How These Pokemon Survived Power Creep

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Happy JPR Friday, it’s my birthday weekend so you gotta like the video if you see this 🎉 Minor correction: Electivire does keep Vital Spirit but I foolishly looked at his Gen 4 page before he got it as a HA in Gen 5, my b 😅

[@RaptorofRex07]

Happy birthday day

[@Aamygail]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND 🎉

[@TheShadow1347]

Happy birthday

[@kristopherwillis8075]

Happy Birthday JPR 🥳

[@Swordsmaster]

Happy birthday!

[@castform7]

It is a miracle that Gliscor turned out as well as it did when most of their fellow gen 4 cross gen evos are struggling.

[@sombramemer1230]

Gen 4 don't lose speed challenge impossible difficulty

[@Tuskor130]

Giving Technician Breloom Bulldoze is really funny, because GameFreak really looked at Breloom's 70 Speed Spore and 130 Attack and went, "what if we gave this bungus an Earthquake with double the PP that slows everything it hits, but just took away 10 base power from the move?"

[@infernacraft5269]

Now they need to not be cowards and give him Trailblaze

[@jamst5913]

JPR: Not all Gardevoirs are females! "That" segment of pokemon fans: Jokes on you, I'm into that.

[@commettey]

"looks female enough for me"

[@WhiteRaven696]

All men love femboys.

[@nicocchi]

Pokémon being accidental allies is always great. Shoutouts to gay Love Ball and Transgender Azurill

[@RaynmanPlays]

@@nicocchi Weirdo

[@yee2854]

@@RaynmanPlayswhy are they weird???? trans people and gay people exist go cry about it

[@ezelalia5739]

Gamefreak, give Metagross Shift Gear, dont be cowards

[@mjdxp5688]

While you're at it, un-nerf Explosion. See what happens.

[@astropult9377]

6:45 I’d like to mention that Dragonite doesn’t even use Multiscale in VGC. It uses its other ability, Inner Focus, so it can be immune to flinches from moves like Fake Out and not be affected by Intimidate.

[@darkraiknight386]

As someone whose first gen was Gen IV, seeing how so many of the Gen IV evos ultimately now exist for the sake of their pre-evos being good is really sad, ngl. Especially Dusknoir, who I have such fondness for due to Mystery Dungeon. But at least Gallade is doing well, I guess.

[@theamazingspooderman2697]

and even Gallade is overshadowed by Gardevoir (its gender doesn't matter to me😈)

[@tktyga77]

Thankfully, Togekiss isn't one of such Gen 4 evos & instead made the evo line actually worthwhile, same with Weavile & later Sneasler (though that's Gen 8)

[@turtlenator6249]

So fun fact, Baltimore was my first tournament ever, and that Breloom team was the first one I played. And I managed to win (thank you RNGsus).

[@Tuskor130]

On the segment about Dragonite, they get far more benefit from Inner Focus, since it now grants Immunity to Intimidate, thus allowing those Tera STAB Extremespeeds to hit all the harder. Plus Extremespeed's Priority is +2, meaning that the only priority moves it will be outsped by are Helping Hand, all the different variations of Protect, Wide/Quick Guard, and Fake Out/Upper Hand. Which means that, including all the other +1 Priority moves like Bullet Punch or Grassy Glide, *Extremespeed goes before Sucker Punch.*

[@skeetermania3202]

1:37 Incorrect, Electivire still has Vital Spirit. The ability it loses is actually Static.

[@nickfarwell8104]

its time to give Garchomp dragon dance

[@squares4u]

and Druddigon

[@sirmr.mansavage]

Druddigon yes, Garchomp OH F**K NO!

[@kingofkrant]

why can Scrafty and even WHISCASH learn dd but not some of the actual dragon types? makes no sense at all

[@RULERZREACHF4N6146]

@@kingofkrantTo answer this question, I would like to quote JaidenAnimations:“That thing was made by satan himself and I’m sure, even he fears what he has created.“

[@donovan802]

Are you insane?! I’ll stick to Scale Shot for Speed boost and either Hone Claws or Swords Dance for Attack boost

[@neosuduno]

Yes, I can think of another two. Heatran is an earthquake double-weak mon that has stood the test of time and has not left OU ever since it was introduced, and Volcarona has been in OU it's whole life till recently, where is was banned to Ubers. These fire types have done nothing but cook since their introduction.

[@ItsDaNewGuy]

Volcarona is definitely the golden child of Gen 5.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@neosuduno There was a brief time when Heatran fell to UU in this gen.

[@Penguindude1]

I think Game Freak knew what they were doing with Breloom when that one Devon employee early on in RSE was looking for some Shroomish.

[@blackdot105]

Just a correction on the Breloom part; they quick banned Sleep moves because they didn't want to ban Darkrai from OU. I wish I was exaggerating.

[@Gspoink]

There was darkrai, hisuian lilligant, and valiant as top contenders. They all hoes you, but darkrai definitely was the most overbearing. Plus, the entire thing about the sleep clause being fake.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Dragonite extreme killing it's way to staying relevant

[@GregHeffley-fo1kh]

Shuckle will outlive all power creep forever. It was deemed to powerful for Gen 9 but one day it will get its comeuppance

[@turtis123]

6:53 Lunala: Am I joke to you...

[@castform7]

Same effect, different name.

[@_DewGaming]

Is it just me, or are all the sound effects for stuff being added to the screen (electivire burger image, evolite item, Vital Spirit graphic, etc.) playing like half a second before the images appear on screen?

[@jackslaven-hahn2959]

Gliscor is a mon that was OU at the time, and still OU today with its INVALUABLE ability of poison heal

[@nathanmcclung3564]

Sadly you are wrong about electvire. Vital spirit is the hidden ability of both buzz and vire and the only reason why buzz is used more is due to the defense buff of eviolite.

[@tktyga77]

I guess Breloom really does live up to the fungus of basis in being basically a fixing that could bring up a team like how mushrooms are practically a natural boullion cube. That said, Jynx not getting an evo at the same time that Electabuzz & Magmar did may've been a blessing in disguise, although her getting one at some point would be nice if improving upon the line like how Sneasler & Weavile together have done would be actual improvements

[@g3mkn1ght60]

Removing legends and mythicals might be the best decision for competitive, I like it when we have to get creative

[@costby1105]

Clefable has seen play in OU in Gen IV post the release of BW when the tiers froze. It is why people knew that it was going to be good in XY onwards. People tend to underestimate how much work Stealth rock and other entry hazards do and pokemon immune to them tend to be bulkier than expected. Clefable is tied for the fouth most viable DPPt OU pokemon currently IIRC.

[@mjdxp5688]

Clefable is the embodiment of "Random bullshit, go!" Forget Mew, this thing gets practically every move known to man, and sometimes that's good enough.

[@jwanie366]

That was a perfect thumbnail lol. I never thought Electabuzz could be used the way it has been in Reg H

[@zexalbrony4799]

5:04-5:08: Actually, a lance can hit two targets, if you hold it horizontally and slam it into both their guts at once. I mean using the sharp edge probably going to be more effective, but like a Pokemon with a move it doesn't use very often but can work despite being outclassed by a different move it has the opition.

[@castform7]

I pray that there isn't a day where Friend Guard gets put on an actually good Pokemon. If *Clefairy* can make it work, it's way too dangerous.

[@mjdxp5688]

I mean, Mousehold gets it now...

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

Venomoth had a suprising run of viability in RU after gaining Quiver Dance and Tinted Lens. It broke my heart to see how low it's fallen in Gen 9...

[@ghost_curse]

Gallade is now an edgelord with that sharpness ability

[@misterzygarde6431]

I think to improve Electivire. They should give the guy Galvanize so it can use its Attack Stab what with it knowing Body Slam and Double Edge.

[@mjdxp5688]

for the love of god just give this dude his fighting type already

[@VerdantRange]

Calls out those that think all Gardevoir female since they can be male or female. Also calls Electabuzz and Magmar sons despite them also being able to be male or female.

[@thephilreport9731]

I think it would be interesting if you did a podcast that detailed the history of the rat. You’ve mentioned South African actor Timothée Chalamet so would be interesting to hear that. Now that the holiday hippo is gone I would like to see his origins in podcast form, who did he meet

[@mjdxp5688]

Electivire, Magmortar, Dusknoir, and Porygon-Z: What is my purpose? Arceus: You make your pre-evolutions viable

[@e-duh3529]

About the Breloom thing... yeah no, the reason smogon banned sleep is Darkrai, Valiant and to a lesser extent alolan Ninetales spamming hypnosis. One could argue they could've just banned hypnosis in all honesty, not because the move itself is better than spore or sleep power (quite the opposite in fact) but because the mons that abused it were the ones making it broken

[@kazekamiha]

I just had a thought; is there a pokemon with both Skill Swap and the Prankster ability? Skill Swap Prankster onto Toadscruel then it's ability onto an opponent... Spore away.

[@kalosianporygon]

Power creep is so bad that there are new Pokémon outclassed by other Pokémon introduced at the same time.

[@hazelv.a.7976]

That's been the case since gen 1

[@Boltofbrilliance122]

I like that the editors are having fun in the abilities showing

[@mjdxp5688]

I think Azumarill belongs on this list as well. It feels like they just kept buffing it. Water/Fairy is an excellent typing and it can be pretty terrifying.

[@TheStickCollector]

It is always impressive whenever one of these can last until modern day. No extinction happening here.

[@AdeptCharon]

Forget Multi Scale, Inner Focus was buffed in gen8

[@DanteCrowlley]

I'm pretty sure paradox will be gone next gen

[@nazeersadek6705]

Doesn’t Electivifer still gets Vital spirit as hidden ability?

[@arrowblade_1238]

Hey, where’s my boi Gyarados? He may not be as high tiered these days as he was back in gen 1, but he’s still held up pretty good compared to most Pokémon in the early gens.

[@ashtonoak4370]

Thumbnail is not something i wanted to see but glad i did lol never change it plz!

[@malcanater007]

Garchomp has been around for excuse me how many years? Oh my God I'm getting old

[@adpg4471]

Good Video Overall. Just want to highlight that sleep in Gen 9 Smogon Singles was banned due to Darkrai and Iron Valiant spamming Hypnosis. In Gen 5? Yeah, it was due to Breloom. And Sleep being more broken in general

[@BubblesChika]

JPR: *Not all Gardevoirs are females!* Me: *No! I reject your reality, and SUBSTITUTE my own!*

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

"Not all Gardevoir are female, you weirdos" The ones I catch are.

[@clarkrodrigues787]

I don't exactly think Dragonite is a still good pokémon. He is a now good. 9 generations for this dragon become good

[@mjenner151]

Hell yeah, Breloom's the best! That combo of Spore, Mach Punch, Bullet Seed (& a coverage move like Rock Tomb), plus Focus Sash as its item made it easily my favourite 'mon to play with back in the day - pretty much always picked up a K.O. with it somehow Really hope Smogon gives it back its spores someday 💔

[@sparktaylor8489]

It's not in the first 4 gens but given the fact gen 5 turns 14 years old next month and while yes gen 5 is the beginning of what we know as the modern spikes of power creep I do think volcarona should be mentioned as a mon who has incredible longevity and imo will become the new Ttar, Garchomp, Lando etc. The new longest Reigning Pokemon in OU. Thanks To being essentially the best and only Quiver Dance User, a good move pool, good type combination, heavy duty boots, and seems to deal with the gimmicks well if not abuse them to its fullest potential in the case of gen 9, (while it didn't have a mega it did still play well in a meta game with them and was actually a counterpick for some notably the top tier threat of Mega Mawile and meta Kang to an extent thanks to its typing and ability flame body, and with gens 7 and 8 it frankly enjoyed the possibilities it could have with the gimmicks) Volcarona will reign as a Monarch for years to come

[@RaynmanPlays]

"It's like getting both political parties to support the same candidate!" Are we talking the establishment of the political parties or the voters? If both parties have establishment candidates, then sure. The establishment of each party will support their own party's candidate. If only one party is putting forth an establishment candidate, though, then they will pick the establishment candidate over party every day of the week.

[@Idrop123]

11/10 thumbnail

[@EidinAegis]

Porygon-Z isn't really built for doubles and really both Z and 2 forms function well in their own ways since Z and Togekiss are probably the only two remotely good Gen 4 evos succeeding somewhere in Gen 9

[@ironmuro]

I feel much like Breloom, Ludicolo and Poliwrath are underrated, I have them on my current rain team and they really put in work.

[@mjdxp5688]

I don't think Ludicolo being good is a very unpopular opinion. Poliwrath on the other hand, never heard anyone use it. Its stats aren't very good.

[@ironmuro]

@@mjdxp5688 You'd be surprised, chuck on an assault vest with the right team mate he gets a lot of unexpected KOs.

[@kidwilks]

I love hearing good morning everyone when I'm driving home from work and done for the weekend 🎉

[@HJ-ld8qe]

Can we add Cloyster to this with spikes, shell smash, icicle spear paired with the ability skill link with a high physical defense stat..... Remember a lot of these in gen 8 online

[@chefinabottle]

You and these damn thumbnails recently. First Sceptile and now Electivire?

[@aliaubreyswink6767]

Evolite came out in gen v so technically electabuzz and magnar were already able to use it. It’s just a nitpick cuz I didn’t like how you worded it saying they can now use it cuz of their evolutions

[@mbcmechachu]

Eviolite, ruining the reputation of cross-gen evolutions since 2010.

[@S_Umbreon.1]

The thumbnail is perfect

[@supermariomaker1734]

The all time goat since it’s been introduced in my opinion is amoongus because it’s been around since gen 4 and it’s never been bad at all. It’s mostly a vgc Mon but it’s also a great singles Mon it’s just people don’t use it for singles. In vgc where it shines best is best of 3.That Mon is the all time goat I call it the mushroom that kills gods just because people with legendarys lose to it.

[@AS34N]

Is that an old michael waltrip fender?

[@connorhancock2096]

That thumbnail is elite

[@RedHoodFH]

Time to give Ampharos tail glow

[@anasbinmaalik3739]

bro listed skarmory as gen 3 💀

[@arcadeguy822]

The thumbnail goes hard

[@dadenmusic6202]

Happy birthday JPR

[@chompyclownforhire3692]

Electivire does keep vital spirit when it evolves☝🤓

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

I looked at his Gen 4 page when I said that and I feel stupid now lol

[@robertwolff3580]

@@JPRPokeTrainer98happens to the best of us

[@วิชชากรสุขวัฒน์]

That guy in thumbnail inspire Palworld as well

[@SKsuprakirby]

Gen 1 is eating good ngl.

[@robertwolff3580]

Dragon Dance Garchomp Now!

[@occ3616]

not me saying thank god exactly when u did when u said they banned paras and legends 😭

[@Yaboimitchell]

Banger Thumbnail😂

[@justinterry2926]

Iron bundle is not delibird It simply looks similar Otherwise no connection

[@michaelsheridan126]

Grass tera moltres does not resist rock

[@BlueBisharp28]

nice wall 🚗 have a good birthday

[@alephnull4044]

Think you missed Blissey?

[@wakkaseta8351]

I hear Youngster Joey's Rattata was able to survive all the power creep.

[@mahrii3093]

Thank god

[@brocktnorris]

happy birf

[@SonicMeters]

Cool video I love your videos

[@harishhimanshu8732]

1:34 It loses static not Vital spirit for Motor drive

[@oddliquid8996]

Yo shout out to eviolite

[@RayGunga13]

power

[@your_god_lucifer2386]

Please lay off the crack pipe 😂 like id waste eviolite on an electabuzz when so many second stage mons have better stats like holy fk monferno gets drain punch on top of his actually viable stats im putting my eviolite on my iron fist monferno with drain punch, power up punch, flame punch, and thunder punch

[@ValianceGames]

Yay! I guessed right!

[@louisjefferies2733]

Is the thumbnail supposed to be interpreted in the way an American would or a Brit would?

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

How are they different???

[@louisjefferies2733]

@@Aaa-vp6ug which way the knuckles are facing (towards you is not offensive, knuckles towards another person is offensive

[@Charlesdietrich-uy6uz]

First

[@RobertWilson-wm1ie]

I was

[@ssickhead1]

1:33 electivire's hidden ability is still vital spirit

[@ltdzinger]

That thumbnail is savage.

[@alephnull4044]

7:37 Huh? Grass doesn't resist rock

[@alphamarigi]

0:07 Flutter Mane isn't Misdreavus. Stop it with this bull.