The Top 6 Worst "Gimmick" Pokémon

Pokémon have all sorts of tricks that they use to try and stand out from all the rest, but sometimes those attributes are overwhelming and take over the Pokémon's whole identity. And surprise; some of those situations don't always end up so great, so let's take a look at the worst Pokémon consumed by their gimmicks...

[@paulgrotebeverborg1119]

Imagine if male combee always had an ability similair to Schooling in which it turned into that large wall of Combee. Would make it a lot more interesting

[@glumanteri]

And it would even make sense too, given how easily they make a wall in the DP anime.

[@paulgrotebeverborg1119]

@@glumanteri was exactly what i was referring to!

[@Watch-0w1]

Good idea . Was thinking of that

[@Gamelover882]

Spongebob:Write that down WRITE THAT DOWN!!! Patrick: Eeaaauugh!!

[@frownyclowny6955]

I imagine it could just be schooling, because it would still function the same despite the odd name

[@matthaisstupidus]

Fun fact: male combee being more common than females (especially in the wild) is actually the INVERSE of how it works with real bees, where there's one male (known as a "drone" and whos only purpose is to mate) for every 9 or 10 females (who are actually the ones who gather nectar) In fact, the only time you will see a drone outside the hive is during winter, where they are KICKED OUT BY THE QUEEN TO DIE So yeah for the normally origin-accurate gamefreak design standards it even fumbles in that department

[@MrKlausbaudelaire]

or maybe thats why males are easier to find, they are all kicked out and the females are hiding inside the hives xD

[@left4twenty]

combee to vespiqueen could do well with making the evolution based on an item + male combee in the party. Given that irl, real bees can make new queens, using some special bee jelly

[@AmberLB93]

That is true of eusocial bees but there are others like carpenter bees where this is not the case. Carpenter bees have about as many males as they do females, the males don't play a drone role.

[@clicktuck]

Jeez bees

[@naamadossantossilva4736]

​@@AmberLB93 Combee is clearly not based on Megachilidae,the existence of VespiQUEEN shows it's intended to be an eusocial species,most likely a honeybee.

[@kwesimorain4029]

Pyukumuku isnt generally used for innards out, it usually runs unaware to stop/stall setup sweepers by running Toxic, Block, Recover and Soak.

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, that just sounds miserable for everyone involved. those people clearly don't play Pokemon for the fun...

[@alakazam482]

@@emperorcubone I mean yeah kinda, that's why it's never the core of a team. It's to support more powerful mons on a stall team like cosmic power clefable

[@davidesztergalos5395]

@@emperorcubone this just shows you don't play competitive

[@JadoDog]

@@emperorcubone 1000%. Seeing Pyukumuku on a team kills the fun for me because it can disrupt an entire battle with just its mere existence.

[@krish0544]

Can confirm, got it in a random battle in showdown, has those exact moves, sometimes I see counter and mirror coat sets

[@MrLucky5001]

I get how using Sneasler as a mount is a gimmick, but I don't see how the Pokemon itself is a one of the worst gimmicks. the name being Sneasler instead of Hisuian Weavile doesn't count. liking or disliking the design doesn't suddenly make a mon a gimmick. the only gimmicky thing is has is it's signature move. it's design isn't far off Weavile's. humanoid creature with sharp claws. if Sneasler as the climbing mon in PLA was replaced with an alpha Weavile, would it still be a one of the worst gimmick mons? if the answer is yes, then climbing with a mon is one of the worst gimmicks, not the mon itself. I agree with the rest of the list, but I'd replace Sneasler with something else. idk, maybe baby Pokemon. those are way more of a dex filler, than Sneasler. if there's nothing gimmicky about it if you take it out of PLA, then the mon itself isn't a gimmick mon. Delibird, Slaking, Alcreamie(possibly), Pyukumuku and Combee will always have a gimmick no matter which game they're in. every pokemon design has a gimmick. Duraludon looks like building, Hitmonchan looks like a boxer and so on. if a design by itself is a "gimmick", then this should've been a top 6 worst Pokémon.

[@johntaylor1189]

I totally agree. I don’t really care for sneasler personally, but I don’t see any gimmick around it. It doesn’t have a unique typing and most Hisui original Pokémon have a signature move. It is the one who climbs in PLA but I don’t think it is defined by that. That would be like saying weerdeer is a gimmick because it runs. I don’t think they even bothered to program rock climb into the game which would have really gone with the whole “gimmick”. Sneasler may be a kinda ugly mon, but it is not a gimmick Pokémon.

[@antonioscendrategattico2302]

Honestly, if they wanted to go all in on the climbing motif they could've made it look far freakier though. Right now it literally just looks like a taller Sneasel. I think it would've been super cool if it had been a lanky creature with long arms and a small torso, along with the curved claws. To emphasize the "rock climber" look, y'know. Give it gibbon proportions :D

[@aidanclifford9115]

Ngl this guy complains a lot lol

[@jordanguy4241]

I ain’t reading allat but I agree. Sneasler doesn’t deserve to be on this list. It’s a good Pokémon

[@Umbramus]

Yeah the video's fine but by his logic it means Bibarel is a gimmick mon because it helps with Rock Climb in BDSP

[@ShayTheValiant]

Before Legends Arceus even came out, I knew I wanted to have a Sneasler on my final team (I knew about it because I saw the leaks.) When I learned how easy it was to shiny hunt in the game, I kept searching until I found a shiny Alpha Sneasel. It also just so happened to have a Jolly nature. So yeah, I had a shiny Alpha Sneasler on my final team when I beat the game.

[@topdog23100]

Personally, I really like Alcremie because of the many different forms it has (I’m also trying to get a shiny one right now), but at the same time, I also feel like it also has way too many forms, and as someone who’s trying to get every Alcremie form, I feel like it takes way too long to try to do that. As for my least favorite gimmick? I’d have to say Ash-Greninja. I love regular Greninja, but Ash-Greninja’s design is kind of ugly in my opinion. I also find it weird how Greninja is the only Kalos starter to get a new form, when I feel like they could’ve at least given Chesnaught and Delphox Mega Evolutions to go along with it

[@yveshku5583]

I do love Alcremie, though I perfectly understand it seeming a bit daunting with how many forms it has. Regarding Ash-Greninja. I don't mind how it looks, it is still fairly cool. I just wish Delphox and Chesnaught got something as well. Not having megas for the starters of the region megas debut in, unfortunate, but whatever. When they finally do get something, it ends up less they and more just it. I get the anime portraying it as a super rare phenomena, and an excuse for Ash to compete with megas. But for the players of the games, would it really be that difficult to give a battle bond for the other two?

[@SuperEasywalker]

Ugly, no but uninspired design wise since it’s just Greninja with some added feature just to its face and that all.

[@daltoncarverxc]

Agreed but also lump in Charizard about the other starters part.

[@adamj.cuthbert7528]

I think Silvally counts as a gimmick Pokémon: it's a poor man's Arceus, with a similar ability, that's outranked by its pre-evolution in competitive play, I believe, due to Type: Null (which has the same base stats, except for Speed) having better defences with Eviolite.

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, I don't like the fact that it's a Legendary; it just doesn't seem to earn that title to me. I know Mewtwo was a manmade Legend, but there were actual stories about it unlike Silvally that didn't exist until you saw your rival's Type: Null evolve...

[@AP4pro]

@@emperorcubone mewtwo was made from mew's DNA while type null was inspired by arceus that's a huge difference I mean if silvally is a legend then why not porygon its man made Idk about magerana

[@CC9L]

@@AP4pro magearna has decent lore

[@wumpoooo]

@@AP4pro tbh silvally was meant to be an ultra beast slayer and that's not something a common pokemon would do canonically

[@RiverWilliamson]

Huh, I'll be

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

Alcremie could have been given a signature move, with a secondary effect influenced by its colouring - the Rainbow Swirl would need to be a really useful one given how specific you need to be when you spin it The sweet could just be for customisation, like with the different forms of Furfrou, or the different colours of Minior, but with no additional effect

[@emperorcubone]

That's all I'm asking for; a single signature that would be impacted by the trouble you went through just to get it...

[@tmarino721]

I mean it does have a signature move, Decorate, but it’s pretty useless outside of doubles

[@yveshku5583]

@@tmarino721 The most impact I've seen Decorate have was during raid battles and dynamax adventures if you get one there.

[@LadyLeomon]

For me the worst will always be Unown, the 3rd Movie made them seem to be on par with Legendaries ... but in-game they’re pretty useless. And one Hidder Power was taken out of Sw/Sh that effectively erased Unown from the Pokédex at that point 😒😒😒 Thanks for the new list Cubone, sorry I’ve been gone I’ve been having a bad few months. Stay safe and go hug your animal friends because tomorrow is never certain 💙🐱💙

[@nonymouswisp8176]

Well in gen 4 they let you say curse words

[@melonman6522]

Even before the first gym it's super weak, I can't understand the decision to make them as weak as they are

[@LucarioDoT]

Literally their only point is to fill out that research paper thing

[@imbored8707]

That's the point... blame gamefreak. But it make sense since 1 unown is useless even by lore standards. 2 or more then its a different story...

[@thewillowtree727]

Because one letter is useless on it's own

[@bpbeckwith]

I am shocked that alcreme is on this list and not spinda, especially since the different forms of alcreme are cute while spinda just has weird spots with far more variations. not to mention that they were backwards in bdsp so that you couldn't even transfer one if you liked their spots

[@emperorcubone]

Sure, Spinda has more versions, but you just go out and catch them, you don't have to do homework to figure how to get a blue striped one...

[@bpbeckwith]

@@emperorcubone I would argue that the experimentation with swirls and flavors is a nice change of pace from "wild encounter into PokeBall" again and again

[@Worstfreelancer]

Idk why everyone hates sneazler so much. I personally really like it's design. It's such a drastic shift from the original evolution, while still looking agile but in a different sense.

[@zen7even]

It jus looks goofy compared to the og

[@1991birthday]

We definitely have different opinions, I love Sneasler’s design & I’m a fan of the different Alcremie forms. Not everything needs a function, sometimes a cosmetic difference is all you need. When I was a kid, I wanted Pokémon to come in different colors, seeing the different variants that sometimes popped up in the anime interested me & part of why I got into shiny hunting when I was older but with Alcremie, you can have whatever flavor you want from what exists. I save before I spin mine & I look up the accurate time of day & all that to get my desired flavor. If I mess up, I close out & try again. Getting the sweets can be a bit of a pain but makes it more exciting. When they had the Milcery raid event, I played in it a lot to collect up the different sweets, I even got my desired ribbon sweet since it’s my favorite color, purple, & used it on a shiny because black, white, & purple is an awesome color combination.

[@PetalBoop]

Saaammmee I love Sneasl but not as much Weavile, so Sneasler felt like a welcome edition. I didnt know about Alcreamie's forms, but I am now in love.

[@AuraStrikeAce]

I like Sneasler and Alcremie too

[@cloudwyrms9752]

big agree

[@blackavar5723]

Also agreed. I like Sneaseler's design because it looks more like a natural evolution for Sneasel, (no hate to Weaville - it's just cool to have options). And the hatred for the Alcremie thing is like saying he hates Christmas and puppies, lol, let people enjoy things!

[@zinzolin14]

I loved Alcremie's gimmick as well. I think GF wanted players to get whatever form without trying, so the experience would be as random as possible. If only Alcremie was a good Pokémon in battle though, I would've loved it a bit more...

[@andykegs5584]

Combee really needs a male evolution, no it shouldn’t be as strong as Vespiquen but a they could make some more that cover some of the other roles bees have in a hive, like Guards, Builders, Drones etc. I am assuming Combee is a standard worker bee here. With salad it they could just make the male evolution difficult to achieve or regional or something but yeah they are essentially useless Pokemon. When I once started up a Pokemon Y file, right at the start I got a shiny male combee, let’s just say there are some shinies that can actually disappoint.

[@KnufWons]

The funny thing is, male BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES effectively exist solely for breeding purposes. All worker roles are performed by females!

[@ErtaiCZ]

Tell that to my 4 shiny male Combee...

[@sirbear6197]

From what I know, and take this with a grain of salt, male honeybees don't do anything except breed with the queen. A male evolution of combee would not match up with real life.

[@sunshinethemaw]

@@sirbear6197 Ah yes because you can find lizards with flaming tails in real life and turn them into flying dragons

[@sirbear6197]

@@sunshinethemaw Point taken. Honestly I feel the pokemon company and game freak doesnt have a set rule on when to be realistic or not. We could give male combees a ghost type evolution because they die after breeding with the queen. Make it evolve after successfully breeding an egg with a vespiquen.

[@completebuffoon]

I can nearly guarantee you if they did a “hisuian weavile” instead it’d still be sneasler. Same types, same design, just a different name

[@gadobriel5417]

You are probably correct

[@emperorcubone]

That's my point; why did they even create it as a brand new Pokemon, hundreds of numbers later in the Dex, when it wasn't THAT different? I get why Ursaluna was made, and Overqwil, but why wasn't Sneasler just a new form like Braviary? It shouldn't be a new Pokemon if it's most defining feature is how much taller it is...

[@completebuffoon]

@@emperorcubone by that logic, runerigus should just be galarian cofagrigus and perserker should just be galarian Persian. Imo, having it be a wholly different pokemon helps build the world, as well as further distinguishing the new form of sneasel from the original pokemon

[@rjs4176]

@@emperorcubone Being taller isn't Sneasler's most defining feature, just the most noticeable. It's got massive claws that are laced with poison, its head feather is now a long ponytail and it has a rather isolationist disposition as inferred by its pokédex entry. It's not a new form for Weavile because it is simply _not_ Weavile. It has more than enough going for it to set it apart.

[@Necroverse19]

No, you can't guarantee that at all.

[@NightcoreBrawler]

Regardless of you saying that Sneasler is on the list cause of the Climbing Gimmick... Its actually become one of my Favourite Pokemon since its Reveal and its actually A Really Good Fighting/Poison type Pokemon too, I'm even looking for the Sneasler V Full Alternate Art card where its hanging off A Cliff cause of how cool it looks! And Lost Origins gave it A Radiant Card meaning that I'll be hunting for that too!

[@Zvoosh25]

Could you imagine if Combee and Salandit got a weaker male evolution that had some use, and Vespiquen and Salazzle got buffed to be better?

[@cassidy1768]

FYI Kecleon does get protean now, so it *can* control when it changes types.

[@melonman6522]

Give Delibird an actual move-set, make present always heal and usable outside of battle like milk drink or softboiled (Stick with the always healing to keep up that presents are nice motif) and bam, you got yourself a decent pokemon, it would sure be one of the pokemon of all time but it's better than it being objectively bad. These days you could have present be a random stat buff, heal, or status clear randomly to make it a useful but unreliable support pokemon in doubles though Delibird was made in a time before doubles so the first version makes more sense

[@nine_tails137]

The only way to make Slaking good, is by removing it's ability with moves like Gastro Acid. Then it becomes an absolute beast. As for Pukumuku, I feel it's supposed to be the gen 7 Shuckle. As for Combee, While I do agree with you for the most part, Beedrill is actually based on a Wasp or Yellow Jacket. Where as Combee and Vespiquen are based on Honey bees. So saying we already have a "bee Pokemon" isn't entirely true.

[@bobbuilder625]

Slaking could also just run choice band/scarf Giga Impact. there aren't any common pokemon in OU that run protect or fly, as well as a somewhat small amount of mons that run fighting moves.

[@nine_tails137]

@@bobbuilder625 Slaking's ability is terrible, but it's at least better than Slow Start.

[@bobbuilder625]

@@nine_tails137 Slaking's ability isn't terrible! It's truant ;>

[@nine_tails137]

@@bobbuilder625 Yeah, an ability that makes the user move every other turn. How is that not terrible?

[@dannygillmor2337]

I like Sneaseler, it shows off that the 2 different Sneasel and their evolutions and their methods of working together at night or separate during the daylight would make it so only one of these species would be able to survive the long term against the Hisuian Braiviary, the main predator of them and that's also shown in all 3s type match ups. psychic flying has 4× advantage over fighting and 2× over poison and dark ice has 2× over both types and an immunity to psychic.

[@algar6616]

The way you addressed and explained your possible mispronunciation of delibird was both graceful and sound. Good man, my emperor

[@dragonmaster613]

Alcremy is a bane to us collectors (who need to have every form of a pokemon)! 28 Unown was a chore, but this is deliberately spiteful to us!

[@rayquazaemerald10260]

Oh so is Spinda like a holy grail to y’all?

[@dragonmaster613]

@@rayquazaemerald10260 yes, unfortunately.

[@aspiringwayfarer]

Yes!! I know someone who’s an aprimon collector, and they set out to get Alcremie in: All the available pokeballs, All the forms/sweets/flavors, And shiny (both square and star) and non-shiny….. It’s insane.

[@dragonmaster613]

@@aspiringwayfarer that person is either determined or insane, but best of luck to them.

[@aspiringwayfarer]

@@dragonmaster613 I know, right? When my friend told me about it on discord, I was shocked that someone would willing put themselves through that! Absolutely maddening haha. But good for her for being so dedicated.

[@rebeccalambeth3427]

I think it'd be cool if they altered Present to function like Pollen Puff does - does damage if used on opponents, but heals when used on allies.

[@fightingfalcon777]

I think another cool option for Vespiquen could have been to make a branched evolution for female members of the Weedle line. Like, maybe instead of evolving into Beedrill at whatever level, if you give a female Kalyan a Bright Stone or something, it instead evolves into Vespiquen

[@emperorcubone]

Oh come on, how would the Gen 4 games have done that? Some kind of new evolution stone that's gender specific? What would they do then, just make branches willly nilly, like for Snorunt and Kirlia...?

[@fightingfalcon777]

@@emperorcubone you’re right, I’m just talking crazy 🤣

[@MCBlaZiKeN]

I won't tolerate this Sneasler slander! That being said, delibird should have present differentiate damage and healing depending on who you target and then a 40/60/80% scaling when damaging/healing. Also ice for stab

[@RadicalJawzFunnyMoments]

I love sneasler it’s really cute and awesome to use

[@AuroraTheAvali3735]

Sneasler was the best mount pokemon in PLA, designe-wise

[@badluckboi9149]

You guys are weird

[@Compucles]

40, 60, and 80 don't add up to 100%. Did you mean something like 1/6, 1/3, and 1/2 chances of each stage happening? Or 40/60/80 base power for damage and HP for healing?

[@ColdEmperor]

"I'm not insulting you or the pokemon." But you are insulting the pokemon. The name of the video is 6 worst gimmicks. Come on bro. You can't pull the Wool over our eyes.

[@Docwilson91]

Don’t you mean the “Wooloo” over our eyes? I’ll see myself out.

[@emperorcubone]

No, I didn't say once that Alcremie was ugly or useless like I did with Sneasler. That one I did insult...

[@Mojavekight17]

@@emperorcubone yeah it was your opinion not an insult

[@forgerofsouls9126]

@@Mojavekight17 Opinions can be insults. Just because you declare something to be an opinion does not make it not an insult if your opinion is basically insults.

[@Mojavekight17]

@@forgerofsouls9126 ohhhh poor Pokémon is probably crying. Pokémons aren't real, you can't insult what doesn't exist! Take the L

[@aneonfoxtribute]

I don't agree with Alcreamie and Sneasler being on this list at all. Sneasler felt like just an excuse to complain about its existence, it doesn't HAVE a gimmick. And Alcreamie has a useless gimmick that is solely cosmetic, sure. But so do several other Pokemon and I'd never put a cosmetic gimmick that doesn't matter over something actively detrimental like Slaking or Delibird

[@emperorcubone]

Its existence is the gimmick; it would not have been created if not for the rock climbing. That's what the list is, not Pokemon WITH gimmicks, but Pokemon that were only made because of random idea and are totally designed around that. An example might be Mudsdale; it HAS a gimmick with Stamina but it doesn't revolve solely around that one trick and could have been a separate Pokemon designed without it. Sneasler would never have been thought up if they didn't need to go up a cliff.

[@5ashll303]

I don’t get how sneasler is a gimmick Pokemon.

[@SirNilooo]

It’s ugly af 💁🏽‍♂️😂

[@emperorcubone]

To me a gimmick Pokemon only exists for one reason, being totally consumed by it, and everything about Sneasler is designed specifically to be a Rock Climb vehicle and that's it...

[@jaidamwhi4589]

@@SirNilooo 🤣🤣🤣

[@dracovishtv69420]

Neezlr

[@joshuawidener8407]

It's not

[@rockowlgamer631]

I don't mind Sneasler honestly "Worst ability in the game: Truant" pffff I believe Regigigas would like to argue with SlowStart What would've been cool for Alcremie is if there are 17 type combos for each time you spin, so Alcremie could become a Ice/Fairy or Fairy/Fire all based on the spinning process It would be cool if they gave male combee like a worker bee evolution and male salandit forgoing females in order to become a strong no need female counterpart, base it off the komodo dragon

[@GoldGuard]

Yeah, at least Slaking can make use of its stats. I actually won a random battle with a Choice Scarfed Slaking that carried my team thanks to its ability to switch out during the Truant turns. If Slow Start only affected Regigigas’s speed, it could at least be good with Trick Room.

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

I have to agree, slow start is DEFINITELY the worse ability. Sure, being able to move only every other turn is bad in a game where you really don't want to give your opponent free turns if you can avoid it, but being nerfed for the first 5 turns of battle is even worse, since not only is it difficult to stall out those turns waiting for the effect to wear off, but it should also be noted that if Regigigas for some reason is forced to switch out, the ability is reset and you have to wait through 5 MORE turns if you want to get it back to fighting shape. It's so bad that it has managed to keep Regigigas from ever being good competitively, where as Slaking has actually had at least 1 generation where it was kinda decent despite the drawback of truant

[@rockowlgamer631]

@@matthewkuscienko4616 give Regigigas Body Press so that way he can use his Defense for something since that isn't nerfed by SlowStart

[@GoldGuard]

@@rockowlgamer631 Regigigas learns Body Press in BDSP but that’s not gonna save it from being trash. If you’re going to be using Body Press anyway, just use a better Pokémon like Corviknight or even Cofagrigus

[@aspiringwayfarer]

In my opinion, instead of changing the type for Alcremie, I’d prefer that the forms just change the type of a move that it learns. But either option would be a dramatic improvement.

[@hellreaper2845]

You can still find a weavile and regular sneasel in Arceus, it's just a more rare Pokemon.

[@emperorcubone]

That's through a space/time portal, that doesn't really count as being "from" the region, just like how Porygon isn't indigenous to the ancient past...

[@hellreaper2845]

@@emperorcubone yeah but I like to imagine those portals are how they originally came to the world. I mean, this is supposed to be the first chronological Pokemon game, right? Anyway, it's fun to theorize lol

[@jozajab6849]

Sneezler is one of my favorite Pokémon and I love it’s design because it makes perfect sense for rock climbing.

[@Sleepingfishie]

Furfrou needed to be on this list. A haircut pokemon whose change lasts 5 days so you can’t even use it. The forms are only cosmetic. It was only put into show the haircut feature for the player

[@emperorcubone]

I do hate that the forms revert to normal on their own, but the fact that Alcremie has far more purely cosmetic forms had to put it higher...

[@bennett4789]

i think furfrou is cool tho… great ability and really fits the kalos region

[@Polska_Edits]

Really wish it at least increased its speed stat, since the pokemon mentions it becoming swifter with a haircut

[@kawaii-pigeon]

As a shiny hunter i feel personally attacked by male combee and would like to be compensated 😭😭😭💔

[@fryguy0563]

I think color change should be more defensive where the type changes before the attack hits (still exploitable with ghost and dragon but better)

[@emperorcubone]

Ghost would need a setup first, since it would still be immune at first, but I agree!

[@CrunchytheGoblin]

Change it to a Normal/Fairy type then! Immune to both Ghost and Dragon

[@ScarletRebel96]

I think sneasler is awsome poison types being my fav type helps alot

[@emperorcubone]

I just don't get why it's a new Pokemon at all? It's not THAT different from Weavile that it needed to be a branch; if Perrserker were a regional Persian that would be weird...

[@PaBlo-jk4hv]

@@emperorcubone But why does it matter that it's a different Pokémon. You wouldn't like the desing more if it was called Weavile.

[@valasafantastic1055]

I like sneaslers design personally.

[@SeantheSharkGuy]

I think the reason Weavile isn’t in Hisui but is in Sinnoh can be explained by the space-time distortions. The distortions bring Pokémon to Hisui, and the Johtonian Sneasel is one of them. I think that in the lore, these Sneasler from different points in time adapted to the different environment of Hisui by gaining the ability to evolve, and may even have outcompeted the Hisuian variety

[@junglejuicejuno]

I’m gonna be real here Sneasler can’t be put on the list for its looks because its too strong. This is the worst gimmick pokemon list, not the ugliest ride pokemon list

[@emperorcubone]

Slaking is also strong though, so does it not count? This is not "Pokemon with bad gimmicks" list, it's "Pokemon who only exist because of their bad gimmick" and to me a rock climbing mule makes that cut. Even if it is strong, they made it for a bad reason...

[@junglejuicejuno]

@@emperorcubone No slaking counts because of its ability that affects it in battle What does sneasler’s looks do to hurt it in battle?

[@emoskullfire9823]

I love sneasler to be honest. It's on of my favorite hisuian pokemon. I love how sassy it looks

[@AuraStrikeAce]

Same here

[@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917]

Durant having the TruANT ability is a pretty lame gimmick.

[@HiddenJim]

Mandela effect? I could swear I’ve seen this one before… I love your channel and this video!

[@HiddenJim]

Im only reminded because the hate Delibird gets from you is too memorable to forget 😂

[@fabr1cat0rgeneral94]

For me it's the gen 8 fossil pokemon, not because of their combat mechanics but more on a fluff level. Since I was a kid, I've seen pokemon as a kind of idealized world, one where humans have learned to harness technology to live in harmony with the world and the other sentient beings who inhabit it. The frankenstein fossils kinda upend that narrative. Here we have an incompetent scientist who creates genetic abominations who, the pokedex clearly points out, are in constant suffering because of their incompatible biology. But what comes of it? The scientist isn't slammed with ethics violations, the trainer treats it as any other pokemon when it clearly requirea medical intervention because it's constantly suffering frostbite or *struggling to breath*' and it's all played off as a joke/frankenstein reference.

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah... those are pretty bad. Four horrendous crimes of nature is a lot worse than the usual pair of evolutions we get from fossils...

[@jorge9604]

Is a reference to real world archeology, at the beginning most fossils were assembled pretty randomly till we got a better idea of how they really looked lik

[@Oturan20]

Well, those abominations were brought to life by someone who can't even wear matching shoes.

[@theRich037]

Thank you Empreror Cubone. I've been waiting for this one!

[@BruceBoyde]

Man, I had never once considered the etymology of Delibird and now I'm upset. You're totally right about how it *should* be pronounced

[@sagacious03]

Okay analysis & list video! Thanks for uploading!

[@Lyrikle]

I believe that Sneasler is a thing because PLA takes place in a separate timelime/dimension, since the pokemon multiverse was soft confirmed in gen 6 then hard confirmed in 7, the fact that Hisui has its own version of Sneasel, which in the original gen 4 games was already native, says to me that this isn't the same region you play in during DDP.

[@TheRibbedDamascus]

Part of me always thought that delibird should have gotten a galarian form, because of coalassal.

[@Summonsloth]

Getting all the alcremie forms was fun to me, especially with the raids they had at the time

[@godknightomega]

Wasn't Delibird a version exclusive with the other version getting Gligar in Gold and Silver? Now with later generations Delibird is a forget Poke'mon whilst Gligar got an evolution in Gliscor.

[@wreck8]

Present could have been a move that guarantees to either damage enemies or heal allies depending on the target. Such a missed opportunity.

[@anicrowsenjixd8918]

Thank you as always for your Video💪💪

[@jamesheatherly4209]

I hate Escube for how it’s just a Penguin wearing an Ice Cube on it’s head.

[@gopet400]

Sneasler is 4’3 and somehow towers over the characters and is able to carry them on its back

[@toxicperson8936]

Sneaslers long legs & it’s more human shaped body just makes me uncomfortable. & this is coming from someone who has regular Sneasel as one of their all time favorites since it came out in Gen 2, definitely in my top 3 favorites. I like Weavile too, & Sneasel definitely needed the buff in its stats, but design wise, OG Sneasel will always be the best. Sneasler, though, just looks terrible. I feel like I’m being carried by some awkward white rapper. That’s what Sneasler reminds me of: a 19 year old white guy from the suburbs who never left his hometown, but swears his new mixtape is gonna put him on the rap charts

[@emperorcubone]

I think uncomfortable is the perfect word to describe it...

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Sneasler is the most uncomfortable of the humanoid Pokemon.

[@AuraStrikeAce]

@@TornaitSuperBird Sneasler is far from the most uncomfortable. Just look at Mr. Mime and Jynx.

[@eliasgc49]

Bdsp changed slaking in the sense where weezing, which got neutralizing gas from gen 8 onwards, can use neutralizing gas to cancel slaking's ability so slaking can move every turn with weezing on the field.

[@scrp6638]

And Regigigas’ slow start is stopped as wlel

[@eliasgc49]

Yes, But you could also do that for regigigas in swsh, slaking could only take advantage of that in bdsp

[@videakias3000]

what about the pokemon type:null ? this is one of the weirdest gimmicks I have ever seen. when it evolves all of its stats remain the same except from the speed. I can't tell if it gets stronger or weaker when it evolves. from one hand the extra speed is good,but from the other hand it can no longer run eviolite,so was the evolution really worth it? it gains an ability that allows it to change its type,but still,was it really worth it?

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah I don't really get Type: Null either. Surely the Defense would change once the metal helmet breaks, but my main issue is how is it even a Legendary?

[@palpatinerocks3260]

Pyukumuku is a beast on the competitive scene. With smogon even giving tips that it has better defensive capabilities than quagsire and clefairy and can stall/toxic kill big threats like mega pinsir and manaphy

[@JaelinBezel]

To be fair, Beedrill is more of a wasp than a honeybee

[@andrewfreeland4858]

Just about all the reasons for Alcremie, with it just being cosmetic differences that don't impacts stats, can be applied to any shiny pokemon. Why do people like Alcremie? Probably the same reasons why people like shine-ies

[@tanookitoad9281]

What about Spinda? It has potentially billions of different spot combinations, but very mediocre stats across the board.

[@emperorcubone]

True, it's definitely a contender for the list!

[@alienenthusiast]

I honestly really love Sneasler, it's got such sass and personality in it's design, and its shaped well for warm furry hugs. (◡ᴗ◡) Plus a lot of fan art is really high grade stuff. Very cute.

[@AuraStrikeAce]

I love Sneasler too, and I agree with all of this

[@641mamaluigi]

Pyukumuku is surprisingly good, sure it’s not the best, But the combination of soak and toxic is underrated. No Pokémon with water absorb/storm drain is immune to poisoning and you can poison Pokémon normally immune to poisoning due to typing because of soak, only Pokémon with poison heal or immunity wouldn’t be affected by it (though gen7 gastric acid would surpress those abilities) make it a force to be reckoned with… comically enough dispite taunt being it’s kryptonite it also learns taunt XD

[@Compucles]

That doesn't make it better than Wobbuffet, though. Wobbuffet is one of the best non-legendary Pokémon in the game for competitive battling and was once even exiled to the Uber tier.

[@rickhealey4231]

Nothing quite like the moment when I went "YES, a shiny Combee.... oh, wait, a shiny MALE Combee."

[@RyansChannel0203]

You scared me for a sec there by putting Eiscue in the thumbnail. Lol

[@rainthedraconic402]

Delibird needs a regionally specific evolution like pikachu. Flying fairy and add a healing move called Gift that heals 50% hp and has 8 pp max. Id give it a signiture flying move that works like electo ball. This evolution gets higher speed despite becoming more rotund

[@AuroraTheAvali3735]

Lol, i find it funny that you say it isn't controversial to call Sneasler ugly, when from my experience Sneasler seemed to be by far the most liked out of all the mount pokemon in PLA.

[@ralpbeez8414]

Slaking has a pretty funny story behind its creation that Did You Know Gaming covered in their gen 3 video. According to the pokemon designer, vigoroth was made to be energetic, and then Slaking was done as its evolution to say, "it decided against being energetic after all" - so Vigoroth was always intended to be the odd evo out, interestingly enough. As for Sneasler, it's a reocurring theme in Hisui that pokemon exist that didn't later, and their temperment is markedly different to Sneasle/Weavile. Can be assumed that they evolved down the line to be more violent to survive in current Sinnoh.

[@jembozaba4864]

I was scared for a second. Thought you were going to say something bad about my boy Eiscue. But you get a pass. Love that adorable little Penguin. And I like Alcremie. But I mainly just love that you have to spin on the spot to evolve it. I spin on the spot all the time, so turning that into an evolution method. is brilliant.

[@emperorcubone]

No, penguins are my favorite animal so I can't be too harsh on the thing; I like it much more than most people seem to... I just wish there was some reason for all the Alcremie forms instead of being unable to tell for any colorblind fans out there.

[@jembozaba4864]

@@emperorcubone I named my Eiscue Shirase. After the best character from the best TV show ever made, A Place Further than the Universe

[@PaBlo-jk4hv]

@@emperorcubone At least colorblind people don't get screwd by not being able to tell the difference

[@variumi]

A cool way of adding more utility to the sweets for milcery is to make it so alcremie has 75 in each base stat but six of the sweets buff a stat by 60. The seventh gives an extra 10 to each stat

[@marcoasturias8520]

Beedrill is not a bee, it's a wasp

[@emperorcubone]

The name begs to differ son...

[@Mojavekight17]

Bee drill

[@PaBlo-jk4hv]

@@emperorcubone You know the english localizers didn't make the Pokémon, right?

[@timothymoore8549]

I like how he calls vespiquen a good Pokémon when it’s widely considered one of the worst fully evolved Pokémon.

[@emperorcubone]

Still better than Combee...

[@matthewkuscienko4616]

To be fair, Vespiquen isn't the worst bug type ever, there were arguably a few worse ones in gen4. Not saying it's good, but it could be worse

[@britbongtankie]

Present should work like Pollen Puff, a 90 base power move that heals allies. Also, it should be ice-type. Delibird's stats are trash, it wouldn't be a good Pokémon even with this good move, but it would at least have some niche usage.

[@pppmemes]

Hey what do you use to create your videos ?

[@BraveRhythm]

I was today days realizing Delibird is supposed to be a Santa Clause and I played Pokémon since Gen 1. I just thought it was just a dumb bird.

[@jmurray1110]

Alcreme could probably work better if you could influence the type with held items instead of spin factors Would have made more sense too your info using the cream with berries and such to create a new flavour and colour

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, I'm fine with that; if the Clover Sweet made it a Fairy/Grass type and the Ribbon Sweet made it a Fairy/Psychic type it would be a very unique Pokemon, instead it's just another in the long line of plain Fairy desserts...

[@enigmatic2878]

Eiscue is my pick though. It is one of the laziest designs out there! And it's not like it's ability does much if you remember that it only blocks physical attacks. It's like mimikyu, but it mimiced it and failed. As stupid as eiscue is, at least it has the "noice" name which is very noice.

[@marcianoprins3217]

but eiscue is so cute 🥺

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, if it had been before Mimikyu people might have liked its gimmick? But I love penguins so I can never be too harsh on it, and as you said it is noice...

[@timurtheking]

bro eiscue is terrifying, slap belyl drum on it, and you win.

[@rjs4176]

A penguin with an ice cube on its head is LEAGUES more creative than pokémon that are just animals and nothing more. That doesn't mean that those are bad but... come on...

[@enigmatic2878]

@@timurtheking lmao flamethrower. Or mold breaker, teravolt, turboblaze, neutralizing gas

[@RukaIXR]

How dare you mock my boy Sneasler, he's just trying his best :(

[@iammaxhailme]

pyukumuku is pretty good actually. unaware with soak, toxic, recover, and some filler. it's not FUN, but it's effective

[@emperorcubone]

Sure, but as you say, if I have to spend 20 minutes in every battle to whittle them down every time, I am not going to enjoy my experience, even if it is near foolproof...

[@iammaxhailme]

@@emperorcubone true. I think it could fairly be called "worst", just for different reasons lol

[@Beastamon]

IMO if that's the case regarding Alcremie, wouldn't Vivillon be just as annoying if you wanted all the patterns or one that's not your region?

[@emperorcubone]

It would almost be easier to travel the globe and collect them all then to time your spinning just right to get all of the Alcremie forms...

[@camposbugs3343]

11:37weak, no moves, and hard to find, since this guy feeds on flowers

[@ravio5868]

I don't really think Sneasler counts as a gimmick pokemon. Aside from being a ride Pokemon, nothing is really gimmicky. Wyrdeer, Hisuian Braviary, and Ursaluna are all pretty ungimmicky and the gimmick is really unrelated to your complaints about Sneasler being mainly its design.

[@hermant860]

This is the most insane pronunciation of delibird I've ever heard but it actually makes more sense

[@leeksama7248]

I like sneasler. It’s cool that it had to evolve into weavile over the years to sorta survive

[@Samlli]

I love the new Sneasel, I despise Sneasler.

[@benschiemer]

I think a split evolution for vigoroth would be very cool, although with that stat total without truant it might end up really overpowered. Male counterparts for vespiquen and salazzle would also be great

[@aflamingidiot4427]

I assumed I was in the majority for loving sneasler. Like they are so fun and I love sneasel. Like Lady Sneasler is great!

[@varuhash50]

About Pyukumuku from an avid Pyukumuku fan. It has 4 moves that it needs, no more no less unless its a meme/gimmick set: Counter, Mirror Coat (breeding), Toxic (still level up even in Gen 8), and Recover. Sometimes Soak for support. Its ability is Unaware to stop setup sweepers and especially Zacian, and Leftovers to stay alive just a little longer. Innards Out could be good as well, as people usually expect Unaware and are caught off-guard when Innards Out kills their best sweeper. Its slept on a lot for little reason and is actually incredibly good when it does its job (stall, Toxic and Counter/Mirror Coat)

[@Mojavekight17]

Bigger = better = giant Pokémon

[@jaimeel4766]

Sneasler is one of my favourite Pokemon how dare you be so cruel to him you monster

[@Astolotl]

slaking's gimmick might suck for the player but it makes a really fun early game boss

[@forgerofsouls9126]

While it has not been a huge thing people have asked for and the number of people have been on the low end. I do remember people in the past asking for more customizable Pokemon or have Pokemon have more colors, like in a certain old Stadium game, before shiny Pokemon became a thing. In that game, depending on nicknames, you could have a different colored Pokemon, and many Pokemon had many different colors to "choose" from. I feel like Alcremie could be a call back to that game and a test run of a possible method that would allow what some players were wanting. I remember when I first saw the wild areas and thought the same, that they were a test bed to see how people would react to an area, or the possibility, to be more or less free to explore without being a true route. And they expanded that with the expansions. People loved it, and now S/V are going to be fully open world like that. So, while I may most likely be wrong on Alcremie's case here, it feels to me that these are the reasons they made Alcremie the way they did. And making it a creme/cake Pokemon would help cheat the reason for the colors better.

[@left4twenty]

"it's candy, it doesn't need to have a purpose"

[@LeahLovesNature]

Ugh, going up against Pyukumuku on Showdown is the worst. The combination of Block, Recover, Soak, and Toxic is an absolute pain to deal with if you don't have Taunt (and some of them replace one of these moves with Scald in case you have Taunt), and they usually have Unaware, so the amount of damage you can actually do to it is limited.

[@rjs4176]

To be completely honest I actually like Sneasler more than I do Weavile. Its claws are 10X cooler looking than Weavile's and it feels more like an actual evolution of Sneasel to me. It's got a great personality too! I also love how they turned Sneasel's head feather into a ponytail, that's so clever! Sneasler also keeps Sneasel's chest gem which is something that Weavile doesn't do for some reason and now I can't unsee it.

[@arielmccarthy4892]

when the delibird hits you and heals you ouch, hey thanks.

[@johanstenfelt1206]

Huh, i didn’t even know that Alcremie had different forms, how interesting. Anyway, fair and fair points and opinions.

[@shogunsteele7553]

This video shows me you don't know what a good gimmick is

[@sonicsega1699]

personally i think pikachu is a gimmick. its specifically, designed to boost sales. the dude breaks all sorts of rules such as; having more than 4 moves, defeating ground type pokemon with electric attacks, never gets healed and is ready for round 2 with hardly ever carrying on battle damage.

[@emperorcubone]

I don't think Pikachu on the whole would count; it still exists outside of boosting sales, but you could definitely include all the different forms it can take like the many hats or the cosplay versions...

[@MSabForUbersAgain]

I think that eiscue can be good from ice face, because unlike mimikyu eiscue just tanks the hit, including DYNAMAX moves, and takes no damage. Although it is flawed by typing and still being hit by special moves, I think the metagame is more physical than special a lot of the time.

[@jameshansen7108]

Would be interesting to see different evolution line for male combee, or maybe an evolution after beedrill depending if it was male or female (although that would ruin mega evolution for it).