Pokemon Screwed Over By Game Freak

We can all identify a "bad" Pokemon when we see one, but what about the ones that Game Freak has personally cursed?
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[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Who do you view as the most “unfortunate” Pokemon? Also, minor mistake at 1:34, Sneasel does learn multiple Normal type attacks which are classified as Physical in Gen 2. Meant to say coverage move but hopefully most people understand lol

[@A_Hylian_Not_An_Elf]

👍 It’s cool man. At least it was the very first one, so it doesn’t seem too bad of a mistake.

[@mr.milkman1503]

Zebstrika hasn’t been in a pokedex since black and white over 12 years in the US. having a sucky movepool with only flame charge and rock smash losing hidden power and signal beam and as if gen 8 and since the Eshop on 3ds is down you have no way of getting zebstrika on the switch

[@ShiningStar5022]

The elemental monkeys. Mediocre stats, check Poor movepools, check underwhelming abilities, check haven't been in a dex since XY, check-a-diddly-doo! Seriously Gamefreak, stop shilling Charizard & give these simians some love!

[@mr.milkman1503]

@@ShiningStar5022 I feel like Simisage is one of the best grass types in unova it has the the coverage that most grass types lack surprisingly good stats for a early game Pokémon A solid B tier pokemon

[@TheShadow1347]

Abomasnow since it's unlucky enough to be an ice type Pokemon with a lot of weaknesses

[@TheFatestPat]

What I really don't get about Zoroark is that before Black and White came out, there was a bunch of advertising around it. They were really hyping it up as this badass new mon you could use and it was going to be N's main partner. Then when the games come out, you can't get one until post game and N only uses his in your final fight with him. What the hell?!?

[@connortg5]

honestly i played a slightly altered version of black/white and, when N had his zorua for all his fights, i legitimately thought that wasn't an added thing, i had to look it up when someone mentioned that that wasn't normal

[@danielnunes1661]

​@@connortg5 hey, what altered version did you play? Can I find it?

[@connortg5]

@@danielnunes1661 it was pokemmo

[@mr.ed.8533]

*cough* *cough* the relocator *cough*

[@irenareena]

​@@connortg5 oh my god I knew it lmao, immediately thought of that when you said that. I also played pokemmo

[@coatguy2990]

You could have also mentioned Darkrai. One of Gamefreaks biggest screw ups. Not only did its signature move, Dark Void, get *BUTCHERED* because of *another Pokemon* - said other Pokemon also lost access to Dark Void. Making the nerf of Dark Void utterly pointless. And it hasn't been buffed ever again. Also, *said Pokemon* is returning to Scarlet and Violet while Darkrai does not. Can you tell I am peeved off beyond belief? :)

[@JPRPokeTrainer98]

Definitely would have been mentioned if I hadn’t done so in other vids already but true, Darkrai deserves justice 😢

[@coatguy2990]

@@JPRPokeTrainer98 oh I know, I watched almost all your videos. I just hope at some point some Gamefreak employees are gonna see your channel and the more mentions it gets the higher the possibility of it being noticed...I think. Not so sure about it. Great video though again! Thanks for the entertainment! Hope you get to 200k subs soon, you deserve it :)

[@powderkegs983]

True. I know dark void is nerfed pretty badly but I am unable to recollect this other Pokemon. What is it?

[@karuagira9067]

​@@powderkegs983 Smeargle

[@mathewricafrente5984]

I think part of the Dark Void nerf, as much as I hate it, was because of the introduction of Battle Royals in SM. My guess was that GF didn't like the idea of an 80% accurate sleep-inducing move in a battle format with 3 opponents, so that's probably why it got the accuracy nerf. If it was solely because of Smeargle, simply making it exclusive to Darkrai would've been enough.

[@mr.thinmint2848]

Look no further than Ledian if you want a Pokémon that got screwed over BAD. Horrible ability for its horrible stats, horrible moveset and it's gotten no love whatsoever over the years. And to make things worse, it's shiny form is extremely lackluster as it just gets lighter.

[@Timmothy_plays]

What I hate is that they clearly emphasize that it's a *PUNCHING* Pokémon, and yet it's attack stat is 35!! which insult to injury it's special attack stat is 55.

[@justinchoy476]

Nah it’s ability’s are pretty cash but like…45 attack lol. Lmao

[@WishGender]

@@justinchoy476 they’re saying the ability is horrible for its stats, which are also not good

[@vintagestealth8802]

Ledian should’ve evolved before Bisharp did honestly

[@comics4556]

Pokémon like ledian is the reason why I’m not fond of gen 2 the Pokémon are just so damn weak and yes I know not all of them are but it’s so lame that some are just so damn useless. The only useful thing that they’re just to fill up the Pokédex lol

[@robbierotten2024]

Definitely Regigigas, he is without a doubt one of the most screwed over Pokémon. Blessed with incredible power, going to be one of the first super powerful normal types. Then they made it a potato for 5 turns that goes back to being a potato when switching out.

[@sirfrancis8732]

agreed, I'm surprised that Regigigas wasn't even mentioned in this video about pokemon that were shafted from the start. Hell, even in LEGENDS ARCEUS where they supposedly got rid of abilities, Regigigas still has to suffer through slow start.

[@yuch4eve]

I remember doing a link battle with an irl friend back in diamond pearl days, he was a relative noob but really loved regigigas,doing his damn hardest trying to survive for 5 turns. He was so hyped when slow starts wore off, cheering and going "woo time to die" i almost felt bad for using whirlwind

[@iantaakalla8180]

@@sirfrancis8732 guess Regigigas is either too obvious an example, or doesn’t count as he is an intentional overnerf.

[@lxagamer3380]

11:54 you don't need the poke transfer to unlock them. There's a secret npc in Castelia City who unlocks the Relocator for you if you answer his questions with the phrase "EVERYONE HAPPY SIMPLE CONNECT" which can only send over those event legendaries to unlock zorua and zoroark. It's crazy, I know but honestly really cool too

[@ghoulchan7525]

I think i did that back in the day. But yeah... You still needed the right pokemon for that which no one in my friend group had

[@Mrdonjuliothewicked]

If I may play devils advocate, Golisopod’s signature ability is a FANTASTIC tool for nuzlockes. It’s low speed can be combatted by using first impression and sucker punch, and then with Emergency Exit you can get a clean and free switch out to another Pokémon that otherwise couldn’t come in because it couldn’t take two hits. This is specifically for hardcore rules where you can’t switch between the enemy’s Pokémon fainting.

[@Castersvarog]

I feel like it would be way better if it swapped out after using its attack.

[@Yorkshire42069]

@@Castersvaroghow would it get hit then

[@Castersvarog]

@@Yorkshire42069 I mean that if it gets attacked and dropped to below 50% hp instead of swapping out imidietly it'll use it's more and then swap out

[@pathos7527]

Yeah my Golisopod on my Sun hardcore Nuzlocke was a beast and incredibly dependable, Ability certainly helped there.

[@familyguyfreemoviedownload8314]

@@Castersvarog this would actually make it worse as a pivot, giving whatever sweeper or wallbreaker you want to use free entry without forcing it to take an attack is very useful and is why many people prefer their u-turn/volt switch users to be slow

[@johnax4124]

Was just talking with my friend the other day about how they made Weavile dogwater in SV but then let like 7 new mons head straight to Ubers. Free the weasel smh

[@usuallyangry]

They continue to nerf all the older Pokémon in favor of overpowered new Pokemon. It's seriously annoying.

[@dse763]

Chien-Pao is basically better Weavile.

[@Venemofthe888]

I never got why they didnt put the rocks for Glaceon & Leafeon in HG/SS. Put the moss rock in Ilex Forest and the Ice Rock in the Ice Path there simple. The Power Plant in Kanto is right there for Nosepass and Magnezone. The fact they put the evo methods in ORAS shows they could have done it but chose not to

[@rjd-kh8et]

Leafeon and Glaceon aren't in the Johto Dex, but they could have evolved in Viridian Forest and the Seafoam Islands.

[@grydon6422]

Because there had to be a reason why these evolutions didn’t exist before gen 4, and the reason is that the evolution requirements, like the icy rock for example, only existed in sinnoh where they could evolve further. It was perfect way to keep the world together. Sure it is inconcenient to trade to sinnoh just to evolve your eevee into Glaceon and Leafeon, but it is a small price to pay for the great world building it achieved

[@Venemofthe888]

@@grydon6422 but both mamoswine and tangrowth are in the johto dex

[@Aquilenne]

​@@grydon6422 I like the theory that Kanto has a season of perpetual twilight that the events of gen 1 happened during to explain the lack of Umbreon/Espeon.

[@comics4556]

@@Venemofthe888 and also Togekiss and Yanmega

[@pokekidcyber]

I find it funny that the Pawniard family, which took until level 52 to evolve one Pawniard into Bisharp, gained another evolution in Scarlet & Violet. Despite having to either grind for exp, or waste candy just to get a Bisharp in the first place. Good video nonetheless.

[@IgnitedQuils]

They should also revise the evolution levels for some Pokémon, Pawniard too. I mean Bisharp has a BST of 490 which is lower than Donphan, a Pokémon Phanpy evolves into starting from level 25. They did revise evolution methods/levels in SWSH and PLA before.

[@Julian-pw5mv]

@@IgnitedQuils yeah, especially a ton of gen 5 Pokémon are almost entirely unusable in a playthrough, due to them only evolving when you're already almost done.

[@IgnitedQuils]

@@Julian-pw5mv Yep, huge examples being Braviary and Mienshao

[@Julian-pw5mv]

@@IgnitedQuils and hydreigon, klinklang, volcarona and mandibuzz as well. Even eelektros, it evolves by thunder stone, but eelektrik evolves from tynamo at 39!!! Which makes it dead weight until then. Your starter will be fully evolved well before your tynamo does.

[@darknessknows1235]

@@Julian-pw5mv Well, at least Volcarona being psuedo legendaryish makes it feel appropriate, and by the time Hydreigon can be caught you can already evolve it in gen 5.

[@Castersvarog]

One other thing worth mentioning about the Beldum line is their catch rate, which at _3_ the same as Mons like _Groudon Kyogre and Rayquaza._ It’s a completely pain in the ass to find and catch, especially if you don’t have ultra or dusk balls

[@azeria1]

Tbf that's because it was a gift Mon in gen three they have changed catch rates before so maybe eventually maybe even in the dlc?

[@keeganstormblade5456]

@@azeria1 Yeah, but other gift Pokemon have a catch rate of 45, so there's really no excuse for Beldum

[@Castersvarog]

@@keeganstormblade5456 plus they could have easily changed its catch rate in Gen 4 when it was catchable in the wild

[@natnew32]

Rayauaza has a catch rate of 45.

[@LegendStormcrow]

I knew they felt hard.

[@ba11zy]

Literally leveled up my eevee to 95 trying to get an umbreon in fire red… it’s still an eevee😭

[@shiftfire4511]

...I'm sorry, bro. But there's no timekeeping method. All you have done is waste your time, because FireRed/LeafGreen is trapped, static and unchanging in this world.

[@enoyna1001]

They easily could have made time-based events, even times of day, related to steps as they did for reappearing berries. I don't know how it would feel like, but it certainly would remedy some of those issues.

[@nellewoodruff6337]

I was so happy at first because unlike hoenn you don't have to worry about the battery dying and ruining the time based events, only to learn it has problems too

[@dylanbuchanan6511]

“Just ask Houndour about IT’S many Johto locations.” That statement felt like a truck it was so true

[@dse763]

Oak : Red, can you explain to me how you didn't register this pokémon in the pokedex ? Red : ...

[@dylanbuchanan6511]

@@dse763 Red: cuz it’s easier finding a twitch mod that isn’t a pedo than finding a houndour in either johto or Kanto

[@bobetten4908]

Gotta mention Leafeon and Glaceon again, in BW2 they are the only eeveelutions that are locked behind post game, with the mossy rock in pinwheel forest, and the ice rock in a room low in twist mountain

[@josephwarne1785]

Unfezant definitely deserves a shout out here - stats designed for physical attacking when all its best moves are special, one of the most forgettable designs for any regional birds... no wonder Zac keeps dunking on Ash's

[@NightSkyNyx]

How Ash’s fully evolved flying type Unfezant lost to a baby fighting type Riolu is something I don’t think any mortal will ever be able to comprehend 😔

[@conansglasses2645]

What " best moves " ? The only one I can think of is Air Slash

[@maganhassan2627]

​@@NightSkyNyx riolu is strong 😂

[@josephwarne1785]

@@conansglasses2645 Air Slash, Heat Wave, Razor Wind (back when it still existed), all running off a 65 special attack

[@conansglasses2645]

@@josephwarne1785 Heat wave is B2W2 exclusive , and even then its only avaible on the Humilau city move tutor so basically the very end of the game And ... Razor wind? RAZOR WIND ?!! the move notoriously known for being the most useless attack in the game ? Bro just use Return it has a higher base power and it doesn't need 2 turns just to charge up

[@NinjaPickle]

My biggest pet peeve moment in ALL of Pokemon, was when Platinum REMOVED Murkrow and Misdreavus from the dex. They're not post game, they're not locked to events, they're legitimately just not obtainable without Diamond and Pearl. I've never understood this change once, it makes no sense

[@nicholetheotter1957]

Same with Stunky and Glameow. Requires trading with Diamond and Pearl to obtain them. Emerald actually had a similar issue with Lunatone, Zangoose, Meditite and Roselia being unavailable if you didn’t trade with Ruby and Sapphire.

[@thetronwarriors4817]

Same with the ampharos line in crystal you can't get any of them in that game and the only way to get them is to catch them in gold or silver and transfer them to Crystal

[@hondaaccord1399]

JPR censoring "selfish" with "dumb" is lowkey funny asf

[@Chaos0932]

In pokemon anime eng dub they also implied zigzagoon evolves into zangoose i got so confused when my zigzagoon evolved into linoone i keep levelling it up but later found out its entirely different mon

[@ningenslayer6306]

I got so mad when I found out that didn’t work. From then on I took everything the show said with a grain of salt

[@andrewkent6402]

Let's also not forget Slaking, whose Truant ability makes it easy for an opponent to spam protect every other turn and turn his 160 Attack into essentially 0. Even if he hits, it still averages 80.

[@anthonyhaney626]

This one really a problem in competitive you can easily have the game set to game mode shift and one-shot something with slaking then change pokemon

[@zekromtrainer1222]

Regigigas IMO From Level 70 in Diamond and Pearl to Level 1 in Pokemon Platinum to being the ONLY Pokemon in Legends Arceus to KEEP its Ability Edit: Zorua and Zoroark can be obtained in the main story because in Castelia there's a guy who can transfer ONLY those Beasts and Celebi before you're able to use Poke Transport

[@Avdocado]

The dead weight part with Nero cracked me up😂

[@TKnHappyNess]

You could count Leafeon and Glaceon in Black and White 2 as well since the areas where you would evolve them are only accessible in the post-story

[@terraventusaqua123]

Slight correction with Zoroark. Zorua and Zoroark aren’t postgame Pokémon. The Crown City Beasts and Celebi can be transferred up using the Relocator function in Castelia City, meaning you can get Zorua as early as before the third gym and Zoroark before the fourth gym. In fact, I’m pretty sure that if you transfer the Beasts and Celebi up using the Route 15 method instead, their events won’t activate.

[@JaelinBezel]

What Relocator?

[@NeroLordofChaos]

Technically, location based evolution wasn't _FULLY_ retired as of gen 8, it's merely been relegated to an alternative method. PL:A has a mossy rock in the first map and I'm fairly certain you can evolve Glaceon on the mountain in Paldea

[@Ryanwizardstaff]

Meganium, Johto region's gym typing selection does not give it a fair shake at all.

[@Castersvarog]

Plus it suffers from only getting grass and normal type moves like seemingly every grass type

[@sayvionwashington1939]

You wanna know what's funny about Gen 9 Weavile? It doesn't learn Throat Chop despite the fact it got it as an Egg Move in SwSh and BDSP. They straight up took a move from it!

[@KoolBeanz101]

Mienfoo also shares the burden of evolving and being obtained late. Mienfoo evolves into Mienshoa at lvl 50 and in Black and White can only be obtained at Dragonspiral Tower (which is at the 7th gym, tho it is a Ice type gym which is nice for it), Route 14 and Victory Road. At least grinding Mienfoo isn't as bad since it's physical attack and speed are decent for a pre evolution and you get it at lvl 33 so grinding it is managable... But still, just pick up a scraggy mates, better typing, captured rlly early and has the best type for a unova playthrough, fighting

[@supremeking1730]

Especially since Scrafty is pretty solid in gen 5 runs. Fighting/Dark was a decent defensive type in gen 5, only having two 2x weaknesses since fairy didn't exist yet, and it matches up well against 3 of the Elite 4, plus Scrafty has really good defense stats, a solid attack, and a good movepool.

[@XxDigitalDaftPunkxX]

Yes but Mienshao makes for a better wife.

[@Firaldis]

@@XxDigitalDaftPunkxXAyo what?

[@LegendStormcrow]

Quick note on Surf. Early in the series you could teach this move to half the roster. It felt like half the ground types and most of the non-flying normal types could use it. And yes, I taught it to everything.

[@kawylie407]

My poor boy Electrivire was destined for greatness

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Flareon. That's all I gotta say.

[@marceloasensiofilho3833]

There is someone at Game Freak whose goal in life is to screw with Regigigas

[@nishant9289]

8:58 YES! I WANTED SEVIPER GET AN EVO/PARADOX FORM IN GEN 9 😭😭😭

[@DaddyDynastic]

Poor Regigigas never stood a chance

[@alexanderkaufman3575]

Really surprised that Regigigas did not make an appearance here. Someone at Gamefreak must have a vandetta against it or something as they stripped basically every way to cheese Slow Start away from its BIG MEATY CLAWS!

[@aporue5893]

ha ha ''big meaty claws'' 🦀😆

[@sageblu2283]

Zorua is not locked behind post game in black and white, as there's an event item called the time capsule that lets you bring only the 3 shiny legendary beasts and celebi forward instead of using the poke transporter still screwed over, just, not in the same way

[@realsalu634]

I think it's really funny how the Eeveelutions, bassicaly Pokemon's 2nd mascot, are always an pain in the ass to get, with Evo Stones only being in Kanto in Gen 2, Eevee can't evolve into Umbreon/Espeon in FRLG, the same with Glaceon/Leafeon HGSS (they also are an pain to get in S/M) and the worst of all....no New Evo since Gen 6 (Also, Dunsparce got recked so much by GF, an single stage Pokemon that is always an 1% enconter in an random route...and it got Dundunsparce...)

[@yveshku5583]

I love Zoroark, but team preview hurt, and it hurt even more knowing young me couldn't use a newfound favourite in my first playthrough of Black back in the day. I like location based evos in concept, but yeah, (most of) them being changed in SwSh to evo stones was a much needed change if the insisted on continuing to forget or make it annoying.

[@mbcmechachu]

Not to mention if you're talking about current day stuff it's one of the many Pokemon that're competitively outclassed by their regional form.

[@cron1807]

One significant buff to Emergency Exit would be if it allowed you to put your Golisopod back in without losing buffs or a turn, as well as switched in pokemon being able to attack next turn, giving you free tempo control

[@Hachishaku-Sama]

I would love it if they ended up giving Golisopod a hidden ability in the near future. Moxie and intimidate come to mind specifically. As someone who used Golisopod in Gen 8 competitively, I enjoyed the living hell out of it. And I dare say, I was bold and probably stupid enough to use a choice banded Golisopod that took online by surprise every single time

[@rjd-kh8et]

11:52 Actually, the event legendaries need to be transferred using the Relocator, which can be unlocked in Castelia City. The events won't activate if you bring them in with Poké Transfer.

[@Justin-pi8xt]

I always assumed they expected people to buy emerald and trade it over soon as possible for that beldum

[@ElectroBlastLuigi]

*The biggest screw up is probably not getting a dragon or flying type Eeveelution in Gen 8. Come on GameFreak... Chloe for flying Eevee or Leon and Raihan for dragon Eevee are perfect candidates and you blew it!*

[@robertlupa8273]

It should be Dragon to complete the "all Eeveelutions are of the types that were special (plus Fairy, which is definitely special) in Gens 1-3" rule. Wait, did Sylveon kill and replace the Dragon Eevee? O_o

[@bradigan]

Idk I think giving us new eeveelutions is kinda played out by this point. I tend not to like gimmicks that fill up multiple slots in the Pokedex, like the elemental monkeys and the eevees. Especially with the eevees, it feels like a cheap way to make new Pokemon without much thought put into it. I'd much rather have an original dragon-type pokemon, like what we got in Duraludon. Or at the very least, new evos of Pokémon that don't have them.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@bradigan Eevee is gonna be in every game no matter what. Accept it. The only region it wasn't available in a region at all before postgame/without trading was Hoenn.

[@bradigan]

@@robertlupa8273 No, I'm fine with Eevee being in the game. I just don't think we need more eeveelutions at this point.

[@FTChomp9980]

I love Dragon type a Eevee dragon evolution needs to happen.

[@Radiolonestar]

Surprised there was no mention of Regigigas its practically the poster child of getting screwed by GF

[@PikalinkEvan]

6:25 and then they added Galarians yamask's evolution method...

[@The_EB_Consortium_Arc]

You ignored the fact that golisopod was designed around its ability. First impression only works on the first turn on the field, so emergency exit let’s it use it again.

[@TheWastedLight]

I still feel like that is a mistake. At least if it had a hidden ability it would allow the player more options on how to use the pokemon.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Ah So it was designed around being awful.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Almost all Pokémon are designed around being awful. Being a good Pokémon is luck; being a good Pokémon for a few generations and updated means they favor you and will never let you go

[@tabbender1232]

What about Regigigas ? They made it keep slow start in Arceus, a game where abilities don't exist

[@watcherknight8760]

Emergency exit would be an amazing ability if golisopod could attack before being switched out

[@Robin280497]

First Impression -> Emergency Exit -> Repeat. But yeah, I get what you mean. If only Emergency Exit would trigger at the end of the turn or something. And if Wimp Out stayed the same, there would be a good reasoning why both Abilities exist.

[@littlekuribohimposte]

The only good thing you can say about Serviper is it gave Lucy a fire outfit

[@tonberry2670]

The legendary beasts in gen3. Due to a glitch, they're forced to have literally no IVs at all once you encounter them

[@hondaaccord1399]

Golisopod mains when there's a widespread move that literally halves your health without fail

[@zdude0127]

Zorua and Zoroark were useable before the postgame in Black and White. The feature to transfer them was not postgame.

[@grimai3257]

My favorite Pokémon is megal absol, so yes I would really appreciate it if they brought the mega ring back 💀 (they won't)

[@BeanMeisterOfficial]

Regigigas with slow start

[@munchrai6396]

6:25 Galarian Yamask begs to differ and also make the problem way worse.

[@nishant9289]

7:23 Correction: It's 100% Unown. There was no need to dump on a mysterious Pokémon that hard.

[@sed8181]

They should all combine together into one legendary alphabet mafia pokemon.

[@nishant9289]

@@sed8181 100% agree! Forget Zygarde-complete, I want Unown-complete!

[@iantaakalla8180]

Apparently combined Unown are godly as they literally spell the rules of the universe and are helpers of Arceus, but that is movie lore.

[@nishant9289]

6:55 Atleast Nosepass can literally evolve in the same cave it can be found.

[@lavalord96]

WHERE IN THE WORLD IS MY BOY REGIGIGAS!?!?!?! THEY CONSISTENTLY SCREWED HIM OVER IN EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. Even in legends arceus, the game where pokemon dont even have access to abilities, THEY SPECIFICALLY CODED IN REGIGIGAS TO HAVE F*#@KING SLOW START- WHY GAMEFREAK WHY!? JUST GIVE HIM CLEAR BODY, OR EVEN BETTER YET, HOW ABOUT UNAWARE? ASD C KTJSGFFCA

[@ericshelby8813]

Another Pokemon I think of that got screwed over is Rampardos. High attack stat but the rest of its stats suck, especially its speed. Combine that with its Rock-type, it doesn't take much to take it out before it can get a hit in. The only way it could be useful if you did some setup beforehand like giving it a Quick Claw or having another Pokemon use Trick Room.

[@Alex_Barbosa]

I go for bulk/atk with rock polish myself. It's not the best in the world, but once it gets going its not the easiest to stop.

[@kevinumana3582]

The physical/special split helped pokemon, but also screwed some pokemon as well. Sceptile had its signature move leaf blade become useless to it because its attack stat is weaker than its special and it still doesn't even have a lot options on special compared to physical. Plus its hidden ability unburden is nice, but speed isn't everything if you don't do anything either

[@thedapperbear5354]

Wish they would swap the SpA & Att stats or just give Sceptile Nasty Plot and Earth Power so it could utilize unburden on the Special side.

[@kevinumana3582]

@@thedapperbear5354 I wish it got tough claws as a new hidden ability so it can at least be able to use its huge physical movepool

[@Godzilla00X]

IIRC one of the pokemon designers said in an interview that they get no say or real info on how a mon will be incorporated into the games

[@ajh22895]

Sneasel: I was screwed over by availability. Larvitar: Yeah, poor you.

[@feraligatriscool5509]

I feel a good way to make golisopod better is by making you choose if you want to switch out or not, it will help it switch out on potential threat after dealing damage(unless it dies)

[@Cosine_Wave]

8:40 it's also the only Pseudo-legendary that has the super low catch rate that most legendary Pokémon have.

[@Volkaroar]

The biggest crime you could make is starting this video without that iconic music intro. For shame. It's literally one of the best intros I've ever heard on any youtube channel.

[@ulisesarmenta8155]

Swoobat is really unfortunate in my opinion. Its supposed to be the Golbat of Unova, but even that pokemon has higher stats than it. On top of that, Sigilyph is avaliable not long after Woobat, and in B2W2 Zubat is avaliable before than Woobat.

[@Alex_Barbosa]

Funny how I always found myself struggling with the various swoobat throughout the game. Their speed and power is always just enough to 2 Shot alot of my team members.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Then the Woobat line is even worse. It’s annoying to battle, hard to catch, and unviable in any context save as a possible Cut HM user in Unova in side paths.

[@Alex_Barbosa]

I'd like to see swoobat get the cronat treatment of Gen 2. Make it a cool third evolution with beefed up stats and slicker design.

[@BingBongFairy]

Luxray is my favorite mon, and has terrible speed for an electric type, and not a very diverse pool. It also is stuck with a monotype, so no extra defenses there.. it's overall decent but.. aaaaAAA please luxray learn better moves or something

[@AgustinMalandra]

Golisopod's hability is kinda annoying but if you got it as the leader pokémon, it can be useful to see what's the opponent's pokemon. Love Golisopod

[@morphstarchangeling8024]

Regigas getting slow start hard programmed into it even though legends arceus doesn't have abilities.

[@Gabe0823]

That bit near the end with Larvesta, Rufflet, Vullaby and Pawniard really got to me. Game Freak shoots themselves in the foot for no real reason because of their refusal to change things that need to be changed (and yet they also love changing things that DIDN'T need a change *cough cough* forced exp share and affection) Is there any reason that Pawniard needs to evolve so god damn late, *especially* now that it's a three stage line? Giving Braviary a regional form was the perfect opportunity to change its evolution level, but it's STILL 54, for both forms. But the thing is, other Pokemon have gotten easier methods for their evolutions, like Magnezone or the Sinnoh Eeveelutions. So they are capable of changing other evolutions, but they don't. Hell, why are Espeon and Umbreon still friendship evolutions when the Sun and Moon stone exist? Why did they change Sylveon to a friendship evolution when the affection merge happened when the shiny stone exists? They could have had every single Eeveelution evolve from a stone and it could have been perfect. But they just choose not to. And I genuinely can't figure out why.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Easy. Pokémon are basically designed first and “balanced” later. And by balanced, I mean whatever they think sort of catches it up, if they feel like it, in such a way that the initial idea is not reduced, and if that initial idea is “bulky Ice-type”, “physical Electric-type”, “Rock-type that is not the Nacli line”, “Psychic type that does not use Psychic Terrain”, “Bug type that is not Butterfree or Venomoth”, etc., it is always doomed to fail.

[@ralpbeez8414]

The problem with Beldum is why ORAS gifted the shiny Beldum for people to start the games with now that i think of it.

[@twistedvtuber9894]

Absol is a punished pokemon. It was a physical attacker in gen 3, meaning dark type was useless as a stab. It's also slow, and not bulky. Then it's mega, it's only chance, randomly gave it special attack instead of defenses or more speed, making it weaker than most other megas. AND THEN they took away the mega in gen 8, reverting it to its gen 4/5 self, which was already low tier

[@Kubosarutobi]

Me tearing up knowing Sneasel and Weavile will never be able to learn triple axel and knock off via level up or tm/tr and has been given the Gliscor, Togekiss and Luxray treatment

[@ChicagoMel23]

Never say never

[@Yorkshire42069]

Game freak can just as easily bring back certain moves/tutor moves/ TMs as they take them away. That’s why it’s bad and dumb that they removed so many moves in SV and why you should be angry about it

[@karatgaming5792]

When I think of unfortunate Pokemon, Furret's THE main one that comes to mind first.

[@Bravidunno]

Did you know that in HGSS the Viridian Forest and Seafoam Islands COULD serve as places for you to get Eevee to evolve into Glaceon or Leafeon? Regarding Power Plant in HGSS, well, there are no wild Pokémon there in HGSS, only on Route 10, so this would have to be the place for Magneton and Nosepass. Also damn, what you've said about Sneasel's location being once again relegated to Mt Silver in HGSS reminded me how you couldn't get an early Growlithe like in Crystal... Damn the hindering faithfulness to the obsolete first two games.

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

It's Good Friday because it's JPR Friday

[@paravoina534]

honestly surprised you didn’t mention the unfortunate case that is Ledian. A fully evolved bug with the ever-unfortunate Bug-Flying type, high special defense but middling stats pretty much everywhere else except for it’s okay-ish speed, a level-up moveset that does not benefit it much at all… hell, it’s hidden ability is Iron Fist, and it only learns *one* punch-type move by level up. And it has an attack BST of 35???? It has an attack tie with weedle. Weedle! Some baby Pokémon have a higher attack stat than this fully evolved Pokémon! Its one saving grace when it comes to challenges is learning a decent amount of support moves and even the coveted Baton Pass, but it’s so physically frail that even in a regular playthrough it probably won’t even get a chance to sweep before it’s crushed. Gen 2 Pokémon in particular suffer a *lot* for some reason, it really feels sometimes like TPC didn’t even attempt to balance that generation??? And now just kind of wants to forget about it. Which is unfortunate, because many of those Pokémon deserve fixing. There can be no platitudes about the equality of strength unless the playing field is leveled to reflect it.

[@Zelkiiro]

>Flareon has entered the chat

[@viniciusmartinssilva3018]

Pokemon in serviper exp group (fluctuatin) are actually ok to use in game since the lv up vary fast before lv 40, and at a ok peace until 60ish.

[@abrarkadabrar7829]

Feels good being part of the early gang. Golisopod does get the short end of the stick when it comes to its ability. I just remember I had one on my Ultra Sun team and it was actually pretty tanky so the ability to didn't activate very easily. Helped me tons with the last battle with dommy mommy Lusamine.

[@Alex_Barbosa]

Does the ability activate multiple times if you heal it? I've never used one before. I always wanted to, but the ability just looks so damn annoying to deal with for the whole game.

[@SilverMK]

Meanwhile my favorite pokemon is ruling gen 9 because if you tera you get either: - Haha base 134 attack stab Extreme Speed go brrrr or - Haha I get an actual useful flying stab in a region that lacks strong flying type options + I lose my 4x weakness

[@funkymachine]

6:52 tbf that's probably a buff for nosepass since Mt cornet is earier than thunderstones

[@TheRedSmarty]

Evolution stones are only alternative methods for triggering location-based evolutions, the locations can still be used if available. So it's strictly worse to not have that option.

[@typemasters2871]

Hitmontop’s evolution should have been “if speed is higher than both attack and defence”, because, you know, spinning tops spin fast

[@CyberchaoX]

One of the other reasons why Golisopod wasn't really of much use for in-game in the Alola games was simply the fact that Araquanid is also a Water/Bug type and has such an insanely good ability that its ability is banned in Almost Any Ability.

[@CustodialDaniel]

JPR is one of the only KZbinrs whose Subscribe/Like reminders don’t annoy the hell out of me

[@Jugoslavic]

0:49 damn, no Houndour in the Essen region? 😂

[@abelramos5571]

Regigigas and Slacking are the poster children of "screwed over by Gamefreak".

[@hilurgazzali9222]

Zangoose being better than Seviper is actually accurate because the mongoose v snake rivalry is almost always won by the mongoose.

[@sylvelouise8388]

Even aside the fact it's unobtainable in HGSS, Glaceon has been screwed over by its evolution method. Since ice rock must be located in an icy location, and these locations tend to only appear in the late game, well you usually have to wait a lot before you can get a Glaceon. In every game from gens 4 to 7, the ice rock is located between gyms 6 and 7, with the exception of HGSS where it's absent, and the Alola games where it's located right before the League.

[@thorveim1174]

I actually think golisopod's ability synergises pretty well with it, sicne first impression means it enjoyes being switched in and ouf. If anything, this allows it to use first impression, soak a hit, and from here allow you to immediately pivot safely even if it doesnt die. tldr: it's ability has its strategic uses, and it has a kit that actually mixes pretty well with the ability.

[@icewizard3664]

“Let me tell you Ash Ketchum. None of those are correct. Seviper does not have an evolutionary line.” - Me talking to Ash

[@JasperNightlynx]

RIP My boys Archen/Archeops who still don't have a second ability. My fav fossil mons, but defeatist really makes them tough to work with unless you over level.

[@GamingEelektross]

"Gen 8 removed location based evolutions" Galarian Yamask moment

[@tylerd1297]

Espeons absence from Fr/Lg sucks, as it actually would be the best eeveelution to beat the story with; and would allow it access to Baton Pass. Without that, it's functionally a worse Alakazam, but not by much. I was disappointed when I hacked one in and had no way to put BP on it lol. I would agree it sucks for people only having Ruby or Sapphire only being able to use Metagross in the Tower. At least in this day and age people can get the rom for emerald where it is essential in beating the battle frontier.

[@typhoonboom]

6:29. ah yes, my favorite evolution stone a everstone

[@assemblyrequired7342]

I actually transferred a Beldum that I IV bred into Alpha Sapphire. To be sure, Take Down does cause recoil damage, so you can't use it for long, but I remember it being great at early levels because it causes tremendous damage to non-resisting mons due to its high base power! Beldum's many resistances means that it can also shrug off many types of attacks!

[@actionbreeplay8256]

For Glaceon in particular, before SwSh it was basically impossible to use it on a playthrough team without trading bc the Ice Rock was ALWAYS either towards the end of the main game or in the post game. So if you truly wanted to use a Glaceon on your main team you either had to spend an awful lot of time grinding it back up or just use an Eevee for a huge chunk of the game and miss out on a ton of STAB ice moves via level up.

[@joshyotoast]

I transferred my pogo zarude to sword years ago and did a solo playthrough with it, golisopod was in my nightmares after that 😂

[@iamlorddems3859]

I use larvesta slot though it's mainly to hatch eggs faster

[@SeaSlug]

Not even going to mention emergency exit in the anime

[@jdogmcfly1712]

A 2 minute preview of pokemon horizons realeses Jpr: huh, anyways