15 Pokemon Abilities You've Never Heard Of

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[@raidarthegunwizard4520]

Michael: "I cannot imagine the scenario when you want to move last no matter what" *Wobuffet wants know your location*

[@jamieoconnor22]

Or revenge (although idk if Sableye can learn revenge, i'd guess not)

[@TheDunsparceGames]

u-turn/volt switch users wants to know your location

[@D4rkn355Inf3rno]

lol im sure Wobuffet would love it but this is about its usefulness on Sableye. Which means Wobuffet would hate a Stall Sableye. Sadly Stall is useless for anything other than payback and even then its not that good cuz of his low defenses - although his typing is pretty defensive prior to the addition of fairy type pokemon. Prankster is Sableye's preferred ability to boot.

[@user-jd5zt4of8q]

@@D4rkn355Inf3rno Metal Burst is also useful if you move last

[@thewanderingmistnull2451]

@@D4rkn355Inf3rno No, it wouldn't. Wobbuffet's counter moves have a priority of -5, which means Sableye is still going to go before it. Wobbuffet hates Sableye (and Spiritomb) because neither of its counter moves can affect it, being immune to Counter and Mirror Coat.

[@sol15_]

Toxic boost is on zangoose for lore reasons, because of their intense rivalry with seviper

[@shaunscott5276]

I have one I like it c:

[@DeusDoku]

Also mongoose are known to be immune to venom from snakes, thats why it has that other ability

[@XenoTheTurtle]

Honestly, zangoose is way better competitively thanks to that ability! a belly drum toxic boost with toxic orb zangoose can do up to 70% to a defensive zygarde... with only quick attack, it actually gets a guaranteed 1HKO to any non ghost types with facade Even a fully defensive steel arceus, against a Hasty zangoose has 87.5% chance to 1HKO

[@greentiger50]

SonnieSlim1 Mongooses are immune up to a certain quantity of venom.

[@blaster.m1943]

@@XenoTheTurtle wtf does facade do to zygarde then?

[@Vanity3_]

Actually, I’ve heard of cacophony. It was on the thumbnail of this weird video called 15 Pokémon abilities you’ve probably never heard of.

[@Axeloy]

lmfao

[@galaxy4pugrm641]

Lmoa

[@bestpikatwo7359]

Odd

[@emeraldwarrior2999]

Odd that's how I heard cacophony weird...

[@susamogus8331]

How was the video

[@Megsducks]

Funny thing is, cacophony is the only one on this list I’d actually heard of

[@Dredo5]

baby shoyru stall was mine

[@Dredo5]

I was like... stall.... I know I saw that but who has it?

[@Megsducks]

Dredo5 Holloway I only heard of cacophony because I like to learn about unused content in games. TCRF.net and bulbapedia both mention it on their beta pages for RSE

[@netweed09]

I heard of and used an Aroma Veil Aromatisse the month it came out xD

[@rissaliew]

baby shoryu me to

[@halloweenhalo9109]

I got my sister a shiny Sableye in Pokemon White and she trained it to be level 100. However, when she battled, it always moved last. It had Stall. Great way to ruin a gift, GameFreak.

[@alaski7514]

JirachiAJ just ability capsule that guy

[@kumitsune5748]

I feel so bad for you. 😂😂😂

[@julesduteyrat4100]

I you ever played competitive in your life, you know soul hearth and the threat it is

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

@@alaski7514 When you use Ability Capsule, you can only change Sableye's ability to Keen Eye. That item don't change Hidden Abilities

[@zerius6743]

Stall ability is the Worst ability.

[@pataeto4811]

16:32 I think Zangoose has Toxic Boost as part of its lore. Zangoose is known to be rivals with Seviper, and seeing how Seviper's main weapon is poison, it is an appropriate ability for Zangoose to have

[@chalkydusty]

Oh my god ok so as i was reading this i thought of one thing: Serviper. So i ran into a zangoose horde, and there was a serviper. I wanted it to fill my dex, and ultimately, it was freaking obliterated by the zangoose. All of the zangoose decided to waste their attacking moves on the serviper instead of me so uh you know they did the dead

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@chalkydusty i didn't even know that could happen.

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Plus, did he seriously say that Zangoose isn’t strong? I *always* used one in Ruby (even without Toxic Boost), as I didn’t always want to use Swellow or-especially-Slaking as my Normal-Type.

[@physicsismelody5581]

@@zacharyjoy8724 swellow is a great normal type for in game terms

[@zacharyjoy8724]

@@physicsismelody5581 I agree. I was saying that, when I first started playing the original Hoenn games, I usually played either Swellow or Slaking as my default Normal-Type-except in Ruby, where I chose Zangoose. I didn’t appreciate how viable Exploud was for years, when I saw someone else use it on their team.

[@sushiroll3795]

Ah, I remember running a team only including Scolipede and Zangoose. Scolipede would baton pass its swords dance and speed boost to Zangoose (who had a toxic orb), then I would try to have Zangoose sweep with facade. Good times...

[@melissarebecchi7299]

Sushi Riolu

[@charimayd5835]

Sushi Riollu

[@jjcooler6961]

Gen?

[@zeteq6766]

@@jjcooler6961 probably 6 because Scolipede didn't have speed boost in gen 5 and also baton pass in gen 6 was unbanned longer than in gen 7

[@jjcooler6961]

@@zeteq6766 ah ok nice ty

[@johannson1980]

Michael: "Greetings, Pokefans!" The subtitles: gory dings boogie pens

[@hezakiahmecham7696]

Wtf? Those subtitles must be having an off day lol

[@xronge]

DING THE BOOGIE PEN GORY

[@Blade.5786]

Ah,that is indeed a good one. But we must not forget *_"YOU'RE EATING SWIGGY PANTS!"_*

[@anonymousvossylu9342]

Subtitles edgy

[@theblackgosling]

Gory tweens, poke a fan!

[@Mila-kk1mi]

MandJTV: thinks its a fake ability Flare Boost: Am I a joke to you?

[@namikazesjjn7373]

MANDJTV:yes

[@hypertech116]

If a dragon fire type had flare boost it wouldn't have been so obscure.

[@Hadaron]

@@hypertech116 Fire types can’t get burned.

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

@@hypertech116 fire types cant be burned except for scald. thats why toxic boost was given to a normal type insteaf of a poison type

[@BladeTNT2018]

@@MrcreeperDXD777 Scald can't burn fire types

[@conradheise7080]

I've actually heard of cacophony because I'm using that exact Exploud from Fates Collide in my TCG Deck.

[@Wreckbot_]

i know of it because of a Dobbs video from a long time ago

[@jackiecabaret6092]

Me too bro

[@conradheise7080]

@@jackiecabaret6092 Nice bro

[@familykim2172]

Same man

[@fune9281]

I have an Exploud called Cacophony and now I feel less original. :(

[@thepyukumber9490]

Michael: there is no scenario where you would always want to move last Me: *laughs in aegislash*

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Me, an intellectual: *laughs in Wobbuffet*

[@mertythemertis]

Laughs in the move:payback

[@SiddharthShenoy]

Me: **Laughs in the fact that Aegislash is terrible without Stance Change**

[@hypertech116]

There is no Santa, there is no tooth fairy, there is no hidden ability for Aegislash. Well Santa exists but he's a bishop known as Saint Nicholas or Saint Nick

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@hypertech116 There's no hidden ability for Hydreigon either because Hydreigon is powerful enough as is and doesn't need one. He's already perfect

[@WeebsUnite]

My dude, Galvanize Golem with Explosion was one of my favorite things to do. I've totally heard of it. Used to run it with Oranguru. Team was this: Galvanize Golem, Oranguru, Alolan Muk and Torkoal. Start with Muk and Golem. Protect on Muk, Explosion Golem, Power of Alchemy activates, Galvanize transfers to Muk, Oranguru comes out, Muk then uses Galvanize Explosion, Oranguru is unaffected due to Telepathy, sets up Trick Room, Torkoal comes in, Eruption, Instruct, Eruption.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Oh god-

[@yakijacob]

I- am amazed

[@toodley]

Thank you for bestowing this upon me

[@chalkydusty]

Me want.

[@jspaceman]

This sounds broken af

[@enlightningairieon7294]

Michael: 1. Only two Pokémon have this ability Michael: 2. Only one Pokémon has this ability Michael: 3. No Pokémon have this ability 4. *Negative 1 Pokémon have this ability*

[@williambashaw5050]

Me: 5. I have this ability

[@yea7281]

Me: 6. This ability doesn’t even exist

[@williambashaw5050]

Me: 7. This ability only exist in a parallel universe

[@horthorthorpe]

Lol this is the new meme 😂

[@tristasue8959]

Me: 8. This ability exists in a different game series

[@Shark-gj4yr]

14:28 Says Sableye had little competitive use before its Mega. Prankster Sableye in BW2 UU: Am I a joke to you?

[@daltonroe3753]

nobody plays uu.

[@Shark-gj4yr]

@@daltonroe3753 Are you sure about that?

[@Natsu25100]

Prankster Sableye is awesome plus it's obtained from trading your Pokémon to Yancy/Curtis in B2W2

[@zekrom2359]

but prankster is also not stall, so the idea was "nobody really used stall sableye before its mega"

[@israellai]

@@zekrom2359 no he said nobody really used sableye before mega

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

Genwunners: "Joke's on you, I've never heard of _any_ of them!"

[@chrisp144]

Genwunners be like: What are abilities?

[@LuqmanGGVO]

Genwunner jokes aren't funny anymore

[@irishjade03]

@@LuqmanGGVO They were never funny in the first place (at least for Me)

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

@@irishjade03 Sounds like something a Genwunner would say

[@rioluplayz217]

@RichmondPlays 101 genwunner jk but dont say that there life is bad enough

[@lovethatdarkness]

*Most Ghost types will never suspect an Electric Amped up Explosion.*

[@rissaliew]

Thankfully , I don't usually use ghost types and switch to my physically defensive mon instead if I expect and explosion. My most physically defensive mon is ground type

[@c_f0rce]

@@rissaliew /woooshh

[@legitimate8463]

@@c_f0rce he is not misunderstanding the joke because there is no joke here.

[@batteryman_cezory]

@@legitimate8463 r/woooosh

[@vijay2710]

11:40 the attacking human used pickpocket Defending Human: Where’s my wallet!?

[@thenameproblemhasbeenfixed7041]

Vijay arora *Defending Human is confused.*

[@Reshi9984]

you decided to pickpocket a blind man. the blind man saw you and ran away!

[@kevindarcy4000]

The Attacking human used RUN

[@tin906]

Bulbasaur could say the Elgato Sponsor and I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference

[@UltimateFunBilly]

Michael voices Bulbasaur

[@LappyNoir]

@@UltimateFunBilly ok kid not to be mean but there is some stuff that people know already. This is one of them

[@legs9086]

@@LappyNoir or in another way woooosh

[@jrb6885]

Bulbasaur voices Micheal. Get it right 😂

[@autumnleaf2513]

No, Michael voices bulbasaur voicing himself

[@overdelta5171]

"I cannot imagine a scenario when you want to move last" endeavor, payback, burning jealousy, and metal burst are all examples.

[@flinfake]

Endeavor?

[@kirbywithnicehair3927]

Counter always goes last

[@oouhgggggg]

also mirror coat

[@enderboy4547]

Thet have minus priority tho

[@OG_DouG]

Avalanche, too

[@WreckinPoints11]

Wonder Skin ACTUALLY said “If it’s not 100% accurate, it’s 50% accurate”

[@TheNoteblockLizard]

#6 Grass Pelt. You should probably add onto everything you said about it that Skiddo couldn't even have the move Grassy Terrain until UltraSun/UltraMoon. Even then, you need to chain breed it with first getting Grassy Terrain onto Seedot or Snivy before you can get it onto Skiddo. Before this, it was only useful in a double battle situation where its Ally had the move.

[@YasEmisDaBus]

Or I guess alongside Tapu Bulu or HA Rillaboom

[@SaltSpirits]

@@YasEmisDaBus lmk when you get rillaboom in SM

[@patricklatham3897]

Actually, I've heard of Galvanize. I even knew which alolan Pokémon had it.

[@Natsu25100]

The Alolan Geodude lines

[@zekrom2359]

I heard about a galvanize self-destruct golem strat a few months after sun/moon were released, but never desired to use that because golem just isn't very interesting to me

[@Daniel-bf9je]

I had a galvanize alolan golem named Hairy

[@fredrickthecatfish8661]

Congrats, I've heard all of them, knew at least one pokemon that had each one, and knew what most of them did.

[@hushchild9156]

@@fredrickthecatfish8661 Wow I've only know about a third of them prior to this video with the Pokemon they belong to. Good Job!

[@AlexGironHdZ]

Me: "Mom, can we have sound proof?" Mom: "Se have sound proof at home" Sound proof at home: Cacophony

[@Reeceeboy]

Normal people: ca-cough-any Me: ca-co-phone-ny

[@chirpi_575]

Reeceeboy2410 same bro

[@Vampret]

No

[@FlamingViCTiM]

normal people should look up, what cacophony is :D

[@hezakiahmecham7696]

Wait, not everyone pronounces it this way? lol

[@8bitty192]

Oh no! Normal people have corona!

[@ariskolehmainen3651]

On Stall: When Sableye dropped, its typing gave it no elemental weakness, and immunity to fighting/normal. I've often thought Stall exists because the devs were attempting to balance it out.

[@EgorPoint]

His crappy stats actually balance it out already 🌚

[@oopsmybad7659]

@@EgorPoint coz he is not an attacker he is status changer or one to put up light screen and reflect

[@CookieGal-]

@@oopsmybad7659 He was excellent for doubles due to his great ability to buff his ally.

[@oopsmybad7659]

@@CookieGal- yupp and also for using quash for a supposed threat or will o wisp attackers

[@owenhawthorne5276]

It’s also immune to psychic, giving it three immunities. Plus, prankster + quash is broken

[@KMALiamizer]

Give Galvinize to Luxray, give him access to Extreme Speed, instant OU tier

[@Samuel-qc7kg]

KMALiamizer maybe uu, cuz its attack is bad to scratch ou mons

[@sadsupermarket765]

Only Alolan golem has this ability

[@twinx_bar]

It was a suggestion

[@arikaaa69]

@@Samuel-qc7kg bruh its over 120, and with priority and galvanize boost only really bulky bois would take little damage from it

[@Samuel-qc7kg]

Hoodie X Remember that OU is filled with mons that tank hits from base 150 attack megas (and garchomp everywhere). Uu is more passive in that regard. Well, that for gen 7 ou at least.

[@r.j.penfold]

Me: *falling asleep* "Skiddo and Gogoat are mediocre Pokémon" *WHO HAS SUMMONED THE ANCIENT ONE?*

[@shash._.]

*bad not mediocre /s

[@originaluseername]

ANYTHING FOR A FUCKING "ME:" RIGHT!?

[@takendruid]

"aroma veil" Me: I've heard of that "Aroma veil was introduced in generation six" Me, a Pokémon fan who's first game was Pokémon x: that's why... "Battery. Introduced in generation 7" The only reason I know this ability is because Sophocles and his cousin mentioned it multiple times during the electric trial

[@chessnoob99]

I know aroma veil from the mbf (his alcreamie.. season 2) and battery from playing around with a Pokemon damage calc (it's fun, ok) I saw battery as an ability, so yeah.

[@typicalthomas6057]

I kind of find it funny how Alolan Grimer and Muk, the only Pokemon that have access to the ability "Power of Alchemy" coincidentally also have access to "Gluttony" as an ability.

[@Kleptomaniac00]

Me: I know my ability’s Mickeal:I’m about to end this mans whole career

[@mysticsquirtle5109]

Anime is my middle name 6 his name is Michael. I’m sorry he just doesn’t like it when people spell his name wrong

[@alexandradordzhieva3835]

He didn't end mine, I knew all the abilities on this list.

[@skeatchee9955]

@@alexandradordzhieva3835 me too, for some reason i was kinda shocked that he didnt know some of these

[@frostyonfireproductions9468]

@@alexandradordzhieva3835 weird flex but ok.

[@scodee23]

That is not how to spell Michael

[@ExtremeAce]

14:02 "I had never heard of stall prior to writing the script for this video" So, I guess there was never a mid-dead series like Pokemon Abilities Explained??

[@grimaa]

I think alot of these abilities are tons of fun and would cool to see them on more common and accessible pokèmon

[@AshenDust_]

If soul heart makes magearna more powerful when a Pokémon faints, does magearna consume there soul or something?

[@zekrom2359]

i think its "soul heart" feels the loss of a comrade, and buffs itself to prevent another loss, although your idea could also be true

[@AshenDust_]

zekrom235 but magearna also gets buffed when an enemy faints. Other then that though, good idea

[@saharshiyer2651]

That got deep really fast

[@overdrive-thesunlightyello2942]

Their*

[@erroreevee1304]

😨

[@Arachninja752]

So wait, you could have an Alolan Golem use an electric explosion?? That rules!

[@GraveDigger35]

Explosion + Galvinize + Magnet + Stab = pain

[@etienne8758]

That strategy was actually developed before the release of sun and moon

[@joycelinlgbtq]

Refrigerate on mega Glalie can also do this.

[@lillith7257]

Yeah it's actually pretty good in ranbats if you get one

[@rosewarrior706]

Actually banded explosion is a nuke button on it

[@kokochydaios]

Pixelate, Refrigerate, & Aerolate. Me: Ejac--

[@blaster.m1943]

Cum Type

[@JAM_FRIO]

Ejacate? Ejaclate? Ejacrate?

[@frumbolo]

What's Muk backwards?

[@WeebsUnite]

That happens to be Muk's HA.

[@blizzard2586]

Turns Normal moves onto Water type.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

i've heard of all of these accept cacophony (which you put in the thumbnail anyway) because i constantly make gimmicky teams. i actually remember looking for a ghost type who couldn't be poisoned or hit by ground moves, and i though "drifblim is ghost/flying, why don't i just give it a flame orb!" and when i checked his stats and abilities, i found flare boost. i couldn't've imagined a better coincidence if i tried. (i also use haunter over gengar for similar reasons) here's the set if anyone's interested: Gengar Reborn (Drifblim) (M) @ Flame Orb Ability: Flare Boost EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Shadow Ball - Thunderbolt - Stockpile - Strength Sap and the haunter one too, just for the hell of it: The Dirty Bubble (Haunter) (M) @ Life Orb Ability: Levitate EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe Timid Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Destiny Bond - Shadow Ball - Sludge Bomb - Haze

[@stealthhawkdude]

"Power Of Alchemy" made me feel like I was watching a loctin vid

[@lovaniagengar7941]

I've seen Cacophony before. I used Assist in Red Rescue Team and called on a sound move. The game then said that Loudred's Cacophony prevented it from being affected by sound based moves. Weird... Edit: I got a shiny Pickpocket Weavile. Got it from Wonder Trade. The stats line up for a gen 2 shiny and it came from a VC Release of gen 2.

[@fredrickthecatfish8661]

Congrats, I've heard all of them, knew at least one pokemon that had each one, and knew what most of them did.

[@BLZ-ww2mo]

Soul-heart should have been in heart gold and soul silver

[@LeafeonTheCat]

*YES*

[@viswarema4338]

Or only is SOUL silver

[@lvlHive]

@@viswarema4338 what about HEART gold?

[@silvio076]

Sableye's stall works well with payback

[@NoName-nr2iw]

Or disable

[@davidward134]

@@NoName-nr2iw or quash in a double battle

[@vibra7]

Except that nobody uses any of these moves

[@Master-mu8pl]

Vibra A lot of people use disable

[@enderboy4547]

Also revenge if it learns it

[@Unovakid24]

I see Lord Helix in the background and he's staring at Dome XD

[@speechyofficial770]

UnovaKid 24 once I was playing Pokémon go I was at a gym and someone had a cp100 helix with 1000 treats and it was there for 7days

[@bluewaterdragon0292]

Where is our lord?

[@tmoney1mil]

Dude if you say Sigilyph isn't a good pokemon you've obviously never used one

[@tristanbowles7258]

The random battle god himself

[@zerius6743]

Ever Tried a Pokemon with the Ability Wonder Guard before in your life

[@zekrom2359]

I used a sigilyph in an X nuzlocke a couple years ago and it carried me from the second gym all the way til the 7th, then it died because crits are a thing

[@vb8133]

sigilyph was the only shiny pokemon i've ever found in the wild and it was full-odds completely random

[@Mingo1313]

Trevor Senecal set up and sweeps

[@tumbleglass4620]

About Cacophony; it's possible they initially implemented Cacophony with the Whismur line in mind, but then decided to extend the effect to other pokemon (such as Mr Mime and Electrode). If that's the case, it doesn't make much sense for Mr Mime (a silent pokemon) and Electrode (a pokeball) to ignore sound by being super loud. Therefore they'd have made the Soundproof ability as a more generic option, with those pokemon AND with potential future pokemon in mind.

[@redfernplace]

Talking about Stall: “I cannot think of any scenario where u would want to move last every single turn.” Um, hello? Revenge here! Also Revenge is pretty good in quite a bit situations.

[@lilbro291gaming9]

Kevin Mills revenge has -1 priority so it would be last basically all of the time

[@chessnoob99]

Payback (the move)

[@polygondeath2361]

Drifblim with flame orb is so good, how is this not well known

[@gengarzilla1685]

Because Unburden is also a good ability.

[@pokelordomega1701]

I'm gonna be honest. Extra damage for being in a situation where you're constantly taking damage doesn't sound bad

[@kafuchino3435]

flare boost is like guts for special attackers, but most people who use drifblims tend to run unburden

[@rapidmontheawesome6343]

His pronunciation of Sigilyph reminded me of Alex’s Pronunciation videos lol.

[@Dragonstorm1234]

He can't pronounce ferrothorn, mienshao, arceus, vikavolt either, among others

[@rapidmontheawesome6343]

Richard Cartledge I didn’t pronounce Mienshao right either lol.

[@Natsu25100]

I've always mispronounced Vikavolt as Vy-ka-volt all thanks to Michael and Virizion as Vee-ree-zee-uhn.

[@gold1332]

@@Dragonstorm1234 how you pronounce arceus is still being argued about to this day so

[@Dragonstorm1234]

@@gold1332 There is no argument, it's officially Ark-ee-us

[@aaronthegladiator6732]

14:40 It's really helpful when your Sableye's signature move is a move like Payback.

[@DaBudder]

The -ate and -ize make sense because they are suffix verb endings

[@MerkhVision]

...obviously lol

[@DaBudder]

Leo Velli lol

[@DaBudder]

Leo Velli like omg yes can i have small frapachino on the side

[@notagamer2452]

Pirate ability: turns moves into pi type

[@bladebair3636]

I actually have the Event Starters and therefore heard of Liquid Voice. I had forgotten Decidueye had Long Reach until I booted up Sun to check if I had a Liquid Voice Primarina, because I was so sure I had one.

[@hypertech116]

Liquid Voice and Intimidate are just better than not making contact with the opponent Pokemon

[@electricenergy116]

New title: hidden abilities you haven’t heard of

[@amberwelch393]

I never play competitive and also freaking love sableye, but that first time in oras that I caught one without knowing about stall meant that I couldn't use it, know I always make sure that I have at least one pokemon with sand attack so I can test for keen eye

[@zuperzoniko6365]

Michael: *Explaining the science behind pokemon* Me: I just use the fire type until EVERYTHING in my path goes BOOM!

[@Gyrotation]

I think zangoose has his ability because he had that whole thing about hating serviper

[@adamdoyle1516]

I knew about toxic boost because i was traded a lvl 100 zangoose with it and perfect attack & speed, so i gave it a toxic orb and facade and burnt the battle tree to the ground

[@p.ookaa1]

Give it swords dance too 😂😂😂

[@adamdoyle1516]

The moveset is facade, protect, shadow claw for ghosts and swords dance

[@infinitethunder6184]

@@adamdoyle1516 what about close combat? That's a must have

[@adamdoyle1516]

Infinite Thunder makes sense for use against rock and steel types. Ill probably replace swords dance with it, because its rare i actually need to use it

[@skelly1555]

Adam Doyle yea I would’ve lost protect for close combat

[@joseph7696]

Thanks for the information. I definitely haven’t heard of most of these abilities. Love the channel!

[@ryuuronin9852]

Fun Fact about the Battery ability: it is a direct reference to Charjabug's dex entry where Vikavolt's carry them around for backup electricity. Maybe Gamefreak was trying to make the second form a distinct support type for a different role in double battles.

[@claduke]

Mikey: I cannot think of any reason to use Stall at all. PIMPNITE: Hold my beer.

[@hypertech116]

The ability Stall not a stall team

[@eeqaan7731]

Times I’ve clicked on a MandJTV video so fast I broke my phone

[@caprisuncatcaller6994]

AdzzXYZ ??

[@Baanana0]

Then how did you make this comment

[@alphaamoeba]

*tapped

[@ozzomas51521]

MainConMan YT woooosh

[@ozzomas51521]

To many r/woooosh(s)

[@jarodberg4808]

Mikey talking about pokemon hidden ability reminded me of the impostor ditto I got in the dynamax adventures and was so confused on why a Pokemon with transform had an ability that automatically did that

[@JCDragon2819]

Just based on its name, the concept behind Cacophony is ironic. It should have been a second normal ability of Loudred and Exploud and it should have increased the power of sound-based moves by 50%, almost like Strong Jaw or Mega Launcher. That is what that term means in real life.

[@TheYveltalKid]

Well it's obvious there's 15 abilities we've never heard of. Gen 8 isn't out yet ;)

[@ozzomas51521]

The YveltalKid ball fetch, from yamper

[@TheYveltalKid]

@@ozzomas51521 you get me there

[@ozzomas51521]

The YveltalKid thx

[@kumitsune5748]

Doesn’t ball fetch like gets the last poke ball that was thrown before the one the main character just threw???

[@chrismartinson8303]

@@kumitsune5748 I think it gets the first ball you miss

[@KosmoZer0]

I think you were wrong about Sableye, It's ability Stall can help to power up the move Payback and seeing as it's STAB with Sableye it would be pretty powerful but that's the only use of it i can think of. Great video btw, looking forward to more great content! 😊

[@skyiloh7460]

sableye is already pretty damn fucking slow

[@melanitesong]

Michael: Symbiosis, when the Pokemon passes its item to an ally that has used up an item. Me: Oh god what about Black Sludge?

[@hypertech116]

Black Sludge is the item. Black Sludge heals poison types as if it was using Leftovers and hurts others.

[@platinumdudunsparce_98]

14:47 I have a Sableye with Stall ability and the reason is simple. I really like the abilities of Pokémon, which is only a few or just one have, like Stall. Usability varies a lot not only for Pokémon, but also for players who use Pokémon, because each of us sees things differently, with some being available to others and others not. At first I tried to breed a Sableye that was with Stall ability only for unique reasons, but later I found a big use for it. For example, Payback which doubles damage if a Pokémon attacks after an opponent. Stall's ability to affect Sableye is that it always moves last, so Payback always produces double when Paybacks don't have a negative priority. Sableye also gets Stab from Payback, which is a nice bonus.

[@metagross69]

Well that sucks cause in gen 9 SABLEYE CAN'T LEARN PAYBACK plus he's slow as balls

[@nicholaskho5738]

Zangoose would be pretty scary with facade and toxic boost while holding toxic orb imo But then again, ghost types had to ruin the day

[@jamesnieves1216]

Smogon's standard set for a Toxic Boost Zangoose includes Night Slash, so he's got it covered.

[@AlldaylongRock]

@@jamesnieves1216 Facade, Brick Break(for Steel and Rock types) and either Shadow Claw or Night Slash. The last move can be either Swords Dance or Agility if it gets it. You can also make use of Magic Bounce+T-Spikes and give Zang another item like a Life Orb but it's more difficult to pull off

[@vijay2710]

Micheal: abilities you’ve never heard of Also Micheal: Lets make all of these hidden abilities Me: There called hidden for a reason

[@PoolKid75]

Not true. I never understood why they are called "Hidden" Abilities. There's nothing "hidden" about them. You see them listed and described when you check a Pokemon's summary. A better name would be "Special" Ability.

[@jamiecollins8710]

Or a ability that doesn't even exists in game

[@Ty_Senoj]

I love hearing the Pokemon Colosseum music in the background. Brings me back lol. Love all your vids man!

[@s7121n9s]

I love power of alchemy. I use it on a sun team next to a harvest alolan executor so it gets harvest. With stockpile and minimize, alolan muk becomes a nightmare to take out

[@Periii_]

16:28 *zangoose is the only pokemon in its evolutionary line*

[@ethanliang1836]

XD

[@gonkdroid5401]

People who do competitive battles regularly know about most of these abilities, in the same way, about the moves vid, ppl doing battling regularly know about most of them :] Awesome vid btw :3

[@dtb1000]

toxic boost is one of those competitive-tailored abilities, really good combo with swords dance and facade

[@MarioFan587YT]

I rewatched this video and realized it's one year old today. Good for me.

[@emmarumbelow3059]

You have an amazing channel my faviroute is pokemon talk

[@eyeofcthulhu9602]

Same

[@Firescizor]

My faviroute in Hoenn is route 113

[@craigsaliyan408]

Michael: i have never heard of soul heart magearna , toxic boost on zangoose etc etc Pokemon showdown: Am i a joke to u?

[@BookWyrmOnAString]

Since driftblim is the blimp pokemon, flare boost is likely a reference to the hindenburg, a blimp that burned down.

[@keeganbanner3035]

It's probably more a reference to the idea that blimps and hot air balloons use fire to keep them in the air

[@mustang4118]

I love the Fullmetal alchemist reference on the back, I love that anime it is my favorite. If only the ability was as good as the anime

[@ryanngill1330]

Nice video. I’ve been watching since Pokémon talk 1 came out and I don’t regret it.

[@snorlaxtjockofet]

Talking about Pokémon abilities, where is the ”Every Pokémon ability explained” series?

[@VegardMyklebust]

Lockstin might make a video on this later, he's almost done with "NOT (element) pokemon", and the "NOT (element) moves" series, where he explains why some pokemon aren't actually of that type, and for which reason the moves have their types. so an ability series as well, is something he could continue with, but not confirmed. Maybe we can ask him about it.

[@amirshlomolavan]

Stall can be useful with moves that only wirk when the target is damaged on the same turn or moves that only work when a terrain is active so it's useful in doubles and triples

[@bhavysaini5727]

I think normalise and galvanize are more curse as a ability than a gift. Cuz if ghost type or ground types show respectively against these abilities then the bearer can't do anything.

[@Flawlesshoodrat]

You should just rename this video to “Abilities that are signature abilities to Pokémon but I’ll say I’ve never heard of them because I need to upload a video”

[@williamdegliantoni4079]

I’ve heard of Cacophony *CUZ YOU PUT IT IN THE THUMBNAIL*

[@xanalyoko5552]

Me rewatching this vid again so I can say I’ve heard all of these.. since the first time 👀😂

[@krankarvolund7771]

I've heard of surprisingly a lot. I did some competition on Smogon in gen 7 so Soul heart was everywhere, and I knew about the hidden abilities of the starters. And I used Zangoose in the low tiers and toxic boost is a good ability for Zangoose.

[@idosomethingiguess3680]

Soul-Heart is a very good ability.It is especially good in doubles and free-for-alls since a lot of Pokemon can faint at the same time.

[@flyingblaziken2810]

Michal: It's only on 1 evolutionary line and is its hidden ability Me: I'm sensing a trend

[@gamegod8063]

Michael's ability to make good content from anything

[@Slacker420]

I usually look for obscure info on things I like and funnily enough I knew about only a few out of all of these which were #3 Cacophany #5 Galvanize #7 Liquid Voice #8 Long reach and #9 Pickpocket due to it being data mined but never used. All these other ones i have never heard of great work!

[@bjhancock96]

Whenever I was doing my first run-through of Pokemon sun I learned about galvanize on the Geodude line and tried to get one

[@KingSlugma]

I knew all of them battery bc I do a lot of randomizers and always randomize abilities and in gen 3 I’ve gotten cacophony often Edit:I also play a lot of showdown

[@pkmnlover3812]

i also pretty much knew all of them

[@PoolKid75]

I knew about Liquid Voice, Long Reach and Soul Heart.

[@RandomPerson-fg1jf]

I knew Liquid Voice, Galvanise and Soul- Heart.

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

9:18 Gogoat is back! In Scarlet and Violet, you can use an Ability Patch to get a Grass Pelt Gogoat

[@GodzillaFreak]

Galvanize makes the strongest no set up attack in the game. How is this not well known?

[@zackjones2749]

Thankyou Michel so much for putting so much work into this video

[@logikman329]

I think I can call myself a Poke-nerd… I knew them all, because I don't have a life XD

[@mimowryyyn8637]

You got me with Cacophony and Stall, but all of the others I have heard of. I built a Florges in Y Version, and was planning on building a Zangoose until I realized Ursaring is more powerful, so I knew about Symbiosis and even Toxic Boost beforehand.

[@bonelesschickennuggets1868]

Michael: It’s Magerna it’s a mystical Pokémon so it’s pretty sure it’s going to be obscure Me: *laughs in QR code*

[@vibra7]

Mythical

[@Fork-Tuna]

14:43 payback can do a lot of damage with stall and it's STAB from sableye

[@zekrom2359]

and give it a dark plate or the other dark type boosting item

[@cypcyp77]

True, but Sableye has a pretty bad attack stat compared to many other physical attackers. He just needs to set up first

[@flotskryz]

Another scenario could be sableye vs wobuffet, stall making you go last to avoid mirror coat or counter, but yeah too specific to be good

[@user-jd5zt4of8q]

@@flotskryz it only works in the same priority bracket though

[@CosmicNebula444]

5:30 Man, that sounds like am amazing game! *Wish you'd upload it to KZbin.*

[@kevjab3895]

I used Galvanize Golem for the Doubles Battle Tree. First turn he uses Explosion while Oranguru sets up Trick Room, then bring in Torkoal with Eruption under the sun (+ instruct from Oranguru), or Pelipper with rain boosted Surf or Hurricane

[@jackcreighton9255]

I have that Exploud card with Cacophony and my Charjabug had Battery in Ultra Sun but it got Levitate when it evolved