How GREAT was Thundurus ACTUALLY? - History of Thundurus in Competitive Pokemon

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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - BW/Gen 5
7:29 - Gen 5 VGC
22:54 - XY/Gen 6
29:12 - Gen 6 VGC
39:47 - SM/Gen 7
41:37 - Gen 7 VGC
43:21 - SS/Gen 8
47:18 - Gen 8 VGC
59:06 - SV/Gen 9
1:01:41 - Gen 9 VGC
1:05:59 - Outro
VGC SOURCES. THERES SO MANY THUNDURUS PLACEMENTS:
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[@silverloop9029]

the other guy voice sounds bad (personal opinion)

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AYO, that's crazy dawg!

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​@@silverloop9029 complain less

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THE AGENCY HAS ARRIVED

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AGENCY AGENCY 🫡

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ZOOM IN

[@雪者]

Agency gang! :D

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[@Crusina]

DONT LET BLUNDER FORGET ABOUT THE FURRY INCIDENT

[@fabq6025]

blunder sounds so professional when he isnt goofing off all the time

[@BMSphoenix]

Yeah I remember the super mumbly video, this sounds so much clearer

[@compositeur8455]

The audio is sped up

[@MCMLXVII1967]

It's weird listening to him not doing his catchphrases and singing randomly.

[@Stony2103]

How much a script can change a man lol

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[@SakhotGamer]

A video about Thundurus featuring ThunderBlunder777 with a War Thunder sponsor, I wouldn't have it any other way.

[@obiwancannoli1920]

Hmmm...maybe a thunderstorm while watching for immersion

[@ashikjaman1940]

​​@@obiwancannoli1920 funny that you say that...

[@GrimlockOU]

Don’t let Blunder being in this video distract you from the fact that CTC 6-0’d Sama with a Linoone. Real Agents know.

[@dinidinster4553]

Where can I watch that

[@theschnozzler]

​@@dinidinster4553agency vs idm beef battle

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​@@dinidinster4553 agency vs idm beef battle

[@shatteredsentient5321]

And I am the 69th like 👍

[@gladboylavin]

„Brothers, don‘t leave me behind…“ - Gen 9 Thundurus probably

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

Can't do much when big bro was fighting for his life to not fall to UU till recently

[@glacierwolf2155]

Tornadus: "Hehe funny wind go brrr!"

[@pokeinator7834]

@@user-lq4ct6dr5mlandorus is mfing inevitable they always come back,when they’re terrified of the physical threats,desperate for a check,Rocky helmet landorus stands earthquake in hand

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

@@pokeinator7834 OU really thought they got Lando figured out, but Lando being Lando, always finds a way in

[@grunkleg.3110]

Tornadus-T has always been at least decent in OU, and Incarnate is one of the best Tailwind Pokemon in the game. He's not getting left behind

[@SuperAncientDeepseaCoelacanth]

CTC in 2016: We had to restart the vid cause blunder lost 4 mons to lead thunderus

[@siddhantkamble9502]

Good ole Heatah Fajitah

[@sephikong8323]

Thank God they didn't face lead Zen Mode Darmanitan Galar

[@Magic_Ice]

The single most nerfed Pokémon. They threw so many at this guy yet he is still kicking it to this day.

[@voltingmaster5458]

Gen 5 Thundurus is the single most broken Pokemon in all of VGC that it’s ridiculous how many nerfs were caused because of it.

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Cloyster and Tauros: helo

[@GravityIsFalling]

How is he kicking it bro he’s homeless Who uses this dude except like once a blue moon

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@@GravityIsFallingsomeone who wants to win a psychological game against Aaron 'Cybertron' Zheng

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@@ShinyTillDawnthat's not necessarily a nerf, that's them fixing the mechanics

[@doug-goat]

So this means we are getting “How good was Tornadus actually?”

[@fabioalanmp]

Tornadus is actually great in gen9 after how tailwind was buffed and he got a broken flying move

[@user-lh5dc5cy1b]

​@@fabioalanmp urm acktually it is terrible even in PU

[@tylereslinger9005]

@@user-lh5dc5cy1b in doubles hes amazing

[@PlushieMistress]

@@user-lh5dc5cy1bvgc lol not singles

[@snapclub8751]

@@user-lh5dc5cy1bNot in VGC.

[@JadeCleland-u8i]

Blundino jumped from Megas to high ladder straight to FSG

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AGENCY ROLL CALL, WHO'S TAPPED IN 📞☎️

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Agency agency. You got sapped but relax, real agents got ya 🗣️🗣️

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AGENCY AGENCY

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📞📞📞 Mr. Craw, it’s a Wednesday and I’m on 📞📞📞

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AGENCY AGENCY

[@sensibledog09]

Ah yes The pokemon that singlehandedly nerfed about a dozen moves and ablities going into gen 6

[@voltingmaster5458]

Because Prankster Thunder Wave was so Obnoxious, all electric types became immune to thunder wave in Gen 6 and onwards.

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

And Prankster got nerfed in Gen 7, along with Swagger accuracy nerf, Thunder Wave accuracy nerf, confusion chance nerf and paralysis speed drop nerf

[@voltingmaster5458]

@@MaahirMomtaz12on top of everything else that was just mentioned, Dark types became unaffected by Prankster in Gen 7.

[@plazmurr]

​@@MaahirMomtaz12Not only was swagger nerfed in accuracy, Confusion in general went from a 50% chance to hurt yourself to a 33% chance to hurt yourself

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

@@voltingmaster5458 Yeah that's the Prankster nerf

[@spoxx1802]

Not just Thunder Wave, but all paralysis. Body Slam and Glare can't successfully paralyze Electric types either.

[@Random-person-on-the-internet]

“Thunderus isn’t the only thing that brings the thunder” is the coolest transition to a sponsorship I’ve seen, maybe ever.

[@yogainstructor4437]

Bro sounds so professional 💀

[@beebobber546]

What a prankster, dropping this video on a Sunday evening!!

[@aroperdope]

Happy Thunderus Sunday, from DC/Maryland....

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@@aroperdopeThis is insane, folks

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​@@aroperdopeayyyyy, a fellow Marylander!

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FSG fans gonna have whiplash when they hear the codeswitch from when Blunder is on his own channel. But don’t be scared, for The Agency provides

[@Jake-kr8sc]

Good enough for prankster mechanics to get reworked, ultimately clearing the way for King Gambit to overrun OU. Thanks a lot, jerk.

[@voltingmaster5458]

It wasn’t permanent weather that ruined Gen 5, it was this spawn of Zeus.

[@Tyranid_Hive_Mind]

"Lol" said thundurus. "Lmao" even

[@RevvySD]

I’m getting flashbacks to Gen 5 VGC

[@voltingmaster5458]

If Incineroar is the King of VGC then Pre-Nerf Thundurus is the VGC Emperor.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@voltingmaster5458And what does that make Landorus?

[@expo_pkmn]

Blunder reading a script is crazy let the agency vernacular flow through him

[@theschnozzler]

A script from the other big Bro, BKC no less

[@treynguyen1236]

"Thundurus simply goobed the entire meta during its shamone era."

[@ohnoitsdominoes5393]

@@treynguyen1236”Thund-T was pretty shiest in rain in gen 6 but regular thund is a shitter in gen 9”

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Thundurus's Legacy ❌️ Thundurus's 𝓛'𝓐𝓰𝓮𝓷𝓬𝔂 ✅️

[@roninwarriorsfan]

Considering that the sky is a weird shade of green where I am (because of a thunderstorm) this is either oddly fitting or extremely ironic

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Or something is coming, get your pokeballs bois we are catching this one

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@@jadeyumol4811Whatever’s coming, I doubt it could be caught with a regular pokeball

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@@noahtaylor1721 if your persistent enough youll catch it eventually....or make it faint by struggling🤣🤣

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AGENCY 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@darnell16player]

FSG and Agency’s own Blunder?! LFG! One hour!

[@the_bookworm8281]

Seems like the Gen 9 Singles segment was written at the very start of the DLC2 meta. To give a summary of DLC2 for Thundurus: Thundurus-I has indeed stayed in NU and has become an important mon in the tier. It is quite appalling to hear Thundurus-I, a mon once Uber in Gen 5, not even being top 5 all the way down in NU, but that's Gen 9 for you. Anyways, it is very good mon. Its surroundings now consists of mons like Mienshao, Krookodile, Flygon, Magnezone, Gallade, Lucario, and more, but it possessing an important offensive and defensive role in the tier and has a large variety of sets it can utilize (albeit with varying levels of consistency). Thundurus-T did indeed fall to RU. While there was more broken stuff that fell down there first that needed to be dealt with, it was a fairly controversial Pokemon from the get-go. RU has became, and still is, infamous for its setup sweepers running amok, and Thundurus-T was one of them. This is especially problematic when Barraskewda is in the tier, thus it alongside Politoed has defined Rain structures in the RU tier. It eventually did get banned, and is currently RUBL. I will update this comment tomorrow, as July tier shifts are happening tomorrow, and both forms of Thundurus was projected last month to rise to RU and UU, respectively. Update: Thundurus-T did not rise to UU proper, but Thundurus-I did rise to RU.

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Bro in a video and didnt even zoom in on the mon. Agency stock will never recover.

[@goldenpsi8764]

Thunderus has always been one of the coolest mons to me, even when i wasnt into competitive

[@sketchydude8431]

Even if his tail is pretty sus, Thunderus is indeed pretty cool

[@Jhoto]

I’m glad Blunder is getting mention in the Pokemon Space. He’s been working hard on the category. My girl thick

[@treynguyen1236]

What's that last part for? 🧐

[@glacierwolf2155]

A Mon so good, it was responsible for a lot of nerfs. XY - Electric-types are now immune to paralysis. SM - Thunder Wave's Accuracy has now been dropped to 90%. - Paralysis now only halves Speed instead of quartering it. - Swagger's Accuracy has now been dropped to 85%. - Confusion's self-hit rate has now decreased to 33%. - Confusion's self-hit damage is now unaffected by stat changes. - Dark-types are now immune to moves affected by Prankster. It was solely responsible for *7* nerfs. For reference, Smeargle contributed to 3 nerfs, Zacian contributed to 2 nerfs, and Kangaskhan, Rotom, Cresselia, Greninja, Talonflame, Incineroar, Mimikyu, the Tapus, Rillaboom, Cinderace, Regieleki, and Calyrex-Shadow-Rider contributed to 1 nerf each, mostly to a move or their abilities.

[@skeetermania3202]

Make that 6 nerfs * Swagger accuracy drop from 90% to 85%. * Confusion self-hit rate drop from 50% to 33%

[@glacierwolf2155]

@@skeetermania3202 I'll make an edit. Thanks for the info.

[@emmaramirez4330]

Blunder sounds like such a professional when he's reading from a script it's insane

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The genies of a healthy meta have arrived

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Thank you, Genies.

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Blunder puttin on his reading glasses and suit for this vid fr

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The Sponsor for the Thundurus video being War thunder is peak

[@snapclub8751]

Now to wait for the How great was Tornadus Actually movie.

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AGENCY STOCKS RISING AS ALWAYS

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Having Blunder in here was dope. It’s like having a celebrity on a podcast

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AGENCY CERTIFIED😎

[@JumpNShootSH]

34:32 ok the use of Electrify here is brilliant lol. definitely an overlooked move

[@pingufan1239]

We haven’t seen Blunder since the history of Ice types

[@Doug_Edwards99]

We did have Blunder explaining the Future paradox Pokémon on False Swipe and Blunder joined pokeaim and BKC to explain in a shorter video why Tyranitar fell to RU in Gen 9. But we’ve been lacking Blunder in a really huge False Swipe video.

[@jonas10t17]

The 1 am release was crazy

[@elYIiLy]

I thought for a while that blunder would be voicing this one, always nice to have him on the channel, great work as always lads :)

[@Envy-NV]

it feels weird/awkward hearing Blunder read a script lol

[@taylorchesser8990]

Phenomenal video as always, lads. With the prominence of Rotom in the first half of this video, it kind of makes me want to see a full cover for it.

[@axel8912]

Fell asleep watching this but came back cuz I'm genuinely interested in Thundurus history. Also funny ad pairing

[@lunamagnoliid8984]

having two of you makes it feel like sports commentators lol

[@crawdaddy2004]

This could just be titled, “How good was Ray Rizzo, actually?”

[@DarksheeYT]

war thunder sponsor on a thunderous video.... the stars have aligned in this moment

[@roxastwilight3748]

Nasty Plot Black on shadow was hard to read but very informative video. I used this on a gen 5 match with a friend and the info definitely helped me gain the edge

[@b2j135]

Great video!

[@duckyandbunny6349]

From Uber to NU, damn did he fell that hard.

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Which will never make sense

[@SACREDSCIZOR9116]

That's powercreep for you

[@RFDN0]

Welcome to powercreep. If you are on offensive mon it is guaranteed to be obsolete eventually. Walls also likely will fall, support mons are the best option to remain viable long run.

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Gen 9 NU is Gen 5 OU Source: trust me bro

[@teddyhaines6613]

Funnily enough they recently banned Cloyster from BW OU, so that's two Gen 5 Ubers now in Gen 9 NU.

[@GameMaster-sh7tr]

Another Blunder collab let’s goo!

[@nesswednesday2976]

Yooo, False Swipe coming in with the agency special! Let's goooo!

[@StarboyDiablo]

been waiting on this one. thundurus is one of my fav legendaries. ❤

[@swagzagoon2596]

My absolute favorite legendary in the series, been waiting for this video for a long long time.

[@spookynina4156]

Same! Love this mon 💙

[@Andreecals]

Never heard blunder speaking so nice and cleanly, there must be a storm coming

[@Roguerebel297]

Blundo and the agency rolling up is epic. FSG you have outdone yourself

[@sammacdonald8264]

Love the vids kinda hard to see the dark type moves in the move set section. Just a note. Keep up the vids make my day when they come out :)

[@Andreecals]

Every once in a while is good to ask again for the last relevant gen1 mon that never got it's video, eevee. This time riding on it's mention on wolfey's last video about the best normal times competitively.

[@xXjacobXxPR]

A collab I was never expecting lol Agency's going international👌

[@competitively3315]

Would love more collabs in the future

[@spookynina4156]

One of my absolute favorite pokemon! Glad to finally a Thundurus movie! 🌩💙 Also, Agency Agency yo!

[@spencerweiss6337]

One of the best FSG videos of all time

[@fitzz7322]

I love the genius so much thank you for another movie

[@griled_chez647]

The thunderus video being sponsored by war thunder is actually so good.

[@samuell8721]

Another FSG movie featuring the Genies We’ve got the Lando movie around 1 years ago, Will the Tornadus Movie released in 2025

[@thel-iteralone4592]

All of these genies are such showstoppers when it comes with how broken they all are.

[@Xand_]

Video about Thundurus, featuring Thunderblunder, sponsored by War Thunder. I see you

[@lynxfresh5214]

And along came Zeu... I mean Thundurus!

[@jmcbango]

The speed at which the agency like was transported from my finger onto the screen was incomprehensible

[@lucky_kid_guy744]

This is the third video in a row where the sponsor was war thunder, and they were all posted today! I will make a future comment on how long the streak got.

[@OmegaSean]

21:54 I love Thundurus Therian’s ability Volt Switch

[@M3rtyville]

Now the list is growing... waiting for the counterparts to complete: - Carracosta - Seviper - other gen 5 monkeys - Gothitelle - Alola Starters - Tornadus 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.

[@SeaOfPixels]

That text for dark moves is certainly something lol.

[@teethpastaa]

THE HONORED ONE!!

[@andronmillerjr.9158]

Im a simple man. I see a new FSG vid, I click. I see blunders name? I lock in

[@peterholmes7440]

Thundurus and Thundurus-T is a tale on how massive outspeeding base 110 is for an offensive Pokémon.

[@PkmnTrainerEmerald]

Thundy standing against time you love to see it :D

[@ezzzzyyy]

Hour long video uploaded, humanity restored

[@El_Coqui74]

Oh damn a whole movie

[@SYKim_94]

The return of the AGENCY!!

[@shashikantrane1676]

THANK YOU

[@NoobishSquirtle]

Instant Certified Official Agency Classic

[@gthedon__]

It’s about damn time- Lebron

[@xerosama5915]

The Agencyyy!!! We in here!

[@ctm3922]

Holy banger

[@DCBiscuit]

I recently found a set that I like on Thundurus. Rain Dance Weather Ball. Switch in on a Cinderace or a Paradox Pokemon (of course you’d have to hope they aren’t just running BE) and Thunder or Weather Ball them. It legit kind of works on the OU ladder.

[@phoenixc4324]

Oh it's blunder?? Lets gooooooo

[@djimonmcdonald9085]

Y'all post this as I'm having a thunderstorm. Great timing Jokes aside, this is funny

[@bananatassium7009]

i've always wondered what the exact reason was behind thundurus' ban in gen 5, now i finally have the answer! agency

[@PlasmaEnergised.]

The Agency is here

[@brincoBob]

I love thundurus. I used him as a lead in doubles for the prankster/thunder wave combo. Mix in a Tailwind with Zopdos😜 and let it rip.

[@megamanzero29]

Another FSG cinematic masterpiece

[@loganmacosko5908]

Oh boy film time

[@anuragkat66]

Finally the Most Electrifying Movie is going to be released. The Thunder God is here🤩

[@matthewdutton9910]

The agency..... what a combination

[@rednosebody6007]

I was just listening to Thunderstruck when I get the notification for this 😭😭😭😭

[@mandalorianhunter1]

I honestly thought this would be longer and a year after the Lando movie.

[@thsand5032]

THANK YOU GENIES

[@RockOrso2]

Expecting Tornadus to be next since Enamorus is the only Force of Nature to not haunt competitive Pokémon in general, with the 3 males very much enjoying supporting AND countering Rain teams with the second wind Hisui gave them.

[@hoshino353]

A pokemon so good they had to nerf thunderwave and prankster

[@i_like_chomp6382]

And confusion… and paralysis… and swagger…