Pro Nuzlocker Ranks Every Scarlet/Violet Pokemon

[@TsuNova]

Armarouge & Ceruledge: Dad, can we be featured in Pochal’s new tier list video? Dad: Sorry boys, but people need to have their balls shaved first.

[@solwikami3559]

They aren't the only ones, Kingambit and the future/Past form of Donfan were forgotten

[@noxaj6507]

@@solwikami3559Kingambit was and there were no Paradoxes on the list.

[@NichtcrawlerX]

@@solwikami3559 Kingambit is in. The Paradox Forms were explicitly mentioned as excluded. And yes, I also noticed the Net Navis were missing. Expected that final build up to lead into them, not the Croc.

[@solwikami3559]

@@noxaj6507 oh ok, I just didn't notice well then, but except the other paradoxes teh Donfan ones are available before the end-game

[@antonbabaran7621]

@@solwikami3559 How? you cant really catch them

[@owany7163]

You seem way more comfortable to talk in front of a camera than a year or two ago, and your content gets better thanks to it. I somehow feel proud of you lol

[@jakeloucks2377]

He’s starting to use his “outside voice” hahaha

[@Takato-ym2dk]

@@jakeloucks2377 Jacob is truly a great influence on jan its good to see

[@EtopiaCA]

@@Takato-ym2dk parasocial relationships be like

[@Takato-ym2dk]

@@EtopiaCA wh- i dont think you know what parasocial relationships are? considering i dont feel anything for jan outside of liking his content and seeing it improve is good

[@cy-bernet-ix]

@@EtopiaCA do you know what the word parasocial means.

[@theyreapollo]

Jan mispronouncing a solid third of mons while keeping a straight face is actually impressive

[@autismandgaming4532]

Farigiraf, Grafaiai, Dudunsparce and ESPECIALLY Gholdengo are just the ones I picked up on

[@LCRich2001]

@@autismandgaming4532 “Gee Hole Denjoe” is so insane.

[@noble610]

Gimmi juul ?? I had to rewind six or seven times just to understand what he said lol

[@ISoundMasterBlasterI]

@@LCRich2001 I was baffled

[@MandarinboyGaming]

yeah, that was actually so funny though ngl

[@marshie5434]

15:04 I love when he says *jeeholdenjo* Truly an inspiring moment 😔

[@birdi3e]

15:29 my other favorite part was when he said *gihmehjuul*

[@Lilninja246]

The moment I heard him say it like that I instantly came to the comments looking for someone to say something

[@endk.3500]

He’s joking lol

[@marshie5434]

@@endk.3500 Ik

[@sheesh3214]

Is this man really the best Pokémon player in the world?

[@ShmeckleBoy]

For everybody commenting, "You forgot Armarouge and Ceruledge!" You should remember that Jan is the best nuzlocker in the world. He was simply covering them while doing the manscaped ad as he is able to multitask and talk about a different kind of cannon using bitter blade on his ball hair

[@vgmaster02]

Plus...they're version exclusives? That are different types? Meaning you can't accurately rank them because depending on the version you play, you won't have access to one of them, so he probably excluded them too and only focused on the ones that are available regardless of which version you play?

[@FearedKamil]

@@vgmaster02 I mean depending on what you want to allow, you could have someone trade you the item not native to your version to get the opposite evolution

[@oliverorchard6774]

@@vgmaster02 Yeah, and honestly, Ceruledge due to sharing Skeliderge's typing and having a solid speed stat is way better than Armarouge without question, not to mention a way better and really early signature move.

[@CrazyQuilman157]

Charcadet is just a very rare encounter and that's probably the real reason it was forgotten. A single Ceruledge Swords Dance can lead to it killing everything, though. Armorouge simply cannot compare with both healing *and* high dps coverage options, even with Nasty Plot

[@aggresiveiceberglettuce8848]

@@CrazyQuilman157 yea but I'd ay one thing that holds ceruledge back and puts armorouge above it Ceruledge lacks bulk so it can't really set up late game Armorouge lacks speed yet it has the bulk to set up and demolish

[@Frokkdot0]

13:58 Quick Correction: Shed Tail isnt Cyclizars signature move.Orthworm also learns it on Lv.52

[@papalovegood7323]

Yep, wormie should probably have been s tier as well

[@waz207]

True it’s not, but something Jan forgot to mention is Cyclizars regenerator ability, so after he uses Shed Tail he regens some of that lost health, so it’s slightly better to use with him rather than Orthworm.

[@Namingway248]

@@papalovegood7323 cyclizar still gets the move 21 levels earlier, I don't necessarily believe being able to change what youre using worm for at the very end of the game is relevant enough for a tier change

[@ORBliterator]

Regenerator is a hidden ability, so not getting it in a nuzlocke. Shed tail on Orthworm isn't learnt until level 52, cyclizar gets it at 31

[@waz207]

@@ORBliterator If you do the Tera Den encounter per area he can have it, as that’s the ability my Cyclizar had during my Nuzlocke (also, wasn’t aware that was his HA, so my mistake there…only used the Cyclizar that one playthrough)

[@JDLong006]

Am I tripping or did he miss Ceruledge? Swords Dance + Flame Charge, counters gyms 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, Poppy, half of Geeta's team, and basically walls half of Star Boss, not even hard to get the Sinistea fragments because of auto battles

[@ginkowave5829]

@@rammantakhsh9247 nah Kingambit was mentioned, he was top of A tier for his typing and stats alone.

[@_kf5]

@@rammantakhsh9247 12:48

[@RouteSonic]

All of this is true except the champion fight. Ceruledge sweeps her entire team with Sowrds Dance, Bitter Blade, Shadow Sneak, and Close Combat

[@DarthCinnabon]

He doesnt explicitly say it, but I assume its because of version exclusivity?

[@MidnightCapricorn2696]

@@DarthCinnabon Probably. Armarouge ain't half bad either, though

[@Prime4867]

13:13 Also, Tinkaton gets Swords Dance, meaning you can set up for a +2 Gigaton Hammer while it’s on cooldown.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

The problem is that it'll always come up short on type coverage so it isn't carrying your runs. If it isn't using Gigaton Hammer or hitting something Super Effectively, it'll come up short on damage though Swords Dance does help with that.

[@Saltyorange11]

I’m sorry Tinkaton gets WHAT

[@axlr8deathpls294]

@@Saltyorange11 legal zacian be like

[@iWorkYuhurd]

@@axlr8deathpls294 he didnt mention its horrid attack stat tho

[@axlr8deathpls294]

@@iWorkYuhurd Talonflame had less attack stat than amoongus yet look how powerful it was at it's prime with gale wings + a high BP move.

[@MERKthatDUCK]

pokémon youtube scene is amazing at the moment, pokémon tier list from challenges from a hardcore nuzlocke perspective, one from wolfey from a competitive standpoint etc etc. endless content from every perspective and all the videos are so in-depth and well made, great stuff!

[@gaboswampert]

Timestamps for all mons/tiers :) S Tier: Skeledirge 17:05, Palafin 16:23, Anihilape 15:33, Gholdengo 15:04, Cyclizar 13:38 A Tier: Tinkaton 13:02, Kingambit 12:48, Orthworm 12:31, Flamigo 11:58, Garganacl 11:30, Baxcalibur 10:59, Cetitan 10:57, Meowscarada 10:19, Paldean Tauros 10:02, Dondozo 9:45, Kilowattrel 9:10, Clodsire 8:55, Pawmot 8:36, Scovillian 8:12, Arboliva 7:57, Lokix 7:40 B Tier: Mabostiff 7:25, Dudunsparce 7:17, Revavroom 7:00, Brambleghast 5:57, Farigiraf 5:48, Toedscruel 5:36, Oinkologne 5:21, Quaquaval 5:05, Glimmora 4:43, Dachsbun 4:27, Bellibolt 4:17, Klawf 3:55 C Tier: Maushold 3:23, Bombirdier 3:10, Houndstone 2:48, Tatsugiri 2:31, Squawkabilly 2:14, Grafaiai 2:06, Veluza 1:55, Espathra 1:52, Rabsca 1:50, Spidops 0:58 F Tier: Wugtrio 0:29

[@Ruthles5games]

wait what about dachsbun, when i go to it its glimmora then straight to quaquval edit: for some reason it kept on thinking i did glimmora

[@majintv24]

Did he forget armarouge and ceruledge?

[@peanutbuttertoast1008]

tysm

[@qwesx]

For Gholdengo I found it neat to give it a Covert Cloak. You're not only unaffected by any status moves, you're now also unaffected by secondary effects from moves - so no more unlucky freezes, burns, flinching, confusion, etc.

[@MrCrowley2474]

Pretty sure it's basically impossible to give a Covert Cloak Gholdengo a status condition. Can't be statused directly with moves like will o'wisp or thunder wave because of Good as Gold; Covert Cloak prevents random statuses from moves like thunderbolt and flamethrower; he can't be poisoned by Toxic Spikes because he's steel; and he won't trigger static, flame body, or effect spore because he's a special attacker. Covert Cloak event prevents the 1/4 damage from salt cure.

[@Hyperneosonic97]

@@MrCrowley2474 The only way to status a Covert Cloak Gholdengo would be to use a Pokemon with an ability that allows them to ignore the opponent's abilities. In SV Terms, assuming no HAs, your only options are Tinkaton, Veluza, Haxorus and Toedscruel, or with HAs, you can add Basculin and Hawlucha to that list.

[@grubby_tuesdays]

6:13 that has to be the best sponsor transition I’ve ever seen

[@hexterspectre1191]

fun thing that makes Skeledirge even more broken: Torch Song can activate Throat Spray - an item you can buy in Mesagoza’s Delibird Gifts - basically turning the move into Flamethrower + Nasty Plot the first turn it’s used. and because they changed the way single-use items work this gen, you never have to worry about buying more after using one up either! I swept through basically every late game battle with this combination, lol, it’s so busted

[@LoudWaffle]

Yup. Slightly weaker flamethrower on turn 1, slightly weaker V-Create on turn 2 (with no downsides), and continues to ramp up every turn just in case, y'know, they send out a 4x resistance Blissey somehow.

[@bryanmorsink4898]

I'd rather use Metronome on Skeledirge if I were to spam Torch Song every turn.

[@LoudWaffle]

@@bryanmorsink4898 Yeah I actually did the match on this in a different comment thread. Basically it's slightly weaker on the second use, but then much stronger on all subsequent uses (with almost double the maximum damage output, IIRC). It has the downside of reseting if you use an item or pick a different move, but since you keep the Sp.Atk boosts from Torch Song, you'll still be fine.

[@hondaaccord1399]

I think the best way to describe Maushold's utility is that it's good for competitive, not story

[@andrwhopkns]

It does get encore at least, so not entirely useless

[@seanzhao5174]

Yes but dragon dance on pokemon without a shitty stat spread and a good typing is at least A tier. Not stuck in C tier wtf

[@Walrus5]

@@seanzhao5174 "good typing" lol ok

[@yechanlee9325]

@@seanzhao5174 it has nonexistent bulk which means its countered by priority moves and gets countered by every contact ability/item

[@seanzhao5174]

@@Walrus5 neutral typing to every single type except for 1 is extremely good if trying to setup.

[@LoudWaffle]

I hope you'll expand this list to cover the whole Paldean dex, since although we're familiar with the other Pokemon, knowing how you rate their specific value in Scarlet/Violet would be neat.

[@leviuchiha6214]

Annihilape is literally a Pokemon which can be put in the perfect category. 1. Awesome design 2. Awesome Lore 3. Awesome in battle 4. Awesome name Everything about Annihilape is awesome 😎😎😎

[@DeftestAphid2]

Skeledirge being the best designed starter and being the best all rounder is so based.

[@TheSpeep]

I feel like one of the reasons Psychic types used to be so good is that, aside from their own type, they were almost always blessed with some of the best type coverage in the game. Most psychic types used to have access to either the elemental punches, or at least 2 out of the Thunderbolt, Flamerthrower, Ice Beam TM trio, as well as some combination of Shadow Ball, Focus Blast, Dark Pulse, Energy Ball or Magical Leaf and Dazzling Gleam, so even if their Stab didnt get the job done, theyd get something else that would. Now, to use Espathra as an example, because I do like it, it gets barely any of those, and despite its cool ability and solid Spatk, something like half its learnset are physical moves and its signature move is built specifically to be better when you dont OHKO your opponent, meaning the frail bird will have to take at least some hits for it to be worthwhile.

[@LoudWaffle]

Poison types also used to be extremely common in enemy battles since they were the staples of enemy teams, especially Team Rocket across two generations. Enemy quality used to be way worse so any psychic-type with a decent STAB attack would instantly be a viable sweeper for most of the game. The fact that they get such great coverage also helped a lot. But not only has enemy quality/diversity gotten a lot better in average fights, but your other options have also gotten a lot better in the several recent gens.

[@ShoofyWoofy]

Another thing that makes tinkaton so OP imo is when it has the own tempo ability, it already resists dragon and poison but then also can't be confused or intimidated. I laugh so hard when someone tries to use swagger on my tinkaton XD

[@trulydumb506]

Man I’m so jazzed for you dude, I remember watching your stuff when you were like sub 100k, now you’re encroaching on 1 mil, you deserve it G.

[@guster-animations]

i got a fidough in the tutorial of my scarlet nuzlocke. i couldn’t believe that it got play rough at level 16-carrying the run for sure edit: YOU FORGOT ARMAROUGE/CERULEDGE

[@Eufamis]

they were probably intentionally left out due to version exclusivity

[@jonathanpeters6734]

@@Eufamis even then, cerulege is broken as fuck lategame,

[@henriquepacheco7473]

@@jonathanpeters6734 Ceruledge shares a lot of its best traits with Skeledirge, and sharing a niche with a guaranteed encounter that also is the best pokemon in the game is a bit of an oof moment. Not saying that it isn't a great mon, but ironically what makes it great is also what holds it back from being one of the top three encounters in the game - you probably have a mon that kinda outperforms it at its own role.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

@@henriquepacheco7473 just use both

[@henriquepacheco7473]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 When what the two mons do is so similar, that tends to not be a very good idea. In some of the fights that might be a functional strategy, but in others it will be a liability.

[@NerdXlife]

15:07 so there is a way to cheese his evolution . Catch the chest form (they do respawn) Save game Time jump 2 days (real world) (it's probability is unknown) If it's there battle it collect coins,save game and go back to present time and do it again. If the chest form is not there save the game anyway and go back to present time and just repeat the process. For me I got lucky with respawns because I already discovered 10 towers.

[@pencil5701]

I love when he does tier lists

[@redo4984]

I love when he uploads a video

[@tsubatasan]

@@redo4984 I love when he uploads a video too

[@taizomichael7294]

I love when he uploads a video three

[@nearen.]

i love when people is simping for him

[@freshIight]

"G-hol-dengo" I nearly pissed myself. Danke dafür👌

[@BulbasaurRepresent]

I didn't do nuzlockes, but I did fight the gyms and e4 10-15 levels under almost the whole time. The Nacli line is easily my favourite now - the fact that it was 10 levels under and it was my ace pokemon for the WATER gym is insane. Love Salt Cure

[@jonathanpeters6734]

Look at the movesets of all the major battles

[@joaopinheiro4396]

Almost every pokemon this gen is insanely minmaxed, rarely having 70 or more on a useless stat is insane. But not only every 500 BST (for example) is stronger on average than all the 500 BST from previous gens, the average BST is massively increasing. I randomly counted the number of FULLY evolved pokemon below 470 BST in this gen and its 5. Compared to gen 3 which has a whopping 35 pokemons with less than 470. The powercreep is honestly getting to the levels of the Trading card game. Kind of disgusting tbh.

[@SakiIsSaki]

Great to see lowkicks in A tier after what happend in the 2 player nuzlocke with alpha!

[@annakaro9081]

When I got The Chonk in my first playthrough, I only kept it on my team because it was cute. A few gyms later, it was basically "when in trouble, use Oinkologne".

[@pyromaniac000000]

I will say, houndstone is a fantastic “what if” pokemon. If theres a really strong fight coming up, and the pokemon you have are clearly at a disadvantage and have very little chance of winning, but you have a frw mostly useless pokemon sitting in the box, its a serious “save my ass” strategy. Like lets be honest, if he was available in all the older games, infamous rival fival would be an absolute cakewalk, not the tense moment it is. He would make so many seriously scary fights trivial, if youre willing to make the sacrifices needed to potentially save the entire run!

[@theirishrover7297]

Your videos saved my run! I Remember when watching some of your reacts on RT that if two moves do a large amount of damage one my pokemon the foe will randomly choose one of those move. I was fighting Geeta, the rest of my team was dead except for my Quaquaval, Her avalug only had strong two moves against my Quaquaval, body press, and Avalanche. Knowing that the rest of her team could beat me (I was WAY under leveled) I had to set up on Avalug with bulk up. in the end I beat the nuzlocke! thanks Pokemon Challenges!

[@reaperofthings]

11:02 “What killed the dinosaurs? THE ICE AGE!” Makes me very happy to have been an Ice type believer for so long.

[@sleepdeprivedpikachu7235]

Glad to see some Meowscarada love! I absolutely agree that it’s an amazing Pokémon, I love having fast starters and flower trick is a broken move. Plus it’s basically a grass/dark Delphox design wise and I love it

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Honestly all the starters are good this generation. Skeledirge is just super good. A strong and reasonably bulky fire type early on is great and it doesn't drop off at all. Relatively early Flamethrower, Shadow Ball shortly after Level 38 and Torch Song upon evolving is basically 3/4 of its final moveset already. The others need a bit more time for a complete/near complete moveset.

[@wheatum730]

banded meowscarada ohkos so many things

[@WiiMote070]

Shame that Quaquaval isn't as talked about. The way I see it, if you could snag yourself an Ability Patch somehow, you get Moxie. Paired with Aqua Step, if you play it right, you could Dragon Dance with every KO you get.

[@gillriet773]

There's 2 green Swakabilly on the roof of your moms house on Poco path. In my own nuzlocks I ditch the starter immediately so Swakabilly was my guy. I was worried cuz he ended up being Hustle instead of intimidate but once you get aerial ace and a sharp beak he pretty much solos the first third of the game for you

[@GrrumpyPants]

Bellibolt was an absolute MVP in my playthrough. He's bulky, and you can transfer egg moves without breeding, meaning you can use egg moves in a nuzlocke if you've caught a pokemon that learns the move you want to transfer. I transferred soak and parabolic charge onto my bellibolt. Those two moves in combination with leftovers and Electromorphosis made it hit hard and recover its hp to full almost every turn.

[@spongbobsquarepants3922]

The trouble is that the mirror herb costs 30 thousand dollars. I do not know if that is super significant, but it matters to some degree at least.

[@Nobody-su9km]

@@spongbobsquarepants3922 money really doesn't mather in this game, just walk around for 20 minutes and you will find a lot of treasures on the ground. I reached E4 with so much money that i was able to buy nature mints to every pokemon, plus vitamins to make perfect EVs aswell

[@wombat4191]

7:20 Finally someone acknowledges Dudunsparce's design! Thanks Jan, "amazing shitpost" is perfect description, it just trolls all the people who take pokemon designs too seriously.

[@perfectedwarrior79]

On a random note, I did take the time to see how early you could get Gholdego for a mono ghost run. Before Iono if you have an easy way to cheese the level 50 chests and grind hard. And yes. That’s before the cap as well.

[@Poo_Brain_Horse]

That was the funniest ad I have ever seen. Pubic hair joke out of nowhere. 10/10

[@beanburrito4405]

How is Spidops a bad design? It’s clearly based on a special agent, which explains its behavior and name pretty well, and is also based on spools of yarn and a spinning wheel with its abdomen and silk-spinning limbs that look almost wooden in appearance. It’s actually quite a clever design, in my opinion. Spidops is overhated enough as it is, please no more Spidops slander

[@SithtrooperNein]

Because it's ugly

[@Dino9474]

Jacob would be proud of that ad takeaway

[@chaseross8900]

The fact that Skwakabilly (Or however the fuck you spell its name) is in D Tier while having intimidate as an ability is telling of everything else about this pokemon

[@giovannitigalo7011]

Intimidate isn't very useful in the main game, even in a Nuzlocke

[@iWorkYuhurd]

@@giovannitigalo7011 in this game in general ? genuine question , bcus ive neevr nuzlocked it , but everyone ive played , intimidate is essential

[@chaseross8900]

@@giovannitigalo7011 Are you clinically insane? Intimidate is one of the best abilities to use in a nuzlocke? Look through all of PChal's rankings and tier lists before this and you'll see that just having intimidate boosts a pokemon's ratings up more than pretty much any other single ability or move

[@bongchoof]

Intimidate was nerfed in this generation I believe.

[@sayvionwashington1939]

@@bongchoof That was just a rumor. Intimidate's unchanged.

[@unclephillymya]

That Samba Dance Duck destroyed my team 😭

[@afterlyte]

I don't really think Grafaiai has a bad typing, normal just neutralizes the fighting type meaning it adds no new actual weaknesses, gives you stab on normal moves, ghost immunity, and keeps just the two weaknesses poison has

[@grunkleg.2934]

The thing is its best Normal STAB is Facade

[@afterlyte]

@@grunkleg.2934 Ah, well that's more of a moveset problem, cuz normal stab can be ridiculously strong if a Pokemon actually has decent moves to use it with

[@bastianschuck5455]

I honestly would prefer a poison type pokemon without a normal secondary typing, because i often use poison for it's fighting resist. The ghost immunity can be nice, but you rarely ever want to fight a ghost type with a poison or normal pokemon, unless you get like a dark move or something

[@naganut9718]

@@bastianschuck5455 Grafaiai have knock off and some other dark move pretty sure

[@nuzo]

6:13 I DID NOT SEE THAT COMING 😂 Great transition Jan

[@jumpingspiderjesusfreak6219]

Spidops is aesthetically perfect, you anti-arachnid philistine! That being said, I wish it had better stats.

[@bigpoggers6507]

I've never heard a better reasoning for a mon being B tier than "Picking Quaxly stops you from picking any of the other starters"

[@tim..indeed]

I love that you also love the design of Dudunsparce and Flamigo. They're getting way too much hate.

[@kanoXxHxX32]

what are jan favourites designs of this gen ?

[@andreashendricks4600]

You make the ad intros hilarious every time haha.. normally I skip ahead to the video but I always watch yours because your so effortless entertaining

[@rightasreine]

no ceruledge or armarouge?

[@bopplemcnuggets4387]

you can see in real time his opinion of scovillain improving as he goes from its bad exclusive move and middling stats to its capability as a sun abuser

[@french-croissant]

Always love is when Jan uploads a new vid! Keep up the great work

[@gingeruploads]

Pokemon Challenges after getting sponsored by Manscaped for the 534,567,902nd time:

[@lyncario5515]

Toedscruel having negative priority spore can actually be pretty good since it guarantees a sleep turn for the opponent next turn, letting you switch in for free.

[@CrazyQuilman157]

The only downside there is the double Ice weakness, but if you do that on something that's not a Switch-in, I pray for you.

[@spokiepoker7367]

I just finished a hardcore scarlet Nuzlocke and I got to say Tinkaton is absolutely bonkers. Mine had a bad nature and it still basically crushes everything late game. It’s insane. I caught it late so I can’t say how it’s pre evos hold up early but I basically brought it to every major fight after I caught it because it has a good type match up into almost everything. It basically solos the Sada fight. I used a gholdenego and Annihilape too and Tinkaton to me was better. The only Pokémon I would put it behind is Skeledirge and maybe palafin

[@ribottostudio]

I love that all three starters are competitively viable. I don't think that's ever really happened before in Pokemon and a great way to shake things up. Skeledirge can death roll teams EASY thanks to Unware and Torch Song.

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

I feel like the thing that makes maushold good is just the fact that it's available pretty early on on the route to the elite four, not overleveled, and fairly solid, despite not having consistent access to technician since it's a hidden ability, it's still a consistently useable enough encounter that it serves a purpose as reliable backup.

[@slackerofhell]

It brings me joy seeing discount Zapdos being A tier

[@clothieredward]

Mom, can we have Zapdos? Mom: We already have Zapdos at home. Zapdos at home: A Kilowattrel

[@slackerofhell]

@@clothieredward I'm not complaining! Lol

[@snsdrift1676]

@@slackerofhell kilowattrel is much faster but zapdos is much bulkier and more coverage

[@zhaoyixiang3845]

Yes! Flamigo hits like a truck, has speed of a truck, not a racing car but still decently fast, and is not walled by ghost types or affected by intimidate thanks to scrappy--oh, discount Kantonian Zapdos.

[@vicrai578]

Love the concept! Would have liked to see this kind of content for prior generations though.

[@drew_gon1617]

10:22 this is a really useful breakdown of the Pokémon, but I am curious here, are all three of them equally strong? Because there’s pure fighting, water fighting, and fire fighting I guess I’ll just have to continue watching and see, thank you for this!

[@zulpi2103]

8:27 He said sun-boosted solarbeam guys!

[@taizomichael7294]

Jan saying that Annihilape is still not the most broken ghost type, making me expect Ceruledge 😀

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

I have a headcanon with Anihilape that it got so angry it powered up to a point where the very fabric of spacetime creaks and groans in response, which is why you hear that cracking sound with every attack.

[@Nitro_Alpha]

Honestly, i don't see a reason to pick another starter than Fuecoco for a nuzlocke. Once it becomes a Skeledirge, scarfed torch song sweeps so many battles

[@BlaizeCrya]

Salt cure can easily cheese/ solo, orthworm, iron treads in violet, and dongiri, so u can quickly get movement abilies

[@warmblanket3394]

I had an aneurysm when he pronounced goldengo lmao

[@Rilu64]

I like this format for this "Ranking every Pokemon" way more than your older Tier List vids. Don't get me wrong, both versions are great, but I really like the faster pace and editing style, that still gives us the information to every pokemon we need + better visualization to what each Pokemon can do. If you ever remake your older "Ranking Every Pokemon" vids for some reason, I would love to see it in this style. Great video!

[@TheDieseI]

IIRC, the older tier lists were done live on Twitch and he just cut them from the Twitch VODs into videos thats why they seemed a bit long and all over the place

[@gosucab944]

Love Tinkaton and dundunsparce. In my casual run those two and skeledirge where my go to team to tackle anything. Sent Dundunsparce out and let it setup with agility and a coil if its bulk allows it to go further. Then Baton pass to either of the previous two depending on the matchup. Just swept everything. I still had Toxapex to stall, gardevoir with choice specs and Tauros with choice scarf but those three rarely had to come into play.

[@Jincaii]

The Manscaped tie-in made me laugh on public transport. Jan really has stepped up his ad game oh my god 😂

[@geee_three]

caught a tarountula in a steel tera raid, before the first gym. very happy

[@temporaryleadership]

DEAR GOD THE SPONSORSHIP TRANSITIONS ARE EVOLVING

[@emilys1418]

Ceruledge is my new favorite Pokémon, so I say he’s S tier, even if Jan ignored him 😢

[@CobaltPerseverance154]

Is it just me, or, alongside Charcadet's evos, were Lokix and Pawmot not mentioned?

[@Birdsharna]

So glad someone finally got to ranking everey Scarlet/Violet Pokemon

[@zackwalters8797]

Anihilape is one of the best special evolutions ever.

[@aqfish1283]

You can technically get Great Tusk or Iron Treads before the postgame after defeating it in a Titan Battle

[@trent800]

Nah you would have already gotten your encounter

[@dietbald534]

@@trent800 you can just delay your encounter?

[@Stumbo99]

That was the best lead in to a manscaped ad I've ever seen. Got a good laugh out of me

[@elenpena42564]

This is a great year to be a ghost type stan

[@Memphis_ritz]

As a guy in my 30’s that hasn’t played since gen 3 and only recently started watching this content, i thought he was joking about the dugtrio looking Pokémon at the start. I can’t believe it’s real lol

[@johnpaulcross424]

PC: Skeledirge is the best starter in Pokémon history Typhlosion, Swampert, Infernape, and Greninja: *Amateurs*

[@Aburner960]

Skeldirge clears all

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

Venusaur is pretty good too. But those ones are just on another level

[@johnpaulcross424]

@@Metaknighttheloneswordsman oh I fucking LOVE Venusaur but I was mainly referring to the list I provided in terms of curbstomping their respective regions. Typhlosion and Swampert wreck house across the region, Sinnoh fire types is a meme for a reason, and Greninja is just a monster even in a region saturated with counters to it.

[@sptflcrw8583]

Skeledirge is better

[@morkoski6046]

You can say what you want about PChal, but his ad transitions are some of the best I've seen

[@marcustulliuscicero5443]

Espathra in nuzlocked: Please help me, i'm too weak Espathra in singles: POWAH!!! UNLIMITED (STORED) POWAAAAAH!!!

[@naganut9718]

To this day I wonder why its in UU

[@fleeper20]

Scovillian sweep with "Sun boosted solarbeams" loved the callback mate, lol, keep up ur great content :)

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Fuecoco supremacy.

[@Zachpi]

Man the disrespect for espathra, but yeah there really isn't a fight that justifies what it does when attackers are so strong in this game

[@sandman9700]

15:05 what the heck

[@Garlic___Toast]

One of your best ad transitions. Fierce Bush got me!

[@ohanronton]

I'm suprised he didn't bring up Cyclizar's ability, Regenerator. When you use Shed Tail and switch out, Cyclizar heals itself for most of the hp it lost setting up the substitute. So it pretty easy and viable to set up more than one substitute in a fight in a hardcore nuzlocke

[@abarette_]

That's because that's a postgame ability.

[@julianokohlerdasilva3629]

Because thats a hidden ability (and im pretty sure hidden abilitys are postgame only)

[@thankyouverymochi]

I'm new to this channel, and duddeee that ad transition was smooth af

[@Mustache99]

For me quaquavel is good mon, aqua step and moxie are a deadly combo being able to raise you speed and attack in one go is pretty good For palafin is good but to obtain you need a friend or another person so i don't know if in nuzlocke it should count

[@LonesomeDevil]

Moxie definitely can't count either, unfortunately, since it's impossible to give your starter its hidden ability until the post-game.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@LonesomeDevil It's fine enough without it. Aqua Step is honestly well built for it and it has access to some powerful moves in STAB Close Combat and Brave Bird (the latter can be a bit risky though and you have to watch out on the stat drops from Close Combat). There's also Ice Spinner. Regarding Palafin, it depends on your ruleset but I think either way is acceptable.

[@LonesomeDevil]

@@ShiningJudgment666 Oh, I never meant to imply it's not good without Moxie. After all, I'm part of the minority who picked Quaxly for their first playthrough and I got to see it make a complete mockery of the final Arvel fight, which can usually be fairly difficult otherwise. It's just that you can't count Moxie as a point in its favor in the context of a nuzlocke, that's all I meant.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@LonesomeDevil Honestly all the starters are really good this generation. It's only real issue is competition from other good Water types that are available. There aren't as many good Grass or Fire types.

[@joshuaatehortua7352]

Or you can use bulk up to make Quaquavel tanky helped a lot in my play through

[@MasterCrawford343]

Having been watching both Jan and Jacob over the last couple years, they have had a positive impact on each other, but I think jan benefited from this more. He seems to have more energy in his videos as of late.

[@Mgicfrggi]

Did i miss ceruledge and armouruge?

[@ShiningJudgment666]

I think he did but I'd imagine they're both high rated but Ceruledge is better given it gets its good moves earlier.

[@maik_88elgamer]

8:28 I remember when Jan textually said: "Wtf is a Sun Boosted Solar Beam you inbr*** f***" And thats ironic atleast

[@Steve_SBU]

I agree with everything aside from Maushold, yes it doesn’t get pop bomb till really late in the game, but it still essentially gets dragon dance in tidy up and can have access to strong normal moves like facade, and once you get pop bomb you can sweeps large portion of battles, I’d personally put it in B tier, but I do understand the reasoning, very based aside.

[@noxtide7043]

Imo I feel like Maushold is a lot better in double battles. Friend guard with moves like follow me, tidy up, encore, etc, with good speed make it such a good team player. Not to mention it gets Super Fang really early so it can cripple bulky mons

[@damianblu]

Nothing dudunsparce does well? It’s a paraflinch monster with serene grace. Dragon Rush plus STAB body slam, with added benefit of access to coil and roost (if playing itemless). It’s even a decent bulky baton passer to physical attackers or Stored Power users due to coil. Two coils puts you at +6, making stored power a base 140 power psychic (usually also stab) move that also comes with a good defense boost for survivability on the switch. And by extension, it being a thing makes the same build on dunsparce pretty viable for an eviolite build if you’re using it below the evolution level.

[@maddoxoverton3707]

Meowscarada deserved to be higher due it speed stats and it move flower trick because it crits every time you used it. You forgot amorledge and curledge. Cueludge is actually very helpful due to its bitter blade. My creuledge is one of my best pokemon due to its fire and ghost types and my teretizacan is water

[@leafpaw16]

i have scarlet and armarouge was a beast. then i got ceruledge and used her to grind bronzor shards for friends and... she was a nightmare. lvl 32 taking out lvl 50 bronzong like it was nothing. i cant imagine a run without it now. its a monster and i love it.

[@jacobdumas7643]

6:10 I’m sorry but I cannot forgive you for that sponsor transition

[@Vo_fu]

Honestly apart from the pawmi line, all the gen 9 pokemon are a hit

[@OfficiallyAmoro]

Including pawmi

[@wiggly3440]

I think orthworm should be in a teir since it learns she’d tail too and it’s very bulky so it can take a hit to switch and can heal when switched in

[@soupcansteve6182]

Everey

[@arcadiawhimsies]

bro spent so much time with Alpharad he even started using Persona songs in his videos

[@AdrowFigens]

I must be losing my mind. I love Spidops! I think they look cool AF used one on my team the whole game. Why so much hate? I really don't get it

[@Zyrdrakyll]

It's bad

[@sapphire5780]

I loved it pre-evo but something about Spidops just looks incorrect, doesn't help that it sucks stat wise as well

[@AdrowFigens]

@@sapphire5780 I 100% agree with you on the stats. It is so much weaker than most other pokemon. But so are most bugs and that makes me sad.