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

[@FalseSwipeGaming]

Whoops! Error in the Gen 9 set. Cryogonal doesn't get Toxic anymore

[@markerthemark]

I wish that gen 9 didn't just up in get rid of toxic for most mons.

[@GWFanSoftcoreBrony]

Not really much of an error when they eventually will allow Pokemon Home to bring old movesets back again (supposedly sometime in the spring). I'm sure Blissey falling all the way to RU for the first time ever will reverse once it gets Teleport back.

[@LegendStormcrow]

Solar Beam makes sense as crystals refract and focus light. Same with Flash Cannon. Got nothing for Poison Jab though.

[@owensmith7642]

@@GWFanSoftcoreBrony moves get reset when bringing them through home now so they won't get it back

[@mehdihabibi9400]

home support be like: bounjour

[@gliddens24]

Pretty sure the Solar Beam and Flash Cannon explanations root from the fact that even if Cryogonal is a snowflake, it also kinda resembles a mirror. So the attacks may just be Cryogonal reflecting light, getting more of the "solar" and "flash" parts of the attack. Night Slash could be because its edges could be really sharp? SO it spins like a top and cuts you. As for poison jab... yeah, I have no clue about that one XD

[@JT-fq2bl]

Poison Jab is due to snow not being pure. Go outside with a glass cup and scoop some so-called clean snow, put it in the microwave, and watch the results. I ganrutee you will not be sticking your tongue out to catch snow ever again.

[@Cool-Vest]

But how do you explain attract? Sure, it's pretty, but it has no gender so it always fails. They probably didn't think through the design process of a snowflake that much.

[@peet-janissen5838]

yellow snow? so poison jab?

[@andreivaldez2929]

Cryogonal uses its toxic personality to insult the opponent before punchig them to perform Poison Jab.

[@MakoShiruba]

@@Cool-Vest It's a Mirror, so it "Attracts" people using it's reflection. Kinda how some people would "Kiss their mirror, if they could"

[@whomgod420]

Man I was actually just thinking about this guy yesterday and how weirdly decent he's always been despite being a defensive ice type

[@anonymouskaiju9101]

turns out given an ice type an actually okay speed stat helps a lot

[@MakoShiruba]

Healing Move with a Great Speed and a super minmaxed statline with a great ability and decent moveset goes a long way

[@breloommaster12]

Yeah, as long as an Ice-type has a good speed stat, it doesn't matter if they cannot hit hard if they can still do what they need to do (like Froslass and Alolan Ninetales)

[@Direblade11]

Yeah, FSG is a decent guy. :^)

[@galvsparks6295]

@@breloommaster12 and cryogonal still hits quite decently harder than both of these

[@jalapenobug]

The +10 HP and +20 Defense stat buffs in Gen 7 also helped (even if its defense stat is still pathetic)

[@LeDave257]

I think it should have at least 70 def

[@cuttlefish6839]

@@LeDave257 sure but snow also gives it a def boost if I keeps its ice typing and it can always Terra to steel with stab flash cannon so idk if it needs it. After playing a couple months of gen 9 I got to day Terran are way better than I thought best mechanic since dynomax imo

[@Eroil]

@@cuttlefish6839 best mechanic since dynamax is funny

[@beebobber546]

I always get slightly bummed out when he doesn’t mention stat buffs, as small as some may be

[@Avghistorian77]

That +20 should’ve gone to special attack.

[@rixrobin]

This thing was super broken on showdown for like a week because it was the only mon that learned aurora veil, light screen, and reflect and it was coded incorrectly on showdown so they stacked. They fixed it pretty quickly but it was great for that short period of time.

[@shadowmetroid18]

Surprising that cryogonal is one of the pokemon that has managed to not miss a generation so far with dexit

[@CMSonYT]

GOTTA keep those important pokemon in

[@andersolson44]

I mean every region needs snow, right?

[@noahtaylor1721]

@@andersolson44I guess sinnoh doesn’t need snow then.

[@momsforseti318]

@@noahtaylor1721 Yea but I've never seen any snow over there

[@noahtaylor1721]

@@momsforseti318 I forgot that sinnoh doesn’t have snow, only hail.

[@ThisAintGood.]

This guy was the reason I won against Zygarde in DAs, I don’t care how good he is, he’s Uber in my heart

[@KrimzonKasper]

Tell me more about it :0 I’m curious to know your Cryogonal stats and nature. Movesets too

[@bananatassium7009]

what are DAs?

[@scoutsilver3349]

Dynamx Adventurers

[@ThisAintGood.]

@@KrimzonKasper They’re set when you pick it, it just so happens that Cryo has a really good set movepool and stats

[@NightSkyNyx]

Shiny hunting for legendaries in the Dynamax Adventures has given me newfound appreciation for Pokémon I otherwise were neutral towards or didn’t think too highly of. Comfey, Togedamaru, Qwilfish, and of course Cryogonal being Pokémon that I now majorly respect because of how instrumental they have been in my various legendary shiny hunts lmao (Sigilyph as well, but I actually always liked Sigilyph from the start lol)

[@evanmclaughlin7988]

i liked that his stats ended up getting better with +20 defense and +10 HP

[@LionsEatNoobs]

This is what I love about this channel. I always learn about how Pokemon that I never used before can really do. Mind you, I'm not a competitive battler, but these videos give me a new appreciation for some of these underrated Pokemon

[@cheruledge]

Minor mistake in the SV section, Cryogonal doesn’t actually get Toxic this gen, so it runs Chilling Water instead. Great video anyway. It surprised me how it could be used in SM PU

[@adva1282]

Finally someone mentions that fact, I've been looking for this comment

[@prof.pick1es283]

Thaught he ment it was immune to toxic cause steel

[@Jzwiz]

@@prof.pick1es283 nah they list the 4 moves used at the bottom and toxic was listed on accident

[@deltalord6969]

I once had a dream where I was playing Pokémon black and cryogonal evolved from a snowflake into a mega huge snowflake. Still waiting for it to happen.

[@grrumakemeangry]

lol

[@RazorIvy470]

Your dream predicted gigantamax. Just the wrong pokemon.

[@90091]

There is one is a fangame where it's ability is Sleet. Its hail on steroids where a pokemon will lose 20% of their hp if they are not immume to hail. Would be so fun if they added this to the main game.

[@ordinaryman27]

They'll probably pull a Moushold and add more original for it's evo

[@aikou2886]

I wish it evolved into an ice sculpture or something like that.

[@misirtere9836]

Cryogonal getting Solar Beam is actually based on interesting trivia about real snow. Snow is actually really good at reflecting light, so much so that it can be blindingly bright under the right circumstances. Sounds like a solar beam to me.

[@skeetermania3202]

Also if you look outside when it’s Sunny and snow is on the ground, the sun shines much brighter than usually.

[@ExcalibeonSwordofEeveelutions]

I've heard if you're not careful, you could receive sunburns on your face climbing tall snowy mountains!

[@TheTimeMage]

wouldnt mirror shot make more sense?

[@WolfKnightLukos]

@@TheTimeMage It be more focused on the snow and ice albedo, which is an object's ability to reflect light.

[@ordinaryman27]

What about poison jab?

[@golemofwill4728]

A fast special wall is very unique. Shame this thing is always so hard to find in games. It's a very solid mon. Tera types and fixing ice types is gonna be very fun to see in the evolving meta, especially for avalugg.

[@misael960]

The only other fast special wall that I record is Tentacruel . And maybe Latias , but she is an legendary so I don't think it counts.

[@TheMirksta]

@@misael960 There's Nihilego, Scream Tail, Flutter mane that are fast high SPDEF mons, also if you count it stuff like Torn T and Mienshao who are both fast and work well with AV. Tapu Fini is pretty fast for a mon that bulky too, though not quite at the same level

[@Eroil]

Very solid mon in ZU maybe lol. With tera it has a good chance but I see no hope for avalugg with that speed and spdef

[@jmurray1110]

By hard I can only assume you mean late

[@worldiefeard8396]

But hey, for what matters, in SV it's all over the place on the mountain. Then again, no pokemon is really rare in first place in SV i suppose ^^"

[@frankinglese7100]

I used to call it “Giant Metal Snowflake” and still do sometimes. Also, it was one of the few Pokémon that was an enemy in “Smash Run” from “Super Smash Bros. for 3DS” if anyone remembers that.

[@vla1ne]

damn i miss that mode.

[@pikapower_kirby]

Aw I loved Smash Run! And yeah, seeing Cryogonal there when I first played was a really neat surprise!

[@Leet-iz2fz]

Smash Run was my introduction to Cryogonal. What solidified my admiration for it was the time I got one in Pokémon GO with a Combat Power rating on par with *legendaries* in spite of its poor IVs. Ironically I have yet to use one on a team in all the main series games I've played.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

An interesting story to see an Ice type that actually got better, for all of a generation.

[@pottedplant7460]

Man, this brings back the memories of hunting for a shiny one of these. Underrated shiny imo, always reminded of dawn on a winters day

[@RickRaptor105]

It feels like a missed opportunity that this was pure Ice type instead of Ice/Ghost

[@Slop_Dogg]

i don’t care about all the specific mechanics and stats or w/e but I always forget this Pokémon exists. it’s like a redesigned Glalie.

[@pieterhofkens7259]

Cryogonal is one of the better single stages mons imo

[@Eroil]

Ignoring legendaries it's probably still bottom 50% for single stage

[@galvsparks6295]

@@Eroil idk man, single stage has a lot of trash, cryogonal being usable already puts it above average on that front

[@Eroil]

@@galvsparks6295 gen 8 ZU single stage Pokemon that are better- Rotom (regular), miltank, qwilfish, sawk, stunfisk, morpeko. This is ZU

[@heavyrain5949]

@@galvsparks6295 Above? Nah, but it's a perfectly average mon, nothing wrong with that 🤷

[@galvsparks6295]

@@heavyrain5949 above average for a single stage, not as a pokemon as a whole

[@GymLeaderJasmine]

I’m glad Cryogonal was decently well off at what it did. This is another case of a Pokémon not needing to be the best to still excel in its role.

[@danielmaynard239]

Maybe some more underrated Pokemon could be covered too, like Lumineon or Noctowl

[@leoberumen116]

Here's their story: they sucked

[@yardship]

For these really bad Pokémon maybe there could be a section where someone talks about what they need to ever be competitive, maybe go over some hypothetical changes or evolutions. There are some poketubers who could guest host for this!

[@CosmicNebula444]

For the last point, I think it's really interesting how much typing can do so much for a Pokémon (maybe a video topic for another day?) Like yeah steel in general is fantastic but I find it fascinating how it really helped Cryogonal shine when it was otherwise completely outclassed

[@BigGengar13]

I didn’t realize how much someone at gamefreak loves Cryogonal. Between all the seemingly random coverage moves in solar beam, night slash, poison jab, getting an HP and defense buff AND getting defog in gen 7. It just seems like Cryo is someone’s favorite and keeps sneaking it everything they can

[@freshboy3968]

Oh definitely.

[@calebshmanderson]

The reason why cryogonal can learn and/or use Solarbeam and Flash Cannon is because it's a mirror.

[@Ghaust8546]

Okay but night slash?!?

[@calebshmanderson]

@@Ghaust8546 Idk I only know the reasoning behind the other two moves

[@tentativaX]

@@Ghaust8546 Why not Night Slash? Cryogonal sure looks like a ninja star, right?

[@MakoShiruba]

@@Ghaust8546 Razor Sharp Broken Mirror that looks like a Shuriken. Yeah, I would expect this thing to know Slash and it's variants.

[@silverbolt9439]

Blame gf they sometimes slap moves on mons that make no sense design wise no lore needed(for coverage that's the only excuse).😂 Gastly with the elemental punches and wooper with ice punch no hands Ma.

[@taltairzaltair8074]

This vid came out whilst I was sat around trying to figure out how to use the mon on showdown, absolutely class timing. It’s stat distribution is really unusual, same with the movepool, so I was finding myself totally lost. I really do like it’s design, I have a soft spot for weird looking mons haha, deffo gonna use it now

[@v.i.pflame7607]

Honestly i really like cryogonal a lot, its really nice to see it get somewhat better in gen 9 still holding out for an evolution for it.

[@ZetroFox9274]

Cryogonals great and it's weirdly one of the only pokemon I've seen that has gotten pretty much no fans yet no haters at the same time.

[@justinkunheeyi]

Now the REAL tea is jamming tf out to the Twist Mountain theme while hunting for this thing

[@ice_cream_melt]

I love how Cryogonal was able to learn Attract despite being genderless. Always felt like a weird pick to get it. Then Gen 8 removed that... That's sad

[@bobsmith8405]

After watching the Kyurem movie it's nice to see Kyurem has an army of these guys to keep watch for him.

[@magicalhikari5859]

Did not know Cryogonal has such a versatile moveset tbh

[@nolanj.3897]

It’s amazing how consistently good this channel has been over the years

[@TheHero136]

This is a Pokémon I always like having in random battles. Not just because of rapid spin but because it forces the opponent to reveal physical attackers. So it works pretty well as a win condition once you account for those physical attackers.

[@earlsaverson5387]

I always found it fascinating that the Stealth Rock-weak mon was able to hang as one of the best Spinners while spinning was relevant. Really felt like an underdog story. The creepy ice face would normally not be on my radar, but they really put in the work. Respect.

[@asuuki2048]

I really want a Meloetta episode ;~;

[@GWFanSoftcoreBrony]

Cryogonal has always been one of those Pokemon that feels like it should be better than it ends up being. I loved it back when I first played Black, but of course in the regular game you don't have to worry about opponents having any EVs or move sets that make sense.

[@bluebaron6811]

When I was little, I always thought it had just one singular eye. I only learned it had 2 eyes after looking at its face a bit more.

[@dntremad8290]

You know that FSG has changed A LOT when his Typhlosion video talked about how sad it was that it was in RU in gen 5 but this video talks about Cryogonal being really good in RU as a very positive fact

[@samamies88]

Could be either because channel has matured to understand wider array of meta tiers or maybe its because Typho was compared to Charizard (which was often on higher tiers) while Cryo got compared to other ice types (which rarely compete well) - so one was outperformed thus in sad state and another did better than their type generally which is seen as an good thing?

[@dntremad8290]

@@samamies88 I think it's the first scenario, FSG's earlier videos were more about OU and ubers anything below was usually seen as a failure. Honestly this makes me want a remake on all FSG pre-2019 videos

[@N12015]

@@dntremad8290 Honestly it makes me miss those videos. I definitely prefer when he focus on the negatives until it finds a home rather than ignoring the fact is not very good. Also the "straight to the point" style he had instead of tons of filler about the tier instead of the mon per se.

[@clash_king1025]

Surprised you didn’t mention cryogonal learns attract when mentioning weird moves it learns Not the only genderless Pokémon that can learn attract for some reason, but the most iconic

[@LordRumshi]

Flash cannon and solar beam could be from how Cryogonal is a floating snowflake, to where it can kind of reflect/absorb light so it is able to use moves likes those but not in the same way as Pokémon such as Venasaur and Aggron. While night slash could be from how Cryogonal can spin its body very quickly and can cut an opponent from that method.

[@Creepy___]

Cryogonal was one of the first batch of competitive Pokemon I ever got back then when I started. I know I traded for one because I was thinking "haha funny snowflake" but I actually kinda fell in love with it. I still have it today. It's actually one of my favorite pokemon ever now

[@annaangelic2318]

Super cool that Cryogonal was in Subzero Used in Gen 8 briefly. ZU taking it when it already had Articuno was painful.

[@galvsparks6295]

Man I'm really interested in subzero used, do you have stuff to recommend for such content ?

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

Kinda wished this guy got Snow Warning in Gen 9. Would actually be a pretty interesting Snow setter as that patches up its bad Defense stat and its Speed allows it to get up Aurora Veil pretty easily

[@ekonthungcyrusngullie4391]

This makes so much sense. It's literally a snow.

[@suryav1397]

Cryogonal could be interesting with Terastal - specially bulky in a solid speed tier that can go Tera Electric to give it 0 weaknesses and it gets bolt beam coverage with Ice Beam/Blizzard and Tera Blast. Basically, Tera Ice Regieleki at home. That bad phys def is still concerning, but in a meta where there's a ton of nasty special attackers running around it could be a pretty interesting albeit niche pick. Edit: this thing could be a sleeper pick as a Gholdengo resist in VGC. Check out these calcs with almost 0 investment in spdef 252 SpA Life Orb Tera Steel Gholdengo Make It Rain vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Tera Electric Cryogonal: 133-157 (44.1 - 52.1%) -- 16% chance to 2HKO

[@arhardar6873]

Does the damage calculation consider that Make it Rain drops Gholdengo's special attack stat by 1 stage after the move inflicts damage?

[@suryav1397]

@@arhardar6873 Nope. So with that + no nasty plot it's guaranteed to never be a 2HKO unless there's a crit

[@floresarmando4318]

I love cryo 😍. Definitely on my top 3 pokemon list ❄️. Since it is like a mirror, it would be awesome if it had an ability that reflects special attacks (weaker) everytime it is hit by them

[@Jikkuryuu]

That's a cool idea, like Rough Skin but for Special moves instead of Contact moves!

[@MaribelMusic0417]

Maybe instead of special moves, it could be specific like “light” moves Said moves would be like Moonblast, solar beam/blade, dark pulse and dazzling Gleam. This’ll probably make cryogonal a good fairy counter since it is also the light type in a sense, while also helping with pokemon who usually need help with these moves.

[@floresarmando4318]

@@MaribelMusic0417 I love it! And makes sense!

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

I can't imagine the re-remake of Dragonite video, knowing it got banned to Ubers as of this moment.

[@longbeing]

Update: as of Jan 10 2023, Terastalization stands as-is and Cryogonal is in RU. Showdown is currently rolling out each tier month-by-month from the top down, so that may play a part in its temporary high tiering. Cryogonal didn’t get enough usage in December to justify it staying in UU.

[@bryantbodnar]

I watched a Let’s Play of Black where the guy caught a Cryogonal for his team, and it was able to take a Fire Blast from the Hydreigon that you fight at the end. It had red health and got burned, but it survived enough to use Light Screen.

[@thatjacoblaye]

Loved this thing in Gen 8 OU. Was very nice to switch this thing into Lando earthquakes and being able to force a switch out. Turns out, Specs ice beam is REALLY strong

[@themega108]

I would love to see a video about how some people would buff lower-tier mons. I've seen a ton of people playing radical red and I love how they've boosted some weak mons and made them relevant

[@Mugenman88]

14:12 you list Toxic on it's moveset but Cryogonal currently cannot use Toxic in any way in gen 9, it's a Home only move and even then we're not sure if it'll stay on the moveset if transferred over

[@gamermanzeake]

I was absolutely not expecting that gen nine glow up! There's an example of that actually occurring FSG.

[@profes6447]

So happy we get to see gen 9 footage now. Terrastalization brings back so much hope for some mons. Love the content.

[@Cool-Vest]

I'm planning on running an aurora veil set against my friend eventually. The snow combined with aurora veil should shore up it's defense sufficiently.

[@Deadflower019]

Yes the infamous Unreciprocated Love Pokémon.

[@animagamer2]

I don't think you're exactly right about the point at the start- about it not making sense for Cryogonal to learn certain moves, and if it seems that way then I think it's intentional. Game freak is using your intuition to suggest something unique about Cryogonal and I'd love to get into it more because I think it gets into an interesting point about Pokemon Biology. So first off, why I think it makes sense that Cryogonal can learn a lot of beam moves such as Ice Beam, Solar Beam, Hyper Beam, and Flash Cannon. The last one may seem a bit contentious, but if you look at how Flash Cannon has been depicted in the anime it's always been a Beam-type move. Basically, I think this is Game Freak saying that something about Cryogonal makes it uniquely good at learning Beam Type moves- even ones you'd think an Ice-type pokemon wouldn't be able to learn. Which I think is a super cool way to add uniqueness to a Pokemon and subtly world build using the game mechanics. As to why it can learn a move like Poison Jab, well, why can Arbok or Gastly? What are they Jabbing with? What about Pinoco or Fortress for that matter- Pokemon with similar shape compositions to Cryogonal that also learn Poison Jab. See, a lot of times with Pokemon I think the moves are more like vague descriptions of what's happening rather than literal moves that a Judo Master would teach you- like an Arm Triangle. Let's just ignore the fact that they are literal move tutors in the game for a bit and hear me out. Basically, I think all that's required for a Pokemon to learn Poison Jab is the ability to coak an extremity in poison- either through natural or telekinetic means- and then quickly strike and pull back, a jab if you will. I think Cryogonal meets all those requirements, so to me, it makes sense that it can learn Poison Jab. Now, this is where we get into a lot of interesting biology implications. For example, if these are the only requirements for a Pokemon to be able to learn the move, then why are there so many Pokemon that meet the requirements but don't learn the move? I think there are a couple of interesting explanations that would potentially get into Evolutionary biology and it probably has something to do its innatenaite ability to learn Acid Armor. You can also get into regional revolutionary biology from there to explain why certain Pokemon learn new moves and lose the ability to learn new ones in different regions. All of that is quite a bit out of my depth though, but I think it's a super interesting topic of discussion and I'd love to see *someone* get into more one day. All this to say, I know it was just a little blurb at the start, but it makes a lot more sense if you think about it a bit!

[@hasechoward2928]

As a genius thing though, this pokemon is bonkers in gen 9 with Terra electric. An absolute unsuspected destroyer of ou that has been slept on

[@markerthemark]

Cryogonal ain't crying despite it's name too just like it's movepool.

[@bladearmorginga6582]

Honestly always loved cryogonal, I’d love to see it get a unique move or maybe a regional variant if not an evolution.

[@devranyilmaz9806]

Well, as for why it can use certain moves; Night Slash - it has sharp edges, so it can cut Solar Beam - it is reflective, thus it can manipulate light and therefore can use Solar Beam Flash Cannon - same reason as above, except it’s a Steel-type move this time

[@Jaffersin]

Was just trying and failing to shiny hunt one of these during an outbreak, thanks for the consolation.

[@sagacious03]

Man, it's tragic how centralizing hazards & by extension, Heavy-Duty Boots were. Anyway, neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@megadudetp]

This Pokémon always interested me, I always wondered why it wasn’t part ghost or even water

[@markrenton6174]

I see it as the special version of avalugg, but as spinner, i prefer cryogonal since makes better use of terastalization and recover thanks to its speed, and if you use snow weather it can take some physical attack with it doubling def now, of course avalugg becomes a brutal body presser under snow with tera fight, but being hazard removal its main job, levitate and speed get the win for me, also recover is way more useful in a fast mon and allows for not using boots since spikes don't affect it anyways and if you force a switch out u can take 2 turns of leftovers recovery and even swap recover for protect (thus getting 3 turns recovery and minimizing rocks damage)

[@thunderrebel821]

I have always been a fan of Cryogonal,and knowing that in early gen 9,it is at UU for the time being,makes me happy

[@vinnyfiorino9003]

When I was younger I always thought cryogonal was a cyclops. The black in between the two blue dots always seemed like it’s eye to me

[@alejandropetit6573]

One of those weird pokemon I used as niche options that can check garchomp and nothing else, I weirdly love this mon

[@squidlord9110]

one thing FSG did not mention, is that if you give cryo assault vest and invest even a decent amount into special defense, you can like 2 specs fire blast from chandelure and if you tera into fire with similar stats with tera blast fire you can wall goldengho

[@zerobeta91]

I was just looking for this video the other day! I’m glad you made it 😂

[@M3rtyville]

Still waiting for these duos, quadrets and trios to finish: - Latios - Kyurem - Carracosta - Seviper - other gen 5 monkeys - Cresselia - Tyrantum - Swords of Justice minus Keldeo - Gothitelle - Chesnaught

[@Brown95P]

How to make Cryogonal better, you ask? Easy: Give it a regional variant with Poison/Steel typing and, here's the important part, *keep Levitate on it.*

[@solace5823]

Cryogonal is like my fave ice type idk why

[@sosams]

I remember Cryogonal from being in Chuggaconroy's team on Pokémon White!

[@Weebdotexe]

right now, I'm using chilly reception to aurora veil, with a sheer force cetitan, testing it out right now, I'll keep you updated on how it fends itself EDIT: 1300 on showdown DUU

[@davidpotts7116]

Poison jab and night slash I don’t really know why it learns, but for solarbeam and flash cannon I suspect it has to do with a phenomenon called “snow blindness.” UV rays from the sun get reflected off the snow, causing damage to the eyes and can temporarily confuse/blind someone. This is especially common in areas where the air density is lesser, such as in the mountains and tundras where Cryogonal live.

[@WesTheMes84]

Crygonal my beloved

[@snappee]

one of my top favourites (dont ask why), i've been anticipating this video for a while

[@AtillaTheFun1337]

I tried to make a special tank Crygonal work for a long time, but it was always half baked in execution. Reflect, Ice Beam, Recover and confuse ray to pester. But it never really ever threatened anything my circle of friends used.

[@machina5]

Hmmm I wonder how a Pokemon made entire of sharp edges would use Night Slash. Yeah you got me bro, I've no idea. Edit: Also crystals reflect and refract sunlight

[@danielferrieri7434]

I Love Cryogonal's Voice in the Anime

[@benpeterson4673]

I can't explain the others, but I think that Solar Beam is Cryogonal functioning like a magnifying glass to focus the sun's light, and it's something similar for Flash Cannon.

[@aprilm3203]

I recently was playing random battles on smogon and got a cryogonal as my lead and It knocked out 4 of my opponents mons without even really being that hurt. By the time their fifth mon looked like it was gonna go down they just rage quit. Absolutely hilarious match

[@christophertancinco3052]

Yes! Finally a How GOOD was video about my brother's favorite ice type.

[@ShukakuTheCrazy1]

I'm thinking if I were to improve it I'd bump up it's HP to 100, then swap its attack and defense stats. Not the best, but still a good improvement

[@pineapple8375]

oo nice cryogonal is one of those pokemon that isnt quite a lot of peoples' favourites but we all still really like

[@floofzykitty5072]

I love terastalising my Cryogonal into Electric to have boltbeam coverage and only has a weakness vs ability ignores, and steel is also great for the resists + only fire weakness

[@BlueNinjakoopa553]

Iron Defense, Flash Cannon, and Solar Beam are there because of logistics. Cryogonal reflects a lot of light, and Solar Beam and Flash Cannon are light attacks while Iron Defense represents the process of a snowflake forming. Night Slash I'm assuming it learns because it's thin and evil-looking, so it'd probably be able to do the "Night Slash" movement (which is a reference to assassinations with sharp blades, where ninjas would kill unsuspecting victims at night by cutting them down without anyone seeing it coming).

[@BabusGameRoom]

omg, an Ice type Terestawhateverallizing into a Steel type? I love it!!

[@monkweirdo]

I always loved cryogonal, its design is so siple yet amazing, and of course ice being my favourite type helps too In Scarlet, right after beating the ice type gym, a shiny Cryogonal spawned in front of it, tho true it became the least useful member in my team :D

[@stellarknight04]

This thing wiped my team in a Pokemon White Nuzlocke at the entrance to Victory Road, not only does it outspeed everything I have to but also froze my every resistant Pokemon I have or ended them with Sheer Cold. Let's just say that day I never hated a Pokemon so much in my life.

[@casbalt7763]

Snow is interesting in its way to reflect sunlight thats why alot of skier and snowboarders are prone to sunburn

[@rifk_]

fun fact about obscure side grades of metagames! cryogonal was actually viable in mnm ag due to its speed tier (makes it the fastest sheer cold user) while also having spin recover AND a sheer cold immunity. you may say alolan ninetails is faster which it is BUT can alolan ninetails recover? or spin? didnt think so

[@Poiboiii]

The ice beads are the bottom of the pokemon are canonically used as chains or ropes to capture prey, meaning they are strong enough to bind and assumable to have a strong jabbing power, hence poison jab, if gengar can learn fire punch, then cryogonal can learn poison jab

[@Amelia4111]

DO NOT LEAVE OFF THE R IN LEARN THE SECOND TIME!

[@ethantreadway9478]

Here’s a fun fact: When I was catching Pokémon in the North Province Mountain in Scarlet and Violet, I found a Cryogonal but I wasn’t engaging in battle with it because it was floating high in the air!

[@Frog_Dogger]

Cryogonal has a bizarrely high BST for a single-stage Pokemon (515) so getting an evolution is off of the table, but I would love to see this thing get a regional variant.

[@ladonmccabe]

I know its a decisive topic, but 5th gen was my favorite gen for competitive. I remember playing a hail team in RU, and 6th gen NU (i think), with vanilluxe. Was it great? Nah. Was it bad? Nah.

[@tedscheett9420]

You forgot a crucial move in Cyrogonal's toolkit: Attract.

[@Cahootian]

When I was playing the sword and shield DLC I saw this Pokémon and thought it was a new Pokémon for months until I found out it came out in gen 5

[@lordofyggdrasil9633]

I've been waiting for this video for so long, cryogonal goated

[@RaynmanPlays]

They made a snowflake-shaped Pokemon with great special stats but extraordinarily fragile. They literally made a Special Snowflake.

[@Ozymandias1111]

My favorite Pokémon to run competitively. I love this thing.