Top 10 New Evolutions of All Time

[@FalseSwipeGaming]

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[@playersnake]

Perhaps the next theorem video could be why move sets (like mix attacking, fast physical, bulky special, etc) are close to everything or the Infernape theorem

[@number1-willstetsonsimp]

No.

[@airshiphead]

Is it just me or is everyone sponsored by Holzkern at the moment?

[@Asshole666777]

as long as they dont use Canada Post or Puralator youll get your package

[@dankaroos]

I don't mind Holzkern sponsors compared to overdone things like Manscaped/Mobile games or god forbid Better Help, but they definitely reached out to a bunch of major Pokémon channels at the same time since I've seen like a dozen Holzkern sponsors the last week

[@alexdehatter2151]

Dialga: “I was created by the god of this world, and given the power to control time itself.” Archaludon: “I turned myself into a bridge.”

[@maxstrike3022]

Duraludon: Abridged

[@Flamelance_Accendo]

Duraldon = Abridged Dialga

[@jonahbrown5669]

Archaludon: Duraludon 2

[@theunderscore6859]

That also looks like a staple remover from the back

[@M3rtyville]

I thought it was a stapler

[@deltalord6969]

Ursaluna finally giving the ursaring line some major competitive success for once, *sheds tear* im so proud

[@雪者]

High-five, my man! :'D

[@sonic40001]

We've come far, indeed. Remember Ursaring playing the air guitar in _Crystal?_

[@junglecruiser4785]

They now have the damage comparable to an actual bear attack!

[@mrbigglezworth42]

They finally got the bear necessities

[@kyklous3657]

​@@junglecruiser4785Power was never really Ursaring's problem, but having actual bulk now sure helps.

[@sarasaland4709]

Also Revival Blessing keeps your Rage Fist boosts. Even Death cannot stop this ape.

[@Hydrocannon]

The reason it exists in the first place is because death couldn't stop it the first time around. What makes you think it could a second time?

[@xiodraco]

The sentence "even death cannot stop this ape" kills me (much like annihilape would)

[@t-1156]

TWICE SLAIN, THRICE BORN

[@MegaGanash]

that's disgusting

[@jerisj.8971]

Tarnished.... hast thou thirst for blood dwindled in your demise? APE: I'd say no...

[@BlazingCyberKnight95]

Cross generation evolution is one of my favorite things in Pokemon. Giving something a buff to the Pokemon always makes me very excited.

[@munchrai6396]

I think the best part of cross gen evolutions is seeing the strengths of the existing Pokemon rise up to a new standard. Up until gen 9 Pokemon rarely lose things from their toolbox, so an evolution added on to a Pokemon is just a further progression of what the Pokemon has always been going for. That's always been my biggest problem with some of the regional evolutions because they don't get required access to all the strengths of the original and instead attempt to carve their own path often leaving the original in the dust. Just look at Corsola, a pokemon with incredible abilities and decent stats held back by horrid typing. Instead of pushing Corsola's Regenerator supported bulk even further, they went with a pure ghost gimmick that puts everything into its special stats.

[@Fabiocean2000]

I'm praying for a Ledian evo since gen 4 lol

[@RandalfElVikingo]

So weird he had only 5 generations with cross generation evolutions and one of those is gen 6 with Sylveon haha.

[@austinb2177]

Cross gen evos are better than megas imo. A mega is a temporary buff. A cross gen evo is forever. Poor Mawile and Sabelye…

[@munchrai6396]

@@austinb2177 The impermanence of Mega evolution is definitely its biggest downside, but there are a lot of examples where the benefits that it does bring stand out over standard evolution. The 2 big things that Megas can do is push a Pokemon's stats above a third evolution stage and add a uniquely deep layer of synergy thanks to Megas enabling mid battle type/ability changes. Mega Venasaur and Aggron are probably the best examples because both have really strong standard abilities in Chlorophyl and Rock Head, but when not in sun or facing one of their weaknesses, they can Mega evolve to increase their versatility. Something that, outside of Megas, we've only ever seen a handful of times from Pokemon like Meloetta or Ultra Necrozma. A standard evolution of Mawile or Sableye would probably not have pushed either of them to the meta dominant forces they were in gens 6 and 7. Additionally, Sableye being able to shift from Prankster to Magic Bounce is incredibly strong and makes it one of the best status spreaders in the game.

[@brandontherabboat4850]

“Hmm… we need to think of a concept for an evolution for Primeape. Any suggestions?” “Are you familiar with Akuma from the _Street Fighter_ series?” “…I’m listening.”

[@Realperson16]

Interestingly, the gen 7 sun entry for primape foreshadows annihilape

[@goGothitaLOL]

“And do you remember Primeape’s dex entry in gen 7? We’re expanding upon that”

[@Realperson16]

To those in passing curious: Quote: "It has been known to become so angry that it dies as a result. Its face looks peaceful in death, however."

[@katfrog1]

​@@Realperson16 peaceful until it's pure rage wakes itself up again

[@Realperson16]

@@katfrog1 yep lol

[@superfrubblez6123]

I think Farigiraf should have definitely been on this list. While it’s singles success was limited to lower tiers, it is easily one of the best VGC pokemon ever made and has already won multiple regionals and worlds

[@Chunkosaurus]

Very disappointed my favorite giraffe didn't make the list because it is a fantastic doubles pokemon

[@MrGksarathy]

Good point, even if it hasn't been quite as prolific as Annihilape or even Archaludon.

[@okanidug6035]

@@MrGksarathyIt actually has a higher usage. Ape disappeared in stronger formats mainly thanks to flutter mane and Archaludon is great but not as easy fit as giraffe. It is support rather than offense so its mentioned less but for vgc it is the strongest non legendary came out of gen 9 I think

[@nocturnenugget]

This list is singles only tho

[@MrGksarathy]

@@nocturnenugget It's singles based, but not Singles only.

[@jeremyrossi2716]

Basculegion needs to be in the sequel. Bro went from your average midgame water trash to slayer of Gods almost entirely thanks to Last Respects

[@connorradcliffe1769]

Houndstone: go my brother, show them fear in my place

[@joekewl7539]

Should have made honorable mention. I will concede that it's like Dracovish in that it's a cleaner reliant on endgame conditions and can be completely walled by normals, and hard countered by a water absorber with Normal Tera, but yeah, definitely a contender worthy of honorable mention. Clodsire, too.

[@dereksegers2616]

Thought this until I realized regular basculin doesn’t evolve into it

[@sinnohperson8813]

It's just 200 base power which requires all your teammates to die in official format Balanced move tbh

[@harrisontownsend910]

​@sinnohperson8813 I hate this move. You basically have to have thunderclap to beat it.

[@MilkLadsForever]

I'd argue Tangrowth is the most notable missing mon on this list. It's one of the best Regenerator users in the game with great Physical bulk.

[@12jswilson]

Yep. It's arguably been better than Slowking, which I think they should have ignored Glowking since it was introduced at the same time a galarian slowpoke

[@misteral9045]

Tangrowth is great and I want one, but Tangela holds its own with those little red boots. It's iconic even outside Pokemon fans for that.

[@shatteredsentient5321]

The spaghetti is plumpy thicc

[@austinb2177]

There are just too many good cross gen evolutions. Tangrowth, Farigiraf, Hydrapple, Magnezone, Porygon2/Z…

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

It’s possibly one of the biggest glow ups in pokemon history

[@SharKing319]

Weavile had a rather amusing Gen 9. It started off as a low-tier meme, not just because of Chien-Pao outclassing it, but because Weavile lost the two moves that made it so great in Gen 8: Knock Off and Triple Axel. That is, until The Teal Mask DLC re-added these moves as TMs and Weavile immediately became a terror again, especially with Chien-Pao banned. Just like with Gen 4 letting Weavile down with underwhelming STABs, its Gen 9 performance shows just how move-dependant Weavile really is.

[@YosiahW]

Honestly, very cool read. Ty for posting :)

[@winter9242]

You can also say that for most mons though. Movepool will always matter

[@obviousalias132]

You mean "the Flareon Theorem"?

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

When you are a frail and fast attacker, obviously good moves are neccesary

[@zentazym1]

Aren’t all Pokémon “move dependent” lmao? If Mewtwo only had Bubble it would cease to be a good pokemon 😂

[@AlfredoPuente8]

The best thing about Annihilape is that Kanto got another ghost type.

[@connorradcliffe1769]

for years I kept using Primeape as my fighting type in many Kanto or Kanto prelated games, hoping it would get some item or just buff stats in general to help it out. never in my dreams did I imagine to the heights it would go to during Gen 9

[@Regeor]

I bet they’d make it unavailable in a future Kanto game, just like how Magnezone isn’t in Let’s Go, Sylveon isn’t in BDSP or how Crobat isn’t in FRLG (until postgame).

[@The_PokeSaurus]

Along with Alolan Marowak.

[@AlfredoPuente8]

@@The_PokeSaurus that’s from Alola, not Kanto.

[@ForgedCalamity]

@@AlfredoPuente8by that logic Annihilape is from Paldea. And is probably less likely than Alolan Marowak to be in the next Kanto remake seeing as in let’s go you can get Alolan Marowak by in game trade and the likes of other evolutions that came later are missing like Slowking and Scizor.

[@therealegr]

The first time i heard about Annihilape in the leaks, i liked it, and didn't thought it would be broken untill i realized what kind of move Rage Fist actually is

[@ThePrinceVon]

Guarantee next gen they nerf it and you only keep the boosts when you stay in, losing them on any switch out

[@JustButton]

@@ThePrinceVoni hope they do, bring that boi back down to ou, i love that design. if they managed to power creep up to fucking blaziken i know they can do it

[@therealegr]

@@ThePrinceVon Me personally, i would like the base power was decreased from base 50 to like base 30 or 25, therefore, we would still have a move that scales to a great base power, but not that much, so like 180 or 150

[@neosuduno]

@@therealegr I would prefer the increase in base power get nerfed rather than the base power itself. increased by 50 per hit is too much, but 30 would be fine.

[@jacobpullen6949]

The fact the Gligar getting an evolution and hidden ability provided it with all the long term viability it needed to outlast even Lando-T is just crazy

[@briangoulet948]

"Unless your strategy is to psychologically terrorize your opponent into forfeiting without losing any Pokemon." FUNBRO MENTIONED????????

[@alexandros5412]

scald calm mind ice beam slack off bro 🤑

[@roberteospeedwagon8178]

​@@alexandros5412that aint FUNBRO FUNBRO is recycle, heal pulse, block, slack off while holding leppa berry.

[@alexandros5412]

@@roberteospeedwagon8178 2 year long game simulator that's awesome

[@noahberan6498]

Togekiss is my favorite new evolution, it made the Togepi line really good and it looks amazing, and has really cool origins

[@Firebee033]

One of my favorite Pokemon ever, so happy its good competitively

[@noahberan6498]

@Firebee033 same here, it's in my top 10 favorites

[@BlazingCyberKnight95]

Wake me up when Skarmory, Druddigon, and Falinks gets a new evolution in the future

[@M_Alexander]

The problem with a Skarmory evo is Eviolite Skarmory

[@Quix0tic707]

Falinks and Druddigon sure, I do not want to see a Skarmory evo though

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

Skarmory would be cancer with Eviolite

[@goGothitaLOL]

Me but with Scrafty and Magcargo They can possibly get a Mega in Legenda ZA but I lean more towards evolution because: 1) Megas don’t last forever and more importantly 2) We could really use more 3-stage fighting-types *lines* Annihilape being added was only our third one after just Machamp and Conkeldurr lines for so long, whereas everything else is not initially /Fighting until they evolve once or twice. Same deal with Fire that AREN’T starters as you only have Magmar line (which took 4 gens to happen), Chandelure line, and if you wanna grasp straws Talonflame and to a lesser extent Coalossal. EDIT: For comparison, Grass has 10 to pick from the likes of Vileplume and Victreebel to Arboliva and Hydrapple. Whiling Water doesn’t have so few as it has 5 (and a half with Azumarill), you would think it would have more for a type of its size in quantity. Fire literally only has 2-3, and not only that they scrapped a Vulpix pre-evo (twice) but also not 1 but 2 Turtonator pre-evos, thanks to the Spaceworld Demo and recent Teraleak that we get to learn about this. EDIT 2: Ghost and Dark were lacking in that department too (Gengar was the only one in the first 3 gens and Dark literally had none until Gen 5) but they both now have a respectable quantity of 5 each (complete with both a pseudo line on top with Dragapult and Hydreigon respectively), and for how rare and relatively recent Fairy is they have plenty, ranging from Clefable to Gardevoir to Grimmsnarl and Tinkaton. Meanwhile the likes of Fire (again beyond starters), Fighting, and Ice still have less than 5 lines. Dragon and Fairy both have more than this.

[@epicwuexcaliburumbra1736]

If skarmory gets an evolution it’s Skarmver with evoilte.

[@gars129]

Kingdra is a weird one because Seadra was deliberately nerfed by the special split to make Kingdra more impressive, going from base 95 special to 65 special defense and back to 95.

[@misterzygarde6431]

I really appreciate them making more cross-gen evolutions in Gen 8 and 9. I really hope we get more of them, especially if they got into OU

[@angry998]

not a fan of the gen 8 evos being reserved to regional forms only 😒

[@shatteredsentient5321]

​@angry998 yea, that part sucks but cool nonetheless. Sirfetcgd is rad, but I feel like GameFreak should have given it more stats in HP and Def.

[@moarDylan]

I appreciate that you guys put in the effort to just divide each segment with the number and use the default thumbnail as preview for them. Making it easier to avoid the spoilers

[@ThumberBulls6]

Ursaluna itself was a Top 10 New Evolution. Bisharp getting a new evolution was unpredictable but still makes sense. Bloodmoon just crawled out of nowhere, as a new form of the very same very new final evolution, given to a mon which needed it; Explained by GF as, the same guy you were introduced some time ago who got a glow up, just suddenly went through it to transform again into a demon & then reaked havoc across.

[@mizu6891]

We need to get an evolution for Dudunsparce so it can be called Dududunsparce

[@9807036]

Darudesparce *Sandstorm intensifies* Dududududududuududuuu Duduuuuduuuduuduududuududuu

[@zahirefebekar9570]

And give it a regional form and call it dunsparparce

[@foodmr2022]

That would be awesome the 1st pseudo legendary of normal

[@brantchristy3490]

We already have a 3 segment form, so giving it an evo and calling it that just seems redudundant to me

[@Gloomdrake]

@@brantchristy3490call it Redudunsparce, then

[@TheAuron32]

I know its certainly not a new evolution in gen 9, but damn, Gallade with Sharpness in Gen 9 felt like a whole new Pokemon first time ever i've used him over Gardeviour because he was just that good in a playthrough, so much coverage and power from STAB.

[@shanemiller1182]

Using scarf-gallade the first month of gen 9 to outspeed and Ohko unsuspecting lead Cyclizar gave me such a dopamine hit

[@playersnake]

Perhaps the next theorem video could be why move sets (like mix attacking, fast physical, bulky special, etc) are close to everything or the Infernape theorem

[@griled_chez647]

Kyreum black would probably fit this theorem better, since it’s incredibly shallow move pool in Gen 5 was the sole reason for it being allowed in OU. Then the moment it received actually good moves it shot back up to Ubers in future generations.

[@grantdaily9662]

Absolutely

[@Clevernamegoeshere]

@@griled_chez647i think it was moreso about how movesets can fundamentally alter how a pokemon is played

[@heyguysiamasillyguy]

It's so obvious.. The Smeargle theorem.

[@mk45elite13]

And a video complimenting the theorem could be pokemon screwed over by the split, because sceptile got kind of screwed by the split

[@albastian_9817]

Idea for a theorem video, Why the highest stat isn’t everything (the Nidoking theorem), covering pokemon that don’t use their highest stat due to having better coverage or better options. It could cover Landorus-incarnate, Grimmsnarl, and of course, Nidoking.

[@M_Alexander]

I feel like previous theorems cover that

[@cornonjacob]

VGC specific answers: porygon 2, farigiraf, hitmontop (although that doesn't quite match the theme since it was introduced in the same gen as the pre-evolution), sylveon(?). Others I thought would get mention are clodsire, tangrowth, steelix

[@goGothitaLOL]

And Togekiss, especially in Gen 8 where it peaked Shoutouts to Basculegion and to an lesser extent Roserade and Rhyperior in the lower tiers

[@cornonjacob]

@@goGothitaLOL oh yeah, how did I forget basculegion?

[@chubomikz7104]

It's always gratifying when your favorites make up a good few spots on a list like this

[@facade6927]

i'm sad my favorite honchkrow wasn't on there tho :(

[@thephantomist7199]

Silver lining for power creep: fewer Pokémon get trapped in the ‘Looks cool but is actually terrible’ club (referring to Annihilape)

[@LEtheCreator]

Does Bloodmoon Ursaluna really count as a new evolution when Ursaring can't actually evolve into it? :T

[@baller302]

Part 2 would be cool, Togekiss and Basculegion deserve a shout. From being a forgettable regional fish to sweeping ubers

[@weesticles650]

I think the next theorem vid should be on "Why Versatility Isn't Everything" and how even if a Pokémon only runs one or two sets and only fits a specific role most of the time, so long as it's one of the best or the best at that role then it'll see success. Could possibly be something like The Pelipper Theorem since even if the only role Pelipper fills that most other Pokémon with it's movepool can't, like being a Defogger or defensive pivot, since it's the best rain setter it doesn't matter if you don't really use it outside of that context since it's proficiency in its role as a rain setter is reason enough to use it. It also only runs one set or so with Defog/Roost/U-Turn and then usually either Hurricane/Ice Beam or Water STAB.

[@munchrai6396]

Versatility definitely makes a Pokemon more interesting and there's a lot of role overlap in Pokemon, so being the best at only a single common role is usually not super notable. There are some abilities, like Magic Bounce or Weather setting that they do become notable, but I feel like that's the exception not the rule

[@PokeBattlerJaze]

14:38 Funbro peeks around the corner “Someone call for me?”

[@littlemrdoom5997]

Funbro is the truest embodiment of "I'm not trapped in here with you, you're trapped in here with me."

[@Charleyyy678]

@@littlemrdoom5997Uno reverse card

[@genarftheunfuni5227]

18:33 I double-checked, to see if I missed something for so long, but nope. Gliscor doesn't have Roost in Generation 9.

[@TLPenenn]

18:34 Hey, wait a minute! Gliscor doesn't learn Roost in Gen 9 anymore, you guys made an oopsie there!

[@franknova987]

Wait he doesn't anymore?

[@M_Alexander]

Really? Cause they used footage of it

[@rossthemoss6827]

⁠@@M_Alexander It has to be a hacked mon because it is axed from the move pool

[@FalseSwipeGaming]

Whoops! you're right. Our apologies, we're just so used to it having roost for years

[@backpain2759]

But why did gamefreak remove it though?

[@ivanbluecool]

Seeing primape be the beast he should have been. I hope someday the hitmo trio get evolutions. They have the potential to all be very unique and evolve at a low level giving them that potential Chan rock fighting. Lee steel fighting and top ground fighting to make them unique

[@ShadowsWrath4]

No, Lee has to be Water/Fighting. _Be like water, my friend...._

[@maxstrike3022]

​@@ShadowsWrath4Chan has to be part poison al a "drunken fist"

[@windego64]

elite redux mentioned

[@ZakanaHachihaCBC]

@@maxstrike3022Gotta make Hitmontop be Flying if we give them all a secondary type

[@Regeor]

@@ShadowsWrath4It would be Diet Urshifu.

[@marcelosandoval4206]

Mankey: I’m angry!😠 Primape: I’M ANGRIER!!!😡 Anihilape: I’m dead 😟… AND STILL ANGRY!!! 🤬

[@ShadowsWrath4]

MESSATSU!!!!

[@christianbuffum-robbins8904]

Annihilape is Kratos confirmed

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

Ultra Ego Monke!!

[@Ravisingh-ro1hf]

​@@YoJoRockThaBeatRage fist works like ultra ego too

[@enderwither0227]

Minor correction at 19:20 - Archaludon shares the same base Speed as Duraludon. It is not faster.

[@eljoel89]

Weavile hits such an insane speed stat in Legends: Arceus that at level 100 it breaks the game. You can spam Ice Shard every turn until you run out of PP.

[@chacw7978]

Can't believe you left the greatest of new evolutions off the list Dudunspare, it got a whole two new segments to it, two, that basically made it thrice as strong.

[@joekewl7539]

Didnt even bring up Sneasler's various methods of Unburdening. Fake out with a Normal gem to get free chip damage on top of nullifying an opposing Sash with the hit next turn, take Focus Sash and spend the first turn using a boost like Swords Dance, using Air Balloon to threaten given that you have to hit it before you can Earthquake it but it will outspeed you if you do, and more esoteric and situational team or meme methods. The other half of what makes Unburden Sneasler so vicious is that it has so many ways to set it off. All hail lord Sneedsler.

[@emmaramirez4330]

Mamoswine also occasionally ran Freeze Dry in Gen 6 to catch Roton-Wash off guard

[@12jswilson]

I also occasionally ran freeze dry on Mamo in gen7 to catch Pelipper

[@cass_caps]

Never realized that mamoswines cry is just some frustrated person losing their mind into a pillow 2:00

[@NashTheInsomniac]

i cant unhear that now

[@cass_caps]

@ you are very welcome

[@SynSpiderz]

Given it evolves from pillow-swine.....

[@kylogames107]

No mention of farigiraf disappoints me, but seeing as its big niche is in VGC it’s understandable

[@TheBT]

Me too, especially as it won't World's this year

[@josephbulkin9222]

Electivire is one of my favorite Pokemon. Despite this channel never missing a moment to dunk on that particular mon.

[@ekanshpandey7716]

Togetic to Togekiss may not seem a big upgrade but from the how good was ... Video, Togekiss is a times 10 upgrade.

[@sad-o-lantern7825]

Primeape getting a useable evolution is really impressive if you think about it. Most bad Pokemon have bad later gen evolutions, most good Pokemon get good later gen evolutions. Primeape has never been good in any tier so getting an Uber tier evolution is scary as hell not to mention just by getting Rage Fist Primeape was able to find lower tier use.

[@goGothitaLOL]

Primeape was a NU-PU threat, even if not top dog there. Going from PU all the way to Uber is still nothing to scuff at in the slightest.

[@calvinmatthews1527]

Cross-generational evolutions have two routes: Either become something like Scizor or like Electavire. Thank goodness most evos are like former rather than the latter.

[@Quix0tic707]

Couple of minor nitpicks: Gliscor can’t learn Roost in Gen 9. Archaludon is not faster than Duraludon - both have 85 base Speed. Great vid other than that though

[@GeoffShouldWin]

I think you forgot Electivire. It's as slower than its preevolution; has the same speed as its baby form; Struggles to kill anything; Is an electric-type with a big attack stat and mediocre SpA; has the very unique Elemental Punches set.

[@goGothitaLOL]

And mediocre STAB and no offensive ability to support its mostly weak movepool EDIT: and no reliable set-up for the longest until now with Bulk Up No Sheer Force, no Tough Claws (which makes sense), not even Iron Fist. That last one is the first one of its kind and it really shows, with it being 1.2x as opposed to 1.3x (Tough Claws and Sheer Force) if not 1.5x (everything else) Also, Eelektross got Close Combat before Electivire ever gets Close Combat, can we talk about that?

[@davidhyatoola3127]

Electivire should've always had Bulk Up(probably would still be out of place in Gen 4 OU but is kinda worthwhile). Iron Fist should've been its Hidden Ability instead of Vital Spirit(Volt Absorb or Sheer Force also works but would need better Ice coverage, perhaps Icicle Crash even if it is a bit of a stretch). Close Combat for improved Fighting coverage, Grass Knot for improved Special coverage targetting Grounds, Triple Axel might be pushing it but a 120BP complimentary coverage move would be sicc. SuperCell Slam should've been like a more accurate Mega Kick NOT Jump Kick.

[@danielmaynard239]

@@davidhyatoola3127 I like Supercell Slam, it's given my 2 Iron Thorns a new move to use to dominate Tera Raids

[@davidhyatoola3127]

@@danielmaynard239 it's a good upgrade over Wild Charge. The modifications I suggested(higher BP, slightly lower accuracy to 90 and no recoil or secondary effect) would make it so much better.

[@dreadalex]

I think both Electivire and Magmortar needed a second fighting type since they both are Oni's and have fighting learnset too.

[@emilygordbort7300]

Mamoswine has slowly but steadily climbed up to be one of my favorite mons of all time thanks to its massive power and gargantuan bulk And now, with Snow, it can be even better thanks to Alolan Ninetails support

[@alfiehickey4247]

You should display the base stats of all these pokemon to show the differences in power when evolving

[@goGothitaLOL]

I guess I’ll do it myself HP/Atk/Def/Sp. Atk/Sp. Def/Spe (BST) 10. 100/100/80/60/60/50 (450) > 110/130/80/70/60/80 (530) 9. 95/75/110/100/80/30 vs. 95/75/80/100/110/30 (490, cause branch) 8. 250/5/5/35/105/50 (450) > 255/10/10/75/135/55 (540) 7. 70/110/80/55/80/105 > 70/130/100/55/80/65 (500 either way) 6. 65/125/100/60/70/70 (490) > 100/135/120/60/85/50 (550) 5. 65/75/105/35/65/85 (430) > 75/95/125/45/75/95 (510) 4. 70/95/115/120/50/85 (535) > 90/105/130/125/65/85 (600, that is not a joke) 3. 65/105/60/60/70/95 (455) > 110/115/80/50/90/90 (535) 2. 90/130/75/75/75/55 (500) > 130/140/105/45/80/50, 113/70/120/135/65/52 for BM (550) 1. 55/95/55/35/75/115 (430) > 70/120/65/45/85/125 (510) You’re welcome

[@babygrill01]

Mind's Eye never missing can be useful in a rare sneasler/muk match up in Bo1 ladder but against people actually playing to win the accuracy almost never matters

[@zogs4045]

Still waiting for carnavine to get a funny grass steel bear trap levitating evolution

[@xazz]

I've been watching a lotta Wolfe Glick content the last few days and Gliscor isn't even on the radar for VGC players so when you said 'yeah people want it banned' I was... what???? But yeah VGC and singles has a WAY different meta

[@diamondxlr8grade]

Magnezone, togekiss, clodsire, tangrowth, and samurott H (if regional form count) good candidates in single Farigiraf, porygon 2, and aldo togekiss in VGC Basculegion Is great candidate as well if last respect wasn’t banned

[@deadstrawberry2120]

Ursaluna and Annihilape are 2 of my favorites of recent years. 2 lines ive always loved getting 2 banger finals that are ridiculous to boot. Chefs kiss

[@amphareixon]

Uh not trying to be that guy but, Ursaluna bloodmoon is a entirely diff mon from normal Ursaluna, as it doesnt rly evolve from ursaring and is static encounter in SV DLC

[@AymarMaluenda]

I'm gonna say one thing about Archaludon: Gastrodon can take it down with two Earth Powers, while being immune to Electroshot, any water-type attacks from the team mates and taking advantage of their rain

[@SPZ-gv2on]

Electro shot still boosts even if it thuds into a ground type and now it has a +1 draco to do upwards of 70/80% to gastro with. Arch is very silly.

[@FulgencioDX]

29:31 The Hawlucha became a shiny on the spot lol

[@S3lvah]

Just in terms of memorability, Crobat always has a special place for how it helped introduce the friendship mechanic in Gen 2, and how you could get a twice-evolved Pokemon so early in the game if you treated your Zubat/Golbat with love. In competitive terms, both Kingdra and Porygon2/Z have cool niches that make them fun to use.

[@Kirbykid69]

Kingdra magnazone and Togikiss are the mains one I think could be on here too but I was the most surprised at the lack of tangrowth, assault vest tangrowth is one of the most unkillable pokemon in any tier it’s in

[@jaretco6423]

Basculegion.

[@Nuzzling]

I don't know much about competitive but I was really expecting Porygon 2 to be on here.

[@bearmanjon_bmj]

I normally dont want to be that guy, but Ursaluna Bloodmoon is kind of cheating because it is not obtained through evolution.

[@slackerofhell]

I've been a massive Primeape fan since I first played Pokemon. Any time I played Firered I already knew Mankey was joining the squad. When I found out they gave Primeape a new evolution in Scarlet and Violet, I was beyond amped to throw one on the team. Annihilape has become a major favorite. Rage Fist 👊

[@valiantchris6456]

I would rather have a hundred overpowered cross gen evolutions to forgettable Pokémon than 10 Mega Evolutions to any Pokémon. And this is coming from a Mega Evolution fan.

[@angry998]

megas should be given to fully evolved and already strong mons only, not be wasted on mawile and sableye

[@somersaultinggiraffe1901]

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[@CuddlyTheMadElite]

A thing that should be mentioned is that regular Ursaluna was great, but Bloodmoon has a distinct and massive advantage. This is the fact that Bloodmoon didn’t need to take constant burn damage. A common way to beat regular Ursaluna is to stall a few turn with chip damage. Hazards + Burn eventually wittled Ursaluna down to where you could KO it with a faster Pokemon. Bloodmoon however is much harder to KO because it doesn’t require you to burn yourself.

[@daniellap.stewart6839]

Annihilape and kingambit is way too cool to be in such a medicre region

[@kylekiske_]

damn, bro is really just reading a script and clocking out hahahaha didn't even pause for the deliver of "Mamoswine's well, *mammoth* attack stat"

[@ThatRedHusky]

Annihilape was my biggest glowup ever. I always hated that Crazy Craving Honeycomb cereal-lookin'-ass Primeape but then Annihilape came along and I was like oh. Chad literally popped a stroke and evolved.

[@lilEchelon]

New evolutions are very satisfying when they’re good. It’s a mix of nostalgia, power and justice. I’m happy and excited to see your designs and buffs for familiar faces

[@munchrai6396]

Totally agree, the longer the wait, the more elation I feel when an older Pokemon I have can finally evolve into something new. As long as the original Pokemon actually gets access to the new form and its not locked behind a regional variant that doesn't get all its moves or abilities like Obstagoon and Cursola. Really ruins the flow of progression when the new evolution forces a new playstyle by forgoing what was established before.

[@omniultimate]

It's crazy how it took *8* generations for them to give Primeape an evolution It's like they knew if they released it earlier, it would dominate the meta game for generations

[@lazuliioverheaven]

Gliscor being OU for pretty much it’s entire career is a testement to how well it’s kit, typing, ability, and stats all come together

[@casualcraftman1599]

Annihilape and Bloodmoon Ursaluna are my favorite gen 9 mons and I love sweeping teams in singles and doubles.

[@nitro5247]

I think Kingdra totally deserves a spot on this list. It was THE rain threat for three generations in a row, and even if it’s fallen off in recent times, its impact at its peak was thoroughly unmatched.

[@HowlingOneify]

Not really unmatched at all. Its peaks were nowhere remotely close to as impressive as many of the best Pokemon that have withstood the test of time, let alone even some of the newer mons this gen. It’s simply not THAT great next to a lot of other stuff.

[@artje90]

Sneasel in gen 2 was one of the saddest mons with how pokemon works pre-gen 4. heck it was at ledian level

[@BrimBlam]

Honestly Mankey and Primape were always favorites of mine and seeing them just push the concept to its limit/seeing them be good rules.

[@meta1429]

Still asking for “Why Nerfs are Nearly Everything: The Talonflame Theorem”. Talonflame specifically due to how Gale Wings was changed when going into Gen 7, so this could also be applied to base move power, Power Points, Ability tweaks, etc.

[@azurai3934]

Darkrai Theroem would be a good alternate name for it

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

Mimikyu was my baby until that nerf which was unnecessary just made it unusable

[@skeetermania3202]

@@ragnaricstudios5888Someone hasn’t played BSS ladder.

[@DARam4009]

The "Nearly" part is important as there are plenty of Pokemon that still prevail even in spite of a specific nerf. Rillaboom is a great example. Grassy Glide going from 70 to 55 base power between Gens 8 and 9 is definitely a nerf that directly affects Rillaboom worse than any other Pokemon (because pretty much no other Pokemon run Grassy Glide except for Rillaboom) but it doesn't change the fact that it's still a powerful threat in both OU and VGC, in spite of this.

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

^its cause the nerf to Grassy Glide, while tragic, makes it a more realistic move, that high of a base power with STAB, boost from terrain, and Priority was not that realistic

[@uglyskully5928]

3:13 That golbat sprite is so intriguing

[@RealSkello]

That’s a model not a sprite

[@uglyskully5928]

@ same thing

[@WilliamSyler]

29:20 You fools, you've made a critical error! "...finally ignore that eternal thorn in its side..." absolutely should've been "...finally ignore that eternal rock in its shoe..." 🤣

[@diamondxlr8grade]

Basculegion Is a good candidate for this video, it would be uber if it didn’t share last respect with Houndstone

[@Alexdudegreen]

24:49 I’m sorry but blood-moon ursaluna does not count as a new evolution because ursaring cannot physically evolve into it it’s more of a regional form or legendary like Pokemon

[@munchrai6396]

Totally agree, its so dumb creating a new form for an existing Pokemon and completely isolating it from the rest of the line. I got so frustrated when I saw that they made Bloodmoon Ursaluna a Basic in the TCG because lowers the chances even further of us ever being able to evolve into it properly.

[@MechaOracle]

​@@munchrai6396 Probably have a way to evolve it in Gen 10

[@jasonpark1105]

More bad developer intended strategies: Inflicting paralysis or sleep on an opponent followed by smelling salt or wake up slap respectively. You can’t even use these moves since gen 8. There is almost no situation where curing your opponents of these status effects are helpful.

[@EpicFail7777777]

I really like when you scroll through all the players who've used the mon in VGC, so I can pause and find myself lmao

[@dungeonsanddisclaimers4950]

On lists like this actually give them numbers as u reveal them. Great info as always!

[@James-dq1uy]

I think mamosine should've been a few spots higher than 10. Feel like it, and blissey could've swapped spots

[@HowlingOneify]

…why? Mamoswine wasn’t nearly as successful in OU as Blissey has been over the years. Gen5 was Mamo’s peak, gen4 was okay, everything after it was niche at best or just bad in OU.

[@karisasani7006]

15:22 And this is kinda why roar and whirlwind is a thing, basically you can try and force the kingambit out of its status as the definitive anchor pokemon

[@AndrewRKenny]

Awesome topic. Cross-generational evolutions are so cool IMO. I would love to see another Gen 4-esque Gen with a big emphasis on new evolutions and pre-evolutions.

[@yungmuney5903]

If rage fist was in gen 1 it would be 30 power that gains 10 more for every hit and caps out at like 60.

[@joewrape1471]

farigarif was such a good upgrade too. basically goes form being just 5 points above a fully evolve route 1 bug to vgc viable. It's one of three good trick room setters in the format, but is able to also deal damage afterwards. It's not as game breaking as the other new gen 9 evos, but an actually balanced one

[@jayd.doubledubs]

Weekly dosage of FSG incoming Annihilape is a fantastic poster mon for this video. I think Weavile, Gliscor, and of course Dudunsparce would've been great choices too

[@vinny4765]

14:45 Oh it works. It's just illegal because forcing endless battles isn't allowed on smogon and if you do it you'll get banned eventually.

[@Eroil]

Gligar does not get roost in gen 9, but it's still incredible nonetheless even in Ubers

[@munchrai6396]

Since you can't evolve Ursaring into Bloodmoon Ursuluna, it doesn't really count as an evolution for all intense and purposes. Its lack of connective tissue is on the same level as Paradox Pokemon and you don't see them here.

[@DCONightingale]

What? FSG is evolving!

[@genkaiba15]

In Gen 4, I ran a Weavile with Expert Belt on a Doubles team. It was my ace, for sure. I will always have a soft spot for it.

[@RBEO22]

Once there was a very angry pig-monkey. It was so angry that it died. The end.

[@TheRealMichelozzo]

I've been out of the poke-loop for a while now, but isn't Ursaluna Bloodmoon only an evolution by technicality? aka there's no way to actually make an ursaring turn into bloodmoon you only get the one kinda like a legendary?

[@Regeor]

Is it bad that I used all of these in my SV playthroughs (except Blissey). Additionally I used Basculegion and Dipplin.

[@FarhanH1]

I had no idea Mamoswine was an added evo whaaa

[@PhilPhantomZSaber]

"Uhm actually, Ursaring can't evolve into Bloodmoon Ursaluna specifically! ☝🤓"

[@Lily-Eevee]

12:15 Hey look one of the most broken pokemon of all time (not so broken in gen 9 natdex since they banned tera ❤)

[@Irelevant472]

If this video gets a sequel i hope that clodsire makes it