How GOOD were Misdreavus & Mismagius ACTUALLY? - History of Competitive Misdreavus & Mismagius

False Swipe Gaming’s first Halloween special! Happy Halloween! Misdreavus and Mismagius are quite the tricksters, but do they have enough tricks for competitive play? Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Misdreavus and Mismagius in competitive Pokemon!
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0:00 - Intro
0:38 - GSC/Gen 2
4:05 - ADV/Gen 3
6:15 - DPP/Gen 4
7:46 - BW/Gen 5
9:13 - Gen 5 VGC
9:56 - XY/Gen 6
10:54 - Gen 6 VGC
11:19 - SM/Gen 7
12:31 - VGC Gen 7
12:50 - Outro
Directed by Kellen
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Edited By CDK
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Written By
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Sound Designed by
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Game Capture Artist:
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FULL RESEARCH SOURCES HERE:
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DISCLAIMERS ON FORMATS COVERED:
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. Now Popular does not mean official even though two of the formats I will be covering were official formats being Japan Nintendo Cup and VGC, but it is an indicator of what a good portion of competitive players thought was “optimal” at the time. Also sometimes the Pokemon Battle Historia doesn't provide enough information to talk about certain Pokemon so I add Smogon analysis to make sense of it. This is pretty rare though.
To the people asking why I don't cover Smogon Singles for Gens 1 and 2: It wouldn't really be a history video if I covered those because online Smogon gen 1 meta to my knowledge wasn't actually played until late 2000s. I wanted to cover tournaments/competitive battling that was actually played during the early years of Pokemon (late 90s).
To the people asking why I cover Smogon at all for singles: To my knowledge, Smogon was the most popular format for Gens 3-5 and held a number of tournaments throughout the years. As for Gen 6, I am not covering Battle Spot Singles because there is more information and explanations about sets being used relative to their own meta on Smogon. In other words, there are few written analyses about Battle Spot Pokemon besides the Top tiers and I would like to avoid theorycrafting because it may have a hint of bias (though I theorycraft if I REALLY couldn't find information on a certain Pokemon). The keyword here is explanations. Though I did find statistics of most Pokemon used and most moves used, there wasn't really any explanations on why. Also the few Pokemon I did find analysis of for Top Tier Battle Spot Singles had very similar move sets to the Smogon OU sets anyway.
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 and I will not fault you for using evasion or whatever, I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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[@dreamlanderjoel8162]

"It doesn't affect Misdreavus..."

[@tiellimilin6622]

What nightmares are made of

[@GoldRichness]

Chuggaaconroy reference

[@thegamingtoast5899]

Ah, a man of culture as well

[@meghanaingleshwar]

Chuggaconroy compilations

[@santoshrao3633]

@@thegamingtoast5899 ola9?)

[@ZorotheGallade]

[Looks at Mismagius]: "This is brilliant" [Points at eviolite Misdreavus]: "But I like this."

[@user-vq5yq2uh6q]

Well, wonder why, because while Misdreavus+Eviolite gives you more bulk, having more bulk while losing speed is not a very desirable thing... Especially if you have 105 speed, which is just enough to outspeed a majority of major Pokemon (whose speed are between 80 and 100.)

[@pinkpixiemoon]

@@user-vq5yq2uh6q it's a trick room setter, so losing speed would be more effective

[@camoking3609]

What about now?

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@camoking3609 Now Flutter Mane has risen to the status of nightmare.

[@eveegirl2878]

@@ZorotheGallade 😂😂

[@gengarzilla1685]

Let's be real, Mismagius should have been one of the lucky Pokémon who got the Fairy type in Gen VI. I would have liked to throw around four immunities (accounting for Levitate) and the STAB Dazzling Gleam after Nasty Plot.

[@glaciveestudios6170]

Too bad that spooky things have nothing to do with Fairies

[@Duskfan98]

Glacivee AMV's mimikyu?

[@CrimsomS]

@@glaciveestudios6170 In old folklore fairy was a blanket term that basically meant "magical creature" and covered everything from goblins to elves. So a witchy head would fit right in IMO.

[@machina5]

@@glaciveestudios6170 Fairies are extremely creepy, what are you on about lol

[@thecriticalghost4626]

@@glaciveestudios6170 Mimikyu...

[@ihavethebrainofarat2309]

And now Flutter Mane is out, and is banned to Gen 9 Ubers on Showdown

[@bluebaron6811]

Misdreavus achieved a 23-year long redemption arc. Incredible.

[@Onion_57]

The scariest part is that this video isn't on a Sunday

[@rohitbhavsar1464]

Ya lol

[@angelmadero8978]

Antonio Morales I gagged tbh

[@allewis4008]

A perfect time for this adorable little mon

[@XXXEmpoleon]

That's the first thing I thought when I saw this in my notifications

[@Matanumi]

That's the best thing one can do.sometimes is surprise and be unpredictable

[@pickles4128]

How good was your day ACTUALLY? But really though, how GOOD was Piloswine and Mamoswine ACTUALLY?

[@rlasson657]

ThePickleNugget his day started OU, but his friend cockblocked him at a halloween party, so it dropped to RUBL

[@shinn6198]

@Kaira Allen I'm sorry for you

[@shinn6198]

I sprained my ankle

[@jeviljoker7143]

I see Chugga's Pokemon Collesseum flashbacks when I read "It doesn't affect Misdreavus" lol

[@scottwelch7989]

I'm playing it for the Nth time right now and it's the first time I've used misdreavus. I've been missing out for a long time

[@voidlayern9368]

4:25 He's bigger, faster, and stronger too. He's the first member of the Ghost-type crew.

[@georgecortes3416]

Does this mean we’ll see Gengar as the Echo Fighter for King Dong in Smash Ultimate?

[@devonishigh]

Was that the DK rap😭

[@microwave8931]

@@devonishigh no it was the pokerap

[@CherrygroveCity]

How SPOOKY were Misdreavus and Mismagius ACTUALLY?

[@morgan7615]

Hella sPoOKy

[@ashleycurtis3482]

Not relly

[@spyrofrost9158]

2Spooky

[@TheKeitaNobodyAskedFor]

uh

[@destronlaserwave9566]

I was gonna say that...

[@FatalGecko58]

How GOOD was Piloswine and Mamoswine ACTUALLY? *Mamoswine is one of the few remaining pokemon who gained an evolution in gen 4. Also im aware of other mons remaining such as Honchkrow, Licklylicky, Yanmega, etc.

[@MuchWhittering]

Not until I get my goddamn Lickitung video.

[@ObziLuky]

Sup Murkrow who also have an evo in Gen 4 , also the gen 4 eeveelutions arent made yet , Lickatung and Yanma too , but Piloswine is a good idea

[@ryanhacker5259]

Yanmega also exists

[@themoonlitspice325]

What about Murkrow and Honchkrow, Lickitung and Lickilicky or Yanma and Yanmega?

[@FatalGecko58]

DJ Coleman I forgot about them my bad

[@jambon2730]

Mismagius : You took everything from me Hatterene : I don't even know who you are

[@pinkpixiemoon]

Design wise, Mismagius will always be superior

[@pale9819]

Misdreavus and Mismagius are my favorite Ghost types. Misdreavus looks cute, I love it’s pearl necklace and how it scares people at night feeding off their fear. Mismagius looks great and it still keeps that same cuteness. It’s pearls look even better, the witch astetic works well and it’s powers are straight up creepy. Mismagius also has a good special attack/defense, it’s one of the fastest Ghost types and it can learn some pretty good moves. The only problem is that Mismagius’s defense is only 60 so if you use Sucker punch or Foul play it’s likely going down in a one hit.

[@darkmatter9651]

mismagius looks silly in a cute and endearing way, which is why they're my favourite

[@rayxgun6340]

misdreavus is also my favourite

[@supershituttp7425]

Follow misdreavus enjoyer I see?I'm 1 of them too!

[@josephmarcus8601]

Can't wait for the Christmas special with Delibird .

[@arbetor12]

And stanler

[@ugandaknuckles850]

Its DelibirB not DelibirD

[@instinctonline6875]

Spoiler; it sucks. Sadly

[@Matanumi]

Jnyx! Or.will.it.close.out the set?

[@pixelatedcole]

Was just about to comment this

[@Laffey99]

How GOOD was Piloswine and Mamoswine ACTUALLY?

[@bankrollrastaman7060]

I second that

[@Laffey99]

A lot of people know me from Pimpnite here! xD

[@justjaqualin7623]

Hell yeaaaahhhh

[@boy_wells9339]

Misdreavus and Mismagius should've been ghost/fairy types.

[@deadaccount1.57]

What? Why?

[@imbored76]

@@deadaccount1.57 They are based on Dolls and can learn fairy type attacks

[@EWOODJ]

No reason to force a typing

[@dugtrioinstruments7388]

@@deadaccount1.57 They're also magicians

[@milesandrews6711]

@@dugtrioinstruments7388 that's more psychic than fairy

[@past874]

Wasn't expecting Misdreavus to be so good. Poor Mismagius never got a chance to shine at VGC.

[@thatsabruhmoment17]

That's Eviolite for you. Gligar was UU because of it instead of some bottom tier and Dusclops is now prominent in SwSh meta

[@Drakorre]

Eviolite is really insane

[@trinityskitz7929]

It's special attack and speed is nothing to sneer at, a pretty solid Pokemon

[@ghostlyfieldclub2930]

​@@trinityskitz7929it can't be solid, it's a ghost

[@carbon_bishop]

How GOOD are Yanma and Yanmega ACTUALLY???? Show them some love in this gen 4 streak!

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Deal: Piloswine first, then Yanma Time to start strategic voting for youtube videos!

[@carbon_bishop]

Marcus Tullius Cicero I'm down for that plan, I've waited 7 months I can wait 2 more weeks

[@AppledirtArchive]

@Adam Evening no u

[@genderqueergorehound]

Yanmega is a really fun Pokemon to use in OU in my experience.

[@CylonDorado]

Those aren't Pokemon, you're just making words up.

[@dazbones6288]

"It doesn't affect Misdreavus..." This Pokemon is the best Pokemon in Pokemon Colosseum.

[@HowManySmall]

Good Chuggaaconroy reference.

[@TwoBitSpecialist]

Scrolled down to find this comment. Was not disappoint.

[@tigerwarrior1787]

@Aaron Romero I wasn't disappointed either.

[@teamreincarnationleadereme7572]

I used misdreavus in Colosseum a year ago... I then had new found respect for Stacy the misdreavus.

[@rokkraljkolesa9317]

ah, I see you are a man of culture as well

[@donkkut5003]

get ready for the gen 9 glow up

[@eyecontrol4900]

flutter mane banned

[@bigjohnsbreakfastlog5819]

And already banned!

[@chamber8234]

The following Pokémon have already been analyzed: Aerodactyl Alakazam Ampharos Arcanine Articuno Azumarill Blastoise Blaziken Breloom Chansey/Blissey Charizard Clefable Cloyster Donphan Dragonite Dugtrio Dunsparce Electabuzz/Electivire Entei Espeon Exeggutor Feraligatr Flareon Flygon Gallade Garchomp Gardevoir Gengar Gligar/Gliscor Golbat/Crobat Gyarados Heracross Houndoom Jolteon Jumpluff Kangaskhan Lapras Lucario Machamp Magmar/Magmortar Magneton/Magnezone Marowak Meganium Metagross Mew Mewtwo Milotic Misdreavus/Mismagius Moltres Nidoking Ninetales Onix/Steelix Pikachu Poliwrath Porygon/Porygon2 Porygon-Z Quagsire Raichu Raikou Rhydon/Rhyperior Salamence Sceptile Scizor Seadra/Kingdra Shuckle Skarmory Slowbro Smeargle Sneasel/Weavile Snorlax Starmie Suicune Swampert Tangela/Tangrowth Tauros Tentacruel Togetic/Togekiss Typhlosion Tyranitar Umbreon Unown ( kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3mZZmx_fdmdrLc ) Vaporeon Venusaur Wigglytuff Wobbuffet Zapdos Please vote on Pokémon that are NOT seen on this list for FalseSwipeGaming’s next analytic video.

[@williamzeo2493]

Missigno

[@williamdagnall4149]

Please post this every video

[@dr.badtimes3660]

Pinsir?

[@vladtepes2667]

I for one want a video on how great was Ditto

[@cristianobucci9830]

Octillery

[@plosflow7556]

How GOOD was Roselia and Roserade ACTUALLY?

[@goGothitaLOL]

maybe after Pidgeot (The November Patreon pick)

[@spiciestbirb]

Mismagius paradox form in gen 9: 😈

[@spike4972]

It would have been interesting to mention that misdreavus was so bonkers powerful it got banned in Little Cup.

[@sandrahwu]

I was not expecting the vid to come out so early, but hey, it’s great as always. Anyways, third time’s the charm. How good were ROSELIA and ROSERADE actually. Happy Halloween to everyone!

[@allewis4008]

I totally agree, thanks for the special video!

[@AmberWrath]

Third?

[@VillainousHanacha]

No one remembers the long lost specially oriented cousin of Skarmory, but I do! How GOOD was Mantine ACTUALLY?

[@futureaests2170]

in sun and moon it's actually used quite frequently due to the buff it received.

[@lowrezadminqq6295]

@Shadow isn’t quite dead. Actually RU in Smogon atm. and was UU until recently.

[@ianthecoolthief6226]

Mega Mismagius (Mismagite) [Fairy/Ghost] Ability: Purgatory (the opponent cannot use items that aren't mega stones and z crystals)

[@flinch2440]

yes

[@kylefratini2833]

Why not apply purgatory to all pokemon on the field?

[@maninthetrenchcoat5603]

I hate that item based moves don't affect Megas and Z Moves. Imagine how useful Trick or Knock Off would be to take away a Mega Stone

[@razwanasultana2842]

Would make megas less easy to pull off

[@maninthetrenchcoat5603]

@@razwanasultana2842 Exactly

[@GMODTF24EVER]

"It doesn't affect MISDREAVUS..."

[@delverazo]

How GOOD were Roselia and Roserade actually!? #FlowerPower

[@Croutonking65]

Hell yeah! Thanks for the special video. Happy Halloween everyone!

[@vjm3]

She has been my favorite ghost type since I first remember catching her. She just seemed so special to me. Good video.

[@rileygraves2748]

Mismagius is one of the greatest gaming mysteries to me. My first experience with gen 2 was a rented copy of stadium 2. In the rental pokemon there was an evolved misdrivous with a hat. I returned the game, not knowing anything was strange. I got really into the series, and was confused that there was no hat ghost. Then suddenly gen 4 rolls around, and she's back. I lived one of those playground legends about finding a dev cart or something, but it was just to rent a Pokemon I don't even like. :P

[@DJTileTurnip]

How GOOD was Beedrill ACTUALLY?

[@elevate07]

WE HAVE TO GO FASTER! WE HAVE TO HIT HARDER!

[@zacharyseiders5793]

Better than Butterfree... but still horrible until Gen 6 with mega evolution.

[@scarce_viking9074]

Bad till it's mega

[@jayjay86443]

Basically the worst until gen 5's sniper gimmick, then it lied in obscurity still until ORAS granted it a mega. Now it's...okay. Better than Electivire at least ;-;

[@demi-femme4821]

1. shit 2. shit 3. shit 4. shit 5. shit. 6. MEGAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@moisesgonzalez372]

How good was Water Pokemon ACTUALLY please Bring back the serise again👏.

[@tkgrant7]

I do miss him saying *Bulky Water Types*

[@dinosaurdreams3939]

"You son of a witch!" Anyways, it's nice to see one of my favorite ghost types make a middle of the week appearance.

[@MrGksarathy]

You know what I wish from this channel? References to Pokemon Conquest appearances. That game was dope.

[@AverageEggmonEnthusiast]

How good were Roselia and Roseraid actually? OR How good was Persian actually?

[@jaidencarvalho1761]

Yes for both :-)👍!

[@goGothitaLOL]

maybe after Pidgeot (The November Patreon pick)

[@deniscobar8539]

Persian yeee

[@deniscobar8539]

@@jaidencarvalho1761 yes jaiden

[@dreadfury2485]

Holy shit, didn’t see THAT coming.

[@rainbowphoenix1363]

AAAHHHH THESE ARE LITERALLY MY FAVORITE POKEMON EVER IM SO HAPPY YOU'RE DOING THEM

[@mrwhitecloud2]

Thank you for this video! Mismagius is my favorite Pokemon, even if she's not the most popular :)

[@duncan6972]

Now that my prayers were answered... How GOOD were Roselia and Roserade ACTUALLY?

[@goGothitaLOL]

maybe after Pidgeot (The November Patreon pick)

[@polypolar715]

HOW GOOD WAS WEEZING ACTUALLY!?!?!?!? IT’S ABOUT TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@BraziliansDid911]

Crazy how I was hoping to see this one, and of course it comes on Halloween. Much love.

[@blindreddragon]

The perfect treat for Halloween, thank you for another great episode

[@tacosupreme9762]

How good was Piloswine and Mamoswine

[@beebobber546]

How GOOD was Diet Coke ACTUALLY? (Gen 1-7)

[@micdrop344]

I remember you telling me that you would be putting up this comment. Love your commitment.

[@beebobber546]

Mic Drop I never go back on my word good sir.

[@JB-bc2ry]

This is going to be the April Fools video, if you keep it up.

[@beebobber546]

Dark Bishop J I’m always on the dot when it uploads. Except that one time I woke up hungover an hour past the upload time....

[@JB-bc2ry]

@@beebobber546 Whelp, RIP that attempt. Pun intended.

[@nightsky4897]

finally, my favorite pokemon has been done. my life is complete. Pearl was the first game I played, and mismagius was my very first level 100.

[@G4rr3tt3]

this was such a nice treat, i love seeing your videos pop up in my news feed

[@goGothitaLOL]

How good was Roselia/Roserade or Aggron actually? (after the patreon pick which is Pidgeot) #FlowerPower or #ArmoredDinosaur

[@djfang6183]

Aggron

[@Jamick98Geass]

Aggron has the best cry in the entire series. Love that mountain eating Godzilla.

[@silvergameryair2084]

I prefer roserade

[@djfang6183]

@@silvergameryair2084 *uses metal claw*

[@silvergameryair2084]

*uses earth power \ aura sphere*

[@bankrollrastaman7060]

How GOOD were Piloswine/Mamoswine ACTUALLY??? Also,, thanks FSG for the surprise today!

[@justjaqualin7623]

Zay Richardson I second that !!! 🙌🏾

[@ericblank6945]

Oh thank you so much! I’ve been asking for these 2 for months!

[@verdantstar2790]

I think this proves you have it in you to do at least 2 videos a week. I love this content and would love to see more. But on the bright side it gives me something to be excited about on sundays.

[@kenanellks2356]

How GOOD was Sandslash ACTUALLY??

[@creepyabe4288]

how good was roselia/roserade actually

[@goGothitaLOL]

maybe after Pidgeot (The November Patreon pick)

[@dawnsbuneary]

Roserade was good enough to outspeed my Gengar when I faced Cynthia's in the PWT in BW2😢

[@june-lol1175]

I enjoy these kinds of Holiday themed videos! I'd loved to see more like this in the future!

[@jaycomplexkidrandle1889]

The question remains on why Morty didn't have Misdreavus.

[@PumPuum]

Yes FINALLY!!!! AFTER 3000 YEARS

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

Are still alive

[@SilverDaShogun]

5:25 Kangaskhan? Nope 5:27 Sandslash? Nope 5:29 Hitmonchan? Nope 5:31 Sandslash again!? Nope

[@chuyrenteria6252]

You mean 5:24 for kangaskhan?

[@jarotdacarotsgarden8789]

Chuggaaconroy's let's play

[@mrtable2861]

Happy halloween, Kellen. Love the soundtracks you used for this video. On the subject of Misdreavus & Mismagius, I saw multiple people online saying that it was a missed opportunity to not give them the ghost/fairy typing in Gen 6 (hey, if mimes can be fairies, why not witches). And after thinking about it, I would've also been interested in seeing that (especially if they also added moonblast to their moveset). Defensively, it would give them a fourth immunity (the highest number of immunities in the game) to dragon and also diminish their dark weakness, meaning they could potentially survive a knock off from certain non-dark types (or even dark pulses from actual dark types). And offensively, the fairy/ghost stab combo (like mimikyu proved it) is excellent, only being resisted by pyroar (who isn't too hard to deal with). Of course, it wouldn't have made Mismagius top tier or anything, what with it's stats still being limited (especially on the physical side), but it could've made it niche in OU (at least in gen 6, where it would've been an sweet garchomp check in a gen where chompy was more common) and up it's natural tier to at least RU. Oh, and while I'm here, how GOOD was Jynx ACTUALLY?

[@grrumakemeangry]

incineroar resists too

[@mrtable2861]

@@grrumakemeangry Incineroar is Fire/Dark and Dark is weak to Fairy, meaning that Fairy would be neutral. The only type combos that take at worst non-super effective damage from the type combo of Ghost/Fairy are: Normal/Fire, Normal/Steel and Normal/Poison (and the latter 2 don't exist yet).

[@nyukjustacommenter857]

Honestly I'm mostly interested in the fact that this would cause Evio Misdreavus to be even better at what it does, and it's already one of the best eviolite pokemon out there, fairy making it able to take more U-turns, Resist other Fairy moves, shrug off the occasional dragon, not instantly die to the first non-knock off dark move that touches it and not sacrificing much due to steel and poison being very uncommon specially offensive types could make Misdreavus one of the most unique and strange defensive mons out there. Not competitively massive, but always a fun gimmick

[@Dragonian05]

Liking this just because you uploaded it on Halloween. Thank you so much for this treat! :)

[@justjaqualin7623]

How GOOD was Piloswine / Mamoswine ACTUALLY ? Come on guys lets do it !!!!!

[@bankrollrastaman7060]

Yes I'm with you!

[@justjaqualin7623]

Zay Richardson Haha we are always here every week 😂

[@bankrollrastaman7060]

@@justjaqualin7623 Lol.. Faithfully too.. We're gonna make the beginning of the video One of these weeks!

[@justjaqualin7623]

Zay Richardson Ikr !! Thats what im waiting for !!!! 😃

[@hungryhippowdon7141]

IT DOESN'T AFFECT MISDREAVUS... How fitting, a Ghost type for Halloween...

[@aveen8769]

I started watching you maybe a month ago and these are my favorite Pokémon! I never knew that there was a video of this!!

[@Mangrovius]

Good job on the background music man, does really add to the video feel.

[@rlasson657]

How GOOD was the USSR really?? Well, it started out Ubers as the only other pokecountry with America in the tier, rivaling it’s power, but by the 80s it started to fall behind the USA and in 1991 it succumbed to power creep, getting nerfed into russia, which is not top of ubers with USA, but a top tier OU threat, so how good was USSR/Russia? Very good! Not quite a USA, but still incredibly powerful, especially 70s era USSR.

[@luizfelipevbf5567]

I don't know, it's nerfs started to affect it a lot after the 200's and it fell to borderline. It is not as great as a economic power like China but it's role as an military power gives it high usage in OU. I would still say China is a better pick despite having more population and therefore consuming more energy

[@silvergameryair2084]

😂😂😂😂😂 im dead

[@teamreincarnationleadereme7572]

I would understand this however, wtf is USSR!

[@kanker8653]

Squidward Testicles im dead lmao, thank you

[@dr.badtimes3660]

CoMEWnism shall prevail!

[@iamgolden596]

How about another gen 2 mon. How GOOD was Lanturn ACTUALLY?

[@RidentGaming]

Lanturn is gen 3 lol

[@jayzonedc6474]

@@RidentGaming Nope its gen 2. It's one of many Pokemon people misattritube to gen 3 just because of how rare it was in gen 2 and common in gen 3, like Skarmory.

[@iamgolden596]

Rident yeah it’s definitely gen 2 haha

[@Diogatos]

Lanturn or Xatu :D

[@charliesmith1358]

@@Diogatos Wait Xato is gen 2 as well? Shit, I knew about lanturn and skarmory but not that one.

[@fizzmac966]

Hell yea! Love special Halloween episodes!

[@Urrnge]

Mismagus is my favorite. Not surprised to see it's less than stellar competitively, but I was surprised to see that Misdreavus was actually kinda good.

[@pepeknight]

This was really unexpected. Not complaining though. How good was Pelipper actually?

[@ShaulaXNinja]

Wednesdays is the new Sunday.

[@Lonewulf321]

Flash Zeraora it’s Wednesday my dudes

[@Dell-ol6hb]

I have a special place in my heart for mismagius because it was on my team in my first Pokémon game, Pokémon Pearl, and it was the first Pokémon I got to level 100, in fact I still have that same Mismagius in my Pokémon white save and I will move it up to gen 7 when I get Pokémon Bank.

[@Dany-el]

Great special! Loving it already.

[@jaisontorres1301]

How good were Roselia and Roserade actually

[@ryanhacker5259]

How good were Roselia/Roserade ACTUALLY

[@dreadknight2439]

Carroty Carrot This, please.

[@Hayds126]

I remember roserade was a decent dual spiker but seem to drop off

[@oa_ratgirl]

How GOOD were Piloswine and Mamoswine actually?

[@dynamicdroll9561]

Muk

[@joshuakim5240]

Mamoswine= literally spam 1 move (Ice Shard) whose relevance hinged on Dragon overuse (which also means it got cucked into uselessness by Quick Guard or redirection moves). Piloswine= decent-ish tank with Eviolite with respectable offenses, but no reliable recovery. Outstanding for the 5 or so insane people in the world (1 of which is me) who tries to make a mono-ice team, though.

[@joshuakim5240]

@Ice Considering the fact that there's a 99% chance of it being choice banded Ice Shard, probably very often.

[@thekoolkiwiii]

Everyone comments on which mon the want to see next, but I just wanted to appreciate the work you've done with each and everyone of your videos. Thank you for entertaining us :]

[@enxgmatxcofficial]

Did anyone else notice how Misdreavus HP, Attack, and Defense are all 60? And what numbers do those start with? Very clever, Pokemon....

[@toadallynoodle5414]

*X-Files Theme plays*

[@allewis4008]

She's cute too ^^

[@deathserpent9747]

@@allewis4008 she looks huggable

[@actuallogic6411]

And 105 base stats? 1+0+5=6 Half-Life 3 confirmed

[@ZdsGaming]

My favorite Ghost Type Pokemon! Also Happy Halloween! And finally, How GOOD were Yanma and Yanmega ACTUALLY??

[@buchabra2]

Woah.... a vid on Wednesday.. thank you so much! I hope u have a great day false swipe Gaming!

[@ethan0248910]

This is cool having a video during the week!

[@hopelessgamer7677]

How thicc was Mamoswine actually?

[@acemerceramv8561]

Hopeless Gamer Thicc Fat

[@nerothewateruser8030]

Extra *THICC*

[@stetsonherrick8090]

He's so blasted thicc that you could put him in with all the Mammoths from Epic Battle Fantasy 5 and he'd fit right in, Thick Fat or not.

[@lumsht3968]

Very

[@coconuttree9719]

Thiccer than mercury

[@scarletred7669]

C'mon, how good were roselia and roserade ACTUALLY?

[@goGothitaLOL]

maybe after Pidgeot (The November Patreon pick)

[@MegadeathAdams]

One of my favorite Pokemon. This episode was a real treat.

[@TA20017]

Love the spooky music! Happy Halloween everyone!

[@its_deer]

How good was Persian actually? I WILL NEVER EVER STOP FALSE SWIPE DO IT

[@jaidencarvalho1761]

That's the Spirit 🐱😸👍!

[@deniscobar8539]

yee

[@its_deer]

@@Bendyrulz wow rude

[@DanyBlue]

NEVER GIVE UP

[@deniscobar8539]

@@DanyBlue never gonna give you up

[@wingedmirage4226]

How good was Persian actually?

[@NerdX151]

Oh man, where do I begin? They invented Algebra. This is a form of mathematics without which almost none of the modern day inventions or discovery would have been possible. The first ever bill of rights, the religious equality and freedom and the first form of paper money, and they were feared as the largest and the most advanced military. They had the first ever standard navy and their foot soldiers used gunpowder. Persians rule.

[@rocko0214]

What a nice surprise. You and your team rock!

[@remryukcreepy]

FINALLY, BEEN WAITING ON THIS ONE FOR A WHILE

[@Chopthemonions]

Woah! Awesome! Thanks for this rockin vid man! Piloswine/mamoswine would continue the trend

[@mobiusygosh1tp0sts37]

Hell yeah! These two are some of my favourite mons of all time!

[@abbygiles8072]

Omg thank you ,its perfect for this halloween!!!!!

[@definitelybritish7001]

How good was Mamoswine ACTUALLY?

[@torterraprotector657]

How good were piloswine and mamoswine actually. I want to know

[@neosaver]

I just like this Pokemon because it's really cool, props to those playing with it and making it work!

[@Lord_KillerBee]

Misdreavus and Mismagius were both certainly good at being an unpredictable member of a team, in the sense that either one could unleash an attack to cause direct damage or gain wins via perish song/mean look. Also in generation 9, Misdreavus gained a paradox form called Flutter Mane which gained the fairy typing alongside being a ghost type.

[@bobi200samatar6]

It's a shame mismagius isn't more available in the games. As far as I can tell the only games where you can get misdreavus and a dusk stone before tge elite four and at am early enough point of the game are Pearl and Moon. Any other game and you have to use misdreavus until the post game (HG, SS), it's so late game that you probably already have a dedicated ghost type on your team, or you just can't catch it at all outside of rng (the pokepelego in the ultra games.)

[@infernor55]

How good were Roselia/Roserade PLEASE

[@manamemess4121]

I WAITED FOR THE EPISODE FOR SOOOOOOOOO LONG!!!!

[@EmeraldDragoon]

Been a while since ive requested, but id still really like a primeape video. One of my favorites

[@barrycockrill4808]

I actually got a shiny misdreavus today. Also how good was Weezing actually.

[@MoonGhostDoodles]

How GOOD was Roselia & Roserade ACTUALLY?

[@goGothitaLOL]

Maybe after Pidgeot (Patreon Pick of Novermber)