The RBY Ubers Metagame

[@wyattnance3756]

“Without rock slide you get completely walled by reflect rest Aerodactyl” I fucking hate RBY

[@buttpiratesbuttpirate5913]

What a weird way to say you love RBY

[@TheMightyNaryar]

Least weird Gen 1 set

[@screamflight1044]

With no Rock moves at all and no usable Flying moves either. RBY is just built different

[@clashtwo5066]

“Tauros crits you twice and steals the catalytic converter off your car” bro I died 💀

[@GynxShinx]

My Snorlax got double ctit by a Tauros the other day. Rip.

[@mainzer45]

So did mew

[@Green24152]

even funnier is that it was the mew truck

[@redacculous]

​@@Green24152I was laughing already, and seeing that made me laugh even harder

[@frederickfugglesworth9877]

I thought 'that thing' was a handle for carrying your Mewtwo like luggage.

[@PorkpieJohnny]

Like the gamecube handle

[@bulbasaur153]

He was right, Zapdos IS pretty solid in Scarlet and Violet OU.

[@konotton]

not anymore :(

[@Scutezo]

Free zapdos

[@mario-nk7be]

@@konotton will rise up, don't worry

[@loganbodnar1237]

It’s ranked as B-tier, which is still pretty solid

[@yoshimallow]

Zapdos will always be PRETTY SOLID

[@TurtleTheGuardian]

You can tell how much someone knows about competitive pokemon battling by how much they laugh at "Jolteon has a super effective move I'm gonna BUST". Consequently, I now know how inadequate my husband's pokemon knowledge is. Thanks for ruining our relationship, Reverend.

[@HumanReverend]

Homewreckerend

[@bryanc1772]

Rhydons Earthquake and Snorlaxs Body Slam and Hyper Beam attacks will do a lot more on average than Twineedle from Beedrill or Pin Missle Jolteon

[@Empr4evr]

@@bryanc1772 Rhydon's Body Slam probably does more damage than a Jolteon Pin Missile.

[@usernametaken017]

​@@Empr4evrpin missile exists exclusively as a middle finger to eggy

[@Weasel_Face333]

I remember when I was a kid when the OG stadium came out and me and my neighbor would play with mewtwos and all kinds of OHKO moves and she said the extra neck was in case somebody used gilloutine on him, some pokeboomer lore for ya 😂

[@HumanReverend]

That's actually so funny lmao

[@Weasel_Face333]

@@HumanReverendLmao right? Also the animations in RBY and even Stadium imply that it's a LITERAL gilloutine too. Idk if they meant that or the chokehold but I used to have this horrifying thought of mewtwos neck being cut clean in half and his extra neck just kind of keeping his head on by a thread until he uses recover to regenerate it lmao

[@miguelyanezlorenzo5037]

What I love the most about your explanation of this meta is how combining the broken state of Gen 1 with Smogon clauses leads to completely bonkers and seemingly counter-productive strategies like getting your Chansey frozen on purpose being actually viable in some situations.

[@chases6659]

Depends on your team honestly. I ran Blizzbolt Mewtwo it’s a win for me if I either freeze Mewtwo or Light Screen Chansey As Slowbro and Exeggutor both get destroy by Blizzbolt after an Amensia boost

[@ENCHANTMEN_]

Sleep/freeze clause isn't totally unique to Smogon, it's also in Pokemon stadium

[@wadespencer3623]

@@ENCHANTMEN_ Probably because everybody who isn't as insane as GameFreak could see how broken their status effects were.

[@nomenclature7662]

Why would you want it frozen

[@wadespencer3623]

@@nomenclature7662 In Smogon, only one pokemon can be frozen in a battle. So Chansey would be a sacrifice, a less important pokemon taking the freeze so that your Mewtwo can't be frozen.

[@Reginald_Ritmo]

I love the idea of a parallel universe where normal type Mew is this shushed deity, a pokemon so competitively overpowered that you need glitches to catch one.

[@andrewrobinson8542]

Or the most terrifying timeline Normal/Psychic Mew. Can’t even Submission it.

[@geisttraft7190]

@@andrewrobinson8542 Then you just gotta whip out the Psychic/Ghost Mewtwo counterplay

[@wolfetteplays8894]

@@geisttraft7190 ghost has no moves in Gen 1

[@geisttraft7190]

@@wolfetteplays8894 Doesn't matter, Ghost is just there for the normal immunity, and you still get STAB psychic

[@Sweetluckk]

@@wolfetteplays8894 confuse ray and night shade are ghost type moves and everyone forgets Lick . Mind you lick is not a viable move

[@odompiano]

I forgot Psychic was immune to ghost in gen 1. Good thing there were the mighty bug types to keep them Psy boys in check.

[@HumanReverend]

it's so funny that one bug type learns a bug move that's stronger than absorb and that pokemon is also weak to psychic

[@silvergalaxia8538]

​@@HumanReverend I'm still baffled that scyther and pinsir both learn 0 stab moves. Gen 1 is a true spectacle of game design.

[@HumanReverend]

hey they let scyther learn wing attack in yellow they were very generous

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Even then, Wing Attack back in Gen 1 is effectively Flying type Tackle.

[@bryanc1772]

@@HumanReverend how good would Mew, Pinsir and Scyther be if they learned Pin Missle?

[@BigYellowSilly]

This is such a stupidly good video, really interesting watch since Ubers is my least played RBY tier and the editing throughout was amazing! Keep it up, more quality RBY content is always great to see!

[@HumanReverend]

Ngl I was really scared you would upload an Ubers videos before me because it seems super in your wheelhouse

[@BigYellowSilly]

@@HumanReverend Funnily enough I was interested in making a vid on Mewbers at some point which has Mew but not Mewtwo, but it's one of those old Pokemon Perfect tiers I don't think people really play anymore

[@HumanReverend]

Before I played a bunch of games for this video I had always thought mew can't be THAT much better than the OU gang but after playing with holy moly is it way too good. It's basically guaranteed to at least trade but way more likely to just whoop a whole team unless it gets blown up on by the other mew

[@theSato]

While I was watching this in the bath I was hoping youd seen this Big Y! And I think you know that whether or not anyone is as actively playing a format, we still wanna hear what you or anyone else has to say and analyze about it. lmao

[@mr.business2922]

@@HumanReverend Mew is 99.7% viable in Mewbers

[@OdaSwifteye]

I like the idea that Slowbro (and Guagsire in their respective games) are only viable because they don't know their limits and just bumble through a match, winning accidentally.

[@bryanc1772]

Well Slowbro has the niche of tanking most of Non-Thunderbolt Mewtwo which Starmie can’t pull off as well and doesn’t have access to Amensia Mewtwos that run Psychic/Ice Beam will have trouble breaking thru Tobybro without excessive hax

[@0001aardvark]

Gulagsire

[@leaffinite2001]

My Guacsire when i pull out a bag of chips jnstead of a revive

[@ahcripes7651]

"rhydon and his nephew" is maybe the funniest line ive heard in a vid in probably years. up there with that old blunder vid where he asked "you think this animal knows what rocks are?" in terms of phrases from pokemon vids that will stick with me until i die

[@WaluTime]

for me its *Mitchy 2 Spoonsss*

[@mr.krustykrust]

Do you remember that Blunder video cause that line is bangin

[@Thaddeus_Crews]

Each explosion/self-destruct having a soundbyte even when it's just filler video was magical. This editing was excellent

[@HumanReverend]

I just think it's so funny that games can either last 200 turns OR you can just both use explosion with half your pokemon and it's over in like 20

[@Green24152]

don't forget hyperbeam

[@monorail0]

Hi Thad!

[@hadesKIU]

"This is a season 6 of an HBO drama Tauros where he has nothing left to lose." Underrated line.

[@Iinneus]

I love the opening text, namely because I love the thought of looking at people doing VGC matches to prepare for official tournaments and telling them "no i get it, whatever weird meta that is sounds fun"

[@HumanReverend]

Imagine doing anything the way Nintendo wants you to

[@Iinneus]

REAL

[@leaffinite2001]

Its crazy to me ive watched dozens of videos on gen 1 OU from channels of all sizes and ive heard maybe 2 sentences about Alakazam ever. Insane

[@HumanReverend]

Yeah it's clearly way above average but like you actually use it and 90% of the time you just switch it into a sleep move bc it doesn't really do anything until Chansey and every other psychic type is dead at which point you're going to be cleaning up with Tauros anyway

[@bryanc1772]

Alakazam is completely outclassed by Mewtwo in Ubers

[@NA1c158]

He's a glass cannon in a meta that rarely aligns ever for glass cannons. Have to be good at predicting or just get lucky to succeed. Literally no other way. That's why some people just use slow bro for bulk, or use starmie and eggs to have psychic presence with some bulk to take a hir of two.

[@CinnamonKilljoy]

Reverend's editing style and specific choices is so addictive, I've been listening to the "effort videos" playlist for two weeks straight as my going-to-sleep background noise.

[@sneepsnoop9547]

Please consider making more content like this, this is the kind of video only a specific type of person can fully enjoy but I am 100% one of those people and it slapped my whole bod.

[@releasethebogus8581]

Today I learned that RBY Ubers matches inevitably devolve into a PP measuring contest

[@docteursubtil2165]

Time stamps : 0:00 : Intro Part 1 : The Mewber 1:41 1:50 : Mewtwo analysis 6:03 : Shenanigans sidebar : the special stat limit exceedement 12:55 : Mew analysis Part 2 : OU boys that can hang 19:19 20:11: Snorlax analysis 21:34 : Chansey analysis 23:44 : Tauros analysis 25:13 : Exeggutor analysis 26:27 : Zapdos analysis 27:39 : Shenanigans Sidebar 2 : Paralysis and stat bonuses 28:28 : Slowbro analysis 29:27 : Gengar analysis 30:08 : Jynx analysis Part 2.5 : The Dingus lightning round 30:58 31:17 : Starmie analysis 31:29 : Rhydon/Grolem analysis 32:00 : Jolteon analysis 32:20 : Alakazm analysis 32:31 : Persian analysis 33:22 : Aerodactyl analysis 33:52 : Moltres analysis 34:13 : Charizard analysis 34:49 : Hypno analysis 35:24 : Ditto analysis Part 3 : Closing thoughts 36:13 36:20 ; General thoughts about the tier 38:00 : General advices (ft Kendrick Lastar) 39:06 : Advices against Mew 39:39 : The PP war 40:27 : Conclusion 16:38 : "got that dog in you" Really cool video. It was a pleasure to hear.

[@HumanReverend]

Dang ur nuts

[@ostint912]

16:34 got that dog in ‘em

[@Empr4evr]

@@HumanReverend Some people got a lot of free time, don't judge how they use that time.

[@yoshimallow]

17:46 "You think you're bad until Tauros crits you twice and steals the catalytic converter off your car."

[@WaluTime]

excuse you their name is Mitchy 2 Spoons

[@galelululu]

honestly a super well edited video. you're so consistently entertaining and you deserve so much more attention

[@HumanReverend]

Saying pp is consistently entertaining

[@bryanc1772]

@@HumanReverend I like how u curse in the video lol 😂 especially when u we’re going over chansey Don’t u fucking forget it lol

[@Cosplaybuddygiraffes]

Barbie Beauty Boutique music in a competitive Pokemon video is a combination that speaks to specifically me and I’m so happy that I could witness it

[@shady8045]

honestly chansey feels like a glitch or something

[@HumanReverend]

100% has glitch mon stats

[@Spuun]

I'm a bit late to watching this one, but I can see why its been nominated for an Emmy. The sound design is phenomenal, putting your channels production value a step above the rest. And you put the classic scooby doo cave man quote in it. I play rby ou about 25% of the amount I play gsc ou, and I've actually never even tried to set up an rby ubers game, so this video was fascinating! Thank you for affirming my unwillingness to play the tier with all this new info 🙏

[@littlemisseevee2309]

gen 1 ubers just sounds like playground shenanigans where you bring your strongest pokemon and try to prove your dominance with your friends

[@bryanc1772]

Gen 1 Ubers is just a playground for Bulky Psychics and Fat Normals lol

[@littlemisseevee2309]

@@bryanc1772and its amazing

[@lesqueegee]

Actually crazy how zapdos is pretty solid in SV OU

[@messiyer13]

Generation 22. Giga Evolved Bidoof is falling to UU due to power creep. Zapdos and Landorus-Therian are still OU.

[@ImJustHutch]

best bits 1:12 - board game 3:34 - that good gen 1 magic 7:59 - "however, ~due to a programming error~" 13:29 - viability 16:34 - "if you got that dawg in you" 17:49 - tauros crits you twice 21:30 - chansey is a staple 23:04 - "am I glad he's frozen in there and that we're out here" 30:53 - "I'm just a simple countreh spidah farmah" 30:59 - the dingus lightning round 32:02 - I'm gonna bust 32:45 - "I'm holding the talking pillow" 37:36 - "I'm cheesin' in"

[@pac_rby]

Only correction (FANTASTIC video): Psywave is not banned on Showdown play due to a mod that results in no desyncs, only banned on cartridge. This used to be important because UU Butterfree (an E rank) would run Psywave sometimes. However, sleep was banned from UU like a week ago, so now there's like no viable Psywave users. Still legal tho :)

[@HumanReverend]

Yeah I actually learned that afterwards when I saw psywave listed as an option on Porygon in some team dump but I didn't want to rerecord and it's still a funny meme that it literally breaks the game on cartridge. The stat overflow glitch also doesn't happen on showdown but maybe they'll implement it eventually anyway lol

[@usernametaken017]

about that

[@RokketLiveHere]

26:27. Guy from the future here. I just went and checked. Zapdos' status in SV? Pretty solid

[@joshuatolliver4762]

this is somehow the single most entertaining synopsis of a competitive pokemon *thing* I've consumed

[@gravity_cow]

Agreed, I wish to consume more like this

[@GrandpaMaxGaming]

Great video, love when people use the older sugimori artwork in gen 1 videos. Fits much better

[@HumanReverend]

Half the point of making this was so I could use a bunch of sugimori artwork. I'd cover every square inch of wall in my house with it if I could

[@MTGOrzo]

This is actual art. You've peaked, but peaked in the sense that you will create a new mountain to peak again later.

[@cantastyle4824]

the writing and reading out of this script is awesome imo. very informative and also funny without letting jokes take too long and mess up the pace of the information like the bit at 17:50 totally couldve been a minute-long rambly skit about tauros doing horrible things to you and your car but instead its funny and its over in like 5 seconds. advanced video essay tech

[@EmeraldRunner]

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[@Maryeet]

One of the best videos I've seen in a long time in terms of editing + humorous education. Also your nicknames are god tier, Kendrick Lastar had me dying.

[@HumanReverend]

I really wish anyone else I used a replay of had nicknames, it's like the whole point of pokemon

[@MichaelSotoCE]

Does big yellow use similar replays? Some of the nicks seemed familiar Slow ride the Slowbro made me laugh Soo much

[@wrightofway]

Breaking my usual don't comment rule to say that this was really good. I've liked your stuff for years and I would definitely watch more stuff like this.

[@alecjordan4180]

Not featured because we weren't recording audio while playing, me yelling "WHY THE HELL DOES RECOVER HAVE 32 PP"

[@alecjordan4180]

Wait nvm you did record that!

[@HumanReverend]

What if I was recording every conversation we've ever had

[@alecjordan4180]

@@HumanReverend that's a HIPAA violation

[@keebs5780]

I feel like slowbro just exists in this hole where it’s not fantastic in most gens but every so often decides to show up and annoy the absolute fuck out of everyone who fights it. love this video! gen 1 is my favorite mess and I love screwing around with these games. would love to see more stuff in this vein!

[@HumanReverend]

It's one of the fortunate pokemon that has a very focused stat distribution and gameplan. Also doesn't hurt they ended up giving it the most broken ability in singles as its hidden ability and also teleport which in gen 8 is maybe the best support move of all time

[@bryanc1772]

In addition to checking Non-Thunderbolt Mewtwo It also checks Mew very well as well

[@Empr4evr]

I know I had fun using Slowbro in the Gen 7 games. Slack Off + Scald is too good.

[@goldbug9353]

First time caller, long time fan. Your channel is criminally underrated. From Skull Servants to Leftovers, your content makes me smile.

[@HumanReverend]

I don't believe that anyone but me likes the leftovers videos

[@goldbug9353]

@@HumanReverend they're chill. If you need an ego boost, I'll sometimes watch you on my T.V via Chromecast. Your a t.v star baybeee

[@maxlimit9129]

@@HumanReverend then i dont exist lol theyre hilarious

[@NolanB.]

This content is so underrated, came across you from BKC, and you hit exactly the middle ground of being both entertaining and informative what i feel other channels slightly miss the mark on. Keep this up and im almost certain youll explode in popularity

[@bryanc1772]

Exeggutor gets credit for being the only Pokémon in Gen 1 to resist Psychic + T-bolt. It tanks those hits well from Mewtwo if needed

[@Empr4evr]

I like using Exeggutor to catch Mewtwo in the main cartridge/emulator game for that reason. Wild Mewtwo doesn't come with Amnesia or Blizzard, so Exeggutor can easily just put Mewtwo to sleep and set it up to be caught.

[@bjlight1988]

I always like finding new poketubers You got an out loud cackle and an instant sub at that damn Tauros stealing my catalytic converter. Very fun video!

[@NeightrixPrime]

RBY ubers has a special place in my heart because it's the only IRL Pokemon PvP I ever played. I still remember my friend Game Genie'ed himself a Mew, only to lose to my Starmie because he didnt teach it Soft-Boiled. He couldnt believe Starmie wasn't just some jobbermon.

[@Mimikium778]

ive subscribed because of the hilarious editing, the "GOOD META" on mewtwo struggling, and the porygon peeking out when talking about snorlax destroyed me.

[@MidWestWolf1985]

Rby ubers is currently a temp ladder on showdown and this guide helped immensely and after a few games of this meta i gotta say, this is orobably one of the most hilarious smogon metas ever. In like my second game i was down to just mewtwo against opposing mewtwo and light screen chansey, froze opposing mewtwo, chansey switched in to flail a bit, mewtwo was switched back in just to die, chansey switched back in, got frozen, and the game auto forfeited for the opponent. Cackled like a madman for a good ten minutes

[@bryanc1772]

Something I learn about playing RBY Ubers is that Fat Normals and Bulky Psychics are the only Pokémon that rule the tier Slowbro and Exeggutor are underrated Mewtwo checks

[@scrabbleazumi6366]

0:58 this quote about putting the other mewtwo in a bad spot while preserving your own mewtwo is ringing so friggen true in the tcg pocket meta rn

[@EvilApple567]

Loved it. You have a great reference brain for editing while not overly relying on them (and especially worn out memes) and providing solid analytical insight. You have my permission to keep hold of the talking pillow.

[@HumanReverend]

Thanks, I try to make jokes that I don't think any other poketuber would. Sometimes I feel like I use the "we'll be right back" too much in my videos but I really just think it's so funny

[@liamthecrusader5056]

I usually don’t watch 40 minute long videos but this is genuinely some of the best made content I have seen on this website in a while. Have a great day

[@_kadoodles_]

Dude it's *absurd* how underrated your channel is when your videos are so high quality! Your creative humor, your editing, the fact that you call mons "goobers" and "little cuties," your covering all the nuances and niches so in-depth that even I, a lowly never-even-registered-for-a-local I-teambuild-by-picking-six-favs-and-throwing-darts-at-their-various-smogon-builds-to-choose-them casual, can understand what's going on and laugh at your clever jokes, USING THAT ONE TRACK FROM THAT BARBIE CD ROM GAME THAT HAD NO RIGHT SLAPPING SO HARD AND I PLAYED THAT GAME SO MUCH AS A KID WITH MY SISTER I MISS HER WE PLAYED POKEMON TOGETHER TOO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA anyway i am very normal about your Pokemon videos and love rewatching them and u deserve way more views and subs and i always look forward to a new vid from u :)

[@topthog]

I’ve watched this video a thousand times, but I just wanna say I flew from the uk to Australia recently and I listened to this video on loop most of the way since I hate flying, this video was my one and only friend

[@codacheetah]

This is a great video but I'm too distracted by the player who named their Mew "carl" and their Mewtwo "carls jr"

[@alecjordan4180]

this is my legacy

[@shanester549]

You should make more analysis videos like this! It was super interesting and enjoyable to learn about gen 1 Ubers and I never even really play gen 1 competitively! Looking forward to seeing what other analysis videos you bring to the table in the future :)

[@chases6659]

I want to see him do an analysis on Stadium Ubers or Tradeback Ubers nobody has done that to this day yet

[@kellyglennroberts]

This the real shit right here. Your editing continues to be the best thing on KZbin and the only reason I stay on this godforsaken hellhole of a platform.

[@HumanReverend]

Yeah I think I got some gamers disease in my wrist after clickity clacking this one for a month

[@DJ-0]

It's like Gen 8 VGC where the meta revolves around one absurdly powerful legendary

[@cynthiacrescent]

I see GameFreak has learnt a lot from nearly 30 years of game design.

[@Philomatt13]

I'll be honest, I quote so much of this to myself out of context. Seriously funny video, and informative to boot.

[@PoliTamer]

This is like a 10/10 video. I really hope this video blows up for your channel.

[@chasejc5846]

It always makes me happy to find pokétubers I didn't know about especially ones who've been around the community as long as your channel has considering I grew up in this community. Your editing is great and your commentary is quite engaging. Keep it up man!

[@jaydenp7067]

really good video I wish more competitive videos had this level of dedication.

[@HumanReverend]

There's a very narrow intersection that exists between "people with an encyclopedic knowledge of a baby dipshit children's strategy game" and also "people who know what some of the stuff in Adobe premiere means"

[@chases6659]

@@HumanReverend I’m glad u have some common sense that there are Mewtwo checks there aren’t many but Slowbro and Exeggutor deserve more recognition of being decent RBY Mewtwo checks Also Snorlax

[@stubbwinkley4015]

I have never and probably will never do competitive Pokémon battling, but man I love hearing knowledgeable people talk about it

[@glitchedoom]

Quality RBY content from someone with impeccable musical taste? That's a sub. Edit: AND a Homestarrunner reference? Truly the whole package.

[@HumanReverend]

Dear Mewtwo, how do you sweep with self-destruct on your moveset?

[@EllipticalReasoning]

26:40 I'd like to announce that, in scarlet and violet, zapdos was in fact "pretty solid."

[@Wallawallawallawalla]

The “2% maybe 2.7%” bit was gold.

[@onadaTotihotiH]

Y'know, I was wondering why SV axed the PP of all of the 50% healing moves, I think I understand why now.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

No, it halved Rest too, not that anyone was using Rest in Gen 9

[@ticklezcat5191]

@@furiouscorgi6614Dondozo uses Rest, although I don't think it gets other recovery.

[@furiouscorgi6614]

@@ticklezcat5191 I think Dondozo wished Dondozo wasn't using Rest

[@EnbyLite]

Still my favorite Emmy-nominated Pokemon thing. I could listen to your metagame analysis forever.

[@Felixicity]

this was good, the editing kept the pace just right and chunked it up great still laughing about frying pan eggecute

[@Day-eb9po]

If Mew is only 97% viable, and Sky Attack is 2% viable, it stands to reason Sky attack destroys 2% of Mew...! I'll be right back.

[@CinnamonKilljoy]

The wildness and chaos of RBY's mechanics is why it's my favorite gen. It just feels a lot more like some world that just randomly evolved to be what it is, rather than a though-out and planned world.

[@HalianTheProtogen]

3:10 My headcanon is that that's a second spinal cord and also more blood vessels to the brain, because psychic. 9:58 I find the prospect of the most powerful psymon in Kanto slapping an armbar on _anything_ hilarious.

[@psymar]

Last time I played RBY ubers -- kind of -- was like 22 years ago, against another kid. He, for the lulz, taught his mewtwo Metronome. It metronomed selfdestruct.

[@DoomsayerStudios]

I love discussions about Smogon meta, and I love these jokes. You have earned my subscription.

[@reaperdeathgod1]

I hate how often I watch this video. Its just so good.

[@BackPalSA]

Brian Posain telling me about rby ubers is something I never knew I needed.

[@HumanReverend]

LMAO

[@BackPalSA]

@@HumanReverend Get subscribed to, nerd. Keep up content like this and I'm sure to keep watching. The term Dingus wins you so much favor.

[@HumanReverend]

It's so perfect as a way to refer to your pawns

[@haidynwendlandt2479]

Zapdos is, in fact, pretty solid in SV OU

[@BunsGlazing768]

26:36 Hi im from scarlet and violet OU, and uh, can confirm. Zapdos is very solid.

[@bkebradley]

Your editing is absolutely next-level homie

[@NinjaLobsterStudios]

I just want to say that I have watched this video about a dozen times and never played Ubers, but the other day I was in Gen 1 Randbats and found myself in a Mewtwo mirror. Thanks to the advice in this video, I remembered that I should not twave the opposing Mewtwo to win the PP war. The opposing Mewtwo was a PsyBolt set so unfortunately they could not avoid paralyzing mine, giving me the win after 140 turns

[@Poo_Brain_Horse]

How do you only have barely 700 subscribers? Your content is consistently very, VERY good.

[@HumanReverend]

im more niche than victreebel in generation 1 ubers

[@AkaiAzul]

1.13k now.

[@beeorsomething2230]

I’ve rewatched this like at least 5 times now since it first came out I dodged it for like a week when it first appeared in my recommended lmao but here we are This is an amazing video and it’s led me to watching a bunch of your older videos playing SS OU and stuff (and ofc your newer videos) and it’s just a gold mine of entertainment Keep it up man

[@computermariobross]

As someone who is new in Gen I, I find it funny how casually you say stuff like "Paralysis heal keeps the Speed drop" or "crits ignore your own positive stat modifiers", the games being broken weren't a meme at all

[@mdevilm2]

i want you to know that watching this video inspired me to start running ice beam on my gastrodon in gen 9 uu and fishing for random freezes has one me more games than i care to admit.

[@MatterMadeMoot]

Your production value is absolutely fantastic.

[@StepBaum]

This was in any way possible rly good, from the actual knowledge to the video editing and presentation and jokes too. Right amound of each too. Good talking tempo too, sometime for my taste a little slow but could be just me. Would love to see more

[@HumanReverend]

Yeah I think I talk a little too deliberately sometimes but when I have to say like four different pokemon and move names in one sentence it takes 100% of my brain cells to say all the nonsense words in the right order

[@chases6659]

@@HumanReverend the only thing you make a strong point next time is emphasize how much of good checks Exeggutor and Slowbro are to Mewtwo and Mew. I honestly think they don’t get enough credit for being solid checks to one of the most fearsome Pokémon in existance

[@Hnui03]

You know this video is a hood classic and an amazing video when the most rewatched part on the timeline is the beginning of the video

[@Soulraven2735]

14:17 The fact that Psywave desyncs the game when used in multiplayer is my favorite demonstration of "Gen 1 Pokémon is held together with Elmer's Glue, popsicle sticks, love and the fact that you could possibly run RBY using 2 Launch Vehicle Digital Computers (the autopilot of the Saturn V Rocket)"

[@Zero_Chaos]

Agreed, and looking at things like the math formulas for stuff like catch rates shows me just how smart these ppl had to be to get this all working on a GB cart in the 90s.

[@ThePe5e]

To be fair, it is due to a really small mistake. The reason the PvP battles can desync with Pyswave is that one side has the chance to roll zero damage while the other can not. Just because the one line of code has greater than 0 and the other line has greater than or equal to 0. It was basically a typo.

[@gallae]

dude, this video is so good. please make more of these, about any gen/tier, as long as they're this well made I'll watch em.

[@blackflameenjoyer6557]

Absolutely amazing video, you sure did put The Dog in me. Also shoutout to the What We do in the Shadows theme

[@HumanReverend]

Wwdits so gooood

[@ed2452]

"Rhydon & his Nephew" caught me off guard

[@Thefelstalker]

Homie, my friends and I just sat and watched this as a group. You blew our minds and made us laugh way too hard.

[@melly5741]

You are so enjoyable to listen to regardless of the topic, i hope you continue making fun content!

[@sagacious03]

15:09 I appreciate the comedy, but nonetheless, there is reasoning: The first line of Exeggcute's 1st Pokedex entry (Same in Red & Blue.) is "Often mistaken for eggs.". Stadium 1's entry clarifies it's "like the seeds of a plant.".Meanwhile, Soft-Boiled's original, Japanese name translates to "Egg Lay". The NPC who gives the TM also notes that only Chansey can learn it; Mew was likely an oversight due to being a late addition. In short, Exeggcute is not eggs, it's seeds/plant life that resemble eggs, & Soft-Boiled is laying an egg to eat, rather than cooking one. Hence Exeggcute, a bunch of plant seeds not being able to lay an egg in the middle of a battle to eat it. 15:48 Would it? It wouldn't resist Psychic, & that's a pretty big trade off for extra power on Body Slam & immunity to Paralysis from Body Slam. 29:11 Lol. Anyway, great analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@HumanReverend]

A capped attack stat mew would hit a lot of important damage thresholds with STAB body slam and mew still gets two shot by +2 thunderbolt/ice beam from Mewtwo most of the time anyway, so I think it would be a net gain overall. Mew is played more like a wallbreaker here anyway. Exeggcute being a secret bean is very funny.

[@sagacious03]

@@HumanReverend Ah, neat! Thanks for answering! Interesting to know about Mew's role in that meta. (& as much as I hate admitting it, Exeggcute is technically a "bean", I suppose since beans are a type of seed. But also it's more like a hivemind of 6 or so beans moving as one, if you'll pardon my nitpicking, lol. ....Does that make Exeggcute a bean salad?)

[@HumanReverend]

I love how many gen 1 mons are just some dudes hanging out

[@lukezyx8031]

I love this video especially the way you break down the movesets and viable pokemon. Would love to see more of this for other tiers/gens! Also your editing/humour is great lol

[@whilstdumping]

the phrase "if you got that dog in you" is so unreasonably funny that on my umpteenth viewing i knew it was coming and i still laughed so hard that i went doo doo toilet

[@Cucumberflant]

sometimes i come back to this video just to hear it again

[@paleoscinkus542]

Your content is severely underrated, I love the way you explain things and your editing style and humor, lmao.

[@ChrisMcGiggity]

Mewtwo has always and probably will always be my favorite pokemon, so any video talking about it I'm generally gunna like, but this video was SO well done and very informative! Learned quite a bit actually, sub well earned and easily given sir, keep it up!! :)

[@selgehrman7573]

I just keep coming back to watch this video over and over again, it's so fun to listen to

[@Magic_Ice]

The editing in this script is really good especially for how long the video is.

[@AxeToday]

I’m a big fan of big yellow, and now-a big fan of you! Loved this video. Gen 1 (and 2 sometimes) is super interesting to learn about!

[@apricot8301]

So this came up in my recommendations again and said to myself: "Oh yeah I should finish that video." Not realizing I had already watched the entire 40 minutes before. That's how you know it's a banger. An hour goes by like nothing 👍

[@waffloesh7862]

Really like your chill but funny commentary/editing style :) Love listening to ppl talk about RBY metas what a fun game

[@HumanReverend]

Yeah it's the only "defunct" meta that I keep consistently coming back to. There's just so much charm in how wildly swingy and broken everything is, but still rewards strategy and long term planning. Also the sprites are hilarious

[@sonam9881]

This was truly fascinating, great work!

[@MidWestWolf1985]

Rby ubers is a ladder again, happy this video