The Problem With Calyrex Shadow Rider...

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[@slackermaru4045]

Wait until Calyrex figures out Koraidon and Miraidon are rideable

[@Skyfire-qu7nt]

But it’s Calyrex riding Spectrier on top of Miradon/Koriadon and their ability is As Two which gives unnerve and grim neigh and ori pulse/quark drive and maybe pressure and intimidate too just because.

[@scottcrysel]

Lolololol favorite comment so far 😂

[@mathewricafrente5984]

Calyrex-Ancient Rider & Calyrex-Future Rider are things people would not be ready for

[@Skyfire-qu7nt]

Quite honestly, I think that there should be a calyrex rider for every single pokemon. Doesn't even matter if they're an inch tall. Calyrex riding Klefki and Calyrex riding Ultra Necrozma.

[@unaffectedbycardeffects9152]

​@@Skyfire-qu7ntpokemon rider and pokemon horse video

[@HeliumHasPassed]

Giving Calyrex-S two abilities is like Blackbeard having two devil fruits

[@TheRedStinger82]

I want to like Calyrex, but they made this thing comically overpowered. It's kind of funny and sad at the same time how Zacian was nerfed and both Calyrex forms were left untouched

[@HeliumHasPassed]

@@TheRedStinger82 me when forty dollers

[@iancastro1327]

​@@HeliumHasPassed me when ogerpon and the loyal three

[@user-ashborn16]

Both things are absurdly busted in their own universe and are very antinatural so heck yes, there is no better analogy to be made here

[@xXunknownXx0000]

​@@TheRedStinger82 Actually ice raider was nerf....yea fr😂

[@HeliumHasPassed]

Random Pokémon: Man, I’m hungry Shadow rider: How hungry…..

[@bg8561]

DON'T. LET. IT. COOK!

[@jo-ri-oh8950]

💀

[@ImJustBag]

Shadow Rider keeps ppl hungry with unnerve 💀 💀 💀

[@asharpnotbflat]

Clearly not hungry enough to eat a horse

[@hamdepaf6686]

Shadowrider causing world hunger

[@glacierwolf2155]

Calyrex-Shadow-Rider Baton Passing Grim Neigh boosts to Flutter Mane is the Pokémon equivalent of a king giving an orphan breadcrumbs in generosity.

[@sandviper5339]

But that orphan is Bruce Wayne

[@kaibadlover]

"Orphan" is way too much of an understatement for Flutter mane

[@glacierwolf2155]

@@kaibadlover She's a self-made one.

[@HeliumHasPassed]

Let them eat cake ah situation

[@umwha]

I thought fluttermane was majorly over powered too

[@StickMaster500]

Ting-Lu and the other Ruinous Legendaries will come back into the meta for the sole purpose of taking down the monarchy

[@justaguywithadream813]

The french have entered the chat

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

is this why wo-chien is a snail? escargoat

[@Dondozoisbeast1]

Would love to see it but the problem is MienShao and Pelipper are here with close combat, Wide Guard, Tailwind, and fake out respectively. Ting Lu can’t spam snarl if it’s constantly getting blocked by wide guard and then either being gaslit into Tera poison for the expanding force weakness or being hurt by draining kiss

[@IronFairy]

@@aldrichunfaithful3589 If wo chien becomes meta I'll be so happy, I just love the snail

[@echogaia1708]

Its better to go tera blast fighting. Ghost + Fighting has perfect coverage

[@krislee3155]

Never thought I'd hear the words "Flutter Mane powercrept."

[@nellewoodruff6337]

Poké-Singularity is real

[@ttmfndng201]

powercrept by an older pokemon

[@archanasoni9666]

It's currently generation 12 and flutter Mane is in PU, Calyrex-S is in RU and ungabonger dominates the VGC scene

[@TheRedStinger82]

Peter. The horse is here.

[@ieatvirgins]

Peeta

[@inexistentedioh]

​@@ieatvirgins da horse is here 😶

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

That's the nickname I use on showdown for the horse

[@TheRedStinger82]

@@HanectcenaHGaming incredible.

[@Gold_Gamer_100]

So is Peter Incineroar while Flutter Mane is Lois? If so, who are the kids and Brian?

[@jetstreamsam0799]

VGC player: man I wish I had a fast and strong ghost type for my hyper offense team Calyrex-S: How strong...

[@Hunter_6430]

it’s honestly unforgivable that the Reins Of Unity got to be a Key Item but the Great Timespace Orbs don’t so Giratina is still trapped in no item slot hell forever

[@drothicyaaresh6915]

I mean at least with giratina, origin and altered are like different mons with different roles.

[@yaboytony3028]

@@drothicyaaresh6915Too bad both are bad in vgc :(

[@soofiesss]

Only time i’ve ever used origin giratina was electric tera in a monotype tournament with some friends

[@breloommaster12]

It's the same design philosophy as the Kyurem DNA splicers

[@Gaiou0331]

​@@yaboytony3028And singles. Don't forget it also sucks on singles

[@ramenoodle66]

Ahh yes Expanding Horse my beloved 0:50

[@svarainis111]

I see im not the only one to notice it

[@typemasters2871]

No wonder Flutter Mane was so powerful, turns out Flutter Mane was just “Calyrex Shadow Rider Jr”

[@RFDN0]

It's the entitled Princess of pokemon ghost type royalty.

[@scottcrysel]

My favorite team right now is Caly Shadow beside Weezing. Not only is Weezing a huge nuisance for opponents on its own, but Caly Shadow's ability is unaffected by neutralizing gas because it would make him less broken and that would be unfair lolol

[@spacewarp5850]

Didn’t the paradox Pokémon have this problem before game freak nerfed it to try and make it more balanced. But they forgot to apply the patch to caleryx

[@scottcrysel]

​@@spacewarp5850no, it was like this in SwSh too

[@ismael8926]

NONONO, there is no way in hell the horse is unaffected by weezing, thats just mesed up

[@thanhao5500]

​@@ismael8926GF:surely smile

[@scottcrysel]

​@@ismael8926a nightmare come to life in the best way! (only when you are the one piloting it of course lol)

[@capy3759]

Also, as one ignores neutralizing gas!

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

That's why it's the perfect partner to Weezer Jesus teams

[@unknownname3703]

literally why lmfao

[@Perdometalum]

​@@unknownname3703 Game freak was worried calyrex might not be that good without it's ability

[@HanectcenaHGaming]

@@unknownname3703 bc why not

[@lolAvalanche]

Reminds me how the sun/moon legendaries just get to ignore Mold Breaker for some reason.

[@CatboyJerma2]

It's finally time for Incineroar 2 to make his grand return

[@archanasoni9666]

We need you incin!

[@azuro2202]

YEAAA HES COMIN BACK

[@illegalmemedealer3549]

Calyrex-Shadow does thankfully have one weakness- everyone who uses it somehow receives an instant lobotomy when faced with tera normal

[@thequagiestsire]

Unfortunately not even that stops it, Mienshao can take them out and Calyrex can just hit them for powerful neutral hits with Expanding Horse or Draining Kiss anyway, maybe even the niche Tera Blast Fighting.

[@0videoboy0]

​@@thequagiestsireNot the Expanding Horse 💀💀

[@asierx7047]

I've seen calyrex users try to astral barrage a Grafaiai It then used tera dark the next turn to eat expanding horse

[@maxstrike3022]

​@@asierx7047Use Prankster Grafaiai to lock it into using Astral Barrage with Switcheroo/Choice Scarf and watch the horror as you set up in their face and theres nothing they can do about it lol

[@ThisAintGood.]

What could be worse than an absolutely broken Gen 8 restricted legendary? Oh I know! Two absolutely broken Gen 8 restricted legendaries!

[@mr.gamewatch6165]

Ah yes, the *FASTEST* Pokémon, *SHEDINJA*

[@poopymeow1235]

no its shedninja not shedinja

[@mr.gamewatch6165]

@@poopymeow1235 No it's Moxie Boosted not WolfeyVGC

[@massaosaito4084]

The only thought: "Who designed this... Oh, EXTRA 40$ to have it, gotcha."

[@befrugalwithus]

At least you can get two of them.

[@TyrantWesker]

Though you could always trade with someone who already bought the DLC to get one, of course. More difficult to get than a normal legendary, yes, but not entirely paywalled. At least you can jump right into the DLC and get it quickly without beating the main game first, so trading them to your friends isn't exactly hard.

[@SERMareep2007]

Gotta beat the main story of swsh twice and then beat the crown tundra calyrex story twice for 2 calyrex​@@befrugalwithus

[@powwowken2760]

Calyrex is a perfect example of why I always get bored during restricted formats. Like yeah, you could spend weeks creating a perfect counter team to Calyrex, or you could just use it and push the "kill everything button" and probably have better luck. It's like Water Spout Kyogre or Geomancy Xerneus but even worse...

[@ParkyMarz]

I'm finding that even if you create a counter to Calyrex so much of your team's resources are focused on countering it that you are not prepared for other matchups.

[@confuseddragonedits2294]

"And basically everything not named Regieleki or Shedinja." "...Or Ninjask." - Moxie Boosted, 2024.

[@mlpfanboy1701]

Or deoxys!

[@USSPython]

Wait isn't shedinja's base speed literally like 40

[@archanasoni9666]

Why ninjask has 160 speed bru

[@maxmucci3170]

Deoxys is banned in VGC

[@elaias4955]

If calyrex is able to make wo-chien somewhat viable in any way i support its existence

[@novacollapse]

"Stat mogged" is a term I never knew I needed until now

[@ShermTank7272]

Alright, Expanding Horse gave me a little chuckle.

[@shirshobanerjee7751]

Stealing this for nickname material

[@MorrisPXG]

1:58 “The Existence of Calyrex is the Sole Reason Mienshao isn’t Flipping Burgers Right Now” -Moxie Boosted,2024

[@KLIXORthe]

Its kind of funny how many absolutely broken ghost types gamefreak has made recently, between Caly-shadow, Annihilape, Basculegion/Houndstone, Fluttermane, and Gholdengo.

[@scottcrysel]

Death only made them more powerful!

[@ParkyMarz]

Basculegion and Houndstone, are not broken at all. Gholdengo is very strong but it was never broken. Annihilape was actually unstoppable in Reg A with Maushold.

[@luluzin5022]

​@@ParkyMarzGholdengo is a menace in Singles tho

[@coolyeh1017]

@@ParkyMarz In singles, however ... Annihilape is banned to Ubers and still sees some use there, Gholdengo is really good in OU narrowly missing bans, Basculegion and Houndstone are okay but are busted with Last Respects. Nonetheless, Ghost-types are feasting with Scarlet and Violet.

[@KLIXORthe]

@@ParkyMarz The reason Basculegion and Houndstone are "not broken at all" is because "last respects" is banned. what they can do with that banned move is what makes them broken. The ability to freely fire off a 200bp move in the mid game, much less a 300bp move in the end game, with stab on top, is absolutely busted on pokemon with usable speed/attack stats, and both Basculegion and Houndstone can out speed a lot of pokemon with jolly+scarf. Gholdengo has phenomenal typing, a crazy ability, an excellent movepool (t-wave, n-plot, recover, gleam, etc.), spammable stab moves, and the unprecedented ability to block every hazard clearing move with one teamslot. It and Kingambit are still in OU solely because Tusk and some other OU mon are able to keep them in check.

[@omegafinisher845]

In the words of ElectricWindGirlFriend: “Calyrex is going to break VGC”

[@rexthewolf3149]

Ayo Tekken

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

something funny about calyrex is that it's meant to be "balanced" by draining kiss being a weak coverage move, but not only does tera provide stab on it it actually boosts the base power to 60. i can't think of a single mon that actually takes advantage of this besides calyrex

[@ParkyMarz]

Wait, how so?

[@mr.potato]

​@@ParkyMarzMoves with a base power less than 60 (after Technician is factored in) have their base power set to 60 if you tera into that move's type. This does not affect priority moves or multi-hit moves. In this case, if Calyrex uses Tera Fairy, its 50 base power Draining Kiss becomes a 60 base power move

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

@@ParkyMarz basically, when you tera into a type, any move of that type below 60bp gets boosted up to that. multi hit or priority moves don't get it thankfully, but lets say you're a munkidori gamer you could run mud slap and if you tera ground it'll be 60bp. it's very niche because these moves are so weak you wouldn't use them usually, but if you want to be less tera reliant then if you have a 40-50 bp move you can use it instead of tera blast. and if that move happens to have a broken secondary effect like nuzzle or draining kiss, it's a win win

[@itztaytay2]

Comfee takes advantage of Tera Fairy + Draining Kiss as well since it's technically the ability that raises its priority so it still gets the boost, and Tera Grass Rillaboom's Grassy Glide is bumped from 55 to 60 power since it was nerfed under 60 this gen

[@InNorrisWeTrust]

@@itztaytay2 it doesnt count as a priority move then? i had no idea this mechanic existed smh

[@clothieredward5248]

It's lowkey insane how Calyrex-Shadow not only remained unnerfed going into Gen 9 but it'll now be stronger than ever thanks to Terastilzation. Makes me wonder if Game Freak will nerf Calyrex-Shadow going into Gen 10... or if they will nerf it at all.

[@0Scar9728]

The only nerf that you can possibly give to calyrex is removing it from the game entirely

[@rileyackison4495]

@@0Scar9728it would go a long way by either making it choose an ability or better yet, make the reins a held item.

[@bentleyplays-ox4bl]

God it feels like this Pokémon is every were and isn’t fun to play against but I love using it

[@artolas]

comments help the youtube algorithm to hopefully influence gamefreak to nerf the hell out of this mon

[@Oreca2005]

Fall of the king Down with it I liked the story he got but it so cancerous on what he can do , ogerpon have to hold an item to becomes something else while this thing just does.

[@calvinnguyen1870]

“Expanding Horse” Lmao I love it

[@CDeity]

Petah, the horse has special moxie

[@JRR31]

0:05 yes, the horse is indeed, here Edit: i fear no thing, but that thing(points to beads of ruin boosted astral barrage), that thing scares the shit out of me

[@giratina6665]

How many additional one shots does it even get at this point?

[@TheStormRX]

5:00 💀 Also, its crazy how even people who NEVER PLAYED COMPETITIVE know how absurd Horse is

[@MishKoz]

Your thumbnails are even more top tier than Calyrex

[@BisharpnearOhio]

Calyrex: My valiant steed, it’s 4pm, time to demolish VGC Spectrier: yes master

[@febreeze4655]

I like how shadow rider doesn't have many results early on because everybody is building their team to beat it lol

[@skylernguyen8600]

Cant wait for the next dual ability pokemon. We need one with a base 150 in EVERY stat and that has both Truant and Slow Start, would truly make it top tier

[@kizza4911]

Everyone: it aint me it aint me Calyrex shadow: i am a fortunate son

[@dlynnbardwell3513]

Moxie saying he’s the only one running leftovers meanwhile me at 1500 on latter with a calm mind fat caly shadow

[@dragonmaster951753]

Also two as 1 is immune to neutralizing gas from weezing cause $40

[@Wulgreath]

Calyrex clearly has shooters inside Big Pikachu watching his back.

[@browserjunior4707]

5:18 “Hold this 50/50 Mixup”

[@daviddirenzi4226]

Bro calyrex makes mewtwo look like a doll

[@nathanarcher5292]

Video starts at 0:00

[@spoofy5207]

Thanks

[@pandabs6845]

Thanks

[@johnmarklorsagorio4885]

This comment is very helpful

[@thunderaine]

The biggest crime of that paywall is the kings theme not being present due to that

[@Highstar25]

Forgot to mention that for SOME REASON, possibly a bug, Calyrex's combo ability is immune to neutralizing gas, which turns off every other ability in the game. FAIR AND BALANCED.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

Look at my horse. My horse is amazing.

[@XC11301991]

It's stuff like this that thoroughly shows that Gamefreak is actually incompetent aside from the other trainwreck stuff of being behind a decade in technological mechanics.

[@aquilonthepro8319]

I feel like the editing has gotten funnier lmao

[@vojtech_ledvinka]

Yeah, I like expanding horse

[@rich1109]

1:46 now that's a meme I have seen in years LOL

[@justintsui2522]

You know its bad when you make Incineroar the hero

[@HollandTHG]

The length of time Ninjask was on the screen feels like how your first Ninjask sighting would go.

[@GustavoThimoteo]

Loved the vídeo, it would be fun to know if the future paragons will see a light in the vgc with Miraidon coming up.

[@sagacious03]

Fun analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@minimina1872]

i was expecting "when groudon't" 2:52

[@givemeahandleplz]

Great explanation, awesome video. Also nice editing

[@BraveFrontierRemeberer]

"it makes sense that royalty would have a maid" you just made the combo way funnier and now i want to use it

[@bettyunicorn6132]

Ah the AG horse in VGC what could go wrong.

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

We need a Normal-type Legendary Pokémon other than Silvally or Regigigas. Possibly Normal/Dark to block Expanding Horse.

[@scottcrysel]

Or just let Yveltal come back lol

[@MoxieBoosted]

Terapagos

[@jesuisunstroopwafel]

@@MoxieBoosted I somehow forgot the little turtle. 😅

[@Shadow-Spectrier]

As an AG player, I can relate. Calyrex Shadow can still kill your checks and sweep you if you let set up. I run scarf calyrex to prevent that coin flip situation.

[@0videoboy0]

Choice Scarf? Isn't that risky if you happened to get Sucker Punched? I always put Focus Sash on my horse just in case

[@Shadow-Spectrier]

@@0videoboy0 Sucker Punch is extremely uncommon in AG nowadays. (Chien-Pao become really bad in the tier)

[@gizmobies6]

this video was so well narrated and funny

[@zacmayes2802]

They make demons like these yet they didn't even give The Loyal Three toxic spikes 😐

[@Fincaurum]

The fact that calyrex shadow rider is a dlc and it's so busted reminds me of izanagi-no-okami in the persona 5 dlc

[@robertbeisert3315]

Why aren't we complaining about Ice Calyrex? And now, we wait...

[@RFDN0]

Because it is reliant on trickroom, Ice is horrible defensively, it is a physical attacker, and while Ice is an amazing attacking type for super effective damage, it has types that resist it being common.

[@Kaiser25]

The power of money

[@akshayreddy4071]

Can't wait for gen 10 to introduce a pokemon with a trick room ability so calyrex ice rider with a clear amulet can do the same thing but better, very fun gamd

[@RFDN0]

The moment we have an auto trickroom pokemon is the moment VGC has a massive issue.

[@bendrowned8506]

god i loved that expanding horse pun

[@latbil]

There’s some spectacular (Spectrier?) commentary in this video

[@Zenala]

A little detail I'd like to praise you for is that you put in the effort to actually pronounce people's names in other languages! I was pleasantly surprised by the "Cunha" being pronounced right :D keep doing your amazing videos man!

[@Hatneas]

The editing for this video was was stellar

[@plabcentral630]

Dude. Your thumbnail game is absolutely amazing.

[@license2Bort]

Cleanest Pokemon channel out there!

[@magick8561]

i LOVE these videos i wish they were longer

[@hipstersephiroth3722]

Thank you being so kind all mighty all knowing Gpd help me and these people to better understand you

[@maxstrike3022]

Obstagoon: "If only there was someone who was naturally immune to both STABS."

[@lechonkvgc8857]

listened to the fridge pod today, big ups for not falling for the lockheed-martin sellout

[@aoxVGC]

Yveltal we needed you, and you abandoned us at a time we needed you the most!

[@ChucktheSpicyChicken]

They see him ridin, they hatin.

[@Tino7100]

"I'll just put on my anti-ghost berry" ~someone in 2019...probably

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Lmao that New York incineroar was great

[@Seetiyan]

That "Expanding Horse" made me do a double-take, cause I wasn't sure I heard that right at first. 😂

[@lulugaj5859]

People were so scared of it and they prepared so much that it didn't even top cut the first reg g regional.

[@steevie9423]

Surprised to find out i actually WASN'T subscribed after I haven't missed a video from you in 6 months

[@Crazycat918]

… and expanding horse , bruh i was laughing so hard 😂!!! 0:55

[@LaserfaceJones]

It carried me and my jank 6 restricted mon team back in SwSh's final season.

[@LilDmitrii]

The paywall is so blatantly scummy

[@ashemabahumat4173]

"Expanding Horse" Yup.

[@altariamotives16]

Mienshao went so hard with Xerneas last gen, I loved using it sm and I'm so happy my boy made the meta

[@xachariah5125]

I actually haven't lost to this thing yet in gen 9, but I did also add chi-yu+tailwind

[@RealNikTrustMe]

call it calyrex-shadow the way we're horsing around

[@MayVeryWellBeep]

Keeping my Miraidon valeted and fuelled up ready for Calyrex Knight Rider

[@sirloinsteak7233]

can you talk about Zamazenta in this format? ive seen alot of people talking about how its actually really good right now due to body press + iron defense

[@Bird-wz7nx]

We need a Battlemaster ability blocks martial/commander moves, like Lances and Blade-based moves. Give it to a pokemon with a middle stage that has a good support movepool and eviolite capabilities and sucker punch and it'd be an amazing check to Calyrex and its lance and barrage move. (Hence "Battlemaster." Astral Barrage is described like a general giving orders to spirit soldiers, so an ability to counter such a move would need to interact with moves that direct other units. Except few are relevant to competitive. I guess it could maybe counter Maushold too?) A Squire pokemon undermining a king would be so thematically delightful

[@chrisbrooks3131]

One of my favorite videos, had me dying laughing

[@thedarthbear]

Hail to the king, baby.

[@iancastro1327]

That thing is the reason of why i run incineroar as a full support fake out, snarl, parting shot and knock off

[@onyx3881]

Excellent Thumbnail

[@DragoniaCrimson]

Your editing is so fucking fire