The WORST Competitive Pokémon to Catch (It's Ursaluna...)

[@imablisy]

Hope you all enjoyed this video! I know I did the hunt a while ago, and I know it's different than usual, but I'm trying to increase how often I upload. Let me know what you thought of this video! You can also find the song Papa Jefe wrote for me here, it played at the end of the video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZm7h56YhJmBq8U Thumbnail by @gunter_157 on instagram.

[@nickvang7]

7:11 You said the odds for none of the guaranteed 31 IVs to land on HP or Attack is a 1 in 3 roll, so 33.3% chance. But isn't the calc (4/6) × (3/5) × (2/4) = 0.20 and therefore a 20% chance?

[@mtnNFTs]

I think your new-format videos are excellently made, interesting, and very informative. Congrats and keep them going!

[@imablisy]

@@mtnNFTs ty!

[@nnik345]

make a vid on the enamorous 0spd

[@pwatoscry2087]

@@nnik345 0 speed enamourus farmers playing through 32 playthroughs of PLA and still not getting one are still crying

[@WipZedKay]

This is a good example of why they should allow you to customize pokémon like showdown for tournaments. More time would be spent on strategy and testing teams rather than mashing A in the hopes you get good randomness.

[@imablisy]

yeah idk why they don't yet!

[@Enigmatic_Soldier]

well i mean pokemon didnt start out as a competirive game it is mostly a singe player game up until now you are not forced to play online or with others in order to progress that was their main thought - to collect the pokemon and play in a way you see fit and even thoigh they have all of these formats and eyemark laid on competitive, it is still not the biggest aspect of the game itself i know how i grinded thousands of hours in oras for my perfect pokemon and it was a lot of fun to also play in small tournaments and such but i grew out of that i like watching it but if i ever play pokemon, it is older games with a customized playthrough via cheats so i see why they havent improved it as much (yet)

[@CaptainObliviousV]

I feel like they just need more accessibility items to counteract the randomness, like the 0IV rusty bottle cap that people have been asking for since bottle caps were introduced. If everything could be optimized with nothing more than a few clicks, it begs the question, why is there randomness in the first place? Why not make things like Legends Arceus where stats are uniform across every instance of the species at every grit level, with the nature being the only influential factor?

[@arzeenine]

Yeah, just give us a "salon" or somesuch for ivs/nature to make it lore friendly

[@christophehuguin4227]

@@Enigmatic_Soldier Well, for a casual single player gameplay, most pokemon are playable (only pokemon like Wobbuffet aren't viable) no matter their stat. But they began making official competion, and all the randomness of pokémon is making it hard. One thing the could do to improve is keeping the mint, and rework the cap : gold cap +1 IV in a stat you choose, rusty cap -1 IV

[@silith7027]

Technically the actual worst one would be Enamorus. But contrary to Ursaluna BM, it's rather Niché anyway.

[@imablisy]

You got me there-- Since there is no correlation between IVs and PLA Stats, Enam would be RIDICULOUS.

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

It's a legendary so it's banned from the regulation H

[@goGothitaLOL]

Dodged a bullet right there

[@browserjunior4707]

@@imablisyWait I thought there was? I thought an EL of 3 on a stat means perfect IVs and an EL of 0 can range from 0-20?

[@imablisy]

@@browserjunior4707 0-20 is not really enough correlation when you're trying to get a 0 lol

[@ShuraPrinny]

Trying to get a 0 attack and 0 speed Bloodmoon was just awful. Gave up and settled for a 4 attack, 0 speed one because I just could not sit through that cutscene anymore. Seriously, what is the point of the skip cutscene option? It only skips the cinematic ones but not the button-mashing ones people would actually want to skip.

[@imablisy]

Yeah it's so lame. I can't believe it doesn't skip more. I only did it cuz I had stream to help me out :)

[@ShuraPrinny]

@@imablisyI wish I had your patience as part of me regrets not going for the double 0, but since I couldn’t get the Violet exclusive paradox Pokémon without catching it I just settled on the one I got.

[@natlus_]

you should have max speed ursaluna thoughh… (also 0 attack doesn’t matter that much). But yeah i agree about all of this mess this is why i gen (calyrex-shadow’s attack iv MATTERS SO MUCH because it determines whether or not it’ll survive a foul play)

[@nascour5991]

just another example of Gamefreaks incompetence/laziness don't be surprised when it isn't fixed in the next new pokemon game; cus it probably won't

[@natlus_]

@@nascour5991 it’s not that they aren’t aware… it’s that they (and the pokemon company as a whole) is so iffy about “making pokemon feel real”. That’s why they’re verrry slowly finding ways to incorporate competitive concepts into the game (like hyper training, or the iv judge)

[@maromania7]

And then you get Wolfe recently showing how either a min-speed ursaluna speed tie or a ursaluna that wasn't perfect 0 speed decided a major match because of the matchup against his Amoongus. Just proving how insanely important it is when you're playing competitive.

[@matthewfoley7872]

Pokémon should introduce two items, the Rusty bottle cap and the Dented bottle cap. Rusty bottle caps turn your Pokémon's selected IV to 0; have the same rarity as Gold bottle caps. Dented bottle caps change a Pokémon's IV by one level (1-31) depending on how many you want to use. They come in two varieties silver (decreases an IV by one level) and gold (increases an IV by one level); silver is common like regular bottle caps, while gold is rare like gold bottle caps.

[@Highstar25]

feels a bit overcomplicated. To be honest I think they should stick with one bottlecap but when you use it it simply gives you a slider.

[@briarsystem4316]

I agree but I don't think Gamefreak wants to introduce a way to intentionally make your Pokemon weaker in the case that players who don't know any better do it accidentally.

[@matthewfoley7872]

​@@briarsystem4316imablisy mentioned @ 5:30 that having a 0 Atk IV prevents your pokémon from doing too much damage to itself from Confusion or Foul Play.

[@emilydegroot6436]

​@@matthewfoley7872during a regular playthrough, though. By like a six-year-old or something

[@krisiverse]

@@emilydegroot6436 You already have to get a Pokemon to level 100 to hyper train them, and by that point the exact stats don't matter apart from competitive play anyway. My first level 100 Mewtwo when I was 8 was definitely suboptimal, but it's not like I cared at all ... Also, it'd all be reversible, AND you have to go to a specific post-game NPC to do it. And as anyone who followed Twitch Plays Pokemon can tell you, there are much easier ways to ruin a prize Pokemon without having to know what you're doing. Just hit the "Release" button.

[@gregorymirabella1423]

I can relate to the beaver search, as a lot of the time when I'm on walks I find myself taking pictures of various animals. One of my favorites was a chipmunk wandering through someone's front yard, and it stopped right under a sign that said "chipmunk crossing". I managed to snap some good pictures of it. It feels more like Pokemon in real life than Pokemon Go does.

[@imablisy]

He was creating such a huge water difference between the two sides of the trail lol

[@nexenojustice552]

Pokemon players discovering the actual inspiration for Pokemon:

[@thesandwich9576]

This video reminds me of how many wasted hour of resetting i could've saved if they just add a way to lower or increase the ivs by one

[@imablisy]

tru

[@Pokebilities]

Not being able to adjust IVs has been the main reason I will always support pkhex/genning. It's not like Nintendo and game freak don't know this is a problem/roadblock, but I bet they enjoy the increased playtime and free promo from the hours and hours people spend streaming to get specific pokemon

[@imablisy]

really bottlecaps just need to let you make them any arbitrary value.

[@PokeMasrerJ]

Don't you get disqualified from tournaments if they found out that you gen'd? I swear I've heard a couple of stories about that.

[@imablisy]

@@PokeMasrerJ Yes, you can.

[@thadjarvis9514]

Scrub

[@DerToasti]

Rusty bottlecap and a bronze bottlecap that increases 1 stat by 1 IV at a time.

[@Nanahi_]

This is the world verlisify wants

[@Munchma7]

Loving the AbsolBlogs vibes of the irl section

[@matthayes976]

i came here to say the same thing!! i love pokemon and taking walks in nature, and therefore love this style of video. regularly checking if a certain creature is in a spot i have seen it in before is something i often do!

[@Drakonus75]

Even encountered a wild Bibarel's den there.

[@straigtupjorkinit]

the bloodmoon streams were happening at a point where i was in and out of hospital a lot, and after a while i was getting genuinely excited for each stream, just sitting in chat and talking to people (even trading some pokemon w others for my violet dex) - it's weird to say but the whole carl saga means something to me, the community spirit in most of the streams (at least on my end as a viewer) were insane and idk i just wanted to leave a message pointing out how such a needlessly tedious task became almost a safe place to hang out for a little bit for me. thanks for fostering such a community blisy, i hope your day is going great!!

[@straigtupjorkinit]

21 hours was insane tho

[@imablisy]

I hope you're feeling better, I'm really glad you enjoyed them

[@epsreborn9718]

I remember tuning into that stream where you were grinding those encounters and feeling frustrated on your behalf. I ended up being super lucky on my own attempt and got a 0 speed 1 atk on my 10th try or so. Really hope Game Freak introduces a rusty bottle cap or just some way to earn the right to edit IVs in game.

[@actorplay4123]

You show me Ursaluna-Bloodmoon (rightfully), and I show you Enamorus-Therian For those who don't know, it's a Trick Room Mon like Bloodmoon, but requires a full completion of PLA for **one** reset

[@imablisy]

yeah, Enam-T is definitely worse than this haha.

[@RebeccaBrunner]

Dear lord lol

[@nsbathome]

While that is objectively true, Enamorus T is mercifully mediocre. Bloodmoon is not so kind.

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

@@nsbathome that's not really true, enamorus-t is insanely bulky, has an excellent speed stat of 46, is a fairy type with moonblast dazzling gleam and the perfect coverage in earth power, it has a spore and rage powder immunity with overcoat, and it has 135 base special attack. it might not have been meta in reg f or g, but the reason it wasn't even tried was just that nobody was willing to grind for it

[@lucasgreer1736]

​@@aldrichunfaithful3589that and flutter mane was there and did the same thing but outside of trick room

[@camwoz5181]

LOL 10:43 - I love the cat's reaction in the background. "Hey is lun--- .. ooh hell. He's on the Ursaluna bit again. Hello Uber eats?"

[@LagrimaArdiente]

When I heard about Blood Moon Ursaluna, I really thought the intention was to have it be a regional variants of sorts-by which I mean that we would get regular Ursaluna by evolving Ursaring with the Peat Block in PLA and Blood Moon by evolving Ursaring in Kitakami, but that didn't end up being true. 😢

[@imablisy]

@@LagrimaArdiente that’d be nice haha. Or maybe the first FOUR stage non mega?!

[@skimaskedabi]

Its so strange that pokemon has made such an effort to make competitive accessible, and yet, if you want to run a slow tr mon or special attacker, or even worse, a slow special attacker like bm ursaluna this is still the only way to go about it. I too originally planned to reset for 0atk 0spd bm ursa but after resetting a few times and realizing just how improbable it was, i gave up and just caught a less optimal one because im a grown ass man with 2 kids and i dont have dozens of hours to spend on tedious nonsense like this anymore. Worst part is, i can say for a fact my decision to do so has cost me several match wins too. I guess its only fast physical oriented teams for me! Thanks gf!

[@DormidoEstrellado]

i was resetting so much that i gave up, got 0 speed but 31 attack, so hopefully i dont encounter foul play nor confusion with it

[@skeletorthebest7204]

I grinded for comp Ursa-BM when the DLC came out. I didn’t like how it was shiny locked, so… I treated getting 0atk0spe like a shiny hunt. I ended up getting 1atk0spe, which is identical at level 50. Now that there’s a regulation with it, I could probably use it to actually participate in comp stuff. I used the Arboliva method, btw. Strength Sap and exact right speed did make a difference in how fast I could do it.

[@GordKeen]

I believe there should be 2 modes to this game. Online play and offline play. Getting this Ursaluna is an achievement and making the game like showdown in totality would ruin this accomplishment. Honestly mints and bottlecaps have made me nostalgic for spending time getting my dudes. That said, the online mode should work like showdown as others have mentioned. You should just be able to choose any pokemon without having them, move their stats by the single digits for fine tooth refining and just a drop down for natures and IVs. The only reason they dont is because it wouldnt make them more money like requiring new adopters to buy 3 or 4 games which never go on sale and are still full price 20 years later.

[@Zorroark]

I remember resetting for my Ursaluna, I went out and bought a turbo controller that I don't use anymore purely to make this hunt easier on my hand. I didn't go the full distance and get a 0atk/0spd Ursaluna but I got a 2atk/0spd which I decided was good enough for me. I hope I don't have to do that hunt again.

[@nexenojustice552]

Yeah speed is the one that matters the most because of enemy Bloodmoons, the odds that you actually lose to a foul play because of that 1 extra atk iv is equal to you getting the BW2 Worlds Will O whisp miss streak

[@outrageouslamp4539]

I think they just need to alter how bottle caps work so that you can select the IV you want to hyper train into

[@NickYes-oz5mh]

I agree to a degree but at that point I'd think they'd make you use bottle caps strictly per IV and 192 bottle caps if you wanted to get a perfect IV Pokemon sounds absolutely awful

[@outrageouslamp4539]

@@NickYes-oz5mh no I mean 1 bottle cap to set an IV to whatever level you want

[@NickYes-oz5mh]

@@outrageouslamp4539 No I get you on that but I'd doubt they'd do that, especially with how many convenient mechanics they've thrown out throughout the years

[@outrageouslamp4539]

@NickYes-oz5mh idk I think they could at least do one that floors a stat 0 IVs. Making any pokemon competitive is easier now in the past 2 gens than ever before

[@johnnyappleseed6599]

It's not a 1 in 3 chance for Attack and Speed to not be the boosted stats, it's worse; 1 in 5. There are 20 ways you can select 3 IVs from the 6 (6C3 = 20). Out of those, there are 4 where neither Attack or Speed are boosted to 31 (4C3 = 4). That is, a 4 in 20 or 1 in 5 chance of neither Attack of Speed being boosted.

[@johnnyappleseed6599]

More comprehensive method: 20 ways to select 3 IVs from 6 (6C3 = 20). 10 of those have Attack as one of the boosted IVs (5C2 = 10) Out of the ones without Attack as one of the boosted IVs, 6 have Speed as one of the boosted IVs (4C2 = 6) So 16 out of 20 have at least one of Attack and Speed boosted to 31. 4 in 20 = 1 in 5 chance that neither are boosted.

[@Bluezy-xg6fp]

It still hurts me so much to know this when I caught an Ursaluna with 31 Attack AND Speed I didn't know about the Trick Room strat and saved afterwards. So now I'm unfortunately just stuck with this and I've gone too far to reset to a complete new save

[@WorthyM9]

Really enjoyed this walk back through you getting Carl. Especially loved seeing you out and about playing Pokemon - something we don't normally get to see. Reminded me of an AbsolBlogsPokemon video in the best way!

[@LordEmpyreal]

Alongside adding a rusty bottle cap that sets an IV to 0, I think they should also rework the Golden bottle cap to allow you to set a single IV to the number of your choice as opposed to simply capping all your stats at once. It's a feature that, while totally fine on fast physical attackers, doesn't account for any future mechanics that might penalize players for having a high Special. And having the rare Golden cap give you full control over a single stat would come in real handy for further pushing the motivation to cheat out of players' minds.

[@lucasgreer1736]

I feel like they should just give you the choice of either, as not having to use 6 bottle caps when you want all perfect ivs is pretty convenient.

[@-pinky.]

It sucks that both fast bloodmoon and min speed bloodmoon are good, since it’s only once per save file, and you have to do the dex stuff twice if you ever want to do both.

[@imablisy]

@@-pinky. yeah it’s very cool

[@maxlogan96]

Your explanation of base stats, IV’s and EV’s was really easy to grasp and very well explained 🤝

[@imablisy]

Glad you think so!

[@maxlogan96]

@@imablisy put it this way, I thought I knew about IV’s Ev’s and base stats and I managed to learn something 🤝

[@salmonfish5314]

6:05 OMG thank you for being the first person to mention this. It is so annoying and time consuming to soft reset on the switch

[@AEKTZIS2121]

I remember popping into these here and there! Glad it worked out in the end! But I distinctly remember the 1st time I tuned it I was like hey what is going on here? SR? I was thinking it was a dono challenge or something. I also noticed that you helped out Goppier with the RNG testing of the other languages of the gen 3 distrubution events. I'm really glad people like you and Jefe are branching out and helping the community achieve some cool shit. Catch ya on the next one!

[@JDD_Music_Press]

Great vid! Really enjoyed your explanation & visuals for EV/IV. Very tough grind for this one. I ended up running (almost) max speed Ursa in Reg G w/ a 3 atk IV. Outsped Caly-S in tailwind. Might grind on my other cart but not looking forward to it haha. And I appreciate the comment near the end. Surely there isn’t another ‘mon like this… oh wait… (Hopefully they make Enamorus easier to obtain in Legends ZA or something. Or more accessible in Pokémon GO at least)

[@luigigordovermelho1063]

For me the worst part about the soft reset is that Games like fire emblem have It but pokémon dosent

[@imablisy]

wait really? I thought it was a switch issue.

[@luigigordovermelho1063]

@@imablisy no im fire emblem tree houses If you hold +,-,L and R the game reset tô the title scream

[@jolitero]

​@@imablisyit is a switch issue because it's the first console mainline pokemon is on that doesn't have a built in soft reset combo. Fire emblem allows you to soft reset because the devs programmed a soft reset in the switch games. the pokemon devs didn't

[@lucasgreer1736]

​@@joliterothe 3ds also doesn't have a built in soft reset, nintendo just had a rule for devs that if your game had a soft reset it had to use l+r+start to activate it.

[@vanesslifeygo]

they no longer do? older Pokemon games do. that and various older games like Megaman ZX Advent

[@tongster789]

walkies mentioned

[@imablisy]

walkies

[@ripstick45]

walkies

[@cowsaymoomoo]

11:56 the sound of running water was a powerful motivator for the beaver as well

[@tmusic7161]

Blisy, can I just say that I love these well-edited, thought-out videos of yours! Much higher quality and so enjoyable I've been watching your videos for years and sometimes struggled with older shiny/rng videos where you're just recording live in one take. This is so much better and makes your point so clearly!

[@robirdta]

The accessibility options in this game is super rancid in this scenario, sure there might be internal flags, but why not let it be a walk in battle and let players reset for the encounter? They're fully aware of the competitive scene surrounding these games, and should make it much more friendly to those wanting to compete

[@The_Jho]

Gambling is fun when it’s an option, not forced onto everyone who wants to partake in something else, shiny hunting is fun because you’re testing the odds to see if you’ll get a rare and cooler looking version of a pokemon, this isn’t fun at all because it’s needed for a competitive team

[@SmugLookingBarrel]

I remember my own insanely long hunt trying to get a Timid Hidden Power Fire Tapu Lele in Pokemon Sun. It also has three perfect IVs and HP Fire requires your Attack, Special Attack, and Speed to all be even numbers. I happened to get it during the afternoon of a day I had an exam in the morning, which I had put the hunt on hiatus to study for, so in honour of that I named it AcedMyExam ...and then in gen 8 they removed Hidden Power, so AcedMyExam is forever chilling out in my Ultra Moon game.

[@exotericidymnic3530]

It's crazy that hidden power was (probably) removed so that they could just add bottlecaps to solve the IV issue, and they have never put any thought into trick room, and confusion/foul play

[@yacinebenm1602]

Sssssh don't give them ideas they will more likely remove foulplay and trick room rather than fix their game like they did with poursuit/hidden power/return

[@JellifiShugo]

Didn’t they add bottle caps whe hidden power was still a thing?

[@Grilled_Cheeses]

@@JellifiShugoYes, Bottle Caps were introduced in Sun and Moon, and those were the last games to feature Hidden Power. (I should know because I spent an ungodly number of resets trying to get HP Fire on Tapu Lele. 😫)

[@Grilled_Cheeses]

@exotericidymnic3530 Actually, Hidden Power was still available when they first introduced Bottle Caps, which was in Sun and Moon. Hidden Power was only removed beginning with Sword and Shield along with the other moves that got axed in Dexit. Because of this, I feel more inclined to believe that it wasn’t the ability to inflate a Pokémon’s IVs that led to HP being dropped. Rather, my theory is that this may have to do with the Fairy type now being a big deal. I know Fairy type was already established by Sun and Moon, but Hidden Power was still not changed to include the Fairy type as a possible option. And if they were to change HP to include Fairy type, they would have to change the formula that determines a Pokémon’s HP. Doing this would basically cause every transferred Pokémon’s HP to be completely different than what it originally was (the odds of the Pokémon’s HP staying the same would be astronomically low that this is all but guaranteed.) Understanding the formula for Hidden Power is already quite a headache for those who don’t understand enough about programming or mathematics. But altering HP to include Fairy type AND creating a system that maintains a transferred Pokémon’s HP? I’m not a programmer, but I suspect that, at least for the latter, this is easier said than done. And if it is the case that trying to create a formula that maintains a preexisting HP upon transfer to Pokémon Home is indeed a huge pain, then it would make a little bit of sense why HP was dropped. But even if they hadn’t gotten rid of Hidden Power and just chose to not change it, why should the Fairy type forever be excluded as a possible option for that move? Not only does this seem incredibly arbitrary, but it could have genuinely been a decent option against Dark, Dragon and Fighting type Pokémon for those who otherwise cannot learn any good moves against them. Why deny them this possibility yet maintain all the other possible types for HP? But as I said before, I’m not a programmer, so I have no idea what this would entail for the games. If you, reading this, are a gaming programmer, do you have any idea if there is a less complicated way to implement both support for Fairy type HP and maintaining the HP of transferred Pokémon? If you can think of something, mind sharing your thoughts?

[@exotericidymnic3530]

@@Grilled_Cheeses Yea, it would be really easy to just add an npc in the post-game (or item) that will change your pokemon's HP type, they already did something of similar complexity by adding bottlecaps to separate IVs from the personality value. There would only be 4 reasons to remove HP: 1 to improve the competitive metagame since HP is incredibly unbalanced, however this definitely is not the reason why, since GF has proven they are not willing to make these sorts of "balance patches" unless the element is very problematic (such as parental bond or intimidate), and because they added an even more unbalanced version of hidden power (terastalization and tera blast) in gen 9. 2 because they wanted to reduce the difficulty of teambuilding with the minimal effort possible, and removing HP was the easiest answer to the HP question. 3 because HP "is the signature move of Unown" who was removed from the game. 4 because they pulled random moves out of a hat to delete.

[@_WiZ420]

You're not wrong, this is literally one of the prime catalysts that made me give up on this game.

[@_WiZ420]

I've shiny hunted the entire National Dex btw

[@typemasters2871]

We NEED the opposite of bottle caps so that we can set 0 IV on special attackers who want 0 attack and Pokemon who want to be as slow as possible

[@Sol_Calibre]

I wasn’t prepared for you to walk through an actual forest. Definitely recommend it, “touching grass” may seem like a meme but it’s absolutely needed to touch trees from time to time. It’s healing.

[@macnzee7572]

Supposedly in S/V there was a cut npc or "machine" that could lower your speed iv (and specifically speed) to 0. Which would've been SO useful but i guess was cut because it was too complicated

[@stonalisa3729]

Too complicated? Rom hacks have already done it. They can just add it in as an update

[@scrunkore]

there's not really any proof that exact feature was a thing but the idea has surely come up internally at game freak so idk why they didn't do it yet

[@razzvyberry4694]

It is insane to me that the game freak still doesn't let us just set mons. I will continue to make the analogy that we need to chisel our own chess pieces, I'm not stopping to beat this dead horse until game freak stops beating theirs. Playing comp isn't about who has more time to grind menial tasks to be allowed to play the game on an even playing field.

[@hs-argen583]

when the grind is so fucked that it forced bro to reconnect with nature

[@ShadowChaosKrystal]

I will forever be baffled by the accessibility issues in Pokémon, it just feels very solvable. Now I'm not sure what the best solution is but with how freeform Pokémon can be it could be any number of things

[@Xhadp]

This is exactly what I think of when people complain about long boss runbacks. They aren't just exclusive to Dark Souls type games nor do they have to be a running mechanic. Any lengthy boss intro sequence can also count for it.

[@Fluminox-]

Blood Moon Ursuluna has one of the rawest fucking designs in pokemon man

[@DeviousRaccoon-ty7dp]

7:40 That Jak music. Man your choice in music is so solid

[@imablisy]

Jak and Daxter TPL is my fav game, but Jak 2 is a close second

[@Hydrugan]

I have been playing Pokemon almost my whole life but never bothered to learn what EVs or IVs were because I was intimidated by their depth. You did a really good job explaining what they were in the intro.

[@scrapbotcommander]

I did some napkin math, and unless I'm missing something, blisy was actually really lucky to get it in only 519 resets, it would have taken 1280 on average. The odds of the three guarenteed max IVs being correct is actually 20%, not a 1/3 chance - the odds for each guaranteed IV roll being acceptable are 4/6, then 3/5, then 2/4, since it's not going to max the same IV twice. Then, for the two remaining IV rolls, it's a 1/16 chance each for a 0 or a 1 out of 31. That multiplies up to about 0.078%, or 1/1280. So if 519 resets took 21 hours, it would take the average player about 51 hours worth of playtime on average to obtain one. And getting lucky at 21 hours of playtime is just as likely as getting equally unlucky, having to go through 73 hours of playtime at 1799 attempts (assuming they use the same strategy). I also agree with you, game freak has done an awesome job at improving the situation overall, but god did they mess up here. I love the feeling of making a pokemon feel special by having only one of it in the world, and I think they genuinely had the right idea by setting some of its IVs to be max. But if they knew this was going to be a problem, and they wanted to ensure players felt good about catching it, they probably should have given us a way to choose what those guaranteed stats would be assuming we'll want a 31 in everything.

[@venabre]

I wonder what people would think if instead they had just not allowed Ursaluna into VGC at all, since that would technically also remove the need to SR for it

[@linusscholz9971]

Actually, the odds for finding both attack and speed to be random are 1:5, *not* 1:3. I don't know how you make up that 1:3-chance, but there are (6 over 3) = 20 different assignments of the "Best" stat, and only four of them ignore both attack and speed. Therefore, the odds for the perfect TR Bloodmoon Ursaluna are 1 in 5,120. :) But who am I to comment. I was merely looking for a 0-attack one for Singles (using the Drifblim strategy) but got that double-0 on my overall third try and now wreck with it in VGC. Ursaluna was my by far luckiest static encounter ever.

[@TheTrueEnder]

TBH this kind of stuff is why I think they haven't sent a legal team after showdown. They know it's BS. They know we have another easier way to test out strats and they let it slide. Ultimately we still have to buy the games and systems to compete in official tournaments, so they get their money anyways. Also, competitive players that aim for this kind of optimization are probably 0.000001% of the playerbase. Bottle capping to max IVs is more than enough for the average player (or even those who aim to get master ball rank)

[@lucasgreer1736]

not really? I'm a fairly middling player and I had to spend several days resetting for a min speed groudon because I was running tr strats, all tr players have to go through this

[@SlakSquad]

These videos are so well done - thanks for such great analytical Pokemon content!

[@jadedragon6178]

I top cut North American Internats with a perfect attack perfect speed ursaluna Bloodmoon. I was playing a trick room team and probably set trick room every match of the day. It never was a problem. Its annoying to need to get certain pokemon with low speed ivs but its not a very big deal.

[@Nako3]

I am sure that 99% of players just hack one with perfect stats in.

[@TheBlueArmageddon]

Hacked Pokémon notify the tools that the Pokemon tournament uses, so wouldnt work for competitions

[@opayquej1194]

@@TheBlueArmageddonMany players have been proven to have hacked/impossible mons at tournaments after the fact. Even extremely highly rated players

[@dailysassifrass]

I pretty much settled on my hunt. The very first one I found that was either 0/1 IV speed, it had decent atk, and when I calc'd it. It was 6 in attack (iirc). I was like... GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME lol. Def a nightmare hunt. Funny enough too, I almost never run the 'op' mons like this, but I always feel compelled to min/max my Pokémon, just incase. I did end up using BMursa in a tournament, so I guess it did end up mattering. Great video!

[@ThePokegeek5000]

worth noting for anyone else wanting to try it, specs arboliva is incredibly useful for the fact that in addition to the speed check (which is just a couple evs above min speed), petal dance (level up) or grass knot (tm) will ohko the raid boss ursaluna most times, assuming that it goes before calm mind (aka speed check passed). considering you get a full heal at the start of the battle (so you can't come in with a 1hp speed check strength sap user to instantly check both, i tried that), ohko into summary screen is the fastest attack check as after removing the turn for speed check, it will only take capture animation and 1 extra turn if you're unlucky. (petal dance will automatically continue so you wouldn't need to input another time for the extra turn) in more detail: the boss has 5x hp and is lv70, resulting in this calc (assuming 31 iv hp/spd ursaluna): 252+ SpA Choice Specs Arboliva Petal Dance vs. Lvl 70 0 HP / 0 SpD Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: 1262-1488 (97.4 - 114.9% of 5x hp boss) -- 81.3% chance to OHKO the cheapest arboliva for this without needing to put much thought into it is as follows: Arboliva @ Choice Specs Level: 100 Quiet Nature EVs: 252 SpA / 16 Spe IVs: 0 Spe - Petal Dance

[@downbeatdialga1341]

Y’know what’d help this? A bottle cap item that does the reverse of maxing an IV. Give us a “rusty bottle cap” that reduces an IV to 0. As for getting values between 1-30, well, idk what’d help that…

[@YaoMingsFriend]

Cat: what da human doin... oh he's talking to the computer again.

[@vanesslifeygo]

:|

[@pawouapproval984]

Tbh I don't know the last time I was strength sapped or foul played on my ursaluna bloodmoon

[@blockofCryingObsidian]

Here's an idea I came up with. Every time your pokemon defeats another pokemon, your pokemon gets a specific amount of EV points, depending on the pokemon. Your max amount of EV points on each pokemon will be the same amount of Evs you can have on a pokemon in any other game. Then you can go to an EV traning menu where you can choose a stat to boost your EVs. That way, you don't need to find specific pokemon to boost a single stat. As for IVs, i dunno maybe legendaries/mythicals/speacial pokemon can always have maxed IVs😅

[@stllr_]

i'm glad included the tangent about taking walks in a place that was significant to you. this was a cool video, thank you.

[@imablisy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Star-6732]

7:13 the probability of not having the two stats get boosted is not one in three : take the first boosted stat, you'd want it to be one of four stats so 4/6, take the second stat you want it be one of four stats except one of them is already boosted so 3/5 same for the last stat wich makes 4/6x3/5x2/4 = 1/5 this is not very important though, good vid

[@iMind-Juris]

Thank you for saying this - I got to 7:10, paused the video, thought "that doesn't seem right, but now I have to know exactly what it should be and why." I started by considering the fact each stat is essentially drawing straws when the guaranteed 31 IVs are being rolled. Either Attack or Speed would start by pulling one of the 3 not necessarily 31 straws from a pool of 6 total, and the next one of those two would have to draw one of the 2 remaining not [necessarily] 31 straws from a pool of 5 total. After that, any other stat could draw anything - it wouldn't matter (so we can say either Attack and Speed will draw theirs first). Thus, the actual answer would be (3/6)×(2/5), that being 1/5 (not 1/3). Slightly fewer factors than your method, but the same answer. To double-check myself, I proceeded to count in my head exactly how many 6 bit binary numbers would have more than three bits of either state, found that figure to be 44, and then it was easy to see that any of the 4 stats which aren't either Attack or Speed could be un-guaranteed and it'd be a valid and desired configuration. Thus again, 4/20 odds i.e., 1/5. [Edit]

[@joeldixton5627]

Remember your insanely long streams farming Carl, good job finding it!

[@NoirePkmn]

10:43 made me insanely happy :D

[@diegomedina9637]

Ahhh yes now i remember why Gamefreak doesn't want competitive Pokemon to be the main hook. Every time competitive viable Pokemon gets discussed people in the comments start to literally ethnic cleansing half the roster.

[@KioroBlast]

I was here for a lot of your steams at the time, and I wanted to say thank you for the inspiration to go do this challenge myself. Thankfully mine showed up very early on, and I'm very proud of my 0atk 0spd Bloodmoon Ursaluna. Going to take it to a local league challenge soon! I hope Fazbear and I do well. P.S Carl the dog lowkey looks like Ursaluna ngl. It's cute.

[@VrisviPilverCh]

Im glad im not the only one who has used the "walkies method". Been a few times in shiny hunts where i took my 3DS out walking to hunt

[@97MiloProductions]

they really have to allow a "set your own stats" using bottle caps or something if they want genning to end this is how they do it, they did a good job with easier ev train items and bottle caps, this is the only thing that remains

[@joewoloson1224]

I love this series, but it's frustrating how archaic it can be. Why isn't dialogue skippable, or at least have an instant text option like older Kingdom Hearts games? If they want the game to be competitive, why can't we freely alter stats? I dont think showing the IV value at least would break immersion much. Why is there not a team whose job it is to do balance patches or at least bug fix patches like literally every other series on Earth now? None of these things make sense to me.

[@panmanafro]

It's not complained about because the competitive scene has alternative means....

[@imablisy]

I was actually talking more about shiny hunters not complaining about the soft reset stuff

[@panmanafro]

@@imablisy won't complain because they're shiny locked anyway

[@tedscheett9420]

It's situations like Bloodmoon Ursaluna why I can't play competitive Pokemon, at least not in game. The amount of gatekeeping zero IV Pokemon hold is nothing short of ridiculous. It's pretty easy when you're doing wild encounters and even easier when hatching eggs. But when you are wanting a Trick Room Special Attacker, good luck, because that is only happening after 500 resets. And it's not even massively necessary because only a handful of things can really mess with the Attack and Speed stat the way they do. Only, it's a Murphey's Law sort of thing mixed into a game of inches. And sure, you could get someone to do it for you or buy one, but the problem with that is that those could be duped or glitched and watchdogs are ALWAYS on that sort of thing. The people like me, the ones who always want in to competitive will always be the ones gatekept by there not being an easy fix to this frankly ridiculous problem: Make Rusted Bottle Caps, or make a legitimate in game way to manipulate IVs becides giving a 31.

[@alabama123e]

You are amazing Blisy !!

[@imablisy]

thanks!

[@Bednariusz]

you just uploaded video about ursaluna while i'm currently hunting for it 👍

[@boiwifeyasmr4U]

This is one of the only cases where i condone cheating one in gen 9

[@TalesDelma]

this video helped me a lot since i also want to catch a strong ursaluna in the dlc and i checked the stats of the one you caught in the end and kicked it in pokemon showdown as refrence for the hunt :D so i copied your strat

[@Popmycherryyo]

god fuck.. was NOT prepared for that 12:40 ...onion knight came running IMMEDIATELY

[@ray_g.]

I am currently hunting for the 0 Speed, 0 Attack Bloodmoon Ursaluna myself. I don't remember when exactly I started the hunt, but I do know I began counting my attempts at the start of the year (January 1st). At some point I decided to hunt for Shiny Giratina in Platinum just to have something else to do in the time between encounters. I got the Giratina, so I started hunting for all four Shiny Regis in Omega Ruby, with Shiny Charm. At the time of writing I'm only missing Regigigas, and I still don't have that bear after 4000+ encounters. This is stupid. Edit 2024/08/24: Welp, I got all four of the Shiny Regis and still no bear. Cool.

[@frozenherolp9077]

If you want 0 Atk for aestetics good luck, but if you want to minimize Foul Play Damage I can offer you some advise (don´t know if confusion is the same): (These Calcs are for VGC) Non STAB: Abomasnow Foul Play vs. 0 HP / 0 Atk 0 IV / 0 Def Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: 20-24 (10.6 - 12.7%) -- possible 8HKO Abomasnow Foul Play vs. 0 HP / 0 Atk 5 IV / 0 Def Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: 20-24 (10.6 - 12.7%) -- possible 8HKO STAB: Murkrow Foul Play vs. 4 HP / 0 Atk 0 IV / 0 Def Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: 30-36 (15.8 - 19%) -- possible 6HKO Murkrow Foul Play vs. 4 HP / 0 Atk 5 IV / 0 Def Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: 30-36 (15.8 - 19%) -- possible 6HKO Tera- Dark STAB: Tera-Dark Murkrow Foul Play vs. 4 HP / 0 Atk 0 IV / 0 Def Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: 40-48 (21.1 - 25.3%) -- Miniscule chance to 4HKO Tera-Dark Murkrow Foul Play vs. 4 HP / 0 Atk 5 IV / 0 Def Ursaluna-Bloodmoon: 40-48 (21.1 - 25.3%) -- Miniscule chance to 4HKO The 16 possible Damage numbers don´t differ between 0-5 IVs, so it is for Foul Play not necessary to be 0 ATK. If you are using a Atk- Nature it´s from 0-7 IV for min Foul Play damage. Hope That saves some Time

[@Regiultima]

and now Bloodmoon is going to be VERY good in the upcoming Regulation H, so hopefully people planning to go to events early next year have already gotten their Bloodmoon. Makes me glad I got super lucky and got a 1 Speed 1 Attack one the day after the DLC dropped and didn't have to go on a long hunt for it.

[@imablisy]

Yeah this hunt realistically wasn’t very long but it’s so monotonous. I can’t imagine what it’d be like without the turbo

[@Regiultima]

@@imablisy Yeah, turbo is a lifesaver for that hunt.

[@browserjunior4707]

I tried doing this with Ice Calyrex, issue was that I *did* find a min speed one but I had no master balls on my save and I forgot to check for them. I sadly don’t catch it. That reset was absolutely aggravating and it got to a point where I settled for 3 Speed IVs. As for Bloodmoon I honestly didn’t bother with min Atk, and just went for min speed as it’s easier to play for. Imagine my shock when the ones I got were 0 Defense Ursaluna and 0 Speed one and another with 0 HP and 0 Speed.

[@sramain2852]

I can relate, it took me a week to get my hands on a 0 Spe BMU. I didn’t bother with attack and bruteforced with choice specs kyogre. By the way, while we’re on the topic of 0 Spe rare mons, I learned not long ago that the magearna you get from completing the national dex in home is garanteed 0 Spe

[@BIayne]

I was able to get a square shiny Heracross in Colosseum thanks to your guides! ✨✨✨ It's going to be my Ribbon Master! 🎀🎀🎀 Thanks so much!

[@imablisy]

Nice work!

[@ArtoriasSamus]

Loving the long hair my dude, lookin great!

[@imablisy]

I just cut it all off yesterday lol

[@Kostte-zp6he]

thanks for good explanation. i think i ever heard where people used a hacked game to get a perfectly trained pokemon that can be used in tournament. i dont want to say that those people is innocent but its nice to see other perspective in that "unique" matter.

[@pokisofii]

this took such a wholesome turn with the nature walks TwT

[@imablisy]

Haha thanks

[@JackGilb]

I was so happy when I got mine after two hours. Had no idea it was taking some people so long.

[@mrnoneofurbusiness7942]

not only some, but most. somebody in the comments calculated a rough 1 in 1250 chance, or 50 hours on average. since every roll is independent you can get 2 hours like in your case and somebody else could hunt for 200 hours. uff

[@cartergamegeek]

I'm like 15 hours into this same hunt, and I have been ignoring it for a bit to drop some stress. I needed it on recording for a video, so like you 2 to like 5 hours of nothing for weeks. This hunt is not fun, it is legit just RNG on top of RNG until the game goes here you go.

[@drunkidiot8364]

The thing is pokemon is I think one of the only games that cheating is arguably fair because the company that makes the game dont realize they are going against everyone trying to compete on an even playing field, you are not stronger than your oponent, you are not faster you are only saving yourself hours of mindnumbing tasks and they dont do enought, everyones talks about it but they still, somehow seem oblivions on what changes to make that is quite infuriating

[@rbalvedi282]

I mean, I see no reason why the Pokémon Company doesn't create a software exclusive for competitive gameplay (much like showdown). If they want profit, I see no reason not to make it a monthly fee for competitive players, people will pay and it will make the competitive scene way more accesible, as long as the monthly fee isn't something overbearing. Everyone will be in the same playing field. Ideally, there shouldn't be a fee, competitive Pokemons should be readily available much like other major e-sports (see Dota2 as an example).

[@Typi]

Really hope in a future game they add a berry that specifically reduces a IV by 1. We have it for friendship, base stats, and abilities, and we are halfway there thanks to Bottle Caps.

[@MattDustyParker]

We have came a long ways for competitive accessibility. Im a fan of all the items that allow me to make my playthrough teams the best they can be. Bottle caps, nature mints, ability changing items, etc are all great additions. I hope they continue down this path and really reward endgame and long time players.

[@unclejho]

Did the hunt too and I stopped with a 0 speed 3 Atk one bc I didn't want to waste like another two weaks of my life. But im happy with mine and the grind was worth it. My 0Spe 3Atk Bloodmoon got me to Masterballtier today 🔥🙌🏼

[@OPGaming-hx4hb]

…… guys it’s called a living dex and Pokémon home

[@imablisy]

@@OPGaming-hx4hb what does that have to do with anything

[@OPGaming-hx4hb]

@@imablisy if I remember correctly, don’t you need to see every Pokémon in the region before unlocking that quest?

[@imablisy]

@@OPGaming-hx4hb just 200 in the dex

[@poppyfrancis7338]

A usable low speed IV Ursaluna blood moon might be a pain, but at least its a pain I don't have to spend a long time setting up in advance to obtain beyond just getting its quest. But nothing on this planet can save me from the wrath I feel thinking about getting a low speed IV base Ursaluna. Yes, I know I only need to catch or breed a slow teddiursa, but I also have to evolve it into Ursaring either without KOing wild Pokémon (more menuing) or after having spent a long time EV training it, obtain a peat block in Pokémon Legends Arceus, transfer my low speed IV Ursaring from Scarlet/Violet to PLA, wait for a full moon to happen and evolve it into Ursaluna, then transfer it back to Scarlet/Violet. It isn't nearly as monotonous and draining or even lengthy as this kind of hunt, but there is so little gameplay of either game involved with it that isn't farming or breeding or training by KOing the same Pokémon over and over that it gets tiring. Imagine if Enamorus was so good it became a meta staple... I don't think its viability was helped much at all by that fact, the world was saved by Flutter Mane being stronger.

[@pasu2k]

Using a Pokemon that just outspeeds Ursaluna is such a good strat! I would never have thought of that, this'll save me a lot of time when I'll try to hunt for mine

[@SergioGomez-wd7pk]

This was more of a background not having to pay attention much video but still appreciate the info. Chill vibes .

[@RikkuEcRud]

IIRC I ended up giving up on mine and keeping a 0 Atk Ursaluna for use on non-Trick Room teams with the intent to get the 0 Atk/0 Spd one when I did it on Scarlet. They should have done the standard of being able to KO it during the first encounter and respawn it by beating the Elite 4(/Ace Academy Tournament) to encounter it without all the cutscene hoops to jump through.

[@C-MoD69]

I would imagine Like how it had to be a full moon in legends You could just have a blood moon spawn and it would evolve in that way But of course that would mean the entire moon system would have to be implemented just for ursaluna