Ranking EVERY Box Legendary Competitively.

[@jimothycool]

jimothycool.com Horse Council merch available until end of December! Take a look in the pocket of the leftmost Horse, you may find a familiar face..

[@RoughRouser]

Dear Jimothy, You made mention that Reshiram is the box legendary of White version. I believe you have been bamboozled. Zekrom is the White version box legendary while Reshiram is the Black version legendary. I believe the two employed this deceptive tactic in order to undermine your credibility. Take care and know that some Pokémon can be Pranksters even if they don’t have the ability. Edit: I said Tricksters instead of Pranksters. It appears I was successfully pranked and tricked.

[@HuneeBruh]

We now know Jimothy is not a dark type since he was not immune to prankster

[@thanoscarssbu153]

​@HuneeBruh he may have terastilized into another type that isn't dark to reap the benefits, maybe to fire, so that he could be immune to burns from the comment section

[@mr.sniffly5297]

This is insane.

[@DrakoNotDraco]

Prankster*

[@TheBfutgreg]

Right, Reshiram and Zekrom are the dots in the yin-yang

[@olafmikoaj3121]

Fun fact: If you hack pokemon to have a stellar type it will be treated defensively as a poison type so Muk is the real master of terastalization not terapagos

[@thefatcontrollershat]

Muk Monday turns to tera Tuesday

[@isocron]

having ranked the sub legendaries, it is finally time for dom legendaries.

[@terraaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Idk calyrex seems like a sub

[@lorekeeper685]

@@terraaaaaaaaaaaaa he is a short king

[@joeshmoe9204]

Glad we’re finally using the proper terminology

[@why3994]

i would like to think that ho-oh is a "switch" legendary. this is due to the fact that when switching, ho-oh gains 33% of its health back due to the "regenerator" ability.

[@lorekeeper685]

@@why3994 pft

[@nonomen6665]

Shoutouts to Yveltal for being good without being bullshit

[@tonys202]

You're laughting at glastier's speed of 30 but have you seen him in trick room? most other horses dont get even close to that speed

[@theschnozzler]

He's a trickster.

[@ax9583]

​@hairyteeth2449 actually, the average horse has around 15 horsepower, and calyrex ice rider is ice and can so use the reduced fraction to slide around very humorously, further increasing its power.

[@crazyaboutthomas]

Next video: Rank every Pokemon banned to Ubers that isn’t a legendary or mythical

[@Rubbly]

The Pokemon Mondays / Pokemon Tuesdays edit at 1:27 was very funny, good stuff

[@cabrondemente1]

It's not an edit, the image was provided by notorious *future* paradox Pokémon Iron Mugulis. It is a threat of things to come.

[@CodeMilkMan]

I cant believe the Horse Council has teamed up with Old Money to sell shirts in the real world.

[@ellismcgruber]

My favorite box legendary is venusaur because he's on the box for leaf green and he's a legend to me

[@jd_orph]

The complete lack of ambiguity in Groudon’s pronunciation merits a higher spot on the list imo

[@twilightwitch9127]

Bro Probably listens to the Ruby Sapphire Poke rap

[@jacksonparker6983]

Ironically mega ray was indirectly buffed in gen 7 since it then got immediate access to its 115 base speed stat

[@echo5172]

The speed changes happened in Gen 8, not Gen 7

[@jacksonparker6983]

@ No, you’re referring to the change to a dynamic speed priority bracket that appeared in gen 8. In gen 6 mega evolutions wouldn’t have their new speed stat (if it changed at all) until the next turn after mega evolving. In gen 7 tho they changed it so that megas immediately get access to their new speed the turn they mega evolve

[@echo5172]

i didn't know that! i havent played much gen 7 comp, so thank you for informing me!

[@shajidrahaman]

@@echo5172 Yes because megas in gen 8 were the only megas to have their speed stat the turn they evolved

[@LuLurret]

what are you guys on. Gen 8 is Pokemon Sword and Shield.... the game that does not have any megas at all.

[@fractalisomega9517]

34:35 Shadow Shield cannot be bypassed by moves or abilities, this includes Moongeist Beam, Sunsteel Strike, Photon Geyser, Light that burns the Sky, along with Mold Breaker, Teravolt, and Turboblaze (same holds true for Prism Armor and Full Metal Body)

[@Magic_Ice]

The official name for these legendaries are “restricted legendaries” as they are often not allowed in most single player battle modes and in most VGC formats. EDIT: Should’ve watched the video for 5 more seconds.

[@pikminman13]

I completely disregard pretty much every "official" term for categories that gf makes because "mythical" is a meaningless term for actually battling and they really like sending garbage like regigigas to restricted jail

[@GravityIsFalling]

@@pikminman13 Regigigas is SPECIFICALLY not a restricted Worst example you could’ve picked

[@pikminman13]

@GravityIsFalling I was mixing it up with the battle frontier in gen 4

[@Magic_Ice]

@@pikminman13 Mythical is one of the more well defined terms. It means a mon who can’t be obtained in game without an event or another game. (Except Deoxys)

[@GravityIsFalling]

@@Magic_Ice No it means Pokémon that are always banned in VGC worlds even in restricted formats This has no exceptions

[@DemonDragon43]

My main complaint is just thinking Mewtwo should be higher. There's no denying he's fallen off in the recent gens but Gen 1 Mewtwo's power level is so unfathomably high even by the modern standards of powercreep that I believe it would be banned to AG if directly ported to the current Gen 9 Ubers metagame. It has an effective BST of 744, has the most broken boosting move of all time with Gen 1 Amnesia functioning as a double Calm Mind, and sports a Psychic that has a 33% chance of dropping both Special Attack and Special Defense by 1 stage. Imagine all of that nonsense paired with Tera, I find it difficult to believe such a mon would remain legal for long. While Mewtwo lacks the honor of having created AG like Mega Ray, Ubers in Gen 1 was basically the first iteration of AG: a tier created entirely to isolate Mewtwo and Mew from the rest of the roster. Overall I really enjoyed this video, I'm a big fan of these theoretical what if ranking style videos. Would love to see something like this for the greatest mons in OU history (and how Zapdos is the goat)

[@TryhardSnake]

I agree that with these merits you’re absolutely right but the same Pokémon he ranked higher would often also share the same benefits if they were found in gen 1. Mewtwo fell off a bit now but with ZA reintroducing megas, it’s not a stretch that mega evolution could be the returning battle mechanic of gen 10. I can only imagine the king’s rise if that’s the case

[@awqweird]

It really is amazing how different the formats are where zamazenta is still one of the worst restricted mons in singles and last vgc format there were tournaments in which it was the most used of all restricted mons.

[@JackLeighton-uh6sl]

Fun fact: Reshiram was so awful in UbersUU that they had to create an UberRU

[@echo5172]

And it was still terrible even there…

[@afriendlycampfire260]

Wait they actually created ubersRu??

[@AliceTheToastWitch]

Hi I'm the creator of Ubers RU! Reshiram is still bad in the tier! It's outclassed by Kyurem-White who is also unviable in Ubers UU!

[@HuneeBruh]

What stealth rock weakness does to a mf

[@chitorunya]

​@@AliceTheToastWitchAnd yet unfortunately it's also the mascot of Ubers RU last time I checked lol

[@KVO723]

I can’t WAIT for Pokémon Monday and Tuesday! Gonna be fire

[@KingBooshka]

A Horse Council hat, where the brim acts as their desk, would be legendary

[@AliceTheToastWitch]

as an Ubers UU player, the rankings are all really crazy to me. Kyurem-White, Reshiram, and Dialga-Origin are all unviable in the tier, and Necrozma-Dawn-Wings is banned for being too powerful. Good rankings overall tho

[@pikazilla6405]

I will never forget the one, singular, genuine instance I've had where I found a legitimate competitive niche for reshiram and I was so proud of it for a long time. It was during gen 8 anything goes and zacian of course was a complete terror, so I made a set that acted as a scarf lure that could switch in on a resisted behemoth blade with ease, had enough defence to tank a play rough, and outsped and ohkoed with blue flare, and it almost always worked like a charm because everyone using zacian in anything goes was GREEDYYYYYYYY they never even considered that something might be able to outspeed them.

[@lorekeeper685]

@@pikazilla6405 I tend to use ho-oh for it but Wild charge I haven't had much issue with zacian cause I was prepared

[@Samst0n]

15:50 Jim this misinformation is unacceptable. Reshiram is the box legendary for Pokemon BLACK version.

[@bashergoals5045]

Must be the doings of the horse council, promoting false information

[@michaelwhalen9084]

can’t believe iron mugulus stole all of jim’s hair, this is absolutely shocking

[@falcon9213]

The mega ray is almost understated here. Using an item isnt just strong but the massive issue its strong AND unpredictable. Choice band, set up and mixed are all equally viable and the check to one is complete fodder for another. The stats are crazy enough before boosted by life orb or choice band, or earning free turns with lum and you have to respect ALL of these. It has a massive advantage over zacian being able to lure far more things. Good luck using anything to deal with dragon ascent when it launches a massive life orb draco meteor onto your physical check. You cannot design a mega ray check that will ever work reliably, its only slight weakneas is that its often forced to run the already amazing extreme speed so it cant even be revenge killed reliably, which isnt even really a weakness when it loves having the move It doesnt even need to mega evolve immediately because unlike groudon and kyogre, Air lock ignores the effects of primal weather too so primal groudon cant switch in to replace your delta stream and be immune to waterfalls until you have already mega evolved. So it also just so happens to get a free turn while deterring the second best pokemon in the format from trying to come in on it

[@Verminator4]

You’ve contaminated my mind, I’ve internally started pronouncing it groodon as well even though I know it’s completely wrong. Someday I’ll get you for this

[@BelugaTheHutt]

50:25 Jim, would you say that Groodon's Groond typing is a distraction from the true origins of its name, which is the fact that it causes great wounds?

[@joeschmoe8895]

Similarly to the competitive restrictions given to box legendaries, Jimothy restricted my windpipe after I referred to the new gen 10 Pokémon game (Muk Monday) as mid, lame even, I will never recover

[@johndoe-d8j6w]

Where’s my pipe?

[@themister.s-1st]

Box legendaries are the most powerful creatures in the franchise

[@CabbageMuncher13]

Usually these Pokémon are the selling point or branding of a game

[@nathanarcher5292]

Printed right there on the box to entice them when their power

[@lalter_]

Hence the name

[@noammkw3770]

guy below me totaly didnt get the joke

[@Yeet-yj9lw]

The term “Box Legendary” isn’t entirely accurate, though.

[@Neverleterlun]

Amazing work as always Mr Cool. Thank you for your fantastic service

[@mintyerb]

Next Jim should rank boxed mac & cheese

[@sweats1486]

And then he should rank boxed muk and cheese

[@echo5172]

45:40 Rare moment of lucidity from Jim here.

[@SnowMonkeySoFunky]

The Pokemon Mondays/Tuesdays bit is one of the best visual gags you've done.

[@hikari713]

dear jimothy, Reshiram is still pretty underwhelming in ubers uu, it can hit magearna but so can Gouging fire, Arceus-Dragon preban and kyurem white, the pokemons it has to compete with, it just gets outclassed in almost any area, even for a special fire stab abuser u have Chi-Yu, which is just better overwall

[@rastrisfrustreslosgomez544]

Who is more powerful the white dragon of flaming truth or *one fish*

[@chilitofu3512]

alright time to quote the entire video... box legendaries are the most powerful creatures in the pokemon franchise

[@joshuapineda8708]

Groudon being that high makes sense. It’s the Lando T of Ubers. Yeah it’s everywhere, but it’s everywhere cuz it helps counter broken bullshit that usually gets banned to begin with

[@Cusastacks]

I love these ranking videos, please continue making them lol 🙏🏻

[@thadjarvis9514]

I love so much that Mewtwo is not a box legendary it was so amazing being surprised and finding him. Rayquaza was the same way in RS

[@chickenpig]

I love how grudon pronounces jimothy, ky-ogre

[@outrageouslamp4539]

It's a shame they didnt give origin dialga and palkia new abilities. even giving them levitate like giratina (since they also float in battle) would be better than pressure or telepathy. plus I think a lot of older legendaries need their signature moves buffed to 100% accuracy to better compete with the new legendaries.

[@acegamez2564]

Even if Miraidon gets a little bit more damage than Koraidon, I hate having to switch to set Electric Terrain back up in case someone sends in Rillaboom, Indeedee, or even Galarian Weezing. If there were mons that could set Electric Terrain back up, it wouldn't be so bad, but there's none. Prankster mons like Tornadus and Whimsicott are able to immediately set Sunny Day back up if rain is in effect, meaning Koraidon doesn't have to switch in and out constantly. Choice Band does also help it deal as much damage as Miraidon with Specs.

[@thegisvods]

the ever reliable pincurchin:

[@acegamez2564]

Not Pincurchin 😭

[@prof.reuniclus21]

just wait until koko returns

[@Maple.leaves]

Finally, another long Jim Cool video. I’ll have a video to fall asleep to for the next few days

[@EclipseKirby]

Who would have thought Gen10 would be Pokémon Muk and Pokémon Monday?

[@alexandergordon648]

By Jimothy's logic, Golurk, Sandslash, Klawf, Snorlax, and many others are horses. Do not fall for his faulty logic, folks.

[@shwoomiewoomie]

Babe wake up, Jimothy Cool just posted!!!!!

[@GarrettStelly]

Groudon's preface absolutely sent me

[@thejuic3b0i64]

“A horse is a great enhancement” such wise words

[@thefluffyone999a]

Sometimes I suspect that a single competitive pokemon youtuber has thought more about the game than everyone at Gamefreak has collectively.

[@Jones117LoL]

All things considered, the Necrozma Dawn-Wings type Pokemon appears to be nothing more than a glorified version of the Pokemon Zubat. I was surprised that this important detail did not find a place in this video. Disappointing.

[@bdt2002gaming]

I wouldn’t be surprised if someone at Game Freak looks at which Legendaries in each pair of new ones is better than the other and helps balance them in future games accordingly. For example, Kyogre was probably better than Groudon in Gens 3 through 5, but Groudon has the better Primal form in Gens 6 and 7. For another example, Lunala is better than Solgaleo, but then Dusk Mane Necrozma got better than Dawn Wings Necrozma due to Prism Armor’s mechanics.

[@Tsugia844]

I love how Jimothy pronounce Groudon as 'Gru-don'

[@devdog7409]

Oh that’s quirky!

[@timmaia5082]

What do you mean? Everyone pronounces Groudon as Gru-don. It is the only legendary Pokemon to have a universally agreed upon pronunciation.

[@Benbre08]

I will follow the collaboration between Old Money and the Horse Council will great interest

[@fauxleigh]

Box Legend was my nickname in high school

[@sofasleeper5]

Really like the deadpan jokes you do near the start of all your vids

[@wyattnance3756]

I can’t wait for the life size Muk figurine to come with the collectors edition of Pokemon Mondays

[@Hitmonchu]

These videos are an absolute delight; the analysis is always enlightening avd very fun to listen to and I really appreciate how you seem to pay attention to the artistic/casual aspects of the pokemon games as well. Its fun to hear a tryhard poketuber talk about how mimikyu is his fav pikachu clone, or about how Magcargo is a horse because it gets high horsepower. I also just adore your sense of humor tbh; the iron mugulis saga is all time shit

[@a.v.y8331]

I mostly agree with the top tiers of this list but I will also add that gen 9 natdex is an active metagame, and primal groudon is indeed a top pokemon in that tier. however, that's in the context of mega-ray, caly-s, mirai, and korai all being banned. what's also really interesting is xerneas being banned from natdex ubers, because of tera geomancy, earning a completely free turn basically. I think taking into account natdex ubers for a tierlist like this to sort out the best of the best might be one way to go about it, because that's truly a "yeah they can't normally play in the same tier because of generational gimmicks but what if they could" situation

[@jaycob1830]

Kyurem-Black was Uber when released, alongside K-W. It was lowered to OU some time after that due to a suspect test, I am not sure when though

[@basaritenor]

Mudbray out here laughing at Calyrex-Ice's 50 base speed when it has 45 which downgrades to 35 on becoming Mudsdale

[@lorekeeper685]

34:40 you cant ignore shadow shield, full metal body, prism armor

[@Scurrying_Snail]

Groodon mentioned

[@thewerdna]

Did Jimmothy just confirm Iron Mukulis as the gen 10 box legendary?

[@Jordan13299]

Ho-oh is my fave. He just gets better pretty much every generation despite being mediocre as an uber in Gen 2. Gen 9 should’ve given him Revival Blessing

[@d.a.d.-ohgosh]

Your deadpan sense of humor is immaculate 😂

[@ramrose3769]

Not sure if any other KZbinr makes me laugh out loud this much. Your ridiculous, cheers buddy

[@aussiecanuck3628]

If the gen 10 games are released on a monday, we know Muk mondays will grant it a new BST of 680

[@josephtripp1696]

I know its main gimmick is Stellar Tera type, but imo Terapagos base form should have had a Ground/Fairy typing. It's unique and responds defensively to both Koraidon and Miraidon.

[@the_gastrodon3797]

Where do you rate pikachu from let’s go in the box legendary list?

[@jimothycool]

Sizzling Sunraze Slam.

[@nerddwarf]

Miraidon also has Volt Switch, not just U-Turn

[@asdfzxcv12345]

Jimothy you are my favorite youtuber.

[@azuquirtle]

17:05 Reshiram sucks in ubers uu too because why would you use it when both kyurem-white and chi-yu exist. I'm pretty sure it's actually the mascot of ubers RU, where it ALSO sucks because kyurem-white is there too. It is definitely usable but overall is outclassed

[@danj9548]

The little magcargo on the shirt is the perfect touch

[@VicBossMG]

Moongiest beam doesn’t ignore shadow shield and shadow shield ignores the abilities of mold breaker and teravolt, don’t know why but played enough natdex Ubers and tested it to make sure I wasn’t going crazy when my +3 Zekrom didn’t OHKO because I thought it ignored shadow shield with his ability.

[@johndoe-rq1pu]

I had to turn the video off when the youtuber said that Muk is not considered a box legendary. Please be better.

[@Terji]

You gotta use a tiermaker when making ranking videos trust me people love it

[@soma467]

They should give uber like , useful abilities to those in the pressure crowd

[@kungfudenny577]

I have a lot of love for ho-oh… I still remember watching it on tv fly away from ash in its gold form.

[@LukeA471]

Was that Muk in the Stormwind Cathedral?

[@RisingJericho]

Seeing Dialga squarely in the middle when it was the de facto Ubers choice in Gen 4 and strong for many generations after is wild

[@Your_LocalWizard]

Box Legendaries are the most powerful creatures in the Pokémon franchise.

[@hessenic6862]

I can’t believed that they actually buffed Rayquaza in Gen 9 knowing that Mega Evolution would be returning in Legends Z-A.

[@ToluElswordCEO]

Suggestion for these Videos: i would love if you would create a new Box yes BOX on PS teambuilder and maybe show it two or three times throughout the video so the viewers can keep track of who is where going and listening through the higher rankings

[@xdifficultviper9916]

23:20 wait how do you get banned from the highest tier that’s wild I get stuff like mega ray because that thing is busted in every sense of the word but Miraidon?!

[@jimothycool]

The Miraidon ban was very recent.

[@MrSlizzard]

"It's true of many of us" hilarious xD

[@Kyeuss]

“repeating, of course” next level meme reference

[@WyattCurtis-b5t]

I played gen 6 ubers when mega ray dropped and it was absolutely nuts

[@booradley6832]

Jimothy is 100% right about Groudon. How do you say "Crouton?" Replace two letters with honestly very similar consonants and you get Groudon. No not Groudon, Groudon. You understand.

[@CaptainJLinebeck]

Kyurem in Gen 8 was a nightmare to deal with. You basically had to hope that any Kyurem you ran into were running the sets that you could deal with, because countering all of them was impossible (due to how extremely different they all were), and you would easily lose to sets that your team couldn't deal with.

[@triviszla1536]

I like Giratina Origin. Great typing and utility, super cool design and a crisp shiny version.

[@jamescarrotcsl8]

needed something to listen to while I wrote this essay bless 🙏

[@harryf9885]

15:14 to understand why Dialga origin is bad just look at that set. 3 attacks plus stealth rock. If you really want special defense why not put stealth rock on something else and use assault vest Dialga? Or the same set but with leftovers? Want to go in an offensive direction? Choice specs Dialga hits much harder. Basically you can think of this not as an alternative to Dialga as a whole, but specifically adamant orb Dialga, where you get 20 more special defense and less confusion damage in exchange for revealing your item and the offensive nature of your set on team preview. I’m not even sure if that’s worth it.

[@michaeldelloro3148]

Full Metal Body, Shadow Shield and Prism Armor are abilities that cannot be ignored by moves, Mold Breaker/Turboblaze/Teravolt.

[@DarthShard]

Jim, I did a double take during the Koraidon segment with that slick Leroy Jenkins reference You have such good taste

[@nicholasbrozowski3558]

I definitely would've expected Dialga and Palkia's origin forms to set up trick room and gravity on switch in.

[@AndrewRKenny]

Pretty agreeable rankings considering your loosely defined criteria. It's honestly crazy how powerful some of these mons are lmao.

[@BaniniThePanini]

Really wish they'd give a lot of the legendaries stuck with Pressure different abilities. Pressure isn't bad but it's really overrepresented on legendaries and PP stalling isn't what most players consider exciting. Origin Dialga and Palkia not getting new strong abilities was especially disappointing. Even just giving them Levitate like Giratina would be nice for Palkia and huge for Dialga.

[@andronmillerjr.9158]

35:49 In gen 8, I thought it was useless, never even gave it a chance. Now that im playing showdown, its one of the main mons i use in gen 9 ubers cuz of how strong it is. I agree with the top result Jimothy, best mon ever.

[@DCBiscuit]

The fact that Calyrex is third worst but can STILL do work in the tier is kinda funny.

[@evancherpeski1876]

hey jimothy i really enjoyed the video but i fear there may be something wrong with your microphone or microphone settings. there is sometimes funny sound clipping. from about 2:57 for 10 seconds you can hear it often, but it happens occasionally throughout the video as well

[@Andreecals]

Primal weather is also canceled by delta stream and cloud nine/air lock, isn't it?

[@Ribombastic]

Yeah, Delta Stream can replace them and the other two abilities disable their effects.

[@qorv4973]

We must all be wary and set our belts to Wumbo for when Wailord wrecks havoc as Pokemon Wednesday's box legendary