964]

"Polar bears are going extinct!" Gen 8 Smogon banlist: "Aw hell no"

[@skeetermania3202]

Are they really?

[@TunaBear64]

@@skeetermania3202 Polar bears only thrive since they can camouflage on the snow, with is becoming rare due to you know

[@deltalord6969]

One day he'll get to gigalith, one day

[@HaraldHD]

Smogon: we don't want complex bans! Also smogon: 6:21

[@cheruledge]

Policy review pretty much unanimously agreed that screen teams were broken in ru and uu. It’s not a complex ban since it only banned light clay.

[@HaraldHD]

@@cheruledge i know👌 it was more so a joke about the bans being komplex, evan doe they are not techenecly komplex bans🤷‍♀️ i would like komplex bans

[@Ariverfish]

Beartic is criminally underrated, as he was probably meant as a Gen 5 counterpart for Ursaring. But, add him in with Ursaring and Pangoro, and you have the bears' trio. The only thing I don't like about him is the implication of his beard being frozen snot from Chubchoo, don't get me wrong though, I love Chubchoo, he's cute as hell, but a fearsome Pokémon with basically beard snot kinda ruins it. I'll just stick to my assumption that Beartic's beard is indicative of bears drooling when they start getting stressed and aggressive.

[@jaretco6423]

U forget Bewear.

[@pill6642]

Beartic colouring in gen 5 was so nice. It's just slightly blue-er white, but it's nice. Then X/Y trashed it, and S/S brought it back. Neat.

[@little_blaziken]

i had a beartic in my first nuzlocke and i was going to sack him but he out speed and he killed it and i was so surpised and proud

[@sepsam4556]

Beartic??? YES!!! Show us what that 130 Attack can do!

[@PikminBean]

Nobody has any option for a well played Beartic

[@danielchoi9276]

I love how the thumbnail uses the Shiny version for Gen 8

[@strangeanimations2518]

I wish gen 5 had more duel-type ice types :/

[@bulborb8756]

considering all 3 ice-types (excluding the legendary kyurem) where all pure ice...i do get what you are saying

[@skeetermania3202]

@@bulborb8756 Including Galarian Darumaka and Darmanitan.

[@The_PhantomSnek]

@@skeetermania3202 Technically Galarian Daru and Darm are not Gen 5 they're gen 8 so those do not count in this instance

[@bulborb8756]

@@The_PhantomSnek exactly, im only counting if that pokemon or form was IN that generation, galarian darmanitan does not fit that bill

[@craniifer]

I do like the idea of a Pokemon gaining buffs from a typing it doesn't have, but it's a shame it doesn't work out all that often. Heck, I thought the effectively triple-stab Dhelmise was going places at one point.

[@captain_buggles]

What I would do for Beartic right off the bat in Gen 5: -10 every stat except Speed and Attack, leaving you with 40 points. Put 20 into Attack and 20 into Speed. Give it Ice Shard, and also Slack Off to help compensate for worse bulk. The 20 point Gen 7 boost then still happens, but this time it gets +10 Speed and +10 HP, ultimately leaving it at 95/130/70/60/70/80 At this point I also give it Fur Coat instead of Snow Cloak (or Fluffy, if you think Fur Coat is too generous, since it still shouldn't be staying in on Fire-type moves anyway), because nobody likes Snow Cloak anyway, and Fur Coat/Fluffy were huge wasted opportunities to buff a few mons, and instead they decided to make them exclusive.

[@BeeEmpress]

Slack off doesn’t compensate for its poor bulk since then you just leave yourself more vulnerable to your opponent than just killing them

[@captain_buggles]

@@BeeEmpress It's situational, but not useless. Not every matchup is going to be something that can kill it right away, and not every Pokemon can safely switch in during the Slack Off turn either, especially not with moderately increased speed and Ice Shard access. I also wasn't going for a "perfect" Pokemon. I wanted to improve it without overly sacrificing the "feel" of the Pokemon, or giving it such a gigantic buff that it doesn't match the effort it takes to get and train one.

[@NanaKyoto]

Beartic's initial placements in un-tiered was, needless to say, unbearable. But thankfully, with Generation VIII, Beartic can be cool again.

[@2goodsharks]

This quickly turned into a history of ice in Gen 8 lower tiers. Probably one of the most convoluted buffs I've ever seen one Pokemon get.

[@Daniel_234]

But what do you have for a well played Beartic?

[@Maxclockwork]

Beartic is one of my favorite pokemon and it was so gratifying to see them in a position they deserve

[@donkkut5003]

Beartic looks amazing in sword and shield

[@AlwaysEquals50]

THIS THING HAS SWIFT SWIM? I love this Pokemon's design, a bear I know, so this makes me like it even more.

[@jabarithegoldenlucario8841]

Beartic’s record: In the beginning… he was overall struggling. He sucked. But he has risen up as time went on. A slow rising star, moving up to the majors.

[@lockdownhamza]

8:07 How ironic is it that two ice types locked in eternal combat finally teaming up is heartwarming

[@christopherbennett5858]

You know what? Good for Beartic. If Ursaring was in Sword and Shield, I would have trained that, Beartic, Pangoro, Urshifu, Floatzel and Bewear for a pride month team.

[@TunaBear64]

Floatzel? Is that another bear, I thought was a weasel

[@christopherbennett5858]

@@TunaBear64 No. But its the token otter unless a patch puts Samurott in.

[@TunaBear64]

@@christopherbennett5858 As far I know there is no game to have Floatzel and Urshifu at the same time

[@zacswicord4496]

really hope beartic gets a 3rd evolution like ursaring

[@CreaturGiratina]

Thats one cool bear

[@enzoty4834]

I like how he used shiny beartic for gen 8

[@redwings13400]

Pure ice type with low speed and no ice shard? Yeahhhhhhh, that's a recipe for disaster. I'm surprised it did as well as it has in gen 8, an extra 10 speed and a bit of extra bulk would go a long way in making it as threatening as it looks.

[@jaretco6423]

Also give it Ice Shard.

[@markuswithak5084]

we love a good redemption story

[@ejwcadge4006]

You should make how good was arceus actually

[@iantaakalla8180]

He actually did so

[@bingewatcher4678]

What a turn around for Beartic in gen 8 and Alolan Sandslash became it's team member after outclassing it in gen 7

[@diaryofagoat-lass1023]

Can we please have another “how good was X Type in competitive?” I really love the how good was Ice Types video and keep waiting for another! 😁

[@nicolaslopezs.2861]

Because of this video, i learned that arctovish was now NUBL instead of untiered, damn, thoose malformed fossils dont stop to impress me

[@mandalorianhunter1]

I just realized we haven't Ursaring as well. We need more bears

[@bulborb8756]

weird considering the non-legendary bear's we have are ursaring, beartic, pangoro and bewear

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@bulborb8756 yeah its so weird. We have a lot of fish and bird Pokemon but barely any bears.

[@Rarest26]

@@mandalorianhunter1 tbf, fish and birds are MASSIVE and diverse groups. Between those four and Urshifu, I'm pretty sure all the relevant bears are covered, at least vaguely.

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@Rarest26 true but we hardly got any black bears, I think Ursaring is a grizzly maybe, the panda and i saw the bear in gen 8. Their are many bears in the world along with other species of animals.

[@Pipehiguita]

@@bulborb8756 sonrlax...

[@ReeApple]

only noctowl, lanturn, sunflora, unknown, girafarig, ursaring, magcargo, corsola, octillery, mantine and stantler for fully evolved johto pokemon. would love to see any of them. you haven't had one since granbull 7 months ago.

[@chrisrozier3123]

When's the next good mon getting a vid? I understand yall have these to have something for every week but I can't wait for a torkoal, ferrothorn, Lando, etc. Vid. Good content

[@Avatarbee]

Videos on good pokemon take a lot longer because these pokemon actually do stuff.

[@penguinlord9984]

I completely agree! Seriously these 10 minute long videos where the Pokémon just sucks for each generation are so insanely boring. At least mix it up once in a while

[@skeetermania3202]

@@penguinlord9984 I’m still waiting on the next Manectric-esque video.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@Avatarbee I hope we get that on the 26th as a Christmas present.

[@penguinlord9984]

@@skeetermania3202 Me too! Like I’ve been saying it doesn’t have to be Arceus or Ferrothorn. I get those videos will take a long time. But I just want a Pokémon like floatzel or Braviary. They should only take a week to make probably and would satisfy people. Also it wouldn’t be insanely boring.

[@chester1882]

One of the best redemption arcs

[@mariomouse8265]

I honestly wish that Beartic was part-Water type (It’s a Polar Bear; how is it not Water-Ice type?) And it should have at least 100 speed.

[@L.Fenton]

IKR! polar bears are technically marine mammals and are fast.

[@mariomouse8265]

@@L.Fenton Seriously: WALREIN is faster than Beartic.

[@L.Fenton]

@@mariomouse8265 Yikes! 😕

[@cintronproductions9430]

This! Beartic is cool but why isn't it a dual Ice-Water type? It has lots of Ice and Water moves so Wynaut?

[@jaretco6423]

It also needs learn Ice Shard.

[@axel8912]

Bdsp have made me watched almost all non legend pre gen 5 Mon soon Genuinely excited about that meta and your videos have helped!

[@diredisaster8041]

Kind of sad that it was never overbearing.

[@greensaint6506]

Bet you guys didn’t notice that the 3D Beartic with the swsh model is actually shiny

[@adolfojuangarcia1906]

Seriously why does ice not resist Ground and Fairy, it would make Ice not so pitiful

[@jaretco6423]

Ground type, I can understand. But Fairy type? How it couldn't hurt Ice types?

[@adolfojuangarcia1906]

@@jaretco6423 Fairy attacks often contain light and ice doesn't absorb but reflect light hence its color, and Fire resists Fairy

[@stargazer378]

I remember running into a hail team in NU shortly after the unbanning of hail and made the fatal mistake of thinking hail was now toothless. Imagine my horror as I got swept by beartic. Fun times.

[@beanburrito4405]

This line is beary cool but, and I hate to be the bearer of bad news, its competitive history is unbearably painful until Gen 8, which took furever

[@jaretco6423]

U deserve an A+ for pun. Or an B+ for an BEARLY made that pun.

[@Eclipsmon8421]

I am happy to see that my boy that helped me beat dragons in my very first pokemon playthrough.

[@alicedual-swordlesbian5251]

Beartic: Never thought I’d be fighting side by side with my outclasser from last gen ASandslash: How about a friend? Beartic: …Aye. I could do that.

[@2022irons]

#IceBearForPresident - Ice Bear from We Bare Bears, 2015