Ranking EVERY Starter Pokemon.

[@Lilybun]

Meganium not placing last is a great feat from our floral friend.

[@Red-yt2dk]

Justice for the flower dino

[@its_A2BS]

some fantastic alliteration in this comment

[@benjystrauss2524]

Meganium is highly underrated. It's not amazing, but it's not bad--Johto is just hostile to grass types. It does fairly well in Hoenn and is decent in Orre. People saying it's bad mostly haven't done much thinking outside the box of Johto.

[@13kevyaga31]

​@@benjystrauss2524no, Meganium is truly at the bottom of the bottom in any gen it's in. The best thing it can do is use Light Screen and Leech Seed, which is so bad on a pure grass type. It's truly unfortunate how it terrible it is

[@benjystrauss2524]

​@@13kevyaga31 What it sounds like you don't know how to use Meganium properly. While it's more difficult to use it in older generations and without Leech Seed (if you don't have access to the egg move), the trick with Meganium is knowing how and when to use it). Meganium is very hard to one-shot, and it often 3-4 hit KOed, which is enough time to put out a Leech Seed, screen, and heal up with Giga Drain or Synthesis. The only issue Meganium really has is coverage, but still you can Body Slam Earthquake or in some romhacks, moonblast. (Ancientpower's pp is usually too low to be effective). The only other real coverage you have is iron tail (ew) and hidden power. Still, it tends to get its job done, provided its being used correctly. I've found that most starter Pokémon are pretty solid. Meganium is no exception.

[@enricobersani8948]

They really designed inteleon like that and then proceeded to give meowscarada flower trick 💀👍

[@MehNameIs_pee]

give the sniper pokemon an always critting move ❌ give the protean magican pokemin an always critting move ✅

[@PunkedEgNog]

I mean its signature move has a high crit ratio but i totally agree that it shouldve been always crit move

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

Specs sniper boosted crit Tera water Snipe Shots seem fire

[@RockHoward256]

​@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy doesnt matter You still can't get that shit on the field with that bulk

[@enricobersani8948]

Snipe shot should either be always crit or like high crit chance and in-built mold breaker/ ignores subs and protection or something like that

[@kazuichisouda2026]

10:11 Not just that, if you look at Cyndaquil and Charmander, same stats. If you look at Quilava and Charmeleon, SAME STATS.

[@SirAchillo]

Regional version Charizard Thyphlosion

[@a2g108]

1 hour video ! This will definitely throw Spidops off the trail and gives Pawmot time to escape from Hong Kong. Thanks Jimothy

[@bb97979]

None of these starters can save us from Iron Fellow OR Iron Mugulis...

[@bb97979]

Gholdengo is a Pokemon made of pure gold. He must have done some online business management courses to accumulate all that wealth. Or perhaps he might want to learn how to make money playing video games on KZbin. In any case, he's a powerful metagame force, with absolutely no interest in online game development schools.

[@bb97979]

Scream Tail is the Jigglypuff of our wildest dreams. It has been buffed with some higher statistics and the incredible ability, Protosynthesis. Gen 9 Competitive Pokemon wouldn't be the same without this powerful pink blob. He kinda looks like someone I met in one of my game design and development courses.

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

Skeledirge and Hisuian Typhlosion wall Iron Fellow' STABS

[@theschnozzler]

​@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy but what is it gets earthquake

[@UncleRuckus-NoRelation-]

Finally, someone with respect for the Venusaur line, it’s my favorite Pokémon.

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

he's so cool and cute

[@BananaReidy]

And Good, sleep Chlorophyll is busted.

[@servine1212]

I love bulbasaur😊

[@roronoazoro9399]

It's good to see some venusaur enjoyer

[@InsaneGarrison25]

Best Gen 1 and grass starter

[@lynkz1210]

The comments about incineroar are spot on. Reminds me of some early gen centralization, Snorlax gen 2

[@jaredletobestjoker]

and then notice which gen ou is his 3rd least favorite

[@ryanhamilton7664]

BUT INCINEROAR IS SO HOT

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

​@@ryanhamilton7664 yes, it is a fire type

[@jaredletobestjoker]

@@ryanhamilton7664 FNAF FOXY IS HOTTER

[@theschnozzler]

​@@jaredletobestjoker NO ONE CARES ABOUT THAT BABY GAME

[@chilitofu3512]

pin me if you think iron mugulis doesn’t deserve uu

[@why3994]

He didn't pin it... omg...

[@iamthereddemon20]

​​@@why3994 its just not as good to use competitively as it is when you go against it, Jimothy cool subscribers got the tech to beat it

[@dfkas30]

I hope he just rots in RUBL not achieving absolutely nothing of value for the UU metagame

[@bruhmageddon5129]

Has the best shiny tho

[@Sam-Pound]

He deserves pu

[@kingspheal363]

I love the idea of naming your son quaquaval, not out of respect, but just so you get more practice saying the name

[@flowerguy4764]

he's so effortlessly funny

[@bradensmith8682]

My favorite is Feraligatr. Followed by Samurott and Emboar. Gatr is just so cool, DDance and Sheer Force are perfect for a Gator that's gonna eat the opposing team.

[@edmundofelix7515]

Don't forget to mention its gen 3 sprite

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

The cake in Gen 3

[@VictorbrineSC]

I love Serperior and I'm really glad my boy can be a genuine threat. I wish we could get it in Scarlet and Violet because I feel like a Tera Flying Contrary Serperior paired with a Shed Tail Cyclizar can be dangerous and I wanna try that.

[@kingkmtso5107]

your wish is granted

[@BiffTheBanana]

Oh wow this is the longest Jimothy video ever? I sure hope he likes my favourite starter from the future, Iron Penguin

[@gigalodon14]

Inteleon doesnt have the best visual design but I think its actually pretty cool. I like the bond-esque stature I feel like Inconeroar is not really the problem in VGC, it‘s more the metagame around it that makes it mandatory. What really pushed it over the edge tho was Parting Shot in Gen 8.

[@Ali_Poison]

They missed the opportunity to make Snipe Shot like Flower Trick. Maybe Inteleon could be more used

[@babywizard9027]

I feel like the problem with the Gen 8 starters is that none of their designs feel "complete" because they were designed with their Gmax forms in mind. For example, Gmax Inteleon looks amazing. The fact that it has a water sniper rifle makes it's design feel "complete", and just makes it way cooler. Once you take a look at the Gmax form, normal Inteleon looks like a middle stage evolution, like it's still missing an important part of its design.

[@royarg8603]

Incineroar is what happens when you give a mon with good stats and moves Intimidate and Fake Out. It should never be done. Hitmontop and Scrafty are far more balanced with their limited movepool, worse stats (just look at Hitmontop's HP), and worse typing (Scrafty my beloved, x4 weak to Fairy). Incin is def a problem because it's like the giga VGC pokemon with access to Intimidate, Fake Out, pivoting, debuffs, damage (Flare Blitz goes crazy), ON TOP of good bulk and attack and a decent type combo. They should take Fake Out or Intimidate away from it imo or he'll keep being xXVGCMasterXx until the end of time.

[@AmoniPaleo]

Thank you for giving much appreciation to Unova Samurott People complain it isnt a physical attacker but It being a Mix attacker in lower tiers is what makes it special and Unpredictable, he doesnt try to be too Powerfull, he is just cool like that in my Opinion. Also I love Shells, ma shell boi carried me alot in gen 5 haha

[@InsaneGarrison25]

If people are still upset about it when the Hisuian form is now a thing they’re weird

[@AmoniPaleo]

​​​@@InsaneGarrison25 Ikr? When people complain about Samurott it just 2 things: -Its a Samurai, It should be ONLY a Physical Attacker (Taking diversity out of the window) -Why does it stand on 4 Legs??? (People say they dont like Anthropomorphic starters but Samurott somehow is the exception, I really dont mind it even if it is kinda diferent from Oshawott and Dewott)

[@InsaneGarrison25]

@@AmoniPaleo Ironic as Samurai were also very skilled users of the bow(ranged weaponry) 🏹 Being a mixed attacker is more historically accurate than only being physical. Guess people aren’t that educated on samurai history lol

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

@@InsaneGarrison25 spirit shackle is a physical move, a bow is a physical attack even if it’s ranged. By your definition rock throw or fling should be special moves. I don’t see samurai calling the powers of the ocean and throwing boiling water on their enemies as a regular battle tactic.

[@InsaneGarrison25]

@@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8 1. The move didn’t exist in Gen 5 and was designed for a mon with a literal archer motif. 2. You do realize Archerfish are a thing right? If a fish can be analogous to an archer by spitting out water so can a samurai otter

[@Mrdonjuliothewicked]

One of the best parts of this video is one of the negatives of Hisui Typhlosion he mentioned we have a few fire ghost types now, and then a positive to Skeledirge was that it had a “unique type”.

[@99sonder]

Over 10 years later, having let Emboar simmer and letting the overexposure of fire/fighting types being washed down by new interesting type combos. I've started to grow quite fond of it. While its predecessors are clearly superior competitive-wise, I personally enjoy using Emboar so much more. Infernape and Blaziken embody the mixed attacking glass cannon roles, which isn't bad, but there's just so many other Pokemon of that archetype. Emboar fully embodies what a Fire/Fighting type should be. Pure offensive power, no matter the cost. The damage potential Emboar carries is insane and made it incredibly fun to use against stall teams in gen 6. Getting it in safely was a challenge at times, but once it's in against even bulky waters, it was always gonna delete something while potentially deleting itself through all the recoil. It is incredibly flawed and almost all the criticism it gets is valid, but I love it in spite of that

[@pedrovilasgomes9144]

I love embora mostly because I watched the black white anime first and I loved tepig, and I find it supremely funny that it for some reason has scald

[@ADuckProductions]

The impersonation of incineroar's animation was spot on

[@陳嘉宇-y4q]

Hard to forget that if you watched VGC

[@DoctorThundah]

I appreciate you giving Empoleon so much attention and putting it so high on the list. It's my favorite starter, and far and away my favorite pokemon to use in gen 5 UU, which is my favorite format. It has so many good sets it can run, and tweaking its stats ever so slightly can completely change what it can stay in against. The meta pick a few years ago was to make it more specially defensive, but I made mine physically defensive and caught a lot of people by surprise with it when they thought they could one-shot it. I can absolutely respect putting it at number 3.

[@Ocarinist_Drew]

The problem with a lot of the newer starters is they don't look like *creatures* that you could find in the wild, they look like *characters* with specific personalities.

[@yanhuideng8263]

This has been happening since Gen 4. You could even make the case for it having its roots in gen3, but only seriously being a problem in 4

[@keefy3482]

@@yanhuideng8263 nah

[@yanhuideng8263]

@@keefy3482 Empoleon’s white lacy frills, Infernape’s armor, and Tortterra’s trees. Yes, for the last one, trees are natural, but it’s hard to believe that every tree on every Torterra is identical and grows the exact same way.

[@kayramah2531]

@@yanhuideng8263 you could say the same thing about Venusaur

[@yanhuideng8263]

@@kayramah2531 Nope. I can believe Venusaur since it’s normal for a lot of plants and trees to grow straight up, like palm trees. Torterra’s trees on the other hand, have a very deliberate shape.

[@SantosOverlord]

i never understood Cinderace hate, when i saw Scorbunny i always imagined something along that for his final evo as a Soccer Bunny it makes sense

[@AuroraBoost]

Same. I love cinderace

[@EggscellentTree]

It looks a bit too humanoid imo. Also not really digging the football theme , it's like rilaboom with the drummer aspect , I just dont see how that would be pratical in battle. It just feels like they base the gen 8 starters on human jobs that a kid would like to become.

[@SantosOverlord]

@@EggscellentTree pratical in battle? what are you on about?, Intellion lookd bad because his hands and feet are way to big, Rillaboom drums are a weird choice, but Cinderace is overall clean and simple, he has big legs since its a bunny, even his moves are mainly kicking and headbutting like a footballer, sure you can not like it but beeing dissapointed on something that made sense to evolve from the base is non sensical

[@mudking2294]

@@EggscellentTreecause we british love football

[@AuroraBoost]

@Innocent Smile not practical in battle?? The game and anime literally show how they battle. Were you not paying attention?

[@Funloverparty]

Open Team Sheet literally makes Frisk a do-nothing ability

[@about7grams]

sometimes i get reaaaaally hyperfixated on youtube channels that do what i plan on doing as a hobby for the next few weeks. currently i'm trying to get back into comp (i played comp during XY through med SM but i've been try harding pokemon since i was a kid) and your channel is my current hyperfixation. You're a huge help for getting back into the game, thanks a ton man. and honestly i watch a lot of youtube so i've seen a fuck ton of bits but i absolutely adore the Iron Mugulus story and even if i wasn't playing pokemon i'd come back for that. i truly hope we can find our only hope, Pawmot, so we can finally be rid of Iron Mugulus. and truthfully i feel like Iron Fellow will eventually come to be an ally

[@crisnopacote4384]

Imagine If hisuian Typlosion for serene Grace to combine with Infernal Parade

[@jerivingarcia4800]

Sniper snipeshot in vgc is very nice (inteleon), also since there's Max Airstream, I guess devs planned it to do speedy non directed water stab in doubles

[@michaelurmo7984]

Gonna be honest, I always thought that if Delphox's legs where visible and it also got a magic hat, the Pokemon would look some much cooler.

[@edcaous]

Show LEGS YES

[@kmd-o3f]

40:30 Did anyone notice when he talked about Rillaboom Stickerbrush Symphony from Donkey Kong started playing lol.

[@blubberfish]

this man's objectively correct opinions are just like mine, and that makes me feel very cool and good

[@vitoralves6359]

I'm honestly hoping they give meganium the Legends Arceus treatment, and they should do what Radical Red did: give it the fairy type and Triage ability, along with moves like calm mind and draining kiss. Actual threat, brilliant rework.

[@lickyro1234]

awesome video, thanks jimothy always love seeing these longer videos (very BKC-esque) i hope the iron mugulis and iron fellow situation is resolved quickly and safely

[@madibyee]

i love how you have built up this cinematic universe that revolves around the Jimothy Cool subscriber count and who is and is not subscribed to jim. another banger dude, keep it up 🤩❤️

[@ChompsOnTheLoose]

Love a good long video in the mix with the brisk 10ish minute ones. Great viewing experiences all around. Also, Stickerbrush Symphony coming on when talking about Rillaboom and Donkey Kong at 40:40 was just perfect lol

[@nibblerdoo]

Thank you for not faulting us for liking Serperior

[@aydenator27]

i am a defender of inteleon, and im upset you didnt realize inteleon had a signature move. it has a very high crit chance, i think 50% which pairs very well with his “mediocre” ability. i havent ever actually used inteleon… but ive seen it used and i dont think its the worst.

[@y.f8139]

Intelion is insanely good in ranbats

[@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8]

Eh… one of the problems is that inteleon can get out offensed since it’s incredibly frail. Furthermore unless you’re running scope lens and want to die to scarfers you have a random chance of the move not doing enough damage to kill. Inteleon’s coverage is also easy to stuff by throwing say toxapex or ferrothorn in front of it. It’s too frail to set up and too weak to just eliminate threats raw. Just use greninja if you want an effective special attacking water type with better coverage and supportive options.

[@OPGardevoir]

Thank you for this I love hour long videos 😃

[@darko-man8549]

I LOVE swampert in the AAA metagame - giving him regen turns him into a great defensive pivot but he's not overwhelming for the game and has noticeable weaknesses. Flip turn plus regenerator makes a great assault vest or stealth rocker

[@Etikal]

"flip turn regenerator ahaha so fun"

[@dev11s48]

The iron mugulus era will start soon

[@jimothycool]

Some say we're already living in it.

[@dastardlydwarf6909]

Cinderace is absolutely horrible in my opinion it just looks exactly like a man wearing a fur suit. My favourite is swampert, torterra, and charizard in that order so I guess I just prefer the more animal like designs.

[@InsaneGarrison25]

19:49 Unfortunately in singles there’s no point to use Hyper Voice when Sparkling Aria is already a sound type move. It’s better in doubles at least(doesn’t hit your ally)

[@babywizard9027]

Primarina is so close to being an amazing pokemon. Literally all it needs is to learn Boomburst. Imagine Boomburst with Liquid Voice. Now that would be scary.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

Sparkling Aria is lower power and can heal an enemy's Burn in Single Battles.

[@figuures6098]

Infernape in Platinum was the first pokemon I did a 1-mon playthrough with, and it was such a good time

[@cameronlee1409]

You should do a blind play through of legends Arceus. I know you’d like it

[@wlve1]

Never speak ill of my shining light Iron Jugulis ever again Jimothy.

[@sapphirezx315]

I remember seeing a video like this you did, nice to see an updated version including the starters from gen 8 and 9 And I agree with you about Incineroar big time, I prefer Torracat

[@lompass379]

wow... Typhlosion has the same stats of Charizard, thats sad, but I love my erupting fire hedgehog

[@beanburrito4405]

I don’t really get where you’re coming from with Emboar, but I respect your opinion lol. In terms of competitive, it’s a decidedly average starter usually being RU, distinctly above Samurott, Typhlosion, Decidueye, Blastoise, Charizard, Sceptile, Torterra, Inteleon, and Meganium, and being around the same level as Feraligatr, Delphox, and Incineroar. and its design is actually pretty unique in my opinion, having a distinctly Chinese origin with inspiration from classics Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West alongside its body having patterns like a __ding__, which are terracotta vessels that represent power in Chinese culture (Ting-Lu’s head is one of these), alongside being a chonky martial arts master pig. I think it’s pretty cool, and it’s starting to become more appreciated as time goes on; I used to think it was pretty dumb too but now it’s a well above average starter for me

[@RockHoward256]

This values VGC too and he sucks there and not normal sucking, like, bottom tier sucking

[@coolestcartoonist7425]

I appreciate your defense here. Emboar’s my favorite Pokémon and he can wreak house online for sure! He’s just been a beast since day one in Pokémon Black version

[@DarthNoshitam]

"Feraligatr is a crocodile" 😂

[@jimothycool]

I'm very intelligent

[@about7grams]

blastoise was a bulky rain setter/spinner in RU when i was playing back in the day (was outclassed by so many other things) but had no idea it got shell smash in gen 8, wild. now i want to use it

[@about7grams]

sorry for so many comments LMAO i have a lot to say in these long videos

[@jaketerpening3284]

Let's go, I unironically know literally no other people who have Charizard as their favorite starter. Everyone likes to be a hipster, but Charizard is just so cool.

[@propheticrain-maker1486]

Charizard was my favourite starter until Blaziken. He absolutely deserves the hype and I used to end the original games with an over levelled Charizard and pretty much no other mons hahahaha

[@igorstark9514]

Charizard is my favorite starter. Blastoise is my second close.

[@rajkanishu]

Delphox worse than Chesgnaught? That's a controversial one

[@bananaspice1967]

I have heard the menace Iron Scrumb is on the rise from RU as well. And it's supposedly even more terrifying than Iron Mugulis

[@tazabstrakt2432]

Jim I’ve grown very fond of you very fast. This video has counteracted almost every ounce of that 😭😔

[@DantinozMC]

Great video Jim very epic

[@olivedavid3221]

1:25 that’s the police sketch

[@Wormsworth42069]

Jimothy cool i beg u to tell me what the source is for the intro instrumental, it makes me feel another way

[@jimothycool]

That's the intro music from Ocarina of Time

[@Wormsworth42069]

@@jimothycool ❤️❤️❤️

[@drjtyson]

Hey man-have been enjoying your content. Keep the great videos coming!

[@EliteTrish]

Day 2 of asking jimothy to make a video on koraidon and miraidon

[@alexanderhandwerker9760]

bro idk why your voice is so calming

[@boop53]

i think assault vest hisuian samurott could be a really neat lead pokemon

[@y.f8139]

i could listen to you talk about pokemon all day brother

[@aaronc2122]

J. Cool really blessed us with an hour long vid today is a good day

[@sultanofswing44]

The funny thing is they buffed incin after that in doubles. It got parting shot and dark types became immune to prankster.

[@kadabraguy9846]

One change to Meganium I'd love to see is switching its hidden ability to Flower Veil. Flower Veil is a theoretically busted ability, preventing all Grass Pokémon on your team from getting statused or having their stats dropped by the opponent. It's currently only on pure Fairy types, but Meganium would be a good user of it in singles and doubles. I've played a few ROM hacks with Flower Veil Meganium and it's a great addition to my teams

[@BillTheChill654]

Here’s a fun idea for a Meganium alternate form: Lean into the Brontosaurus 🦕 visual by making it Grass/Rock. Give it the ability Solid Rock so it can function as a defensive Pokemon, or Serene Grace so it can fish for Ancient Power boosts. New signature move: Palm Pummel. Grass type, 15PP, physical, 70 power, 100 accuracy. It has a 50% chance to apply Leech Seed. (This would incentivize Serene Grave to make it a 100% chance.)

[@ronnieketchum1241]

I see Inteleon named Awful in the thumbnail. Also me SHREDDING everything with G-max Inteleon and Snipe Shot. Me: ANGWY

[@johnsanko4136]

Skeledirge has my favorite pokemon design over the last few gens. It just works from top to bottom. Fuecoco has top tier DAT BOY energy as well, up there with Totodile and Mudkip.

[@sonsofmothers]

Has gator in the name: "is a cool little crocodile dude"

[@isaaclim8645]

I always get confused why people hate humanoid starters but love Pokemon like Lucario or Gardevoir. Is it ok to be humanoid as long as it's not a starter? I dont understand

[@fsvbbdebendjen7818]

It depends, most of the humanoid starters are hated For only being humanoid to be more badass and cool Like mewscarada

[@isaaclim8645]

@@fsvbbdebendjen7818 yeah which is unfair... For me I don't mind as long as it's a cool design. Same as for object pokemon... Most ppl hate them but I love pokemon like Aegislash, Magnezone, Chandelure etc.

[@thekingofcheese9005]

I feel like people who hate the humanoid starters and the people who love Lucario/Gardevoir are mostly different people

[@goGothitaLOL]

You should rank the pseudo-legendaries or cross-gen evos (Kingambit, Annihilape, Ursaluna, Basculeion, Scizor, Crobat, Togekiss, Gliscor, Mamoswine, Roserade, etc.) You could also do the early birds (Staraptor, Corviknight, Talonflame, Pidgeot, etc.) or early bugs (Lokix, Scolipede, Vikavolt, Orbeetle, Krickitune, etc.)

[@DawnLong-s3k]

Scolipede is not an early bug. You can't even catch Venipede (or Sewaddle) until after the 2nd gym.

[@RockHoward256]

Remember when people tried to make intelleon work in OU lol good times

[@brokeboyjohnn]

Hearing jimothy using a rhotic r will always ring in my head from now on

[@chess_fella]

Great video

[@baldrian22]

intelion is not my favourit, but i did enjoy using it. for me its more on the middle

[@arcuscotangens]

You have excellent taste in background msic.

[@Kcman1827]

Sucks that Emboar sucks, I’ve never fully understood the slack, I really enjoyed running through black 2 with it. Reckless choice band with flare blitz, head smash, and wild charge does crazy damage.

[@sreenaths6829]

It might suck in higher tiers but it was actually good in lower tiers and iirc got banned from NU in Gen 7. It performed better than Samurrott, Charizard, Blastoise, Typhlosion, Meganium, Sceptile, Torterra, Delphox, Decidueye and Incineroar in Gen 7 singles. So yeah, FAR from worst lol

[@willl6317]

I’m not embarrassed to admit that in the battle tower, Leon roasted me with Charizard. So much so I made a team to deal with it.

[@austinludwig6229]

Bruhhhh the incineroar slander be wild 💀 this mf said Garfield and the lion from Madagascar 😂 ain't no way

[@fokspoks]

I'd look on some hard fan game, where your starters are: Meganium, Samurott/Inteleon and Emboar/Delphox. I wonder, who's worse in fire and water starters? And why

[@McDinkle69]

Man, no starter can compare to Meganium in terms of badness... but in a fan game i think Inteleon and Delphox are always going to be pretty useful given their fairly high speed and SpA. Personally i think I'd go with either Blastoise or Feraligatr for water and mmmmaybe Typhlosion or Emboar for fire. Blastoise has low attacking stats unless you can get a mega stone so i think it would stuggle the most, but it'll always have utility in rapid spin and in just being a water type lol. Feraligatr on the other hand has a pretty bad level-up learnset being a physical water type, so its best options would probably end up being normal and dark type moves which is... not good. On the other hand, if it has access to its hidden ability and move tutors, then it can be a dragon dance set up sweeper which is pretty good! Fire is definitely the hardest category for me to choose a weakest 'mon, but i chose Typhlosion because if i recall, its level up moves arent great, and its maximum potential is probably like... choice scarf eruption? Which isnt crazy good either. And Emboar is slow and really not that bulky because of its low defenses, BUT goddamn does that fighting typing make it more threatening

[@Zwijger]

Okay I was about to be mad, but then you said you like Emboar's visual design. I agree that competitively and typing wise it's incredibly whatever. Also it and Incineroar could both have been awesome quadripedal mons which I will never forgive them for, even though I don't dislike either pokekon as they are now, just feels like more wasted potential as fire starters for some fucking reason all need to stand on two legs even when it's a cat or pig.

[@aydenthehedgefox9592]

I know Charizard is considered a joke in the community but surprisingly against all odds, its absolutely a MENACE in Gen 9 when you can get it in safely on sun teams. Weather Ball 2HKOs Galarian Slowking and some resists but OHKOS pretty much anything else (Toxic Stall Gliscor is one shot, too) Specs Solar Power Dragon Pulse also oneshots Roaring moon if it ever tries to set up in your face, so thats great too. All in all, if Zard gets Roost back I can see it potentially rising up again.

[@darko-man8549]

@20:00 - water type perish song is a niche but fun thing to do

[@nintendowarrior11]

The Jimothy Cool playthrough of Legends Arceus would go insane

[@darko-man8549]

If Emboar hadn't been bipedal (even though it's shiny is great) and had been frie-ground it would immediately be so much more preferable

[@derekgreen7319]

I always loved using blaziken in gen 6 and 7 ubers. Mega Ken has a dope design

[@DGFTardin]

40:32 I see you are a man of culture! I suspected this by the amount of DKC OST you use

[@sabidab1292]

There must be a past paradox Pokémon we can recruit to take down Iron Mugulis and Iron Fellow

[@wahbucket501]

The long awaited Jimothy Cool movie has finally been released

[@lelandwhitehead56]

watching this now in Scarlet and Violet, and VGC has once again been shaped by the whims of Incineroar.

[@about7grams]

if anyone reading this is into animation, i think it'd be hysterical if you could make a clip of a "SA" group (starters annonymous) where starters from every region have to talk their feelings out. "and then, he forced me to eat dozens and dozens of candy...he gave me some mint that changed some fundamental aspect of me...he forced me to breed for days and let his Koridon watch the whole time..." "YOU THINK YOU HAVE IT ROUGH WITH RAIDS SPRIGATITO? YOU'RE NOT EVEN THE ONE WHO FOUGHT THE LEGENDARY. I HAD TO BATTLE THIS DUDE WHO WAS TRAINING ON A MOUNTIAN FOR 2 YEARS WITH POKEMON STRONGER THAN I HAVE EVER WITTNESSED BEFORE OR SINCE THEN" -Froakie, not happy for the day it has to learn to bond with someone

[@VoltismProductions]

Chikorita was my first starter in pokemon silver. I was so excited to play the game I had dreams about it the week before christmas. And that was how I learned to hate grass types. the incinerior hate is weedletwineedle slander but i don't disagree given feraligatrs name I think it might be a little closer to alligators than crocodiles lol

[@nicholaschipelo298]

8:21 this with great tusk lol

[@scepticat]

At 7:37, he became Wolfey for a sec 😂

[@rohan4373]

of all of the vast creatures available in the pokemon universe the first one that you encounter is the starter

[@damiancurran1762]

Btw Inteleon gets Snipe Shot as a sig move I believe

[@koolaids7538]

Im a patron watching! What about some viable belly drum teams? Or some rain teams! Love your content! Currently trying to breed a shiny in gen 3 with 2 legit shiny parent's. The first of its kind, that i know anyway..

[@isaaclim8645]

Incineroar is my fav starter. I know it's annoying to deal with but i just love its design the most. It sucks that people just dislike masculine, muscular pokemon. I dont get it.

[@isaaclim8645]

Well I guess as someone who is muscular and also fights irl.. maybe I'm biased but still!

[@icykuikinu300]

Same man, I love Incine, my second fave after Typhlosion He did reason that Incine was a centralizing threat back then (which understandable), but I do know that a lot of people hate it cuz furry (makes me sad cuz I'm a furry but everyone's entitled to their own opinion haha)

[@Ali_Poison]

The same reason they hate quaquaval

[@edcaous]

I used to dislike Incineroar because i didn't like the direction Pokemon starters were taking. Now that we've gotten past gen 8... well, Incineroar seems fine now compared to Inteleon.

[@lordoftheskin]

Love the face cam so I can see you pick your nose 30 seconds in. This is what I've been waiting months for

[@dntremad8290]

Charizard is perfectly designed on all sides of the spectrum, if it wasnt for broken ass stealth rock ruining it it would have so much potential even years later. Its not a pokemon with insane setup moves like Infernape, it doesnt have an insane ability like Blaziken and it doesnt have an absurd typing like Greninja which becomes anything it wants and yet look at how good it is in gen 3. Not annoying to deal with, no broken stats, just a really powerful threat that you have to be aware of. Easily one of the most fun pokemon to use. The epitome of how to design a pokemon just like gen 3 Swampert

[@masonoverton4063]

Okay well the Incineroar rant was incredible, as a VGC player

[@ltdzinger]

Great video. I wasn't gonna watch the whole thing, just skip thru and see the list, but this was perfectly paced and interesting. Well done. Subbed.

[@plaguekidd6902]

Torterra may have a bad type combo, but it’s still my favorite Pokémon ever.

[@lulugaj5859]

finally someone who doesn't hate meganium my favorite starter