The Greatest Bug-Type in Gen 3 OU.

[@jimothycool]

I'm hosting a $3500+ Gen 3 OU Tournament. Check out the commentary here: www.youtube.com/@jimothygaming/videos

[@chess_fella]

This is insane. Bug infestation moment.

[@asprinjuice425]

The fact that the swarm boosted megahorn could beat Jimothy Cool despite him being a ghost steel type is crazy

[@usernametaken017]

he used to be steel/normal before The Incident

[@amb1ance]

Heracross is great for a metagame. Insane wall breaking but not braindead clicking with all the checks it's lack of leftovers brings

[@EggscellentTree]

Imagine if it had close combat instead of brick break or focus punch.

[@funkymachine]

It can definitely be brain dead, you ever seen the sub salac set? Actually disgusting

[@youri7229]

@@funkymachinemy brother in christ run some phasing moves on your squad❗️❗️

[@GIR177]

Leftovers on Heracross is the standard though, so not sure what you mean. Band has its uses but is greatly limiting on mons that aren't immune to sandstorm or spikes already. Even Medicham prefers Lefties more nowadays because it becomes much harder to play around.

[@funkymachine]

@@youri7229 *ohkos your offcune at +2*

[@singingcrow439]

Gen 3 has a pretty interesting rule when it comes to physical attackers. The stronger you are, the more weak you are to passive damage and the harder it is to stick around. By strength, im not just talking about attack stats, but also move bp and stab type. On one end there's aero, who is immune to both sand and spikes, but compare to the psuedos and hera it has a far lower attack stat that basically required cb. It stabs are also rather weak with 75 rockslide and 70 hp flying. The three psuedos; ttar, mence and grosse, share the same problem with a weak stab (except for grosse, but we'll get to that) and are all immune to only one sand or spikes, making them easier to wear down. But their naturally higher attack stats allows them to use other items than cb, but they become destructive with cb. Now grosse does has a high attack stat and a high base power move in meteor mash, but its steel stab means that bulky waters and skarmory can resist its attacks, though it can potentially get through with a lucky attack boost or explosion. Then there is hera, whose is without question not just a glass Canon, but a glass tactical nuke. It is weak to both sand and spikes, so sets without leftovers can be outlasted, but it wont be without causties. Its attack is 10 points lower than the psuedos, but where they suffer from weak moves and stab, hera is here with 120 megahorn that whallops waters and a 150 focus punch that even skarm needs to respect. It also has access to swords dances and two abilites that can increase its power even more at the cost of health.

[@CjqNslXUcM]

I wonder how much of this was intentional. They couldn't've thought of all that way back then.

[@telstraRobs5]

​@@CjqNslXUcMlooking at gen 9 I very much doubt this was intentional.

[@tobin2.0]

God I love gen 3

[@ahassani]

The moment gamefreak started minmaxing pokemon specifically for competitive play (gen 6 onwards, gen 5 was an obvious oversight by gamefreak) was when competitive pokemon became an absolute joke. It lacks any creativity now, and everything feels like it was designed for a specific purpose.

[@BiffTheBanana]

Beetelmon is one of my favourite Pokémon of all time, so I must say I'm conflicted to hear confirmation of the news he has taken a criminal action, killing renowned player JimothyCool

[@SeventhGod77]

Mm, bug type supremacy. He didn’t believe hard enough.

[@beechteeth]

could he have been hired by Old Money, sent to silence the truth

[@finnasnowman5083]

This is a "Heracross has invaded my home" moment.

[@Swndl3]

The problem with using Heracross is you’ll eventually tilt so hard after missing 5x mega horns that you’ll need a new computer 😢

[@tree_tape]

-Margaret Thatcher

[@hangry5318]

As a Heracross enjoyer, Gen 3 OU has quickly become my favourite metagame. On top of that, Mr Cool and his very epic tournament, ADV Revival, has begun to rapidly invade my home. This video is insane.

[@Wing_cap]

Since the next couple of sets are being held in your living room, will you be commentating?

[@hangry5318]

@@Wing_cap only if Mr Cool, the leader of the invasion, the Napoleon if you will, allows me to. Otherwise, I might have to do it from the closet I am currently hiding in.

[@n34nt1s]

I love the reference to the heracross donation message, it’s hilarious

[@diegbro1215]

Dude your videos are seriously entertaining. As someone who’s favourite gen is gen 3, I never thought it had the complexity that you’ve shown it does in competitive Pokémon. Keep up the good work!

[@toolofthelord]

Heracross has invaded my home

[@jimothycool]

Same

[@evanherynk5863]

Rumor has it that Iron Mugulus ordered the hit on Jimothy from behind bars.

[@liampouncy7808]

This is the best new copypasta that I've seen. I'm glad that you have built a community strong enough to enable such amazing content.

[@Drby_]

Listening to this video while opening at work on Halloween. It’s dark out and I’m scared when I go around a corner a Hera in swarm range with salac boost will be waiting for me. This is insane folks.

[@Dad_Shoes]

Wow, I can't believe that great KZbinr Jimothy Cool is dead. Let's hope that Decidueye used Spirit Shackle at the last second so he may still be able to give commentary on the mortal plane.

[@miked5163]

I’ve heard reports that past paradox form of Decidueye, Phantom Foliage, arrived just in the nick of time to rescue the megahorned man

[@MPOTW]

Picked up on the Phoenix Wright background music - great choice, one of my favourite PW tracks

[@boop53]

i actually love band heracross. I focus punch salamence and i do like 37% at -1 by the way, i love the intro, reminds me of those donation messages you keep getting in the adv revival tournament

[@tsawy6]

(it was originally a dono message, and started out the memes. Read in one of the vids, posted on his community page, and now here. It flashed on the screen after he read it here!)

[@shoogles_]

The Meta-morphosis, with Gregor Samsalamence

[@fizhing]

Cant believe the popular pokemon youtuber jimothy cool recently passed away Rest in peace 😔

[@TayoAAdetola]

I love this format for videos. Much more in depth and informative with some lore. Sorry that you got KOed by Heracross but glad you found it in your heart to forgive the gigantic bug type.

[@J-DawgTBH]

YAY! LET'S GO! THE HERACROSS VIDEO IS HERE! THANK YOU, JIM!

[@mistyeggs7898]

bro your voice is so relaxing and your commentary skills are cookin'! keep it up!

[@tecul1]

that's a big horn

[@Oliver-uz1fs]

The venomoth into something idea could be how he was inversing power creep, getting better and better for each generation, from being trash, to niche, to alright in NU with niches above, to great in RU and banned from in Gen 5 and 6 and 7 to finally being legitimate into Gen 7 UU

[@virtualcolt]

Heracross is the best example on how to make a bug type right. Give it a great design, the best possible stats it can have, and it has access to two great stab moves. *this applies to Scizor and Volcarona, those two are awesome too without being too broken before tera)

[@sagetmaster4]

ADV OU is so incredible

[@thewhatness]

Literally the most iconic Jimothy opening out there.

[@DoodleWill]

Been really enjoying Gen 3. I dipped into it for a couple of months now since Gen 9 got too turbulent and frankly having to keep track of so many Pokémon and Moves gets pretty exhausting after a few games. Heracross has been a surprise staple on my Porygon2 teams. While risky (and debatably not too viable), Endure Salac has been good at dealing with Dugtrios for times I feel like ditching the plastic ducky. Gen 3 really does let you play around with silly sets and its nice to run dumb stuff and still have a somewhat viable team. Gen 9 lately has been feeling a bit to suffocating.

[@GoldStorm07]

Endure Reversal Hera is very fun to break out every once in a while when you just need to see the biggest numbers on your screen.

[@gamezharks]

My favorite silly billy thing to do is running a suprise sleep talk on guts Heracross to punish sleepers in the funniest way possible.

[@lekoe961]

Loving these intros as well as just the content in general. Fantastic stuff all around. Insane, even

[@doma3554]

Blissey’s cute little smiling face with the text saying “I’m going to perish” is too funny, in the video’s thumbnail.

[@chrisfacchiano7356]

Rest in peace JamNCam, you will be missed

[@glumreaper8885]

Two of my favorite breakers are Mamoswine and Heracross. They are healthy additions to any metagame without being dishonestly powerful like modern metas would often introduce. Heracross does cool things. Fighting is generally great for breakers, and the bug type complements it to handle the common psychic type counter to fighting. But it isn't a guaranteed kill because poison and flying are still natural counters to the STABs. It's a balanced breaker that isn't pure min/maxed.

[@zekmaster644]

I am in shambles right now. I cannot imagine our favorite bug would commit such a crime against Jimothy Cool. Surely the dastardly Iron Mugulis has some sort of involvement in this catastrophic occurence.

[@bigsammichthoughts]

The thing that you can never deny about Heracross is that it hurts really, really bad

[@JamNCam]

Despite costing my life, I have nothing but love for the beetle 🪲❤️

[@michaelk9080]

Always been my favorite pokemon. Reminds me too that though i was so excited to see this insane buga get a mega evolution that the playstyle of megahera just felt different. We just love heracross don't we folks? This is insane.

[@Manivilization]

This is one of the most interesting bug-type moments in recent history.

[@doublem1975x]

Porygon2 finally getting some love.

[@MmadA-lg6ix]

0:47 hell yeah love that song

[@ThatGuyThai]

In early ADV for Japan, Heracross was actually banned for a while

[@RralRonaldo]

Another great Jimothy cool video. Your format makes Pokémon extremely interesting, and you are really good at making the info digestible. Good job

[@prutprut6324]

I think it would be cool if you also included some tips for teammates in these vid. Great job as always

[@thomasw1371]

Heracross is by far and away my favorite pokemon. The design, the coverage, the usefulness in game and in competitive, my team building starts and ends with Heracross. A true gamer's pokemon.

[@lesqueegee]

Heracross is by far my favorite Mon in the tier. Adamant Hera with the sub salac has won me so many games that were lost otherwise. If setup properly by removing physical checks, megahorn after an SD and swarm proc is so beautiful. Seeing suicune die in one hit without an explosion is feral. The elation on my face when I clicked focus punch with my guts heracross in front of a blissey who had just clicked toxic and shot my attack up to obscene heights, only fueling its eggstinction… insane.

[@tfd8598]

lets see iron mugulis wallbreak this good

[@Bobombist]

thats my favorite pokemon of all time, very cool jimothycool

[@sandysimis8290]

Herracross was so scary that the gholdengo in the picture frame disappeared

[@dadiscoverychannel]

Let's take a look at all of the different ways you could use Heracross, and examples of it being used in high level play.

[@SilentDragonite149]

That’s one bug I would not mind keeping in my house.

[@immortalmachine5839]

Glad you survived heracross invading your house so you could make this video

[@Zo3yX]

Heracross, liechi aero, and slaking are some of my favs in adv. you just click buttons and things get obliterated

[@Neli2789]

I wish gen 5 had people analyzing the meta like this

[@CjqNslXUcM]

Heracross used to be one of my favorite pokemon back in the day. His design is strangely appealing, even though he's just a beetle.

[@kasaibouF29]

Heracross was so good, your rival has it when you rematch him in FRLG.

[@shawverno.1130]

Thank you JamNCam for such an instant classic

[@kalarse]

I loved the usage of Chrono Trigger battle music

[@Eclipsmon8421]

Heracross is probably my favorite pokemon to use in gen 3 OU, and that's a metagame full of gigachad mons, so that's impressive.

[@HawkBreland]

always loved this fella since his debut in gen 2. he is cool and this is insane.

[@tobin2.0]

Gen 3 is a work of art, such a well-designed Gen

[@genmaicha_]

when is jimothy gonna acknowledge the future paradox form of gordon ramsay, "iron chef"

[@movezig5]

Heracross is one of my favorite Pokemon, even if it's fallen off in recent generations. I nicknamed mine Slug Bug.

[@DoctorThundah]

That intro was outstanding

[@41gguy]

Im not going to lie, when you were talking about needing to get rid of a giant bug infestation, I thought you were about to plug Raid shadow legends

[@christopherballero866]

In Emerald Heracross was one of my go to Pokemon for the Battle Fromtier

[@greeneggsandbaky600]

why does soulless 4 start playing at 1:58

[@twobrosgamers8426]

Glad to see that one of my faves is amazing in Gen 3

[@nebulimes2143]

I know it’s not really a hot take but I feel like Heracross is such perfect Pokémon - has a unique+lovable design but not overdone,is extremely powerful but not gamebreaking and easily punished, 2 (4 if you count HA+ME) that gives a lot of versatility with different sets, and is just fun to use

[@Arktic06]

Heracross has such a cool design. This is insane.

[@Nintendofan184]

your music playlist on your videos is good

[@M3rtyville]

good video. Can we get videos on the best Ice Types in Gen 3 OU?

[@keiharris332]

Thats it. Time to load up choice band heracross in a heavy cross bow and snipe the OU Meta Immediately

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

I hope we got more story like the Swarm Megahorn Heracross like maybe a Titan Ariados

[@mountainwalk]

The Elite 4 doesn't want you to know this but the Heracross in the National Park are free you can take them home. I have 214 Heracross.

[@haidynwendlandt2479]

Happy Halloween to the most insane community on KZbin

[@williamdrum9899]

Makes me wonder how good bugs would be if X Scissor existed back then. As frustrating as Gen 3 can be with some mons not having usable STAB, I'm beginning to believe this was a feature not a bug.

[@thekrampusclaus4148]

Heracross deleting Skarmory will never not be funny

[@SetyaRivki]

It's easy being the best when you got the strongest STAB move and the best dual typing at the time

[@azeria1]

That's why you use gust flygon obviously

[@semi-useful5178]

Heracross is one of my favorite pokemon and always winds up on my teams. Though Swords Dance Heracross Sweep is not very meta.

[@Jcage22]

Herracross, has invaded my home

[@feelsokayman5656]

Jimmy, i love u as much u love Heracross

[@daniel9869]

Been watching your channel for a while and I have one question: How do I play Gen 3 OU?

[@Sunaki1000]

Nintendo plz buff Heracross. The King of Bugs deserves to reclaim his Throne.

[@emma_tm]

that sprite is a solid S+ tier

[@Exquailibur]

Haracross is a really cool pokemon, great shiny and great everything honestly. It really is too bad power creep shafted it so hard but it still puts in work in lower tiers where all the op bs isnt around.

[@urnanaman]

She swarm on my megahorn till i wallbreak

[@boop53]

she slides on my rocks till i flinch

[@rikajougasaki3296]

Don't you 4x resist Megahorn?

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

It was a inversed battle

[@SilverScarletSpider]

could you imagine if we had genesect or mega charizard y in gen 3 ou? lol

[@nibblerdoo]

RIP to Venomoth in Something

[@bloodytyran9245]

Heracross peaked at gen 3 ? Hmmm, what about gen 4 when it countered Darkrai which gave it a niche in Uber ? What about the mega ?

[@chester1882]

Of course there are some clips from SEA here :p

[@PhantomBunny888]

Modest Moltres is my favourite band.

[@mr.trollsaur9996]

I remember that yt text post you made!!!!

[@BigMamaGamer]

NOW THIS IS EPIC

[@globalistgamer6418]

I saw a Heracross the other day. Horrible creatures.

[@caiof1103]

i love heracross

[@darko-man8549]

I love heracross - even in later gens

[@paulh462]

To bad Ubers Hera was not mentioned atleast for a hot second. It might be even stronger there.