How GREAT Was Mew ACTUALLY? - History of Mew in Competitive Pokemon

[@solomence]

Mew: Learns almost every move because it has the DNA of all Pokemon Also Mew: Loses half of it's movepool in Scarlet and Violet

[@jonanderlopezcorcobado8155]

;(

[@sarunotaslt]

he forgor

[@jirehtheprovider]

Just for my own humor on this comment. Terrapagos did something to Mew. Arceus is not the only Creator Pokemon at this point

[@hailthequeenFM]

I mean, Gen 9 gutted everyone's movepool.

[@6969Sarazz]

@@chrisleafnot mentioning usum is peak genwunner

[@endofline2000]

Mew losing all forms of recovery was the biggest tragedy of gen 9. Imagine how good a defensive fairy type Mew would've been if it had recover.

[@seamagician7042]

This has killed me. I finally got my hands on a mew and tried to create a set I used in showdown with roost, body press, the move that gives both defences and stored power and weakness policy. Doesn't really work with rest

[@JurassiChaos_2000]

Mew should get Recover. Mewtwo can learn Recover and Mew lost Soft-Boiled, so Recover would be perfect for it.

[@雪者]

How long until they remake the Mewtwo video?

[@randomperson4137]

probably nu

[@hailthequeenFM]

@@seamagician7042 cosmic power or iron defense.

[@jimothycool]

BKC has inserted as many David Lynch tributes in this script as possible folks

[@the_bookworm8281]

Mew in Gen 9: "Yeah, finally out of the RU/NU trenches and a proper UU mon again!" Deoxys-S dropping to UU in the exact same shift: Hi :)

[@mariomasv]

Smogon is kinda ridiculous tbh.

[@superbaas8822]

@@mariomasv The tiers are governed by people using the pokemon or not. Bans are less common then people like to meme

[@aikou2886]

​@@superbaas8822 That doesn't make it any less ridiculous. There have been so many stupid things like mods forcing peopke to submit essays on which pokemon/moves to ban and those had to be aporoved before the vote was counted. I also remember they decided to ban Porygon from LC instead of just banning the move recycle, recover or whatever their issue with Porygon was. I don't really care about smogon and never had but it does get ridiculous at times.

[@breloommaster12]

​@@aikou2886the "forcing people to write essays" debacle was an anomaly; Smogon's owner itself literally had to step in and reverse that stupid decision. Don't base the entire playerbase off that one dumb decision alone. Banning Pokémon is also par for the course and is usually the standard action to take compared to banning moves/abilities; Porygon may be doing broken things with Recycle/Recover whatever, but if other Pokémon can use those moves just fine, that says more about Porygon being broken than the moves themselves. It would be like banning Speed Boost from Blaziken specifically, even though Speed Boost is manageable on literally every other Pokémon.

[@patrickstar8132]

​@@aikou2886 Sure you can agree that the essay thing was stupid, but like the other commenter said that was a one off thing that pretty much everyone hated and it's not even an occurrence now and days. Don't just base your opinions off of smth you heard from a video!

[@jman2050]

It’s funny how the thing that finally ruined Mew’s OU viability arguably wasn’t some absurd power creep, it was getting its move pool slashed to pieces.

[@mawdewile]

Coming up next: The Tyranitar remake, a one hour dissection on the OU king’s fall from glory

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

So, how GREAT *WAS* Tyrannitar actually?

[@yungcelo]

been patiently waiting for this

[@havoren]

Let’s goooooooo!!!

[@hanfighter9237]

Still king in our hearts ❤

[@JimothieThundertoes]

Yes please

[@antoniogilromero1981]

Sometime in UU: Mew: You're just a cheap knock off! Deoxys-S: Oh no, I'm the upgrade.

[@bananaspice1967]

Deoxys-D: Bet you wish you still had recovery, didn't you?

[@luicifiero]

both are weak to knock off lol...

[@niki75]

​@@luicifiero But unlike DeoSpeed Mew isint made of wet tissue paper and ought to be able to survive atleast one Knock Off

[@darklightning2730]

I still can’t believe it’s been over a month since the last, “How GOOD was ACTUALLY

[@雪者]

Crazy right? We were bound to get it back

[@Blastosie_Offical]

Bro went off the deep end with "Why knowing what your opponent's Type is is everything: the Arceus-Steel (Arceus-Flying) theorem"

[@teldoroteldoro4476]

@@Blastosie_OfficalTo be fair, he was going to run out of Pokemon eventually. But yeah Im getting kind of sick of “WHY SLOW MIXED-ATTACKERS *aren’t* EVERYTHING - THE SHITMON THEOREM!”

[@Blastosie_Offical]

@teldoroteldoro4476 the Cacturne theorem

[@SkydrawnIV]

Haven't had one since last year!

[@taylorevandale4261]

I find it funny that starting Gen 6, Mew has the same conundrum where it starts off in a mid-low tier, but rises up the tiers because people realize that its lead set is great for that tier.

[@Matheus-ki9zo]

The fact this video is riddled with several David Lynch referenced brings a tear to my eye. Rest in peace, legend

[@Quix0tic707]

Thank you for going back to this, this was the kind of content I subbed for.

[@Tvboy777]

Ancient Mew card was gotten by attending the SECOND pokemon movie during its premiere week. I feel like this "Ancient Mew comes from the first movie" is becoming a Mandela effect.

[@Neogeddon]

It even shows up in the second movie just... straight up. The antagonist owns it and we see it on-screen.

[@rockowlgamer631]

The dumbest thing is the ancient new card sells for about $16 or so whereas a holographic Charizard sells for thousands. Like bruh. -_-

[@Neogeddon]

@ I think that's probably because they were handing Ancient Mew out like candy at a certain point. You could get it after the movie too in like random game or toy stores that, I guess, just had tons to give away. I had two of them and I never got to see movie 2 in theaters lol

[@c29o221]

Yeah no, I got it from the first movie. Now I'm not saying you didn't get it from the 2nd movie, but I only ever saw the first movie in theaters and I got the card.

[@Neogeddon]

@@c29o221 Then you're conflating the memory of seeing the first movie with owning the card. Unless every website with this information is simply wrong? I also saw the first movie and had two of them, but I definitely got them from a toy or card store, not the movie.

[@oscarzxn4067]

I think a cool idea for a video would be "how good IS Slowking actually" since Slowking kind of became a superstar just after you Made the video in 2019, and the original video covers it's story fine enough until that point to need a full remake.

[@AshBlossomWorshiper]

Second this

[@jpdtrmpt7217]

Damn BKC definitely wrote this one. RIP David Lynch

[@eret3]

A minute in and a reference to David Lynch (may he rest in peace) I could sense that cinephile Blaziken's presence even before checking the description

[@torps3892]

GIVE HIM HIS ROOST BACK, YOU MONSTERS!

[@Enterprisingengine93]

The David Lynch references were top tier. Kudos to the writer!

[@MARCSEIDis]

All those David Lynch references 😔😔 RIP to the GOAT fr

[@lightninghelmet2798]

def BKC added those references to the script

[@justinnzamora5366]

Yes, the OG Mythical Pokémon! Also, you can't deny Mew's voice in the anime movies is adorable.

[@leewhitley3091]

Four David Lynch references before the 90 second mark, BKC cannot be stopped

[@wikiuser92]

The ancestor of all Pokémon, being covered once again!

[@brandondawson4086]

As someone who is not fully in the loop with competitive singles and having last heard that Mew tumbled all the way down to NU In scarlet and violet it made my day to actually find out that mew was able to climb back up to Sucsess.

[@carlostalavera9030]

Thank you for that intro! 💓 And thanks to David Lynch!

[@YacubCubby13579ZR]

It's still unreal that I have not one, but two of those Mew pokemon cards from when I was little. It's still in a sleeve in a binder, back when my brother collected cards over 20 years ago

[@keiharris332]

BKC summed it up nicely with a thumbnail in gen 3: What's mew going to do

[@fathersky5]

Extremely surreal David Lynch tribute video. He’d be proud

[@abel8831]

R.I.P David Lynch. Good references to him here

[@Ghostkilla773]

Mew the first hidden/Mythical Pokemon. Those who weren't there at the beginning wouldn't understand the legend and hype of Mew.

[@SmokerDuck585]

mewing

[@RandalfElVikingo]

They do with the Dexit hahaha

[@thel-iteralone4592]

Gen 9 truly was the ultimate tradeoff for Mew, for better or worse. It lost a lot of its moves, especially the recovery ones, but it could also become the Fairy type it always wanted to be and use a different way of recovery by draining health with kisses.

[@Redisdead98]

Yeah I used giga drain calm mind iron defense and draining kiss with a fairy tera or steel tera

[@uzumakiblade9695]

I didn't know that happened to Mew. Does it still have Recover?

[@DaAxolotlBoi]

@@uzumakiblade9695don’t think so

[@uzumakiblade9695]

@DaAxolotlBoi they massacred my boy

[@A1phaDrag0n]

Not how I envisioned learning about the David Lynch's death, but he would probably approve of it

[@dazlia6291]

6 David Lynch references in the first minute and a half. You can really tell BKC wrote this 😂

[@scarey00]

The embodiment of a jack of all trades, which led to its mediocrity in later gens because now suddenly everyone is a specialist in every stat

[@bluemaster75]

“Yeah I’m a specialist” “What do you specialize in?” “Being good”

[@PKRockin7]

It's been a great Pokemon in every gen but 9. It's not really a jack of all trades when it clearly excels in certain roles, you're being misled by its jack of all trades stats

[@hoppers4prez214]

The only reason it wasn't good in 9 is it got its movepool gutted

[@rossthemoss6827]

@@hoppers4prez214 Honestly I still can’t see it being as good as it once was with Samo-H and Deoxys S being about to steal its role as a lead, encore being more prevent to annoy cosmic power sets + gold setting up for free, and their being fiercer competion but it would for sure have a niche instead of just being “bad psychic number 1”

[@AZV0108]

​@@rossthemoss6827 Not in OU at least, but should Mew kept any of it's healing moves, I'd argue it would be UUBL at this point, despite the healing moves PP nerf

[@daxdleader719]

Sometimes you forget that bkc writes these and sometimes you get intros like this

[@Bugnacious]

BKC was in his bag this intro

[@murphykong26]

This amazing! Mew is my favorite pokemon and you posted this on my birthday! What a coincidence!

[@Josiethegamingmew]

As a Mew myself, this video made me feel very validated.

[@CellarDoor-rt8tt]

I love the David Lynch references in the intro. RIP to the legend!

[@yoshimallow]

Smogon: I am sending you to Ubers, my child. Mew: "what's an ooburse?" (joke taken from Big Yellow)

[@shrimpstance]

thanks for the david lynch themed intro, bkc

[@laserring]

Am i crazy? At 16:55 theres a line flub that probably should have been cut. "As one the best offensive theats, no......As one of the best offensive threats around!"

[@Zafrite]

Yeah editing mistakes like that slip through the cracks sometimes.

[@madmanminkler1382]

How much sleep did the editor get last night actually?

[@SnakeWrangler4]

Sometimes? Honestly it feels like every other video, pretty much for the run of this channel

[@GenesisSanctuary]

Editing flubs like that happen in a lot of FSG's videos, but this one was really bad with them.

[@Rose-ez7yn]

this has kinda been a more recent problem ive noticed

[@KatarHero72]

Mew is the biggest example of Jack of all Trades, master of none. And it suffers for it.

[@JCBro-yg8vd]

It's the Mario of Pokemon (Mario in spin-off games like Mario Kart or Mario RPGs tends to be the Jack of all Trades character type).

[@obamalime5638]

I mean, it doesn't really look like it suffered that much in the video

[@KatarHero72]

@@obamalime5638 in recent times that is.

[@zhangoose2236]

​@@KatarHero72 Arguably, in recent times it's suffered because it lost many of its trades, so maybe it was its Jack-of-All-Trades-ness keeping it afloat. I mean, having 3 completely different sets that are difficult to tell apart until it starts doing its thing is a pretty big advantage just in terms of unpredictability alone.

[@WarioLandIV]

You guys really need a secondary writer or something to keep BKC in check. Whenever he talks about DPP or BW it just becomes an echo chamber of him stating his opinions about the tier as if they're universally agreed upon fact. Obviously these videos will always be subjective, and he's an incredibly talented player, but when making videos that massively influence the popular opinion and knowledge of older generations like these, I feel like it should be made clearer when he makes a controversial statement. Otherwise, we just get a bunch of people parroting it without the understanding of the metagame that BKC has that allows him to make more controversial judgements on things. Edit: except the lanturn video. he can have that one. he's earned it.

[@jruwilkerson1356]

Mew was a VERY big deal in the 90s and early 2000s. It was so exclusive I remember the little toys you could get from fast food kids meal

[@zsocaman346]

Okay. I think we are finally up for it. The remake of the old longest non-remake video: How AMAZING was Mewtwo actually?

[@shawnli4746]

Difficult to top that awesome intro and 25-minute speech in one go. They'll more likely do a "How GOOD is Mewtwo Now" like they did with dragonite & scizor

[@zoulabean]

The David Lynch refs sprinkled throughout this vid...RIP

[@glitchedoom]

I appreciate the David Lynch tributes sprinkled in here, BKC.

[@genjimm]

Did not expect the band Mew to get mentioned, but really appreciated it nevertheless. I loved their first album! They might've had more good ones but it's the only one I had.

[@carloseduardoazevedodossan36]

A minute and a half in and 10 David Lynch (RIP) references, BKC is going through it.

[@beanburrito4405]

Mew is possibly the cutest Pokemon to ever have been Uber, how can you say no to that face? Edit: The Red/Green fetus design doesn’t count. lol

[@yaboywest5856]

Celebi bettah

[@Raphanobi]

Marshadow

[@GhoulishCard1319]

idk man marshadow's right there

[@stevenashley27]

Shaymin-Sky Forme, hello??

[@aaajeear8654]

Jirachi exists tho

[@jas_nah]

I really appreciate the effort you guys go to to show actual gameplay as opposed to replicating games on simulators. It makes the final product much more interesting to watch.

[@fullmetalzombieeater]

all the david lynch references in the opening were stellar :3c

[@Ty-yz2kd]

Years ago I would have never expected there to be video essays about competitive Pokemon that also have mentions of David Lynch within them. True surrealism. Appreciate you.

[@sagacious03]

Mew is one of my favorite, if not my most favorite Pokemon, so I'm glad to see it analyzed so thoroughly. Great analysis video! Thanks for uploading! Personally, I hope it gets its recovery moves back. Also, even though it's a mythical, if the Legendary Treasures of Ruin can be debuffed, maybe Mew could get 5 more in each base stat or something, IDK? There's precedent for changing base stat totals, including buffing older Pokemon.

[@TheFallGrind]

The way Kellen says “beat the day lights out of those tiers really felt so passionate. It feels like he’s a fan of Mew, too. ❤🤭

[@zachuvgc8660]

Mew gotta be one of the most tragic characters in fiction. Bro was a king at its inception, and spent years proving itself once everything around it got stronger. And finally, after years of proving itself, Mew lost everything (it's movepool), tumbled down the tiring ladder, and now has to prove itself once again

[@brandontherabboat4850]

Ah, Mew... The world’s most adorable wildcard. Using it on my team in Brillant Diamond really gave my playthrough some sorely-needed spice.

[@cabrondemente1]

Spamming Psychic in an already easy game... Your spice tastes like off-brand cereal.

[@brandontherabboat4850]

@@cabrondemente1Dawg, I meant that using Mew actually made it interesting, because that remake offered me next to nothing I had already seen 10 times already.

[@zhangoose2236]

@@cabrondemente1 I mean, you can do more fun stuff with it. Sure it's an easy game, but you can add variety even if it's not challenging. Mew is one of the most fun pokemons to have on your team imo, because you can teach it any TM whenever you want. If you want to switch up its move set, you just can, on the spot.

[@cabrondemente1]

@@zhangoose2236 it's still an Uber against Stunkys and Zubats; click any move and they go down.

[@zhangoose2236]

@ Eh, tiering doesn't matter much in normal play. There are plenty of mons that effectively have mew level stats in normal play, and plenty of mons that actually have it. Mew just gives you more variety. It's not going to be challenging either way, but at least you can change things up whenever you want.

[@captainjjb84]

David Lynch references are on point

[@yech3461]

12:24 Is this referencing BKC's DPP Ubers Invitational? I loved watching that tour!

[@Stony2103]

It probably is, seeing as BKC is writing for this channel, and the wording is probably him not wanting to flex his own tournament.

[@JTLDrago94]

I have a feeling that Mewtwo might have bigger longer in the future remake video

[@reallyawesometitle7653]

MUCH longer, if no other reason than the fact that Mewtwo was allowed in VGC (certain seasons)

[@JTLDrago94]

​@@reallyawesometitle7653 EXACTLY!

[@EggscellentTree]

Unfortunately he is not that good in VGC ​@@reallyawesometitle7653

[@nathanh2523]

i still revisit the first few minutes of this channel's mewtwo video once in awhile. what an epic introduction for an epic 'mon. long awaited sequel! or should i say prequel?

[@connorharlan1187]

BKC absolutely wrote all of that intro

[@insectsandangels]

the comments on this video are leading me to believe that there is a known notably lynchian competitive pokemon player and i just think that's neat.

[@RicoChicoMalico]

It's so satisfying to see that Mew, the OG of pokemon, has been able to hang on as decent/good higher tier pokemon despite all of the hardships and power creep over the years. Here's hoping that it'll get that much deserved mega in Legends ZA!

[@HoChiPro]

1:09 BKC I see you, putting Blue Velvet in the intro

[@vinny4765]

Damn, I forgot we talked about individual Pokemon on this channel.

[@japethspeaketh7034]

SUCH A VERY LEGENDARY BACKGROUND MUSIC.

[@JohnHunterPlayerr]

Since it's never talked about. It was a wall of all walls in let's go. WoW being faster than 99% of the physical cast and surviving a second hit on mega aero crunch. Even counters alolan muk. You have to switch in a twave to fight mew with muk. (A none rest minimize muk of course.)

[@shiruotakuno28]

This video was pretty good as always, but hope you guys take your time with the voiceovers because I heard you call Mew Mewtwo twice, as well as calling gen 5 gen 4.

[@madmanminkler1382]

How much sleep did I get last night actually?

[@marcthedashergd6321]

Now we need a quagsire remake + clodsire cuz we wanna see how unaware they are with tiers

[@stevenmattrell3448]

Shoutout to that one meme from Pokémon the First Movie. During the scene where Mewtwo is giving the speech to Mew. When you're drunk and getting philosophical to your Cat:

[@AutumnsAntagonist]

Mew mentioned! These videos are always Comforting Sounds.

[@sokoye1493]

the david lynch puns went CRAZY

[@floridamancameron]

THE PINK CREATURE

[@armorbearer9702]

Nice, Mew's versatility managed to make it relevant in almost every gen.

[@M3rtyville]

waiting for the counterparts to complete: - Seviper - other gen 5 monkeys - Gothitelle - incineroar - Tornadus - Aromatisse And I guess we could finish up Gen 2 with Sunflora, Magcargo (Slugma Male Grindset paying off when?) and Corsola. I think those are the only gen 2 Pokemon left to wrap it up.

[@x7251z]

Delcatty, Kecleon, Lunatone, Relicanth, Seviper, Solrock, Spinda, Swalot, Torkoal, Bronzong, Carnivine, Chatot, Cresselia, Lumineon, Mothim, Rotom, Wormadam. All gen 3 and 4 Pokemon that have never had a video.

[@zhangoose2236]

Wait, does that mean there's been videos on every other gen 1 and 2 pokemon?

[@M3rtyville]

@ all gen 1 pokemon have been covered.

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

​@@x7251zDelcatty and Spinda's videos would be extremely short due to how terrible they've been in every generation

[@NicholasGonzalez-o5e]

I've missed these how good was videos! Next , could you please 🙏 do an update on blastoise! Also, do ones with escavalier and it's counterpart, accelgor!

[@IsaacBaker-y5g]

Mew's journey in competitive play is intriguing and insightful.

[@darnell16player]

I didn’t even know of the gimmick in the first generation which is crazy to me! Even gens 4 and 5 took me by surprise before gens 8 and 9. Man it got some diverse sets!

[@JustJulyo]

I had to move a truck to watch this video

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

I like how "gotta have the egg" meme from the original video is in the remake as well.

[@Matpit18]

Can’t wait for the hour long Mewtwo remake next time!

[@DrewskiGaming0]

Regardless of which gen mew is in you cant argue the sheer versatility with its move pool the amount of move sets people can come up with is almost endless

[@DGFTardin]

30:53 "the later enhances the later"

[@VictorAmarante]

Time for the OG mythical!

[@TheIncredible2IC]

It's super cute that Mew closes his eyes before exploding in Stadium 2

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Did y'all know that there is a special move tutor in Pokémon XD that gives Mew access to some more moves? Hypnosis and Feint Attack being 2 of them.

[@Angelite1209]

Fake Out, Zap Cannon, and Nightmare too 😯

[@solidzaku2]

Came for the Mew info. Stayed for the David Lynch puns.

[@jayanths1221]

“Mewtwo got two mega evolutions, Mew got none” That’s because Mewtwo already is the mega evolution of Mew. So Mega-Mewtwo is actually just Mega-Mega-Mew.

[@Dragonmist19X]

I didn't know about the tera base power boost thing. That's dirty.

[@EclipseCoD]

I use these videos to learn about competitive Pokemon, as well as the best way to use a particular pokemon. This channel has taught me a lot, but I wish it was more newbie friendly to people unfamiliar with usage tiers. I'm not sure usage equates to a pokemon being good, or being downgraded. Gengar for example In a previous video "fell" from OU, just to get banned in both UU and OU.

[@Boltizar49]

Why does everybody think Ancient Mew was the promo for Mewtwo Strikes Back? The promos for that movie were Dragonite, Mewtwo, Electabuzz, and Pikachu stamped promos. Ancient Mew was for Power of One because it's literally in the movie.

[@gfghxfghhthgz8770]

Mew deserves a signature move that fits it and isnt a z-move: Gene clone: the User forcefully reads over the genes of the target and useses the gained knowlege for its own advantage and to limit the target. If the target is a ally the user askes them if it can take a look at theire genes and uses the knowlege to support the user and the target. A base 60 priority move that works like spectral thief. Yet also gives the user the resistances and imunitis of the target. In doubles even if yes mew isnt allowed in competitive vgc. The move would work like that but with the effect of pollen puff for the ally and insted of stealing the stat changes would copy them like psych-up.

[@Cacus-Eva]

It’s nice to see that the cat hasn’t been completely neutered.

[@jayd.doubledubs]

I know this just dropped, but this vid REFUSED to show up on my recommended page! GIVE ME MEW!!!

[@Bread-O5-3]

Had to so a double take when i saw this on my feed lol

[@goncalo1531]

the lynch references 🧸🧸🧸🧸

[@luisyanez6261]

RIP david lynch we miss u king

[@tktyga77]

Goes to show that Mew was never a bad Pokémon, as it does well anyways no matter where it ended up. Fitting among Gen 1 pokes & stayed out of worst mythicals lists while always staying relevant to boot. Maybe an akin thing could be said of its clone in Ubers career

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

One thing I think you should change, for the "In this video we'll be covering these competitive formats" section, if it's a mythical that has never been allowed in VGC, you should have it say "Not allowed in VGC" instead of "Rip VGC lol". Because it's certainly not that Mew has never been good enough for VGC, it's that it's never been legal for it.

[@playersnake]

Perhaps the next theorem video could be why move sets (like mix attacking, fast physical, bulky special, etc) are close to everything or the Infernape theorem