This Pokemon Won Worlds. Now Nobody Will Use It.

Zacian was the strongest Pokemon ever made - but now, nobody will use it. Why?
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[@insomniacnerd5592]

Don’t forget that Regigigas has 670 base stats and needs to be nerfed for five turns, while Zacian has 660 base stats and gets a free attack buff when switched in.

[@breadeater1194]

It's because Gigas isn't a Restricted

[@cobaltordinaire5219]

Regigigas really got screwed by being designed "lore-accurately", didn't it? And I guess they just will never redesign it the same again, unless a miracle happens

[@neppy0021]

​@@breadeater1194he's not restricted because he's shit

[@Alo-is-io]

700* base stats, 720 in S&S.

[@GravityIsFalling]

Restricted vs regular That’s why

[@RemindMeToCheck]

0:09 - Of course the Pokémon you designed as a kid looks like... Incineroar.

[@raijinoflimgrave8708]

"*wolfey didn't actually create these fake pokemon. I did lol"

[@madethistocomment727]

Looks like his editor did it lol

[@RoamingSimp]

0:12 it’s literally incineroar

[@NeonMSR]

​@@raijinoflimgrave8708back to the bed please

[@jamesaditya5254]

it would be funny if Electiger is a divergent form Incineroar

[@tomlove1784]

Its the guy from the Official Pokemon KZbin Channel

[@Idrop123]

Its the guy from the world championchip

[@g.mxanthis7575]

It's the guy who loves Incineroar

[@fippywip]

it's the guy i saw at cvs that one time

[@ta1nteddgg]

@@RebelTrooperHoth…wolfe is his real name

[@EarthSpirit.easyzdota]

@@ta1nteddggwolfe named himself when he was born and made out with the nurse

[@themudkipmando4125]

"Now tell me... Are you the strongest because you're Zacian-Crowned, or does being Zacian-Crowned make you the strongest? If I were to become you for a moment, I could make my foolish ideals a reality" -Zamazenta-Crowned, 2022

[@squiddothekiddo]

It's uncanny how much that fits

[@mizuri1884]

Quite the wisdom from my fellow mudkip

[@FrozenLavaDragonProd]

what is this quote a reference to?

[@neilwaghela5051]

As the strongest grass type amoongus fought (fraud) king of attackers Urshifu, He said "Stand proud you are strong, but Nah I'd spore"

[@ThermalVoid]

​​@@FrozenLavaDragonProd Jujutsu Kaisen. Both the op and any comments from this thread.

[@key099able]

BTW, that Bidoof in 1:18 is not a joke, Bidoof and Bibarel was broken during Gen 5 due to moody ability.

[@foodmr2022]

saw it falseswipe and it took down the god of pokemon in ubers so they banned it hidden ability

[@MINTY_FN]

That only really works in Singles though.

[@jetnyan2348]

they werent, anyone with a pulse could shut them down fairly easily because their stats were just so low before they got set up and were too luck reliant they just made for good yt content

[@filthbuster166]

(game playthrough related) I once defeated the distortion world Giratina using my HM slave Bibarel

[@Grey_OSN]

@@jetnyan2348 Anyone with equal skill set could easily set up a Bidoof/Bibarel, you don’t throw out your Moody pokemon against someone that can one shot or has priority moves. You bring out your Bidoof infront of a Whimsicott, hope for a Speed or Evasion, set up substitutes and protects until you’re maxed out.

[@Fatspanner123]

“If you eat sushi for dinner, you can’t then eat a hamburger” You don’t know me Wolfe

[@Nethaura]

0:10 Wake up babe, Beta Incineroar just dropped

[@PokemonplayerVGC]

😅😅

[@onebear6504]

Wait till a Mega or Regional Incineroar is inspired by Electiger xD

[@Herman-xf4wo]

Incineroar appears at 0:10

[@timothylee245]

*0:09

[@MotivationGuy77]

@@timothylee245 0:08*

[@noellewav]

0:00 (no seriously)

[@sakasakasakasaka]

thanks for the jumpscare warning

[@TheMichels89]

@@noellewav i saw the sign then had to go back and found it

[@shadowacesonic2827]

Shoutout to the imaginary Level 150 Umbreon I had as a kid that had 75 moves it could use. Ah, the wonders of childhood 🤣🤣

[@mjojo7070]

Unfortunately, your level 150 Umbreon would still lose to Zacian. That’s how broken he is 😔

[@matta6088]

​@@mjojo7070your zacian would get crushed by my level 300 zacian with behemoth banishment, a 900bp move which always crits and is super effective 😎

[@Phantom-dh2vq]

no diffed by focus sash quick attack, ratata proves supreme once again​@@matta6088

[@jotaderodriguez3884]

75 moves and I bet not a single one would be a status move 😂

[@ardeuskurodo]

5:00 My grandpa's deck has no pathetic cards, Wolf. But it does contain... ZACIAN THE CROWNED SWORD!

[@danielsmith5032]

The attention to detail is perfect 😂

[@Albedomikans]

Didn't know zacian was a number card

[@LionHeartSamy]

Reading Zacian's effect just makes me think he's only going to be played for Super Polymerization; nobody's bringing him out turn 1 🤣 Honestly speaking, should have either made his pop effect a quick effect, or give him a way to inherently summon himself, or both considering that's pretty much what you need to be a meta Fusion card

[@peterman8848]

I may not play or follow anything pokemon related, but i love listening to wolfy chat about pokemon for hours. Your breadth of knowledge is honestly mindboggling

[@willcrozier1879]

The fact that the Pokemon Yugioh cards at 5:00 not only have fitting titles and art, but that they actually have custom effects that are in line with modern Yugioh is a step above in terms of editing, absolutely phenomenal. The effort that went into giving Zacian a fitting, thematic effect whilst still including modern once per turn clauses is absolutely peak.

[@moonjelly5]

I wish it's pop was a quick effect though.

[@bigchungus1852]

Workshopping some of the PSCT besides that, it shows the editor has played an extensive amount of yugioh. Absolutely peak

[@DragosCatalan-rl2di]

Achsually , Sylveon mising timing and the soft once per turns aren't really mechanics used anymore.

[@xolotltolox7626]

Aside from where sylveon can search itself and is not a hard once per turn...

[@danielsmith5032]

The fact you made actual effects to the Poke-yugioh cards at 5:00 is perfect. As a former Yugioh player, it’s absolutely perfect 👌🏾

[@zigzag321go]

And they actually have interesting effects. Though like in Pokemon,I can't imagine Registeel seeing any competitive play, and Zacian has probably been power crept by a better card, especially since it's not Generic.

[@madtheorist1856]

​@@zigzag321gotrue

[@Rahochusosu]

Sylveon looks completely broken tbh

[@bigbobam8857]

I actually went back and read all three. Actually making sense and the last line of Zacian's was just hilarious lol.

[@lordofcrows]

I really loved them as well Would be kinda interesting to see what the editor comes up with if he gets to make those cards be an entire archetype

[@cevstyles]

Zacian's Crashout is the name of my next band

[@jacksonbranby]

New Signature Z Move

[@RachelGreengrass]

No one will touch the strongest Pokémon ever: Incineroar

[@universaltoons]

😮

[@thomast7794]

Incineroar is the best Pokémon of all time. But is it the strongest? I guess it depends on how you use the term.

[@joshuafrazier3904]

@@thomast7794strongest specifically refers to raw power when used in a generic sense. You can be the best Pokemon without being the strongest and Zacian was the strongest for a time. Then it got nerfed like really badly.

[@matthewlasalvia7026]

Scarlet and Violet: Hold my beer.

[@SacredBlaziken]

Zacian beat up Incineroar so bad they had to nerf her into the Ground... because nobody touches the King

[@monikamiller9588]

This video is straight-up AWESOME! I can't believe how good it is- what were you even thinking?! All effort, all real content, just an incredible use of time. Honestly, this is the best thing you've ever posted, Wolfey. Keep this up.

[@tungsten_cube_good]

0:09 Incineroar's shadow appears, 0:54 Incineroar ACTUALLY appears

[@manishakhandekar1342]

you beat me to it :(

[@delyan3190]

isnt 0:09 incineroars shadow already?

[@Mewogrape]

:o

[@sufficiently46]

@@delyan3190 good point, but incineroar actually appears first at 0:00

[@CMaxoknight31]

the biggest nerf Zacian got was the animation for his signature move

[@rockyhankin8679]

Personally, I think mega rayquaza fell off a lot between gen 7 and gen 8. Suddenly everyone stopped using it.

[@thebaconpurge]

Maybe bc megas left after gen 7 🤔

[@TheRealG5]

@@thebaconpurgeyeah, that’s the joke

[@cathal_account9815]

​@Brianaxel44 no, it's a joke

[@jorge8596]

Good lord imagine tera normal choice band mega rayquaza extreme speed

[@Alister1310]

weird how the same thing happened with Primal Groudon and Kyogre

[@bluechaman9576]

If the editors are reading the comments, know that the yugioh custom cards at 5:00 are an amazing touch ! Even the effects feel like they're straight out of the cardgame haha. It's always cool to see when an editor is having fun with the visuals.

[@TwilightChomperEnthusiast]

…You say with Zacian on the thumbnail, when we all know that you _really_ mean a certain fire cat…

[@snowysurvivor]

True

[@TheHellWalker851]

stop being everywhere

[@ToxicPea]

I dunno about that one, ever since Primarina entered the chat, Incin stonks went really low this regulation

[@slanyus]

Dude how are you everywhere, I even see you on PvZ videos.

[@phantom0568]

I'd say zacian is stronger at it's peak

[@AbsoluteZero1313]

Houndoom appearance at 1:40

[@King_Pika]

5:00 As a ygo player I got a kick out of reading those cards. Big props to the editor for making them, especially since they read just like real cards.

[@emanuelegoldin8155]

I expected the description on the Yu-Gi-Oh cards to be random gibberish, but boy was I wrong. I'm impressed by such attention to details. Great video as always

[@Aurora_JollyCraft]

No way his editor wasnt subbed 2:35

[@ThePureSynergist]

That hurts.

[@vincenttrigg4521]

Man was his boss's worst enemy lol

[@muma-kitty1639]

you know zacian's design really fits its overpoweredness too, it looks almost exactly like those ridiculous wolf ocs we all drew in middle school that had shit like wings and just inexplicably had the ability to use weapons

[@themister.s-1st]

Mega Big Ray looking at the thumbnail: What a odd way of drawing me!

[@murozaki3547]

Miraidon: "You were magnificent Zacian, I will not forget you as long as I live."

[@danielsmith5032]

“One shots everything” and “all attacks super effective” is wild 😂😂

[@teddyhaines6613]

You need the second one to make sure you get past Wonder Guard.

[@paranoivern]

i honestly really like that things like intimidate and dynamax are explained in every video , despite some considering them common knowledge . it makes the videos more accessible to newcomers to the competitive scene and makes me feel really smart when i predict what wolfe is gonna talk about next :3

[@Feigi1996]

Incineroar appear at 00:55

[@Mitch-BOT]

00:09

[@raijinoflimgrave8708]

​@@Mitch-BOTactually at 0:00 look closely at the note on the left

[@sufficiently46]

Incineroar shown in the "I will not hide an image of incineroar at 0:00 seconds anymore... or will I?" text

[@therexyogaming]

He's behind the text oh my god

[@putriscool]

19:54 PEGGLE MENTIONED

[@voxchordis]

I really appreciate the time you put into these videos Wolfey, it REALLY shows through in the quality. I am always excited when your videos drop 🤘

[@ZeinYoussefVGC]

Shoutout to everyone that paused to read the pokemon/yugioh cards! W editor

[@danielsmith5032]

Right?!

[@headwaste5277]

Him actually calling it the GY is some nice attention to detail. Good job editor

[@vanhalenel410]

5:04 Dear editor, thank YOU buddy, I love this little details

[@gamingproject5601]

5:04 i very much appreciate both the summon audio from master duel, but also the deep understanding of problem solving card text of yugioh which not only allows the cards to be at least somewhat realistic but also allows that sylveon card to be straight up broken thanks the versatility of being a search and special summon and also not hard once per turn, which means that if you have multiple copies you can use both effects. Might be banlist worth after a couple of reprints Edit: sylveon should have a small correction on the effect which is "If this card is normal or special summoned: add 1 card that mentions evee from your deck to your hand" which makes it extremely scary: you can normal summon sylveon, add sylveon, special summon the second sylveon add the third copy and then discard it to special summon eevee. Depending on eevee effects this escalates quickly into yugioh debautchery

[@NassiLove]

I don’t understand any of this (similar to when I first watched wolfey) but I do like your words magic man

[@gamingproject5601]

@NassiLove i will explain all i said in vcg terms: the Sylveon yugioh version is so broken that he has "THE WORLD CHAMPION DIFFERENCE™️" and before any other pokemon moves he terastalyze into fairy and then proceeds to make enough calm minds to make xereneas jealous and then turn 1 starts and you are allowed to choose your pokemon moves. Yugioh is a game of debautchery, but when its peak its good debautchery, you have that brand of debautchery i do this brand of debautchery, sylveon the yugioh card would be "give me ur wallet" levels of debauchtery

[@Aquilenne]

​@@NassiLove *spell man We don't use the m word here

[@ElJavopopo]

So, you designed incineroar at 6.

[@katerinaastirakaki104]

Its so funny how coffagrigus , runerigus and weezing where the only pokemon that were able to balance zatian despite not being good competitively, except weezing

[@Dimis-n4p]

Yeah, kinda weird

[@Professor_Wisteria_]

dont forget that this dog was so insane it even leaked over into the TRADING CARD GAME, with the Arceus/Dialga/Palkia + Zacian V deck being so overwhelmingly powerful that it was almost the only deck played for 2 years straight, and Pokemon Company even made it into a Promo Card box set.

[@ThMightyDuck]

I love how often you post and how good the quality is and the videos aren't even short. Keep up the good work

[@WhatsaVaati]

The biggest nerf was to Behemoth Blade's animation.

[@justjoannak]

Agreed tbh

[@mrorcadood]

5:03 love you too editor

[@deviousraptor]

0:59 Not me with an old bag of grapes in my fridge rn.....

[@ItsJustMat]

"Thundurus: Because every team needs a spark" is the best thing ive read in a Wolfe video yet

[@real_rh3t0r1cal]

1:08 incineroar mentioned 0:55 shown

[@zillva]

Silhouette shown as 0:08

[@QueenOfClassyRemarks]

You forgot 0:51, when Incineroar is mentioned in the ad

[@raijinoflimgrave8708]

A very faint overlay of the meme incin is shown on the note at 0:00 easier to see at 1080p

[@thegeekfanatic]

My goodest boi Zamazenta just chillin and happy to be here

[@FirstLastname604]

1 views in 20 seconds wolfey is pulling NUMBERS

[@somerandomgamer8504]

Zacian and Zamazenta are literally just more modern Megas, with all the same problems. Call the Rusted Sword/Shield Zacianite and Zamazentanite and boom.

[@Xul-Xata]

And no one gonna say Terapagos is modern day Mega Rayquaza, gain 100 increased stats after transformed while still able to hold any item.

[@lipika2841]

More accurately akin to Primals/Origin forms, since LUCKILY they're not mid-battle transformations cuz then their abilities might activate two times per switch-in ☠

[@demi-femme4821]

They're more like the Primals than Megas. Instant transformation and not taking up any resources for the team.

[@amininirfan6408]

Zacian, the most broken pokemon, falls of harder than any other restricted pokemon, while Zamazenta, the most mid restricted, had the biggest glow up and became a top tier threat. How poetic

[@darthraven1054]

the editor never misses man, you got a great team wolfey

[@imaginewagons3027]

Wolfey I love you so much bro. Every Saturday I wake up at 8 am and the first thing I’m thinking about is the happiness of getting to watch a new WolfeyVGC video. Thank you so much for making content man, your work is not unappreciated. ❤❤❤

[@LeyLynn]

Absolutely love seeing how much your channel has grown over the years

[@Spectyra]

15:35 *zacian's sword is a fair bit shorter in scarlet and violet, but that's not the real problem*NAHHH WHAT💀💀💀💀

[@eidkristo6107]

I honestly smash lopunny

[@TotallyTheExpert]

Cant even transcribe the video correctly smh.

[@zigzag2b492]

Here are some video ideas for you wolf: What are the best Pokémon players of all time? A video talking about the mega Pokémon you left out in your worst/best mega Pokémon videos. I love these Pokémon. (talk about your favorites) Things i (you) want game freak to change about Pokémon

[@_yet_8457]

Wolfey the type of person to create incineroar when younger

[@onebear6504]

It's his dream xD

[@TakuBishau]

I think Wolfey’s nightmares are about Incineroar somehow getting follow me

[@icycrybaby]

Knowing that wolfey used to make fakemon when he was a kid made me want to see wofey creating fakemons today xd

[@MB-zb1oz]

I think he did a video with Jaiden animations doing that 🙂

[@icycrybaby]

@MB-zb1oz i didnt found It tbh xd

[@MB-zb1oz]

If it helps, the title is "I Created New Pokemon with Jaiden Animations"

[@badsolja1]

There’s another video of him and jwittz collab long time ago I think was before sun and Moon launched It’s about creating a mega evolution or alolan form

[@BabyBobMarley]

Those yugioh cards descriptions were dope af, love u editor

[@emmanuelbolliger7178]

You forgot he's forth nerf, the Animation 🥲

[@valkyria7769]

amazing video, thanks wolfey! :D always makes my day seeing your videos pop up in my recommendeds

[@xenontar8976]

Very angry KZbin comment

[@the_bull2663]

He will read this

[@omarramirez743]

RnB Nuzlocke when?

[@ezra_kohl]

He won't read this

[@dylanproctor9269]

He may read this

[@FeWi-YT]

He will hopefully read this

[@NassiLove]

Oh a new wolfeyvcg video! I was waiting for it lol

[@dse763]

Zacian : Noooo, my power is dwindling ! How can this be be ? Mewtwo : First time ?

[@pedrohenriquejunqueira2276]

2:36 hahahahahaha one of the best “pls subscribe” segments i’ve seen, ur awesome dude

[@Evilraptorus]

If anyone was wondering, Incineroar appears at 1:08 on a video talking about Zacian

[@raijinoflimgrave8708]

It's actually at 0:09 as the silhouette

[@Evilraptorus]

@@raijinoflimgrave8708doesn’t count, it’s a silhouette for a reason

[@onebear6504]

0:10 His kid drawing is regional Incineroar xD

[@samuelebertinazzi4468]

We need a video were "Sparkat" becomes a real pokemon and Wolf uses him in a tournament

[@teriso1793]

20:32 omg he finally acknowledge that zacian is a girl

[@StaticPika]

Love videos like these because it shows how much the games can change! I really love seeing how much VGC changes year by year with all the different formats and stuff you can run just from 1-3 to changes to a single mon! Hope you keep making videos like these and enjoy them a lot! 😄

[@stavegrimise3064]

It's interesting how Pokemon get nerfs and buffs in this era. Zacian nerfs were brutal and Incineroar's buffs are questionable. I think when Dynamax returns Zacian will be meta again but will have new pokemon to work with.

[@lillie_trash]

LETS GO ITS KURT AS THE THUMBNAIL ARTIST

[@discgolfwes]

Terrance getting called out

[@wantu7816]

Another factor of Zacian's dominance was simply the lack of checks and counters. He wouldn't be extremely dominant if primal groudon was allowed.

[@gabrielchee8470]

4:26 I think I tricked myself once into thinking ghost was a resistance. It wasn't.

[@Athletico_paranaenseOFC]

In New gens, Steel lost the resistance against ghost

[@gabrielchee8470]

​@@Athletico_paranaenseOFCyeah but I felt like for a long time fairy resisted ghost until I started playing sword again and my runerigus could slice through fairies for neutral. I probably thought that if type A is Super effective on type B, type B should be resisted by type A. Apparently that isn't always the case.

[@raijinoflimgrave8708]

​@@gabrielchee8470fairy isn't super effective to ghost. You're confusing it with dark.

[@moustachelechon8540]

I have never played a Pokémon game in my life but I still watch all your videos religiously. I now know more about Pokémon than my partner that has actually played one of the games. It was quite a surprise to him when I tried talking about Pokémon with him.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

18:09 Heavily disagree here. The difference is that Thunderus was a supporting legendary pokémon that accidentally became a strong niche offensive pokémon. Nerfs to offensive pokemon never get such revivals in power creep

[@TysALT]

Wolfy, the amazing quality of your videos and your team’s upload schedule should be mutually exclusive. And here you are posts a new banger basically every week. WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE 😎

[@elainewu7266]

13:45 I feel bad for the editor hearing the name incineroar every video

[@thewonderer7755]

This is the first time I'm actually saying this, but your videos are really enjoyable to me as you are highly analytical and very measured in demeanor, especially since youtube means one has to perform a little. Thank you and your team for the diligent work to create these videos. I'm glad I'm privy to the World Champ Difference.

[@user-ip2ev2bf8x]

zacian should’ve been able to dynamax.. just for the hell of it

[@massimodalessandro108]

Great video! Idk if you've done this before or not, but it'd be interesting to see a video about possible future gameplay gimmicks like megas, dynamax or tera, since I have no clue what else they could come up with at this point lol

[@AkaneSasuSora]

wolfey 🤝 me letting our econ degree collect dust in the corner

[@justjoannak]

Eh, Wolfe did use his degree for years prior to becoming a full time KZbinr & indirectly uses his degree this way

[@Glory2Snowstar]

The editing for this video in particular for some reason just feels phenomenal. I love the lil’ MS Paint drawings at the start too, were those actual childhood Pokemon designs? It would be pretty cool to see more Fakemon from ya designed to counter top-meta threats or something.

[@jayemar527]

Fun fact, Zacian is the second wolf to win a worlds

[@GreenT_LoR]

15:31 I feel both personally attacked and honored at the same time

[@simplymusic9004]

1:31 That is not how you use crash out lmao

[@buggy-green]

Yeah AAVE keeps getting used incorrectly the more popular it gets

[@lilz_relixx5913]

to the editor who wrote the yugioh cards, you are very welcome. I appreciate the attention to detail.

[@aydenfransen9515]

I think terastallization has also dragged Zacian down a bit, because it doesn't get as much value out of it as other restricteds. Without terastallizaton Zacian would have a lot more better match-ups into other restricteds like Calyrex-Ice, Miraidon and Koraidon.

[@Xul-Xata]

Against Calyrex-Ice, maybe. Against Koraidon & Miraidon, they can run Choice Scarf and OHKO Zacian with Flare Blitz and Overheat respectively.

[@mryouwouldliketoknow67]

Wolfey, you got me into playing VGC. I think I might want to get into the actual competitive scene instead of just showdown. I still have a lot to learn and a kid to raise, but he loves pokemon too! Looking forward to many more years of competitive pokemon!

[@straitblanchingaming9366]

6:14 incineroar mentioned

[@kybrogre1310]

8:53 Ah yes, clown form and crown form Zacian.

[@domenichughes7792]

1:07 for the incineroar mention

[@OrbitalPulsar]

Editors. You are a whole herd of absolute goat. Sick yugioh cards + sick other cool touches. Yall are loved.

[@howdoistopchangingmyname]

Battle cats power creep vs pokemon power creep:

[@GentlemannTV]

youre welcome editor

[@sdragon52]

Incineroar right?

[@JoaXinPerez]

I love how AVGN peaks at the first minutes ❤️😉 Great video, I love Zacian and how broken it was, but it's still one of my favorite legendary Pokemon

[@miniiore]

I didn't know the guy from battle basics made youtube content

[@rdtripler5604]

"I liked the shield dog more than you anyway..."