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

[@KinaliBZP]

Fun fact: Darmanitan anagrams to "A DAMN TRAIN", which accurately reflects what it hits like

[@skyeschlueter9877]

This might just be my favorite KZbin comment ever!

[@al-dy2vp]

Waiit it does damn

[@conanobrien1924]

@@al-dy2vp I know right

[@jagjitasa]

Good one

[@bdt2002gaming]

Bruh 🚂

[@TheHappyDino7]

So that’s how foreshadowing Galarian Darmanitan was actually

[@AuroraBoost]

Look who's here

[@N12015]

Basically as overpowered in singles as Genesect. It's amazing how a decent speed, good base power, u-turn and having 2 choice items can break a mon.

[@josephmedrano7128]

The legend

[@hampter9551]

Return of the King

[@JustInCaseD]

Congrats, you’re forever immortalized in this video

[@maxspecs]

“Anything that survived Icicle Crash had to worry about flinching.” Nobody was worried, nothing survived.

[@TunaBear64]

Actually Garmanitan is the most worried as Icicle Crash can fail

[@frozezone2947]

@@TunaBear64 I would sometimes run ice punch for safety measure

[@TunaBear64]

@@frozezone2947 Yeah, Icicle Crash is only useful if makes the difference of OHKO or not common Pokémon of the meta

[@victory8928]

Bulky waters and steels: Pathetic G. Darma: I got fire moves okay! But what darma realised was that they fucked up. They had guerilla tactics

[@icebeam4642]

HE HAS NO COUNTERS HE HAS NO CHECKS TH-TH-TH-THIS KONG OHKO'S HALF OF THE DEX

[@harbingerserenade9569]

i hate how it actually works for the DK Rap

[@supernutz1262]

HE CAN U-TURN WHEN HE NEEDS TO

[@Boricosa]

Monke stronk

[@ThisIsntAYoutuber]

BUT HE’S HERE TO FIGHT JUST FOR YOU

[@Xman34washere]

Collected: HE HAS NO COUNTERS HE HAS NO CHECKS TH-TH-THIS KONG OHKO'S HALF OF THE DEX HE CAN U-TURN IF HE NEEDS TO BUT HE'S HERE TO FIGHT JUST FOR YOU

[@carlozeno8811]

G-darmanitan: hey g can i get some attack stat? Gamefreak: only a spoonful G-darmanitan: *whips out a comically large attack stat*

[@sayvionwashington1939]

"Alright, you got your attack stat, now leave." "Sir, all of our Choice Bands are gone. Do you know where they are?" *Cuts to G-Darm eating them all*

[@angryeyedude1]

It was a big spoon.

[@Metsu_Nero]

@@angryeyedude1 It was Mewtwo’s life size spoon from the manga

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@sayvionwashington1939 i like to imagine that it was starving when it first went to the cold climate, and it got so desperate for food that it ate a choice band it was holding. and that somehow worked its way into its genetics martha speaks style.

[@xx_lunchmeat_xx752]

COMICALLY LARGE ATTACK STAT

[@beebobber546]

Arcanine: a bulky utility fire type with various roles it can fill Darmanitan: MONKE FLARE BLITZ

[@雪者]

XD

[@aaronfield7899]

It's An orangutan! That's not a monkey

[@chuyrenteria6252]

@@aaronfield7899 and this is the part where we say “wooosh”

[@Alche_mist]

@@chuyrenteria6252 I see reference to Terry Pratchett and the Librarian instead.

[@marche800]

@@aaronfield7899 Monke

[@FirstLastname604]

it's time to play "which pokemon got banned" A) a solar deity reincarnated to an atlas moth B) an ancient electric guardian who devoted its life to protect its island and people C) ice monke

[@lynxfresh5214]

Don't a forgot a legendary sword wielding doggo that can fell giants in a single blow... and a literal fiery furry footballer!

[@iantaakalla8180]

-An Amargasaurus that has plenty of the same problems both Darmanitan have, if not worse, since it has the worst defensive typing

[@ThatOneWeirdFlex]

Is it Volcarona, Tapu Koko and Garm?

[@N12015]

@@lynxfresh5214 TBF the legendary sword wielding doggo was banned from Ubers. GF tend to release absurdities lately and that's maybe the biggest one alongside Dynamax.

[@_Rhatsody]

@@lynxfresh5214 but zacian-crowned was so broken it got banned to Anything Goes.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Gen 5: vicious power creep Gen 6: Creates Mega Rayquaza & AG tier Gen 7: Z-moves, Tapus, & Necrozma forms Gen 8: Breaks comp beyond repair

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

comps fine what r u talking about? ou healthier than it's ever been not gonna lie

[@reido_dorito]

This made me laugh out loud

[@victory8928]

@@spinosaurusaegypticus8341 libero cinderace, g.darma, Specteirer (cala and non cala) and urshifu: Hello Mandibuzz: Why must I do everything myself again!

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

@@victory8928 and they're all banned. point still stands, ou healthier than it's ever been for a long long time

[@victory8928]

@@spinosaurusaegypticus8341 after, being around for far too long. But yes, banned they were and Ou is better for it

[@dreadfury2485]

A wise man once said the following: "G-Darm's ability is called Gorilla Tactics because even a gorilla could lead off with it and click U-Turn."

[@matteodotdpsatgmaildotcom2451]

Oh my god hahahahaha heartiest laugh of the day

[@sayvionwashington1939]

Damn.

[@1tsJustKetchup]

And still dominate the tier

[@haka-katyt7439]

Yeah lots of powerful pokemon are TERRIFIED of a monkeh wit a drum

[@arlen7726]

@@haka-katyt7439 Reject strategy, return to Monke!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Water types: I'm resistant to fire moves tho Darmanitan: Imma pretend like I didn't hear that

[@bidoof5922]

I found you

[@jonathano503]

Low quality comment for low quality people

[@gyutp8476]

"And who decided THAT!?"

[@tunipy]

Heatran- “remember me?”

[@ionlycreatedthissothatican6859]

@@jonathano503 the only kind of people I would call low quality is the kind that insult other people over a harmless youtube comment

[@joaomacedo5849]

"this sun blitzkrieg" that sentence is both incredible and terrifying at the sametime

[@eduardobarros3986]

"The sun is a deadly laser!"

[@wakbondx5060]

@@eduardobarros3986 "not anymore there's a blanket"

[@robbiebrown4261]

This is the only KZbin channel I’m subscribed to. So much fun to watch these videos

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@d3vond *you're

[@worm7064]

@@robbiebrown4261 We can literally see that you're lying when we click your profile...

[@drewsky1121]

Competitive Players: "They should buff Ice Types and give them some more Type Resistance" Game Freak: "Did you say you wanted Ice Types with OP stats and abilities?"

[@Ashelybee]

"boss the community think our game is becoming more and more unbalance* Game freak: add more charizard

[@angelicaph483]

@@Ashelybee Non genwunners be like: Charizard again? f*ck it

[@cheruledge]

Monke ✅ Learns U-turn ✅ Monke Flip ✅

[@alammedina8384]

P E R F E C T

[@gustavorodriguez5643]

Underrated comment.

[@esaesnose3468]

this comment has to get pinned

[@mahinimmadisetti5618]

The perfect combo

[@Valthe50Cal]

Gorilla tactics ✅

[@beanburrito4405]

Who thought that making Choice Band an ability while allowing use of another choice band was a good idea

[@thecriticalghost4626]

Everyone

[@GravityIsFalling]

It is a good idea

[@saiyanscaris6530]

i mean it was decent considering how much damage you would do to everything especially with u turn, zen headbutt. rock slide, earthquake, icicle crash and flare blitz

[@lynxfresh5214]

Probably the same guy that created Cinderace and Crowned Zacian... :P

[@Lotus_RT]

Just wait until they do the same thing with Choice Specs and Choice Scarf :P

[@Grandflea02]

Alola remakes: Alolan Garchomp Ability: Shark tactics Gives this pokemon two choice bands and a choice scarf

[@BladeTNT2018]

AG

[@cintronproductions9430]

Why did this make me laugh? Such a Mon would destroy the game. XD

[@Grandflea02]

@@cintronproductions9430 just like Galarian Darmanitan

[@ghostxd2276]

It would be banned from AG

[@cylondorado4582]

“As we all know, this gen’s untiered resembles the previous generation’s ubers.”

[@KINGBADASS100]

Darmanitan: “Nobody cared who I was until I put on the Ice type.”

[@iantaakalla8180]

Weird. Ice type usually means certain death.

[@donaldhenderson7703]

Well Shofu loved it since it came out

[@cybernnic]

@@iantaakalla8180 if you're slow and frail, yes. If you're fast and hit hard, on the other hand...

[@MidoseitoAkage]

@@cybernnic Gorilla tactics made it broken.

[@doubleace11554]

He put on the Afro*

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

"Fire blitzkrieg" Aight, your writers get the second Ampharos episode for that one.

[@UnknownVir]

flare*

[@AnimeGames16]

This is a different writer than the one that loved Ampharos, but regardless there needs to be updated versions of all those old videos.

[@oqo3310]

Thanks bkc for that

[@harb1ng3r82]

Darmanitan’s greatest appearance is as “AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH” on FSG writer BKC’s amazing sun team of the same name.

[@thecriticalghost4626]

No

[@bakurasensei]

that sun team sure does make for some good c o n t e n t

[@marcorossi2854]

That sun team actually is one of BKC's most memorable teams, flare blitz spam with the monkeys and v create on victini, pure destruction

[@Muckelienchen]

Daramnitan sorta looks like AAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!! in trollhunters

[@N12015]

Like a smogon player pointed out before that thing was eventually the first non-legendary ice type banned: "The hability is called gorilla tactics because even a gorilla can lead with G-Darmanitan's U-Turn".

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

why brain when can mash

[@TunaBear64]

Before Gen 8 there was only two ice types ever made to Uber Kyurem-White and Arceus-Ice Now in Gen 8 Kyurem Kyurem-White Kyurem-Black Calyrex-Ice G-Darmanitan Also in Gen 6, Kyurem was RUBL Who else was RUBL? Venomoth, VENOMOTH

[@IschmarVI]

FSG: "a strong attack does not a good pokemon make" Garmanitan: no, no ... it does ... you just need ENOUGH attack.

[@jw-ws8dz]

to be fair, garmanitan has more than just high attack. Ice typing (very good offensive type), good coverage + u-turn (useful for grabbing momentum) to complement its STAB, and decent speed which allows it to effectively run choice scarf all contributed to why it was so broken

[@IschmarVI]

@@jw-ws8dz very true. Most notable, it has decent speed that can be further augmented with choice scarf. But nonetheless, it is mostly defined by virtue of its barbarian attacking power and thus I felt like dropping that line :p

[@skeetermania3202]

@@jw-ws8dz Many of those traits also apply to regular Darm.

[@blazikenchad8876]

​@@skeetermania3202but regular darmatian doesn't have gorilla tactics

[@IschmarVI]

@@blazikenchad8876but it has a sheer force boosted flare blitz that goes OOGA BOOGA

[@brodychurchman2793]

8:27 "Rhyperior could take Flare Blitzes all day" Rhyperior proceeds to take 40+% from that resisted attack.

[@noishfanboy1141]

such is the power of monke

[@ActualTrash8]

Also not in the sun or with boosts

[@Barbie_badazz]

@@ActualTrash8 not to mention rhyperior has base 130 defense AND base 115 hp. Monke is stronk

[@ActualTrash8]

@@Barbie_badazz stronke

[@Breakaway-ic5gj]

That's Choice Band ?

[@sayvionwashington1939]

"NOOOOO! You can't just have 936 Attack out the gate with Gorrila Tactics + Choice Band! You have to work for it like everyone else!" "Hehe, Icicle Crash go brrrr!"

[@angterrastriker]

Literally

[@tommyjackson3128]

Lmao

[@vdd1001]

That gets an OHKO on a 252/252+ toxapex with earthquake (if adamant, jolly has a 43.8% to be an OHKO and it's guaranteed after any chip or stealth rock). Icicle crash does up to 95% to a 252/252+ clefable too, doing calcs with this pokemon is fun

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Belly Drum Choice Band Azumarill: Pathetic

[@wakbondx5060]

nah that wasn't accurate it should be like this "No u can't just be weirdly relevant with pathetic stats!" Quagsire and Gastrodon : haha stalling go brrrr Wobuffet with shadow tag : Amateur

[@ktvx.94]

It's crazy how Darmanitan was one of those super hyped mons that ended up not working in practice, but Garmanitan actually did work as well as expected

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

It was good in the lower tiers. It's just that it has pretty much nothing else going for it besides being a powerful attacker

[@zjzr08]

I guess it's just the extreme stat distribution made it very hard to slap on; still I assume if you're a low-percentage player it's perfect.

[@jaretco6423]

At least it's no Rampardo levels of bad.

[@IschmarVI]

well, at least it works in playthroughs. The only downside is that you have to get past the 80% curse of its preevolution.

[@gabrielhelms2040]

Try it with a choice scarf, you don't be disappointed

[@terrabull1431]

Gen 5 really be like "I want more Monke"

[@asdfg3046]

The monke generation

[@Biggermeatyhooks]

Reject good design, return to Monke.

[@aaronfield7899]

Darmanitan is an ape, silly

[@thecriticalghost4626]

Ape > Monkey

[@aritra2116]

@@thecriticalghost4626 Repudiate homo sapiens, Progress to Ape

[@flaminghorsebackrider6969]

Mega Medicham: *staggeringly high attack stat* Galarian Darm: *"hold my beer."*

[@wooptyfrickendoo6203]

And now Garmantian is back to being one of the best pokemon in ubers thanks to the ability to break the common necrozma-d, Yveltal, and Eternatus core thanks to Earthquake and Icicle crash. So it now has an A+ ranking on the Ubers viability rankings.

[@tehrik0020]

Monke takes upon the Gods

[@jaretco6423]

And the original Darmanitan is back up to UU now.

[@fansee1368]

Dread from it, run from it, but our comically overpowered monke sweeps all the same

[@SirAthiro]

Darmanitan: "I was pretty heated about my ranking, but then I cooled off and things got better."

[@chuyrenteria6252]

Literally the term “Unga Bunga” as a Pokemon, this beast is powerful

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

mash flare blitz

[@IschmarVI]

Unga Bunga Blitz!

[@Tintelinus]

Honestly I love atleast regular Darmanitan for it. It just gets so much character by being a brainless brute right down to the gameplay

[@thediamondyanma]

Unovan Darmanitan (any ability): I'm too weak... Galarian Darmanitan (with Zen Mode): *UNLIMITED POWER*

[@jagjitpradhan2038]

Yes but actually no

[@pokeinator7834]

@@jagjitpradhan2038 exactly

[@jaretco6423]

Good news. Original Darmanitan is now in UU. That's crazy. Of course, Galarian Darmanitan is still OU & Ubers.

[@vyktorehon5995]

@@jaretco6423 UU is still great

[@jaretco6423]

@@vyktorehon5995 I know. I'm just saying that the original Darmanitan has move up from RU into UU now. Usually he was one of the RU stapler. But now he's one of the UU staplers. That's the crazy part. But in an good way.

[@alejandrolopezharo1058]

Hey guys, I just wanted to tell y’all that thanks tp you, I have improved my english a lot (i’m not a native speaker), and I’ve been using a lot of the words you use for essays at school. Keep up the good work, you are the best!!

[@Naxhus2]

If you use "monke" in an essay please post updates

[@tapioca8678]

good luck! you can do it!

[@diegoxavier9107]

This just in: teachers confused as to why foreigner uses alliterations in every other sentence

[@DavideKuras]

It's the same for me not too much but it did

[@lordfelidae4505]

Yay for you, my dude.

[@thejuic3b0i64]

Zen Mode Galarian Darmanitan is when a nice guy loses his temper

[@tballheimer]

And he is meant to be in his “Zen Mode”- how ironic...

[@iantaakalla8180]

Fun fact: in Japanese, Zen Mode is Daruma Mode. Daruma refers to a doll, which is why Unovan Darmanitan takes that pose in Zen Mode. It also makes Galarian Darmanitan’s Zen Mode make more sense, for it turning into a snowman/yukidaruma means that it is still a Daruma mode.

[@zaknork9282]

it's more like when someone with anger issues uses cocaine

[@mini8964]

More like an ice guy

[@gregorymirabella1423]

i love how all because of an alternate form that it doesn't even use, it got to keep its fire moves despite being an ice type.

[@NotAnElk]

Meanwhile the legendary birds lost all moves of their original type

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@NotAnElk yeah, but that's understandable.

[@AlldaylongRock]

Well, Zen Mode is still Fire type...

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@AlldaylongRock yeah, that's my point.

[@AlldaylongRock]

@@gregorymirabella1423 And Zen mode Galarian Darmanitan is pretty good... Belly Drum-Substitute Salac Berry sets are terrifying ... It one shots everything and only priority can stop it.. IMO its better than Gorilla Tactics just for the fact it can use 2 moves instead of one to sweep you

[@Connor_1989]

As a casual pokemon fan, one of the fun parts of editing these videos is learning more about how broken some mons are in competitive. Darm was especially fun to learn about 😄

[@DarkMusician]

same ppl actually think i'm a huge pokemon expert now when i talk about our work lol

[@internetguy7319]

Thanks for editing!

[@Truffle_D_Toad]

I love how we got a non-legendary Ice type banned to Ubers. Considering how many Ice types get the short end of the stick, that's a win for me.

[@grixan8012]

The fact the nickname “Damage” fits so damn well knowing his competitive history, its nice to see my goat.

[@henryburchfield1021]

I love this pokemon so much, it manages to put in work in OU even with the presence of Landorus-Therian and slowbro

[@Y0G0FU]

"Galar-Darmanitan is one of the comically most overpowered Pokemon" i hear Zacian giggling in the distance. Gen 8 really introduced some broken ass Mons. And here we thought it can't get worse then Mega-Rayquaza

[@HowlingOneify]

i mean megaray still is the most terrifying mon in existance so it isn't really worse.

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

@@HowlingOneify mray has multiple checks, zacian has 2.

[@HowlingOneify]

@@spinosaurusaegypticus8341 uh, no. MRay has nothing that can switch into it and scare it out without risking death itself. Once it has a DD up, Zacian can't outspeed and dies to VCreate.

[@spinosaurusaegypticus8341]

@@HowlingOneify arceus ground is a reliable check as it lives even a banded dragon ascent (barely)and threatens it out.

[@HowlingOneify]

@@spinosaurusaegypticus8341 threatens it out with what? GroundCeus has no move it cab OHKO megaray with.

[@한성곃]

The name of the Korean player you don't know the name of is translated into "Ohmori's Mom" Shigeru Ohomori being the director for SWSH

[@좋은음경]

I was just about to comment about that I couldn't help but to find that funny

[@azure4622]

Amazing name

[@deltalord6969]

When i was playing through pokemon black and white as a kid and I got a darmanitan for the first time I kept wondering how to activate its zen form only to find out later that it was an ability you actually had to get first xd

[@Sleeper800]

When I was younger I thought Darmanitan could learn V-Create because of its eyebrows...

[@lynxfresh5214]

Ditto!

[@noseface1239]

Ditto!

[@Coolhand118]

Same

[@zmx132457]

Ditto!

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Ditto

[@Saviarai-Dravolika]

Darmanitan in Gen 5: Sun Powered Blitzkrieg! Darmanitan in Gen 8: Ice AND Sun Powered Blitzkrieg!

[@switchblade6]

"A strong attack does not make a Pokemon good" Galarian Darmanitan: Ok but what if it's REALLY strong?

[@pieterhofkens7259]

To say it utterly destroyed the tier would be an understatement, as it would be more accurate to say it scorched, smashed, slammed and slaughtered everything in its path with a searing strength and savagery whose full scope was nearly incomprehensible to the mortal mind. I love darmanitan so much, so I really love this quote

[@NawDawgTheRazor]

All of Dar’s forms are so cool, cute, and badass at the same time. Such a perfectly designed Pokémon. I love it so much 😭

[@krowking123]

Gen 5 OU: You’re banned Darmanitan, Victini is better than you! Darmanitan: WHAT?!? Victini: Yes! Now I can go on a sweep through OU an- Gen 5 OU: You know what? Vic you’re banned too, you’re both trash. Victini: WHAT?!? Darmanitan: … Victini: … Darmanitan: … You uh… wanna grab a drink and trash UU while we’re down here? Victini: … Lessgo 😎

[@CocoLocoToco]

Then G-Darmanitan pulls up and is like: And I'm Bri'ish!

[@SYKim_94]

Darmanitan in gen 5: 🔥 😤 Darmanitan in gen 8: 🧊 🥶

[@donaldhenderson7703]

Ay where is the fire my guy is a fire ice type that ice burns you inside

[@justinnzamora5366]

The one thing I love about Darmanitan (both variants) is it's big, natural grin.

[@jaretco6423]

That's like the Tim Burton's version of Batman's Joker levels of grin.

[@HannibalKantter]

Waiting for the day that Slaking gets Gorilla Tactics as a hidden ability

[@felicepompa1702]

It would be better regigigas pretty much

[@justinthibodeaux8601]

I know your kidding but he's a sloth. So really he allready has sloth tactics

[@themadhatter7416]

That would be way to op.... So let’s do it

[@Gotenhanku]

Nah let's give him Huge Power instead of Gorilla tactics : )

[@kingpinthe3rd964]

#MAKESLACKINGGREATAGAIN

[@slavmonke9069]

I cannot believe that he actually made a darmanitan video :D

[@MegaWTFgamer]

Galarian Darmanitan feels to me like Game Freak overcompensating for the Ice type's problems.

[@BerryFruit]

Shofu finally getting featured on FSG!

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

*[Shofu enters the chatroom. Shofu wants to know your location]*

[@thewhatness]

_YESSSIRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!_ (Shofu hand rub)

[@Name12379]

YEAAAAAH

[@CountofBleck]

GET HIT WIT ALLA DAT!

[@justaadhdgamerwesley6244]

I PUNCH FIRE

[@CJ-BZ]

BODY BAG

[@Azdaja13]

Simisear: "YOU STOLE EVERYTHING FROM ME!" Darmanitan: "I don't even know who you are."

[@BladeTNT2018]

Simisear got Sage Power in Radical Red, which is a built-in choice specs

[@CocoLocoToco]

Da bruddas

[@typhoonhurricane18]

Everyone: "No, Gamefreak! You cant just give that pokemon a free choice band on top of whatever other item they want to hold." Gamefreak: "How 'bout I do anyway?"

[@doubleace11554]

Gen 8 be like: lets add and Afro to Darmanitan and give a broken ability

[@lynxfresh5214]

Gen 8 in general introduced a ton of broken mechanics lol!

[@1tsJustKetchup]

‘screaming of the damned from the mutant fish dino thing in the distance’

[@V-Jes]

@@lynxfresh5214 and pretty much most of those are ONLY broken in singles (what VGC doesn't use) rather than in doubles...

[@doubleace11554]

@@1tsJustKetchup In the current meta Idk if Dracovish would be as broken as it was

[@ethanc.1443]

@@doubleace11554 Still pretty broken because nothing meta relevant can switch into it, esp when Choice Banded

[@uastyrdzhii]

Regular Darmanitan: Fire monke in steroids Galarian Darmanitan: Ottoman ice monke in ultra steroids

[@oro6399]

darms that one pokemon for when you’re having a bad day and you need to obliterate something

[@doubleace11554]

6:39 Nowadays, Darmanitan outclasses Entei in RU lol

[@Rarest26]

“A meager defensive profile will do that for you.” Meanwhile Pheromosa in Ubers:

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

Pheromosa blows in Ubers

[@perturbo4253]

So um, Korean here. On 17:17 the Korean player you guys didn't know the name of has the name "Ohmori's mom". Ohmori is the director of the pokemon games post Sun and Moon, and is a huge meme in the Korean community as "that one person to blame for all of Pokemon's flaws". So basically it's a your mom joke

[@sephikong8323]

Finally, angry fire monke that turns into funky ice monke

[@cosmicdunsparce]

Who can also become ice and fire monke

[@bombboss0792]

DK Tropical Freeze NEW FUNKY MODE!!

[@york3538]

Super hilariously fun video. Glad to see a favorite of mine have such a wild story in singles! 😄

[@brycearnzen700]

Flare Blitzkrieg is an amazing combination of words I never would’ve thought of

[@Mystic-Aidan]

Darmanitan is literally my favorite Pokémon, so thank you so much for finally covering him!

[@goblindays2331]

Genesect with download and choice scarf: you ruined me Garmanitan with gt and choice scarf: I don’t even know who you are

[@EmperorATsamaku]

There should be an item that activates Darmanitan's Zen Mode. That way, its Zen Mode would see more usage.

[@marche800]

I mean the Berry substitute set basically does that.

[@EmperorATsamaku]

@@marche800 Citrus Berry? If Darmanitan's health goes back to above half its health, it turns back into its original form.

[@footballstats9127]

speed boosting berries

[@EmperorATsamaku]

@@footballstats9127 That'd benefit Galarian Darmanitan. Unova Darmanitan's Zen Mode too slow to outspeed a lot of Pokemons with +1 speed.

[@belimvasim143]

@@EmperorATsamaku they should just change how ability works instead of half health it can just get into field and have its form activate with good speed maybe that will make g darm more broken but who cares we want our unova garm just be a lil better

[@HereticsRight]

I'd love to see a player spotlight series where you pick out a player and give a quick run through of their career so far, it would really make certain strategies like Parasect pop out.

[@thewhatness]

Love me some Adamant Sheer Force Life Orb Flare Blitz Darm. Broke through so many threats in Gen 5.

[@voidsouled644]

When I went on Pokemon Showdown, I was surprised to find G-Darm in ubers. I hadn't been interested in the meta much, so I wondered why it was good. Many people thrashed my team using it, so I finally researched. When I saw Gorilla Tactics, I realized everything.

[@BlastFurnace10]

Just use lycanroc with swords dance and accelerock with good investment in speed. Also focus sash

[@DanifromDani]

In spanish, Gorilla tactics is called "Monotema", which I personally find hilarious

[@Wesker1984]

I actually like Zen Mode Garm, as long as you control hazards and bring it in safely against something it threatens, it wrecks with a free Belly Drum.

[@bumberquest3031]

Disregarding the Rampardos theorem, it's still crazy that a pokemon as destructive as Darmanitan got power crept so hard. Though Gen 5 was so unbelievably self-contained that It makes sense that newer toys would cause stat inflation in the game.

[@shun1255]

bro ngl this would be a legendary video if Shofu narrated it tbh

[@nguyenw5031]

08:25 : "The best answer is Rhyperior which can take flare blitz all day" => Proceed to lose 40% health

[@Eltipoquevisteayer]

One of the most straight foward Pokémon tbh "Haha monke go brrr"

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

Rillaboom has joined the chat

[@Zeo--]

Game Freak staff: How buffed do you want this monke to be? Game Freak: Yes

[@Hax_R_Us]

I will now proceed to call the move Flare Blitzkrieg for the rest of my life

[@NanaKyoto]

Darmanitan went on to become so hot, he became cool, literally.

[@justartagain1056]

"A meager defensive profile will do that for you, no matter how strong you are." *Deoxys attack*

[@HowlingOneify]

Attack form has had a place in Ubers basically forever though.

[@justartagain1056]

@@HowlingOneify Exactly my point :))

[@BlueZangoose_]

Considering blitzkrieg literally translates to lightning war, what he says is flare lightining war. That is fookin terrifying.

[@IrisYumaPuma]

Here we go, one of my fav. 'mons. I remember how strong it was when I had it as an ally in the Battle Subway.

[@crimsoncutz8430]

Darmanitan Flare Blitz in sun is the epitome of "when all you have is a hammer"

[@Neucher]

Will that Hippowdon video every release ? Pretty sure that one was in production since September.

[@alexanderst.7993]

Was really waiting for this :)

[@chrisburns9898]

Literally didn’t know darmanitan wasn’t fire fighting up until a few weeks ago. Literally thought he was for YEARS.

[@coolcorvoid]

I have a Galarian Darmanitan's pre-evolution wonder-traded from some Japanese player. I had no idea this line was so powerful.

[@iron2684]

Darmianitan: HeHe Flare Blitz go brrrrr Darmianitan-Galar- HeHe free Choice band go brrrr

[@anishdeshpande3495]

POG I’ve wanted this for so long

[@Silvitewolf]

theres a reason Tyranitartube named his Nuzlock Darmanitan starter "Damage" in the randomizer.

[@edwardramos4591]

Trainer: *carefully planning out the battle* Darmanitan: Alright, let's do this! LEEROY JENKINS! Trainer: Oh Arceus, he just ran in.

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

Insane how such a strong mon wasn't OU material, really says alot about the metagame and its cruelty Edit: Oh nvm, Ice Gorilla won where regular Darm couldn't

[@JanusHoW]

I wonder - if Darmanitan had 135 base attack and 100 base speed instead of 140/95, would that have been enough to get it into Gen 5 OU? Sure, it has piss-poor defenses, but since Pokemon is a game of inches, that extra speed might have made the difference, and 135 base attack is still terrifying, especially when backed with Sheer Force.

[@IschmarVI]

the problem is that it is stealth rock weak AND it's most/only spammable move causes 1/3 of it's damage as recoil (which is usually a lot because of the 140 attack). Fire is also a "weird" type defensively because even though it has statistically more resistences than weaknesses, the weaknesses tend to hurt a lot. It kinda is another example of the "Rampardos Theorem"

[@JanusHoW]

@@IschmarVI True, but normal Darmanitan isn't putting _all_ of its eggs into the Attack basket. 95 Speed is still good while Rampardos' 58 speed is pathetic, and its 105 HP gives it enough bulk to handle recoil from multiple KOs worth of Sheer Force-backed Flare Blitz. I mean, as it said in the video, NOTHING in UU could switch into it with Sun up, and it was just fast enough to out-speed most 'mons when it was sporting a Choice Scarf. That said, it's absolutely STELLAR in the single player journey in the first B&W game. You can get its pre-evolution Darumaka before the third Gym along with the eventually-excellent Sandile and RU mainstay Sigilyph, giving it plenty of time to grow into the offensive monster it was born to be, assuming you can work around Darumaka's Hustle ability.

[@Epzilon12]

Ah, Shofu and Snofu have arrived

[@ricardoludwig4787]

I love monke, the begging of gen 8 was hilarious because people would run max HP max defense room heat to check it and still lose to it because of a single flinch

[@jayanths1221]

Darmanitan is the Pokémon equivalent of The Incredible Hulk! It literally just likes to smash everything in it's path.

[@grrggrrg4805]

So satisfying to use as a kid since he's as strong as his design suggests

[@RocketWeaponsGuy]

"HULK! Just for once in your life, DON'T smash." that sentence basically summarizes zen mode darm (OG)

[@shawmantis5549]

Been waiting for this one!

[@misterlinux9290]

Darmanitan in the game: "ascending is bad?" Darmanitan in the manga: "AsCeNdED" -feat: DORIME

[@ShortBanjos]

Darmanitan is one of my favorite Pokémon because when I first played gen 5, literally what ever I put in front of my Darmanitan died, period. With some few exceptions. I had a blast, literally, just wiping the elite four’s teams on the floor. So when I herd that Darmanitan was back in gen 8, and looked like Bob Ross, my dreams had come true in a way I haven’t expected. Personal Rating: Flare Blitz/10, would die to recoil again.

[@CocoLocoToco]

MONKE FOREVER

[@CampCounselerSteve]

Darbanitan is a great example of how GameFreak have forgotten how to maintain even a semblance of balance in their games. Regular Darmanitan however is firmly in my top three pokemon of all time. Let me tell you something, it can take a clean 55% off Suicune on the switch with a choice band flare blitz. I know because I've done it.

[@energyzer_bunny1913]

Now that snow has been implemented, G-Darmanitan will be EVEN MORE powerful.