This OVERLOOKED Pairing Is SO STRONG!

[@hmm5176]

I never knew how Sandy Shocks walked and boy oh boy does it look crazy and hilarious and I love it

[@foofootoo]

Yeah so good 😆

[@MicoDossun]

The paradox Pokémon are a lot more fun and likable when you see them walking around and moving

[@anonym0sender]

I did NOT know it had a friggin tail 😭

[@muscularclassrepresentativ5663]

Looks way cooler in motion! Actually makes me appreciate the design a bunch more

[@UltraReb1rth]

Average violet player missing out on goated scarlet content as usual

[@fideljok]

Sandy Shocks' spinning Tera hat is sending me lol I love how Foo's first video of the new series is again a fun and unusual strategy. That's why I love this channel.

[@foofootoo]

Glad I could provide!

[@anyaforger844]

Gravity is such an underrated move

[@foofootoo]

It's amazing how threatening some Pokémon become with a massive accuracy boost

[@neotini]

@@foofootoo One team that I've been trying to build is a Gravity team with Maushold, abusing Population Bomb and King's Rock

[@StrayBee]

@@neotini Oooh, using Gravity for Population bomb is a cool strat!

[@keyanmoore916]

@@neotini what's the benefit of that when pop bomb is 100% accuracy?

[@StrayBee]

​@@foofootoo I've build a team with (yes, also shiny) Sandy Shocks with Rain Dance on Murkrow. I don't like using Peliper. Quaquaval as my 2nd rain boosted attacker. Tera Water, Mystic Water to sweep with Aqua Step. Brick Break and Ice Spinner as situational tech moves.

[@FriendlyNeighborhoodLamia]

Sandy Shocks walking is like seeing your sleep paralysis demon in full daylight

[@foofootoo]

lol!

[@Grand.B-Man]

I discover new animations that exist in this game every day 😂 thank you for Sandy’s Spinning Hat

[@foofootoo]

The spinning tera hat is super important for strategy, it can dazzle opponents to distract them!

[@inexorableveracity]

When I saw sandyshocks for the first time walking around the great crater it was like looking at some esoteric modern art piece that I didn't understand. Now, after your video I understand it's beauty 💋

[@foofootoo]

It's super pretty 😁

[@BakedApple989]

I love Sandy Shocks. It looks cool/funny , my favorite design. Hopefully it gets it even more moves with DLC.

[@foofootoo]

Yeah the design is super whacky and original but also really good looking with the new textures

[@BlaqueT]

Fingers crossed for the return of the Isle of Armor tutor moves! So many mons would like those moves

[@elaineofhouston]

One thing I love about Sandy shocks hat is that it looks like the little fuzzy tail on the back is coming out of the hat! I was thinking about low acuracy moves when the greninja raid was out because people were using gravity to ignore evasion! Seeing this used on a team is so awesome!! :D

[@foofootoo]

The accuracy boost is so powerful

[@StoicForce]

Terastralised or not, the top screw spinning the iron filings around on Sandy Shocks is hypnotic to watch.

[@foofootoo]

Yeah that animation is super cool!

[@obibraxton2232]

Gravity has to be the most underrated move in the metagame especially as only a few mons get it this generation.

[@foofootoo]

It's wild how game changing gravity can be

[@icycubed3884]

I'm suprised we haven't seen a pokemon with an ability that sets up gravity yet

[@obibraxton2232]

@@icycubed3884 same closest we got was last gen with Orbeetle’s signature move (G-Gravitas) but an actual Pokemon with the ability to summon gravity as they enter would have been sick.

[@neon1sky]

Hello Foo, I am not sure if you may or not see this but I have been following your work since a few months (currently bingeing your older vids) and I just wanted to say this is the first gen I'm trying competitive but I get a lot of anxiety playing ranked so I've been trying out rental teams and this team is so much fun and actually good helping me understand VGC better, thanks for doing whatever you're doing and please share more such slightly weird teams❤

[@chaoswisp88]

Genius as ever. I love both of these Pokémon and it's great to see them getting love!

[@foofootoo]

They're so good together!

[@innocentpotato6681]

I have been running Sandy shocks with blunder policy zap canon. Because either way you get a good outcome. I use rain with thunder (to make it 100% acurate) I find it cool and I think its a cool gimick because you don't see Sandyuu shocks, blunder policy or thunder and zap cannon. Alot of people don't even know what it is.

[@foofootoo]

Blunder policy is such a weird but fun item

[@endlessgadgets8046]

So happy to see you featuring my boy Legneton and making him put in so much work! I've been loving using him in draft but this strategy definitely makes me want to try him in doubles!

[@foofootoo]

Sandy shocks is a pretty underrated paradox Pokémon right now

[@matthewblake8485]

I love how Sandy Shocks walks lol. My first time seeing it. But am I the only one that bursts out laughing seeing Hariyama rush towards you. It’s oddly adorable. 😂❤

[@samsamtherising]

This was an enjoyable video and such a great way of optimising Sandy Shocks!

[@milliondollarmistake]

Oh a Gravity team. I remember wanting to suggest that on the last video but just kinda forgot to do it. Glad you still picked up what I never put down 👍👍 One thing I've wanted to do was use the 50 base accuracy moves with Gravity as well. I don't know why Inferno only has 50 accuracy when it just has 100 BP but it might be a good way to spread burns, especially on an Assault Vest Pokemon. Gravity+Inferno is about 83% accurate while Will-o-wisp on it's own is 85% so it's not too inconsistent. Zap Cannon has the same 50 accuracy but at least comes with 120 base power and guaranteed paralysis. And also Dynamic Punch but honestly you're probably just better using Focus Punch or Focus Blast.

[@foofootoo]

Yeah the 50% accurate moves are really tough to justify even in gravity because they don't become 100%. I think they should be more powerful than they are considering how unreliable they are

[@SlimeballRegurgitator]

You could also use flapple on this team, hustle plus grav apple boost is really strong

[@browneyesblackdragon7999]

Thank you for this lesson 👏👏👏 these matches were amazing!

[@foofootoo]

No problem, glad I could show them to you!

[@derekcreations]

Also think about -focus sash iron valiant with hypnosis, taunt, dazzling gleam, and protect -maushold but now you dont need wide lens for population bomb so you can do band or life orb -sing users like scream tail or skeledirge -double rock slide flinch strats knowing that they wont miss Ive been running this team for a while on showdown and the biggest threats are garganacl / gholdengo because they cant go to sleep

[@sempersolus5511]

Sing's accuracy in Gravity is only 71.5% IIRC

[@foofootoo]

See Garganacl/Gholdengo are 100% not threats to this gravity combo cos lumina crash earth power OHKOs them 😁

[@derekcreations]

@@foofootoo oh thats so good. Good to know.

[@iamjustkiwi]

That first opponent was a really good match, I really like seeing you still pulling off wins under pressure.

[@peng7376]

i got hit with this on showdown and as a gravity lover myself i was impressed but terrified

[@foofootoo]

Gravity is a very strong utility move tbf

[@pokemontrainerharryghost]

Yeah, I faced a similar team too. Though, they tried to hit Hypnosis outside of Gravity and that's when I knew I won that battle lmao

[@simon7305]

Thank you for these nice Teams, I enjoy watching every Synergy you post!

[@Xmusicana]

Let’s go sandyshock one of my favorites

[@foofootoo]

I've definitely fallen in love with it!

[@BlaqueT]

Seeing your shiny Sandy Shocks tunning around made me realise I need one rn! Thanks for the vid, foo! I really want to try out this team

[@kylochickolo6539]

Very cool team and good commentary, subscribed :)

[@dips6258]

I like this type of videos creating new metas in comp

[@surprisecat7401]

Electric, Ground is a really good offensive combo.

[@foofootoo]

Yeah, you just need to watch out for grass types

[@abarette_]

*looks at returning Pokemon oh no... at least Gravity will help I guess

[@MaximilianOOO491]

Thanks for all these new ideas for battle. So much strategy is involved and it’s a little tough finding time to stitch together a cohesive team bcos I live at work 😂. I would normally just try to win with my favorites but everything has gotten a lot more competitive (I battle with my friends but the family battles are blistering) so it’s good to see alternatives I can surprise people with.

[@MicoDossun]

That Kingambit got so totally countered poor guy

[@foofootoo]

Yeah the flying tera didn't help too much lol

[@Luigion7]

_Sandy Shocks' walk cycle:_

[@The_Young_Wiseman]

Imagine getting jumped by some rusty magnets and katy perry on drugs

[@foofootoo]

😂

[@michaelslack8900]

Me and a friend were talking about the viability of sandy shocks gravity plus Kings Rock population bomb. We reckoned it would just be memes

[@foofootoo]

That sounds like an interesting option too

[@UrGueBOSS]

That Amoongus is Lord Arceus it self camouflaging as a lil PokeBall mushroom

[@foofootoo]

It is invincible lol

[@addsullivan1300]

Thats just downright devious

[@foofootoo]

Mwahaha

[@tedscheett9420]

This does get the old inspiration going.

[@callmebope3359]

I used this team and I remade some parts of it. I noticed that iron valiant is a really strong partner to sandy shooks and espathra since it’s naturally fast and has hypnosis. If you lead espathra and sandy shooks get gravity up and sandy shooks faints you can now send in valiant and then put both opponents to sleep in a single turn. With blunder policy or agility you could even boost your speed with it!

[@MagnusTB_]

i was running this with squawkabilly to counteract the hustle acc drop, squawk hits so hard with tera flying brave bird with hustle it's unreal (roll to ohko torkoal if you're life orb jolly), also i ran like covert cloak on espathra and tera ghost sandy so that fake out never stop it :DDD

[@MagnusTB_]

covert cloak also helps vs like non booster energy iron bundle that likes to spam icy wind

[@foofootoo]

Ooh I like that combo!

[@glaudragonlord1896]

I also used Hustle tera-Flying Brave Bird Squawkabilly in Gravity, but I gave it Choice Band to really maximize the damage output 😀. I just basically created a Huge Power Squawkabilly that can only use one move 😂.

[@MagnusTB_]

@@glaudragonlord1896 yea i was honestly considering choice band myself, but it rarely makes a difference and being able to protect is nice. Banded does guarantee the ohko on torkoal instead of a 62% roll though

[@SaintAbsol]

Even as someone who doesn’t play competitive, I love watching these videos for the absurd strategies you can come up with.

[@foofootoo]

It's super cool that my videos are interesting even if you don't play competitive!

[@pedrog466]

i never noticed that the tera light effect also makes the sun move so it's not in view???? you can see at 8:18 that as hydreigon is sent out, the sun sets at a super fast speed behind it. It's funny. Zoooommmmmm

[@foofootoo]

Yeah terastallisation holds the power to day and night!

[@v.xwittrockiana5754]

Sandy Shocks and Espathra appreciation

[@bakes1324]

You should’ve added maushold to this team since gravity would always let population bomb get ten hits in with out an item to assist it allowing your maushold to run a more unique item. Could be great.

[@Blackblax]

I always thought there should've been an ability that automatically set up gravity (for 3 turns) whenever the user came onto the field. Now I see that could be kinda O.P., & I want it even more now. 😂

[@OmolonFluidDynamicsEnjoyer]

I got my own shiny sandy shocks yesterday. Quickest shiny of my life, only one sandwich and it wasn't a sparkling sandwich. Probably used up all my good luck for the rest of my life lol. Nice to see shocks being appreciated here.

[@foofootoo]

Yeah I found mine in one sandwich too! As long as you know where to look, the paradox pokemon seem ok to hunt! But this one is definitely one of the best looking

[@flute2010]

gotta get hustle grav apple in on this action

[@foofootoo]

Yes!

[@IronDino]

I like that you didn't actually use Tera for the second match, even though Tera-Ground Corviknight would have given it a better chance at resisting it's opponent's attacks.

[@foofootoo]

Yeah it's not always optimal. If I did go for tera, Corviknight loses its immunity to poison moves and becomes weak to grass, so the iron moth could have gone for a grass move into it

[@Mathematiqs]

Haven't watched yet but im fairly certain that Gravity + Inaccurate Sleep was banned from smogon doubles last gen so not exactly overlooked

[@foofootoo]

It's barely used at all in scarlet/violet VGC which is the format I'm playing, and I said the pairing was overlooked not the strategy. The fact that Espathra has Lumina Crash, and Sandy Shocks is not a particularly common paradox pick justifies the title imo

[@notdarkpls]

Arven's theme is so good

[@breadbread7355]

that tailwind stall was legendary

[@MorbidGames666]

I love this team because it's literally what a good balanced team looks like they work great together but all have their own ace up their sleeve so they can handle the battle without their counterpart

[@Grazzzzzel]

I love the design on this guy lol, they really made some cool looking mons in this game

[@abarette_]

I've used Shocks in my first playthrough... such a hilarious mon!

[@terrencethompson8423]

"No other electric/ground pokemon other than Sandy Shocks." Sad Stunfisk noises.

[@foofootoo]

it's not in the game though :(

[@cerealoop5269]

YES YES IVE BEEN THINKING OF THIS FOR AGES

[@foofootoo]

The combo is so perfect

[@cerealoop5269]

You could throw an iron valiant in there for more hypnosis and 100% accurate focus blasts.

[@meadnex331]

i have been saying it this whole time, espathra is increadably strong and everyone should watch out for them. thank you for helping to prove my point

[@princess_sarina_aria_elysia]

I tried something like this using gravity Sshocks to make maushold and Iron Bundle hit reliably without a wide lens or anything (you can even run blizzard on Iron Bundle). I ran Zap Cannon over Thunder to give it combined damage and speed control but it’s still around 85ish accuracy even after gravity

[@foofootoo]

Those are all really fun combos!

[@danettysanders3568]

I love Pokémon videos, and I particularly love your structure. Gimme more foo

[@foofootoo]

Awesome, thanks! The structure is important to me!

[@goodoldkyogre3829]

I'm trying to make a team that mixes Gravity and Sandstorm. I really like Sandy Shocks, so I wanted to see what I could do with it.

[@foofootoo]

That sounds like a cool concept

[@midnightgamer2088]

I love the spinning Tera lol

[@franek9875]

I’m definitely trying this! I didn’t know that gravity boosts accuracy, that’s so cool!

[@doomsdoor]

I like using sandy shock with gravity, a mon with hypnosis and Flapple with hustle/GravApple

[@foofootoo]

Yes!

[@doomsdoor]

@foofootoo I was worried it might get removed in 9th gen but glad it didn't thankfully

[@alexnewsome24]

Very cool team!

[@jimcrumpet7015]

I’ve been using Sandy Grav and Dragon Rush Tera Dragon Dragon Fang Garchomp

[@lordofspice7087]

Shiny Sandy Shocks is so great!

[@kandyeggs]

Every day I die a little inside knowing that Orbeetle, my favorite Pokémon, cannot learn Gravity despite the fact that that’s what its Gmax move did

[@NobodyDungeons]

So, this would also work well with meowstic with prankster gravity, and hypnosis.

[@foofootoo]

Meowstic is not in Scarlet and Volet unfortunately but it would work in other formats

[@NobodyDungeons]

@@foofootoo I know and I’m 😢

[@jamesbiggs8397]

Honestly I wonder if a Wide Lens Zap Cannon combo would work with Sandy Shocks

[@foofootoo]

In gravity it could, but booster energy for speed is very nice

[@NobodyDungeons]

You could add a Pokémon with soak to hit ground types super efficiently.

[@foofootoo]

Soak shenanigans are super fun, it's just a shame that terastaliisation overrides soak

[@NobodyDungeons]

@@foofootoo forcing tera is good

[@phorchybug3286]

I got a really insane Jumpluff. Really fast Tailwind Leech Seed Bounce Leftovers

[@joshualeespiny7172]

0:19 sandy socks

[@thatpurpleperson2149]

How r u so creative with team building! Ur ideas never cease to amaze me. I’m taking notes. Question (other than ur shinies) have u ever used pkhex in gen 9?

[@foofootoo]

I have never used pkhex in scarlet/violet even for shinies, my shinies are legit hunted for videos (my corviknight was actually my first shiny found in my playthrough at area zero). I don't even know how to use pkhex for these games. That's why I only upload once a week, it takes a while to get teams together lol

[@thatpurpleperson2149]

@@foofootoo I see. I know people who use pkhex genning by just inputting what they want on their minds and it is traded to them. Super simple but I’m against genning. Also congrats on ur corviknight! Mine was skiddo , along with a few other randoms.

[@caseyalbright2762]

I'm waiting for someone to discover fissure or guillotines with gravity and scope lens....

[@nosysprat6170]

I always loved Magnetons design and shiny, which means i absolutly adore Sandy Shocks. It's so sad that i cant shiny hunt it because i have Violet :(

[@ZoofyZoof]

A couple weeks ago I learned gravity increases move accuracy. I never ever would have guessed it does that... I've been playing Pokemon for like 10 years and I don't see how we're supposed to know it does that.

[@dwightmanne]

Description says that evasion is lowered by two stages.

[@ZoofyZoof]

@@dwightmanne No, it doesn't. Let me quote every single move description for you just to prove you wrong. Gen 4: "Gravity is intensified for five turns, making moves involving flying unusable and negating Levitation." Gen 5 and 6: "Gravity is intensified for five turns, making moves involving flying unusable and negating Levitate." Gen 7: "Enables Flying-type Pokémon or Pokémon with the Levitate Ability to be hit by Ground-type moves. Flying moves can't be used." Gen 8: "This move enables Flying-type Pokémon or Pokémon with the Levitate Ability to be hit by Ground-type moves. Moves that involve flying can't be used." Gen 9: "Enables Flying types or Pokémon with the Levitate Ability to be hit by Ground-type moves for five turns. Moves that involve flying can't be used."

[@law4ahyc]

That strich and zaplodocus. Your names are eyekoniq

[@mytoysarethicbruh]

Me, a Pokémon showdown player hearing this information: Sleep Clause 🙂

[@Nislaco]

hye I have a question how did you get your espathra to hypnosis I made several eggs the attack does not fall. thank you for helping me 😁

[@mattishidayeo]

Wait till you pair Gravity Sandy Shocks with Kings Rock Maushold

[@matxp6085]

You missed zap canon on sandy shocks with 120pw 100%of paralyse stab eletric. In gravity it has like 90%acc i think

[@foofootoo]

I hit Thunder instead of missing zap cannon 😁 and the paralysis is not always ideal on a sleep spam team. But it is definitely cool synergy!

[@Averageblackjacket]

This strat is so annoying that it for banned on the OU ladder. So crazy

[@foofootoo]

lol espathra is cool in VGC but hated in smogon

[@unicornkamee5211]

Hey foo great video, you never fails to amaze me !!. Don't know if you have hear this week, but you are amazing, take care and be kind with yourself, hope you are okay :) 💕

[@foofootoo]

Thanks so much!

[@anomalocaris_man]

hear me out: hustle flapple with choice band (or scarf) using grav apple

[@propernoun2028]

sandy shocks is in ou now, cool

[@lukaskback9710]

In the first battle they reveal their Tera on Hydreigon just to protect, instead of not using tera that turn and make the next turn more risky for Foo. There is literally no reason at all to do it in this order, and Foo says it’s a sign he’s “playing someone who knows what they are doing”

[@foofootoo]

The protect showed they knew their win condition was tailwind, but yeah the tera was not necessary if they were protecting.

[@GutoPowerfox]

Now listen Gravity + Zap Cannon

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

gravity and

[@foofootoo]

Not in VGC!

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

@@foofootoo yeah true

[@Cafeinrush]

Would be cool to have something with dreameater aint it? Bummer they took it off of a lot.

[@KinoKoenigin]

I literally made a team with pair last night

[@foofootoo]

I think players are starting to experiment more with sandy shocks now so we might see the combo pop up!

[@coledavidson5630]

Always liked Sandy Shocks, I never got why people thought he was so bad

[@treygreypaws3689]

I faced this on ladder wasnt happy about it, almost got dropped

[@decidush]

I faced someone with this team. I was murdered

[@thebigmoizt3270]

Why does that bird thing look like Sia?

[@primrosevale1995]

The use of Gravity here makes me wonder something: If moves like Gravity, Hone Claws, Defog, Sweet Scent, and Telekinesis exist, and are decently common, why is there an evasion clause?

[@rehnhuang1529]

The justification is that relying on luck makes for frustrating game for both ends based on how I understand it Unsportsmanlike and all that Then again, I haven't heard of paraflinch being on the ban radar

[@TheMissingLink2]

This is old Gen 7 strat. Musharna wasn the main abuser.

[@sleepynotded]

Snadyshock is the best. At first I hate the design, then the set everything is good.

[@FTW1230]

people did this with gengar

[@plabcentral630]

Free my boy sableye give him gravity back.

[@carlton5381]

Genuinely just wish the paradox pokemon had hidden abilities, just so you dont have item clause or rely on weather and could open up so many more strategies

[@foofootoo]

Yeah it's annoying, I hate that Protosynthesis/quark drive can't be swapped away or replaced

[@Travissaur]

My team that I finished the story with, Skeledirge, Pawmot, Veluza, Lycanroc (Midday), Kingambit, and Baxcaliber. Could you make a competitive team out of that? Or the most effective team consisting of them?

[@dankdankeryetdanker2726]

Spinny hat

[@foofootoo]

The most important reason for using sandy shocks lol