Moves Pokemon should have, but don't

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

"How did the shoot for your movie trailer go, Kev?" It went well! I'm doing all I can so it can be out as soon as possible. Until then, please enjoy this teaser image of a man on fire, being chased by an apron-clad zombie: i.imgur.com/44UjQy6.png

[@smob0]

It's an image from a future video: What if pokemon made their trainers fight?

[@kehana2908]

dude that looks sick

[@leewhitley3091]

@@smob0 “BKC used Flare Blitz”

[@albertofernandez9562]

The colors are perfect. They play very well into the atmosphere

[@cambalache9139]

The colors look awesome, love the saturation

[@windwaker0rules]

Tyranitar should get pursuit

[@honjon666]

Taylor Swift should get pursuit

[@ThiccSealGaming]

Well I’ve got good news for you buddy

[@becausesakamoto5938]

For real, pursuit was probably the worst move loss in gen 8

[@MrMogi-zg2ud]

That's foul

[@boop53]

kingambit has kinda replaced tyranitar as the dark type which checks ghosts now but its different because tyranitar has a lot more special bulk due to sand and pursuit is a free move regardless, whilst kingambit has to get their kleaves / sucker plays right

[@edwinfinley8689]

I'll never understand why Ampharos doesn't get tail glow that's the gimmick of the Pokemon

[@zememerr2329]

It’s called Firefly Light in Japan, which doesn’t necessarily fit Ampharos. It’s on Manaphy I’m presuming because mythical special treatment, and Xurkitree is such an abstract creature that maybe in Ultra Space it’s considered a creature like a firefly?

[@SungFu]

I know it would be busted, but I feel like Charizard should get it. If it's called firefly light like zememerr2329 says, he's fire and flying, right? Haha sorry

[@olivergro7105]

It's about firefly lights 😅 not about fiery flies

[@c_f0rce]

​@@SungFuIt wouldn't be busted because Zard is still bad

[@PKSkyler]

@@c_f0rce he's good in gen 3 and mega zard

[@PhevieWonder]

Kartana doesn’t get double-edge because it isn’t called “double-edge” in Japanese. It’s called “Life-Risking Tackle,” which is why Pokemon like Tauros and Hippowdon learn it and it isn’t increased by Sharpness.

[@AkimboBattleLolis]

Sucker Punch is known as Surprise Attack in Japanese so it makes sense that it doesn't have to be only for pokemon that could punch

[@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314]

i found this out because i was so confounded by dugtrio learning it

[@Mickey-id6rs]

@@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314also known aerial ace user

[@thefloodwatch785]

@@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314 well game freak trolls with dugtrio by giving it fury swipes and shit too

[@ChaosDarkLight]

@@Mickey-id6rs Aerial Ace is supposed to be sword move too.

[@Epzilon12]

I don't feel like tyranitar is "nimble" enough for a sucker punch tbh

[@1EnderSteve]

Umbreon does get Sucker Punch through tutor in Plat/HGSS, so you didn’t misremember. Don’t worry BKC you still got it!

[@SpartanSaucer]

not a move but give flygon sand stream as an ability. its dex entry states It whips up sandstorms with powerful flaps of its wings. It is known as "The Desert Spirit."

[@boop53]

i think theres not many pokemon who have levitate + another ability (theres a few exceptions like weezing and bronzong) i think the ground immunity does a lot for flygon but sand stream would be a cool alternate one

[@archierixon9645]

they give levitate to pokemon who fly but arent flying types. flygon wont ever change ability

[@berndlauert8179]

it would make perfect sense. a flygon on the ground that whips up sandstorms would be more vulnerable to earth attacks than a flygon up in the air

[@tysondennis1016]

@@boop53 Yeah, that would be cool.

[@tysondennis1016]

I would give Flygon this signature move, to make up for it being GameFreak's least favorite Dragon-type: Desert's Fury. -Type/Category: Ground, Special -Power: 120, 98 against two targets -Accuracy: 70%, perfect accuracy in a sandstorm -PP: 10 (max: 16) -Range: All active opponents -Effects: Ignores Flying's immunity to Ground, as well as the immunity granted by Levitate. A Pokémon with Earth Eater is still unaffected, except for regaining a quarter of its max HP. Has a 30% chance to burn the target(s). With Desert's Fury, Flygon will become a menace on sand teams, as a Ground-type move that can hit Flying-types and Levitate mons means that Skarmory and Bronzor can now be hit super effectively by Flygon's STAB. And on its Sand Stream set, it won't rely on other sand setters like Ttar to grant it that perfect accuracy.

[@uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhh]

I kinda wanna see volcanion with both eruption and water spout, just to see what would happen edit: if there's an ability sequel to this, why doesn't the dna pokemon get adaptability?

[@pedroide23000]

thats a cool idea but i dont think eruption fits it

[@shawngallagher8764]

@@pedroide23000 yet fire blast does? Ok

[@r1k1llaz]

​@Bruno Martín Boix it's an underwater volcano with the signature move steam eruption

[@doozsromhacks]

They both fit super well fs

[@PaintedHoundie]

@@pedroide23000 yeah idk if the volcano pokemon should have a move that fits with a volcano motif

[@paleoscinkus542]

Banded Head Smash + Brave Bird coming from Aerodactyl sounds terrifying, ngl.

[@chaiteariches1388]

Wanted to add onto Reuniclus being that it's the only Pokemon that learns Thunder but not Thunderbolt

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

That now applies to Darkrai too. It lost Thunderbolt in Gen 9

[@Alexcoman51]

Bronzong does not get heal bell to this day

[@geoluread3436]

Sucker punch has odd distribution because it doesn't have "punch" in it's japanese name. I wonder how many of these moves have something similar going on

[@gaspardbonnehon8758]

It's also very much the case for double-edge, which is life-risking tackle in japanese

[@bignutta8]

I always thought Iron Fist not boosting sucker punch was a balance thing but this makes more sense

[@deparinge]

He does mention Sucker Punch might be metaphorical, but he missed that Meteor Mash is a punching move

[@frigomaniac]

Murkrow and honchkrow should get parting shot, it works with both of their gameplay in being an annoying prankster mon or 50/50 moxie sucker punch gambles. Also fits thematically since theyre little mobster birds

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Electivire should get Ice Spinner, Plasma Fists, and Close Combat imo.

[@IdentifiantE.S]

Definitely !!

[@goGothitaLOL]

Bulk Up too

[@goGothitaLOL]

Iron Fist as well, not a move but it’s still long overdue (even if it is poor man’s Pawmot by then, EQ aside) On the other countpart, Magmortar should also get Earth Power, Aura Sphere, Dark Pulse, Dragon Pulse (you know where I’m going with this by now) and of course the ability Mega Launcher

[@toast2492]

⁠@@goGothitaLOLpawmot would be a poor mans electivire by then

[@Mepphy99]

well, Electrivire actually got something good for once still RU material

[@Cobalt957]

I thought Double Edge was on your mind because of the saying " Double-Edged sword" since Kartana is a Pokémon which resembles that well with the Sword and Blade attacks it learns, along side its Samurai-like look. And in terms of its stat distribution you can use that saying too. It is a really dangerous attacker but its also really frail

[@lacurio]

a counter-point would be that a katana only has one edge

[@honjon666]

@@lacurio dual wield

[@mymarshlands]

moves aren't the same in japanese where the games come from. double-edge is a life risking tackle attack, and kartana is a tiny origami

[@Cobalt957]

@@mymarshlands Samurais risk their lifes in combat too, so that even better

[@santasangre996]

then you remember that it only has one single type weakness and pretty decent physical bulk because of course it does

[@sizzledrizzle104]

Spiky Shield would thematically make total sense on Ferrothorn but dude's already good enough without it

[@doozsromhacks]

A lot of bugs should get First Impression imo now. Like Pinsir and others could really use the buff.

[@TDBii]

Crazy seeing you here, watched all your videos and immediately thought of your ROM hack lol

[@doozsromhacks]

@@TDBii LMFAOOO wassup Preciate you watching 💯

[@marcorossi2854]

That's why GF should adapt to sweltering sun movesets and buffs

[@doozsromhacks]

@@marcorossi2854 Not completely some of them would be absolutely chaotic 😔 but first impression should definitely be distributed wider in real games

[@VincentChaos92]

Flygon should definetely get quiver dance, its a bug thing, he gets bug buzz and everything, totally fits with his design as a dragonfly, same could be applied to Yanmega

[@marcorossi2854]

But QD is more associated with moths rather than all bugs. A part from Bellossom and Lilligant all other QD mons are either butterflies or moths. I know it would be cool but DD is more fitting. Yanmega has speed boost so i would just give it nasty plot as a boosting option. Yanmega with qd + speed boost is just too much

[@giacomocampagnola6193]

​@@marcorossi2854 that's less true in gen 9 with the oricorios getting quiver

[@marcorossi2854]

@@giacomocampagnola6193 Cause Oricorio is the DANCER pokemon

[@giacomocampagnola6193]

@@marcorossi2854 fair enough haha

[@VincentChaos92]

@@marcorossi2854 I get that its more for moths and butterflies, but thats like dragon dance being initially for dragonlike and then studf like crawdaunt or Scrafty got them (I know, egg group dragon and such) but still its fitting with the design and lots of Flygon Pokedex are focused on its wing and the effects they have bu flapping, I think its just fitting in the case of Flygon, it has no real moves tied to its wings and quiver dance adds a lot to its bug nature.

[@kenshiro8984]

idk about sucker punch ttar ttar is not the kind of pokemon you imagine preparing an ambush for their opponent to fall into, it's the kind of thing you imagine bruteforcing through stuff and pursuing (heh) its foes to make minced meat of them mash cobalion is cool but the reason metagross, lucario and even clefable get it is because they can throw a punch, so design-wise it wouldn't make much sense anyway, i think typhlosion should get explosion. c'mon it even has it in the name

[@kehana2908]

just some mega aero calcs that i did because i was curious how good it would be w brave bird and head smash. but first i just wanna highlight how good its non-stab moveset is it gets Pursuit, Earthquake, Stealth Rock, Dragon Dance, Hone Claws, and Ice Fang, among other sutff. its STABs have great coverage and combined w eq it has like, really good supereffective coverage (with no resists also). it also has the speed stat of scarf ghold, so it kills a decent amount of scarfers. +1 252 Atk Tough Claws Aerodactyl-Mega Head Smash vs. 252 HP / 192+ Def Toxapex: 271-321 (89.1 - 105.5%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO (+1 because hone claws boost seems easy to get. DD honestly could be wasteful). +1 252 Atk Tough Claws Aerodactyl-Mega Brave Bird vs. 252 HP / 252+ Def Ferrothorn: 234-276 (66.4 - 78.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery 252 Atk Tough Claws Aerodactyl-Mega Head Smash vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Xurkitree: 433-511 (141 - 166.4%) -- guaranteed OHKO (the occasional z-hyp or scarf xurk) 252 Atk Tough Claws Aerodactyl-Mega Head Smash vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Hoopa-Unbound: 495-583 (164.4 - 193.6%) -- guaranteed OHKO (the two hoopa-u users). etc etc. it looks really good.

[@freepikkon]

Flygon w/sr in gen4 would probably shake the lead meta up too, especially since it’s bulky enough to ditch sash, doesn’t lose it to sand or spikes if it u turns out and it has quick attack

[@Iradium228]

I actually think that it would just get swept up by the ubiquity of Azelf, since HP ice just OHKO's most of the time if it doesn't have considerable investment into bulk to the point where you're compromising your speed.

[@expic3954]

@@Iradium228 I think lead Azelf doesn't have room to run HP Ice

[@Lemon-ry6jj]

The fact that they gave Articuno and Moltres hurricane in gen 5, but Zapdos don't get until gen 8 boils my blood

[@ShinyTillDawn]

balancing reasons

[@redwarrior118]

They were fully aware Zapdos was way better than Articuno and Moltres

[@marianosimoniglesias]

We need more special priority moves like Vaccum Wave. So many sp atk mons destroyed because don't have a priority move.

[@carllito12]

I recall that Heliolisk couldn't learn Discharge or Solarbeam until Gen8, two gens after its debut. Which made zero sense.

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Yep I checked and you're right lol

[@ZealOnWheels704]

I always have been of the mind that focus blast shouldn't miss and focus punch shouldn't fail if your ability is inner focus, if you hold a focus sash/band, or are under the effects of focus energy or laser focus.

[@marcorossi2854]

They should just make focus miss like hydro pump fire blast

[@theschnozzler]

I feel like sash/band would be too overkill but giving inner focus more use is super cool

[@SkorpTS]

I still don't understand why Gengar never got Thunder Wave. It can learn a bunch of Electric moves, but not the one that most Pokémon can learn? Makes no sense. Apparently it gets it in SV, but come on. That's 8 generations too late.

[@sephikong8323]

Plus, that means it would have a "reliable" (I mean Hypnosis is lol) way to spread every status outside of Freeze since this one (thank god) doesn't have a status move that guarantees it on impact

[@EggscellentTree]

Guess they wanted you to use lick to spread it xD

[@screwtokaiba]

@@sephikong8323 Funny enough Hypnosis was actually 70% once. Them gamefreak realized they fucked up and put it back to 60. Its the only ingen move change i can remember happened in the series that occurs in every version of the game. RBY 1.0 have Blizzard having 30% chance to freeze, which is lowered to 10 in later versions but it was between same game, and in a different region

[@sephikong8323]

@@screwtokaiba Yes that way in Diamond and Pearl, it even gave Yanmega a OU niche, and then they reverted it in Platinum realizing that this indeed was a mistake

[@Enoby_Darkness]

Salamence should get Dragon Ascent Extreme Speed and Geomancy

[@beaky8138]

Flygon (and Decidueye) with Quiver Dance Empoleon (and the Gallarian Birds) with Roost Slowbro (and most Ice-types) with Chilly Reception Metagross with Shift Gear It would have zero impact on competitive Pokémon, but Macargo's three abilities should be Water Absorb, Earth Eater and Drought.

[@doozsromhacks]

Sucker Punch doesn't necessitate hands. Tons of pokemon without hands get Sucker Punch because sucker punch is more of a "surprise-attack" attack, catching the opponent off guard. TTar could get Sucker probably, yeah

[@1munchyoshi204]

It doesn't make much sense for a Godzilla to be able to surprisingly ambush someone. There aren't many pokemon of ttar's size/shape that get it

[@siberiangopnik]

​@@1munchyoshi204 Slaking gets it, it's the same height and size as ttar

[@chiko6484]

It's weird how tentacruel can't learn toxic anymore

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Now it does

[@R.P.Genocraft]

Now that Rillaboom lost grassy glide there's no reason for them not to give it belly drum, c'mon it's a gorilla drummer Also I feel like I can barely relax watching BKC videos without accidentally falling asleep, I'm beginning to understand Snorlax now... (aura sphere is 80 bp btw)

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

in gen 4 and 5 it's 90, but I didn't know they lowered it until now. bonkers.

[@Rose-ez7yn]

​@@BKCplaysPokemon maybe because nothing besides like latis really wanted to run it, the literal choice specs boost from fb is pretty much always worth it. Stuff like specs iron valiant (120 base spa) not being able to ohko spdef heatran is just sad

[@boop53]

with valiant i always feel like your better running mixed with close combat + moonblast because its a 120 move without miss a chance (though then i dont think a choice item would work, probably on booster set or something) but doing the calc, a 4 atk ev, naive nature valiant does 94% max to specially defensive heatran

[@a.guy.named.erik.]

Surprised this topic isn't used for an FSG top 10 list tbh, would be a banger.

[@algar6616]

Wasn’t expecting such a poignant piece of profundity today

[@Forged4War206]

Tapu Koko/Bulu not getting Play Rough was one of the biggest movepool disappointments for Gen 7 IMO. Bulu especially I mean come on man that thing looks like it would Play Rough as fuck, and it'd be a cool move to use on like CB or SD sets because it could actually immediately threaten Dragon-types, especially Mega Latias. It would be a significantly safer option to click vs a possible Torn-T pivot instead of having to go for Stone Edge. Tapu Koko having such a shitty physical movepool despite having a higher Attack stat is dumb. Like yea lets give it 115 Attack but only give it U-turn, Brave Bird, and the worst physical Electric move in existence (Wild Charge). They even threw salt in the wound by giving it Thunder Punch but not Fire or Ice Punch so it could actually hit Lando/Glisc or Ferro without needing to resort to Hidden Power (and in Gen 8 they just straight up axed Hidden Power anyway lmao).

[@R.P.Genocraft]

I was wondering if raging bull is based on your secondary type but unfortunately it's just based on the Tauros form, otherwise they could just give it to Bulu and it'd be perfect

[@goGothitaLOL]

Koko also gets Iron Head Not that it needs it but it has it

[@zememerr2329]

I think if the Aura Sphere redistribution happened, the one Pokémon who should be avoided would be Reuniclus, just to be consistent with its whole Thunder thing of course

[@Iradium228]

I think a video on interesting ideas for regional variants could be fun, like I'd love to see a Steel Dragon Aggron.

[@Guayabaman305]

Golem should get Rapid Spin...again. Why does GF remove a mon's ability to learn a move, when the move still exists? This isn't a Pursuit situation.

[@ShinyTillDawn]

Rapid spin was an event only move. Many event moves in 2000 were designed to be weird and not reproduceable.

[@fabrizioorpianesi6670]

Imagine this combined with something similar done with abilities. Like, idk, Contrary Electrode with Overheat as well. How funny would it be?

[@saltlakeatrocity9771]

Abilities pokemon feel like they should have but don't: Comatose on Snorlax, Tough Claws on Kingler, Intimidate on Tyranitar. I'm sure there are a dozen others.

[@goGothitaLOL]

Iron Fist Electivire and Mega Launcher Magmortar

[@MarcelRosco]

I'm a simple man... I see BKC video, I click BKC video.

[@Jerdor46]

As an advocate for Big Stall more mons should get Recover. Blobs like Muk, Jellyfish like Tentacruel, Cephalopods like Grapploct, and Swampert. Mons that it makes 100% sense based on their inspirations, and precedent set by other similar Pokemon.

[@petro5747]

The lack of certain moves on Pokémon adds a lot to certain Pokémon. For example, Dragapult not having a physical ghost move pushes it towards being a specs user or even Hex. Lack of moves is a feature not a bug.

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

one time in gen 9 randbats I had a guy thud 7 out of his 8 focus blasts into my toxapex and 4 of them dropped spdef (10% chance). then he crit my pex with a -6 draco and won off it

[@lukehiggins5823]

Average randbats game

[@apollopollo622]

i just want u to know that the chance of that occurring is 0.0000343417431%. (.7^7 x .1^4 x .0417^1) Probability of A occuring 7 time(s) = 0.7^7 = 8.23% (focus blast hitting 7 times) Probability of B occuring 4 time(s) = 0.1^4 = 0.01% (focus blast dropping sp.def 4 times) Probability of C occuring 1 time(s) = .0417^1 = 4.17% (a crit) Probability of A occuring 7 times, B occuring 4 times, and C occuring 1 time = 0.7^7 × 0.1^4 x .0417^1 = 0.0000343417431% roughly 1 in 30,000,000 chance. you can rest knowing that they have used up all of their pokemon luck for the rest of their life

[@legoerofeggos]

This isn't quite right, odds are more like 2 in 10k. You need to multiply the .7^7 by 8 choose 7, which is 8, and multiply .1^4 by 8 choose 4, which is 70. Since they were -6 it also sounds like they had multiple shots at critting draco, but assuming they only had one shot then the exact odds are .01921%

[@apollopollo622]

@@legoerofeggos i'm not great at math, i was trying to find an intuitive answer of all of the events happening independently of one another, and i figured the formulas i found were correct. how did it go wrong?

[@legoerofeggos]

@@apollopollo622 basically, the chance of getting 4 special drops is low, but you had 8 chances to get 4 special drops. If there had been 1000 focus blasts, 4 special drops wouldn't be very impressive. 8 choose 4 is a way of saying the number of ways something can happen 4 times given 8 chances. I actually messed up as well with my last message, since you also include the probabilities of the other events. For focus blast hits, this means .7^7 times .3^1 since there's a miss too. For special drops, this is .1^4 times .9^4, for the 4 times the special didn't drop. I don't know how this changes the calculation, it probably puts it closer to 1 in 10k rather than 2 in 10k.

[@ricardoludwig4787]

I want lando t to get brave bird and roost and DD, just make the thing so broken it has no excuse being kept in over used and can go to ubers already. The vgc players would suffer, but thats a sacrifice im willing to make (i never played vgc)

[@benjihuynh2970]

1:36 i think focus blast should be 80 bp 100 acc and aura sphere should be 120 bp 85 acc. After all, aura sphere was a signature move with low distribution originally. It should've been strong and good instead of often times inferior to the much more accessible focus miss (despite the obvious issue of course).

[@ShinyTillDawn]

remember mist ball & luster purge? yeah me neither

[@benjihuynh2970]

@@ShinyTillDawn mist ball actually does sound familiar... Was that a signature move of the psychic sinnoh trio? Or the latis maybe, I swear it was psychic. Luster whatever I've got nothing though

[@dysr]

@@benjihuynh2970 Mist Ball is Latias's signature move, Lustre Purge for Latios. 70 BP, 8 PP, with a 50% chance to lower special attack (Mist Ball) or special defence (Lustre Purge). Needless to say that both just use Psychic (or Psyshock starting in gen 5).

[@e11ipse]

Ok so as someone who played a TON of, and was very adept at, Gen 6 STABmons, I can say that Aero/ Mega Aero with both recoil moves is absolutely absurd - M-Aero was bannably strong in the tier, and Regular Aero (with choice band as the flagship set) was a top 15 pokemon in a tier with Boomburst Sylveon, Extremespeed Mega Lopunny, and Water SPout Keldeo. REGULAR Aero Head Smash does comparable damage to a Mega Lopunny Hi Jump Kick; this is with a Jolly nature and without even using a boosting item. The neutral coverage of Rock-Flying STABs is actually extremely hard to switch into, with EQ / Fire Fang able to easily pick off any of the few resists in the tier.

[@GiantBluebird]

I dont care what anyone days, Ampharos DESERVES Tail Glow. (Especially since Xircitree gets it even though it doesnt need it at all)

[@RyuuAF]

I always thought Mienshao should get Power Whip since its arms are whips. Power Whip Mienshao would have been so cool being able to hit things like Quag and Alo in UU imo

[@chilln0648]

Flygon isn’t in Gen 9, but Quagsire and Gastrodon are, and they both gained Stealth Rock and Spikes

[@benmack8746]

I love listening to your videos while I'm at work or doing homework, and sometimes a song really stands out to me. Is it possible you could include a list of the songs you used in the description of the video?

[@lillithplays6514]

Not a move, but Technician should be Klinklang's hidden ability.

[@jayplay8869]

Defog or rapid spin in let’s go. Enough said.

[@moeeyeguy531]

In Ferroseed’s gen 5 sprite he spins around at a very rapid speed. I am interested in the competitive impact of if Ferrothorn learned rapid spin.

[@notfabio9858]

I’ve always thought about this too

[@igeomagician]

Next: abilities Pokémon should have. Case in point, magmortar with mega launcher

[@fishbakeditself1213]

But the problem is there's no 'pulse' and 'sphere' Fire type move

[@Epzilon12]

7:50 What's interesting is I heard the same argument when talking about Slack Off snorlax in a video Big Yellow made a while back. just the knowledge you could have it changes the game for how certain matchups work completely.

[@doozsromhacks]

Meteor Mash is a punching move- Cobalion has no hands

[@costby1105]

It's also called comet punch in Japanese, our comet punch is called Consecutive Punch in Japanese

[@AdumbroDeus]

For the sucker punch discussion, its worth noting that it isn't actually a punch, it's just a bad translation. Its supposed to be something more akin to "cheap shot" which is why it isnt boosted by iron fist.

[@FennekMaster]

I just learned in a draft league after drafting Flygon that it doesn't get Stealth Rocks. Fortunately, I was able to find quick work arounds, but that was a disappointing thing to learn about Flygon.

[@notfabio9858]

@9:42 funny enough, I’ve always thought that maybe it was the opposite. Slaking gets slack off because he’s too lazy, but snorlax doesn’t because he’s not lazy, just sleepy? Yea… Anyway I think escavalier should get first impressions. Idk if it would be too powerful but I feel like for a jousting knight bug it fits

[@exotericidymnic3530]

My favorite example of this is that Magnezone and Magneton, the mechanical pokemon designed entirely to beat steal types, don't learn overheat.

[@thefloodwatch785]

I'm pretty sure the thing with sucker punch is that it's translation in Japanese doesn't mention "punch" at all, it means something closer to "sneak attack."That's why it doesn't get iron fist boost like anything of the other punches. I guess that can somewhat justify why honchcrow can get it but not ttar

[@maxlimit9129]

Kev, aura sphere hasnt been 90 bp since like gen 5, its 80 now which makes it Not Worth It

[@lukasschmitz9030]

Ampharos should get Dazzling Gleam and Flash Cannon seeing as it is _the_ lighthouse Pokémon.

[@goGothitaLOL]

It has Dazzling Gleam now in SV

[@lukasschmitz9030]

@@goGothitaLOL, nice!

[@JamesJones-ts5fl]

I just want Dragon Dance groudon. If wishcash gets it, there’s no reason groudon can’t, and it would be so fucking good.

[@TheHero136]

I kind of think that Suicune and Articuno should get Aura Sphere, seeing that they are legendary Pokémon that would give large and strong auras. In regard to Pursuit, Mightyena wants that move so badly. And now it will never get it.

[@EvilApple567]

Sucker Accelerock Ttar #MakeOUGreatAgain

[@trevorsmith4413]

Wake up babe, New BKC vid just dropped.

[@robertoalexandermendezmore408]

I wish some forgotten electric types get aurora beam like Jolteon and Kantonian Electrode

[@fulltimeslackerii8229]

“what if every type had access to a close combat type move on the physical and special fronts?”

[@doozsromhacks]

More Pokemon should get Parting Shot as well. Like, a lot more imo.

[@tecul1]

it would make sense but that move is way too good

[@honjon666]

Parting Shot should OHKO falinx if it's used no retreat

[@doozsromhacks]

@@tecul1 I think some mid lower tier mons could use it. Random shitters like Skuntank Purugly etc yk?

[@fabrizioorpianesi6670]

@@doozsromhacks Murkrow and Honchkrow too, fits thematically as well

[@doozsromhacks]

@@fabrizioorpianesi6670 Yup tons of mons like scrafty as well. A lot of dark types and general shithead mons 😭

[@BasicallyGoblin]

What about a video about Heavy Duty Boots being in Gen 4? How significantly would the meta change? Would Yanmega be usable?

[@EarthSpirit.easyzdota]

My dad has the ability emergency exit

[@GhostbusterPalu]

Meteor Mash is called "Comet Punch" in JP. So it kinda makes sense Cobalion couldn't learn it; like, it can't punch stuff. Still agree with most of what you said in this video though!

[@ChaunchoCYM]

@21:55 jokes on you i just got around to watching this weeks episode of Vinland Saga today. If *that scene* isn't profound i don't know what is :D (cool video though)

[@onyxgrnr666]

Rhyperior doesn't get Head Smash despite having the ability reckless and rhydon haveing rock head

[@Interiorcrocodilealigator10838]

Sd pursuit sucker Ttar. Is just national dex king gambit. Like any dark w/ suit, sucker, knock. Is just evil. That being said. Dragapult should get poltergeist, give lando rock polish back, and brave bird/Acro. Electrics should get volt tackle or double shock. Only pika and clones be hogging the good stuff. Pikachu is a parasite.

[@ModelCitizen2]

Super excited to watch this video lets go

[@roidadadou5456]

I actually dedicated an entire metagame to this very sentence. The number of move additions is 2189 🥲 Among which of course, the infamous Slack Off Snorlax, Spiky Shield Ferrothorn, Sucker Punch Weavile, First Impression Escavalier, Brave Bird Aerodactyl, U-turn Zeraora or Air Slash Zapdos. Also factors added abilities, but that might be for a later comment on a future video 😉

[@aMartin315]

if basc-F got calm mind she would be awesome in OU

[@screwtokaiba]

I dont neccesarilly disagree about Aura Sphere Focus Blast thing, but i think people genuinely forgot the "why" about Aura Sphere Back in gen 4 it was VERY clearly made to be a unique, legendary special sort of move. It was 100% made for Lucario of course, and the only other owner of the move was the Origin Trio, Mew and Mewtwo, and Togekiss a pokemon thats given a massive amount of elusive elements - notably having Extremespeed and Aura Sphere. Both very rare moves. In fact Lucario had access to the exact same combo. Its kinda not about it making sense and such - the move just wasnt made as a generic fighting move. In Gen V its only given to ONE line. In gen 6 its give to two more line, and one of them was to set up a thematic decision for Mega Blastoise, and the other is Clawitzer who is basically MIni Mega Blastoise. Even comes Gen 7, only Magearna gets it Theres a lot of moves that makes sense for some stuff to get because its a generic move that fits mons who doesnt get it - most notable is probably Dragon Dance. A good chunk of Dragon egg group, Dragon type, and Kaiju-likes had it that the only thing that makes sense about Garchomp/Flygon/Hydreigon not getting it was the general movepool compression that happened after gen 2. You can very much notice how much on the face smaller the movepool of Mence(who is mostly a fire breathing dragon who randomly have Hydro Pump) and moreso Garchomp(whose movepool resembles the standard set by Ground Type instead of the standard of Dragon type) was compared to Dragonite and Tyranitar casually learning BoltBeamThrower). Aura Sphere for a very long time wasn't one of that outside for pure wish fulfilment. Gen 8 made it learned by so many things that they should have turned into generic tbh Anyway Spikes on a lot of stuff Its a ground type move yet it took GEN 9 before there is a single ground type pokemon learn it through level up and its Ting Lu. Not a single ground type learned it through Egg move in fact. The obvious one is Tyranitar who isnt Ground, but was part ground. After seeing what can get it through TR in Gen 9 a bunch of things probably could get it imo Definitely not balanced though lul Gen 5 also have a bizzare trend of moves that used to be learned by everything ever, just wasnt. Not sure if its been fixed though. Seisimitoad and Keldeo not having Ice Beam access and and the Unova Dragon Trio having evidently big body but no Earthquake is the most notable one i think

[@_-Bane-_Main]

It might be far too oppressive, but what do you think a Gen 4 with Zoroark would be like?

[@jimmy13morrison]

Seeing how unbreakable snorlax was in vgc2017 with figy berry recycle and gluttony, i feel like early snorlax with an item and an ability would be busted

[@troyforce1]

No head smash for Rhydon?!

[@boop53]

I think the gen 9 knock off stuff is the stupidest distribution of a move in my mind, Knock Off requires a weapon or a blow which does significant knockback, causing the opponent to stumble or trip, dropping their tiem. Because of this, I dont see why pokemon with blades or smaller, more dainty hands e.g Samurott, Iron Valiant, etc, shoukd get knock off I guess i see why Great Tusk gets knock off, maybe it just barrels into people to knock them over. But if this was the case, shouldnt the tauros get it too? i mean, they also have big massive horns and are fast. The pokemon that do get this move is weird too. Alolan Muk is a pile of sludge who apparently can send its foes flying back despite it being a pile of ooze. Gardevoir can get it despite being a special attacker, same with Iron Jugulis, and so does freaking Pelipper. A bird, who doesnt really punch hard with its wings. I think the most criminal case of a pokemon not getting Knock Off is iron hands. with 140 base attack and massive fists - *hands* is literally in its name, i always thought it should be able to learn the move. Landorus also notably lost Knock Off this gen, which was one of its best utility + coverage moves (i gotta run crunch now, this sucks)

[@toastprobably9774]

SD + Sucker Punch TTar would basically be a bulkier Bisharp with amazing coverage, especially in Gen 9 where it gets Knock Off

[@Veecy]

Umbreon gets Sucker Punch

[@lemonadebox3859]

if garchomp got dragon dance in gen 9, do you think it would be ubers?

[@DryDefender]

When I think moves pokemon "should" get, I think more of TM/tutor/egg moves. Those moves are actually readily available to be taught in game, and I was looking more for times you wonder why on earth a TM/tutor doesn't work. So Lati twins/flamethrower immediately comes to mind. Every dragon in gens 3/4 other than Kingdra and Giratina gets it IIRC. It really doesn't make any sense that the Lati twins (and giratina for that matter) don't. Gyarados not getting rock slide in g3 is kinda weird. It gets stone edge in g4, and arbok gets rock slide in g3.

[@Neferens]

Dragonite should get Earthquake in Generation 2.

[@jmcbango]

14:52 fyi sucker punch is called "Surprise Attack" in japan, so fists have nothing to do with it, but yes there's no reason tar couldn't surprise attack something (disguise itself as a rock? Bust through a wall to surprise someone?)

[@somedude-my4im]

Making a Rom Hack currently so gonna take these suggestions on board lol

[@Max-qw8eq]

t tar would be great with sucker punch! Give it wicked blow too and it will dominate UU

[@HesGotaGun505]

Aerodactyl went extinct because it couldn’t learn the moves to survive.

[@annaangelic2318]

I would love to see OM-type formats for old gens where Pokemon gain access to moves they gain in later generations along the line of RBY tradebacks. Pokemon that jump out to me are Clefable getting Soft-Boiled, Aerodactyl getting Rock Slide and EQ, and Garchomp getting Spikes.

[@unknownaccount1729]

How is Electrode a pokemon that literally explodes but somehow doesnt get Overheat, I mean if zebstrika gets it surely electrode should too right? this pokemon NEEDS actual coverage

[@zaneyang1701]

Ball shaped Pokemon should all get Rapid Spin Golem did get it in gen 2 but not after Electrode should also get it

[@alyssarichardson2544]

Zangoose needs Extreme Speed.

[@johnwilliams9179]

Darmanitan not getting thunder punch always struck me as odd.

[@albertodelrio2560]

I think Sucker punch ttar wouldn’t be op on gen 9 kingambit has it AND swords dance, there is a lot of unaware mons anyways. Knock off on ttar would be insane also.

[@albertodelrio2560]

And Ttars typing is worse than kingambit although it has a better BST it UU for a reason

[@twotamatos]

My dream moves give mega ampharos & serperior Draco metor & give azumaril n ampharos wish I understand those would be busted but they would be really nasty in singles & id love to see a serperior mega evo that gives it a dragon typing! I think a lot more mons need baton pass, it’s still really slim pickings when trying to find mons that are good baton passers essentially u get pinned into picking illumise, umbreon, Sylveon & espeon the only really good one is musharna but u pretty much gotta run trick room teams for it it was nice they started adding more mons with hex & stored power in gen 8 but they really need to add more simple beam mons I think quagsire & slowking would be good picks for it & yah I hope they give more mons access to accuracy boosting moves it’d be nice if they could make a calm mind hone claws hybrid that ups accuracy and special defense honestly just more stat raising moves would be nice in general it’s so shwank gen 9s best way for 2/3rds of the games lifetime before we got simple beam back was just spam donzo-o n tatsugiri other then that I just want more metronome mons & for possibly legendary moves animations but with toned down power on normal mons & moves like octozooka, fire lash, inferno, darkest lariat acupressure transform to be on more mons moves that are exclusive to just 1 to 4-5 need to be given to like 20-45 mons at the least

[@twotamatos]

My fave move editions from gen 9 Gengar getting toxic spikes was a blessing hex with toxic spikes is menacing always wanted to run toxic spikes but never had the mon to do so, & giving Vaporeon calm mind u really had to use aromatic mist or run light screen to protect ur vaporeon if ur trying to get it to build stats wish n stored power is great combo I usually run a weakness policy one and yah being forced to raise its special defense stats with aromatic mist is tough cuz there is like 2-3 Pokémon that even have that move to begin with so maybe give aromatic mist to more mons too oh and they gave my boy Empoleon roost in the Pearl n diamond remakes FINALLY!