How GOOD was Empoleon ACTUALLY? - History of Empoleon in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 4-7)

[@FalseSwipeGaming]

ATTENTION: I missed a VERY important VGC placement for Empoleon, thank you to Toniblast for pointing it out. I am extra disappointed in myself because I've seen Ryuzaki's VGC worlds graphic and the VGC 2009 worlds finals so many times at this point >_

[@zaksharman2903]

i still cant access the community tab

[@schubi6904]

What is with Arceus. I think this coud be interesting. 🤔🤔🤔🤨

[@SevoV4X]

False Swipe Gaming I voted for Mr. Mime

[@JTLDrago94]

*Lets rap this How GOOD was Torterra ACTUALLY?* *so we get on with Ho-Oh ACTUALLY?*

[@thetrashtrain3774]

False Swipe Gaming a bit annoying since i can’t access the community tab on iPad

[@Sikk2]

What Flygon is there for: 3. Be an okay member of someone’s team 2. make people think it deserves a Mega 1. get OHKOd by an Icebeam in FSG‘s Video

[@gengarzilla1685]

Flygon: Yay Garchomp got banned! FSG: *Ice Beam* FLygon: ...I came out here to have a good time and I'm honestly feeling so attacked right now.

[@insertnamehere6659]

Bold of you to assume it doesn't deserve one.

[@DeisFortuna]

Honestly, giving Mega Flygon a bunch of bulk and maybe, even trading the ability for like, Regenerator or something would be awesome.

[@TheDeathmail]

@@insertnamehere6659 I don't think he assumed that at all.... just saying it's purpose.

[@leehiro4840]

Why the hell is flygon no Bug/Dragon???

[@julianchrobak-prince1915]

Can I just say the community tab idea is a godsend, because I can actually read comments that aren't suggestions for the next Pokemon now

[@coldore6734]

Still some ppl don't understand it sadly

[@toadsagejacob7896]

How EFFECTIVE was Community Tab actually

[@Karsow2054]

Didn’t it get removed?

[@julianchrobak-prince1915]

@@Karsow2054 I think it’s moreso they’re juggling more episodes at once and need more time for each one, so they can’t ask every week anymore

[@ActualTrash8]

*cries in mobile*

[@ajwelsh3191]

Penguins can survive negative 120 degrees weather, under water they’re badass and they deserve peoples respect.

[@AceHufflepuff]

Damn straight

[@AceHufflepuff]

@Dbz4theFuture heyo lol

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Don't screw with nature.

[@TheAcrilon]

Farenheit (hope i spell that right ) or Celcius ?

[@flufflepants362]

Yep. We need to stop climate change

[@verbalengine95]

I love how Empoleon's recovery animation is just sliding backwards and cracking it's neck

[@ShinMario098]

I'm actually surprised we've not had another Water/Steel type since. You'd think Game Freak would come up with something else by now.

[@imaginaryboy2000]

Having an anchor be Grass Ghost is kind of a dick move on their part

[@siddhantbanerjee3328]

^Too right lol. Could forgive Solgaleo not being Fire type after a while....but this still makes no sense to me

[@randomusername3445]

@@imaginaryboy2000 not to mention insanely stupid

[@mockshock6084]

Makes it worse that his ability is just to get steel type stab (the least useful thing about being a steel type)

[@MrLuizilla]

@@imaginaryboy2000 I can understand the ghost part, what with ghost ships being a thing, but grass?

[@Toniblast]

what you missed the most important empoleon placement in vgc empoleon won worlds in 2009 and there is a video of the finals on youtube

[@shadowhawk3933]

Toniblast I was at vgc back then it was in my hometown

[@isaiahcampbell3992]

Yeah. I love VGC 2009. The VGC meta has only gotten worse since 2012 and died for me after 2014 with all the damn landorus.

[@Marcusjnmc]

eh, not sure leaving out the fantastic worlds footage & not expounding on the use of Icy Wind in VGC in the main video is really rectified just by linking the match in the comments, but it helps

[@OurKindofEntertainment]

Barry's gonna fine you for that "illegal" mention of his Hyper Beam Empoleon without his permission 😂😂

[@sandrahwu]

And he’s going to need it in 10 seconds... 9! 8! 7! 6! ...

[@cubedmelons876]

RIP FSG's $10,000,000.

[@radaf4429]

@@sandrahwu Bah! Who's got the time to count?!

[@sandrahwu]

@Adam Rox In case you didn’t watch the anime, Barry would often make a count down for someone to pay him a fine. My comment is just referencing that. In case you were just being sarcastic, then here is my response: Barry, that’s who.

[@radaf4429]

@@sandrahwu That's what he says in the games, dude.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Fun Fact: The entire Piplup line was owned by at least one character in the Sinnoh saga. Dawn had Piplup, her rival Kenny had Prinplup, and Empoleon was owned by Barry

[@darktemplar446]

4 years later and Empolion has gotten some big buffs in The Indigo Disk DLC for SV. We may need a remake of this video soon.

[@butteredsalmonella]

If Empoleon had Competitive instead of Defiant, it would be an incredibly good Stealth Rock Setter, being able to set up Stealth Rock and threaten Defoggers in one go. Even able to remove hazards itself, a utility tool that features a knife. Defiant Bisharp would be jealous.

[@siberiangopnik]

And give it roost

[@halberd-3291]

@@siberiangopnik It can’t fly…

[@siberiangopnik]

@@halberd-3291 Ok? They actually gave empoleon roost in PLA so idk why you're replying just now

[@halberd-3291]

@@siberiangopnik Was just watching this video and saw this reply. True, maybe they’ll give it roost. Other Pokémon got different moves as well IE Mesprit with recover so we’ll have to see if they keep those moves or not.

[@AutumnOwlex]

And finally they actually changed its ability and finally gave it roost

[@Xzeihoranth]

Fantastic design and typing. It's really cool, just wish I could use it more.

[@christopheralvarado4544]

Sums it up, yeah.

[@Unknown-gf1ci]

Pretty much

[@curtisbreillat666]

Ferrothorn: the water destroyer. pretty sad that so many water types dropped to UU because of this beast.

[@pepeknight]

Ferrothorn was both a blessing and a curse. It held back a lot of Gen 5 threats, but caused the drop of a lot of formerly viable pokemon

[@camoking3605]

I wouldn't consider it was because OU is basically a mini-ubers at this point

[@fulgenzio89]

I hate Pokémon like that. Good in The Smogon World, but pretty useless in "real life" (main story and VGC). Another one is Skarmory.

[@obinnanwakwue5735]

@@fulgenzio89 nah Ferrothorn and Skarmory have their uses in the main game. Pokemon good in competitive but useless everywhere else include Pokemon like Chansey and Alomomola.

[@gengarzilla1685]

FSG should do a video on Ferrothorn soon. It ought to be the first Gen V Pokémon covered because what else really deserves that spot?

[@karfsma778]

Hey, a big UU threat is a great place to be. UU is a solid tier.

[@Oscarus4250]

From Gen 3 onwards. In Gens 1 and 2, when Pokemon was in UU, that meant it sucked

[@karfsma778]

@@Oscarus4250 Guess what. empoleon didn't exist in gen 1 or 2

[@Oscarus4250]

@@karfsma778 I was talking about UU tier

[@JamieBoytVGC]

A pretty notable thing missing is that Empoleon won the World Championships in 2009

[@Rider339]

I remember when I first played pokemon platinum, I choose piplup and not only was it a female which is about 13% chance, but it also had Pokérus (1 in 21,845)

[@xyzzy-dv6te]

imagine if she was shiny

[@empoleonforlife1717]

Pokerus?

[@Rider339]

@@empoleonforlife1717 bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9rus

[@pit2992]

My first Pokémon ever, Chikorita in SS, was actually shiny. I still have him on UltraMoon. Just waiting for SwSh DLCs to add him so he can explore England...

[@microwave8931]

My first starter (Snivy) was female

[@nintendocollectable]

You missed Empoleon's greatest accomplishment in VGC 2009! It won Worlds in Seniors (then the highest age division), used by the first official world champion, Kazuyuki Tsuji.

[@pepeknight]

The Second Best Penguin after King Dedede. Also give it Roost GameFreak.

[@mr.krustykrust]

We all know Dedede is the best penguin. If you think otherwise, you are wrong

[@camoking3605]

................ Kowalski, analysis

[@pepeknight]

@@mr.krustykrust LMAO the heck is that Picture. Got a source on that?

[@mr.krustykrust]

I don’t sorry. I was just scrolling through my gallery and found it under screenshots. Probably just found it on Discord or something and just screenshotted it

[@beta511ee4]

If only our penguiin was perfect...

[@lskre]

Infernape = Gen 4 OU Empoleon = Gen 4 OU Torterra = Gen 4 OU right?? RIGHT!?!??!

[@TheEagleNut]

HA!

[@nerothewateruser8030]

I wish, but no

[@breakingbacon658]

He was ubers

[@aceclover758]

Torterra was spatacular in NU as a great physical tank with good offensive abilities.

[@sayvionwashington1939]

Sorry to burst your bubble, but...

[@Discordual]

I actually used a fun Agility-Swords Dance-Power Trip set that was surprisingly effective (mainly because people weren't expecting it)

[@groudongamer3178]

Ooooooh. I know someone who would love that set.

[@speedyav46]

I was about to ask about how Power Trip did. I was so excited when I saw that Piplup got it but haven't tried it out yet.

[@dotsdot5608]

Is the held item perhaps weakness policy? 😏

[@Discordual]

@@dotsdot5608 It was actually one of the 25% berries, since the last slot was for Aqua jet and I needed some healing

[@gengarzilla1685]

I've never really tried that since Power Trip doesn't exactly patch up any notable holes in Empoleon's coverage as far as I know. If it works for you though, great!

[@alexandermcmillan8056]

So basically Empoleon was like Infernape, being absolutely amazing and great in it debut generation but dropped in the later generations because of power creep, I thought Empoleon would have some OU niche as a defensive rain mon. At least Empoleon is still good and isn't in NU or PU unlike Torterra whose STAB completely screwed over for its role

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

The difference is that Empoleon is still perfectly viable in OU and absolutely thrives in the more fast paced metagame of Battle Spot Singles, mostly because of his access to Yawn that only Swampert and Hippowdon can run with a similar effectiveness.

[@deeznoots6241]

Doesn’t really do much as a defensive rain mon though, especially since that role is always taken up by Ferrothorn which uses rain to cover its fire weakness

[@microwave8931]

Empoleon is UU. Not OU, but at least not ZU

[@MegaGeewee]

If only he got roost.

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Or Regenerator

[@Mswordx23]

would be kind of weird since penguins don't fly

[@pepeknight]

@@Mswordx23 Penguins roost after swimming

[@demetraeconomou6096]

@@Mswordx23 but metal winged bugs do

[@isaiahcampbell3992]

And the ability Competitive instead of Defiant(which makes no sense on it since Empoleon is a special attacker)

[@ShatteredElegance]

These literally make my entire Sunday. I wait for these like a show you'd never miss. Thank you for giving me something to look forward to every Sunday.

[@LightningCayo]

Evolving Prinplup is a challenge of its own when playing through the main game, but so worth it to get it to Empoleon.

[@Charleyyy678]

How? Medium Slow level up rare is actually super fast.

[@sirkibbles1944]

I hope we get another penguin Pokémon in Gen 8. Since we've just left the tropical Alola a cold and snow-filled region is just what we need.

[@sayvionwashington1939]

Another penguin Pokemon would be cool. Maybe make it a fast, hard hitting Rain abuser with Swift Swim. Also, after USUM, I don't want to see another tropical region for 10 years.

[@fulgenzio89]

Rocket Executive Kibble Next Region is China.

[@sayvionwashington1939]

@@fulgenzio89 Excuse me good internet user, but where did you get this information?

[@shawnli4746]

Gen 8 based on Scandinavia then. Alps are too close to kalos and other mountain ranges have political bugbears

[@flappygon1718]

We already had a cold region in Sinnoh. It's the furthest north region with snow capped mountains. I'd rather see a region based on Australia or north Africa.

[@OnlyGoken]

It makes me happy when starters arent awful competitively, especially two of my favorites (Infernape and Empoleon).

[@meatroid5376]

Who’s here after it finally gained Roost and Competitive!?

[@christopherstardeluxe]

Me

[@雪者]

Me, me!

[@magdielm95]

Awesome work guys as always!

[@Blackfreeze646]

Just want to say thanks for making these. I volunteer at my local park on sunday; it's hard work and I love coming home and watching your video during dinner

[@jalapenobug]

Empoleon finally got roost in Legends Arceus.

[@clockbomb8858]

And gone :(

[@NanaKyoto]

I still prefer Empoleon as my Gen IV starter.

[@stellaraevum799]

Shiro-Luna Go with what you like of course!

[@Suikeina]

Totally. Empoleon is actually my favorite starter in the whole series.

[@maclegend6952]

Infernape is awesomer and nice looking

[@stellaraevum799]

Mark Haaksema “Awesomer” sounds highly subjective. And very made up.

[@officialregirock4021]

i prefer torterra, but you do you

[@DsFreaks9900]

I don’t care how niche Empoleon was, I will always be proud of it. It’s my favorite Pokémon, and I really wasn’t expecting this much praise for it.

[@Loris71734]

Empoleon will probably be good for a long time because of its move pool and typing

[@microwave8931]

In SM/USUM he's in UU. Hopefully when he returns in SS he goes back to OU

[@theprovlder]

@@microwave8931 Haha funny joke

[@microwave8931]

@@theprovlder maybe empoleon will return someday?

[@jip0611]

I wish Empoleon had a better recovery move, spikes and a better ability

[@The_Vanni]

@@jip0611 Empoleon with roost sounds like hell on earth for everyone that isn't electric types

[@rimouks]

IVE BEEN BINGING ALL YOUR VIDEOS AND NOW YOU UPLOAD MY FAVORITE STARTER LETS GO

[@Superluigi881]

It's worse than that. Barry's Empoleon in the anime ran both Hydro Cannon and Hyper Beam. Which is a really terrible idea.

[@lulimdying720]

I've been waiting for this for almost two years and it finally happened! Thank you so much for all your amazing content and dedication to this channel

[@Borchert97]

Empoleon is one of, if not my favorite Pokemon. Love using him in doubles every now and then.

[@Lord_KillerBee]

Empoleon certainly had a pretty good competitive career with being in OU for the first two generations it appeared in and then in UU for the next two generations. Being a water/steel type certainly helped against the likes of sandstorm, toxic spikes and stealth rock which gave an edge Empoleon had over other water type Pokémon.

[@joegreen3802]

Usually seems like the worst of a trio gets picked last

[@swordslingerthesaiyan6490]

TORTERRA IS NOT BAD

[@gengarzilla1685]

Fact is, it's just not as good as the other two.

[@swordslingerthesaiyan6490]

@@gengarzilla1685 TORTERRA IS GODERRA

[@vinny4765]

Usually seems like the worst of a trio is grass :^

[@Michi-ce3df]

@@vinny4765 It's a pretty bad typ tbh

[@berzerk130]

finally my boi gets his time in the spotlight

[@blueZLegend]

Piplup was technically my first pokemon in a pokemon game I owned so I have a strong connection with it, I also like the colors it has. I was able to get my empoleon in diamond to level 100 with only using two rare candies, Im proud of that cause I dont see many other people do that in my friend groups or in things like pixelmon series.

[@Calebblue101]

Thank you for doing this video False Swipe Gaming

[@official_kden]

Best Defogger - shoutout to lord emvee :]

[@lorddarkrai5753]

Empoleon is one of these Pokémon that Agility is actually a move that can elevate it from a nice threat to Tsunami Of Destruction.

[@juan-lb5ph]

UPDATE: As october 2023, Empoleon is OU in Scarlet & violet. It got roost, flip turn and haze, and its hidden ability is now competitive. It also got some good old moves, like knock off or roar, which arent really common in the gen9 metagame due to poor distribution. It will probably drop to UU, since its only true niche is walling walking wake and roaring manaphy out, but history has been made: empoleon is a legitimate OU pokemon which had more usage than Landorus-therian.

[@Kyle-oc3zb]

He got roost

[@HankusTheTankus333]

My favorite/first pokemon of all time!!!! Thanks man!!

[@aaleven4728]

6:20 is funny how the person recording shakes the camera when they use eq

[@MekaImperfect]

Just read the head comment lol my bad. Great video! Been getting back into the franchise and learning about comp. enjoying these video a ton 😁

[@justinhoboden]

Empoleon was my favorite pokemon gen 4

[@HernandezJG]

I’ve been waiting for this one for weeks!

[@hopelessgamer7677]

Yay, a video on best defogger, Emvee would be proud.

[@greyscaleadaven]

Great video! I would like to add that once Empoleon got defiant, it was used as a niche counter to intimidate users and defog users. It was probably used in vgc to counter intimidate and icy wind users as well. also, it commonly ran a Swords dance/aqua jet/ focus sash/ Torrent set in gen 4.

[@Silver-Arm]

Empoleon is my favorite starter, mainly because i love using it both in game and in competitive.

[@Mr.Tw1sty]

Same

[@Togekab00m]

Empoleon is my favourite starter! That Water/Steel combination is just so, so awesome, and i love its design. Sinnoh is so cool. For that 2015 VGC placement, i'm surprised you didn't note that due to the presence of Charizard and Torterra that Empeoleon was highly likely to be a Water Pledge set, which is a really important strategy to VGC in general.

[@1ND1G066]

Water/steel is a really unique and interesting dual typing. It`s kind of sad that we have only gotten 1 mon with it so far. Oh well, at least it has managed to put said typing to good use.

[@SionArtwork]

unfortunately never played this poke generation, liked his design though and the typing seemed very interesting aswell thx for the weekly awesome video! alsways looking forward to those

[@Vherstinae]

Penguins are my favorite animal, so Empoleon is one of my favorite pokemon. I want it to gain access to more moves and become stronger.

[@FangamesXD]

Same here

[@sersmith8192]

i've asked for this so many times(i'm so happy thanks FSG)

[@mimmikyute]

This was my favourite starter of gen 4. He emanated attitude, and I always loved the whole steel plated wings thing he had going on. I'm so happy to see he was a consistent competitive player!

[@Cookie-TJ]

Glad to see my favorite Pokemon of all finally getting their spot in the limelight on the channel.

[@MajorAce7HasTheP0werT0Win.]

If Empoleon got Roost, a better Ability & More Coverage Moves, It’d be Unbeatable! 🔱🌊

[@雪者]

Well looks like there's good news for you now! :D

[@MajorAce7HasTheP0werT0Win.]

@@雪者 IKR?! It’s like Game Freak Saw My Comment and was like “Hey, let’s give our Man’s Favorite Starter the Ultimate Buff!”

[@revolverocelots291]

My favorite starter from all of the reigons! Thank you so much!

[@comatthew6]

I used Life Orb Empoleon on a Trick Room team to beat Reachzero in 2010 Smogon Frontier :)

[@doki1063]

Empoleon is my Favourite pokemon! HIS DESIGN IS TO COOL AND HIS CRY AND OMG HE IS THE KING

[@hesselzijlstra1367]

How GOOD was the Community tab actually?

[@KahunaLagoona]

Poor. They're trying to constantly follow a pattern. Come on guys, I like seeing Pokemon out of order.

[@sayvionwashington1939]

I can't even access it, so I can't say

[@iCraftSouls]

Personally I prefer voting in the comments

[@patrickstar8132]

@@iCraftSouls i think its better being able to read actual comments..

[@iCraftSouls]

@@patrickstar8132 on mobile it's easier to vote in the comments as the community tab can be bothersome to locate

[@MageSkeleton]

Empoleon with Defog in Gen 6 is a hacked pokemon, however, if it originated from Gen 4 it's legal-ish. And Gen 7 reintroduced the move so you can have legal of generation Defog Empoleon.

[@Mystic-Aidan]

The objectively best sinnoh starter

[@nerothewateruser8030]

So Infernape doesn't exist? Also I don't blame you for the error but it's spelled Sinnoh

[@dtrelladdison60]

Mystic Bros. No it’s infernape then empoleon

[@silvergameryair2084]

Im calling the mandjtv police

[@Mystic-Aidan]

Why you may ask? *Because I said so*

[@ordeaux26]

Nero the Water User currently Empoleon is higher in the viability rankings (no I’m not just saying that because Empoleon is my favourite Pokémon go check if you want to)

[@heartofthefluft8541]

I love how you managed to burn both Pokémon in the same turn 😂 12:05 Some justice for Empoleon 😎 now it is Torterra's turn

[@MisterJonesification]

Empoleon and Infernape have amazing designs.

[@smitegrinder3854]

I love the nicknames that FSG gives the pokemon for these videos. Seeing Tayaknot and other exactly what they do names has always gotten a chuckle out of me XD

[@mattybutler1985]

When Hyper Beam and Hydro Cannon are your main attacking moves. OKAY BUT KUKUI'S EMPOLEON THOUGH

[@Tippssy]

Based on looks and pokedex entry and ignoring competitive viability, it should have its attack and sp attack switched and given a strong, unique physical Steel type move. "Hey! I have wings made of giant blades that cleave apart glaciers! ...hydro pump ice beam lol"

[@thom9910]

I love Empoleon. He may very well be my all time favorite. It's awesome that he's pretty good too.

[@spinceiling7442]

I always liked Empoleon’s design but I started loving it when it fainted like Whitebeard from One Piece in the battle against Paul

[@gengarzilla1685]

That was a cool battle. It's a shame XY couldn't make a decent 3-0 curbstomp battle.

[@sreenaths6829]

That was one of the best fainting sequences in the anime!

[@mikeasllani6972]

I may have named my Empoleon "Dedede"

[@uberkirbeeh7954]

Piplup line is one of my fave starter lines all time, because I love penguins

[@dontknowwhattocallmyself9453]

good or not you cant convince me this wasn't one of the most stylish pokemons ever

[@analyticofexistance7847]

I'd advise people to check out the tornament footage in the description. The way they had tournaments back then were so epic! I wish they held them now like they did back then.

[@jbbeast1231]

Torterra was my first and favorite Pokémon ever. So before y’all wanna bash him. He’s NU. I know NU not good . But better than PU and untiered so y’all gotta let him breathe

[@thecriticalghost4626]

@person person no

[@sephangelo4603]

If only Torterra had defense against ice moves.

[@microwave8931]

Torterra isn't really good. 4x weak to ice, and definitely not doing well. Does that mean I hate torterra? No. It's so cute and looks awesome. I never picked torterra, but it looks adorable

[@CommanderCrustacean]

SubPetaya Gen IV Empoleon is genuinely my favourite competitive Pokemon ever. So fun to use

[@Munchie3777]

i had very good memories with empoleon

[@freedyisla4085]

Hi FSG... watching your previous vids and suddenly BOOM!!! The Emperor Empoleon is here... the starter which helped me in my Sinnoh journey... Anyways peace ☮️

[@kingradley3413]

My all time favorite Pokémon. So majestic. Seaking and Kingler wish they could be as regal as Empoleon. Great start in gen 4 OU. Even though it dropped to UU, that’s a very fine tier, and I’m happy to see Empoleon doing well where it ended up

[@mcxopjesh]

Never clicked so fast! Let's go my favorite Pokemon!

[@sps6271]

Oh boi,151 views 151 likes,thats good

[@DJTileTurnip]

So before you comment on what Pokemon you want for the next video... Heres a list of every Pokemon that has not been done yet (up to Generation 4) How GOOD was/were: Butterfree Raticate Fearow Arbok Nidoqueen Vileplume Golduck Primape Victreebel Golem Rapidash Farfetch'd Dodrio Dewgong Hypno Kingler Electrode Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Lickitung/Lickilicky Seaking Mr. Mime Scyther Jynx Pinsir Ditto Kabutops Omastar Furret Noctowl Ariados Lanturn Xatu Bellosom Sudowoodo Politoed Aipom/Ambipom Sunflora Yanma/Yanmega Murkrow/Honchkrow Slowking Unown (Oh wait, TheAuraGuardian) Girafarig Forretress Granbull Ursaring Magcargo Corsola Octillery Mantine Stantler Miltank Ho-oh Mightyena Linoone Beautifly Dustox Ludicolo Shiftry Swellow Pelliper Masquerain Slaking Ninjask Shedinja Exploud Hariyama Nosepass/Probopass Delcatty Sableye Mawile Medicham Manectric Plusle and Minun Volbeat and Illumise Swalot Sharpedo Wailord Camerupt Torkoal Grumpig Spinda Cacturne Altaria Zangoose Seviper Lunatone and Solrock Whiscash Claydol Cradily Armaldo Castform Kecleon Banette Dusclops/Dusknoir Tropius Chimecho Absol Glalie Walrein Huntail and Gorebyss Relicanth Luvdisc The Regis Latias Latios Kyogre Groudon Rayquaza Jirachi Deoxys Torterra Empoleon Bibarel Staraptor Kricketune Luxray Rampardos Bastiodon Wormadam Mothim Vespiquen Pachirisu Floatzel Cherrim Gastrodon Drifblim Lopunny Purugly Skuntank Bronzong Chatot Spiritomb Hippowdon Drapion Toxicroak Carnivine Lumineon Abomasnow Leafeon Glaceon Rotom Uxie Mesprit Azelf Dialga Palkia Heatran Regigigas Giratina Cresselia Phione Manaphy Darkrai Shaymin Arceus ACTUALLY?

[@ordeaux26]

Empoleon is a good Pokémon it just struggles against a lot of the ou metagame and doesn’t have a good recovery

[@draconicimperium2713]

I actually run assault vest Empoleon... That thing is a beast, not only crushing regular stuff like scizor and hydra, but with 496 sp def it eats up a manectric hit, destroys the nidos (which I actually haven't seen in ages) and slaughters pidgeot. Along with my Umbreon's wish support, Napoleon tends to be the last one standing even if I lose. Probably sunpar, but I didn't want a spinner because none fit on my team and obviously defog stealth rock sets can be annoying to use.

[@eriklundmark5636]

Poor Piplup always being hit by draco meteors

[@pujo1227]

Really cool vid!

[@zestysword]

Empoleon will always be the best in my heart

[@marcostumpe3601]

I like the new voting system it finally makes sense to read these comments

[@Ruvan97]

Empoleon BEST defogger

[@jimmy-the-hedgehog1169]

I'm happy to see that Empoleon, my og Starter, is pretty good. It makes me a happy person ^w^. I would use Empoleon as he is. I used him sometimes, and he is quite good :3

[@StigmaKRL]

fun fact: dawn's piplup didn't evolve because the anime director thinks prinplup would be too ugly for contests

[@Cytosynaps]

Honestly, that's fair from the director, because both prinplup and empoleon aren't really built for contests I guess

[@kartik5001]

Today is my birthday and empoleon is my favorite Pokemon thanks!

[@Mugenman88]

BDSP Empoleon bros, where ya at?

[@luiscordoba8300]

I use an Assault Vest Empoleon Calm Nature, fully invested in SPDEF and HP. It is a nice complement for my sand team and tanks like a boss.

[@300mcash2]

I love empoleon

[@NobodyDungeons]

I actually used empoleon in OU with a iron defense set up so that it could come in on steel types to set up iron defense and hit steel types with a hidden power fire, ice beam, and scald because after a iron defense it can take a earthquake from a choice banded garchomp and its a hard counter to steel types taking their hits and dishing out hidden power fires also taking care of dragons and normal types with relative ease