The Absurd Power of Gen 3 Metagross.

Pokemon Competitive Singles in Gen 3 has a long history. And yet a consistent truth in this format since the beginning has been the Presence of Metagross. This Pokemon has been top tier for a ridiculous amount of time and for good reason.
With it's fantastic typing, Incredible stats and vast movepool, Metagross can fit on any team and perform well.
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[@jimothycool]

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[@glitchedoom]

The future paradox form of Rotom-Forst, Iron Fridge.

[@jamietuohy4523]

LRXC is an absolute grinder in the battle stadium, glad yall linked up for a video!

[@butteredsalmonella]

Imagine being an intelligent supercomputer capable of many smart and genius things and your trainer just commands you to blow up Turn 1

[@RedRockin6]

He tried launching minecraft with ray-tracing :::((((

[@AnEveryManJack]

It's the most logical move. It'll come back. It's knows that. Metagross is the goat.

[@gabrielespindola4461]

Emergency safety protocol to stop the enemy from seeing your browser history.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

I lead with swampert and just protect turn one. Works every time.

[@dadiscoverychannel]

This prompted me to check out the Metagross pokedex entries and jesus christ... "When hunting, this Pokémon pins the prey to the ground under its massive body. It then eats the helpless victim using the large mouth on its stomach."

[@misters6749]

I love Metagross because it’s a Psuedo without Dragon Typing. Tyranitar isn’t a Dragon type but it is Godzilla which is close enough

[@xendra333]

Even then, Tyranitar is still unique as a pseudo like Metagross compared to the bunch of dragons we got over the years.

[@misters6749]

@@xendra333 can it really be unique when Metagross is in the “Non Dragon Pseudo Club” too?

[@tomatogenesis]

​@@misters6749Absolutely. Absolutely.

[@Zwijger]

Volcarona should have been a pseudo legendary. It fits so well, a bug type which is often a three stage, a cool backstory and unique in-game cathing location, the original champions ace, and a complement to Ghetsis using the other pseudo legendary. Still a missed opportunity to add another non dragon.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

I really just want another non dragon pseudo. We got 3 new 600 bst mons in gen 9 and all of them were dragon. Baxcalibur, hoodra, and archaludon.

[@misters6749]

Gamefreak: Gen 1: you get a Pseudo Gen 2: you get a Pseudo. Gen 3: you get….. TWO🎉🎉🎉

[@eclipse_978]

One could say, they got twodo ;p

[@kenmendoza6932]

​@@eclipse_978 what?

[@sekaihunter9378]

​@@eclipse_978Sudowoodo, or should I say...Pseudo-Twodo ;D

[@RedRockin6]

And a non dragon one at that 🎉

[@misters6749]

@@RedRockin6right? Right?!!!!!🤩🤩🤩

[@josidfin]

Damnit I sneezed at 95 base special attack, my bad

[@pokeinator7834]

Psychic ohko’s gengar still so meta’s chilling

[@tecul1]

finch sighting, hello

[@josidfin]

@@tecul1 who is finch

[@tecul1]

you're silly, love you 👍🏿

[@mattzr1550]

Omg it's pants shitinator

[@tecul1]

meteor mash attack raise

[@zdelrod829]

Metal Claw has better accuracy and can raise attack.

[@tecul1]

so tru

[@clarambrosia9834]

disliked

[@arkelon]

meteor mash miss

[@zdelrod829]

@@arkelon You know a move is bad when it is constantly missing, and almost at Focus Blast levels of missing.

[@MicDISCO]

Blows up Gengar with mind. My fucking Genga- *Metagross uses Psychic* *It was super effective*

[@CaffeinatedClown]

Blows up own Metagross with mind Your fucking Metagr- *It’s not very effective…* *Skarmory Fainted!*

[@GravySlug]

Thank you for questioning the state of locomotion of my refrigerator Jimothy! I decided to investigate my kitchen and discovered that a Rotom-Frost was indeed on the move with its base 86 Speed stat! Luckily I caught up to it before it could abscond with my fridge thanks to your inquiry, for which I am very grateful.

[@ohno8774]

Its a pity that metagross struggles with its weakness to magcargo: 252+ SpA Magcargo Overheat vs. 128 HP / 0 SpD Metagross: 397-468 (119.2 - 140.5%) -- guaranteed OHKO

[@valtsuri501]

Wait, wasn't Magcargo in Ubers? (this is a joke)

[@ohno8774]

@@valtsuri501 Yeah Magcargo is strong against metagross in ubers too

[@ohno8774]

@@valtsuri501 And I would never joke about magcargo

[@ohno8774]

@@valtsuri501 He is too frightening

[@enderluckjarmg985]

We boutta pray for focus band 10% on this one 🤑

[@sythrus]

Something i realized a while back was 'huh, there are sure a lot of steel resists in gen 3 OU' Im sure you can guess my next realization

[@henriquepacheco7473]

"This means metagross must be good because of its great coverage options! Right? ...r-right?" "Haha banded meteor mash go brrr"

[@Infinnite01]

"My main goal, is to blowup." Well, not exactly.

[@armorbearer9702]

Game Freak: Tyranitar! You shall have Sand Stream. Salamance! Intimidate! Metagross! Clear Body! And you Dragonite... can get Inner Focus. Dragonite : Why!? I am the original pseudo legendary!!

[@cradiculous]

Dragonite got the last laugh

[@KelKav]

In addition to its immediate success in the competitive scene, it also enjoyed immediate success within the hearts of Pokémon fans, due to its objectively cool design.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

But it got nerfed to hell so it just makes me sad now.

[@MMurine]

@@gregorymirabella1423 What were the nerfs? Were they the changes to Steel's resistances in Gen 6?

[@enderluckjarmg985]

​@@MMurine i think they also nerfed meteor mash? That or just like nothing, they literaly gave meta nothing for the past 2 gens but Idk tho

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@MMurine yup, also meteor mash lost 10 base power for no reason.

[@CantusTropus]

​@gregorymirabella1423 That was gen 6, they nerfed a bunch of moves base power

[@LawOfOne_Lyran]

you're telling me a meteor mashed this meta? gross~

[@LawOfOne_Lyran]

awesome vid bro

[@valtsuri501]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

[@enderluckjarmg985]

Gamers can we ban em

[@ianmclean9382]

😂

[@DishyLemon]

🏆

[@luissilva1954]

non dragon pseudos go hard i wish gamefreak remembered that

[@ethanwalker3599]

Metagross debuted in the generation 3 pokemon games, where it saw immediate success in the competitive scene

[@pmahcgop6693]

Metagross has been a top tier staple since the beginning, and that will not be changing anytime soon.

[@FatherOfGray]

Metagross is so based. It's a damn shame every Pseudo Legendary has to be a Dragon-type now, and for what reason? "Tradition"? I like the Dragon Pseudo Legendary Pokémon, sure, but even using the "tradition" logic, Gen 3 set the precedent that we can have up to _two_ Pseudo Legendarys in a generation, and at least _one_ can be non-Dragon. Gen 9 shows us they clearly don't give a Rattata's ass about power scaling to absurdity, so where's the hesitation of giving us two Pseudos in one generation coming from? I want to see more 3 stage 600 BST behemoths like Tyranitar and Metagross!

[@gregorymirabella1423]

I've one at least 5 matches from protecting first turn as their lead Metagross explodes, thus causing them to forfeit.

[@dylldj]

Jimothy's fridge started running before Gholdengo and Kingambit get banned from Generation 9 OU. This is insane, folks.

[@AB-kk4lf]

Metagross would never be as great as it is without the help of its best friend Seviper. Please show your appreciation for Seviper's efforts in the comments below.

[@misters6749]

How are ‘gross and the Viper friends?

[@Lobster222]

@@misters6749 Seviper saved his life in 'nam

[@misters6749]

@@Lobster222 oh? was this the War that LT.Surge spoke about?

[@DkKobaADV]

It's a metagross monday folks

[@zoeygeorge2403]

Bulky Metagross with protect is one of my favourite options to use on because of how often my opponent will switch in what they think is a revenge kill like Magneton, Dugtrio or Swampert, only for Metagross to just Live a EQ or Thunderbolt and explode on them back.

[@lanehodnett8222]

Shadow ball works really well also since ghost is physical in gen 3 and it gives you a tool to use against fellow psychic pokemon

[@valtsuri501]

2:11 Minor correction that does not matter at all: While this changes basically nothing, Clear Body only prevents stats being lowered by others.

[@honjon666]

For an iron-clad leg up on the competition, you can't go wrong with the Iron Leg pokemon.

[@VersusThem]

Glad to see Cyberodin is still playing after more than a decade

[@Shattered_Starstorm]

I love that satisfying feeling of clicking Agility and then getting an Attack raise on Meteor Mash.

[@singingcrow439]

Gross is probably the biggest reason to use a fire type because they are the only mons capable of koing it from high health.

[@christiansoto6396]

Meteor Mash misses: i sleep 😴 Meteor Mash boosts attack stat: bru 🫠

[@timothyvandyke9511]

Band with shadow ball instead of psychic is a really fun set

[@kasaibouF29]

My Metagross helped me defeat the Battle Tower in Ruby, and I finally got the silver and gold shields.

[@Omar_ZX]

Metagross is insanely powerful but has drawbacks so it isn't even broken

[@pokeinator7834]

Like 99.9% of all pokemon

[@vanochristian7639]

@@pokeinator7834nah, caterpie is JUST drawback, NO power.

[@omarbrito8094]

Meteror mash hitting 4x in a row gtfo here with that 😂

[@PA27ish]

Its Metagross Monday everyone

[@J-DawgTBH]

It's about time!

[@BandedMetagrossMeteorMash]

Ah metagross my goat forever

[@SunbladeGER]

My favorite Pokemon. Thank you.

[@qedsoku849]

choice band metegross is one of few physical attackers that defensive porygon can't safely switch in on (the others are: anything with focus punch, breloom, choice banded salamance brick break, blaziken, and heracross)

[@badending2196]

I still remember my banded +1 Metagross scoring a clean ohko on opposing metagross with a crit

[@KusogeMan]

this mf carried me in all battle frontier, it probably is the best pokemon in the game

[@Willian-zu5gh]

every metagross has it's meta

[@matthewk5538]

Steel resisting Ghost and Dark was sick at that time.

[@angelwings9549]

ohhh. because he's cool

[@Verminator4]

It’s funny how after 3 generations of fairly drastic changes, gen 6 mega meta ended up being kind of the same thing as gen 3 regular meta, impossible to safely switch into, smashing through walls with meteor mash hax, no obvious deficits in its toolkit or stat spread with even surprise special attacking options being deadly in their own right. Wack that it didn’t get banned.

[@Naxafa]

Amms. Agility Meteor Mash Spam.

[@ruludos1977]

how would you feel about asking Reverend to be on The Fridge? he's a cool guy

[@iceee420]

Cant wait for iron fridgeulos. I need a new one and who better to get one from than jimothy

[@Boamere]

My favourite pokemon ever since I saw it in emerald

[@Yousef77077]

That power is meta gross.

[@ursaminor2732]

PODCAST!!!

[@charlesc4377]

if mash had a 20% to lower the foe's defense instead of raising attack, would the meta be better off?

[@Jotar0w0]

Metagross mondays

[@yuvalwh]

Metagross debuted in the generation 3 pokemon games

[@Ulti_H]

real sentient machine hours

[@M3rtyville]

the things about Megahorn is that it is a bug type move, the most resisted type. Game Freak thankfully buffed it by introducing the fairy type, right? No, fairy types also resist bug... x.x Perhaps U-Turn would be too broken if we don't have enough bug resisting types.

[@Jaydenlkm]

Metagross is the first paradox me not lying it's the iron hands pokemon

[@waveriderbloodnerd5541]

did u change tbe outro bevause viper is evil

[@KirbPlatinum]

Metagross might be able to power through the Paradox Pokémon iron muglius, I urge you to stay informed by playing Gen 3 ou.

[@darmanistan]

medial mash? closer to the midline of what?

[@DragapultRules]

I’ve been playing with a CB lead metagross offence and I get a lot of favorable lead matchups. I even just explode T1 to catch something on the switch. In many games I’ve won because I baited my opponent’s skarmory and OHKOed it eith explosion.

[@elijosc1963]

2:38 Gen 3 Superpower???

[@moonman4307]

Superpower was introduced in gen 3, but only regis, deoxys, and nidoqueen can learn it. A shame too, i personally think its a cool, well designed move, but such is life

[@Darumaster]

Hey kid! I'm a computer. Stop all the downloading! Help computer.

[@TheRealLifeNuzlocke]

Metagross is pretty good again now with knockoff

[@emblemadefuego20]

Blisey is more broken. With the new baton pass clause Blissey is more deadly. For example she resist +3 Gyarados adamant. Is very bulk, and unhealth. I see teams with Blissey and Chansey. Is cancer.

[@CaptainFalcon73]

Metagross debuted in the Generation III Pokemon games where it saw immediate success in the competitive scene.

[@eggshedofficial]

Metagross may be cool and good but if I ranked it based on its back sprite it would not rank very highly let me say that much.

[@subtodicerat8305]

metagross is both an epic and stupid pokemon

[@acksOldPeople]

This Pokemon is gross and meta. They would never make such an intelligent name for a Pokemon again (e.g. Quaquaval)

[@anenchanter]

This is... absurd?

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

i like metagross, but personally i think the whole format would be better without meteor mash. and in its current state in gen 3, i would argue it's the very first pokemon to show symptoms of modern pokemon design lol. its physical damage output is pretty similar to the traditional wallbreakers like medicham, slaking and marowak, but rather than having huge drawbacks it hits hard with mixed coverage, has one of the best defensive type combos and has amazing all round stats. it was the same story with many top threats in gen 4 except even worse with more powerful moves and more offensive items, then every gen got progressively worse until every offensive mon was a wallbreaker and every defensive mon had to be an unkillable wall to stand a chance. im a metagross #1 believer, it's basically perfect and having two switch ins is a bare minimum that still regularly loses to choice band mash boosts

[@gre2060]

Metagross is just another example of gen3 being a completely flawed and mulfunctioning meta

[@tecul1]

🆗

[@al77709]

I do not believe you, Jimothy Cool (if that even is your real name). Metagross did not debut in the generation 3 Pokemon games. Metagross is not even a Pokemon. You drew a face over a totaled car and called it a Pokemon.

[@triviszla1536]

Meta? Gross.

[@tylerd1297]

Emerald Battle Tower speedrun strat- Put Choice Band on Metagross. Click Mash. Continue for 3-4 rounds and switch to Latios.

[@tailoredmuffin3668]

Metagross debuted in the generation 3 Pokemon games, where it saw immediate success in the competitive scene.

[@Tetzll123]

Ok

[@dylanf3108]

Great lead in the lead meta, best sweeper in the meta game, great mixed attacker, and can even be defensive with toxic and protect plus it’s typing.

[@alexdrake4081]

The best Pokémon ever made! Please just give it shift gear so it can keep up with power creep!!

[@pokeinator7834]

Not enough at this point,it needs tough claw back as well for a chance,OU is DISGUSTING these days

[@gregorymirabella1423]

They even gave it actual stab moves and knock off, and it still wasn't enough.

[@svantecarlsson8297]

​@@gregorymirabella1423it's doing quite well in UU iirc which is pretty good tbh

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@svantecarlsson8297 yeah, i just wish it was better than that. give it a regional form that swaps psychic for fairy and it'll shred ou in no time.

[@Boamere]

Shift gear, iron fist/tough claws and you’ve got a slapper

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

A genius supercomputer such as metagross is surely enjoying the fridge right now, and you should too. Jim x LRXC was a killer crossover. Looking forward to you getting BKC on.

[@ByrneBaby]

Agility Metagross is my all-time favorite competitive set across all gens of mons, it's so easy to put on teams.

[@LRXC1]

I love Metagross

[@DrewZGmusic]

MY FAVOURITE LEAD

[@shitsalad429]

You were first

[@DrewZGmusic]

@@shitsalad429 just like my Metagross

[@sweats1486]

It’s Metagross Monday, folks

[@hyperion2026]

THE GOAT

[@thekrampusclaus4148]

Metagross forces progress in battle on slower paced teams as well as provides a sturdy defensive presence for more offense oriented teams. It will often be in the thick of the battle and provide a lot of value. It’s a great mon.

[@coldzoroark6440]

Give this guy Shift Gear already

[@gamezharks]

What if you wanted to get into heaven, but god said, Metagross' attack rose.

[@Diamond1234548]

thats the fastest fridge in the current metagame

[@tysondennis1016]

Here’s an idea for a non-dragon pseudolegendary: Astramoth. It resembles a large moth, with a wingspan of over eight feet, with dark blue wings with starry patterns, its body looking like a rocket ship. For a typing, it is a Bug/Psychic type. Dex Entry 1: Astramoth spends its entire life far above the clouds, living in space. It flies through the airless void with its psychic powers. Dex Entry 2: Despite its massive size, Astramoth is a peaceful creature. It feeds on starlight, with wings that resemble constellations. For abilities, I’m thinking of it getting Astral Wings, which raises its Sp. Def by 50% under psychic terrain for a custom ability, which is its Hidden Ability. Its regular abilities are Compound Eyes and Magic Bounce. For a stat spread, I’m thinking Astramoth would be a special attacker with speed and bulk, with 95-65-75-125-130-110 stats. As for moves, it gets Bug Buzz, Struggle Bug, and Infestation as powerful Bug STAB options, Quiver Dance for setup, and Pollen Puff to heal its teammates, Psychic, Psyshock, Expanding Force, Stored Power, and Future Sight as powerful Psychic STAB options, and access to Psychic Terrain, Cosmic Power, Gravity, and screens for support. For coverage, it gets options like Dazzling Gleam, Moonblast, Hurricane, Rock Slide, Meteor Beam, Draco Meteor, Ice Beam, Blizzard, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Solar Beam, Energy Ball, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Dark Pulse, and Terrain Pulse. Other status moves it can learn include Tailwind, Defog, Moonlight, Whirlwind, Sleep Powder, Poison Powder, Stun Spore, and Rage Powder. For a signature move, I’d go with Astral Gale, a Psychic-type special move that has 100 power, 100% accuracy, and 10 PP that hits all adjacent Pokémon. It also has 50% more power if there’s no weather active. Which kinda makes sense, Astramoth lives in space, where there’s no weather.

[@notwidow6056]

252+ Atk Metagross Meteor Mash vs. 4 HP / 252 Def Iron Mugulis: 330-388 (50.6 - 59.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Lrxc had one of my favorite videos from last year when he got the battle factory record gonna rewatch it after this

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Sad to see it be nerfed in Gen 6 with the change to Steel being Neutral to Dark and Ghost, but it was very nessesary just to Nerf Metagross (Who had Meta in his name for a reason and it was a gross one)

[@greendishatibaia9899]

Nuzlocking gen 3 has a legit terrifying final boss in which to have to have in mind since moment 1.

[@thehaymaker3660]

Its kind of weird gen 3 made gen 2 pokemon/types so much better.

[@paulh462]

If meteor Mash could not miss Meta would be a top 3 pokemon, but it does miss to meany times.

[@The_Psycho_Red_Ranger]

Metagross in Gen 4 is AMAZING 😍

[@rasmusgarbonzo1411]

rip the money got different😢

[@ronz7665]

Charizard has entered the chat.

[@_TristanGray]

I wish meteor mash had 8 PP

[@selfloathinggameing]

Crazy how Psychic/Steel went from a top tier combo to middling at best, losing resistances to Dark/Ghost, both of which got better with time as well as Psychic falling off hurt it a lot

[@VJ-Vice]

It’s sometimes said that every strong and consistent adv team needs either sand or spikes. I disagree since there’re some cm pass, special offense, or bulky magdol teams that don’t necessarily need those. However, I would argue that every adv team that does not run sand or spikes does absolutely need a metagross to be consistent at top level