How To BUFF Every Mega Evolution In Gen 9

[@fritzgerald9975]

Pretty Cool Idea: Give Mega-Kangaskhan the move Population Bomb

[@oLivSama]

LOL I fucking wish I thought of this you're a genius, like people complained about Fishious Rend Mega Sharpedo (which is like weaker than Basculegion anyway) but like this is way more sick and twisted in the best way possible, I wish my brain worked like this I could have cooked so hard, you rock for coming up with this!!!

[@sidharthanil3161]

@@fritzgerald9975 Wait but that doesn't do anything, I mean it's funny because of lore but has no use with parental bond

[@biguzivertt]

@@oLivSamamega sharpedo gets swords dance and swift swim with you proposed fishiois rend is way scarier than basculegion

[@pat1r1ck]

@@sidharthanil3161 think about it, if it connect, it has a chance to hit 20 times

[@ki11card25]

Imagine if it could hold a kings rock...

[@ivansuchanekalvarez8624]

Mega sharpedo with fishious rend goes directly to Ubers, remember that base form has speed boost

[@Nosretep]

So Protect first.

[@Simp1et0n_419]

Forget Ubers, it's going straight into AG

[@Nosretep]

@Simp1et0n_419 Nah, Kartana,Regieleki and Flutter Mane would make short work of it.

[@bigmonke3348]

@@Nosretep They would not in singles. After two speed boosts itd pretty much outspeed them besides speed booster energy flutter. In doubles any support mon or redirection mon who can set up tailwind or follow me would buy it time or make it need less speed boosts to start outspeeding. Kartana is NOT surviving a stab fishous rend with strong jaw boost

[@Mustache99]

And the mega has strong jaw

[@emeraldblade3747]

one way i think is a great way to buff ampharos is just giving its parabolic charge, its a weak move but give a lot more recovery then most draining moves, it can help make ampharos be the bulky offensive mon it wants to be by lasting a lot longer

[@jackk.4670]

I've been saying this for years. It is criminal that my boi Ampharos doesn't get Parabolic Charge like, please just give it to him already.

[@yonkodude]

Its not even that weak. 65 bp with stab on a high special attack stat and 75% healing is good

[@emeraldblade3747]

@@yonkodude should probably say that i meant that its on the mid power range for a draining move (most good ones being 75 or higher) but also yea 65 base power coming from 165 spc.atk still hits hard

[@butteredsalmonella]

It should get Electric Surge. I think ANYTHING and I mean ANYTHING that is slightly even remotely better than Pincurchin can make the ability work in OU/UU, Ampharos and Manectric stands out the most to me.

[@snakeking601]

tail glow its tail glows so why not

[@RadicalJawzFunnyMoments]

I know this is for doubles but you just made like 15 Uber Pokémon here XD

[@oLivSama]

Dw next video I'm making 18 Uber pokemon trust the process!!

[@RadicalJawzFunnyMoments]

@@oLivSama excited!!!

[@IronVigilante451]

Good! Megas should be

[@RadicalJawzFunnyMoments]

@@IronVigilante451 I agree XD

[@rodrigojosealves4162]

I think it was only sharpedo and garchomp that would be ubers

[@CuddlyTheMadElite]

252+ Atk Strong Jaw Sharpedo-Mega Fishious Rend (170 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Avalugg in Rain: 177-208 (87.6 - 102.9%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO That’s all I need to post.

[@theimprovedbore550]

yeah that would be a horrible design decision LOL

[@HuneeBruh]

Literally just dracovish but slightly stronger

[@eli6810]

outspeeds and uses a weak move

[@bigmonke3348]

Honestly doesnt even need the mega you could just keep spamming fish rend in base and mega evolve if you think you have enough power. But tbh one thing sharpedo would be weak to is mach punch, water immunities and vaccuum wave

[@drillnewsandclips3798]

​@@bigmonke3348 sure. but kingambit is 4x weak to those priorities

[@brandonhiatt2546]

Mega Gallade should have Sharpness as it's ability

[@bigmonke3348]

Nah I feel like inner focus would benefit it more. It blocks intimidate and flinches which are valuable in doubles, and doesnt take away from regular gallade's niche. It has more attack to make up for the sharpness loss and it not losing attack thanks to intimidate is best. One intimidate would nullify its sharpness anyways

[@fragmentedrose7401]

​@@bigmonke3348 the higher attack does not quite make up for it, a sharpness boosted move would lose about 12% of its original damage which is... Fine Had Gen 9 not buffed Inner Focus this would not even be a question tho

[@polskistalker]

​@@bigmonke3348 solution: give it As One (Inner Focus + Sharpness)

[@luizfelipevbf5567]

​@@bigmonke3348It blocks Intimidate but Gallade won't have Inner Focus when the battle begins, so it can be Intimidated before it Mega Evolves.

[@sperryyoungerjr.3985]

I guarantee you that if Sharpness existed back in Gen 6, it would've been Mega Gallade's ability. Perhaps Legends ZA will change that.

[@NobodyDungeons]

Mega ampheros should get the fluffy ability making it very physically bulky, and the line as a whole should get slack off or recover.

[@TheGloryXros]

I agree.....but that being said, the entire point of the Flaafy line is that it's a sheep that slowly has its wool sheared away.

[@bigmonke3348]

@@TheGloryXros But now it has it again so it doesnt matter.

[@manicornianfilmis6874]

3:18 at last, someone who agrees that M-Steelix should get earth eater

[@grrgrrgrr0202]

I think base Steelix should get it.

[@manicornianfilmis6874]

​@grrgrrgrr0202 fr it should, replace rock head or sheer force with earth eater and it'll be really good

[@trizegard]

that sharpedo buff is so broken, viability instantly going from UU to UBERS. giving fisheous rend to a strong jaw who maxes its speed out to 508 is going to be so busted, but then again storm drain viability goes up too ig

[@CuddlyTheMadElite]

Fun Fact: Fishious Rend would let Sharpedo OHKO Max bulk Avalugg under Rain. By comparison, Choice Band Urshifu with Rain only deals 68% to the same Avalugg.

[@CuddlyTheMadElite]

Comparison 252+ Atk Choice Band Urshifu-Rapid-Strike Surging Strikes (3 hits) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Avalugg in Rain on a critical hit: 117-138 (57.9 - 68.3%) -- approx. 2HKO 252+ Atk Strong Jaw Sharpedo-Mega Fishious Rend (170 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Avalugg in Rain: 177-208 (87.6 - 102.9%) -- 18.8% chance to OHKO And out of rain. 252+ Atk Strong Jaw Sharpedo-Mega Fishious Rend (170 BP) vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Avalugg: 118-139 (58.4 - 68.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO Yup, Mega Sharpedo is dealing even more damage with just Fishious Rend than Urshifu Rapid Strikes that’s holding a Choice Band and is in Rain. Yeah Urshifu is intimidate proof thanks to crits and hits through protect, but Sharpedo is also immune to Prankster WoW/Thunderwave and is OHKOing almost everything not protecting.

[@trizegard]

@@CuddlyTheMadElite oh, great. what wonderful information

[@AweYeah]

Seismitoad stonks going up.

[@moonlight2870]

Ubers doesn't exist in competitive

[@TheWizardMus]

I don't think Glalie and Pinsir should get eSpeed, I don't see their nonmega forms making sense with the move and their abilities already buff the normal moves they use. Quick Attack is a move I can see either of them getting and after the -ate buffs it's gonna hit pretty hard

[@HuneeBruh]

Pinsir already has quick attack, its like half the reason it’s good

[@kai_3788]

This is what I wanted to type here. I don’t see either Mega or base form Glalie being able to use Extreme Speed.

[@gsp6517]

If actual Normal types barely get it, why should they both? It doesn't make sense!

[@nicolasromani3523]

​@@kai_3788Emboar learns scald.

[@SquirrelGamingProductions]

​@gsp6517 Arcanine & Dragonite were the only Pokémon with Extremespeed in its Gen 2 debut Extremespeed isn't about having a high base speed stat or being a normal type, it's about having a dex entry that mentions being fast

[@eli6810]

I think megas need their own moves- like how Zacian & Zamazenta's Iron Head transforms into Behemoth Blade & Behemoth Bash in their Crowned formes. This would allow every Mega to get arbitrary buffs that can let even the worst of them hold a much more solid niche, notably mons like Beedrill, Aggron, Ampharos, and Lopunny. Overpowered signature moves that can also be used while mega evolved would help these out a lot while also making them feel more personal. There's also some ability to reference the card game in this way, which'd be cool.

[@apex_val]

Mega Sceptile needs a signature special dragon move to take advantage of the MASSIVE TAIL THAT IT CAN LAUNCH LIKE A ROCKET, or just give it draco.

[@ammarwa6712]

​​​@@apex_val dragorpedo -160 BP -5 pp -cannot use twice

[@tomwantshelp]

Ooh, I like this idea. Makes sense, given some of their base formes used to have signature moves that are now underpowered and widely-distributed. Make Mega Twinneedle 2x60BP, Mega Blaze Kick boost Attack, etc.

[@michaelporter5399]

@@ammarwa6712 dargon gigaton hammer

[@dariuszupan8145]

Would be cool but they would need to make 48+ moves that only 1 mon can use so doubt they will do that outside of any mega legendaries/mythics in za

[@marcelosandoval8719]

4:18 If you give Mega Glalie RAPID SPIN it can be a incredible check to Goldengo It has just enough attack to check the money Bag after a resisted Rapid Spin With Earthquake and enough speed to outrun it as long it’s not using a Scarf on top of a speed boosting nature So Mega Glalie can a have a good Niche there on being the most reliable Rapid Spin user Plus good ice type damange

[@oLivSama]

If it was singles that'd be a very clear buff fwiw but I'm angling doubles here mostly

[@grrgrrgrr0202]

I think this falls extremely flat. Gholdengo isn't super frail, so he can still live the EQ and then smash it to death. It should, however, get Shell Smash. That'd be ferocious.

[@marcelosandoval8719]

@@grrgrrgrr0202 well that’s true but Golgengo already gets in enough mind games with Great Tusk I’m sure if you add more pressure on top of Great Tusk Goldengo can be in trouble Also keep in mind if Goldengo gets bulky it’s not as fast meaning it can easily be destroyed by Great Tusk

[@NobodyDungeons]

Nobody is using special absol, so take points out of its special attack and dump them into its speed and bulk. Reducing its special attack to its pre-mega stat of 75 gives up 40 points to play with. I would just dump all of it into speed giving absol the mega beedrill treatment.

[@celestialenigma3874]

Put 20 into speed and 10 in both defenses and give it the ability dazzling and dark/fairy typing instant OU pokemon and good in doubles due to offensive pressure and good ability that helps the team

[@XXEndlessKnightXX]

Tbh mega agrron just needs to be given recover cause it's lack of reliable recovery is what holds it back.

[@gsp6517]

Let's use actual logic here: if most actual Normal types don't get access to Extremespeed, then why a mon with roided out stats and the ability of changing said move's typing to a way better one (on top of a boost to its power) should have it?! It doesn't make sense balance wise.

[@MiNcEdGaRlIcS]

Eh, the ones he chose to get Espeed actually have some synergy with it, and, uh, don't EXACTLY have roided out stats. Its +100 stat total Glalie and Pincer we're talking about here, both with God awful typing (Stealth Rock says hello). And also since when have the devs actually cared about balance when we have Annihilape and Spidops come out in the same game. Or care about making sense, for some reason they didn't give Slither Wing Bug Dragon typing and gave it *fighting*? Best to just throw out the buffs that give a mon a cool niche, as the best mons don't always have the best stats, its the ones that have the most answers to everything (AKA incineroar).

[@gsp6517]

@MiNcEdGaRlIcS They both have Arceus-level attack stats and the ability to convert ESpeed to two typings better than Normal offensively, while getting a boost on it. It's still broken and stupid. In singles SR won't matter that much for them, because they both won't have to eat an hit to sweep due to Espeed having +2 priority. In VGC, SR is pretty much non-existent, which leaves them even more free to cause havoc and wreck whole teams. Also, using stupid shit to defend stupid shit isn't an actual good argument for stupidity, because stacking stupid on top of stupid won't make the game better or more healthy: it will just make it more stupid. What are people going to suggest next? Giving Boomburst, a move which no Normal type with more than 100 SpA gets, to freaking Sylveon?

[@steel1x_editz]

I feel extremely hurt seeing someone who thinks logic balancing is a thing This entire video is not supposed to be balanced

[@steel1x_editz]

​@@gsp6517and to answer your ladder question Let's give venusaur spore

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

@@gsp6517 In doubles, they are GOING to have to take a hit because Extreme Speed cannot KO 2 pokemon in one turn.

[@arafzaman760]

If your giving Mega Ampharos thunderclap then you don't need to change the mold breaker ability The mons with mold breaker can use priority even when Tsareena and farigiraffe are on the field

[@LittleMissLoathing1]

Mega Beedrill is one of my favorite designs pokemon has ever made so i appreciate buffing her. She needs the respect she deserves

[@coraljetson3208]

Mega Audino deserves coaching, swagger, wide guard, heal pulse/life dew and the triage ability.

[@gingdom1014]

Mega absol needs dazling, those looks? it fits. It covers its weakness to priority and adds flavour without forcing a speed boost.

[@cursezero1125]

I think giving mega abomasnow a snow/hail version of primodial sea and desolate land would be a perfect fix for it. I would name it like Frozen Empire or Absolute Zero and this will extinguish fire moves (since during blizzard it is hard to create a fire) and increase the chance to freeze.

[@jackal_sniperr]

I like this

[@somebody4094]

​@@jackal_sniperrto freeze!?!

[@marverickbin]

For completion, make mega tyranitar get the sandstorm equivalent. Add the gravity effect (so dangerous sandstorm that no one can fly), and non ground, steel and rock takes 1/8 damage instead.

[@bigmonke3348]

No mf, those are uber level abilites. Grass and ice is just bad, womp womp.

[@jinji4609]

@@bigmonke3348 obamasnow is still UU with that broken ability though

[@picalc314]

Removing attack would make mega altaria worse in singles. One of its big benefits is that you can't tell what set it's running, and it can go physical or special.

[@bigpoggers6507]

I feel like a lot of these buffs would bring back the Weather Wars purely to prevent another team from getting to use their weather

[@sykora9526]

I personally think Mega Sceptile just needs a better ability. I personally think they should flip sceptile/mega sceptile's attack and special attack stats, so that it can actually use its former signature move Leaf Blade. Then give it sharpness, dragon stab that benefits from sharpness, sacred sword to hit steels. We'd have our first offensive grass type since like... Kartana lol

[@yolow105]

Won't it just complete with Rillaboom who's a better physically offensive grass type?

[@samuraiknightz8067]

I think giving it a new ability that is similar to lighting rods, but instead of just boosting sp atk, it'll boost the highest attacking stat you have on sceptile. So you can choose what sceptile you want to use. A physical or special attacker.

[@frozenherolp9077]

Just give it Draco

[@sykora9526]

@@yolow105 sceptile would be much faster and hit harder, the main difference is that Rillaboom is tankier and has priority, but is dependent on that priority to go first and it's dependent on the terrain to get the priority, and even then it doesn't hit as hard because grassy glide is low base power. Mega Sceptile is so fast that it doesn't even need priority to go first most of the time, and it would hit very hard. They are both physical grass types but they fill very different roles

[@anirudhankumble3586]

It needs adaptability and tail glow Draco and flamethrower

[@joshuabergman3292]

Ah yes Firey Wrath, my favorite dragon move, next to Earth Power, my favorite rock move

[@dominicrojasbarillas6972]

I think that a couple of Mega users could have a slight buff to their base forms. For example, Absol, Audino and Bannete could have an increase in their defenses in their normal form so that when they Mega Evolve they keep those base points plus the 100 points from Mega Evolution.

[@braydenbrooke8336]

3:28 ah yes fiery wrath my favorite dragon type move

[@pketr5]

Why give Swampert last respects? It's not even a ghost type. Give it Jet Punch. There is no point in giving buffs if it doesn't work with the design of the Pokémon. Might as well give everyone Geomancy or Fishous Rend at that point. Edit: other complaints Aerodactyl is not a Bird. Don't give it Brave Bird. Just keep the Dual Wingbeat it got from SwSh. Mega Altaria is the only physical Pixelate user. Mega Gardevoir and Sylveon already exists. Don't nerf its attack.

[@oLivSama]

Fwiw I think the editing didn't help but the intention was describing the niche that basculegion had over mega pert, and my editor mistook me mentioning another move for one I meant for pert and this just got lost in translation. The first 3 moves were meant to be the only buffs it got, but I can see where you mistook this for something intended for mega pert. As for the rest mega altaria wouldn't hold up no matter what physical move it got, even mega ralamence runs mixed sets despite it's greater atk than spatk and it has double edge. It's the spread special move for hyper voice + how many Intimidate mons pressure altaria this wouldn't be as usable and it's niche over garde and sylv is the typing anyway not that it's physical Aero just needs a good flying stab dual wingbeat wouldn't make it viable it's still too weak for a lot of megas and we've had crazier mons get brave bird!!

[@pketr5]

@@oLivSama Mega Swampert: 1) Ok 2) also it has jets in its arms Mega Aerodactyl: 1) If Dual Wingbeat is too good that it was removed from Dragonite, it's good enough. Also, it's boosted by Tough Claws and KO's vs Focus Sash. 2) Still not a Bird 3) We can give it Sky Attack and give it the Electo Shot/Solar Beam clause except in Tailwind. 4) Give Sky Drop back because it's funny, yet useful. Mega Altaria: 1) Fairy Type Extreme Speed to KO other Dragons seems fun 2) Having a strong accurate Physical Fairy move seems good. Also it learns Body Slam and learns bulk up to be the almost physical version of Sylveon 3) Give it Body Press to combo with the +3 from Cotton Guard. (People would tera fighting more though) 4) Rest, Sleep Talk, Facade, Boosting move of choice seems fun 5) if you really want special, Pixelate Boosted Fairy type Boomburst is hilarious.

[@thescorchingpteranodon7986]

Crobat is not a bird either but gets Brave Bird.

[@Henkita2]

i mean aerodactyl is a dinosaur, and dinoasurs are birds also it makes sense since brave bird is just smacking shit really hard with wings and guess what aerodactyl has (and also base aerodactyl has rock head so that would make it good)

[@arnaul_de_lapras5853]

@@thescorchingpteranodon7986 he shouldn't

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

Ahh yes Fiery Wrath. Well-known dragon type move.

[@cobaltriser1540]

Heracross has pin missle which in it's mega form with skill link is good bug stab i think a form of recovery with the increase in bulk it gets as a mega would be awesome also heracross not getting leech life since it was buffed in in gen 7 is absolutely criminal imo

[@Pearl_Blossom]

3:26 Fiery Wrath is a dark type move

[@lennyfacetd9078]

I like most of these buffs but to be honest I would push some buffs way more, Mega Audino would be amazing with friend guard kinda busted but if you are going to use a mega on a support Pokémon then it’s okay, mega ampharos could have electric surge ability

[@baileylaviolette543]

Changing Mega Garchomp's ability would probably be a decent fix but I would personally much rather redistribute it's horrendous stat bumps. What the HECKY does it need that special attack for? Honestly keep it at the same 102 speed as regular Gompy and maybe even the same attack bump on mega, and redistribute the rest into its bulk. If you want to be REALLY stingy about it then keep SOME of the special attack boost but come on. Sand Rush would be great but I would really shore it up at the base line rather than slap a bandaid on it

[@Realperson16]

*3:24* wait, isnt fiery wrath a dark type move?

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

Mega Garchomp: Base Speed 101, remove the relevant points form its Special Attack. +Intimidate as an ability over Sand Force. Altaria: -30 Attack, +15 to its Defence and Special Defence. It'll spam Hyper Voice more than anything, with support moves. A Sceptile: Draco Meteor, Shed Tail. +Unique Tinted Lens ability. Manetric: I agree, Energy Ball makes a ton of difference. Scald too since Raikou got it. Audino: REGENERATOR OR MAGIC BOUNCE, THATS IT. FRIEND GUARD WOULD'VE MADE IT VGC KING. Abomasnow: Grassy Surge. Setting up Snow AND Grassy Terrain turns this thing into a fucking beastly support Mon. Aggron: -15 Speed, +15 Attack. -15 Defence, +15 Special Defence. Gyro Ball, Heavy Slam. I think Filter is a perfect ability. Steelix: Earth Eater + Heavy Slam. -20 Defence, +20 Special Defence. Houndoom: I like Dark Aura. Sharpedo: its hard to buff without going overboard.. Wave Crash helps. Swords Dance, or even Work Up? Heracross: Honestly, buff multi-hit moves and you're golden. Drop 10 Points from its Speed and put it towards Defence. Ampharos: Thunderclap, Parabolic Charge, Draco Meteor. The ability Fluffy. Camerupt: -10 from Speed, -15 from Attack, +25 to Special Attack. Make this thing a trick room nuclear bomb. Aerodactyl: erm... Swap Tough Claws for something like... Uhh... Hm. Mold Breaker? Maybe? Tough Claws is so meh when Stone Edge and Earthquake are your go-to moves. Beedrill: TINTED LENS. Beedrill suffered because Bug/Poison is dogass offensively, so Adaptability meant nothing. Getting *unresisted hits* makes it way better. Also things like Taunt would help too.

[@goGothitaLOL]

Gen 9 just gave Sceptile Shed Tail and Aggron always has Heavy Slam since the move was made, Steelix too at least since gen 8 Also they could always bring back and overhaul Rock Climb by making a Rock-type direct contact move (like it always should’ve been) with much more distribution among rocks

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

@goGothitaLOL Rock Climb 100% should've been Rock type. I didn't realise Heavy Slam was part of Aggron and Steelixes Movepool while they were Megas. Clearly didn't make much difference then 😭

[@celestialenigma3874]

Were you possibly meaning body press for steelix and aggron?

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

@@celestialenigma3874 no, I just had a brain fart and didn't realise they *did* get Heavy Slam. Body Press being a unique move for the two would've been suuuper cool though

[@ryankenyon2160]

I'd be keen to give Onix/base form Steelix earth eater for sure but what I'd have loved to see is Mega Steelix getting magnet pull (how else are those floating metal shards orbiting it!). That paired with the higher atk stat you've suggested gives it some niche to trap opposing steels and spam stab earthquake, or body press off that monster def stat

[@UNCizme]

Also Mega Pokémon have the same move pools as their base forms so many of these are base form buffs too

[@OscarDudley-e1k]

For mega beedrill i think it would really appreciate close combat to help it punch through steels as drill run just isnt enough

[@fyrex7797]

2:25 can someone give me a logical reason why SWAMPERT of all pokemon is getting last respects here? SD, Wave crash and Aqua Jet are already enough for a mon with only 1 weakness and great bulk

[@oLivSama]

Editing error last respects was meant to cover the give or take for basculegion and why you'd still consider it without it being OBJECTIVELY better than MPert if it got SD Wave Crash and Aqua Jet, my bad on that

[@hangoverstatusinvincible8819]

Rock type earth power, huh? And dragon fiery wrath????

[@goGothitaLOL]

Oopsies

[@cobaltriser1540]

Sceptile had always lacked special coverage since the physical/ special split which is really unfortunate i think he should get some coverage on the special side but i also think they should've changed the mon to a mixed attacker before megas even existed so leaf storm, acrobatics, swords dance earthquake were coming off a decent attack stat instead of just 85 with the amount of coverage they gave it it's just so sad bc it didn't improve till it got a mega

[@biguzivertt]

bro is on galaxy gas

[@lasercraft32]

Extreme Speed isn't at all fitting for Glalie... Its a giant heavy hunk of ice and rock. :/

[@Nosretep]

Regular Pokémon shouldn't get a Legendaries signature move.

[@solitare4602]

Which one? Not all legendary signature moves are created equal. Fiery Wrath? It's just a spread Dark Pulse. Cool, but not really broken. Thunderclap? Just a special electric Sucker Punch. Fishious Rend? Dracovish is not a legendary. Fishious Rend is really powerful, but Dracovish was never viable in VGC unfortunately, so it'll be fine. Victory Dance? It's Hisuian Lilligant's signature move, and she's not a legendary. Victory Dance is cool, but Heracross has the same 4x weakness to Flying that H.Lilligant has. It'll be fine.

[@Nosretep]

@@solitare4602 They should still stay Legendary exclusive. Just make a weaker variation.

[@Aragon737Ultra]

@@Nosretep look at aura sphere

[@Aragon737Ultra]

@@Nosretep look at the sword of justice there signature move was sacred sword but now its the gallade took it as his own and is tearing up UU with a 12.5% better no drawbacks close combat

[@Nosretep]

@@Aragon737Ultra Aura Sphere isn't Legendary exclusive.

[@kr555wizard]

I’m a beedrill fan and giving them those buffs work, the only other change i could think of is to drop the spa to 5 and add it to speed to ensure they outspeed most non boosted things, because beedrill is just too frail to even make use of anything else

[@worldsboss]

Giving Nasty Plot to Abomasnow makes absolutely zero sense from a lore perspective, but a new move akin to it? Sure, why not.

[@oLivSama]

Then it's now called Winter Coat and the user prepares its magical snow to enhance its damage by +2 spatk

[@darko-man8549]

I have never understood Arm Thrust not having a higher BP

[@celestialenigma3874]

Mega altaria is fine for the most part what really holding it back is base altaria stats the +30 base speed is a help but I also think it’s should get +10 more hp and +5 more sp def giving it more bulk and 110 in every stat except hp this would make altaria’s bst 535 which isn’t bad by any means. Another help would be giving it body press so it can run defensive sets as well so there would be no way to actually tell what set is running giving it unpredictability it would still be set up reliant for the most part and still Have weaknesses but it would be super fun to play with in vgc at least

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

13:00 Rock type Earth power?

[@tonpereen3d644]

2:45 earth power is a ground type move :(

[@somebody4094]

I think it would be enough to move some of the stats that are wasted by the canonical distribution of game freak towards perhaps the main attack or speed to make all the Megas quite usable

[@doncolbus134]

Having used mega pinsir with extreme speed before, I can easily say: that shit is far more oppressive than you think. It’s effectively stab eq strengths but also prio, and it’s a flying type move which has sparse resists anyways.

[@TheChroNikler498]

With Aerialate giving it a 1.2x boost, Extreme Speed becomes a power 96 STAB move, giving the move an effective base power of 144. However, given the rise in abilities that block priority in competitive, I think you'd be alright. Well, at least for VGC.

[@alexarango1840]

I dont mind buffing pokemon with vgc in mind, but some of these buffs are the least elegant. Especially when these megas already thriving in single formats. So most of these buffs as a singles player sound like hell and arbitrary(espeed glalie). Pokemon can be designed with singles foremost. I think glimmora is such pokemon that is obviously more suited for one. I would rather different pokemon in vgc become playable because of different regulations rather than brute force. So i would focus more on carving niches for pokemon than giving pokemon crazy coverage for more possible metas or stat sticking

[@Samsonsamurai]

I want Mega Lucario to get a huff because I like him

[@dominicrojasbarillas6972]

11:42 While "Simple" seems like an exaggerated option to me, I think Regenerator isn't the best one to consider. Megas in canon aren't forms made to last long periods of time, and in game, I think the developers tried to make it so that Megas couldn't be "infinite" or "more powerful over time", hence why most of them lose abilities like Impulse, Regenerator or Moxie. The only exception was M-Blaziken of course.

[@tomwantshelp]

Mega Beedrill is fine imo, it's very fast and hits hard, it just gets crowded out by the elite options. Pretty useful in Gen 7 OU, which granted is not VGC, but not every Pokemon can be great in both formats.

[@bulborb8756]

some mons are just better in one format then the other. for examples tornadus incarnate and incineroar are amazing in doubles but bad in singles but on the opposite end, mons like skarmory & magnezone are good in singles but are god awful in doubles

[@hi-3446]

what were you on while make these buffs

[@kayladecant7332]

This was my first video of yours in a while. It’s so wonderful to see how much energy and confidence you’ve developed. Keep it up gal!

[@ordinaryorca9334]

Mega Audino with reworked healer could be very scary on defensive teams, rest would become a viable move, making some threats nearly unkillable while it's on the field. Hydrapple, ursaluna, dondozo, the weather trio, snorlax, this could be huge.

[@williamhowells806]

Ive been saying it for years. Give mega garchomp sand rush instead of sand force. They were so close

[@Aragon737Ultra]

For our mega snowman give them slush rush since they set up hail on entry then immediately get a boost and for mega gallade give him sharpness the damage would be crazy

[@Rictavio27]

I think that if I were to buff Mega altaria, I would take all 40 points of the mega bonus from it’s attack, and add 20 to it’s special attack, and 20 to one of it’s defenses. (Buffing regular altaria in any way would also be great). I love Mega Altaria and it sucks that it is just bad

[@EthanorEW1]

Ok, so i really need an explanation on why we didn't just take some of the special attack away on absol and put it into speed instead of taking away from its already low defenses

[@facade6927]

Prolly cause it can also viably use special attacks like ice beam and fire blast

[@EthanorEW1]

@facade6927 Wait, it gets fire blast!?

[@facade6927]

@@EthanorEW1 Yep

[@Decaycrazz]

To make mega abomasnow better I suggest giving it's mega ice body rather than snow warning because it will already set snow when it goes in the first time, ice body basically let's it hold leftovers

[@oucyan]

Aerodactyl should also get Head Smash in addition to Brave Bird. I'm running a Focus Sash Aerodactyl on the Stabmons singles ladder on Showdown, and it's an absolute monster thanks to Rock Head.

[@bulborb8756]

to this day it's a serious mystery why aerodactyl doesn't learn brave bird and head smash, yet mons like archeops and espathra can learn one of them. seriously it has rock head yet it's only option is take down, giving aerodactyl access to these moves would actually let rock head do something instead of having to use pressure or unnerve

[@oucyan]

@@bulborb8756 exactly. well, at least it can get Double-Edge in Gen 1. too bad you can't transfer to bank/home from the virtual console anymore. so that point is moot if you don't already have one with it.

[@facade6927]

@@bulborb8756maybe because aerodactyl isn’t actually a bird? If you look at the mons that do learn brave bird, most or even all of them are bird like pokemon. Aerodactyl is not, despite being a flying type. Its a pterodactyl which are just flying dinosaurs. Espathra is an ostrich, blaziken is a chicken and quaqauval is a duck. Maybe they coulda given aero head smash tho yeah but they prob thought it’d be kinda op

[@bulborb8756]

@@facade6927 crobat gets brave bird

[@jessecorel1910]

I know its samurot's signature move but giving Absol ceaseless edge could make it a pretty strong switch up lead, considering it has magic bounce. You can force out rock/spike setters cause you're gonna bounce those rocks back and either go for a swords dance/calm mind to set up or go for a ceaseless edge against whatever they bring in.

[@undefined6512]

I used mega fishious rend sharpedo as my ace when playing through several fangames. Even when resisted, it obliterated everything.

[@bulborb8756]

yeah given how powerful that move is, giving it to sharpedo i think isn't a good idea for balance, cause all the shark needs to do is protect for 1 turn, get a speed boost and then mega to go haywire

[@Andreecals]

Glalie is like... not the first mon I'd think thematically to get espeed xD

[@facade6927]

Yeah doesnt make much sense for it to get espeed or even quick attack tbf. Its just a block of ice after all

[@grrgrrgrr0202]

Mega Steelix's entire existence basically reads: just buff base Steelix. And Earth Eater would be really nice on him as well.

[@tktyga77]

For mega Manectric & its base form, its physical movepool is actually pretty decent as likened to its special movepool & could well benefit from at least the ability to go mixed by way of buffing its base Attack in both forms & Sceptile could use the same kind of boost for both its base & mega forms. For mega Beedrill, something like Strength Sap or Spirit Break to help mitigate priority or some coverage while debuffing opponent's Special Attack respectively might be worthy non-broken buffs to help it along

[@brycedowner2521]

Mold breaker gyrados is cool because it can twave pokemon like goldengo giving players the option to make it an offensive supporter. It also just eats goldengo’s lunch which makes me happy

[@pokeplazagamer]

Mega swampert gets either swords dance or last respects, not both.

[@oLivSama]

Editing error last respects was an advantage basculegion had, SD/Aqua Jet/Wave Crash were the buffs

[@pokeplazagamer]

@@oLivSama Ah. I see.

[@Rawla2]

I want mega lopunny to have some of the following: a boosting move either tidy up or victory dance, and a good normal stab. Either give her extreme speed or just give her back return and make it a line exclusive move since it’s basically their whole theme anyways. Lopunny is a great pivot but it would be cool to see a set up variant, or a pivot who could break if given the chance.

[@theosouris7063]

If they give Lopunny Tidy Up then people are gonna start saying "Tidy Up? More like Tie Me Up" and it's never gonna be funny

[@Aragon737Ultra]

Give it minds eye LMAO

[@brian_Austin27]

Right especially Victory dance its becoming broken hisuian lilligant and mega lopunny dancing on ur corps, but regular lopunny having that move would be interesting and give regular lopunny huge power or pure power😂

[@eeveewithcoffee9554]

I definitely want to see a VGC team with mega/ choice scarf ttar, mega garchomp with sand rush, and maybe excadrill with sand force or rush. Or even eject pack ttar so it switches out easier for excadrill

[@williamhowells806]

There are a lot of editing mistakes in this video. I reckon another run through may help. Nothing major just moves with wrong typings. Unclear slides. Just an observation the scripting is great and concept i agree with xx. We love it

[@NlsnBckr08]

I think a very simple way to buff Mega Gardevoir will be simply to just take away the 20+ that it got in atk to put it in speed instead to make it actually threatening

[@dkxalpha9629]

Mold Breaker on Gyarados works perfectly and Waterfall does good enough damage without aqua tail's not 100% accuracy and Wave Crash's recoil.

[@blackdot105]

Certainly some... interesting choices

[@timaeustanis359]

The fact you called Absol not that good is straight outrageous

[@tristanwellisch2637]

This is a fun video. I really enjoy talking about potential buffs for pokemon. Also, minor nitpick but in the Sceptile portion it shows Earth power as a rock type move when it's actually ground type. Sorry but i just had to point it out.

[@goGothitaLOL]

It also shows Fiery Wrath as a Dragon move

[@Phishface]

Glalie needs a move to boost it's attack, we literally just got trailblaze for it and it's the first move it actually has that boosts a stat.

[@hi-3446]

YO GAVE AND POKEMON WITH SPPED BOOST FISHOUS REND IN WHAT WORLD IS THAT FAIR

[@z-leigh6554]

I think if you do the same thing you did for altaria for beedrill (buffing the base form, not necessarily speed) you could then have a higher hp, and reallocate some to defenses. Still extremely frail, but beedrill really needs to have at least a 400 base stat total. Absol really needs some extra stats in general as well. And maybe also to reallocate that special attack stat too. Like absol has a 465 bst, and beedrill has 395. Not every pokemon has to be amazing, but as powercreep continues to get more and more absurd, more and more pokemon like these simply need a re-work.

[@theimprovedbore550]

ah yes, my favorite rock type move, Earth Power

[@LucasF25]

Doesn't regular Abomasnow already get Snow Warning? Literally just change the Mega Ability to something that buffs its Special Defense in Snow, since with the buff of Defense boosting in Snow we have now, that'd actually make it really bulky

[@douglaspope-gz1eq]

Do mega evolutions even need to be buffed? Also I really don't want megas back into the meta game perhaps a video on how we might nerf the mega evolution mechanic as a whole would be interesting to do

[@luizfelipevbf5567]

They very much do for the context of VGC, some megas like the Charizards, Salamence, Mawile and Kangaskhan were so busted they killed variety, being so busted that they pushed the weaker megas out of being used.

[@gsp6517]

Most of the suggestions going on in the comments make me never want to see Megas re-introduced ever again due to how overcentralizing they would be. Don't want to run a Mega? You're out of luck.

[@bulborb8756]

if mega's stuck around in the spin-off's, thats fine, but we don't need to have 2 different battle gimmicks, first time it was done was back in gen 7 and it was a mess cause having to prepare for the opponents team, a mega and a z-crystal is a lot.

[@nickmatro7369]

Here’s how I’d fix Mega Sceptile: First, in general for Sceptile, make it a physical attacker, half its moves are all physically based and has better coverage options physically. Next instead of Lightning Rod, give it the ability Sharpness, blades on its arms and it can boost slashing moves like Leaf Blade. If you wanna keep it special, just give it Earth Power and Draco Meteor.

[@biguzivertt]

pretty small buffs mega swampert with wave crash and swords dance dark aura fiery wrath mega houndoom sand rush mega garchomp bruh this is not balanced 😂

[@Robin215_cawcaw]

Mega beedrill has only ever had an issue with sustain its damage output was pretty good my ideas would be to give it the ability tinted lens as it’s incredible 150 attack makes it good for neutral damage I would then give it fake out and defense order as those are the only good tools beedrill can realistically have without problems the other thing would be to give it 10 points in special defense and 15 points in defense from speed and attack respectively this makes attack and speed base 135 which is pretty standard for good attacking stats and while scarfers will out speed you base 90 special defense gives you a good option to switch in on certain threats

[@Ash_Yu]

At the very least, I'd give Mega Gardevoir Gallades's mega state distribution (with atk and spatk swapped, of course). That +20 in Mega Garde's attack stat is criminal.

[@sachitechless]

No Mega Banette mentioned 😔

[@kemuelMiller]

This is just making the Megas overpowered…..😅

[@sephirotten2413]

If mega garchomp has sand rush, it would no longer be a bad mega and actually better then regular.

[@oLivSama]

Idk about objectively in every team scarfs still decent in some cases but it'd be an upgrade for sure finally, i still think it misses top 5 status

[@UNCizme]

Fiery wrath is dark not dragon

[@karheipa6290]

beedrill needs a highest base stat total in it's base form. it has 393 only! that is slightly higher than starter pokemon

[@bulborb8756]

however, with how mega's are as they give a mon a flat +100 increase in their stat's, mega beedrill's stats can't be raised any higher then they are, hell they had to obliterate it's sp.atk stat just to further boost it's atk and speed to make it a glass cannon

[@karheipa6290]

@@bulborb8756 no i mean the base form needs a bst increase it only has 393 so add some to its bulk to make it damn viable

[@Han0690_]

I think if we want to buff Mega Sceptile, i think the best route is to give it Contrary + Leaf Storm and Draco Meteor. Like a much fast and scarier Serperior

[@nathanbrown1293]

Ah yes rock type earth power and dragon type fiery wrath

[@yourdemiseishere]

Man, the issue is it's somehow more lame then choice items for flexibility and seeing different things on different teams. Kinda just....eh.

[@DexyDaddy]

That Mega Sharpedo is a war crime 😭 I love it

[@hoothoot7122]

I like one mod that gave mega abamsnow an ability called white out that boots its ice move 1.5x when in snow/hail

[@TheCobraKing209]

We don’t even know if every mega is available or if we’re getting any new ones but hey, might as well cover (most of) the list