How Probopass Counters the #1 Competitive Pokemon.

Pokemon Competitive Singles has been turned on it's head with the release of the "Indigo Disk" DLC. Probopass has had surprising success on a new Top ladder team, as a unique trapper that can eliminate the metagames #1 Pokemon, Kingambit.
By taking out this important foe, Probopass enables teammates such as Sinistcha and Iron Crown to run amok.
Let's explore why that occurred using Logic and Facts and such things as that, because I am very smart.
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[@jimothycool]

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[@nomenclature7662]

Jimothy I must say I truly whole heartedly appreciate this comment. I'm gonna go read this entire link ❤❤

[@johnsanko4136]

Probopass is obviously superior to Kingambit as evidenced by having the superior mustache.

[@RhysHill-ur8lq]

Yes a massive Tash

[@kamalo01]

Moustache or nosehairs? 🤔

[@RhysHill-ur8lq]

That is the question🤔

[@Ojamamon67]

If Super Mario has shown me anything its that no amount of ghost, robots, mutant turtles, aliens, monsters, pollution, etc can touch you if youve got yourself a killer stache

[@RhysHill-ur8lq]

Now that I think about it it looks like a poo on his nose

[@azeria1]

Steel types believe nosepass to be extremely attractive why else would they be so pulled to him to not be able to switch

[@dude99844]

bros got that nasal rizz

[@TerraBlacc1]

It's those eyes; those eyes could kidnap you and give you Stockholm Syndrome.

[@Roflmao6173]

definitely has that nigel thornberry swagger

[@thunderknight4149]

Apparently Probopass has a magnetic personality.

[@CyaNerdz]

you’re Proboply correct

[@Blade.5786]

Probopass utterly countering the king of OU has to be the funniest development this generation.

[@alzef1375]

The quagsire role. Love to see it.

[@user-vr4ei2sg6y]

Low kick would like to introduce itself☠️

[@glitchedoom]

Every probo has its pass.

[@frankcaggiano8282]

​@@user-vr4ei2sg6ySturdy would like to bow back

[@afineegg1040]

They're Passing in their Probo, folks

[@GoldGuard]

Next video: How Bastiodon Mirror Coats Gholdengo

[@hippityhoppitymycommentisn6360]

Or how Minun counters raging bolt

[@switchnslider1636]

252+ SpA Protosynthesis Raging Bolt Dragon Pulse vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Assault Vest Pachirisu: 106-126 (32.7 - 38.8%) -- 99.3% chance to 3HKO

[@karlamelgar7122]

​@@switchnslider1636 how does pachirisu threaten raging bolt tho

[@maroonwings3714]

@@karlamelgar7122minun does, tera fairy makes both its stabs immune

[@echogaia1708]

While Minun can hit Raging Bolt with Alluring Voice. Plusle might be a superior choice though due to its higher SpA.

[@benjulesrun9057]

every member pulls their own weight-and probopass is a very heavy pokemon

[@joncristorregosa1969]

ah yes, Great Nose, Iron CHOP, Iron Mugulis, Nord VPN, Freeze Corleone, and... Great Tusk.

[@zigzag321go]

Missed the opportunity to call it Mega Donphan

[@Magmagan]

Great Tusk just being there highlights Great Nose and makes it funnier. I actually laughed when I nose's name

[@victordeluca7360]

Great Tusk already got the funny name, no change needed

[@fidgc6774]

They should of called it Great Moustache

[@Blacturne859]

No my friends; i posit that we should call this fellow Iron Stache

[@Joltinjoe183]

Hey, Joltinjoe here. Thanks for covering the team Jim! Big fan of your content and glad you enjoyed the team! ❤

[@xWhoaSean]

The nose knows

[@lock_checker4342]

The nosy nose knows no boundaries

[@qweschuning]

Knows the nose, does

[@HylianKirbo]

Don't you mean It nose?

[@user-lq4ct6dr5m]

He sniffs victory in the wind

[@Old-Man-Jenkins]

Do you give this nose a pass?

[@jacoblong9]

Probopass is one of the strangest Pokemon ever released.

[@ivanlol7153]

This large nosed creature was an evolution for Nosepass, introduced in the gen 4 games

[@SharbaeYeet]

This funny fellow has absolutely enormous defensive stats

[@wxlmqrt]

This funny fellow has absolutely enormous defensive stats

[@mymarshlands]

but unfortunately it has one of the worst defensive typings in the game, rock/steel.

[@hattruck8607]

Times 4 weaknesses to Ground and Fighting are horrible

[@elilopez6260]

Legend says that whoever follows Probopass' nose will find successful in OU.

[@AdminAbuse]

Will find successful, of course

[@hux0rd]

Will find successful? :) yes, yes! Will find successful

[@ranveerbhatti]

kingambit uses low kick , probopass - i guess my time is over fellas

[@blueskyalchemist623]

I think this Probopass takes advantage of the fact that most Gambit chooses to run Iron Head to not lose to fairy.

[@Steph_N]

Probopass is weak to being kicked in the balls

[@tejasdixit4417]

I fair amount also run low kick to deal with other king gambit,

[@spookyscarylamppost3431]

Sinistcha using Tera Fairy: I shall avenge you.

[@blueskyalchemist623]

@@tejasdixit4417 it’s always “low kick for other gambits” or “iron head for fairies” Most of the times, people choose the later because of STAB and the great number of dominant fairies in the tier (Valiant, Ernamorus, tera Fairy mons)

[@camillalapolentona8420]

Probopass is the kind of guy to aproach you in a café to ask if you'll eat your cookie

[@Runningwritingreading]

When Nosepass came out in Gen 3 I thought "Wow" but When Probopass showed up in Gen 4 I thought "He wasn't done?"

[@inferno7892]

"I got one more in me" -Mister P

[@TheStrongestBaka]

I like how Great Nose is the canon name for Probopass now.

[@starvedrock314]

We are so Proboback

[@vanesslifeygo]

lol

[@oceanbluboi]

With a snap of his nose, he destroyed galaxies; Than-nose

[@egbertmilton4003]

Ah, good to see Mario dominate Pokemon now

[@rajkanishu]

PSA for some people in the comments who are confused about the nature of the video: this isn't trying to explain how Probopass is an universal Kingambit counter that you can just put into any team and have it work, this is highlighting how its set of traits allows it to have a very specific niche in OU

[@astupidlylongnamethatstoolong]

Also how the player with great knowledge specs his mons to cover each other, potential matchups and weaknesses. Everything in here is basically as peak as it gets with such a team. Rest is down to player skill level on how they pilot the team, reads on opponents moves etc.

[@jonathannushi9183]

One could say probopass really nose his way around this match up

[@kimjongun8280]

Out of all the Pokémons i didn't thought probopass would be a counter but ig that's what makes Pokémon so fun

[@AdminAbuse]

Plural of pokemon is pokemon

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

​@@AdminAbuse Nobody asked.

[@jr.c.4250]

​@@DisastrousIntentionallythe plural of Pokemon is Pokemon

[@felipesilva3732]

Lost opportuniny to name sinistcha as Wooden Mugulis

[@dennisflanders1957]

truly a lost opportuniny

[@camillalapolentona8420]

You can't do that, the character limit Is 12

[@korayven9255]

@@camillalapolentona8420 Wood Mugulis

[@xkower8181]

Clay Mugulis

[@h2o684]

​@camillalapolentona8420 Its 18 or 16

[@ohnoitsdominoes5393]

Freeze Corleone on the team? The Agency truly does provide 😩

[@realsanmer]

What if You wanted to be a wall pokémon But Arceus said Rock-Steel

[@RyouShi98]

If only there was a Thick Fat-like Ability for Ground and Fighting they'd be golden

[@iantaakalla8180]

It could be in a follow up to Paldea. Something like “Great Tusk has been rampaging and some Pokémon weak to its types have the ability Wide Coverage that half damage of Ground and Fighting moves in order to survive as a Hidden Ability.”

[@TaLeng2023]

Aggron liked it when he became Mono Steel with Filter but Arceus said "No more mega for you"

[@joepoole7807]

Probopass truly is a nosey fellow, kingambit fell for his devious disguise

[@krislee3155]

It honestly fascinates me that the Steel type makes so many types better defensively than they usually are, all except the Rock type. You'd think putting 2 of the designated defensive types would be a powerful combination, but it just doesn't work most of the time. Ice is another one Steel can't save.

[@lucasgreer1736]

eh ice/steel actually would be pretty good if it didn't have the two 4x weaknesses it has all of the usual steel resistances

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

Rock type is bad.

[@krislee3155]

@DisastrousIntentionally I wouldn't say that Rock is bad. It's an excellent offensive type, though as I said, GF designated Rock as the defensive type despite having 5 weaknesses.

[@Emma-rw8yo]

I really wouldn't say that having a lot of defensive pokemon means that something is a defensive type. We have a ton of bulky ice types and there's no way you could convince me that ice is a defensive type.

[@krislee3155]

@Emma-rw8yo I didn't say that Ice was a defensive type, just that Steel can't save it like it does to a bunch of other types. GF is an enigma when it comes to the Ice type. It's very clear they didn't make Ice to be defensive yet they continue to make more bulkier Ice types. I mean, it's hard not to conceive Rock and Steel as the designated defensive types when, on average, they tend to have the highest defenses compared to the others and most resistances.

[@Aegisdex]

We have to have a video on how bodypress changed the game for so many defensive mons. The regis (specifically rock and steal) were given new light with insane defensive stats. The move going off of def and not atk means intimidate can be bypassed and you can actually kill incinaroar, pla for the love of god let stakataka back in gen 9 because I used a troom set with it and had little issues going against the menace.

[@carnage0685]

It also wouldn’t need to gimp its defense to get attack boosts anymore, which means it would be a lot tankier and hit even harder.

[@Aegisdex]

@@carnage0685 that was gen 7 only, it had bodypress in gen8

[@zigzag321go]

Man got to 2050 just to be featured in a Jimothy Cool video

[@AlanNess]

I'm always intimidated to try competitive pokemon, but it is intriguing to see the development of the Gen 9 metagame.

[@blissbu]

Honestly, when you're just starting out, it's very fun to throw random shit at the wall in low ladder. I remember I spammed Explosion Skuntank in OU when I was a kid solely because I saw someone using it and thought it was fun

[@immortalinferno8809]

Definitely have to just have fun at first while you learn matchups and meta. This is probably my fav season in terms of mechanics

[@skeepodoop5197]

Probopass: "What is my purpose." Jimothy: "You counter Kingambit and literally nothing else." Probopass: "Damn..."

[@ostint912]

But that’s enough

[@june9914]

And only some sets. Truly a porygon

[@imablisy]

Every nose has its nose

[@timothyvandyke9511]

"This pokemon is just a cruel joke" -Jim literally 2 videos in his rock pokemon video

[@madduxnagel6935]

Man you know power creep is bad when PROBOPASS rises to the occasion

[@ValianceGames]

I love how every Pokemon on this team has a fire nickname except Great Tusk, because you don't need to call the GOAT by anything other than his government name. The Iron Mugulis sneak in??? Did we finally find that dastardly mon?,

[@RedRockin2000]

I cannot believe this guy never got levitate. I was always convinced it had levitate

[@codeninja1]

I thought so as well back in the day.

[@sora4440]

Levitate would make Probopass a decent mon. At least that gets rid of one of its 4x weakness...

[@robbierotten2024]

I’ve always liked this pokemon, it getting body press is such a relief. Now just give it levitate, it’s a literal magnet that floats in the air. Maybe even give it Nose Knows, a levitate that also makes it immune to fighting type attacks because it nose where the fighting type attack is coming from and dodges it. He can smell your intentions Great Tusk, you can do nothing to the Great Nose now. It’s over.

[@rajkanishu]

NOSE KNOWS XDDDDDD I love that lmao

[@Wayte13]

Nose Knows: This Pokemon knows when a fighting move is coming and just does not get hit by it

[@Trollrijas]

​@@Wayte13"just does not get hit by it" sounds fair enough lmfaoo

[@danielsemmelrock7808]

Greatest Ability ever

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

something worth mentioning is that probopass is very obvious in what it wants to do, so a gambit player can bait it in with double switches or just save their gambit for the endgame which is what it wants to do anyway. probopass is specifically a counter to early/mid game gambit, and synergises well with this dark weak HO squad, but it's not a solid check that you should throw into balance teams

[@Luzbel809]

Why a player would want to use their Gambit early in the game?

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

@@Luzbel809 the whole point of the probopass team is that it has a lot of threats which force gambit to come in early, and that's how probopass traps it. most teams don't stack multiple dark types, and gambit is by far the best dark type, so if you bring in sinistcha they don't have another solid way to respond, they either have to go gambit or let you run away with the game. so my point was it works well for this specific team, but like you say a lot of gambits don't come in early so if you can't force it in then probopass is pretty pointless.

[@Aoi_Tori_]

Great Nose

[@TheMe9595]

I just can't wait for the future paradox form of Hitmonlee, Big Leg

[@artje90]

or just a full chicken, given that hitmonlee is just a chickenleg

[@linkthepringlesman3951]

It’d be Iron Leg. Remember, future paradox mons aren’t allowed to have interesting names.

[@LuLu-uz3lg]

Iron Limb

[@MusSupremeJAR03]

The same thing was said with the megas or other mechanics that are like a physical change and in the end ended in nothing more than what was initially done in its generation, the only mechanic that changes the design of Pokémon that remains are the regional forms

[@99sonder]

This is a very impressive team, how they managed to build a team that's so laser focused on beating Kingambit, but still has enough synergies to make a solid team overall

[@A2ZOMG]

The hyperfocus on countering something is actually a good strategy basis if you know that certain broader win conditions are enabled by it.

[@Dz73zxxx]

"Stake your Moustache! You're mine, a nose!" -Probopass

[@VilasNil]

Iron Mugulis being in this top team is so funny, we finally found him

[@Guayabaman305]

Preserve this in the archives for future False Swipe Gaming Probopass video.

[@lemonscaled4274]

This is the kingambit counterplay the genn9 ou concil expects us to use instead of banning it

[@Luzbel809]

Great Nose is a very fitting nickname for Probopass considering its japanese name is "Dainose" which means "Giant Nose"

[@darreoncollins9036]

the body press effect

[@vannsylten6765]

This team is amazing. Thanks for covering it!

[@jasonthejazzman8521]

“Groucho va Shredder” Gen 9 OU has gone too far

[@svxtn]

thanks for the well-informed video jimothy. you make some of the highest quality smogon analysis videos, keep up the excellent work 👍

[@baldrian22]

i guess iron mugilus is trying to infiltrate the Smogon Cansel now instead of the horses.

[@Ojamamon67]

i love these breakdown videos bro!

[@b1uezje]

5:20 Iron Mugulis flashbangs unsuspecting viewers.

[@charlesbyrd2452]

Look! Kingambit isn't broken! It loses 1v1 to the extremely common Probopass matchup!

[@Ritsu362]

Jimothy: “Probopass is the ultimate counter to Kinggambit” Kingambit: *Low Kicks aggressively* Probopass: “it’s joever…”

[@shinysaur4492]

3:30 Ah yes, my favorite Grass/Ghost type Pokemon. Sinist Cha.

[@TheWretchedEgg12]

There is no more booger to be found in this Great Nose and now it finally smells victory. This is insane

[@videakias3000]

Bronzong can also counter nearly everything kyurem can throw to it. It resists dragon and ice thanks to the steel typying and is immune to earth power thanks to levitate. Unfortunately it is extreemely unreliable against anything else. You can only use it in a tournament if you are certain your opponent is going to use kyurem.

[@Richtofenfan]

Someone had made a post on smogon that was related to terrastalyzing probopass as fighting lol. With iron defense and body press included in the suggested sets. Hilarious how that aged well.

[@Zethoro]

Used this thing in draft to great effect before, cool to see it's getting use in OU too!

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

I actually had an idea to utilize this in a team, believe it or not, so it's nice to know I'm not the only one.

[@WishMakers]

This might be one of my favorite metagame developments this gen so far. Now I wanna try some creative team building again

[@massimilianodelrosso5495]

My little brother has small eyes, big nose and a moustache, thus i love Probopass because it reminds me of him. I'll never understand why they didn't gave this guy Levitate, it makes it so good in the Radical Red rom hack.

[@ik0la]

Probopass is one of my top 5 favorite pokemon, glad my man's getting usage

[@ShmeckleBoy]

Words cannot express my gratitude to Stupendous Nostrils, the past paradox form of Probopass

[@GreenMMDrPhil]

Sounded like you were doing an all tomorrows summary at the beginning

[@switchbro6622]

When your beard is that large people can’t leave your magnetic pull

[@josephbontempo2581]

rhyperior’s usage in uu be like

[@smayu4432]

The Tera fairy Protect kingambit in my back pocket:

[@chester1882]

To think, in all the opportunities to ban Kingambit from OU, this is the timeline it wasn’t and we get to see the rise of Great Nose as an answer to it.

[@stefan-xaverscherrer7648]

Great Team^^ So good team play.

[@brokeboyjohnn]

Every Sniffer has its Sunday.

[@shylar763]

I did recently figure out a team that enables both Mienshao and Mespirit to work pretty well, and I tried it in Ranked last season and it actually did pretty good because most people didn't seem to expect what I was doing, I was using a more assist Mienshao with Fake Out, Wide Guard, Coaching and Drain Punch, I got the Coaching idea from a previous opponent actually, and the Mienshao helps the whole team because all the team except Mespirit are all physical attackers so they appreciate the Coaching (especially with Kingambit on the team) but it actually still helps Mespirit as well with Stored Power shenanigans, I love how in comp, sometimes the unexpected can actually net you wins

[@polvocorrupto]

AV Probopass is also Flutter Mane's counter, it can take up to 4 hits while OH-KO'ing back with Heavy Slam.

[@jamesgiles4517]

Probopass: I've got you know Gambit!!! Gambit: *terastallizes into a fiary type* Probopass: WAIT THATS ILLEGAL

[@emanuelquetejodan4156]

That explains why I kept seeing probopass on ladder today.

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

All to overthrow the king

[@777paito]

The name "great nose" on probopass is killing me 😂

[@allanturmaine5496]

Wow, this is such a creative use of the roster.

[@AmoniPaleo]

I mentioned Probopass on the Vid about Rock types in Comp And this Nose fella is here??? Today is a good day indeed.

[@itsrin868]

epic probopass dunking on a modern gen 9 king

[@blahtest]

Iron Mugulis manages to strike again. He must be stopped before he can gain even more power with his laddering proficiencies.

[@clarkside4493]

I wish it got Trick Room.

[@washno.8251]

King’s Gambit, Falkbeer Countergambit.

[@Zenith8896]

It would seem that Probopass has made a formidable alliance with the notorious Iron Mugulis. 😟

[@misters6749]

Probopass is one of the strangest Pokémon ever released….

[@Wayte13]

Every time. Every time a steel type becomes a meta staple, Magnet Pull steps up to bat and makes some real bad Mons into tech pieces

[@Humandefect]

Having a clear counter to 2 of the most used mons in the game is really great sinischa just walls out great tusk even on switch in

[@honkaidragonslayer7178]

Next update will be “Probopass was banned”, because it counters Kingambit

[@itsyaboi1245]

Probopass is such a funny fellow.

[@dylldj]

Probopass has countered Kingambit before Gholdengo and Kingambit have been banned from Gen 9 OU. This is insane folks

[@JanusHoW]

It's funny that Probopass out-staches Kingambit. As an added bonus, a player would probably Tera their Kingambit to avoid getting - quite literally - bodied by Probopass.

[@jaydee5312]

That's the kind of creativity I want to see instead of crying for bans

[@Voltir03]

0:45 I've been in that exact spot a lot, specifically against Mega-Scizor

[@glitchedoom]

Probopass being useable may be the biggest indictor of how insane Gen 9 is.

[@Fang_09]

As a wise person said elsewhere, every rock has its type

[@mikeyes620]

1:35 No way fire punch does that little, lmao.

[@lambsauce3607]

Well, not like Probopass is known for its offence, not to mention the rain.

[@airam1721]

Imagine if probopass was as broken as it was in the sun and moon anime

[@rambo171993]

It's the Probopass Proposal

[@mertensiam3384]

I always forget that probopass is a steel type

[@tysondennis1016]

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