I ACTUALLY Used Pikachu Competitively

[@StartTheJoust]

The storyline of someone stealing Snorlax’s food and Big Lax getting pissed and just sit on them is so on brand haha

[@Chicken4051]

Gamefreak: yo, lets give Pikachu it’s own special item so that it’s competitively viable. Raichu: Am I a joke to you?

[@johnmartinez7440]

"We gave you a regional form with a unique ability and typing"

[@TheOmegaDragon]

@@johnmartinez7440 at the same time they gave it a crappy ability with no hidden ability. Just a Z-move and called it a day. Raichu deserves so much more. Even Thick Club works with both Cubone and Marowak but, Light Ball don't work with Raichu? WTF Gamefreak!

[@civilvaril1181]

I mean it makes sense, even in the chaotic gen 9 meta a light ball on Raichu would be a serious wall breaker in UU and one of the hardest hitting Pokemon in general. Alolan Raichu would probably murder everything in sight if partnered with Tapu Koko or Miraidon.

[@danielperea6211]

Rai- who?

[@TheStickCollector]

@@danielperea6211 A Rai disappointment in many peoples' eyes, even more so with the alola form. Real shame as I really love him, and what to use him competitively and make him an ace or something.

[@paul25_]

“You’re gonna have to enjoy that boost in hell” legit made me laugh out loud

[@familyfriendlycontent.jayp1944]

Same here man hahahaha

[@mastergamer551]

You steal my food in front of me, could imagine snorlax now pissed, so we hit him with the body slam and now thats a broken ass toaster LMFAOOOO🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gabrielplayz8647]

If you gave that Pikachu water type Tera it would boost the power of surf but also only give it one weakness to grass because lightning rod eliminates the electric weakness.

[@Notaflamingo]

Yeah but Pikachu is so frail that anything neutral kills it anyway.

[@kevinanders5570]

​@@Notaflamingoit still gives surf a 1.5x dmg boost

[@gabrielplayz8647]

@@Notaflamingotrue. I would’ve chose flying type Tera if I could get fly on any Pikachu I would like.

[@EPIKURIBOH242]

@@gabrielplayz8647 fly is a terrible move

[@liamvinck8705]

Lightningrod, not volt absorb... but yes, you're correct :v

[@naomiseadragon2676]

"They'll have to enjoy those boosts in hell" is really a top tier line

[@aarondilts5155]

I literally just dropped into the comments after a literal, rare, real life "laughing out loud" moment in response to that line. Had to see the other responses 😂 Absolutely golden delivery too haha

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

What if light ball also had the effect of giving every pikaclone and rest of pickachu line a 1.5 multyplier of both offensive stats

[@goober5367]

alolan raichu lightball...oh god

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

@@goober5367 imagine added tht tail surfer just also gets all the effect of levitate minus prevented terrain interaction

[@magnumbreakz]

Dedenne and emolga would be op af

[@anthonyrebuffo9509]

@@magnumbreakz whit the average pikaclone bulk its fine, plus it would be so funny

[@timidturkey2777]

That would be incredibly broken and is specifically the reason why it isn't a thing

[@link2time]

Pika! I'm trying to get into competitive Pokemon a bit and your videos are really helpful with explaining how I should be thinking in battles. As someone that will always use faves regardless of tier, I love that you show such a wide variety of Pokemon! Hope you have as much fun making these videos as they are to watch!

[@ilovebigafrobaddies]

This guy and pokeaimmd are the 2 best youtubers to watch if you wanna get into competitive pokemon, wolfy vgc too

[@realsenorbulldoza]

you always seem to have the GOATed nicknames for your mons, Mudweiser and Pikasso are just too good

[@fabumoose3215]

“Beat the devil out of him”…now he’s just taunting us with the Bob Ross stream 🤣

[@ExImperialDragon]

"Sadly, Pikachu does go down, but not before we made a difference in the match, and that's all that counts, baby. PIkachu is, uh, not great" The delivery was phenomenal lol. You got 99 Pika problems but a living rat ain't one.

[@Skyraider_23]

Bro when the rotom used trick, Snorlax looked down so sad 😂 Also Pika

[@ThatDamnRaccoon]

The salt lick joke made me genuinely happy ❤

[@PlacestobeVG]

liking the new format with the preview/ intro

[@BrentBowersWithTics]

Yo, throwing in Pikachu to lightning rod an electric move is actually a big play and buff on Pikachu. I remember doing this with my menetric before mega evolving it to give it even more of a boost

[@donttellnonna]

I think this is one of the only times I've seen terra electric on the channel, on either side of the field. Honestly, it looks funnier than most of the terras.

[@AnimaLepton]

"Pikachu is, uh, not great" made me chuckle

[@Chogolated]

Haydunn: *uses unviable pokemon in battle and weird pokemon sets* *wins* *refuses to elaborate further and leaves*

[@AlejandroAlvarez-uq3ri]

I love you Haydunn I will always watch every upload.

[@wordtothewise711]

Pika! Yo seeing pikachu grab a couple kills warms my heart. Ash would be proud that pikachu is getting some respect on his name

[@nathanmcilwaine2339]

Pika! Great vid as always! Love these intros on specific Pokémon you have been doing lately. Thanks for continuing to make great content!

[@JH-no8sy]

Pika! Forever loving surf Pikachu. Not for battle, it’s just adorable.

[@puchimausu]

“The only move that kills is overheat” Rotor: uses overheat Surprised pikachu face

[@Necromancer4267]

"You took my only food. Now I'm gonna starve." -Snorlax Also Pika

[@kxyydn]

You’re nicknames never ever fail to make me smile 😂

[@Frettimo]

So glad seeing your hard work (editing-wise and "making Pikachu useful"-wise) finally pay off in a certain degree 😂🤙🏼 Would love to see my beloved Cetitan getting some mileage in one of your vids 😇

[@TheOmegaDragon]

I think all the mice just wants to ride Mudweiser. The disrespect on Snorlax was real. Rotom Heat stole the berry, baked it, then ate it right in front of our boi Tubby.

[@MisterStubstep]

I respect you for working the pika

[@tylervolkers3574]

Pika! Great battle! I always love them. Way to break through that stall wall lol!

[@TaiNguyen-tw1gp]

Glad to see you upload regularly again! Pika

[@williammonzon4216]

Im actually kind of excited to see what they do with pikachu in the future. I could see it being the only pokemon with extra EV points, maybe make light ball itself sticky on electric types so it can't get knocked off

[@johnmartinez7440]

Does anyone else remember having to trade your Pikachu from Pokémon Yellow, via the Time Capsule in Gold/Silver/Crystal, to get the Light Ball in Gen 2?

[@jeffcavaliersbluemarker9865]

I did not know this was the way to get the light ball back then?! I thought it was a gen 3 item thank you for that knowledge!

[@lijiahongjordan]

Pika! Thanks for the entertaining wifi battle, Haydunn!!

[@nicholasalexander9866]

He’s been waiting for that Pikachu situation lol

[@willdz55]

"Pika" Love the videos man, keep it up

[@UnchainedPandoran]

Pika. Also, from what I’ve seen through the years, the nightmare dream team for you would probably include Blissey, Jumpluff, Garganacl, and Florges.

[@ShadowAgent94]

And Shuckle

[@Adskie]

I love how your normal titles are “X Pokémon is OP” but with this one it’s just “I actually used Pikachu” 😂

[@soyboybebop]

Pikachu: ....(takes 500% damage) Pika!!

[@TheStickCollector]

I really love that crystal-styled animation at the beginning. I assume it is fan made, because it seems more extended than in crystal from my knowledge. My problem is that I love Raichu too much to not use it competitively. If the anime was right and I need pikachu for any speed moves beforehand I would do that, but that is about it for the most part.

[@trashinthecan15]

Mudweiser a too tier name. Haydunn always delivering with the nicknames.

[@VangolaGear]

Honestly they need to give Pikachu the Partner Pikachu stats. It’d still be frail as hell, but it’d actually have a decent offensive stat for Light Ball to buff. Though I will say I completely steamrolled all of ORAS using Light Ball Pikachu. Reset until I got +Speed -Defense nature, then gave it Nuzzle and Electro Ball. Would typically one shot everything, only thing that survived the one hit was Wallace’s Milotic, which I instead used Volt Tackle on. Was a fun challenge run.

[@Zvoosh25]

I feel like since Eevee is now Pokémon's "second" mascot, it needs its own item like this, maybe an item that acts similar to Extreme Evoboost, but maybe one stage for each stat?

[@Zomonitan]

Im so glad they changed Pika's cry back to the original.

[@groudon2006]

Snorlax: You stole my only food, NOW YOU'RE GONNA DIE!!

[@IronKingSquash]

Love to see the Pika play and the gen 1 Pokémon put in work 💪🏼

[@freemovies411]

4:22 For your Horsea? Kekeke- Pika! 0u0

[@ItsaCriticalHit]

Rocky helmet on mudsdale is the way to passively kill mousehold

[@jayllellis]

Pika! Come for the battles, stay for the commentary

[@JonBc14]

Pika good game! love the commentary

[@adventuriffic]

I appreciate this video for having Pokémon from the last 3 videos. Grateful for the daily uploads. Thank you for these fire 🔥🥵 videos

[@adventuriffic]

Last 2. Gg victrebell more like loserbell lmao

[@Adam2kk35]

You’re like the modern day Ash Ketchum sticking by your boy Pikachu 😂

[@Kagokags14]

Pika! I enjoyed watching pikachu get some shine on a competitive team!

[@CobAnimates]

Great video! Raichu’s my favorite Pokémon but I hate knowing that pikachu is stronger than it because of an item lmao. Pika!

[@gabrielno1]

Pika! That was a fun match, and nice to see Pikachu make it into one of your vids ^^

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

I don't think I've ever related to competitive Pokemon commentary more than your hatred for Garganacl...Even if I feel like I've found a good counter for it, it just. Won't. Die. Just _seeing_ the damn thing on the enemy team before the game begins essentially means I either lose the game before it comes out, or it slowly whittles down by team bit-by-bit with Salt Cure and Recover, ESPECIALLY if it's hanging out with its best friend, Flip Turn + Wish Alomomola. Then there's Tera! There are three popular Tera Types for Garganacl I've seen in Water, Fairy, and Ghost -- each of which has their own unique weaknesses and resistances meaning it's not nearly as easy as bringing in a Pokemon with a supereffective move against ONE of those types, and if you try to send out a Steel or Water type to counter its base Rock, Salt Cure of course has to punish you for that too. And don't even THINK about trying to status it, because clearly it wasn't good enough so they had to give it Purifying Salt, and...also screw over Ghost-types for some reason, I uh...I don't actually know why that was necessary. I mean I guess it makes sense lore-wise, with salt and all, but...just weird. All the while Garganacl can just set up with Iron Defense either to kill every last one of your Pokemon with Body Press, or just out of sheer spite, because god knows YOU'RE never going to get a random crit off to pierce all that defense; oh but Garg's perfectly fine crit-one-shotting your only Covert Cloak wearer. I genuinely don't know how this thing ever fell to UU, or how it _wasn't_ banned to Ubers back when it was suspected. Is there some secret Garganacl counter I don't know about? Is it JUST Gholdengo and Make It Rain that keeps it from being OU by usage? Can't be, since it's almost always the Tera user, and it essentially resists Shadow Ball. I just don't get it -- _why_ isn't Garganacl an issue to so much of the OU playerbase that it's UUBL?

[@ChrisMcGiggity]

As a great man once said: PIKAAAAA!!!! Lmao great video as always haydunn! Keep em coming, love to see it! :)

[@tristiancook5821]

I'm so glad to see Pika get some work in. The last few battles were not kind to him

[@AmateurHEROduelist]

Dunno if Haydunn will see this but I've been using Pika competively since Gen 6. I got master rank with it in SwSh and in Scarlet Violet first season (not played since). In doubles it's a menace. I paired it with Sableye for two reasons fake out but also lightning rod could draw its thunder wave for sp attack boost, paired with a surprise flying terra for those ground moves lol With the flying terra, my Pika been able to take out opposing garchomps with ease.. I mainly play doubles and well Pika is the bomb. Even in SwSh it had a decent gmax and a great switch in against regieleki with lightning rod that Charizard would bait

[@jeremiahmolina1954]

It felt like the majority of the video wasn't about pikachu

[@damasovazquez4770]

We actually not feeling the poptart😂😂😂👌👏👏👏

[@blast5734]

That rotom was the most rude oven in all the land! How can you steal that berry and eat it? Snorlax is barely surviving paycheck to paycheck!

[@RaiHiruma]

So we all see the golden child, but I would love to see our man Haydunn give some love to Pokemon's forgotten child, the big amazing rat: Raichu

[@Haydunn]

Had a sweet alolan raichu spotlight not long ago!

[@RaiHiruma]

@@Haydunn I've seen that one! Was actually talking about the OG chubby rat, but any love is welcome. Also, as always, loving your content man, no matter what!

[@gioc2512]

Any day a Garg faints is a good day. Got wrecked by one last night. Pika

[@porkysugrim]

The Killernacho disapproves 😂

[@recognition21]

It's scary how huge that Venemoth is, bigger than people

[@ATEG8374]

That thing for real looks like it shows up right before a bridge collapses

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

I wonder if anyone still tries to sneeze like Pik-achoo

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

If I'm feeling silly or want to make my wife laugh I do randomly lol.

[@swanee2846]

That last play there was honestly just a flex, like they knew they lost at that point but to get that food steal eat combo off basically means you lost sorry

[@jessejames8547]

"Broken ass toaster" lol Pika

[@salbernaudo505]

Dunsparce we need more plugs in our lives

[@pauly856]

Pika Love the videos brother, keep up the good work

[@godzillameister]

Sir you've reafermed my faith in Pikachu

[@juniormoore773]

Pika!! I'm glad you use my favorite pokemon in a competitive battle

[@bunnikol]

love the intros you added

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

Haven't seen Pikachu used competitively since XY by Shofu.

[@RedHoodFH]

I'm convinced Ash's Pikachu swallowed a light ball before ash got it. Hence the chubby

[@King_RamZ]

As a fellow Pikachu trainer i can verify this mon has definite viability competitively

[@javanwalcott7772]

They need to make a new ability call territorial if a berry is eaten on the opposite site of the field while a Pokémon with the ability territorial in play the Pokémon attack stat will raise by 2 stage

[@eenpersoon2881]

Pika 😄 glad to see your numbers are going up my man, currently rewatching your older playthroughs, all the shit you've posted on here is nothing but great entertainment👌🏻

[@abrahamd2]

The word is the bird and the word is the bird lmao

[@Poke_Nerd837]

Nice video! Also I just realize before Pikachu Teras it has a special symbol.

[@Graeaeae]

Pikachu light ball is so good, wish the item worked on its evolution Raichu, that’s be really strong

[@anon2447]

A Moment of Silence for Snorlax's Berry, Poor Snorlax :( Pika

[@TechnicolorMammoth]

Holy sheet, Haydunn you are the absolute GOAT! I know it's not original, but Yellow was the first Pokemon game I owned so Pikachu has a special place in my heart, which breaks because Game Freak did the little guy dirty competitively. Eitherway amazing to see the terra Electric, Light Ball Pikachu with the lightning coming up from the ground and then that Thunderbolt. So amazing looking. So happy to have and still be here while you make these mons do work. That opponent being "that guy" with the double Recover then the last ditch Trick. Wtf man lol. Anyways, you still made them pay and with style. Oh and "Pika" for life!

[@crowevil4658]

That ending was golden.

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Pika. Haydunn I got in a car accident and broke and dislocated both of my feet. These videos really brighten up my days, thank you

[@vincentcorbitt4507]

lost it at "pikachu is.. ahh.. not great."

[@YourPookieBearReal]

I was going to try a similar setup what nature is the best on pikachu?

[@Nino98-7]

Thank you very much for the video. Please what are the Evs and the nature?

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

Haydunn out here making sure people don’t forget the ‘Chu, the OG!

[@Furikuriboy]

Pika. Gj Haydunn!

[@YoSoyOkey]

Pika doing work.

[@VeritasNoir]

What is the ev and iv build of mudsdale?

[@danielkelly2266]

The disrespect to snorlax at the end💀💀

[@SnarkyRogue]

Mudweiser is a fantastic nickname

[@haydengross1214]

Been a sub for years you’re one of my favorite I’d love a chance to battle you one day

[@Otis151]

Does Salt Cure penalty go away on switch?

[@ThatDamnRaccoon]

That cheeky Trick at the end

[@GorillaZilla_1]

We gonna see an “Ash’s best Team,” theme? Pika

[@IrvingMedran]

We finally got the Pikachu video

[@IrvingMedran]

Pika

[@tacomansam139]

It's always fun to Pika Haydunns videos.