Pokemon X & Y's Biggest Problem (And How to Fix It)

[@MandJTV]

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[@Kawaiitwo]

X was my first ever Pokémon game.

[@raulmiranda6809]

Hello

[@jackdwoods2009]

@@Kawaiitwo ssme 😱

[@Disco218]

MandJTV i played the game and i got bored,sOrRy!

[@R5O-63O8]

You are cool UwU

[@KittyLitterYT]

I think the stupidest part is that they don't even have full movesets... like seriously, their pokemon are weaker than some of the pokemon you can find in the wild.

[@wimbearn]

True.

[@kutlachakela]

True.

[@Kali_Krause]

True. The Kalos Elite four is weaker than the rest of the regional elite four members

[@totodile4271]

I disagree I think the problem is their lack of type coverage

[@ZylowHF]

I agree with both of you

[@Itnasias]

Kind of weird how X and Y, the game that introduced mega evolutions, has you fight so few mega evolutions (4 if you include your rival’s Mega Absol). But in ORAS, you fight 6 (10 if you include the elite four rematch).

[@kghostthegreat]

Which always do after getting rayquaza

[@choxecko7977]

I really think that they should have made korrina the 4th or 5th gym leader, and then after her all the gym leaders have megas, it would make the game harder and advertise megas

[@emperoricy3598]

@@choxecko7977 honestly fair she could have mega lucario ACTUALLY ON HER TEAM and we could have wulfric have a mega abomasnow

[@ethantreadway9478]

Here’s who I think in X&Y should have a mega: Korrina Clement Viealre Olympia Lysndare Sycamore (I thought when I first played X&Y) Tevor Welfare Serena/Chelam All the Pokémon League

[@Kyumifun]

And the fact that starters don't have mega forms that's so disapointing. Only Greninja can tranform into Ash-Greninja but it's not even in the game

[@abrarnoorani8385]

I feel bad for Lysander, he was epic in the anime but in the games, he was *significantly* worse. They even took away his shiny garydos for a regular one

[@r4nd0mguy99]

The shiny Gyarados isn't really interesting. It's too common and the colour doesn't suit Gyarados. Lysandre was alright in the anime, but Team Flare was pretty good. Lysandre just seems to be the typical "I'll destroy the world!"-villain, while otherwise being a pretty smart and reasonable person.

[@Udon_Noodle]

@@r4nd0mguy99 that Gyarados godly in the Anime though

[@gioc2512]

@@r4nd0mguy99 shiny gyarados fit his appearance better

[@dragonfenix9080]

and team flare in the x and y books was fucking ruthless

[@ethantreadway9478]

His last is always the easiest for me. All you do is Legendary Move on 3 of his Pokémon then Mega Lucario attack his Mega Garydos and it’s over.

[@thelagnificentleader]

I think Gen 6 remakes and/or sequels could be potentially really good, seeing as how the originals bombed hard. It could fix a lot of problems, add some cool new dialogue and story, maybe even have a delta episode for Zygarde (of course not recycle the Delta Episode storyline). Hell, maybe they could even expand on Mega Evolution!

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

And even give the major trainers perfectly competitive teams like they do in BDSP, by not just giving them Megas but also competitive tier builds with movesets, abilities, held items, natures, and max EVs/IVs

[@toxictick5007]

I got good news as of today 🤭

[@thelagnificentleader]

@@toxictick5007 I SAW DUDE HOLY CRAP

[@nuxmitikuna7718]

​@@thelagnificentleader To be fair, the originals didn't really bombed, they're like top 6 best selling pokemon games, they even sold more than Sun and Moon

[@rainpooper7088]

Yeah, can we mention how the Gen 2 gym leaders really avoided using Gen 2 Pokémon? Why doesn’t Chuck have a Hitmontop? Or Morty a Misdreavus? Or Falkner a Hoothoot? Or Bugsy a Ledian?

[@temmiejunior4783]

I Love Battle Cats

[@decoral]

EXACTLY! Only 4 of them use only 1 Gen 2 Pokémon each. It's honestly infuriating!

[@wowidk7014]

Rainpooper I thought of that too I was thinking that is stupid

[@irrespondible]

@Thomas Irwin Give Whitney another... ARE YOU MAD???!!!

[@irrespondible]

@Thomas Irwin Yeah... there's a double problem with that. First is that, yes, you get a Machop...ONE Machop. By an In-game Trade. And unlike the In-game trades of later gens, the level of the pokemon you get is the same as the level of the pokemon you give. In Gold and Silver this is moderately bad because Whitney's two pokemon are a Level 18 (Clefairy) and 20 (guess who), while the highest level you can get the pokemon to trade it for (Drowsee) is level 14 (wild in Route 35)... but in Crystal you get screwed up, because the pokemon you have to trade Machop for is ABRA, which you can get at most in the wild at level 10 (same route), but capturing one is a chore because Abra only learns Teleport. You can get one in the Game Corner by only 100 coins... but in a cruel twist of nature, instead of being at level 10 as it was in Gold and Silver, it's at LEVEL 5 in Crystal. And given you can't actually train an Abra except by Exp. Share (and SURPRISE, you don't get Exp. Share in GSC until you go for the Red Gyarados and get a Red Scale, and that's only possible around the 7th gym), you get a Machop at only level 10... and that leads to the second trouble, more heavily in Crystal, but still hard on both. Second Trouble: The Machop you get... well, it has a lot to handle. First and foremost, Machop is not resistant to the Normal attacks that may be thrown at it (besides Rollout, Whitney's Miltank knows Stomp and the previous pokemon, Clefairy, knows Double Slap, the former can cause flinch and the latter is a 2-5 striker attack). And while it may defeat Clefairy... it still has the trouble of facing Miltank and... well, Miltank is WAY stronger than Machop. Machop's Attack is 80, the same as Miltank... but that's its BEST stat, and the other stats are all WORSE than the same stats in Miltank. For example, Miltank's best stat is 105 Defense followed by 100 Speed. Machop's stats in those areas are 50 and THE ABISMAL 35 respectively. So, without STAB and type advantages playing, Machop will hit the same, but will be hit first and will be handle the punch taken worst. Also Machop loses in HP with 70 against 95. And the worst thing is... yeah, the STAB and Type advantage it gets in Gen II is HORRID. It only gets Karate Chop (50 power, 100% accuracy, high chance of being critical) and Low Kick (50 power, 90% accuracy, 30% flinching... before you ask, in Gen III it was changed to weight variant power and 100% with no secondary effect). And it's worse in Crystal, because it doesn't get Karate Chop until Level 13, meaning you get it at least 3 levels before it can learn Karate Chop. Sure, it's not that hard, but you'll have to grind prior to get to Whitney. And to top it off, Stomp is 65 power, has 100% accuracy and can cause flinch... and it's a STAB move on Miltank, meaning that, numerically, Stomp will cause more damage on Machop than anny of Machop's attacks will cause on Miltank. Sure, Machop can resist Rollout, but it better be tough enough to handle that, as the starting power of that attack is already 30 and it doubles each turn (30-60-120-240-480). So... yeah, if Machop doesn't knock Miltank out fast, it will be flattened like a pancake. And yes, those are the only chances, as the TMs for other fighting moves that hit can use (specifically, Dinamic Punch, the strongest Fighting move it can learn) are AFTER beating Whitney (the TM01 for Dinamic Punch comes after defeating Chuck). The only advantages Machop get, actually, are the type and GENDER. Miltank knows Attract, but the Machop you get is female (all Miltanks are Female, of course), so it will still be able to attack (forget your starter enters the action as all starters have a 7 to 1 ratio of male over female, so it's heavily likely your starter is a male). And yes, the type makes Machop resistant to Rollout and also the STAB moves are super effective, but it's still not like it makes it an immediate win. Fun Fact: In HGSS, the trade is the same as in GS (For a Drowsee in Goldenrod, max level being 14) and Machop is better here as now Low Kick is the current version, meaning its power against Miltank is 80 and the accuracy is 100. It's still the same in the rest (and given it's like GS, it still knows Karate Chop) but the change to Low Kick makes a difference. I would say the HGSS battle with Whitney is the easiest of all three battles, and the Crystal one is likely to hurt the most.

[@black97_0]

[MEANWHILE! In an alternative universe] Michael: "X and Y games were much too hard, how to make them more balanced?"

[@LunchBox092]

Ahaha

[@sergiorubens8475]

Reply

[@viktorignatov5698]

X and Y were my favorite games for a really long time and I don't complain there easy because the first time I played them I was really young and had a lot of trouble, but looking back they should be more balanced

[@ericgabrielalvesdecarvalho3496]

@@viktorignatov5698 yes They should Here some ideas: Viola: Vivilon, Surskit and Burmy Grant: Tyrant, Amaura, Kabuto/Omastar (Version pokémon) Ramos: Victrebeel, Gogoat, Trevenant and Jumpluff or Carnivine Note: Yes i know korrina is before Ramos but If korrina Will give you acess to mega evolution soo at least being late is fine Clemont: Luxray, Dedene, Helioliolisk, Magnezone Valerie: Mega Mawile, Sylveon, Granbull, Klefki and Mr Mime Korrina: Mega Lucario, Machamp, Hawlucha, Sawk and Chesnaugth Olímpia: Mega Alakazam, Slowking, Meowstic, Gothitele (A pokemon who can fucking read the stars isnt given to a trainer who have a obseevatory as a gym) Gardevoir, Starmie Wulfric: Mega Abomasnow, Cloyster, Avalugg, Beartic, Aurorus, Glalie

[@GlitchyNoibat]

@@ericgabrielalvesdecarvalho3496 I think they should have made a Mega Sylveon for Valerie, like a Fairy-dark or Fairy-flying or something like that, or maybe just fairy

[@dreepersen.9201]

I remember playing these games for the first time and expecting Korrina to use her Mega Lucario in the gym :O Probably a good thing that she doesn't, but it still bothers me.

[@BestgirlJordanfish]

I find it frustrating how NOBODY has megas in this gen. Gen 7 and 8 kinda nailed this for more use of rad z moves. It's probably because of how megas don't scale like z moves and dmax did, but even then you were given mega stones pretty early on

[@Leosloth2011]

I hate how more trainers use z moves compared to megs when z crystals are limited in existing quantities while mega stones arent

[@slippinsydney]

“X and Y’s biggest problem and how to fix it” Thumbnail: Just delete Korrina

[@nazeersadek6705]

Sydney Kidney I think he meant she doesn’t give you the mega Lucario until later

[@slippinsydney]

Nazeer Sadek yeah, I was just yolkin around lol

[@8bitty192]

j u s t m o n i k a

[@cintronproductions9430]

Nah, Korrina's great, delete her stupid grandfather!

[@Christopher22624]

Korrina

[@tomatoroth]

In my opinion Clermont should have a Luxray cause: 1. He has one in the anime 2. It could be his boss/main pokemon since the other mons are a bit lack luster

[@NorlizaRamli]

4.his first option as a partner

[@linhardtvonhevring9752]

Luxray isn’t in the Kalos Pokédex. It only becomes available in the Friend Safari after youvlear the game and ergo have access to the National ‘Dex. ... ALSO SIEBOLD SHOULD HAVE A MEGA SLOWBRO!

[@PaulExists]

@@linhardtvonhevring9752 r/nobodycares

[@GioGio_1208]

Yes I agree

[@user-it2zg9sr7e]

It’s not in the kalos dex though, although I wish it was because of how cool it is and the anime

[@dominicthegamingnerd8650]

I was a little kid when i played pokemon X, and i thought release meant my pokemon could follow beside me as best buds....yeah, i lost a tyrunt and Xerneas to that misconception and was pretty depressed for a while

[@zush16]

Dang bro i felt that

[@dominicthegamingnerd8650]

@@zush16 what did you lose?

[@michelecastellotti9172]

Thats painful, ooooh i feel bad for you

[@waterdrinker_]

I saw it as me releasing them back to the wild, and that I would find them again...bye empoleon...

[@dominicthegamingnerd8650]

@@waterdrinker_ that just hurts to read

[@conansglasses2645]

Imo , from clemont and onwards every gym leader needs to have a mega evolution. For example give clemont a mega manectric And valerie needs a 4th pokemon , she should have a sylveon, a florges an a slurpuff and a mega mawile Olympia needs to be a double battle , open up with meowsic female and prankster male meowstic and the second duo is slowking and mega alakazam Wulfric needs 2 extra pokemon imo , a wevile with aerial ace , a mamoswine , his cryogognal replaced with lapras with psychic and his ace should be a mega abomasnow

[@vee3732]

This is actually pretty clever! And I also totally agree that from Clemont, every Gym Leaders and the E4 should have Mega Evolution aces!

[@justice7659]

I think Clemont should have a Mega Ampharos

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Cool ideas dude!

[@hindubanodhruvnahi779]

@@justice7659 mega ampharos is more suited for drasna

[@EnriqueLaberintico]

That could be the hard mode! If the games got remade with different difficulties, the original would be easy difficulty, Mikey's proposal would be medium and yours would be hard.

[@BrianStorm742]

X&Y: the only instance of the anime being more exciting than the games.

[@justjoannak]

*AGREED!* I need to catch up

[@AquariusSubscribeToTechnoblade]

Nah The Anime has always been more extreme, only real exception is Sun and Moon (and maybe Sword and Shield idk im waiting for dub)

[@spook7617]

No. The only one that is uninteresting is Aloala

[@nerdymidwesterner3662]

Eh. Honestly I prefer the anime all across the board, even the BW one.

[@BrianStorm742]

@@nerdymidwesterner3662 really? I mean, I think gens 1 and 4 are up to debate but gen 5? The games with the best story vs the series with the absolute worst one? Damn.

[@25Dzone]

Pokemon in general just needs to balance the main story - Sword and Shield had this exact same issue. If I challenge a Gym Leader I don't wanna win with one Pokemon, I wanna scrape my way through just barely.

[@MandJTV]

What I did to make SwSh more interesting is always make "official" battles "fair." I aimed to use only the same amount of Pokemon as them, and I did the battle on Set style (I didn't have my game set to it bc it made random trainer battles more convenient; I just chose not to switch when it asked). Some of them were still sweeps, but it did make a few of them more interesting.

[@true.2652]

I can say that I enjoyed the era when Pokémon was more simple Like back in Gen. 1-3 and the NDS in Gen. 4-5

[@babel_UV]

if you have the type advantage, you really can do the one pokemon sweep in every game unless you dont have any good pokemon avaliable which is bad game design. They really should do the gyms based around themes instead of typings

[@kara6618]

@@MandJTV Did that as well back in gen 5, which meant I only ever used three mons for most of the leaders. If those three fainted, I would reset lol. Made things more interesting and fun though so yay!

[@25Dzone]

@@MandJTV that's a good way of doing it - I quite liked the idea of gyms being limited to a certain number of Pokemon and felt they should have just implemented that for trainers across the board. It adds a nice little strategic step where your choice would likely have pros and cons that sometimes cannot be prepped for. It could get annoying & likely needs some incentive to do so but it was fun for the gym leaders. I just think in SwSh in particular, all trainers could have received a 10% buff in levels and it would have been fine. The Wild Area already threw ridiculously strong pokemon at you sometimes - likely causing most players to want to over train so they could beat a few.

[@gabrieldabriel]

I love how Unova always comes up as the exception when the Unova games are probably toughest games in the series

[@elvinr6207]

And the music was fantastic as well.

[@six_ouroboros]

Elvin R Is it because of Accumula Town?

[@wafflebread100]

Agent 8 probably

[@notalbvin6845]

What about ultra sun/moon

[@gabrieldabriel]

Would have been tougher if the exact same game but easier game out right before it

[@hoopamaster0235]

This makes me sad because Kalos is the region I started with, therefore I feel nostalgic over it. I really wish they would come out with Pokemon Z over anything else besides new generations as Kalos is the only region to not have anything outside it's main games

[@PokemonJacob-vi2li]

Yeah, even paldea has something

[@godofwar2011]

Just play rom hacks like eternal X and you will enjoy it significantly more, trust me.

[@jeffreygao3956]

So if there was Z version with Korrina as Champion and Diantha as a postgame boss(with a rematch where she replaces Hawlucha with Pangoro and Tyrantrum with Arcanine), how tough would they be?

[@Heheheha-sh5zh]

Someone’s wish came true. In a way

[@hoopamaster0235]

@@Heheheha-sh5zh Not in the exact way, but I’m still in love already. I mostly wanted a remake of x and y to make the games better like Platinum and Emerald did, or something that expanded on the story either in the future or the past like BW2 and LA respectively. I hope we see more of AZ and his story as well as the origins of Mega Evolution

[@TheStarswearee]

Korina: "the most toughest gym leader" Me: I got a braixen with phybeam and I struggled more with the wobbafet in the cave near by

[@charmesean]

Psybeam Wobbufet

[@snehithkamepalli9293]

Lol...same...wobbufet op

[@L00t00wii]

I also had kadabra and struggled just as much in that cave

[@adrienScenes]

Me: breezing through the Kalos region A Wobbuffet in Glistening Cave: *no*

[@martin.allaman]

So true!

[@gat0rcrazzi]

I know I’m late to the party, but Unova having four mons for their E4 I feel is more justified in BW as there isn’t a presence of mega evolution and no mons outside the unova dex. I also give credit to the post game teams they have which they at least gave them with more than 4 mons.

[@conansglasses2645]

They also have 5 pokemon in challenge mode in b2w2

[@christianjericho7948]

Unova E4 Was already tough despite only have 4 pokemon.

[@PhoenixAce]

Also those 4 Pokémon are still a massive challenge to deal with

[@nolsee1176]

Yeah and those mons were very powerful with advanced move sets.

[@YourNumberOneRated1997Salesman]

​@@christianjericho7948yeah, and that FREAKING COFFARIGUS

[@amryp.301]

"But Whitney's Miltank is so freaking difficult that *Miltank alone should count as five Pokémon* " Why is this so funny?

[@alexdietz7362]

That's what kids get for thinking they can sweep every battle with quilava

[@paxtonthegamer2217]

at least i don’t have pokémon gold or silver

[@maxogaming6244]

Even battling her in Pokémon masters is annoying! NORMAN is easier tha Whitney in Pokémon masters!

[@JogG4DX]

Why's everyone over exaggerating with Whitney's Miltank? It's an easy battle lmao

[@Lina-un1fj]

@Levi Russell The in-game trade machop, What else? A overleveled-Quilava?

[@dutchvanderlinde8264]

Although gen 6 easy, it's really fun to play and has one of the better reigons, which makes it my favorite in the franchise personally

[@curtdog647]

Gen 6 is actually my favorite If it was balanced just a bit better they would have had extreme potential.

[@stereosexualspilled]

REAL

[@schaffs2]

It would be harder if each gym leader for their final Pokemon was a Mega Evolution, like with Gen 8 and Gigantamax

[@Snoebal]

That would be awesome. I was very disappointed when Wulfric didn’t have a mega Abomasnow.

[@mostlywholesome]

reminds me of pokemon brick bronze :') rip. by the way, you're right.

[@penggao7034]

Even MILO has the gmax. The first leader in galar. In kalos, NONE OF THEM have megas. really gamefreak?

[@ryanm7522]

@@mostlywholesome from the 5th gym leader they all had mega's

[@mostlywholesome]

now I understand why kalos was unenjoyable. also, the whole gang thing with the rivals just doesn't work for me. I can't remember a single name.

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Fun fact: Ramos' Jumpluff used Sunny Day in the anime for that very reason.

[@leonardofarias8843]

Fun fact: Sunny Day and Sleep Powder in the same moveset troll mega pokemon

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

Why is the anime the logical one here?!

[@nazeersadek6705]

Lion Heart when the anime has more logic than the game you know how big the problem with X & Y is

[@leonardofarias8843]

@@nazeersadek6705 Another idea is fully EV train every pokemon

[@nazeersadek6705]

Leonardo Farias that should be the NORMAL thing for all gym leader, elite four and champion Pokémon

[@Swampfactor]

Wulfric: I am the toughest gym leader in Kalos 11 year old me with a Talonflame with Flame Charge: *Doubt*

[@sageblast3143]

Aegislash after using three sword dances: Hold my Shield...

[@Go-OnR]

Ashes talonflame lost to wolfric

[@sageblast3143]

@@Go-OnR Actually the Game and Anime follow different logistics..... Based on Game logic Talonflame should have solo'd wulfric..

[@whoisterwoister8560]

The music in that town is so sad

[@livgreenie]

11 year old me with my freaking delphox: oh really?

[@jacobrocket1734]

anyone else see a counter to korrina's entire team? ....no? well in the route at the top of the mountain before grant you cant get a pokemon called drifloon, so literally just use drifloon on mienfoo and hawlucha and you will not take damage at all, as for the machoke id recommend sending your starter into it, drifloon makes the korrina gym battle the easiest battle in the entire game

[@BatmannotBruceWayne1]

Just outside of geosenge golett can be found and counters even harder, as rather than being weak to rock tomb, it resists it

[@kaelanmcalpine2011]

@@BatmannotBruceWayne1 Even earlier than both of those, you can catch a Honedge just south of the mansion you go to to find some guy's Furfrou.

[@BatmannotBruceWayne1]

@@kaelanmcalpine2011 while yes you can, that’s on a non mandatory section of the route, as you can just walk through the middle of the pathway, we’re honedge doesn’t spawn. I bring up golett, because it spawns outside geosenge, which is pretty close to her location, and you catch it, at a level that it can solo the entire gym by itself without needing to level it

[@스카페리온]

Honedge: am I a joke to you?

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

​@@스카페리온 The guy/gal explained why he/she is not considering Honedge so...

[@Almighty_S]

I can’t be the only one that forgot Wulfric existed I’m playing through X again and I was wondering who the last gym leader is LMAO

[@franknova987]

I forgot most of the Elite 4, only remember the fire elite cause of lore

[@fusedbrololy8672]

@@franknova987 i only remembered drasna because during her rematch she mentions the sinnoh dragon duo (palkia and dialga she doesnt mention giratina)

[@deepfriedcats3041]

For me I always forget about Olympia. Only reason I remember Wulfric is because of that interaction at Pokemon Village.

[@Missingno_Miner]

Honestly without the anime I would forget this entire generation. Korrina was the only trainer who offered any sort of challenge, and even then only because flying press caught me off guard and it took me awhile to figure out the game wasnt buggy, and it was actually supposed to be super effective against both my snorlax and my freshly evolved machoke.

[@Jdudec367]

honestly...I had a hard time beating his avalugg with my talonflame don't think I could even do it

[@TreeckoJedi9]

It's SO weird how there's liek a massive pause in gyms in between the first and second. No wonder Grant is so high leveled.

[@ethantreadway9478]

Hello this is Milo from Sword & Shield here.

[@manyiahandret5119]

@@ethantreadway9478 uhhh but you can just max raid and use exp candy, i love max raid so much and use all the exp candy and ended with lvl 24-28 team lol

[@philspence3073]

I thought viola had done goofed when she said "Lv 30"

[@axolofa]

Also, having Drasna's mega be Ampharos continues the tradition of Dragon-type specialists not using Dragon-types

[@wisteriarequiem2762]

Mega Ampharos gains the dragon type when it mega evolves

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Drake & Drayden: They are a dishonor to us, the *real* Dragon masters!

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

XD I LOVE THIS COMMENT

[@CassiusSharp]

Actually recently it's been revealed Drasna's Mega is a Mega Altaria.

[@jeffreygao3956]

So then what about adding Goodra to her team?

[@crazyvillainfan4877]

A problem that I had with the gen 6 and 7 games, and this was nitpicky, was that the sprites felt very desaturated. The visuals of the 3d models, trainers, and pokemon look amazing, but the color felt very desaturated visually. In all the games prior to gen 6, all the sprites felt vibrant and colorful, giving off more of an exotic vibe. In gen 6 though, a lot of colors were taken out. What used to be a very dark and saturated yellow and red on Pikachu, is now taken out and feels lackluster. even the black on its tail looked more greyish. I'm glad that this was fixed in gen 8 because now with a bigger budget, they visually look more interesting and distinct

[@jonathanflanagan1504]

The desaturation also ruined a couple shinies. Shiny Gengar isn't the best shiny, but at least it used to be noticeable because regular Gengar used to be a significantly more vibrant purple before the jump to 3D. At least they made the mega's shiny an awesome white.

[@nategwright]

Give Viola a Mega Beedrill, no one’s beating this game on my watch

[@a.m.aworld2802]

It would be good first taste of the power of megas. I agree

[@itchyrock]

Diantha has Level 80+ pokemon, with Gardevoir at Level 92

[@quastusaqua6067]

And give grant a mega diancie

[@Go-OnR]

NO MEGAS FOR NO1 GYM LEADERS

[@tredecim_]

@@Go-OnR that was the point of the joke

[@ThatPyukumuku]

"All [wulfric's] ice types are big and scary" Cryoganal: ^ - ^

[@Marfa1818]

Cryoganal just grans favorite Christmas ornament

[@matthaisstupidus]

Don't single him out from his friends, you'll make him cry(oganal)

[@Kyumifun]

Have you read the gen 8 pokedex about this Pokémon?

[@Eric-py8yy]

They could add Beartic and Glalie to his team

[@mr.preston1632]

@@matthaisstupidus i see what you did there..

[@NicolasClark7732]

I've played through Y half a dozen or so times. I still hardly remember it. And the big reason I've replayed it? To use the other starters, as well as simply other teams. I would consider that being the biggest issue, it just doesn't feel memorable to me. But, fixing the difficulty would probably end up fixing the issue of being forgettable. Edit: A few things regarding the gym leaders. Give them all megas for the ones including and after Korrina, since that is when you can mega. On top of megas, give them berries, too. I know I've noticed this before during playthroughs, but it really is remarkable how bad the teams are designed in this game, not even just for the gym leaders.

[@stephaniemaestre796]

Who else is here after the announcement of legends za?

[@kaih_the_viewer]

I am

[@Joseph-ru8de]

Me

[@KodasToyReviews]

🖐 me 🖐

[@georgerobinson7280]

Any one who watches it know so me

[@JellySLCB]

Me, age 10 playing X: Wow this game is hard :( Me now: What the hell, I was just dumb

[@kats1203]

Yes.

[@kats1203]

I finished x and y a month or 2 ago and realised I made many mistakes

[@JesusChrist-bq6lu]

I miss this game so much definitely going to buy a 3ds just to play it again

[@-irene-29]

Played it 5 years ago. Completely ate the game with Blaziken, Charizard, Delphox and Talonflame 😂😭 Stupid 10 year old me

[@deante6721]

This is how I feel with every Pokémon game I played since gen 3

[@zentendoxn8955]

17:55 makes me wonder if Ash in Journeys will go back to the different regions to duel the Elite Four members he hasn’t yet fought in the anime, meaning Drasna would finally show off which Mega she’d use.

[@michaelnelson1127]

Well he’s facing Wikstrom later on, so we can hope that there will be others.

[@omkartelang1064]

This aged like a wine 🍷

[@takethechance8104]

lmao

[@MaxEditzCoolThings]

You are correct!

[@ayushraj371]

Wait what !

[@zenithmarshadow5098]

Everybody: *asking for sinnoh remakes MandJTV: *asking for XY remakes or Pokemon Z

[@Sobber.]

Me: Silently rooting for gen 5 remakes

[@oresti9271]

At this point I just want gen 8 remakes 😂

[@alpha-sama]

We're probably a decade or two away from seeing XY remakes

[@oresti9271]

If we see the pattern then the I think it will happen like this Sinnoh remakes Let's go johto or gen 9 Gen 9 2.0 or a dlc Unova remakes If let's go johto will happen then let's go hoenn will be next Gen 10 Gen 10 2.0 or a dlc Then kalos remakes you are right we will wait soooo long for the kalos remakes

[@bearrett_8783]

Tbh I really like X & Y It's my favorite generation

[@bunnybug1918]

Heads up for Drasna with what we now know: she has a Mega Altaria in the anime, so that settles it. Besides, Ampharos isn't even a Dragon type if it doesn't Mega Evolve, so maybe he'd be a better option for Clemont (whose dad has an Ampharos in the anime; just saying) Instead she should be given a different Pokémon, and I think that Goodra is the best option. Two Gen VI Dragon types found in the Kalos dex are Goodra and Tyrantrum. Since Tyrunt is already taken, she could have the former. It's a formidable pure Dragon type with some nice abilities (Sap Sipper, Hydration with Rain Dance and Gooey? Its options are dazzling!), and while its movepool isn't huge, it's nothing to sneeze at, either. If you're concerned about looks, I'd say its horns/ears/whatever suit her.

[@Psycho_Raged]

Has nobody used the Honedge line against her? The only move that "hurts" is rock tomb on Machoke.

[@kiquesbrothers1454]

My favorite Pokémon

[@snnnaaaaaakeeeee4470]

I never realized that Machoke could even touch Honedge because it kept using Leer in my fight.

[@shadowofroserade]

The Aegislash line sweeps most battles, including Diantha if you just swords dance against Hawlucha.

[@Missingno_Miner]

-I didn't know honedge was available at that point for quite some time-

[@Stabilization]

I swept her with a Hawlucha actually during my Nuzlocke of Y. It was speedy enough to not be damaged much (if at all) by her Machoke if memory serves right.

[@Shinotheblackcat]

The fact that Korrina took me one try to beat on every one of my playthroughs. The fact that Grant took me hundreds of tries to beat on one play through Edit: I played pokemon Y again and beat grant on the first try.

[@curiouscreator8806]

same, but it took me about 3 or 4 attempts to beat grant

[@Shinotheblackcat]

@@curiouscreator8806 it took me way more than that no matter what I did it seems like rock types are just not my thing because i also struggled with Olivia in Sun and Moon

[@bradxlee._]

All I did for Korrina was 1 swords dance and 1 aerial ace with Honegde

[@Shinotheblackcat]

@@bradxlee._ I used ariel ace with honedge for her first 2 pokemon and then I used psychic with sigilyph they were all one hit KO

[@viktorignatov5698]

The fact that his Tyrunt can't be beat by any of the starter really because he walls all of them

[@paarthshetty6440]

Michael: Gives Clemont Dedenne. Also Michael: COMPLETELY forgets Clemont’s Luxray.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Shinx was only found in the Sinnoh wild and Sinnoh wild alone.

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Natural Harmonia Gropius Let's pretend that this is a remake of XY on the Nintendo Switch and in this newer version, the Shinx line is available in the wild

[@dudhhrmcdudhhr6071]

KSound Kaiju xy was already on the 3ds

[@ksoundkaiju9256]

Dudhhr McDudhhr Meant to say Switch

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

@@ksoundkaiju9256 by the xy remakes come out the switch should be outdated or the death of consoles should've happened already

[@jaidenhowell1194]

Part of me wishes that Korrina actually had been the final gym leader, and that’s when you would receive the Mega Lucario from her, because not only could she have a decently strong team, but it would make much more sense to receive the Lucario at that point in the game, rather than having super easy mega evolution from the 3rd gym onwards. Might just be me, but I definitely think just swapping the order of some of these gym leaders would have made the games quite a bit more challenging. X and Y are definitely still my favorite games in the series, though.

[@joenavy6859]

I didn't take the Lucario and didn't use Mega evolution until the last gym and the game was still a breeze lmoa.

[@joselynneroberts]

I still have the Mega Evolution for the Lucario from my Pokemon X game

[@danielclatfelter6993]

after defeating Korrina, which was child's play all of my party is mid 40's, fully evolved and I just wish this game was even slightly challenging.... is there a battle tower in this game? please i really hope so...

[@robertlupa8273]

@@danielclatfelter6993 There's Battle Maison, I guess.

[@IJC039]

I think Korrina should’ve been the champion. You see her around more than the actual champion, and she has interesting lore with mega evolution, plus she could still give you the mega lucario around the final gym.

[@samyakjain3603]

Michael-Why is x and y easy Also Michael- Hating on Whitney's miltank even tho it's nowhere related That's true HATE

[@Yehe13]

👏🏽

[@darkfiredragon3410]

I mean, can you blame him?

[@schaffs2]

Because Whitney is hard, which makes the game harder, so it’s showing how Gen 2 is harder

[@userguestaccount2619]

I find her easy because my starter is Chikorita that I can poison it. However, it is not good at competitively, but in games, it is good for its evolution.

[@avonzapper]

I think all the games are equally easy and you can't change my mind

[@Shady-up5cz]

Imagine if we had another stint where the games were as good as emerald to bw2 Also as a 9 year old I beat y in 13 hours but spent 200+ hours on platinum, heart gold, and black 2

[@sloanewalker42]

Not bad

[@proudsimp5450]

So your just going to ignore pokemon black and white

[@true.2652]

my phone can't even let me play ORAS so I'm only able to play B & W cuz B2 & W2 is too big for me

[@chinmaymathur7000]

@@true.2652 b2w2 are super good.... Just get an sd card or something

[@AlphaC0re]

PokéBall NBA and Pokémon Channel your phone????

[@zapp9092]

Show this to my stupid younger self who replaced my yvaltal’s (is that how it’s spelled I forgot) oblivion wing with shadow ball

[@kats1203]

It's yaveltal Or yveltal if you don't want to follow the pronunciation with the spelling.

[@zapp9092]

ThatOne Kat thank you

[@recover1828]

@@kats1203 nah I think it's pronounced "eviltal" just with some weird spelling

[@Master-mu8pl]

ThatOne Kat Its literally Yveltal not yaveltal

[@zense2974]

Obviously not Pokémon talk fans. Ew.

[@torpedo_r8192]

Mikey: The Kalos gym leaders are too easy Me: Fails the Grant gym battle 10 times

[@defeatstatistics7413]

Wait, really? I swept it with a Whirlipede with Rock Smash.

[@peachiequeen3897]

To be fair, I've always found Grant to be fairly difficult, at least during runs where I didn't have Fighting coverage on my team

[@midnightmotorist-gn9pk]

That's a skill issue

[@darthgroot1309]

Everyone: Says that Korrina is the hardest leader in x and y Me: *laughs in honedge*

[@slevinchannel7589]

The Problem is really that Gamefreak is totally out of contact with the Fans. Best Example is the Issue with the Rivals and best example for that is the official Statement they made about the Reason for the Rivals being like they are. You know that Statement?! It's basically an Insult against the Fans... No kidding... If they don't change their thinking and stop drinking too much Alcohol, games will become EVEN EASIER in the Future.

[@simosgaming]

@@slevinchannel7589 can you link me an article or something with their response for the rivals being the way they are?

[@psychie8625]

@@simosgaming I wanna know too. So I looked it up, and... Wow. Masuda could not be any more mistaken. People love douche canoe rivals.

[@5mac866]

imo, the hardest is grant, i've failed to him in nearly all my runs, exept for a nuzlocke i never finished

[@invaderzin1858]

*laughs in sableye and poison jab*

[@Stevvvvv]

Alternate Title: Michael roasting the Pokemon Company for doing a worse job of making the Pokemon X and Y Gym Leaders

[@mlgkoalaplayz8977]

Yes Perfect

[@biyuuu127]

too long

[@godwinmbata5117]

And elite four

[@biyuuu127]

@Lyn Wood Only you considering you liked your own coment.

[@teodoramatasdominguez979]

Young me: wow, this game is decently difficult Me now: .....

[@108spirits5]

Too ez!

[@adamlueth8968]

@@108spirits5 Korrina could have been a problem depending on your Pokemon

[@108spirits5]

@@adamlueth8968 I would just remove Korrina entirely.

[@HeelBJC]

Are you referring to X and Y specifically or Pokemon games in general? Because if it's the latter, it's not just your childhood naivety. I recently played through Fire Red after being fed up with Shield's easiness and there were numerous times where I got absolutely destroyed and needed to step back and level up. The rival fight and Misty in Cerulean City, the Silph Co. Rival Fight, and the Elite 4 all fucked me up and made me need to grind a bit, which I actually like in small doses as it makes it much more rewarding when you win. If they want to remove grinding they need to add difficulty elsewhere. There's no reason that double battles against teams that use actual, strategic doubles tactics should be nonexistent in the games. XD and Colosseum already proved that you can have games that use double battles exclusively and there are ***far*** more opportunities for cool and challenging strategies with them.

[@Underworlder5]

@@HeelBJC mon with earthquake + mon with ground immunity, slaking + mon with skill swap... yeah, that might bump up the difficulty a bit

[@jacobfoxfires9647]

I think the biggest part is that the elite 4 and the last gym leader DOES have Megas in the anime but somehow they didn’t think to do the same for the games. Granted the games came way before the anime so I could let that slide, but if the anime department agrees that it’s ridiculous that these people at this point don’t have Mega’s, than yeah that was probably an issue.

[@Gina_Silverrain]

That fact that the elite four members had mega in the anime, makes it more likely for them to have mega's in the remake.

[@terminator1683]

“X and Y is very easy” Vinny: *Doubt*

[@annechng462]

Core 4 cagelocke

[@ExtremeAce]

"This game sucks"

[@codyhansen1073]

Sword and Sheild are even easier... exp candy can get you a fully evolved starter before the first gym.. I liked the grind it made getting mons like Tyranitar extremely rewarding to get because you put in the time.

[@fusedbrololy8672]

@@codyhansen1073 well gen 8 experience share isnt busted and experience candy is your option to use

[@ExtremeAce]

@@fusedbrololy8672 Well then even Exp. Share is just an option. But the thing is that the Gym Leaders and Elite 4 in X/Y are themselves too easy, and hence the Exp. Share doesn't make any difference.

[@ODDITYDESIGNS]

I remember playing X when it came out, after finishing it I started on completing a living dex and was able to level-up and evolve 4 pokemon at a time going through the "elite 4" with a lv80 Greninja and Hydreigon with ease.

[@irony_inc]

I recently traded a pokemon and got a Rayquaza lv 90. With the good attacks (a fire, electric, water and a dragon attack), you can do the elite 4 and the master easly while leveling up 5 pokemon. :O

[@CherrisChaoticCorner]

Sans Undertale261 but that’s a legendary you wimp

[@PBK1977]

Try it with a single Mawile (not Mega) then we'll talk.

[@aaronmiranda3899]

Wow u gave wulfric the “cold shoulder”

[@108spirits5]

good pun

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

The door is that way, good sir. Please escort yourself out... Into the cold.

[@108spirits5]

@@vanguardbreaker8826 Why with the puns?

[@umapessoa240]

The most baffling thing about Korrina’s movesets is that Rock Tomb, the only move that can hit ghosts, is ineffective against both ghosts available up to that point: Honedge and Golett.

[@meep1299]

Michael: Gogoat can get synthesis Me: PHOTOSYNTHESIS

[@MiniDuncan]

Steam Dragon you beat me to it

[@jamiethedinosaur869]

Goatosynthesis!

[@cars3official]

The water type megas are Blastoise, Sharpedo and Gyarados Mega Slowbro: *Am I a joke to you?*

[@ninjabluefyre3815]

BUT WHY IS THE SHELLDER EATING HIM?!

[@cars3official]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 because yes

[@cintronproductions9430]

@@ninjabluefyre3815 Slowbro is actually comfortable in there, it likes it.

[@seich-of-lacan-getter514]

Mega Swampert: *WHAT THE HECK, WHAT ABOUT ME!?*

[@dawnsbuneary]

@@seich-of-lacan-getter514 Swampert isn't in the Kalos Dex

[@EternalKyodaii]

The exp share being a problem. Sword/Shield: I'm gonna do whats called a pro gamer move.

[@Sightnado]

69th like. Nice.

[@soulflaya2271]

ObsivX haven’t played sword/shield yet, what’s the difference with the exp share?

[@ultimelol5907]

@@soulflaya2271 just dont play that game okay...

[@Mepphy99]

@@soulflaya2271 exp Is shared for all pokemons And you gain exp from catch as Always (also from Den and Candy exp). and Gamefreak IS STILL NOT ABLE TO BALANCE THE EXP SHARE properly that's the problem. If someone Tells you the problem Is you can't give the exp share ... They are stupid dumb dumb

[@c3ntravaswani427]

@@soulflaya2271 Well for one EXP Share is still OP. You don't need to grind much at all. They also added more ways to gain EXP, which is just unnecessary. You can get EXP candies and occassionally rare candies from Dynamax battles, and you get EXP when you camp with your pokemon as well. Now as bad as all of the above are, they don't actually matter much since you can just decide not to camp or do gigamax battles, as they aren't required. You also don't have to feed your pokemon the EXP candies you get from dynamax battles. The BIG issue is that they turned EXP share into an in-game mechanic when it was an item before. You could turn the item EXP share off in previous games if you wanted to challenge yourself (or in games where it was a held item, not have anyone hold it), but as an in-game mechanic it cannot be turned off. This pretty much forces you to play the game in easy mode unless you either impose a huge challenge on yourself, hack the game, or actively avoid playing the game. Battle too much? Over-leveled. Camp? Over-leveled. Catch pokemon (because that gives EXP and the EXP share works with it)? Over-leveled. Now the cherry on top of all of this is that they turned the freaking SOUND SETTINGS into an item that you don't have immediately. Heck, it even comes from an NPC that you have to talk to, rather than from someone that approaches you. If you don't know about this and don't talk with them, you go through the whole game without sound settings. If some guy in Pokemon Platinum will actively walk up to me and talk to me to give me a fashion case then an item this important should have that too (or just, y'know, be in the settings). So why is something as important as the sound settings locked behind an item that the game doesn't give to you, but the EXP share is forced upon you from battle 1 onwards?

[@freezi7919]

The funny thing is that clemont’s sister,Bonnie owns a dedenne in the anime

[@linhardtvonhevring9752]

Bonnie doesn’t own the Dedenne, it’s still under Clemont’s Trainership. Bonnie just takes care of it, and it’s been explicitly stated that she’ll start training it when she turns ten.

[@jeffreygao3956]

You're a keeper!

[@royroyroy333]

And how i fix it: CASTFROM NEEDS A BUFF!

[@happypika3]

Ah yes Michael Favorite pokemon CASTFROM

[@sw1shstyx777]

Can I get a *hail yeah*

[@yourfellowpolishtranslator2918]

@@sw1shstyx777 HAIL YEAH

[@wan7062]

Hailyay

[@cintronproductions9430]

No, it doesn't. It needs an evolution, one that doesn't look like a drop of c*m with b00bs for feet. XD

[@abeerandotra7540]

michael: greetings pokefans michael here! auto generated subtitles: go reaching cevennes

[@TeddyStufff]

True

[@plasmagreninja1577]

Yes

[@oleestar]

Here's another reason they were so easy: You've had access to Full Restores since the 5th gym, and since the trainers give so much darn money, you can buy them so easily! holy mother 325 likes? i've never gotten that many before... *sends hugs to the people who liked it* edit 2: what how did this comment hit over 500 likes

[@GarlicKing101]

Okay, but, who has time to use items during a battle?

[@Cinko420]

Sarah Les Bean Who DOESN'T? Even the trainers sometimes use items. That's like asking why someone would ever use Roost or Synthesis in a battle.

[@GarlicKing101]

@@Cinko420 The joke You

[@Cinko420]

S L B Wasn't a very good joke if I couldn't pick up on it. That was one of the few times where "/s" would've been necessary.

[@ImprisionArchieves]

Also steelix before the 2nd

[@burningwindow_7435]

When I first played Pokémon Y, it took me like a month to beat the elite 4. You want to know why? All of my Pokémon were under leveled (and it was my first time ever playing Pokémon so I didn’t know what a balanced team was.)

[@marsh8774]

The training wheels should've come off after the 3rd gym

[@396dog8]

I agree. It would only be hard until you you get all of yours evolved. It would be good to have a hard part at a certain point of the game. I would rather have a game harder than easy

[@belh9587]

Gen 2 they were off after the 2nd

[@smashmaniac2008]

I think even before that

[@yiangaruga4928]

Unfortunately all games after X&Y have been pathetic in difficulty and looking at Sword and Shield it's just getting worse. I love how in the gen 1-3 and even 4 to some extent kids couldn't really look up information online that well, the games were alot harder. Now that internet is full of information, guides and walkthroughs the games are so easy and handholding that even a monkey could beat them... Let alone a veteran gamer. I'm probably not gonna buy another main series game (skipped SwSh too) until they put effort in making the gameplay more challenging. Is it really so hard for them to add a feature pretty much every modern game has nowadays aka the difficulty settings? Heck, it's been a default feature in most video games for decades already. All I'm asking for is a somewhat challenging game with decent story and a region rich with exploration. So essentially what 4th and 5th gen games were. Seeing how Sword and Shield has none of these things present it really makes me disappointed with the main series games and Gamefreak in general.

[@Zebliin]

@@yiangaruga4928 I would argue that Sun & Moon were much harder than X & Y. Not to mention the Ultra versions are supposed to be even harder

[@c3ntravaswani427]

"This video is sponsored by..." Oh ok, an ad I'll probably skip "Battle Cats" WAIT

[@RealCrazyCoolYT]

I see you are a person of culture as well.

[@azorus8144]

Yes battle cats is awesome

[@Atlantadancer2008]

freakin’ love that game.

[@psychopianist630]

Virgin RSL vs Chad Battle Cats

[@lanalana8429]

HATE THAT GAME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@rebeccaansong7131]

People: BRO ITS TOO HARD TO GET EXP IN GEN 5 Nintendo: Ok *Makes Gen 6 easy to get exp* People: BRO ITS TOO EASY TO GET EXP IN GEN 6

[@overlooked4174]

Not Nintendo it’s gamefreak

[@-Dovahkiin]

Bro in B2W2 you can easily grind using the Lucky egg and battling Audino's

[@geg708]

_Bro grinding in gen 5 is hella easy you only need to search for Audino._

[@Simran-qv4iz]

I know this would be semi broken but I think every gym leader should’ve had a mega stone especially with x&y being so mega Evolution focused

[@zzeroara9511]

i agree, kinda like how all Kahunas are guaranteed to use a Z-Move in the alola games.

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

I'd say aftet the third gym. Clemont should have mega manectric. Valarie should have mega mahwile. Ramos with mega venasaur. Olympia should have mega alakazam. Wulfric should have mega abomansow

[@Ghoulofidiocy2917]

@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd valerie taking the new hardest kalos gym leader is what you want?

[@UnwantedGhost1]

I agree after the third gym leaders. Or at least when you rematch them in the Battle Chateau.

[@UnwantedGhost1]

@@AhmedHussain-ju6xd I don't know why they didn't give the 8th gym leader & Elite Four mega evolution. 🤦‍♂️

[@Deltapwr13]

14:53 Says Aurorus can't be used, because Amaura was already used. Perhaps an exception is made in the case of Roark and Byron. Roark uses an Onix, Byron uses a Steelix. Though in that case they are father and son. [My memory was also telling me Byron had a Rampardos to Roark's Cranidos, but it seems he has a Bastiodon.]

[@mrpersoonman]

Michael: *does a sponsorship with The Battle Cats* me, who played that game in like 2016 non-stop: It's enough to make a grown man cry, and that's okay

[@RealCrazyCoolYT]

I see you are cultured as well

[@Arsonist....]

also me i played it when i think 2015 cuz its release in 2014 i remember my self getting rage quit because sometimes its just hard since as a kid i want it to be easy lol

[@saraldwivedi]

6:00 I really anticipated that Miltank would be there in this video😂

[@BobThePenguin.]

18:39 *commentors when drasna is revealed to have a mega altaria in journeys, over a year later which mikey could not have known* : UhM aCtUaLlY-

[@pixelpudding3914]

This is probably to extra, but I would love if: Viola: Surskit: Quick Attack, Bubble, Water Sport, Sweet Scent Vivillion: Harden, Tackle, Infestation, Stun Spore Mega Beedrill: Poison Sting, String Shot Grant: Amaura: Aurora Beam, Rock Tomb, Thunder Wave, Take Down Tyrunt: Rock Tomb, Bite, Stomp Mega Aerodactyl: Bite, Wing Attack Korrina: Mienfoo: Power - Up Punch, Payback Machoke: Power - Up Punch, Rock Tomb, Leer, Hawkucha: Flying Press, Hone Claws, Arial Ace Mega Lucario: Swords Dance, Power - Up Punch, Bone Rush, Metal Sound Ramos: Jumpluff: Grass Knot, Acrobatics, Leech Seed, Sunny Day Victreebel: Grass Knot, Acid, Poison Powder, Vine Whip Gogoat: Grass Knot, Bulldoze, Take Down, Synthesis Mega Sceptile: Dual Chop, Leaf Blade, X - Scissor, Swords Dance Clemont + Bonnie: (We need more double battle gym leaders!) Dedenne: Nuzzle, Play Rough, Thunder Wave (Bonnie) Magnezone: Tri Attack, Magnet Bomb, Thunderbolt, Light Screen (Bonnie) Luxray: Thunder Wave, Thunder Fang, Ice Fang (Clemont) Heliolisk: Thunderbolt, Quick Attack, Grass Knot (Clemont) Mega Ampharos: Dragon Pulse, Power Gem, Thunderbolt (Clemont) Valerie: Florges: Moonblast, Psychic, Calm Mind, Petal Dance Granbull: Play Rough, Fire Fang, Facade, Crunch Azumarill: Aqua Ring, Play Rough, Ice Beam, Rest Sylveon: Moonblast, Dazzling Gleam, Mystical Fire, Light Screen Mega Mawile: Play Rough, Sucker Punch, Iron Head, Draining Kiss Olympia: Malmar: Psycho Cut, Foul Play, Superpower, Hypnosis Slowking: Psychic, Calm Mind, Surf, Ice Beam Mewostic: Psychic, Fake Out, Calm Mind, Shadow Ball Gothitelle: Future Sight, Psyshock, Thunder Wave, Fake Tears Mega Alakazam: Psychic, Protect, Dazzling Gleam, Shadow Ball Wulfric: Mamoswine: Earthquake, Ice Fang, Icicle Crash, Thrash Walrein: Crunch, Surf, Aurora Beam, Sheer Cold Weavile: Night Slash, Ice Punch, Hail, Assurance Froslass: Shadow Ball, Destiny Bond, Frost Breath, Double Team Mega Abomasnow: Ice Beam, Ice Shard, Energy Ball, Swagger

[@vgmaster02]

Maybe as rematch fights

[@pixelpudding3914]

vgmaster02 like the battle maison?

[@vgmaster02]

@@pixelpudding3914 No, just regular rematches. Like HG/SS's Battle Dojo or the Battleground in D/P/Pt.

[@pixelpudding3914]

vgmaster02 I miss those T_T

[@platinumnova6485]

This is the definitive kalos gym lineup.

[@15yearoldartist2]

When I was younger - my favorite starter was Fennekin. And X and Y being my first pokemon game, even with Squirtle, Grant is horrifying.

[@CherrisChaoticCorner]

Agreed. I had it worse since I chose Bulbasaur and not Squirtle.

[@mikaila6655]

grant was AWFUL for me not even because of the difficulty, but because i had a friend trade me a leafeon for my playthrough of x but by the time i reached grant it was too overleveled to obey. i just barely made it through first try with a disobedient leafeon (and of course, i had chosen fennekin as my starter lol)

[@TheStarswearee]

Same the worst part is that i had two fire types

[@crimsondragon9766]

Honestly

[@majorh172]

Oh my gosh yes can definitely relate

[@potatowo69]

imagine losing to viola *coughs in anime*

[@r4nd0mguy99]

to be fair: Kalos was right after Unova and Unova-Ash SUCKED! That makes it even more surprising how good the XY/XYZ-anime ended up being. It's easily my favourite anime-region.

[@med4g59]

@@r4nd0mguy99 it was great ngl i probably loved sawyer and alain the most out of all other rivals

[@ummaysamihamubusharasamia7255]

If the first gym leader starts spamming Sticky web, Ice beam, solerbeam, signal beam I don’t think it would be easy and you have to battle in a floor coverd in ice! This is the first gym so I don’t blame Ash for loosing.

[@pacesplace]

Uh.. I lost

[@ethantreadway9478]

If you picked the Fire Starter and got a Flying Type before then it would be a cakewalk. Just like me!

[@MasterCombatant]

15:45 actually I’ve always thought it to be underwhelming for the elite 4 to have only 5 Pokémon. They should have 6.

[@Mr110074]

They have five so the champion can have 6 and be more challenging.

[@joenavy6859]

I say they can have 5 in normal mode but have 6 in a challenge mode.

[@matrixmega8749]

Ive always had this same idea. This whole time I though sun and moon were the only games where the elite 4 have only 5 instead of 6

[@Sean-km2mh]

Despite the obvious flaws, X was my introduction to Pokemon and I’ve played 700+ hours shiny hunting, competitive battling, etc. so it’s still my favorite Pokémon game

[@elissafrasure8523]

Same

[@wimbearn]

Same here. It’s my first Pokémon game that I got in 2016 on my birthday cause I got a 3DS for Christmas in 2015 and that’s what made me get into Pokémon.

[@thatuzikinnie6077]

I started with Black 2 and White 2 but XY is my favorite game because it introduced Sylveon. UwU

[@wimbearn]

UwU

[@coltondraws6566]

@@Wolfywolf7 I mean, there is things wrong with it. It’s imperfect, and that’s okay. The games are still amazing either way

[@peggycartwright5299]

X and Y is probably still my favourite game, I played it when I was 5+ or so, first Pokémon game so it always had a place in my heart. Reason I didn’t play black and white first per say is because I always found it hard to concentrate with pixel games at such a young age, it was just hard to follow and I always got lost. I never got lost in x and y but I did sometimes get stuck which made it overall more rewarding. As we know xy was rather easy but still at 5 with a terrible move set I still found it challenging at times as I’ve mentioned so it still gave me a sense of reward whenever I won a battle instead of always winning and never being satisfied. And also the fact that it was the first 3D Pokémon game. So yeah! :D

[@aethercore]

this ! pokemon x was my first as well ,which i played when i was around 8-9 . surprisingly i did struggle during it and it still holds a special place in my heart

[@peggycartwright5299]

@@aethercore ayyy buddies

[@zackular2384]

My first game was also pokemon x when i was around 8 or 9. However, I got lost trying to find the furfrou in parfum palace and ended up with level 90 pokemon before the second gym, which I never made it to.

[@robertlupa8273]

@@zackular2384 noice

[@zackular2384]

@@robertlupa8273 ik 😌

[@zach_lando]

MandJTV: ALL OF THEM ARE TOO EASY Me: quietly crying while my whole team gets swept by Wikstrom in my nuzlocke

[@GoodnessandTruth]

That's brutal. Hardest decision is whether or not to say screw it and keep going

[@sonoflaw]

Here’s a tip, Fennekin and Amaura are god tier for me. In that elite 4, Aurorus takes care of Fire Dragon and Water, just teach it Freeze Dry for water. And use Delphox for Steel. Champion shouldn’t be that hard to deal with.

[@historyrules5951]

Ya when I went agenst sreana before the 3rd gym and only my charmilion and bebarle I lost because of that

[@jyothishivram6190]

my team swept him in my y nuzlocke

[@dse763]

​@@sonoflawFunnily, Wilkstrom was the hardest Elite 4 in my Fennekin line solo run because : _ That as....e Klefki prankster tormenting me before dying. _ Probopass refusing strictly to die with the Sturdy/Full Restore combo, while hurting me with Power Gem. _ Scizor enjoying me unable to use Flamethrower and spamming Night Slash. _ Aegislash forcing me to put Protect in my moveset.

[@tailong3077]

3 years later and let’s see if Legends Z-A fixes these

[@aliesterus1.023]

"That Miltank should count as five Pokemon" *Sweats in ohko from a technician boosted Bullet Punch from Scizor*

[@shardtheduraludon]

You can’t find a metal coat that early.

[@aliesterus1.023]

@@shardtheduraludon That's why my friend traded it over, he already completed the game. EDIT:While that's not standard practice... _I did go in with nothing but a Chikorita for everything up until that point._

[@shardtheduraludon]

Aliesterus 1.0 oh, ok

[@cxstellation]

*laughs in ohko from Machop with revenge*

[@knweeb514]

Revenge on my water starter I kept building revenge on the clefairy then by the time miltank was brought out I could 2 shot it

[@KittyLitterYT]

Part of the reason ultra necrozma was such a blindsidingly hard boss is the fact that after gen six most of us just kinda forgot what challenge is

[@ThatGuyLegend]

No it was actually very hard I've been playing since gen 4

[@cintronproductions9430]

Ultra Necrozma: "I'm the most powerful Pokémon that ever lived! Nobody can defeat me!" Lvl. 1 Rattata with Focus Sash: (Uses Endeavor and then Quick Attack...)

[@tippingnits77]

That literally has nothing to do with it

[@TheStickiestNotes]

**Enter quote from the Bible here**

[@tinymicrowave6821]

True

[@wowidk7014]

Alternative title: Michael making a Pokémon Remake for X and Y Edit: thanks for these likes hope y’all have a fun life and hope y’all have a fun Christmas

[@jeffreygao3956]

Or what Pokémon Z would’ve been like.

[@hellfirebloodcrossproducti4394]

I’m pretty much doing that myself!

[@goroufromgenshin57107]

After Pokémon z,we need emerald remake

[@wowidk7014]

Thanks for y’all swing this

[@mr.preston1632]

@@goroufromgenshin57107 I think you want an emerald remake because ORAS didn’t have a battle frontier

[@lukaskback9710]

I feel like another issue is that strong Pokémon are too easily available. You will most likely encounter Bagon, Gible, Goomy, Honedge and more without even looking for them. I really like how big the Kalos pokedex was, but the encounter rates of these types of Pokémon really should have been lower, or they should be encountered in optional areas or areas available later on.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Yea, except Honedge. You gotta go kinda out of your way to find that one. Other ones... yea they feel like finding the baby version of ultimate power & getting chance to grow it up... which won`t be hard.

[@lukaskback9710]

@@pkmntrainerred4247 Eh, Honedge is a 15% encounter on a mandatory route. While the grass isn’t mandatory, there are quite a few items and trainers out of the way on the route, so people will likely find it by just looking for other things.

[@defeatstatistics7413]

Bagon's encounter rate is 5% on half a route, it isn't that common.

[@skrilllfury2120]

15:59 That being said, their teams were actually good. The amount of times I lost to them is...painful. Stone Edge and Focus Blast were just so hard to deal with. Even with their low accuracies.

[@BatmannotBruceWayne1]

Not to mention the leveling in gen 5 makes each one more substantial

[@actanonverba3041]

marshal is a pretty hard e4 member, and iris is probably one of the most challenging champions in the franchise

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

the only thing that makes me think that the 4 pokemon think is not much of a problem for Unova E4 is the fact that the choice of pokemon & their movesets make the fights hard enough to negate the need for a 5th one.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

@@actanonverba3041 Gotta agree, especially about Iris. THAT FREAK OF A HAXORUS AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

[@CelestialQueenLollipop]

Marshal gave me problems because my Ace was weak to fighting and I had nothing super effective against it. Also, they have great move coverage.

[@aidan7376]

I love X&Y. It's probably my second favorite generation and really brought me back to the game. It even got me interested in the anime and amourshipping even when I was probably too old for it. But I admit that it was way too easy, it's not really pokemon without grinding. I didn't have to train at all the entire game and my pokemon were still a bit over leveled

[@samlee5549]

Quick and straight to the point, without a ridiculously long intro? What is this, Not KZbin?

[@williamhuynh869]

Begone, higher standards!

[@neontiger05]

Sqirtle:What the f**k happend to the intro?

[@artimist0315]

Viola should really have either a Joltik or a dwebble, it would make her team cover almost every early game Pokémon making the first instance when you have to switch the mon in the game, accurate for the first boss and it would be coherent with the spider themed gym. Maybe her ace should also be level 14 instead of twelve. Yes, her team is fine but this would be even better.

[@madster4324]

except for the fact that you can't get a dwebble that early so it wouldn't make sense for Viola to have one

[@artimist0315]

@@madster4324 That is the case for a tone of bosses in the franchise, the first ever Pokémon boss is Brock with two Pokémon you can't obtain this early. She's a gym leader and as a photographer she travels a lot so it wouldn't be illogical for her to have one

[@dse763]

I understand Joltik to counter flyings and Froakie but Dwebble ?

[@ethankoehler7481]

The experience share in X and Y screwed me over when I went back to platinum

[@TheRibottoStudios]

THANK YOOOOU. It never made sense that In gen 6, WHERE THEY INTRODUCE MEGA EVOLUTION, for one, they don't give GYM LEADERS AND ELITE FOUR members mega evolution, just Diantha who SUCKS and, AND they did NOT give ANY gen 6 pokemon mega evolution. Not to mention they give you mega evolution so early. Wow that is POOR planning. I was pretty shook that Korrina you know who HAS a Lucario that mega evolves didn't have that same pokemon in her gym match team. Like.....why. For what.

[@NCSGaming15]

Ribotto Studios Your caps lock had fun

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@NCSGaming15I'm VERY passionate about pokemon 😅 I want to like xy but I just can't they're too easy. I haven't touched them in actual years. Im playing through them for the first time in a long while and mmmmm. Thanks I hate it lol

[@Soniman001]

Man xy is a mess

[@leonardofarias8843]

Introduce mega evolutions at the fourth gym if not the fifth gym in Lumiose City

[@Feezee223]

Also the starters from the gen that introduced megas should have been given freaking megas.

[@horthorthorpe]

Clemont having a dedenne would be pretty fitting since he catches one for bonnie in the anime

[@horthorthorpe]

@blasterboy1995 he has a luxray now but sure!

[@SonicspeedLuke]

KZbin's algorithm is on point today. Finally getting Z. Here's hoping the difficulty in Legends Z-A is tougher than these.

[@DaBannyGaming]

Mikey: this game is too easy Anime: *hold my trainers with 5 moves*

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

Da Banny Gaming Snorlax: Cough *ice punch* cough *rest* cough *headbutt* cough *hyper beam* cough *body slam* cough *protect*

[@Lorddrago_69]

The campion in the orange islands had a dragonite with 8 moves Edit: actually it has 1 more

[@enonymous0.047]

Lool

[@mememe4188]

@@Lorddrago_69 *10

[@makfarbu]

69th like

[@soolder]

Mikey's auto captions are very high. *also mikey: never talks about changing the thumbnail which is in progress*

[@senabecool7232]

X/Y Anime: The BEST Anime X/Y Game: Huh, it was too easy

[@mr.preston1632]

And I would say it’s about 69% complete

[@staringcorgi6475]

I like diamond and pearl better because it had the best rival but I respect your opinion

[@clonetrooper2355]

Idk sword and shield was waayyyyy too easy compared to x and y

[@dangerman1407]

True, since of exp. Candies. BUT it is kinda your own fault if you over leveled your pokemon like I did on my first playthrough

[@FishTacoXD]

I HAVE A SOLUTION. don’t use exp share.. seriously it’s overpowered tho

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

0:26 Honestly I turned off the exp share & changed to set battle mode from the start & realized that Grant is the equivalent of spiky walls that trap you & keep coming closer to you with every turn.

[@cameronjohnson2657]

It’s quite sad that the region that introduces mega evolution, the ELITE FOUR DO NOT HAVE MEGAS. The four strongest trainers besides the champion can’t mega evolve their Pokémon 😂😂😂.

[@aadiupraity3556]

and my non-mega evolved lucario OHKOed champion's mega gardevoir w/metal claws -_-

[@snow0w120]

Everybody else: Gen 4 remakes Me: maybe a gen 6 third version?

[@spenjaminn3846]

They should just combine them and make Pokémon Z Platinum

[@crossmane]

Spencer W the two regions merged together and now u have to fight 16 leaders

[@whoisterwoister8560]

@@spenjaminn3846 you are a fucking genius that's a good name

[@whoisterwoister8560]

@@crossmane yeah like ss/hg

[@cameroncox1008]

@@whoisterwoister8560 no Gold Silver and Crystal already had it where you could go to both regions the regions are connected

[@HMShamsuzzamaan]

14:00 there's actually optional super boss, against Serena where she uses a Mega Absol. Although that doesn't really affect you're point but I just thought I'd like to say it.

[@babel_UV]

mega absol is on the weaker end of megaevolutions though. It hits super hard and its kinda fast but you can kill it in one blow

[@jgilly0]

GalaxyWarper246 he was talking about the main story

[@dolphinbanana3053]

@@jgilly0 That *is* the story though?

[@wargrass0124]

@javi 2 hu it’s not even that fast until it mega evolves, which normally wouldn’t be a problem, but in gen 6 mega pokemon keep the speed stat of their normal form until the turn after they mega evolve. So the most likely thing that will happen is Absol will come in, you send in a fighting or Fairy type (probably the free Mega Lucario they give you) then breathe on it because even as a mega it has like 60 defense and special defense. The only chance it has is if you play on set but even then anything that’s not “not very effective” will kill it. They really hated giving trainers good megas in X&Y

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@dolphinbanana3053 it's an optional post game boss though

[@kanishkpandey6068]

Michael: In many years, when X and Y remakes show up Me: Do you mean, 4

[@Astronut802]

Gen 6 gym leaders and elite 4 in the games: bruh so ez Gen 6 gym leaders and elite 4 in the anime:S T R O N K

[@med4g59]

YES

[@KayderossKid]

When I played through X, I always thought Drasna was the most interesting one of the Elite Four. I just loved the thought of this cheerful older lady surrounded by all these dragons. That same picture and adding this cuddly Ampharos as an "honorary" dragon that she mega-evolves is probably going to be my new headcanon for her.

[@zimmerwald1915]

10:16 Probably something along the lines of "its typing negates Fairy's two weaknesses, we'd better not make it too strong."

[@shardtheduraludon]

It’s BST is 380. You almost guaranteed have a fully evolved starter, which their BST is 530.