The Fall of Snorlax (1996-2024)

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

With Snorlax, I discovered an interest in SV ZU, and had one of my favorite ADV battles in a long time (the last one in this vid). Thanks, Snorlax! You're the grooviest--a real Ryan Gosling, and a real hero!

[@Slaapaav]

snorlax had to many real human beings

[@mrhalfsaid1389]

Truly smooth in the notes

[@eret3]

Im really glad you enjoyed it!!! I highly recommend playing SV PU since its kinda like ZU but with some spice, and has another fallen titan, the everlong BL warrior, Staraptor who's the premier Scarfer in the tier

[@CMSonYT]

ZU is one hell of a tier, keep doing it.

[@ohnoitsdominoes5393]

Snorlax is a real hero and a real human being fr fr

[@doc_1203]

snorlax slowly standing up over the generations while simultaneously getting worse really says a lot about society

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

At least he's ranked in ZU Tauros just fell off a cliff lmao

[@anna_medeia]

ye Tauros is deader than dead post DLCs, before that it was a huge threat in PU at least

[@kuasarr3199]

I mean at least paldean forms get play in PU

[@azeria1]

How did they give him multiple new forms in s/v and all of them suck might be the most pointless pokemon

[@kuasarr3199]

@@azeria1 redbull and bluebull are really fun in PU you should try them

[@423adriana]

i misread Tauros as Tavros and was questioning why you were bringing up homestuck in the comments of a video about pokemon

[@mmsnorby]

I'm pausing the video at 0:00 to say BKC is a monster for single handedly killing Snorlax's viability in all generations gen 3 and onward. I bet he conspired with Finchinator to do this.

[@flamewing7851]

so true

[@etohKP]

watching you discover the absolute horror that is arboliva live was a very formative moment to me. it's like i got to see all 5 stages of grief in a miniseries about snorlax.

[@bulletinfi]

Hello! I am the player from the second battle (first Gen 3 OU battle) in the video. I did not realize at the time but what an honor to play against you! I am pretty new to the game and still figuring out stuff, and as you must have seen I made a lot of mistakes. Sorry for the early forfeit. Thank you for the amazing videos, always a pleasure to watch!

[@kazuichisouda2026]

"I didn't recognize the Barraskewda because it's shiny" >It's a Veluza >Barra's RU

[@EclipseonPMD]

I enjoy these laddering videos the most. They help me get a good night's rest, replenishing my health fully and removing any status, much like that GSC Uber behemoth, Snorlax.

[@strangeanimations2518]

1:06 the disrespect towards Veluza is insane :(

[@jaotrx7163]

You can disrecpet something that is jsut shit

[@thebigstink7472]

Veloser

[@strangeanimations2518]

@@jaotrx7163 I love Veluza, it is perfect (except that it should've been Water/Steel and that it should stay in its "transformed" form after using Fillet Away, because that would be pretty neat)

[@strangeanimations2518]

@@thebigstink7472 WHAT THE FLIP TAKE THAT BACK

[@brightpowder_cena]

Only a minute in and it's already a BKC classic

[@HoChiPro]

-Emboar having a suspect test -Opponent brings 5 fire weak pokemon

[@ogi_uwaaaa]

GFs refusal to give Snorlax slack off is mind boggling, wouldn't entirely save it, but it would be a big help.

[@et34t34fdf]

That would be a good start, also, regenerator or unaware?

[@ellachino4799]

​@@et34t34fdf regenerator makes no sense. Slack off does though.

[@et34t34fdf]

@@ellachino4799 a lot of things dont make sense, so who cares? Pokemon is not a logic based game.

[@ellachino4799]

@@et34t34fdf alright then. Let's just give Snorlax wonder guard and shell smash then

[@et34t34fdf]

@@ellachino4799 You have no problem with all the ridiculously broken Mons around already, but giving lax a boost is a problem? Okay then, move along.

[@zuils]

What no slack off on a mon that should get slack off does to a mf

[@MrZahsome]

It's gonna need more than just Slack off. Recovery modes getting nerfed hard this generation really hurt every single bulky pokemon in existence lol.

[@pokegarchomp]

Wouldnt even help lol

[@fryrr4797]

Poison heal in lieu of immunity would make it good.

[@ahousemouse]

@@fryrr4797 And that makes sense based on pokedex entries. saying how it eats rotten and moldy foods.

[@theschnozzler]

​@@fryrr4797they would never implement it but it would be really interesting for sure

[@ecw4929]

hey! that was me in the last game; I noticed all the bkc name references but didn't know it was actually you lol still pretty new to gen 3 OU so playing in that sharp position was a challenge but I'm glad you liked the game!

[@flamewing7851]

I love how BKC is just the old man of pokemon now.

[@eret3]

He's been the old man of pokemon for a LOOOOONG time

[@kakoXIII]

Thats a weird looking Barraskewda must be a regional variant

[@disasterarchfiend9638]

So at the 43 minutes mark, a player named please ban rachi got haxed. Jirachi haxed them from beyond the game.

[@Ninefoxes]

Snorlax has fallen, and we have killed him. Rest well in ZU, cursing menace

[@Nuvizzle]

"Why was I so ready to accept Barraskewda being ZU?" TFW it did drop astronomically to RU in one gen though

[@Dragostorm21]

Barraskewda without rain is kinda bad in uu so it will probably fall off

[@flamewing7851]

that was this gen lol

[@jellybunz8357]

It was briefly NU this gen even.

[@azeria1]

What being tied to rain viability does to a guy

[@PoliTamer]

BKC waking up with fresh hatred to dunk on snorlax once again in Gens 3 and up. A time honoured tradition.

[@dylanf3108]

In Gen 3 OU it has its cool role as the ultimate counter to counter metagame strategies.

[@anna_medeia]

​@@dylanf3108+ its a goat in ADV Ubers

[@cynthiacrescent]

Time to rename the previous video to "Why Wish Blissey is Mother"

[@EggscellentTree]

4:15 I think sleep moves are banned from every lower tier as well , not only OU altough I'm not sure if it applies to ubers as well.

[@siddhantkamble9502]

Scrappy blocking intimidate is a Gen 8 thing.

[@OshawottLuke]

Finally! The director's cut of Snorlax: The Movie. Also, I love how only in your videos I get ads in Czech.

[@GoTELuckyCharms]

Hey BKC! Just some infodumping as I watch the video 4:18 Sadly spore, or sleep moves in general are no longer a legal in most Gen 9 tiers. 8:13 Tera Blast is basically Photon Geyser, and will use the highest attacking stat your pokemon uses, and be either Physical or Special based 31:04 ARBOLIVIAAAA lol. It's got Seed Sower, which means whenever it takes a hit, it'll summon grassy terrain.

[@GoTELuckyCharms]

Wait, Arboliva is HARVEST??

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

Tera Blast only uses the higher attacking stat when you're Terastallized

[@kayramah2531]

Pretty sure BKC knows about the sleep ban since I remember him making a video on the subject

[@tkc5980]

Hey, I am in ZUWC finals rn, the tier is fun, I Hope you enjoy yourself.

[@PC-ni6bp]

Dad: Why are you crying so damn loud? Me:

[@schroederluck7984]

Iron Mewgulis for all our jaw maxxing brothers

[@splitsee2526]

the last battle in the video was genuinely such a great battle, i enjoyed every second of it

[@ryankeathley995]

Good news folks. I finally conquered my Salac Berry addiction and got a job in Professor Oak's lab. I'll still sleep in my Revaroom sometimes, but only because we've developed a strong bond these past months

[@AndrewRKenny]

BKC using a red arrow in the thumbnail? I think I just saw the faint silhouette of a pig high up above.

[@danielemmanuel7829]

Today I learned I share the same birthday with Ryan Gosling

[@anon3631]

Wow, you are literally him.

[@yourdagan]

​@@anon3631Popped me.

[@bombus_]

RIP steve albini man. that fucks me up.

[@Interiorcrocodilealigator10838]

Based on how biased the first impressions of ss mons were for bkc. Barra in ZU sounds par for the course

[@lordinfernape4753]

Snorlax needs Slack Off ASAP

[@dream_weaver6207]

Evaluating teams by colour. Truely the mark of a great player

[@matheuscastello6554]

i don't know if there's anywhere you can play past vgc formats, but snorlax was great in gen7 doubles, thanks to gluttony and the pinch berry buff! it dominated vgc, and was banned from sm dou!! if there's anywhere you can play vgc17 i think that'd be fun hahaha

[@F-00]

yes you can play past VGCs on showdown if you can find somebody that wants to play as there is no ladders for that

[@pappy2690]

It was fun watching you face teams I've seen described in other videos once you laddered up a bit

[@isnanesavant]

To comment on 28:00 about the set names, I LOVED WizTar or Wizard ttar in gen 4, that had a funky specific amount of attack Evs to still kill things with pursuit after stealth rock but was mostly just bulk an special attack. You easily got off 2-3 dark pulses before they properly switched for it

[@evilcow666]

Ive just realised that the snorlax adv team doesn't have a ttar or a skarmory. The shock

[@Lmjacks]

the old man yells at cloud energy is off the charts in this one, great vid kev

[@unoriginal2552]

BKC can't tell the difference between a Barraskewda and a Veluza It's Barraskewdover boys...

[@newdonkshitty]

I think my blood pressure doubled watching the triple Meteor Miss game

[@MrIdonneva]

That one Arbok was the scariest thing ever

[@jerry3115]

honestly a big fan of this style of vid, just chilling out and playing some wacky games is fun

[@mintx1720]

slack off snorlax in gen 13 will bring it back

[@strangeanimations2518]

He looks so silly in the top right of the thumbnail xD

[@moratgurgeh]

They should have given it slack off in gen 3 but they were too scared

[@CoralReaper707]

The fact that Snorlax, the god of GSC, is in zeroused right now is when I official declare that Power creep crossed the line.

[@J0ulez5]

1:08 oh, actually that's... He'll figure it out

[@larsweise7866]

I would love if Snorlax got either Slack Off or Poisen Heal although this would probably be broken, but the lazy king deserves better. 😮

[@sealeo5772]

Snorlax feels so neglected by the games, like it hasn't learned any new moves ever. And when gen 9 decided to remove everything and ban transfer moves, basically all it can do is be linear curselax in a generation where a passive mon that needs to boost multiple times is helpless.

[@deftonersdasilva]

11:10 this is why you're the goat kevin

[@fusionflare2103]

BKC you GOTTA start dropping those remixes in the description! Especially that Area Zero one

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

they were all remixes by Zame!

[@Vampere_151]

The new shiny of ZU Barraskewda shows up on team preview now

[@TanatatKnight246]

At least the big chonk had something to do in VGC for a while.

[@MaahirMomtaz12]

It's about time it gets recovery

[@Rose-ez7yn]

scrappy, inner focus, and a few other abilities denied intimidate as of gen 8!

[@paz8723]

Why isn't ZU an official Metagame? I feel like its natural at this point, the tiering system is being demolished by gamefreaks powercreep

[@blargghkip]

Apparently it's been almost 10 years since PU was made official, so ZU is probably overdue for legitimization. On the other hand, once ZU is made official SU will immediately become the lowest unofficial usage-based tier.

[@kingwailord4143]

not enough support to make it happen. ZU needs more players to make a case for itself.

[@thepunisher6674]

I was expecting this video to start of with an unfortunately

[@tysondennis1016]

Snorlax really needs Slack Off, as it'll increase his viability as a physically-offensive special wall.

[@PointedHeels1]

Literally just saw swans and I could not with his vocals live. Love the studio stuff that's a lot of fun I'm in the weird music but it was just kind of painful live xD

[@Hensley_Jb]

1:38 no way 😭 I thought you were joking

[@ineedjuuce6414]

“Shiny barraskewda”

[@thesparrow1116]

21:26 And it has high crit rate! Idk if gen 9 in specific had insane power creep or the fact we're experiencing the power creep of an entire generation + legends arceus

[@Robert-rq2ls]

So long Snorlax!!!

[@Charlyzard_ssb]

"I didnt recognize the barraskweda because its shiny" LMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAO

[@annaangelic2318]

Tauros will be freed in Sub-zero Used next month

[@thebigstink7472]

You oughta do more vids where you play

[@inioszi3053]

BKC, the great chief and philosopher, can you imagine how shifted would be RBY if good moves were added to it? All mechanics unchanged, blast burn, will o wisp, shadow ball, close combat, mega horn

[@BKCplaysPokemon]

haha thanks for the video idea

[@inioszi3053]

@@BKCplaysPokemon Yayyyyyyy, I got response from my fav poke guy, thanks so much

[@colinhendry6116]

2:34 he's here

[@grunkleg.2934]

The thing with Snorlax is that they're never gonna buff it as long as they balance the game around Doubles. He's been a menace there forever, especially when pinch berries were healing 50% health

[@Bazzi69]

Thats not a barrakewda bro wtf

[@GoTELuckyCharms]

To be fair, he has told us over the last year that he has absolutely no clue how SV works

[@thebigstink7472]

Barrakewtie

[@ripswf]

Swans briefly mentioned

[@galaxian23]

you can still use lax in SV PU trust

[@SkarCA]

The snorlax remake on FSG eventually, me hoping it’s the upload for this Sunday 🙏

[@DronesDeAltura]

the pokemon mystey doungeon ost is fucking awesome

[@iceee420]

Here I was bkc was only doing yt shorts

[@nicolasromani3523]

I really like gen 3, even tough it makes me not want to see Tyranitar's face ever again.

[@aylaraine]

could you share the gen 3 bliss lax team?

[@thiinkiing]

rip steve albini

[@taistealai5523]

Based Nine Inch Nails mention

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

i havent watched many of your videos but i feel like ive watched three videos of yours all about how ass snorelax is lmao

[@justme14357]

this is so much fun

[@aedd3307]

rip steve albini

[@jamesrutley1009]

Lmao "Shiny Barraskeda"

[@azeria1]

Qwilfish is in this video so this video making it better then other videos

[@PiePie453]

Oh I love ZU formats, let's fucking GOOOOOO

[@jonathangjertsen3450]

snorlax.

[@0001aardvark]

ZU isn’t an official tier *anymore?* is that just a misspeak?

[@LotusTheWise]

Having noticed the effect your videos have on the metagame, please make a video about how broken kabutops is in OU in sun teams specificly. (Please i've been stuck in 1200 elo for 7 years now someone must help me)

[@Kimjoelun]

Iron uvula is insane

[@metalmariomega]

I CAN'T BELIEVE SNORLAX IS EFFIN' DEAD!

[@LotusTheWise]

BIG BLACK MENTIONED. RIP Steve Albini. Tho he was kind of an edgelord, he made great contributions to how i personally percieve sound to be "good" and "bad", having such a unique participation in records of big names. Personally i only recognized just how special he was the day after his passing, but at least i, as many others have before me and will in the future, am able to have a better opinion on the sound media i consume

[@jacksonsmith2955]

Since you seemed to be having some trouble refinding the metas every time, you might want to try clicking the little star by their name to pin them to the top :)

[@immortalmachine5839]

I though you not knowing veluza was a joke LOL

[@TheSkypeConverser]

Ryan gosling's birthday

[@se44th]

have you ever voted no in a suspect test

[@TheXTD]

wait why most gen 1 mons used to be OU are not even officially ranked 💀

[@WhaleLord-eh4lq]

Snorlax is just so lazy. He'd rather use the less viable Rest over Slack Off, because with Slack Off you're staying awake instead of sleeping. And he wouldn't have it any other way.

[@nSenuh]

BKC