Modern Pokemon Abilities Are Ridiculous...

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[@amistupid3175]

Video start at 14:53 lot of yapping

[@raiden8929]

Significantly too much yapping

[@MortChrist]

🗿

[@latbil]

Unfortunate that KZbin can’t translate the video to English from Yapanese

[@Jul1n]

Pin of shame

[@1cn1cn1]

​@@Jul1nPin of Fame*

[@MOJA616]

Nice false swipe reference

[@Bigparr43]

Why turning on the game is everything, the Pokemon theorem

[@fenixchief7]

​@@Bigparr43 why saving might be everything

[@RuggedRing]

​@@Bigparr43 the battery theorem

[@Ecdemaniac]

Why buying the game is everything, the game theorem

[@fogwzu1939]

​@@EcdemaniacNice, Game theory reference.

[@ThisAintGood.]

Broken ability: *Exists* Weezing: YALL HEAR SUMTHIN??

[@TheForgidbearbackers]

Shadow rider and Ice riders As one:

[@MTF_Epsolon-9]

as one users laughing in the corner

[@kingbambam7365]

Pretty sure Tera Shift on Teropagos still works

[@superzockertvyt9630]

@@TheForgidbearbackersmy kinggambit🗿🗿🗿

[@venomgaming7014]

Palafin and tatsugiri: *smug water type laughter*

[@Teneboru271]

*Mimicking old man voice* back in my day we thought Moxie was a busted ability...

[@The_Mad_Potato]

Hey I know that reference!

[@realistic_delinquent]

“We used to wear a moxie gyarados on our belt, which was the style at the time”

[@yourehereforthatarentyou]

@@realistic_delinquentand you say give me five combees and i’ll give you a colbur berry

[@deadlydingus1138]

It’s still pretty good.

[@snakyYT]

Rip krookidile:Steve Irwin

[@Igorcastrochucre]

Araquinid has 3 abilities under a trenchcoat pretending to be a single one.

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

That trenchcoat being its 4th ability, as it makes non Gen 7 Players underestimate the giant enemy spider till it oh-ko's all their neutrals And resists if they failed to spec any into Defense.

[@viviolet7]

​@-libertyprimev1-902 people are still underestimating the giant enemy spider all the way in gen 9

[@badashe1364]

@-libertyprimev1-902 I believe in giant enemy spider supremacy.

[@asierx7047]

Choice band araquanid is also the funniest lead ever. Enemy's like "oh he's setting up webs, i'll set up on it" then gets VAPORIZED

[@goGothitaLOL]

Water Veil, Heatproof, and Adaptability (only for Water) all in 1 ability slot like a complete package

[@kriosuranous3440]

Not including Parental bond is crazy. This was THE ability that changed the trend “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to a bad pokemon” to “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to any pokemon”.

[@aronspiker72]

I'm guessing the main reason he didn't is that it literally doesn't exist anymore as it was exclusive to a pokemon form that is currently unobtainable and we don't even know if the return of megas will affect vgc or if every previous mega will return to begin with

[@RaidFiftyOne]

@@aronspiker72 Legends A-Z: Am I a joke to you?

[@CabinetGremlin]

​@@RaidFiftyOneconsidering the last legends game didn't even HAVE pvp... yes

[@hatguy3119]

Pla didn't have abilities (except Regigigas)

[@RaidFiftyOne]

@@CabinetGremlin I more meant the "we don't even know if megas will even return

[@castform7618]

I came up with a fun new ability. "Ultimate Homie" mixes Intimidate with Friend Guard so that your opponents basically can't hurt your partner while you're on the field. I feel like we should give this to a niche Pokemon. Maybe the possible Mega Incineroar in Pokemon Z-A. Yeah, I feel like he needs it.

[@evie2670]

I can already see how Wolfey would react to that. He would at the very least be crying a corner cursing at the buff cat 🤣🤣😅

[@Bladius_]

Mega incin should automatically parting shot back out on entry. Pivot God.

[@badashe1364]

Not gonna lie. I could see a Mega Pangoro having an ability like that.

[@Marco-fs9bs]

Idk if it's that good of an ability Don't get me wrong, having intimidate+friend guard sounds busted, but the whole purpose of intimidate is cycling that, and friend guard's purpose is to stay on the battlefield as much as possible, so they kinda clash

[@inkognito3145]

Why incineroar of all mons it’s not like it’s already the best Pokémon with absurd amount of tools

[@oscarmccormack1611]

10:10 Small mistake here, I think you meant to say, "Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Rillaboom."

[@AutisticGastrodon]

Press F to pay respects for Tapu Bulu

[@patricialock1862]

F

[@typemasters2871]

Don’t forget “Chi-Yu, Chien-Pao, Incineroar, Ting-Lu”

[@conorhutchison9244]

Ah yes tapu pincurchin, tapu indeede, tapu rillaboom and tapu galarain weezing

[@benjaminliu4893]

F

[@azurecongalala6801]

Gen 10 will introduce a boosting ability that hits through protect, ignores immunities, blocks status moves, and has a built in moldbreaker And it will be behind a $30 paywall

[@ohhi687itsme8]

Make that $60

[@PeacefulZealot]

Bold of you to assume it is only $30.

[@pigeonleader]

Think about inflation bro, it's gonna be $35

[@ThisAintGood.]

And it’ll probably lower your opponent’s attack and special attack by 2

[@vo1ce147]

Wait I thought it would be on switch lowering attack and special attack stat also set up trick room.

[@CountGremlin]

The Pokemon Company: Yeah sure give the Gen 9 mons some good broken shit Also TPC: ahh lets keep Slow Start on the big Regi in a game where abilities don't exist 🤡

[@numberhunter62]

I think they deliberately chose that not for game balancing purposes but because they thought the joke was funny. It's akin to getting the 100 Korok seed reward in Breath of the Wild.

[@badashe1364]

@numberhunter62 I had never thought of this but that is absolutely my headcanon for why it still has slow start.

[@eavyeavy2864]

Which game?

[@apples6684]

@@eavyeavy2864 Legends Arceus.

[@Endershock1678]

They 100% did that as a joke. TPC has no issues doing stuff just to troll people, just look at Dudunsparce.

[@incandescence5547]

The reason Pure Power is different from Huge Power is because Huge Power is a rabbit pun in Japanese (hence why only rabbit-like Pokemon get it) Also, shoutouts to Orichalcum Pulse and Hadron Engine. Weather/Terrain-setting abilities are already extremely powerful, and this is just that but it also makes them hit higher Atk/SpA than the Mega Mewtwos (and that's not even factoring in the boost from the environment)

[@castform7618]

Oh that's interesting. Gotta wonder what's "rabbit-like" about Mega Mawile though.

[@rifttogo7108]

Probably the two jaws that look kinda like rabbit ears.

[@TwoHeadedMeerkat]

​@@castform7618 Well, they're both carnivorous

[@jannfredryckmatias3545]

​@@castform7618 Maybe she is a bunny girl with those, uh, long ears

[@remington238]

@@TwoHeadedMeerkat bro, rabbits are herbivores

[@EnderPryde]

4:14 Wait, Iron Hands has an ability? I thought it's ability was literally "can carry your team on its back"

[@FutureOverYou]

Bryan Hands stonks going up!!!

[@phoenixgoodman6553]

We've gone from abilities that do literally nothing in battle, like Illuminate, to "Pokémon will ignore protect, ignore stat raises, +6 atk spd when pokemon are KOd, and KOs enemy on contact moves"

[@GravityIsFalling]

Yes urshifu does all that with its ability and totally not just the first part of that

[@HazeEmry]

The 2 illuminate pokemon I can think of are Illumise and Lanturn. One also has Prankster, the other has both water/volt absorb. Why talk about Illuminate like its the only thing those mons would ever use?

[@Marco-fs9bs]

Illuminate at least got buffed in gen 9

[@goGothitaLOL]

@@Marco-fs9bsonly for it to be a clone of Keen Eye, another useless ability This is Insomnia and Vital Spirit all over again, but completely useless

[@rea1cyru5]

In gen 10 theyre going to add an ability that makes you immune to losing

[@floofzykitty5072]

I love how there's an ability that only protects you from status IN THE SUN, and now there's two abilities that protect you from status unconditionally. One of them also makes you resist Ghost attacks... And the other completely blocks Defog on a Pokemon that already is immune to Rapid Spin AND Mortal Spin.

[@aronspiker72]

Leaf guard is the one ability that I think should just be deleted due to it ruining potential good pokemon by doing practically nothing *cough cough meganium cough*

[@Leangreen69]

Leaf guard should increase defenses in sun, leaf armor.

[@jaredparks4713]

@@aronspiker72 I'd throw a couple other abilities onto that pile. The big offenders to me are Plus and Minus, Heavy and Light Metal, and the "information gathering" abilities (Forewarn, Anticipation, Frisk).

[@Killer1984able]

Can't wait for a gen 10 min maxed pokemon with 5 speed, 200 defences and spa, that activates trick room whenever it enters battle

[@Kanbei11]

Mega Shuckle you say?

[@DeliciousJames]

The only thing Gholdengo cant stop is my grubby fingers tearing it apart like a cheesestring

[@SinNun-tx5jp]

U sure? Ghost is immune to Normal

[@JayVGC]

and here i am with my favourite pokemon being fucking furret. with three useless abilities

[@MoxieBoosted]

It does have that cool niche of clearing hazards in from of ghold tho

[@JayVGC]

@@MoxieBoostedmaus is just infinitely better at that though

[@lordgrub12345]

​@@JayVGC he can also climb an escalator.

[@jadnf]

​@@JayVGChe's also just a little critter

[@castform7618]

Run Away can be situationally useful.....in a playthrough.

[@felipesilva3732]

Good as gold its the kind of Ability that you come up with when you are 11 years old and just found that pokemon it's not only an anime

[@turtlenator6249]

5:50 Technically, only Ice Rider got nerfed with Glacial Lance going from 130 to 120 base power. But Shadow Rider was the one untouched…

[@viviannabriano5645]

Exactly

[@pokechannel9758]

No, even shadow rider's astral barrage got nerfed to 120 base power.

[@turtlenator6249]

@@pokechannel9758 No, 120 was the base power in Sword and Shield and was never touched.

[@IconicTristan]

Gholdengo, the ultimate “Nuh uh” Pokémon.

[@Nightmare_52]

i found it weird that legendary pokemon almost never had a good ability up until like gen 7 or something

[@tomforge614]

Yeah. Like they didn't have to amazing, but at least something unique rather than stapling "Pressure" onto everyone's head.

[@enoyna1001]

That's where you're wrong. Mewtwo got Pressure which is so good it even got banned to Ubers for that reason. Raikou, Entei, and Suicune got Pressure, Pressure, and Pressure, respectively, to make sure you're wasting your PP attacking them. Lugia and Ho-oh, on the other hand, got Pressure. Kind of refreshing seeing Legendaries with some new abilities, if you ask me. Dialga and Palkia really stood out with their new ability called Pressure.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

Gen 6, you could argue Gen 5, was the start. The Gen 5 boxes have Mould Breaker, the genies are the genies, and the Swords kill everything after switching into Knock Off

[@Nightmare_52]

then reshiram and zekrom got something cool and unique called mold breaker

[@tomforge614]

Well, as I was saying, more like giving Zapdos Static, Articuno Ice Body, and Moltres Flame Body. Doesn't have to be game-breaking. Just a bit more on-brand.

[@dansattah]

13:43 Shedinja to Kyogre: "Hi..."

[@lemonlemon7932]

Ubers has fallen. Billions must run Ancient Power

[@nathanarcher5292]

Video starts at 0:00

[@fankou24]

wondered why the video wasn't playing I was starting at 14:54, thanks nathan

[@mrtrollnator123]

🙏

[@Alfie0173]

Thank you :D

[@RukoshiSensei]

Not all heroes wear capes

[@schaffs2]

i needed that help

[@mintytheslime]

I like how As One was marketed as like “OHOHO THIS ABILITY IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT COMBINES TWO INTO ONE”, but like… Good as Gold is at least 8 abilities in one.

[@amiiboguy7288]

I think the joke behind Purifying Salt is that not only does it remove impurities from Garganacl’s salt (status effects), but Garganacl’s spirit is also pure of evil spirits, hence the ghost resistance

[@MmeCShadow]

A circle of salt is also a traditional way of repelling evil spirits.

[@typemasters2871]

Also if you have watched Mob Psycho 100 then you would know how salt is connected to spirits

[@HazeEmry]

​You reference mob, I reference supernatural. We are not the same (I'm degenerate)@@typemasters2871

[@dotgone]

​@@typemasters2871 I sure love when people are talking about traditional practices believed by hundreds of generations of real life human beings or a mythological creature/concept that goes back thousands of years in multiple cultures on multiple continents and someone chimes in to tell them about how some anime is a good reference because it borrowed something from a dozen different religions and intentionally adapted it for narrative purposes.

[@typemasters2871]

@@dotgone sorry, I do recognise the real world mythology and history of salt’s connection with spirits and ghosts, and I apologise for contributing to the “Naruto-ification” of history, but sometimes someone is more likely to have seen a piece of modern media that includes references or a layman’s understanding to information that is not widely known. History and documentation: very deep and nuanced explanation of how salt is connected to ghosts and spirits Popular Anime and Manga: “ghosts and spirits are weak to purified salt so table salt will have no effect”

[@castform7618]

I've always wondered why they've never made Intimidate for Special Attackers. Physical Attackers in general get a shorter end of the stick with thing like confusion using Physical Attack along with burns (even though Legends gave us frostbite which is 10x better than freeze but of course we can't just have all the good things from one game to the other). I feel like giving a few good Pokemon Special Intimidate would even the disparity a bit. We could call it.....idk Mystic Aura. Name is a work in progress.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Imagine if regular poison reduced special attack.

[@jakariashafin8685]

Blissy

[@hifuu1383]

​@@jakariashafin8685Assault Vest too

[@goGothitaLOL]

@@jakariashafin8685and now Ting-Lu’s fatass too

[@ElPerverto6]

*Takes a drag of my cigarette* *Blows out smoke* I got ya, fam. *Starts to go to work*

[@last_dutch_hero258]

“Meanwhile me wondering when Decidueye will get to use his funni long reach ability”

[@dse763]

Still better than having "offensive Pickpocket".

[@aghadlarhen9397]

@@dse763Magician would've been so OP in the era of Gems in GenV. Dark Gem Sucker Punch, Flying Gem Aerobatics, Bug Gem U-Turn and Water Gem Flip Turn, etc. with Magician would absolutely go hard.

[@Bladius_]

@aghadlarhen9397 hell even just something faster than the fastest User we have right now. Delphox at 104 is not really cutting it for an ability that requires you to hold no item to proc consistently.

[@aghadlarhen9397]

@@Bladius_ True. I also noticed that none of the current "Magician" users get access to any sort of damaging priority moves. It's like they gimped the ability on purpose.

[@edgargaebolg9307]

Meowscarada should have Magician instead of post-nerf Protean

[@CountGremlin]

Also Unseen Fist is amazing in Smogon singles cause it makes Gliscor and wish passers Clefable and Umbreon think twice about Protect spam.

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

Or it would if Shifu wasn’t banned to Ubers months ago.

[@Zoroark539]

0:02 it might have been the "wrong channel" but you nailed the theorem's name

[@Rose-85]

let's not forget how some mons like Pelipper or Torkoal basically almost wouldn't exist without the rain and sun abilities

[@FirstNameLastName-gq4tb]

In terms of box art legendaries’ abilities, the creation trio (minus giratina-o) and the tao trio really got the short end of the stick. The light trio’s signature moves even have mold breaker/turboblaze/teravolt built into them

[@Marco-fs9bs]

Even the light trio didn't get anything unique Solgaleo got clear body Lunala got multyscale And necrozma got filter Aside from ultranecrozma(he had a built-in expert belt if I remember correctly) they weren't that original with them either outside of the fact that mold breaker doesn't work on them(at least it's something)

[@FirstNameLastName-gq4tb]

@@Marco-fs9bs true but those abilities are pretty good, better than what the tao trio and most of the creation trio got

[@Brassrain0su]

i think -ates (glaciate, aerilate, pixilate, etc), poison heal and guts deserve some attention for just how much they end up doing for a mon with them also triage but considering only comfey has it it's easy to forget about it and the weather set ups

[@dariomerisio24]

The thing is that, apart from Mega-salamence, who's should not even exist, is the only one that breaks the balance with an -ate ability imho. The others, are very good, but have some drowbacks, like the need of an item. Also, they just make some Pokémon reliable, when otherwise would not be. Gliscor before without poison heal, was good just in gen 4 ou, and not even that. Flareon is still useless even with guts. Same goes for Luxray. Breloom, without poison heal, is just good for nothing. The real problem is giving broken abilities to broken Mons. Like unaware on Dondonso

[@venomgaming7014]

Weezing also makes toedscruel the fastest spore user in the game. And I don’t know if I can sleep knowing that.

[@edgargaebolg9307]

Maybe you can't but almost everyone else sure can

[@MouldMadeMind]

They will sleep

[@theshatteredseas4629]

Oh they'll sleep alright

[@venomgaming7014]

Oh now I get it.

[@numberhunter62]

And then there's the power crept version of the ridiculous abilities. Orichalcum Pulse power creeping Drought and Hadron Engine power creeping Electric Surge.

[@kurjao5933]

Wonder what kind of abilities will be introduced next gen. I always wanted powder to return as a weather condition that increased bug type Pokémon’s accuracy on top of the effect it had on fire.

[@kaizerdxd]

So called neutralizing gas when Tera Shift hits the field

[@fe_three_rosses]

videos from this channel are always a treat, genuinely funny on top of informative, and the thumbnail art is always peak

[@Willow_Thefox-is8uj]

My favorite part is when he said It's Neutralizing gas time and neutralizing gassed all over the place

[@shinymetagross1666]

I definitely think Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, and the weather-setting abilities should've been mentioned

[@goGothitaLOL]

The first two are only seen in OU/Singles and almost never in VGC/Doubles

[@SantosOverlord]

the other day fighting on the ladder, Gholengo took my kids to school and then to the soccer training, which surpirsed me a lot since i dont have kids

[@fankou24]

omd ive been waiting for this video, powercreep doesnt just apply to the moves it applies to abilities too, glad someone else realized this

[@goGothitaLOL]

And of course, the mons themselves

[@fankou24]

@@goGothitaLOL of course of course

[@violet_broregarde]

THAT'S A PRINCIPLE NOT A THEOREM im gonna become the joker

[@Duothimir]

New ability: Don't Fuckle With Shuckle Exclusive to Shuckle. All Pokemon that aren't Shuckle get fuckled.

[@Lupin_TheAlpha]

Old protean was broken, gen 7 kecleon could be a menace

[@mrtrollnator123]

Kecleon has protean?

[@sayvionwashington1939]

​@@mrtrollnator123 That should tell you how utter dog it was, even with a railgun strapped to it's forehead

[@fg009letyrds8]

​@@sayvionwashington1939Poor Kecleon, he needs an evolution.

[@HazeEmry]

He needs his PMD colours back. I can live with it not being viable

[@jakariashafin8685]

Oh god no not that god forsaken shopkeeper​@@HazeEmry

[@ricardoludwig4787]

Surprised intrepid sword wasn't mentioned, it was so broken that even game freak decided to break it's ankles

[@ElPerverto6]

Even than, it's still busted.

[@Rin_husband]

I remember as (not so) a child where the Gen V Hidden abilities was the most busted thing ever exist

[@matheuscastello6554]

tbh shadow tag chandelure in singles still would have been out of this world broken. but most of the other ones are hilariously tame compared to what we're getting nowadays, yeah, hahaha

[@levelupgods7265]

They say dragonball power creep is the craziest. But they're wrong

[@MrRusty103]

You got me. I opened in a new tab, and didn''t look at the video right away. Hearing "this is the Gholdengo theorom" threw me for a loop for a second.

[@fezthedracky8468]

Babe wake up, new Moxie Boosted video!!

[@theukon-dos7271]

Thanks for reminding me to subscribe. I definitely would have thought I'd been with how often you show up in my feed.

[@MoxieBoosted]

Ty lol

[@benballard5930]

The only other abilities i think would be on that level of all-importance is the weather abilities. Drizzle, drought, sand stream, snow warning, and of course the primal weathers

[@tealknight6281]

The banlists for Almost Any Ability are a good quick way to identify strong abilities, at least in a singles context.

[@goGothitaLOL]

Water Bubble A.K.A. An ability package of Water Veil, Heatproof, and Adaptability all in one combined

[@coldwar7920]

great video, would also consider shadow tag as we all saw what happens when its on anything with offensive pressure and speed (aka mega gengar)

[@jeremyd1329]

I love these videos, especially the memes. Makes it more enjoyable than what it already is!!!

[@jackcoltonxd]

What’s up Moxie! Great vid as always! ❤

[@ZeBanded]

Real moxingtons remember belly drum azruill ohko dusclops with max darkness

[@HazeEmry]

Eviolite Dusclops???

[@ZeBanded]

@@HazeEmry yes

[@j.b.5422]

One day we'll have a legendary trio of: -can learn 5 moves -can select 2 moves per turn -Can hold 2 items.

[@tomasherrera9069]

Shoutout to Moody for being my gambling addictions best friend AND worst enemy

[@frankyquilavafireblast895]

Nice FSG reference. Also shout out to the weather summoning abilities even after they’re necessary nerves and generation 5 some people still mess around with them

[@Vok555]

Moxie boosted has the ability to make me watch him cry about “broken abilities” for 15 minutes @ 1am. Knowing idgaf 😂

[@BMVfilms]

I remember getting back into the game and learning about magic bounce and magic guard the hard way

[@sluggknight7130]

13:56 Speed boost is one of those bosted abilities. In singles it can make a pokemon uber worthy. The only reason why it has almost never seen usage in doubles is because there are no speed boost pokemon who are good in doubles (blaziken, scolipede, yannega and ninjask) (Also, maybe a change to as one could be to boost special defense and defense respectively instead of offensive stats)

[@confuseddragonedits2294]

This is just an old ability from when Megas were in meta, but do ya'll remember Mega Rayquaza's Delta Stream? It summoned "Strong Winds" which was active so long as Rayquaza was on the field, completely removed the weaknesses of electric, ice, and rock it and other flying types had, couldn't be replaced via most abilities or moves, and the two abilities able to bypass it were Cloud Nine and Air Lock (both of which are abilities meant to suppress the weather). Not even Mold Breaker could bypass it. I am /so/ glad that this crazy son of a gun got banned. Edit: Why tf did it take me so long to realize I put flying twice?

[@blameitondanny]

It hurts your eyes too. At least mine 😢

[@ThisAintGood.]

I’m horrified since megas are coming back, that there is even the slightest chance that Mega Ray’s coming with it.

[@tomforge614]

I mean, it only halved the Super-effective damage dealt to Flying-type Pokemon. I think it still left Rayquaza with a x2 weakness to ice as a result of being a Dragon-type. If anything, I was disappointed other Pokemon didn't get access to the "Strong Winds" weather as it seemed like a neat take on a weather.

[@numberhunter62]

Whilst the ability was great and helped keep Mega Ray alive, the biggest reason for Mega Ray's bustedness was simply because he didn't need no mega stone to mega evolve. You could slap a choice item on him, you could give him life orb, you could give assault vest if you were feeling spicy.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

The primals could overwrite it, but they might not come back, here.

[@soyacan]

Ayo your transitions in this video were pretty insane

[@Jon_Fury]

Love that thumbnail 😂 “tell it to the judge tubby”

[@breez_y1]

I feel like we're in the great age of power creep, can't escape it wherever I go

[@michaellevesley3578]

I love this kind of analysis

[@ABros733]

This channel is single handedly helping me to use Pokemon efficiently in-game.

[@joeshmoe9204]

Best thumbnail ever! Love the reference

[@Nick-yq5uz]

I love your thumbnails!

[@saci9424]

Urshifu being patrick on that episode on the thumbnail. Loved it

[@PURPLE_G0J0]

We need a special equivalent of Huge Power

[@tristanconnell6574]

Gamefreak creating gen9 pokemon- "and if every pokemon is broken no one will be"

[@MattDim]

Good as Gold : Exist and considered OP Magic Bounce : "Am I a joke to you"

[@Juggatube420]

This vid is almost the entirety of my cardio. Let's gooo

[@JesusDaLawd]

The fact that the thumbnail is a fucking spongebob reference shouldve added some peanuts to the thumbnail

[@darthfastball1150]

Moxi what do you think about a move that would worked like protect but reduced incoming damage by ~50%? It could be cool for self proc-ing items or abilities while also being vulnerable to being doubled

[@Asm0d3u5]

Love this format! Your script is quite amusing ❤ Also the Religion of Araquanid will rise, I swear

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

I'm suprised weather setting abilities were not mentioned. These are like the Tapu's Terrain before it existed (sort of). The things weather effects can do, especially when combined with Weather boosted abilities like Swift Swim is crazy in both doubles and singles alike

[@SoGoodContent]

dude this channel is just so quality... love the consistent quality. Hope you read this comment and feel good about your efforts.

[@MoxieBoosted]

Tysm

[@katelundberg2029]

Tbh the biggest powercreep in abilities is just the fact insane abilities are now being put on already insane mons. Whereas weather setting abilities were put on pretty mediocre mons(minus Groudon and Kyogre but they're restricted legendaries) terrain abilites were introduced on pretty strong legendaries and only later thrown onto (mostly) shit low tiers(tbf both Indeedee and Rillaboom have been strong but only Rillaboom would have been somewhat strong without a surge ability). Intimidate was only one either low stat mons, mons that aren't great defensive supports and would rather be frailer offense, or Arcanine who is pretty good. Then gen 7 adds it to a pretty bulky support juggernaut in Inceneroar and they become the most used Pokemon ever for several formats. Moxie was usually on decently strong mons but ones that often had other strong abilities like the 5-ish lines with Moxie and Intimidate, or were Pyroar who is a special attacker. Then they added different moxie(beast boost) to pretty strong Ultra Beasts and objectively better moxie(as one) to the insane Calyrex forms. Why. Even Prankster went from being a great ability on a complete list of shit tier mons(minus Tornadus and Thundurus Incarnate who were and are really good) and then they added Grimmsnarl who admittedly has an offensive aligned bst but is still a mon with a bst that isn't completely awful.

[@edgargaebolg9307]

There's also Magearna with its SpA Moxie that doesn't need it to be the one doing the kills to activate

[@katelundberg2029]

@@edgargaebolg9307 yeah, it is thankfully banned in doubles because it boosts if you, say, explode your own pokemon and maybe pick up one or two KOs at the same time, so in singles where you can use it it's just special moxie on a strong bst and typing mon. Pretty broken.

[@gregkareem9824]

Stop cursing its a sin dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...................

[@BotSupportIronValiant]

Abilities are becoming playing with your elementary school friends. "I punch you no blocking no dodging" The more these abilities do, the more I will sing the praises of my favorite abilities Moldbreaker, Terravolt, and Turboblaze. The latter two are on my favorite legendary pokemon, the BW Dragon trio. Plus they sound cool

[@RaptinDinon-mn4ps]

I look forward to Megas returning. I watch with joy to see what new abilities will be added or given to Megas.

[@astalos342]

Sheesh, whats next? An ability that hits through every form of protect? Oh.

[@frost1942]

I think that zero to hero should have been covered with intimidate and regenerator because of just how popular arcanine, amoongus, and Palafin were together but great video regardless

[@tyruku18]

The Gholdengo Theorem was perfect!

[@daweidaweibljat1928]

Omg i allmost forgot about wonderguard. Love it!

[@PiratDiment]

I fell for that starting bit so hard I thought I was accidentally watching a collab or something

[@ElenaPog]

Honestly thought you’d mention zero to hero in the intimidate regenerator part due to Palance

[@willjoyce5013]

I agree on some but I like they're adding stuff that punishes Protect as it can use some additional counterplay

[@DeathChaos]

I know many people have said it, but I believe it too, only a matter of time before they introduce an ability that just sets up Trick Room on a switch in.

[@gutscross9706]

if the terrain abilites make the list i'd say the weather ones deserve a spot too, with special shoutouts to the new weather and terrain ability which are just the old ones, but with additional upside

[@MonoHerobrine]

I'm surprised that there's still not a special version of Intimidate.

[@Jpg634]

Live for these videos

[@lovelylunarlady]

Idk how good they would be in vgc but Fluffy/Fur Coat and Ice Scales are also really good abilities that are just on mid mons. In singles, Poison Heal and Magic Guard are def up there too. Good vid for sure.

[@sasir2013]

TemTem had an ability that was simply "Unaffected by negative status effects". Or another that raised your stats two levels upon entering the field by cutting your health in half. TemTem can be wild with its abilities.

[@matfiorelli]

Side note I Know it isn't in the game anymore, but the true Huge Power user is Mega Mawile With that 105 base attack, it could surpass even the hardest hitters in the game like Deoxys Attack or Mega Mewtwo X Not even an HP Fire Xerneas or Primal Groundon were safe when Mawile clicked Swords Dance

[@shirrenthewanderer414]

You had me at "adorable little squishmallow".

[@Squaredasher]

Unseen fist is actually pretty important in singles, especially in gen 8 where it prevented protect users from scouting out choice band sets in hopes of then switching into something that could take the hit now that they knew what move was coming