The Torturous Climb of Gen 4 OU.

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[@halowaffle25]

'This is my most consistent team yet' says Jim as he loads into Gen 4 OU with a team that has an 85% loss rate against a single Jirachi

[@empty5013]

consistently losing is still consistent

[@kumquat4543]

Why is Machamp the one being tested lmao

[@Snorlax-Exlax]

@@kumquat4543I think more common things counter Jirachi, like Heatran. While Machamp only gets walled by like, Own Tempo Slowbro.

[@larseunic]

There's more people who seem to dislike machamp because cheese is the only thing this mon does. Jirachi has a lot of versatility and is more than a paraflinch machine, many think it's got a place too essential in the metagame to get rid of it.

[@getmilked6216]

@@kumquat4543jim has posted a video explaining why machamp is being suspect tested despite paraflincher existing

[@finnasnowman5083]

Jimothy is trying to push the boulder as if he is Sisyphus. Yet Machamp has four arms, meaning he will push the boulder further. It is a futile existence we live folks.

[@outlawsly]

SyCifus

[@SlickSnake69]

*Cifyphus

[@larseunic]

Sissyfus

[@briancordry8165]

i choose to root for the four armed gentleman

[@greasygranpapy7529]

Tyrannosisyphus

[@glitchedoom]

"There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man playing Gen 4 OU."

[@foundingvoyager2]

You know its bad when Jim swears LMAO

[@9bit927]

I've never heard him this genuinely annoyed in my life I'm laughing so hard. The series of facial expressions he makes following 9:58 are amazing.

[@InBadPolari]

This is insane.

[@fen_u9401]

things are dire.

[@a200037]

I am right there with him, he got paralyzed on all 6 of his mons, 2 from discharge 4 from the first bodyslam. Miserable format

[@helter1234]

Full paralysis is a bad mechanic.

[@cartoonhero8845]

My favorite part was when Gandalf summoned a group of Giant Skamorys to rescue Jimothy Baggins from Mount Doom.

[@s9stily9]

"Maybe you freaks deserve Machamp and confusion"

[@AlexMunz-bg3bc]

Timestamp

[@s9stily9]

​@@AlexMunz-bg3bc1:07:00

[@ncrveteranranger3559]

People have the audacity to say "sorry" because they crit as if their whole gameplan wasn't spread as much Para as possible and fish for the opponent not being able to move 💀

[@hario7641]

Fr tho you know damn well they're chortling to themselves behind the screen

[@gyro3454]

Paralysis is primarily a speed control plan. 🙂

[@ncrveteranranger3559]

@gyro3454 it can be, but when you have multiple flinchers and Sub so you can fish for full Para to pass your checks, it definitely feels more like cheering by percent chances

[@exclamation744]

@@gyro3454 maybe in a previous year... but these days, BKC is right: many players on ladder are using para as a way to fish for fulls to get boosts/subs/etc.

[@globalistgamer6418]

Excuse me, are you implying that Jirachi slammed his body into and repeatedly headbutted the complainant because he intentionally wanted to permanently cripple and disable them? My client would never willingly engage in such shenanigans and malarkey; just look at his beatific little smile!

[@GayPornEnthusiast]

Good to see Jim practicing his French so he can add pokemon such as Tyranocif and Ronflex to his repertoire

[@gabrielalves303]

Brother what is your name

[@Magic_Ice]

@@gabrielalves303just saying his interest. Nothing wrong with that.

[@gabrielalves303]

And @@Magic_Ice came down the mountain and said "God forbid a man have hobbies"

[@foundingvoyager2]

All jokes aside we should appreciate Jim for consistent 40+ minute videos

[@PrintScreenIsHere]

1:10:40 - "'Have fun'? I won't, but thank you" lmao

[@Alex-kx6kw]

12:09 GASP

[@al77709]

Jimothy's hate for Machamp knows no bounds. He is destroying himself to take down a four-armed gentleman who has done him nothing wrong. Please renounce this perilous path, Jimothy. There is yet hope. Return home to Gen 3 OU and click good moves such as Spikescif and Ciftboiled instead of fake moves such as "Stealth Rock" and "Gyro Ball".

[@solbradguy7628]

He has done Jim wrong though. He punched him, and he was confused about it.

[@globalistgamer6418]

"Oh, I never punched you, you're just confused." Machamp's gaslighting is absolutely horrendous. He MUST be taken down.

[@sheehwave]

Latias always looks so happy to participate in these Demented battles.

[@thyme-traveller]

Gen 4 has given us the most Jimothy Losing His Cool moments. Return to Gen 3 Mr. Cool, before you just become Mr.

[@nsp6590]

He's done it folks. Jimothy has used the iconic pocket monster move "curse" and started speaking French, unfortunately forgetting his mother tongue in the process. The good news is that he now has +1 in both defence and attack and is virtually unstoppable to utilise his normal STAB. Thank heavens he is not a ghost type.

[@frogtopia8624]

Agony compilation: 12:10 1:07:25

[@lewishalsall3130]

47:40 I have never seen such contempt in another man's face as when Jim is confronted by his worst enemy: the hippo.

[@kanestewart6691]

Genuinely, I've never found watching someone genuinely try to play a game and be so frustrated as entertaining as this, 'cause I'm normally not the type particularly into that content. I remember finding you a bit more than a year ago at the start of your Iron Mugulus journey, and just wanted to say that this content is peak because on some level it feels real, and you turn the frustration into humor, and I probably more consistently watch you than any other KZbinr now, partly because of the amount of work you spend just making more and more content. I used to go to bed watching Summoning Salt, and I ended up burning out on that, and you've definitely replaced it, because like every day, there's something new. It's fantastic, and keep it up.

[@VicBossMG]

Jimothy trying not to lose his cool in the gen 4 ladder, this is insane.

[@empty5013]

ngl gen4 might be one of the worst metas ever

[@NineConsonants]

I think the only thing sustaining Jimothy's life is Muk Monday at this point. If he misses a single monday, it might all be over for gaming.

[@p00p00king]

The coming of the Muk Monday comes not with observation, nor will people say, 'Here it is,' or 'There it is,' for behold, the Muk Monday is already in your midst

[@Luigiman59able]

The Gen 4 OU saga has gripped an entire nation. One can hardly fathom what’s in store next. I wish you luck Jim.

[@Olliertlol]

Jim swearing tells you everything you need to know about gen 4 ou

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

12:09 Jim is fully paralyzed! It can't move!

[@brynbobaggins]

Legendary thumbnail.

[@jameslutz6942]

The thumbnail made me feel something for a change

[@eddieguy2178]

49:06 Jimothy tried the anime technique of shouting and believing hard enough that his pokemon will pull through

[@birdieboy02]

the devil shivers when a nice guy plays gen 4 ou

[@doginpillows20]

I unpause around 3:46 randomly and hear "56% chance to KO, guess ill just blow up" got a good chuckle out of me

[@kiruoful]

Folks, He's currently 1703.

[@BrotherBro790]

It's actually 2024

[@kiruoful]

​@@BrotherBro790It is but like Penn said once : « Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. »

[@tree_tape]

Personally I believe he looks more like late 20s

[@TheSkypeConverser]

He speaks french 🎉

[@dannyflintstone7003]

LOL

[@kiruoful]

Élémentaire mon cher Watson.

[@thyme-traveller]

Tyranocif taught him

[@TheSkypeConverser]

Raises voice 10% to convey thing

[@MilkandSomePie]

1:00:02 Jimothy using flattery on his opponent to lower their guard. Truly he will try anything to finally be able to get back to gen 3.

[@theburgercomic]

Jimothy's Generational Crash Out

[@kokirikid817]

This is true torture. Gen 4 OU ladder is bringing out the very worst in people. Glad this awful sham of a metagame is being exposed for what it truly is. Trash

[@kAzinGaming]

12:10 that was the greatest moment in the channel's history

[@adfasdf9647]

how do you recognize its jim and then machine gun fire para at him while saying sorry 😂

[@Rumielle]

These gen4 videos have been a blast, like, very engaging. Isn't that weird how gambling goes up, engagement goes up too???

[@hamoslop003]

Gen 4 truly leads people to dark places, such as speaking French.

[@pezyg]

I broke down crying when he misclicked

[@CodeMilkMan]

Jim is learning to run gimmicks. He's learning gen 4...

[@mistergrool3941]

Commenters on their way to watch another 40+ minute video of Jirachi being plainly more frustrating than Machamp and appeal to smogon authority that it's not as broken:

[@SplashPlate]

23:26 is tragically hilarious LOL that's happened multiple times and its the worst feeling ever there should be a universal move ordering that is just unanimously agreed upon

[@WASD_ii]

perhaps the most amazing thumbnail you've cooked thus far

[@dillonjj3]

Jimothy using Pocket Monsters full legal name is an indicator that Pocket Monsters are in Trouble, which is certainly the case if Machamp remains legal.

[@alexanderhandwerker9760]

i couldn’t even fathom a crashout by jim.

[@kingspheal363]

Machamp doesn't arrive to his own funeral. This ban feels more like a step towards maybe getting Jirachi out and establishing world peace

[@1lamafarmer]

This might be the single greatest thumbnail since thumbs and nails were first invented.

[@ty8748]

1:50 first time big jim said “baton pass” best part of the video

[@gmc5111]

1 Hour is crazy Jim (not complaining love the content)

[@RichardBlaziken]

Queue up Melee, Jim. They only have 2 arms there, probably.

[@jaykovar8231]

'There's so many cool things in gen 4 but the top tier strategies are just awful to play against' This is exactly why gen 4 UU is my favourite tier of all time. Good memories

[@adrian-ck7bi]

Thumbnail has me weak 😂

[@Oakhurstguy99]

I feel bad for Jim, but this is tremendous content

[@shortpitched713]

"One person shouldn't control everything." Jimothy And that's exactly why we should only ever give the power of dictatorship to you, a la Cincinnatus.

[@anon3631]

Relatable Showdown experience: 12:09

[@shortpitched713]

I felt the HP Electric misclick. My heartfelt commiserations.

[@ellachino4799]

this video is making me want to stay even further away from gen 4 then I did before...

[@wobbieadam]

I feel you Jim. The more I've grinded this ladder to get reqs to vote, the more I want to just let the format burn. A meta centralised around paralysis is intrinsically not fun. Sorry to Gen4 die hard fans, this format has great merits outside the parahax.

[@lol0999]

I don't have any experience with gen 4 OU but based on these videos, there's like 1 Machamp in a blue moon that does very little vs Jirachi which is on most teams and completely warps the battle and solos an entire team in some cases with RNG hacks. But Machamp is obviously problem.

[@AlexMunz-bg3bc]

Machamp is niche but annoying, Jirachi is centralizing. Both are ban worthy but for different reasons. Jirachi at this point is almost too big to fail and so the ramifications must be accounted for.

[@watsonwrote]

I love how viable Bronzong is for different "field setup" teams like Rain Dance and Trick Room.

[@ryuxtheone6242]

They should suspect Jirachi next. Everytime it comes in you're playing Slots all of a sudden.

[@lelandwhitehead56]

56:15 to be fair Jim, I’m pretty sure they were trying to immune an earthquake and just happened to tank your explosion

[@Menolith]

Oh cool, I've never seen a descent to madness live before.

[@subtodicerat8305]

It will be muk monday soon. Hang on jim.

[@lazaroskordas4397]

legendary thumbnail

[@flugelchannel237]

End this plight

[@jimothygaming]

I must finish what I started or Plummet to the ground.

[@triviszla1536]

I guarantee this meta will turn Jim into a villain

[@TheMasterAlbert]

Jimothy descends into madnes. He gets insane.

[@DantinozMC]

I've always thought about playing DPP OU, then whenever I load it up I realize that I did not in fact, want to play DPP OU... Oh well, ADV gaming folks.

[@dastardlydwarf6909]

Jim I am really sorry for what I did in that first game

[@catandfishfc]

Muk is legal in gen 4 OU. He may come to your rescue.

[@SwizzleMix]

Can... can he say that on Jimothy Gaming...?

[@nullgator8073]

I don't think so, pocket monsters is a child friendly franchise

[@azuremoon4372]

superpower suit ttar feels super good to me, deals with clef like nothing else

[@TheSkypeConverser]

This is huge folks.

[@grrman]

Gen IV slowly driving Jim to exceeding levels of insanity folks.

[@qweschuning]

When life gives you MUK you get MUK MONDAYS! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@TheLonelyNihilego]

Yeah Para just Broken I am Gen 4 ou vet and I’ve been playing for a while and have seen the meta change Raichi is ridiculous and very constricting in team builder

[@reallygoodsnusnu]

I couldn't in this format without heal bell or something

[@greasymcbeef]

Happy Kabutops Kwanzaa!

[@BratSmimson-re9uw]

You dont need to apologize for calling pocket monsters by their government name.

[@_Bunger_]

The Pokémon and Elden Ring overlap is real

[@BratSmimson-re9uw]

@_Bunger_ LOL did u see me in a saint riot or youwy stream?

[@_Bunger_]

@ I saw you in saint’s stream

[@_Bunger_]

I saw you chatting in saint’s stream

[@runeheal]

How fortuitous that Christmas falls on Weezing Wednesday this year. I expect an upload, Jim. If you believe in miracles, or charity, Whiscash Wednesday could also return.

[@justcallmeleonardo]

I think Jim needs more Lefty bulky Heatran in his life, for his sanity

[@Dunco64]

This thumbnail is so amazing and funny but I can't even send it to anyone cause the context is too deep

[@Geo-sesarma]

Tyranocif, Metagrosscif, Dragonitecif, Jirachicif, Machampchif, and others are pokemon in this metagame

[@AngryAyrab]

Since you’re running a rain team, have you thought of running Jolteon with Thunder as a switch in to T-Wave?

[@anexistingperson8540]

Issue: that requires using Jolteon.

[@ItRhymesWith]

"Latias is the way." Yeah. Yeah. Yep. 🙂‍↕️

[@inferno7892]

57:22 you've still accounted for the minus 2. such carelessness will be your downfall, Jimothy Fool

[@MechaOracle]

Hmmm... Sounds like I should have joined Gen 4 OU with an absolutely terrible team so that other people can get reqs to vote Jirachi out.

[@kylerstrickler1750]

Jirachi is absolutely foul in this man. Completely ruins the tier

[@robraf12]

And Clef is immune to Yellow Magic in Gen4…It just got it all

[@ectoboggan4732]

Ban Machamp, Ban Iron head, ban Clef. I think it would be a great metagame with those gone, especially clef

[@AngryAyrab]

Ban Thunderwave.

[@kiruoful]

So little and yet so big difference between a Fiesta and Fiasco.

[@Bolt892]

Where do you guys get teams?

[@Grimages]

These thumbnails are popping off, ha.

[@derekgunnels4856]

Petition to replace Gary Xavier Edwards (GXE) rank with Jim Gaming Cool points (JGC)

[@margerinethacker6499]

truly a miserable format

[@O-01-04]

Machamp Mondays are on the horizon if the bad Dynamic Punch Man is not stopped, truly the worst timeline if it becomes a reality.

[@O-01-04]

Jokes aside, this looks genuinely Sisyphean of a metagame Jimmothy, I hope you are able to fulfill your mission even if I personally like Machamp as a mon. Paralysis Hell: The Metagame surely cannot be a fun thing to experience.

[@lelandwhitehead56]

There are only 3 abilities on this team 🤯

[@Rumielle]

This is literally insane