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

Mandibuzz is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Mandibuzz in competitive Pokemon!
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Timestamps
0:00 - Intro
0:48 - BW/Gen 5
2:44 - XY/Gen 6
5:51 - VGC 2016
6:58 - SM/Gen 7
9:01 - VGC 2017
14:53 - VGC 2019
16:22 - SS/Gen 8
20:48 - VGC 2020
21:04 - Outro
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Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth.
For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent. I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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[@FalseSwipeGaming]

We have some mistakes and we apologize for them. Thank you to those who pointed them out!: -Its not until Gen 7 NOT Gen 6 that Prankster can't affect Dark Types -Vullaby evolves at 54 not 56

[@gotdamn4989]

dont be too hard on yourselves!! making these high research videos and pushing them out every week ur bound to make some mistakes

[@gmk9321]

Gotcha, thank you

[@thebigstink7472]

U did my favorite. You get to eat tonight

[@oofjeff3735]

This should be pinned

[@willgloryo216]

When the KZbinrs are actual humans

[@manindgera3461]

Poor mandibuzz carried the entire gen8 OU metagame on its back. And to think a vulture out of all things would save something from dying.

[@axlr8deathpls294]

The irony lmao

[@HowlingOneify]

If Mandibuzz wasn't in SwSh I hoestly shudder to think how much worse the meta would be. O.o

[@joshuakim5240]

Mandibuzz carried Gen8's role of tier quality control so hard that it deserves an award as any other pokemon's back would have broken 100x over in the same role.

[@ZorotheGallade]

Goth Mom Fixes Everything

[@dillmo28]

Vultures never kill, they eat things that have already been killed. total pacifists and uhhhh, innocent kinda?

[@spookyscarylamppost3431]

Mandibuzz: The Competitive Pokemon Ghostbuster/Exorcist. Its tiering depends if there's a strong ghost/dark type roaming OU.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

It's honestly mindboggling to me that Mandibuzz actually played a key role in dropping Aegislash, of all Pokemon, to UU. I NEVER thought I'd see the day that happened!

[@GoTELuckyCharms]

@@matthewkuscienko4616 I actually spoke to one of the OU moderators, and they also explained that Aegislash was also nerfed in Gen 8.

[@GoTELuckyCharms]

Not just the stats, but Kings Shield also got nerfed to -1 atk instead of -2

[@nathancurnutt8074]

@@GoTELuckyCharms How was he nerfed?

[@julianbachmann5973]

@@nathancurnutt8074 The basepoints of defence and sp.defence got reduced by 10. With that its attack and sp.attack was also nerfed by 10. With all things considered, it lost 40 basepoints.

[@TGB_Brian]

3 weeks after Vullaby, it’s Mandibuzz time Nature is healing...

[@jth1954]

Evolving

[@georgecortes3416]

@@jth1954 Nature got to Level 54?

[@jth1954]

@@georgecortes3416 no nature is hacking. Like lances dragonite and Ghetsis hydreigon

[@GM.Nobody]

@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means you must be the type to use 6 mega rayquaza

[@nguyenminhquang9393]

@a HERO that doesn’t know what protect means they both are good in some way or another, you can't just say they are both awful without any reason, and also no one asks for your opinion that are completely irrelevant from the original comment

[@antoinepowell3197]

This was literally an anime protagonist journey right here.

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

Nah, that was Venomoth. This was a journey of XIXth century adventure book protagonist.

[@ConstantinKlose-sj4mb]

Literally that one protagonist holding off the monsters that were about to destroy OU and holding them off long enough until they were banned to the Shadow Realm of Ubers.

[@juanderijillo]

I would say a villain who rose to become the main antagonist and getting his own ark

[@whydoiexist2180]

@@juanderijillo mandibuzz the antagonist we all love

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

It's so refreshing whenever we get a Pokémon who wasn't PU/Untiered by Gen 8.

[@fernerture2432]

instead of untiered it carried the entire OU meta

[@user-os6gb9bq5v]

How tf is charizard and rhyperior are ou And starmie is nu?

[@jordanhn6230]

@@user-os6gb9bq5v they aren’t 🤔

[@smartpatrick8690]

Ikr, powercreep like Dragapult and Rilaboom really affected OU

[@RazorusR3X777]

@@smartpatrick8690 I have a feeling Grassy Glide is gonna get nerfed next gen.

[@TheBigAyland]

NU, to UU, to RU, to OU (taking down Pokemon that were eventually banned to Ubers). Wow Mandibuzz, you do you

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

Gen 9 it’ll be PU to finish off the set

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

@@fulltimeslackerii8229 Salmance will be there too

[@daphenomenalz4100]

@@fulltimeslackerii8229 what is pu?

[@smartpatrick8690]

@@daphenomenalz4100 the worst possible tier before being untiered.

[@SHrehman12]

@@fulltimeslackerii8229 from pu to ubers

[@soulja9063]

Fun Fact: Mandibuzz is one the very few Pokemon to (so far) have landed in a different tier every generation

[@nolanblue1616]

It's a bone collector, different battle field's different bones.

[@darianclark3980]

Quagsire technically did first but didnt stay in its placings. But I can see Ninjask in its future being another Pokemon beginning in UUBL to OU to NU to PU to Untiered and to RU(I may be wrong but that's what smogon says)

[@darianclark3980]

@Singularity it was bc Ninjask was the best pokemon for Baton Pass Chains and its 160 speed. As for Dugtrio, simple: Arena Trap

[@darianclark3980]

@Singularity not in Gen 4

[@lyg483]

@@darianclark3980 Quagsire is really good at what it does, just like Xatu and other magic bouncers. They bounce around all the tiers whenever the meta needs it or not

[@amateraceon5202]

Mandibuzz: just walling and doing its job in the low tiers Everyone fighting it: knock it off Mandibuzz: and I took that personally

[@Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty]

I don't normally like meme comment templates, but this works too perfectly not to.

[@ChillavaKirby]

Mandibuzz: and I took that literally

[@sworddash2365]

Dang bro, Mandibuzz probably can't even fly anymore due to its broken back in gen 8

[@iantaakalla8180]

And yet it pulled off its role with style given it was always wearing a coat and boots wherever it went.

[@lamihadamshareef5270]

@@iantaakalla8180 I wanna see a manibuzz drip

[@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile]

so she went from being just OK, to being the only thing in OU that could keep several god tiers in check... That's quite an accomplishment for a non legendary Pokémon! And especially for starting in nu.

[@hbb1939]

I never knew mandibuzz was only female till this comment

[@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile]

@@hbb1939 indeed, conversely Braviary is always male.

[@Dragrath1]

@@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile I never understood why both were made monogendered evolution lines especially in Braviary's case since eagles are female dominated and sexually dimorphic with larger females. The only vertebrates I can think of off the top of my head with a more extreme female dominated dimorphism are Hyenas and Angler fish if excluding species where sex varies depending on an animals social status in the hierarchy(Anemone fish have the territory holder become female for instance) Though I honestly never liked the whole male gender only evo lines I can see it for legendaries intended to be unique(to a given multiverse branch) or for lines where the male and female counterparts share eggs but for everything else it's just stupid. Sorry it turned ranty

[@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile]

@@Dragrath1 no need to apologise for the rant, comments are meant for discussions. As for tha male only situation, it may have to do with the american symbolism that braviary has... but that is a stretch admitably.

[@tehrik0020]

@@Dragrath1 I guess in some cases it was because otherwise it would've been a design issue like Tauros and Miltank, in other because they just wanted a cute duo for couples such as Illumise/Volbeat. It's mostly older Pokémon who had this separation however, more recent iterations of pokémons with strong differences usually keep both forms in the same Dex number like Meowstick or Indeedee. As for Braviary and Mandibuzz I think it was, despite being poorly justified, to further the gap between them since they're exclusives, and the male prevalence in Braviary might not be an oversight since Mandibuzz has the same issue: male condors are noticeably dominant, being bigger and heavier than the females.

[@darianclark3980]

Mandibuzz: I was in like every Tier, nice! Quagsire: What's Tiers again? : D

[@thomasborta6559]

Except pu

[@lildrawhub1025]

Gastrodon: I dunno.

[@callumcartini]

@@thomasborta6559 vullaby was in pu in gen 6 tho

[@yaboidragonitehere1137]

But vullaby had a small niche there

[@callumcartini]

@@yaboidragonitehere1137 small niche? It was a crucial part of the tier as the best defogger there. If not for it hazards would be too op in gen 6 pu

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Aegislash in Gen 8: WHERE AM I?! WHY AM I IN UU?! I SHOULDN'T BE HERE! Tyranitar: First time?

[@shadowmax889]

I don't remember Tyranitar being in UUbefore G8

[@renegade7548]

Salamence: I'm here 2 Staraptor: I'm finally out of UUBL YEEEEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!!!

[@cicada8981]

@@shadowmax889 I believe Tyranitar dropped to UU at the start of the generation because of the OU threats there were at that time and it lost Pursuit. It was replaced by Hippowdon for a bit until Tyranitar inevitable returned to OU. I think he went back after the first of the DLCs dropped, though I don't remember what brought him back.

[@artolas]

@@cicada8981 sand offence ig Also kyurem is back and its great,it counters hippo

[@shadowmax889]

@@cicada8981 Yes, but Tyranitar was OU since gen 2 all the way through 7. I don't remember It ever dropped to UU before Gen 8

[@gregorymirabella1423]

this is essentially a rags to riches story in pokemon. it's amazing how it went from something that was never even touched to being the one thing that held the metagame together during one of its darkest times.

[@siamchowdhury1624]

Mandibuzz: with some Timbs it became an amazing defensive birb

[@treygreypaws3689]

Well unova is based off America (New York) also perfect venusaur counter with overcoat

[@tytar2132]

mandibuzz one of my favorite Pokémon

[@internetrandodotcom]

“FOR THREE!!! IS IT THE SHOES?”

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

Damn Mandibuzz back at it again with the white vans

[@iantaakalla8180]

Mandibuzz is best when decked in a fancy coat and boots.

[@gimgamsprongle1084]

Imagine being the sole thing holding together an entire metagame. I knew Mandibuzz was impressive, but jesus christ.

[@randalica92]

Along with Gastrodon shitting on Kyogre.

[@ricardoludwig4787]

Yeh if you wanted any of your teams to not just be the same clef dragapult pex over and over you just always ran it or corviknight(usually Mandy on offense, corv on balance)

[@dootsouls]

@Serenade O Even parasect was used to absorb water spouts from Kyogre. Ubers is crazy.

[@dabmonstr7403]

@@dootsouls Ubers: if you can take an attack from Kyogre you are welcome

[@Noahs_Chair]

@Serenade O Wait, if I understand, Gastrodon was UBERs for usage or what?

[@scorpioncox8978]

Gen 8= Ghosts types: Did you hear? Pursuit has been removed from the game! That means we can just spam our stab moves without consequence! Mandibuzz: *watches from below and cackles maliciously*

[@HowlingOneify]

I mean... Mandibuzz aside ghost types are abolutely dominant this gen. Look at Ubers. Honestly I think ghost types are too strong. Only resisted by one type, only one is immune to it and said type is rarely good in OU or above. It's way too spammable

[@arijit3110]

@@HowlingOneify Ghost and Fighting are two of the strongest types in this gen and Mandibuzz does well against both.

[@borismuller86]

#BringBackPursuit

[@teddyhaines6613]

@@HowlingOneify I haven't tried Gen VIII yet, but this reminds me of Gen IV and Dragon-types. Nobody cared about Ghost's lack of defensive resistances before because there just weren't a ton of STAB moves stronger than Shadow Ball, and also not a ton of strong special sweepers besides Gengar. But now we've got an Uber with higher special attack than Kyogre and it's packing a 120 BP STAB move complete with a Soul-Heart analogue for an ability.

[@Dankyjrthethird]

@@HowlingOneify Bring back pursuit, ttar and bish are trash now, free all my guys

[@luirromenjivar1390]

6:22 There u got a little mistake, since Dark types became inmune to moves affected by Prankster until gen 7

[@gregorymirabella1423]

glad i'm not the only one who noticed that.

[@jetstreamsam0799]

Man, the entire story of Mandibuzz in Gen 8 singles with Urshifu, Cinderace, and Spectrier is wild.

[@gatsu7742]

Add Rillabloom and SD+SC Garchomp too.

[@suchomimustenerensis]

Spect river and cinderace are ubers ;~;

[@lioninjawarloc]

@@suchomimustenerensis I'll NEVER forgive the ou council for not even testing it but having the GALL for testing magerna before

[@shadowbonbon3]

What’s sd +sc garchomp

[@lioninjawarloc]

@@shadowbonbon3 swords dance and scale shot

[@pikasup1696]

Fun fact: Mandibuzz is the dark type who jumped to NU and OU like crawdaunt did, but both serve different purposes. Crawdaunt is the definition of a glass cannon while mandibuzz is an all round defender. Crazy this happened the gen fairies were introduced

[@ARonsoInEorzea]

Fun fact: You can actually still use prankster moves on your own dark Pokemon . Example, A contrary Malamar can still have its stats altered by a partner with prankster but not the opponents prankster.

[@hbb1939]

yeah and hekpind hand works on psychic terrain

[@vitovitovito4927]

@@hbb1939 every single priority move functions in psychic terrain if you aim your ally, like Gallade using Shadow Sneak to activate Lunala's WP in Psychic Terrain

[@raythehomie123]

venom drench

[@hbb1939]

@@raythehomie123 that works on both you allies but u cant make it target urself

[@borismuller86]

@@raythehomie123 but you’d have to poison your Malamar... ☹️

[@terrificloyaldust]

This evolution line is insane. Vullaby is excellent in LC and Mandibuzz is excellent wherever it ends up. Very few Pokémon line can say that for sure. Also I think it’s ironic how it started in the lowest tier and now performs at the highest tier. What I like to think of as reverse power creep.

[@user-os6gb9bq5v]

Tell that to venomoth

[@TheHero136]

Mandibuzz is the ghostbuster of competitive Pokémon. It ain’t afraid of no ghost.

[@andylloyd415]

*Gen 8 DLC:* The Tapus are back, Mandi; get the hell outta OU. *Mandibuzz:* No. No, I don't think I will.

[@jpapel2815]

Guess what

[@gregorywood7554]

​@@jpapel2815 Yup.

[@pikapuffin368]

Honestly, going from being great in NU in its debut to literally flying together OU nowadays is an amazing career. Props to you, Mandibuzz, and keep up the amazing work.

[@BromanderInChief]

Mandibuzz switches into Rillaboom: “What’s the worst you can do you damn dirty ape” *Rillaboom used Knock Off* Mandibuzz: “NOT THE YADDAS”

[@axlr8deathpls294]

He lost his yeezies :(

[@Kamirasu]

timbs gone

[@Raghav-lq3qh]

Underrated comment😂

[@ilovemesomevideogame]

Monke went for the drip!

[@JoePlinkelton]

It feels fitting that a Pokemon based on a Vulture simply outlives it's opponents until their life is chipped away

[@smileyfawler8454]

That's true but I wish its attack was at least 90.

[@alexmichael2935]

I like how Mandibuzz was literally the only thing that kept the Gen 8 meta together.

[@HowlingOneify]

To be fair for a long time the gen8 meta was a fucking mess.

[@suchomimustenerensis]

@@HowlingOneify I mean Absol was originally OU

[@sayvionwashington1939]

@@suchomimustenerensis That's moreso how Smogon handles tiering new Pokemon than Absol being actually good.

[@tylerbenschoter2075]

I wonder what High School Kellen would have thought if he was told he'd be writing 20 minute long essays every week as a career path.

[@hbb1939]

isnt he the narrator tho?

[@AnimeGames16]

He doesn't write his videos, but that comment still stands with his writer BKC. For his own channel, he literally has made some hours-long videos about certain metagames. I even came across a two hour long video of his that talked about ONLY GSC Snorlax.

[@MenwithHill]

@@AnimeGames16 And remember he makes those hour long videos without scripts

[@tommyortega7796]

2 hours!! So short for snorlax in general 2 tho

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

from an NU nobody to a pokemon that singlehandedly held a tier together from the barrage of ghosts wow Mandibuzz may be a dark type but she is a true hero of the competitive world

[@deanpetersen8691]

No one. Gen 6 dark types: “the newly buffed Knock Off”

[@StoryTeller796]

Okay, you have an interesting channel.

[@kanyesghost4039]

Mandibuzz is probably one of my favorite flying pokemon

[@lynxfresh5214]

I like that it's a flying pokémon that's no-where near as "toxic" as a certain flying scorpion...

[@HowlingOneify]

Gliscor?

[@timhiltz6323]

Honchkrow is good in the online meta with a Moxie ability.

[@KyogresBiggestFan]

Ok

[@julianchrobak-prince1915]

What a redemption arc.

[@jvgonzalez90]

yep lol

[@lynxfresh5214]

Got an anime time-skip power-boost!

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Clefable: Am I a joke to you?

[@nolanblue1616]

Best anime arc.

[@jaretco6423]

This & Venomoth.

[@splitsee2526]

The fact Mandibuzz staved off so many strong behemoths says about how good it is.

[@Mimi-qe7qz]

Mandibuzz really carried gen 8 from being destroyed by every physical attacker, ghosts and 2 potential Ubers from being an NU liver in gen 5 where it's the same tier as Metang

[@darklightning2730]

2:08 Mandibuzz can’t use Taunt after the taunt. TAUNTSEPTION!!

[@josephmay852]

I'm surprised in Gen8 they didn't get rid of its flying type, yknow with the whole weight of OU on its back

[@BELLETYRE]

I feel like Mandibuzz is one of the most underrated bird Pokémon ever

[@booshywaters3726]

He got shafted by being released with a mildly goofy design in a generation known for its plethora of egregiously goofy designs and moderate stat spread in a generation known for its extreme stat spreads hard to get recognized for your solid stat spread when your best stat is 110 and there's multiple pokemon in your gen walking around with multiple 140s~160s Hard to build an ironic fanbase when all those hipsters are pretending to swoon over Garbodar, Vanilluxe, and Golurk

[@tytar2132]

@@booshywaters3726 I like golurk but yeah phuc vanilluxe and garb odor is mediocre at best

[@lunaticabandoned8179]

@@booshywaters3726 mandibuzz can only be female

[@craniifer]

Fearow is my favorite bird Pokemon. But then, at least Fearow gets love from the fans.

[@guy-rk1jj]

My niche defog mon in OU. Walls dragapult and dark types. Plus foul play hits hard on them

[@eyeofthetyger8504]

You don't need to be the biggest, baddest boy on the scene to make a difference. Sometimes, you just need to be the most consistent to win.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

*[sees Mandibuzz is a counter to Hydreigon]* BREAKING NEWS: Local Hydreigon trainer drives Mandibuzz to extinction

[@smitty9089e]

Why u gotta do mandibuzz like that :(

[@darianclark3980]

Aegislash: Wait on me bro!

[@gregorymirabella1423]

fairies are a much bigger problem for it.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@gregorymirabella1423 Me: *[laughs in Flash Cannon]*

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@smitty9089e Because it counters best boy/girl

[@mr.krustykrust]

I find it funny how we got Vullaby before it’s evolution

[@techinalmachine]

The vullaby had to evolve first

[@stomnenth]

Yeah why did they do that

[@julianchrobak-prince1915]

That’s patreon for you

[@ChimRichalds34]

The Patreon pick is goofy pretty much every month.

[@Someone4now]

Yeah

[@assemblyrequired7342]

I think that a Mega Mandibuzz with 50 in Special and Physical Defense, and Magic Guard or Regenerator, would be hilarious. It probably wouldn't be as good a wall with the reduce in Roost 8 PP though, but it'd still be a pain to take down. Given that Bisharp has finally received an evolution, it actually doesn't seem farfetched. Mandibuzz is a crowd pleaser.

[@ender5358]

Mandibuzz in gen 8 be like: Ow, my back

[@georgecortes3416]

How Good Was Mandibuzz? And since last week was Vullaby...I guess your previous video evolved or something! Must've gotten 54 likes for it to happen!

[@c-lion6494]

Their last 2 videos were Granbull and Darmanitan, not exactly last video but still relatively close

[@georgecortes3416]

@@c-lion6494 Oh yeah, whoops lol

[@madjester9844]

54th like (:

[@LaMiaSorte]

@@c-lion6494 Well, you are probably late in your journey if your vullaby evolves

[@c-lion6494]

@@LaMiaSorte My Vullaby evolved after my fight with Marshall. It was ridiculous

[@hupla2185]

Fun fact: Mandibuzz’s Japanese name is Vulgina

[@redfieldwong717]

.......so a combo of vulva and vagina.

[@hupla2185]

@@redfieldwong717 vulture actually

[@BladeTNT2018]

@@PsychLantern That could explain why Mandibuzz and Vullaby are 100% female

[@nagisashingetsu4274]

God imagine mandibuzz with parting shot. Gives me nightmares

[@belimvasim143]

Gen 6 : aegislash gets banned,mandibuzz drops to UU Gen 8 aegislash dropes to UU, mandibuzz rose to OU ME : *visible confusion

[@bdt2002gaming]

Funny Future Video Titles “How BRAVE was Talonflame ACTUALLY?” “How SUS was Amoonguss ACTUALLY?” “False Swipe Gaming: The Movie feat. Landorus” And my personal favorite “?YLLAUTCA ramalaM saw DOOG woH”

[@BladeTNT2018]

@Jeremiah Green lmao

[@LordBeau]

Haha funny sud

[@WheelStart]

How BRAVE was BRAViary actually?

[@IschmarVI]

How good was GirafariG saw doog woH

[@bdt2002gaming]

@@IschmarVI This is extremely clever actually 😉

[@ivanvillarreal7436]

Madibuzz has always been my favorite Dark/Flying type. I'm proud of using that lady in defense against Metagross, and now, Dragapult.

[@aaronkelly8725]

The VGC sections this episode were extremely well done

[@JonkoSlunko]

When you realized an annoying and bulky bird reached the peak and fell from the top of a mountain then climbed back up instead of flying back and realized the bird IS a mountain=Mandibuzz in a nutshell

[@jagjitasa]

Plot twist: he was scavenging

[@pablojams5152]

Love how mandibuzz really hasn’t ever changed its move set/play style since beginning. With foul play/roost being rock solid staples then adding Defog in gen 6 to stay, and having one coverage slot for either toxic/knock/brave bird depending on the purpose. Really solid mon with useful typing.

[@NanaKyoto]

Mandibuzz being based on a vulture is quite fitting, as with it being a scavenger, it can make great picks in the competitive scene.

[@ThePika78]

Post Isle of Armor OU mons watching Mandibuzz tanking 3 of the most broken strong Pokemon in the tier: "Wow!! You are doing great!" Mandibuzz: "I'M DOING EVERYTHING"

[@Shiyassbu]

I think gen 6 mandibuzz received one of the best indirect buff in the history of pokemon

[@rontheauraknight9606]

Mandibuzz literally was the glue that barely hold OU together imagine Spectrier breaking that glue and causing it and two other mons to become banned

[@aryman6589]

Omari P been using this on the top of OU for a decade

[@othelloedmond7668]

I swear azumarill and mandibuzz are on the same character arc

[@ilovemesomevideogame]

Waiting on a regional variant of Mandibuzz that loses its Flying typing. Watch the PokeDex read "This Mandibuzz migrated from the Galar region, losing its ability to fly as a result of solo-carrying the entire meta"

[@sungmin7723]

ngl i was expecting this episode to be longer but im happy that bone birb finally got analyzed

[@shameyboismith3505]

Mandibuzz: who fucking knows what tier it will be in the next gen

[@XmortoxX1990]

Glad to hear another Pokemon comeback history, fom NU to be a center piece in OU, with VGC representation as well

[@Campaign2024]

Mandibuzz allowing Gen 8 OU to survive really is ironic for a scavenger.

[@cleannation1]

No it was scavenging for nukes to eat

[@couchieplay3668]

Love these videos. Y'all do a great job!

[@hosni4064]

"It was like a mini Yveltal and Yveltal Junior" - Can't wait until the Moltres remake then xD

[@B-Ran_the_Man]

Gen 5: NU Gen 6: UU Gen 7: RU Gen 8: OU Definitely the Johnny Cash of Pokemon

[@carnage0685]

What does that mean exactly?

[@amayurubashaka3608]

Gen 9 ubers Mandibuzz :O

[@arroaboy7348]

All it needs is PU, but that ain't happening

[@PapaNierForReplicant]

@@arroaboy7348 I don't know, Tauros was the king of OU at one point, don't think anyone would've think he'd drop so low.

[@DanielJuliano]

@@carnage0685 it means Mandibuzz has been everywhere, man

[@dillmo28]

i loved the Giratina Adventures of Billy and Mandibuzz when i was a kid

[@wavyflac]

These videos are seriously something i look forward to every week.

[@thejuic3b0i64]

This is the Pokemon I associate Foul Play with

[@goGothitaLOL]

Actually, it evolves at 54, to clearify that

[@myst4608]

I love the alliteration in every video, Kevin is simply genius

[@anonymousman3257]

Man I love Mandibuzz as a Pokemon. It's one of my favorites. I just feel good now because I know it holds a place in every competitive player's heart because it held OU together in gen 8. Holding it all together against a massive assault of ghost types. The old vulture earned her rest.

[@Resener1]

What a journey Mandibuzz has had. NU -> UU -> RU -> OU. I don’t think there’s any Pokémon that has been in a different tier in every generation it’s been a part of without those tiers being in a descending order. It’s cool to see it finish its unique trip throughout the tiers in OU (for the time being).

[@shadowmax889]

Mandibuz: I am so awesome that I could manage 3 ban worthy Pokémon at the same time in 8th gen OU 😎

[@redwings13400]

I've used Mandibuzz a lot in the past, and it is one scary pokemon. 110/105/95 is really solid bulk, especially after you add in roost to the equation. 80 speed might not look like much, but that's actually quite a lot for a mon that's generally used as a defensive wall. Its attacking stats are bad, but foul play prevents it from being setup bait for physical attackers, it can learn taunt or whirlwind to prevent special attackers from setting up on it, and you aren't usually relying on it for its offense regardless. Its not the flashiest mon out there, but its reliable, and with good team support it can put in a whole lot of work game to game. It is a massive pain to get rid of, and if you specifically need what it brings to a battle, it does its job extremely well.

[@webbowser8834]

110/105/95 bulk is insane man. For comparison, Celesteela has 97/103/101 defenses and is considered one of the bulkiest non-uber mons in history.

[@redwings13400]

​@@webbowser8834 Celesteela has a typing advantage on Mandibuzz, with 2 weaknesses, 8 resistances and two immunities instead of 4 weaknesses, 3 resistances, and 2 immunities. Celesteela also doesn't have a stealth rock weakness, while also having a much better offensive movepool and better offensive stats. Mandibuzz isn't outclassed though, since it has a better defensive movepool in roost, whirlwind, and taunt, and also doesn't need to invest in offensive stats to be a threat with foul play. So, the two are pretty different, Mandibuzz is a dedicated wall, while Celesteela is more a bulky attacker. For your main point though, yeah, Mandibuzz has insane bulk, and uses it very effectively. Its pretty insane and shouldn't be underestimated.

[@webbowser8834]

Yeah, Celesteela definitely has an edge on Mandibuzz in terms of overall utility, but the fact that the two are very much so in the same conversation with the former being one of the strongest OU defensive mons EVER speaks volumes about Mandibuzz's defensive utility.

[@bingewatcher4678]

Mandibuzz has got great ability in Overcoat and with gen 8 adding Heavy duty boots as item was a boon for Mandibuzz

[@cleannation1]

She be walking in a trench coat and timbs

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

Mandibuzz has been up, down and all around. About the only tier it's *NEVER* landed in even briefly PU. I can't imagine what kind of insane power creep it would take to bring that about.

[@marcuslai5665]

since aegislash is my fav pokémon, it hurts to hear “aegislash got its stars nerfed ” :(

[@petelee2477]

You are just now hearing about it?

[@marcuslai5665]

@@petelee2477 nah i knew, i use aegi on my comp team. it just feels bad hearing it our loud

[@Dzyntara]

Mandibuzz is one of my favourite Dark Types! I was really waiting for this episode :D

[@sagacious03]

Great analysis! Thanks for uploading!

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

I remember my brother laughing at me when I said that mandibuzz was better than braviary in gen 5. Look who is in ou and who is pu now!

[@jaretco6423]

Yeah. I mean. They're both great Pokemons still. But Mandibuzz gotten the upper hand.

[@ultimapower6950]

Well no matter what Mandibuzz will always be better than braviary since Mandibuzz is dark type and braviary is not

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

@@ultimapower6950 that has nothing to do with it but ok

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

As someone who used Madibuzz quite a lot, and got a shiny Mandibuzz as my first SWSH shiny.. *I'm relatively ready for the potential news*

[@belimvasim143]

Specs shadow : exist* Mandibuzz : so anyway i started foul playing

[@LesbianWitchAcademia]

Mandibuzz went from a decent enough low-tier mon to the single best defensive pokemon in the entire game, which was the only reason OU didn't fall apart.

[@cleannation1]

I've always liked Mandi. I love it when some of the most random things get viable cuz of whatever the meta is. Like when seismitoad was good lol.

[@monke9084]

She had done enough. Through the many years she fought to stay atop she fell, she rose, and she will rise once more to rid the abhorence of any new meta as long as she can We salute you Mandibuzz

[@AlexMartinez-fu5nb]

It's so refreshing to see a pokemon climb through the ranks rather than fall into obscurity!

[@cylondorado4582]

This is one of the greatest success stories in Pokemon.

[@Materialist39]

Oh hell yeah this will be a good one. I didn’t realize until this dropped that this is one of the top mons I’ve wanted for at least a year now.

[@MVGUY_ENTERTAINMENT]

Mandibuzz may not be the best Pokémon ever, but it’s accomplishes are amazing, putting ageislash in UU and barely being able to defend against both urshifu AND spectrier really makes me respect this Pokémon as a whole

[@cerabis217]

Would love to see the continued love on the birds! After all, there's still a Gen 2 bird that needs a video... no matter how unfortunate Noctowl was.

[@youtubewatcher6124]

Give props to Mandibuzz holding the world on it's back Atlas style

[@Chris-fz2ui]

Not anymore lol

[@jerry3115]

Mandibuzz is so weird to think about. Like, I know it's been good in every gen it's in, but I never remember seeing it or battling against it or using it.

[@cleannation1]

Gen 8 crown tundra had mandibuzz at like 35% usage

[@jerry3115]

@@cleannation1 until gen 8, I mean

[@aldoushuxley5953]

Can you do Mienshao and Mienfoo? That way, you could talk about LC again. I think a different format, for example Trick Room or the history of LC would be interesting

[@fbrassard70]

Twould be a brave new format

[@notasgreatasnate7694]

If you guys do Braviary, you'll like to know that there were only 4 Braviary in top 128 at Dallas Regionals in 2020. The kicker is they were ALL in top cut!

[@petelee2477]

Fun fact in x and Y Aegislash started running sub toxic sets specifically for mandibuz

[@TheBfutgreg]

7:05 "However this worked out just fine" *Thumbs Up*

[@PixBobCat]

Mandibuzz is just poundland Yveltal

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

It’s surprising just how much of an upshot this thing got in gen 8. Really highlights how important match up matters in viability

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

@ nope.

[@ricardoludwig4787]

Mandy's probably my favorite pokemon in ss ou. From mid 2020 onwards more than 2 thirds of my teams had her since they are the best at holding together a wilder team and letting it function

[@microwave8931]

Mandibuzz held the entire metagame together