Rating Every Pokémon Team I Used in 2021

I played Pokémon a lot in 2021. Here are my personal rankings for the 12 teams I used this year!
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[@dereekarhton777]

"Sorry Grunty Boi" "It's fine you're just an idiot" Man I died laughing

[@Archer_404]

I agree

[@azij7142]

Agreed

[@junocapra5719]

Yup

[@noahlloyd1011]

I did as well

[@razza119]

Yea me too

[@whyamihere6972]

I still can’t believe Michael encountered 3 shinies during his toughest playthrough to date with full odds

[@chasedetemple2666]

@Litfa Tua 4 ayo

[@patatojuice711]

He didn't do the smp pokemon

[@ElectroPikachu]

Makes the difficulty all worth it

[@Fantom_joel]

@Litfa Tua 4 ☠️

[@dominickf6095]

The gods wanted to give him motivation to keep going

[@deoxysdude1096]

mandjtv with a beard is such a godsend, he’s like an alolan one but also shiny, plus it suits him a lot

[@JustDemyx]

Its fabulous

[@utkarshkumar6895]

Nah he was way hotter without a beared

[@Gorgosauruslibra]

@@utkarshkumar6895he was not he better with the beard looks cool and professional I’m glad he said he wont shave it back to nothing

[@Treeckoboi1]

​@@utkarshkumar6895r/whoooooosh

[@Overwankerfuck9292]

@@Gorgosauruslibra exactly

[@Jman20077]

“It’s fine, You’re just an idiot.” That had me laughing for a solid 5 minutes straight.

[@keps3934]

Haha

[@HunterInfinity]

i only laughed when i read this comment

[@tigerx36]

I can't tell you how hard I laughed hearing this, it's that funny.

[@Patterrz]

3 shinies in one playthrough is just crazy, sorry to say you might have used up all your shiny luck for the next 3 years with that one LOL

[@pipiundkaukiinpipikakaland]

Also catching the self destruct graveler must have also used a lot of luck

[@rhey1972]

Dude he must have so much anxaity by catching the graveler😨

[@gusto9907]

OmG i CaN’t BeLeIvE yOu’Re HeRe It’S cRaZy

[@tyranitorn8632]

he 100% faked it

[@DandTBros]

You mean 6 main series games right

[@castform7]

I really feel like Michael and Grunty Boi's relation has really grown since August 2020 (still can't believe GB has only been around for a little over a year and a quarter ago feels like ages). Michael has gone from shock, to anger to exhaustion with this guy but has now come to consider him a friend and even let him on a video without a sponsor. It really felt like a progressing story with these two and I can't wait to see what different sponsor antics occur in 2022.

[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

Hmm enemy’s to bromance I think

[@c0r3_3rr0r]

theyre friends now and honestly that makes me super happy

[@t-archer0820]

Same here

[@PHSDM104]

It's because Grunty Boy stopped using Michael's shower.

[@mananparikh6781]

Your name is hail yeah

[@wilmariedefecha9787]

I laughed so much when Grunty boy said "its fine your just a idiot"

[@LinusEvan]

You’re*

[@humansdobeep6306]

Same😊

[@Mr._funny2006]

Same

[@StackatackaStudios]

XD SAME

[@TheTrueIdiotSandwich]

i am proud that i am this comments 100th like.

[@BKRproductions6468]

Another point for the Grunty Boi team is that Grunty Boi was the first to discover that Drowzee is a Pokemon. (if you get it you get it)

[@ezrabaker974]

I get it

[@l_rbuttons]

I always thought Drowzee was Mikey's bae.

[@marcusworld4089]

​@@l_rbuttons drowzee IS for Mikey, boi!

[@wireframedorange]

"Its fine your just an idiot" This is one of the only 10 - 20 times i've legitimately laughed so hard on one of his jokes

[@jason.d3083]

Same,it got me hard

[@ChartheHunter98]

Definitely a new meme quote

[@DarthAres08]

Same

[@djdee6386]

@@jason.d3083 please phrase differently

[@jason.d3083]

@@djdee6386 What do u mean by that🤭

[@zeospark9715]

I feel like a lot people overlook Cradily. It is a surprisingly good Pokemon and Rock/Grass is something not to sneeze at

[@gengarzilla1685]

It's a shame, really. People look at those two defensively terrible types and assume the combination is also bad and therefore Cradily has no merit. Rock and Grass do end up pairing up surprisingly well, all things considered.

[@donovan802]

i agree. one of my favorite fossils (especially if you saw Jaiden’s Soul Link Nuzlocke). Plus, like Gengarzilla said, Grass/Rock is a shocking good typing. Individually, both typings are fairly defensively poor, but together, they make a Pokémon with only c weakness (and an immunity to water if you have Storm Drain on it). And a Base Stat Total of 495 with great defenses is really impressive. I think it just got overshadowed by fossils that pack more of a punch, but it can definitely hold its own as defensive support.

[@donttrustnoone3921]

@@gengarzilla1685 It's a good example of two average types having an S tier type synergy

[@Mattyzer0]

Supa beefy

[@sinem4044]

staven's cradilly in oras was tougher than fighting the other parts of his team...

[@purpleraider8105]

I like how both the gym leader playthroughs were in Gen 6 and both the Team Sky Playthroughs were in Gen 3. I expect this will change this year but its still fun

[@terefegetanehhabteyes8200]

14:30 proves that Mikey and Grunty boi are different people

[@theboi5584]

My favorite team was definitely the “Can you beat Pokemon Platinum?” team. The video itself was just thoroughly entertaining, and the team was really fun as well. Also Gruntyboi is a joy to see lol

[@SouthernShitpost]

Ye also the candice joke was... *chef kiss*

[@theboi5584]

@@SouthernShitpost agreed

[@aaronoconnor193]

Bot

[@theboi5584]

@@aaronoconnor193 yeah...

[@aaronoconnor193]

U commented 1 hour before the video started

[@isseiddraig2132]

Mikey: "GREETINGS POKÉFANS! Michael here..." Me: "Ah yes, that intro never gets old even if it's almost 2022."

[@gymleaderhasan]

It’s iconic so we like it.

[@flameslayer3110]

@Litfa Tua 4 WHY ARE YOU ON MIKEY'S CHANNEL?

[@killthepresident27]

@@flameslayer3110 IKR KEEP KZbin CLEAN!

[@rud9301]

Ngl, every time grunty boy is on screen I can't help but smile ear to ear. He's such a lovable character

[@autismandgaming4532]

If more grunty boi runs happen, I’d like to see him take notes from other evil team grunts for what Pokemon to use. I think that’d be fun

[@shawncabagnot7245]

“Never struggled once!” “oh god” Had me dead

[@gyletre675]

I actually enjoyed the bug catcher playthrough quite a lot, so I'm sad to see you were so stressed/disappointed in it. Their weaknesses made the whole thing more like a challenge, which made it more interesting as I also thought it would be Volcarona carrying the whole thing.

[@ciciuk3695]

I mean... I get it makes it fun for those watching, but I still can understand the frustration of the one playing it😂 C'mon, bug type makes it challenging just because it's soooo bad it makes it unfun too.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I played sword as a bug Gym leader and it was tough but I had Araquanid for Kabu and Gordie also Crustle ohkod Kabu Gmax Centiskourch

[@MonkeBrain07]

He said he had a deadline so I think that's why it was stressful. That team would honestly be fun to use when doing a challenge run for fun.

[@idosomethingiguess3680]

I thought Volcarona would be the best member of the team but oh boi was I wrong,Fashion the Leavanny was easily the MVP.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I feel like part of the Volcarona problem might have been his own fault, as he completely forgot about a Heat Wave tutor in Humilau City. Meaning he still had Ember once a better option was available.

[@joshbee09]

I really liked the ultra moon no catching team *a lot* even though it was quite limiting compared to a normal play through.

[@justinysenemy4742]

@Litfa Tua 4 these bots are everywhere

[@theboi5584]

@@justinysenemy4742 it’s like a virus with no cure :(

[@Soggywaffleman-kd8nm]

@@justinysenemy4742 yea i deleted my comments i hate these bots

[@justinysenemy4742]

@@theboi5584 yeah

[@jeffreygao3956]

Did floor tentacles drown Enigma?

[@GoddessAstral]

He almost predicted iron hands with the name of his blaziken from the start of the video by naming it iron fists

[@Micah.Lau.navi.]

I wonder if "Expand the Sky" means just getting rid of outer space so there is just a buncha floating islands and a giant sea underneath.

[@randomcommenter4246]

The part of Grunty Boy rating his team is nice. We need more of him doing stuff like this. I am disappointed with Unova tho, cause its my 2nd favorite team (after hoenn cause emerald is my 1st pokemon game)

[@bastioncory6740]

@@malik.a4125 Why not just report as spam tho? Take 2 seconds

[@malik.a4125]

@@bastioncory6740 what spam ay

[@InvasorJim101]

My favorite teams are the 'role playing' ones, most of which you ranked 10/10. Nice! Hope to see some more next year. Team Sky can always keep traveling and expanding.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I hope to see these next Team sky sinnoh bdsp or platinum Galar first electric gym leader

[@batteryman_cezory]

The opposite for me, I think the characters are too forced.

[@SamFlowers995]

@@RodimusMinor1987 both happened lmao

[@RodimusMinor1987]

@@batteryman_cezory I get you, team sky for example all he can do is insult others to try and be evil, the ice run he also acted like a horrible person because he thought ice meant be a cold hearted person,, mikey needs to understand that there is a difference between evil and rudeness,

[@ThibsyCube]

This one such a fun video to watch Michael! I have seen all the playthroughs beside the 2 randomized ones. Hearing all of these, makes me reflect on how fun this year was. My favorite was the alolan playthrough

[@hubijohn7451]

This was an amazing year. We love you, Mikey!

[@Crayon85]

I still remember Mikey’s wartortle evolving into blastoise being the most unbelievable thing in the video

[@adugyamfi4560]

Why would you give sceptile your favorite for swampert i mean come sceptile is super cool

[@ZakTheBack]

it’s just his opinoin.

[@45TRANSFORMERSFAN]

I'd love to see more Grunty Boi playthoughs in other games next year. Make it like a series. Let the grunt conquer all of the regions to become the ultimate Rocket Master!

[@ariannawills854]

YAAAAS

[@Kereea]

I just wanna see him punch Archer in Johto.

[@battleaxe9145]

@@Kereea or stumble into team rainbow rocket in the ultra games.

[@sophialeemirandaakaprincess]

Agreed

[@t-archer0820]

100%

[@littleluketheninja6712]

16:14 Michael: It’s hard to disagree with him Grunty Boi: *Pulls out AK-47* That’s right

[@nfrf5255]

You should totally do this video for following years again. It's cool to recap the year of playthroughs and rank what you had.

[@swiftly_produced2694]

He must be using something, because hé has a perfect beard

[@streammarriedtothemusicbys3793]

Mr stache

[@teunsmit8621]

Indeed he must be. I'm a little bit jealous.

[@whiteninji352]

Heck off bots

[@legoshirocha]

I was watching his videos and took a break from social media and he already had a beard when I came back and i was like wtf 😳???? Lol he looks good !!!

[@kirstystanton5702]

Yep

[@NikoAmii]

that beard is looking fire, Michael. happy new year/holidays!

[@acetheinadequate]

Chad Michael lol

[@BreadGoblin001]

He looks exactly like my dad with that beard that's terrifying

[@jappyrich481]

Grunty boi's beard is superior

[@acetheinadequate]

@@jappyrich481 both is good

[@jeffreygao3956]

Mega Absol should’ve been Dark/Fairy.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

RIP Azrael. Absol is so cool and is by far my favorite Pokémon, but I cannot ignore its lack of battle prowess due to it lack of speed or bulk, as well as not having a secondary typing for extra STAB or to help in a monotype run. Mega Absol is at least pretty fast, but it still doesn't really hit hard enough to justify its lack of bulk.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I wonder if Mikey had actually attacked instead of using swords dance would that have made a difference

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I also love absol

[@jeffreygao3956]

It should so be Dark/Fairy type.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I think somehow getting a Mega Houndoom would have been better.

[@icepawtheyugiohdumbass9955]

*looks at the absol in my um nuzlocke that basically carried the team* uh...

[@venomgaming7014]

The shield randomiser is already his 4th most viewed video. Let’s get it to number 1.

[@tsukihimeyfan]

7:03 I still think that Team Sky's mission could be to expand the sky by restoring the Ozone layer (via hostile take-over of mega corporations worldwide in order to replace all of their energy sources with solar/wind energy)

[@pedroburgos1688]

Well for me you hit right on spot with that comment my fellow commenter

[@PassTheMic2006]

That and maybe they could also try to abuse some Pokémon to create clouds so they can make a sky city/haven, like that one planet from Star Wars.

[@ttttttttttttttttt.]

ANTI-HERO SHENANIGANS I CAN GET BEHIND

[@tinymicrowave6821]

You just stole someone’s comment

[@laurabu6459]

@tinymicrowave actually the guy below stole this guy's comment. The one we're commenting on was posted 14 hours earlier than the copied one below..

[@yukikitsune7366]

I always love it when Grunty Boi shows up. The energy is so infectious. If Grunty Boi was the PR recruiter for Team Rocket, I would join in a heartbeat.

[@TheKidblazer1]

u heard what he said at the end too funny

[@r.j.penfold]

I actually really liked the Bug team, cuz at the end you came out on top and did eventually win. It was cool to see and to be reminded how many cool bugs got introduced in Unova.

[@coffetrueno9791]

Have you ever thought on making a play trough as the leader of team pixie? 11:02 this didn’t age well

[@sherrischannel3093]

I loved the Bug Catcher team. Despite all of your complaints and struggles with it, I enjoyed seeing one of my favorite pokemon types shine in a while.

[@tyranitorn8632]

i hated it

[@fearsomejuice6991]

@@tyranitorn8632 Well that's your problem. But it is your opinion and I will respect that.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

For me personally, it's disappointing to see that Volcarona turned out to not be too good for him, as it's easily my favorite bug type Pokemon at the moment

[@jeremygoslin8864]

@@tyranitorn8632 I think it was a good idea

[@RodimusMinor1987]

A drive would be proud

[@joeyobzut1448]

I think changing Team Sky's goal from "expanding the sky" to "reaching for the sky (being the best and most skilled pokemon gang)" could make Team Sky not just grow in size in the real world, but become actual pokemon canon. Long Live Team Sky!!!

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Mikey should write that down

[@idosomethingiguess3680]

Our (team sky's) goal is the conquer the skies of all regions as stated in the kanto video.

[@CallMeKylePlz]

I think that part of the joke is that team sky's evil goal makes no sense. Lol

[@GoTeamSkyYeeticus57]

I’m a little late to this comment but the amount of lore on the team sky subreddit has honestly far surpassed any lore mickey could add lol

[@TheGoldenStudios]

@@GoTeamSkyYeeticus57 You mean MIKEY!

[@granolabarz]

mikey i loved the ultra moon play through on your plays channel sm😭😭😭

[@Cargo_Plush_Productions]

15:50 its been like year or two but still I loved when Grunty Boy tell on his playthrough "Its level eleven"

[@pomik1617]

Team sky grunts can technically use any Pokémon as long as it has levitate or they have a balloon as a held item. I think.

[@kinglion4033]

Wow that is so big brain 🧠

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

I would think any non-fliers that can learn Fly should also count so Golurk would be a cool candidate.

[@carllubrin8518]

Hunter would be the game changer I use it cause earthquakes are such an annoying move

[@gengarzilla1685]

I think it should be whether the Pokémon can participate in X and Y's Sky Battles. Namely, remove some Flying types like the basic stage regional birds and Hawlucha while adding all Levitate users except Gengar (Bronzor and Bronzong _must_ have Levitate). The speciality here would not just be Flying types but Ground immunities.

[@43dl3ntil]

That would be boring tho. I think only pokemon that have levitate should be allowed

[@Godzillawolf1]

Go Team Sky! You should do a playthrough as Team Pixiedust. It'd be hilarious. Especially given knowing you, you'd most likely do it in character and I find that incredibly amusing.

[@jaredhobson470]

Yes please

[@MsFoxy-bo4uc]

Which one would he do though? Alola and Galar either have the best Fairy types or have a Fairy starter. Also I had the same thought XD

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Probably Alola as only one starter can become fairy type

[@jeffreygao3956]

Shayla should talk like Ashley Arbruster or Clover(Totally Spies!)

[@khurramali1277]

11:15 Mikey said this 'Despite that this team kicked a lot of butt in In this run and it was fun’

[@silvergirl9784]

Could you please make a video like this every year? I really enjoy the video. It is always fun to look back at our Pokemon team.

[@nicholaslecavalier3489]

My favourite team this year must be my only bug type shield play through. The team hade, Crustlu, Aracuinid, Durant, Galvantula, Cantiscorche and golisapod. It was an incredible team that worked amazingly and I had no major issues for the howl play through (I apologizes for the horrible misspelling of the Pokémon names).

[@Whale-Shark-Katie]

I also did a mono-bug run but of BW2 (I swear, I wasn’t copying Michael) and lemme just say, Crustle is one of the most underrated bug types, it is genuinely really good, idk if it’s just because bug/rock is a pretty good typing or if it’s genuinely good but my appreciation for it has skyrocketed recently

[@wezen89]

Others spellings are fine but Crustlu is funny XD

[@eliyaskiya]

@@wezen89 Cthulu has now taken over Crustle. What do you do?

[@spirityt2192]

Once i finish Brilliant Diamond ima play Shining Pearl with just bug types(mainly for beedrill cuz i love beedrill)

[@RodimusMinor1987]

I also did a bug run of gen 8 but I chose sword which I regret as I couldn't get Heracross but I still won

[@earendil9132]

I love how Michael glosses over the fact that he cheated in the Dark type run by gamesharking an Absolite into his game. Normally, you can't get that till postgame.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

He could've traded with himself there actually. What weirded me out is in his bug catcher run, he mentioned something about how you just need to evolve Karrablast and Shelmet by having the other one in the party.

[@nilsdewaen7750]

I think it was just one of those cheats that makes trade evolutions "normal" evolutions. But i guess they still wanted to do something with karablast and Shellmet having to be together.

[@Whale-Shark-Katie]

@@kaelanmcalpine2011 I’m assuming he was probably playing on an emulator, plus evolving trade evolutions without actually trading isn’t really cheating

[@gengarzilla1685]

Mega Stones can be sent to other players by trades. Normally that Absolite is postgame, but it's still perfectly legal to have in the first league challenge.

[@aidanredding8058]

Well it didn't matter because Mega Absol did nothing

[@purpleraider8105]

I look forward to this list at end of this year. The teams he's used so far this year have been wild and the list should be super interesting

[@allsparkwarrier]

I have watched all the walkthroughs and the summary videos associated with each one and each time I got a great bit of laughter and enjoyment out of all of them

[@jonathanroth1723]

I liked the Dark Gym Leader Team because it inspired me to do a Pokemon X Psychic Type Monotype Challenge with Delphox, Malamar, Gardevoir, Reuniclus, Meowstic, and Starmie.

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

I guess similarly, I also did a dark mono run in X. I tried to a roleplay of it as Joker, since it was Persona 5 themed, but I'm not as good as he is so it basically just amounted to saying "It's Showtime!" right before every boss and naming everyone after a Phantom Thief.

[@King-eg2zl]

Mikey: “Don’t say it!” Me: “Candice di-“ Mikey: “So you have chosen death!”

[@LaySuperMarioLover]

I simply KNEW the Emerald Team Sky video would be the best one! GO, TEAM SKY! 🦅

[@vitalfps5796]

Very interesting concept, really enjoyed it

[@keeganjimenez8721]

“Each team can be made unique, thanks to the seemingly limitless Pokémon to choose from.” Competitive Players:

[@OSoverspike]

"Each team can be made unique, thanks to the seemingly limitless movesets to choose from" Said every mew main ever

[@gengarzilla1685]

He says, while 90% of Sinnoh playthroughs involve Staraptor or Luxray or Garchomp.

[@jonahdengler3858]

“Sorry, Grunty Boy.” “It’s fine. You’re just an idiot.” 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JustSumIdiot]

I’m playing through ultra moon as team sky right now. It’s a fun challenge to use flying types!

[@cappella264]

I really like longer videos so I think your ultra moon mini series is great :)

[@HunterTube-ul9cs]

Beyond the Escavalier sounds like an awesome look at Escavalier’s life.

[@aspiringwayfarer]

I’d buy that autobiography.

[@BeanKally]

@@aspiringwayfarer same

[@typhlosion7872]

The Platinum team was really creative imo. I also had a shiny Golem in my first Brilliant Diamond playthrough. I found 3 shinies, one with the Underground boost, two with the 4096 odds. Two shiny Graveler and one Machoke while grinding at Victory Road. I used the first Graveler and replaced my Rhyhorn with it. I traded the second one I found to the guy who helped me evolve the first Graveler without scamming me as a thank you

[@hunterstandridge8732]

Nice profile pic my starter in every playthough

[@gengarzilla1685]

I was very worried that the Platinum team would end up looking like any other cookie cutter team before those two Shiny Pokémon replaced Staravia and Gabite. I've seen enough of those lines in playthroughs to last me a lifetime. Ambush and Korg personally saved this run for me.

[@Krissydoll11]

I can't wait to see Team Sky conquer more regions!

[@Rose-yx6jq]

"Sorry Grunty Boi" "It's fine. You're just an idiot." I died.

[@masteretainturmakan]

I'd love to see more Grunty Boi Plays too! His Team Rocket playthrough was so fun to watch!

[@25Dzone]

I actually quite like the long form content - so multiple videos for 1 playthrough and then one summary one on the main channel. Maybe even skip the summary - as long as it stays somewhere between 3 to 5 videos, I quite like it.

[@fplHoby]

What a great video to sum up the year!!!

[@playernull7400]

Absolutely love the beard man! It really suits ya!

[@The_Viridian]

I think I only did 5 playthroughs this year: Shield, Emerald, Fire Red Friendlocke, Leaf Green and Brilliant Diamond. Emerald was probably my least favourite of these, which is odd seeing as I used Swampert, Hariyama, Flygon, Armaldo, Cacturne and Banette, some pretty cool Pokémon. Maybe the Physical/Special attacks being based on type killed it for me, I don’t know. Might replay Alpha Sapphire with this team in the future. My Shield playthrough is probably 4th. I used Cinderace, Appletun, Mr Rime, Polteageist, G-Slowking and Rapid Strike Urshifu. Aside from Cinderace, I really enjoyed using these guys (especially since Polteageist and Slowking were shiny), but the team was pretty unbalanced. Especially Urshifu, I had to take it off my team at times to give myself any form of challenge. My Brilliant Diamond playthrough sits at around the middle. Infernape was great overall, but I wished I had leaned into the mixed attacker approach more. Lumineon wasn’t great, but it was super fun when I switched it into a water move so Storm Drain would activate. Honchkrow hits hard, but usually gets oneshot before it can do anything. Froslass is a really good special attacker and was pretty useful for the run. My Shiny Rampardos hit like a truck but struggled to take a hit, and despite not using Shiny Dialga a lot, it did great when I used it, unsurprisingly. However, I will probably never shiny hunt in a first playthrough ever again. Leaf Green is the runner up. I decided to switch my starter out for Victreebel, who was good but barely got any poison moves. Ninetales could flamethrower and not much else, but I really like Ninetales so its cool. Starmie was probably the MVP since it had wide coverage and hit a lot of things hard. Kangaskhan was decent I guess. I happened to get a Marowak with a Thick Club so he hit everything super hard, but was slow and weak to special attacks. Finally, Dragonite was pretty strong. Lastly, my Fire Red Friendlocke wins for how fun the league ended up being. The team was very unbalanced, having a Vileplume and a Tangela on the same team, but the rest was great. Graveler took hits like a champ (and I would have used Explosion on Lance’s Dragonite if it didn’t get oneshot by Arbok), Arcanine was just consistantly good for the whole run, Jolteon could hit hard and fast, but somehow, Butterfree ended up being the MVP, thanks to Sleep Powder/Compound Eyes. Everyone was in the voice chat when we beat the league and it was great, even if only Jolteon and Butterfree survived.

[@elpirataretro8734]

What is a friendlocke? Good teams btw

[@masochistsummer6302]

I loved hearing your experiences so if you don't mind I would like to share mine. I had three completed playthroughs this year. First was my Omega Ruby Nuzlocke. This was the first Nuzlocke I ever completed so it gets bonus points there. The team I entered the league with (and had for most of the game was): Shrek the Swampert Sumo the Hariyama Cerberus the Mighteyena Joule the Beautiful cosplay Pikachu Aphrodite the Castform (HAIL YEAH) and Natsuki the Breloom. Only Joule, Sumo and Shrek survived. However I need to mention Roxie the Linonne who tragically died on victory road. I still miss you 😢. Next was my Y Nuzlocke. The team I entered the league with was: Todd the Delphox Bronc the Venusaur Gloria the Hippodown Marigold the Florges. Tin Tin the Lucario (Not the gift one from Korrina. I found one for my encounter just before the first Gym.) And my favourite member Martha the Butterfree. Martha ended being the only too survive thanks to BS crits from every direction. An honarable mention should go to Barret the Slowbro who also died on victory road 😭. Last was my replay of Sword. This is easily my favourite team that I've ever assembled in a playthrough. This legendary squad consisted of: Radish Waifu the Tsareena Oops the Quagsire (points if you get this reference) Big Bird the Corvinknight Dutchess the Weaville Lumiette the Chandelure and the later but certainly not least edition of JD the Drapion. Sorry for it being so long but thanks for coming to my Ted Talk. 😆👋

[@liamschermer7901]

@@elpirataretro8734 It's a Nuzlocke, but you have your friends roleplay as assigned Pokemon. I recently did one myself, it's super fun.

[@43dl3ntil]

@@masochistsummer6302 This is what I like to see. A Jaiden Animations fan in the flesh! As for my playthroughs, I only did one this year, and that was my replay of Shield. The team was: Fleetfoot the Cinderace Snapper the Drednaw Gentleman the *female* Galarian Weezing (I only realized it was female after I had nicknamed it, I considered changing but then I changed my mind) Leafer the Leafeon (very creative I know) Supero the Obstagoon Megamind the Orbeetle I LOVED THIS TEAM. The only thing I would've liked was an Electric type, but otherwise I love it.

[@masochistsummer6302]

@@43dl3ntil Haha yes right in the flesh! Kinda forgot to mention that Oops basically saved my arse during the battle with Leon (side note his Haxorus can go die in a ditch) because I forgot that his Charizard had a grass type move. All the other members had fainted at this point due to again another case of BS crits. I was broke so I didn't have many revives and by the time I got to Charizard I had used them all. Somehow Oops managed to survive that G-max Overgrowth with like 6 hp left and I was stunned. He then took out Charizard with G-Max Geyser straight afterwards. As if I didn't love Quagsire enough before this lol (he's my second favourite pokemon 😂) A bit of a minor mention Sumo from Omega Ruby literally it seemed at times couldn't die. There were a couple of battles where I was gonna have to sac him in order to make it through. And he would live with like less than 20 hp left and proceed to finish off the pokemon that was supposd to kill him. Like I'm pretty sure Hariyama is quite bulky but frick me. It literally happened at the final battle with Stephens Mega Supercomputer. I even predicted it right before hand. I ain't complaining it just gave a whole new respect for Hariyama. ✋😅

[@Quetzal00358]

My favorite team that I used this year is my Ultra Sun team: Decidueye, Alolan Ninetales, Lycanroc, Lurantis, Vikavolt, Araquanid

[@Nothing-wi8hd]

@@datingzone5984 Wtf

[@josh-w2030]

@@Nothing-wi8hd Probably best to ignore it

[@killthepresident27]

@@josh-w2030 sit back and relax while I deal with it

[@Kenopop]

Mine was dicidieye, Alolan Ninetales, vikavolt, fearow, poliwrath and malamar

[@Nothing-wi8hd]

Ok now say your pokemon unbound team mine is Garchomp Walrain Abomasnow Scruffty Torkaol Ampharos

[@brunoiglodi2371]

The shield randomizer is probably my favourite video ever from you. If I haven’t seen it 10 times I haven’t watched it once.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

Omg it's jesus Entei really made me laugh

[@SloYute]

I was just watching sun and moon on Netflix and finished it so I came to KZbin and when I watch your videos they somehow make me feel better

[@PlayGame-wv1jd]

Never realised how many play throughs michael has done this year

[@jaredhobson470]

Yea

[@ctoooc]

Awesome beard bro also you ended up with a really great team for a non-catching team in the ultra moon team.

[@abigaylepisieczko4631]

i think ur Grass run thru Alpha Sapphire and the Bug run of Unova were awesome to watch! i also cant believe you actually got not one, not two, but THREE full odds shiny in ur Platinum run! talk about great luck!

[@brettsilverman9770]

Just ordered my team sky shirt! So excited! Team sky is my fav content on KZbin, please make more!

[@Unovakid24]

"Sorry Grunty Boi" "It's fine, you're just an idiot" I'm dead 🤣

[@roselight6952]

Hi Mikey. I discovered you this year and have loved every minute. I have a question regarding Team Sky; do levitating pokemon, for instance flygon in hoenn, make the cut for being pokemon of the sky? Just curious, but I'd understand if they don't since they technically aren't flying as much as they're hovering

[@NeonWafflez707]

It’s a good question. He was skeptical about using Gyarados because while it is a flying type, it’s not really associated with flying… so he is considering more than a Pokemon’s type. I would say he only uses Pokémon that are flying type, but Mightyena is an exception. I’d like to think that in general if it can learn the move fly or has been seen flying in the anime, it is a possible contender. Most likely though, I think he would stick to flying types (one question, for example, is his most recent community post- if Team Sky goes to Alola, would he abandon his starter after Decidueye loses the flying type? Or would be just stop Dartrix from evolving?)

[@lukasgrunwald3315]

Gengar can fly XD

[@gengarzilla1685]

Gengar can't be used in Sky Battles. I think that disqualifies it.

[@DareMurdok]

You're very good at naming Pokemon, a lot of cool puns and references

[@anthonysanchez8816]

Love all your videos buddy

[@justindelepper2224]

5:44 dont worry, I lost to roark in brilliant diamond with 5 pokemon on my team XD. I switched out my monferno to train my machop, but... I totally forgot my attack boosts with power-up punch were gone from switching out, and I fought against cranidos 0_0 (my team was monferno, bidoof, starly, shinx and machop)

[@AmandaC.]

Ive loved your content for years, this year included! Thank you for all the AMAZING content AND merch this year! Keep up the amazing work ❤️

[@mommycynthia1045]

17:49 mikey! Your grunty boy is showing

[@B3rfBo1]

Havent watched one of ur vids since last year and the beard throws me off so hard😭🙏

[@zcythegeist]

The best thing we got this year is Michael's beard.

[@ThePureSynergist]

This really was a great year for MandJ content. Every play through was a banger. Just love watching any of the playthroughs. They’re all so good and unique.

[@Makabresicarius]

I completely agree, only problem is when I binge watched his videos and had to wait between releases lmao. Michael’s content is always really good so between video releases it was pretty annoying lol.

[@RodimusMinor1987]

My least favourite was his dark type gym run as he was acting like an evil team leader and not a gym leader, gym leaders respect each other but he was insulting Viola Korina and Valerie

[@Kroododile553]

Grass gym leader was definitely my favorite. Mainly because it reminded me of the time I did the exact same play-through. Very good Pokémon to use.

[@Amelia4111]

Playthrough* (there is no hyphen)

[@linksgameplay8597]

Thanks to this video I know what Mandjtv vid to watch next

[@Starlightthedark]

Can I suggest a play through where you can only use level up moves, remove the oldest move when learning a new one. I got this idea by looking at the level up move set of umbreon in different gens. It's not good.

[@deadly2643]

i absolutely love everything from your channel i've seen so far *which i've been binge looking at since i love pokemon and found you recently!* You are very entertaining and pretty cool Mikey i also want to ask, will there ever be a Plush For Grunty Boi?

[@mascotwithadinosaur9353]

MandJTV: Gyarados doesn't fly Gyarados: *is literally floating*

[@sparkcore7257]

It literally fly’s in legends Arceus so he can’t really dispute it now.

[@_Cheezyy_]

Loving the beard dude keep it up

[@NJMiguess]

Therapist: Bearded Mikey isn't real, he can't hurt you Bearded Mikey:

[@NJMiguess]

Begone thot

[@danpitzer765]

This year I used a Roserade entirely because you showed their potential. I ended up feeling dirty, and only let her fight last, because she murdered everything. Didn't matter what type it was, she murdered it. Blood soaked little rose.

[@Lumberjack_king]

7:06 lol expanding the ozone layer protecting millions

[@josephcirrincone9596]

I personally feel like Galavagos is a FAR more creative nickname than any pokemon on Grunty Boi's team

[@cosmiclunarstar__cos6320]

How dare you even imply such a prospect. Leave now and never return again./j

[@ParagonCommander]

The Shield randomizer is one of my favorites. It still makes me laugh.

[@cosmilic152]

Keep up your hard work bro. You're highly apprrciated by me and many others. 👍

[@emanassoum603]

Congratulations on 1.69 subs nice

[@violetprincessgreen8]

Ironically, I recently did a Bug run of Black 2 using the exact same team that you used. I actually had a really fun time and each pokemon got the spotlight at somepoint. I ended up going through each gym and the E4 and champion with no trouble. That was with me monitoring my leveling as well

[@henryheisel5068]

Pretty incredible how far you have gotten in just one year cant belive the sun and moon no catching was a year ago wish you luck for 2022

[@Lycan4]

Hey, Michael! While I agree with you on BDSP, I've decided to make them more interesting for me, so I've been doing a Team Sky playthrough of Brilliant Diamond! Despite the chosen game, it's actually really fun. I haven't beaten it yet, but my team is Gyarados, Drifblim, Togepi (it will be flying type eventually), Swablu, Honchkrow, and Crobat. Yes, I had to specifically hunt for Murkrow and Togepi, but Murkrow didn't give me any trouble. Togepi, on the other hand, took almost two hours to get, because 5% encounter rate. Despite all of that, I'm really having fun with this team!

[@SleepyOtter8806]

The only thing that i wanna say to BDSP, is that i kinda feel bad for it, while many people asked for a sinnoh remake before like at all cost, once they got it they were... disappointed... like michael... and because of that, i can't agree with him... i can't hate on BDSP! its what people wanted before on the community! Like almost every single person in the pokemon community! BDSP DOESN'T DESERVE THIS! IT DESERVED BETTER! also gald you had fun!

[@Lycan4]

@@SleepyOtter8806 While I agree with you, the reason the games are getting so much hate is because it has none of the quality-of-life things that Platinum gave us. With remakes in the past, they've incorporated the third game into them, as well as the QOL improvements. BDSP gave us hope through the trailers that it was going to have Platinum features during gameplay, but it did not deliver. I do love how difficult the Elite Four is, though. It actually feels like a challenge, and victory feels more rewarding. I haven't felt this excited to have beaten a Champion since my very first Pokemon game (FireRed).

[@tywedlake6988]

The costume change for just a few minutes is great lol

[@hollowknight290]

For Pokémon Emerald, I had the same team that Michael had but with a Swellow, Manectric, and Machamp added to complete and make a full team of six. I played Emerald using an emulator, so, I kinda coded Machoke's evolution because I never got to use a Machamp in a Generation III playthrough.