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[@pokeaimMD]

Some small editing mistakes. Sucker Punch is 70bp (was 80 a long time ago) and memento is memento. Our mistakes!

[@SpritePony]

You also made an oopsie with Memento. It's not Momento -- that isn't not a word. Also, Spikes on Luxray wouldn't see use, honestly. Moonlight/Morning Sun makes sense, but not Spikes.

[@chriscrossz3270]

momento for momentum

[@pokeaimMD]

@@SpritePony i said memento in this comment LOL

[@isaacaustin864]

@@pokeaimMD it got access to Agility in Sword and Shield fixing its speed problem...With Guts and Flame Orb, if it can survive 1 turn and get off a single Agility it can do ALOT of damage, seriously cracking anything that doesn't resist electric....Ice Fang was the go to for dealing with ground types but it lost superpower so it doesn't necessarily have anything for steel types anymore....*Insert Tera Fighting Luxray with Crunch for psychic types instead of Ice fang*

[@ssino9241]

Nice vid as always aim but I just wanted to say that I think to increase luxray’s speed instead of just giving it 80 you can swap is special attack and speed

[@mathewricafrente5984]

Luxray suffers from being a physical Electric type, an archetype of Pokémon that suffer from not having enough generic physical attack options outside of Thunder Punch and Wild Charge. And whenever a new physical Electric move is introduced, it's always exclusive to 1 Pokémon.

[@obibraxton2232]

I do agree Luxray is one of my favourite fully evolved Pokémon from gen 4. It should have its own signature physical electric type move and should have been half dark with slightly more bulk or speed because it should be sooo much better than it is. Every gen I struggle to make it viable 😩

[@shoto2585]

That damn rat

[@hodanisbased4980]

It's gotten so bad that Tapu Koko runs special sets in every game it's in even though it loses out on Brave Bird and has 25 less base Special Attack

[@Nick-lu7tr]

@@hodanisbased4980 I think it's more the lack of a physical fairy stab move that makes everybody run special sets on Tapu Koko

[@Rusty_Spy]

#FreeVoltTackle

[@MachJacob343]

Fun fact: There are thirteen physical Electric moves (not counting Z or Max). Eight of them are signature moves.

[@blueskyalchemist623]

Zing Zap is like one of the few good ones but god damn, the spread is atrocious

[@MachJacob343]

​@@blueskyalchemist623 I actually missed that one, and it's technically the signature move of Pincurchin in SV.

[@ewutermohlen]

I'd like to see a priority electric physical move, similar to ice shard and bullet punch. It makes more sense for electric attacks to be quicker than the average other attacks, yet they never released an electric priority move ...

[@just_a_rebel8261]

Gamefreak want to distribute all of the signature moves except the electric ones

[@leavemealone8534]

And one is nuzzle

[@artistmaterial09]

I’m surprised they have never buffed Luxray at all. It ranks high as one of the most popular Sinnoh Pokémon in official polls.

[@isaacaustin864]

It got a very decent buff in the form of Agility...fixing it's speed problem

[@eternaldarkness2367]

@@isaacaustin864 agility on a flame orb mon with wild charge is not a fix

[@amayurubashaka3608]

@@isaacaustin864 That doesn't really fix it

[@BushSage]

@@isaacaustin864 its usage says otherwise

[@isaacaustin864]

@@eternaldarkness2367 Not for luxray as a whole, just its poor speed problem

[@threevelayt5302]

I see no reason why luxray shouldn't have 95 base speed if arcanine does

[@obibraxton2232]

Exactly! And a better signature physical electric type move.

[@threevelayt5302]

@@obibraxton2232 volt tackle getting better distribution would be enough

[@IgnitedQuils]

The special attack and speed could have been swapped. It has good defenses so it could tank at least 1 neutral hit but it should be fast as it’s meant to be an attacker.

[@threevelayt5302]

@@IgnitedQuils it's a predator, so speed should be one of its most important traits

[@sonic5993]

@@threevelayt5302 to this day, I have no idea why Volt Tackle is still exclusive to Pikachu....its attack isn't even its best stat...

[@Skyace13]

What’s weird is that seeing all these buffs make it seem broken…but honestly even if it received all these buffs it doesn’t get past UU.

[@mysticstar19]

Hey I'd take my boi getting into UU than not even being on the list for ZU lmao. By far the coolest looking pokemon that is worthless

[@Arjun1opleaze]

that cant be right, it its an intimidate mon with parting shot and more support like thunderwave, its basically incineroar v2

[@emmamorris6577]

@@Arjun1opleaze I mean Incin never even made UU to my knowledge, it was only broken in Doubles formats

[@NeoGraena]

@@emmamorris6577 In Gen 8, it was RU AND it had use in UU Boots and Parting Shot hits different

[@NeoGraena]

@@pringle409 pain

[@astralguardian5930]

Yeah...the Wild Charge is just the perfect example of "seriously?" it just makes you realize that Luxray's most *consistent* Physical STABs are frickin Spark or Thunder Fang (and those are both 65 BP moves)!

[@Arjun1opleaze]

It's why I think it'd be cool if luxray got strong jaw instead of guts while also becoming a dark type. 120 bp stab crunch and ~100 bp stab thunder fang with decent attack stat can work quite well, and you dont need to give yourself a status effect, allowing you to use an actual item.

[@astralguardian5930]

@Arjun1opleaze Well Strong Jaw wasn't in Generation 5 when Hidden Abilities were introduced, and GF/Pokemon Company doesn't usually retroactively change an ability of a pokemon for a brand new one introduced.

[@emmamorris6577]

@@astralguardian5930 they just did with Gallade tbf

[@HannibalKantter]

​@@astralguardian5930 They did it with Gallade and with many Hisuian Forms in this last Gen.

[@astralguardian5930]

@HannibalKantter Fair enough, but Gallade was definitely an understandable pokemon to change the ability of it to the new ability Sharpness. As its moveset is mostly blade moves anyways (Psycho Cut, Night Slash, Slash, Leaf Blade, and Sacred Sword to name most of em)

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

The most disappointing thing is that they are not creating no new physical fire and electric moves for the physical fire and electric pokemon

[@berryblast2919]

That, and when they do make new moves they get little distribution. Zing Zap would certainly be appreciated by more Electric types, and Fire Lash is on so few Pokémon I don't think anyone remembers it exists.

[@DemonDragon43]

At least fire has flare blitz. Physical electric is such a joke lol, volt tackle being locked behind pikachu is the dumbest shit

[@BenjaminRodriguezReyes]

Or they make them a signature move like Bitter Blade

[@berryblast2919]

@@BenjaminRodriguezReyes Imagine Aegislash next gen with Bitter Blade, omg 😱

[@majesticgothitelle1802]

@@BenjaminRodriguezReyes fire got sub game exclusive raging fire, sizzle slide. Main game pyro ball, heat crash, flare blitz, flame wheel, flame charge, fire punch, fire lash, fire fang, blazing torque, blaze kick and bitter blade. Electric nuzzle, spark, thunder punch, thunder fang, void tackle, wild charge, zing zap They need so much more.

[@OlGibby]

Do one on how Aerodactyl has Rock Head and still hasn't gotten Brave Bird or Head Smash but they gave Rockanine Flare Blitz and Head Smash.

[@StoicForce]

I assume Aerodactyl's speed is what has kept Gamefreak on the fence about it receiving those moves. At this point, I wish they'd just give it a different ability...

[@butteredsalmonella]

@@StoicForce They could nerf Aerodactyl directly in its speed stat instead of completely removing it the privilege of having the moves.

[@jtizzle124]

@@butteredsalmonella Why would they butcher a mons stats just to give it new moves? I don’t think there’s any precedent for that and for good reason.

[@ttadecoded1033]

Honestly if they dont want it to be too strong, just give it brave bird, as it has usable rock type stab already. Its flying type stab is where it is underwhelming, either needing 2 turns or doing 60 BP with Aerial Ace or Wing Attack. It really needs a buff, and I would love to see it happen considering it has always been one of my favorites

[@japethspeaketh7034]

@@StoicForce That thing doesn't have a good physical attack stat. Base 105 is quite lackluster, and it wouldn't hurt to give it head smash. However I don't see any reason that it should learn brave bird. Besides, head smash has way less accuracy than BB, so it balances out.

[@jmell458]

I really love this take on Luxray! Most people just end up making it a worse Electivire. I'm not entirely sold on Spikes thematically, but maybe an Electric-type Spikes that inflicts Paralysis as an Egg Move from Jolteon? Could be a bit overpowered, however

[@cwoshieen]

i mean theres a few ways to counteract it. Electric and ground type switch ins, flying pokemon, boots, rapid spinners etc. Doesn't seem too overpowered

[@thecrimsonfuckeralucardlor5087]

Pretty mid and depends on match ups

[@SMCwasTaken]

I beat volkner's Luxray with Pachirisu

[@Thunderblunder777]

The edits are really awesome

[@XENON3120]

Thank you, glad to see the agency is on my side.

[@trashtai]

The change I had in mind was just swapping its SPA with SPE, Dark Typing, and making wild charge 120 BP, it still wouldn’t be OU but would be usable in lower tiers.

[@vbt4660]

i was waiting for him to do something with the SpAtk stat. there’s no reason it should be higher than every other stat lol but everything else was nice

[@karywho]

this is exactly it. Luxray is cursed with too much SpA. Luxray has a ridiculously high BST for what it is. 523 bst is higher than machamp/nidos/gengar, hell, most non pseudo OU staples.

[@mattng1324]

I think wild charge having base 90bp is fine. Just remove that 25% recoil and Luxray can now be consistent offensively. Extremespeed would also be useful and realistic since Arcanine and Entei oso get it so i dun think it's absurd

[@tangerinepaint3643]

@@karywho Its BST is close to the level of fully evolved starter pokemon and I think that's pretty cool

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

I see people saying that Luxray should be Electric/Dark but I don't see any reason, it's not very evil and all I've found out about it in its Dex entries is that it can see through walls. Electric/Normal is preferable for STAB Facade.

[@IgnitedQuils]

I agree. Dark type is the evil type in Japanese. Maybe aside from Umbreon (who was originally meant to be Poison in the Spaceworld Demo and it sprays poisonous sweat), and Darkrai who just causes bad dreams, the rest have justified reasons for being Dark types.

[@Castersvarog]

Agreed, just because it quote unquote looks like a Dark type does not mean it should be a Dark type.

[@berryblast2919]

To be fair, whilst the majority of Dark type Pokémon are reasonably "evil" its more about being brutal by nature or using underhanded tactics, and it could be argued that having built-in wall hax is pretty unfair. More importantly though, there are outliers that don't necessarily do anything that should make them "evil", and while they are the minority its still fair to propose Dark typing for something that isn't outright devious or looking to make everything it comes across past tense. Absol for one is stated to be very calm and even attempts to warn people of coming disasters. It doesn't even like mega evolving because it would rather not fight at all. Pangoro is not overly violent, it just likes to scrap, arguably meaning it could have stayed pure Fighting. It's a Goku panda. Hell, Mabosstiff is literally just a mastiff. Could've been Normal type and no one would be able to say anything. It gets a Dark typing because it uses intimidation, but intimidation isn't exclusively a Dark type thing.

[@scorpioncox8978]

@Lithosagym Fan I don’t believe the evil argument works since there’s plenty of Pokémon that aren’t evil yet still get nasty plot like Raichu, Mew, Celebi, Lucario, etc.

[@sprazz8668]

I'm very glad someone else is pointing this out, I really don't understand why the idea of electric/dark luxray is so popular. And yes, @Lithosagym Fan , tail glow would be perfect!

[@AlphaTheDivine]

i think this is a little too much especially base stat wise, for a typically early route mon it would jump to 558 bst which is kinda nuts being stronger than even haxorus bst wise, i would say cut into its special attack by 20 and bump up speed by 10, atk by 4, and then 3 into each defense and then possibly add on a +10 hp. i advocate for volt tackle to be distributed more and dont think it necessarily needs knock off, crunch and sucker punch should be fine enough.

[@pokeaimMD]

I think the numbers are all fine tbh but we should have gone the stoutland route and simply took it all from special attack. Lowering it while buffing the mon. Will keep this in mind next time ty

[@dukeofburgerz5225]

Yea, I def feel Luxray deserves some love, but this all feels a bit much. These BST changes are a bit more fair i'd say. Phys Electric types def need something, either VT getting better distribution or uping both it and Wild Charge to something more respectable. If you make it a dark type tho, give the dark moves, lean into it. Spikes, Moonlight, AND Close Combat feel like a lot tho

[@iantaakalla8180]

Maybe the fact that Shinx is a Route 1 non-bird non-Kalos Pokémon should be the clue that that Shinx was not going to be good at all?

[@jkliao6486]

Then just cut the base spa to 60. Problem solved.

[@yungmuney5903]

​@@iantaakalla8180 Staraptor?

[@PrayLuna]

Please continue with this series, it's informative and I love your take on mons in singles format

[@mattoliverio793]

😊

[@nebulousrascal]

Rather than dark type, I once saw a suggestion of Fairy, lux is latin for light and with electric and fairy typing it can become a cool lighting theme for it plus a STAB guts boosted Play rough would hurt

[@moke23]

Seems strange at first, but I agree

[@Seetiyan]

That would be pretty cool and clever, actually.

[@armorbearer9702]

If Luxray becomes an Electric/Fairy, then it should get Compound Eyes. Play Rough and Thunder can hit reliably.

[@VijayMarshall]

There was no fairy type in gen 4 but I still agree

[@eternalmaggot7246]

Since it leans more on the physical side, couldn't you also take 15 away from SpA for use elsewhere. 80 SpA is still usable but it would feed more into its bulk which it needs more.

[@-LastStand-]

Put that 15 in it's speed

[@oa_swift3694]

Yea I would do everything that was already said but instead of its bst being increased by 35 it would only be 20 by removing some of the special attack.

[@mrwalt793]

I love these kinds of videos!! Especially coming from you Joey. Your insights into the competitive scene and your knowledge of what people what from certain pokemon. Great vid man. Keep up the great work!

[@vgcmence5871]

Luxray needs a speed buff and a slight boost in defenses. It could benefit from more moves in its arsenal as well. For a 3rd Evo it’s pretty bad unfortunately.

[@yungmuney5903]

Redesigning Luxray as if its a gen 10 pokemon: •+10 speed •Give it Volt Tackle •New ability called Tachyon Heart - On switch in, summons Electric Terrain. During under Electric Terrain, Speed is multiplied by 1.5.

[@Xiuhcoatl_]

Joey. Agency called in. They asking why you think this is the greatest tragedy and not the fact Flygon doesnt have a mega. Investors are waiting to hear what you gotta say.

[@RichieGonzo]

Thanks for making a video on my favorite Pokémon Joey. Was really hoping Lux would get a Mega. Electric/Dark + Strong Jaw sounds fantastic for it.

[@Betsyboi]

With Intimidate as it’s prior ability? Yes please!

[@oxcow99]

Mega evolution is no more. GameFreaks likes introducing a new battle feature in every new generation and cancelling the old ones (type gems in gen 5, megas in gen 6, z-moves in gen 7, Gmax in gen 8...)

[@Betsyboi]

@@oxcow99 Yeah I know, and what a shame that is (unless Kalos DLC theories are correct, but I’m not convinced). Does give me an idea for the rom I’m making anyway, which will most definitely have Megas coming back

[@joshuawilliams4741]

I loved the entire Luxray revamp. He truly deserves it. The thing is, giving it the Electric/Dark Typing and the Strong Jaws ability would be more than enough to make him viable. Thunder Fang is 97 BP with Stab Crunch is 120 BP with Stab Ice/Fire Fang are 97 BP with amazing coverage. Then you could Terastallize into a Psychic type Pokémon and use Psychic Fangs on opposing Fighting types. Strong Jaws gives Psychic Fangs 127 base power. We need THAT Luxray. Or just give Luxray it’s own signature move, like Lightning Ride. The Pokémon closes the distance in a flash and strike’s the target with the power of electricity. 60 BP, 90% Accuracy, +1 Priority, and guaranteed crit.

[@TrolldownYT]

Honestly if Luxray had different typing I think it'd be viable. With EQ running rampant in OU/UU right now electric is just too weak with a bad moveset. Shame because the design is so cool and it's one of my favorites too

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

Some people suggest Electric/Dark even though it's not that evil, I instead agree with the suggestion of Electric/Normal (favourite combination) because "STAB Facade always helps".

[@TrolldownYT]

@@EnriqueLaberintico I like Electric/Normal too, STAB facade would go a long way in helping it out

[@Substantial-hf1rm]

@@EnriqueLaberintico there are plenty of dark types that aren't evil but instead have a dark or threatening Aura about theme which I think fit Luxray well, especially with it's Pokedex having a light in the darkness theme to it

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

@@Substantial-hf1rm all I've seen is that it can see through walls.

[@Substantial-hf1rm]

@@EnriqueLaberintico My apologies, I Miss remembered it's pokedex entries it's being able to see through all this being able to see through darkness. However, I still think my previous point still stands about not having to be evil.

[@garde_pe5809]

I just think 558 base stat total is way too high for Luxray, I do think it needs some buffs, maybe even regarding base stat total, but it would be more fitting if its stats where rebalanced more than straight up buffed all around. I know it would still not be as good as we want it, but some pokemon just aren't meant to be... i've always thought its stats rappresent perfectly the pokemon, maybe just a little bit more speed and hp, and most of all way less sp.atk, it's way too high and I also don't think it fits Luxray. Anyway the video was still super fun, I hope you do more in the future (If I may suggest, Lurantis has always been one of my favourite pokemon since sun and moon came out, and I don't like how they made it work, with contrary only boosting their sp.atk, especially now that it doesn't have Superpower anymore). Btw sorry for the long comment :]

[@jtizzle124]

Arcanine is 555 base and this thing has 3 stages , so why not?

[@garde_pe5809]

@@jtizzle124 I mean Arcanine is kind of his own thing, it's a mystical pokemon, one of legends and myths, a pokemon of epic scale. There are very few pokemon with a total bp similar to Arcanine, like Volcarona, Gyarados, Kingdra and even Urshifu, and these pokemon give me a similar vibe to Arcanine, or are straight up legendaries. It would be really out of place if Luxray was up there. At least this is what makes the most sense to me but I get why you would think that.

[@oa_swift3694]

@@garde_pe5809 remove 15 from its special attack and now it has 538 bst which isn't crazy high

[@jtizzle124]

@@garde_pe5809 So Luxray can’t have that stat total because you aren’t feeling the vibes? Seems legit.

[@bastawros99]

Thankyou so much for the vids brotha man! They really help pick me up, such a nice community here :)

[@moosewhisker8072]

Honestly, just buffing wild charge to 120 bp would already be great for Luxray, since it gets agility to fix it’s middling speed stat. A guts flame orb set with agility, wild charge, facade, and ice fang could be quite good.

[@Lordxzamasu]

Hopefully he gets a paradox form in the dlc or an actual stat buff

[@Navytrooper97]

Love such redesign videos, hope there will be more! I'd like aerodactyl to one day get brave bird, head smash, u-turn.

[@CritikalJari]

I can see them actually revamping luxray with it being a fan favourite design for a long time, maybe even giving it the future/past treatment

[@PathofShadowstotheHeart]

I think extreme speed would a great addition to its movepool. As well as a strong jaw ability.

[@--Fresh]

Man, I would kill to have a Luxray like this 😭

[@CollieDaze]

Love the editing on this vid haha. All these buffs wouldn’t happen together but gamefreak will totally give luxray a viable variant in 1-3 gens

[@nickflorek9261]

I feel like if you just switched the spatk and speed all of the problems would be fixed

[@vibe6223]

It's speed is only one of it's big problems, the other problem is that it's movepool is abysmally bad with not many good options for physical moves, with it's coverage moves being the elemental fangs and crunch and not having many good options for physical stab moves.

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

Take 15 points from it's Sp. Atk (or give it Overheat since Manetric gets it), and redistribute those between HP, DEF and Sp. DEF. 96 124 91 80 91 80 *You can also give it into Speed on top of the 80 instead of bulk, if you feel feisty, sitting at base 95

[@IgnitedQuils]

I think that BST is pretty high for a regular fully evolved Pokemon. As most sit between 430-540 (minus a few like Ursaluna, Florges, Arcanine, and Kingambit, not counting Slaking and Archeops). This is 562.

[@belimvasim143]

Lol rebalanced or buff as much as u want nigaas but at the end of the day we know that guy who does rebalancing at high on weed

[@MeatOfJustice]

Not just Luxray, but any physical electric type without a signature move. Just give us a good and widespread high powered electric physical move, for Arceus's sake.

[@iantaakalla8180]

That is a thing that, if they actually do that, will be the end of Pokémon since they have exhausted all other stuff. I mean, it is sort of happening currently even given the great aspects of Scarlet and Violet simply because it is proven that GameFreak, because it is harnessed to an unstoppable juggernaut, cannot chew gum and walk and cannot learn to do both simultaneously. Meaning, the day that Pokémon gets “better” than this, it will crash and burn, and while Gen 9 is enjoyable it is also disappointing and an apex.

[@joeytoby1]

I wonder if Strong Jaw would be fun on this thing, assuming you also made it part dark. Thunder Fang would be 7.5 BP stronger than Wild Charge and have no recoil, though it is 5% less accurate. And stab Strong Jaw Crunch would be fun. I don't think it would be OU/UU or maybe even RU level, but Thunder Fang Ice Fang Crunch and Volt Switch on a part Dark Luxray sounds fun.

[@potato5891]

Hmmmm 🤓 but in a good way you used your brain cells for a game

[@autobotstarscream765]

Not to mention Luxray is a cat, and cats eat fish, so it could get Fishious Rend for coverage and it would be boosted by Strong Jaw.

[@wxchief6737]

adamant , flame orb, facade sucker w charge parting shot . you was spittin 🔥🔥🔥

[@nukelewman]

Never understood why luxray didn't get a mega. I thought for sure it would, it's the perfect candidate. Design wise and power wise

[@KindaKaon]

Yeah, I guess they had plans for Manectric in Hoenn and didn’t want two mega electric dogs

[@nukelewman]

@@KindaKaon maybe they bring megas back?.... please gf 🙏

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

@@KindaKaon but Luxray is a feline.

[@scorpioncox8978]

I’d say the only changes I’d make to this final build would be to remove spikes since it doesn’t make sense for Luxray to have spikes and change it’s ability Rivalry to Strong jaw so it can make use of stab crunch and thunder fang along with fire and ice fang which would not only help with that kind of coverage but also do good damage while having the secondary effects of flinching or whatever status it can bring.

[@jeremyjacoby4754]

My man just made an electric Incineroar/Arcanine. VGC players are having flashbacks.

[@notyours807]

I really like this type of content, though I understand it takes longer to edit.

[@Hnui03]

Reminds me of the Isle of Armor tournament in Sword and Shield where only the Isle of Armor Dex was allowed. Mons like Starmie, Lycanroc-Dusk, and Urshifu were top tier threats (which have come to be some of my favorite formats) and my cousin and I learned the power of Defensive Sandslash-Kanto I used a Sticky Web Orbeetle squad with Luxray as the main sweeper. Dynamax was the perfect tool for it, augmenting it's rather disappointing Base Power and mediocre bulk with exactly what it needed to be a prime physical sweeper for my squad. If I recall, I used a Lycanroc and Urshifu myself, but Luxray was the star player who won me most of my matches. Also we swept with our Defensive Sandslash and had it 1v1 a Dmaxxed Gyarados. It was EQ, Rock Slide, Rapid Spin, and SD with Sand Rush

[@gerardobravo5427]

Thank you for making this video, luxray is my favorite electric type and it's such a shame it's treated this way. Also, could you make more videos fixing non-competitive pokemon and evos weaker then eviolite pre-evo? I always thought dusknoir should have been a ghosl/dark to go along with his bulkiness.

[@StickManCannon]

I loved the editors singing lmao great touch

[@chavonjames8941]

With that buff defences, you can even run an Assault Vest with an offensive set in doubles and status yourself (but can’t use protect) and with intimidate you can invest in a rocky helmet set with that +hp nature defence/hp set up :))

[@Neevkl_7]

As a vgc player all id do to Luxray is give it fake out, it’s one of only three cat Pokémon that doesn’t get fake out and nuzzle

[@lorddarkrai7712]

Whenever I go to fix a Pokémon, I try to switch around certain base stats and giving a bit smaller but still noticeable stat changes, although Luxray is owed the dark typing at this point

[@87krull]

A final sprinkle on top could be the addition of the Motor Drive ability. (Getting it re-introduced in Gen 9) Giving its otherwise mediocre speed an extra boost.

[@TitanBait]

Giving Luxray the dark type along with Strong Jaw would be a really potent and fitting change. Also boost the elemental fang moves up to 100% accuracy. Crunch, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang, Close Combat would be a hell of a moveset to switch into.

[@hunt3r555]

I think there are inherent balance issues. I think instead of just increasing his stats, like speed, they should be swapped. Swap it's Special Attack stat with Speed or Defense/HP gives it more range in team compositions for VGC. I like the idea of a dark type, but I think Guts is a bit wasted on him as an ability. Something that would increase his playability is swapping Guts for something like Strong Jaw. This gives you flexibility to either go in on utility with Intimidate, or go all in on an Attack build with extra damage to a STAB Crunch and Thunder Fang (honestly base power for the fang moves should be bumped to at least 75 if Psychic Fangs exists at 85 base power), bypassing the need for a bump in its base attack stat. I think a mixture of my thoughts and your ideas could give it the boost it deserves, and GameFreak can off set that jump in power with a different way to get Luxio to evolve. Something like a Thunderstone or trade while holding an Electirizer. Added coverage moves definitely would help too. I like close combat, and I'm glad it has access to Trailblaze now, but what if i learned something like Iron Head? One move like that changes how it can be used offensively, and giving its Extreme Speed gives it more situational flexibility. Sometimes less is more. Really interesting video, honestly. I've always loved Luxray's designs, but almost never use it (even on single player playthroughs) simply because of how underwhelming the final product is.

[@xxxplayer5xxx906]

What I think is funny is that these changes for Luxray would make it into an incredible tool in doubles up there with Incineroar. Parting Shot, Intimidate, Knock Off, Snarl, Eerie Impulse, and Thunder Wave to name some of its utility along with being immune to Prankster.

[@blyatfulcommunism171]

I’d feel like adding some to its special attack could make it a viable mix attacker so it could run stab on both spectrums. Something like base 105 special attack and 110 or 115 physical attack with base 85 speed could give it use. Running off the idea of a secondary dark typing, it could use more effective physical stab on dark and special stab on electric, alongside opening up the door to potential fire coverage options. Another idea is to play off Pyroar a bit and add a regional form that makes it Normal-Dark type with extreme speed, but I’m not too sure where you could take that

[@HOGTO1000]

Have you heard the tragedy of Regigigas a legendary tiered in NU on debut and untiered every gen after?

[@mininewman92]

I like the changes, he should be a dark type for sure. Not sure about changing wild charge though, loads of mons get it and giving them a 30% increase on a coverage move would need looking into to make sure nothing gets too crazy. Arcanine comes to mind but there is probably others

[@kefkapalazzo1]

The move is underpowered

[@kwd1620]

you turned Luxray into Inciniroar with recovery lmao

[@Rhapsodyas]

YES, buff Wild Charge AND the fangs move too, 65 bp without 100% accuracy is way too low. Looking at Flareon, just giving it a stronger STAB should raise Luxray's viability a fair bit. Both Luxray and Flareon would benefit immensely by switching their Speed and Sp.Atk stat

[@jpgiello]

With how many biting moves it has, it should get strong jaw. It probably should have been the OG strong jaw ability ‘mon tbh

[@TheMistUser]

These videos of buffing unviable Pokemon look really interesting. I hope this becomes a series in the future. I think the next Gen IV Pokemon that should get a rebalance buff is Rampardos. Some of my ideas to make it viable, in some low tier at least (without making it broken) are: +40 in its stats: HP 97 + 6 Defense 60 + 20 Speed 58 + 14 With the following changes, Rampardos now has 103/80/50 overall bulk. Sure, the special defense is still bad, but with the improved defenses and tiny buff in its good HP, Rampardos is less frailer on the physical side, and has the chance to at least take one neutral hit when it enters the field. The improved speed makes it reach 72 base speed. It doesn't seem that strong, but Rampardos can now outspeed Tyranitar and Tyrantrum, one of the viable Head Smash users in the game (more on that later). New moves: -Dragon Dance -Scale Shot Now Rampardos has new options to boost attack and speed at the same time. Rampardos looks like a dinousaur/reptilian creature, so makes perfect sense. Tyranitar and Tyrantrum can dragon dance, so why not Rampardos? New Ability: Rampardos already has two good abilities: Mold Breaker and Sheer Forces. However, considering it's design and Pokedex entry that says "Its skull is as hard as iron", it baffles me that the Rock Dino has a huge, strong skull, but it doesn't have Rock Head as a hidden ability. This addition can be used to make Rampardos work as an Choice Scarf revenge killer with Head Smash. Remember when Rampardos used to kill itself due to the awful recoil damage? Rock Head fix that. New typing: Strangely, Rampardos is the only fossile Pokemon with no secundary typing. In my opinion, being turned into a Rock/Dragon Pokemon would be pretty cool. This Pokemon already was able to learn some dragon moves in past gens such as Outrage, or Dragon Tail. As a dragon type, it can also get new stab moves, such as the already mentioned Scale Shot to boost its speed, Dragon Claw, or Dual Chop to ignore the focus sash effect. Of course, the new dragon type will make it weak to Ice, Dragon and Fairy, but in exchange, Rampardos can now resist Electric, have a super resistance to fire, and a neat neutrality to Water and Grass, two types it used to struggle in the past.

[@KLIXORthe]

All they need to do for luxray and electavire is add a 55bp electric physical move with +1 priority. It makes perfect sense that the electric type gets a better version of quick attack or aqua jet. Also buffing wild charge to not deal recoil when used by electric types, (like toxic doesn't miss when used by poisons) would be nice. I understand leaving its bp as is since a number of mons get it as a coverage move.

[@majaco]

This has now sparked my wish for you to use Luxray in a trick room team video

[@bigquag]

Volt Tackle should be to Wild Charge like what Head Charge (Bouffalant's move) is to Double-Edge: both 120BP,. but the signature move does less recoil

[@darkchicken7389]

Tryna see a corviknight skarmory comparison for the next discussion vid joseph, make it happen

[@AudioGAWD]

That free version of the Lion King theme for Morning Sun had me done lol

[@Lagw1020]

I disagree with giving it a Dark typing. It isn't useful in terms of defensive coverage. And a lot of Pokemon learn Crunch, Crobat, Stoutland, Boltund, but we aren't gonna make them dark types. Sure it looks like a dark type, but a lot of pokemon look like a certain type that they aren't. I just think we should stick to his move pool and stat buffs, since they sound more realistic in the first place.

[@StepBaum]

Really like the way you approach buffing up bad pokemon :), would love one for Lickylicky. Also nice and fun editing

[@ToTTriKs]

I feel like something notable to add would be maybe taking about 15 base points from spa and putting that also towards speed. While 80 base is nice, its an electric type, which is most notably known for speed. I like the idea of adding more bulk to it though

[@diederpalland4375]

Can you do a list of Pokemon like luxuray? With way less indepth changes but more pokemon that had a similarly harsh life?

[@bert5593]

I would definitely take some out of it's okay special attack that never gets used and distribute it throughout it's other stats.

[@UltimateNinjaSensai]

Ironically, I did just found a shiny one yesterday But buffing electric cat thing would be pretty snoice

[@PolariusKarnun]

Since it's based on an Egyptian Sphinx it could get Revival Blessing and Trick alongside those stat changes. That would send it all the way to OU by niche and probably UU or RU by tier. Rock a choice scarf, bash through squishies, throw scarf at walls and counter-stall with a 7 pokemon team.

[@danielfranklin809]

I think it it had a boost in speed to 90-95 and had a third ability added in strong jaw, Luxray would be interesting. Banded strong jaw crunch with or without stab would hurt with a base 120 attack.

[@Kizaco]

As someone who lives in not Texas but still the south this isn’t a Texas exclusive thing, we are getting a snow day tomorrow and it was 60 degrees high last week. Further from the equator is just a little less wacky.

[@addorall]

My pov has been for years that Wild Charge should be 95 bp and should only do recoil damage if you aren't electric type, it's so sad that basically all physical electric types are just completely disregarded because of the lack of a consistent spammable stab outside of Zeraora

[@solgerWhyIsThereAnAtItLooksBad]

I love that Luxray’s write-up isnt even the generic “dont use.”

[@DutchSimmer1]

Luxray really suffers from being designed as a Pokémon a lot of kids will use. It’s fairly high SpA is obviously there so kids can just spam Thunderbolt and Wild Charge cuz they don’t know the difference between SpA and Attack. If it was designed with more of a competitive eye, it probably wouldn’t have gotten that much SpA and instead more speed or bulk.

[@vitovitovito4927]

Luxray @ Heavy-Duty Boots Ability: Intimidate Tera Type: Flying EVs: 252 HP / 136 SpD / 120 Spe Jolly Nature - Knock Off - Taunt - Spikes - Parting Shot / Volt Switch

[@raoulbrown7457]

How does strong jaw ability sound, that could be a cool alternative. It wouldn't make a huge change but it would be respected more

[@p1chu]

These vids are fire

[@isaacaustin864]

Aw...but (Guts + Agility) Luxray has gotten me so many wins in casual and competitive.....overall (with luxray being one of my all time favorite pokemon and one that I've kept a close eye on competitively, having tried for years to force it to be viable in any way at all) I honestly like the changes you gave it, especially stat-wise being slightly bulkier and giving it some reason to use intimidate and Baby-doll Eyes (yes for some reason it actually gets that move)......but even though it does fit the theme of Luxray, I don't think making it a dark type would be good at all outside of being a fair way to balance it out....also I can't help but picture Luxray using it's eyes for Light That Burns the Sky lol...

[@devensaint4741]

What EVs+Moveset do you run? I've been trying to get Luxray to work.

[@ThunderBrine]

You know how quadropeds get kicking moves? They should make a Electric (and Ice) variant of Blaze Kick. The quadruped body type is a low tier body types because it can't get access to as many physical moves. 'Bipedal with a tail' is currently the the most powerful body type in the game, followed closely by 'bipedal without a tail'. "Bipedal with a tail" gets moves related to the head (headbutt, head smash, etc), the body (tackle, flare blitz, etc), the arms (pound, cross chop, etc), the legs (double kick, jump kick, etc), and the tail (aqua tail, dragon tail, etc). "Quadroped with a tail" gives you the tail, the head, the body, and only some leg moves cuz some (like High Jump kick AKA Jumping Knee Kick) require more athleticism then their body can provide.

[@Kennydustin333]

Wow it's really cool that you do a luxury video. It's my favorite pokémon (especially the shiny variant) and it is surely really set that it's so bad competitively. :/

[@GamingEelektross]

In regards to making it Dark Type, have any Pokemon ever had a type change in a generation after their introduction? (Not counting Steel+Fairy introduction and the Rotom forms which shoulve had the types anyways)

[@RC-be6dt]

Wild charge should be 120 like flare blitz or should have no recoil

[@CoralReaper707]

Give it like swords dance or bulk up, give it close combat alongside other coverage, and then give it zing zap. Boom. Fixed.

[@amberhernandez]

You know, I get somewhat annoyed whenever someone says "Add Dark to Luxray," but you managed to win me over with the rest of the video. Well-played, Mr. Doctor!

[@luckypeanut9943]

I managed to tear through a casual tournament with my guts luxray, managed to get TWO seperate freezes from ice fang

[@Xyonon]

They should rework wild charge into a 40 BP priority move and limit access to it or make it 80 BP with high crit and no recoil, while spreading volt tackle to many new (mainly physical / electric type) pokemon.

[@Goofy8907]

I like the analysis of Luxray but really struggle with the whole "let's change everything about it to make it better" Because that will always have a chain reaction affecting a bunch of other Pokémon, so now you can have a never ending discussion of power creeping every Pokémon I think it's fine of course to discuss buffs, but I feel like often it turns into like I said, "let's change almost everything about it" Again, not saying it's wrong, just saying I struggle with how I feel about it

[@Electric4Pie]

Wild charge either needs its bp increased or recoil removed. No reason for it to do recoil as a 90 base power move when its special counterpart thunderbolt has no drawback and can even para

[@MoosGoCow1]

They really missed an opportunity to but Luxray in some form. He could have had an amazing future form or even a new ability that takes advantage of electric terrain

[@HannibalKantter]

I remember when Diamond came around and I was gifted it, Shinx was one of the first wild Pokémon I caught. When it evolved into Luxray and I noticed it was still a pure Electric type, instead of Electric/Dark, I was pretty dissapointed...

[@pacoramon9468]

Luxray should have been a dark type, maybe that way the scorpion pokémon wouldn't have to lose the BUG type.

[@ProfessionalYouTubeWatcher]

Cool video man

[@XENON3120]

Glad you enjoyed the edits and Joey's script

[@ProfessionalYouTubeWatcher]

@@XENON3120 yea I love watching joey wreck people and try unique strats but he's so smart when it comes to analyzing pokemon so these videos are amazing too

[@briankolligs8728]

Been using luxray on my trickroom team as a lead. Its slow speed, intimidate, and volt switch make it perfect for this role. Specifically going last with volt switch on turn 1 and getting my choice specs dunDunsparce on the field with out getting hit while I set up trickroom.

[@eduardoconstantino1575]

do one with zebstrika too to complete the physical electric types

[@betia4915]

I may replace rivalry with strong jaw, is fitting and make thunder fang and crunch very spamable, besides making ice and fire fang viables

[@sleepyespurr2922]

As much as Electric/Dark is cool. There's nothing evil about Luxray. It just has X-Ray eyes.

[@Ohioluigi1]

It would be cool to see a battle with a hackmon version of the Pokémon you fix.

[@babywizard9027]

My idea to buff Luxray would be to decrease its special attack stat by 20 points, and add those 20 points to its attack stat, which is the one it actually uses. This would give it an attack stat of 140. Then, replace its Rivalry ability with Guts, and then change its hidden ability to Galvanize. After that, add Extreme Speed and Double Edge to its movepool. Boom! Now the Galvanize ability will turn Extreme Speed into a powered up STAB Physical Electric priority move, meaning that Luxray can hit super hard and circumvent its low speed. Double Edge would give Luxray an absolute nuke of an attack, with Galvanize making it a STAB electric move and increasing its already high power by 20%. With these changes, Luxray would have a unique playstyle for an Electric type, while its still slow and frail, its attack stat is now a massive 140, meaning that it can be a terrifying wall breaker with a Choice Band plus Galvanize boosted Double Edge, allowing it to wreak havoc on slow pokemon, and if its fighting something faster than itself, it can use Extreme Speed, which will still hit hard with a Choice Band and Galvanize boost, and will allow it to completely bypass its low speed via priority. Its biggest weakness would still be Ground types, since neither Double Edge or Extreme speed would work on them, so Luxrays 2 best moves wouldnt help it in this matchup. But now it at least has a unique niche that it can use to stand out and deal some big damage to all non ground types.