The Top 5 Types in Competitive Monotype Pokemon

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@tomasaraujo1799
@tomasaraujo1799 2 жыл бұрын
I like playing Monotype Normal simply because it’s fun to use a type that it’s considered boring and win teams like 6 dragons just with a Porygon2 (and a Bunny with strong legs in National Dex)
@mrchof4875
@mrchof4875 2 жыл бұрын
Helio + pory can outplay flying and water by themselves, which are arguably 2 of the most common mono teams you see
@captaindemozan2700
@captaindemozan2700 2 жыл бұрын
Normal is my favorite type and this is one of the reasons. People see the normal type and think "Boring, weak, nothing that sticks out", but you can trick them with the fact that there are a lot of REALLY good normal types. There's a good reason why every Normal type gym has been consistently the most difficult in each game!
@neog8029
@neog8029 2 жыл бұрын
I play Mono Normal because I like throwing scarf Ditto to steal the opponent's sweep lol
@Slaking_
@Slaking_ 2 жыл бұрын
@@neog8029 I run mono-dragon with DD Pult as my sweeper, and seeing Ditto on the opposing team puts the fear of god into me
@pabloarammasmanian5391
@pabloarammasmanian5391 2 жыл бұрын
In Old Gens phys def Intimidate Staraptor was so good convined with chancey
@DavidRycan
@DavidRycan 2 жыл бұрын
I love how each type's playstyle fits their type. Dragon is powerful, Electric strikes fast, Steel is steady, etc.
@sephikong8323
@sephikong8323 2 жыл бұрын
Water and Flying are versatile Ghost is threatening Ice is deadly Poison is toxic And Bug is ....... surprisingly potent. Yeah Bug doesn't fit how most people anticipate it to be
@enigmatic2878
@enigmatic2878 Жыл бұрын
And I fricking love it! Also electric gets mentioned WOOO
@simple45679
@simple45679 Жыл бұрын
@@sephikong8323 bug gets squashed
@sephikong8323
@sephikong8323 Жыл бұрын
@@simple45679 Bug has been one of the top HO types for a few gens now and it gets a TON of potent offensive threats whilst having a pretty solid defensive backbone (Buzzwole + Araquanid + HDB Volcarona + Scizor gives Bug both some good offensive presence as well as a really good defensive core that can offset a lot of bad match ups ....... and that also bodies Ice teams like nobody's business. Like seriously, Bug is probably the worst match up for Ice teams due to these bad boys that are in like every single bug team and all are able to handle almost the entire team by themselves)
@simple45679
@simple45679 Жыл бұрын
@@sephikong8323 it's just a joke chill
@paz8723
@paz8723 2 жыл бұрын
Monotype Poison is great because it has three pokemon with Regenerator that go on every team no matter what and Sheer Force Life Orb Nidoking just shreds half the tier with a correct prediction
@baconator_x4098
@baconator_x4098 2 жыл бұрын
The only issue is that toxic spikes destroy mono poison😏
@xavierlehew6746
@xavierlehew6746 2 жыл бұрын
The 3 are toxapex, galarian slowbro and who am I forgetting?
@outtaideas849
@outtaideas849 2 жыл бұрын
@@xavierlehew6746 Amoongus
@jj09lie58
@jj09lie58 2 жыл бұрын
Amoongus
@creeperbros-dg9jr
@creeperbros-dg9jr 2 жыл бұрын
Regenerator is a fun ability that supports smart plays and knowing when to switch in and out 🙃
@noivern8595
@noivern8595 2 жыл бұрын
Recently got into monotype and I love it it's a breath of fresh air
@teoflensborg2200
@teoflensborg2200 2 жыл бұрын
Me too, its amazing
@Shnoz591
@Shnoz591 2 жыл бұрын
Mono dragon or mono flying
@Slaking_
@Slaking_ 2 жыл бұрын
It's a really fun tier ngl. Criminally underrated in gen 8, people who don't like how slow and stally OU is should really play it
@rontheauraknight9606
@rontheauraknight9606 2 жыл бұрын
Ah I’m glad when my community gets an shoutout by Freezai. Mono is fun and quite tricky to plan around but you usually don’t get in stall fests
@xavierlehew6746
@xavierlehew6746 2 жыл бұрын
@@Shnoz591 Mono dragon sounds kind of scary to run because of all the people using mono fairy, no?
@Lilybun
@Lilybun 2 жыл бұрын
Mono ghost is pretty nice now that they added poltergeist and dragapult, at least compared to previous gens
@connivingkhajiit
@connivingkhajiit 2 жыл бұрын
Did dragapult get unbanned?
@perladel95
@perladel95 2 жыл бұрын
I guess the lack of pursuit helps as well
@andreaseverin1346
@andreaseverin1346 2 жыл бұрын
Polteageist is an auto win button against electric teams
@Lilybun
@Lilybun 2 жыл бұрын
@@andreaseverin1346 shell smash is always appreciated yeah
@asepsisaficionado7376
@asepsisaficionado7376 2 жыл бұрын
@@andreaseverin1346 That's when you pull out the sucker punch pincurchin
@Slaking_
@Slaking_ 2 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna be honest, I strongly disagree with mono-Water not being #1, let alone top 5. As a mono-dragon user I absolutely think Water is a better type than it is. No other type has that perfect balance of weather abuse, bulk, strong STABs, good typing, great walls, and great wallbreakers/sweepers. The only bad matchup it truly has is vs Rillaboom, everything else it can outplay with the right setup. It's obviously not unwinnable, but mono-water doesn't have to overstretch itself to patch offensive/defensive holes like others do.
@AceTeaaa
@AceTeaaa 2 жыл бұрын
I agree
@ultimapower6950
@ultimapower6950 Жыл бұрын
Well that will be very annoying for my plans to scorch the earth with sun boosted fire moves
@BatmannotBruceWayne1
@BatmannotBruceWayne1 Жыл бұрын
As a mono dragon player in Nat dex (different format, but this will only strengthen my argument), Scarf Kyurem (in gen 8) single handedly invalidates mono water. Every time it switches in it gets a kill. And this is in a format where water has access to mega swampert. Like, give kyurem any support in speed and mono water has nothing for it
@yoshistar8889
@yoshistar8889 Жыл бұрын
Mono water especially HO Rain teams, get evicerated by ice.
@alleb2571
@alleb2571 Жыл бұрын
Ive had mono bug to #1 on the ladder multiple times, but damn water is strong, water should be #1 for sure
@vitovitovito4927
@vitovitovito4927 2 жыл бұрын
The funny thing its that with flying you can even use a Rain Offense. Pelipper, Zapdos/Thundurus, Swift Swim Mantine, and others... so nice lol
@vahahadziev
@vahahadziev Жыл бұрын
Swift Swim Mantine is something to be scared of
@RickRaptor105
@RickRaptor105 2 жыл бұрын
My favourite aspect of Monotype is when it leads to the usage of usually untiered Pokemon, for example in Gen VII Alolan Golem was on almost every Electric team just because it happens to be the only Electric type with Stealth Rock and on every Rock team because Magnet Pull helps in the Steel type matchup
@croatiancowboy
@croatiancowboy 5 ай бұрын
Ah yes, i too was a fellow alolan golem user back in gen 7 thanks to stealth rock for my electric team
@q6969
@q6969 Жыл бұрын
Ice is notable for being the most volatile team type, one player is always going to lose very hard and it's not always clear which.
@TunaBear64
@TunaBear64 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, you either get an Arctozolt sweep or funny random poke kills all your icies effortlessly
@insertsomethingrelatable2494
@insertsomethingrelatable2494 3 ай бұрын
I may not play gen 8 monotype, but I do play gen 9, and it still feels that way, Ice has some good set up sweepers, but can easily be countered.
@yevoythekalo1275
@yevoythekalo1275 2 жыл бұрын
Monotype is really fun, it's interesting to see how people decide to build their teams
@vwlz8637
@vwlz8637 Жыл бұрын
i always take rain team to mono water even if damp rock is banned. there isn't rly a grass check tho except sap sipper azumarill.
@vahahadziev
@vahahadziev Жыл бұрын
And every time I play I only see boring sample teams💀
@陳嘉宇-y4q
@陳嘉宇-y4q Жыл бұрын
@@vahahadziev I beat up most of the sample teams since they basically doesn't have too much of a surprise factor and is a great way to practice
@zdelrod829
@zdelrod829 2 жыл бұрын
Monotype bug is a relatively niche choice. With access to offensive threats like Quiver Dance Volcarona, Swords Dance Guts Heracross, etc., Bug types, with their common poison dual typing, can counter Fairy, Psychic, and Dark.
@Guns-R-Us_
@Guns-R-Us_ Жыл бұрын
and since bug is an uncommon type, you can cause problems for players that haven't built their teams to deal with bugs
@schwipper2
@schwipper2 Жыл бұрын
Sadly this gen Bug is absolutely horrible in monotype, cause they online lost value with gen 8 while not getting a new busted pokemon like other types
@eliyaskiya
@eliyaskiya Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the main thing that makes MonoBug unique, Sticky Web. A lot of teams don't have reliable hazard removal and Sticky Webs can be pretty overpowered
@BCJacobe
@BCJacobe Жыл бұрын
In previous gens it was even better. Losing things like Mega Beedrill, Pinsir, and Heracross really hurt bug mono. Another crucial bug type was surprisingly Volbeat, with tail glow and prankster thunder wave you could really get stuff done! I haven’t played gen 8 mono much but Volcarona, Shuckle, and Centiskorch seem pretty crucial, along with staples like Scizor and Araquanid
@banriswirl6414
@banriswirl6414 Жыл бұрын
@@Error403HRD try max physical defense investment with substitute and flame body. You'll find a lot more opportunities to set up than you'd expect.
@apricot8301
@apricot8301 2 жыл бұрын
"It's not immediately obvious why Mono Flying is so good." My dude Landorus is RIGHT there 😅
@Vassilinia
@Vassilinia 2 жыл бұрын
Landoooooo
@captaindemozan2700
@captaindemozan2700 2 жыл бұрын
Genie of healthy meta
@ciscoortega9789
@ciscoortega9789 2 жыл бұрын
Loving the Hoenn-themed song choices for each time! :D Oldale/Lavaridge, Zinnia, Gym, Steven, and Fortree
@SLASHY_SSB
@SLASHY_SSB 2 жыл бұрын
I'm a big fan of ground as a monotype. So many strong attackers while also having a defensive backbone with mons like, Garchomp and Landerous-Therian. You have some interesting ways to deal with some of your weaknesses like water absorb Gastrodon for water types, Thick Fat Mamoswine for ice, Nidoking for grass and so on.
@augustz5623
@augustz5623 2 жыл бұрын
I love NathanLoveChicken's monotype content so it's super cool to see you get into the tier too!
@twobadour
@twobadour 2 жыл бұрын
NathanLikesChicken the monotype YT Goat
@_cheezy_
@_cheezy_ Жыл бұрын
@@twobadour facts
@UGMD
@UGMD 2 жыл бұрын
I played a fair bit of monotype a year ago and really liked this one dark team. Beating fairy and bug teams was so fun and rewarding. Fighting teams hardly ever came up but the few that I fought annihilated me
@whatahoot1185
@whatahoot1185 2 жыл бұрын
11:12 I can't believe Freezai forgot rookidee, and corvisquire, those are HUGE threats who are pure flying type
@EnigmaticMind
@EnigmaticMind 2 жыл бұрын
What an interesting format! I love the idea of building teams like a gym leader. I'd love to see more videos about it
@ashley111122223333
@ashley111122223333 2 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or is NathanlikesChicken getting recommended to everyone now, and monotype is starting to get really popular? Guy is popping off and deserves it for his efforts in the monotype scene.
@yeet8036
@yeet8036 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah he's the reason why I play that tier sometimes
@ricardoludwig4787
@ricardoludwig4787 2 жыл бұрын
Surprised mono water didn't make the list, from my surface level point of view it seems like it has ways to deal with it's weaknesses both defensively and offensively
@kvatch
@kvatch 2 жыл бұрын
Man the whole vid I was like "ok surely water is next" lmao
@AdmiralStormy
@AdmiralStormy 2 жыл бұрын
The problem is the top 5 all end up beating water. Also water teams are always stall, and that's just impolite
@isgamelion2227
@isgamelion2227 2 жыл бұрын
@@AdmiralStormy Mono waters are moslty Rains HOs not stall, but this is not more morally acceptable tbf
@dtexdarkus
@dtexdarkus 2 жыл бұрын
@@AdmiralStormy Pelipper + Swift swim is the most common water archetype, if that's considered stall wtf is offense?
@The_Lightless
@The_Lightless 2 жыл бұрын
@@AdmiralStormy i haven’t seen rain stall since like gen 5 bro what are u on about. Pelipper + Rain HO straight up wins most games.
@ElPolin
@ElPolin 2 жыл бұрын
Hearing about why blaziken and kartana got banned would be really cool!
@zachgarner3314
@zachgarner3314 Жыл бұрын
Really hope you continue this series! monotype was always one of my favourite metagames back before I actually started to gain some game sense and learned how to get better (at least, a little better) at competitive pokemon. Water type teams were always my go to, and I vaguely remember and electric and flying team as well. I'd been thinking about getting back into it, might give it a shot because of this video! time to bring back my anti-water lapras and see what it can do in the modern meta
@CaffinatedCoffee
@CaffinatedCoffee 2 жыл бұрын
I'd love to see a video like this for all the mono-type teams. Really informative video!
@rontheauraknight9606
@rontheauraknight9606 2 жыл бұрын
As an player of this tier for almost an decade Grass and Rock are always bottom tier, Bug used to be mid tier but since powercreep of the types it’s now low tier
@IronNidow
@IronNidow 2 жыл бұрын
@@rontheauraknight9606 Please comment here your tiering on types!! I would love to know it from an experient player
@AmbiambiSinistrous
@AmbiambiSinistrous 2 жыл бұрын
I've been sick and haven't slept for a week, so I had to watch this video twice to follow along properly, but I REALLY enjoyed learning more about the monotype format and I hope you do make more videos about it! Thank you for treating us to so many fascinating commentaries!
@erizoh
@erizoh Жыл бұрын
I doubt it's the best, but certainly the one I've had the most fun and success with has been mono Poison. It's not just the triple Regenerator core with Amoonguss, Toxapex and my precious boy AV Slowking, but also Nidoking's sheer power (pun intended), Galarian Weezing's ability to counter a lot of different mons and setters like the tapus, and other useful fillers, such as Tentacruel for hazard removal, Scald burns and Toxic Spikes for a very useful free moveslot on Weezing or Pex, Drapion for a Psychic immunity with a good chance to launch a Sniper-boosted critical stab or Eq on a switch-in, or Scarf/Banded Crobat for a speed control to spam U-Turns (once used a Defog Boots one in a non-Tspikes team, but didn't really work out) and other offensive moves. I just don't know why, but it's more fun than it has any right to be having my opponents playing around status constantly as I go quite more offensively than I should lol
@dankinmcspankin3123
@dankinmcspankin3123 2 жыл бұрын
my favorite type is ???
@austinlindsay2378
@austinlindsay2378 2 жыл бұрын
mono ice is so fun. slush rush plus darm is fantastic and no one respects your type until you brutalize them.
@yoshistar8889
@yoshistar8889 Жыл бұрын
Electric, particularly in natdex mono is a super interesting type. There’s always going to be a core of 3 Pokémon that define the team ;Zapdos, Koko, A-Raichu), a second tier of 2-3 Pokémon that have moderate/high usage (Zeraora, Rotom-W, Magnezone, Regileki) and some teams will run a fringe option such as Dracozolt, Rotom-H, Galvantula or even something less viable such as Togedemaru or A-Golem. Within those three core Pokémon (Zap, Koko, A-Raichu), there’s a bevy of different sets, physical pivot Koko, dual screen Koko, special Koko. Specs Raichu, EB Raichu. Specs Zapdos, scarf Zapdos, defensive Zapdos, Flyinium Z Zapdos etc.
@majorakavorka
@majorakavorka 2 жыл бұрын
I would infer that Normal would be pretty solid for some sort of team. Lots of normal types have great natural bulk, and their key contribution throughout the games has been amazing movepools. You can even use something like Scrappy Miltank with Body Slam and a Lum Berry for covering Ghost Not to mention the absolute offensive monsters you have access to, two of which being Guts users which provides you two status immune sweepers…probably my favorite type ever and I just think it’s so slept on
@Illidandavid
@Illidandavid Жыл бұрын
Normal is biding its time until Hisuian Zoroark is finally released in the mainline games, so they can have a perpetual CC switch-in, before they take over as the Kings of Monotype.
@piuy849
@piuy849 Жыл бұрын
It's decent in natdex because of amazing mons like staraptor and mega lopunny, but the removal of return was what made normal okay at best in gen 8. Although normal still has good mons like blissey, p2, ditto, bewear, obstagoon, and diggersby that still make it a decent type. It's nowhere near the top 5 though.
@johnlordly
@johnlordly 2 жыл бұрын
I currently run a psychic type team at around medium ELO. Indeedee is really good for covering the ghost types. And with so many strong psychics also having the fairy type, dark isn't too scary either. Mono bug is actually the biggest problem but it's still doable with victini taking care of them. I typically also run a Physical attack Mew as well since it's a little tough to find a good physical psychic type Team is: Mew, Slowbro, Victini, Tapu Lele, Alakazam, and Indeedee
@swdfulord
@swdfulord 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah psychic is awesome
@asepsisaficionado7376
@asepsisaficionado7376 2 жыл бұрын
"it's a little tough to find a good physical psychic type" It's called psyshock lol
@johnlordly
@johnlordly 2 жыл бұрын
@@asepsisaficionado7376 sure but coverage is key in monotypes. The mew runs earthquake lol
@matthewdaley4403
@matthewdaley4403 2 жыл бұрын
Longtime player of Monotype and National Dex Monotype. Been loving my Poison stall team.
@mattkelley9110
@mattkelley9110 2 жыл бұрын
I love monotype, I get to relive my childhood dream of becoming a gym leader!!
@xavierlehew6746
@xavierlehew6746 2 жыл бұрын
Before the video started my guesses for top 5 were Water, Fairy, Steel, Dragon and Ghost. I got 3 right and water was the honorable mention. Not bad considering I never play this tier I guess Lol. Cool video I liked the concept.
@N12015
@N12015 Жыл бұрын
Ghost is actually a very bad monotype due to their lack of reliable bulk and knock off being everywhere. Ground is much better yet the others are quite good.
@immortaldestruction4072
@immortaldestruction4072 Жыл бұрын
Mono Dark is another great type due to how many great pokemon they have in their line-up
@iamthereddemon20
@iamthereddemon20 2 жыл бұрын
This is will always be my favourite metagame on pokemon showdown though I haven't played in a while
@tomwantshelp
@tomwantshelp 2 жыл бұрын
This is my favourite Freezai video in a long time. I hope it does well so we get more videos like this.
@exaunitive4948
@exaunitive4948 Жыл бұрын
when both of your favourite pokemon's types and your favourite eeveelution's type makes it in the video:GGs
@artimist0315
@artimist0315 Жыл бұрын
Really looking forward to your two next videos in the format, they sound very interesting !
@algar6616
@algar6616 2 жыл бұрын
Nathan: *tickles the algorithm* Freezai: “this is my funnel”
@lagspike7763
@lagspike7763 Жыл бұрын
5:20 why’d you have to include this replay bro I got my ass beat 😂 love the vids
@maxvandalfsen8273
@maxvandalfsen8273 2 жыл бұрын
Monotype is one of my favorite tiers. I'd love to see more videos about it.
@LukerYT
@LukerYT 2 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see you do a top 5 worse types too - I'm only a few minutes into yhe video but I'd like to hear you elaborate why Fighting fell off so hard over the past few generations (largely assuming Fairy is part of this)
@dombright3362
@dombright3362 Жыл бұрын
Urshifu dark good banned before that fighting was strong
@kumoko3728
@kumoko3728 2 жыл бұрын
Ice is an amazing type despite all it's weaknesses you got everything you really want but at the end of the day are at the mercy of your own skill vs the opponents despite this you still have mons like Weavile/G-Darm/Kryurem for offensive pressure and more defensive mons like Eviolite Piloswine for rocks / HDB Avalugg for spinning/phasing Kyurem can also stall a fair bit with it's sub roost set
@christopherdangelo1292
@christopherdangelo1292 Жыл бұрын
Def agree. In the meta I play in, not only do you have buffed mons like filter avalugg and mega glaile’s access to refrigerate fake out and quick attack, but you also have new mons such as sevii Zebstrika, which has electric/ice and either lightning rod for an electric pivot or a buffed illuminate for more accurate thunders and blizzards, and (while not really a new Mon) dewgong, who now has wields ice scales and a frost breath that is now the equivalent to an ice type version of scald that ignores spedef boosts and cripple special attackers rather than physical attackers. Doesn’t usually need the frostbite at times since even unhindered something like zard y, which would normally scare mono ice to death, gets completely stone walled by gong, and gong can viably run rest talk since for this team style it only really needs frost breath and flip turn.
@DESMal
@DESMal 2 жыл бұрын
The sad thing though, is since it would be top 5 and bottom 5 types, we would be missing 8 types for a tier list
@calook1334
@calook1334 Жыл бұрын
I've found that Mono Dark's STAB Sucker Punch hits incredibly hard. (Also Water should definitely be #1 imo)
@thomasmorris7684
@thomasmorris7684 2 жыл бұрын
Youve made a video about my passion this time, Ive made Monotype teams Of every type made to counter each other type + a Mono team for General usage. 19 teams of each type, 18 types, 342 teams for Natdex Monotype alone
@aaronmilpkan8103
@aaronmilpkan8103 2 жыл бұрын
mono normal with z conversion porygon z is so much fun
@SamGBSR
@SamGBSR 2 жыл бұрын
Send em over plz I would love to try them!
@realaccountami
@realaccountami 2 жыл бұрын
@@SamGBSR me too
@GniefFiar
@GniefFiar 2 жыл бұрын
I played a lot of Mono Bug back in Gen 6. It wasn't amazing, but I found it to be a really fun hyper offense strategy. It seems to be pretty bad these days though. No good new Bug types means it still loses to its worst matchups but even harder now. Add to that, it used to not have the worst matchup against Fighting and Dragon, but it kinda feels like Bug insta-loses to Kommo-o. I'm surprised to hear Electric being so good these days. It used to be just horrible, but I guess Tapu Koko and Zeraora really brought a lot to the table.
@muzammilibrahim5011
@muzammilibrahim5011 Жыл бұрын
If Golisopod had a better ability then bug would be a far better type.
@CaptainVenusaur
@CaptainVenusaur 2 жыл бұрын
You could probably make a whole video on all the banned monotype Pokémon
@relay6109
@relay6109 2 жыл бұрын
I remember I one took part in a Gym Leader tournament on PS and ended up with Jasmine. Has been my avatar ever since!
@bricksoups
@bricksoups 2 жыл бұрын
i really only know competitive pokémon because i used to play randoms with my now-ex (he once said he quit because mega sableye was a pain in the ass, which i find funny, because sableye is my favourite mon and i literally have a half sleeve tattoo of him) but when i heard of monotype i made a ghost team because most of my favourites are ghost (sableye, froslass, mimikyu, dragapult , mismagius and phantump are all some of my favourites). i think the team i made all of those but instead of phantump it was frillish. i only played it once and the guy i played against was super nice and gave me so many tips on how to play a monotype ghost team. i miss that person. i hope they know that i think they were very kind and i appreciated them being gentle with me , as i’m really just a pokémon fan for The Littel Guys
@bricksoups
@bricksoups 2 жыл бұрын
although my favourite monotype experience was when i did a random and got normal and swept a bunch of rocks with cotton guard/body press dubwool. dude was so mad it was hilarious
@Nuvizzle
@Nuvizzle Жыл бұрын
Even knowing nothing about the monotype meta I was sure flying would be a great monotype just because bird spam has been so effective in the past. If you can practically make a monotype team and have success in OU that type is surely going to do well in monotype.
@sephikong8323
@sephikong8323 2 жыл бұрын
I would have put Ghost as an Honorable mention simply because it's really good at neutral matchups, sure the type struggles quite a bit against Dark and Normal (but it DOMINATES Psychic and Fighting like nobody's business lmao. Using Fighting and seeing a Ghost team facing you is one of the worst feeling in the tier, roughly as bad as say using an Ice team against a Bug team), but it's damn consistent against most neutral match ups simply because Ghost resists are in short supply and Ghost teams have a premiere offensive line up and some more than decent defensive backbone with Corsola, Mimikyu and Aegislash (and Dragapult which has a good defensive type and can take a strong neutral hit in a pinch). Ghost is definitely a pretty solid type
@rickalavera97
@rickalavera97 2 жыл бұрын
As a user of monotype grass and monotype rock, i really think celestela should be band on monotype, is so hard break on flying or steel teams. And the reason is she has lot of things, leech seed, flamethrower, haveay slam, automize, and even beast boost
@tilldill763
@tilldill763 2 жыл бұрын
Just stop playing grass
@omologo95
@omologo95 Жыл бұрын
Mono Flying has always been my preferred option thanks to the multitude of good options around
@AbyssArray
@AbyssArray 2 жыл бұрын
This format reminds me of a Pokemon League of sorts where we kind of played mono type teams againat challengers (Like a Pokemon League), did have an "Elite 4" tournament, I actually ended up winning as Mono Fairy vs Mono Steel back in X/Y.. Those days were really fun
@coyraig8332
@coyraig8332 Жыл бұрын
It's worth mentioning the air balloon for electric, and how common ice is on water pokemon. The former is a very useful item and the latter is a very useful offensive type. At least that's my armchair understanding.
@penitente3337
@penitente3337 Жыл бұрын
I play every once in a while with Electric and run Magnezone with Air Balloon. It sounds weird, but it's deceptively useful. (that or people suck in low elo but i did beat a ground team almost perfectly)
@coyraig8332
@coyraig8332 Жыл бұрын
@@penitente3337 I guess if anything's gonna get it it's the one that's 4x weak
@hunterotte9555
@hunterotte9555 Жыл бұрын
Me and a friend used to do competitions in monotype on Showdown. It functioned in that we go up to gen 8, a randomizer selecting the types we get each gen with no repeats (if you get ghost in gen 1, you can't get it in 2-8). Additionally, our opponent doesn't know what types the other has. Other rules being no mythicals or major legendaries, basically box art mons or equivalent but you can use lesser legends like the legendary birds, beasts, and swords of justice or mythical Pokemon. Also it's usually a coin flip whether we allow generational gimmicks. AKA: no megas, no z crystal, no dynamax. Also because gen 1 and 2 lacks some type in quantity, we only allow for 3 mons. An optional rule we did differently each time was gen 3 onward, we play doubles instead of singles. As 1 and 2 lack double battles. For every gen we do 2/3, winner gets a point. Whoever has most points wins, we never tied but the system I suggested is that a randomizer picks a random gen but we get to select our types. (Other person obviously not knowing beforehand.) We had a ton of cool battles. Like the time we both got gen 3 fighting and had near exact teams except 1 Mon. Even setups were near exact. Was very close, coming down to who's medicham beat the others. I luckily had the foresight to preserve mine, whilst he focused on his Heracross. (Thankfully my near death one won the speed tie and 1hk'd it with HP Flying, but went down right after from his Hariama.)
@Diezombie4114
@Diezombie4114 2 жыл бұрын
Finally, a format I am familiar with
@AndinatorX
@AndinatorX Ай бұрын
Would be super cool to see a gen 9 update to this 👀
@patricklynch4074
@patricklynch4074 Жыл бұрын
As i was watching your previous video i thought "id love to see a monotype video from him" and then i saw this. And Then i saw a non-evolved nuzlocke which is another thing ive wanted to see! How was i not already watching your vids
@snarkwoz3002
@snarkwoz3002 2 жыл бұрын
Hail in national dex monotype with mega abomasnow and alolan ninetails supporting arctovish, arctzolt and alolan sandslash is a lot of fun to use
@dylanboyd7410
@dylanboyd7410 2 жыл бұрын
Yes! ive been waiting for monotype videos, ty so much
@ronkariessenpai2231
@ronkariessenpai2231 Жыл бұрын
YOO THAT SEISMITOAD AT 3:09 ROCKS LOVE MF DOOM
@Jacob-df5hr
@Jacob-df5hr Жыл бұрын
"What makes the flying type so good is nothing too far fetched" Heh. Flying type. Heh. Farfetch. Heeh.
@ameliajohnson1726
@ameliajohnson1726 2 жыл бұрын
I love how this was a sneaky list of reasons you should play them too- the "if you like X playstyle" on a couple of those explanations is a good hook to try and get people to try out monotype ladder :P
@TheMetalBloodletter
@TheMetalBloodletter 2 жыл бұрын
Ngl, I didn't know that existed and it actually sounds fun, and is likely the thing that might actually get me to try anything competitive pokemon out, even thought I probably will lose as i'm not very competitive or good at in depth type stuff. As far as pokemon goes that is.
@croatiancowboy
@croatiancowboy 5 ай бұрын
I used to be addicted to monotype on smogon back in the gen 7 days, and I started to get frustrated with it after a while from trying way too hard to be competitive and wasting hours and hours teambulding "the perfect team(s)" just to still face failure. Eventually i dropped the sweaty try-hard mentality and just kicked back and did what i thought was fun. Instead of copy and pasting meta strats and picking "s tier types" (that most people were already running) i just played my favorite types with my favorite mons. Ironically, the strategy of fun eventually led me to my highest ladder ranking ever on smogon which was either just shy of 1400 or right at 1400 cant remember. Got that high MOSTLY due to a fighting type team that was close to my heart, with help from a tapu koko focused electric team secondary
@gimme_eliter4k720
@gimme_eliter4k720 Жыл бұрын
was surprised to see mono electric here, might try this mode out seems like fun
@JoeSmith-db4rq
@JoeSmith-db4rq 2 жыл бұрын
Great vid! What we REALLY need to know though… what’s the best secondary typing for monotype? As in, what type do you see most often that isn’t the type shared for all 6 mons? For example, I think flying would definitely be up there again since it has such a high dual type percent and creates a ground immunity (which 5 monotypes are weak to) and there are just good flying types in general… electric is another easy answer simply because the rotom forms are so good lolol (is this question relevant to anything? No… but I think it’s kinda fun and interesting 😊)
@Slaking_
@Slaking_ 2 жыл бұрын
Flying is probably the most common secondary type. Ground is very common as coverage, so you're pretty much always going to see a Flying/X mon on every single team.
@DanmanwhittheDanplan105
@DanmanwhittheDanplan105 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I do agree that flying is really good, but in all honesty I think the best secondary typing is Steel, lots of resistances, immunity to t-spikes, poison moves, and resistance to rocks (unless primary type is weak, in that case it's a neutrality), plus tons of good mons get the type, off the top of my head I can think of Scizor, Heatran, Excadrill, Ferrothorn, Celestela+friends (skarmory, and Corviknigth), Klefki, and Duralodon. I'd still say that flying is the second best overall secondary type tough, ground immunity is nothing to scoff at.
@AlexRiversMusic
@AlexRiversMusic Жыл бұрын
I got to #1 in this format twice. Once with Fairy and once with Ghost.
@santiagoruizvalle5668
@santiagoruizvalle5668 2 жыл бұрын
With my group friends we do a monotype tournament every 4 months. The gimmick of the first half was Free for all. Next week is the finals and I am there. Wish me luck!
@fearlv1rattata
@fearlv1rattata 2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome, good luck!
@asepsisaficionado7376
@asepsisaficionado7376 2 жыл бұрын
Normal is about to pop off when hisuian-zoroark becomes usable
@ginwilliam7763
@ginwilliam7763 2 жыл бұрын
TRAGIC FALL OF THE FIGHTING TYPE PLEEEEASE
@abarette_
@abarette_ 2 жыл бұрын
"lmao just ban Urshifu-S" they said "they'll use Scrafty" they said
@ginwilliam7763
@ginwilliam7763 2 жыл бұрын
@@jmooroof1769 Freezai was referring to the dominance of fighting type in standard play, not mono fighting.
@snapclub8751
@snapclub8751 2 жыл бұрын
Now I want to see the top 5 worst types in competitive monotype Pokémon.
@NobodyDungeons
@NobodyDungeons 2 жыл бұрын
I actually run trick room on my mono dragon teams to counter slush rush, and faster dragon type teams. Additionally I run 30 speed IVs to ensure I out speed opposing dragons in trick room.
@joseangel1182
@joseangel1182 2 жыл бұрын
I got recently into Monotype, because I thought this mode was actually really fun to play Got into 1500 elo today with just an Electric team! Seeing Electric as top 3 types in Gen 8 Monotype makes complete sense tbh xD Btw, here is the team, Im so proud of this little boys :') -Tapu Koko -Magnezone -Alolan Raichu -Rotom Frost -Regieleki -Galvantula Hope everyone enjoys Monotype as much as I do!
@davidunderwood1773
@davidunderwood1773 2 жыл бұрын
Congratulations
@butteredsalmonella
@butteredsalmonella 2 жыл бұрын
I really love how Alolan Raichu just goes completely ham in Monotype.
@siddharthmupparaju2445
@siddharthmupparaju2445 Жыл бұрын
Hey man, love your content! Started playing showdown recently and have been learning a lot of cool stuff from ur vids, even started doing some LC games after watching ur teambuilding guide
@Limelime420
@Limelime420 2 жыл бұрын
Bug is underrated but so fun in monotype
@Lordmewtwo151
@Lordmewtwo151 Жыл бұрын
Mono Dragon's mean weaknesses being mono dragon and mono ice make sense, but even with Dragalge (and Duralodon), I would have thought M. Fairy would have been so much more threatening. About Tornadus being the only pure flying, iirc, Corvisquire and Rookidee are also pure flying, but little cup aside, who uses preevolutions outside of certain niche exceptions (frequently with eviolite)?
@Oscar-ek2jx
@Oscar-ek2jx 2 жыл бұрын
I played a good bit of monotype and groun is REALLY fun as long as you dont get a grass team, then rillaboom sweeps. My team is landorus, hippowdon, excadrill, mamoswine, nidoking and seismitoad. The reason i use seismitoad over gastrodon is because its less passive since it has power whip for water types. The whole team hits like a truck especially banded mamoswine (with thick fat to resist ice) its only issue is its lacking speed without sand rush excadrill.
@Megatyler30
@Megatyler30 2 жыл бұрын
Liking for more mono content. Wish mono LC wasn't dead.
@hammdogporkington3058
@hammdogporkington3058 2 жыл бұрын
Oh wow this format looks cool, I might come back to competiti- *Landorus is still dominant* Never mind
@PokéJolt50
@PokéJolt50 2 жыл бұрын
Really, I'm just happy that two of my favorite types, Electric and Dragon, are here.
@AdmiralBobbery123
@AdmiralBobbery123 2 жыл бұрын
I remember rocking with a Mono Ground team when I played monotype, and I actually liked the flying matchup on the low ladder because it always crumbled whenever Gravity was set up.
@allainch.7251
@allainch.7251 2 жыл бұрын
Haven’t played in a while but mono water with Swift Swim banded Barraskewda was fun, funny enough I had more trouble with mono poison with that team rather than grass
@alessandrobianchini3493
@alessandrobianchini3493 2 жыл бұрын
In the past i climbed up the ladder with mono rock: Sandstorm is great and can set up sana rush lycanrock to outspeed a lot of mons. I user storm drain cradily and diamond storm body press diancie. Was very fun and effective i personally suggest to try that.
@-bemyvalentine-
@-bemyvalentine- 2 жыл бұрын
As a long-time Flying-type enjoyer, this puts a smile on my face.
@gatubraz9425
@gatubraz9425 2 жыл бұрын
Just wanted to add to your awesome video that the biggest threat to a steel type team is by far nidoking
@a.w.antonoff-wertheimer456
@a.w.antonoff-wertheimer456 Жыл бұрын
Got into monotype because of this video. I've somehow been doing really well with mono fighting national dex.
@galveotr791
@galveotr791 2 жыл бұрын
I've been like six years playing only bug monotype and I love it, even in VGC format where the lack of legendaries knocks me out
@drunkdeer6923
@drunkdeer6923 Жыл бұрын
I think I might be the only monotype bug user... and I am proud of it
@bigchungus7870
@bigchungus7870 2 жыл бұрын
"All monotypes are good and valid" Except for rock because rock is..
@whipcreamrabbit
@whipcreamrabbit 2 жыл бұрын
this was really cool to learn about a tier I've never thought much about but now i desperately want you to explain how bug and ice do in this tier to me
@aldrichunfaithful3589
@aldrichunfaithful3589 2 жыл бұрын
bug is trash unless you abuse the rare few op ones that get used in ou like volcarona (ive tried without its not fun) and i use the ice type exclusively its fun but being the worst defensive type in the game makes balanced playstyles incredibly difficult so you either need to use hyper offense or do what i do and have some bulk on the team (i use thick fat walrein with full bulk evs as a mixed attacking wall), ninetales alola with aurora veil and try to set up slush rush pokemon like arctozolt and sandlash, weavile is a requirement for any ice team as playing without it or losing it early is a guaranteed loss. generally speaking 95% of ice types are worse than they would be as a mono type w their other typing because ice removes a lot of resistances, turns a lot of weaknesses to 4x and doesnt provide much more offense, and you're basically playing it to feel good about using a gimmick which is why i use it
@joeyandreatta4767
@joeyandreatta4767 2 жыл бұрын
Gonna guess before watching - dark, fairy, water, ghost and ground or flying
@dzyer8359
@dzyer8359 2 жыл бұрын
electric is def up there
@Alexcoman51
@Alexcoman51 2 жыл бұрын
Def steel
@edwardy528
@edwardy528 2 жыл бұрын
nahhh ghost is like bottom tier this gen imo
@Alexcoman51
@Alexcoman51 2 жыл бұрын
@@edwardy528 ghost HO is pretty solid it’s definitely just underneath all the types mentioned
@thepro-digy8744
@thepro-digy8744 2 жыл бұрын
As the person who played some Fairy to write the Klefki analysis, I can confirm that Fairy is an insane type.
@zulgazulga1727
@zulgazulga1727 2 жыл бұрын
*Cries in Grass, Ice, and Rock
@insertsomethingrelatable2494
@insertsomethingrelatable2494 3 ай бұрын
I love playing Monotype Ice, but Bug or Poison are also fun. I have fond memories of trashing a monotype fire team using my Cloyster and Alolan Ninetails. Also I have not lost a monotype bug team, Vikavolt always clutches somehow. For poison I do try to trick my opponents by going with a sweeper team consisting of Okidogi, Pecharunt, Toxicroak, Galarian Slowbro and a few supporting pokemon like Toxapex. edit: I do feel like Tera makes monotype somewhat meaningless in gen 9, but it is still good fun.
@martinvtran
@martinvtran 2 жыл бұрын
omg i look amazing thanks for the cameo
@jamesbyrd7031
@jamesbyrd7031 2 жыл бұрын
I've spent ages trying to get mono rock to work lol. Good vid!
@thefirespecialist9007
@thefirespecialist9007 Жыл бұрын
Gen 1 Mono Ghost is pretty Lit tbh!
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