Paradox Pokemon BATTLE ROYALE! 💥 Explained! Feat.

[@glytchgaming6144]

Roaring Moon going toe to toe with Flutter Mane and coming out alive… That must be the strongest Roaring Moon to have ever lived, and the ballsiest.

[@ghostofthesea630]

Pretty sure Flutter Mane was mocking them since .... Moonblast

[@MusicoftheDamned]

​@@ghostofthesea630 Yeah, Flutter Mane never even bothered attacking and was just trolling Roaring Moon the entire time, which fits with Flutter Mane's and Mismagius's personalities.

[@AveryTHETRUMPET]

@@ghostofthesea630

[@uam1071]

Must've been tera bug Roaring Moon

[@entityproductions830]

Flutter mane wasn't taking it seriously at all lmao Just laughing in Uber

[@sparkytepig]

If I have learned anything from these Battle Royales, it’s that Ghost-types have the best advantage by simply hiding in the shadows/walls until the end, then picking off the remaining combatants one by one.

[@Starfloofle]

That *is* what gets rewarded in a battle royale, yes.

[@Weiinerman]

I mean mind powers be damned, being abstract or ghostly makes you incredibly opportunistic for 95% of the things out there lmao

[@MelonHere20]

Truuuuuuuue

[@noahlake9300]

Or they're trying to get the highest K/D ratio in the entire royale. (Mainly just Gengar)

[@azurehorizon4485]

@@noahlake9300 Whenever we see Gengar its safe to say he isn't out to win. he's out to kill as many mons as he can.

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

I thought the Iron Swords of Justice Megazord idea to make the Violet Book image a reality was a really neat creative liberty, loved this battle royale.

[@thedotgiver2820]

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[@Codex_of_Wisdom]

With the proto-beast gag following was a grade A joke, too.

[@GZebra-bg1vw]

The Iron swords combining is a great idea cause well their bots. It was funny the Scarlet paradox’s try to become one then it’s revealed their just on top of one another

[@miguelflores1876]

Fr best battle royale

[@dem_apples]

Would've been cool if they used the Go Go Power Rangers song as they combined

[@viaspiderz]

flutter mane getting disabled and then encored was absolutely hilarious, I've never even seen that strat before but now I gotta use it in game whenever I can

[@Triforce_of_Doom]

Scream Tail was an absolute menace for that moment alone.

[@dysr]

If you want to use that in an actual battle, it only works the other way around, unless you can guarantee going second with Disable and then first with Encore.

[@ChronoHarvester]

@@dysrDouble battles?

[@kamekmechanic80]

Saybleye can be obnoxious with this because of prankster and already good support options like Will-O-Wisp because of burns and Knock Off because Knock Off. Heck, this thing even learns Recover, so if you can’t hit it with priority, can’t OHKO it (usually ends up just being multi hits due to sash) and aren’t a dark type then you just lose to this thing because you get forced to struggle to death as this thing keeps healing itself.

[@dysr]

@@kamekmechanic80 The strategy is almost never seen in actual competitive play, since the opponent can just switch. The Sableye user is usually better off with just Encore rather than waste a move slot on Disable, since it already struggles to fit everything it wants such as Fake Out, Helping Hand, Quash, and Protect in doubles, as well as Knock Off, Recover, Will-O-Wisp, Taunt, and Foul Play in general.

[@AidanDaGreat]

4:43 “While EATR runs on biomass for fuel, it is currently unable to consume bodies, as that would go against the Geneva Convention’s rules against desecrating bodies.” *Currently* unable.

[@anotherpersonguy23]

And not because it can't. But because it's against the Geneva Convention

[@LocalMaple]

Horizon Zero Dawn…

[@Kyumifun]

🌚

[@talatigi8209]

Ultrakill

[@kevinchen7166]

Shhhh…

[@shinygoomy9784]

I was NOT ready for sandy shocks to absolutely wreak havoc for the 10 seconds it had.

[@Spectacular0_4]

Like gmax hatterene in the gmax battle royal

[@RuinedFire]

And it was epic during every single second.

[@burghleyimeanberdly6513]

Iron Bundle made it to the final 4 because you gave it toon force. i love it

[@w1nther930]

It's also quite strong in the meta, since they used that as reference too. I love that of all the paradox, the one based off DELIBIRD, is such a damn powerhouse

[@homerman76]

@@w1nther930 Iron Bundle is my favorite for that fact alone since I really love Delibird, even if I would never consider it competitively viable in any capacity 😅

[@Gnoggin]

It is just that silly.

[@mysticpumpkin8520]

The power of silly penguin (and metagame in VGC) compels it😅 We stand our cute penguin

[@Th3DankestMemer]

ngl, i was rooting for the lil guy the moment i recognized the battle droid voice

[@mariacrow8622]

Fun fact: iron bundle isn’t just fast, slap a choice scarf on it and it goes fast enough to CANCEL OUT TRICK ROOM. That thing deserves all the respect it got here

[@HallowedKeeper_]

Yeah its like if Regieleki didn't have to rely on Tera blast to be relevant against every ground type and volt absorber ever

[@Missiletainn]

"None are particularly Meta" The VGC data for this is well out of date. Raging Bolt is very much meta. Animations take a lot of time though so that makes sense.

[@homerman76]

As does researching something like this I imagine, and since the research needs to come first... yeah...

[@mysticpumpkin8520]

Yeah. Raging Bolt, Miraidon and Iron Bundle specially Flutter Mane ironically fell off

[@iantaakalla8180]

I thought this was particularly singles-centric, especially in the beginning of Scarlet/Violet.

[@voidlessdoodler8340]

@@mysticpumpkin8520 We DON'T talk about the menace that is Calyrex (especially SHADOW)

[@sinteleon]

@@mysticpumpkin8520 While Miraidon is doing well competitively, the big difference between fluttermane and miraidon is that miraidon needs a lot more support to work well (but when supported works REALLY well), while fluttermane is more of a well rounded offensive beast that can be easily slotted into, which also means every team needs to factor in fluttermane and have counters for it.

[@hershy1594]

16:40 As someone who plays the tcg, this card is so strong people will run lightning energy in decks with no other lightning attackers just for the Amp attack. It may not hit for huge numbers, but being able to cut off the enemy's support while keeping the prizes even cannot be understated (for those who don't play the tcg, the main win condition is taking 6 prizes, and a lot of decks use 1 prize pokemon to not only support and keep the deck functioning, but also to make so the opponent falls behind on the prize trade and has to take 4 knockouts instead of taking 3 2 prize pokemon if they go out of their way and force the support into the active, and iron hands can keep you on a 3 knockout game while crippling their deck)

[@IndianDrummer17]

I was just about to say this! Iron hands is a complete menace in the TCG exclusively for that attack lol

[@soldierstride554]

I don't play the TCG so I may be completely wrong here, but your explanation means that Iron Hands is useful in a team setting. But that doesn't apply in a battle royale.

[@hershy1594]

@soldierstride554 Sure, but that's true about every finalist in this video, and less true for hands. Bundle forces them out of the active and discards itself, only good if they have a bad set-up. Mane is only good against decks that rely on their active's ability (very niche) and is useless against everything else. Scream tail is only good on an archetype that's not top tier anymore. Miraidon does create its own archetype but is usually not the main attacker. Hands can work in Miraidon, Chien Pao, Lugia, lost zone, and a lot of other decks as a very threatening attacker. The paradox trio are the only ones that work as the main hard-hitting attackers, and gouging fire is the only one that can fit in a fire deck as a one of attacker, meaning you have to build your deck around the other two (wake needs bonnet+booster, bolt needs ogerpon), which limits creativity.

[@soldierstride554]

@@hershy1594 hmmm-hmmm... Thanks! Alright then, if you were to rewrite/edit the script of the animation, how would you implement Iron Hands' strengths?

[@hershy1594]

@soldierstride554 He might have a stronger top 4 case, although the only one I can see him replacing is bundle. Mane destroys him in vgc and singles, screams pokedex entry is just too OP, and miraidon is miraidon. Bundle is better in singles, but hands has the better card and is a world champ. Even if it didn't change, calling his card "not particularly noteworthy" just got me riled up. And if I needed to edit the video, maybe just him crushing Bonnet because he eats them for breakfast in the tcg

[@proximaeon]

4:43 | I just realized that is basically the reason on how eventually humanity extinguish itself on Ultrakill, as the robots of Ultrakill use blood as fuel, and as they are for war, blood is everywhere.

[@edoardocaccia6226]

I was looking for the Ultrakill connoisseur

[@karelpgbr]

MANKIND IS DEAD HELL IS FULL BLOOD IS FUEL

[@RocketWeaponsGuy]

MANKIND IS DEAD BLOOD IS FUEL HELL IS FULL moment terminalmontage should do a video on ultrakill

[@justaboringperson]

MANKIND IS DEAD BLOOD IS FUEL HELL IS FULL MACHINE IS KING

[@ThefifthBishopofGord]

MANKIND IS DEAD BLOOD IS FUEL HELL IS FULL

[@TanguDisen]

The B1 droids' portrayal of Iron Bundle was amusing, and it was amazing to hear them recognize a line from Jedi Survivor regarding stims.

[@Blazbaros]

The Skooks bit absolutely killed me, loved that reference. Also Iron Bundle sounding like a battle droid was very fitting, I liked how he moved.

[@lukayaba4793]

By the way, one of Iron Hands's cards IS very noteworthy, Iron Hands ex's amp you very much is a great attack that allows you to take an extra prize card. Which means it basically can count as 2 kos instead of 1 It currently sees quite a bit of play

[@MontyHarward-vy5kx]

THANK YOU. I WAS THINKING THIS THE WHOLE TIME HE WAS TALKING ABOUT IT!

[@flambo6554]

lost box my beloved

[@enhidri160]

@@flambo6554Shrouded Fable Kyurem would like to have a nice talk

[@flambo6554]

@@enhidri160 friendship ENDED with colress’s experiment now dusknoir/lost city is my best friend

[@flambo6554]

though traditional lost box variants run bench barrier manaphy anyways, so it shouldn’t be a massive issue… probably

[@ethandollarhide7943]

Side Note: If you haven't seen Prehistoric Planet I highly recommend watching both seasons. It's probably the best dinosaur documentary series since Walking with Dinosaurs.

[@StillStupidStillDumb2834]

Speaking of: Walking With Dinosaurs is getting a second season

[@jamesmccarthy962]

Who produced that wondering where to find it? New walking with dinosaurs is in the works :)

[@ethandollarhide7943]

@@jamesmccarthy962 Apple TV

[@H-Zoroak]

Iron Bundle being voiced by the B1 droids was hilarious even recognizing the lines from Jedi Survivor was great with the line about stims

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I loved watching all of the Iron ‘Mons lean full into being weird robotic toys, Treads as a vacuum and Bundle as a decapitated yo-yo alongside Moth shooting their legs like bullets was all such a treat! Also props to Sandy Shocks and Valiant, well-fought y’all :)

[@Surkk2960]

I've always thought it was ironic regarding Iron Valiant's lore that the scientist's goal was to create the ultimate Psychic type by fusing a Gardevoir and Gallade but instead got a Fairy/Fighting type terminator instead. Also good to know the funni snowcone machine got so far, it's the only shiny paradox I have :3

[@JRaney]

4:34 Apparently, no one in the military higher ups has ever played Horizon.

[@sheepgrass500]

Exactly what I was thinking 😭

[@mid-bossall-star2744]

Or Ultrakill

[@Pencilknight360]

or worse, they have and thought it was a great idea.

[@theflyingdutchmen5841]

​@Pencilknight360 oh no

[@malcotechnhobbies]

Or watched Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans. The mobile armors in that are self repairing by eating other machinery and went beyond it's own programming to eliminate all humanity.

[@spindash64]

15:40 in addition, a Battle Royale like this is all about getting your enemies to fight each other so you don't have to. Screaming to confuse enemies means that Scream Tail can avoid taking too much damage until the end

[@Chaos_Vergil]

"Am I glad he's frozen in there and that we're out here and that HE'S the sheriff!"

[@serenaso4669]

Would you like to see the strongman?

[@LightbulbSunStudios]

The "Check Engine" Light bit got me good. Misdreavus is probably my favorite Pokemon, so seeing a version of it come out on top was fantastic.

[@Shadowslash1]

I share that sentiment. =D

[@Gold_the_Wyvolf]

I was super happy to see Iron Bundle last so long. As an ice type specialist it’s always a pleasure to see ice types do well in these battle royale scenarios

[@Kyumifun]

Same, I love the lil guy❤

[@Roseberry606]

Mad respect to you for specializing in ice types! I know it ain't easy to constantly use a type with a lot of weaknesses but they really shine if used well (And besides, ice types have some BANGER designs, i don't think i can name a single ugly ice type pokemon) -sincerely, a grass type specialist

[@Gold_the_Wyvolf]

@@Roseberry606 I can name an ugly ice type design. Crabominable. If it weren’t for the fact that he’s actually kind of good, he’d be the only ice type I hate lol.

[@SuperSonic3557]

I actually like Crabominable. Avalugg looks boring imo 😭​@@Gold_the_Wyvolf

[@derpychicken2131]

what good offensive type, godly speed tier and perfect coverage stab in freeze dry + hydro pump do to an mf

[@anthonyoliver418]

My favorite moment was Sandy shocks in general, I love him going to chill with his fellow electric type before coming out of the to be so close to wiping out a ton of the other combatants, really is nice considering how little focus the magnemite line gets in these battle royales

[@takenname8053]

16:44 Amp You Very Mush attack is quite a powerful move since it can give you extra prize cards when knocking out smaller basics like Ralts or Charmander which were popular when the card first released.

[@royshaheer]

I am just happy to see Scream Tail and Iron Bundle getting shine as they are sort of mascot for their paradox lines

[@MonoHerobrine]

The menace that is Flutter Mane will never end... may Arceus have mercy on us all.

[@mysticpumpkin8520]

Dont worry, it felt off in competitive. Now you just need to be aware of Iron Leaves, Iron Valiant, Miraidon, Iron Crown, Iron Bundle.....lots of Iron really

[@silver_was_found]

the disgusting gremlin wins! woooo

[@silver_was_found]

@@mysticpumpkin8520 Smogon would like to say otherwise.

[@MonoHerobrine]

@@mysticpumpkin8520 Many-a-reasons why I'm more of a casual Pokémon player. :p

[@MonoHerobrine]

@@silver_was_found Thank the lord that it doesn't evolve, could you imagine the stats on it... 0_0

[@LucasMapper]

I found kinda funny because scream tail was used by Wolfe glick (world champion of VG 2016) to win a tournament

[@ALTINMS]

As I stated in the other video, love seeing the “Pokemon battle” under the “Pokemon Battle explained”

[@eshasunrise]

I love how expressive Iron Hands was, given the whole "theoretical former human" thing, adding to it's type awareness.

[@BAMFshee]

More than anything else, I think Flutter Mane's typing is what makes it deserve the win. Being immune to Dragon- and Fighting-type attacks while having STAB against Dragon- and Psychic-types is a massive advantage when most of the heavy-hitters among the Paradox Pokemon are some combination of those three types (including both of the Box Legendaries, and especially Koraidon). Meanwhile, the only opponents who could prey on its type weaknesses were the Steel-types (as Flutter Mane is the only Ghost Paradox): Iron Treads (who went out early) and Iron Crown (who was never going to win the Battle Royale on its own). When almost every other Paradox Pokemon's typing could theoretically be kept in check by others, the one-two punch of having easily the best defensive typing and one of the best offensive typings in this scenario is something that would be hard to top. Sure, you *could* make the argument that, because the future Paradox Pokemon are robots, Fairy-types should have "logically" been weak to any of them, but gameplay-wise? Flutter Mane was always going to be the one to beat.

[@sinteleon]

While miraidon technically isn't super effective against fluttermane, it's sheer power makes it basically on nearly even ground, since even neutral hits would do massive damage; None of the paradox mons are immune to both electric and dragon. Though fluttermane still beats it by it's protosynthesis being able to make it faster even if they technically have the same base speed. Competitive-wise it was always going to come down to these two, but fluttermane is just more flexible; While fluttermane isn't doing as well competitively currently, part of the reason is because every team has to be able to counter fluttermane.

[@spindash64]

Then again, Fairies are tricksters, and robots are notoriously easy to trick.

[@sinteleon]

@@spindash64 Yes.... but redirection doesn't matter when it's spamming discharge. :P

[@tuan-chan]

​@@sinteleon flutter mane not doing good competitively is because of a particular horse-riding pokemon spamming the strongest ghost move I assume?

[@sinteleon]

​@@tuan-chan actually, which outspeeds, ghost rider, or fluttermane with ptotosynthesis speed boost?

[@Mekcstriker]

I think a great next one could be 'Ashdex battle royale" where you take all the pokemon ash ever caught on his journey and have then duke it out. Its hard to imagine who could beat ashs greninja, aside from maybe pikachu, but its be cool to see nontheless.

[@Qawesome27]

17:24 “None are Particulary Meta” Raging Bolt in VGC “Are u sure about 🤨”

[@Gray8277]

raging bolt is pretty notable in the tcg as well

[@homerman76]

Probably because it was still in the experimental phase of the meta during research. That's the issue with playing with new information, it's a lot more easily foiled by people looking deeper into it

[@PKshockwave]

I'm saying! Great Neck be out here clapping pokes up with that thunder.😂 Also, shouldn’t vgc be referenced more since it's the official play vs smogon?

[@remington238]

Raging Bolt is literally top 10 in usage stats in OU

[@georgecortes3416]

Scream Tail is also really good in VGC thanks to being one of the most ANNOYING supporters you could imagine. Disable + Encore is the most infamous (even seen in the royale itself lol), but it can also Perish Trap when paired with Gothitelle, so have fun dealing with that. I think the guy who'll vouch for Scream Tail's viability would be 2016 World Champion Wolfe Glick.

[@omega_gaming999]

the 1v1 between iron bundle and miridon is my favorite part, especially with the abilities being activated, and THE MUSIC! it fits so well!

[@TheSpektrum1989]

I just knew Lockstin was going for that "now is a gift, that's why it's called the present" type spiel.

[@NotYourRealMom]

i'm also reminded of a line from rvb where caboose goes "time...line? time is not a line. it is a circle. that's why clocks are round."

[@lemonguy7821]

9:59 I would like to note that this is actually the reason scream tail is one of the only paradoxes banned in competitive 1v1. Yep, turns out bulky encore/disable is cracked in a meta where you cant switch out. Not sure if this was intentional but it made me really love this video.

[@MobPenguinstudios]

4:39 that is just ultrakill robots lol. Edit:thanks for the likes.

[@becauseYES9999]

ULTRAKILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@mindmagicianfromstickworld]

Or Murder Drones Disassembling Drones

[@Spyko-]

yeah what I thought too ahah blood is fuel

[@theflyingdutchmen5841]

Or horizon

[@lancesmith8298]

8:00 Oh. Ohhhhh! The whole “being the Three Musketeers” and semi-French deal made me kind of forget that there’s actual overlap here. And also explains a little about Cobalion and Iron Leaves’ coloration. On top of all that you said, if that connection is true, then they might be an offshoot of France’s assistance in the American Revolution, and the famously greenish-teal Statue of Liberty (and other French gifts made of copper [which can be interpreted as Terrakion’s brown color]).

[@Qaos]

I liked the bit where Oongaboongus got to Oongaboongus for two whole frames

[@tristanmorgan4661]

I loved Iron Bundles representation. I also love the fact that it lost it's paint, referencing its shiny. Also, TerminalMontage made it look adorable as well.

[@PokeInspired]

I loved the shaggy YTP moment. I never expected that ancient video to be referenced in 2024.

[@a.r2935]

Great video! I do wanna add some rep to poor Iron Hands though, he's a beast in the Tera Raids. Provided he's allowed to, he can hit hard and survive as long as he does so!

[@ephramnelson5567]

Of course flutter mane the strongest competitive paradox won, i do think iron hands would have done better cause of how strong he is in competitive too

[@ScratchRZL]

And of course miraidon came the closest to beating it, because it's arguably just as cracked

[@EnderPryde]

Fluttermane *is* great, competitively, but it's usage has dropped off a cliff in Reg G - not because it's bad, just that Calyrex-S is just the same but even *better* In contast, Miraidon and Koraidon are actually doing pretty well for the most part in Reg G

[@Ghostmnm]

I had it as a coin flip with it and Miraidon bc the latter was in AG for a while but flutter mane was a counter right?

[@Ghostmnm]

Ok nvm just remembered it’s in unite and I still have the PTSD from early EX meta

[@HaxHaunter]

@@EnderPryde Do keep in mind that Flutter Mane is a check for Calyrex-S due to it being faster.

[@mattwo7]

14:53 I'd call it "joker immunity" but that's for villains, not comic relief. Let me check TVTropes... Ah here we go, it's called "Iron Butt-Monkey" apparently. Flattering. Also the term you're looking for is "rule of funny" which of course what determines if the butt-monkey is made of iron or not.

[@Wandergirl108]

4:43 Has no one in the realm of any sort of military anything heard of Horizon: Zero Dawn? War machines that eat biomass are how we get the apocalypse. Please, let’s not do that.

[@nightowl548]

Not biomass, other robots.

[@nightowl548]

Anddd I missed the bit where they say it eats corpses too, mb

[@a1marine105]

We will be fine if it does

[@crylemite]

we're gonna have another human-caused apocalypse before human-eating robots, don't worry about that (:

[@sheogorath6834]

Or Ultrakill.

[@roxasnumberxiii9641]

Thank you for including some of the memes used! I wouldn't have recognized a lot of them if you hadn't pointed them out

[@someonerandom8511]

with the series basically done, I think it would be a good idea to redo the original battle royal, not only because there's been two whole new generations worth of pokemon, but also because the winner being ditto as magikarp landing on magikarp feels like such a non-answer compared to the research put into the other battle royals. However at the same time I do get not wanting to try to research a winner for a thousand pokemon

[@anonbefallen4807]

5:27 Wow so Iron Valiant is literally just Metal Sonic

[@centrixal]

Really good explanation. If I had to name any complaints it'd be that despite what you said, scream tail still feels shoe horned in to make it a 2 future vs 2 past finale and that this video doesnt take into account of miraidons recent overwhelming success competitively

[@GKplus8]

Agreed. I do admit that Flutter would probably still get the win for typing alone, but Scream feels like such a sneak pick. Like sure, bring up the frequency thing and have it live longer than one would expect, but being bad in all actual mechanics ways it totally shouldn't have made it to the finale.

[@CertifiedSoapEater]

I feel like scream tail would’ve been easily beaten by a past paradox since they wouldn’t be affected by its screaming, also if they didn’t make iron valiant incompetent it could’ve easily sliced scream tail before it screamed

[@rakurai4953]

I think Flutter Mane winning here just rubs me the wrong way because that way of winning was what got Giratina disqualified in the Legendary Battle Royale

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Fair, but Giratina just left, Flutter Mane actually used a move that forced it to return shortly after Edit: also, it could just hide in the floor

[@dariouscollins575]

​@confuseddragonedits2294 Flutter Mane got hit by 3 electric moves from Miraidon + a scream from scream tail. And with its Defense not being too high, I'm questioning why it survived without a scratch

[@Jgamer-jk1bp]

That’s different though, Giratina straight up left the fight while Flutter Mane simply ‘dodged’ the attack by avoiding it through hiding in an alternate space.

[@Jgamer-jk1bp]

⁠@confuseddragonedits2294While that may be true, he has been hit by a ton of attacks already so even if the Phantom Force wouldn’t normally drop him the accumulated damage he had worked against him.

[@Jgamer-jk1bp]

@@dariouscollins575Because it was attacked the least, out of every combatant here she dodged the most attacks and tanked the least amount of hits and damage.

[@sophiachalloner8951]

The derpy iron bundle getting to the final four was hilarious.

[@bluekirby_64]

As glad as I am that the future Paradoxes were given a proper showcase (things like Iron Moth's missile legs, Bundle's snow machine and Jugulis' drone heads which go largely unnoticed got the spotlight here), I feel there could have been a bit more added to them. Iron Hands could have used its defibrillator hands (seen during Thunderbolt) to revive a fainted participant, Moth could've shot some concentrated attacks after assembling its wings into a sun (seen during a few of its special moves including the Beams), Valiant could've tried long-range options against Scream Tail with the gun on its chest spike before going physical, Treads could've rolled around at the speed of sound which is the whole point of its design. Not surprised Flutter Mane won though, that thing is a menace.

[@dollscentedhunter2514]

Valiant has been done so dirty. Like, its a literal killer robot, they even mention that it cuts down anyone without hesitation. And its only fight was literaly picking up screamtail and then waiting to die. Like, of all paradox mon, valient should be the last to die due to "sensory overload".

[@CertifiedSoapEater]

I feel the arena was biased against them, having an arena that floods singles out like 4 future paradox Pokémon that can live, it feels stacked against them. Not to mention the Iron Hands Pokémon card is actually good

[@ricodevega109]

Something I learned playing Pokerogue, with its floors 190-200 being all paradox pokemon, is that fairy type is super effective against half of them, and only like 3 are resistant, so of course the best fairy type makes it to the end.

[@kuitaranheatmorus9932]

Brute Bonnet being the first fatality was fricking hilarious, god I love these video they make me feel so much more smarter overall great video Can't wait to see more of this

[@omegamoose9857]

I just happened to rewatch all the battle royale and explanation videos yesterday! waking up to see these master pieces this morning was awesome! thank you both for the great content!

[@kakarikokage2514]

I'm not sure if it was intentional, but the info we get on Iron Hands in the game sounds like the backstory of Cyborg from the DC comics. A football player who was involved in an accident and was rebuilt into a machine body.

[@cocacao__9647]

I appreciate y'alls characterization of the future paradox fellas amped up the goofiness, making them more loveable

[@goldencascade5710]

Real nice how you still came up with research/jokes with the paradoxes even though the pokedex entries are pretty much barren this time. The fusion of Proto Beasts will always be in our hearts...... 😔😔😭😭

[@ravioli_is_good1433]

Just thought of this channel again for the first time in a while, it's a joy checking it out again

[@mantis638]

When I saw the screamtail/Iron Valiant scene, my mind went more towards the Jurassic park scene instead of the meme.

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

For me was terminator reference.

[@Chicken_fan437]

For me it was a disappointment to the reputation of lock and term

[@majcarpet2132]

4:40 ultrakill ref in the military ? no fricking way !!

[@couldbecharles2607]

i feel like this one is by far the battle royale that was most influenced by competitive pokemon, even though a good amount of the competitive analysis is really outdated. I miss the sillier pokedex entry reliant battles previous, but i understand that theres not a lot to go off of in the entries for paradoxes. Anyway, the animation was awesome, and it was super well put together, just not the same "why" i was looking for.

[@squidmom3162]

8:44 look. I’m salty as heck the proto beasts got taken out by creative liberty. But it was very creative.

[@thestickopia4619]

The paradoxes are probably my absolute favorite gimmick group of Pokémon. I love basically every one of them, even the future ones despite my heavy criticism of not much variety. But still. Ones like the two moths quickly became total favorites. Slither wing is even now my second favorite Pokémon overall. Unfortunate to see slither go down kinda like a chump. But in all of these my favorites all seem to go like chumps

[@mew2921]

"none are particularly meta" raging bolt in reg f/g:

[@NintendoSegaGuys]

I'm just happy a past form came out on top, also the scream tail documentary was much appreciated.

[@poliorice3600]

So were pokedex entries just not considered? Koraidon splitting the land with it's fists ensures it overpowers any physical opponents, and Miraidon being able to turn the land to ash would mean its strong enough to instantly take out anything else there

[@smnio5619]

They got distracted by a sandwich

[@AdonNighbor]

Yeah, I think miraidon should’ve won especially because if it’s Pokédex entries stating that it can turn the land to ash.

[@LightA28]

I guess it's because most of the Paradox Pokemons entries read like myth magazines or stuff like that

[@jvbon646]

​@@LightA28 Only half of the Dex entries are fake, the others are the actual real lore for the Paradox The entries stating that Koraidon can split apart the whole region and Miraidon can scorch it are from the real halfs Also they took into account the entries for other Paradox, so this just seems like an excuse to not have Miraidon or Koraidon win when they are the only correct answers for who wins. They would obliterate everyone else on the battlefield.

[@homerman76]

Dex entries need to be taken with a grain of salt since most have to be exaggerations, otherwise these Pokemon would never lose in a normal Pokemon battle not involving another Legendary

[@mysticpumpkin8520]

Tbh I find it somewhat ironic Flutter Mane wins for her VGC performance JUST when it started to fall off because of Calyrex shadow, Miraidon and Zamazenta

[@dorkfish1275]

based it got checked.

[@HallowedKeeper_]

I mean to be fair when your checks are The Second most busted pokemon from SS, The OP Box art from ScVI and The SS Box art that wasn't nerfed, you'd still deserve the win

[@Satherian]

Falling off only due to powerful legendaries being allowed is damn impressive for a pokemon that's neither mythic nor legendary

[@evilded2]

It's an exaggeration to say a pokémon fell off when the usage is lower is because people are building teams half dedicated to checking it so they don't instantly lose.

[@TheMusicalBoy93]

Aaaaaaand, the first thing Lockstin says in the video is a Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared reference 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Loving life

[@TheZombieMack]

... It's a Kung Fu Panda reference, though. More than likely. That's the more famous version of the quote.

[@Arcknives]

Not necessarily a reference, just a common thing people say.

[@Popanimates]

THE PAST IS FAR BEHIND US 🔥🔥🔥 THE FUTURE DOESN’T EXIST 🗣🗣🗣

[@MaidenOfAir]

It wasn't a reference to anything, that phrase has been around since at least the early 1900s

[@sigil7770]

I'm glad their was enough info for this battle royale to happen. It's always such a delight.

[@jacobbenson8722]

aaaaand no justification for why Iron Treads died. Not even an animation - other future pokemon survived the magnet, but not him? Sure, the flood probably finished him off... but no confirmation. Ouch.

[@TheGodIvy]

You just answered your own question, it was probably the flood. Iron Treads is just at the bottom, their body being unable to float

[@justlurkingthrough6267]

They can’t float, the poor thing

[@silver_was_found]

sadly it is a heavy boi

[@aidenatorx99]

7:34 the only thing funnier than the text to speech would’ve been the “grrrr” from Bounty Hamster 😂 the TtS thing is more fitting tho

[@ShuckleThePokemon]

Ngl I feel like Raging Bolt would've had a much better chance than scream tail or Iron bundle. It's only real weaknesses would be Great tusk, Brute Bonnet, Miraidon, and Flutter mane, but it can OHKO flutter mane with priority thunderclap, unless flutter mane runs a max spdef set

[@iantaakalla8180]

They were playing up the 1 speed difference between Iron Bundle and the legendaries a bit too much.

[@ShuckleThePokemon]

@@iantaakalla8180 Yeah, and simply having priority and being to OHKO most everything (not taking into account the grounded terrain boost on electric types brought by miraidon), Raging Bolt has the best VGC performance of any paradox mon. I understand if it didn't win because it wasn't in other games or the anime or smth, but I assumed it would've made it further

[@iamabucket13]

And Raging Bolt is VERY good in both VGC and TCG

[@StoicForce]

@@iantaakalla8180 Miraidon setting the Electric Terrain boosted Iron Bundle's speed even further with its Quark Drive ability - that's why there was such a dramatic difference in speed between them.

[@GreetedSaucer93]

I love how the video explaining the fight is trending more than the fight itself

[@blivveries]

"Iron Valiant mercilessly cuts down foes without hesitation", which is why it holds up Scream Tail and stares at it for a solid ten seconds instead of doing anything and dies for it. ...okay?

[@drawingdragon]

It's literally a killing machine, and dies to a loud puffball after getting 0 kills. Bruh

[@blivveries]

@@drawingdragon Zero _attacks_ more like. I'm not saying Valiant would win the whole thing (Flutter obliterates it easy) or make top four, or that it even beats Scream Tail (to be perfectly honest, it probably does lose). But it walked in, was used for a gag, did nothing and died. Surprising snub.

[@silver_was_found]

OU staple loses to PU puffball. Makes total sense lmao

[@pilot_aki]

@@blivveriesI expected more from Iron Valiant. I’m convinced TerminalMontage just hates it for some reason.

[@anontwilightbreeze5192]

Actually Iron Valiant chose a horrible opponent due to scream tail's bulkiness and type advantage. If you check out damage calculations, Iron Valiant loses to Scream Tail. Not to mention Valiant being a robot.

[@silver_was_found]

Iron Valiant’s death feels unfair. It’s been OU since release and I don’t get why it loses to a freaking PU comic relief mon. Lore-wise, it “cuts down foes mercilessly”, but in the video it just. Holds and stares at Scream Tail for ten seconds? It’s the equivalent of Roaring Moon in terms of base stats, and both of them are the AI professors’ aces in respective games. It should’ve had at least one kill at least.

[@Chicken_fan437]

I absolutely agree that it got done dirty, it hurts like a spear considering it is also my favorite paradox by far. I also don’t like the fact that this is one of the very few times that they straight up ignored lore and turned a blind eye to a really awesome Pokémon. Honestly I think that this one is shaping up to be my least favorite battle royal. :(

[@CertifiedSoapEater]

It can even hit ranged attacks too, that weird chest plate it has actually functions as a gun, meaning it could’ve shot at scream tail

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@CertifiedSoapEater admittedly though, this is basically the worst matchup it could have run into at the start. Dual type advantages from flutter mane, bulky wall which can take its hits and heal off its damage. It however probably would be able to just easily eliminate iron hands, brute bonnet and similar mons

[@CertifiedSoapEater]

@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 I don’t care that it lost, I just hate how dirty it was done, also type advantages don’t matter as much in these royales

[@yyphases5257]

I also thinks that Scream Tail’s screaming ability is a bit of a biased assessment against the future paradox, like yeah it malfunctions machinery, but given how loud it is, I think pretty much any organism that can hear is gonna be bothered by it, not just the machines. So realistically, the future paradox inherently doesn’t have any major weakness towards the scream, since everybody would be effected equally by it

[@GameMaster-sh7tr]

Favorite moment was easily the disable into Encore for Fluttermane, that had me laughing so hard

[@Pokewhisperer_Adrian]

Flutter Mane: Nooo! Why are you here you oddly floating engine?! You can't partake in this paradox battle! Revaroom: Heh Heh Watch me zip and zoom, I go Vroooommm.

[@ThePyschicBuzz]

I'm old, so thanks for catching me up on the new gen

[@milesedgeworth8683]

17:18 meanwhile Raging Bolt being currently the strongest non-restricted Electric-type Pokemon competitively and also one of the strongest Dragon-types as well

[@accelgortuss4573]

considering how weak screamtails attack is, it seems weird that you decided to make it a universal emp.

[@Ronald_Ruck]

I like that more TCG moves and artwork lore is used in these battles. Even though some of their effects are a bit stretched.

[@justinpenascosa]

I was wondering how the "lore" of this video came into fruition since I was 101% that these were NOT in ScaVio. OF COURSE IT'S FROM TCG. As someone who plays TCG daily, I even forgot that there are flavor texts in these.

[@jvbon646]

??? Where do you think those TCG flavor texts were taken from? Wikis? Fanfiction? They como from the games, they 101% are *IN* ScVi. They just aren't spoon fed to you, you have to find half of them cuz the Dex doesn't give you the entirity of it.

[@justinpenascosa]

@@jvbon646 Right! From the books scattered in the library and some in the lab too.

[@drawingdragon]

​@@jvbon646 No they're right, a lot of this is just explicitly not mentioned anywhere in the game. Iron Moth being able to launch its "feet" like bullets, Iron Jugulis launching its smaller heads as projectiles, Sandy Shocks having that kind of insane magnetic power, even the joke about Iron Hands bulldozing through walls. The game info is almost nonexistent, and everything that IS given to us comes from a dubious narrator.

[@bluekirby_64]

​@@drawingdragon The Iron Moth legs and Iron Jugulis head things are actually present ingame as their second physical attack animations, they're just very obscure to get since the former isn't played by any of Moth's moves and the latter is only played by Dragon Tail. The best option is to use Synchro Mode with them and spam the attack button until you get their "rare" animation.

[@AloMoMoMola]

My favourite part was when Flutter Mane, who has 55 HP and 55 Defense tanked multiple attacks from Pokemon with Attack and Special Attack stats over 130 and then knocked out Miraidon, who has 100 Defense, with Phantom Force, a physical attack, even though it's Attack stat is also 55

[@KazoooGod]

I love these collabs, i get to watch a cool animation and then lockstin EXPLAINING the cool animation? its so fun

[@tvitournaments0132]

Awesome video! Great breakdown of everything we missed. I talk about FlutterMane frequently on my channel so to see how the finale played out was incredibly accurate. Would it be cool if I used the FlutterMane sections of the battle in a “but it’s only” video I’m working on? Again keep up the amazing work!

[@ShayTheValiant]

I'm just disappointed that Iron Valiant was eliminated so early on.

[@drawingdragon]

Fr if we're talking online battle viability so much, that robot nuked my entire team more times than I could count. The heck you mean the murder robot dies to someone screaming-

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

Not me I didn't care who wins.

[@ashbrown-ko5pr]

​@@drawingdragonHe's literally just Metal Sonic!

[@silver_was_found]

@@ShayTheValiant EXACTLY, I’m still salty that the murder machine died to “haha funni screaming comic relief puffball”

[@GKplus8]

@@silver_was_found Agreed, I feel Scream Tail got favoritism carried. "Useless in every game format, but I can make a real life reference that's interesting, but also not something actually mentioned as the 'mon being able to do." I understand Valiant still might not have made the top 4 otherwise (not much VGC presence) but it was absolutely taken out just for "lol, you thought Scream Tail would be an early death" fake out.

[@alexander1274]

The iron bundle vs miraidon fight at the end is the best fight in these battle royales by FAR.

[@cameronballz6154]

Miraidon trying to take the fight seriously while Iron Bundle is throwing nothing but trash talk the whole time

[@sillylittleterapagos小太樂]

But it makes no sense

[@sillylittleterapagos小太樂]

The logic This thing is so freaking stupid

[@alexander1274]

@@sillylittleterapagos小太樂 why you say that?

[@sillylittleterapagos小太樂]

@@alexander1274 Tell me why in the world does Iron Bundle live a hit from Mirai, even a Thunderbolt ohkoed him, I ran the cals

[@wolfsraynefan]

So for the Iron Hands card, "Amp You Very Much" is very much a localization pun. In Japanese (ごっつあんプリファイ 'Gottsuanpurifai') it loosely translates to "Thank-plify" and is a portmanteau of gottsuan (a slang word among sumo meaning "thank you") and amplify. Still not that good of a pun but it's a good localization.

[@michaelurmo7984]

I personally don't like how RM and Koraidon got taken out. It felt a little forced how Roaring Moon decided that the only way to beat Koraidon was taking itself out with it, and how Koraidon somehow got easily manhandled by Roaring Moon.

[@commonviewer2488]

The two aggressive Paradox mons that commit to recoil moves the most? They weren't going to win a Battle Royale

[@michaelurmo7984]

@@commonviewer2488 I didn't say they were going to win, but the way they went out was a little underwhelming to me.

[@drawingdragon]

Tfw the Winged King, terror of the ancient world, at full power, gets tackled into a wall and dies instantly, but a really loud balloon makes it to final four

[@competitively3315]

@@drawingdragonperfectly fits this stupid series lol

[@Jgamer-jk1bp]

@@drawingdragonThat really loud balloon could scream at volumes that break half the opponents of this battle.

[@hydropirate6646]

I always love your explanations. Always viewing the animation and immediately heading towards your video to get the knowledge for my gnoggin. Also I like how the background poster shows the final four before showing them off.

[@keksidy]

Really hoping there will be a large collaboration between TerminalMontage and a bunch of other people to give us a Smash Bros battle royale sometime in the future

[@MaidenOfAir]

Amp you very much is not only good, it's terrifying. Anything that says "take an extra prize card" immediately has literally everyone watching it to throw it onto the ban list

[@conradbarnes9671]

As a huge clone wars fan I loved making iron bundle a battle droid, also I thought that the whole thing this 1:50 was a lion king 1 and 1/2 joke, it does make me a little sad to know it was not one.

[@FestiveFlames]

Something I don't think was mentioned, but would give a great advantage to Miraidon in a battle royale vs multiple pokemon, would be it's access to parabolic charge. Miraidon using that move in this scenario would give it incredibly good survivability.

[@brawlarcher]

if you run out of ideas, you can use all fire type or electric types. go for 1 type only battle royale. i would love to see a ghost type battle royale

[@AgnesBooth-zu7tw]

Yeah gengar

[@brawlarcher]

@@AgnesBooth-zu7tw me hoping for my boy rotom

[@Alyx_Aizawa]

Lockstien: unfortunately brute bonnet is the first casualty of the fight Iron jugulas: what am i? A roach?

[@alphaamoeba]

In the actual animation brute bonnet dies first, the scene plays out before the iron jugulis one

[@unkillableplays6399]

I assumed the last 4 were there because they had competitive precedent. Flutter Mane and Miraidon being the most used when ive battled competitively at least.

[@Evan_S_601]

4:43 good god we’re getting closer to making ULTRAKILL real every day and that’s horrifying

[@wonder2002]

"The future doesn't exist" I know he means it doesn't exist YET, but on the other hand he's right, there is no future, and we're all screwed

[@Glory2Snowstar]

Not with that attitude it won’t! We all can make a difference, and our oceans depend on such. Actions add up.

[@Kyumifun]

Don't Hug Me I'm Scared reference 🗣️🔥🔥

[@CG920Fire]

Are you sure that isn't like depression speaking?

[@frownyclowny6955]

@@Glory2Snowstarneed more of this in the world. We are the present that write the future

[@monterraythehomeless]

HAHA ye we're cooked