Why THESE are the Last Remaining GOOD Gen 1 Pokemon

[@RayRizzoVGC]

Articuno JUST won a major tournament in Europe! Are there any other Gen 1 Pokemon that DIDN'T make the list in this video that you think can also make a comeback to the competitive scene?

[@skullgrunt457]

I think Alolan-Muk definitely could have been talked about! It had great success in 2017 and has a very small niche in SV

[@sawkchalk6966]

Shout out for Articuno for having an in-game moveset and still winning

[@GrayVMhan]

​@@skullgrunt457 That's a gen 7 pokemon tho

[@Wesker1984]

​@GrayVMhan so is Alolan Ninetails but that made the list.

[@loupe500]

@@GrayVMhan so is Hisuian Arcanine

[@KojayTV]

Appreciate the kind comments about the editing, super excited to be able to work with the GOAT!

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

Gj dude

[@Sadahiko312]

That was you?! Your sense of humor is killer 💪

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

Good job, mate. Really liked the vid

[@aboonstra2613]

Good job.

[@CountFagula827]

LOOKS AMAZING!

[@Leonardo-uh3vs]

Curiously, recently one guy broght significance to Articuno as a relevant meta threat. Freezai done a video about it. Articuno showed itself a incredible Blizzard spammer because of the release of Alolan Ninetales + Aurora Viel. The thing is Gen 9 broght the defense boost for ice pokemon in snowstorm, so it's bulkier than ever. Sheer Cold can bully any dondozo that appears.

[@randallroyall7684]

Yes it just won’t a regional! And an identical team got top 8 in the same regional.

[@inferno7892]

I love articuno literally just running the "six year old playthrough team" moveset with choice specs

[@trulyplasmatic]

2:03 ah yes, sleep powder my favorite steel type move

[@oscah_whisky]

a mimir. honk-shoooo, honk-shooooooooo.😴😴😴

[@cellP8]

lmao

[@joedejesus4603]

⁠o

[@sekaihunter9378]

I can't wait for the Gen 2 video. Slowking has always been my favorite Pokémon, and somehow whenever the power creep tries to touch him my guy just keeps getting a small boost and blitzed past it. In Gen 5 he and Slowbro got Regenerator, in gen 8 he got a whole new cousin from Galar, and in Gen 9 when almost every Psychic-Type lose Teleport (even Slowbro, poor guy), my guy gets a brand new signature move that is even better than Teleport.

[@muhammetemiraydin1459]

he tells a funny joke and dips. what a guy slowking is

[@gregorymirabella1423]

Well teleport had more pp and negative priority, but otherwise chilly works just fine.

[@JamUsagi]

@@gregorymirabella1423 Chilly also negates other weathers without costing an extra turn and puts the next mon in a position to set up veil, it’s basically a straight upgrade in most cases

[@gregorymirabella1423]

@@JamUsagi Not for trick room teams.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

In a world where Slowking could pick either Pros: Counters other weather Enables own snow plays Cons: Worse in trick room Worse against negative priority Incompatible with weather besides snow Worse against absolutely glacial pokemon Countering other weathers makes it pretty good, I can see that being worth more than losing to negative priority or really slow pokemon (a few of which Slowking actually does pretty well against if it can go first), but I don't think it either really climbs to dominance over the other.

[@0videoboy0]

The editing in this video is PEAK 😂

[@Wildflower2760]

Ray Rizzo: Alolan-Ninetales has made top 8 twice at regional championships (9:20) Also Ray Rizzo: Shows a picture of top 8 teams where literally none of them have Alolan Ninetales

[@ProfesjonalnyYoutuber]

2:03 sleep powder my favorite steel type move

[@TheChiog]

It's great to see how all these old pokemon are still viable. But there's one point I disagree on: Regional forms. Alona Ninetails isn't Ninetails and Hisui Arcanine isn't Arcanine. Don't get me wrong, I like these variants as much as the next guy, but they have different typing and potentially different movesets and abilities. At its core, those are different pokemon.

[@silverwar360]

they literally dont even have the same basestats lol yeah they are very very close, but they are not the exact same

[@dai8217]

Big agree, scrolled down just to see if anyone was mentioning that. Starting the video off with saying that the video would be talking about pokemon on their own merits, and then talking about regional forms just felt off.

[@TheLazyRegulator]

Yeah kind of feels like when Wolfey does a “best x” video and includes dynamax forms/regional forms as if it’s the same base Pokémon.

[@ryanmahon1]

I appreciate that you pointed out that neutralizing gas fits weezing thematically. I think that's just as important as making changes that balance things competitively!

[@ethan4life732]

I feel like your last statement shows just how power crept Pokémon is, when Pokémon such as Mew, a mythical Pokémon with a BST of 600 are now considered "Mediocre" in terms of almost all aspects except for the part where it can learn every TM in game is ridiculous to think about, so much so especially with stuff like Smogon's tiering that it feels like eventually by like gen 11-12 we'll see all time ubers like Kyoger, Giratina, and Zacian show up in the OU tier somehow.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Another good case is Arceus. 120 in every stat makes it... kinda anemic offensively. Nobody ever runs an offensive arceus without boosting moves. 120 speed is still pretty good though, and 120-120-120 bulk is still quite bulky. In general the ubers offensive stat benchmark of 150 is also not what it used to be, unless there's like a 120-130 base power move behind it.

[@coreybroussard5264]

This is why Pokémon games need to get tiers and not just have a different format for each season. I’d love to play a tier without legendaries or all the paradox trash they have now

[@tzorfireis425]

I mean Pokemon *does* have tiers At least smogon does, and while it doesn’t specifically ban legendaries on the basis of being *legendary*, most gens’ UU and below tend to be weak enough that no legendary could be considered reasonable to include

[@KeithKemp_]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290his stab is more powerful due to plates giving 1,2x multiplier, and e speed killer is terrifying

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

@KeithKemp_ I mean the plate boost usually just functionally makes Judgement a 120 BP move, since I can't really think of any cases where a plate Arceus is using a different STAB over Judgement. Maybe the odd, rare physical plate Arceus, which probably runs Eq or Stone Edge... which is also base 100 normally Like, it's not nothing, but, it's not exactly pushing Arceus to be an offensive powerhouse; you still only really see unboosted Judgement on mostly defensive or support sets that don't have room for Calm Mind between everything else they're stacking on that Arceus Club Sandwich today. And similarly, I don't ever see non-SD Extreme Speed, except as a weird utility option on similar defensive sets

[@Sizzyl]

Honestly not sure if regional formes should count, but I guess they do share the name.

[@maganhassan2627]

they're STILL the same species

[@luixim11]

Now I need a video without regional forms xd

[@TheReZisTLust]

Yea I dont count em either it's sad they all died

[@chiefmegaton4227]

​@@maganhassan2627theyr not gen1

[@maganhassan2627]

@chiefmegaton4227 ...but they're the SAME species

[@delta_power3049]

Its worth remembering that in gen 1, Mewtwo had a base stat total of 744. Only 7 pokemon have had a higher bst; Ultra Necrozma with 754, Primal Groudon and Kyogre with 770, Mega Rayquaza and Mega Mewtwo X and Y with 780, and finally Eternamax Eternatus with 1125. Even after its loss of 64 points in Sp Def Mewtwo was at the top until Arceus.

[@redshot5403]

So besides arceus and powered up legendaries, Mewtwo is powerful

[@skotiaH2O]

Yet unfortunately, the bad typing and practical lack of an ability have made it consistently a bad choice in recent metas

[@blahara]

Was, I dont think is good enough. Mewtwo should get a buff. Raise his stats back to reflect what they were in gen 1, and give him a new signature ability. Something like, Savage Heart; his attacks whether physical or special always target whichever defense stat is lower on the opponent. If they are the same, the move works as normal.

[@yungmuney5903]

Not exactly, its bst was 590, cause special is one stat. Similar how mew and Dragonite's bst was 500. Sorry if it came across as "🤓".

[@TheBoss4711]

On top of that, Gen.1 Psychic was IMMUNE to Ghost and Dark didn't exist yet. So Psychic was only weak to Bug, which is so bad that it basically isn't a weakness, and Psychic was only resisted by itself. Psychic/Normal is closer to Gen.1 Psychic now really.

[@thegoose8670]

I swear this was a moxie thumbnail LOL

[@greenguy3412]

I thought so too lol

[@TheMaskedHero]

I've fallen so far down the Pokemon rabbit hole, I had the same thought, but Wolfie. Even though, yeah, this is more Moxie's art style. They all just run together.

[@saintmeao4243]

@@TheMaskedHerono i'm actually pretty sure that is moxies thumbnail artist, he retweeted a tweet of this video

[@TheMaskedHero]

@@saintmeao4243 Good call out. I had not assumed Moxie themselves was also the thumbnail artist, but it's good to know it wasn't someone being asked to very closely mimic something else that works.

[@jakariashafin8685]

Me too

[@Jordan13299]

I respect the hell outta Raichu for saving my ass in Gen 8 restricted formats. Unironically a great support during that gen due to Regieleki being everywhere

[@normal6483]

I've always thought that Mew needed Protean; it's niche is that it's flexible and its lore is that it's the originator of all Pokemon. It learns Transform, even! Protean or something similar would be *perfect* for the little guy. (Mewtwo, on the other hand, should get an offense-boosting ability. Since the thing that made is scary in Gen 1 was all the Amnesia sweeping, which if it had a mix of Simple and Clear Body? Stats go up twice, and can't be brought back down. Perfect for Nasty Plot or Calm Mind.)

[@Damianweibler]

How about an ability that lets him get STAB on the first move he uses each time he is sent out? Similar to choice specs but without being locked in

[@Nebesus]

No, the notoriously weakest pokemon are gen 2 mons.

[@GonnaDieNever]

Except Tyranitar

[@jdrmanmusiqking]

​@@GonnaDieNeverAnd scizor

[@Whelp140]

The moveset sucked the learnable TMS for most of the Pokemon sucked compared to now gen 1 is arguably one of the worst at least generation 2 fix some of the problems with Generation 1 but it did shit on its own Pokemon in the process

[@Nebesus]

@@jdrmanmusiqking and skarmory and blissey and no one else.

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

​@@Nebesus which aren't good in doubles since always

[@Sadahiko312]

Absolutely love your editing 7:54 *THERE GOES MY HERO*

[@Paradrax]

Couldn’t stop laughing when I saw that

[@gokuworld]

The editor he paid😅

[@jacktaylor6155]

Oh ok thought I was tripping 😂😂

[@coreylineberry8557]

WATCH HIM AS HE GOES

[@mjm3091]

12:00 Talking about Shuckle - I am totally stocked for it's Kalosian (or any future regional) evolution. Just so we can put eviolite on the base form. Especially, if they would revitalise it with a new ability akin to Girafarig line.

[@rooislangwtf]

Also give it body press

[@Hagonian]

Would be cool if they gave it an ability like aegislash. In his she'll is high D, then out of she'll switches the stats

[@hunterkinsella5303]

I’ve seen some more charizard play recently. Sun teams with whimsicott and torkoal, usually running trick room as well.

[@GeorgeDCowley]

Worth mentioning that Ditto gets a _double_ attack boost against Zacian (and similar for Zamazenta). A Smogon original meta where Pokemon lose their generation number in every base stat might be interesting.

[@alecrutz956]

idk, even losing 9 in attack wouldn't make zacian much less broken, maybe if you double it, 18 is not much but is slightly better

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@alecrutz956 It wouldn't be much, but it would also lose 8 in speed and its defensive stats. One ramification is that Miraidon becomes slower than Mewtwo.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

Shedinja with -2 HP be like:

[@GeorgeDCowley]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 Shedinja would be the equivalent of a gen 1.5 Pokemon. Hopefully, it doesn't break anything.

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290gone, reduced to atoms

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

That new Ability idea on Hitmonchan has a lot of potential. Maybe an upcoming video?

[@charliez077]

I feel like the Hitmon-trio also deserve +20 or at least +10 HP boost. 50 HP is ridiculously low and makes little sense (similarly, Electivire having 75 HP and 67 Def rubs me the wrong way)

[@ShineDawg]

Thanks for sharing the best Pokemon videos on YT. I love this channel

[@daifminaj9670]

"unlike jumpluff" ah yes the go to sun sweeper jumpluff is the curve on which we rate sun sweepers

[@CptnMango9108]

Johtonese will use anything but the metric system smh

[@linkyboyKOC]

I like how Chansey is "Safari Zone Escapee" 🤣🤣 so true. Great vid

[@thejimcricket]

he's back and with some amazing edits!

[@mediumxanax]

great video ! I really like these historical perspectives from your channel

[@MrTwister22]

The Frozen Abamasnow edit was clean af. Well done

[@Rangelrok]

Great video! The editing was awesome and content was super informative.

[@xyler7]

love the editing of the video..

[@Scutezo]

There goes my hero

[@KojayTV]

@@Scutezo I'm so glad at least one person caught this LOL

[@Scutezo]

@@KojayTV it's one of my old favourite songs, to see it used with torkoal sinking made me chuckle

[@TheKoopa4561]

I never expected Muk to be one of my favorite mons these days but here we are. It puts in work for me in competitive. Such an underrated OG

[@ItsJustKaya]

I like it in nuzlockes til 4th maybe. (Most of the time) Its weird how most of the unpopular starters and pokemon generally do lot in nuzlockes. Take chesnaught example. I hate to choose it but it so freaking good in nuzlocke considering how almost every early game to midgame uses ball attacks. Especially electric type one forgot its name. *never played its gen. Same as skipping gen2. Thats why my nostalgia glasses dont work at these games

[@gillriet773]

I've been using Venusaur, Raichu, Gyarados, Clefable/Clefairy, Magneton, Dragonite, Chansey, Slowbro, Articuno and Arcanine since I started playing and I've never put them away. Others too probably but those are who remain as my most used still in the current gen 😅 my all time favorite pokemon outside of battle is Nidorina. I do love Gen 1 but I'm not a genwunner by any means. GameFreak just had a blast with that first round of mons and it set the tone for the rest that have followed with do many classic designs and design elements.

[@Lake6000]

Wolfey was the one to make people realize the power of wheezing

[@ZessoDotExe]

Ray upload day is good day. Loving the content, delivery, and editing! Looking forward to the upcoming sleepyboi video!

[@AshmitSinha2005]

Man u have the best editing among all youtubers in the Pokemon community ❤❤🎉

[@SkyNinja759]

The Hitmonchan ability theory craft at the end was a really cool idea. Give the Hitmons all unique fighting style based abilities. Maybe even introduce two new Hitmon's for the other two special based stat distibutions as well, to "complete" the lines (ie. if sp.def or sp.att are greater than a certain number and/or EV maxed out Tyrogue evolves into those forms). Hitmonchan: "Bob and Weave"; If This pokemon attacks first with a "punch" move, redirect any attack this turn to it's ally. Hitmonlee: "Extended Impact"; Kicking moves force the target to swap out if they fall under half health. Hitmontop: "Rotational Entry"; Removes all entry hazards and/or terrain on switch in. New Forms and their abilities: Hitmonyama (based on Yoshiro Akiyama, like how Hariyama is, and the Sp.Def evolution), a Judo based Hitmon: "Debilitating Throws"; 'Throw" moves lock the opponent from switching the following turn. Hitmonzen; (based on meditation, name change can be on a famous fighter that turned to being a scholar or monk, Sp.Att); "Meditative Conditioning"; Contact moves against the pokemon have a 10%-20% chance of missing, rolled independently from normal accuracy checks.

[@valorviper4323]

Not even 5 mins in and this video is amazing!!! Top tier editing

[@JZer0]

Your editing style is amazing.

[@jacktaylor6155]

I like how he gave an epitaph for each mon

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Fitting that the Smogon logo is the posterboy of OU.

[@jefflueders9071]

Legit came to compliment the editing, saw multiple other comments on it, and still felt like I need to compliment it! It was so funny without distracting from the topic.

[@ClampEEGEE]

Weezing gotta be the only Pokemon to ever gain Fairy typing and get WORSE.

[@Pd0nZ]

Mewtwo will always have JAA and Baz Anderson's Regional Win in Ultra Series at least. But the fact I had to cherry pick to find them proves your point. Poor guy needs a buff. Enjoyable watch, keep up the content Ray.

[@NinjaWeedle]

At this rate mewtwo's gonna drop to OU next gen

[@anna_medeia]

just give Mewtwo a relevant ability and mon will be fine again (not even asking for a psychic terrain version of Miraidons busted ability here), not much work even for GF unlike with most other gen 1 mons that seriously suck.

[@Skullhawk13]

@@anna_medeiagive it something that buffs supereffective hits. Make that coverage scary

[@yungmuney5903]

​@@Skullhawk13 Neuroforce 👹

[@rooislangwtf]

@@anna_medeia psychic terrain feels like a perfect buff ngl

[@garchompelago]

I dont even like Arcanine but I find myself using Arcanine several times in various VGC format. Its bulky with good attack and decent bulk. Also extreme speed is a great priority move. I believe Arcanine will stay relevant in competitive for many years to comes. Especially now with its new Hisuian form.

[@sinteleon]

Not really fair to count the new form as part of the base gen 1 lineup though.

[@lop0998]

Incineror😊

[@Maximiliano896]

Isn’t it awesome how our childhood favorites can still dominate in battle against the new Pokémon? I love blending my team with these sorts of hidden surprises

[@happybrain2674]

mew had a special place for me with the only pokemon next to ditto that can use transform. it was awesome to use that in alola times to steal buffs and heal back to full with a z move. ohh and from gen one cloyster was also a thing, but dunno if anything changes so far that he is playable.

[@gust20xx32]

Reworking abilities and moves are definitely a way to counter power creep for older pokemon. Imagine, for instance, Magma Armor making pokemon immune to ice type moves. Camerupt and Magcargo would instantly get its own niche. Other currently useless abilities that a rework could give pokemon a niche: Damp (affects and counters terrain somehow), Illuminate (powers up allies fairy type moves and accuracy), Run Away (adds to damaging priority moves the property of U-turn of switching out), Rattle (Maximizes speed and lowers damage from received dark, bug and ghost type moves, if the target is hit by one), Filter and Solid Rock (reduces by half the damage received, instead of only 25%), Rain Dish and Ice Body (recovers more HP and also raises defense/special defense while active), Leaf Guard (does practically everthing support imaginable to allies and itself while sunny, from reducing damage like friend guard, to protecting from stats, added effects, mental status, priority moves, redirection, etc), Overcoat: (protects againist flinches and defense/sp. defense drops) Pressure: (doubles the PP reduced from PP reducing moves like Spite, makes the Imprison move get +1 priority, and doubles the effect of status stat reducing moves applied in an opponent like Leer, Screech, Eerie's Impulse and so on. All affected moves would get perfect accuracy too. Surpasses Clear Body) Unnerve: cancels opponent's Intimidate, Dark Aura, Fairy Aura, and "ruin" abilities while the pokemon with Unnerve is in play Early Bird: gives priority +1 to status moves that affect only the user or only the user and its allies

[@alinac5512]

The wolfed shade, lmao. I live for this rivalry.

[@HisShadow]

Ditto and Wheezing have been my favorite Pokemon and seeing them get love in the Meta is really great to see.

[@chefstockimage]

I would love to see a video going in-depth on Gyarados’ history from you

[@Joah1990]

I used to love using weezing in the first pokemon stadium. He wasn't good but they actually animated him to where if you used fireblast, fire would come out of both mouths

[@jonathanpierce4105]

I want Parasect to get the Anihilape treatment. A bug ghost evolution with an upgraded base state total of 495 with 50 added to HP 10 to special defense and 30 to attack. Maybe even 485 with taking 10 away from speed. Allowing it to speed tie Torkoal.

[@anishkulkarni5901]

Full honesty, the Chansey game ending and revealing moxie as the player was the biggest mental flashbang Ive had in weeks

[@whitemagus2000]

Gyatados/magi carp have always been my favorite Pokémon. Not only powerful, but i like the idea that inside every magicarp is the potential to become a gyarados.

[@matthewwexler2105]

Thanks!

[@SolLunaris]

When the video starts with pokemon mystery dungeon music you just know its going to be great.

[@mectainea5575]

If protean wasn’t nerfed as hard in gen 9 then mew having the pre gen 9 version of the ability would make absolute thematic sense to complement its ability to learn every tm and in its lore.

[@miguelfonseca1104]

weezing has always been good, run it with assault vest, sludge bomb, flamethrower, thunderbolt, and clear smog. it can hit hard and is a decent stat buff killer.

[@ApolloniusPavor]

These videos are so much better than Wolfe's 3-hour video essays 😂

[@Choppermad]

Mew's niche could easily be upgraded from "can learn every TM" to "Can learn every* move" *pending balance

[@HackerDragon9999]

smeargle 2.0?

[@Choppermad]

@@HackerDragon9999 Except it would take one of your legendary slots so *slightly* more balanced

[@pipohemm8726]

Mewtwo should either get an ability or psychic move to hit dark types very effective. Something like a 90+ special attack named "psychic overrule". Similar to ice types getting freeze dry for water opponents

[@profelu1919]

I love that you are making content this good. Kudos to your team and to you.

[@mariofan1ish]

I feel it worth noting that Dragonite in Singles is a much different beast than in Doubles. To this day, Multiscale and its ability to set up while still being pretty chunky always make it an option worth considering.

[@MartyrPandaGaming]

Even if you just need a tank to help round out your team, taking Venusaur isn't a bad option. It can be slow enough to use under trick room or using your opponents sun setter to your advantage. A bulky Venusaur, with Black Sludge, a Sun Boost while carrying Sludge Bomb, Sleep Power, Leech Seed and Synthesis can still be a major threat or switch in on some powerful moves to eat them up.

[@nestrior7733]

I honestly hope that Tera is here to stay indefinitely. Even with Megas coming in Legends ZA. It has so much potential to constantly shift the meta to at least some degree. Simply because new threats can surface throughout the year as the previous ones want for counters. Add new Abilities and Moves to older Pokémon and we might reach one of the most diverse fields yet. Yes, there'll always be ones that rise above the rest. But with the sheer amount of possible strategies and Tera enabling previously unthinkable options for them? It's that much more interesting.

[@shadoboy311]

I love that pokemon that came out like 10 years ago are here. That's the true Gen 1 Era..

[@duckymomo7935]

2:15 where is the boxing clip from?

[@TheDeathmail]

It should be noted that canonically, most of the Legendary Pokemon aren't known to exist.... And Mewtwo should be as strong as a Peak Legendary Pokemon that is nerf'd (as it's stated in DPP & BDSP that Legendary Pokemon are often weaker when caught).... And to artificially create a Pokemon of that level is actually pretty damn impressive.... That also means that is canonically the highest level of power a trainer can actually use with the Pokemon (without magic).

[@Moonmedal]

I was waiting for the weezing part just to see Wolf's weezing

[@mjm3091]

Well with megas back for next Legends game and likely next generation - we can assume they gonna bring more gen 1 mons back into meta. I feel like gimmicks should also be talked, because at the end of the day, they will come back sooner or later - especially if they are fan favourite. Like we are definitely keeping Tera typings at least every few gens (BW3, if that happens, definitely will have that). And Megas may hopefully stay with us this time.

[@Brisingr26]

“Bulky behemoths like Snorlax? Snorlax sitting in PU (or whatever it is): 😢

[@BigOrangeSnowman88]

Isn’t First Impression the strongest priority move?

[@jacktaylor6155]

Informative and memed up! I'm impressed

[@FLCL_rox]

I know nothing of the competitive pokemon world, but I always hoped my boy Tentacruel was considered a hidden gem from gen1. I mean surprisingly one of the fastest watertypes, huge specdef (maybe helpful against the typically specatk elecs and psys), could even be bred to have mirrorcoat as a countermove and raindish to combo with blacksludge to make it really hard to kill. But I'm probably overestimating strats I relied on in X&Y for a 3v3 all-water pokemon team to real 1v1 or 2v2 competitive mechanics.

[@Eureox]

creeper sound scared the shit out of me good job lmao

[@returnofskurk1633]

I'm glad you brought this up. Seeing the abilities of Mewtwo and Lugia not to mention that stat spreads compared to newer legendaries leaves a lot to be said. Call it "gen 1 favoritism" but gen 1 and 2 do have the most mons needing help. Another thing that has bothered me for years since I learned it. Why do all the starters not have the same BST? Why is Venusaur at 525 while Charizard is 534, etc? All starters should just have the same bst. Their moves, abilities and stat spread already differ them as is.

[@drewdukart7852]

That PMD music in the backround going hard

[@chasm9557]

My initial thoughts were that gen 1 mons that got powerful abilities would be the ones that survived power creep, and didn't consider regional forms at all. I've always considered them to be separate from the original 151.

[@Meichrob7]

I almost wish pokemon would intentionally make legendaries broken in their debut generation and then nerf them afterwords. Like you could even make it an in universe canon part of the lore where the respective legendaries are stronger in their own region and don’t have as much power outside their home turf. Then just do some standardized buff/nerf when they are or aren’t in their debut regions and you’d be able to have new pokemon feel impactful when they come out, but could overall have the list of pokemon across generations not need to trend upwards in power.

[@undeniablySomeGuy]

Ray Rizzo! Boosting the alg

[@MapleLeavesInAutumn]

Hello Ray, I still have your Metagross! xD

[@feyss-9040]

Super interesting video Ray, thanks!

[@anitabath8315]

It kinda breaks my heart just a little bit how snorlax and Chansey are still Pokémon that can be considered good, but their good buddy tauros was kind of just completely gutted in GSC and has been damned to obscurity. You really hate to hear it.

[@nicholaskling2425]

Raichu just can’t wait until Miraidon is legal

[@2uzfe4x43]

Any changes farfetched or starmie becomes relevant?

[@MariotheAnimator]

Wish they gave Mewtwo the ability SIMPLE to relive the glory days of Gen 1 Amnesia...

[@brandonrebidue7421]

Childish glee at raichu doing well. One time I got a stuffed on from a claw machine, loved him ever since plus he gets to stay pretty fat

[@Reginald425]

Mewtwo is basically outclassed by Calyrex in almost every way, so no one really uses it, whereas mons like weezing fill a specific and potentially powerful role that only they do. I think it’s all quite neat.

[@kelthuzad7661]

where is alolan ninetails at 9:22 , don't tell me you got it wrong bc of shien-po

[@justdominik9812]

Bro did articuno dirty

[@toruno7710]

As much as i love my OGs i'm just glad a handful are still relevant as is it is impossible to realy balance a game with so many options. Same issue with trading card games.

[@themoabrigade]

honestly, as a bit of a joke, my last "multiplayer" team included a Farfetch'd, and not the Galarien type lol but yah, it is sad that you dont see many Gen 1 pokemon in "serious" play anymore.... I think the only ones that are still popular "serious" picks for high tier play are Alakazam, Gengar, and Porygon-Z, though that could have changed since I last kept up with big time play

[@Waluigiwatchwaa]

No matter what anybody says, Gengar is still my favorite pokemon. And always will be.

[@AlfredoPuente8]

Venosaur has to be the most consistent starter pokémon in competitive.

[@LordJudgement1818]

Weezing has always just been one of my dudes . He just so fun and has a great design.

[@nj8833]

Gyrados is the greatest pokemon of all time. The lore, cultural influences, casual and competitive relevance, anime appearances - just unrivaled.

[@LegendStormcrow]

It's crazy how some of these got stronger over the years.

[@goldenhydreigon4727]

Honorable Mentions: Venomoth: Do NOT let this thing get a Quiver Dance going or else you'll fall. Poliwrath: Criminally underrated, bulky threat

[@marcop.525]

In Gen6 they updated their stats. If they do it again and with new abilities and moves they can go OU as any other

[@dengronebaronen5260]

Can Blastoise work If you do Shell smash and water spoat or am I thinking very wrong?

[@YarnLalms711]

Dragonite's 1v4 on a feature match was insane

[@leviadams8777]

The script of this video feels like it’s a reg E script until the point you mention magmar and electabuzz.

[@huyphan7825]

The 3 Legendary Birds are frankly some of the most impressive accidental future-proofing in the franchise. Here's a bird that's weak to Rock, and two others REALLY weak to Rock. But Zapdos remains pretty good at basically everything and has never been powercrept (therefore having the niche of all-purpose Flying/Electric cornered), and Moltres and Articuno constantly stumbling into tournament meta every other week because some doofus top-tier can't handle a couple of very angry chickens.