I somehow forgot to mention Scarf Roserade. Great set! Almost as great as Rosa la rose, fille publique (Vecchiali, 1986)
@dreenarmookington22404 ай бұрын
The DPP OU Lead Metagame is as intricate as the webs of deceit Finchinator leads us into.
@miguelsi75434 ай бұрын
☝🏼💯
@dridri67624 ай бұрын
my breloom was sash, but le don's one was scarf, he confirmed it on discord (even though it was sash on the original team from twash)
@lordoftherabbit4 ай бұрын
I love the bkc analytical content about Pokemon. That said, where’s the June 2024 Ryan Gosling Movie Viability Rankings done by his good friend BKC?
@stupidflandrs48564 ай бұрын
The "get hazards" / "deny hazards" / "punish hazards" triangle of the lead meta and all the gray areas in between those three teamplates are such a huge part of what makes non-team preview gens alluring to me. The fact that there are so many ways to set the tempo in your desired direction from turn 1, and so many potential interactions within that dance, is really something.
@rbikidportland4 ай бұрын
Non team preview is the way
@somebodyuknow25074 ай бұрын
@@rbikidportlandI agree except in the case of gen 3 OU. The combination of no team preview and common, meta-relevant trapping (Magneton, Dugtrio, Porygon-2) is particularly stupid in my opinion.
@Snagavitch4 ай бұрын
Two brelooms walk into an SPL finals
@ninthfloor4 ай бұрын
one thing i appreciate about BKC videos is the aspect of Naming Guys. "hey, remember the player named megan fox?" feels like i'm with the homies just shooting the shit about 2000s basketball players
@tarkusvontortellini18774 ай бұрын
We all know the best lead Pokémon is BKC's jawline
@lesqueegee4 ай бұрын
I remember my first time playing DPP having made my own team. I was like “deo-s is really good with trick scarf! Why does no one do this with azelf in OU?!” I peaked at 1400 before ultimately crashing out to 1200s. Pretty solid tier!
@ungulatemanalpha4 ай бұрын
remember when leads existed. pepperidge farm remembers
@sharkhaos_probably4 ай бұрын
gotta love the fresh bkc upload the second you finish watching another video thank you kevin :)
@SminkingDoctor4 ай бұрын
*Tom Jones voice* Its not unusual for scarf loom to lead a team
@AaronTats4 ай бұрын
S tier video to eat food to
@gretchling50124 ай бұрын
shoutout to lead crobat. he will never be that guy but i do like him
@algar66163 ай бұрын
BKC I have a sad thing that I must confess, I can only build gen 4 ou teams I feel good about with lead azelf and bronzong
@algar66163 ай бұрын
Alright, I’ll tell you my real secret, my bronzongs are usually heatproof
@BerylliumOxide4 ай бұрын
So happy to see Azelf in the thumbnail
@Ununhexium204 ай бұрын
Ah yes Kevin Garnett the guy from uncut gems not known for anything else
@DGFTardin4 ай бұрын
I missed you, incorporeal Blaziken voice!
@screwtokaiba4 ай бұрын
i had an uhhh fond memory for exactly the interaction between Machamp and Colbur Azelf. I'm kinda fond at the optimization idea behind it - the EV being so "intricate" for that very very specific interaction was something im fond of seeing in general But in particulary because theres an RMT i was on that had Azelf against Champ. If i recall correctly the set i was running was supposed to be Sash Azelf, but during the RMT the guy was like "oh this is likely Colbur Azelf right" and like detailed a bunch of stuff about his turn 1 that boils down to "im prepped for this specific Azelf". What actually happened was i forgot my Focus Sash lol. Its not a good battle by any means but i kinda remember it a notch due to how freaked out my opponent was at Agility Torterra 4 Attack Gross, a Rocker, Starmie was a favorite for me at one point. Idk how good it is nowadays, but iirc its like Zen, Mash, Quake, Bullet/Boom? The main separation from classic Gross lead was the Zen to snipe Machamp
@EldenRingBuildsArchive4 ай бұрын
There’s only one occasion where machamp beats lumgross, and that’s sash counter, and even then, you’ll get rocks most of the time, as long as you have lum, you don’t need to use zen.
@ElceePlaysCiv4 ай бұрын
Have you ever seen a set for any mon in any metagame where a non-boosting nature (e.g. Hardy) was actually viable? I've never seen one in all these years and I really doubt there is but on the odd chance you have it might be an interesting video.
@maibhe67544 ай бұрын
Not an answer to your question, but I remember way back, mixed Flygon had stat benchmarks it needed to reach in every single stat. It needed to outspeed certain threats, needed enough attack and special attack to beat certain targets, and it needed enough defense and special defense to handle certain threats. It'd be really tempting to give it a neutral nature so you wouldn't ruin any of the things it needed to do, but the correct thing to do was to reduce either defense or special defense, and having it incapable of doing certain things you wanted from it. But who knows, other things that used to be considered noob things back when it was current (black sludge, protect) are now considered good maybe the same could happen to neutral natures.
@crenando2884 ай бұрын
Unless there's an incredibly specific example or reason, you'd rather always take an extra 10% in a stat, as most Pokemon have a stat they don't care about investing in. Even those that do care about every stat can even run investment on a minus nature (like running speed with a brave or sassy nature) to mitigate it. So tldr, not really
@Rose-ez7yn4 ай бұрын
ive seen some tankchomps w flamethrower who use hardy cuz they dont wanna lower any of their stats
@crenando2884 ай бұрын
There's actually one niche. So you can make a Pokemon quirky, which is funny
@ottokar_toffel30104 ай бұрын
Could you do a video on Gravity (in DPP)?
@tecul14 ай бұрын
what a treat
@pikminologueraisin21394 ай бұрын
watching le mans, brb in 17hours
@Blowjabbadahut4 ай бұрын
DPP ou was my jam. Hydration rest vaporeon was my bread and butter.
@EldenRingBuildsArchive4 ай бұрын
That’s not gen 4, it only gets Hydration in gen 5 and on
@Blowjabbadahut4 ай бұрын
@@EldenRingBuildsArchive ah your right. That’s why I’m remembering paring it up with ferrothorn lol
@ΓιώργοςΚεραμιδάς-ξ3μ4 ай бұрын
awesome video as usual
@newjumpcityjosh93334 ай бұрын
Machamp was so god damn annoying. Empoleon became a good lead at one point too with rocks pump jet
@AndrewRKenny4 ай бұрын
I can't wait for the meta to continue to semi-cyclically evolve while you peruse SPL replays looking for a game that doesn't have an Azelf lead.
@ddd88284 ай бұрын
this is very interesting, now do dpp lc :3
@alexk11494 ай бұрын
Does anyone know the song that is playing at 5:00?
@Elijah-hz9ls2 ай бұрын
It MUST be from Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, that far I know. What exactly this exact OST is called on the other hand? As far as I remember it might just be some kind of (boss) battle theme... Look up the playlist on KZbin, I'm very sure you're going to find it. To finding this information helpful and a great time of day to wherever in the world you're residing from!
@Elijah-hz9ls2 ай бұрын
English is not my native language, you see.
@nSenuh4 ай бұрын
BKC
@DolaAktar-w7k2 ай бұрын
Miller Jose Brown Daniel Allen Timothy
@shnoogums17 күн бұрын
why is this all about the history and not the current metagame like the title suggests?