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Wowee oh geez we're... we're ranking all the... all the best held items for Nuzlocking woweee that's... that's really cool isnt it KZbin commenters wowee
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[@rodeo9837]

Hey guys would we be able to put English Closed Captions on this video? Thanks! I am Deaf and love your Pokémon content

[@The_Spooky_Boi]

U Oh

[@Splatoob]

Aw that’s so nice, I hope you can still listen to videos you love, have a good day!

[@chonchjohnch]

Lmao bro just like use your ears and listen wtf are you doing

[@The_Spooky_Boi]

@@chonchjohnch 👀

[@rodeo9837]

@@chonchjohnch man you sound like so many of my teachers in school :-)

[@1Aquacool1]

There's something about Jan's voice man... It literally makes me fall asleep. He is the perfect background noise no matter what he says.

[@richardcrafton1805]

i didn't know about the deep sea tooth and scale buffing clampearl. that's niche but nifty.

[@nottobay6768]

Tbh with as many good pokemon have useless pre evolutions, it passing EVs that would otherwise be hard for some mons to get do to typing, and what you mentioned I could honestly see exp share being s tier.

[@ortonjr82]

I have a big root vileplume set with leech seed, sleep powder, giga drain and strength sap. People hate it

[@MrPotato-g2z]

If you can only use lvl 50 normal type and you need to beat a level 80 machoke how would you win?

[@monkepopbloon2307]

I love pchal he is wholesomly toxic

[@hunter00143]

Still waiting on the 6 hour long Moves tier list video

[@evangibbs7467]

Splash on top

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

@@evangibbs7467 splash is S(plash) tier

[@Adri9570]

Are these tier lists being shown anywhere? I want to see them completed outside of each video where Pokemon Challenges shows how he creates them.

[@grunkleg.29691]

A status / support move tier list would be really interesting. Obviously Flamethrower is always going to be ranked higher than Ember, but what about Fake Out vs Protect vs Substitute?

[@xertifiedthicc]

dawg the move tier list is fucking INSANE

[@DNNYYCLR]

"You can just farm Munchlax' and run around with six leftovers. " People who played gen 4: "you sure homie?"

[@buzzkillington6945]

I'm still in gen 3 trying to find one

[@CrystalPalm]

@@buzzkillington6945 you cannot

[@grunkleg.29691]

You can pretty easily get 2 Leftovers in FRLG using Item Finder, Gen 7 is probably where Leftovers farming is at its easiest, a ton of ROM hacks make Leftovers easy to get, etc.

[@DNNYYCLR]

@@grunkleg.29691 Rom hacks doesn't count since the are fan made. Gen seven are shit games to play because of slow game pacing and ton of cutscenes. Fire Red and leaf green is pretty much the only game where the item is broken since you can farm them in that game.

[@grunkleg.29691]

@@DNNYYCLR I mean Jan explained pretty well why he only has one Leftovers per party. Plus most of what he nuzlockes are ROM hacks, and I don't think it's fair to write them off because they're fanmade. And USUM is apparently a really hard nuzlocke, so there's that

[@riser9940]

Motivation of the day: If you ever feel stupid , just know that in the hoenn games , there's a trainer that uses a full restore on his level 8 Zigzagoon

[@marshie5434]

Ah yes, i remember. Rich boy Winston.

[@eineron4568]

Apparently Lady Cindy also uses it sometimes. Another Zigzagoon trainer who uses a Full Restore

[@exominence]

Big brain plays.

[@hmm2692]

Winston that idiot

[@goldenerkaktus7642]

Why wouldn't I use the best medication available for my pet if I have enough money?

[@pikasup1696]

Pokemon challenges living up to his name by challenging himself to do every tier list wolfie did

[@Doshalot]

Wolfe did it for competitive Similar but different

[@jarofpiss1408]

@@Doshalot The only difference being the amount of cuties in the nuzlocke community 😳

[@figurante2400]

*Wolfey

[@shpaghettishpaghetti6219]

"Ranking every Rival Team for a Nuzlocke".

[@Hyunation]

@@figurante2400 wolfie

[@shadowflamegaming5598]

I think we all know that leftovers is gonna be basically the top.

[@nateschendel4585]

My tier list for nuzlocke S tier choice specs, choice scarf, megastone, leftovers, focus sash, life orb, lum berry A tier choice band, expert belt, black sludge, toxic orb, gems, air balloon, amulet coin, eviolite, wide lens, soul dew, dmg reduc berry, z crystals B tier rocky helmet, berry juice, light orb, xp share, kings rock heat rock, instant herb, chesto berry, cheri berry, white herb brightpowder, Damp rock, focus band, eject pack, mental orb, scope lens, shell bell C tier thick club, wise lens, sound berry, flame orb, pecha berry, sitrus berry eject button, quick claw, weakness policy, blunder policy, Leppa berry, big root, stick, macho brace, iron ball, safety goggles, shadow flag, slow ball, D tier rawst berry, zoom lens, terrain extenders, sand ball, snowball, deep-sea tooth n scale, everstone, wiki berry, red card, ring card, room service F tier adrenaline orb, aspear berry, grip claw binding chain, cleanse tag, float stone, lucky punch

[@nateschendel4585]

@Avery Masters its a tier good with guts n some abilities and most poison types

[@Chrispy]

Well it IS in the thumbnail 😂

[@babyjamesus]

@@Chrispycringe

[@ghostdamachi7650]

Big root has a hilarious niche use in gen 6 if you are playing on Y because it makes your Yvetal’s Oblivion Wing heal for 97.5% which is insane but yeah other than that

[@demi-femme4821]

If you're out here using Yveltal in a Gen. 6 Nuzlocke, unless it's your very first Nuzlocke, shame on you.

[@rustythebard]

@@demi-femme4821 let people play the game how they want.

[@rustythebard]

@Nathan Waterser not using any legendaries is an optional nuzlocke rule. All of these rules are optional because this is a self-imposed ruleset of a children's game. There is no shame in using powerful mons if you want to use them or think they are cool or fun. Yes, it decreases the game's challenge level, but some people who try nuzlockes don't really care about the challenge and just want to play the game in a different way.

[@rustythebard]

@Nathan Waterser and there is no cheating in a nuzlocke, all of these rules are self-imposed. It applies here more than ever because that's exactly why you nuzlocke, it's playing the game however you want

[@rustythebard]

@Nathan Waterser as crazy as it sounds, nuzlockes don't have to make the game harder. I enjoy nuzlockes not for the difficulty, but because they force me to use pokemon I don't normally use due to the restrictions. It has helped me become a much better competitive player and a more well-rounded pokemon player as a whole. If you want nuzlockes for the challenge, then do that, and be all the better for it. Do use legendaries, don't use legendaries, whatever. But don't get angry at people for doing what they want to do because you think it's cheating. I'm done arguing about this, I hope you can understand

[@grunkleg.29691]

After a certain victory today, the "Leppa Berries on bulky walls" statement rings a bit differently. To think he initially ranked it so low

[@LunaroseClaire]

It's been 3 months already. That's so weird.

[@pikasup1696]

Imagine if youngster joey had choice band on his max attack evs max attack ivs pokemon

[@slendveny7191]

He would straight up be harder than falkner.

[@Sir_Isaac_Newton_]

@@slendveny7191 You misspelled Elite Four.

[@owenaspinall2046]

Ek has choice band explosion in the first gym (to be fair, it is on a geodude, which dies to 2/3 starters and a lot more)

[@sweetwheatsy]

Honestly; big ups and respect for Wide Lens. The amount of 95/90-accuracy moves (there are a bit too many) that get basically nullified by it is huge

[@beedrillking4023]

i agree. i use wide lens cinderace

[@AlldaylongRock]

Wide Lens Zen Headbutt/High Jump Kick Medicham carries hard in Reborn for me.

[@zaclittlejohn2701]

Wide lens fang moves hipowdon saved my bdsp nuzlock, but farming heart scales might not be for everyone.

[@roshana.s1573]

*There should a held item that nullifies abilities every even turns so that my boy Slaking can finally shine and regigigas still remains useless*

[@rjante2236]

Regigigas finally got Rest and Protect though

[@slendveny7191]

Why not just completely nullify it? And if hit by a contact move, it goes to the opponent.

[@EJS-jj8py]

Regigas is a threat in SWSH now tho wym

[@comradered8125]

@@EJS-jj8py ha ha ZU tier being a threat lmao

[@ScribblenautMaxwell]

@@comradered8125 vgc

[@JDNSTR8]

Damn, that humbling intro where he wanted to say “best nuzlocker in the world” but what happened with Kaizo, he’s gotta earn that back again. I do hope he plays it again and wins

[@michaeldavey3187]

He definitely hasn't. He's spoken many times about how much he just flat out enjoys the game, how if he fails the run he'll have no problem just immediately resetting the game and starting over. Even some of his recent streams have been looking at things for his next runs.

[@shpaghettishpaghetti6219]

He probably could win as he lost because of a crit. Although, he would need similar encounters.

[@user-pp6pr5fg8w]

I mean, Gian_97 pretty much invalidated his run by using two Piloswine, and always starting at Slateport

[@feva6774]

@@shpaghettishpaghetti6219 I don't think he got too lucky with encounters though, maybe at the start but the elite four team was pretty much guaranteed

[@devincyr4992]

@@user-pp6pr5fg8w I never knew that..why is this even considered the first winning run then?

[@1998tine]

Put Leppa Berry in F, I Wonder if he would've changed his mind after abusing it on his Slowbro in E4 in Emerald Kaizo

[@donaldsuuup8648]

Wide lens is so busted come’on: compound eyes, wide lens and thunder on galvantula, that’s 100% accuracy 120 base power STAB-move(with paralysis chance) o.0

[@baron3904]

Amazing item for Darumaka before evo as well

[@armiea6063]

Saving this for radical red

[@rjante2236]

Wide Lens wouldn't make Thunder 100% accurate though

[@donaldsuuup8648]

@@rjante2236 wide lens combined with compound eyes would make it 100% (70 x 1.1(wide lens) x 1.3(compound eyes) = 100.1)

[@rjante2236]

​@@donaldsuuup8648 Wait, I forgot to factor in the Wide Lens after. My bad.

[@militsa7214]

Damn, you know Jan is upset over a lost attempt when he doesn't call himself the best nuzlocker in the world

[@nateschendel4585]

He lost his title to gian 97 head to head a few days ago on stream and gian is the better nuzlocke player at this point I do think pc can get the title back because he practices n works harder than gian and frankly everyone else for that matter but gian is the most talented nuzlocker i ever seen,

[@HiHello-jo8tp]

@@nateschendel4585 doesn't Jan have more nuzlockes under his belt? I would say that the guy with more nuzlockes under his belt (which also includes the hardest rom hacks, for example the guy beat Radical Red Nuzlocke in 2 attempts like what) is better.

[@HiHello-jo8tp]

@Joël Ogbamichael have you beaten it in two attempts though?

[@HiHello-jo8tp]

@Joël Ogbamichael the newer versions are harder.

[@skubu8262]

@Joël Ogbamichael with hardcore rules? If so then well done man. Thats a really good feat.

[@pranavkarmarkar]

ayy shoutout to Jan's editor for leaving in those youtube intro bloopers at the end pog

[@mosesgurule5145]

Persim berry is actually really good, being able to use moves like petal dance, Thrash, outrage, etc. Fully twice without worrying about confusion is really powerful, making things like gyarados ev even more insane, also, getting the attack boost from swagger Without worrying about confusion is insane.

[@hekirb3382]

10% ice beam freeze? more like "instantly freezes my gyarados and snorlax on the first try and almost makes me lose the run"% ice beam freeze, amirite fellas?

[@ifyoureadmynameyouregae6853]

I see now why Jan says youtube comments are cringe

[@douglasarchibald1427]

and your part of it

[@abondednajs666]

@@douglasarchibald1427 yea, especially his name

[@lepeselo8949]

@@abondednajs666 dude? You missed it while sleeping?

[@itskhro]

"Im also really good at nuzlockes" *Corrects glasses* Shakespeare couldn't write it better.

[@semicolon9559]

Babe wake up new pc video

[@GreenAngelX]

I haven't seen any other guy that have said "Niche" so many times in one video

[@marshie5434]

"You wouldn't get this from any other guy"

[@thatguy6839]

Nuzlockes never liked me because even thought the items are randomized , no matter what , they will always give me all the worst berries...

[@largenaq2935]

That isn’t your bad luck, that happens in most randomised items nuzlockes, because there are so many random berries coded into the games.

[@jackjaxk4823]

In your randomized you can ban bad items so you don’t get the terrible berries

[@buzzkillington6945]

@@jackjaxk4823 yeah I had to do that cause I kept on getting berries and mail

[@hailcaster76]

Once he beats emerald kaizo and starts pokemon reborn, he's gonna learn all about terrain. Lol

[@ultrainstinctjordan]

Oooo boi

[@user-pp6pr5fg8w]

Bold of you to assume he'll beat kaizo in the near future lol. He's taking a break rn

[@hailcaster76]

@@user-pp6pr5fg8w oh wow, didn't realize that. I just watch the youtube vids. Dont have time for streams unfortunately. Maybe reborn will be fully finished by the time he gets back and beats it.

[@axlr8deathpls294]

Imo pokemon rejuvenation is better than reborn, atleast storywise but I don't know how he will handle to nuzlocke both

[@AlldaylongRock]

I'll love to see him do Reborn 😂😂 good lord it's hard as fuck.. If he's lucky with encounters it's might be possible, barely

[@BenjiByt3]

About time he ranked these. Can't wait.

[@kelvinvoorneveld7265]

leek is actually pretty good on sirfetchd. raising your crit chance by 2 means any leaf blade or night slash is a guaranted critical hit

[@idosomethingiguess3680]

And also makes all moves 50% crit chance which is not bad at all

[@exominence]

This comments only purpose here is for the KZbin algorithm. :)

[@captainpolar2343]

"stupid legendary item" Primal Kyogre has left chat

[@richarddill692]

Big Root was better before Gen 7. In Gens 4-6 it increased the power of draining moves; the healing-only boost was a Gen 7 nerf.

[@SoulsLike06]

A ferrothorn with leech seed, ingrain and big root saved one of my runs before, it's actually decent

[@omlo9093]

Leppa Berry was S-tier for me going through the Elite Four w/ end-game low PP moves.

[@bigchungus7969]

Don’t hurt the sloth This comment is good for the KZbin algorithm

[@kushalmurthy]

Don't hurt the sloth

[@nashoba5161]

so, Iron Ball is actually at least B tier item if you know your facing a hard Trick Room team. because it divided your speed by 2. So you can actually outslow stuff under Trick Room Edits: you can also use it for multiple game instead of the worst Room Service that is 1 battle only (and Room Service is -1 speed while Iron Ball is -2 speed)

[@grunkleg.29691]

And Iron Ball has the bonus effect of being a really strong Fling item that I believe can be farmed in most games

[@dweebpatrol]

How many trick room teams are there usually in pokemon games? I might be wrong but it still seems like a really niche item

[@tripleaaabattery8480]

@@dweebpatrol you can also use it for your own trick room teams as well

[@nashoba5161]

@@dweebpatrol if you are playing a rom hack, most psychic expert are gonna have a hard trick room team (like Sabrina in radical Red). So having the possibility to divise your speed by 2 can be game changing if you cannot prevent the Trick Room setup

[@dweebpatrol]

@@nashoba5161 that’s a good point then

[@Gohka]

Jan always telling me I'm not subscribed, but I am Jan!

[@jacobbaker6592]

Same

[@Zuraaaaaaaaaaaaaaa]

Same

[@aquaffinity]

Same

[@mitchellrusten3726]

Gets hard carried by Leppa Berry Slowbro in EK Elite 4, proceeds to put Leppa Berry in F Tier

[@grunkleg.29691]

So with the Terrain items, I think Terrain Extender is strictly a bit better than Damp Rock since it works with every terrain type, and terrains are pretty nice if you make a team around them, so high B-tier. Terrain Seeds are consumable and honestly really niche in a lot of scenarios, only being absolutely insane on maybe Unburden mons since they boost one of the defense stats, so I think that probably makes it either low B or high C. I'd still say Terrain Seeds are probably the best way to proc your own Unburden, except for Gen 5 Gems

[@supersonicgamerguru]

The reason exp share isn't just utility is that he has to plan out his exp gain from required trainer battles to not overlevel the next gym. Using the exp share allows him to use his pokemon for required trainer battles at a higher level since they effectively need to get more exp to level up due to some being taken away by the exp share.

[@PikachuPlays]

safety goggles can be good at certain parts of the game if your ruleset allows shedinja, even though i agree that people should never allow shedinja in nuzlockes anyway

[@prestongrice22]

0:00 when he says boys, but the plan is not simple

[@chasedixon1492]

Yeah he was big wrong about Eject Button. That shit is cracked. It's a free switch because you know what your opponent is going to do, so you switch in on something with E Button that eats, and then a free switch to something that otherwise would be a risky switch in. Can make an entire fight's momentum shift in your favor rapidly.

[@hanswurst7548]

Iron ball can actually be useful in some scenarios as it can make somewhat fast Pokemon really slow: I used it to set up revenge kills with Machoke in Gen4 against the Steel gym leader, it was a really fun strat :)

[@spegasparce1389]

Revenge is already negative priority. That shouldn’t change anything

[@hanswurst7548]

@@spegasparce1389 oh, ure right lol bad example then 😅 Im sure theres other scenarios though where it could be useful? Slow teleport for example? Smth like that :)

[@spegasparce1389]

@@hanswurst7548 Teleport in gen 8 is also negative priority. Really the best use is weather setter vs weather setter - equip a lagging tail or macho brace so your drizzle politoed sets up rain overwriting a normally faster snow warning abomasnow's hail

[@shenzhong3078]

@@spegasparce1389 or slow switching, switch out last when the opponent has already attack the current Mon gives you basically a free switch

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

11:55 actually, Flame Orb and Toxic Orb has some pretty good uses, especially in some interactions with Pokemon's abilities like Guts on Heracross. Guts boosts its Attack whenever the user inflicts a Special Condition, burn won't cut your Atk stat in this way. Toxic Orb could make Poison Heal users, a Mega Leftovers

[@devildynamite7454]

He said that you could pre burn/ poison your mons

[@AndreasC23]

Right?! Flame Orb + Guts + Facade = GG

[@Fail_Inc]

The thing is that you can technically so this anyways, by pre poisoning them in. a fight versus something weak that inflicts the status. Granted that would take a long time and be extremely frustrating, but it’s there. And you would almost never want to use them as the held item in battle. Because Guts + Facade is good, but Guts + Facade + Choice Band is better

[@mooshoe8196]

Fake out Ambipom with Facade Toxic orb is incredibly strong. Same for any Guts user with Flame orb and Facade.

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

@@mooshoe8196 In competitive yes, but in game? Nah, just get into a random battle and get poisoned/burned.

[@baron3904]

BE CAREFUL when using choice items in a randomized Nuzlocke. Easily F tier item in randomizers.

[@typhlosion7872]

Sceptile with Petaya Berry could potentially be really good on Sceptile in nuzlockes. Substitute down to 25% to get to Overgrow or Unburden, get your special attack raised, Giga Drain let's you restore HP, repeat (except without another betty activation).

[@eineron4568]

How does it feel to be the first commenter on this video? HA!

[@Divridend]

Damn I'm so early. And I'm really feeling this tier list. Let's go boys!!

[@ericbixby]

PC: *Puts Leppa Berry in F tier* Also PC: *Abuses it with Slowbro in EK*

[@Vincrand]

Shell bell is great for fights that don't really matter. You'll be getting a bit hp back all the time, so you can go on for longer without visiting a pokémon center. On top of that it isn't a consumeable, so no need for farming and giving the pokémon a new one. In a difficult fight a berry can heal more, but during the exploration of the map you'll heal tons over time.

[@fyooshmcdonald5340]

As a competitive Pokémon player (singles, not vgc) seeing heavy duty boots put so low hurts me, I know that it is useless in nuzlockes, but entry hazards are busted competitively.

[@inaridefucc8904]

Fun fact Deep Sea Tooth Clamperl using shell smash reached 800 atk (to make a comparison Zacian Crowned only has 438 atk unboosted)

[@barkbrain1950]

A shiny Pheromosa with No Guard holding a Choice Scarf with it’s only move being Fissure. Named “StepOnMe”

[@MrHioso14]

"Themen für Abschlussarbeiten" :D been there Jan, been there lol

[@Sayyble]

I'm so biased towards choice specs I have a max IV Chandelure and its my sweet monster :)

[@arbazshaikh7417]

I feel like he's still kinda pissed about what happened in emerald kaizo elite four and he's like fuck i don't want to watch anyone nuzlocke either so I'll just make every tier list in the world wolfey did😎POG

[@evangibbs7467]

Y’all sleeping on the wide lens, sure it’s not terrific but with moves like sleep powder, stone edge, thunder, etc. it’s pretty decent

[@SoggySlopster]

Expert belt S tier. 1.3 is insane

[@slendveny7191]

1.2

[@PikaPro16]

Lol at Jan putting Leppa in F tier. Literally what won him Emerald Kaizo

[@jimi_jams]

"Shell Bell is so outclassed" MahDryBread would like to know your location

[@DoglegMediaMatt]

AT 78 gunna be the best one yet

[@rimeprime8586]

Did something happen? He looks like he pulled an all nighter something and was only able to sleep for 30 minutes

[@cend2362]

I think he got the Destiny knot wrong since it's infatuates the foe if the holder gets infatuated which is good.. he thought it was the other way

[@blodstainer]

toxic orb + poison heal + leech seed breloom is actually viable in a lot of romhacks.

[@duox3206]

I can't believe that I come so early.

[@alexwyffels9788]

Your girlfriend can't believe it either.

[@Rainer2424]

Same, I wake up check KZbin and...

[@mythwing]

@@alexwyffels9788 damn it, you beat me to it

[@abhishekverma8303]

@@mythwing still couldn't beat how early the op came

[@Amber_xo_133]

Exp Share Amulet Coin Every held item that boosts any type

[@charlottearanea7507]

If you play the variation of Nuzlockes where you can only get EXP from trainers and you're not allowed to grind wild Pokémon at all, the Lucky Egg is C tier at least since there's a finite amount of EXP in the game to get.

[@AlldaylongRock]

VS Seeker and phone calls for rematches is a thing...

[@pixality7902]

@@AlldaylongRock not in every game

[@joswayreyes9665]

Have you ever heard of Pokémon XG it’s an XD rom hack. I’d love to see Jan play it bc of the challenge of constant double battles

[@slendveny7191]

"Safety goggles is good in competitive." Me: What the hell are you tal- *remembering wolfey won the national championship with safety goggles*

[@edgar3316]

Leppa berry F tier *Laughs in Nurse, EK MVP*

[@Panda_56]

NOOO DON'T HURT THE SLOTH!!! LEAVE HIM ALONE!!

[@Kasaaz]

The actual icon for Rocky Helmet is way derpier and nonsensical than I realized...

[@ShadowReaperX07]

Re Eject Button Single Use, and for Nuzlocke purposes, somewhat awkward, as you need to be guaranteeing you outspeed the opponent if you want some damage (and can't OHKO them on the free switch). Otherwise what happens is they go first, you tank the hit, and are forced into switching into another mon, which gives you a 'free switch' but you've sacrificed damage and hp on one mon to do so, so it's sort of a break-even as now that pokemon is without an item, and damaged. Think of it in the way that if you could just pivot through immunities, there's very little incentive to use the Eject button. Useful in competitive though for obvious reasons on particular sets, but I don't think its of any significance in Nuzlockes.

[@islarf5095]

I think toxic orb specifically should be F. Because why get toxic poisoned when a weedle can regular poison you.

[@Fail_Inc]

poison heal? Turns the ability from leftovers to getting healed more and more every turn

[@marleykeymer8929]

@@Fail_Inc Poison Heal heals 12.5% regardless of what type of poison it is

[@islarf5095]

@@Fail_Inc reason for this is cause it matters when you consider Guts

[@islarf5095]

Eviolite: pre gym 3 in all gen 5 games

[@biseln2002]

Man, disrespecting that leopard berry after everything it’s done for him and Slowbro

[@domenicavallone28]

Leftover are okay, I never had good luck with it. My pokemon still ending up dying regardless 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@colinvandenberg3446]

Leppa Berries are a pretty bad held item, but they're a great item to have because they're easier to get than Ethers or Elixirs.

[@Weldedhodag]

big root is good on Torterra since leech seed is basically better than mega drain due to Torterra's low special attack in comparison to its phys, where something like earthquake or strength would be far better but you still want it to have some HP regen.

[@t.astardust490]

Oh yo noice. Now I know what to use lol

[@FinGamerVN]

Light clay on prankster pokemon is very strong

[@_faultee_]

Metronome broken with dyna/gmax if u spam the same stab move

[@researchinbreeder]

Z-Crystals are just reusable unova gems that you can choose when they proc at the cost of being limited to 1/battle. Change my mind.

[@Fail_Inc]

Gems aren't consumed on protect, which is occasionally relevant, at least in competitive

[@raulrodriguez2309]

“You don’t really play against entry hazards in nuzlocks” Glacia would beg to differ

[@Kino_the_Crusty]

so my last randomized run i ended up at elite four with a full team of 6 brightpowders, cuz i couldn't find anything else (besides x items and revives), it makes for silly content that is for sure, took on lt surge with 3 bright powders, 3 sand cloak, and 1 sand attack user cuz lt surge deserves to pay for his sins

[@noahbartlett2832]

leppa berry is f tier *Beats EK with leppa berries

[@thefinger1776]

Im new to the whole pokemon competitive shabang, What the hell does choice band do?

[@6023barath]

It increases the attack but restricts it to only one move. So if a garchomp with a choice band uses EQ, it gets a boost in power but can only use EQ till it gets switched. Choice scarf and choice specs are similar but they increase speed and special attack, respectively.

[@grunkleg.29691]

Each of these items raise the respective stat by 50%, so Band is basically instant Bulk Up without the Defense raise, Specs is instant Calm Mind without the Sp. Def raise, and Scarf is instant Dragon Dance without the Attack raise

[@AlldaylongRock]

@@grunkleg.29691 On certain Pokemon Choice Items are busted.. Take Galarian Darmanitan and Dracovish with Choice Band or Scarf.. (G-Darmanitan with Gorilla Tactics and Choice Band gets to 860 ish Attack, with Scarf it out speeds pretty much every nonScarfed mon, and Dracovish with Fishious Rend, Strong Jaws and Scarf just bodies everything)

[@Lmjacks]

kee berry + recycle + slack off + shell armor slowbro against a physical attacker seems fucking busted what the hell

[@wut3v3r77]

Do a "nuzlocke youtuber to react to" tier list

[@Iceclipsrlul]

0:27 BREAKING NEWS: Pokémon Challenges becomes the most subscribed KZbin channel overnight!

[@samsungtab3977]

Question: Can you boost moves like Return with held items?

[@grunkleg.29691]

Silk Scarf, Life Orb, Choice Band, etc.

[@samsungtab3977]

Those for example. Do they still boost moves like these?

[@DefinitelyNotShane]

@@samsungtab3977 They absolutely do. Those moves still have a base power like any other move, the base power just changes. Power boosting items still boost them like they would boost any other move.

[@samsungtab3977]

Thanks, I was just wondering.

[@DefinitelyNotShane]

@@samsungtab3977 no problem, man

[@kenmc6525]

Toxic orb is good on a pokemon with poison heal

[@grunkleg.29691]

True, but in most scenarios, you could use Toxic Orb to pre-poison in a wild battle, and then have that Pokemon hold Leftovers for even more healing at no cost

[@otaku69jc]

I would definitely put focus band a tier lower. At least in a Nuzlocke. Its a 10% chance to activate ONCE. Because if it doesnt, that mon is dead. Brightpowder is 10% every turn. I think King's Rock may actually be slightly higher than brightpowder, same tier though, due to its synergy with skill link. Ive definitely had a lot of use out of skill link + king's rock Cincinno. Also maybe Cell Battery top of C. Its the same as Absord Bulb, sure, but in Gen 5 you get access to it right before the 4th gym, which is Electric, and you dont really have very many good item options at that point. Its the only one of those types of items I've actually used, and used more than once at that. I feel like Red Card should be higher. It can be used to status a mon that you normally wouldn't even be able to come in on a shut them down completely or stop a run ending sweep, especially if paired with Sturdy. Very underrated item. Id put it on the same level as Air Balloon for sure.

[@cjaymeme]

Eviolite gabite is busted for the window of time you have it, especially in rom hacks

[@lucasiglesias1894]

25:00 that item can make Toxtricity terrifying

[@Gug2nd]

i know this is old, but kings rock is absolutely S tier. Flinching odds on every move is completely game breaking, specially with multi hit moves. B is for niche items, Kings rock is an item that if it procs, wins you the game on the spot 90% of the times. Probably the best item besides eviolite