Top 10 Strongest Rental Pokemon in Pokemon Stadium

[@Dante...]

I'm surprised Articuno wasn't on the list. I think it's the best bird in rentals. Ice stab is no joke, especially in gen 1 because fire didn't resist ice until gen 2. And also because freeze is basically a one-hit KO.

[@Next-level-gamers]

Articuno is my favourite legendary bird. He looks cool.amd is a bad ass Pokémon!

[@jamespetriello2888]

Articuno is the queen and bae af

[@AzakielRuns]

I always used Articuno as a kid. Even when I faced trainers with water Pokemon 😂😂😂

[@jamespetriello2888]

@@AzakielRuns articuno screws the rules with water types

[@tentrilliconlp7748]

A best team for the gym leader castle, but only with rental pokemon would be awesome.

[@danielpokemon197]

I like that idea, and even gym castles in the sequel would be cool too

[@zeospark9715]

@@danielpokemon197 That would be interesting especially since you have to fight against Team Rocket during the middle of it in 2

[@danielpokemon197]

@@zeospark9715 and the kanto gym leaders

[@iss2075]

I think maybe Jolteon, Zapdos, Electrode, Articuno are my favourites in Gym Leader Castle.

[@zeospark9715]

@@iss2075 Dude Electrode is soooo good in both games in fact. Yeah it's Thunder can miss at times but nothing in those games can outspeed it (though I think Crobat can in 2 correct me if I'm wrong) allowing it to get off powerful Thunder attacks.

[@zeospark9715]

I had a feeling Persian would be #1. I remember when I was younger and finding it crazy it's Slash crited all of the time. Very useful against Psychic types since most of them have poor physical defense lol

[@Next-level-gamers]

Persian was a beast on stadium armed with slash!

[@ryleighrage]

@@Next-level-gamers Don’t forget Bubblebeam, which one shot a number of rock types in Stadium.

[@MoGhadas]

The old school water-color art at 5:20 (and shown throughout the vid) was so good and gave Pokémon a more gritty look. I miss it!

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

Way cooler than todays art work

[@jullebergenholtz-foglander3081]

I feel that Starmie is missing on this list. Really fast, two great moves in Surf and Thunder and also huge special bulk thanks to Gen 1 mechanics. I cannot express how many times it completely carried my team in the 90s and 00s while I was playing Stadium and for that, it become one of my favourite Pokémon in general :)

[@LINKRETROGAMING]

Starmie is great! in 3v3 where there is more role compression Starmie is a true Ice counter who beats the other Water!

[@veevendetta3448]

Starus it's evolved form would be sick in a future gen Ngl.

[@JackPackage]

Agree with this. Depending on the level you can get a range of psychic, thunder, bubblebeam, etc. Also minimize is a big boost too, but maybe what kept it off the list?

[@Nameless0ne419]

i agree that Starmie is missing, despite i guess minimize being banned- Gen 1 has quite a bag full of water and flying types, and almost all of them don’t have an answer to Starmie. Definitely a missed opportunity to discuss on. looking back, Starmie handles all rock/ground with bubblebeam… all water stand no chance- aside from mayyyybe Lapris because its so tanky, and majority of flying will be taken down… Starmie literally has a counter for like 1/3 of the whole roster. Plus a sweet resistance to physic. oh well

[@Next-level-gamers]

Starmie is a boss! Speed and power stats and awesome movement! Starmie is my go to water Pokémon choice for Pokémon Stadium. It even translated across to playing Pokémon on the GBC

[@slackerofhell]

Remember in Stadium 2 and how evil that Scyther was in the baby cup? Still gives me nightmares.

[@iss2075]

Yeah it's SO overpowered for that format. Competitive players always ban Scyther in Little Cup. Curse Chansey is also extremely overpowered there.

[@slackerofhell]

@@iss2075 if only Happiny was invented by Gen 2 lol

[@Next-level-gamers]

Haha omg! I remember that 😅 absolute worst nightmare pokemon

[@tootzy-the-roll]

Abra with Psychic and the 3 elemental punches.

[@Scorpionspear77]

Honestly I hope you do this for Stadium 2- the rentals in that game are even more nerfed than in Stadium 1, so knowing who’s worth using would be helpful for NSO players

[@trashketchum9782]

they give strong mons weak attacks & vice versa so you’ll have Entei with Ember & Raikpu with Spark, but you’ll also have first stages with Fire Blast or Blizzard

[@DaCrump]

First 2 that come to mind are Kadabra with Psychic and T-Punch and Fearow which gets Drill Peck, Hyper Beam, Pursuit and Toxic which is pretty solid.

[@iss2075]

Wobbuffet is the best rental when playing against CPUs, but against humans I have no idea what the best is.

[@Flaming_Rok]

Dewgong unironically is one of your best bets, as the only rental Pokemon with RestTalk and dual STAB.

[@LINKRETROGAMING]

Dewgong is awesome but struggles with Lanturn who is the king of the meta!@@Flaming_Rok

[@alexcox9400]

The middle evos are so good in this game. And once you get to stadium 2 Skarmory is really good against Whitney’s miltank I just learned in round 1

[@AdPhDu1]

When I was a kid, I didn't pay attention to stats or special and physical splits. Now that I do understand these things, it raises questions if the game creators understood their own rules at the time.

[@Next-level-gamers]

I think they knew what they were doing! They done it on purpose to make you look through and use different Pokémon than just final evolutions or Charizard 😅 or buy the extension pack for GB transfers 🙈 crafty money making ploy

[@Delaretro_]

Jolteon is so clutch in this game

[@StarGaleSky7]

Jolteon was my number 1 favorite in this game.

[@Next-level-gamers]

Jolteon is a don! My favourite electric type Pokémon and Eevee evolution by far! Always has a place in my team 👌🏼

[@sasukuto]

I would absolutely love to see this list for Stadium 2! There are MUCH different rentals in that game, its a completely different meta.

[@atomicpunk2360]

Cool to see Lapras on this list. I have a fond memory of getting to the last battle in the Master Ball Cup in Prime Cup with it and being stressed about winning this fight against Mew. My dad played it for me (with VERY limited Pokémon knowledge lol), used Lapras, shot an Ice Beam at Mew, froze it, and spammed Bubblebeam and KO’d the Mew 😂😂😂 pulling off that win to me even now would still be hard and my dad legit won it by the biggest RNG blessing possible 😂

[@armorbearer9702]

I like the idea of lower stage Pokémon having better moves than the higher level ones. It reflects how lower stage Pokémon learn good moves faster than their evolutions.

[@anthonyanglemyer]

This was really nice to see. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing you go over Stadium 2 in the future.

[@fishnewt1331]

Ah, the Pokemon Stadium series. The games where I could use Pikachu and be an actual threat with it. Lol!

[@kittylover62]

Agreed. My sister and I still have our N64 and occasionally play it. We're having a difficult time beating the Elite Four.

[@Next-level-gamers]

I'm playing Pokémon stadium with my son ❤ it's pure nostalgia and I feel like a kid again battling with him 😊

[@yumnykiddd1312]

all you need is light ball for pikachu to be a threat

[@moonmoon4537]

@@yumnykiddd1312still bad

[@StarGaleSky7]

It's amazing you're even doing a video on such an old spinoff. Awesome video!

[@greilthelegendaryhero252]

Man with the final fantasy 2 music in the background. Makes me wanna play it again.

[@AJadedLizard]

Being a Gen I competitive player in 1998 must've been wild. Imagine showing up at a tournament with your cart and then getting to play with your Mons for the first time in 3D. Would've been really cool.

[@rockowlgamer631]

I first thought why the hell are all the good moves on the weaker pokemon and not on the stronger ones, then I realized maybe that's the point and the reason why you might want to choose Graveler over Golem, do you go for better stats? or better moveset? Lorelei's Jynx is a nightmare.

[@blind_t2]

still holding out hope for a stadium 3 with the rest of the generations. I’d say maybe first 4 generations could be at launch, then maybe 3 DLC. each with like a 2 1, or 3 2. like, one DLC has gen 5 6 and 7, while the other has Gen 8 and 9. if they could get the same team or near close to it to work in the sound department, with elements of the new peeps, that would be epic. even the cries would be great.

[@trashketchum9782]

can’t wait for the Stadium 2 list. i’m sure as a Johto expert you’ll make a great one

[@pokiblue5870]

Im still waiting for pokemon stadium HD revamped…

[@Straight_White_Fatherly_Figure]

Thank you Mystic team! This was a great jog down memory lane. I had no idea it was out for switch, definitely going to get it so my kids can make similar memories as me 😁

[@veteranJMacfan]

This was a fun list. I haven't played Stadium in ages but I remember the struggle of beating Mew at the end of the Prime Cup with my Blue team. The only way I managed to finally beat it was freezing it with Ice Beam and in Gen 1, you never thawed out. You stayed that way. I don't think I ever did well on the other cups but it's cool seeing what would've been good to us. Personally, I never really got the appeal of the non-attacking moves a lot of these guys had. Felt like a waste of a move slot

[@Next-level-gamers]

Good strategy 👌🏼

[@RobertLydonReviews]

At 15:46 the animation for Sand Attack was so cute. I’m not one to complain about Pokémon graphics but after being exposed to the stadium graphics again after years it makes me sad they didn’t find a way to incorporate/polish these graphics for the switch

[@ambrite]

My friends and I always used to play Stadium with rentals and I reckon it's why I love Jolteon now. That Pin Missile is just so useful.

[@ashfrompallet8741]

This is one of my favorite Pokémon game of all time! So many hours of my childhood ❤

[@Next-level-gamers]

Bro me too ❤ it's a gaming treasure and I still play it in the switch using rentals only 😅

[@timmyphillipi4566]

I hope you do stadium 2 as well

[@Zeldamaster1989]

It was really nice with a change from the original series to see a top 10 about the spin-offs.

[@dahuterschuter]

I was JUST getting back into Stadium and looking through the rental Pokemon trying to find non-shitty movesets. Usually if you can find a Pokemon that has two good moves you're doing good. A LOT of Pokemon are wrecked by the fact that their STAB doesn't match up to their stats. Kingler is a great example where his STAB is Special but his best stat is ATK so he can't even make use of it.

[@Next-level-gamers]

What team are you using? I've just started playing stadium with my son. He's Pokémon obsessed and loves to battle.

[@johnnypollack3243]

Keep up the great work and videos

[@kylerdudley9634]

Love the Lon Lon Ranch music for Tauros !

[@andrewauerbach3441]

Ahhh....such a good time to be alive as a young boy playing all of these Pokemon games.

[@ThatAlchemistGuy]

Woohoo, the stadium video! My buddy and I have been doing battles in stadium 2, and man its crazy trying to use the movesets they give us 😅 its cool that each cup gives each mon its own movesets at least

[@JDPhoenixGaming]

20:27 that P1 team is the exact team I used to get through all four tiers of the Poké Cup when Pokémon Stadium came to NSO

[@DinoMoonCreations]

I remember having a friend over. We played a battlr and were down to our last chansey both. We kept missing and recover etc. It felt insane.

[@ryleighrage]

I used to do battles with rental Pokémon all the time, and this list is incredible. I knew it the second you put Graveler at 10. You might even be underrating Graveler a little bit, tbh. The ability to stop Jolteon and have self-destruct is literally enough to be worth inclusion on your squad.

[@silversalamence10]

14:27 Surprise Goldeneye music jumpscare, immediately following an entry on the gen 1 ghosts no less.

[@DredgenStan]

Nice to hear that 007 music made me instantly vibe out

[@thomaztst]

Please, do it with stadium 2 as well!!

[@JVR10893]

My go-to rental team is Gengar, Jynx, Kadabra, Mr. Mime, Persian, and Zapdos. The combination of their movesets, stats, and having two thirds of my team be the two best types in Gen 1 (Psychic and Normal) makes running through the Poké Cup, Prime Cup, and Gym Leader Castle a breeze.

[@graylyhen9490]

Great vid bro. Really enjoyed it, great stuff

[@Next-level-gamers]

I go with move sets over stats. I remember using charizard for the gym leader castle for the first time and having fly, fire spin, mimic and dig! No flamethrower or fire blast 🙈 Made me 5hink outside the box for which Pokémon to use based on moves. Which is your preference?

[@sanchezadrian2285]

Yes, do a video on Pokémon stadium 2!!!

[@tristindurocher-batley4780]

I used to play Pokémon Stadium a lot as a kid I might be playing it now if I could afford a Nintendo switch online expansion pass as well as playing stadium 2 for the first time

[@thomasbailey226]

Needed to include victribell, it always cries with razor leaf on that game. And it’s fast af

[@michaelcollazo7911]

Id use it if it was available early game.

[@dkfunentertainment3778]

Thanks for this video. I have been waiting a while for you to upload this due to NSO not allowing, for some reason, the Old gameboy games be on the service.

[@tomnuke9122]

I love Persian's animations in the early 3D games.

[@fierybird]

bro staryu actually sweeps have you even seen its rental moveset for lv 50-55?

[@Joseo.-hv6bt]

I just always love that I hear songs from star fox and other games!!! Love the content!!

[@extremelyvividcardgames7890]

Thank you!!! Now I can finally stand a decent chance in the playthough of the game!!! Also I 100% think you should to a video on stadium 2, for the fans!!! Not just me 😏

[@Next-level-gamers]

Haha 💯 what team were you using before you saw this?

[@extremelyvividcardgames7890]

@@Next-level-gamers mainly favourite like Zapdos, Charizard, Blastoise, Venasaur 💀🤣

[@Next-level-gamers]

@@extremelyvividcardgames7890 I was using similar Pokémon too 🙈 if I use any of the starters I use charmelon and ivysaur because of there movesets. Ivysaur still has good defence and can take a hit from a stab move 👌🏼

[@sheismymom]

Pokemon Stadiums and Snap on N64 the best

[@annajohns5086]

Liked the video before ever watching it bc THIS is the game I grew up with 🔥🔥 hype

[@jaimibingley6056]

What about Shellder and Cloyster? You can play with them on Pokemon Stadium as well and I love the way they appear on the game (especially Cloyster with those horns spinning).

[@ericgarcia6264]

Mystic what do you think of pokken ?

[@YTLaxus]

Nice video. Pokemon Stadium 2 would be awesome next.

[@turbo_blazer9946]

Just finished the gym leader castle in pokemon stadium 2 with rentals. Man it was rough but we fot there in the end. Had to mix up the team so many times

[@AJZ0626]

And THERE GOES THE BATTLE

[@Next-level-gamers]

Announcer made that game 💯

[@white3610]

Love the star fox music on jynx Goldeneye on jolteon goes hard

[@bladert2322]

Ok I have to ask, will these recommendations help beat R2 of Stadium without insane luck? Cause the first round was already hard enough around the end

[@Next-level-gamers]

Dude I'm fearing round 2! I remember how hard it used to be and doing it with rentals on the switch is going to be tough 🙈 tactics will need to be on point!

[@discounthero9972]

18:35 Oh, I called it! I remember *very* well how messed up it can be. Just swept all my friends and siblings with it.

[@GameAlicornLuna]

I kinda guessed Persian mainly because of that Tamer in Stadium. His final set has a Persian which kinda wrecks everything.

[@MarioSonicDKPokeFAN]

I never thought they would actually re-release the Pokemon Stadium games knowing damn well the main reason was for us to use our hard-trained pokemon from the GB games. Using rental is lackluster. Wish I still had my N64 and my collection.....

[@JustLikeTheSimulations]

I used Dugrio, Starmie, Jolteon, Electrode, Rapidash & Jynx. high speed & decent move sets. Beat Prime Cup & Pokeball Cup with that team. Just finished the gym leaders (glad you can pick different teams per leader) & onto round 2.

[@MarMaxGaming]

Nice list to help those get through with only rental pokemon!

[@Archdornan9001]

Jrose11 would agree on Kadabra

[@xfrankyboy161x]

My favorite mon as a kid in rentals was always staryu. The moveset just felt godly. not sure how good the stats are in reality

[@philyoutuber7270]

Kadabra the GOAT 🐐

[@hoenntrainer284]

I'm glad Jolteon got a little spotlight on how good it is 😁

[@axels3188]

This was a good video and do a video for Pokemon stadium 2.

[@djbaconbitzinc]

I still remember when Gyarados was good in gen 1, it hit like a train.

[@Hot_Dog_Jones]

I had my eyes away when Persian was named but I swear I heard Urshifu ahaha 😂

[@jaidamwhi4589]

Man the tcg on the gameboy was actually really fun to play

[@StickyTrap]

Can’t wait for the Pokémon battle revolution top 10

[@chriskoloski32]

I swear sometimes I feel I'm crazy. I'll watch people do rental randomizer in pokemon stadium, then when I went to check the same pokemon in the switch version they had different movesets

[@DCONightingale]

Kadabra > Alakazam in almost every aspect of Pokémon Stadium

[@jenniferhart6504]

I always feared a Persian from the AI.

[@matthewjohnson441]

10:41 🔥🎵🔥 Starfox 64 music

[@lamq05]

This was my first Pokémon game 💙

[@crait]

Wish there was some tier lists for Stadium 2.

[@dju164]

love pokemon stadium, both 1 and 2

[@narutoshadowclone1]

I’m embarrassed to ask this but I noticed in the beginning of the GBC sprites of Pokémon from Red, Blue, that the sprites are colored? As seen with Blastoise at 2:20 and Dragonite at 3:09. Is this a modded version or a rom hack of red or blue version with all the Pokémon sprites being colored but in their Red/Blue form?

[@JuicyDjeusse]

This is from the smogon page. They probably colored it then

[@narutoshadowclone1]

@@JuicyDjeusse ok I coulda swore there was someone that played the classic red or blue with colored sprites like that and I had always figured it was a mod or hacked version which actually was pretty nice. Coulda swore I seen someone play red and blue with these recolors on stream once.

[@Depressed_Dandelion]

​​@@narutoshadowclone1 after much looking around and cross checking, it seems smoogon uses the super gameboy colors, which is also where the cute borders come from. Also also, it's all used in n64 stadium's gameboy tower apparently Now this just makes me wish either the 3ds VC had them or NSO's stadium had added in the gen 1/2 games via gameboy tower. Why is Nintendo denying us good color palette and nice borders for the OG pokemon >:[ (Also I'm 100% sure there is a color mod for RB too)

[@Historicutuber]

This game is so hard. I managed to beat round 2 with my own Pokémon back in the day

[@verdansk]

It just took me 3 hours to beat Lt. Surge because of that damn surfing raichu. Exeggutor finally fainted him with egg bomb.

[@molliver69]

So do you think they will release red blue and yellow on the switch? And if they do could it connect with Stadium on the switch?

[@RokuroCarisu]

In Petite Cup, there is one opponent with a Self Destruct team. If you have a Gastly and see it comming, you basically can't lose that match.

[@_G50_]

Vulpix and Gastly rule that batle lol. Dig and ghost you screw two of that opponent's Pokemon xD . In fact those are the two Pokemon that i used most in Petite Cup to register all the mini Pokemon in the HOF.

[@kylebrandon4556]

I agree with this list. I thought Mewtwo was gonna be number one at first

[@definitelyadragon1644]

New entry series suggestion: Best team for every pokemon game no starter edition

[@hekkaz77]

Do more stadium videos plz❤

[@saadabdullah3225]

Youngster Joey's top percentage rattata finds its way into Petite cup

[@thecjgameworld4013]

HOLD UP WHAT, ALAKAZAM DOESN'T HAVE HIS ICONIC PSYCHIC, dang now that is quite a blow to his status as one of the most threatening psychics of gen 1. Who even decided that he shouldn't get his iconic psychic?

[@TBulin35]

Can’t believe you left Staryu off the list. Thunderbolt, Psychic, Hydro Pump, Recover.

[@jimmicrackhead12]

The terrible rental Pokemon were to encourage people to get the transfer pack

[@octoreiss8757]

LITERALLY LOOKED THIS UP YESTERDAY

[@eduardocervantes4390]

Wonder where Snorlax will be placed in a PS 2 top 10? Their move set comes with Headbutt for STAB, Fire Punch for coverage and the dreaded Curse. 👀

[@matthewmisialek945]

hey mystic when will you do the best team for pokemon xd gale of darkness and the other alternative starters in colosseum, x and y with the kanto starters, the alternative starters with the expansion pass and the kanto starters in sword and shield?

[@matthewmisialek945]

Because I heard that the second part of the scarlet and violet dlc you can capture all of the 24 starter Pokémon from previous games

[@johnkoho1245]

Jynx. Thats it lol... I feel like any respectable rental run, she is the 1 must to have on a team for every single cup.

[@EZFlames]

9 year old me looking at that rhydon like it's got the coolest moveset

[@johng92]

I feel like the creators of Pokémon Showdown were probably dissatisfied with Pokémon Stadium as a kid lol

[@bigtoblerone8446]

Scyther is also great with guaranteed slash due to high speed, but no stab. Parasect SPORE 100% sleep chance on anything even grass types is good to throw out against pkmn you know it can survive a hit from, such as water types without ice moves, and surprisingly, Jolteon and Zapdos as grass resists elec. Parasect can force out the graveller too of he dont wanna explode, bug resists ground. Electrode is the only thing faster than jolteon and Aerodactyl, and can thunder wave paralyze electric types in gen 1, completely crippling jolteon's main thing being speed, letting your gengar/haunter or kadabra/alakazam or tauros outspeed and ko it. Aerodactyl also has that same speed tier as jolt, but requires rock and elec types to be gone in order to be "good" since Fly i think is the only decent option? But it may have hyper beam in prime cup Starmie is an over looked water type. Starmie outspeeds jynx, can tank the psychics, doesn't care bout mega punch, can ohko with crit surf (gen 1 crit mechanics make this happen more with starmies higher speed) or 2HKO guaranteed if the lovely kiss misses.

[@MegaManNetworkOfCourse]

Poliwag is super underrated!