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

Mesprit is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Mesprit in competitive Pokemon!
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0:00 - Intro
1:09 - DPP/Gen 4
3:55 - BW/Gen 5
5:45 - XY/Gen 6
8:01 - SM/Gen 7
9:43 - SS/Gen 8
11:04 - VGC
13:00 - 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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[@sharrrk6518]

Looks like they remembered healing wishes’s power all along

[@jcstaff1007]

Hahaha they forgot about HEaLinG WiSHes’ pOwEr!!

[@LOLquendoTV]

Also rattled + weakness policy

[@jackmacdonald1298]

Encore whyYYYYYY

[@MegaStunfiskandHat]

BRAVE BIRD ITS GOING DOWN

[@wryd4sound]

Cultured fans, all of you

[@1tsJustKetchup]

Imagine being the most infuriating Lake Trio to catch, only to be pretty much the worst one of the three…

[@user-xs9fu9ym8s]

For me it was azelf it took me 20 dusk balls and a amount of time balls I couldn’t remember

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

Uxie is worse now, Mesprit is a queen of PU for a few gens running.

[@vwlz8637]

except a pokemon's strength in-game and competitively are completely different.

[@ALEXXXXX3]

😭😭😭😭😭

[@urmomgaelol2407]

Mespirit, the Pokémon that made me blow all my money on Ultra Balls, only for my brother to catch it without weakening it first try. Such fond memories….

[@toyfrederickfazingtonii9339]

Indeed they were

[@insertobligatoryreferenceh489]

Now THAT is something that sparks jealousy.

[@urmomgaelol2407]

@@insertobligatoryreferenceh489 It’s fine, ended up doing the exact same thing to a Zappos he’d been trying to catch in HeartGold.

[@SirStanleytheStumbler]

@@urmomgaelol2407 the universe seeks a balance for all things.

[@reallyawesometitle7653]

@@urmomgaelol2407 Perfectly balanced, as all things should be

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

At this point these videos are just a game of "How Long Did It Last Before It Went to PU".

[@aurabender150]

Unless it's a remake.

[@graphitetailgrace3870]

@@aurabender150 Or you're an EXTREMELY lucky 'mon who somehow managed to get Game Freak's favor, like Mandibuzz or Ferrothorn.

[@Lardo137]

I hate how true this is, Game Freak just refuses to balance their damn game or do anything to prevent power creep. Stuff like giving Pidgeot +10 speed does NOTHING.

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

true

[@noukan42]

@@Lardo137 competitive is a side thing. Balance takes into account more things such as aviability during the adventure. If Pidgey is as good as the later birds what it'a the point in catching them?

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

Damn, that intro was so long the music played sounds I had never heard before

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

same lol

[@jennifermasini1326]

What song is it again??

[@MomijiSour]

By far the roughest thing to happen to Mesprit was to watch the life slowly drain out of its expression. Poor thing went from >:3 to :|

[@MariOmor1]

And then while we chase it in BDSP it becomes >:D

[@munchrai6396]

kind of surprised that no one mentioned the buff to Healing Wish that allows it to linger if a pokemon with full health is switched in. Not the most useful thing without pursuit, but it can help keep momentum up with slow switchers

[@azure8935]

I noticed that while fighting someone and was like "what the hell?"

[@Frog_Dogger]

That's pretty cool actually

[@hbb1939]

I thought that was the “buffed healing wish” he was talking about

[@togakhan1274]

I had forgotten about Gen 7 NU Mespirit. When Gen 7 came up, I was like this is great, it was among the best mons in PU and had like 10 different viable sets but then I heard "Unfortunately....." Poor Mespirit got banished into the lands of Incineroars and Guzzlords.

[@TheLudicrousLuv]

It suffered the same fate that ambipom had

[@klumpidieblauetomate2697]

gen 8 segment Mesprit just staring into your soul

[@bapbeepskull]

O

[@gmk9321]

E

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

œ!

[@elliotthood1719]

œœ

[@bapbeepskull]

ŒŒŒ

[@sagastar4108]

Fact about the lake trio. In explores of time, darkness and sky the guardians were given genders despite being gender less in the main series. Uxie and Azelf were male while Mesprit was female.

[@lorekeeper685]

Mesprit was opposite to your charecters gender

[@asdfg3046]

I see uxie as a female

[@azure8935]

I knew it was right to name my Mesprit Yasuho, sadly my Uxie has a female name :(

[@ergonomics_of_flatulence]

noone asked

[@bmac4]

PMD did that a lot, given Virizion in GTI was female.

[@6extaEspada]

I'm just gonna say "How Good was Ferrothorn" and "How Good was Landorus-Therian" is either gonna be live or a movie

[@vdd1001]

How good was heatran

[@markkart]

How good was cresselia??

[@asdfg3046]

DEOXYS

[@triforcekoopazz924]

Arceus: That's cute

[@yungmuney5903]

hilarious and original

[@trat2053]

You know, I never really noticed before now, but I think Mesprit is the only pokemon whose natural idle sprite/model is T-posing. I suppose if you're lacking the defense of Uxie and the power of Azelf, you gotta show your dominance somehow.

[@stop8388]

I can't unsee this, why must you curse me in this way

[@anthonyfrederick8997]

Do kartana, blacephalon, and xurkitree count? I think poipole might be T posing too.

[@thegreatestusername8946]

"How good was mesprit actually?" Not as good as azelf that's for damn sure.

[@bingewatcher4678]

And not as tanky as Uxie

[@novadreamer1779]

it does make me wonder why'd he do mesprit before azelf and uxie tbh

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

@@novadreamer1779 Hopefully soon. I'm sure it's just a matter of time at this point. I wasn't expecting Mesprit to be the first one to get made, but as the one that I'm the least familiar with, I'm glad it was; and moreover, happy to see it proved itself to be good, if not great, in the tiers it did see play in!

[@TheMurrmursonbottle]

@@novadreamer1779 gotta eat your vegetables first

[@Neucher]

@@novadreamer1779 because it's the worst = shortest video

[@NanaKyoto]

Mesprit's competitive journey sure is an emotional one.

[@DJ34591]

…

[@MariOmor1]

Oh ya... Mesprit's the pokemon that gave us emotion...

[@Superluigi881]

@@MariOmor1But judging from the changes in its expression over years it seems to have lost them itself. Guess that's what competitive does to a mon.

[@MrShadowThief]

The fact that the gen 8 model doesn't move is so disturbing.

[@bubalackgaming8892]

*"High-Quality Animations" intensifies*

[@cheruledge]

@@bubalackgaming8892 it’s probably due to the website they use for the models doesn’t have the hd model yet

[@Ay0godd]

@@bubalackgaming8892 but it was a video glitch…… not game freaks fault

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@cheruledge yeah most likely lol

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@Ay0godd I was just joking, granted Mesprit's model and animations in gen 8 aren't exactly prize winning either

[@omarinator2149]

Hello, I'm from the future where the Heatran video got released. I decided to both watch this video and the Heatran video at the same time. This video just ended. We're still on the first notable Gen 4 movesets.

[@farahkhan2654]

done yet?

[@reallyawesometitle7653]

@@farahkhan2654, we'll sooner be dead

[@grixan8012]

Hello, seems I was further ahead of the future and here I am watching Landorus and it’s Therian form. This video also just ended, we’re only done with Landorus’ non therian form. VGC hasnt even been considered yet. Hope we may be saved.

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

LOL

[@Neucher]

@@grixan8012 I have to wonder if and when that video will ever release ? I mean we waited 6 months for the Hippowdon / Gastrodon video. And they haven't even started. Lando has like 4x more usage of you count vgc.

[@Cerbleur07]

Mesprit, Aka "Bootleg Mew"

[@RickRaptor105]

I still haven't caught the roaming Mesprit or Cresselia on my Diamond Edition to this day

[@hozanto7521]

I feel your pain bruh

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

oooof i don’t have darkrai

[@treygreypaws3689]

Lmfao

[@OrigamiPhoenix]

I bred a Pokemon just to be able to catch it: an under level 50 Crowbat (faster than it) with Mean Look to prevent escape and Hypnosis from the Hoothoot line for sleep.

[@AhmedX8]

I remember taking so long to catch Cresselia that it started using Struggle. Good times.

[@TheHazard36]

The Generation 7 segment is somewhat inaccurate: Mesprit spent a good chunk of the Generation in PU, it was the most used Pokemon several months in a row

[@eumorpha876]

yeah with u turn

[@sephikong8323]

I recall the absolute meltdown of the PU playerbase once it rose to NU by usage, that would be like if Scizor rose to OU or if Landorus T suddenly vanished from OU : nobody had a clue of where things were headed and it was a bit chaotic for a while. In a sense, LC has been experiencing it for half a year now since the ban of Vullaby (technically it wasn't the most in the tier, but it was very high and a cornerstone of the meta, even 6 months later the meta is still just recovering from the ripple effect)

[@scorpioncox8978]

Imagine if they just swapped Mesprit’s ATK and Speed stat from the beginning. No only would it be so much better but it would make sense given it’s the one lake guardian that roams around the region.

[@IschmarVI]

or just get rid of that "the stats of them need to be balanced on the physical and special sides" bullshit and give it more special attack at the cost of attack. That's the most useless 105 base attack you ever get to see (unless you go physical for some reason, then it will instead be the most useless 105 base special attack ... lol)

[@gimgamsprongle1084]

You're implying that Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl would actually make it roaming and not just joining your party instantly.

[@OPGardevoir]

I hope they're as annoying to catch as before high key miss that feeling

[@MariOmor1]

They probably will stay faithful to the original and... MUAHAHAHAH. Seeing how they kept the Regi Puzzles in ORAS I doubt they will change roaming Mesprit.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Roaming mons were gone since Gen 7. Maybe they'll use how Galar Birds "roam" around on Mesprit

[@docxy7331]

Itd be cool if instead of regular roam it goes to a random spot on the overworld and you have to run to it within a hidden time limit

[@marcthedashergd6321]

Ah yes. The player uses close combat on blissey, graduates, gets married, has kids, and gets a job, and he comes back to his game and blissey's hp is still draining.

[@elilopez6260]

I'm convinced gen 7 NU mesprit was an inside joke among the playerbase

[@muffinhead2164]

like gen 5 RU metang?

[@MrMadOfficial]

Better or worse than Hariyama in Gen 7 NU?

[@maas2563]

@@muffinhead2164 what happened to metang?

[@starmapping7848]

@@MrMadOfficial hariyama had a nich in fact mesprit had almost little to no nich in gen 7 nu it it was d rank upwith ambipom

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Fun facts, I am not now using it on Gen 7 Ubers of all the places, because U-turn+Stealth Rock+Healing Wish is THAT useful for my team. I am not sure if it's better than Gardevoir's Will-o-Wisp+Healing Wish

[@OGXenos]

No pokemon deserved to become fairy types more than the Lake Guardians. Seriously, look at them. They are floating pixies. They SHOULD be fairy types.

[@GrayVMhan]

I completely agree, but we already have like 50 fairy/psychic Pokemon so I'm not sad they didn't get it

[@deepalaxman1856]

If Mr mime is a fairy the lake guardians should be

[@OGXenos]

@@GrayVMhan They should be pure fairy. Nothing about them is really psychic other than their affinity for human emotions, but mythological fairies can do that too.

[@lovelovemiraclesunsetgirl]

@@OGXenos no _way_ they shouldn't be psychic, their nature as spirits with ties to mental elements like emotion and willpower and the like, astral projection, and the general emphasis on things like their teleportation and moves like future sight throughout the games and anime are all psychic-type to a tee as someone who loves them and whose favorite type is fairy i can see the argument for it but i honestly think them not being fairy is fine - they're small and impish in appearance, but that's sort of like saying lurantis should be a bug because it looks like one when it's a plant-based lifeform, like how not every fish-y pokemon is water or every big reptile pokemon is a dragon, i think it makes sense for some "pixie"-looking pokemon to not be fairies. type isn't so much about just body shape, it's more powers and abilities, hence the mystical supernatural beings who are all about mind-related business being psychic-type the only especially fairy-thing about them beyond the small-flying-creature thing to me is mesprit's playfully tricksy behavior in the sinnoh games, otherwise i don't see that much of it.... if anything i think cresselia should be part fairy, being directly tied to the moon and all !

[@OGXenos]

@@lovelovemiraclesunsetgirl Well, they are poxedex classified as "pixies", which are literal fairies, and if pokemon like MR. MIME are fairy types, the literal pixies not being Fairy i just a downright crime.

[@DukeSR8]

Mespirit just went DOWN DOWN DOWN. Now let's get Uxie!

[@Wildcatt1999]

How GOOD was Manectric actually? Come on lets finish up the Megas.

[@blaziking0577]

I want Manectric so badly

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

manectric is a VERY good boi

[@e.t.1947]

Wait, manetric is the last mega not covered?

[@RyanYeehaw]

@@e.t.1947 nah Audino and Diance haven’t been done either

[@asdfg3046]

@@e.t.1947 audino.

[@TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

Gen 7 Mesprit at the gates of PU: "LET ME IN! LET ME IN!"

[@epsreborn9718]

As someone who really liked the personal connection story bit with Mesprit in Platinum, this felt like the most Mesprit appreciation I’ve ever seen in one place.

[@thiccgoddess9634]

How GOOD was Meloetta ACTUALLY? Been looking for this top performer to finally get her spotlight someday :] Thoroughly enjoyed using her over the years with her signature form change move Relic Song

[@SavitTheGoalie]

I thought he made it already

[@Marcusjnmc]

did nice in the middle of a triple battle, was a cool niche pokemon card, that's all I know of Meloetta

[@Lrizu]

I always saw meloetta as a male, but OK

[@Entelarmer]

When you go from ok to so bad in OU and UU you don't even get them mentioned in your Gen 5 section... Ouch. Still, it did much better than i thought. I only have heard of it in the context of Gen 7 PU, and i assumed it has been lowest tier most of the time.

[@ningenslayer6306]

Same, I always thought it was an awful mix of Azelf and Uxie. Pretty glad to see it actually had a niche over them at one point, and was overall pretty solid.

[@indiradevi8136]

​@@ningenslayer6306prior to meloetta getting unbanned mesprit was by a long shot better than uxie in gen 9 nu and is better than uxie in gen 8 pu

[@dylanmcpeake7006]

I just got shiny Mespirt in Platinum last Sunday, this has to be a sign

[@vdd1001]

Im still mad asf that the pixies are not fairy types LMAO

[@arthursdl]

All of them and Celebi

[@ShinyTillDawn]

yet Mawile and Gardevoir are fairies???? It's like how Gyarados isn't a dragon but Goomy is.

[@Anthonyvideogame]

And Chansey. That one ticked me off the most

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

ya blissey and chansey, the KINDESS pokemon don’t have fairy type either

[@vdd1001]

@@ShinyTillDawn mawile is based on a myth about japanese spirits, which relates to fairy types because of the "supernatural" stuff. Gardevoir is based off of anesama ningyo, more supernatural stuff

[@redwings13400]

After watching, Mesprit feels like a strictly inferior Mew. Has the same versatility, wide moveset, psychic typing, just is a bit slower and a bit less bulky with a very slightly higher attacking stats. Good enough stats to be a useful low tier mon but not enough standout features to be great in high tiers.

[@MariOmor1]

Not to mention Mesprit and Mew resemble pink little fairies, and their names both start with M.

[@michelecozzarin]

My thoughts exactly. Dropping 5 in both attacks and both defenses to gain 20 HP and 20 speed is a way too good of a trade-off to be overlooked

[@Rattus375]

Though the speed is definitely a big part of it, Mew's better movepool is just as big a reason why it's better having access to every tm

[@snabsif2483]

Levitate though

[@jetstreamsam0799]

Mesprit is living, breathing, floating evidence that being a "middle ground" Pokemon in a trio in terms of stats doesn't usually result in a high amount of competitive play.

[@Umbra_Mask]

Registeel tho

[@jetstreamsam0799]

@@Umbra_Mask Damn it, you're right.

[@teddyhaines6613]

@@jetstreamsam0799 He's right, but I'm pretty sure that's almost entirely due to the fact that Steel has always been a broken type. Regice was the best of the three before Stealth Rock ruined being a slow Ice-Type forever.

[@robbierotten2024]

Mew

[@Lrizu]

@@teddyhaines6613 wrong, ur mom is slow

[@GaussNine]

I'll never get over how the battle theme of these tiny PIXIES sounds like the avatar of death has come for your soul

[@shawnli4746]

finally the last gen 4 legendary trio gets covered

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

ya

[@bingewatcher4678]

Mesprit in VGC:Living in the shadows of Cresselia

[@weavile-4876]

"How good were the rotom forms actually" -The movie

[@Redeye_Brawl]

I hope this happens!

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

rotom forms are e p i c

[@patrickjohn6253]

If it does happen I think they might just do one form at a time since they all went into different tiers after gen 4

[@intellygent-alienking5651]

We know which one is the worst lol

[@weavile-4876]

@@intellygent-alienking5651 Poor blizards

[@jamesdinius7769]

Mesprit seems like a great example of how usage tiers are flawed. Still if they can ban things that won't move up by usage why not make an exception for things that have enough usage to move up but clearly aren't viable in tournament play? The whole point of tiers is to give as many things as possible a competitive niche.

[@jis11]

Tiers are built on the assumption that a pokemon will see high use in tiers its good in. A low tier pokemon could see some usage because it fits one team perfectly, but that doesn't move it up.

[@rafaelramires5883]

Nice touch, Absol showing up when doom comes XD 8:35

[@dillmo28]

this video really lifted me spirit

[@SharKing319]

I actually got to use Mesprit in a Gen 7 PU team before it somehow got used enough in NU to rise and rot there, and lemme tell ya, Mesprit was a beast in PU. I really wish it could've dropped back down.

[@RAWR26633]

These lake guardians are pixies so you'd think they'd get the fairy typing in x and y and beyond, yet they dont.

[@Macaulyn_97]

Too many Psychic-types got Fairy-type in Gen VI, it's good that some of them kept their type.

[@fullstopdice]

They are Legendarys so it wouldn't be able to change

[@AshenDust_]

@@fullstopdice why not?

[@ultimatefirecracker1486]

@@AshenDust_ legendaries don’t change typing it’s just kinda messy if they change their type into psychic fairy

[@AshenDust_]

@@ultimatefirecracker1486 why would it be any different from a normal Pokémon?

[@DivineOrange]

Glad your making videos on relevant Pokémon

[@sagacious03]

Decent analysis! Thanks for uploading!

[@TheRaoul]

Been waiting for Ferrothorn for a year, I'm losing hope

[@stackstenner8149]

same

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

thorn will be next century, don’t worry!

[@Neucher]

It took them 6 months for the Hippowdon video and they haven't even started.

[@captain_buggles]

It's because the video will basically have to be an entire miniseries

[@J.R.Unbound]

I love Mesprit, but seeing a legendary do well in PU is always bittersweet...

[@edwardrobinson5470]

Amazing video. Mesprit is one of my favorite.

[@AnvilPro100]

I don't think it was mentioned but Healing Wish also got a massive buff in Gen 8 where if you send a Pokemon out that isn't damaged, it actually stores the wish. So you don't have to immediately send in something that's almost dead, you could send in a fully healthy Pokemon if that's better for the current situation then bring in the Pokemon you want to heal later

[@dramaticScar]

Be honest... this was the lake guardian we hate the most.

[@cavelstone3240]

I mean I like mesprit alot. To the point where I shiny hunted it but I respect your opinion

[@Zeronigel332]

Actually it’s my favorite, I actually hate Azelf cause it’s the hardest one to catch for no reason when you battle it. I alway had a rather hard time with Azelf while Mespite I just easily caught

[@cybernnic]

Here's a joke because wynaut. What's the favorite soda drink for the two legendary trios that reside in Sinnoh? Mesprite. I'll see myself out.

[@TheRibbedDamascus]

Ah, thank you father. Great comedy. 🤣

[@joanaguayoplanell4912]

Fun facts, this video made me me try out Mesprit on the Battle Spot Singles I use for Gen 7 Ubers. It works surprisingly well, although I wish it had been a retconned to Psychic-Fairy

[@anuragkat66]

Azelf is my fav Lake Guardian but Catching Mesprit was so frustrating and fulfilling experience

[@jelte3754]

Funny enough, my +1 Kartana just OHKO'ed a Mesprit and became +2 while watching this video, grabbing another OHKO and forcing a forfeit :P Random gen 8

[@chimyshark]

why didn't these lake guardians get the fairy typing? that sucks.

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

yeah why didn’t BLISSEY AND CHANSEY, THE KINDESS POKEMON get the fairy type asweel

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

aswell*

[@Ronald_Ruck]

It's been so many years and I still cannot tell the Lake Trio apart from each other.

[@MariOmor1]

Uxie has a yellow head and closed eyes Mesprit has a pink head with "ponytails" Azelf has a blue triangular head and looks depressed.

[@TheOnlyGBeast]

Good lord i loved using mesprit in gen4 OU. So many people i knew didnt understand how good it was until they fought mine, i loved its versatility and how easy it is to underestimate it

[@General_C]

Hope you're ready to do Azelf and Uxie next week. You just consigned yourself into the pokemon trio hell for the next few weeks.

[@jacksonkim9790]

I can’t wait for the Latios episode, we got Latias 5 months ago…

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

yeah, latios is a hyper offence monster so the vid will be like “it crushed blank blank blank with blank”

[@maas2563]

@@thefoodyscarecrow7391 specs Draco meteor absolutely tore through the meta...

[@Marcusjnmc]

impressed with some of the niche VGC usage examples found for this one '.'

[@yunateyang9194]

Can you do Azelf next? It’s my favorite of the lake guardians 🥰💕 Nice vid btw

[@duscarasheddinn8033]

I'd like to see a "How GOOD was Kyurem ACTUALLY?" video.

[@AuraStrikeAce]

Kind of a shame Mesprit isn't as good as the other two Lake Guardians. She's my favorite of the three.

[@javierberroteran9522]

Finally! I thought that I was the only one that like it more than its brothers.

[@Lrizu]

he*

[@AuraStrikeAce]

@@Lrizu Mesprit is very feminine looking, plus in Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky, the other Pokémon use female pronouns when talking about her.

[@Lrizu]

@@AuraStrikeAce they use the opposite gender of the protagonist, silly, for me they used male pronouns when i was a kid, so i see mesprit as male

[@AuraStrikeAce]

@@Lrizu I looked it up and I see nothing that says anything about that. All I see are pages that say Mesprit has always been referred to as female.

[@JameShark_]

I have a fond memory of playing Pokémon Diamond in my grandparents living room as my grandparents and parents were talking. I had been trying to catch Mesprit for a long time, and while they we talking, I finally had thrown the Dusk Ball to catch the Mesprit. When the ball clicked, I started jumping for joy and yelling in excitement as I got it. Mesprit will always hold a special spot in my heart for this very reason.

[@TimBluesWin1996]

When I first think of Mesprit, I always think of 'Esprit' shirt due to how similar the name is!

[@MariOmor1]

I think of "Me, Spirit"

[@Regunes]

One of the pokemon I wish was a stronger utility mon

[@jth1954]

Uxie outclasses it

[@mr.truffles9294]

Will no one talk about how he named his sandshrew into "shewed"?

[@vomit37]

I’VE MISSED THESE INTROS

[@antonioborriello3420]

Great, Now I'm listening to gen 4 music (especially the Lake track) crying in nostalgia Good job guys Seriously though, great video as usual❤

[@hyperstormx3194]

Gen 7 Mesprit was inexplicably not allowed to move into a lower tier to find success, and thus was now lingering in a tier it had no business being in. Staraptor: "First time?"

[@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile]

starraptor was banned from lower tiers for being too powerful, mesprit couldn't go down because of usage. Different cases here.

[@bmac4]

Grass grows, sun shines, and brotha, Staraptor is banned from UU.

[@IschmarVI]

Staraptor legally owns BL at this point.

[@dankeykang8243]

I think all 3 guardians need more specific roles. Azelf, the sweeper, Uxie the wall and I see Mesprit as the healer. It needs access to wish/recover, regenerator/taunt prevention, safeguard, etc.

[@siberiangopnik]

Agreed, imagine if this thing has prankster for an ability and access to thunder wave, encore, priority destiny bond

[@clarkside4493]

I do like my Trick Room Mesprit. I have mine situated to simply set Trick Room and either U-turn out, throw out Stealth Rocks, or Psycho Cut. I kind of wish it had, like, Foul Play or something so it could be completely defensive, but as it stands I have mine with full investment in HP and Attack. I pair it with a Brave Stakataka who (ideally) sets Trick Room and then uses Superpower and the Eject Pack to bounce out.

[@chase8967]

finally i waited so long for an azelf video

[@Campaign2024]

Gen 7 Mesprit sounds so tragic

[@beebeehruaii9590]

How good was lanturn pls

[@hmangaihatwenty-six9722]

its typing is great but its stats aren't too impressive

[@DavideKuras]

He doesn't do comment anymore

[@yaboidragonitehere1137]

It was excellent. Was better than lapras

[@Cometstarlight]

I love Mesprit, so I do hope that it receives some more praise in the future!

[@jonathonkresse2767]

The lake trio deserves some sort of new form/mega/g-max. I’d be down for that

[@cristhianmlr]

How SUS was Amoonguss ACTUALLY?

[@fajita1386]

How good were the elemental monkeys actually

[@DivineOrange]

They were all pure hot, made from grandma’s kitchen garbage

[@baseballs1742]

They're as good as they are popular

[@firepoet6926]

I could see the lake guardians getting more variety from a secondary typing, new forms and adjusted stats

[@aespa690]

Lake Guardians! Some of my favorite designs ever. I used Azelf sooo much as a lead. Fast Taunt, could 2HKO almost everything with only 2 moves, and rocks. I loved that lead and metagame.

[@snapclub8751]

Looks like we’ll be getting the Lake Galarian Trio for these next 3 weeks.

[@spacelizbian]

imagine if its attack and speed were swapped

[@furretthefuzzynoodle3896]

Ok and? It would be decent at best

[@Skuna425]

Would definitely bump it up a few tiers

[@jth1954]

@@furretthefuzzynoodle3896 it would make it much better

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

105 is still out ran by common scarfers like medicham flygon and garchomp

[@TheRibbedDamascus]

@@thefoodyscarecrow7391 dont forget purugly. 🤣

[@docxy7331]

Mespirit after power creep: i can still hear you saying we must never break the chains

[@Max-qw8eq]

Pokemons like dragapult rillaboom cinderace and etc, have such nice stat distributions, and then you look at some of the older pokemon...

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Man, what's the point of being a "legendary" Pokemon if your stats/movepool are worse compared to pseudo-legendaries?

[@screwtokaiba]

I mean pseudo legendary honestly is a pretty misleading term considering they actually are stronger than actual Legendary bst wise and before gen 3 have insanely wide movepool due to Gamefreak making them RBY normal tier movepool. Garchomp was the first Pseudo Legend with movepool that is 100% predictable - just barebones rock/ground/dragon moves with fire breathing

[@jis11]

@@screwtokaiba *ttar movepool intensifies* that's absolutely an RBY normal tier movepool. Like, how does it get surf, hydro pump, thunder, blizzard, focus blast, aerial ace, muddy water, and incinerate?

[@ctray3688]

When will we get the 4 hour Landorus or Thundurus video?

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

Been awhile since we’ve had a trio

[@Nuvizzle]

The lake guardians should've been given fairy as a 2nd typing in gen6 tbh. They're literally named after pixies, elves, and sprites.

[@swampy725]

Oh look it's the ballenced one

[@johnomgerrossman4020]

Do how good was manetric actually, I WILL NEVER GIVE UP

[@POOPGOD999]

You dont even know how heartbroken i was when i learned mesprit was the least used of the trio

[@surelyyoujestin4871]

I hope the pixies all get a new fairy typing in the remakes I doubt it would help with their current viability but it would be something

[@kyrenhamilton6750]

How good was scrafty

[@simon3243]

Good

[@rubiconprime1429]

How good was liepard actually?

[@Giomancy]

I would be interested in a discussion type of video where you discuss older pokemon that are still in the same teirs (OU and below) as when they started IE Garchomp I think its still OU right? Or a discussion on the sudden rise of certain pokemon like for example Nidoking, just a thought.

[@bdt2002gaming]

Mesprit actually has a lot in common with Alola’s resident Tapu Koko. Both are Legendary Pokémon that inhabit a location close to the player’s home and have an inherent interest in said player. In addition to this, Tapu Koko’s appearance in Gen 7 (Pokémon turned 20 in 2016) can be seen as a successor to Mesprit’s appearance in Gen 4 (Pokémon turned 10 in 2006). Need more comparisons? The Lake Trio and Tapu Quartet each share significant story importance with the mascot Legendaries of their respective Generations and have a tendency to balance their base stats across all categories among members. Both Legendary groups mentioned even have parallel color schemes with one another’s members.

[@minnijawsx9060]

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[@shudeepta]

Ur first

[@NeoFlameBlibbleSqwoosh]

@@shudeepta First of all, I am. second of all, ok?

[@greatobikili4858]

Just a suggestion bring back the how good was a smash character actually cause I think they a good spin to the pokemon content.

[@thefoodyscarecrow7391]

yeah i enjoyed them a lot aswell

[@spectre1256]

welp now we need the other two

[@samwilders2388]

I hope they don't take away my loophole, where I just going back and forth between Valley Windworks and the route, to get all roamers in like 10 minutea